Hunziker House

Hunziker House refers to several historic houses in the United States; including Julius Hunziker House, Marge Hunziker House and O. F. Hunziker House. Hunziker House also refers to the "Casa Hunziker" found in Switzerland.

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Casa con studio Hunziker

The Casa Hunziker is a modern single family home and studio designed by Swiss architect Rudy Hunziker for his own residence.[1] It is located off the Via Gola di Lago in Capriasca (near Tesserete and Lugano), Canton Ticino, Switzerland.[2][3]

Julius Hunziker House

The Julius Hunziker House is a Tudor Revival classic designed by architect Ward Wellington Ward in 1926 for Julius Hunziker. The house is located at 265 Robineau Road in Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York.[4] The Hunziker House was listed February 14, 1997 on the National Register of Historic Places as Building #97000087.[5][6]

Marge Hunziker House

The Marge Hunziker House is located in the Reiman Gardens at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa. Constructed in 2001. Surrounded by the Town and Country Garden.

O. F. Hunziker House

The Professor O. F. Hunziker House was designed by architect Charles Wheeler Nicol in 1913 and is now demolished. Dr. Otto Frederick Hunziker ran the Purdue University dairy program from 1907 to 1917. The house was located at 124 Marstellar Street, West Lafayette, Indiana. The building housed Purdue University’s Chi Omega sorority during the 1920s. The site currently houses Purdue’s Visual & Performing Arts Building.

Anglicized Variants of Hunziker

Isaac Hunsicker House

The Isaac Hunsicker House is located at 4062 Heckler Road, Skippack Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, one mile south of the town of Skippack. In 2007, the Skippack Historical Society saved the Isaac Hunsicker House from demolition. Isaac Hunsicker, Sr. was the third deacon listed for the Lower Skippack Mennonite Church, one of the earliest U.S. Mennonite congregations. Isaac the Elder likely constructed part of the house before conveying the tract to Isaac the Younger in 1809. The main block comprises a two-story brick center section (c. 1834) and a two-story stone north section (c. 1845). The south block comprises a two-story stone south section (c. 1770) and a two-story stone section (c. 1845) that connects the south block to the main block.[7]

Trach-Hunsicker House

The Trach-Hunsicker House is located on the Easton-Belmont Turnpike in Hamilton Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania, just south of Hamilton Square. The 2 1⁄2-story house was built in 1790 in a vernacular Georgian style. Constructed of 18" thick fieldstone walls, it is rectangular with a symmetrical five-bay facade. The gabled roof has slate shingles. Brick chimneys are located at each end of the house. A central front door is set under an arched wooden frame with a fanlight over the door. In the 1800s, tiny brackets were installed over the earlier dentil trim and a 1 1⁄2-story addition was added to the west side. A front porch was added around 1910.[8]

The Trach-Hunsicker House has historic importance due to its builder, Rudolph Trach (Drach or Drough). As a child, Trach emigrated from Germany to Bedminster, Bucks County, where he learned to be a potter. Upon moving to Monroe County, Trach constructed the house and established a pottery on the property. Some of his work was functional, but some was created in the ornate sgraffito style.[9] One signed and dated sgraffito pie plate produced at the Trach-Hunsicker property is held by the Winterthur Museum, Delaware.[10][11] Trach lived in the house until his death.[8] The surname Hunsicker applies to the owners who renovated the structure and applied for listing.

In 1980, the property was approved for listing on the Pennsylvania Inventory of Historic Places and the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission indicated that the "property appears to meet the National Register criteria.".[12] In 1983, a further letter from the Commission's Chief of Preservation Services re-iterated that "the resource appears to meet the National Register criteria and to have a nomination priority as established by the Historic Preservation Board."[13] No record of a National Register nomination is available.

Hikes-Hunsinger House

The Hikes-Hunsinger House has been listed in the National Register (#75000769) since October 10, 1975. It is an 1824 Federal style residence located at 2834 Hikes Lane, Louisville, KY.[14] Residence of early Louisville pioneers Charles Edward Hunsinger and Paulina Crawford Hikes. Nearby Hunsinger Lane remains a significant local thoroughfare.

