This lot remained vacant until 1948, when this two-story brick duplex was built.

Homes built after World War II were dubbed post-war, and you’ll find that those built at that time tend to come in certain styles, like this 1948 multi-family home’s Colonial Revival influence. Your basic post-war exterior is known for being boxy, brick and basic. But what they lack in originality, they make up in their dependable sturdiness.

These homes are rooted in American history. They were built as the American soldiers returned from fighting in World War II. Government legislation, such as the Federal Housing Administration and Servicemen‘s Readjustment Act, helped to fuel the housing industry, which had been flagging in the 1930s, and suddenly millions of Americans across the country were looking for homes to shelter their growing families.

In the twenty years after World War II, America experienced an unprecedented housing boom, adding more than 25 million new residential structures by 1965. So overwhelming were the numbers of new single-family homes, compared to multifamily units (which accounted for less than 15% of all new housing in the first postwar decade), that one observer noted “new rental housing has apparently been going by the way of the icebox and the horse car”.

When you step into the second floor, two-bedroom apartment you are greeted with an open floor plan and original hardwood floors. A 2006 renovation updated the kitchen and bath maintaining the contemporary interior with a traditional flavor. In 2011 Robert Falso featured this Townhome on the Heritage Hills Home Tour.

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