HISTORICAL NOMINATION of the Adelphi Security Company Speculation House 4125 Hermosa Way ~ Mission Hills 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 May 2017
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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 • http://www.legacy106.com
“At-a-Glance” Report Summary Property Information & Applicable Criteria
Resource Type: Building / single family residence Resource Name (per HRB naming policy): The Adelphi Security Company Speculation House
Resource Address: 4125 Hermosa Way San Diego, CA 92103 (Mission Hills Community) APN: 443-461-03-00 Requesting Mills Act? Y N Date of Construction: 1918 Architect/Builder: Adelphi Security Company Prior Resource Address (if relocated): Date of Relocation:
Applicant’s Name: Ronald V. May, RPA & Kiley Wallace Owner’s Name: Benjamin A. Drew & Adrienne J. Drew Address: Legacy 106, Inc. Address: 4125 Hermosa Way P.O. Box 15967 San Diego, CA 92175 San Diego, CA 92103 Phone #: (858) 459-0326 and (760) 704-7373 Phone #: (619) 309-6226 Email: [email protected] & Email: [email protected] [email protected]
The resource is being nominated for designation as a historical resource under: HRB Criterion A as a special element of the City’s, a community’s or a neighborhood’s historical development archaeological development cultural development social development economic development political development aesthetic development engineering development landscaping development architectural development for the following reason(s):
HRB Criterion B for its association with who/which is significant in local, state or national history for the following reason(s):
HRB Criterion C as a good/excellent example of Craftsman style architecture
HRB Criterion D as a notable work of , a Master Previously established as a Master Proposed as a Master
HRB Criterion E as a property which has been determined eligible by the National Park Service for listing on the National Register of Historic Places or is listed or has been determined eligible by the State Historical Preservation Office for listing on the State Register of Historical Resources.
HRB Criterion F as a contributing resource to the Historical District.
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“At-a-Glance” Report Summary Required Forms and Documentation
Check Yes or No, indicating whether or not the following required documentation has been provided:
Report Copies Y N Provide one copy of the Historical Resource Research Report, stapled at the corner
Department of Parks and Recreation Forms Y N Primary Record (523a) Y N BSO Record (523b) Y N Archaeological Record (523c) (if applicable) Y N District Record (523d) (if applicable) Y N Location Map (523j) (if applicable) Y N Sketch Map (523k) (if applicable) Y N Continuation Sheet (523l)
Attachment A Attachment B Y N Assessor’s Record Y N Chain of Title Y N Notice of Completion Y N Directory Search Y N Water / Sewer Records Y N Deed from Date of Construction Y N Building Permits Y N Previous Survey Forms
Attachment C Attachment D Y N City SD 800 Scale Eng Maps Y N Historical and Transitional Photos Y N USGS Maps Y N Current Photos of North Elevation Y N Original Subdivision Map Y N Current Photos of East Elevation Y N 1886/1887 Sanborn Y N Current Photos of South Elevation Y N 1906 Sanborn Y N Current Photos of West Elevation Y N 1921 Sanborn Y N 1940 Sanborn Y N 1950 Sanborn Y N 1956 Sanborn
Attachment E Attachment F Y N Criterion A Documentation Y N Bibliography Y N Criterion B Documentation Y N Criterion C Documentation Y N Criterion D Documentation Y N Criterion E Documentation Y N Criterion F Documentation
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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 29 *Resource Name or #: The Adelphi Security Company Speculation House
P1. Other Identifier: 4125 Hermosa Way, San Diego, CA 92103
*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: La Jolla Date: 2015 T ; R ; ¼ of ¼ of Sec ; M.D. B.M. c. Address: 4125 Hermosa Way City: San Diego Zip: 92103 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: The South forty eight (48) feet of Lots One (1) and Two (2) in Block Thirteen (13) of Mission Hills, in the City of San Diego, County of San Diego, State of California, according to map thereof No. 1115, filed in the office of the County Recorder of said San Diego County, January 20, 1908. It is Tax Assessor’s Parcel APN # 443-461-03-00.
*P3a. Description: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries) This house is an excellent example of a single story home in the Craftsman architectural style with original front cobblestone site wall. It is a single-family residence with a cross gabled roof and was built in 1918. The west (front) elevation faces Hermosa Way with an alley to the south side and utilizes a rectangular rear U-shaped form with a partial width front porch. The house was identified as part of the 2007 Uptown Historic Architectural and Cultural Landscape Reconnaissance Survey and was described as "Minimally Altered" and assigned a status code 5D3: "Appears eligible for local designation through survey evaluation. (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 west (front) elevation. Photo by Dan Soderberg, April 2017. *P6. Date Constructed/Age and Sources: Historic Prehistoric Both The subject resource was completed in 1918 Residential Building Record, estimated date of construction is 1917 (incorrect date). County Lot and Block first assessed for taxes in 1919. First occupant shown in 1919. The sewer permit is undated, Adelphi Security owner. No Notice of Completion or water permit was found. Deed from the Date of Construction recorded 1920. 1924,1931 historic photos show home's front façade. Historic aerial photo circa 1927. *P7. Owner and Address: Benjamin A. Drew & Adrienne J. Drew 4125 Hermosa Way San Diego, CA 92103 *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: May 2017 *P10. Survey Type: (Describe) Intensive *P11. Report Citation: (Cite survey report and other sources, or enter "none.") Historical Nomination of the Adelphi Security Company 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., May 2017. Legacy 106, Inc. is indebted to Alexandra 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):
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*Recorded by: Ronald V. May, RPA and Kiley Wallace *Date: May 2017 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 4125 Hermosa Way is a Craftsman style home with a low pitched front gabled roof and extending gabled partial width open front porch and attached side pergola. The home has a simple rectangular form and sits on a rectangular lot. The house features cedar shingle exterior surfacing on the upper portion and horizontal clapboard on the lower portion. The exterior surfacing is also elaborated with alternating courses of short and long overlapping shingles and horizontal in alternating double narrow rows followed by a single wider course. The roof system has multiple elaborations including exposed rafter tails, protruding purlin beams, wide unenclosed eaves and vertical attic roof vents at the gable ends. The house is painted light green with white painted trim and window surrounds and oxblood red painted windows. The house has a linear rectangular form and plan with a rear U- shaped plan. Wooden windows are mostly casements in a three-over-one configuration. An unattached rear garage faces the adjacent side alley at the rear of the lot.
This home is wood frame construction and is an excellent example of the Craftsman residential style and sits on a raised concrete foundation. The house features all the primary character defining features indicative of a Craftsman style home. The low pitched gabled roof features wide unenclosed eave overhanging and exposed roof rafters. Stucco surfaced square columns support the gabled partial width front porch and attached pergola and continue to ground level.
This Craftsman style, also sometimes referred to as the American Arts and Crafts style, became popular in the early 1900's from about 1905-1930, especially in California. While the style shared an appreciation of hand craftsmanship and organic detailing with its European counterpart. The style is usually differentiated from the English Arts and Crafts style (which highly influenced it) by its extensive use of wood, low pitched rooflines and sometimes Asian inspiration. The American version grew to become an independent western movement in American architecture and quickly spread nationwide by way of magazines and plan pattern books. This house is an excellent example of this the American Arts and Crafts period and style.
Many important architects and designers of the style, like Pasadena architects Greene and Greene, and designer and furniture maker Gustav Stickley, showed their appreciation of natural materials like wood, tile, brick and stone while utilizing human craftsmanship to create designs in direct opposition to the mass production and machine made designs of the recent Industrial Revolution. Craftsman style homes often used natural earth-tone colors. Wooden details were very important in the creation of Craftsman homes which usually included built in wooden furniture, doors and stairs in the same highly detailed natural wood aesthetic.
West (Front) Elevation – The main front façade faces Hermosa Way to the west and is dominated by the double front facing gables with partial width porch supported by stucco column with matching stucco capped piers. The rectangular brick chimney is visible on the south (right) side of the home. Decorative vertical slat attic vents sit at the gable ends just below the low pitched composition roof. Below the roofline, decorative details include open exposed eaves, decorative rafter tails and extending purlins. These projecting decorative wooden purlins extend out beyond the verge boards around the home on the gable ends. The porch is supported by two straight (non-sloping) square porch columns. Matching lower square pier flank the entryway with another single pier supporting an attached wooden pergola on the right side. The exterior surfacing consists of overlapping shingles in an alternating narrow and wide rows on top, and just below the window sills, the surfacing transitions to horizontal wood clapboard which alternates between narrow double rows and single wide clapboard courses. The clapboards flares out at
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the base to form a skirt which extends around the home above the raised concrete foundation.
From left to right sits a three sided bay window which extends out and is sheltered by a shed roof below the upper gable eave. The bay window contains a four part window grouping of rectangular wooden windows with a three-over-one true divided light pattern. These windows are single pane and are contained in wooden surrounds with square wooden casings and wooden sills matching the other seen around the home. To the right, this bay window shed roof connects to the front porch roof. The wide front raised concrete porch is supported by a front facing gable roof with large square capped columns and matching central piers which all continue to the ground. A central French entry door has glazing in a Craftsman style nine light configuration. This central wooden French door is flanked by matching sidelights in a six light configuration. The open front porch is surrounded by a half wall on the northern (left) side while the southern (right) side is left open to allow clear viewing from a right side double window grouping and open pergola covered front corner porch. Underneath the porch roof is a white painted wooden plank ceiling.
On the north (left) side of the porch, a four part rectangular fixed window panel screens the front of the porch and may have been added. This clear glazed panel does not fully enclose the porch and leaves all original square columns and solid balustrade intact and evident. To the right of the front entryway French door and sidelights, a small rectangular bay window extends out and contains a double set of three-over- one window groupings matching the windows seen on the left side bay window. The raised concrete front porch continues around the corner where the pergola beams extend out, creating added shade on the south west side of the home. A single stucco surfaced square capped pier and simple wooden post supports the trellis side porch structure with long double beams extending out forward supporting side beams which extend from the house just above side window openings. This original raised trellis wood structure matches the raised concrete porch and is confirmed original by the historic 1927 aerial photo (Attachment D.1). The porch may have been repaired or partially rebuilt in-kind as is common with open unroofed structures that are exposed to much more rain, snow, sun and moisture damage. At the rear behind the pergola, a side facing gable wing extends out creating the home's cross gabled structure.
The front porch is scored concrete with ten steps and a simple side railing. The historic aerial photo appear to confirm this original solid porch balustrade design. Underneath the porch roof is a flush painted wood plank ceiling.
North (Side) Elevation – The north elevation continues the low pitched composition roof and exposed roof rafters, with the side view of the gabled roof and side view of the extending slightly lower gabled front porch. The side of the front porch is visible with exposed eaves and decorative purlin beams which protrude to the front side just beyond the roof. The wide overhanging open eaves and exposed rafter tails are visible just below the roofline and continue down before the roof transitions near the center to a side facing gable. The original wood shingle and clapboard surfacing matches all other elevations with shingles above the course line at window sill level and horizontal narrow and wide clapboard surfacing are seen at the base, with skirting placed just below the window sill. Double window groupings of three- over-one wooden casement windows flank a small bump out portion indicating the position of the interior dining room buffet. These flanking windows match the other windows seen on the home with wide wooden surrounds and sill. Next, to the left behind these original window groupings and bump out, is a newer metal garden window.
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At the rear, a long bay window extension is sheltered by a shed roof covered bay window pop out which appears to have been expanded. This bay window extension was added extending the original shed roof covered bay window to the northern rear side elevation. This alteration is pushed back at the rear and is differentiated by its shed roof beneath the original cross gabled roofline.
East (Rear) Elevation – This elevation reveals two gable ends of the rear U-shaped plan with a central open patio area between the two wings. The wing end to the right (north) is original with purlins supporting the roof and verge boards and vertical attic vents slats matching those on the front elevation. A large eight-over-one Craftsman or Chicago style window is seen on the gable end and surfacing matches the rest of the home with overlapping shingles placed above the window sill and horizontal wood clapboards and skirting positioned below the window sills. The wing on the left shows the rear bedroom and bathroom addition which mimics the right wing and the rest of the home.
