Queen Anne home for sale

Cheapish Circa 1882 Illinois A D.S. Hopkins Queen Anne Home For Sale Under $140K – Sold

If interested in a property, please contact the realtor whose link is provided in the post below, or contact an agent of your own choosing. Independent verification of details and status is recommended.

875 7th St, Charleston, IL 61920  $139,900

 

History

David S. Hopkins

We may think that Sears was the originator of mail-order homes, but D.S. Hopkins (1836-1918), of Grand Rapids, Michigan, was actually the architect and designer who originated the mail order system of selling residential plans to home owners in the United States and Canada eight years before anyone did. Originally from New York, he relocated to Grand Rapids in 1864 and designed the Wonderly Building, the Masonic Temple, First Methodist Church and the Castle Cottage at Highland Park  there.

His pattern books, however, allowed him to widely disseminate his designs for homes designed in a variety of styles including Colonial, late Victorian, Edwardian and the eclectic. By 1895 he had produced at least ten catalogues displaying over four hundred home plans.

 

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