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MAP NUMBER: 30
DATE: 1899
ORIGINAL OWNER: Russell Thayer
ARCHITECT: Unknown
CONTRACTOR: James Kinnier's Sons
This dwelling sited on the edge of the
Wissahickon was radically
altered in 1911 and 1913 by Brockie & Hastings, architects,
in
1923 by
Koelle & Pepper, architects, and in 1927 and 1935 by
Tilden, Register & Pepper, architects, so that
today the house
little resembles the one pictured here. The original version
of the
house signaled the change from a Victorian to a more contemporary
aesthetic --an overall horizontal character expressed in mass, roof
lines, linear
alignment of elements, but punctuated by the vertical
tower. Shingles were
used to visually blend the geometric masses
into a unified whole.
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