HISTORICAL NOMINATION of the Dean and Mabel Calland Speculation House 4437 Alhambra Street ~ Sunset Cliffs Neighborhood San Diego, California
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HISTORICAL NOMINATION of the Dean and Mabel Calland Speculation House 4437 Alhambra Street ~ Sunset Cliffs Neighborhood San Diego, California Ronald V. May, RPA Kiley Wallace Legacy 106, Inc. P.O. Box 15967 San Diego, CA 92175 (858) 459-0326 (760) 704-7373 www.legacy106.com April 2018 1 HISTORIC HOUSE RESEARCH Ronald V. May, RPA, President and Principal Investigator Kiley Wallace, Vice President and Architectural Historian P.O. Box 15967 • San Diego, CA 92175 Phone (858) 459-0326 • (760) 704-7373 http://www.legacy106.com 2 3 State of California – The Resources Agency Primary # ___________________________________ DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # ______________________________________ PRIMARY RECORD Trinomial __________________________________ NRHP Status Code 3S Other Listings ___________________________________________________________ Review Code _____ Reviewer ____________________________ Date __________ Page 3 of 30 *Resource Name or #: The Dean and Mabel Calland Speculation House P1. Other Identifier: 4437 Alhambra Street, San Diego, CA 92107 *P2. Location: Not for Publication Unrestricted *a. County: San Diego and (P2b and P2c or P2d. Attach a Location Map as necessary.) *b. USGS 7.5' Quad: Point Loma Date: 2015 T ; R ; ¼ of ¼ of Sec ; M.D. B.M. c. Address: 4437 Alhambra Street City: San Diego Zip: 92107 d. UTM: Zone: 11 ; mE/ mN (G.P.S.) e. Other Locational Data: (e.g., parcel #, directions to resource, elevation, etc.) Elevation: 380 feet Legal Description: Lot 5 of Sunset Cliffs, according to map thereof filed in the office of the County Recorder of said San Diego County, March 1, 1926. It is Tax Assessor’s Parcel (APN) 530-451-05-00. *P3a. Description: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries) This house is an excellent two-story example of the Spanish / Mediterranean Eclectic style. It is located in the Sunset Cliffs neighborhood of San Diego. It is a large single-family residence with a compound irregular form, and was completed in 1929. The northeast (front) elevation faces Alhambra Street and utilizes an asymmetrical front façade. The home features a combined gable and hipped roof with stucco end chimney and regularly placed Spanish fired clay tiles. The original detached two car rear garage is accessed via a rear alleyway (see Continuation Sheet.) *P3b. Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) (HP2) Single family property *P4. Resources Present: Building Structure Object Site District Element of District P5b. Description of Photo: (View, date, accession #) View of northeast (front) elevation. Photo by Dan Soderberg, February 2018. *P6. Date Constructed/Age and Sources: Historic Prehistoric Sewer record is dated December 10,1928. Water record is also dated December 10,1928. SD Evening Tribune building permit December 11, 1928 SD Evening Tribune roofing permit January 14, 1929. Tax Assessor’s Residential Building Record, 1929. Index to Property (County Lot Book), 1929. SD Evening Tribune article with photo, July 14, 1929. *P7. Owner and Address: Peter and Megan Mazza 4437 Alhambra Street San Diego, CA 92107 *P8. Recorded by: (Name, affiliation, and address) Ronald V. May, RPA, and Kiley Wallace, Legacy 106, Inc., P.O. Box 15967, San Diego, CA 92175 *P9. Date Recorded: April 2018 *P10. Survey Type: (Describe) Intensive *P11. Report Citation: (Cite survey report and other sources, or enter "none.") Historical Nomination of the Dean and Mabel Calland Speculation House, San Diego, California for the City of San Diego, Historical Resources Board, by Ronald V. May, RPA and Kiley Wallace, Legacy 106, Inc., April 2018. Legacy 106, Inc. is indebted to Alexandra S. Wallace and Dan Soderberg for extensive research, and other assistance with the preparation of this report. *Attachments: NONE Location Map Sketch Map Continuation Sheet Building, Structure, and Object Record Archaeological Record District Record Linear Feature Record Milling Station Record Rock Art Record Artifact Record Photograph Record Other (List): DPR 523A *Required Information 4 State of California The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI# CONTINUATION SHEET Trinomial Page 4 of 30 *Resource Name or #: The Dean and Mabel Calland Speculation House *Recorded by: Ronald V. May, RPA and Kiley Wallace *Date: April 2018 Continuation Update *P3a. Description: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries) (Continued): (See Attachment D, Photographs) The subject property at 4437 Alhambra Street is a Spanish Eclectic style home with Mediterranean Renaissance influences. It has an asymmetrical façade and a compound floor plan. The home utilizes two stories to the west, sheltered by a hipped roof with a side gable covered single story to the east. This blending of one and two story massing, as well as hipped and gabled roof and shed roof types and varying roof heights along with the home's complex irregular form, break up the massing of this large single family