HISTORICAL NOMINATION OF THE Edward W. and Gertrude A. Dennstedt House 4615 NORMA DRIVE - TALMADGE PARK UNIT NO.3 SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA
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HISTORIC HOUSE RESEARCH Legacy Ronald V. May, RPA, President and Principal Investigator Dale Ballou May, Vice President and Principal Researcher 1061NC. P.O. Box 15967 • San Diego, CA 92175 Phone; Fax (619) 269-3924 • www.legacy106.com
rAt-a-Glance" Report Snmmary Property Information & Applicable Criteria
Resource Type: Building I Single-family property Resource Name (per HRB naming policy): The Edward W. and Gertrude A. Dennstedt House
Resource AddresL 4615 Norma Drive, San Diego, CA 92115 APN: 465-492-13-00 Requesting Mills Act? Y Iii N Cl
Date of Construction: _1_9_3_6 _____ Architect/Builder: Edward W. Dennstedt and Arthur Dennstedt Prior Resource Address (if relocated): N/A The Dennstedt Company Date ofRelocation: __N_I_A ______aka The Original Dennstedt Building Company Howard F. Smith II Applicant's Name: Ronald V. May, RPA Owner's Name: Joanna Stanwood Smith Address: Legacy 106, Inc. Address: 4615 Norma Drive P.O. Box 15967, San Diego, CA 92175 San Diego, CA 92115
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The resource is being nominated for designation as a historical resource under: lXI HRB Criterion A as a special element of the City's, a community's or a neighborhood's 0 historical development 0 archaeological development 0 cultural development 0 social development 0 economic development 0 political development 0 aesthetic development 0 engineering development 0 landscaping development lXI architectural development for the following reason(s): the house exemplifies special elements of the architectural progression of Talmadge Park Unit# 3's residential style preferences in 1936
D HRB Criterion B for its association with------who/which is significant in local, state or national history for the following reason(s): ------
II HRB Criterion C as a good/excellent example of Spanish I Mexican Hacienda style architectu~e Edward W. Dennstedt The Dennstedt Company DD HRB Criterion D as a notable work of and Arthur Dennstedt , a Master Designer/Builders . lXI Previously established as a Master on June 14, 2007 0 Proposed as a Master
0 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.
0 HRB Criterion F as a contributing resource to the ------Historical Districl 2
"At-a-Glance" Report Summary Required Forms and Documentation
Circle Yes or No, indicating whether or not the following required documentation has been provided:
Report Copies 6J N Provide one copy of the Historical Resource Research Report, stapled at the corner
Department of Parks and Recreation Forms 6J N Primary Record (523a) @ N BSO Record (523b) Y @ Archaeological Record (523c) (if applicable) 2 ~ ~~NN ~:::~~~::~ ~5 ;3~~ ~~~ :::!~~:~!:~ Y Sketch Map (523k) (if applicable) @ Continuation Sheet (5231)
Attachment A Attachment B GJY NN Assessor's Record Chain of Title GJ Notice of Completion >&< ~ Directory Search Y ® Water Sewer Records (f) N Deed from the Date of Construction y ® Building Permits ® y ® Previous Survey Forms
Attachment C Attachment D N City SD 800 Scale Eng Maps N Historical and Transitional Photos N USGS Maps ~ N Current Photos of North Elevation N Original Subdivision Map N Current Photos of East Elevation ~y ® 1886/1887 Sanborn N Current Photos of South Elevation y ® 1906 Sanborn ffi N Current Photos of West Elevation N 1921 Sanborn N 1940 Sanborn N 1950 Sanborn N 1956 Sanborn
Attachment E Attachment F (f)YY NN Criterion A Documentation ~ N Works Cited (f) Criterion B Documentation (f) N Criterion C Documentation Attachment G (f) N Criterion D Documentation Professional Qualifications y @ Criterion E Documentation CEQA Evaluation y ® Criterion F Documentation m SCIC Records Search 3
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Page 1 of 2 *Resource Name or#: The Edward W. & Gertrude A. Dennstedt House P1. Other Identifier: 4615 Norma Drive *P2. Location: D Not for Publication 181 Unrestricted *a. County: San Diego and {P2b and P2c or P2d. Attach a Location Map as necessary.) *b. USGS 7.5' Quad: La Mesa Date: 1997 Maptech, lnc.T; R;% of% of Sec; M.D. B.M. c. Address: 4615 Norma Drive City: San Diego Zip: 92115 d. UTM: Zone: 11 ; 491269 mEl 3624680 mN {G.P.S.} e. Other Locational Data: (e.g., parcel#, directions to resource. elevation, etc.) Elevation: 374 feet Legal Description: Lot 722 in Talmadge Park, Unit No.3, Map 1900, recorded in the City of San Diego in the County of San Diego on May 23, 1926. The house is unusual, as it stretches the length of the entire lot which faces Norma Drive as it curves to the west towards Constance Drive. It is located four blocks north of Monroe Avenue, on the east side of Norma Drive, between Madison Avenue and Constance Drive, within the residential community of Talmadge Park, east of Fairmount Avenue. It is Tax Assessor's Parcel# 465-492-13-00. *P3a. Description: {Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries) The house is a single-story hacienda style building with a Spanish fired red clay tile roof, stucco-on-balloon frame building, with connecting rooms that open to an outdoor, tile covered porch that all open to a landscaped private courtyard that is surrounded by a tall, gated, stucco privacy wall. The stunning original garage door, front gate, and window grills are significant features of the public view. (See continuation sheet.)
