1890's George W. Payne Designed House
There were some outdoor cooking items placed in front of this house in the original image so I carefully edited them out without changing any detail of the house. The sidewalk extended to the street but I took the artistic license to try to focus on the subject of the photo, the historic home. Please click on image for an enlarged, more detailed version. This Queen Anne style cottage resembles a design from plan book competitor architect, George F. Barber out of Knoxville, TN. Barber in the 1890's managed a large firm. and published many plan books. By coincidence, he was also originally from Illinois and started his career in DeKalb, IL. Local architect George W. Payne apparently somewhat copied or perhaps better, "borrowed" from Barber's designs and not just in this one example. If any resentment existed between the rivals, history has left no record of it.
1890's George W. Payne Designed House
There were some outdoor cooking items placed in front of this house in the original image so I carefully edited them out without changing any detail of the house. The sidewalk extended to the street but I took the artistic license to try to focus on the subject of the photo, the historic home. Please click on image for an enlarged, more detailed version. This Queen Anne style cottage resembles a design from plan book competitor architect, George F. Barber out of Knoxville, TN. Barber in the 1890's managed a large firm. and published many plan books. By coincidence, he was also originally from Illinois and started his career in DeKalb, IL. Local architect George W. Payne apparently somewhat copied or perhaps better, "borrowed" from Barber's designs and not just in this one example. If any resentment existed between the rivals, history has left no record of it.