Quisling Terrace: In the Art Moderne Style

Originally, the Quisling Clinic. (Quisling Terrace since 2000.)

Elements of the style, popular in the 1930s

• Horizontal orientation
• Horizontal grooves or lines in walls
• Rounded edges
• Corner windows
• Porthole windows
• Smooth exterior finish
• Subdued colors

Also known as Streamline Moderne and Machine Age.

 

Photos by Retiring Guy

Nearly lost to the wrecking ball in 1999.   Neighborhood activists successfully fought a proposal to build a 7-story, 101-unit apartment building on this site.