Photo: M. Aumann

Julia B. Ward House (c.1890)¹   65 Crestwood Avenue

This recently well-restored brown-shingle house at 65 Crestwood Avenue was the home of Julia B. Ward for a number of decades beginning in the 1920’s.

Our red-headed Julia will long be remembered for the handsome Bookplate which she designed for our beloved Crestwood Library.

 She gave art lessons during the depression to many of the children in Crestwood in her third floor studio and might also be called our hot-headed Julia. On one occasion she called a very sweet, mild-mannered Mother and gave her a large piece of her mind for not having called to advise that her daughter would not be attending Art Class, as she was ill. To emphasize her ire she also told the Mother that her daughter could not return - which proved to be unfortunate since it was the only art form for which the child had minimal talent.

The talented Julia also was one of the few artists of her time to be given permission to work at the Metropolitan Museum of Art copying the works of Old Masters. Frans Hals was one of her favorites and her renditions of his works was masterful.

Built around the turn of the century, the house is an equally masterful example of predominately Queen Anne styling.

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1. Research and text Marguerite Aumann