County of building: St. Charles County
Location of building: N 6th St. & Lewis St., NE corner, St. Charles
Built: 1899
Architect/Builder: Unknown
Architectural Style: Queen Anne
Original Occupant: Herman H. and Laura Hackman
Historic District Map
"41. 602 North Sixth Street; Queen Anne; 1899; Contributing
This 2½-story brick Queen Anne house has a coursed rock-faced stone foundation and a hip roof with intersecting cross gables on the front and south slopes and a projecting hipped wing on the north. An interior brick chimney is on the east slope of both the north and south wings’ roofs. The front-gabled wing projects only slightly and the gable end is pedimented. The tympanum is clad with imbricated shingles and has a pair of single-light windows with a continuous lintel with molded cap.
The brick walls are in a running bond and the openings are topped by tall radiating voussoirs. The openings are segmental arched except for those in the front-gabled wing, which are flat arched, and
they have cast stone lug sills. The first floor of the façade has a small 1/1 double-hung wood window in the northern bay and to the south is a ½-glazed wood door with a single-light transom and a wide 1/1 double-hung wood window. The 2-bay portico has a coursed rock-faced stone foundation, concrete stair and deck, balustrade with turned balusters, turned posts and a flat roof enclosed by a balustrade. On the second floor are two 1/1 double-hung wood windows. The south elevation is highlighted by a 2-story, cutaway gabled bay with ornate knee braces and 3 window openings on each floor. This gable has paired single-light windows and is finished like that of the front gable. To
the west is one 1/1 wood window on the first floor and 2 on the second.
a. Garage; Contributing
At the southeast corner of the lot is a 1-story, front-gabled, 1-car garage with board-and-batten siding. On the façade are paired hinged doors, each with 6-light wood windows with molded sills. On the west elevation are 2 board-and-batten man doors and a 6/6 double-hung wood
window. This garage is shown on the 1917 Sanborn Insurance map.
b. Garage; Contributing
At the northeast corner of the lot is a 1-story, 2-car, frame garage with low shed roof. It has what appears to be wide aluminum siding, and the overhead doors are continuously up and not visible.
There are no openings on the side elevations. The garage appears to be more than 50 years." ~ NRHP Nomination Form
"Built: 1899
Style/Design: Queen Anne
According to a plaque in the yard, the lot was purchased from Ezra Overall in 1898 by Herman H. Hackman, Jr. and his wife Laura and the house was built the following year. Mr. Hackman was a dry goods merchant with Kuhlman-Hackman. The 1906 city directory indicates that Mrs. Hackman was a widow. She continued to live in the house until 1926, when she sold it to Mrs. Mary Jane Boschert, widow of John Anton Boschert.
"This 2½-story, brick Queen Anne style house has a coursed rock-faced stone foundation and an asphalt hip roof with intersecting cross gables on the front and south sides and a projecting hipped wing on the north. An interior brick chimney is on the east slope of both the
north and south wings’ roofs. The front gabled wing projects only slightly and the gable end is pedimented. The tympanum is finished
with imbricated shingles and has a pair of single-light windows with a continuous lintel with molded cap and a lug sill. The brick walls are
in a running bond and the openings are topped by tall radiating voussoirs. The openings are segmental arched except for those in the
front-gabled wing, which are flat arched, and they have cast stone lug sills. The first floor of the façade has a small 1/1 double-hung
wood window in the north bay and to the south is a half-glazed wood door topped by a single-light transom and a wide 1/1 double-hung
wood window. The door opens onto a 2-bay portico with coursed rock-faced stone foundation, concrete stair and deck, balustrade with
turned balusters, and turned posts supporting the flat roof, which is enclosed by a balustrade. On the second floor are two 1/1 doublehung wood windows. The south elevation is highlighted by a 2-story, cutaway gabled bay with ornate knee braces and 3 window openings on each floor. The tympanum of this gable has paired single-light windows and is finished like that of the front gable. To the west of the gabled bay is one 1/1 wood window on the first floor and two on the second. A 2-story frame addition is on the rear.
"Public sidewalks extend down both the Sixth and Lewis street frontages of this corner lot and an alley extends along the rear. A
concrete sidewalk with stairway having 5 steps flanked by shaped knee walls leads from Sixth Street to the portico, where it then turns
right to wrap around the south side of the house. A landscape bed is between the front and south walls of the house and the sidewalk and several mature trees and shrubs extend along the southern lot line. At the rear of the lot are two outbuildings. A 1-story, front-gabled, 1-car garage clad in board-and-batten siding is at the southeast corner of the lot. On the south façade are paired hinged doors, each with 6-light wood windows with molded sills and there are no openings on the east elevation. On the west elevation are 2 board-and-batten man doors and a 6/6 double-hung wood window. This garage is shown on the 1917 Sanborn map and is contributing. At the northeast corner of the lot is a 1-story, 2-car, frame garage with low shed roof. It has what appears to be wide aluminum siding, and the overhead doors were up and not visible. There are no openings on the side elevations. The garage appears to be more than 50 years old and is contributing." ~ St. Charles Historic Survey Phase IV, PDF pages 181-185