The central rear deck / patio section has a raised wooden floor area. This patio section has a simple iron metal railing and stairs connecting down to the rear yard. Three rear facing rectangular wooden casement windows face the rear deck and yard. These single light rectangular window have a common wide wooden plank surround and sill matching the others seen on the home. This rear deck is surrounded on three sides with an open wooden trellis which creates the ceiling of this outdoor deck with four steps down to the ground level. On this rear deck area, two small original one-over-one windows face north along with single doorway opening. This wood door and window have wide wooden surrounds. Facing south on this rear deck is a double set of rectangular wooden French doors. These door surrounds utilize wide wooden plank surrounds, however, these wooden ten light French doors do not appear original and may have been added in a window opening, as rear yard French doors are overall rare on Craftsman style homes (this rear porch area is outside of the public view).
South (Side) Elevation – This portion of the house faces the adjacent alleyway with the property line varying from about five feet to about ten feet from the fence and property line to the south. This façade is topped with a cross gable composition roof with open eaves, extending purlins and exposed rafter tails. A vertical wood slat attic vent is seen at the gable end matching the others seen on the home. The exterior surfacing is horizontal wood clapboarding at the base and overlapping wooden shingles matching the rest of the home. This façade description is from the front of the house to the rear (left to right).
On the front and side facing raised concrete porch, beneath the wooden pergola, two large rectangular three over one wooden casement are seen near the front corner. Pushed out slightly the extending gable reveals a small square wooden window with double hung sash. Next, to the right, a large band of four rectangular single light wooden casement windows is seen below the gable and extending wooden purlin beams. To the rear, the rear facing gable wing extends out creating the rear C-shaped plan design. To the right of the four part window grouping sits a double rectangular window grouping that looks similar but this configuration has two sets of double casement windows. Next, on the right, seams and a subtle material change are visible where the 1998 rear wing extension was added. This rear addition is far enough down the side of the house that it is not seen from the front. The rear extension is not in the public view and is not visible at all unless walking alongside the house in the alleyway directly on the side. This rear addition is not visible from the public view.
Detached Rear Garage - The original separate "carriage house" style single car garage has been enlarged and rebuilt with a newer double car garage as seen in Sanborn maps and site examination. Permit #A007762-93 (Attachment A.4) confirms this 1993 rebuild which is described as "enlarge/add garage." Because of this rebuilding of the unattached rear corner garage, the garage lacks integrity to the original period of significance (1918) and is therefore is not recommend for inclusion in designation.
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*P3a. Description (continued):
Interior Architectural Features – Not included in proposed designation. The home's interior exhibits custom built-in leaded glass fronted original buffet which bumps out to create upper cupboard with matching glass fronted cupboards. This interior feature is an important and original feature characteristic of Craftsman style architecture and design. The home's interior exhibits built-in original matching wood wainscoting which has been painted at some point. Original lighting fixtures, window hardware and doorknobs are also seen around the home. These interior features are an important feature of Craftsman style architecture and design. However, they are not included in the proposed designation.
Cobblestone site wall / yard setting – The front yard is raised a few feet behind a cobblestone retaining wall with flat concrete cap, which rises about three feet above the front sidewalk. Central to the front yard are the scored concrete wide steps and curving site wall. The original hand laid cobblestone site wall matches the others in the neighborhood and the walls match the 1924 and 1931 historical photos. The stairs connect to the higher raised front porch with scored concrete floor. The landscaping in front utilizes small bushes. The landscaping in front and back complements the Craftsman residential style of the house and although the terraced front lawn area was replaced with bushes and mulch groundcover the open deign is consistent with the original landscape design seen in the 1924, 1927 and 1931 historic photos. The cobblestone wall matches the historical photos and is recommended for inclusion in the historical designation since this is an important early feature of the Mission Hills community. The neighboring houses exhibit similar building and landscape setbacks.
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State of California – The Resources Agency Primary # ______DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # ______
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*Recorded by: Ronald V. May, RPA and Kiley Wallace *Date: May 2017 Continuation Update
B1. Historic Name: 4125 Hermosa Way B2. Common Name: 4125 Hermosa Way B3. Original Use: Single Family Property B4. Present Use: Single Family Property *B5. Architectural Style: Craftsman style *B6. Construction History: (Construction date, alterations, and date of alterations) The subject resource was completed in 1918. This is based on the County Lot and Block, which is dated 1919, and which are normally first assessed for taxes the year after construction. The first occupants in the city directory, which also normally first appear, the year after construction, are listed in 1919. Also, the builder, Adelphi Security Company, did not take ownership of the property until May 1918. No Notice of Completion or water permit was found and the sewer permit is undated with Adelphi Security listed as owner, also confirming the 1918 date of construction. The Residential Building Record, estimated date of construction is estimated to be 1917, however, this date is incorrect since the property builders did not own the property until 1918 and are listed as owners on the initial undated sewer permit . Historic 1924 and 1931 photos (Attachment D) show the home's front façade. A historic aerial photo shows the home again circa 1927. The City of San Diego has the following building permits on record: the home was reroofed "over existing roof" in March 1963 under permit #A62538. An interior kitchen remodel with "no structural rework" was completed in 1971 under permit #627264. The detached garage was enlarged or rebuilt in 1993 under permit # A007762-93. A rear bathroom addition was added in 1996 with permit # C-305323-96 and an open patio trellis was added in 1994 under plan file # A100597-94. As seen in the 1927 aerial photo, the current wooden trellis design matches the historic photos of the original wooden trellis and can therefore be described as an "in kind" replacement matching the original design and utilizing wood matching the original. Permit 107805-96 is for a bedroom extension and bathroom at the rear. The rear addition is shown on the RBR and dated 10/23/96 and is sketched on the footprint, but the rear addition is mistakenly labeled " 98 Add." Finally, permit project #48600 was for "install prep sink" which was completed in 2004. Although not seen in building records, site analysis of the home reveals the only change within the public view to be the rear side bay window extension near the northeast corner of the house. This bay window extension was added extending the original shed roof covered bay window to the northern rear side elevation. This alteration is pushed back at the rear and is differentiated by its shed roof beneath the original cross gabled roofline.
*B7. Moved? No Yes Unknown Date: Original Location: *B8. Related Features: B9a. Architect: Unknown b. Builder:: Adelphi Security Company *B10. Significance: Theme: Residential Architecture Area: Mission Hills (San Diego)
Period of Significance: 1918 Property Type: Single-Family Property Applicable Criteria: C (Discuss importance in terms of historical or architectural context as defined by theme, period, and geographic scope. Also address integrity.) The home is significant under Criterion "C” as an excellent original example of Craftsman style "bungalow" architecture. The Period of Significance, 1918, encompasses the date of construction of the home. This house is in very original condition and is well maintained. The home has excellent integrity within the public view. (See Continuation Sheet.) N B11. Additional Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) none
*B12. References: (See Continuation Sheet)
B13. Remarks: none *B14. Evaluator: Ronald V. May, RPA and Kiley Wallace *Date of Evaluation: May 2017
(This space reserved for official comments.)
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*B10. Significance - Criterion A:
Criterion A: Exemplifies or reflects special elements of the City’s, a community’s or a neighborhood’s historical, archaeological, cultural, social, economic, political, aesthetic, engineering, landscaping or architectural development.
Prehistoric People. For at least 12,000 years, the upland ridges overlooking Mission Valley to the north were arid and covered with dense scrubby Chaparral, much as the canyon sides are today. Prehistoric people passed over the ridges and mesa en route between the coast and inland river drainages to hunt, gather, and process food materials and go about their daily lives. Game trails became footpaths and travelers camped, hunted, harvested plant materials, and left occasional tools. While there is no doubt that families of the original Americans lived and traveled through the area, archaeological evidence for long-term encampments has not been found in these uplands. Generally these prehistoric peoples concentrated their communities which would provide such lasting archaeological evidence, along freshwater sources at the valley edge below. The nearest known ethnographic base camps or villages were located on the south bank of the San Diego River and terraces overlooking San Diego Bay to the north and south.
Spain and Mexico. Although Spanish sailors explored the Lower Colorado River as early as 1640 in search of exploitable resources, the first Europeans to land in what has become known as San Diego came for a brief visit in 1642. There is no record of any Spanish or other explorers in San Diego until the first European American colonial party arrived in 1769. They selected the first Spanish colony in San Diego and California on a terrace overlooking Mission Valley and the Pacific Coast to the north, east, and west. The site also overlooked Mission Bay to the northwest, the wetlands to the west, Point Lorna to the southwest, and most of San Diego Bay to the west. Militarily, this was a good, defensible location. However, they had to walk or ride downhill for water at the San Diego River. Disease, periodic hostile Native American encounters, and administrative issues prevented more than a cursory exploration of the terraces, ridges, and hills east of the Presidio. From 1769 to Mexican Independence in 1821, the Royal Presidio de San Diego de Co soy served as the center of European American colonization in the region. By 1822, when the new Mexican governor arrived to declare the San Diego Presidio the capital of California, a chain of Roman Catholic missions spaced one-days ride apart effectively secured California from foreign and native claim. Mexico opened California to French, British, and American licensed business opportunities, the native populations were essentially displaced, and eventually the European town site shifted downhill to what is now called Old Town. By 1835 only a few soldiers remained living in the decaying adobes of the Presidio. Today, the remnants of that history survive as Presidio Park, which forms the west gate to Mission Hills.
Invasion. Expansionist policies of the United States Congress spurred on by claims of abuse of American citizens in Mexico caused the Mexican War of 1846. A United States Topographic survey team ventured into Mexican territory about the same time United States Navy war ships attacked Monterey and San Francisco. The Topographic team reformed into a militia army that drew membership from expatriates willing to help the American cause. A United States Army column marched and rode from Kansas to cross the Lower Colorado River, enter the Laguna Mountains, and attack a Mexican militia unit in San Pasqual Valley. The lead officers and soldiers in that column were swiftly killed or injured, their cannon captured, and their officers forced to withdraw to a poorly defensible position at Mule Hill. The rear column arrived to find chaos. Thinking they would be overrun, the soldiers burned much of their equipment and supplies. After a stalemate, the Mexican militia withdrew and marched north to Los Angeles. The American Army dug in with a sense of defeat.
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Meanwhile, United States Navy war ships and a commandeered whaling ship were pinned down in San Diego Bay by Mexican militia firing from the shore of Point Lorna and river wetlands. The Mexican militia killed sixteen sailors, who were later buried on North Island. Eventually, United States Marines rowed a boat around Point Lorna and up the San Diego River to buy food supplies from a local ranch. They then returned to supply the ships. By that time, the Mexican militia withdrew the civilian population from Old Town and marched north to Los Angeles. Sailors and Marines from the U.S.S. Cyane attacked the beaches, seized a cannon from the ruins of Fort Guijarros on Ballast Point I Point Lorna and dragged it to an adobe ruin west of town. With the cannon mounted on an adobe wall, the Marines walked into Old Town and found it deserted. They captured San Diego and the attention then focused on Los Angeles. After a pitched battle at San Gabriel River, the Mexican Army surrendered California and the Mexican War then pressed to Mexico City. Following the end of the Mexican War, diplomats signed the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo of 1852 that granted rights to former Mexican citizens, recognized land grants, and seceded the Mexican Territory north of what is now the International Boundary to the United States.
