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March & April 2017 HRB Designations

In March, the city of San Diego Historical Resources Board designated three houses.

4310 Avalon Drive in Mission Hills has a 1906 period of significance and represents the Prairie style of architecture. Defining details include the horizontal massing, a flat roof with wide overhanging eaves and wide frieze below, and wood casement windows. Constructed for Judge William Sloane, who became the first presiding justice over the Fourth District Court of Appeals, the house was designated under Criterion C, for embodiment of the style. However, Sloane was well-known in his community and was a founding member of the Avalon Heights subdivision. He often hosted social events at his home.

4554 Norma Drive in Talmadge was designed in the Tudor Revival style and constructed in 1936. Character defining features include the high-pitch gable and hipped roof, flared verge board, carved rafter tails, troweled stucco with half-timbering, and tall multi-pane wood casement windows. Designated under Criterion C, this house exhibits distinctive attributes of the Tudor Revival style.

5645 Taft Avenue in La Jolla was designed by Richard Lareau and built in 1968. Illustrating the Midcentury sub style of post and beam with organic geometric influences, the home's features include vertical wood siding, asymmetrical design, fixed wood windows, and a concrete block chimney. As a good example of the style, this house was designated under Criterion C. The HRB noted that Lareau could rise to Master Architect status in the future.

 

The HRB's April meeting was shorter than normal due to quorum issues. With only six members present, three members had to recuse themselves on two items, so there was no quorum for the Rees-Stealy Medical Clinic at 2001 Fourth Avenue in Bankers Hill (for the second month in a row) and 605 San Fernando Street in Point Loma. However, they designated two homes.

 

SOHO is especially excited about the designation of Eleanor Edmiston's Spanish Colonial Revival style house at 2928 33rd Street in North Park. Edmiston lived here while thwarting the Bartholomew Master Plan of Balboa Park during the 1960s. Had she and others not been successful, the park's National Historic Landmark status would not have been possible. Designated under Criteria B for the owner and C as an excellent example of the Spanish Colonial Revival style, the 1928 house features a clay tile roof with shallow eaves, arched focal and sash windows, and decorative ironwork.

3244 Dumas Street in Point Loma has a 1930 period of significance and was designed in the Spanish Eclectic style by Master Builder Bathrick Brothers Construction Company. The house features hand-troweled stucco, a gable roof with clay tile and exposed rafters, wood focal and casement windows, and corbels. Designated under Criteria C and D, this house embodies the Spanish Eclectic style and is a notable example of the high style and quality work produced by this master builder.

 

The board also heard about three upcoming historic districts (South Park, Spaulding Place and Valle Vista) that they will review later this year. Read report.

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