Faust-Dahlstrom residence

The house at 6247 Flora has been on the lips of many around the neighborhood lately - it is up for sale with the properties adjacent.

I went to the Tim O'Brian collection to see if there was a property history. What you see here first appeared in the Georgetown Gazette-News January 28, 2000.

drawing by Jon Dove


The Faust-Dahlstrom residence, located in the 6200 block of Flora Avenue South, was built in 1893-1894 by August Faust, a carpenter and master sash maker. It is tempting to guess that fancy upper sashes on the house reflect Faust's skill at building sashes.

A close look at the facade suggests that the two major part of the house, the gabled half and the ell, were not built at the same time. The Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps for 1904 and 1927 bear out this conclusion. The original house is the northern part with its two-story gable front. The lower hipped roof addition with the large bay window and hipped roof dormer was added some time after 1904 and before 1917. It was probably added before 1909 when William and Mary Eggert moved in.

By 1912 the Dahlstrom family, including Henry C, Herbert L, Edith and Ralph had moved in. Ralph Dahlstrom lived in the house form ore the forty-five years.

Henry Dahlstrom was on of the organizers and most active members of a social club known as t he Non-pareil Club.

In 1916, the Non-pareil Clubhouse was located in the Georgetown Castle (the large pink Victorian house with turret located at 6420 Carleton Avenue) The Non-pariel Club had more than 100 members. They played bridge and held ballroom dances. Club members also had their own twenty piece band and championship baseball team, known also as the Non-pareils.

In the mid 1920's, Henry Dahlstrom, Max Schmidt and Jules Maes were respectively the secretary, president and vice president of the crack Georgetown Merchants baseball team.