United States, California, and San Diego. From 1846 to 1850, the United States garrisoned soldiers at the Roman Catholic Mission San Diego in Mission Valley and they assumed the legal authority for the region. All police, legal, and other administrative activities were carried out from this post. During this period, civilians drafted the California Constitution, the United States Congress approved it, and California became a state of the union. The first meetings of the state government were undisciplined and raucous, but they accepted the San Diego Common Council as trustees over the Pueblo Lands of San Diego. Based on a crude map drawn by former Mexican citizens, California recognized an enormous tract of land as formerly held by the officials of Old Town. The Common Council first hired Lieutenant Cave Couts to survey the Pueblo Lands in 1850. The Charles Poole Map of 1856 corrected errors and inaccuracies. The formal survey by James Pascoe in 1870 is the basis for land transactions today. The Common Council paid themselves handsomely and exhausted the city coffers. To keep the government in operation, they auctioned Pueblo Lots to real estate speculators. Many of those buyers hired civil engineers and re- subdivided the land. Early examples relevant to Mission Hills include North Florence Heights and Middletown. The realtors then created a lucrative income by auctioning blocks of lots or individual lots to speculators, builders, and investors. From 1850 to 1870, most transactions were simply lot sales. Once streets were graded and water systems installed, residential neighborhoods began to develop in the 1880s. The City of San Diego in this era consisted primarily of Victorian houses concentrated in Old Town, Horton's Addition (now the downtown business district), Middletown (along India and Kettner Streets), Roseville (Point Lorna along Rosecrans Street), and small remote communities in Ocean Beach, Pacific Beach and La Jolla. Further south, National City grew up around the rail terminus. The economic crash of 1889 impoverished many investors and halted land development until the 1890s.
The hills above Old Town slowly transformed into dry farms, orchards, and livestock grazing ranches by the end of the 19th century. Washington Street and University emerged as small commercial centers between 1900 and 1912 and U.S. Census Records for 1900 indicate that part of the Mission Valley Mesa was called "Spreckels Heights." In Mission Valley farmers purchased land and herds of cows dotted San Diego's flood plain alongside scattered farms. Out on Point Lorna, Madame Tingley and the Universal Brotherhood of Theosophists formed a utopian agricultural and spiritual community. South and near the International Border, other utopian communities like Little Landers and Oneonta formed around irrigation systems and agriculture that could ship products out to other cities by rail.
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A philosophical power struggle between libertarian real estate speculators and pro-planning Progressive Party shaped city politics. As in other cities across America, sudden and massive immigration of Europeans overwhelmed street, water, and other infrastructure. Some members of San Diego's powerful and wealthy merchants bought up former horse-drawn trolley systems, rail lines, and entire blocks of vacant lots with dreams of creating a planned city. Although one city council hired Cambridge community planner John Nolen to create a development plan for San Diego in 1906, another council refused to adopt the plan. Undaunted, Progressive Party members assumed their own destiny and bought up land for street construction, park development, and housing communities following Nolen's Plan. Civic leaders George Marston and the Kelly Investment Company recorded Mission Hills Map 1115 in 1908 and Harvey and Stella Allen recorded Allen Terrace Map 1620 in 1913. Other areas of Mission Hills such as North Florence Heights and Arnold and Choates' Addition had already divided up other parts of the mesa.
Nurserywoman Kate O. Sessions, a friend to many of the people already mentioned, owned much of the area to the east of Hermosa Way in the North Florence Heights subdivision, including property where the first Francis Parker School existed as well as the grounds where the William Templeton Johnson-built buildings would ultimately exist. A Progressive as well, Sessions was also active with the school and the people who shared in the social values that lead to its creation.
Although the Adelphi Security Company Speculation House at 4125 Hermosa Way contributes to our understanding of the early Craftsman development of Mission Hills, no special elements about this house were found in the course of research for this study to determine it rises to the level to qualify for designation under Criterion A.
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Criterion B: Is identified with persons or events significant in local, state, or national history. A summary of the individuals associated with this property is provided along with a conclusion regarding their significance under Criterion B.
Based on the research found and evidence presented in this report, Legacy 106, Inc. concludes that the Adelphi Security Company Speculation House at 4125 Hermosa Way does not have significant associations with significant individuals to qualify for nomination under Criterion B.
Carl S. Kennedy and Vera W. Kennedy Residents, 1919 and 1920
Carl S. Kennedy and Vera W. Kennedy are listed in the San Diego city directories as residents of 4125 Hermosa Way in 1919 only. That year’s directory lists Carl’s occupation as buyer for the Klauber- Wangenheim Company, a wholesale grocery. The couple also appears in the 1920 U.S. Census as residing in the home with their sons, Horace (age 12) and Stuart (age 11).
A native of Missouri, Carl Spafford Kennedy was born in September 1881. By 1900, he and his older brother Ralph lived with their mother Lillian in San Diego at 1244 7th Ave. Carl married Vera Walker in San Diego in July 1906. She was a Denver native born around 1886. After the marriage, the couple resided in Colorado where their two sons, Horace and Stuart, were born. By 1910 the Kennedys lived in National City.
According to Carl’s World War I draft registration cards from September 1918, he and Vera resided at 1319 Fort Stockton Drive in the Mission Hills neighborhood. The following year, they and their sons moved to 4125 Hermosa Way. The Kennedy’s presumably rented the home from the builder, the Adelphi Security Company, which retained ownership until 1920.
In 1921, the Kennedy family lived at 1327 8th Ave. Downtown. Carl and Vera divorced around this time and in July 1921, Vera wed Carl H. Jackman, a firefighter. In June 1923, Carl S. Kennedy married Ethel Vernice Widener, a prominent San Diego organist and pianist. Carl and Ethel moved frequently throughout San Diego after their marriage
Vera passed away in San Diego in May 1933 and her former husband, Carl S. Kennedy, died five months later. At the time of his death, he and Ethel lived at 2228 Fort Stockton Drive in Mission Hills.
Insufficient information was found about Carl S. Kennedy and Vera W. Kennedy to determine they were historically significant for their association with 4125 Hermosa Way under Criterion B.
Brown Holmes Resident, 1920
The 1920 San Diego city directory lists an individual named Brown Holmes as a resident of 4125 Hermosa Way. His occupation is given as “newspaperman.” The following year he lived in Los Angeles and worked as a “title writer.”
A native of Ohio, Brown Holmes, Sr. was born in 1888. Little about his early life could be found. The 1920 U.S. Census, enumerated in January 1920, lists Brown Holmes and wife Gladys as residents of Monrovia,
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*B10. Significance - Criterion B (continued): near Los Angeles. They lived with their three young sons, Brown, Jr. (who typically appears in early records by his middle name, Kenneth), Richard, and Robert, and Brown, Sr. worked as a newspaper editor. Brown Holmes, Sr. likely moved to 4125 Hermosa Way shortly thereafter, as he appears in the 1920 San Diego city directory. For unknown reasons, his wife is not listed as residing with him at the subject property. It is possible that she did live at the subject property and her name was left off in error, or perhaps she and the children remained in the Los Angeles area while her husband Brown Holmes, Sr. lived at 4125 Hermosa Way in 1920 only. By 1921, Brown Holmes, Sr. again lived in Los Angeles and by 1930 he and Gladys had divorced. Further information about him could not be found.
Brown Holmes, Sr., who resided at 4125 Hermosa Way in 1920, was the father of Brown Kenneth Holmes, Jr. Brown Holmes Jr. had a lengthy career in Hollywood beginning in the 1930's. Born in 1907, Brown Jr. was writing movie screenplays by the time he was in his early twenties. According to the Internet Movie Database at IMDB.com, Brown Holmes, Jr. wrote the screenplays for or collaborated on other aspects of several films, including but not limited to:
1931 The Maltese Falcon (screenplay & dialogue) 1932 I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (screenplay) 1932 20,000 Years in Sing Sing (screenplay) 1935 The Florentine Dagger (additional dialogue) 1935 The Case of the Curious Bride (additional dialogue) 1936 Satan Met a Lady (screenplay) 1937 The Lady Fights Back (screenplay) 1937 Ever Since Eve (dialogue - uncredited) 1939 Second Fiddle (contributing writer - uncredited) 1939 Hollywood Cavalcade (story) 1940 Castle on the Hudson (screenplay) 1940 Sporting Blood (contributor to screenplay construction - uncredited) 1941 Moon Over Miami (screenplay)
Since children under 18 were not listed in city directories during this time period, it is possible that son Brown Kenneth Holmes, Jr. may have lived at 4125 Hermosa Way in 1920, when he was approximately 13 years old. It is also possible that father Brown Holmes, Sr. and mother Gladys Holmes were separated and that he lived elsewhere with mother Gladys as the couple were divorced by 1930. Brown Sr. and Gladys' son, Brown Kenneth Holmes, Jr., would likely qualify as a historically significant individual for his overall contribution to early motion picture development. However, since his residency could not be confirmed, and even if confirmed, his association with the house was brief (for one year in 1920) and well before his significant productive period as a writer and screenwriter for films. Most likely a home in Los Angeles has a more significant and verifiable association with Brown Jr. during his productive period as a screenwriter of films in the 1930's-1940's. In conclusion, insufficient information was found that Brown Holmes, Jr. had a significant association with the subject resource at 4125 Hermosa Way to determine the home qualifies as historically significant under Criterion B.
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Edwin H. Connable and Elsie P. Connable (she remarried after Edwin's death and became Elsie P. Dwight) Owners and Residents, 1920 to 1966
Lewis O. Dwight (second husband of Elsie) Resident, 1956 to 1960
In 1920, Edwin H. Connable and Elsie P. Connable purchased 4125 Hermosa Way. Edwin Hurst Connable was born in Iowa on November 23, 1855. His father, Albert Lee Connable, was a grocer in Harrison, Iowa during Edwin's childhood, and mother Sarah Hurst (Finney) Connable tended to the house and children. Edwin remained in Iowa and Missouri well into adulthood and worked as a farmer.
Edwin married Elsie Prewett in Eureka, Kansas on his 50th birthday in 1905. She was born on February 24, 1879 and was over twenty years his junior. Elsie spent the early part of her life in Liberty, Missouri where her parents, Samuel and Hannah Prewett, were farmers.
The Connables first child, Edwin Jr., was born in 1907 but survived only four months. Their daughter Pauline was born on November 7, 1908. According to the 1910 U.S. Census, the Connables were engaged in cattle ranching in Clay, Missouri. In 1920 they purchased 4125 Hermosa Way from Carl and Vera Kennedy. The 1921 and 1922 San Diego city directories list Edwin's occupation as "rancher", however, an occupation is not listed for him or Elsie after that. During the 1920's, while the Connables lived in the home, they often rented rooms to single or widowed women. From 1925 to 1932, Hannah Jane Prewett, Elsie's widowed mother, lived in the home with them. Their daughter Pauline also lived there until her marriage in 1936.
On June 26, 1943, Edwin passed away in San Diego. Elsie continued to own and live in the home, and around 1955, Elsie married widower Lewis O. Dwight. He then moved into the subject property with her. Their marriage was short-lived, as he passed away in February 1960. Elsie sold the subject property in 1966 and moved to 2502 Grandview St. in the Bay Park neighborhood. She passed away there in February 1968.
Insufficient information was found about Edwin H. Connable and Elsie P. Connable (who later remarried after Edwin's death and became Elsie P. Dwight), or her second husband Lewis O. Dwight, to determine they were historically significant for their association with 4125 Hermosa Way under Criterion B.
Pauline Connable / Pauline Kuykendall / Pauline Barnes Co-Owner, 1931 to 1966 Resident, 1926 to 1936
Pauline Prewett Connable, the daughter of Edwin and Elsie Connable, was a resident of 4125 Hermosa Way from 1920 to 1936. Beginning in the late 1920's, she worked as a stenographer and clerk for the U.S. Immigration Service. From 1931 until 1966, Pauline co-owned 4125 Hermosa Way with her parents.
Pauline was born in Missouri on November 7, 1908 and moved into 4125 Hermosa Way with her parents in 1920. She graduated from San Diego State College and was a member of the Delta Theta Chi sorority. In the early 1930's, Pauline worked as a stenographer and clerk for the U.S. Immigration Service. It was
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there that she met her first husband, Dan S. Kuykendall, head of the local immigration office. They married in 1936 and settled at 1740 Granada Ave. in North Park. Pauline and Dan eventually divorced, and in September 1949 she married Bentley Barnes. Pauline passed away on December 6, 1997.
Insufficient information was found about Pauline Connable / Pauline Kuykendall / Pauline Barnes to determine she was historically significant for her association with 4125 Hermosa Way under Criterion B.
