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3 The W.H. Kirk House
87-89 North Broad Street This next house on our tour was built in 1888 with a combination of two Victorian styles, the Shingle style and the Queen Anne style. It was designed as a duplex home with one side for William Kirk and his wife and the other side for William's mother. The staircase that rises through the middle of the structure originally had a wall through the middle and the risers were at two different levels on the different sides of the wall. On the mother's side, the rises were shorter so that she could go up them easier and so when the wall was removed after her death, the stairs had to be rebuilt. The Shingle style can be seen in the shingled upper floor where shingles are used as siding. The Queen Anne style is evident in the tall decorative chimneys, gingerbread on the porch columns, and other decorative detail such as the elaborate cornice treatment. The pediment over the front entrance is a feature of the Greek Revival style. Over 100,000 bricks were used to construct this home which is now used as law offices. Go to the Table of Contents of the Tour
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