Historic Site Nomination for the CoraM. and Cora Lee Wells House
4990 Canterbury Drive San Diego, California 92116
Prepared by Priscilla Ann Berge (619) 281-2799 August 2003 HISTORIC SITE NOMINATION
for the
CORAM. AND CORA LEE WELLS HOUSE 4990 CANTERBURY DRIVE SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA 92116
Submitted to The City of San Diego Historical Resources Board
Prepared by Priscilla Ann Berge 4990 Canterbury Drive San Diego, California 92116 (619) 281-2799
August 2003
Reviewed and accepted by Research Committee, Historical Sites Board, City of San Diego on , 2003 TABLE OF CONTENTS
DPRForms
List of Figures and Appendices
Historical Assessment
Applicable Criteria: A & C
Figures 1-28
Appendix A
Appendix B
Selected Bibliography State of California -The Resources Agency Prima~#______DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # ------PRIMARY RECORD Trinomial ______NRHP Status Code ------Other ListinQs Review Code ______Reviewer ______Date ______
Page __1___ of __1__ *Resource Name or#: (Assigned by recorder) Cora M and Cora Lee Wells House P1. Other Identifier: Wells House *P2. Location: Not for Publication X Unrestricted *a. County San Diego and (P2c, P2e, and P2b or P2d. Attach a Location Map as necessary.) *b. USGS 7.5' Quad La Mesa Date August 1 2003 T .16S; R, 2W.. f __; __B.M. c. Address 4990 Canterbury Drive City San Diego Zip 92.1.16 d. UTM: (Give more than one for large and/or linear resources) Zone 11, 032° 46' 08 8" N mEl 117° 06' 34 6" W mN e. Other Locational Data: (e.g., parcel #, directions to resource, elevation, etc., as appropriate) Tax Assessor's Parcel #440-330-09-00; Map 1861 Kensington Manor Unit No. 2 Block 161ot 29. Thomas Bros. Map page 1269-Grid G2. *P3a. Description: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries) The Cora M. and Cora Lee Wells House was designed in the Spanish Colonial Revival style with Ranch style elements. Distinctive characteristics include: original red tile low pitched shed roof with exposed rafters at the asymmetrical front fa92de; exterior stucco walls, parapeted at the flat roof; a stuccoed chimney; the original wooden plank entrance door, inset to allude to thick adobe walls; original ironwork exterior entrance light fixture; multi-light wooden casement windows flanked by original rancho design wooden plank shutters. The original red concrete walkway curves across the lawn to the red concrete entrance steps, without a functional front porch. Resting on a concrete foundation, the house is in good condition. There are compatible alterations, which focus on the back of the house; few are visible from the front fa92de. This single-family residence has 1663 square feet of usable floor space. The house sits on a .43 acre canyon lot overlooking 1-15 to the west. The front faces Canterbury Drive. Built in 1927, on Lot 29 Block 16 of Kensington Manor Unit No. 2, the house was one of the first on the block in the neighborhood. Today, the Wells House is within the older, well maintained community of Kensington in San Diego, California.
*P3b. Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) HP2-single family property *P4. Resources Present: X Building o Structure o Object o Site o District o Element of District o Other (Isolates, etc.)
P5b. Description of Photo: Front of house, looking west. July 23, 2003 Photographer: Grant J. Behnke
*P6. Date Constructed/Age and Source: X Historic 1927 o Prehistoric
"Notice of Completion" Miscellaneous Book 81 page 316, San Diego County Recorder; completed April23, 1927
P7. Owner and Address: Priscilla Ann Berge 4990 Canterbu~ Drive San Diego, California 92116
*PS. Recorded by: (Name, affiliation, and address) Priscilla Ann Berge 4990 Canterbury Drive San Diego, California 92116 Phone: (619) 281-2799 *P9. Date Recorded: August 1, 2003 *P10.Survey Type: (Describe) On site survey, researched by owner, Priscilla Ann Berge, CPH/UCSD in Histo~ : American West; Ethnic & Urban Histo~ of U.S. *P11. Report Citation: (Cite survey report and other sources, or enter "none.") None *Attachments: DLocation Map .K Continuation Sheet .K Building, Structure, and Object Record o Archaeological Record o District Record ounear Feature Record o Milling Station Record o Rock Art Record o Artifact Record OPhotograph Record X Other (List): Historical Assessment Report with Figures and Appendix A & B State of California - The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI# BUILDING, STRUCTURE, AND OBJECT RECORD
Page _1_ of _2_ *NRHP Status Code 1 *Resource Name or# The Cora M. and Cora Lee Wells House 81. Name: The Cora M. and Cora Lee Wells House 82. Common Name: Cora Lee Wells House 83. Original Use: domestic I single family dwelling 84. Present Use: domestic I single dwelling *85. Architectural Style: Spanish Colonial Revival style with Ranch style elements 86. Construction History: (Construction date, alterations, and date of alterations.) "Notice of Completion," Miscellaneous Book 81 page 316, San Diego County Recorder, completed April23, 1927. Early enlarged view window in front door, no date; detached wooden carport, circa 1964; bedroom, bath addition at back of house, kitchen, breakfast room, laundry remodel; unfinished basement; veranda at back of house. Thomas L. Silvers, A.I.A., Permit No. C003-69-92 completed May 20, 1993; detached single car garage (replace in kind): Architect, Thomas L. Silvers, A. I.A., Permit No. C300388-00, completed June 9, 2000. See: Figures 20 & 28, herein. "87. Moved? C8l No 0 Unknown Date: N/A Original Location: N/A *88. Related Features: none B9a. Architect: John William Gemandt, designer b. Builder: A.M. Southard Company, San Diego, CA *810. Significance: Theme: community development, residential architecture Area: Kensington Manor Unit No.2, San Diego, CA Period of Significance: 1925-1941 Property Type: Building Applicable Criteria: A and C (Discuss importance in terms of historical or architectural context as defined by theme, period, and geographic scope. The CoraM. and Cora Lee Wells House, completed in 1927, is a Spanish Colonial Revival style with Ranch style elements. Categorically, the Wells House can be placed into the Spanish Colonial Revival style, 1915-1941 , in residential architectural development. Both this architectural style and the more modern Ranch style, 1935-present, have roots in 19th century Spanish Mexican adobes and ranchos. In 1915, the Panama California Exposition in San Diego symbolically placed the Spanish Colonial Revival style in the forefront of a quest for regional identity. The Kensington community reflects this quest shifting from California Craftsman bungalows toward the multiplying Spanish Colonial Revival houses. As one of the first houses built in Kensington Manor Unit No.2, the Wells House helped to formulate the neighborhood's architectural style. (See continuation sheet B10, page 2 of 2.)
811. Additional Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) none
*812. References: Bruce, Richard E. and Joyce. Oral Interview by Author, May 7, 2002, San Diego, CA, neighbors of Cora Lee Wells. City of San Diego Water Services. Gernandt, John William, Application for Social Security Account Number, June 4, 1942. Johnson, Jeanne Houle, Oral Interview by Author, January 17, 2003, Escondido, CA, niece of Cora Lee Wells. San Diego City Directory, 1923-41 . San Diego County Assessor's Office. San Diego County Recorder's Office. San Diego Historical Society Research Archives and Photo Archives. San Diego Public Library, California Room, Newspaper Room . San Diego Union Wells, Cora Lee, Application for Social Security Account Number, June 10, 1962. Whiffen, Marcus, American Architecture Since 1780: A Guide to the Styles. Cambridge MIT Press, 1969.
813. Remarks: Zoning RS-1-1, RS-1-7 *814. Evaluator: Priscilla Ann Berge, owner 4990 Canterbury Drive, San Diego, CA 92116 Phone: (619) 281-2799
*Date of Evaluation: August 1, 2003
{This space reserved for official comments.) State of California - The Resources Agency Primary# ------DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI# ------CONTINUATION SHEET Page _2_ of _L. *Resource Name or# (Assigned by recorder) The CoraM. and Cora Lee Wells House
*Recorded by Priscilla Ann Berge *])ate August 1, 2003 12:1 Continuation D Update
*81 0. Significance:
Initially, in the early 1900s, Kensington developed similar to other "streetcar suburbs" in San Diego. Craftsman bungalows on straight lined streets with access to the trolley line. With the increased impact of the auto, streets curved out to the canyon rims to sites like the Wells House. Cora Lee Wells actually drove her Mother, CoraM. Wells, out Canterbury Drive before the streets were paved. The Wells House reflects mid-city mesa top development in San Diego. Theoretically, landowners, real estate developers, architects, designers, builders, contractors, and financers worked together with potential homeowners to provide a sense of place- a San Diego identity.
A sense of place existed for thousands of years with the Kumeyaay people. Over time, the Spanish, Mexican, and American periods covered the land. By 1910, a company called Kensington Park Land Company, led by G. Aubrey Davidson, extended development in what is now Kensington. In 1925, Kensington Park Land Company joined with Pasadena-based real estate developer, Southlands Corporation, to promote the development of Kensington Manor. Buyers resold or contracted on their own with architects, designers, builders, contractors, and financers in the manner of the time.
The Wells House reflects this historical pattern. In 1926, CoraM. and Cora Lee Wells paired with William F. and Leta Gemandt and hired A.M. Southard Company, "designers, builders, and financers" of "homes of individuality." The Gemandt's son, John William Gernandt, employed by A.M. Southard Company, designed the Wells House, with a distinct sense of time and place.
The Wells House draws significantly from a historic 19th century adobe, the Estudillo House in Old Town, San Diego and from Rancho Guajome in San Diego County. Even today, a walk to the east exterior of the Estudillo House reveals inset doorways and adobe !edged windows: the very images for the Wells House. You do not see, however, exterior wooden plank shutters. Nevertheless, during the 1909-1910 restoration of the Estudillo House, Hazel Wood Waterman did contemplate vertical plank shutters like Rancho Guajome. You can see such rancho plank shutters on the Wells House. Ironically, the Wells house exhibits another sign of authenticity, no exposed lintels. By the turn of the 19th century, the adobe white wash had worn away, leaving rustic charm, not authenticity, at the Estudillo House.
A highly romanticized, idyllic version of the Spanish-Mexican period in California reverberated across centuries, epitomized in the novel Ramona: A Story by Helen Hunt Jackson (1884). Nevertheless, there is an underriding current here, carrying a fundamental change in property ownership rights for women. When the United States legislated Spanish-Mexican land grants, women - single, married, or widowed - owned property in their own right. The Estudillo House was known as "Ramona's Marriage Place," but her guardian, the widow Senora Moreno, owned a rancho, reportedly modeled after Rancho Guajome.
When Cora M. Wells, a widow, and her adult daughter Cora Lee Wells, purchased land and built a "Spanish" house, they followed a known historic path. The Wells House, as a cultural artifact, reflects a historical pattern of women associated with adobe houses and ranchos with fundamental changes in women's property rights.
