Broken Angel House

The artist explored ideas about design and vernacular architecture with improvised construction to add new floors and rooms to the original building, to the point where the structure reaches 104 feet, or about 9 stories above the sidewalk.

The site has been compared to Watts Towers in Los Angeles for the ad hoc construction and is acknowledged for its value as folk art and as part of the cultural heritage.

[10] Despite the Woods' efforts the house was a square box, and the plans to renovate it under the direction of Shahn Christian Andersen were never completed.

In January 2009, the house was put on the market by owner Arthur Wood for $4 million and banks filed for foreclosure on the development loans.

[3] The Broken Angel House has a small story segment in the movie Dave Chapelle's Block Party.