home. The home features an interesting unique mix of Spanish architectural details and elaborations. The home utilizes a restrained front façade with expanses of stucco surfaced wall replicating the look of homes in the southern portion of Spain. Decorative stucco window grilles are seen at the rear of the home. The house has eaves with very little overhang with sloping edge seen below the roof eave. The home also features rectangular casement and fixed window openings. The resource presents a small set back central flat roof 1945 addition which is not visible from the front public view. The original arched inset entryway displays a decorative raised stone style raised quoin arched entryway surround. The home displays hand hammered wrought iron work including an iron front door grille, curving dual iron entry handrails and matching side gate with scrolling detailing. An unusual metal hand shaped door knocker is also seen on the front door. Rectangular inset attic vents are seen below the roof eaves with extending rectangular tiles seen on the gable ends. The subject home is identified as primarily Spanish Eclectic / Colonial with some Mediterranean influences. Fired Spanish clay tile is seen on all hipped, gable and shed roofs. The home features stucco wall surfacing throughout. The original scored curving concrete front entry walkway is original and leads out past the front site wall to the sidewalk. A partial height stepped stucco site wall with decorative wrought iron scrolling gate details is seen in the front on the left near the outside lot boundary. Site analysis and front elevation historic and aerial photos (Attachment D.1) reveals the site wall appears to very original and matches the historic photos. Finally, the original detached rear garage is also preserved and intact. The home displays multi- level hipped, gabled and flat roofs visible on most elevations. Windows and doors are white painted wood unless otherwise noted. This Spanish Eclectic, also known as the Spanish Colonial Revival style, became popular in 1915 with the creation of the California pavilion and other buildings for the Panama California exposition in San Diego. At the exposition, architect Bertram Goodhue built upon earlier Mission Revival styles and added a more varied and accurate representation of original 16th century Spanish buildings. This romantic, sophisticated style borrowed from a broader rich vocabulary of Moorish, Spanish Baroque, Renaissance and Mediterranean architectural traditions with detailing often based on actual prototypes in Spain. The San Diego exposition, along with Goodhue and other designers, publicized and promoted the style's popularity and it became a craze in California in around 1925. 5 State of California The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI# CONTINUATION SHEET Trinomial Page 5 of 30 *Resource Name or #: The Dean and Mabel Calland Speculation House *Recorded by: Ronald V. May, RPA and Kiley Wallace *Date: April 2018 Continuation Update *P3a. Description (continued): Northeast (Front) Elevation – From the top, the main front façade is topped by a simple arch topped stucco end chimney to the east of the central main house. To the right is a large protruding second story section of the home covered by a hipped roof on the west. The red clay tile roof has fired interlocking Spanish clay tiles in a repeating pattern. This and all tiled roof portions of the home contain these red clay tiles with very little overhang and flared molding below. A central double wooden casement window grouping, fronts the two story section on the right. with a three part window seen directly below. This original three part rectangular window utilizes a fixed central wooden window flanked on both sides by rectangular wooden casement windows. On the left the stepped back single story portion of the home is seen sheltered by a side facing red clay gable roof. On the left, a decorative arched entryway utilizes false stone quoins emphasizing the wood vertical plank style doorway. This recessed doorway on the entry opening, uses large scored plaster quoin detailing with stone style rustic plaster surface which is raised above the stucco wall surfacing. An arched opening is protected by a wrought iron grille. An interesting swinging iron hand shaped door knocker is seen just below the iron window grille. Decorative wrought iron railings leads down two steps to a curving scored concrete walkway. To the left, a three part window contains a central fixed window with a long wooden sill flanked by wood rectangular casement windows flanking on each side. The stucco surfacing appears original with a sandy stucco finish. Northwest (Side) Elevation – This portion of the house faces the neighboring property to the west. This two-story façade faces the ocean and along the upper level, utilizes four identical double wooden casement window sets with a central stucco surfaced window grille. On the first level, a three part window is seen near the front of the home. A two part rectangular casement window is seen near the center of the wall, and near the rear, is another wooden rectangular window grouping.