I forget sometimes that the strength of Lafayette Square lies not in the mansions on the square--though they are certainly amazing--but the side streets where more modest, but equally majestic homes help anchor the entire neighborhood.
Here is a vestige of Lafayette Square losing prominence in the early 20th Century: a storefront built out the front of a house.
Above is a great example of Mansard Roofs, in the restrained manner that I love so much in neighborhoods inside Grand Blvd.
There are a few Federal style houses as well, as this interesting juxtaposition of Italianate and Federalist rowhouses demonstrate.
I like how the owners of this house left the door with its rough patina intact.
I forget sometimes that the strength of Lafayette Square lies not in the mansions on the square--though they are certainly amazing--but the side streets where more modest, but equally majestic homes help anchor the entire neighborhood.
Here is a vestige of Lafayette Square losing prominence in the early 20th Century: a storefront built out the front of a house.
Above is a great example of Mansard Roofs, in the restrained manner that I love so much in neighborhoods inside Grand Blvd.
There are a few Federal style houses as well, as this interesting juxtaposition of Italianate and Federalist rowhouses demonstrate.
I like how the owners of this house left the door with its rough patina intact.
We used to own this house. The doors are not orignal, but were created in a high school woodshop class. We looked for someone to refurbish them, but they are badly warped and
ReplyDeleteneed a great deal of work.
We sold the house in 2000, and they still remain the same.
How interesting, there's a million stories behind everything in this city, isn't there?
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