Captains and Revival

Here's a different home for you to look at. This is a 2 1/2 storey, Colonial Revival house with a hipped roof and hipped front dormer. The front is unusual since it has a bay window and a formal entranceway with one oriel window beside it. Usually, this style of home would have an integral porch.

Frank L. Dixon was issued a building permit February 14, 1911 for a $3,500 dwelling house. A year before, on August 3, 1910, the same owner had a building license for a $100 stable on the same property.

The first residents of this address are Dixon and realtor Frank B. Maiken n 1912.

Now we are back to an example of the Gabled Vernacular Style of home - there seems to be a fair amount of these homes in the area. At least I seem to type the description often.

This house, as you can see, has deck over the porch and an unusual projecting gabled bay on the attic storey. On September 29, 1909, A.D. McQuarrie was issued a building permit with a value of $2,200.

The house is listed as new and vacant in the 1910 directory. However, in 1911 and 1912, 1749 Napier Street was occupied by a contractor, William Thorpe, his wife and daughter Laura who was a bookkeeper.

 
This next home is located at 1749 William Street. It is a rather large and elaborate version of the Gabled Vernacular Style, which has a closed front gable framing two bay windows on the second storey. A water permit for this location was given to H. P. (Horace Pulman) Newman on August 31, 1909 and a building permit for a $2,000 abode on September 14 of the same year. The 1910 directory lists the house as being vacant.

The first occupants of this home were the Captain of No. 5 Firehall, William J. (John) Jordan and his wife Margaret. Jordan was born in Brighton, England in 1862 and Margaret Welsh was born in Ireland in 1864. The senior Jordans lived here until 1934.

The Jordans had a daughter named Gladys who married William Rennie in the house in 1914. The Rennies are listed as residents of this address from 1916 to 1944.

In April of 1911, W. Jordan got a permit to build a $125 garage for the home.

I hope you enjoyed this glimpse into a few homes in my city. Thanks goes to the Grandview Heritage Blog for the information.

Have a great weekend and I hope you find the beauty around you.

High on the Hill

The first house I am looking at today is at 1556 Grant Street. It is a Colonial Revival-style house with a hipped roof and a hipped domer. It was built by James Edward Guinet as his own house although the Grandview Heritage Group has not found a building permit as of yet. 

This home was built in 1908/09. The water permit is dated July of 1908.

The Guinet family lived here until 1912. 

Original photos show the house at a lower elevation. This is due to the fact that the current street grade is lower, the house has not been raised.

This home is a more modest version of its neighbours and I am going to show you one of those homes now.

If you can see through the trees and shrubbery, this house is located at 1544 Grant Street. As with 1556, it is a Colonial Revival style home. It is assumed that James Guinet built this house, which is listed as new and vacant in 1909. William H. Hibbert occupied the residence from 1910 to 1912.

Sorry I was unable to get clearer photos. That's the way it goes sometimes!

That brings up to 1530 Grant Street. Another building best described as Colonial Revival. However, the sheltering hipped roof, exposed rafter rails and open soffits give it the look of the emerging Prairie Style houses from that period in Chicago. This is another home where the building permit seems to be lost. 

The official date of this home is 1912 although directories suggest it may have been around earlier. In 1909, a miner by the name of William W. Irwin lived at 1530. In 1910 and 1911, it was a lumberman named Walter M. Marriot and in 1912, Edmund Evans, a piano teacher. This looks like another home built by Guinet. 

I want to thank the Grandview Heritage Group for the information on the homes.

I hope you find the beauty around you.