By maintaining its historical integrity, the Wells House conveys a sense of time and place, thereby expressing its historic character and reflecting the residential architectural development and historical community development of Kensington Manor Unit 2. In addition, the house stands as a visual cultural artifact reflecting historical cultural patterns of women's property rights from 19th century adobes and ranchos to Spanish Colonial Revival style houses in the 1920s. LIST OF FIGURES & APPENDICES
Figure 1. USGS La Mesa Quad 7.5' UTM References Figure 2.1 Cora Lee Wells, Social Security # ... 2.2 John William Gernandt, Social Security # ... Figure 3.1 Obituaries and Wells Family Photos 3-2 1930 Census Figure 4· Cora Lee Wells at State Teachers College of San Diego 1926 Figure 5. Cora Lee Wells, Life Diplomas, 1926, 1930 Figure 6. Developer's Promotional Map Kensington Manor July 1925 Figure 7· Southlands Corporation Promotion Ads July 1925 Figure 8.1 A.M. Southard Company illustrated booklet circa 1926 8.2 A.M. Southard Company illustrated booklet circa 1926 Figure 9. A.M. Southard Company Ad San Diego Union May 1926 Figure 10. A.M. Southard Company Ad San Diego Union May 1926 Figure 11. A.M. Southard Company Ad San Diego Union June 1926 Figure 12. A.M. Southard Company Ad San Diego Union June 1926 Figure 13. A.M. Southard Company Ad San Diego Union September 1926 Figure 14. Gernandt Construction Company Ad San Diego Union Feb. 1930 Figure 15. Historic Photo, Estudillo House East Exterior 1910 Figure 16. Hazel Wood Waterman, Casa de Estudillo Restoration Plans June1909 Figure 17. Historic Photos, 4990 Canterbury Drive, Estudillo House, 1920s Figure 18. HABS Rancho Guajome, 1936 Figure 19. "San Diego Permits" in Southwest Builder and Contractor January 7, 1927 . Figure 20. "Notice of Completion" (4990 Canterbury Drive) April 23, 1927 Figure 21.1 Historic (1927) and Contemporary (2003) Photos, 4990 Canterbury Drive 21.2 Historic (circa 1964) and Contemporary (2003) Photos, 4990 Canterbury Drive 21.3 Contemporary (2003) Photos, 4990 Canterbury Drive Figure 22. Erickson Aerial Photo of Kensington, 1927 Figure 23. City of San Diego Lot Book Vol. 18, 1927-1930 Figure 24. Property Tax Receipts, 1927-1928 Figure 25. Application & Order for Water Service July 20, 1929 Figure 26. Water Service Map, n.d. Figure 27. Sanborn Map 1940 Series Figure 28.1-28.4 San Diego County Assessor, Residential Building Record Appendix A: Chronological Overview of Recorded Land Records and Maps Related to Lot 29 Block 16 Kensington Manor Unit No.2
Appendix A, Figure 1.1: Plat Maps of Rancho Mission San Diego, 1876
Appendix A, Figure 1.2: Partition Map of Rancho Mission San Diego, 1886
Appendix A, Figure 2: List of Land Claims 1858
Appendix A, Figure 3: Normal Heights Subdivision Map, 1906
Appendix A, Figure 4.1: Kensington Manor Unit No. 2 (Map 1861) Sheet 1, September 25, 1925
Appendix A, Figure 4.2: Kensington Manor Unit No. 2 (Map 1861) Sheet 2, September 25, 1925
Appendix A, Figure 5: San Diego County Assessor's Map 1861
Appendix B: Chronological List of Official Records and Deeds for Lot 29 Block 16 Kensington Manor Unit No. 2
Appendix B, Figure 1.1-1.2: Corporation Grant Deed, recorded November 5, 1926
Appendix B, Figure 2: Grant Deed, recorded January 13, 1927
Appendix B, Figure 3: Subordination Agreement, recorded June 17, 1927
Appendix B, Figure 4: Grant Deeds, recorded June 4, 1932
Appendix B, Figure 5: Grant Deed, recorded April1o, 1987 HISTORICAL ASSESSMENT
"The key to determining whether the characteristics or associations of a particular property are significant is to consider the property within its historic context." (National Register Bulletin 15, How to Apply the National Register Criteria for Evaluation Section VI.)
The Cora M. and Cora Lee Wells House is a Spanish Colonial Revival House with Ranch style elements. The Wells House was completed April 23, 1927, on Lot 29 Block 16 Kensington Manor Unit No.2, San Diego, California. (See: Figure 20, "Notice of Completion," herein.) These architectural styles can be placed into a historical context, which categorically includes the Wells House.
The Spanish Colonial Revival style evolved out of the earlier Mission Revival style of the late 19th century. Symbolically, the 1915 Panama California Exposition in San Diego placed the style to the forefront of a quest for a regional Southern California identity. According to architectural historians David Gebhard and Robert Winter, Spanish Colonial Revival flourished between 1915-1941. California Ranch, 1935 to present, also had earlier roots, which included adobes in towns and on ranchos. Cliff May, nationally recognized designer of Ranch style houses from the 1930s, drew inspiration from his family's ties to the Estudillo House in Old Town, San Diego.
Cliff May wrote that a "one-story" high ranch house presents a "blank fa~de to the public" and confines "decorative elements" to doors and windows. Without functional front porches, ranch houses turn away from the public spaces and toward the private spaces. If, May explained, "porches face the street and are therefore, without privacy, you merely have a house that looks like a ranch house but does not function as one."
With a clear debt to 19th century adobes and ranchos, the Wells House follows the seemingly "modern" form and function of 2oth century ranch houses. The incoming shift in residential architecture away from the public spaces and toward the private spaces will have profound effects on neighborhood community life.
Sources: David Gebhard and Robert Winter, A Guide to Architecture in Los Angeles & Southern California, (Santa Barbara: Peregrine Smith, 1977) pages 699-700, 704-705; San Diego Union, "Estudillo Home Blueprints Given to Historical Group," March 30, 1975; Sunset Magazine and Books, editors, Western Ranch House by CliffMay, (Menlo Park, California: Lane Publishing Co., 1958) pages 13-16, 27; Sunset Magazine, editors with Cliff May, Sunset Western Ranch Houses, (San Francisco, California: Lane Publishing Co., 1946) page ix. The CoraM. and Cora Lee Wells House can be placed into the historical context of the development of Kensington Manor Unit No. 2 within the Kensington community in San Diego.
In the early 1900s, Kensington Park Land Company was led by G. Aubrey Davidson, a civic leader with ties to Santa Fe Railway Company and banking interests. Kensington Park Land Company acquired Land and moved to further development in an area that became Kensington Park. By the mid 1920s, Kensington Park Land Company expanded its hold to what would become Kensington Manor Unit No. 2. The earlier development of Kensington Park reflected its own time, with Craftsman bungalows on straight lined streets to reach the trolley line. During the mid 1920s the automobile followed winding streets to canyon rims soon to be populated with predominately Spanish Colonial Revival houses, like the Wells House.
Sources: See Appendix A Figures 4.1, 4.2 herein; Appendix B Figures 1.1, 1.2 herein; Lawrence R. Ford, "The Visions of the Builders: The Historical Evolution of the San Diego Cityscape," in San Diego: An Introduction to the Region: An Historical Geography of the Natural Environment and Human Development of San Diego County, edited by Philip R. Pryde, 3rd. ed., (Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, 1992) page 196-198; Thomas H. Baumann, Kensington-Talmadge 1910-1997, 2nd ed., (San Diego: Ellipsys International Publications, 1997) pages 3-6, 18-21; San Diego Union December 15, 1957.
Cora Lee Wells recounted to her neighbors how she drove her mother out Canterbury Drive before the streets were paved. Kensington Manor subdivision maps had not even been filed when the owners of the land and the real estate developers ran a promotional ad with a large map advancing the opening of a "hightly restricted," and "improved residential park" in the San Diego Union, July 3, 1925. Highly racial deed restrictions marked the time, no longer in effect. Architectural plans required review. Improvements included utilities, street lights, and ultimately paved curving streets. Sidewalks with parkway planting helped to define an eventually walking-friendly neighborhood.
The owners, Kensington Park Land Company, and the developers, Southlands Corporation (formerly Ellis Bishop Company of Pasadena), prided themselves in philosophical stances of shared community planning and quoted John Nolan, a noted city planner. The development of Kensington Manor Unit No. 2 paralleled other Kensington areas in the 1920s, however, Kensington Manor Unit No.2 was already annexed to the City of San Diego, with paper streets, as part of Normal Heights on May 7, 1925.
Sources: Richard E. and Joyce Bruce, Interview by Author, oral interview, March 7, 2002, San Diego California with long-time neighbors of Cora Lee Wells; Appendix A Figures 4 & 5, herein; Figures 6 & 7, herein; Appendix B Figure 1.1 & 1.2, herein; Appendix A, Figure 3, herein; City of San Diego, Office of the City Clerk, Ordinance 9876. Lots were purchased in Kensington Manor both for speculation and for homes. CoraM. and Cora Lee Wells contracted with William F. and Leta Gernardt and their son, John William Gernardt, an uncertified architect, with A.M. Southard Company, to build adjacent "Spanish" houses. However, as Cora Lee Wells recalled to her neighbors, they did not own one very long (Lot 30, now 5002 Canterbury Drive). They "sold it," she said, and "made $4000." Cora Lee Wells also purchased the canyon lot adjacent to the Wells House (Lot 28, now 4980 Canterbury Drive, adjacent to lot 29, now 4990 Canterbury Drive). Both CoraM. and Cora Lee Wells lived at 4990 Canterbury Drive until they died in 1934 and 1982 respectively.
Sources: Richard E. and Joyce Bruce, Interview by Author, oral interview March 7, 2002, San Diego, CA, the Bruces are long-time neighbors of Cora Lee Wells; San Diego City Directory 1923-1941; Appendix B Figures 2 & 3, herein; Figures 2.1, 2.2, 3, 9-10, 19-25 herein.
In 1926, A.M. Southard Company presented itself as an organization with "modern concepts" specializing in "designing, building, and financing homes." The company was "proud" of their "architectural department." An impressive 44 page booklet explained that the company was "composed of master designers, construction specialists, and men versed in the field of finance." All one had to do was buy their own lot.
Sources: "Homes of Individuality Designed and Built by A.M. Southard Co." (Oakland, California: Woodson Ross and Staff, n.d.) pages 1, 13, 25; handwritten "1926" on cover of booklet, with allied advertisements; see Figures 8.1-8.2, 9-14 herein.
The A.M. Southard Company evolved from Pacific Ready Cut. Both Alfred M. Southard and John William Gernandt were formerly employed by Pacific Ready Cut; they left together when A.M. Southard Company was formed. J.W. Gernandt was superintendent of construction, then general manager of A.M. Southard Company in 1926-1927. In 1928, John William Gernandt formed his own company, Gernandt Construction Company. In the same year, A.M. Southard Company hired certified architect, Edgar V. Ullrich.
John William Gernandt had arrived in San Diego in 1923. He listed himself as an architect for one year only. Distinguishing between certified and uncertified architects and questions about corporations practicing architecture were legal issues in California during the 1920s. John William Gernandt trained under his father, an Omaha, Nebraska architect, who upon retirement followed his son to San Diego. While John William Gernandt was employed with A.M. Southard Company, his hand was evident in designing his own home (3559 Mississippi Street), his parent's home (now 5002 Canterbury Drive) and the Wells House (now 4990 Canterbury Drive). By 1930, John William Gernandt adapted his adobe ranch house influenced style to wooden shingles replacing red tile roofs, again reflecting 19th century examples. A drive through the neighborhood of his parent's new home (1036 Cypress Avenue) reveals fascinating updated correlations to the Canterbury Drive houses. The elder Gernandt's house looks very modern ranch style for 1930. John William Gernandt left San Diego in 1942 at age 42, to work for S. Charles Lee, acclaimed Southern California movie theater architect.
As a postscript, G. Aubrey Davidson, considered the founding father of Kensington, paid a silent tribute to John William Gernandt. In the early 1950s, Davidson purchased his first home in the San Diego area. He chose a house built in 1930 by Gernandt Construction Company. This house at 4440 Braeburn Road in Kensington is listed as City of San Diego Historical Resources Site #474 (August 2001).
In 1998, an A.M. Southard Company Dutch Colonial Revival style house, built in 1928 in Coronado, starred as the San Diego Historical Society's "Silver Showcase" house featuring tours of the historic home. John William Gernandt and A.M. Southard Company left praise worthy, enduring homes in the San Diego area. Indeed, if CoraM. and Cora Lee Wells could stand in front of their endearing house today, they would recognize it.
Sources: San Diego City Directory, from 1923-1941; Figures 2.2, 8-14, herein; David Gebhard and Robert Winter, Los Angeles: An Architectural Guide, (Salt Lake City: Gibbs Smith, Peregrine Book, 1994) page 236, note: S. Charles Lee's emergence in the 1930s-40S as the "principal designer of motion-picture theaters" in the area; "Corporation May Practice Architecture in California Ruling of the Supreme Court," Southwest Builder and Contractor, August 13, 1926, page 41; San Diego Union October 26, 1929; San Diego Union May 11, 1954; Kathleen Flanigan, Report on 4440 Braeburn Road to the City of San Diego Historical Resources Board (August 2001); San Diego Historical Society "Silver Showcase" brochure, San Diego Historical Society Research Archives; Figure 21.1 and 21.2. Historic and Contemporary Photos, 4990 Canterbury Drive, San Diego, California, August 19, 1927 and July 23, 2003, herein.
As a cultural artifact, the Wells House also reflects a historical pattern of women associated with adobe houses and ranchos, in particular, the Estudillo House in Old Town, San Diego and Rancho Guajome in San Diego County. A deeper underground current runs here, the cultural position of women owning land and houses.
Walk in Old Town, San Diego to the east exterior of the Estudillo House for a critical view of inset doorways and adobe I edged windows. The public fa~de of the Wells House draws heavily from this side of the Estudillo House. In the 1920s and earlier, the Estudillo House was known as "Ramona's Marriage Place," from the novel, Ramona: A Story by Helen Hunt Jackson (1884). Ramona reverberates across centuries. Imagine, as Hazel Wood Waterman wrote, "Perhaps plain outside shutters like Couts ... " on the east exterior of the Estudillo House. Or drive by the Wells House, the shutters are there. The exposed lintels are not. James D. Newland, a California State Historian, explained that the "white-wash" of adobe "wears off wood first." By the time the restorers came around "exposed lintels" had acquired their own rustic charm. In a strange way, the Wells House is more authentic.
