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Critelli House

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1909, attrib. Einar O. Broaten. 811 N. Adams Ave.
  • Critelli House (David Gebhard and Gerald Mansheim)
  • Fred Lippert House (David Gebhard and Gerald Mansheim)

The architect has taken the theme of the cruciform Prairie house and has manipulated it into a solid, sculptural form reminiscent of some of the pre-1909 Chicago suburban designs of Walter Burley Griffin. The arrangement of heavy piers, light wood members, and small openings is awkward, but this very quality creates a remarkable interpretation of the Prairie mode. Another nearby version of the Prairie box which is attributed to Broaten is the Fred Lippert house (1914) at 521 North Washington Avenue. An exact copy of this house was built around 1916 at West Bend.

Writing Credits

Author: 
David Gebhard and Gerald Mansheim
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Citation

David Gebhard and Gerald Mansheim, "Critelli House", [Mason City, Iowa], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/IA-01-NO210.

Print Source

Buildings of Iowa, David Gebhard and Gerald Mansheim. New York: Oxford University Press, 1993, 414-414.

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