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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality
Excellent post on the J.F. Maier, Jr home at 2068 S. Hobart, Flyingwedge. You included so many interesting details.
I noticed this residence two doors up from Maier Jrs home. (north on Hobart)
gsv
Do you have any information pertaining to this house FW or GW?
I really like this home because it's elegant without being pretentious. (palladian?)
There is a butt-ugly apartment building between this home and the Maier JR. home. (built in 1963)
redfin
I wonder what home was torn down to make room for this thing. |
2052 S Hobart was built in 1925 by glass company exec Louis Tyre, apparently on a lot not previously built upon...
late for the neighborhood, which was soon to begin its decline. (Tyre would have been smarter to built the house in
Windsor Square, say.) And, ER, it's funny you should use the word "pretentious." Back in the day, the word was not a
pejorative--in terms of domestic architecture, it meant "substantial" or "grand"....
The apartment building replaced a house built in 1905 by carriagemaker Stephen Wilder, one designed and
built by Arthur S. Heineman & co and demo'ed in 1961.