Moderne takes an interesting twist in this reinforced concrete house of a leading International Style architect. The vaulted living room is clearly articulated outside in an elongated cement dome. South of the dome is a roof terrace with a concrete balustrade reached by an exterior stairway. Corners are rounded, and the design also borrows Pueblo Revival massing and detailing in the flat roofs and low parapets. Even details
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Groves House
1938, Eugene G. Groves. 330 Birch St.
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