This rambling pile is currently divided into seven apartments (judging by a count of electric meters), but it seems to have been built as a house for C. S. Caruthers at some time around the turn of the twentieth century. It looks as though Mr. Caruthers was going for the plantation look, and the two-storey columns and pediment, with the swagged frieze, still catch attention on Perrysville Avenue. It is hard to tell how the house was originally arranged; perhaps the wing on the right side was an open porch and balcony. The house has become a muddle over the years, but its position on a curve in the avenue guarantees that those columns will be noticed.
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