Architecture:
Style: Colonial
Revival
Description: A symmetrical two-story wood frame home with aluminum
siding and a cement block foundation. It
has a side gabled gambrel roof, with a nearly full length shed dormer. The front entrance is off center to the left. A one-story wing on the south has a flat roof
with wood porch railing. Other decorative
elements include a half circle window in each gable.
Significant
Period:
Construction Date: circa 1924-1926
Architect/Builder: Unknown
Context: This
house was built between 1924 and 1926, and first appeared in the 1926 City
Directory. The first residents were
William Boyd, a construction engineer, and Gladys his wife. By 1930 Louis Strasburg, a clerk at Mueller
Brass, and his wife Genevieve lived there.
From 1931 to the 1940s Frank and Ella Shier lived in the home. He was President of the Howard Furniture
Company.