Henry Greene designed this duplex residence for a relatively
long, rectangular lot. The drawings show two schemes for a double
house of two stories with a "two-stall" garage at
the rear of the property. A long driveway brings the traffic
from the street along the house to the back. The two entrances
are both placed on the front façade, one facing directly
onto the street and the other approached by steps placed at
a ninety-degree angle to the door. The two schemes use massing
to incorporate the entrances into one elevation. Scheme 1 is
straightforward, with each porch having the same gable and the
elevation is made up of separate blocks. Two long horizontal
gables dominate scheme 2, the lower one uniting the entrances,
which now each have very different treatments. The plan for
this project is less developed. It appears that the two houses
mirror each other in plan, which forms a U-shape making a courtyard
behind. Thus the second floor appears to be only a sleeping
porch and a storeroom.
