Crossing Utah Street, we continue north up Pennsylvania Avenue in Benton Park West, looking at the houses and apartment buildings that grew up after streetcar service arrived from downtown.
It’s interesting to see how houses have been altered, whether a metal cornice has been removed, or when a porch has probably been altered.
Then there are these very interesting green tiles that I can’t get close enough without a ladder to analyze…
Looking at old Google Street View images, it looks like those are original tiles that have been painted recently.
The building above and below, with a more burnt umber color show that construction was continuing well into the early Twentieth Century.
As is often the case, as we reach Wyoming Avenue, there is a corner store front that is vacant, as are most of this type of building in the neighborhood.
As can be seen, there was little but orchards on this block in 1875.
The owner of the green-roofed house is apparently diligent at keeping up the maintenance on their metal shingles. I have seen that design before, several times. What I have seen far less often is the proper maintenance to make those century-old shingles last another century.