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Almost ten years after John Chase completed his family home, a grand, two-story living area was added. New architectural details, like square, wooden shingle-trim blocks, shifted the home’s character away from the influence of Mies van der Rohe and toward the stylings of Frank Lloyd Wright.

Another drawing shows the Chase Residence with the second-story addition, which doubled the height of the interior courtyard and added a game room, bedroom, bathroom, and office. “Though the renovation changed the architecture dramatically, remarkably little physical alteration seems to have taken place when you compare plans,” writes Heymann. “There isn’t a lot of floor space added, and the perimeter of the old house and roof remains intact.”

The expanded home reflects an evolution of Chase’s design tastes, but maintains the courtyard’s function as a communal gathering space.

The late-1960s remodel added a staircase to the interior courtyard to access the second floor. The home’s original intent—to allow each room to spill into the courtyard—remains.