Lovable Place No. 2
Simply put… Home. What is there not to love about white clinker brick, steel windows, slate roof, old towering oak trees and whistling radiators, all filled with children laughing and lots of love. Living in a “lovable old home” there is much I gripe about, but in the end my affection for it always wins out.
The home is a simple arts-and-crafts inspired English Tudor built by a father-son/builder-architect team in 1927. The concept is classic Tudor: side facing gable ends with a single dominant front facing gable, and of course, the well proportioned entry turret. It is on an up-hill site, has a wonderful walled courtyard in the back to retain the terrain above. Some fascinating details include the use of teak wood for the interior paneling and trim, no interior wood casings on the windows, self-supporting precast concrete spiral stairs, and no exposed exterior wood – truly a low maintenance home.
The architect (the son) Edwin Peckinpaugh was 24 years old when he designed the home, a recent graduate of Penn University. He went on to design some of our city’s great homes before moving to Sacramento, CA in the 1940’s – he was a real talent. You can read more about Edwin at the now Stafford King and Wiese Architects.
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