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RE -RATE REPORT FOR <br />621 NORTH LAFAYETTE <br />HISTORY <br />This Queen Anne Style house was built in 1888 by Stephen Fred Brown and his wife <br />Christiana. Mr. Brown was a machinist for Strayer's and eventually Studebaker. Fred <br />Brown eventually left the house to Frederick and Vida Brown, a shaper operator for <br />Studebaker. The house stayed in the Brown family for many years eventually being sold <br />to James Quinlan in the 1980s and to the current owner, Erin Hinds. <br />ARCHITECTURE <br />-- This is a two-story_Gabled "T" and Queen Anne style house with an irregular plan, -brick <br />foundation and central brick chimney. The walls are clapboard with corner boards, <br />fishscale shingles and decorative cross trim in second story gables. The main roof of the <br />house is gabled with asphalt shingles. There is also a small mansard roof over the side <br />bay window. The windows are one over one double-hungs in sets of twos with molded <br />entablatures. The front first story boasts a set of floor to ceiling, narrow one over one <br />double-hungs windows. The front door is wood panel with single light and wood screen <br />door. The alteration to this house is the that the entry porch was removed and replaced <br />with a small brick stoop sheltered by a pent roof. <br />CRITERIA AND EVALUATING <br />All properties are evaluated in terms of historical significance, architectural merit and <br />integrity. Each resource was evaluated by a professional using the National Register <br />Criteria for Evaluation. The three main criteria are: <br />1) Historic Significance: An association with exploration and settlement, <br />Commercial or Industrial development and or the attachment to the lives <br />of important people. <br />2) Architectural Merit: Representative of a particular architectural style. <br />3) Intearitv: Determine how much of the original historic fabric remains <br />by looking at any extensive alterations, such as the installation of synthetic <br />siding, removal of architectural features, additions or structural <br />modifications, all of which could lowering the property's rating. <br />RATINGS <br />After consideration of the above factors a rating was assigned, they are: <br />