*P3b. Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) HP2 *P4. Resources Present: 181 Building 0 Structure 0 Object 0 Site 0 District 0 Element of District
P5b. Description of Photo: (View, date, accession #) View of West Elevation October 18, 2007 Photo by Ronald V. May, RPA
*P6. Date Constructed/Age and Sources: 181 Historic 0 Prehistoric 0 Both Notice of Completion 9/1011936
*P7. Owner and Address: Howard F. Smith II and Joanna Stanwood Smith 4615 Norma Drive San Diego, CA 92115 *PB. Recorded by: (Name, affiliation, and address) Ronald V. May, RPA and Dale Ballou May, Legacy 106, Inc., P.O. Box 15967, San Diego, CA 92175 *P9. Date Recorded: November 14, 2007 *P10. Survey Type: (Describe) Intensive *P11. Report Citation: (Cite survey report and other sources, or enter "none.") Historical Nomination of the Edward W. & Gertrude A. Dennstedt House, 4615 Norma Drive, Talmadge Park Unit No. 3, San Diego, California for the City of San Diego, Historical Resources Board, by Ronald V. May, RPA and Dale Ballou May, Legacy 106, Inc. November 2007. Additional research for this report was conducted by Linda Canada. *Attachments: 0 NONE 0 Location Map D Sketch Map ~ Continuation Sheet ~ Building, Structure, and Object Record 0 Archaeological Record 0 District Record 0 Linear Feature Record D Milling Station Record 0 Rock Art Record 0 Artifact Record 0 Photograph Record 0 Other (List):
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Page 2 of 2 *Resource Name or# (Assigned by recorder) The Edward W. & Gertrude A. Dennstedt House
*Recorded by: Ronald V. May, RPA *Date: November 14, 2007 ~ Continuation 0 Update
*P3a. Description: (continued)
The two-car garage is attached to the south rear bedroom, but is accessed by a short cobblestone staircase to the side garage door. Only the living room windows face Norma Drive, as the remainder of the windows are screened by the stucco wall, gate, and garage. The interior is open beam ceiling, hand applied wall plaster with sculpted beehive fireplace, built-in bookshelves and niches, and all the original hand-made cabinetry with the original painted floral designs and cabinet coloration. The original tile and hardwood floors exist. The original paneled front door, wood framed screen doors, wooden window grills, wood framed casement windows, and wood framed French doors all survive. A small fish pond and fire box are tucked inside the stucco wall and are not visible from the street.
The landscape is defined by a white stucco wall that spans the length of the sidewalk along the majority of the lot, but ending as the road curves towards Constance Drive. The wall is draped with bougainvillea and other ornamental vines. The south/southwest elevation is a long stucco wall with the living room on the north and garage on the south. The south end of the wall exhibits a small window with yellow-painted vertical wood grills. The north end is the living room that faces a large tree and cacti and succulent ground cover separated by stepping stones. The lawnstrip out front exhibits several tall palm trees separated by clumps of fountain grass. Hedges with orange flowers hug the stucco wall, as it turns away from the house toward the sidewalk. A large pair of salmon-orange colored gates are set in the center of the wall. Just opposite is a concrete lamp post. Further south is a small window and double sliding garage doors. A brown gate to the right is flanked by metal porch lamps. A very tall eucalyptus tree screens the southwest corner of the property and a neighboring house blocks public view of the south elevation. The north elevation is a 9-pane fixed window and to the right is a brown gate that blocks view of the rear north/northeast elevation. The original landscape of lawn with shrubbery has been replaced over the years, but the palm trees and bird of paradise plants may be original. All the landscaping is immaculately maintained.
