Built in 1925 by the Reaume Company, Windsor’s pre-eminent developers of the pre World War II era… The showpiece of the the Pillette Road, Ford City sub-division… The Electric House!
The Reaume Company ran many ad’s for this subdivision in the Border Cities Star, including several full page ad’s like this one from September 1925…
I like how one of the selling points is the “new streetcar line definitely promised for this fall”. 🙂
After a bit of digging, I found that the house is still standing. After renumbering, 1434 Pillette became 1932 Pillette.
It was a nice surprise to find the house still there and in decent shape for being 83 years old…
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The Electric House address could also be 1980 Pillette Road, which still has the same porch railings. Another ad in the September 1925 Star gives the address as three doors north of Tecumseh. I live at 2040 Pillette built in 1925 which would have been the first house north of Tecumseh and the house right next door 2028 was built the same time. The next house north built in 1925 would be 1980 Pillette Road. $5500 was quite a lot of money in the twenties before the depression of 1929. These same houses would be worth about 20 times that amount today in Windsor's depressed real estate economy. The average annual wage was around $1100 and a new car cost about $350 while a used model T cost about $10. $5500 was about 5 years wages. The average annual wage in Windsor according to the latest census is around $70,000, so the same house costs less than two years salary.