1203 W. Wayne Street (Garden Only)

2021 West Central Home Tour

1203 W. Wayne Street (Garden Only)

Fort Wayne, Indiana 46802, United States

Created By: Historic West Central Neighborhood

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1909, Colonial Revival

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Built in 1909 for Edward Gilmartin, a partner in the Gilmartin Lumber Co., this Colonial Revival style house was once the administration building for the Fort Wayne’s Women’s College, which formerly occupied nearby land. By 1910, the typical rectangular form with a hipped or side-gabled roof had become the common, although details were frequently exaggerated. Formal, symmetrical houses became the most fashionable form of the Colonial Revival.

The home’s gardens were designed by West Central resident and landscape architect Tom Cain for the home’s previous owners. The front garden features a simple symmetrical arrangement of PJM rhododendrons, Chinese hollies flanking the house, and yews flanking the steps. A pair of Chinese dogwoods frame the view from the street. In the rear, an arbor feature creates a sitting spot along with a gravel extension of the patio under the Japanese Magnolia tree.

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