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Herman & Rose Goldstein House, 2105 19th Avenue
Most Significant Unprotected Structures:
Remarkably intact, high-style Ranch dating prior to 1950
Architectural Style:
Ranch
Construction Date:
1948
Architect/Builder: William Bernbrock, Architect
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Architect William Bernbrock, who graduated from Notre Dame University in 1935, designed this home in 1948. Herman Goldstein commissioned Bernbrock to build a Chrysler-Plymouth dealership in Moline, and was so pleased with the work that he asked the architect to design a home for him and his wife, Rose. Rose Goldstein related that there were 33,000 bricks in the house. In the Ranch tradition, the house is long and low, with all public spaces facing the front. The windows are casement with horizontally divided panes, which create a horizontal feel on the vertical openings. The corner windows ensure ventilation and are equipped with original Pella Rolscreens. The screens operate much like window shades and roll into a casing at the top of the window. The three sided porch has large jalousie windows. There is no basement, although there is a tunnel for utilities beneath the house. The entrance is emphasized with different colored, textured and sized stone. There is a fixed round window to the east of the entrance. The property's position at the bottom of a "U" shaped roadway is unique in the city.
Notable buildings in the area that were Bernbrock designs are Trinity Hospital (formerly Franciscan), Black Hawk College, now-demolished Moline Public Hospital, Assumption High School in Davenport, First National Bank in Moline, Jordan Catholic School, and Sacred Heart Grade School and Culeman Hall in Moline. Bernbrock Architects and Engineers also designed Loras College buildings in Dubuque.
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