Historical Resources Research Report for 1050 Cypress Avenue, San Diego, California for the City of San Diego, Historical Resources Board October 2017 by Ginger Weatherford, MPS for Aaron Cate and Sarah Dixon, Owners State of California - The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # PRIMARY RECORD Trinomial NRHP Status Code Other Listings Review Code Reviewer Date Page 1 of 10 *Resource Name or #: (Assigned by recorder) Charles and Audala Edwards, Jr./Reuben C. Haas House P1. Other Identifier: 1050 Cypress Avenue *P2. Location: Not for Publication Unrestricted *a. County San Diego and (P2c, P2e, and P2b or P2d. Attach a Location Map as necessary.) *b. USGS 7.5' Quad Point Loma Date 2015 T 16S ; R 3W ; ¼ of ¼ of Sec 25 ; B.M. San Bernardino c. Address 1050 Cypress Avenue City San Diego Zip 92103 d. UTM: (Give more than one for large and/or linear resources) Zone 11 , 485581 mE/ 3622977 mN e. Other Locational Data: (e.g., parcel #, directions to resource, elevation, decimal degrees, etc., as appropriate) APN: 452-133-07-00, Decimal Degrees: 32.7445°N, 117.1539°W (32°, 44', 40.3" N; 117°, 9', 14.1" W) The East 10 feet of the South 85 feet of Lot 14, the South 85 feet of Lots 15 and 16 and the West 5 feet of the South 85 feet of Lot 17 in Block 216, University Heights, in the City of San Diego, County of San Diego, State of California, according to Amended Map made by G. A. d’Hemecourt in Book 8, Page 36, et seq of Lis Pendens, in the Office of the County Recorder of San Diego County. *P3a. Description: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries) Constructed in 1930 by Reuben C. Haas, the resource was designed in the Spanish Colonial Revival or Spanish Eclectic style by architects Edwards and Plunkett. The resource is 1,880 square feet, situated on a 5,515 square foot lot in the Marston Hills section of University Heights. The one-story, asymmetrical, compound plan, wood frame structure, is clad in smooth stucco and situated on a concrete foundation. The low pitched, hipped roof with side and rear gables is covered with red Spanish clay (Continued on Page 3) *P3b. Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) HP2 (Single Family Property) *P4. Resources Present: Building Structure Object Site District Element of District Other (Isolates, etc.) P5b. Description of Photo: (view, date, accession #) View looking P5a. Photograph or Drawing (Photograph required for buildings, structures, and objects.) Northwest of South and East elevations, July 10, 2017 *P6. Date Constructed/Age and Source: Historic Prehistoric Both September 9, 1930 Notice of Completion *P7. Owner and Address: Aaron Cate and Sarah Dixon 1050 Cypress Avenue San Diego, CA 92103 *P8. Recorded by: (Name, affiliation, and address) Ginger Weatherford, MPS 6621 Cartwright Street San Diego, CA 92120 *P9. Date Recorded: October 2017 *P10. Survey Type: (Describe) City of San Diego Historical Resource Research Report *P11. Report Citation: (Cite survey report and other sources, or enter "none.") Ginger Weatherford | Historic Preservation Consulting Historical Resource Research Report for 1050 Cypress Avenue, San Diego, CA 92103 *Attachments: NONE Location Map Continuation Sheet Building, Structure, and Object Record Archaeological Record District Record Linear Feature Record Milling Station Record Rock Art Record Artifact Record Photograph Record Other (List): DPR 523A (9/2013) *Required information State of California - The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI# BUILDING, STRUCTURE, AND OBJECT RECORD *Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder) Charles and Audala Edwards, Jr./Reuben C. Haas House *NRHP Status Code Page 2 of 10 B1. Historic Name: B2. Common Name: B3. Original Use: Single Family Residence B4. Present Use: Single Family Residence *B5. Architectural Style: Spanish Colonial Revival (Spanish Eclectic) *B6. Construction History: (Construction date, alterations, and date of alterations) San Diego County Assessor’s Residential Building Record lists the construction date as 1930 with a remodel in 1936. The Appraiser from July 10, 1963 lists Dwelling, AC, Fireplace, CCP (Covered Concrete Porch), Enclosed Porch, Garage IV. An announcement in the Evening Tribune on June 12, 1930, lists a building permit applied for by C. A. Edwards, per R. C. Haas, for a frame stucco residence and garage, $6500. A Notice of Completion was filed for a one-story stucco residence and garage with a completion date of September 9, 1930. The San Diego Union from December 18, 1936 indicates C. A. Edwards, Jr. applied for a yard variance to permit construction of servant’s quarters. A Notice of Completion was filed for the one room addition with a completion date of May 10, 1937. Updated Sanborn maps from 1950 and 1956 do not show the addition. The 1937 addition consists of a bedroom and bathroom added to the rear of the house on the East side creating the breezeway