2007 Preservation Awards
213 South Baldwin Street
[photo: Jason Tish]
Nick and Leslie Schroeder, owners
Tony Jennings, Rob Rivan, and Bruce and Helen Schroeder, restoration assistants
Award: Residential restoration
This two-story, four-room, balloon-frame house, constructed in 1886 by George and Jennie Schmitt (a.k.a. Smith) has a history of renovation. A one-story kitchen was added soon after the home was built. In 1923, owner Nicholas Egge added a bathroom and raised the foundation two feet. Over the years, a three-season porch was added, the second floor was converted into a two-unit rental, plastic window inserts were installed; the original six-inch cedar lap siding was overlaid with Insul-Brick, which was later removed and replaced with white vinyl siding. The exterior window sills were removed, and in the 1990s, the house was divided into a three-unit rental property.
In 2003, owners Nick and Leslie Schroeder began a knob-and-tube rewiring project that turned into a major restoration lasting several years. They replaced the windows and added two new windows. They recycled one hundred-year-old, four-inch lap siding from a structure on Williamson Street. Corner boards, sills, trim and bed moldings were recreated from a silhouette on the remaining siding.
They repaired the foundation, replaced two exterior doors with windows, repaired and rebuilt rotted areas, and rebuilt the front porch to more accurately reflect the home’s era. The garage’s siding was restored; it was leveled and the sill plate, cross ties and truss reinforcements were all replaced.
The Schroeders, who have more restoration projects ahead of them, are grateful for, “the power of friends and neighbors to give advice…, sweat and prod you into projects you never believed possible.”
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