This one-story stucco-clad house has a Baroque/Mission Style parapet and half-round portico opening onto a full terrace with urn-topped balustrade. It was designed by Joseph R. Pelich for J. H. Crites and built in 1922. Original plans called for a second story. Shortly after construction was completed, the house was sold to Henry W. Lawrence, secretary-treasurer of H. W. Williams & Co., distributors of wholesale drugs. The Lawrences owned the property until 1935.