The wooden plank of shutter design of the Wells House emulates Rancho Guajome's plank shutters. The Historical American Building Survey (HABS) drawings in 1936 document this shutter design at Rancho Guajome. However, in 1999, Milford Wayne Donaldson's firm reported variable sizes in a restoration report.
A century earlier, Helen Hunt Jackson visited Rancho Guajome prior to writing her novel Ramona (1884). Rancho Guajome became a candidate model for the widow Sefiora Moreno's rancho in the novel. In reality, the land of Rancho Guajome was a Mexican land grant to two Luisefio Indian men, ultimately patented and sold. The land became a family wedding gift to Ysidora Bandini de Couts in the 1850s.
With the United States legislating Spanish and Mexican land grants in California and the Southwest, land ownership rights for women fundamentally changed, including community property rights in California. Women- be they single, married, or widowed - could own property in their own right. After all, it was the Seiiora Moreno's rancho. After all, it was Ysidora Bandini de Couts' land. After all, it was the CoraM. and Cora Lee Wells' house and land.
Sources: Figure 15-18, herein; George Wharton James, Through Ramona's Country, (Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1909) pages 56-59, 94-105; Sunset Magazine and Books, editors, Western Ranch Houses by CliffMay, (Menlo Park, California: Lane Publishing Co., 1958) pages 8-12, note: Cliff May quoted from Ramona regarding the "picturesque life" of "ranch houses" such as Senora Moreno's rancho: "it will last out its century;" San Diego Union March 30, 1975; Susan M. Hector, "Mission Masonry at Rancho Guajome Adobe," Journal ofSan Diego History volume 45 No.4 (Fall1999) page 247; David J. Weber, The Mexican Frontier 1821-1846: The American Southwest Under Mexico, (Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1982) page 215; Rosaura Sanchez, Telling Identities: The California Testimonios, (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1995) pages x-xiii, 164-165, Sanchez concluded that the "elite" Californios "benefited directly from the breakup of the missions," not Indians. Sanchez also noted that the "romantic, idealized" view of "Spanish/Mexican California:" is far more "complex" and "all but begs for disarticulation." That is does. The Wells House, even with alterations, still articulates its historical integrity. There is very little change in the front fa~de. Earlier, the view window in the front door was enlarged. A detached wooden carport, circa 1964, is compatible with Spanish Colonial Revival style. Relatively recent alterations were designed by respected Kensington architect, Thomas L. Silvers, A.I.A., to maintain the home's integrity.
Alterations focus on the rear of the house, including an added bedroom and bath; an enlarged kitchen, breakfast room, laundry room remodeling; an unfinished basement. A red tile shed roof veranda addition across the back of the house is not visible from the street. To be consistent with the Secretary of the Interior's Standards, the visible bedroom addition is not on the same plane as the original; original wooden windows have been maintained, unless severely damaged, then replaced in-like-kind.
At an angle looking down the driveway, the wooden casement windows in the bedroom addition are smaller, therefore, discernible as recommended, and still compatible. There is a minimal white color coat on the stucco. "Ironwork" security bars over some side and rear windows and doors,as well as added "ironwork" for a gate and railings are compatible. The original detached garage in the back beyond the house, however, has been replaced-in-kind, due to severe termite damage. (See: Figures 28.1-28-4, herein.)
According to the National Register Bulletin 15 Section VIII, there are "seven aspects of integrity." The CoraM. and Cora Lee Wells House retains its "historical integrity" as follows:
1. Location: the house remains in its original location. 2. Design: design elements of the public fa~de have been retained; the house conveys its original style; alterations focus on the rear of the house and are compatible. 3. Setting: the setting is still a single family residential neighborhood; surrounding houses have been added; expansion ofi-15 raises environment quality issues; however, canyon slopes still provide visual open space. 4. Materials: key historic materials have been retained with the original red tile shed roof and original wooden plank shutters. 5· Workmanship: the property illustrates common techniques and "aesthetic principals" of its time. 6. Feelings: the property conveys a sense of place and time, thereby expressing its "historic character." 7· Association: by retaining its "historic character," the property conveys its "direct link" to historic events, meaning "a pattern of events or a historic trend," see: National Register Bulletin 15 Section VI; thereby reflecting the architectural and historical development of Kensington Manor Unit No. 2 and the underlying pattern of women owning land and houses. APPLICABLE CRITERIA: A and C
See: City of San Diego, San Diego Municipal Code, Land Development Code: Historical Resources (Amended April30, 2001) pages 12-13.
CRITERION A: "Exemplifies or reflects special elements of the City's, a community's or neighborhood's historical, archaeological, cultural, social, economic, political, aesthetic, engineering, landscaping or architectural development."
The Cora M. and Cora Lee Wells House, as one of the first houses built in Kensington Manor Unit No. 2, reflects special elements of the City's, the community's and neighborhood's historical, architectural, and cultural development. These special elements include the historical pattern of development during the 1920s in which theoretically, the land owners, real estate developers, architects, designers, builders, contractors, and financiers worked together with the potential home owners to provide a sense of place, a community of San Diego identity- today's city of villages.
The Spanish Colonial Revival style of the Wells House helped to set the tone for the neighborhood. It countered the developer's model home, a Tudor Revival style. At the same time, the Spanish Colonial Revival style reflected the development of an architectural regional identity being permanently marked in the Kensington community.
The Wells House also reflects the impact of the automobile on community development in San Diego during the 1920s. No longer bound by easy straight line access to trolley lines, mesa top community streets curved outward toward the canyon rims, as Canterbury Drive does. The automobile had not yet overruled the front facades. The Wells House, however, with its ranch style elements does reflect a community shifting away from the public space to the private space.
As a cultural artifact, the Wells House reflects a historical pattern of women associated with adobes and ranchos, in particular, the Estudillo House in Old Town, San Diego, and Rancho Guajome in San Diego County. The public fac;ade draws heavily from the east exterior of the Estudillo House, known as "Ramona's Marriage Place," from Helen Hunt Jackson's 1884 novel Ramona. The wooden plank shutters emulate Rancho Guajome's plank shutters. The Rancho Guajome land, a wedding gift to Ysidoa Bandini de Couts, was visited by Helen Hunt Jackson and reputed to be a model for the widow, Senora Moreno's rancho in Ramona.
When CoraM. Snow, a widow, and her adult daughter, Cora Lee Wells, purchased land and built a "Spanish" house, they followed a venerable San Diego historic path, albeit one in need of revisions. Women did, however, own land and houses. Sources: See: Figures 3, 6-7, 8.1-8.2, 15-27, herein; Appendix A, Figures 3-6, herein; Appendix B, Figures 1.1-1.2, 2-4, herein; Lavvrence R. Ford, "The Visions of the Builders: The Historical Evolution of the San Diego Cityscape," in San Diego: An Introduction to the Region: An Historical Geography of the Natural Environments and Human Development ofSan Diego County, edited by Philip R. Pryde, (Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, 1992) pages 196- 198; George Wharton James, Through Ramona's Country, (Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1909) pages 56-59, 94-105; Rosaura Sanchez, Telling Identities: The California Testimonios, (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1995) pages x-xiii, 164-165; Sunset Magazine and Books, editors, Western Ranch Houses by Cliff May, (Menlo Park, California: Lane Publishing Co., 1958) pages 8-12, 19, note: Cliff May quoted from Ramona regarding the "picturesque life" of "ranch houses" such as Senora Morena's rancho: '"it will last out its century;"' Susan M. Hector, "Mission Masonry at Rancho Guajome Adobe," Journal ofSan Diego History Volume 45 No.4 (Fall1999) page 247.
CRITERION C: "Embodies distinctive characteristics of a style, type, period or method of construction or is a valuable example or use of natural materials or craftsmanship."
The CoraM. and Cora Lee Wells House embodies distinctive characteristics of the Spanish Colonial Revival style of architecture, with Ranch style elements. These characteristics include: the original low pitched red tile shed roof, with exposed rafters at the asymmetrical front fac;ade; exterior stucco walls, parapeted at the flat roof; stuccoed chimney; original wooden plank entrance door, inset to allude to thick adobe walls; original ironwork exterior entrance light fixture; multi-light wooden casement windows flanked by original rancho design wooden plank shutters; red concrete curved walkway leading to red concrete entrance steps.
The Ranch style elements highlight form and function. In the words of an acclaimed designer of ranch houses, Cliff May (1958), the "one-story" high ranch house presents a "blank fac;ade to the public," and confines "decorative lements" to doors and windows. Without a functional front porch, the ranch house turns away from the public fac;ade and toward the private spaces. Again, in Cliff May's words (1946), "if those porches face the street and are, therefore, without privacy, you merely have a house that looks like a ranch house but does not function as one." The Wells House carries its distinctive characteristics in true form and function.
