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401 South 18th Street

Item

Address

401 South 18th Street

Original Owners's Name

Willis and Zenobia Brent

Previous Owner's Names

Ron and Coni Triplett

Year of Construction

1892

Style of Architecture

Vernacular

Structure Description

Originally a shotgun house with one room behind another, though multiple additions have been constructed. The house is now a duplex. The only vestiges of the 19th century construction are a faceted dining room bay to the south and a massive, perennially dry, limestone basement. When the house was duplexed, the plan of each floor evolved into a typical bungalow layout with living and dining areas on one side and bedrooms on the other.