Harriet F. Rees House

Landmark Context

Harriet F. Rees House is publicly anchored at 2110 S. Prairie Ave by the landmark designation record. Even in summary form, the record keeps together a construction date of 1888 and credits Cobb & Frost. It was designated on March 14, 2012. Harriet F. Rees House keeps domestic design, residential development, and block-by-block neighborhood change grounded in a real building even when the public record is brief.

Harriet F. Rees House gains definition in the field when attention concentrates on lot width, setbacks, porches, bays, and rooflines, the rhythm between neighboring houses, and alterations that show changing domestic use. Those clues are often the clearest route into how one domestic building can still clarify the growth of an entire residential block.

Research Starting Points

Harriet F. Rees House can be checked against real-estate atlases and fire insurance maps, permit files and census or directory material, and historic photographs and neighborhood histories when the designation summary runs out. That source trail can connect landmark status to ownership, alteration, and the changing role of the site in its block or corridor.

Harriet F. Rees House still needs permits, photographs, and comparison, but the landmark record gives that work a stable point of return.