THE ICONIC

Arthur J. Devine (1910–1987), more than any other builder, had an outsized role in the look and feel of housing in Sansone’s subdivision. Devine put his own stamp on the neighborhood, building more homes – about 20 and probably more – in Sansone’s subdivision than any other builder, including two for himself. His trademark home was the new look contemporary ranch with gray lannon stone veneer and chimney, casement windows, vertical tongue and groove siding, deep angled eave overhangs and tall windows in the public spaces and ribbon/clerestory windows in the bedrooms — a theme repeated in many homes with some variation and might even be called the “Art Devine style.”