Henry Gerber House

Landmark Context

Henry Gerber House is held in public view at 1710 N Crilly Court by the city's landmark record. The current city data lists it as dating to a construction date of 1885 and credits Unknown. It was designated on June 6, 2001. Henry Gerber House already ties domestic design, residential development, and block-by-block neighborhood change to one real building before archival digging begins.

At Henry Gerber House, the most useful field notes usually begin with lot width, setbacks, porches, bays, and rooflines, then move outward to 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

Henry Gerber House gains a fuller record through real-estate atlases and fire insurance maps, permit files and census or directory material, and historic photographs and neighborhood histories. Those records help separate what the landmark file says from what the longer building history actually shows.

Henry Gerber House remains most useful when later evidence keeps returning to the site itself.