Springfield house designed by architect Henry Klutho is in the marketplace

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A Jacksonville house designed by architect Henry John Klutho is now on the market.

The home, which is called the Henry John Klutho Home or the Klutho Residence, is situated on West Ninth Road in Springfield. It was initially constructed within the early 1900s and initially situated on Primary Road, according to the listing on Zillow.

“It was actually a contemporary home not like the rest on the time,” stated Wayne Wooden, a historian for the Jacksonville Historic Society. “He went on to be one of the best architect that Jacksonville has ever had.”

Wooden says Klutho helped rebuild Jacksonville after the Great Fire of 1901.

“Ninety p.c of downtown was destroyed in a single afternoon on Might 3, 1901, and Klutho got here in together with his robust capability,” Wooden stated. “He constructed Metropolis Corridor, he bought the fee for the library, and all these buildings had been classical in kind with the columns.”

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The type that Klutho used for his house known as prairie type — famously utilized by Frank LLoyd Wright, who constructed many properties within the Midwest.

“It’s a really radical home. It has home windows, a large overhang that you might open up the home windows earlier than air-con, and the room was full with mild,” Wooden stated. “You had been linked together with your outdoors surroundings.”

Realtor Crissie Cudd, who’s representing the property, took News4JAX by the home that has three bedrooms and two loos. She stated her favourite components are “the staircase and the tree of life home windows.”

“It’s so iconic to Klutho, it’s iconic to the prairie type, and it’s an uplifting feeling — it provides a lot mild to the home,” Cudd stated.

According to Visit Jacksonville, the construction was added to the U.S. Nationwide Register of Historic Locations in 1978.

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“This home isn’t going to get transformed the best way folks do a typical transform and simply begin gutting this home,” Cudd stated. “It’s a bit of historical past, and clearly, you’re going to need to replace the kitchen and toilet, however to me, it might be form of sack spiritual to return in and redo something.”

The two,893-square-foot home is in the marketplace for $775,000. Potential homebuyers can schedule a tour on Zillow.