Passing by another parking lot which is usually empty, we head up California Avenue, which has older houses, mostly in the Second Empire style. This first building is one of those interesting Mansard roofed examples where the original fenestration of the Second Empire is giving way to later styles such as the Romanesque Revival, which we see in Benton Park West.

Some of that Romanesque Revival comes out in the next couple of houses; the one on the left is heavily altered due to the cornice being lost.

Then we see more of those Second Empire houses, including this more elaborate version below, with some Renaissance elements.

Then there are more of those standard South Side Second Empire houses with a side entrance with the two bay wide front facades.

There is a corner store at Utah, which I’ve looked at before in two posts, here and here.