This 1.5 storey house features an asymmetrical cross-gabled roof with clipped ends, front facing gable featuring portico with double-row brick voussoir entrance and bay window on side. The house also has a low-sloped shed/flat roof dormer with siding facing Granada Street and a chimney on south. The original house featured sash windows with multiple lites in the top sash portions.

The Granville is the first model home constructed in Canada by an American newspaper. It was advertised as a Roselawn development located in South Windsor, in the exclusive Roseland District, with locational advantages of being close to Dougall Avenue, Roseland Golf Course, and St. Mary’s Academy. 20 The Granville was part of a series of four Detroit Free Press houses that was sponsored by the paper to stimulate public interest in better small house buildings. It was built by Border Cities Company, designed under the partnership of architects Trace & Diehl (Partnership formed between 1921-1929, consisting of acclaimed Detroit architect George F. Diehl and Windsor architect John Edward Trace).21 Renderings and floor plans of the house was also published on the newspaper. The Border Cities Company was a well-established real estate organization/developer in the Region. President of the organization, J.F. Gundy,

20 Detroit Free Press. Announcing The First Free Press Model home in South Windsor, The Granville, January 13, 1929.

21 Hill, Robert G. Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada 1800-1950. Trace, John Edward. Retrieved from http://www.dictionaryofarchitectsincanada.org/node/1721