The Charles Lundberg Three-Decker on Catharine Street

Charles Lundberg was a clerk who became the first owner of this three-story wood frame house on Catharine Street. Built around 1892, the house is a well-preserved example of Queen Anne styling, featuring a hip roof and a clapboarded exterior. The main roof cornice is deep and features regularly spaced decorative modillion blocks.

The building follows a standard side-hall plan with a flanking polygonal bay. The projecting section includes shingled skirt sections between the floors with small brackets in the overhang. The front entry is sheltered by a single-story porch featuring a spindled frieze and balustrade, supported by very slender turned columns with brackets at the upper end. The stairwell windows also feature decorative stained glass.

The house is an example of early-period three-decker development in the Belmont Hill area, which was heavily populated in its early years by immigrants from Sweden and Finland. Most of the early residents were of Swedish extraction. Lundberg also owned the adjacent houses and the property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.

Today, the building remains a sharp piece of architectural preservation. It stands as a reminder of the local building styles of the late 19th century and the community of residents who first moved into the neighborhood.

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