81 Alta Avenue

Upper Elevator House; two-story, Shingle Style depot converted to residence; covered walkway supported by natural timbers with cobblestone detailing; conical roofed porch with finial; rectangular plan; coursed rubble sub-stories and stucco upper floor; single and paired one-over-one double hung sash windows; gabled main building with shed roof dormers.

Significance: Park Hill West (c. 2006), pp. 48-58, identifies this as the upper depot for the 1893 incline elevator, an unusual Shingle Style adaptation to non-residential use and one of the surviving tangible links to Park Hill's early commuter amenities.

Originally Upper Elevator House; converted into residence; at street, open entrance pavilion with cobblestone piers with timber struts supporting hooded roof with finial; steps lead to open walkway with low cobblestone walls, timber struts, and peak roof with eyebrows; walkway leads to two-story, rectilinear elevator house with rubble stone sub-stories and stucco upper floors; single and paired windows; gabled roof; shed dormers.

Significance: Park Hill (2002), pp. 742-755, identifies this as the upper depot for the 1893 incline elevator, an unusual Shingle Style adaptation to non-residential use and one of the surviving tangible links to Park Hill's early commuter amenities.

This is a 2 story Shingle Style structure with a gable roof, multiple cross gables and dormers. It is approached by a covered walkway using natural timbers and cobblestone where walkway meets street. There is a conical-roofed porch supported by cobblestone piers.

Significance: Park Hill (1984), pp. 424-435, identifies this as the upper depot of the 1893 elevator house, a Shingle Style adaptation to non-residential use with a shingle-covered conical roof, natural timbers set in cobblestone piers, and a covered bridge.