c. 1900 Colonial Revival in Lincoln, NE
Added to OHD on 2/7/18 - Last OHD Update: 11/1/20 -
SOLD / Archived Post
Are you the new owner? Comment below, we'd love to say hi!
1515 S 21st St Lincoln, NE 68502
Map: Street
$119,900- 4 Bed
- 2 Bath
- 3011 Sq Ft
Elegant originality and craftsmanship describe this solid historic 2 story! Currently a duplex conversion with endless possibilities, it would be a great investment, or a single-family residence! Bold quarter-sawn oak beams and original light fixtures, pocket doors and built-in buffet all tell a story of opulence! The bright kitchen has large windows and newer appliances. As a single-family home, the second floor is easily accessed up the back, maid's staircase and would offer 3 or 4 beds and full bath with enormous tub! Third floor is open and easily finished for the perfect loft. This is being sold as-is, but offers many new or newer items, including two heatpump systems installed in '09 & '10. The shared drive opens to the single-stall garage and the solid basement offers tons of storage and more possibilities! Don't miss this opportunityset up your showing today!
Links, Photos & Additional Info
State: Nebraska | Region: Midwest (West North Central)
Period & Associated Styles: Eclectic Era | Misc: Fixer-Uppers
Period & Associated Styles: Eclectic Era | Misc: Fixer-Uppers
12 Comments on c. 1900 Colonial Revival in Lincoln, NE
OHD does not represent this home. Comments are not monitored by the agent. Status, price and other details may not be current, verify using the listing links up top. Contact the agent if you are interested in this home.
To keep comments a friendly place for each other, owners and agents, comments that do not add value to the conversation in a positive manner will not be approved. Keep topics to the home, history, local attractions or general history/house talk.
Commenting means you've read and will abide by the comment rules.
Click here to read the comment rules, updated 1/12/20.
OHD does not represent this home. Price, status and other details must be independently verified. Do not contact the agent unless you are interested in the property.
Commenting means you've read and will abide by the comment rules.
Click here to read the comment rules, updated 1/12/20.
OHD does not represent this home. Price, status and other details must be independently verified. Do not contact the agent unless you are interested in the property.
Chestatee, GA
Thanks Jennifer HT for sharing!
I see several homes in my area with this shape. I call it Barn-ish, for lack of better words. Does this style have a name? I’ve always wondered. Thank you, HT, and Kelly, for sharing.
Dutch Colonial is usually used for barn-like rooflines. 🙂
Thanks for sharing this find. 🙂
The woodwork is so intact…it appears new!
Emporia, KS
I am dying over the gas/electric lighting fixtures!
Me too Ross. Also the coffered ceiling and other built ins. So much nicer inside than I expected from exterior photo and having been a duplex, means a rental usually.
I like the entry, minus the third door…… Great built-in in the dining room.
I grew up in an old Dutch Colonial and everyone in our neighborhood called it the barn house. Some say Dutch Gambrel–but most of those that I have seen the roof line goes side-to-side (versus front-to-back, like this one).
What a beauty! The exterior isn’t really my taste, but the interior is just beautiful, so I could live with it. I feel like I walked back in to my great-aunt’s home in Nebraska. And Lincoln is one of the best big cities, with the nicest people I have ever met. Of course, if you don’t like football, just wear red on Saturdays and you’ll be OK.
The Dutch Colonial is a variant of the very popular turn of the last century Colonial Revival style which reached a peak in the first decade of the 20th century. Planbook architects were quick to incorporate Gambrel roofed versions because a lot of space could be included under the barn type roof. (similar to the steep sloped Mansard roof popular a generation earlier) Architectural historians dismiss the Dutch Colonial as being authentically “Dutch” because the early prototype examples from the Colonial era were actually built by English settlers. Perhaps because they were often found in regions settled first by the Dutch they became associated with them. Architects like Herbert C. Chivers, Jacob H. Daverman, William A. Radford and Fred T. Hodgson all had Dutch Colonial style offerings in their house catalogs. One minor Dutch Colonial design by the Grand Rapids, MI, Daverman firm was claimed to have been built over 800 times leading to the firm’s additional claim that it was the most popular house plan in America in 1905.
Although this house is decidedly Dutch Colonial in style, once you go inside there are stylistic references to the Arts & Crafts as well as the Prairie Style. The combination original gasolier/electrolier light fixtures are rare and beautiful.
Like a box of Cracker Jack. A sweet surprise inside.
I really really really like this one, definantly would put it back to a single home, it seems really clean in the pictures. That kitchen sink!