Provenance: 1905 Dutch Colonial designed and built by two renowned talents — architect William Kenyon and master builder Theron P. Healy. Original owner J.B. Sutherland's budget was $8,000. The Sutherland family hosted many social events and employed Swedish cooks and maids during this prosperous period.

Changing times: The Depression took a toll on the economy and neighborhood, with some of the expansive and extravagant homes razed. After the Sutherlands died in the 1940s, Joseph Kottom and his wife, Minnie, converted the house into a duplex, sharing it with another family.

In the 1970s, the owner turned it into a triplex, adding a kitchen on the third floor, and doors to divide units; original spaces were chopped up and altered to share the cost to live there. Current owners Tina Lee and Joshua Kent found a faded wood sign in the garage that said "Furnished Rooms Single & Double" indicating the home was once a boardinghouse.

Today: Many of the homes on the block are as big as or bigger than the Lee-Kent Dutch Colonial. Some owners are converting the large dwellings back to single-family status, said Lee. "Or like us, finding less traditional ways to make these big old houses work, sharing them or renting out parts to make ends meet."

Source: Tina Lee