Roanoke Walking Tour

I went on the Roanoke Walking Tour.  I learned the house styles and some of the stories behind the houses.

#8 George Mathews architect

Prairie style American Foursquare, 1903

#9 Shepard, Farrar and Wiser architect

Colonial Revival Style, 1912

#10 Prairie Style, 1906

Built by the matriarch of the Muehlebach family and her son, George Jr.

George Jr presided over the family businesses: brewing company, Muehlebach Hotel, Municipal Stadium,  and funeral homes.  

He lived in the house until his death in 1955

#11 Colonial Revival, 1906 

Muehlebach family built this house in 1906 as a wedding gift for Sopronia Muehlebach.

They moved in as newlyweds in 1907 and spent the rest of their lives here.

#12 Colonial Revival, 1906

Originally owned by Robert Ennis, real estate businessman

The Ennises lost their home to foreclosure in 1931 in the Great Depression

#1 Thomas Hart Benton Home and Studio, 1903

George Mathews architect

Arts and Craft Style

#4 George Mathews, architect

Tudor style

Stop #2 What you can see of the Frank Lloyd Wright designed

Sondern-Adler house, 1939

Not a stop on the tour

Big castle like house with multiple buildings

Another view of the castle house

Also not a stop, cute Tudor.

We were learning the styles

Stop #14 Built in 1901 for $6,000

George Mathews, architect

Prairie style American Foursquare

Not a stop

I call this Industrial Ranch

Stop #13 Built in 1915 for $6,000

Nelle Peters, architect

A blend of Prairie and Tudor 

Stop #7 A very bad picture of this house, 1906

Frederick Gunn designed this house for his family, however, his wife was sick and they had to sell the house.  They never got to live there.

Romanesque Style

Also, not a stop

I think this one looks like a church

so it must be Romanesque.

This was very fun.  The weather was great in the 50s.

Until tomorrow.