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City recognizes two homeowners for preservation

Mayor Barbara Volk presents Historic Preservation award to Renita and Todd McDougal and Anne Hansley.

By Bill Moss, Published: June 6, 2013

Two homeowners in the West Side Historic District were honored Thursday for their work in restoring and remodeling their homes in keeping with historic standards.

The City Council honored Anne Hansley of 311 Buncombe St. and Todd and Renita McDougal of 731 Fourth Avenue West and presented them with a plaque and a check for $100.
Improvements to the Buncombe Street bungalow included painting, landscaping and work on columns. Work on the Fourth Avenue house, built in 1903, included kitchen upgrades, remodeled bathroom, window casings, restoration of original doors, repainting, restoring the stairs, painting and repairing the ceiling and walls.

The Hendersonville Historic Preservation Commission initiated the awards to homeowners, businesses and organizations that demonstrate a commitment to historic preservation, local history and the city's heritage.

Here is the historic background for the houses, based on research compiled by the Hendersonville Historic Preservation Commission:

• The Ralph W. Jones House at 310 Buncombe is a one-story-plus-basement bungalow with a front gable roof and knee braces built about 1920. German siding. Part of rear porch at the northwest corner enclosed between 1922 to 1926. Front attached wraparound porch details include battered posts on brick piers, Chinese latticework balustrade, and a hip roof. Exterior end brick chimney. Four vertical-over-one windows, and three vertical-over-panel front door. Small lot drops to rear. Ralph W. and Eleanor Jones lived here from 1937 to 1938. Jones was principal at Etowah School. Daniel and Annie Bufano, of Miami, Florida, apparently lived here part of the year from 1939 to 1940. Arthur and Lena Redden lived here from 1941 to 1944. Redden was a lawyer. Mrs. Erma Faulkner lived here from 1945 to at least 1951.
• Built in 1903, the Curtis-Burckmeyer house at 731 Fourth Avenue West is a two-and-a-half-story classical revival home with cross gable roof. Full-width attached porch at front, with a second story porch in the center bay of the house. Square posts and 2x2 balustrade. One-over-one windows with architrave molding, and single-light-over-panel front door. Weatherboard siding. This house was built by F. E. and Elizabeth Curtis of Charleston, South Carolina. Elizabeth Curtis sold the house to Benjamin P. Burckmeyer in 1907. Beginning in 1937, Mrs. Caroline Burckmeyer lived here. John Burckmeyer lived here from 1939 to at least 1951. The Burckmeyers were listed as farmers in city directories. This lot originally extended all the way to Fifth Avenue on the north, and possibly to Justice Street on the east.