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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1902/00/00 Bernard Vonnegut (architect) Architect Gustav Schnull, hires his brother-in-law, Bernard Vonnegut, to design a Romanesque Revival mansion.
1902/10/00 Brandt Brothers of Indianapolis Architect Construction begins on the Schnull house in the fall of 1902.
1903/00/00 Matilda Mayer Schnull Designer Gustav's wife, Matilda Mayer Schnull, makes many of the decisions regarding room placement, interior woods and hardware.
1904/04/04 Gustav Adolph Schnull Home Gustav, Matilda and their three daughters move into their new home.
1923/00/00 Owing to the seriousness of Matilda's health, their daughter Gertrude and her husband John G Rauch, a lawyer, make their home at the Gustav residence.
1963/00/00 Kurt Vonnegut Life When I published the novel Cat's Cradle, Uncle John sent me a post card saying, "You're saying that life is a load of crap, right? Read Thackery!" He wasn't joking. - Kurt Vonnegut, Palm Sunday Cat's Cradle
1970/12/05 Kurt Vonnegut Life I thank you for "An Account of the Ancestry of Kurt Vonnegut, Jr", surely one of the most valuable and cunningly made presents ever to change hands within our family. - Letter to John Rauch from Kurt Vonnegut, West Barnstable, MA

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Particulars for Schnull-Rauch House:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Sight Category Building
Area of Significance Commerce
Cultural Affiliation European American
Criteria Historic Event
Area of Significance Law, Legal System
Criteria Person
Owner Private
Architectural Style Romanesque Revival
Historic Use Secondary structure
Historic Use Single dwelling
Area of Significance Social History



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration:

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name:
Registry Address:
Registry Number: 79000037
Resource Type:
Owner: Private
Architect: Vonnegut,Bernard; Brandt Brothers of Indianapolis
Architectural Style: Other, Romanesque
Attribute: Romanesque Revival
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: Local
Area of Significance: Commerce, European, Law, Architecture, Social history
Applicable Criteria: Event, Architecture-Engineering, Person
Period of Significance: 1900-1924, 1925-1949
Significant Year: 1902, 1903, 1904
Associated People: Schnull,Gustav
Historic Function: Domestic
Historic Sub-Function: Single dwelling, Secondary structure
Current Function: Domestic
Current Sub-Function: Single dwelling Secondary structure

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