George Cromwell and Elizabeth Cromwell Residents, 1923
In 1923 only, George and Elizabeth Cromwell resided at 4125 Hermosa Way. They lived there along with the homeowners, Edwin and Elsie Connable, as well as a widowed tenant named Josephine Koehler. During the time the Cromwells resided there, George was employed as an assistant engineer for the Water Commission.
George Cromwell was born in Savannah, Georgia on May 29, 1881, but relocated to Fallbrook, California with his parents around 1885. In 1900, he lived with his parents, Robert and Mary, in Fallbrook. George's father was the postmaster there. George graduated from Fallbrook High School and then from Stanford University in 1904. He moved to downtown San Diego around 1908, initially settling at 920 Ash Street. According to the 1910 U.S. Census, George lived on Hawthorne Street in San Diego and worked as a civil engineer for the Highway Commission. On September 5, 1915, George married Elizabeth Powell, an Ohio native born around 1893. They appear in the 1916 city directory as residing at 1026 Bush St. in Mission Hills. In September 1917, George relocated to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas to begin training as a government engineer in the Officers' Reserve Corps. He was commissioned as a captain but resigned in December 1917 and returned to San Diego (San Diego Union, December 27, 1917).
George and Elizabeth resided at 1864 Sunset Blvd. in the Mission Hills neighborhood in 1918, and he worked as an engineer for the City of San Diego. In 1920, the Cromwells and their two small children, Virginia and Robert, lived at 4004 Albatross Street with George's widowed mother. They remained there until moving into 4125 Hermosa Way in 1923 only. During that time, George was the chief engineer for the San Diego County Water Co., which constructed Lake Henshaw and Lake Hodges (San Diego Union, October 20, 1965).
By the late 1920's, the Cromwells were living in Pasadena and George continued to work as an engineer for city government. The 1940 U.S. Census indicates that the Cromwells lived in San Gabriel, California. George retired in 1948 and the couple eventually moved to Vista. In 1954 he was named consulting engineer for the Bueno Colorado Water District in Vista, working on a part-time basis until 1963. George passed away in San Diego on October 18, 1965 and is interred at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery in Point Loma.
Insufficient information was found about George Cromwell and Elizabeth Cromwell to determine they were historically significant for their association with 4125 Hermosa Way under Criterion B.
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Josephine Koehler Resident, 1923
In 1923 only, Josephine Koehler resided at 4125 Hermosa Way. She lived there along with the homeowners, Edwin and Elsie Connable, and two other tenants, George and Elizabeth Cromwell. According to the 1923 San Diego city directory, Josephine was the widow of Frederick Koehler. The directory does not list an occupation for her. After an extensive search, further information about Josephine Koehler could not be located.
Insufficient information was found about Josephine Koehler to determine she was historically significant for her association with 4125 Hermosa Way under Criterion B.
Mabel C. Dunham Resident, 1924 to 1930
From 1924 to 1930, Mabel C. Dunham lived at 4125 Hermosa Way along with the homeowners, Edwin and Elsie Connable, and other single female tenants that the Connables rented to. According to census data and the San Diego city directories, Mabel never married and was not employed.
A California native, Mabel was born in November 1872. She was the daughter of Columbus Dunham, a co-founder of San Diego’s first bank, the Bank of San Diego. He passed away in 1876. Mabel’s mother, Augusta Barstow Dunham, was originally from Peoria, Illinois. Augusta died of tuberculosis in 1882, and her mother (Mabel’s grandmother) died later that same night. Mabel, an orphan by the age of ten, then went to live with relatives in Peoria. She moved back to San Diego around 1916 and settled at 4319 Avalon Drive in the northernmost section of the Mission Hills neighborhood. Mabel remained in that home until she moved to 4125 Hermosa Way in 1924.
Mabel resided at the subject property as a renter through 1930. She then moved to 3361 4th Ave., where she remained until the late 1940’s. Mabel passed away in 1961.
Insufficient information was found about Mabel C. Dunham to determine she was historically significant for her association with 4125 Hermosa Way under Criterion B.
Marian H. Kilbourne Resident, 1925 and 1926
In 1925 and 1926, Marian H. Kilbourne, an elderly widow, resided at 4125 Hermosa Way. She lived there with the homeowners, Edwin and Elsie Connable, their adult daughter Pauline, and two other widows who rented rooms from the Connables. Although the 1925 and 1926 San Diego city directories do not list an occupation for Marian, she had previously worked as an art instructor.
Around 1848, Marian was born in Pennsylvania. Little about her early life could be found. She married a man named J.E. Kilbourne, but was widowed by 1910. From 1900 to 1909, Marian served as dean of women and an art instructor at Iowa State University. The school named Kilbourne House, a residence hall, in her honor.
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According to the 1910 U.S. Census, Marian was a renter in a Los Angeles home, where she lived with a married couple who owned the home. She moved to San Diego around 1915 and settled at 1849 Lyndon Road in Mission Hills. Marian lived there until moving to 1812 Altura Place in 1923. In 1925 and 1926 she lived at 4125 Hermosa Way. Marian then moved to 2555 5th Ave. downtown.
In the 1920’s, Marian served as chair of the County Federation of Women’s Clubs and was active with various local music, drama, and art organizations. She died in San Diego in 1930.
Insufficient information was found about Marian H. Kilbourne to determine she was historically significant for her association with 4125 Hermosa Way under Criterion B.
Hannah Jane Prewett Resident, 1925 to 1932
From 1925 to 1932, Hannah Jane Prewett, a widow, resided at 4125 Hermosa Way. She lived there with the homeowners, Edwin and Elsie Connable, their adult daughter Pauline, and two other unmarried or widowed women who rented rooms from the Connables. Hannah was the mother of homeowner Elsie Connable.
Hannah was born in Missouri around 1850. Little information about her early life could be found. At the age of sixteen she married Samuel Wiley Prewett, and in 1870 the couple farmed in Sheridan, Missouri. By 1880 the Prewetts lived in Liberty, Missouri with their four young children, including baby Elsie.
According to the 1910 U.S. Census, Hannah and Samuel resided in Shawnee, Kansas with three of their six adult children. The family was engaged in farming there. Samuel died in Kansas in the early 1920's, and a widowed Hannah relocated to San Diego. She moved into 4125 Hermosa Way with her daughter Elsie and son-in-law Edwin Connable. Hannah passed away in San Diego on October 13, 1932.
Insufficient information was found about Hannah J. Prewett to determine she was historically significant for her association with 4125 Hermosa Way under Criterion B.
Marguerite Thomason Resident, 1927
Marguerite Thomason resided at 4125 Hermosa Way in 1927 only. During that time she was employed as a private secretary with the civil engineering firm of Watson, Valle & Gough Inc. Marguerite lived at the subject property with the homeowners, Edwin and Elsie Connable, their adult daughter Pauline, and two other unmarried women who rented rooms from the Connables. After an extensive search, further information about Marguerite Thomason could not be located.
Insufficient information was found about Marguerite Thomason to determine she was historically significant for her association with 4125 Hermosa Way under Criterion B.
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Mary Babicky Resident, 1928
In 1928 only, Mary Babicky, a nurse, resided at 4125 Hermosa Way with the homeowners, Edwin and Elsie Connable, and two other unmarried women who rented rooms from the Connables.
Little information about Mary could be found. She was born in Austria in October 1885 and as an infant immigrated to the United States with her parents. The family settled in Chicago where her father John worked as a day laborer. According to the 1910 U.S. Census, Mary still lived in Chicago and worked as a nurse.
In 1922, Mary lived in Fresno, California and she moved to San Diego the following year, settling at 1227 Monroe Ave. in University Heights. Mary resided at the subject property in 1928 only. She then moved to 2821 Adams Ave. In the Normal Heights neighborhood. Mary died in San Diego in May 1969. She never married.
Insufficient information was found about Mary Babicky to determine she was historically significant for her association with 4125 Hermosa Way under Criterion B.
Albert Probst Resident, 1929
In 1929 only, Albert Probst was a resident of 4125 Hermosa Way. He resided there with the homeowners, Edwin and Elsie Connable, their adult daughter Pauline, and two elderly women who also rented rooms from the Connables. After an extensive search, further information about Albert Probst could not be located.
Insufficient information was found about Albert Probst to determine he was historically significant for his association with 4125 Hermosa Way under Criterion B.
Paul Primas and Rosamond Primas Owners and Residents, 1966 to 1976
From 1966 to 1976, Paul and Rosamond Primas owned and resided at 4125 Hermosa Way. Paul had previously served with the Marine Corps. However, it is not known what, if any, occupation Paul and Rosamond had during their time at the subject property, as the city directories do not list occupations for them.
Paul was born in Illinois on April 11, 1934. According to the 1940 U.S. Census, he lived in Villa Park, Illinois with his parents, Frank and Alethea, and younger brother David. Paul enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1951 and was stationed at several bases around the country, including in San Diego, San Francisco, and Parris Island, South Carolina. In 1953 he served in Korea.
It is not known exactly when Paul married Rosamond, but in 1966 they purchased 4125 Hermosa Way. They owned and resided at the subject property until 1976, when they divorced. The following year he
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married a woman named Phyllis. However, in 1985, Paul and Rosamond remarried and moved to Tennessee and then to Springfield, Missouri. Paul passed away on September 30, 2016. He is interred at the Missouri Veterans Cemetery in Springfield. Further information about him and Rosamond could not be located.
Insufficient information was found about Paul Primas and Rosamond Primas to determine they were historically significant for their association with 4125 Hermosa Way under Criterion B.
Based on the research found and evidence presented in this report, Legacy 106, Inc. concludes that the Adelphi Security Company Speculation House at 4125 Hermosa Way does not rise to the level of having associations with significant individuals to qualify for nomination under Criterion B.
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Criterion “C” Embodies distinctive characteristics of a style, type, period, or method of construction or is a valuable example of the use of indigenous materials or craftsmanship.
The Adelphi Security Company Speculation House is a notable example of a Craftsman style home built in 1918 in the Mission Hills neighborhood of San Diego. The home exemplifies the Craftsman architectural heritage of San Diego and Mission Hills.
This is an excellent example of a home in the Craftsman style. The house features the character defining features indicative of a Craftsman style home. The home has a low pitched roof with a wide open partial width front porch and is an excellent original example of the Craftsman style. The house features all the primary character defining features indicative of a Craftsman style home. The low pitched front gabled roof system features multiple elaborations including exposed rafter tails, wide unenclosed eave overhanging and extending roof purlins. Stucco surfaced square columns support the gabled partial width front porch and continue to ground level. The home is wood frame construction and features horizontal wood clapboard exterior surfacing below a horizontal belt molding at the sill level and overlapping shingles above. The horizontal wood clapboards are laid in alternating double narrow rows followed by a single wider course. Below the wide unenclosed eaves are vertical slat attic roof vents at the gable ends on the front and rear. The house is painted light green with eggshell white painted trim and window surrounds and red painted windows. The house has a linear rectangular form and a rear facing C-shaped plan and is elevated on a raised concrete foundation.
This Craftsman style, also sometimes referred to as the American Arts and Crafts style, became popular in the early 1900s from about 1905-1930, especially in California. While the style shared an appreciation of hand craftsmanship and organic forms with its European counterpart, but is usually differentiated from the English Arts and Crafts Style (which highly influenced it) by its extensive use of wood, low pitched roofline and sometimes Asian inspiration. The American version grew to become an independent western movement in American architecture, and quickly spread nationwide by way of magazines and plan pattern books. The 19th century British Arts & Crafts Movement is reflected in the earliest Craftsman style houses in San Diego, but dropped out of the designs by the end of World War I.
Many important architects and designers of the style, like Pasadena architects Greene and Greene, and designer and furniture maker Gustav Stickley showed their love of natural materials like wood, tile, brick and stone while utilizing human craftsmanship to create designs in direct opposition to the mass production and machine made designs of the Industrial Revolution. Craftsman style homes often used natural earth-tone colors. Details were very important in the creation of Craftsman homes which usually included built in wooden furniture, doors and stairs in the same highly detailed natural wood aesthetic. This house is an excellent highly original example of this style.
