This Reconstruction-era double house was remodeled for department store owner B. H. Levy in 1897, adding a fourth story fronted by a metal (faux tile) mansard roof and robust dormers that boldly punctuate the floor level below. A mid-level decorative frieze and elaborate, curved window bays faced in marble project over the arched entrance stoops to produce a decidedly theatrical and exuberant effect.
Robin B. Williams with David Gobel, Patrick Haughey, Daves Rossell, and Karl Schuler, "Daniel J. Purse and Daniel Thomas Houses", [Savannah, Georgia], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/GA-02-8.36.
Buildings of Savannah, Robin B. Williams. With David Gobel, Patrick Haughey, Daves Rossell, and Karl Schuler. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2016, 160-161.
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