Village Housing: 69 N. Cedar Street

Date

ca. 1904-present

Location

69 North Cedar Street

Architects/Collaborators

Builder unknown

Style

Vernacular

History

This house is very plain--a good example of Oberlin’s embrace of austerity. Steps lead up to the front porch, which has a turned-spindle balustrade and a low-pitched roof supported by wooden Doric columns. The front door, at the center of the porch and flanked by a window on each side, projects slightly from the façade. Rev. Dr. Nicholas Van der Pyl lived here from 1927 until at least 1942. Van der Pyl had served as the pastor of First Church from 1916 until 1927. Today this house if one of many owned by the College and offered to students in its Village Housing program.

Source

Ohio Historic Inventory by H. Petersen, M. Franck, D. Musson, and O.H.I.O. Interns, Ohio State Historic Preservation Office, December 16, 2002. Accessed from the Oberlin Heritage Center website, June 23, 2015.