I stopped by this block of President Street very briefly back in August of 2017, so I thought I’d take another look. It’s interesting to see that it was already highly built up by 1875, but also that other than for three buildings, much of that early settlement is now gone.

But perhaps it is natural redevelopment, where after the 1870s new housing went in and replaced the original wood frame and less permanent building stock.

Whether it’s built in the 1950s or it’s Second Empire houses built in the 1880s, it shows the neighborhood was increasing in density and prosperity.

But then we hit one of the survivors, which is quite beautiful with its center plan design and two or fours rooms arranged on either side of central hallway.

There’s also this little guy set way back on the lot, which is surely very old but is not easily spotted on the Compton and Dry view in 1875.

Next up are these three houses.

I love how this house, which appears in 1875, is squeezed into the later density of the neighborhood by the two other houses.

The houses seen in Compton and Dry were surely seen as outmoded and demolished for Second Empire townhouses such as we see here.