Sources: David Gebhard and Robert Winter, A Guide to Architecture in Los Angeles and Southern California, (Santa Barbara: Peregrine Smith, 1977) pages 699-700, 704-705; Marcus Whiffen, American Architecture Since 1780: A Guide to Styles (Cambridge, Massachusetts: M.I.T. Press, 1969; paperback edition, 1981) pages 225-226; Sunset Magazine and Books, editors, Western Ranch Houses by CliffMay, (Menlo Park, California: Lane Publishing Co., 1958) pages 13-16, 27; Sunset Magazine, editors with Cliff May, Sunset Western Ranch House, (San Francisco, California: Lane Publishing Co., 1946) page ix. 117" OT 0.00" W 117" 06' 00 00' w 117" 06' 0.00" w 11 7" 05' 30.00" w 11 7" 05' 0.00" w
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C Figure 1 USGS Map, La Mesa Quad 7.5' UTM References for 4990 Canterbury Drive, San Diego, California Figure 2.1 Cora Lee Wells, "Application for Social Security Account Number," signed June 10, 1962 Figure 2 .2 John William Gernandt, "Application for Social Security Account Number," signed June 4, 1942 A -4 THE TRIB L'~E (2) San Diego, Saturday. May 8, 1982 Cora L. Wells funeral held Services for Cora L. first Kensington residents. Wells, 92, a retired San died Thursday at the home Diego teacher. were today of a niece in Escondido. in Greenwood Mortuary. She was born in Michi Entombment wa s in Green gan, lived in the county 58 wood Mausoleum . years, attended the Univer Miss Wells, one of the sity of Chicago and received a degree in education from .Mn. Con Snow Wert., &n Olero San Diego Sta te University . ruldent tor t:tftn. c!Jed 7Mierd.a7 She taught at Hoover at ber beet. 4lltO Can~ dr. High School and Roosevell Junior High School and was a member of the National Retired Teachers Associa tion. Surviving are th r ee nieces, three nephews, 14 grandnieces and 10 great grandnieces. Top Right Family Photo Left to Right: Thomas Moses Wells, father Ruth and Florence, sisters Cora Maria Snow Wells, mother Cora Lee Wells, youngest circa 1891 Bottom Left to Right: Cora Lee Wells circa 1917 Cora Lee Wells 1955 Figure 3.1 Obituaries and Wells Family Photos Cora Maria Snow Wells, Obituary, San Diego Union, September 11, 1934 Cora Lee Wells, Obituary, San Diego Tribune, May 9, 1982 Family photos from Wells Family Papers, courtesy Priscilla Ann Berge. I'Ll , . ,. ~ {) - --·-.r. ' ' ,, .. , .~ • • •.t.tnanorot~IFCJIIDICIItltl!-- ....._..Mtdlt& - ~-a.ch. 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(Photo and Diploma from the Wells Family Papers, courtesy Priscilla Ann Berge.) (bottom) State Teachers College of San Diego, 1927; later became San Diego State College, then San Diego State University. (Photo courtesy San Diego Historical Society Research Archives) lli~f ~tatf of ,@ulif~rnia nJttrb~ tbie ~ife @i;lloma to Q.tora ~P? ID 2llE &t autl}orite6 tlJ.e l]olber to ten.ch in any @lemen tary or &unior ~igh ~.chcol in the ~tate. ~t el]all remain valib buring t!].e lif.e of the holber unl.egn lioott.er revoke:b. @y orb.er of th.e .§tat.e @oarb- of ~bu.catton, at .§a.cram.ento, (!!;alifornta, ·s first .bay f ~.e.c.emb.er, t 928, anb att.etii.eb by r · fK~r Stntr of QJnlifornia arb6 ti}ie ~tfe wtploma to (ltoru ffirr li¥!r lis ~t auti}ori!ee the 1Jolber to teacl} in any ~lemen tary or ~e.conbary ~ci}ool in the ~tote. ~t e1}all remain ualib burtng tl}e life of the holber unleee eooner reuolteb. §g orber of th.e ~tat.e @oarb "f ~bucatt.,n, at &acrament"• Qtalifornia. this ftrst bay of ®ctober, t 9 3 0, anb attesteb by Figure 5 Cora Lee Wells, Life Diplomas to teach in California, award December 1, 1926, October 1, 1930. (From Wells Family Papers, courtesy Priscilla Ann Berge.) A Hig11ly-R:estricted, Complete!)' 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En .Hnl·!s '-: b5 1·J~ and Lacquer~ . } O!I<"J-·0l((J(}r,· 'Paint HouH ~ .."':!\ ..,nt :u'""': hn.'l o:-,.J (\ S.U-c~~:u .,_.,., f)o(g<•, ( ~ fnnrn l-0 Figure 8.2 "Homes of Individuality Designed and Built by the A.M. Southard Co." No date, circa 1926. Courtesy, San Diego Historical Society Research Archives. Figure 9 A.M. Southard ad, San Diego Union, May9, 1926 The house shown at the top :Can· Sav~-· Yo of this ad is described as an we· ...... - .I -the. "attractive Spanish cottage of. built for J.W. Gernandt at - c-ost -~ ~'!_ f!~p_~r~ence 3559 Mississippi Street," in . rros~ who h:t.\'C'. n C'\"['1" hui 11 n hom e· cl o ~t renlizq the ~u ntie~ ·clH:nl!:;- th:~.t an:;r. rlC'mnnclmg -i hr n c h·"li'TI" 'irl~J,!ff ·."Uu tl d e rs--:- "Homes of Individuality... " T. t hat:the J\:. .J l. Sont.harc[ <.'o .. t' (See: 1926, page 290; 1927, page 371.) Nevertheless, John William Gernandt signed for the record, that he, as owner, "entered into a contract with Self' to construct the house, completed September 4, 1925. (See: "Notice of Completion," Miscellaneous Book 72, page 177.) Figure 10 A.M. Southard ad, San Diego Union, May 23,1926 The "new Spanish home under construction" in this May 23, 1926 ad is actually 5002 Canterbury Drive today. (See: San Diego City Directory, 1927 page 371; 1928, page 369; 1930, page 794; and Figure 8.2 "Homes of Individuality.. . " 1926, herein.) The "prominent Omaha, Neb., architect" is William Frederic Gernandt, the father of John William Gernandt, architectural designer. (See: Figure 2.2 John William ·De.sigriir}g Gernandt, "Application for .Department Social Security... ," herein.) Avllll ...VO!ll'M~Ir nf •the n;udrrn hllifdillat· llh'IIH fhnL CHil · "h• 10· The Gernandt family and the · ·rurott hv· ~~·l!iu~; ·!hr linrl (See: Appendix B, Chronological List of Official Records and Deeds, 2 , 3, 4, herein.) . . ••,~~ - Office and. Model. · Home, A p i.qc, -i-S P&.~~W. '"""•+ duin~b;-ib; A:" 1r Sou1berd r .... ·, a -....,..., "~ ""'>""tiEl .., .._....• • INf cur: fn • aL .AIII'!IIP off"u"tur. Figure 11 A.M. Southard Co. ad San Diego Union, June 13, 1926 Figure 12 A.M. Southard Co. ad San Diego Union, June 20, 1926 As well as quoting A.M. Southard, the ad emphasizes "quality of construction" with a "complete department for designing and supervision of home construction." John William Gernandt held the position of superintendent of construction, then general manager in 1926-1927. (See: City of San Diego Directory 1926 page 290; 1927 page 371.) ID t.bo .,...,_«~•1'1- A. II«. ---.t. -.s o( t.bo Od. .. ol>lt too .a- _, ' '"' _ocn.-t 0< 11M lt _,_ of-~bat - ._ IUMI.. -""- oompiO.. bo..,.. t' U>.e _.,.. "- -.y 0.. eo<>- =~-~~!2L~- t7f ... kl:ad ta ... ~ ..,. : -fa'--""""-.....a.oc ot bc:lmle ~ \() on how TOUr 1>oma 1o tn>Qt o.M " Altbo "We maintain a complete architectural staff for the designing of distinctive homes," reads the lead line for this September 26, ~ I 1926 ad for A.M. Southard Dist-inctive Hotne: Company. "In our employ are ms. .we eonlrider one of the most importnnt phases of· our service. designers who are T ·-The prnper de~i~~:ning of 11 homo considered genuine artists to embo (Wells Family Papers, Jeanne Houle Johnson to Priscilla Ann Berge, January 17, 2003.) -'-· . ----·-,. ----·- · FEB.·. :,.:!:' "'"" ·--·- : • .:.... • ·- i{4nc 4 ' .. " This home · ~!U not built "for a competitive reuTe mar~et arul is guaranteed by a: reliable and rePutable building company. All 'materials ·and 'Olorftmamhip ore of the best. The features are too numeJ:o.us anJ unu•ual for qdequale d~crip!ion, but ~ou iPill find something entirel,Y different from t~hal ,YOU -have sun be'{ore in San Diego. _ '!'~e~"!.!...ttOVI~eci &ti! d_f~ll•wl :· 16~!6 U~h>J -,riOra. illnlni _ !i ~ndosed _ pdlo.: ~ 100.:200, . ~ted at. :.eM Curt1l at.reet. room; (l:iiieCI-In 6r.alda1!{ po~h In )JfttiO, kite !len wlth ex- atr~u 7· acrou the •treet nortb or the BriCI~ eetate. Or>e of cepttonal lltorlnc r.:apt~C i ty, fdnr ~drootns, three bathroom•, · . - ··ro. · .,. Cl~ln( room wttll war«lrobu, 4'tc~ storase· room, ~nt - lb!_moet enlu•tve ~otcl~ntllll lo•:atlon• Jn the dty. Pritt f« rurnaceo, laundry, loxzo eooered tocr;ta, and I~ cenipkte- $%0,000. _ .- _· Ff)r }urther_pnr:iicJlltm __an(Lin~~clion. $ee . ___ . · -.;:.;::;:~~· · ~ -- -- · ; :-;~-~- TRE--G·Eru{A:NDJ'~CONSTRUCTIQN·-- -~9MVANY - . 31"66 Fifth Avtnue. Phon~ Hillcre 3i 8479. · · --..:..· -.-- ·--- ·----- -.,_= =- . :.- ~-...... -.: ... ;..;. ,-·· ~ ...... , ...... ~ ·:· - ,--~... ,...... __ .,. _.. ,_ Figure 14 Gernandt Construction Company ad, San Diego Union, February 2, 1930 After John William Gernandt formed his own construction company in 1928, A.M. Southard Company hired certified architect Edgar V. Ullrich. (See: San Diego Union April1, 1928.) Civic leader, G. Aubrey Davidson, paid silent tribute to J.W. Gernandt. For a belated first horne, Davidson chose a house in Kensington built in 1930 by J. W. Gernandt. The house is now Historical Resource Site # 474. (See Kathleen Flanigan, Site #474 File, Planning Department, City of San Diego; and San Diego Union May 11, 1954.) Ultimately, J.W. Gernandt left San Diego when hired by acclaimed motion picture theater architect, S. Charles Lee. (See Figure 2.2 John William Gernandt, "Application ... " herein.) [Postscript] In 1998, the San Diego Historical Society's primary fund raising activity, the "Silver Showcase" was an A.M. Southard Company Dutch Colonial Revival style house built in 1928 in Coronado. Who designed the house merits further research. (See: "Silver Showcase" Brochure, San Diego Historical Society Research Archives.) - - ·-· :·-'" - -... ..:.... - ...... ... EA ST EY ~~~ 10 ~ AYTF~ PE~T O~AT I ON I .