The Brayton House (James P. Brayton House)

The Brayton House (James P. Brayton House)

The Brayton House (James P. Brayton House) Photograph by Balthazar Korab
c. 1889. 516 College Ave. SE

This monumental wooden Classical Revival house resembles some built from the mail-order architectural drawings of David S. Hopkins. A center gambreled gable with a Palladian window projects from the side-gable building. This is fronted by a giant balustraded portico with paired colossal Ionic columns. One-story, flat-roofed porches supported by paired Doric columns and piers flank the portico. The entrance is surmounted by a shell ornament and has decorative sidelights. Ionic pilasters mark the corners of the house and dentils run along the ample cornice beneath projecting eaves.

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