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John Gieriet House

 

This tall and narrow Italianate style house was built for John Gieriet circa 1876. The two-story, frame residence has a limestone foundation, clapboard siding, and a hip roof with flared eaves and a prominent brick chimney on the ridgeline. Its low-pitched roof with widely overhanging eaves, decorative brackets, and tall and narrow two-over-two double-hung windows with segmental-arched wood surrounds are characteristics of the Italianate style that was popular in the United States in the mid to late nineteenth century.

Sometime after 1956, the original front porch was removed and an original one-story rear ell was enlarged into two-stories. In 1876, John Gieriet had this grand home constructed on this property. According to the 1877 city directory, Gieriet ran a saloon and billiards on the corner of Main and Chestnut streets. By 1894, Granvill W. Smith owned the property. According to the 1894-1895 city directory Mr. Smith was the chief of police for Stillwater. At this time, Patrick Keyes, a guard at the Minnesota State Prison, rented a room. By 1900, Smith was the sheriff of Washington County.

Source(s): Information complied by 'The 106 Group' on 9/15/2008

Washington County Parcel Identification Number (PIN): 3303020110076

Common Property Name: John Gieriet House

Neighborhood: East Half of the Churchill, Nelson, Slaughter Addition

State Historic Preservation Office Inventory Number: WA-SWC-1475

Construction Date: Circa 1876

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Architectural Style: Italianate