The Gryphon House is considered by the Landmarks Commission to be an example of Richardson Romanesque, a style popularized by Boston architect H.H. Richardson, whose best known landmark is the Trinity Church in Copley Square. Our house, here at 9 Bay State Road, was designed by the architect Samuel D. Kelley, and built by the firm of Chadwick, Stillings in 1895. It was originally a single-family home, but was converted to accommodate three families and a doctor's office in 1950.