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Garages in Eau Claire, WI 1830s-2010
Hillary Johnson & Alicia HomanGeography 367
Settlement Geography of Eau Claire
Hypothesis
Garage types and sizes reflect the age of the houses in Eau Claire.
19th century houses are characterized by the absence of garages. We expected to find that garages began to appear in the 1920s as the popularity of cars developed. Garages would evolve from single detached to half-attached to full- attached, then grew in size from single to double to triple. (Bruno, 2009)
Garage Types and Sizes In Eau Claire
1. Detached2. Corner-Attached3. Half-Attached4. Full-Attached5. Breezeway
Size of garages: single, double, or triple-car
Research Methods: FieldworkRecorded garage type by
observation
- Random city blocks in Randall Park, Putnam Heights, and Suburbs
Sample size: 265 garages
*Small sample size, may not be representative of Eau Claire
Research Methods: Assessment RecordsRecorded year of house
based on city assessment records
Problems with data:*Assessment Records show
year of house, not year of garage. May result in some inconsistency
*Possible gaps in data: no samples from 1970s-1980s. Can assume patterns similar to 1960s data
Garage Types by Frequency and Age in Eau Claire
Garage Type # % Ave. Year
None 68 25.5 1883
Double Detached 8 3.0 1924
Single Half Attached 10 3.7 1932
Single Detached 24 9.0 1940
Single Breezeway 4 1.5 1947
Single Corner Attached 1 0.4 1949
Single Full Attached 37 13.9 1951
Double Corner Attached 1 0.4 1951
Double Breezeway 2 0.7 1962
Double Half Attached 2 0.7 1965
Double Full Attached 76 28.5 1973
Triple Full Attached 34 12.7 1991
Total/Average 267 100.0
Garage Type by Age in Eau Claire• No garage
- Average year: 1883– Randall Park
• Double Detached– Average year: 1924– Later Putnam Heights & Randall Park
• Single Half Attached– Average year: 1932– Earlier Putnam Heights
• Single Detached– Average year: 1940– Putnam Heights
Garage Type by Age in Eau Claire• Single Breezeway
– Average Year: 1947– Earlier Putnam Heights
• Single Corner Attached– Average Year: 1949– Earlier Putnam Heights
• Double Corner Attached– Average Year: 1951– Later Putnam Heights
• Single Full Attached– Average Year: 1951– Later Putnam Heights
Garage Types by Age in Eau Claire• Double Breezeway
– Average year: 1962– Later Putnam Heights
• Double Half Attached– Average year: 1965– Later Putnam Heights
• Double Full Attached– Average year: 1973– Later Putnam Heights & Suburbs
• Triple Full Attached– Average year: 1991– Suburbs
Trends in Eau Claire• Garages first appeared detached from houses in the 1920s, and
became more embedded in houses with time• Garage sizes increased over time, from single to double to triple
Patterns in Eau Claire• Randall Park: no garages and double detached• Early Putnam Heights: single detached, corner, breezeway, and half-
attached garages• Later Putnam Heights: single full-attached, double detached, corner,
breezeway, half, and full-attached• Suburbs: double full-attached and triple full-attached (Chicago
Tribune, 1992)
1932 1940 1947
1951 1973 1991
Evolution of Garage Types in Eau Claire
Average year of garage type based on fieldwork in Eau Claire, WI, June, 2010
Works Cited"Eau Claire, WI.” Google Maps. http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&tab=wl
(Accessed 8 June 2010).“History of types of garage doors.” Heidelberger, Mark. 2010.
http://www.ehow.com/list_5583769_history-types-garage-doors.html (Accessed 10 June 2010).
“In suburbia, some garages are outgrowing homes.” Chicago Tribune. Published in The Baltimore Sun, 11 August 1992. http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1992-08-11/features/1992224165_1_garage-two-car-motor-room (Accessed 10 June 2010).
"Property Search." Online Property Assessment Database. City of Eau Claire, http://www.bis-net.net/cityofeauclaire/search.cfm (Accessed 9 June 2010).
“The history of garage design.” Bruno, Gwen. 13 November 2009. http://www.ehow.com/facts_5640013_history-garage-design.html (Accessed 10 June 2010).