Hiske House - St. Charles, MO
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N 38° 47.536 W 090° 28.778
15S E 718894 N 4296742
This structure in the Frenchtown Historic District is classified as C. The structure is small, why it is called a "half-House".
Waymark Code: WM18R1W
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 09/15/2023
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County of building: St. Charles County
Location of building: N 4th St. & Randolph St., SE corner, St. Charles
Built: c. 1869
Architectural Style: 2nd Empire-Half House
Architect/Builder: Unknown
Classified: C
Frenchtown District Map
"Late Victorian, circa 1865-1905, Coded C
Represented in this chronological period are 62 buildings
(about 30% of the total) whose forms and detailing frequently mix
various related Picturesque styles, including Italianate, Mansard,
Gothic Revival, and Queen Anne. Eighteen of the total are frame and
the remainder are brick. The majority of these buildings express
stylistic influence primarily in ornamental detailing, new roof forms and in irregular plan shapes in houses. Italianate examples are
limited to two, 1860s large brick houses featuring prominent bracketed
cornices and to a couple of commercial/residential buildings which employ bracketed cornices, and in one case, an ornamental cast Iron storefront. New picturesque roof profiles are found in houses exhibiting dormered mansard roofs (and Italianate
bracketed cornices), or prominent gable-front facades; separately,
roofed, spindlework wood porches are also typically found sometimes in more conversative side-gabled houses. Gable front-and-wing designs as well as cross-gable extensions from hipped roofs create irregular plans or several small houses and also as a few two-story Queen Anne houses which feature decorative surface patterning on gables. One two-story commercial building at 900 N Second employs a Mansard roof." ~ NRHP Nomination Form
"Built: c. 1869
Walls: Brick/frame - asphalt sheathing
Foundation: stone
Roof: mansard
Architectural Style: Second Empire/Half House
Gable-roof, 3-bay brick section at rear has walk-in high basement, seg. arch openings. Pedeminted dormers in mansard.
shown on 1869 Bird's Eye View. owned by "Hiske" in 1905." ~ St. Charles City Historic Survey pages 268-269
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