Stories by author "Richard L. Kronick": 16
1706 Colfax Ave. So.
Original owner: Arthur Miller
Architect: Leroy S. Buffington
Built 1907
Leroy Buffington claimed to have invented the skyscraper and for a time held a patent on the idea.
1710 Colfax Ave. So.
This house in the Tudor Revival style was built in 1911. Architects: Lamoreaux and Long.
5312 Vincent Ave. So.
Architects: William Purcell and Frederick Strauel (“spec” house for Henry M. Peterson)
Date: 1928
Style: French Cottage Revival/Colonial Revival
Surprise! Here, the architects and their client departed completely from the English Cottage Revival…
2825 Brookwood Terrace
Architect: Frederick Strauel (“spec” house for Henry M. Peterson)
Date: 1929
Style: English Cottage Revival
Primarily, this house is an essay on one of the most important components of the English Cottage Revival Style: half-timbering. Of…
5312 Upton Ave. So.
Architects: William Purcell and Frederick Strauel (“spec” house for Henry M. Peterson)
Date: 1929
Style: Spanish Colonial / English Cottage Revival
Surprise! While most of the Purcell and Strauel houses in this group are purely English Cottage…
5319 Upton Ave. So.
Architects: William Purcell and Frederick Strauel (“spec” house for Henry M. Peterson)
Date: 1928
Style: English Cottage Revival
The dominant feature of this house is its two-story polygonal bay. As with the other houses in the neighborhood,…
5315 Upton Ave. So.
Architects: Frederick Strauel (“spec” house for Henry M. Peterson)
Date: 1928
Style: English Cottage Fantasy Revival
One of the “spec” houses designed for developer Henry M. Peterson. The featured element of this house is a round-arched front…
5309 Upton Ave. So.
Architects: Purcell and Strauel (“spec” house for Henry M. Peterson)
Date: 1932
Style: English Cottage Fantasy Revival
This is one of seven speculative houses designed for developer Henry M. Peterson, who owned the house at 3 Red Cedar Lane. …
Pierce House • 10 Red Cedar Lane
Architect: Carl B. Stravs
Date: 1924
Style: English Cottage Revival
This house was built for a Baptist minister named Pierce. Its architect, Carl Stravs, like John Jager, was educated in Vienna and, from 1905 to 1909, the two architects were…
Seymour and Marjorie Mandel House
Designers: Isadore, Seymour, and Marjorie Mandel
Date: 1953
Style: Woodsy Modern
The design of this house was a collaboration among Isadore Mandel, his brother Seymour, and Seymour’s wife, Marjorie. The house was built for Seymour and Marjorie…