Aug 17, 1973
Ann Halsted House - National Register of Historic Places
Statement of Significance: As the earliest remaining detached residence by Dankmar Adler and Louis Sullivan, the house is of the greatest significance: In this building which survives without any important alterations, is recorded the transition from period styles to Sullivan's early modern aesthetic. There is no owner building standing- today that can so effectively demonstrate the transition to modern architecture in America. The building demonstrates that Sullivan' architecture evolved out of contemporaneous historic styles. Its formal planning derives from Sullivan's academic training while its massing and details refer to the then current Queen Anne style. Only in limited areas do we recognize Sullivan's early modern design. ' The dormers at front and rear and the rounded pediments on the sides contain his specially conceived ornament, and even there, the differences between it and contemporaneous work are not especially marked. The stair railings, also surely by him, can hardly be distinguished from Queen Anne work of the period. Only in the fireplace of the parlor do we find Sullivan's personal ornament and, even there, it is integrated into a fireplace design that is otherwise Queen Anne as the entirely Queen Anne fireplace 'in· the sitting room, of nearly identical design except for its ornament, so effectively demonstrates, From this singularly important residence, Adler · and Sullivan would go on during the rest of the 1890's, to create in gradual steps, a new, non historical and thus "modern" architectural and 'ornamental style.
Ann Halsted House - National Register of Historic Places
Statement of Significance: As the earliest remaining detached residence by Dankmar Adler and Louis Sullivan, the house is of the greatest significance: In this building which survives without any important alterations, is recorded the transition from period styles to Sullivan's early modern aesthetic. There is no owner building standing- today that can so effectively demonstrate the transition to modern architecture in America. The building demonstrates that Sullivan' architecture evolved out of contemporaneous historic styles. Its formal planning derives from Sullivan's academic training while its massing and details refer to the then current Queen Anne style. Only in limited areas do we recognize Sullivan's early modern design. ' The dormers at front and rear and the rounded pediments on the sides contain his specially conceived ornament, and even there, the differences between it and contemporaneous work are not especially marked. The stair railings, also surely by him, can hardly be distinguished from Queen Anne work of the period. Only in the fireplace of the parlor do we find Sullivan's personal ornament and, even there, it is integrated into a fireplace design that is otherwise Queen Anne as the entirely Queen Anne fireplace 'in· the sitting room, of nearly identical design except for its ornament, so effectively demonstrates, From this singularly important residence, Adler · and Sullivan would go on during the rest of the 1890's, to create in gradual steps, a new, non historical and thus "modern" architectural and 'ornamental style.
Aug 17, 1973
Posted Date
Mar 31, 2022
Historical Record Date
Aug 17, 1973
Source Name
United States Department of Interior - National Park Service
