In October 2016, the District of Columbia Historic Preservation Review Board (HRPB) heard a dispute over the development of two row homes on the south side of the Harvey L. Page block. Noting the historic value of both front and rear views of the homes, HPRB decided that rear additions to the homes should be limited to one story. In testimony before the HPRB, architectural historian Eimily Eig stated that: "This group of row houses is one of the most intact groups in Dupont Circle. Designed by a master architect, its composition at both the front and rear walls represents a skilled understanding of proportion." In this context she also noted that "the rear elevation of the row houses presents a high quality of design that should remain visible to the public along 17th street and the much used rear alley, as well as continuing access to a view that has been in place since 1893."
