Summit Avenue #2-Cass Gilbert, 1893

"Cass Gilbert at the top of his form.  It's the last and best of a trio of Gilbert-designed mansions that form a row along the avenue's bluff side. At a time when Richardsonian Romanesque was already giving way to Classical Revival, Gilbert here combined the two into one taut yet monumental package. The sandstone entry arch is a Richardsonian trademark as are the squat columns with Byzantine capitals that screen a row of windows above.  But the rest of the front facade. built of rough-faced quartize, has the symmetry and calm lines of classical architecture." Credit: AIA Guide to the Twin Cities,  Larry Millett