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Date built: 1914
Architectural
Style: Prairie School
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To identify Prairie
School style architecture, think of the horizontal lines of the
prairie.
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A low-pitched hip roof
with wide eaves and nearly flat dormers are part of the
characteristics of this style.
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There is a belt course between
first and second stories.
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Prairie School style
is usually two-story structure, generally with a stucco facade.
Who
has lived here:
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John Johnson was in
the furniture and home furnishings business.
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He and his wife had
no children, but the funerals for each were held in the living room
of the home. Mr. Johnson died in 1937 and his wife passed away in
1957. Home funerals were not uncommon for the time.
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The Elmer Lukeman
family purchased the house when Mrs. Johnson died.
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