1170 W. Lafond Avenue, Saint Paul, Minnesota

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Otto P. Lenberg House

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Address: 1170 Lafond Avenue W
Neighborhood/s: Hamline-Midway, Saint Paul, Minnesota
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State/province
Saint Paul, Minnesota
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Ramsey County, Minnesota
State/province: Minnesota
Country: United States
Year built: 1921
Primary Style: Bungalow/Bungaloid
Historic Function: House/single dwelling or duplex
Current Function: House/single dwelling or duplex
Building Permit Number: 78428
First Owner: Otto P. Lennberg
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1170 W. Lafond Avenue, Saint Paul, Minnesota
(44.960002° N, 93.149663° W)


This is a "simple Bungalow style house."

Some significant details include "multiple gabled roof with wide bargeboards, simple brackets, pendants, and exposed projecting purlins. Projecting sunroom area is flanked by squat square columns on random rubble piers. Simple architraves. Wood shingles in gable ends."

The legal description is "Lot 3, Block 7, Ruth Livingston's 2nd Addition"

"A representative bungalow with random rubble piers and wood shingles from two blocks of bungalow development."[1]

History

"The original owner of this house, which was built for $4,500, was Otto P. Lennberg, a contractor. The 1921 city directory lists him as living at 1175 Lafond Avenue."

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  1. The information provided here is from the 1983 Ramsey County Historical Society and Saint Paul Heritage Preservation Commission Historic Sites Survey