The house was built in 1920 for the Low family, who were friends with the Nobles who lived next door. It was designed by Alfredo S.G. Taylor, a New York City architect and a principal of the firm Levi and Taylor. Taylor summered in Norfolk, where he is credited with designing more than thirty buildings, many of them summer properties. Taylor was known to the Nobles, and designed their house as well. Both houses are finely detailed examples of Taylor's application of the Georgian Revival to modern housing demands.
