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Brothers House

One house with two distinctive styles. The Brothers house at 316-318 E. Beck Street in German Village was originally bought by two brothers, Andrew and Thurman Debois, to build a home for both their families.

During the construction of the home both brothers got into some sort of dispute and became very angry at each other. As a result you have a building that has two distinct styles. During the Civil War they both went off to war and they left their wives behind. The wives decided enough is enough so they broke through the common wall and built a door so that they could visit each other and be one family.

After the war, the brother’s came back, they still did not like each other, the bricked up the wall and that was the end of that.