Stephen Race House

Landmark Context

Stephen Race House is tied to 3945 N Tripp Av in the city's landmark file. The designation record holds onto a construction date of 1874 and credits Unknown. It was designated on September 22, 1988. Stephen Race House keeps domestic design, residential development, and block-by-block neighborhood change attached to one building instead of dissolving into general background.

Stephen Race House becomes easier to read on site when attention turns to lot width, setbacks, porches, bays, and rooflines, the rhythm between neighboring houses, and alterations that show changing domestic use. Those observations help show how one domestic building can still clarify the growth of an entire residential block.

Research Starting Points

Stephen Race 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. Those materials are usually what turn site observation into a more convincing historical record.

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