J. Trek House - St. Charles, MO
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YoSam.
N 38° 47.537 W 090° 28.697
15S E 719011 N 4296746
This structure in the Frenchtown Historic District is classified as C. This Eastlake house was once painted white, you can see that version in the link :St. Charles City Historic Survey."
Waymark Code: WM18V3A
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 09/28/2023
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County of building: St. Charles County
Location of building: N 3rd St., 3rd house N of Randolph St., E side, St. Charles
Built: 1876
Architectural Style: Eastlake
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: 1876
Walls: Brick
Foundation: stone
Roof: side gable/asphalt
Architectural Style: Eastlake
Brick dentilled cornice; gable-end chimneys; double row lock seg. arch openings; gable centered above entrance.
property owned by J. Trek in 1905; This or earlier building shown on 1869 Bird's Eye View of St. Charles." ~ St. Charles Historic Survey pages 164-165
Historic Marker on Site:
1310 North Third Street
(c.1876) This romantic front gabled home was built in 1876 by Theodore Mertens, who died shortly thereafter. Upon his death, the home was willed to Christoph Mertens, a minor. In 1878, the home was auctioned off on the courthouse steps for $595.00. In the 1970's the hone's brick exterior was painted white and the parade porch was removed! However, in the 1990's the home was restored to its current splendor!
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