The two-story wood-framed Sparks House is sheathed in clapboard painted white, with boxy massing and a flaring hipped roof. A full hipped portico is supported by brick piers. A cantilevered stairwell bay projects from the west wall. The roof has soffited eaves, a central hipped dormer and spikey finials. The interior has extensive oak paneling … Read more
The Martin House is a two-story wood-framed dwelling, rectangular in plan and clad in red brick with glazed green-tiled roof. A full balustraded terrace extends across the front, with central roof-terraced portico. Double doors flanking the portico open onto the terrace. The house was built in 1919 for Benjamin H. Martin, vice-president of the Farmers … Read more
This large two-story wood-framed house has a rectangular plan with a veneer of pale buff brick and hipped roof clad in glazed green tile. The house is symmetrically composed, with central pedimented portico supported by paired Ionic columns. Shuttered windows are set regularly along the façade. Transomed double doors communicate with a full terrace. This … Read more
Sandidge-Walker House is a large two-story wood-framed structure sheathed in polychrome reddish-brown brick. It has a rectangular plan and overhanging hipped roof clad in glazed green tile. A full porch extends across the front, with brick piers and cast stone balustrade. A porte-cochere wing projects from the south wall. A Missionesque dormer set centrally on … Read more
The Connell House is a very large two-story structure faced in red brick with cast stone trim and green-tiled roof. It has a symmetrical composition of hipped central block flanked by recessed hipped wings. An expansive balustraded terrace extends across the front, with central roof-terraced portico. Transomed floor-length windows open onto the terrace; those flanking … Read more
This two-story Georgian Revival house is clad in red brick with white cast stone trim. It is generally rectangular plan, hipped roof with soffited eaves and modillions, symmetrical façade with central entry framed by Tuscan columns supporting a gabled pediment. Built c. 1918 for Samuel Augustus Teas, partner in the insurance and bond firm of … Read more
This large and dignified house, set on spacious grounds, was designed by Joseph R. Pelich and built in 1923 by John C. Ryan, Jr. The original owner was H. Alonzo Melat, superintendent of the Gulf Production Co., who lived here until 1933. The has had numerous owners since that time. It is a two-story gabled … Read more
The Wade-Rall House is a two-story wood-framed house clad in brown brick. In composition, it is a rectangular block, with shallow hipped roof and full front porch. The stuccoed canopied eave is unusual. A central arched parapet is adorned with a cast stone quatrefoil. The house was built c. 1913 and lived in shortly by … Read more
A large two-story L-plan residence, the Hoffer-Hulen House is clad in smooth stucco, with glazed green-tiled hipped and gabled roofs. A covered terrace with Tuscan columns and hipped roof fills the angle of the two wings. The house is a picturesquely massed eclectic design with vague references to Renaissance architecture. It was designed by Wiley … Read more
This two-story brick-veneer house with hipped roof and full front portico appears to have been built on speculation by the John C. Ryan Land Co., in 1918. It was sold to contractor Robert Walker in December of that year. Walker sold the house in turn to Edward K. Collett in March, 1921. Collett was an … Read more