Father Pitt

Why should the beautiful die?


Kissner Building, Dutchtown

537 Tripoli Street

A storefront with living quarters upstairs in a slightly prickly Victorian style. The upraised arm on the corner makes it look as though the building is trying to hail a streetcar.

Crest with broken pediment

The inscription has been obliterated, which is not playing fair. But the building appears on a 1901 plat map as belonging to someone named Kissner; it was probably built in the 1890s.

Lunette
Kissner Building
Nikon COOLPIX P100; Canon PowerShot SX150 IS.


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