356 Park Hill Avenue

Fisher/Father Divine House; two-and-one half story, three bay, frame Colonial Revival style residence; square plan; centrally-placed entrance porch supported on brick piers; entrance features transom and sidelights and enframement ornamented with classically inspired motifs; two-story bay windows; double hung sash windows with diamond glazing; transomed and Palladian windows; flanking two-story side porches; pedimented dormers; hipped roof; towering chimneys with ornamental brick work; alterations include changes to front and side porches and aluminum siding.

Significance: Park Hill West (c. 2006), pp. 48-58, identifies this as the 1899 Fisher/Father Divine House, associated with the nationally known religious and social leader of the Peace Mission movement, and describes it as a Colonial Revival dwelling that melds Georgian design elements with Federal and Greek Revival motifs.

2 1/2-story, symmetrical frame house set above street level on large plot; bowed rubblestone retaining wall supports drive; brick steps lead to entrance porch; porch supported by brick piers; open terrace with balustrade railing; doorway with transom, sidelights, and Neo-classical ornament; entrance flanked by two-story, angled bays; cornice with garland frieze; fluted Corinthian pilasters at corners of house; one-story porch to south and two-story porch to north supported by square posts, small, single-story porch at northwest corner; hip roof with large central dormer, with Palladian window and swan's-neck pediment; central dormer flanked by dormers with segmental-arch pediments; tall brick chimneys; some diamond-pane sash on side elevations.

Alterations: Aluminum siding; brick porch posts; second story of porch to north added after initial construction.

Significance: Park Hill (2002), p. 11, identifies this as the Father Divine property, associated with the nationally known religious and social leader of the Peace Mission movement, and as one of the large residential parcels whose protection was an explicit preservation concern.

This is a 2 1/2 story, 3 bay vernacular house with a hipped roof and multiple arched dormers, multiple bay windows, multiple porches, Corinthian pilasters on corners, cornice with garland decoration, entry porch with deck above, garland decoration, transom and sidelights.

The illustrated view shows an expansive multi-story residence on a sloping lawn, with large porches, bay windows, decorative architectural details, and mature trees.