· ~ ...... Figure 15 Photo Estudillo House, East Exterior, 1910 Hazel Wood Waterman, Restoration of Casa de Estudillo, 1909-1910 "East Exterior After Restoration" photo by Harold A. Taylor, identified by Hazel Wood Waterman, courtesy of San Diego Historical Society Research Archives. Note: Relatively plain public exterior; white washed adobe wall; inset doorways; wooden shutters; red tile shed roofs with exposed rafters; splayed wall at roof line; added chimneys; buttress wall. Casa de Estudillo, Old Town San Diego, was originally built in 1827. (See Figure 16, Hazel Wood Waterman, Casa de Estudillo Restoration Plans, June 1909, herein.) -il?.s r .1 ~~~~ ~ ~ /), -,./; ~?<:./ ..,.' I ..--- •.- -- !:..:. _/;: -·-- ~ .a:: 1 I t-- ': - -~ I j · , t \ \ ~i, : IJ~ . ~.. l ~:__.; .. I .• .. ()A ' f ."- . ~~ If.;. i ( ' o....--/ J, -z-L ..-/• _ C. . • Ir ...... _ IIJJut ~?/7" a''[;'1fr~· i ; c tJ-i·1. ·~ J / ·.r· . / .- - ~ \_..l I(' 1 / /: ,.<:'> . • '~ ,<-?;-(. ' · •~¥ I i D '· I tit.! .Vii'~ { {/ ~ - ,. '· r-r t I \ ... .. ·· I ___ _ ~',__ . __..I .... ______I] 1!;...... _ )llct, ~ adui~ u/cr?/' I liD= /) /a.//,r~d ~··-~ . 1110 , ,,.~ ~-----~== ------~~~~------ Figure 16 Hazel Wood Waterman, Casa de Estudillo Restoration Plans, June 1909 Courtesy San Diego Historical Society Research Archives. Note: Hazel Wood Waterman's own handwritten notation, "Perhaps Plain outside shutters like Couts" refers to the Couts family Rancho Guajome in San Diego County. Intimately, Waterman did not use the plank shutter design of Rancho Guajome. (See: Figure 17 HABS Rancho Guajome, herein.) The exposed lintel in Waterman's drawing reveals an "Arts and Crafts rustification" and "romanticism" in turn of the century restorations of Missions and Spanish-Mexican architecture. For a comparative study, "go to Mexico," California State Historian, James D. Newland explained; the "white wash" of adobes "wears off wood first." Here, "exposed lintels" became rustic charm. (Interview by Priscilla Ann Berge, November 24, 2002.) • .. • 1 .' J~ • ,· r.~~:--- - ..'·~.. -tl ~,\~ ...... b . 1',·: "·:.. ~-t'k~ Figure 17 Historic Photos, 4990 Canterbury Drive & Estudillo House, 1920s (top left) "FEP" Frances Elliott Patterson, photographer "Old Town" n.d. circa 1923-1925 (top right) "Ramona's Marriage Place," November 24, 1927, unknown photographer, courtesy San Diego Historical Society Photo Archives. (bottom) 4990 Canterbury Drive, San Diego; the original 3 lf2" x 5 lf2" sepia tone print is stamped on the back Bunnell Photo, "Aug 19 1927" San Diego, California; original house numbers were 5030. Wells Family Papers, courtesy Priscilla Ann Berge. l""tu.:.n r.l,r,t ·. r~'(t'l'.A~').l r.u~.: OT.TAL!, Of O liT I'IOT. 11.'\1'.£ OVI:N ,\T'A: ,,. - o~t • .. t. ...... ---w • -•~- -...... _ ....,.___,...,,.. __ ,_ Figure 18 HABS Rancho Guajome, 1936. "HABS Rancho Guajome. Historical American Buildings Survey (HABS) La Casa del Rancho Guajome," San Diego County, California, June 1, 1936. (HABS drawings are not copyrighted.) Note: the shutters: vertical wooden planks backed by two rails in the East and South Elevation drawings. Rancho Guajome was originally built in 1852-53 by Luise:fio Indians and Cave Johnson Couts. The arched arcade of the South Elevation (front entrance) was altered in 1924-25, reflecting the Spanish Colonial Revival style architecture of the 1920s. (See: Susan M. Hector, "Mission Masonry of Rancho Guajome Adobe," Journal ofSan Diego History, Vol. 45, No.4 (Fall1999) 246-259. "Although the 1936 HABS drawings record a uniform shutter design of three vertical boards backed by two rails," the Milford Wayne Donaldson firm's report on "Guajome Ranch House Restoration Historic Structures Report," County of San Diego, Department of Parks and Recreation, March 5, 1999, at pages 4 and 5 of 26, noted "some variations." The report did find some lumber "datable to the 1850-1880 period." In particular, the report singled out a "pair of shutters" consisting "of two single wide boards with cross bracing square-nailed on the reverse." These shutters, the report concluded, "may be the original 1850s configuration for all the shutters, or a 19th century repair." j,\:-\U.\R Y 'i 1 1927. SouTHWEST DuiLDl&lR AND CoNTRACToR· 6.'l HAWTf..40RNE: PERMITS LYNWOOD PERMITS Office B'dg, c.t:wco : ~:i~:l lth: John \ V S n y d l~ l'. Stucco Owlg , 5 r m~. comr> rt: 500 W :\l ain ~ 0 0 4 2 5 10 own & Ll dr $.6()0() ,\ve ; t:: .t O ft lM 531. Ingledale Tr; X Figure 19 "San Diego Permits," Southwest Builder and Contractor (January 7, 1927) page 63. Note: "AM Southard Co, builder," but listing omitted "Mrs." preceding "TM Wells, own." Cora M. Wells was already the widow of Thomas Moses Wells when she arrived in San Diego to live with her daughter, Cora Lee Wells, 3988 1/3 Kansas. (See: City of San Diego Directory, 1927, page 793.) . ,.,.,.. • .• ;,j,· ... -- . -. -~ """""V. _-- ~.... _ ~~ .. 41'- .-·· • .... •• ••,- ~ .;., , ..~ "g. • ; : ~. . .· .:- ..:. · ~ - ·. ... "' ..•::10 .....~ -..• I ? .. J: .--: :.,r.:l SG Figure 20 "Notice of Completion," 4990 Canterbury Drive April 23, 1927 "Notice of Completion," Miscellaneous Book 81, page 316, San Diego County Recorder. Note: Contract with A.M. Southard Company "about the First day of December, 1926;" house completed April 23, 1927; recorded by request of A.M. Southard Company. May 6, 1927." Figure 21.1 Historic & Contemporary Photos 4990 Canterbury Drive, San Diego, California (top) Historic Photo, August 19, 1927, Hand tinted 6 112" x 10 lf2" photo; photographer unknown; a smaller 3 lf2" x s" sepia tone print is stamped Bunnell Photo Shop "Aug 19 1927" San Diego, Calif. on the back. House number was originally 5030. Front of house, looking west. Wells Family Papers, courtesy Priscilla Ann Berge. (bottom) Contemporary Photo, July 23, 2003. Grant J. Behnke, photographer. Front of house, looking west. Courtesy Priscilla Ann Berge. Figure 21.2 Historic (circa 1964) and Contemporary (2003) Photos 4990 Canterbury Drive (top) Historic Photo, circa 1964; photographer unknown. Looking west. Wells Family Papers, courtesy Priscilla Ann Berge. (bottom) Contemporary Photo, July 23, 2003. Grant J. Behnke, photographer. Looking west. Courtesy Priscilla Ann Berge. Figure 21.3 Contemporary Photos 4990 Canterbury Drive, San Diego, California (top) Contemporary Photo, July 23,2003. Grant J. Behnke, photographer. Side-driveway, looking southwest. (bottom) Contemporary Photo, July 23, 2003, Grant J . Behnke, photographer. Back of house looking east. Courtesy Priscilla Ann Berge. Figure 22 Erickson Aerial Photo of Kensington, 1927 Aerial photo signed "Erickson San Diego 4337." Arrow points to 4990 Canterbury Drive. Photo owned by Priscilla Ann Berge. Photos by Harry A. Erickson numbered from 4242-4417 are dated 1927 in the San Diego Historical Society Photo Archives. " '~ jl ,...... ,_, ~· . .. "J. ; .. ., --- •'\ ..... -- ~ ~ . ··"":II. "\ '\•·t;lo -...,.(' •• ' '~t\j:V ·~ ...... --... ~ .. .,.,~" '·· >·'-'<:'l····...... ·. . :~;~ ...c ..... ·-~t .,..... , .... -...... ~"'-- ~ ---····~~., •. :;.;"..r~;.':....._.....-_. - }I' • ' ·'"""".. , " r JO' ...... ,... -~ . Figure 23 City of San Diego Lot Book, Vol. 18, 1927-1930 City of San Diego, Lot Book Volume 18, 1927-1930, page 27. Courtesy San Diego Historical Society Research Archives. Note: January 1, 1927 only two lots in Block 16 with "improvements;" January 1, 1928 only five lots with "improvements," including CoraM. Wells, Lot 29. 27 ,, i lnd<'' to Prol"'''l' in . . f''' ___ ... ·---- - . . City of San Dieg .. I ~ -.~~-~. · ~-. : ~--~~-- ·: ·_· l -1 -I' - --~ :~--= -~ ~ = _,;, -1-- -L l "L-:.x1/.::::-" ~~- -- - I 'I .. I ~ / . - :L~ .. :;:. ~- {.CI :t't /;_.-~,..__ (? )(.-.~ -' -::">/- c; "'-;;·.. . .,..1,_ j--- ····-··-· -- '"" 1 'P I ~.:o f: - · .2J .... --· ...... ' ' ~;~i..'"'e---"~ ------! ··----.. .. :" ' '~9f• ,,..,, • 'l~i: .'M" ; ...... _ ..; ... ~_.! ~·c t} u"7'.. f,-..4t• fi, I j -L I , .; 10., J~'t.• I , i i - 1 _!___ -~ ._.. _ .. _~--~=-~ ;i ·_;_~~ -~:~~ -_--- ;f. \ ' ' ;- - J -~~ . .. .: i .1'-.dc-...t. c. I l ! I I ' ' " ,_ q" .... !''. .. ' II" Ti I" ~ J'::6..j-.... _v(." 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P'lltOI"'ERTY 1------~~~:-i----+--~---~' ___, Si'\210.1 Mary ;j ): i I I ------~~~~~~ ~ - L I iCOYNTS t ! ~~=!:!; Z*.d,.iolboA ...... u 1 -·--- ~ _.,_ ...___ _ ______,. ___ .. ___ ., __ _ ~ ~~r.:.ri~~, f! CEIItiiUIT I.U !"1'0 I mmr W fWS IU 111 Figure 24 Property Tax Receipts, 1927-1928 Property Tax Receipts, Lot 29 and Lot 28 Block 16 Kensington Manor Unit 2, 1927-1928. From the Wells Family Papers, courtesy Priscilla Ann Berge. ' OPERATING• DEPARTMENT.• • CITY OF SAN• DIEGO • • MA•T ~RI A L • • LA•BOR . I . •o. " I "" o• I..T~ Mn uo= .· ,·: .·J- OA;L:~A8~i ~~?{~/. F O ~W ~, SERVICE --. ~ ~ ~~- ____ · Locnt1on ..- .. - .. ·---···-- .. ------_ s t.· b1t*Y~ ···---·- -·------,- St. .r: . . ..£/,...< / nnd-·-· --··-..-- St. Lotl_-Qt:- , Blk,.: / L G, . ~.&?J~_!V'?'.~_ _';Z" A{d. z.- £r-11.'-~ · ··· ·· ·· · · r~ , ...... L :t.. .L< ....t l. ~:-o The undersigned hereby applies to the City o! San Diego, !or w>ter serviee and meter &t the above locntion. And in consideration of the install3tion of s uch serviee and meter, ngrces to pay all char~e s incurred upon such location !or such wnter service and to sbid~ by all r ules, r egulations and provisions prescribed by said city, by ordinance or otherwise, · relating to water service, rcgullltion or rates. . It is understood by and between tho u ndersijl'lled, who represents himself to be the owner o! the aforesnid propert7, and The City of San D1ego, acting through its Operating Department, . t hnt aaid City sb31l not, nor shall any of its officer•, employees or ogent•, be obliged or required to maintain, repair, extend, insta1l or re-install any ot the water mnins or other equipment, excepting- said meter, c:ompri!li ng the water system in Kensington Manor, San Diego County, California, or any extensions thereof. It is furt~er unders tood tbat the City of San Diego does not adopt, take over, or beeome the owner of any put of the said present distributing system in said territory, and tbat tbe irutalla- tion of such meters or the granting of water service under this agreement shall not obligate the J ...... "!