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913 Green Street

(Below in italics is from the National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.) Another of the five "speculative" Period Houses Identical to 909 Green St. except that the porch has box posts on brick plinths with granite sills.
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Pleas M. Sawyer House #5

(Below in italics is from the National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.) Another in the row of five Period Houses built by a speculator in the early 1930s. Here the roof is gambrel-front with wall dormers along the sides. The hip-roofed porch has deep eaves with sawn rafter ends, large fluted box posts, and match stick...
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909 Green Street

(Below in italics is from the National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.) One of five frame two-story Period Houses with Colonial Revival style features built in a row in the early 1930s, evidently by a single speculator contractor. This one is gambrel-roofed with full-facade wall dormer; large fluted piers with match...
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Garrett-Walker House

(Below in italics is from the National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.) Plain one-story post-1940 frame cottage.
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903 Green Street

(Below in italics is from the National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.) One-story brick cottage with short gable-front wing, built early 1930s.
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1012 Green Street

(Below in italics is from the National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.) With 1008 and 1010 Green St., one of the three. houses built by T.H. Lawrence with salvage from Sornerset·Villa. Here,·the roof is hipped with a hip-roofed attic dormer and the porch supports are large brick piers.
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1010 Green Street

(Below in italics is from the National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.) One of the three· houses, with 1008 and 1012 Green St., built by contractor T.H. Lawrence with salvage from Somerset Villa. This one has a hipped roof, front attic gable containing a vent and porch supports of box posts on box plinths.
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Veasey-Roberts House

One of three very similar large, two-story brick Foursquares constructed in a row in late 1920s by contractor T.H. Lawrence with salvaged materials from Julian S. Carr's razed mansion, Somerset Villa. All feature exterior end chimney with corbelled stack and full-facade hip-roofed porch, granite sills, floor plan with wide center hall; all interior fixtures and trim from Carr's house. They are distinguished by their rooflines and porch supports. This house has a pedimented gable end roof, two gabled attic dormers, and porch supports of box posts on brick plinths.
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2038 Englewood Ave.

(Below in italics is from the National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.) Brick Period Cottage with side gable roof features a front gabled entrance wing with a front chimney and a tiny diamond-paned window. The front door has pilasters and a classical pediment. Windows are 8-over-8 sash. This is said to have been the...
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2034 Englewood Ave.

(Below in italics is from the National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.) E.W. Sally House. The 1-story front gabled Craftsman style house features a French front door, 6-over-1 sash windows and a corner recessed porch with chamfered posts. Alterations include replacement railing and allover vinyl siding. 1925 CD: E W...
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