Eau Claire: Stucco Houses

The use of stucco as wall covering material is very pronounced -- almost 40% of all stucco houses were built in the 1920s!  And the majority were built from 1910 to1959, making them a very good diagnostic material for dating houses. Even though stucco is most associated with Mediterranean style houses during the 1920-1930s, it was used to update older homes.  

3 building materials.jpg (27270 bytes)Sometimes, stucco was used to look like cutstone. Also note the glass blocks that were popular in the 1920s-1930s.

A map of stucco houses would show a high concentration in the Third Ward. 

Created by Karen Furo-Bonnstetter and Kenneth Kolarik on June 27, 1996.  Graphs by Brian Meyer, Preston Johnson, and Tanya Jorgenson on June 9, 1997.