The neighborhood involves 1920s to 1950s vintage single family dwellings. The neighboring house to the east is a Minimal Traditional style and to the south is a Spanish style. Across the street, the houses are a mix of styles, including Spanish and Old English or French Normandy style. Norma Street is curved with the old concrete sidewalks, lawn strips, and old lamp posts that are done in the style of the original lighting put in place by the Talmadge Park subdividers. The Edward W. and Gertrude A. Dennstedt House is distinctive in style and prominently located lengthwise on the lot on Norma Drive, one of the three streets in this tract named after the famous Talmadge Sisters, Norma, Constance, and Natalie, silent movie stars from the 1920s. 5
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Page 1 of 26 *Resource Name or# (Assigned by recorder) The Edward W. & Gertrude A. Dennstedt House
81. Historic Name: none 82. Common Name: 4615 Norma Drive 83. Original Use: Single Family Property 84. Present Use: Single Family Property *85. Architectural Style: Spanish Hacienda *86. Construction History: (Construction date, alterations, and date of alterations) On September 10, 1936, E.W. Dennstedt filed a Notice of Completion for the house in which he stated that his address was 3771 Granada in San Diego, California and he owned Lot 722 in Talmadge Park, Unit# 3. He stated that on July 11, 1936 he entered into a contract with The Dennstedt Company of 3761 Fifth Avenue, as contractor, for the erection and construction of a residence and garage, which was completed on September 10, 1936. The Notice recorded on September 11, 1936. The Operating Department, City of San Diego, issued a water permit and a sewer permit, but neither of these original documents are on file and were either misplaced or lost by the originating agencies. (See Continuation Sheet) *87. Moved? [8J No 0 Yes 0 Unknown Date: Original Location: *88. Related Features: none B9a. Architect: Arthur Dennstedt b. Builder: Arthur and Edward W. Dennstedt
*810. Significance: Theme: Residential Architecture Area: Talmadge Park Unit 3 Period of Significance: 1936-1941 Property Type: Single-Family Property 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.) The Edward W. & Gertrude A. Dennstedt House is significant under three City of San Diego Historical Resources Board criteria. These are Criterion a, as a resource that demonstrates special elements of the architectural evolution of the Talmadge Park Unit 3 neighborhood; Criterion c, as an important example of Spanish I Mexican Hacienda architecture in 1936, built by The Dennstedt Company as a model home and then personal residence for Edward and Gertrude Dennstedt and their children; and Criterion d, as a notable work of The Dennstedt Company, which the City of San Diego Historical Resources Board accepted as Master Builders on June 14, 2007 with the Hazel Wier I Dennstedt Company House at 1857 Viking Way in La Jolla, California. (See Continuation Sheet)
811. Additional Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) none
*812. References: (See Continuation Sheet)
813. Remarks: none N *814. Evaluator: Ronald V. May, RPA (Sketch Map with north arrow required.) *Date of Evaluation: November 30, 2007 t
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Page 2 of 26 *Resource Name or# (Assigned by recorder) The Edward W. & Gertrude A. Dennstedt House
*Recorded by: Ronald V. May, RPA *Date: November 30, 2007 181 Continuation D Update
*86. Construction History (continued):
Tax Assessor's Residential Building Record. The Tax Assessor's Residential Building Record reported the house as a single-family residence, standard construction, clay tile roof, frame construction on a concrete foundation, and built in 1937. The house has 3 bedrooms, a living room with open beam ceilings, a dining room, kitchen, and hardwood floors. The bathrooms were tile and plaster. There is a detached garage set to the west end of the house.
*810. Significance (Criterion "a" continued):
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.
Introduction. The Dennstedt House meets Criterion "a" because it contributes to a better understanding of the architectural development of the neighborhood as style preferences changed through the Great Depression years through World War II. This unusual residence was to be the home of Edward and Gertrude Dennstedt and their family. One special element is the fact that it served as a model home during the month of September, 1936, during which thousands of visitors came to see the unique features of the house. This house also contributes to a better understanding of the more than a dozen neighboring Cliff May and The Dennstedt Company Spanish I Mexican haciendas in this Talmadge Park Unit 3 neighborhood, east of Fairmount Avenue. In order to understand the historical significance of this Hacienda at 4615 Noima Drive within Criteiion a, it is necessary to know the Dennstedt family's story of how it came to be built as well as the historical context for the architectural style. Residents and visitors to this section of Talmadge Park are no doubt familiar with the street view of this house, because of its distinctive carved garage door, imposing front gate, and decorative wood grill windows that hint at unique craftsmanship beyond the tall, stucco perimeter wall. Pedestrians might think it reminiscent of an old building in Old Town San Diego, or perhaps they had heard of Architect Cliff May's famous hacienda style ranch houses. What's more, there is another building, not that far away, with similar features to this house that would hint at a common builder. More informed residents would know that Cliff May was married to Norma Jean Lichty, the daughter of Talmadge Park manager, Roy Lichty, so May's connection to the house would be well within the realm of possibility. But was this the case? Other questions also arise such as was the influence of the design Mexican, Spanish, or perhaps a Hollywood set recreation in the style of an old Leo Carrillo western movie adventure?
