21st and Spruce Sts.
At this intersection are four of the finest Victorian houses in the city. The three brick houses were designed by George Hewitt. Those at the northeast and southwest corners feature half-timbered bays on brackets above the main doors and slate mansards with dormers. The house at the southeast corner is also essentially Second Empire in form, but the vivacity of its ornament-— windows, doors and corners framed by applied pilasters composed of alternating bands of red brick and white stone, decorative ironwork, an elaborate cornice and carved window frames—sets it apart. At the northwest corner, an imposing three-story bay ornamented with carved panels dominates a Renaissance Revival brownstone.