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By 1905, University Heights #1 had been laid out, utilities installed, street trees planted and houses were under construction. In this photograph, Princeton Avenue is the curved street on the left, Harvard Avenue is in the foreground and Cornell Avenue parallels Princeton. Both houses visible in this photograph are under construction.
Edward and Mabel Lewis' house in University Heights #1 on Yale Avenue is just visible on the left of this photograph, taken sometime between 1906 and 1908. The large house in the center is on Princeton Avenue. Other houses are on streets farther north in the subdivision. Harvard Avenue, now Trinity, is in the foreground.
This photograph of University Heights #1 was taken from the Woman's Magazine Building, looking northwest across the intersection of Princeton and Harvard (now Trinity) Avenues. The small building in the foreground probably served more as a billboard than a sales office. The sales office for University Heights #1 and Lewis's other residential developments was located in the Woman's Magazine Building. The two large houses in the center are located on Cornell Avenue.
This photograph was taken about 1908 from the Woman's Magazine Building looking west on Delmar. Edward and Mabel Lewis' house is just visible on the right. David Ralston's house is at the top of the hill facing Delmar. Frank Cabot's house is on the south side of Delmar. Jackson Johnson's house on the south side of Delmar is almost hidden by trees. All these men were involved in the early organization of University City government.
This photograph taken about 1906 shows two houses in University Heights #1 under construction. Both houses were designed by Herbert C. Chivers, architect for the Woman's Magazine Building, and an associate of Edward Gardner Lewis. The house on the right is at 6965 Princeton Avenue and matches the design for the "Mount Jewell Residence" in Chivers' house plan catalogue "Artistic Homes," published in 1910. Francis V. Putnam, a Lewis associate, was the first owner. The house on the left is at 6975 Cornell Avenue and matches the design for the "Manston Residence" in Artistic Homes. Mabel Lewis' sisters, Mrs. Charles Breyman and Mrs. Robert Crabb, were early residents. In this photograph, both houses are almost complete but construction materials are still visible in the yards.
This Neoclassical style house at 6970 Princeton Avenue (originally #11 Princeton Avenue)in University Heights #1 was built between 1906 and 1907. The first owner was C. W. McFarland. By 1908, the house belonged to Mrs. E. B. Robinson. Her sons, Vernon and Earl Robinson, were the owners of the Robinson Fire Apparatus Company, and manufacturers of University City's first motorized fire truck. The house was pictured in Lewis' publication "The American Woman's League and University City," published in early 1908.
This house at 6965 Princeton Avenue in University Heights #1 was built about 1906. It was originally #15 Princeton Avenue. It was designed by Herbert C. Chivers, architect for the Woman's Magazine Building and an associate of Edward Gardner Lewis. This design matches the "Mount Jewell Residence" in Chivers' house plan catalogue "Artistic Homes," published in 1910. It was the home of Francis V. Putnam, Treasurer of Lewis Publishing Company and University Heights Realty and Development Company. He was also City Clerk and Street Commissioner for University City. This photograph appeared in several of Lewis' publications, including "The American Woman's League and University City," published in early 1908, and "The Woman's National Daily" on May 13, 1909.

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