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Date Built: 1922-23
Architectural
Style: Spanish Colonial Revival
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The house has an asymmetrical facade
with irregular wall heights and complex roof line.
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There is a round-arched doorway
and round-arched window casements above.
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The house has a textured stucco wall
surface.
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Low, hipped roofs
are on the home.
Who has lived here:
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Richard
Yates Rowe and his bride Sarah fell in love with a house they saw on their honeymoon in Denver.
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They had a
photographer take pictures of the house and then they hired a Jacksonville
contractor to build to “duplicate” the home.
Interesting Notes:
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Originally the
heating from the house came from the house of Mr. Rowe’s parents at
1152 W. State; the heat was piped through a tunnel by a water pump
controlled by a thermostat at the Sandusky house.
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There is a fountain
surrounded by a goldfish pool to create a Spanish courtyard inside
the house.
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