\nContractor: Anderson
\nLocation: 427 7th<\/sup> St., Calumet
\nBuilt: 1901<\/p>\n
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<\/a>Edward F. Cuddihy had this house built for himself and his bride in 1901.1<\/sup>\u00a0 By 1910, though, he was a widower with two young sons.\u00a0 At that time, he lived in this house with sons John, age 7, and Edward F., age 5; Mary Laiken, age 66, who was his aunt and served as his housekeeper; and Adela Kirby, age 20, a Finnish servant.\u00a0 Cuddihy was the assistant cashier of the First National Bank of Calumet<\/a>.\u00a0 His older brother, John D. Cuddihy, was president of the bank and manager of the Calumet Theater<\/a>, and it was probably this connection that led him to select Charles Shand as his architect.\u00a0 By 1916 Edward was promoted to cashier, but then his life seemed to take a turn for the worse.\u00a0 In 1920 he was listed as a barber.\u00a0 His son John was not listed in the census, and his younger son, Edward, then 15, was boarding with a neighboring Polish family.\u00a0 His aunt, now 75, was still living at this address with Edward senior, along with a young female servant.2<\/sup><\/p>\n This is the only house that has been identified as having been designed by Charles K. Shand.\u00a0 Now hidden behind foliage, the house has a variety of surfaces and materials. The two-and-a-half-story wood-frame building sits on a stone foundation.\u00a0 It has front-gable roof with two side gables.\u00a0 Shingles ornament the gables, a thin clapboard covers the second floor, and a wider clapboard covers the first story.\u00a0 In the gables, the walls curve in toward the windows.\u00a0 There is a two-story bay window on the left side, an oriel on the right side, and a slightly projecting oriel window on the front.\u00a0 A one-story porch adorns the front.\u00a0 The newspaper noted that the house cost about $6,000 and was \u201cone of the finest of homes erected in this city during the past year and a notable improvement to that portion of the town.\u201d3<\/sup><\/p>\n On the interior, \u201cthe finish is of antique and Flemish oak and mahogany, hardwood throughout\u2026.The mantels are of the latest pattern.\u00a0 Bevel plate and art glass is used in the main windows.\u201d4<\/sup>\u00a0 Behind the front door is the stair hall, with a library behind.\u00a0 On the left is a sequence of parlor, sitting room, and dining room, all joined by sliding double doors.\u00a0 In the back right corner is the pantry and kitchen.\u00a0 On the second floor were \u201cfive large bed rooms, bath room and dressing rooms.\u201d\u00a0 The basement had a furnace room for hot-water heat, fuel room, and laundry room.\u00a0 The newspaper noted that \u201cThe home has all modern improvements and is ideal in its appointments in every particular.\u201d5<\/sup><\/p>\n