John Raber House

Landmark Context

John Raber House is located at 5760 S LaFayette Av in the city's landmark record. The current city data lists it as dating to a construction date of 1870 and credits Major Alterations, 1894;Thomas Wing. It was designated on April 16, 1996. John Raber House keeps domestic design, residential development, and block-by-block neighborhood change grounded in a real building even when the public record is brief.

John Raber 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. That kind of fieldwork helps clarify how one domestic building can still clarify the growth of an entire residential block.

Research Starting Points

John Raber House becomes a stronger research subject once the record expands into 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.

John Raber House still needs deeper source work, but the landmark record already keeps that work tied to one place.