321 E Houston St, Monroe, NC 28112

Walter B Love and his wife moved into their Classical Revival House in January 1911; the well-maintained double-pile house is a two story version of the 20th century Classical Revival Cottage found throughout the district, with a hip roofed main block and gabled projecting bays on the facade and side elevations. At the center of the three-bay facade is the main entrance which has sidelights and a stained glass three-part transom. The bays on the side elevations are semi-hexagonal. The tin shingle roof has acroteria on the ridge and at the peaks of the bay gables. A one story porch with Tuscan columns spans the facade and continues on the east elevation to a Porte cochere. Chimneys rose in the interior and exterior end locations. A one story ell extends to the rear with a small shed roofed addition on it’s west elevation. Love was an attorney, VP of farmers and Merchant Bank and the people’s building and loan association and president of the Monroe-County Commercial Club.