DuPont-Whitehouse House

Landmark Context

DuPont-Whitehouse House is fixed in the city's landmark record at 3558 S Artesian Av. The designation record holds onto a construction date of 1876 and credits Oscar Cobb & Co. It was designated on April 16, 1996. DuPont-Whitehouse House can be read through domestic design, residential development, and block-by-block neighborhood change without losing sight of the actual site.

DuPont-Whitehouse House reveals more once fieldwork compares lot width, setbacks, porches, bays, and rooflines, the rhythm between neighboring houses, and alterations that show changing domestic use. The point is not just to admire the building but to understand how one domestic building can still clarify the growth of an entire residential block.

Research Starting Points

DuPont-Whitehouse House can be carried further through real-estate atlases and fire insurance maps, permit files and census or directory material, and historic photographs and neighborhood histories. Those records make it easier to test what changed, what remained, and how the building fit into a larger local story.

DuPont-Whitehouse House can keep observation, source work, and interpretation attached to one building.