The houses were typical of thousands of mostly wood-frame homes constructed in the building boom.

Millionaires Row, a section of fine, wood-frame homes near the square, was built around that time.

The older stock consists mostly of wood-frame homes clustered in the more densely populated sections of the village near main roads.

Today, the city is a patchwork of blue-collar neighborhoods, dotted by wood-frame homes, corner taverns and churches.

A two-bedroom, two-bath condo goes for $240,000 and up; two-family wood-frame homes with small backyards start at $550,000, he said.

Today, about 40 percent of the original wood-frame homes remain in the ward.

Six wood-frame homes were also knocked off their cinder block supports.

The two-alarm fire on the second floor of a wood-frame home in the Greenville section was reported at 6:32 P.M.

Of course, wood-frame homes have long characterized the South End, in addition to older row houses and attached brick co-ops.

A large majority of the housing stock - primarily small wood-frame homes - is more than 50 years old.