Jake Everhardt House

The Jake Everhardt House

Jake Everhardt House

133 NE 10th Ave.
Style: 
Built: 
Unknown
Period: 
Depression/New Deal
Type: 
House

The Jake Everhardt House was located at 133 NE 10th Ave. As was common in the neighborhood at the time, the lot was split into two halves with the Everhardt House on the east half and a house occupied by Mrs. Hazel Jenkins on the west half. In order to fit two structures side by side with space between them on the 50 foot wide lots, each home had to be very narrow. This resulted in the construction of shotgun houses which were rectangular homes normally about 12 feet wide with the rooms arranged one behind the other and a door at the front and back. The length of these houses allowed for excellent airflow which was ideal for the hot Florida climate. The construction of shotgun houses declined in the early 20th century.

The Everhardt House was a wood frame structure with weatherboard siding, a gable roof, board and batten window shutters, and an enclosed front porch with jalousie windows. The structure was raised off of the ground on masonry piers. Like most shotgun houses, the structure was built close to the street with a short front setback. There are no existing details of the interior; however, typically, the rooms were lined up one behind the other with the living room first, then one or two bedrooms with a kitchen at the rear. Early examples did not have a bathroom but later examples either had a bathroom built before the last room of the house or in a small addition off of the kitchen.

The Everhardt House was a wood frame structure with weatherboard siding, a gable roof, board and batten window shutters, and an enclosed front porch with jalousie windows. The structure was raised off of the ground on masonry piers. Like most shotgun houses, the structure was built close to the street with a short front setback. There are no existing details of the interior; however, typically, the rooms were lined up one behind the other with the living room first, then one or two bedrooms with a kitchen at the rear. Early examples did not have a bathroom but later examples either had a bathroom built before the last room of the house or in a small addition off of the kitchen.

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