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South Summit Avenue: Avon to Victoria

Charles Straus House

842 Summit Avenue Built: 1898 Style: Tudor Revival / Victorian Straus was a partner in the firm, Robinson, Straus and Co., which was the "largest house exclusively engaged in wholesale millinery, west of Chicago," according to an 1886 publication. The company imported and distributed ribbons, silks, lace, millinery goods, velvets, feathers, flowers, hats, and straw goods. The house was designed by architect Louis Lockwood and was built for an estimated cost of $35,000.

Comment: (12.75.128.55) maintained well