These three adjacent homes built between 1924 and 1926 are representative of a group of small homes built by the Arnold F. Meyer & Company. Meyer constructed nearly twenty similar homes in the Milwaukee area based on designs by nationally known architect Ernest Flagg. In a publication entitled Small Homes: Their Economic Design and Construction, Flagg set forth his guidelines for homes designed to cost less than $10,000. Savings in both labor and materials were suggested through the omission of expensive hardware and trim and the use of prefabricated plumbing parts which could be installed by unskilled laborers.

Homes designed according to the Flagg system plan have steep roofs and a ridge dormer or skylight which provides good summer ventilation. There are also casement windows and several chimneys. Ceilings are beamed and bathroom floors are higher than those of adjoining rooms to make space for plumbing equipment. Flagg system homes are especially interesting today because they have been found to conserve energy.