After World War I, the front gable type of Craftsman architecture seems to have become more fashionable and prevalent than the side gabled Craftsman style (especially in California) as architects and builders attempted to bring more natural light into the home. This, along with the use of shaded porches and pergolas, increased the home's connection to the outside. Windows also became wider and more numerous in this later Craftsman period for the same reasons. The subject resource exemplifies this period of the development of the Craftsman architectural style.
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The architecturally defining features that are supportive of historic landmarking are:
1. The wide partial width front porch and side pergola supported by square stucco columns/piers continuing to the ground level; 2. The Craftsman style French front door with nine inset gazed panels with matching sidelights; 3. The decorative vertical slat attic vent on gable ends; 4. The low pitched double front gabled roof; 5. The extending decorative purlin beams on gable ends; 6. The open widely overhanging roof eaves with exposed rafter tails; 7. The narrow and wide clapboard exterior surfacing at the base; 8. The overlapping wooden shingle surfacing seen above the beltline molding; 9. The original wooden casement and fixed windows; 10. The multiple extending bay windows seen on the front and side elevations; 11. The original cobblestone front site wall with concrete cap; 12. The original wide solid wooden craftsman interior china cabinet with glass leaded paneled doors; 13. The original extending bay windows seen on the front and side elevations of the home; 14. The raised scored concrete covered porch, pergola topped side porch and connecting stairway.
The following are architectural changes that cause integrity loss:
The repair/ rebuilding of the side pergola with wood rafters with rafter tail extensions matching 1924 and 1931 historical photos as well as 1927 historic aerial photos (Attachment D.1), likely completed to remove wood rot/decay since the connected structure is not sheltered by the roof (rebuilt in-kind); The small rectangular rear wing addition added to the western elevation (not visible from the public view); The rear side shed roof bay window extension. (set back near the rear of the home and differentiated from the original home).
Architectural Integrity Analysis. The following is an analysis of the integrity of the home's architecture.
Location. Location is the place where the historic property was constructed or the place where the historic event occurred
Based on comparisons with the residential building records and historic photos, Sanborn Fire Insurance maps and other research, the resource is shown to be in its original location at 4125 Hermosa Way. The House has excellent integrity of Location.
Design. Design is the combination of elements that create the form, plan, space, structure, and style of a property. Changes that create a false sense of historical development, such as adding conjectural features or elements from other historic properties, will not be undertaken.
The house is an excellent example of the Craftsman style. The home embodies the distinctive characteristics of the Craftsman style through the retention of character defining features of the style such as the front gabled roof with partial width porch supported by oversized large square stucco columns that continue to ground level. Other features include widely overhanging eaves, exposed rafters, and decorative extending purlin roof beams. These and other character defining details and features are present.
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Analysis of historic photos, building records and examination of the resource at 4125 Hermosa Way reveals that all visible elevations closely match the original design of the house and matches the 1924 and 1931 historical photos as well as the 1927 historic aerial photo (Attachment D1). The home matches remarkably close to the historic photos with wide open porch and side wooden pergola supported by large square columns. The small rear wing extension/addition is not visible from the public view. As seen in permit records and aerial historic photo the original attached pergola wood beams has been replaced with an "in kind" replacement. Although the likely extension of the north side rear bay window approximately one foot does represent a loss of some integrity within the public view, the original dominant side gabled roof, attic vent and extending side purlin is intact and the small bay window extension is covered by a lower shed roof and is easily distinguished from the original historic home. The home still displays sufficient integrity of design, and the addition does not impact the home's integrity of design, materials, workmanship or feeling to such an extent that the home no longer embodies the distinctive characteristics of its original Craftsman style. This is an excellent example of a single story Craftsman home built in 1918 by the Adelphi Security Company. The Design element of this home is excellent.
Setting. Setting is the physical environment of a historic property. The setting is the larger area or environment in which a historic property is located. It may be an urban, suburban, or rural neighborhood or a natural landscape in which buildings have been constructed. The relationship of buildings to each other, setbacks, fence patterns, views, driveways and walkways, and street trees together create the character of a district or neighborhood.
The setting is that of the early San Diego street car suburb of Mission Hills. The street and side setback of the house match the historic neighborhood homes. The development and streets in the neighborhood is designed for pedestrians with protected sidewalk and landscaping. The original scored concrete steps connects to the front sidewalk through the open front yard. The other houses along Hermosa Way maintain a similar building setback from the street. The home setting maintains its original configuration adjacent to a side alley which remains. The Adelphi Security Company Speculation House continues to convey the era and setting of an early Craftsman neighborhood similar to when the home was originally built. The house has excellent integrity of Setting.
Materials. Materials are the physical elements that were combined or deposited during a particular period of time and in a particular pattern or configuration to form a historic property. The Standards state that deteriorated historic features shall be repaired rather than replaced. Where the severity of deterioration requires replacement of a distinctive feature, the new feature shall match the old in design, color, texture, and other visual qualities and, where possible, materials. Replacement of missing features shall be substantiated by documentary, physical, or pictorial evidence.
The primary materials of this front gable Craftsman style house are the medium and narrow exterior horizontal wood clapboard and wood shingle surfacing. Other features include divided light wooden windows and French front door with matching sidelights, wooden purlins, wide wood framed windows and doors. These elements are all original and intact. The square stucco front columns are also intact and match the historic 1924 and 1931 front photos and aerial photos (Attachment D.1). There are no significant changes to the materials within the public view. As noted throughout this analysis, the Materials aspect of Integrity of this home is excellent.
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Workmanship. Workmanship is the physical evidence of the crafts of a particular culture or people during any given period in history or prehistory.
The craftsmanship exhibited in this house represents skilled construction techniques. Some of the fine wood workmanship displayed is in seen the original horizontal narrow and wide wood clapboard surfacing with skirting at the base which terminates with sharp beveled corners. These chamfered corners with very minimal corner gap displays excellent skill and workmanship. The overlapping wooden shingles laid in perfect overlapping rows is retained and surfacing the house continues above a simple beltline cornice at the height of the window sill. Excellent examples of fine work is also reflected in the original divided light wood windows and wide wooden multi light French front door with matching sidelights. Also, the original decorative vertical slat attic vents seen at gable ends show quality workmanship. The original cobblestone wall is 100 years old and displays excellent construction techniques. The original sandy stucco surfaced square piers are also original and intact. Well made built-in buffet cabinetry is seen on the interior and is mostly extant. The workmanship seen on all elevations with dual surfacing of wood shingles and narrow and medium clapboard with skirting at the base above the foundation all exhibit excellent workmanship. As noted, the wood and carpentry skills seen throughout the home are of high quality. The Workmanship aspect of Integrity is excellent.
Feeling. Feeling is a property's expression of the aesthetic or historic sense of a particular period of time.
This 1918 Craftsman residence in its present excellent original condition is well preserved and imparts the visitor with a realistic sense and feeling of the original historical home and neighborhood. When standing back on Hermosa Way, one can experience a historical sense of the feeling of an early streetcar suburb. The historical sense and feel of a 1910's-1920's residential neighborhood is retained. The overall streetscape of lawn strips, landscapes, house setback and in relation to one another creates a visual feeling of the past. The home blends in well with older neighboring properties. The feeling of an early Craftsman home in the 1910's-1920's era of Mission Hills development is very well retained. The Feeling aspect of Integrity is excellent.
Association. Association is the direct link between an important historic event or person and a historic property.
The Adelphi Security Company had this home built on speculation in 1918 and sold it to Edwin and Elsie Connable in 1920. Although the home may have some association with Brown Kenneth Holmes, Jr. who was a significant Hollywood screenwriter and may have lived at 4125 Hermosa Way as a child in 1920, the home reflects a limited association with him since this association was brief (for 1 year) and the association was well before his most productive period as a screenwriter in the 1930's and 1940's. Overall the home was not found to have sufficient association with historical events or persons. The Association aspect of Integrity is therefore not applicable.
Conclusion: The Adelphi Security Company Speculation House meets six of seven aspects of integrity and can be said to have good architectural integrity for historical designation. Legacy 106, Inc. recommends the house for historical designation under Criterion C.
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*B10. Significance - Criterion D:
Criterion “D” Is representative of a notable work of a master builder, designer, architect, engineer, landscape architect, interior designer, artist or craftsman.
Adelphi Security Company Theodore H. Lohman, Sr., President Builder of 4125 Hermosa Way, 1918
Formed around 1917, the Adelphi Security Company (which sometimes appears in records as the Adelphi Securities Company), was headed by Theodore Henry Lohman, Sr. The company’s office was located at 920 8th Avenue in downtown San Diego and it was in existence until approximately 1923. Although Theodore lived in San Diego since at least 1900, and was speculating in real estate since that time, the Adelphi Security Company does not appear in local city directories, newspapers or other records until 1917. In May 1918 the company purchased lots 1 and 2 in block 13 of Mission Hills. Although a Notice of Completion was not filed for this home, the first residents appear in the 1919 San Diego city directory, and the home was likely completed in mid- to late 1918. The Adelphi Security Company maintained ownership of the home until 1920, renting it out from 1918 to 1920.
The two homes directly north of the subject property, 4139 Hermosa Way and 4145 Hermosa Way, as well as 4130 Hermosa Way across the street, may have also been constructed by the Adelphi Security Company. They are both one-story shingled Craftsman style residences with several design features similar to 4125 Hermosa Way. However, definitive proof of this could not be located.
It appears that Theodore did not just manage the operations of the Adelphi Security Company. His World War I draft registration cards from September 1918 list his occupation as “architect, designer, and builder.” Although he occasionally collaborated with other builders during the late 1910’s, it appears that Theodore operated his company largely on his own.
Theodore H. Lohman, Sr.’s Early Life. A native of Grant, Minnesota, Theodore Henry Lohman, Sr. was born in July 1874. His parents, Frederick Wilhelm Lohman and Caroline Louise (Koplin) Lohman, were both originally from Germany. Theodore came from a large family and had six siblings. By 1880, a young Theodore and his family lived in Waltham, Minnesota, where his parents were farmers.
Theodore appears in the 1900 U.S. Census as a hotel porter living on Orange Avenue on Coronado Island. He and nearly three dozen other people with hotel-related occupations are listed in the census as “boarders” living in a “household” headed by Elisha S. Babcock, and it is likely that they were staff living at the Hotel del Coronado. Babcock, a prominent industrialist, was a co-founder of the hotel which opened in 1888.
Theodore’s Various Business Ventures. In addition to his work as a hotel porter, Theodore was speculating in local real estate as early as 1900. A real estate transfer listing published in the September 20, 1900 issue of the San Diego Union shows that Theodore purchased five lots on Coronado Beach for $3.00.
By 1904, Theodore had switched careers, and partnered with William F. Cummings to form the San Diego Amusement Company. A May 22, 1905 article in the San Diego Evening Tribune, which discusses the upcoming summer season at Coronado’s Tent City and the various concessionaires and amusements that would be present, states that Theodore was to “be in charge of the merry-go-round, bowling alley and shooting gallery.”
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On December 20,1906, Theodore married Marietta McNevin in Coronado, California and they settled at 656 13th Avenue in the East Village after the wedding. She was born in Mecca, California on May 12, 1886. They eventually had twelve children, the first of which, Dorothy May Lohman, was born on their first wedding anniversary.
It appears that Theodore first entered the home construction business around 1913, when advertisements for the Theo. Lohman Realty Company began to appear in local newspapers. These brief ads typically read, “We build you your home at cost to you of labor and material” (San Diego Union, March 30, 1913). The company also wrote fire insurance policies. Numerous ads published in San Diego newspapers in the early 1910’s show that the Theo. Lohman Realty Company also speculated in both residential and commercial real estate all over the San Diego area. For example, their ad published in the May 14, 1913 issue of the San Diego Union lists properties in Chula Vista, Ocean Beach, apartments for sale and rent, and commercial properties for sale downtown.
In July 1915, the San Diego City Council granted Theodore San Diego’s first license to operate a jitney (or “shuttle”) bus service along Broadway in downtown San Diego (San Diego Union, July 27, 1915). It could not be ascertained how long he was in this business. Many such jitney buses routes were established in 1914 and 1915 and were operated by independent entrepreneurs. They offered quick rides to those waiting at streetcar stops for the same fare charged by the San Diego Electric Railway.
