346 Blount Avenue (Apartment Building); AHC Survey #09

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Title

346 Blount Avenue (Apartment Building); AHC Survey #09

Subject

Apartment Building; Guntersville, Alabama; 1950; Different version previously on location/address

Description

Two story brick veneer Colonial Revival style apartment building with a hipped patterned asbestos shingle roof; faces east, H shaped plan, 1-story attached rear garage extension with a hipped roof; 2 recessed bays at center of facade with an entrance at the north end of the 1st floor level flanked to the south by a small 6/6 window, suspended porch/balcony at 2nd level with wood posts, entrance at N end of the 2nd floor recessed area flanked to the south by a small octagonal window; single 8/8 windows at the 1st floor of the outer bays flanking the recessed bays with single 6/6 windows at the 2nd level; similar windows at the side and rear elevations; exposed brick veneer exterior walls; continuous brick foundation.

Historical Data:
Construction and design details suggest that this building was built circa 1950. A different dwelling/apartment building is shown at this location on a 1930 Sanborn map and its 1948 update.

Creator

Thomas Hale, The University of North Alabama

Source

Alabama Historical Commission; Historic Building Form, Survey #09

Date

3/18/2012