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[[File:William Livingstone House, Brush Park, Detroit (417140528).jpg|thumb|right|200px|The William Livingstone House, shortly before demolition]]
[[File:William Livingstone House, Brush Park, Detroit (417140528).jpg|thumb|right|200px|The William Livingstone House, shortly before demolition]]
The '''William Livingstone House''' commonly called '''Slumpy''' was a house constructed in 1894<ref>[http://www.detroitmi.gov/Portals/0/docs/historicdesignation/Final%20Reports/Brush%20Park%20HD%20Final%20Report.pdf?ver=2010-05-12-170738-110 Brush Park Historic District Final Report] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220062221/http://www.detroitmi.gov/Portals/0/docs/historicdesignation/Final%20Reports/Brush%20Park%20HD%20Final%20Report.pdf?ver=2010-05-12-170738-110 |date=2016-12-20 }} from the City of Detroit. Retrieved on January 25, 2016.</ref> and located in the [[Brush Park]] district of [[Detroit]], [[Michigan]].
The '''William Livingstone House''', commonly called '''Slumpy''', was a house constructed in 1894<ref>[http://www.detroitmi.gov/Portals/0/docs/historicdesignation/Final%20Reports/Brush%20Park%20HD%20Final%20Report.pdf?ver=2010-05-12-170738-110 Brush Park Historic District Final Report] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220062221/http://www.detroitmi.gov/Portals/0/docs/historicdesignation/Final%20Reports/Brush%20Park%20HD%20Final%20Report.pdf?ver=2010-05-12-170738-110 |date=2016-12-20 }} from the City of Detroit. Retrieved on January 25, 2016.</ref> and located in the [[Brush Park]] district of [[Detroit]], [[Michigan]].


William Livingstone Jr. (1844–1925), publisher of the ''[[Detroit Journal|Detroit Evening Journal]]'',<ref>[http://quod.lib.umich.edu/b/bhlead/umich-bhl-9653?rgn=main;view=text William Livingstone] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140125224706/http://quod.lib.umich.edu/b/bhlead/umich-bhl-9653?rgn=main;view=text |date=2014-01-25 }}. ''Bentley Historical Library''. Retrieved on December 18, 2013.</ref> was the second president of the Dime Savings Bank.<ref>[http://historicdetroit.org/building/dime-building/ Dime Building] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219041950/http://historicdetroit.org/building/dime-building/ |date=2013-12-19 }}. ''Historic Detroit''. Retrieved on December 18, 2013.</ref> He hired a young [[Albert Kahn (architect)|Albert Kahn]], who was working for the architectural firm of [[George D. Mason|Mason & Rice]], to design his residence on Eliot Street. When he obtained this commission – presumably with Mason's help – Kahn was only 22 or 23 years old and had just returned from spending 1891 in Europe, studying the classical architecture of the Old World: his decision to design the home in the [[Renaissance Revival architecture|French Renaissance Revival]] style reflected the time he spent sketching the best Gallic architecture.<ref>[http://detroit1701.psc.isr.umich.edu/Livingstone%20Mansion.html William Livingstone Residence] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181218162526/http://detroit1701.psc.isr.umich.edu/Livingstone%20Mansion.html |date=2018-12-18 }}. ''Detroit1701''. Retrieved on May 20, 2010.</ref>
William Livingstone Jr. (1844–1925), publisher of the ''[[Detroit Journal|Detroit Evening Journal]]'',<ref>[http://quod.lib.umich.edu/b/bhlead/umich-bhl-9653?rgn=main;view=text William Livingstone] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140125224706/http://quod.lib.umich.edu/b/bhlead/umich-bhl-9653?rgn=main;view=text |date=2014-01-25 }}. ''Bentley Historical Library''. Retrieved on December 18, 2013.</ref> was the second president of the Dime Savings Bank.<ref>[http://historicdetroit.org/building/dime-building/ Dime Building] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219041950/http://historicdetroit.org/building/dime-building/ |date=2013-12-19 }}. ''Historic Detroit''. Retrieved on December 18, 2013.</ref> He hired a young [[Albert Kahn (architect)|Albert Kahn]], who was working for the architectural firm of [[George D. Mason|Mason & Rice]], to design his residence on Eliot Street. When he obtained this commission – presumably with Mason's help – Kahn was only 22 or 23 years old and had just returned from spending 1891 in Europe, studying the classical architecture of the Old World: his decision to design the home in the [[Renaissance Revival architecture|French Renaissance Revival]] style reflected the time he spent sketching the best Gallic architecture.<ref>[http://detroit1701.psc.isr.umich.edu/Livingstone%20Mansion.html William Livingstone Residence] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181218162526/http://detroit1701.psc.isr.umich.edu/Livingstone%20Mansion.html |date=2018-12-18 }}. ''Detroit1701''. Retrieved on May 20, 2010.</ref>

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The William Livingstone House, shortly before demolition

The William Livingstone House, commonly called Slumpy, was a house constructed in 1894[1] and located in the Brush Park district of Detroit, Michigan.

William Livingstone Jr. (1844–1925), publisher of the Detroit Evening Journal,[2] was the second president of the Dime Savings Bank.[3] He hired a young Albert Kahn, who was working for the architectural firm of Mason & Rice, to design his residence on Eliot Street. When he obtained this commission – presumably with Mason's help – Kahn was only 22 or 23 years old and had just returned from spending 1891 in Europe, studying the classical architecture of the Old World: his decision to design the home in the French Renaissance Revival style reflected the time he spent sketching the best Gallic architecture.[4]

In 1987, the Red Cross intended to demolish the mansion, originally located west of John R. Street, to make way for their new building.[5] Preservationists succeeded in moving the Livingstone House about one block to the east,[6] but the building languished for many years on its final resting place before partially collapsing[7] and being demolished on September 15, 2007. The William Livingstone House was commemorated in a painting by Lowell Bioleau entitled Open House, which was unveiled the day of its demolition.[8]

References

  1. ^ Brush Park Historic District Final Report Archived 2016-12-20 at the Wayback Machine from the City of Detroit. Retrieved on January 25, 2016.
  2. ^ William Livingstone Archived 2014-01-25 at the Wayback Machine. Bentley Historical Library. Retrieved on December 18, 2013.
  3. ^ Dime Building Archived 2013-12-19 at the Wayback Machine. Historic Detroit. Retrieved on December 18, 2013.
  4. ^ William Livingstone Residence Archived 2018-12-18 at the Wayback Machine. Detroit1701. Retrieved on May 20, 2010.
  5. ^ Millette, H.G.; Heholt, R. (2020). The New Urban Gothic: Global Gothic in the Age of the Anthropocene. Palgrave Gothic. Springer International Publishing. p. 152. ISBN 978-3-030-43777-0. Retrieved 2022-11-02.
  6. ^ "Detroit's Beautiful, Horrible Decline". Time. 2009-03-09. Archived from the original on March 9, 2009. Retrieved 2010-05-10.
  7. ^ Amazing Detroit Urban Decay . . . Right Before Your Eyes Archived 2016-04-09 at the Wayback Machine – GreenovationTV
  8. ^ Open House Archived 2008-05-12 at the Wayback Machine.

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