~'!l ...... ··········TI·· ······lI ...... City of San Diego to furnish water !<> the consumers of said t erritory through the present I distribut ing system ~ow situate t herein for a pe r io}'>~ i me longer than~ Jgnu~ 1,)930: ...... !, ' ' ,J7J ;fh_../ Owner .....~ ..~ -711~ ~~- · -·· · · na~e .::. .i. .. ._ ... L _.~_L..:.;f...... -~-~ B; ___... .. _... : .~ ..... - ~~ ..: _ _:.. .. :.:_~_::_ ___ ..::.. ~ ···· · · ···· · · ·· • · · ·: · ·.···· · - ~~~ Totol MLabor.·-··- ..- · .. ·····-···-···-·- - ·;}· ...=- - ··· . ~ . T otal 1 ' 1erml ----·- - ...... GENERAL Please insta.ll-...... ·-· service -- FORE~AN : ~ an~ ii I cS(} meter at above location - ·- · ~-- ·- - ...... ; Total L.'bor and ?>hlerial _ .... . _ ...... •. REMARKS: ! I 7 o ..._ ____ ....___ ------··-·---·-·-- --'! Overhend ····-·-····------...... ·- · tJtl ; - !if yo ~ ..;I - I· Grand Total ·- ..· - - ··--·- ...... Lo."li.. •. .~ --. ··--·----=.- - . ..~ - ~~--/.6,.__-- F t e- I S~c e Cl erk ~- - ~=~- - - ~ -- --- (J -r~~(_u. _.. _ .. __ : - -~- -- ...... ~-;;--oL!d(:Lmo ,,_"Z_,.;fi'- ~-- ~ ' '''"" ' md moko qi -;§_.__ I - ...... :f'.. _· --··-· 81 PIPE FITTER ··--::;;;+ ""- ,-- No. of motv /o£'1.i.:jf?_L_T n >e. ~~c;zj-- .' ';-,fJ~ :;.... -- :~~r~·: · · __...... ~- --- REMARKS • ...... ·-··,)- R" ""'' ···= · j No. ii:BMI"i'9REMAN .... · ... - .. ~ -' L - 1-V r-·~ '""" ~ . . ' --- --~~-~~==------F-=~=:_ A•' 1~··;;>J ~ \ ,:\"5 .. --.-·:::::·· ·· --7.. - --·- - Dnt0{. 0' .:.: .. s l/: ·~--~''- -·--···-·· ,, ...... •... Jl _j, .·-··--·Y...···-··· Complete'd 7~'':r :"<~ ~ ~ 7 ··. i . If.. .t Figure 25 Application and Order for Water Service for Lot 29 Block 16 Kensington Manor Unit No. 2. Both CoraM. Wells, owner, Lot 29 and the new owner, Charles Lessick, Lot 30 signed their own "Application and Order for Water Service" on July 20 and July 16, 1929, respectively. Earlier records are not extant. Both the Wells' house, Lot 29, and the Gernandt house, Lot 30, had been occupied for over two years. (See: City of San Diego Directory, 1927-29.) Jl .. ·'V::t- ·.' .. I . ! 'I / // , : .... :/,. . . , ~ /. . I. I '/ . '"'· . ' Figure 26 Water Service Map, n.d. "Water Service Map," Operating Department, City of San Diego, no date. Note: Change in house numbers from 5030 to 4990 for Lot 29 Block 16, Kensington Manor Unit No.2. In the San Diego City Directory, 5030 Canterbury Drive changed to 4990 in 1930. Arrow points to 4990 Canterbury Drive. :· t .. . I I ·\1~': , I '-· ~ -L- L ; f:I j £_gg :\, I I _j;_..-+--'-----':c-(---'h ~I ; ! .. ! -r -' ,-! i· I ·- . ; i ; - ,, Ii .1 . L Figure 27 Sanborn Map, 1940 Series Insurance Maps of San Diego, California, Volume 2, 1920, New Index July 1940, Sanborn Map Company, 1921, 1948, page 229F. Arrow points to 4990 Canterbury Drive. Figure 28.1 San Diego County Assessor, Residential Building Record, Sheet 1, Side 1, Date 1926 ' ·. ' e *I :"'' '' •= rtC.;::J/UC.IV 1/~L DUILUIIV~ rtt:.(.,VI"fU SHEET__ ,._ OF ~-!- " .SHEETS PARCEL ~..t<...:Q~ · , · , v -· SAN DIEGO CO-.CALIFORNIA · · . " '"' · ,.., , ...... _ · · · • . . . . ADDRESS Pr':J~C> l.'t:>iJu::.(l.. P,u(2.)( ()0 d,C. ";/uo~ S;sn-_Q9· • DESCR/PTI&N· OF·BUILDING CLASS & SHAPE CONSTRUCTION STRUCTURAL EXTERIOR ROOF LIGHTING AIR CONDITION ROOM AND FINISH DI': TA IL ,...... \ (o I Liqhf X From• :\' Stucco on IX Flat ~... 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UNIT II MODEL ADDRESS .Lt~o-~3o -Q ~ DESCRIPTION OF BUILD lNG CLASS & SHAPE CONSTRUCTION STRUCTURAL EXTERIOR ROOF HEATING AAllNG(E,G,A,FP) FL:OORS FLOORFINJSH INTERIOR FINISH ROOMS liaht Frame Stucco Flat /4 Forced I Wirina B 1 2 Material Grade Walls Ceilinq Sub.Standard Box Gable /4 Wall I Elect. Fix. All X. Cfl t1 'i' !C. \'7" "31' ....· , '"b G; ' C> Standard Cone. Blk. Siding "X .. Hip /4 Floor I Plumbing Above.Standard s" I 8" Ply. & Batts Shed /4 EleC1. Rad. KITCH. DETAILS Ent.Hall Stories Special Adobe .. Routed Ply. Encl. Eaves Thor mo. X Nat.Fin.Cabs living I TYPE Brick Shingle Dormers Painted Cabs Dining I USE I DESIGN FOUNDATION Slump Blk. Shake Raft. "x ". .. X Oven & Plate Familv Single Concrete Floor Joist : B&B I IT&G Gutters Fireplace X Dishwasher Bed ~ Double Cone. Blk. .. SmRkl ILg.Rk Break. Bar Bed Duplex Brick .. Brick I !Stone Shingle COOLING >< Pantry "SMP:.T' ) ~O~f.,a.( 'i Apanment Wood Shake Refrig. Ton Lumin.Ceil. 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IO r.;:t:::i~F·' ifF~~,. ~h APPENDIX A: Chronological Overview of Recorded Land Records and Maps Related to Lot 29 Block 16 Kensington Manor Unit No.2 Kumeyaay Period: located on one of the mesa tops above the southern Mission Valley slopes, Village of Nipaguay located below, along the San Diego River. (Richard L. Carrico, "Sociopolitical Aspects of the 1775 Revolt at Mission San Diego de Alcala: An Ethnohistorical Approach," Journal of San Diego History, Volume 43, Number 3 (Summer 1997) pages 148-149, including a map.) Spanish Period: 1769-1821, located within the lands claimed for the Mission San Diego de Alcala, the mission relocated from the Presidio to Nipaguay in 1774. (Carrico, op. cit. page 144.) Mexican Period: 1821-1846, located within the Mission lands ordered to be secularized beginning in 1833; included within Mexican Governor Pio Pica's land grant of Rancho Mission San Diego to Santiago Arguello June 6, 1845. (Appendix A. Figure 1.1 Plat Map, herein; David J. Weber, The Mexican Frontier 1821-1846: The American Southwest Under Mexico, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1982, page 64-66.) United States Period: 1846-present, Act of Congress to settle Spanish- Mexican land claims 1851; Rancho Mission San Diego patented to Santiago Arguello September 1, 1876. (Appendix A. Figure 1.1 Plat Map, herein; Appendix A Figure 2 List of Land Claims, herein); partition of Rancho Mission San Diego, Under Decree of Superior Court, filed January 14, 1886 (Appendix A, Figure 1.2 Partition Map, herein). Normal Heights Subdivision filed with San Diego County Recorder May 9, 1906 (Appendix A. Figure 3 Normal Heights Subdivision Map, herein); Kensington Manor Unit No. 2 Subdivision filed with San Diego County Recorder September 25, 1925 (Appendix A, Figures 4-5 Kensington Manor Unit No.2 Sheet 1 & 2, herein.) APPENDIX A Figure 1.1 Plat Map of Rancho Mission San Diego, 1876. (left) "Plat of the Rancho Mission San Diego finally confirmed to Santiago Arguello," September 1, 1876. (Map courtesy of the San Diego Historical Society Research Archives; arrow added to note Township t6S, Range 2W.) Figure 1.2 Partition Map of Rancho Mission San Diego, 1886. (right) "Partition of Rancho Mission of San Diego ... Made under Decree of Superior Court, January 7, 1885... Filed January 14, 1886." (Map courtesy of San Diego Historical Society Research Archives; arrow added to note partition Lot 26.) .Pu.-1>11~ ..-' .... ~··· X.. • .. , ,,, ._ r.. -..~. ...... / ! ~.. :'! T ..JJ..r. ..,'IY C • ti'"" .Jw :.... "' .i,· ·- ·-! r'"'~f: ,:0, "" ;,,. ~~ i' ' fri,•' ', -·..• . w'llrW 1. v-:-~Jc .s., .:o· '2,... . ~ :11~~;:~~n · . . ··t'"""' i~f' ...... -oJ.-J....-..a-~ -r.. - ¥-- .~?, ·. ~·rlit§•"W"'7~t . -H:::r " . ,./'! :.t-' .r< .( ~~ PARhTi ON/f; i '~ ~ ~.9 r · ~- •};.:. A~~~:~. . ?1'.:' RANC HO :.z:,~~}.' :...... ~· I -~ ~ ~ill . -~~'>if,_vT.JT.I,H.Itr. j ro.A...U .... •-·'•-.,..,..,.r,_, ,..._..... _,_,~ .. .,...... p. ,_,t\~ ~:..-::~:;E:?'f~;}~~:z~.s~;~~ ~- ... ~.~ -.. '!!to- · ..... • • • • ..,, .__ ~.r-.. ._r.,.,., ...... \ .r.;..: ~ ll14 ~&... "" fl-~~ ..-'tl1 ,r"' ,fr ....'-'1., ~/fo-1.'ff ..f.'.<_~:" t Nft' '/ff/ Copy of part of a list of"Land Claims in San Diego County," compiled in 1858, showing Santiago Arguello as the "Original Claimant" for Number 175 (second number from the top) and the June 8, 1846land grant to Santiago Arguello from then Mexican Governor Pio Pico, under Mexican "laws in force." Number 175 refers to the United States Board of Land Commissioners Docket Number. Ultimately, the Rancho Mission San Diego, comprising 58,875.38 acres was patented to Santiago Arguello on September 1, 1876. List of Land Claims courtesy San Diego Historical Society Research Archives; Crisostomo N. Perez, Land Grants in Alta California: A Compilation ofSpanish and Mexican Private Land Claims in the State ofCalifornia, (Rancho Cordova, California: Landmark Enterprises, 1996), pages 46-47, 66. .5./r, <'t (({ ,., '. ( / ,· · · ~~ .. ·-"'' ·''• /...... • iNo ,~,,,/,... .·-y 1(' 1 "' •• ft'r,, , ,,. ,, .• / ll-, , ,, , r('• .l't#,,,,,,,· ..-} , ',_,, .. t . ... · fl/. "f' · ,, , . ....(. .!:>"'!ct< /.· ..... ~/,,,, r•' ~·,. (_:...'f/. ,.1( 1 ~ ., .. , ... fl·•:- .(,' ,, , '""'~' -);~~ ('1 1 ~ •f~···· •~'•f,. tt~, .. ,,-{. /;',;--:, ,(.,';' 1 7 I ., I. /r ; ./4 •~ .. 1~, ~:'/.l;'dl. ., • _/. .• /I . /!v t., .. ,, ,.,, ,, . .. ,o;.•/n .•·•-:..-, ·J '·. : ,,...:.,.,r.. . ~ , . f'~ .•...- • . /;' r~-;. / ''·' .r ... ,(,, • '.":J ·~-· • , · .. ~J.,.J. I >'•r/•i;. ;,,j ·,y~•. n/>:: ... o//.-• ~. ·.·.:·:· ~=;, ,;,_,,,, ::!_:': ·:~.·· ··--- ~-;~ ~ ... ~.::' 4 Jf•• ,(,.. ,r>· > ,(.u{,,/•. ,.1 •;t,r . .. _;< ,,.,.,~,. , ?.·c• v/ .;,.• '·'' .~ ~~ ~~.:..{ . ~· ''':_:... .'~ /.'~:~ .' !/. .. 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Arrow added to point to smaller area that will include Lot 29 Block 16 Kensington Manor Unit 2 in a later subdivision. Map courtesy of San Diego Historical Society Research Archives. See: Appendix A Figure 4 and Appendix A Figure 5 herein. Normal Heights, including Lot 26 of Rancho Mission San Diego, annexed to the City of San Diego on May 7, 1925 prior to the Kensington Manor Unit No. 2 subdivision. (City of San Diego, Office of the City Clerk, City Ordinance No. 9876.) NOR!\tiAL HEIGHTS. SUI'IVEYE!:l AND MAP PIED 10R Tlol£ UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS SYNDICATE P"v.P", w;.~::·,~ } .... ,_. Jau. t006. SCAO.! ZOQJT '1'0 0 "'( ,,.c ... 0 t..oS::r;;, ~621(~28.29 :;:~·:..~.. .: .. ;.:;--;·· '• • ' • ~~Jtjf.':J::~M..;0o;~ , r~·"O.·J u c~, .~.