by Architectural Observer | May 15, 2018 | Blog, Mail Order and Kit Houses
Design No. 1509 was a popular plan for the Radford Architectural Company of Chicago judging by the number of surviving examples I’ve seen. The most recent I’ve found is surprisingly intact and appears to be loved by its owners. While this one in Oakley,...
by Architectural Observer | May 15, 2018 | Blog, Observations
Recently I had the pleasure of touring a vacant farmhouse which has remained in the same family since its construction in 1918. Although the house has had many of the updates one would expect over the course of a full century, it has had far fewer of them than...
by Architectural Observer | May 6, 2018 | Blog, Observations
Recently I found this house pictured in a display of old photographs which had been reproduced for a fascinating display of local history at the Fick Fossil and History Museum in Oakley, Kansas (definitely worth a visit when traveling on I-70!). The house looked...
by Architectural Observer | May 5, 2018 | Blog, Mail Order and Kit Houses
I ran across this house yesterday… it appears to be a Gordon-Van Tine product, but I’m not exactly sure which of the many variations of this design it is. I think it is the Cabot “A” model. There is one clue above the door that makes me...
by Architectural Observer | Apr 24, 2018 | Blog, Observations
As is common with many architects, the early work of Bruce Goff was considerably different (much more mainstream) than his later work. The following three houses were built in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 1918, 1919 and 1925 respectively. The first and third houses show a...
