Quincy House Tour

1233

1233 Park Place is a traditional turn of the century home that attaches some its appearance to the Queen Anne as well as to the ideas of the emerging Arts and Crafts styles. The large brick house sits under a medium pitched hip roof and is centered with a hipped dormer.

The porch extends across the first floor and is detailed in an abstracted classical ornament. These two items, which attach themselves to the Craftsman style, tend to make one believe that the house is symmetrical. But further investigation will show that it is not the case at all.

From here the ideas of the Queen Anne take over, such as the off axis entry and the second floor sleeping porch that make the right side of the house pop out a little more than the left. Elements on the side of the house also suggest its Queen Anne roots particularly in the half round turret form and the large arched window.

Terra cotta panels can be seen as an ornamental device running along the cornice line above the second floor windows. Abstracted terra cotta ornament is typical of houses at the turn of the century that were built in the Craftsman and Prairie School manners.

This house is an excellent example of the transition that is beginning to take place in middle class suburban architecture at the turn of the century. One begins to see a blending of various styles into a new house style which has no clear high style precedent.