Architectural evolution and the development of the post Great Depression neighborhood from 1934 through World War II. The year 1936 in which The Dennstedt Company built this house marks San Diego's emergence from the worst effects of national business failure, unprecedented unemployment, and collapse of the Post World War I housing market. These years of the Great Depression began with the Stock Market Crash of October, 1929, and lasted through 1935. San Diego felt the worst effects between 1931 and 1934.
At the local level, the city's self-imposed remedy to the economic devastation was to convene the California Pacific International Exposition, Balboa Park's successor to the wildly successful1915-1916 Panama-California Exposition. At the national level, the experts agreed economic recovery was rooted in home construction. At its core was a program designed to encourage affordable home ownership at a monthly cost comparable to rent. To this end, articles such as the October 4, 1936 San Diego Union piece "Many comfortable dwellings may be built in some instances with lower monthly payments than present rental prices," by De Witt K. Priday, Secretary-Manager of San Diego's Better Housing Program, were published nation-wide ("Better Housing Program Advises Builders, Buyers"). 7
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Page 3 of 26 *Resource Name or# (Assigned by recorder) The Edward W. & Gertrude A. Dennstedt House
*Recorded by: Ronald V. May, RPA *Date: November 30, 2007 ~ Continuation D Update
*810. Significance (Criterion "a" continued):
Federal experts knew it would take extraordinary measures to bring economic recovery locally and nationally. By 1934, J. A. Moffett, Federal Housing Administrator, had coordinated with all aspects of the building industry to assist the recovery efforts. The National Housing Act was intended to directly stimulate production of better homes, new homes, and modernized homes, and bring the jobs necessary to accomplish it. The November 1934 American Builder and Building Age magazine came with the title page insignia:
Better Homes, Better Business. Better homes mean better business. The American builder endorses a vigorous home building and repair drive in every community to create the desire for better homes. Builders, dealers, architects, real estate men and the local department stores and newspapers should co-operate to popularize better homes. (American Builder and Building Age, November 1934, page 7)
After Congress passed the National Recovery Act of 1934, Federal Housing Authority (FHA), the War Preparedness Act of 1935, and infused federal money through into the San Diego aircraft industry, a growing middle and working class population could now see a future following the Great Depression where they could afford to hire builders to construct new homes. The federal Small House Movement and San Diego's local Better Housing Program created opportunities for business owners to remodel and potential home buyers or investors to buy vacant lots and build small homes.
These home buying and building incentive programs, coupled with p!ans for another exposition, were the background for the Dennstedts and other San Diego builders to help stimulate the local economy. Banking on the wildly successful results of the 1915-1916 San Diego Panama-California Exposition in Balboa Park, the gates of the California Pacific International Exposition opened on May 29, 1935 to record crowds. By the close of the fair neariy two years later over 7 miiiion visitors from over 32 foreign nations had come to spend their time and money in San Diego County. On September 10, 1936, exposition president Frank Belcher declared to the throng of 60,000 attendees that all objectives for the fair had been met. This was the same day that Edward W. Dennstedt filed his Notice of Completion on the new house at 4615 Norma Drive (Frank Belcher, Exposition President, "Expo Objectives Attained; Gains Huge, Says Belcher" and "Big Parade Feature of Final Day," San Diego Union, September 10, 1936}.
