315 Cascade Avenue, Baynes-Walker House, 1915

A side-gabled Craftsman bungalow with a central shed dormer; a front-width porch supported by square posts on brick piers with cast stone caps; and a picket balustrade with heavy newel and railing. The structure has an unadorned central entrance, and a large front one-over-one window with a smaller transom-like upper sash glazed in a small lattice pattern (similar to #309). The design also includes decorative false knee braces/brackets within all gables, two interior brick chimneys, and vinyl siding. Construction of the house is attributed to Fogle Brothers Company.

William T. Baynes married Vera T. in 1916 and moved to this new house from 1170 Liberty Street where he had boarded. His oldest brother Obie Baynes and wife Mildred lived nearby on Cascade Avenue for a few years as well. W.T. and Vera left the neighborhood in 1919, but returned to 107 Gloria Avenue in 1927. Robert, a clerk at RJR Tobacco Co., and Naomi Walker moved here in 1920. (Interestingly, they also later moved to Gloria Ave.) In 1923, Eldorado, a mechanic with Southbound Railroad, and Sarah Edwards purchased the home.

315 Cascade garage, 1941 – A hip-roofed brick-veneered garage and storage building with a 1943 brick shed attachment (contributing structure)

Bungalow – A small one-story or 1 ½ story house, usually having a low profile and of wood-frame construction . Relatively low in cost and often built to plans taken from a pattern book or even purchased as a kit house.

Craftsman style – Characteristics include: low-pitched gabled roof (sometimes hipped) with wide, unenclosed eave overhang; roof rafters often exposed; decorative (false) beams or braces added under gables; porch roof supported by square columns on piers or full height (ground to porch roof) columns of different materials; columns often battered (tapered); cottage windows; dormers common (gabled or shed), also with exposed rafters or braces.

The dominant small house style from about 1905 through the 1920s. The Greene brothers in southern California popularized this style (1893-1914) of which the Gamble House is considered a prime example. Patterns and kits were widely available.