In the Seventh House
The seventh time was the charm when veteran Minneapolis builder Kevin Streeter applied the art of his craft to construct a unique home for himself on a problematic site.
Photo: John Reed Forsman
There aren't many lots left in Deephaven, Minnesota. Early in the 20th century, the rolling farmland began to surrender to vacation estates. The growing mercantile class, attracted by the area's proximity to Lake Minnetonka, had adopted it as a summer retreat. A century later, Deephaven hosts a smorgasbord of architectural styles, from the original old farmhouses to amiable cottages and sprawling '70s ranches. Hardly a style is unrepresented, and the locals seem to like the eccentricity this eclecticism bestows.
There was one awkward little lot. It was heavily wooded and sloping, a sliver of land caught between two marshes. Kevin Streeter and his two brothers, all partners in Streeter and Associates, a highend construction company in Minneapolis, purchased the land as part of a larger package in 2003. One brother built a home on an adjacent site; another portion is undeveloped. The marshy little lot? "No one thought we could build on it," says Streeter. But he knew better. He also knew both David Salmela, an architect based in Duluth who is known for simple but elegant forms and "commonsense" solutions, and a cutting-edge landscape architect who often partners with Salmela, Shane Coen of Coen + Partners, based in Minneapolis and New York. Streeter was ready for the next evolution in his string of self-built homes, and this would be the place.
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