Theodore Forms the Adelphi Security Company. Theodore’s World War I draft registration cards from September 1918 list his occupation as “architect, designer, and builder.” The 1918 San Diego city directory indicates that Theodore and Marietta lived with their seven children at 2404 San Marcos Avenue in the Burlingame neighborhood, and the directory lists his occupation as president and manager of the Adelphi Security Company. Although speculative, Theodore likely chose the name Adelphi for his company as an homage to his children. In Greek, the word means “siblings” or “from the same womb.” At the time he formed the company around 1917, he was already a father to seven children, and would later have five more.
In early 1919, the Adelphi Security Company was involved in a scandal which was well documented in San Diego newspapers. An article in the January 26, 1919 issue of the San Diego Union, entitled “Contractor Held; Bank Is Accuser,” documents criminal charges against Theodore H. Lohman, president of the company. The Merchants’ National Bank accused Lohman of fraudulently borrowing $1,200 in May 1918 to pay for labor and materials to construct a house he never actually intended to build in the Frary Heights subdivision of North Park. On January 24, 1919, he was arrested at his home in the Burlingame neighborhood and charged with obtaining money under false pretenses. Lohman was released on $1,000 bond pending a preliminary hearing. The case against him was dismissed on February 7, 1919 due to lack of evidence.
By 1920, Theodore, Marietta, and their eight children lived at 4636 Alabama Street in the University Heights neighborhood. It is not known if Theodore designed or constructed that residence, however, it has since been demolished and replaced with apartments. The Lohman family remained in that home until they moved to El Centro in 1925. In the early 1920’s, Theodore listed himself in the San Diego city directories as president of the Adelphi Security Company. By 1924, he listed himself simply as “building contractor,” and it is likely that he dissolved Adelphi but continued his career as a home builder, as no mention of the company could be found in any source after 1923.
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Theodore’s dissolution of the Adelphi Security Company around 1923, whether it was formal or informal, may have been in part due to his involvement in a proposed 750 mile long electric railway. In August 1922, Articles of Incorporation for the Staley System of Electrified Railway were filed in Phoenix, Arizona.
William L. Staley, a civil engineer from Los Angeles, was named in the Articles as the Railway’s president, and Theodore was named as vice president. The railway was intended to begin on the Utah-Colorado state line, about 40 miles north of Colorado’s southwestern corner. It was then to travel south through New Mexico before going west into Arizona and then to the northern edge of the Sea of Cortez between Baja California and mainland Mexico. The railway never came to fruition however, as its application to build was denied by the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) in 1923 (Myrick 1990:173). The ICC denied it on the grounds that the anticipated volume of freight was excessive, and that such a venture would have little chance for profitable operation.
After moving to El Centro in 1925 after the failure of his electric railway enterprise, Theodore resumed his work as a building contractor. Articles published in San Diego newspapers in early 1926 show that he ran afoul of the law in El Centro. He was charged with several labor law violations, including not paying employees in a timely manner, not posting notices of paydays at his job sites, issuing bad checks to employees, and not obtaining an insurance policy to protect employees in the case of a workplace accident. He was convicted of at least two of the charges and received a $50 fine and a fifteen day jail sentence. Theodore’s failure to obtain accident insurance was even written about in the San Francisco Chronicle on March 14, 1926, as the case sparked the interest of John A. McGilvray, president of the State Industrial Accident Commission.
The Lohmans moved back to San Diego in 1929, briefly settling at 1857 Bacon Street in Ocean Beach. In December of that year, they moved a short distance to 4647 Santa Monica Ave. During the 1930’s, Theodore’s business slowed because of the Great Depression, and few building permits with his name were published in local newspapers. The addresses listed on the building permits that he did take out during the 1930’s were almost exclusively in the Ocean Beach and Point Loma neighborhoods.
By 1940, Theodore, Marietta, and eight of their twelve children lived at 1745 Fort Stockton Drive in the Mission Hills neighborhood, and Theodore was still employed as a building contractor. In the early 1940's, the Lohmans moved to 558 5th Avenue in Chula Vista. Possibly due to the moratorium on new home construction after the United States entered World War II, Theodore ceased working as a home builder and became an inspector at the Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation factory. He passed away in San Diego on September 15, 1943, at the age of 68.
The following is a list of all homes or commercial buildings known to have been constructed or altered by the Adelphi Security Company and/or Theodore H. Lohman, Sr.:
Southeast corner of 30th Street and Ivy Street in South Park, a one-room garage. A building permit was published in the San Diego Union on November 9, 1909. There is currently a small garage type building at this corner which is part of the Miguel’s Auto Service repair shop at 2143 30th Street. Although this structure appears to be quite old, and could possibly date from 1909, it could not be definitively determined that this is the same building mentioned in the 1909 building permit. In 2007, Legacy 106, Inc. researched this building and recommended it for historical designation as part of the South Park Commercial Center. However, City Staff turned it down because a recent owner had removed the roof extension that reached over to the island where the gas pumps had been located.
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Eagles Hall at 733 8th Avenue in downtown San Diego. In 1917, the Adelphi Security Company constructed the Eagles Hall, a Neoclassical Revival style lodge and social hall, for the Fraternal Order of Eagles organization. The Eagles made significant contributions to the causes of heart and cancer research and aiding mentally disabled children. Although the Adelphi Security Company may have constructed earlier buildings in San Diego, this was the earliest discovered in the course of Legacy 106, Inc.’s research that can be definitively linked to the company. The Eagles Hall was designed by architects William H. Wheeler and John Selmar Siebert, who were members of the lodge, as was Theodore H. Lohman, Sr., the president of the Adelphi Security Company. In 1934, the original architects designed an addition to the building, which was constructed by the Weymouth Crowell Company. The Eagles Hall (HRB # 189) was historically designated in July 1984 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places the following year. This building is extant.
Two buildings of four rooms each for San Diego High School, constructed to relieve overcrowding. Theodore H. Lohman and fellow builder Frederick W. Haman were awarded the $6,350 contract. An article about this contract was published in the San Diego Evening Tribune on August 15, 1919.
As a side note, Frederick W. Haman constructed the two-story shingled Craftsman residence at 1840 West Montecito Way in Mission Hills. Legacy 106, Inc. prepared the historic nomination report for this home, which was historically designated in May 2015 as the Frederick and Della Haman Spec House #2 (HRB # 1181). Although direct evidence of Lohman's involvement in this home's construction could not be found, it is possible that he collaborated with Haman on the design and/or building of this home.
The Frederick and Della Haman Spec House #1 (HRB # 876), located at 2914 Date Street in South Park, was built by Frederick W. Haman in 1919. The one-story shingled Craftsman residence may also have been a collaboration between Haman and Lohman, although direct evidence of this could not be located.
A two-story Prairie style residence at an unknown address. This home was pictured in an Adelphi Security Company advertisement published in the San Diego Union on December 5, 1920. The address was not listed. It is possible, however, that the Adelphi Security Company was selling this home but did not actually build it.
3506 28th Street in North Park, a two-story Craftsman residence built in 1921. This home was historically designated in June 2011 as a contributor (HRB # 1008-011) to the North Park Dryden Historic District. The DPR form states, “The design of this two-story Craftsman style house is credited to architect Theodore Lohman” and that it was constructed by Lance V. Consaul for Emil and Jessie Klicka. Emil was president of the Klicka Brothers’ lumber and building supply company as well as the Klicka Investment Company.
3605 28th Street in North Park, a one-story Craftsman residence built in 1919. This home was historically designated in June 2011 as a contributor (HRB # 1008-028) to the North Park Dryden Historic District. The DPR form states, “Builder Theodore Lohman completed this one-story California Bungalow for James and Lou McDowell in February 1919.”
4917 Long Branch Avenue in Ocean Beach, a one-story Spanish Eclectic residence built in 1931. This home is extant. A building permit published in the San Diego Evening Tribune on August 27, 1931 reads:
Sam Goldberg, per T.H. Lohman, stucco cottage and garage, 4917 Long Branch; $2000.
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4768 Cape May Avenue in Ocean Beach, a one-story Spanish Eclectic residence built in 1931. A building permit published in the San Diego Evening Tribune on October 24, 1931 reads:
Lillian Hopska, per T.H. Lohman, frame-stucco cottage and garage, 4768 Cape May; $3500.
Addition to 4548 Bermuda Avenue in Point Loma. Theodore H. Lohman built an addition to this residence, which is extant but heavily modified. It is not known who originally constructed the home. A building permit published in the San Diego Union on November 23, 1933 reads:
Francis Neil, per T.H. Lohman, addition, 4548 Bermuda, $250.
2061 Chatsworth Blvd. In Point Loma. The home that Theodore built here in 1938 has since been demolished and replaced with a townhouse building in the 1980’s. The building permit for the original home was published in the San Diego Evening Tribune on November 19, 1938 and reads:
W.D. Bell, per T.H. Lohman, frame stucco residence, 2061 Chatsworth; $3800.
Additions to 4893-95 Niagara Ave., a French Eclectic style duplex in Ocean Beach. A building permit published in the San Diego Union on June 15, 1939 reads:
M.M. Moore, per T.H. Lohman, two additions, 4893-95 Niagara; $125 each.
2032 Newton Avenue in the Logan Heights neighborhood. This one-story Minimal Traditional style home is extant. A building permit published in the San Diego Union on July 15, 1941 reads:
Marchesse, per T.H. Lohman, frame-stucco residence, 2032 Newton; $3200.
4930 Imperial Avenue in the Lincoln Park neighborhood. This one-story Minimal Traditional style home is extant. A building permit published in the San Diego Union on January 30, 1942 reads:
T.H. Pritchett, per T.H. Lohman, frame stucco res., 4930 Imperial; $3700.
Although the evidence listed in this report reveals that Theodore H. Lohman, Sr., president of the Adelphi Security Company, was an accomplished builder (based on 4125 Hermosa Way), Legacy 106, Inc. does not find there is sufficient evidence at this time to demonstrate that Theodore H. Lohman, Sr. / the Adelphi Security Company qualifies as a master designer, architect, engineer, landscape architect, interior designer, artist, craftsman or builder under Criterion “D”. Future studies of potentially historic houses by Theodore H. Lohman, Sr. / the Adelphi Security Company will hopefully add more to what is known about this builder and his status under Criterion D can be re-evaluated at that time.
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*B10. Significance - Criterion E and Criterion F:
HRB Criterion E National Register of Historic Places listing or eligibility.
Criterion E does not apply to this property.
HRB Criterion F as a contributing resource to a Historical District.
Criterion F does not apply to this property.
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After an extensive search, the water record could not be located.
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A.3 Sewer Record The sewer record is undated. The Adelphi Security Company is listed as the owner.
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A.4 Building / Construction Permits Building permit for reroofing dated March 1963.
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A.5 Site Plan with Footprint Taken from the Residential Building Record.
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A.6 County Lot and Block Book Page 4125 Hermosa Way was first assessed to the Adelphi Security Company in 1919.
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A.7 Previous Survey Map 4125 Hermosa Way is shown as a contributing resource in the Craftsman style in the 2007 Uptown Reconnaissance Survey by IS Architecture.
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A.7 Previous Survey Form 4125 Hermosa Way is identified as a Craftsman Bungalow in the Uptown Historic Architectural and Cultural Landscape Reconnaissance Survey, 2007, by IS Architecture. It was assigned status code 5D3: "Appears to be a contributor to a geographic district that appears eligible for local designation through survey evaluation. For purposes of the Land Development Code 45 year review, this property needs a research report to determine its potential historical significance." Note that the estimated date of construction, 1920, is incorrect.
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Attachment B Ownership and Occupant Information
B.1 – Chain of Title B.2 – Directory Search of Occupants B.3 – Deed from the Date of Construction
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B.1 Chain of Title 4125 Hermosa Way, San Diego, CA 92103 APN: 443-461-03-00 Instrument Date Grantor to Grantee, Recording Date, Book Number, Page Number
May 15, 1918 Matthew E. Kelly (a widower) to Adelphi Security Company, recorded September 19, 1918, Deed Book 762, Page 256.
