1133 Garden Street

1875, Italianate/Neo Classical

Tap the "play audio" button above to listen to the audio recording of this text. Swipe to see more photos and tap to enlarge.

This house exhibits architectural details associated with the Italianate style which dominated American house design between 1850 and 1880. Characteristic elements featured on this house include its hipped roof form and window hoods or crowns over the second-floor windows on the front façade. The portico with four fluted pillars is a later addition, around 1940. Built circa 1875, early residents included James Bowers and George Russell who lived here for several years starting in about 1879. They both worked as finishers for N.G. Olds & Sons which manufactured carriage seats, and plow handles.

This home was on the 2019 Tour as a “Work in Progress.” Now one can see what has transpired from the gutted shell seen on the previous tour. This is a fine example of how these historic and sometimes deteriorated dwellings can be transformed into a modern home inside while keeping and refurbishing the historic architecture on the exterior.