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THE SWISS AVENUE
WOMEN'S GUILD









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SWISS AVENUE









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YEAR BUILT: 1916
ARCHITECT/BUILDER: Unknown
ORIGINAL OWNER: Shirley M. English
ORIGINAL
DESCRIPTION:
Two story 4-Square/Prairie w/ecelctic details. Struce. Red tile roof; jerkinhead roof w/like roofed dormers and pavillion; half timbering in gable. Large entry portice w/stucco piers and fluted Doric columns. Full width raised terrace w/iron rail. Recessed one story wing left.
OF INTEREST: Shirley English was the first president of the Postal Telegraph Corporation, which later became a division of Western Union.