February 27, 1920 Adelphi Security Company to Edwin H. Connable and Elsie P. Connable, recorded March 10, 1920, Deed Book 808, Page 90.
May 26, 1928 Edwin H. Connable and Elsie P. Connable to N.S. Hammack (a single man), recorded May 28, 1928, File # 31342, Deed Book 1456, Page 209.
May 26, 1928 N.S. Hammack (a single man) to Elsie P. Connable (as her sole and separate property), recorded May 28, 1928, File # 31343, Deed Book 1456, Page 209.
March 19, 1931 Elsie P. Connable to Pauline Connable (as her sole and separate property), recorded March 23, 1931, File # 18496, Deed Book 1880, Page 209.
October 20, 1943 Pauline Kuykendall (formerly Pauline Connable), and Dan S. Kuykendall, wife and husband, to Elsie P. Connable and Pauline Kuykendall (mother and daughter as joint tenants), recorded October 23, 1943, Official Records Book 1582, Page 38.
August 1, 1966 Elsie P. Dwight (who acquired title as Elsie P. Connable), and Pauline P. Barnes (who acquired title as Pauline Kuykendall) to Paul Primas and Rosamond Primas (husband and wife as joint tenants), recorded September 30, 1966, File # 158153.
April 26, 1976 Paul Primas and Rosamond Primas (husband and wife) to James L. Scott (an unmarried man), recorded July 23, 1976, File # 76-209707.
January 3, 1979 James L. Scott to Russell L. Strandtmann and Sandra Strandtmann, recorded March 7, 1979, File # 79-096064.
March 5, 1990 Russell L. Strandtmann and Sandra Strandtmann (husband and wife as joint tenants) to Marilyn J. Steel (an unmarried woman, as to an undivided 97% interest) and Jerome G. Conrad (an unmarried man as to an undivided 3% interest) as tenants in common, recorded March 21, 1990, File # 90-149291.
November 13, 1992 Marilyn J. Steel (an unmarried woman, as to an undivided 97% interest) and Jerome G. Conrard (an unmarried man as to an undivided 3% interest) as tenants in common, to Marilyn J. Conrard (a married woman as to an undivided 62.5% interest) and Jerome G. Conrard (a married man as to an undivided 37.5% interest) as tenants in common, recorded November 17, 1992, Document # 1992- 0736462.
November 22, 1993 Jerome G. Conrard and Marilyn J. Conrard, husband and wife, who acquired title as Marilyn J. Conrard (a married woman as to an undivided 62.5% interest) and Jerome G. Conrard (a married man as to an undivided 37.5% interest) as tenants in common, to Charles J. Hawkins and Margaret A. Hawkins (husband and wife as community property), recorded December 23, 1993, Document # 1993- 0867257.
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B.1 Chain of Title - Continued
December 4, 1997 Charles J. Hawkins, Jr., who took title as Charles J. Hawkins, and Margaret A. Hawkins (husband and wife as community property), to Charles J. Hawkins, Jr. and Margaret A. Hawkins (Trustees of the Hawkins Family Trust), recorded December 10, 1997, Document # 1997-0624799.
May 11, 1998 Charles J. Hawkins, Jr. and Margaret A. Hawkins (Trustees of the Hawkins Family Trust) to Richard M. Mullins (a single man), recorded June 1, 1998, Document # 1998-0325915. March 5, 2002 Richard M. Mullins (a single man) to Alan Perlman and Jill Perlman (husband and wife as joint tenants), recorded April 12, 2002, Document # 2002-0308825.
April 9, 2002 Alan Perlman and Jill Perlman (husband and wife as joint tenants) to Alan L. Perlman and Jill H. Perlman (Trustees of the Perlman Family 1996 Trust), recorded April 15, 2002, Document # 2002-0312474.
March 21, 2006 Alan L. Perlman and Jill H. Perlman (Trustees of the Perlman Family 1996 Trust) to Steven J. Wheless and Emily K. Wheless (husband and wife as joint tenants, as to an undivided 50% interest) and Janez I. Kocmur and Barbara I. Kocmur (husband and wife as joint tenants, as to an undivided 50% interest), all as tenants in common, recorded May 9, 2006, Document # 2006-0326010.
March 25, 2011 Steven J. Wheless and Emily K. Wheless (husband and wife as joint tenants, as to an undivided 50% interest) and Janez I. Kocmur and Barbara I. Kocmur (husband and wife as joint tenants, as to an undivided 50% interest), all as tenants in common, to Steven J. Wheless and Emily K. Wheless (husband and wife as joint tenants), recorded May 24, 2011, Document # 2011-0265686.
June 10, 2015 Steven J. Wheless and Emily K. Wheless (husband and wife as joint tenants) to Benjamin A. Drew and Adrienne J. Drew (husband and wife as community property with right of survivorship), recorded July 13, 2015, Document # 2015- 0365987.
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B.2 Directory Search of Occupants
1919 Kennedy Carl S (Vera W), buyer Klauber-Wangenheim Co, h 4125 Hermosa Way 1920 Holmes Brown, newspaperman 4125 Hermosa Way 1921 Connable Edw H (Elsie P), rancher, h 4125 Hermosa Way 1922 Connable Edwin H (Elsie P) rancher h 4125 Hermosa Way 1923 Connable Edwin H (Elsie P) h 4125 Hermosa Way Cromwell Geo (Elizabeth) asst eng Water Comn r 4125 Hermosa Way Koehler Josephine wid Fredk r 4125 Hermosa Way 1924 Connable Edwin H (Elsie P) h 4125 Hermosa Way Dunham Mabel r 4125 Hermosa Way 1925 Connable Edw H (Elsie) real estate h 4125 Hermosa Way Dunham Mabel r 4125 Hermosa Way Kilbourn Marian H (wid J E) r4125 Hermosa Way Prewett Hannah J r4125 Hermosa Way 1926 Connable Edw Connable Edw (Elsie) h4125 Hermosa Way Connable Pauline r4125 Hermosa Way Dunham Mabel C r4125 Hermosa Way Kilbourne Marian (wid J E) r4125 Hermosa Way Prewett Hannah J (wid S W) r4125 Hermosa Way 1927 Connable EH Connable Edwin H (Elsie) h 4125 Hermosa Way Connable Pauline r4125 Hermosa Way Dunham Mabel r4125 Hermosa Way Prewett Jane (wid S W) r4125 Hermosa Way Thomason Marguerite private secretary Watson, Valle & Gough Inc. r 4125 Hermosa Way 1928 Connable EH Babicky Mary nurse r 4125 Hermosa Way Prewett HJ Mrs Connable Edwin H (Elsie P) h 4125 Hermosa Way Dunham Mabel C r 4125 Hermosa Way Prewett Jane (wid S W) h 4125 Hermosa Way 1929 Connable EH (o) Connable Edwin H (Elsie P) h 4125 Hermosa Way Connable Pauline stenographer J H Egermayer r 4125 Hermosa Way Dunham Mabel C r 4125 Hermosa Way Prewett Hannah J (wid S J) h 4125 Hermosa Way Probst Albt H r 4125 Hermosa Way 1930 Connable EH (o) Connable Edwin H (Elsie P) h 4125 Hermosa Way Connable Pauline P stenographer Liggett & Liggett r 4125 Hermosa Way Dunham Mabel C r 4125 Hermosa Way Prewett Hannah J (wid S W) r 4125 Hermosa Way 1931 Connable EH (o) Connable Edwin H (Elsie P) h 4125 Hermosa Way Connable Pauline P stenographer US Immigration Service r 4125 Hermosa Way Prewett Hannah J (wid S W) r 4125 Hermosa Way 1932 Connable EH (o) Connable Edwin H (Elsie P) h 4125 Hermosa Way Connable Pauline P stenographer US Immigration Service r 4125 Hermosa Way Prewett Hannah J (wid S W) r 4125 Hermosa Way
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1933 Connable EH (o) Connable Edwin H (Elsie P) h 4125 Hermosa Way Connable Pauline P clerk US Immigration Service r 4125 Hermosa Way 1934 Connable EH (o) Connable Edwin H (Elsie P) h 4125 Hermosa Way Connable Pauline P clerk US Immigration Service r 4125 Hermosa Way 1935 Connable EH (o) Connable Edwin H (Elsie P) h 4125 Hermosa Way Connable Pauline P clerk U S Immigration Service r 4125 Hermosa Way 1936 Connable EH (o) Connable Edwin H (Elsie P) h 4125 Hermosa Way Connable Pauline P r 4125 Hermosa Way 1937 Connable EH (o) Connable Edwin H (Elsie P) h 4125 Hermosa Way 1938 Connable EH (o) Connable Edwin H (Elsie P) h 4125 Hermosa Way 1939 Connable EH (o) Connable Edwin H (Elsie P) h 4125 Hermosa Way 1940 Connable EH (o) Connable Edwin H (Elsie P) h 4125 Hermosa Way 1941 Connable EH (o) Connable Edwin H (Elsie P) h 4125 Hermosa Way 1942 Connable EH (o) Connable Edwin H (Elsie P) h 4125 Hermosa Way 1943 Connable Elsie Mrs (o) Connable Elsie (wid EH) h 4125 Hermosa Way 1944- Connable EP Mrs (o) Connable Elsie (wid EH) h 4125 Hermosa Way 1945 1946 Directory not published this year. 1947- Connable EP Mrs (o) Connable Elsie (wid EH) h 4125 Hermosa Way 1948 1949 Directory not published this year. 1950 Connable EP Mrs (o) Connable Elsie (wid EH) h 4125 Hermosa Way 1951 Directory not published this year. 1952 Connable EP Mrs (o) Connable Elsie (wid EH) h 4125 Hermosa Way 1953- Connable EP Mrs (o) Connable Elsie (wid EH) h 4125 Hermosa Way 1954 1955 Connable EP Mrs (o) Connable Elsie (wid EH) h 4125 Hermosa Way 1956 Dwight Lewis O (o) Dwight Lewis O (Elsie P) h 4125 Hermosa Way 1957 Dwight Lewis O (o) Dwight Lewis O (Elsie P) h 4125 Hermosa Way 1958 Dwight Lewis O (o) Dwight Lewis O (Elsie P) h 4125 Hermosa Way 1959 Dwight Lewis O (o) Dwight Lewis O (Elsie P) h 4125 Hermosa Way 1960 Dwight Lewis O (o) Dwight Lewis O (Elsie P) h 4125 Hermosa Way 1961 Dwight Elsie P Mrs (o) Dwight Elsie P (wid Lewis O) h 4125 Hermosa Way 1962 Dwight Elsie P Mrs (o) Dwight Elsie P (wid Lewis O) h 4125 Hermosa Way 1963- Dwight Elsie P Mrs (o) Dwight Elsie P (wid Lewis O) h 4125 Hermosa Way 1964 1965 Dwight Elsie P Mrs (o) Dwight Elsie P (wid Lewis O) h 4125 Hermosa Way 1966 Dwight Elsie P Mrs (o) Dwight Elsie P (wid Lewis O) h 4125 Hermosa Way 1967 Primas Paul (o) Primas Paul (Rosamond) h 4125 Hermosa Way 1968 Primas Paul (o) Primas Paul (Rosamond) h 4125 Hermosa Way 1969- Primas Paul (o) Primas Paul (Rosamond) h 4125 Hermosa Way 1970 1971 Primas Paul (o) Primas Paul (Rosamond) h 4125 Hermosa Way 1972 Primas Paul (o) Primas Paul (Rosamond) h 4125 Hermosa Way 1973 No Return
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B.3 Deed from the Date of Construction Matthew E. Kelly to Adelphi Security Company. Recorded September 19, 1918.
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B.3 Deed Adelphi Security Company to Edwin H. Connable and Elsie P. Connable. Recorded March 10, 1920.
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B.3 Deed Elsie P. Connable to Pauline Connable (Elsie's daughter). Recorded March 23, 1931.
