HOMES WE COVET, GARDENS WE DIG
some of Volume One’s favorite Eau Claire homes and gardens
1011 State St.
Lorentz Family Home
The Bradley Marcy House is better known as, simply, The Cobblestone House, being that it’s the only example of cobblestone architecture in the Chippewa Valley. Built in 1866 in the style of Gothic Revival, architect Bradley Marcy wheeled the stones from the confluence.
Compared to the other homes on this list, the residence at 1721 Nicholas Drive is an infant. Celebrating its second birthday in May, this home was designed and built by the Lorentz’s son, Chad, who works for an architectural firm in Seattle. This was the second home he ever built, and the basis was the most amount of room in the smallest area, which explains features like the indoor catwalk that separates the two halves.
Bradley Marcy House
corner of Nicholas Drive and Amanda Court
First Congregational Church Parsonage
Orlando Brice House 120 Marston Ave.
403 Third Ave.
If you could imagine yourself as a wealthy plantation owner in the South during the Civil War, this is the estate you wish you could come home to. This 1918 residence, owned by Wisconsin Refrigerator Company manager Orlando G. Brice, is a significant example of the Georgian Revival style.
This 1915 home was designed by Purcell and Elmslie, a prolific Minneapolis architectural firm working in the tradition of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Prairie School. It looks like a whole bunch of triangles, to me.
Gem Gardens
Eau Claire’s South Side
1531 Canfield St
Eau Claire’s Third Ward Neighborhood
Demmler Gardens
Eau Claire’s Third Ward Neighborhood
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April 2, 2009