Melissia Ann Elam House

Landmark Context

Melissia Ann Elam House is fixed in the city's landmark record at 4726 S Dr Martin Luther King Jr Dr. City records connect the site to a construction date of 1903 and credits Henry L. Newhouse. It was designated on March 21, 1979. Melissia Ann Elam House can be read through domestic design, residential development, and block-by-block neighborhood change without losing sight of the actual site.

Melissia Ann Elam House is best read on the ground through lot width, setbacks, porches, bays, and rooflines, the rhythm between neighboring houses, and alterations that show changing domestic use. Seen that way, the landmark helps explain how one domestic building can still clarify the growth of an entire residential block.

Research Starting Points

Melissia Ann Elam House opens next into real-estate atlases and fire insurance maps, permit files and census or directory material, and historic photographs and neighborhood histories. Those records help separate what the landmark file says from what the longer building history actually shows.

Melissia Ann Elam House still needs deeper source work, but the landmark record already keeps that work tied to one place.