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Crutchfield-Bomar-Brem House (1903) Map. By 1903, Charlotte residential architecture was undergoing a transition from Queen Anne Victorianism to Colonial Revivalism. This house, one of the first on East Boulevard, is clearly Queen Anne. It was initially the home of a railroad agent and later a minister and finally an insurance executive and real estate developer.

Robert and Mina Mayer House (1907-08) Map. This house stands directly next door to the previous house on East Boulevard in Dilworth. The tripartite window arrangement in the front gable and the symmetrically columned front porch demonstrate that Charlotte suburban architecture was abandoning the unbalanced massing associated with Victorian architecture. Noted author Carson McCullers once lived here.

John W. Sheppard House (1899) Map. Druggist John Sheppard built this house in Fourth Ward. The house is transitional in terms of style. It is essentially Queen Anne Victorian, with the wraparound porch and and irregular fenestration. However, it is far less ornate than such typical Victorian houses as the nearby Newcomb-Berryhill House, the Liddell-McNinch House, and the Overcarsh House. It was still stylish for wealthy Charlotteans to live in the heart of the city at the turn of the century.

John and Idella Mayes House (c. 1902) Map. Like so many Charlotteans at the turn of the century, John Mayes was in the cotton business. He and Stuart Cramer built what is now the town of Cramerton and established a mill there in 1907. Architecturally, the Mayes House is perhaps Charlotte's finest example of the Shingle style, which originated in New England in the 1880s. The exterior walls have an uniform covering of shingles. It is one of the few surviving structures on this section of Morehead St. that once was a residence.

Gautier-Gilchrist House (1897) Map. This is Charlotte's oldest surviving example of the Colonial Revival style. The architect was Charles Christian Hook. Hook was enamored with the Neo Classical design motifs that had been used in the Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893. He also thought that Colonial Revivalism was best suited for the South. This was a sharp break with the innovative styles of the Victorian era. Notice the symmetrical massing of the house, the regular fenestration, the dormers, and the gable roof.

Walter Brem House (1903) Map. This is another of C. C. Hook's Colonial Revival style designs. Note the Ionic-Columned portico across the front. Brem was a partner in the insurance business with George Stephens, the developer of Myers Park and Piedmont Park. C. C. Hook had come to Charlotte to teach drawing in the South Graded School. About 1893 he began designing homes in Dilworth, Charlotte's first streetcar suburb. Hook would go on to design many of Charlotte's finest buildings.

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