828 Colfax

  • Date: 1893
  • Style: Free Classic
  • District: West Washington
  • Rating: Outstanding

This stately two-story Free Classic Queen Anne was built in 1893 for Mary Lock Barrett. She then sold it to Nelson P. Bowsher of the Nelson P. Bowsher Company. The house has a hip roof with large gable end dormers, one-foot overhanging eaves, and bracketed one-foot overhanging gables. The walls are narrow painted clapboard with articulated second floor line. The fine front verandah has a prominent pedimented entry and Doric columns.

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828 Colfax

Image credit: University of Notre Dame, Architecture Library

Image credit: University of Notre Dame, Architecture Library
Image credit: University of Notre Dame, Architecture Library
Image credit: The History Museum