Stories by author "Richard L. Kronick": 21
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5319 Upton Ave. So.
Architects: William Purcell and Frederick Strauel (“spec” house for Henry M. Peterson)
Date: 1928
Style: English Cottage Revival
The dominant feature of this house is its two-story polygonal bay. As with the other houses in the neighborhood,…
5315 Upton Ave. So.
Architects: Frederick Strauel (“spec” house for Henry M. Peterson)
Date: 1928
Style: English Cottage Fantasy Revival
One of the “spec” houses designed for developer Henry M. Peterson. The featured element of this house is a round-arched front…
5309 Upton Ave. So.
Architects: Purcell and Strauel (“spec” house for Henry M. Peterson)
Date: 1932
Style: English Cottage Fantasy Revival
This is one of seven speculative houses designed for developer Henry M. Peterson, who owned the house at 3 Red Cedar Lane. …
Pierce House • 10 Red Cedar Lane
Architect: Carl B. Stravs
Date: 1924
Style: English Cottage Revival
This house was built for a Baptist minister named Pierce. Its architect, Carl Stravs, like John Jager, was educated in Vienna and, from 1905 to 1909, the two architects were…
Seymour and Marjorie Mandel House
Designers: Isadore, Seymour, and Marjorie Mandel
Date: 1953
Style: Woodsy Modern
The design of this house was a collaboration among Irwin Mandel, his brother Seymour, and Seymour’s wife, Marjorie. The house was built for Seymour and Marjorie…
Gillmer-Gleason House • 11 Red Cedar Lane
Architect: Bruce Knutson
Date: 1990
Style: English Cottage Revival
The Josephs, who owned 5 Red Cedar Lane, sold the eastern part of their large lot, where this house was built. A timber frame surrounds the front door. The exterior surface of…
Burton and Geri Joseph House
Architect: Perry Larawa
Date: 1940
Style: English Cottage Revival
Perry Larawa, who designed the house at 1 Red Cedar Lane for his own family, also designed this house. It was purchased by the Joseph family in the 1950s. Burton Joseph was a…
Henry Peterson House • 3 Red Cedar Lane
Architect: William Gray Purcell
Date: 1928
Style: English Cottage Revival
William Purcell, who is best known for the Prairie School buildings he designed with his partner, George Elmslie, designed this house after the Purcell & Elmslie…
Perry Larawa House • 1 Red Cedar Lane
Architect: Perry Larawa
Date: 1940
Style: English Cottage Revival
This house of several gables is sheathed in two colors of brick, some of which were intentionally “aged” with dashes of mortar. The front door is surrounded by a sheltering…
Red Cedar Lane neighborhood
Red Cedar Lane – an Introduction
The story of Red Cedar Lane revolves around John Jager (pronounced yăger) who was born in Slovenia in 1871 and died in Minneapolis in 1959. In 1898, Jager received a degree in architecture from the Vienna…