
This Beaux-Arts classical house, which is now the office of Dulany Industries, commands its lot and features a modillioned cornice, quoined corners, and a central projecting pedimented frontispiece supported by paired colossal fluted Ionic pilasters. A wide entrance with a fanlight and sidelights is echoed by a similar entrance leading from the second story onto an ironwork balcony. This grandiose design well represents the Thomas Square neighborhood, the wealthiest residential suburb of its day. While much of the neighborhood is intact, many of its former houses have been adapted to commercial functions that similarly reflect the demographic shifts of the later twentieth century. In 1984, this building became Sexton Funeral Home, an African American—run business. Its restoration in 2006 was conducted by Bloomquist Construction. The equally grand Palladian-influenced Hull House (1906, Hyman W. Witcover) at 22 E. 34th Street, boasting one of the most impressive wraparound porches in the city, now accommodates the Brannen, Searcy, and Smith Law Offices.