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Catherine Gray residence, second scheme
also known as W. G. Purcell residence
Purcell and Feick
Minneapolis, Minnesota  1907

• First scheme
• Furniture
• Alterations project (1914)

Images

Sketch	Sketch	Sketch
Sketch	"Pre-constructional" sketch	Perspective view, circa 1908
Front elevation, circa 1908	Front entrance, circa 1909	Rear perspective view, circa 1910s

 34 images are available from the University of Minnesota digital database. Additional images are available from this source, mostly of 1950s views of the house, but are not linked here.

• Drawings and construction photographs
• Exterior views, circa 1910s
• Interior views, circa 1910s

Texts

• Parabiographies entry, by William Gray Purcell
• Parabiographies entry, by William Gray Purcell (Alterations project, 1914, Commission List 262)
• Additional reference in Parabiographies entry, by William Gray Purcell (Commission 200)

Curiosa

Lake of the Isles, eastern shore, looking southwest, from the vantage of the Catherine Gray residence

Lake of the Isles Boulevard, looking north, roughly in front of the Catherine Gray residence

Lake of the Isles, eastern shore, looking north, from the vantage of the Catherine Gray residence

• Three views of Lake of the Isles, Minneapolis, Minnesota, circa 1910s William Gray Purcell, photographer

Other References

• Landscape designer Harry Franklin Baker lists work on this commission in an advertisement

• Mention in a Northwest Architect article, by William Gray Purcell

Other Resources (launches new browser window)

Courtesy Tim Loftus
A contemporary view of the house is available on a page of P&E works at the PrairieStyles web site

research courtesy mark hammons