~p or R ,..1>1CHO MIJSoo.. or SA,. C>c oo. c .. ~ .,o... "' SOUTHWESTERN INVESTMENT COMPANY 237 SPRECKELS B UILDING, SAN DIEGO, CAL. APPENDIX A Figure 4.1 Kensington Manor Unit No. 2, 1861 Sheet 1, September 25, 1925 Kensington Manor Unit No.2, Map 1861 Sheet 1, filed September 25, 1925, Office of the San Diego County Recorder. . ti~~ ------~~tr~ .------18_{; I . -. ---- ~ti__.____ ..5ur~~d 1'1pr-il, I!!J?S ~· ''"k K£N.5/NG7lJ/'f. , f1/1NOR.. ~.P. )Yo:"",. o r., :.-c:~. ~~;,.~m,;:c~ ~ ~ ~-=.rn:. ~~~~ ':~ft~~':!::rt:l~=: ~~:.;,~·~-h~~~~~;;~w--:';,:;:'~~1?~"it("~Z·~..:~ ~":-;.~ ..:_; ~6 C')J7~ ':#- rt!) 1 hei"'Cll'" ~ me noone J(.e,.~:uNCJJON MN>IO'C..I.Jw" Hot ~'"f C~~ ~ ~. ftl:::-';h;o dvfdt},~:'::,' /"1:/,.:;;rta ~,t,'::n'"!,t-ff,(:~; . ,ro.. f'ttt:. .:,t.~ tHIH'~IUf 3,.,.,..,_ - NJre Dl'r,...._.«:d """¥' flf_ z;. __ _ ....., t;CtJ?Si, ~ o/ ;t:; ~~f~- "'o-;jj «.upf:J on behtJif M the publtc !he '!i1/'WOIJI' she- on ------~_:',:,;t;.-,e;;.,-c;;;;,-;T~Ii¥> 'E~'wr'":~e~'"~tkfv~ o':,~~~~!~;:e~~~-',4J;,""&.;:m~·;;==;;,~.., '"P(,.I1 ..~ ~ca -:!.fo..J-----5 Kensington Manor Unit No.2, Map 1861 Sheet 2, filed September 25, 1925, Office of the San Diego County Recorder. Arrow added to note Lot 29 Block 16 Kensington Manor Unit No. 2, current address 4990 Canterbury Drive, San Diego, California. / I ]• ~ ... ., .. ! .' ?--- .' i •'. KENSINGTON MANOR I ; >::' '~-~o_<_ _,_.,__.-' .,. / /- I I I ...... , ... I I • ., I :.!) I ;~;.: l .'l' .'.:J : I L I(E.::;ua 1 ;,., 1<.1<2 1 --- ( ' ... __ !___ :_ .___ ~ 1"'1 r- -T- -, r __ ., ~ I/ I ~C'J J /!:t'.l J _ J ...! __ '- :_ _I _I _ ""_ L J~'FIIf50/"f A\1!!. y .... ~~. / APPENDIX A Figure 5 San Diego County Assessor's Map 1861 Lot 29 Block 16 Kensington Manor Unit No. 2, Map 1861, San Diego County Assessor's Map Book 440, page 33. Arrow added to Lot 29, current address 4990 Canterbury Drive, San Diego, California. 440 - 33 @ ,..t ~ e ttJ r @ ' " I§ - ·'9-?J; t:'(; :, / \ ;,_ ' {'~ CHANGES a OLD ~ ~ OJT ·. ' \./.... :S;-, Q 3 ,.~ ... ,.,-;;: ~ {'-9 ~~ l' <'o~>-9 ( I I ' I I '" I ('~'\-_,."" ' I @ <'~19.:," ,, ~ '9;. ' ·''. 34 I !§; I I I I '\ I I I ·, I I ]" \ I I ·, I I \ I I \ I I I ' I I 3 e ~ ~ ~ S. a.o.; DIE:;:: ~ Ol r; • ' r ~ r~ IO ~ • w:.s ~p·~ ·f~ coF~ :::i!:SS-.;.;ftli ,~ ·~sg t: N:.. !l: L!.l.~ :L!l! ~ ·~srs s:-,; : "'"P l~J toort •o~ rll[ :.~c·~~::• l~ Ttl' ~:.1! ~'-"r. ,.::;:!~:'!~~ s 'nt~.; ii:'l"h A A O ~ 1 :~ J J ~o~ :• ~ :1 :ct.~?~,• W'll' rcr~ !l~"'JISt'-. N' Ct.PI,:I'I' ''DUf.'t~~ I~A C lS :O I • • : ::~ : ~ ]~~TO•·: ~1 1110~ J':: - NC ' ~-=~: ~~.1 ..:: I APPENDIX B: Chronological List of Official Records and Deeds for Lot 29 Block 16 Kensington Manor Unit No. 2 1. Easement: Kensington Park Land Company, a corporation, G.A. Davidson, President, grant an easement to San Diego Consolidated and Electric Company, recorded by request of Grantee, January 20, 1926. Deed Book 1169 page 107. 2. Corporation Grant Deed: Kensington Park Land Company, a corporation, G.A. Davidson, President, grant to William E. Gernandt and Leta Gernandt, husband and wife, joint tenants, Lot 29 Block 16 Kensington Manor Unit No. 2 executed September 3, 1926, recorded by request of Wm. F. Gernardt, November 5, 1926. Deed Book 1255 page 269. (See: Appendix B Figure 1.1-1.2 Corporation Grant Deed Recorded November 5, 1926, herein.) 3. Grant Deed: William F. Gernandt and Leta Gernandt, husband and wife, grant to CoraM. Wells Lot 29 Block 16 Kensington Manor Unit No. 2, executed November 17, 1926, notarized December 21 , 1926, recorded by request of Union Title Insurance Co. January 13, 1927. Deed Book 1276 page 307. (See: Appendix B Figure 2, Grant Deed, Recorded January 13, 1927, herein.) 4. Subordination Agreement: by and between William F. Gernandt and Leta Gernandt, husband and wife, vested with a reversionary interest and CoraM. Wells, owner of Lot 29 Block 16 Kensington Manor Unit No. 2, executed June 9, 1927, recorded at request of Union Title Insurance Co. June 17, 1927. Deed Book 1241 page 153. (See: Appendix B Figure 3, Subordination Agreement, Recorded June 17, 1927.) 5. Grant Deed: CoraM. Wells, a widow, grant to Mrs. Virginia W. Higgs Lot 29 Block 16 Kensington Manor Unit No. 2 executed June 4, 1932, recorded by request of grantor, June 4, 1932. Official Records Book 124 page 303. (See: Appendix B Figure 4 Grant Deeds, Recorded June 4, 1932, herein.) 6. Grant Deed: Mrs. Virginia W . Higgs, a widow, grant to Cora M. Wells and Cora Lee Wells, as joint tenants, Lot 29 Block 16 Kensington Manor Unit No.2, executed June 4, 1932, recorded at request of grantee, June 4, 1932. Official Records Book 124 page 303. (See Appendix B Figure 4, Grant Deeds Recorded June 4, 1932, herein.) 7. Deceased Distribution: Estate of Cora Lee Wells, Document #83 287571. Lots 28 and 29 Block 16 Kensington Manor Unit No. 2 distributed to Jeanne House (Mrs. Porter) Johnson, niece of Cora Lee Wells, recorded August 16, 1983, requested by attorneys for the estate. Official Records San Diego County Reel 08270 Frame 0667. 8. quitclaim Deed: Document #87-192329 . Porter Johnson, husband of grantee, quitclaim to Jeanne Houle Johnson, a married woman, as her sole and separate property Lot 29 Block 16 Kensington Manor Unit No. 2, dated February 20, 1987, recorded April10, 1987, requested by Continental Land Title. Official Records San Diego County Reel10086 Frame 5. 9. Grant Deed: Document #87-192330. Jeanne Houle Johnson, a married woman, as her sole and separate property grants to Dennis E. Berge and Priscilla Ann Berge, husband and wife, as joint tenants, Lot 29 Block 16 Kensington Manor Unit No.2, dated February 20, 1987, recorded April10, 1987 requested by Continental Land Title. Official Records San Diego County Reel 10086 Frame 6 (See: Appendix B Figure 5, Grant Deed, Recorded April10, 1987, herein.) 10. Secured Assessment Roll: Document #90039 parcel No. 440-330-09-00. Priscilla Ann Berge, assesse 4990 Canterbury Drive, San Diego, Recording date March 1, 1995. San Diego County Tax Assessor's Office. 11. Affidavit of Death of Joint Tenant: Document #2003-0637566. Recorded May 30, 2003 requested by Priscilla Ann Berge. Official Records San Diego County Recorder's Office. APPENDIXB Figure 1.1 Corporation Grant Deed Recorded November 5, 1926 Heoo rdo~ ot Requoet ot Gtte. flOY. 4, 1 92&. At 51 Ktn. Co u.n t y n~oo rde r, L. n. ttoo d~n· d, Deputy . to ' L ..~ ; ~ · ------O~OOOOOQJOOO ------• --- ~ . z , ~ . : ,.o '; Zl ·i .. o OORIQIUTlOu G!Wft DKED ,.. t= K.EllS l HC70U PJ..Rl: LAirD CO)U'.Aii Y. 1 oorpot'B t l on o r E;:unlz.od un pur ll•p / lB6l rooor.lod l n Book of Uope, ln t ho o!f1aa or tho County Recorder of ao 1tl Son D1160 Cr,w:;.t; , t.o which c.a;: s n:!. t h! reeor1 tll! rtot ttftTenoe 11 hereby mo de for a t''..lrther end ..,~ particular du orlptlon: of eot r7, tor tht purpoe• or oone truc tlna, treating , opf!nt1no, r epalrlna anel Qtint.a1n1J1.6 pole lint I r.1 th Of'OII ..If'Cll: tor lht trlnltaleolon or eleo1.r1o llllt£1, and tO!' ttltphone lint a I a••• t• . gw 1 •n4 •• tAr p1pt1 , upon, over, wHh r, alorlt:;, 1 oroee end tn.ro\lf"h tho re ~ r !1 ve (0) !aet o! all loto ln ooid Traot, au~ reoanu to ltul!, lte ouooeaoa1"8 anO a1115na , t.ht eola rlcnt to eon'ftY the rls: hta hereby re :ser'fe4. 3ubJool to pro-NI ted taxu tor tho C1oool :yo or 19l&- Z7. PROV.lDED , li)Jf£VlR, t. r.at thle oonvepnoe 11 mode a n d. aolltp tt4 1 •nCl a a1d roolty (_ le )l.e,-.b] gnMtd eubJtot to e uch o t tht tollo"lf\6 expreaa oood lU.one 1 pro'f lt1ona , n et.rlot.lone an4 oonnunte, hereinafter referred to •• "Condlt1ona" , aa may bt tbe1r terce be eppllooble t.o euld r oalt.1, awl • h1oh ooud1t1oue oro 1mpoeo4 purtWlnt to a tenel'"a l plan r"r the l.:l:l;troveotnt. e n4 ere deeler;ed for tht t::rutWll bona tlt of eocu and ~ver:3 lot i n th• eoce ••otlon o r \ raot., au4 eball 1nu.re to on4 pato wtth ao i d. aeotlon or tract c.nd oaob a !ld e•tr7 lot lhtr•ln . exot r t u twrelna!ter provided, e nd. e hall a pply to and bind every euoac ••o r in intertct ot the partle• hereto and ore 1J::)poeeJ upon t.ht realty here by oon- ''1'4• nnd upon eeob lo t tn .,nld. aeoUon or traot •• a etrvitu!o ! n tavoJ" ot aatd sea• t !. o~ o r t!"ee; t !!. !1d e!)c:h ood i!Yery lot th~ra \ a. •• a doo.1n.ant tenement or tenement•· OU:STRlC'flO ~ S J.JID COo DltlOiiS- UilSII;Groll WllOR . I H 11 hcreb1 oounonted and as reed b7 ao~ bobeon tt.. partLoo horoto and Lt 1o o part or the oondltlotlll or thlo og roomont: (l) That plon• and apoai.tiaa Uou.o : or tbt onatlon o! aD)' bullUllll upon tno aald lot t ..e nty-o1nt o r anr or t he uu ld lote ahall, dur1116. period o t !i'U ~e o ro :rom JunJ lot, 192~ . b4 eu~ ttted tor approYal t o eoller, and ~ buJld tnge ot any k ind whAt saner aholl be erected on the onld lot twonty•ol no o r ony of tba add la t8 until !1 rat apprond 1n w:ltir>~: ~1 tho a••le! uller and euah wrLttoo oppronl ma1 oo recorded ane! a!Ulll bo aonclusl vc evLdenae of auoh approval. APPENDIXB Figure 1.2 Corporation Grant Deed Recorded November 5, 1926, continued Corporation Grant Deed. Kensington Park Land Company, a corporation, G.A. Davidson, President, grant to William F. Gernandt and Leta Gernandt, husband and wife, joint tenant. Lot 29, Block 16 Kensington Manor Unit No. 2 recorded November 5, 1926, Deed Book 1255 page 269. 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Ml11 100 11 tJre a ~bL -~~~- OhU. 3 t • tl o f C <~ llfOrft l a , lo4 U1 no!\tr n ! t r n~ to 11 • ulll t1• l.\7• 1 11.( be l nf: hntlh .S 11~ t o t l ~ e•n•r or "' ''' "'"' e 1 •••) , .,. 0 ' l e t• h \h• • • "'• M e tl" " I n ~~1-J 1u ~t 1 , •• rolh"• l 1.at ! hh,un CUI t 11 " 1•~'- rtu ( CI UJUI ~I>ro l'l t'.A/lOil , l.rn 11 Jl'tl • I . •• f"'' 11• r - ___ __.__....:-....·--·-. ·- ·- APPENDIXB Figure 2 Grant Deed, Recorded January 13, 1927 Grant Deed, William F. Gernandt and Leta Gernandt, husband and wife, grant to CoraM. Wells Lot 29, Block 16 Kensington Manor Unit No. 2 executed November 17, 1926, recorded January 13, 1927, Deed Book 1276 page 307. Note: the explicit condition that any dwelling ... shall be built" in "a one-story structure of Spanish type," thereby formalizing the Gernandt and Wells family ties to the actual design of the house . ..: ·~ ;,;~:"'~.;:r~ ··.