Information & history on rear of plaque:
Glen Auburn, an exampe of French Second Empire,  is historically called the Christian Schwartz House.   Construction began soon after 1873,  when the lot was sold to Christian Schwartz.   It is believed the house was completed in 1875,  when charges for interior decorations appeared in the papers of a local paint and wallpaper store.   Christian Schwartz is a classic example of the post Civil War merchant class supplanting the economically depressed planter class.   Today the house has been renovated to reflect the 1870's era in which it was built.