463-465 ST. CHARLES STREET

HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE

This home was built in 1892 for William and Elizabeth Fuller. William was a retired farmer and had a barn behind the home which has long since been demolished. Interestingly, his wife was the great-niece to Charles Tazewell, who started Elgin’s first brewery.

ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE

The home was built in the Spindlework sub-type of the Queen Anne style. Characteristics of this style include the decorative patterned shingles at the gable ends, the cutaway bays found at the cross gable and the ornate, turned columns, and spindle-like frieze. This home was once covered in aluminum siding, with much of its architectural features gone. The home was beautifully restored in 2016 by Habitat for Humanity to what you see today.
 

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