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Edward W. Decker summer residence, second scheme
Purcell and Elmslie
Lake Minnetonka, Minnesota 1913
Two schemes were prepared for this large countryside estate on a large lake near Minneapolis, Minnesota. The first one had a tower for "air picnics," which was omitted in the revised design. For comparative purposes, however, all the images and documentation have been grouped together here. Different accounting numbers were assigned for a variety of tasks. The links on the list below return to that job number on the Compleat Commission List.
- First scheme (1912)
- Garage and servant quarters (1913)
- Decoration (1913)
- Perspective drawing (1913)
- Entrance gate (1913)
- Pump house (1913)
Images
 South view |
 Breezeway |
 Hallway |
 Living room |
 Dining room |
 Bedroom |
 Sawed wood diagram |
36 images are also available at the University of Minnesota digital database:
Illustrations of this building appear on
page 579 of "George Grant Elmslie and the Chicago Scene," by Talbot Hamlin
in Pencil Points (September, 1941)
Texts
- Parabiographies entry, by William Gray Purcell (first scheme)
- Parabiographies entry, by William Gray Purcell (revised scheme)
- Parabiographies entry, by William Gray Purcell (garage)
- Parabiographies entry, by William Gray Purcell (entrance gate)
- Parabiographies entry, by William Gray Purcell (perspective drawing)
- Parabiographies entry, by William Gray Purcell (decorating)
- Parabiographies entry, by William Gray Purcell (pump house)
- Drawing inventory from the Burnham Library Microfilm (1953)
- Essay by Peter B. Wight in The Architectural Record, "Country House Architecture in the Middle West." Vol. XXXVIII, #4 [October, 1915], pp. 387-421], uses the Decker house as an illustration.
Other Resources
A side table from the Decker house is now in the collection of the Minnesota Historical Society- The Prairie School Traveler page with location of surviving garage building
research courtesy mark hammons