Woodmar Historical District

Location / Historical Significance:

The Woodmar Historic District is located directly south of the Hessville section, near the southeastern most part of the city. This area was developed during the early part of the mid-twentieth century, when the city expanded to the east and south. This section of the city includes a number of substantial revival period houses located in a planned residential community setting, along with modest style middle-class residences.

The Woodmar district was the brainchild of local realtor/developer Roscoe Woods. The Woodmar area was originally planned during the middle 1920's as a very exclusive residential community with a golf course, bridle paths, train station and an airport. It was meant to rival the North Shore suburbs of Chicago.

Two expansive parkways, Baring Parkway and Knickerbocker Parkway were designed by Jacob L. Crane, city planning engineer and landscape architect. The development's innovative design also included "garden blocks", private or public parkways surrounding a building site. Strict zoning laws helped maintain the the project's residential flavor.

With the economic downturn of the 1930's, the Woodmar community development was never fully completed. Only small scattered pockets of the original plan were built. The homes located along Knickerbocker Parkway show how the plan may have looked if fully completed.

Architectural Styles:

Tudor Revival style architecture.	Tudor Revival on a grand scale.
Sears & Robuck English Cottage.	International style of residence.
Spanish Eclectic style home.	Unique architectural touch.

Notable homes located along Knickerbocker Parkway include the Arthur Kuiper Home, done in the Tudor Revival style at 7035 Knickerbocker Parkway. The Spanish Eclectic style home of Roscoe Woods, the developer of Woodmar is located at 7051 Knickerbocker Parkway. The Morris Dell Plain Home, patterned after the Tudor Revival style ancestral home of George Washington's Sulgrave Manor, is located at 7109 Knickerbocker Parkway.

Other styles of homes in the Woodmar district are more typical of the city's mid-twentieth century residential architecture. These include the Bungalow, English Cottage and the Colonial Revival Cottage. Several other styles not widely seen in the city are the Lustron at 2047 and 2121 169th Street. Sears & Roebuck catalog homes at 7316 and 7322 Olcott Avenue. Also several International style homes are found scattered in the district.

Woodmar Historic District selected sites:
2047 - 169th Street - Residence - Lustron circa 1950
2121 - 169th Street - Residence - Lustron circa 1950
1818 - 177th Street Woodmar Country Club Tudor Revival circa 1923 L. Cosby Bernard Jr., architect
Baring Parkway - Jacob L. Crane, landscape architect circa 1920
6736 Forestdale Avenue - Residence - Colonial Revival Cottage circa 1930
6749 Huron Avenue - Residence - Colonial Revival Cottage circa 1930
6750 Huron Avenue - Residence - Colonial Revival Cottage circa 1930
Knickerbocker Parkway - Jacob L. Crane, landscape architect circa 1923
6948 Knickerbocker Parkway - Residence - Colonial Revival circa 1940
6949 Knickerbocker Parkway - Residence - Tudor Revival circa 1935
7035 Knickerbocker Parkway - Arthur Kuiper Home - Colonial Revival circa 1940
7051 Knickerbocker Parkway - Roscoe Woods Home - Spanish Eclectic circa 1935
7109 Knickerbocker Parkway - Morse Dell Pain Home - Tudor Revival circa 1920
7117 Knickerbocker Parkway - Residence - Colonial Revival circa 1930
7137 Knickerbocker Parkway - Residence - Spanish Eclectic circa 1935
7139 Knickerbocker Parkway - Residence - Tudor Revival circa 1935
7218 Knickerbocker Parkway - Residence - Colonial Revival circa 1940
7238 Knickerbocker Parkway - Residence - Colonial Revival circa 1935
7343 Knickerbocker Parkway - Residence - English Cottage circa 1925
7106 Magoun Avenue - Residence - Spanish Eclectic circa 1925
7031 Magoun Avenue - Residence - Colonial Revival circa 1930
7059 Magoun Avenue - Residence - Tudor Revival circa 1930
7133 Magoun Avenue - Residence - English Cottage circa 1930
7210 Magoun Avenue - Residence - Bungalow circa 1930
7239 Magoun Avenue - Residence - Colonial Revival circa 1930
7965 Northcote Avenue - Residence - Tudor Revival circa 1920
7020 Olcott Avenue - Residence - Colonial Revival Cottage circa 1930
7024 Olcott Avenue - Residence - English Cottage circa 1930
7032 Olcott Avenue - Residence - Colonial Revival circa 1930
7111 Olcott Avenue - Residence - Colonial Revival circa 1925
7128 Olcott Avenue - Residence - Colonial Revival circa 1930
7132 Olcott Avenue - Residence - English Cottage circa 1930
7144 Olcott Avenue - Residence - Bungalow circa 1930
7147 Olcott Avenue - Residence - Tudor Revival circa 1925
7210 Olcott Avenue - Residence - Bungalow circa 1935
7215 Olcott Avenue - Residence - Colonial Revival Cottage circa 1930
7216 Olcott Avenue - Residence - Tudor Revival circa 1925
7226 Olcott Avenue - Residence - Bungalow circa 1930
7230 Olcott Avenue - Residence - English Cottage circa 1930
7315 Olcott Avenue - Residence - English Cottage/Sears & Roebuck Catalog circa 1930
7316 Olcott Avenue - Residence - Bungalow/Sears & Roebuck Catalog circa 1930
7322 Olcott Avenue - Residence - English Cottage/Sears & Roebuck Catalog circa 1931
6745 Ontario Avenue - Residence - Bungalow - circa 1940
6749 Ontario Avenue - Residence - Colonial Revival Cottage circa 1940
6818 Ontario Avenue - Residence - Bungalow circa 1930
6820 Ontario Avenue - Residence - Bungalow circa 1930
6824 Ontario Avenue - Residence - Bungalow circa 1925
7050 Osborn Avenue - Residence - Vernacular/Gable-front circa 1940
7134 Osborn Avenue - Residence - English Cottage circa 1930
7127 Schneider Avenue - Residence - Colonial Revival Cottage circa 1935
7132 Wicker Avenue - Residence - Colonial Revival Cottage circa 1935
7034 Woodmar Avenue - Residence - Tudor Revival circa 1925
7042 Woodmar Avenue - Residence - Tudor Revival circa 1925
7112 Woodmar Avenue - Residence - Tudor Revival circa 1925
7317 Woodmar Avenue - Residence - International circa 1940
7323 Woodmar Avenue - Residence - Tudor Revival circa 1925
7409 Woodmar Avenue - Residence - Bungalow circa 1930
7423 Woodmar Avenue - Residence - Lustron circa 1950

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