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Attachment C Maps
C.1 — City of San Diego 800 Scale Engineering Map C.2 — Current and Historical USGS Maps C.3 — Original Subdivision Map C.4 — Sanborn Maps 1886/1887 1906 1921 1940 1950 1956
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C.1 City of San Diego 800 Scale Engineering Map Map # 210-1713
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C.2 Current USGS Map - 2015 La Jolla quadrangle 7.5 minute series
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C.2 Historical USGS Map – 1903
Courtesy of the San Diego History Center
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C.3 Original Subdivision Map
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C.3 Tax Assessor's Map
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C.4 Sanborn Map – 1886/1887
None for this area
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C.4 Sanborn Map – 1906
None for this area
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C.4 Sanborn Map – 1921 Volume 3, Sheet 387
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C.4 Sanborn Map – 1940
None for this area
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C.4 Sanborn Map – 1950
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C.4 Sanborn Map – 1956
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Attachment D Photographs
D.1 — Historical Photographs D.2 — Current Photographs
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D.1 Historical Photographs 4125 Hermosa Way circa 1927. Photo # 5370-A courtesy of the San Diego History Center.
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D.1 Historical Photographs Photos this page date from 1924 and were taken in the front yard of 4125 Hermosa Way. They are courtesy of Maria Coffman, a descendant of the Connable family. The Connables owned and occupied 4125 Hermosa Way from 1920 to 1966.
Subject resource front porch and pergola at 4125 Hermosa Way shown with red arrow. Houses shown in background are neighboring homes.
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D.1 Historical Photographs The photos on this page were taken in the front yard of 4125 Hermosa Way in 1931. Courtesy of Maria Coffman, a descendant of the Connable family.
Subject resource front porch and pergola at 4125 Hermosa Way shown with red arrow. Houses shown in background are neighboring homes.
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D.2 Current Photographs – West (front) Elevation Top photo by Dan Soderberg, May 2017. All others by Kiley Wallace, October 2016.
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D.2 Current Photographs – West (front) Elevation
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D.2 Current Photographs – West (front) Elevation
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D.2 Current Photographs – West (front) Elevation
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D.2 Current Photographs – West (front) Elevation
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D.2 Current Photographs – West (front) Elevation
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D.2 Current Photographs – West (front) Elevation
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D.2 Current Photographs – West (front) Elevation
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D.2 Current Photographs – West (front) Elevation
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D.2 Current Photographs – South (side) Elevation
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D.2 Current Photographs – South (side) Elevation
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D.2 Current Photographs – South (side) Elevation
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D.2 Current Photographs – South (side) Elevation
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D.2 Current Photographs – South (side) Elevation
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D.2 Current Photographs – South (side) Elevation
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D.2 Current Photographs – East (rear) Elevation
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D.2 Current Photographs – East (rear) Elevation
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D.2 Current Photographs – North (side) Elevation
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D.2 Current Photographs – North (side) Elevation
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D.2 Current Photographs – Detached Garage South (front) elevation
Left: West (side) elevation
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D.2 Current Photographs – Detached Garage North (rear) elevation
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D.2 Current Photographs – Interior For reference only. Not included in proposed designation.
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Attachment E HRB Criteria Supplemental Documentation
E.1 — Criterion A E.2 — Criterion B E.3 — Criterion C E.4 — Criterion D E.5 — Criterion E E.6 — Criterion F
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E.1 Criterion A – Community History
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E.1 Criterion A – Community History
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E.1 Criterion A – Community History Article continued from previous page
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E.2 Criterion B – Historic Person Carl S. Kennedy and Vera W. Kennedy Residents (not owners), 1919 and 1920 The Kennedy family listed in the 1920 U.S. Census as residing at 4125 Hermosa Way.
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E.2 Criterion B – Historic Person Carl S. Kennedy and Vera W. Kennedy Residents (not owners), 1919 and 1920
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E.2 Criterion B – Historic Person Brown Holmes, Sr. Resident, 1920 Brown Holmes, Sr., who resided at 4125 Hermosa Way in 1920, was the father of Brown Kenneth Holmes, Jr. Since children under 18 were not listed in city directories during this time period, it is possible that Brown Holmes, Jr. may have lived with his father at 4125 Hermosa Way in 1920, when he was approximately 13 years old. Brown Jr. had a lengthy career in Hollywood beginning in the 1930's, when he was only in his early twenties. He wrote the screenplays for or collaborated on other aspects of dozens of films, and his name appears on these movie posters.
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E.2 Criterion B – Historic Person Edwin H. Connable and Elsie P. Connable (later remarried and became Elsie P. Dwight) Owners and Residents, 1920 to 1966 The Connables pictured in an unnamed genealogical book posted on Ancestry.com.
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E.2 Criterion B – Historic Person Edwin H. Connable and Elsie P. Connable (later remarried and became Elsie P. Dwight) Owners and Residents, 1920 to 1966 Pauline Connable / Pauline Kuykendall / Pauline Barnes (daughter of Edwin and Elsie) Co-Owner, 1931 to 1966 Resident, 1926 to 1936
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E.2 Criterion B – Historic Person George Cromwell and Elizabeth Cromwell Residents, 1923
George Cromwell in 1917, when he briefly served as a captain in the Officers' Reserve Corps. Courtesy of Ancestry.com
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E.3 Criterion C – Architecture Top: 4139 Hermosa Way, the adjacent home to the north of the subject property. Most likely constructed by the same builder.
Below: 4145 Hermosa Way, two homes to the north of the subject property. Most likely constructed by the same builder.
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E.4 Criterion D – Master Builder Adelphi Security Company (not yet considered a Master Builder) Theodore H. Lohman, Sr., founder and president On Theodore's World War I draft registration cards from 1918, the same year 4125 Hermosa Way was constructed by his company the Adelphi Security Company, he listed his occupation as "architect, designer and builder."
Right: Possibly due to the moratorium on new home construction after the United States entered World War II, Theodore ceased working as a home builder and became an inspector at the Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation factory. He passed away in San Diego on September 15, 1943.
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E.4 Criterion D – Master Builder Adelphi Security Company (not yet considered a Master Builder) In 1917, the company built the Neoclassical Revival style Eagles Hall at 733 8th Avenue. It was designed by architects William H. Wheeler and John Selmar Siebert. The building was historically designated in 1984 and is HRB # 189. It is also on the National Register of Historic Places.
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E.4 Criterion D – Master Builder Adelphi Security Company (not yet considered a Master Builder) Little information about the company could be found, and it appears that they were only in existence from approximately 1917 to 1923.
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E.4 Criterion D – Master Builder Adelphi Security Company (not yet considered a Master Builder) 3605 28th Street in North Park, a one-story Craftsman residence built in 1919. The DPR form below states, “Builder Theodore Lohman completed this one-story California Bungalow for James and Lou McDowell in February 1919.” This home was historically designated in June 2011 as a contributor (HRB # 1008-028) to the North Park Dryden Historic District. Note: See following page for an unobstructed view of this home.
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E.4 Criterion D – Master Builder Adelphi Security Company (not yet considered a Master Builder) 3605 28th Street in North Park after the large tree obscuring the front was removed.
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E.4 Criterion D – Master Builder Adelphi Security Company (not yet considered a Master Builder) Theodore H. Lohman, president of the Adelphi Security Company, is credited with designing this two-story Craftsman residence, located at 3506 28th Street in North Park. Built in 1921 by Lance V. Consaul, the home was historically designated in June 2011 as a contributor (HRB # 1008-011) to the North Park Dryden Historic District.
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E.4 Criterion D – Master Builder Adelphi Security Company (not yet considered a Master Builder) In 1919, Theodore H. Lohman collaborated with builder Frederick W. Haman on the construction of two buildings at San Diego High School. That same year, Haman constructed two shingled Craftsman style residences which have several features in common with 4125 Hermosa Way. Although a direct link to Lohman could not be found, he may have also collaborated on these homes with Haman.
2914 Date Street in South Park, built in 1919. This home was historically designated in 2008 as the Frederick and Della Haman Spec House #1 (HRB # 876). It is possible that Lohman designed the home and Haman constructed it.
1840 West Montecito Way in Mission Hills, built in 1919. Legacy 106, Inc. prepared the historic nomination report for this home, which was historically designated in May 2015 as the Frederick and Della Haman Spec House #2 (HRB # 1181). Again, although mention of Lohman's involvement in this home could not be found, it is possible that he and Haman collaborated on it as they did on two buildings at San Diego High School the same year.
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E.4 Criterion D – Master Builder Adelphi Security Company (not yet considered a Master Builder It is unclear whether the Adelphi Security Company constructed this home or was simply listing it for sale. Unfortunately, this ad does not list the address.
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Attachment F Works Cited
F.1 — Provide a list of works cited (bibliography)
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F.1 Bibliography
Books
Baker, John Milnes 1994 American House Styles - A Concise Guide. New York City: W.W. Norton & Company
Black, Samuel T. 1913 San Diego County, California; A Record of Settlement, Organization, Progress and Achievement. Chicago: S.J. Clarke Publishing Company.
Brandes, Ray S. 1991 San Diego Architects 1868-1939. San Diego: University of San Diego
California Office of Historic Preservation 1996 The California Register of Historic Resources: Regulations for Nomination of Historic Properties. State of California, The Resources Agency, Department of Parks and Recreation
Ching, Francis D.K. 1995 A Visual Dictionary of Architecture. New York City: John Wiley & Sons
Cigliano, Jan 1998 Bungalow: American Restoration Style. Layton: Gibbs Smith
Crawford, Richard W. 2011 The Way We Were in San Diego. Charleston, South Carolina: The History Press
Hartmann, Glenn D. 1977 Architectural Description Guide: Developed for Use in Preparing Nominations for State and National Registers of Historic Places. Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation, Washington State Parks & Recreation Commission, Olympia, Washington
Higgins, Shelley J. 1956 The Fantastic City of San Diego. San Diego: City of San Diego.
McAlester, Virginia and Lee McAlester 2013 Field Guide to American Houses. New York City: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
McGrew, Clarence Alan 1922 City of San Diego and San Diego County, the Birthplace of California. Volume I. Chicago: The American Historical Society
Myrick, David F. 1990 New Mexico's Railroads: A Historical Survey. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press.
National Park Service 1985 Historic American Building Survey Guidelines for Preparing Written and Historical Descriptive Data. Division of National Register Programs, Western Regional Office, San Francisco, California
Requa, Richard S., A.I.A. 1937 Inside Lights on the Building of San Diego's Exposition: 1935. San Diego: Frye & Smith, Ltd.
Smith, G.E. Kidder 1996 Source Book of American Architecture. New York City: Princeton Architectural Press
Trapp, Kenneth R. 1993 The Arts & Crafts Movement in California - Living the Good Life. Oakland: The Oakland Museum
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F.1 Bibliography - Continued
Walker, Lester 2002 American Homes - An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Domestic Architecture. New York City: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers
Winter, Robert and Alexander Vertikoff 2004 Craftsman Style. New York City: Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
Government Documents
City of San Diego Historical Resources Board 2009 Historical Resource Research Report Guidelines and Requirements, Land Development Manual, Historical Resources Guidelines, Appendix E, Part 1.1, Adopted by the Historical Resources Board November 30, 2006, Updated January 24, 2008 and February 9, 2009.
Internet
Ancestry.com, www.ancestry.com (U.S. Census 1880, 1890, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, 1940; California Death Index; Social Security Death Index; genealogical files)
Manuscripts
1998 Curtis, Mike, “Mission Hills Turns 90.” In “Mission Hills News,” February 1998, pp. 6-9.
1999 Frieden, Dennis, “One for the Books: Mission Hills is Recognized in an Important New Architecture Text.” In “Mission Hills News,” February 1999
1992 & 1997 McLaughlin, Mike, “The History of Mission Hills.” Reprinted with the permission of the author.
1992-1993 Mission Hills Association, “Mission Hills Association Community Directory.” Mission Hills History.
Newspapers
San Diego Union San Diego Evening Tribune San Diego Union-Tribune