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20 Janssen Place Complete Restoration
THE RESTORATION OF 20 JANSSEN PLACE  
The Restoration of 20 Janssen Place



Eric and Jane Piper bought 20 Janssen Place in July 2011 and moved into the house in March of 2013 after the renovation of the attic and part of the second floor had been completed.  Here are a few questions I asked Eric:
Why did you choose 20 Janssen Place?
Jane and I have always loved Hyde Park and just as soon as our kids graduated from High School we began our search.  Wanting to find a house that was built pre-WWI was our goal.  (Our passion for collecting is really post-Victorian to pre-modern – which takes in Arts and Crafts, Prairie Style, Art nouveau both US and European. which spans roughly 1890 to 1920).  Hyde Park was one of three neighborhoods we had focused our search on (also Rockhill and Roanoke).  We (I, in particular) had always wanted to restore an historic house and I wanted to take on one that would be particularly meaningful to the neighborhood.  We found 20 Janssen Place on a Hyde Park homes tour one year, and knew that it was one in particular need of help.  After walking and driving through a lot of neighborhoods for months all over the City, we really just kept ... more

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