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Resource Number: 5BL853 Temporary Resource Number: 157508426014 17. Primary external wall material(s): Particle Board siding 18. Roof configuration: Hipped roof 19. Primary external roof material: Asphalt roof 20. Special features: Porch, chimney, dormer, fence, stained glass 21. General architectural description: 733 Pine is a wood -framed building, generally rectangular in plan with a projecting bay on the south side. The house faces south to Pine Street. The foundation is pink sandstone, irregularly coursed, long narrow stone slabs, except for a north addition, which rests on a concrete foundation. Exterior siding is light cream -colored replacement composition siding with a drop profile. The front porch is at the east end of the south facade. The porch has a hip roof supported on a wooden beam with decorative crown molding, on turned wood posts. Two concrete steps lead up to the porch, which has a wood deck floor. The front door is natural finish historic wood with two lower panels and an upper 3/3 divided light. There is a clear transom light above the door. Head trim on this door, and on all doors and windows, consists of a projecting top drip and wood scallops with circular cutouts. Facing east onto the main porch, there was historically an additional entrance door. This has been removed and replaced with a small pair of stained glass windows. The roof is covered with brown asphalt shingles and has a complex geometry. Its basic shape is a hip. A projecting bay on the west side features an upper gable with fish scale gable siding, above a three -sided hip sheltering the front three -sided projecting bay window. The north addition has a pyramidal hip roof. There are two red brick chimneys. Eaves are boxed, except at the front porch where rafter tails are exposed. There is one hipped dormer facing east and one facing west. The dormers have the same siding as the rest of the house. Windows are mostly historic, simple wood sash, single hung, with aluminum storm/screen sash. Decorative scalloped trim with circular cutouts above the window heads is original. Dormer windows are simple awning openings. A projecting bay at the north side of the house is an early addition. It is an enclosed porch or sunroom with simple wood double -hung windows and a door matching the style of the front entrance, but painted white. 22. Architectural style/building type: Late Victorian: Queen Anne 23. Landscaping or special setting features: Jefferson Place Subdivision is a historic residential neighborhood adjacent to downtown Louisville. The subdivision is laid out on a standard urban grid of narrow, deep lots with rear alleys. Houses are built to a fairly consistent setback line along the streets with small front lawns, deep rear yards and mature landscaping. Small, carefully maintained single-family residences predominate. Most of the houses are wood framed, one or one and one-half stories in height, featuring white or light-colored horizontal wood or steel siding, gabled or hipped asphalt shingled roofs and front porches. While many of the houses have been modified over the years, most of the historic character -defining features have been preserved. 733 Pine is consistent with these patterns and blends well with the scale and character of the neighborhood. Located on a corner lot, the property has open, grassy lawns along both LaFarge and Pine. A planter bed and large elm tree flank the concrete walk to the main entrance on Pine. A small fenced yard is at the rear (north) of the house, along with a wood deck and a patio of drylaid sandstone pavers, and a second large elm tree. To the west, a non -historic house has been built very close to this house. The north side of the property is one of several locations in Jefferson Place where a very narrow, ten -foot wide east -west alley existed in the original plat. These narrow alleys were vacated in the 1980s and ownership was deeded to the adjacent owners. The vacated alleys are still visible and mostly used for private off-street parking. 2