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There are still those in the region who recall the vivacity
of the Shlenker House in the Roaring Twenties. That period
of devil-may-care attitudes, it is said, suited the house particularly
well, and it was then that the place was a lively center of social
activity and the setting for some of the era's most memorable mid-Mississippi occasions.
One Vicksburg matron insisted that, because of the leaded glass
that is a favored feature of the Cherry Street facade, the
interior lights were "magnified in their magic" and the
house, when fully lighted, was regarded by many as a landmark from
which directions were taken and given in this historic residential
center of Vicksburg.
A unique house in a unique architectural city, Shlenker House
reflects a pure modified example of the Prairie school of
architecture made famous by Frank Lloyd Wright.
It was, in fact, that element that caught the collective eye for
detail of the National Register of Historic Places, as well as the
selection board that declared the house a Mississippi Landmark.
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