Dr. Charles Hunsucker House and Office

Two historic structures located in the Claremont neighborhood of Hickory, North Carolina[15][16] were built for Dr. Charles Lamar Hunsucker (1890–1965), medical practitioner and lay leader of the Corinth Reformed Church. The Hunsucker House, located at 266 Fifth Avenue, NE, is a two-story, brick-veneered residence with low hipped roof, dentiled cornice, hip-roofed dormers and a three-bay facade. The front porch flows into a porte-cochere. The Hunsucker House was designed by architect Q.E. Herman and built in 1921–1922. The Hunsucker Office, located at 421 Third Street, NE, is a 1 1⁄2-story, brick-veneered building with front and side gables and a three-bay facade with a central, gabled entrance. The Hunsucker Office was built in 1952 and used by Dr. Hunsucker for his medical practice.[17]

References

  1. ^ Ticino Guide, Gerardo Brown-Manrique (Princeton Architectural Press: 1996) at 70: "On the road that leads north of Tesserete, just beyond the edge of town, Rudy Hunziker built his house and study. Dating from 1979-80, the structure marks the beginning of his professional career."
  2. ^ "Habitation à Tesserette, Suisse; architect and owner: Rudy Hunziker", L'architecture d'aujourd'hui, 1979,206, pp 22–23
  3. ^ "Casa Hunziker, Tesserete, Canton Ticino, Switzerland, 1980; architects: Rudy Hunziker", Toshi jutaku, 8/1982,178, pp 9–13
  4. ^ Archiplanet entry
  5. ^ National Register of Historic Places, Onondaga County, NY
  6. ^ National Park Service Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 2/10/97 through 2/14/97
  7. ^ Historic Property Report, Hunsicker Farmhouse
  8. ^ a b Wetzel, Janet (1978-79). Monroe County Historic Resources Survey 089-H-161. Historic Resource Nomination. Stroundsburg, PA: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. 
  9. ^ Barber, Edwin Atlee (1903). Tulip Ware of the Pennsylvania-German Potters. Philadelphia: Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art. pp. 117–118. OCLC 142606. http://books.google.com/?id=oIpIAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA117. 
  10. ^ Ames, Kenneth L. (1977). Beyond necessity: art in the folk tradition. Winterthur, Delaware: Winterthur Museum. p. 117. ISBN 0912724056. http://books.google.com/?id=e2NQAAAAMAAJ. Retrieved 2009-09-15. 
  11. ^ Garvan, Beatrice B.; Hummel, Charles F. (1982). The Pennsylvania Germans: a celebration of their arts, 1683–1850. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art. p. 175. ISBN 0876330480. http://books.google.com/?id=QztQAAAAMAAJ. Retrieved 2009-09-15. 
  12. ^ Zacher, S.M., National Register Coordinator, Office of Historic Preservation. Letter to Mr. & Mrs. Edward Hunsicker. 25 Nov 1980. Monroe County Planning Commission, Stroudsburg, PA.
  13. ^ Ramsey, G., Chief, Division of Preservation Services, Bureau for Historic Preservation. Letter to Janet Wetzel. 15 Mar 1983. Monroe County Planning Commission, Stroudsburg, PA.
  14. ^ "Hikes-Hunsinger House". Archiplanet. ArchitectureWeek. 2006-12-05. http://www.archiplanet.org/wiki/Hikes-Hunsinger_House. Retrieved 2008-09-29. 
  15. ^ "Claremont Historic District". Hickory Public Library. http://www.hickorygov.com/library/hickory/claremt.htm. Retrieved 2008-09-29. 
  16. ^ Griffith, Clay (2009-07-31) (PDF). Claremont High School Historic District Boundary Increase and Additional Documentation. National Register of Historic Places. Hickory, NC: City of Hickory, NC. pp. 34–35. http://www.hickorygov.com/egov/docs/1250691796_585327.pdf. Retrieved 2010-10-08. "One-story with attic Minimal Traditional brick dwelling with an asphalt-shingle side-gable roof, interior brick slab chimney, dentil cornice, and eight-over-eight double-hung windows on the facade. The central entrance is recessed with a single-leaf six-panel door, fluted pilasters, and paneled reveals. The side elevations display six-over-six windows and louvered vents in the peaks of the gable ends. A single-leaf side entrance is located at the southeast corner of the house. A wood deck was added to the rear of the house around 1990. The house was built for Charles and Jane Hunsucker. A partner in the Callanan-Hunsucker Construction Company, Mr. Hunsucker was the son of Dr. Charles Hunsucker, who lived at 266 Fifth Avenue NE in the Claremont High School district." 
  17. ^ Keiser, Albert, Jr.; Angela May (2004). From Tavern to Town, Revisited: An Architectural History of Hickory, North Carolina. Hickory, NC: Hickory Landmarks Society, Inc.. 

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