Wednesday, September 19, 2007
West End Neighbors, Circa 1890

Posted by: lain // Category: West End, Good Questions, Historical Quagmires // 11:24 am

The actual Wren’s Nest house is a Queen Anne Victorian in the East Lake style.

Basically, that means it’s asymmetrical, has a wrap-around porch, and steals from a hodge-podge of other Victorian styles. At the time, we weren’t the only Queen Anne on the block.

George Bolles Home, West End 1890

Atlhistory.com has a great photo album of our neighbors circa 1890. If you tried to find this one, you’d be sitting right in the middle of I-20.

It’s funny to think that at some point, these type houses went out of style and were demolished. Seriously?! Look how crazy that one is!

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2 Comments


  1. Ronni French

    There is a house on the street where you come off I-20 at Lee Street - it is on the right, across Lee St. from the church - looks just like this house (or did)


  2. susie

    It’s been a while since I’ve seen the movie, but that house looks eerily like the residence of Norman Bates… talk about crazy.

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