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Guest column: The history of Auburn s catalog houses

Dr. Daniel D. Reiff Special to The Citizen The splendid major historic homes in Auburn of the 19th and early 20th century — from Federal, Greek Revival and Gothic Revival through Italianate, Second Empire, Queen Anne and Colonial Revival styles — are outstanding testaments to the artistic and cultural achievements of the city’s builders, architects and owners. But of equal importance, for the overall “look” of Auburn, is the wealth of attractive modest homes from the 1890s through the 1940s that people continue to live in. Where did the designs for these fine “smaller” homes come from? In the first half of the 20th century, a middle- or upper-middle class family who wanted to have an attractive, well-designed six- or seven-room house built for themselves had a number of choices. Although one’s first inclination might be to “consult an architect or builder,” there were in fact a number of options — some

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