317 Clayton Street

317 Clayton Street was a classic old Victorian house located at Five Points in Cottage Hills sitting several houses east of the wonderful old Farley Home at the intersection of Clayton and Goldwaithe. At some point during the early twentieth century the house was divided into apartments and rooms which were rented to Military and Civil Service personnel at Maxwell. Mrs. Mae Williamson Blackwell purchased the house from Dr.Tuttle and lived in a large apartment on the first floor for approximately fifty years. George Griffith, a local antique dealer, bought the house in the mid 1970's and converted the house into his antique shop. Later the house was sold to Tracy Larkin; he used the house as a nightclub. After that, the house was vacant for a while, then destroyed by fire. The entrance to the backyard of this house was on Caroline Street next to the the Caroline Courts Apartments.

 

The Candlelight Restaurant was directly across the street from 317 Clayton.

 

The original brick wall with niche is all that is left. At one time there was an iron gate at the street entrance along with an iron hitching post.

(photo and caption courtesy of Sue Bell)