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Oscar C. Gottesleben

Architect

H. Stevens Gillespie House, drawn from its recorded size and kind until a photo we may share turns up

Designer of the H. Stevens Gillespie House, the house that was built in Detroit's Indian Village in 1912. It is one of 5 works by Gottesleben on record across Detroit, built from 1912 to 1919.

works on record in Metro Detroit
5
of work here, 1912 to 1919
7 years
still standing
4 of 5

Oscar C. Gottesleben's Metro Detroit, drawn to scale

All 5 of Gottesleben's works on record, oldest at left. None has a height on record, so each is drawn at one standard size in the shape of its kind.

All 5 of Gottesleben's works on record, oldest at left. None has a height on record, so each is drawn at one standard size in the shape of its kind.

H. Stevens Gillespie House

1912, Detroit, height not on record, drawn at one standard size

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The story

The H. Stevens Gillespie House heads Gottesleben's work in Metro Detroit, a house in Detroit's Indian Village, finished in 1912.

Gottesleben's Metro Detroit work on record runs from the H. Stevens Gillespie House in 1912 to the Joseph M. Ward House in 1919, 7 years. No decade kept Gottesleben busier here than the 1910s, with 5 works.

In Detroit, Gottesleben's work stands in Indian Village. Of Gottesleben's work here, the region has lost Dinan Hall (University of Detroit), demolished in 1963.

Today, 4 of Gottesleben's works still stand. Of Gottesleben's works here, 4 are homes, the H. Stevens Gillespie House and the Oscar C. Gottesleben House first among them. To see Gottesleben's work in person, start with the H. Stevens Gillespie House at 2126 Seminole St.

Oscar C. Gottesleben's mark on Metro Detroit, building by building

Where their buildings stand

4 works on the map

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4 works on the map

1 more work on record without a map point yet.

Where the work stands

In the Detroit Ledger

Sources

The facts on Oscar C. Gottesleben come from Historic Detroit; Rebuild Detroit wrote the story above from them, and each photo names its license.