The home was one of 104 built here between 1872 and 1900. Another 53 went up between 1901 and 1910, and 35 more in the decade that followed. To walk these streets is to walk into history. Many of the city's largest trees grow here where homes are being repainted with three, four or more colors. The siding is usually wood.
Interior walls are plaster, and most of the heating systems have been converted to forced air.
The two-car garages are more often detached, sitting on alleys behind the homes. The neighborhood was added to the national historic register in 1974. The designation spurred a renaissance that continues as families reclaim elaborate homes built in the Queen Anne, Stick, Shingle, Gothic, Italian, Revival and Richardsonian Romanesque styles. Wallace Dow, who also designed all Saints School and the old Minnehaha County Courthouse, designed at least nine of the homes. Kelly Danz, whose family owns Zandbroz Variety, moved into her historic home 13 years ago.