Neighborhood Historic Preservation Coalition

National Historic Preservation Month. Here is a sample of the detailed analysis required for designation of a historic resource. It's a sample - tons more will ...actually go into the full nomination report. The 1926 CHARLES AND ANNA STARK HOUSE, Kensignton. The resource is a one-story single-family residence with detached garage built in 1926 in the Spanish Eclectic style. The building is of standard wood frame construction on a concrete foundation and maintains an original rectangular plan form sited on a flat rectangular lot in the Kensington Park Annex. The roof form is predominantly flat, with a combination of hipped, shed and gabled roof of Mission clay tile at the front. A decorative curved parapet is positioned behind the tiled roof. A very slight coved eave detail is present with little to no eave overhang. The building exhibits an asymmetrical primary façade and is clad in moderately textured stucco. An original scored concrete walkway leads to the central inset covered porch with arched stucco accents. An original multi-lite wood entry door and is at the left side of the porch and a multi-lite wood French door and two sidelights mark the center. A small brick patio wall was reconstructed to match the original seen in historic photos, as noted in the applicant’s report. Fenestration is primarily of multi-lite and singlelite wood double hung windows. A projecting wing is present to the left of the inset entry and features a massive arched picture window flanked by a pair of 3-over-1 double hung windows. A front gabled wing to the right of the entry is similarly treated with an arched tripartite window set and a decorative louvered attic vent matching the style of those seen elsewhere on the house. An exterior stucco-clad chimney is present on the north side elevation and is flanked by a pair of stained glass windows. An interior feature also proposed for designation is the living room fireplace with an original split-face brick design. At the end of the concrete driveway, a detached garage is at the rear of the property and features a triangular-shaped front parapet and matches Sanborn maps and historic photos provided in the report. The garage has been modified with a replacement garage door and a rear shed-roofed addition. As noted in the applicant’s report and as seen by the historic and transitional photos of the property, a number of previously modified features, including multi-lite windows, roof tile and brick patio wall, have been carefully restored to match the original. As for remaining alterations, it appears that three decorative wall reliefs, formerly located at the center of the front parapet wall and over the tripartite window set to the right of the entry, were removed sometime prior to the 1950s. Overall, that modification has not significantly impacted integrity of design, materials, workmanship or feeling to the extent that the building no longer conveys its original 1926 design and period of significance. Following the 1915-1916 Panama-California Exposition, the romantic ideal of Spanish and Latin American architecture was revived. What resulted was the Spanish Eclectic style which was the predominant style in Southern California between 1915 and 1940, significantly altering the architectural landscape until the Modernist movement took hold during and after WWII. The style uses decorative details borrowed from the entire history of Spanish architecture. These may be of Moorish, Byzantine, Gothic, or Renaissance inspirations, and unusually rich and varied series of decorative precedents. The style employed a variety of floor plans, as well as gabled, cross gabled, gabled and hipped, hipped and flat roof forms with parapets. Other character defining features include Mission and Spanish clay tile; focal windows; arched windows and other openings; and accented entries. Significance Statement: The house continues to convey the historic significance of the Spanish Eclectic style by embodying the historic characteristics associated with the style; including a hipped, shed and gabled roof of Mission clay tile set in front of a flat roof with decorative curved parapet; a slight coved eave detail; stucco cladding; arched accent windows; arched, inset entry porch; multi-lite wood main entry door and French door set with sidelights; and fenestration primarily of multi-lite wood double hung windows. The resource was unanimously voted historic by the HRB, and included the living room fireplace with split-face brick. www.legacy106.com

Historic Preservation Month. The Rancho Minerva Adobe - home of the Vista Historical Society. Now on the State Register. www.vonmariemay.com

National Historic Preservation Month. Is there a better explanation of why it is important than in the words of Robert Miles Parker? I think not! Select HD for viewing.

Historic Preservation Month. The 1942 Rancho Santa Fe home built by silent film star Corinne Griffith. Deemed historic by the San Diego County Historic Sites Board, October 17, 2017 www.vonnmariemay.com

Historic Preservation Month. The 1887 Florence Hotel Morton Bay Fig.