320 East Sprague Street, House, c.1925

A one-and-a-half-story side-gable Craftsman Bungalow with asbestos shingle siding; a shingled shed-roof dormer with exposed rafter tails; an engaged porch with battered columns on cobblestone pattern cast concrete block; and knee braces in the gable ends. 1925 CD: not listed; 1935 CD: James and Allie Ledbetter (W), assistant dyer with Hanes Dye and Finishing Company; 1945 CD: Mrs. Allie Ledbetter (W), occupant; 1954 CD: ditto, owner-occupant. Comparison with 1951 Sanborn Map indicates small rear addition.

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 as a kit house.

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

Engaged Porch – integrated with the actual structure of the house rather than attached to the house only along the deck and the roof.