Tempe Historic Property Survey

This house was built by Mina Dashner in 1912, and served as a rental property until 1919, when it was sold to Guy Botkin, a clerk at Baber-Jones Mercantile Company. Botkin sold the property to H. L. Harelson four months later. Harelson was a teller at the Tempe National Bank, and was later assistant cashier. After leaving the bank, he formed the Harelson Insurance Agency, which he operated until 1949, when he started an income tax service. The Harelson family lived in the house until 1943.

The Dashner/Harelson House was a one-story frame bungalow faced with brick. Originally square, the building later became L-shaped with the addition of a front (north) wing with stucco gable and exterior chimney. The main roof had open eaves and the ridgeline was parallel to the front façade, with gables at the east and west ends. The roof was covered with a diamond pattern of asphalt shingles and extended over the porch in the ell of the mass. The porch was a concrete platform reached by two steps. Windows were double-hung and had brick sills. The house was demolished in the 1980s.

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