The arrival of the Milwaukee Railroad in 1908 created new demand for housing, and this flat-roofed, two-story rental property, now a four-plex but originally a duplex, was undoubtedly built circa 1910 to help fill the market for appropriate middle-class housing. Eminently modern and respectable, it features an eclectic mix of architectural elements, with a flat roof and rooftop parapet referencing the Mission Revival style, a large wood-shingled second-story dormer echoing the Queen Anne style, and dentils beneath the dormer cornice, doubled porch columns, and a symmetrical façade reflecting the Colonial Revival style. Its most distinctive and modern feature is the use of concrete block molded in a traditional stone finish, except for a decorative curlicue pattern accenting the cornice. Practically unknown before 1900, concrete block became wildly popular shortly thereafter because of improvements in Portland cement and the invention of a machine that allowed mass production, and modern consumers welcomed the new technology as a fireproof, durable, ornamental, and economical alternative to stone.