This house was built in 1907 by Joseph H. Edwards of the Polytechnic Heights Investment Company. Marlin T. Hollis, a manufacturer of salve and liniment, bought the house in 1907. Hollis’ son, Paul, was the inventory of Poly Pop, a popular candy and drink mix. Paul acquired the house in 1938 and owned it as a rental property until 1966. This house is a particularly well preserved example of an early house in the Polytechnic area. Clad in narrow clapboard, the house has a hipped central block with intersecting gable wings. The projecting front gable is adjacent to the shed-roofed half porch.
