Split-level homes once had their moment — until a new style of living took over. But as trends circle back, a resurgence ...

The new owner of a Portsmouth home seeks to demolish it and build a two-family duplex. The house was built and lived in by Harold Whitehouse, a locally prominent city official and WWII veteran.

Anyone who has lived in or traveled through suburban America will have seen a split-level house. Though this style of house began to appear as early as the 1930s, it saw its heyday in the post-World ...