| The June D. Drake House is situated on the east side of South Water Street, the primary north-south thoroughfare through Silverton, extending along the east side of Silver Creek, at the northern edge of the residential neighborhood extending south, away from the main downtown business district. The neighborhood is characterized by historic residences to the south, most being contemporary to the June Drake House, or built within 15 years of its completion in 1904. It represents one of a few residential vestiges in an area immediately south of the original downtown business district that was developed with residences in the opening years of the twentieth century, and that now is increasingly surrounded with growth of the business district, now being almost entirely surrounded by commercial and community buildings, including a commercial building adjacent to the north, the Silverton Public Library across South Water Street, and the Silverton Community Center, two lots to the south. The house fronts southwest onto South Water Street, which bends to follow the course of Silver Creek. The house sits on a rectangular lot, with 59 feet fronting South Water Street, and extending 117 feet into the block. Immediately behind the house are two non-historic, non-contributing sheds. The house is a 1½ story, wood-frame Free Classic Queen Anne-style house which, typical of the Free Classic sub-type of the Queen Anne style, combines late-Victorian elements of massing and style with subdued elements of the Colonial Revival style. It has a side-gabled roof featuring a prominent, projecting, forward-facing gable and rear-facing, projecting gable. The house has an off-center entrance covered with a front porch, forward canted bay, and two additions, one at the rear of the south (side) elevation, and another at the rear (east) . The walls are finished with wood coved shiplap (drop) siding, and wood shingle in the gable ends. The foundation beneath the original house is rough-dressed, coursed granite, and beneath the additions, poured concrete. The interior of the house is modestly styled with built-in cabinetry, a finely-crafted fir staircase, and a modestly-executed colonnade between the front sitting room and the rear parlor, featuring delicate spindle work supported by columns. The house includes three alterations of note, including a gabled attachment to the rear of the south elevation, an enclosure of the rear porch at the northeast corner, and a hipped-roofed, partially enclosed rear porch on the east elevation. The house totals 3,122 square feet |
