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Dennis Crowley from Foursquare speaks onstage during the 15th Annual Webby Awards at Hammerstein Ballroom on June 13, 2011 in New York City.
This home was built in 1895, in the American Foursquare or "Prairie Box" style. The latter description is *quite* appropriate!
Following a dispute over the proposed relocation of nearby Liebenthal, Volga German settlers founded Schoenchen in April 1877. Its population in 2010 was 207 individuals.
L.J. Welch House was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on 10/19/1989 for its area of significance in architecture.
In circa 1915, local banker L. J. Welch had this house built. Promoted by pattern books and mail order houses, two-and-one-half story cubic dwellings commanded widespread popularity across the United States for at least the first three decades of the Twentieth Century. Now, generally accepted by historians of vernacular architecture as the American Foursquare, this style is noted primarily by its large, massed cubic form. Façade treatments and floor plans vary considerably. Roof plans are either hipped or pyramidal (full or truncated). Open porches were incorporated into almost all designs. Like the older Queen Anne style, the Foursquare grew out of the enduring Craftsman movement; however, many examples feature Colonial Revival and Classical Revival elements becoming popular again for domestic architecture at the turn of the century. Often elements of Prairie School styling will be included. Costs of houses span a wide range depending upon personal tastes, needs, and resources of the owner. Yet these dwellings are generally noted for their affordability and versatility.
Almost completely unaltered, the Welch House illustrates this very recognizable cubic form and features numerous period appointments. Taking most of its influence from the Craftsman Style, the house displays such components as built-in cabinets, well crafted casement windows, vertical muntin sash windows, a brick fireplace, and French doors. Although the initial architectural plans now in possession of the owner called for an open porch, the enclosed sun porch appears to be very early, if not original. Authentic lighting fixtures of various types are found throughout the house. Typical period building materials include narrow clapboard siding and the ornamental concrete blocks used for the foundation.
Taken with picplz at Caledonian Road Underground Station in Islington.
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