Kruger House

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"The Kruger House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. It is a striking example of the early architecture of Truckee. W. H. Kruger, a local lumberman and entrepreneur, built this home in 1873. Kruger contributed significantly to the 19th century community development of Truckee as one of the town's leading commercial pioneers. Kruger's business success allowed his family to build this elegant home on the north side of the Truckee River in a section of Truckee referred to, in those days, as Brickletown - named after Kruger's partner. The L-shaped house has classically based detailing evident in the boxed cornice, frieze, and endboards. It also incorporated a number of stylistic details associated with the more formal Italianate villas of the preceding decade, including the Tuscan windows in the east, west, and south gables, the segmental arch windows on the first floor, a small, almost formal, balcony above the main entrance, and the bracketing and rhythmic arcade-like quality of the sun porch. The result is an eclectic, eye-catching building with sufficient stylistic pretension to distinguish it as the home of a family of importance."