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Victorian House, 76 Washington Avenue

Page history last edited by Mary Ann Koferl 13 years, 1 month ago

 The three story Victorian house at 76 Washington Avenue was built circa 1883. The first owners used the house as a summer residence. Ludwig William Schwarz Sr. bought this house in 1918. The Schwarz family owned the house until 1981. L.W. Schwarz Sr. did major interior renovations to restore and winterize his home. There are six fireplaces in the house, three in the basement and three on the main floor. The main floor has a living room, a parlor, a dining room and a kitchen. There are two staircases that go from the main floor to the second floor. On the second floor are four bedrooms, a sewing room and a bathroom. The third floor has but one room built into the gable of the house. On the exterior of the cedar shingle house was a wrap around porch. The porch was built with a platform for carriages and deliveries on the North side of the house.

 

Originally there was a carriage barn on the property. Ludwig William Schwarz Jr. bought the carriage barn from his father and converted the structure into a home which is still there today.

 

There were two sources of water on the property, a cistern and a windmill. The copper gutters and downspouts on the house deposited rainwater into the cistern which was located on the North side of the house. The windmill atop a tower on the South side of the property provided water to the house via a pump system.  Unfortunately the windmill was destroyed by a hurricane in 1938.

 

Today the exterior of the house has yellow siding with white trim and white paint on the wrap around porch. The owners of this beautiful Victorian house have kept its integrity preserving one of the most beautiful landmarks in Brentwood.

 

The information for this article was supplied by Eric Schwarz son of L.W. Schwarz Sr.

 

A. Bennett, Local History Room Newsletter, May 2008

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