William H. Sutherland House

707 North Victoria Street

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William Hughes Sutherland was a prominent merchant and stockman in Victoria. He pursued his career, built it up, and solidified it by 1900. The outward signs of his success were manifested in the construction of a large, stylish home in a prosperous and developing neighborhood in northern Victoria. The house was designed by Jules C. Leffland.

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By 1908, Sutherland followed this pattern by removing his old home facing Moody Street and replacing it with a new home facing Stayton Avenue. As originally constructed, the Sutherland home was a simple derivation of the Prairie style developed by Frank Lloyd Wright around 1900. After it was moved and the porch was deleted, the house took on a more eclectic, vaguely Neoclassical appearance.

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You can learn more about this home and the families that have lived here in Volume I of Historic Homes of Victoria, available here online through our SHOP or at the Victoria Preservation, Inc. office.