between the garage and the house. The continuation of the garage and laundry room were constructed at an unknown time. As listed on the County Assessor’s Residential Building Record, the Enclosed Porch was not enclosed completely. The enclosure was only above, in the form of a wood pergola which spanned the raised step area. The pergola was removed in 2017 as it shows up on Google Maps but was not there when photographs were taken of the property in July 2017. *B7. Moved? No Yes Unknown Date: Original Location: *B8. Related Features: Porch, Garage, Laundry room structure B9a. Architect: Edwards and Plunkett b. Builder: Reuben C. Haas *B10. Significance: Theme Residential Architecture Area University Heights - Marston Hills (San Diego) Period of Significance 1924 - 1940 Property Type Single Family Residence Applicable Criteria A, C, D (Discuss importance in terms of historical or architectural context as defined by theme, period, and geographic scope. Also address integrity.) In 1915, the Panama-California Exposition was held in San Diego. Spanish influenced architecture was revived in San Diego when Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue, lead architect, designed the master plan for the Exposition. Buildings within the Exposition ranged in style from Spanish Baroque Churrigueresque to more vernacular building forms influenced by the architecture of Spain, Mexico and Native Americans throughout California, the Southwest and Florida. After the Exposition closed in 1917 and throughout the 1930s, Spanish influenced design was very prominent in residential architecture. Identifying features of the Spanish Colonial Revival or Spanish Eclectic style are asymmetrical facades, stucco exterior walls, low-pitched roofs with little or no eave overhang and red tile roof cladding. 1050 Cypress Avenue has many of the Spanish Colonial Revival or Spanish Eclectic style elements such as an asymmetrical façade, stucco walls, a low to medium pitched hipped and gable roof, casement windows, double and single-hung windows, deeply inset fenestration and red Spanish clay roof tiles. (Continued on Page 4) (Sketch Map with north arrow required.) B11. Additional Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) *B12. References: (See Page 8) B13. Remarks: *B14. Evaluator: Ginger Weatherford, MPS *Date of Evaluation: October 2017 (This space reserved for official comments.) DPR 523B (9/2013) *Required information State of California - The Resources Agency Primary# DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # Trinomial CONTINUATION SHEET Property Name: Charles and Audala Edwards, Jr./Reuben C. Haas House Page 3 of 10 *P3a. Description: (Continued from Page 1) tiles with overhanging eaves and exposed decorative rafters. Multi-light casement and double-hung wood windows are deeply set in the walls. There is an exterior chimney, on the West eave wall near the South elevation, which is also clad in smooth stucco. A smooth stucco clad chimney with two rows of brick at the top, is located on the interior slope of the East gable roof near the South elevation. Landscaping consists of scored concrete walkways, grass, terracotta tile, palm trees and cacti. The property is surrounded by Cypress Avenue to the South, two houses on Cypress Way to the North, a house to the West and a house to the East, which is on the corner of Cypress Avenue and Vermont Street. South Elevation (Main Façade) The L front façade consists of a square section with a hipped roof, a centered three light (horizontal divisions) on both portions of a wood framed casement window with an arched top and wooden shutters on either side. The shutters feature deliberate jagged edges and “S” shaped hardware in the center. On the East side of the square section is a centered three light (horizontal divisions) on both portions of a wood framed casement window. Inset in the L is a partial porch with an extended secondary roof. The porch roof is supported by three distressed, painted, wooden posts with decorative tops and two beams. Within the porch is a large wooden front door with two large decorative copper hinges and copper lock and door handle. There is a vision light in the door covered with wrought iron. Facing East is a decorative iron sconce. Next to the front door is a copper mail slot and a painted tile address. To the right of the front door is a nine light fixed wood framed window with a three light (horizontal divisions) casement window on either side. The ceiling of the porch features exposed distressed wooden beams with decorative ends. The floor of the porch is covered with terracotta tiles and the front of the porch step contains painted decorative tiles. To the right of the porch is a centered three light (horizontal divisions) on both portions of a wood framed casement window with wooden shutters on either side. The shutters feature deliberate jagged edges and “S” shaped hardware in the center.