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Seth Hinshaw

The Historic Windows Database


Research completed by Seth Hinshaw, Building Documentation Specialist

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Link: Windows / Queen Anne windows / Prairie windows
Name: Prairie Window
Years: 1892-1920
History: This 9x1 window with offset muntins in the upper sash was a rare window type in the nineteenth century. In the early twentieth century, it came into its own as the Prairie window.
Millwork catalog references (Note: underlined company names link to millwork company histories, while underlined years link to catalogs uploaded at archive.org):

Pettyjohn & Thornhill 1892, page 12 ;