Lavender House

The Lavender House is a residential building in Mission Revival style located on Alamanda Street and displays the characteristic features of this architectural approach. The structure features stucco exterior walls, red-tiled roofs, and symmetrical facades typical of that construction period.

Hermann V. von Holst, a Prairie School architect from Chicago, designed this house in the early 1900s. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1995, making it one of the few surviving examples from that construction period in the city.

The name refers to lavender plants that once grew in the surrounding area. Today visitors can observe how this residence sits within the Floresta neighborhood, where other houses from the same period remain standing.

The house is located in a quiet residential neighborhood and can be viewed from the street, though it remains a private residence. Visitors should understand that interior access is generally not available, but the architecture is clearly visible from the exterior.

The architectural plans for this house were initially misattributed to Addison Mizner, a more famous architect in the area. Mizner actually worked as the general contractor for the project rather than as its designer.