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Readers respond to Mystery House #27

Built By A Banker

The Mystery | Reader Responses

From Cate and Ken:

This house definitely has influences of the Prairie Style, Foursquare and Arts and Crafts details, also. Maybe the Banker got carried away and incorporated different details of surrounding homes he admired.

From William Young:

#27 is a classic American foursquare. Despite the bay and the brackets, it still has the essential box shape, the pyramidal roof, front dormer, and several other characteristics of the style. The American foursquare could be gussied up in all manner of applied decorative motifs (Greek, Neoclassic, Italianate, Spanish, etc.), but down underneath it's still a foursquare (1900-1930, basic dates).

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