Four Square

1999 (DC tax photo) (Below in italics is from the 1984 National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.) A typical example of a Foursquare with Colonial Revival detailing built in 1916 for Talbot Smith. The high hipped roof with front dormer is crossed by a gable which forms slight two-story projections on both sides. Wide eaves...

1999 (DC tax office) (Below in italics is from the 1984 National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.) Two-story frame Foursquare sheathed with German siding; pyramidal roof. Originally very similar to 1020 Gloria. Unsympathetically altered in 1971 with small French doors replacing the second-story windows, full-facade porch...

01.17.12 (DC tax office) (Below in italics is from the 1984 National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.) Pyramidal-roofed two-story frame Foursquare built c. 1910 with attached wraparound porch supported by Doric columns and pilasters. Entrance bay accented by projecting pediment supporting paved fluted columns resting on...

2013 (Below in italics is from the 1984 National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.) c. 1910 two-story hip-roofed frame Foursquare with classical detailing: Palladian window in the pedimented attic dormer with returns; fluted box posts and pilasters support the nearly full-facade porch (Western half has been enclosed)...

1999 (DC tax photo) (Below in italics is from the 1984 National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.) Large c. 1913 two-story modified frame Foursquare, sheathed with German siding and set on high random coursed fieldstone foundation. Two tall interior brick chimneys rise above the pyramidal roof with a pedimented dormer...

01.17.12 (DC Tax Photo) (Below in italics is from the 1984 National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.) Two-story stuccoed Foursquare with slate-covered pyramidal roof over main block and slate hipped roof over slightly recessed wing on east side. Twelve-over-one sash windows on first floor of main block with paired nine...

(DC Tax Photo) 01.30.13 (Below in italics is from the 1984 National Register listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.) Two-story frame classic Foursquare. Paired three-over-one sash windows flank front-door composed of eight· lights over rrolded vertical panels. Tall brick exterior end chimneys. One story shed-roofed, attached porch...

I've always wondered about this building. Based on it's size (according to tax records it's 3,750 square feet with 6BR/7 BA) this grand four square likely sat on a good chunk of land, but is now surrounded by strip malls and industrial businesses. Because it is on the outskirts of town, it is not included in many old records. There are a quite a...

2011 (DC Tax Office) 07.31.13 (Jack Daily) 08.10.13 (Gary Kueber)

From "Carol's Garden Inn" website: In 1910, J. S. Hall, founder of Hall-Wynne Funeral Home in Durham, built a farmhouse at 2412 South Alston Avenue. This large 2 story farmhouse is rather unusual in form and does not fit neatly in the dominant house types in Durham County. It is an I-House, but instead of having a gable and chimney, it has a hipped...