William Livingstone House
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The William Livingstone House, constructed in 1893, colloquially named Slumpy was a French Renaissance
Neo-Renaissance
Renaissance Revival is an all-encompassing designation that covers many 19th century architectural revival styles which were neither Grecian nor Gothic but which instead drew inspiration from a wide range of classicizing Italian modes...

 house located in Detroit's Brush Park
Brush Park, Detroit
Brush Park Historic District is a 24 block neighborhood located within Midtown Detroit, Michigan and designated by the city. It is bounded by Mack Avenue on the north, Woodward Avenue on the west, Beaubien Street on the east, and the Fisher Freeway on the south...

. William Livingstone selected Eliot Street in Brush Park and hired architect Albert Kahn who was working for the George Mason-Zachariah Rice firm. When he obtained this commission – presumably with Mason’s help; Kahn was only 22 or 23 years old and had just returned from spending 1891 in Europe studying the classical architecture of the Old World.

Kahn's decision to design in a French Renaissance mode for the home reflected the time he spent sketching the best Gallic architecture. Originally built about one block to the west of its final resting place to the west of John R, the Red Cross intended to demolish this home for their new building. Preservationists succeeded in successfully moving the Livingstone Home about one block to the east, but the building languished for many years before finally being demolished on September 15, 2007. The William Livingston House was commemorated in a painting by Lowell Bioleau entitled Open House which was unveiled the day of its demolition.
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