3430 Dover Rd. - Ct Council, Jr House

(Below in italics is from the 2009 National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.)

One-and-a-half-story, side-gabled, brick Colonial Revival house with projecting center gable-front entry bay faced with stone; gabled wall dormers in the front slope of the side-gabled roof flank the gable end of the projecting bay, which holds a triple window topped by fanlight; below, the main entry is set into molded surround with fluted pilasters, half-round arch, and sidelights and transom window; 6/6, 4/4, and multi-lite fixed sash; large circa 1995 addition at rear repeats gabled roof line and fanlight details and includes garages and additional living space.

Neighborhood oral history identifies this at the Commodore T. Council Jr. House. The 1947 city directory shows Commodore T. Council Jr., the plant manager of his father’s BC Remedy Company, living on Dover Road in Hope Valley. He and his wife Madeline apparently moved from W. Club Boulevard, near Watts Hospital, sometime after 1944. His father lived next door around the same time.

Garish 1995 additions and Mcmansionizing make this a non-contributing structure in the Hope Valley NR district.