Guy A. Brown House

Year
1874
Style
Italianate
City
Lincoln, NE
Guy A. Brown House
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The Guy A. Brown House is a two-story Italianate house built in 1874 for Guy A. Brown, a Civil War veteran who became Nebraska's State Librarian as well as clerk and reporter of the Nebraska Supreme Court. It was remodeled as a duplex in 1935.

the building

American Craftsman porch. The Italianate house carries an American Craftsman porch, a later addition to its original style.

the style

Italianate (c. 1840–1885): Low roofs on deep eaves with ornamental brackets, tall round-topped windows with heavy hoods, and square cupolas.

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significance

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places since March 5, 1998.

nearby

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