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In the design for the parsonage (the blueprints are available at the University of Minnesota's Northwest Architectural Archives in Minneapolis) a broad gable roof reaching out over the first story characteized the stucco dwelling. As quoted in Gebhard, Purcell said of this house, "we produced almost a classic type, within whose form the changes of building materials, surface treatment, and so on can be varied as it has always been done with the characteristic Colonial type."
2016- "This buliding was designed bu Purcell and Elmslie of Minneapolis, the most prolific architectural firm working in the tradition of Frank Lloyd Wright's Prairie School. It is an example of that firm's work in the area of small and relatively inexpensive residences. Purcell and Elmslie designed numerous such homes in the newly developing middle class neighborhoos of southwestern Minneapolis in the decade before World War I, most notably the Purcell-Cutts House (1913).
The widow of Peter Truax, an 1855 settler and lumberman, donated the land on which the parsonage was built. she and her husband had been active members of the First Congregational Church.
The church no longer owns the residence. Its facade was significantly altered in the mid-twentieth century."
-"Eau Claire Landmarks: Designated Historic Properties in Eau Claire, Wisconsin", Eau Claire Landmarks Commission, P.O. Box 5148, 2016.
In the mid twentieth century a large gable roofed addition, inset within the main gable was constructed. This alteration which also affected the entrance area obscured the designer's original intention.
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310 Broadway
74000085
Located in Eau Claire, Eau Claire County
