Geneva Architecture Challenge: Two Downtown Domiciles

To spare your gasoline budgets, I’ve chosen this week’s homes from the edges of the downtown retail district. One is perfect if you’re in the mood for blue; the other makes a commanding statement with its classical front columns.

Answers To Last Week's Geneva Architecture Challenge

Last week’s challenge homes should have been easy to spot, since they stick out from the surrounding homes like an iris in a patch of daffodils.

The Frank Lloyd Wright-inspired tan brick house is at 209 Peyton St., at the corner of Peyton and Second streets. The red brick house at 320 East Side Drive is a little harder to pinpoint, since it’s half-hidden by a huge, sprawling evergreen tree. But you can’t miss the Cubs banner that flies proudly from the front porch every season no matter how badly the Boys in Blue are playing.