Old Heidelberg Cottages, 401-403 South Braddock Avenue and 7612-7614 Waverly

Before I go to bed tonight, let's head back to my favorite Scheibler spot, the Old Heidelberg. In 1908, Scheibler added 2-story cottages to apartment building. They wrap around the property from Braddock Avenue to Waverly.

Like this:

Credit for this goes to, as usual, Martin Aurand

You can see photos of the interiors if you click here. 

But first, check out how the crocuses (croci?) bloomed all the heck over the East End this week!

Porter: always ready to share my enthusiasm 

In The Progressive Architecture of Frederick G. Scheibler, Martin Aurand writes that there is no evidence that Scheibler originally intended to expand the Old Heidelberg. Robinson and Bruckman, who commissioned the apartments, didn't own all of the property around it until after the Old Heidelberg was built.

But in 1908-09, Scheibler added four cottages to the building's north end, a single cottage on the south end, and a house on the adjacent property.  They definitely add to the building's rambling and random quality.

 

All of the Old Heidelberg dwellings have front and back doors, which lends to lots of nooks and crannies. Check out the arch!

Close-up on the cattails!

Rear windows

Here is a post card depicting the Old Heidelberg with the Waverly Cottages.

Arden Apartments, 7710 Waverly Street

Ready to go! Porter and I headed from Braddock down Waverly to find the Arden Apartments, designed 1904.



I knew this building, but didn't recognize it as a Scheibler building at first.

This photo from Martin Aurand's book on Scheibler shows what the Arden Apartments must have looked like not too long ago, with a stained glass entry depicting a ship. 

Aurand writes that the ship was copied out of a book on contemporary English architecture and decoration. He suggests that this was Scheibler's first custom-fabricated art glass. 

From the book "The Progressive Architecture of Frederick G. Scheibler," published in 1994.

Back to today… The ship is gone.

rear

side

Side, and original red color

We wandered inside a little.