- ·· :'~~;(~(a~~f~ . 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Srt,ltol. . _...... ;. ,..,;._j~ -.• ·:.::~.LL,~~~. .'it_ ~, · APPENDIXB Figure 3 Subordination Agreement, Recorded June 17, 1927 Subordination Agreement by and between William F. Gernandt and Leta Gernandt and CoraM. Wells, recorded June 17, 1927, Deed Book 1241 page 153. William F. and Leta Gernandt were vested with a reversionary interest in Lot 29 Block 16 Kensington Manor Unit No. 2. If the building on Lot 29 were not constructed in "Spanish type" according to the Grant Deed recorded January 13, 1927, Deed Book 1276 page 307, the property would revert back to the Gernandts. In order for CoraM. Wells to secure a loan on the property, the Gernandts needed to sign this subordination agreement, thus subordinating their reversionary interest to the lender's interest. .DEm loo"K 1241 - ----·------lfi3 ~!j: _ ; 1 :1 ~ , 7UI' ID ~ · ~.,;t'U f1a a"!e ~t~ t J ~tl":'tl lltl.t't.I :J. .. • · .n t-1ch1: s'! t-•h'tt1ou t~ ::c=:t: r.. act ~ Yipt or n•• n'!r7 a.M ~oenu tc:c. b7 n ..o-:1 : ; ':it~ •• ! . llU41\': ..~ • ot t:~ ob r."t•~ or Tto:at.tao of M1t nantot loc• d :s~:lx.e , ltallCOC. U!nt ItT ~ lot...,. :!'DU o b •:-& tu t.• ~ tf _ X!UJ...... • .. ra•hr 1m"~U4 t ht ita of th.l . ~ .,. lucrth4 tnr: nut, o: ";b U tn 7! ct ~::1-E" • .. Stll"!w 4e4. ,.~l • • ! MK .u... '--' 1."\ , ~ . :S.t7 et s.a l)S.•ro, c.,..~ of Sea ~~.to . t:.. s. e:!' ----~ ~..n::.u~ -=t,. ~r . - O.ll!o.-r.!l, htorl\•t •• tollctJtl a. ~ . 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J'F'' CZ"l;7 :lOOt ...,., \;oo ~ ..~ .. plltU .. t1f U .41 •eN114 ;,.:r' t1\UI nr.:»f, pt~ l l ot:'of ftJWIOJ" ~o u.t • Dii • 11 ..,~ olh~l OT J"it!l\1 If r e•lt'\"•~•11 -'\.le.), ::.1 h H:.t.e1!1 ... l.'l ft ~ rt&at t:: a=r •••• er &•M• a w - r&. •ol 'll.e' • "--~ .: w 1t ._..l, lOOol •"" • llJ' ~~-ret - APPENDIXB Figure 4 Grant Deeds, Recorded June 4, 1932 Lot 29 Block 16 Kensington Manor Unit No. 2, Grant Deed, CoraM. Wells, a widow, to Virginia W. Higgs, recorded June 4, 1932, Official Records Book 124 page 303; Grant Deed, Virginia W. Higgs, a widow, to CoraM. Wells and Cora Lee Wells, as joint tenants. Note: According to Title Insurance and Trust Company's Handbook for Title Men (Los Angeles, 1966) page 100 "from August 14, 1931, up to ... September 15, 1935,'' one could not "create a joint tenancy by direct transfer from a person to himself and others," thus CoraM. Wells to Virginia W. Higgs to CoraM. Wells and Cora Lee Wells, as joint tenants. 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Q;: tt.l:r. f :-• n::'I!IJ 1: t~ • r. ~:'!.S ; r. ~ -.:: ... ,.., ,::!:!at -.: \.:. 1cr c.: :. ••:- \'; 1::. 1• : .:-a: U"'- o t:1~• ~ ~ :CII'X'~ , ,. ,, ~ ,):- ~: ::.• : l&!'J •r :;-.4J 'V.' )o7 l:.! : ,:! ,)> , :...:, 'Q ...r.::-1 ~1 :'ft' U• ,._,:•U )f • ~:-=!.,e:-; APPENDIXB Figure 5 Grant Deed, Recorded April1o, 1987 Grant Deed, Document #87-192330, Recorded in Official Recm·ds, San Diego County, CA, April1o, 1987. Note: Jeanne Houle Johnson inherited the property from her Aunt, Cora Lee Wells. Priscilla Ann Berge, widow of Dennis E. Berge, is the current owner. ,.. Ofdrr 11:1139-13 fKt.,... Nu~r~b.• Nu•"bc'f 01.-119~ 76 & 8 7-19~30 lfC'OilDtHGihiV(Sit O .., ~-~ .. h .. GRANT DEED THE u:•DERSIGNEO GI!AN lOR DKlARES OOCUMENTIIKY TRANSFER Till( IS S I i 2. 70 _a ccmpo1od on full "•'"" ol P JEANNE HOUi.E JOHNSON, a morried ••o,.an, as hor sole and sep•ratc p r orerq· For a Va!u.Ib'! Coosider•tion. ;he receiot of which;, herebv acknaw!od.OO. herebv GRIINT5 c. DJ·:NNIS £. BEkCt. and !'RISC lLl.A Ai.m BERG E , husband al'l d wife, as jn1nt tQnants all fh)l ~.11 PtOp@rty si:o~ated in the County oi ___;S:.:•:..:n:...;:D~i:;oegQ:o ::....______described •• lollo..,, ------. Stale ol C•li/omia. ~:It~~· Blo;k 16 o~ Kensir,cton Ncmor Unit No . 2, in the Citv of San D1ego County o( • ' f ego, ~ate o Ca l if.., rnio, a cc.>r:Hn~ t .J the ~1.1p thereof No 18o ), us ' f J.led in tht' 0 flee of the Count;t Recorder of San DlP.go l..Ot•nty, ScprP.mbe~ 25. 1~ 25. / /. ·"// . ') / ~--·.:e /.L,-:t-c,f[· .-~'fa ..:&t.~ .1~.an ne Houle Johnson .? ------·------·---- ------~·-··------·-- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY Note: See also sources cited within text, herein. Bruce, Richard E. and Joyce. Oral Interview by Author, May 7, 2002, San Diego, CA, neighbors of Cora Lee Wells. City of San Diego Water Services. Gernandt, John William, Application for Social Security Account Number, June 4, 1942. Johnson, Jeanne Houle, Oral Interview by Author, January 17, 2003, Escondido, CA, niece of Cora Lee Wells. San Diego City Directory, 1923-41. San Diego County Assessor's Office. San Diego County Recorder's Office. San Diego Historical Society Research Archives and Photo Archives. San Diego Public Library, California Room, Newspaper Room. San Diego Union Wells, Cora Lee, Application for Social Security Account Number, June 10, 1962. Whiffen, Marcus, American Architecture Since 1780: A Guide to the Styles. Cambridge, Massachusetts: M.I.T. Press, 1969; paperback edition, 1981. 3rd St, QAN DIEGO PERMITS · Long B ench; $2000 ea · $oiOOO own & bldr, 49'6 El CaJon $1900 Brick Soller. CountY hottplt.al; San Die.ro Co, Dwfg. 5 rm~; 3590 Van Dyke; H HelruJng, owu. Stucco Owlg, 5 rm.s, comp rf: 618 W Spruce: own & bldr $7000 lot> 10 and II. blk C. Tr 6013; A D Miller, 3590 Van Dyke: Zohler Broot, bldr, 358;} Van Bailer Room, County Hospital; San Dlego Co, Dyke $3500 own & bldr, 9H Compton Ave $2000 0 Stuceo Owlg, 6 rms, shgle rt; 421 N Willow; W ard, tile; 'county Owlg, 6 rms: 4178 Manzanita. Dr; :r M Fannllla. Ps"y~o:a~~j!; Hosp l ta,~ 8~ own, 2M61 University: Dem~;ted Co, bldr $2400 k>t 31. blk 5. Tr 5085: Bert D Nett, OWl\ & Die go County, own & bldr $42tOQO bldr, 201 N Willow 16000 Dwlg, stucco, 4 rmat: 3~35 Mountain Vtew; Geo Remodeling, 835 K St; Hage Ice cream Co, \V Womack, own & bldr, tl91 40th $3000 Stucco Dwlg, 6 rnta, comp rf; 113 N Ma.yo; lot $4000 own, at lot: \V E K ier Constr Co, bldr Owlg, 5 rms: 3684 Dwight: Eng I> r>- · %6 Tr 6650· Fred Jones, own & bldr, Rto 1, ·Theatre, concr and brlck; 2026 30th St: BW~h .f39, 4656 George St; G Jo"~ · ·. nOx r..Ong Beach seooo Theatres, Inc, own & bldr $66,000 per Stucco Owlg, 8 r-ms. comp rf; -411~13 N Spring; Alter~tlone, addition and gara.go, 2329 Curlew Dwlg, f rmtJI: lot 33 b lk • Tr 50Slll:· ...... ~l 'RP.a.lty Co. St · PRimer Bros, own &. bldr $4000 ·' own & t'l1,. ' . .... ~"~ own, .f3J" ·,, Qank Bldg. relnf concr; 502 University Ave; Owl" f':omml & Savtngs Bank, own, 5th and E · -r.er COnstr Co, bldr $&"i ,.~ ·- 'H;~t'\ p,. ..v- ""A1vA • 1':'1 -ro • , , rms ea., oomp rfg; 8!J"'. . •Ut S.f, Tr 3477; P J Dietrich, own "'ur, 103 Santa. Ana; $3000 ea 16000 btucco Dwlg, 5 rms, tile rt; 8411 Evergreen; Addltio•. , bldr, 29~8 n.- . <>ANTA BARBARA PERMITS . 1; ~~ 7kv~gr~~: .Jacob Teeples, own & RecreatJon Bldg, .t h . .. 1 own & bldr ..,.,mc.r Blk Owlg, cornv rt; 2305 CaatUlo; lot 14, _"]f, = .,,uoo blk 2, Neals Add; H R Graham, own & bldr, Reroofing Bldg, Fleet r epair ba.se; U S Govt, ~ ''·~ HUNTINGTON P ARK PERMITS &301 Castillo $3MO i- s ·tuceo Dwla and Qa.. ao•. 7 rma. 4.f.z36. nomp rf; at~:.na~.~l~~ Towe,.. ,(5) , La Jolla; U 8 ~~~ Stucco Wa~houae Addition. Salai ouedes and , ., 5H S Marcon!; ·tot "'· Tr 6496 ; G D King, own own & bldr . $4900 Monteclto j Union Mill & Lumber' Co, own & ·.,t; & bldr, 8257 Long Beuh Blvd. Southgate $4500 Shop, frame and cast Iron; 1029 "\Vest E St; U S bldr •1000 ~- Repair Owtg , 641 Hood; Mrs K Sperry, own & · Govt, own & b ldr 12000 Stucco Owlg, com.p rf; 425 E ArreHa.ga ; lot 18, -- f.-' bldr-, 2613 Jetrer!f Ave $1300 blk E, Bate• Add; Fred R eid, own & · bldr , 7 Storehouae, La. Jolla; U S Govt, owner and :· - 243<1 F letcher 13000 Dw'g and Qar-a g o. 6 rms, 28x!4. comp rl; 1600 builder · $6000 ~ "'·eanrornla; lot 6, Tr 8612; C R Manker, own StCirthou ao, concr; U S Fuel Depot, La. Playa; Stucco Dwlg, tHe rt; 1217 Salslpuedes; Geo Mc . 'H"'& bld r , 1847 Merrlll Ave $2000 Connell. own. 121 5 Sa.Jslpuedes; Carl S Peter US Govt, own & bldr $41,241.14 son, bldr, 411 E VIctoria $S900 Torpedo Storehou .., co ncr; Fleet repair base;· ; ~ c SANTA A-;;;ERMITS U 8 Govt, own & b ldr W.t185 stucco Owlg, •hgle rr: 2136 Chapata.; lot 3, blk S, Van Vactor &: Myers Tr: Freido. Y Kerr. .. stuccc> Owtg, tile a.na comp rr: 1308 N Baker; Apartment Hotel, relnf concr, H~ sto: 702 Aeh pwn: 0 W AnderBon, b ldr, 1801 Bath $4200 & St: Richard T Robinson, own; Wm Stmpson }:.. . ~~rs 0 V Noble, own bldr, 1004 N B~~ Stucco Owlg Addition," Mls~ton HIU; Mrs R G Constr Co. bldr. 206 Scr ipps Bldg 5900.000 JTwo StucCo Owtg•, tile and cornp rtg: 11 33~ 41 Hazard, own;. A MacKellar, bldr, 112 E Sola. Dwlg. stucco; 3130 Bancroft; Laurel Bldg Co, St $2000 ~r . s Ross St; Robt L Tedlor-d, own & bldr, 216 own & bldr, 3380 G ra nada $4000 0:. . 5 Birch St; 15000 ea $10,000 Dwlg. 3737 Logan; C Morales, own & bldr. 3.ffi9 Stucco Owlg, comp rf; 2043 S Broadway; C A TUCSON, ARIZ, PERMITS Nattonal $3200 Mu•ic Temple, tHe rt; 330 S Scott; lots 1 to 4: ~- ~~~;ing, own & b~dr, 49 Burnwood, iis~ Dwlg. stucco; 844 Prospect: Mrs G J Evans, bJk ?.36, 'l'ucHOn; Temple of :\:lusic & Arts. own, La. Jolla.; J H Nleholson, b ldr. La. JoiJa. 8 o wn; H 1'~ Brown, bldr. Tucson $160,000 Calle $1-".000 Brick Owtg, 7 rm :~, eomp rf; 2036 E 4th St: lots .. ~~~:;~ ~w~,dr:(}.f~9 B~~~~~~d~ ~::o~!~: Dwlg, stucco; 36Z2 Dove Court; Birney & Jen~ :; :Call! $2&00 kJns, o..,.,.'Tl & b ldr, 3067 Juniper $.6000 31, 32 and 33. bJk 5, Untv Manor; M Miller. Stucco Ho1pltal, comp rf; 1326 W 5th St; Dr o'wn: T C Triplett Co, bldr, Tucson $6420 Store, 3085 National; Rosa E VIrtue, own & bldr, T wo Brfck Dwlg•, 6 and 7 rms, oomp r-!gj 1136 .!f. iF C Wright, own & bldr, U1 W 5th St $10,000 at lot . $1000 N Stone; lot 3, blk 21, Hlghla.n• ;. Ot•co ca.s~ s.p:...::.'l.r c. u:.:;. tl'i:.."t- - ~ :JC! ~::;.t a:A - ! ~ · 4Us 3 7 Yo :\Co. 1>:.: ·- -.-.:!':.~cee:=w- ··· ··-