A few weeks ago, I was driving around with researchers Andrew and Wendy Mutch to show them kit houses on the northwest side of Chicago.
As we headed down Ibsen Street, we stumbled across this
pretty Gordon-Van Tine Patrician model in brick veneer that I never noticed before.
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| 7211 W. Ibsen St., Chicago. |
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The Gordon-Van Tine Patrician in brick veneer, from the 1931 catalog.
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| The door is rectangular but the original arched surround is still intact. |
Gordon-Van Tine and Montgomery Ward sold the same house models. The Patrician was also offered by Wards under the name
Newport.
The architect of the Patrician/Newport was George Fred Keck.
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| The Montgomery Ward Newport. |
This Patrician/Newport was built in 1932. The original owners were Ward W. Rowe and his new bride, Dorothy. He worked in sales for the Messenger Paper Company. The house cost roughly $12,000 to build. (Ward hailed from Davenport, Iowa where Gordon-Van Tine was headquartered, so I suspect this house is a Patrician.) The Rowes stayed in the house until 1940.
3 comments:
You've always got something new to show us, Lara. I really enjoy that. We enjoyed our visit with the Mutches, too, down in Carlinville :)
You must have so many files of house images that you have found -- it would probably take you ages to go through them all!
Judith
sears-house-seeker.blogspot.com
Nice find! I have one of these here in Springfield, Ohio, and I have it on my list as a Gordon-Van Tine Kent. Thanks for pointing out it could be a Wardway instead. I still have so much to learn about these houses and the companies that sold them. And so glad you got to meet Andrew and Wendy. I enjoyed their short visit here in Springfield, too. :)
Oh, forgot to mention the model was also called the Kent. Thanks for the reminder!
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