Quincy House Tour

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208 South Twelfth Street is a Speculative home built in 1900 by J. H. Konofes. This house is classified as a Queen Anne but is different from most of the homes seen on the block of the same vintage. This Queen Anne is in the townhouse form and utilizes a wide variety of classical architectural details. As said before, the Queen Anne homes of the turn of the Century utilized elements of other architectural eras in their decoration, and this house is no different.

The front of this house is of red masonry in the Flemish bond. The mains form of the house is a vertically proportioned Flemish gable with two double hung windows in the center.

On the other half of the front facade is a smaller Flemish gable dormer that sits above an arched entry. In back of these two forms is a large hip roof capped with a cast iron finial, one of the many gothic details seen on this house.

Along with the finial are masonry buttresses and the large opening for an entry resembling those seen in medieval church architecture. However classical elements can be seen in this eclectic house as well, particularly in the brick quoins and the cornice that separates the roof from the exterior walls. Mixed in with all these other styles are ornamental terra Cotta panels that are associated with the concurrent prairie school homes.