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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1890/00/00 James Roosevelt I Developer James Roosevelt buys the land and finances the building of row houses to provide upscale housing. Roosevelt Terrace will be built at the height of Superior's economic boom at a cost of $85,000.
1890/00/00 Land and River Improvement Company Developer Roosevelt Terrace are built for the Land and River Improvement Company of New York, who will erect many of Superior's finest commercial buildings during this boom period.
1890/00/00 Carl Wirth Architect Roosevelt Terrace, an imposing three story, L-shaped, eleven unit townhouse, is constructed of brick in the Richardsonian Romanesque style at the corner of 21st Street and Ogden Avenue.
1905/06/27 Land and River Improvement Company Developer Townhouses which do not need $1 worth of repairs, are offered, while they last, from $3,000 to $3,500 each on terms to suit and throw the lot in, excepting the one on the corner of Ogden and 21st St, which we hold at $4,250.00.

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Particulars for Roosevelt Terrace:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Sight Category Building
Historic Use Multiple dwelling
Owner Private
Architectural Style Romanesque Revival



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 12th January 2005

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Roosevelt Terrace
Registry Address: 1700-1714 N. 21st St. and 2105-2109 Ogden Ave.
Registry Number: 04001483
Resource Type: Building
Owner: Private
Architect: Wirth, Carl
Architectural Style: Romanesque
Contributing Buildings: 11
Other Certification: Date received-pending nomination
Certification: Listed in the National Register
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: Local
Area of Significance: Architecture
Applicable Criteria: Architecture-Engineering
Significant Year: 1890
Historic Function: Domestic
Historic Sub-Function: Multiple dwelling
Current Function: Domestic
Current Sub-Function: Multiple dwelling

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