The Dennstedt House contributes to a better understanding of how Talmadge Park Unit 3 reflects a shift from the 1920s "Movie Girl Subdivision" of Units 1 and 2 and the subsequent effects of the economic collapse of the Great Depression between 1930 and 1934. The Dennstedt Company's role in the American economic recovery after 1935 is reflected in the design of this Hacienda style house, which was as a dramatic departure from the 1920s Spanish style homes found west of Fairmont Avenue and Mahogany Canyon in the Kensington and Talmadge neighborhoods. The Dennstedt Company's construction of new homes on Lots 722, 725, 726, 727, and 728 (Recorder's Office) along Norma Street marks the beginning of the new affluence as seen in the housing styles east of Talmadge Park Units 1 and 2 across the canyon. 8
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*Recorded by: Ronald V. May, RPA *Date: November 30, 2007 ~ Continuation D Update
*810. Significance (Criterion "a" continued):
The Talmadge Park marketing strategy from 1925-1929 focused on San Diego as the exclusively selected "Movie Girl Subdivision," which opened in 1925 with great fanfare and an enormous publicity campaign and the public appearances of silent screen stars and sisters, Norma, Constance, and Natalie Talmadge. Talmadge Park Unit 1 opened on January 3, 1926. They filed the maps for Unit 2 on February 2, 1926 and Unit 3 followed closely on March 23, 1926 (Baumann, p. 71 ). Advertisements and announcements by Roy Lichty, the tract manager, splashed across the Sunday paper's real estate pages. Roy's brother, Guy Carleton Lichty, managed the tract sales office at the southwest corner of Van Dyke Avenue and Adams Avenue (Baumann, page 69). With incredible up-front financing, the developers installed gas lines, electrical power, water, and sewer infrastructure.
Architectural Review and Approval. More importantly, the Lichty's managed the integrity of the overall architectural design of the entirety of Units 1, 2, and 3 with a requirement that all houses must receive design approval from their architectural supervisor. Legacy 106, Inc. has researched Talmadge Park intensively and until this nomination had not found documentation to prove the generally accepted assertion that Talmadge Park exerted architectural supervision over the houses in the tract. A September 2, 1936 article in the San Diego Union uncovered for this nomination finally provided conclusive proof that the subdivision management required that all proposed house designs be reviewed by the tract's architectural supervisor and receive design approval before construction could bsgin. In sffect, this means that this house was aiChitecturally approved (bolding added):
As one of the newest residential units in the city, having only recently been annexed; also as the setting of the most active home building program in San Diego, Talmadge Park Unit 3 has forged into a dominating position in less than six weeks' time," said (Guy) Lichty. "In the last 45 days, plans for 32 new dwellings have been approved by our architectural supervisor. The total dollar value of new residences building on the tract approximates $200,000." (San Diego Union, September 2, 1936 "Developer Pays $31,847 in Taxes," Guy Lichty, Talmadge Park developer, speaking about Talmadge Park Unit 3.)
The popularity of the Spanish style, in general, can be inferred in a September 7, 1930 San Diego Union furniture advertisement by Benbough Furniture Company, which advertised:
"Early Californian" Furniture for Fall. Created for Spanish Type Homes. The designers of this typically "Early Californian" furniture have borrowed the art of Spanish Hacienda days and modernized the designs to meet the present day demands for comfort and decorative charm ... every room in your Spanish home can be attractively furnished from Benbough selections, and at moderate cost.
An interesting element to the required architectural review of the tract lies in the identity of the reviewer and implications of significance of the approved architectural designs. While the identity of the "architectural supervisor'' has not been learned, it must be noted that the tract's manager, Roy Lichty, had a daughter, Jean Lichty, who on October 19, 1932, married Clifford Magee May. More commonly known as Cliff May, "Builder of Haciendas and 'Early California Rancherias," and today universally acclaimed as "The Father of the California Ranch House." 9
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*Recorded by: Ronald V. May. RPA *Date: November 30, 2007 ~ Continuation D Update
*B10. Significance (Criterion "a" continued):
Cliff May's position as Roy Lichty's son-in-law raises interesting questions as to what degree, if any, Lichty may have encouraged May's growing career in this niche of house design. Was it important that other builders were building houses of similar design? Were these designs encouraged, discouraged, or influenced in any way relative to the potential success of May's specializing in this design? In terms of architectural review within the tract, were the character-defining features of the hacienca design, such as the unusual window grills, the artistic layout, bee hive fireplaces, ceramic door bell embellishments, custom rustic cabinetry, ceiling beams, and other woodwork, encouraged, for any builder in this style, to maintain a satisfactory level of architectural control, and authenticity to the style? Presumably any builder desiring to build in this style who included elements not deemed appropriate, would be required to modify their designs. Carol Ybarrando, granddaughter of Master Carpenter Wilburn Neal, reported her grandfather and other carpenters who worked for Cliff May also built ranch style homes in their spare time (Ybarrando, Personal Communication, 2007}.
Another interesting fact suggesting Cliff May might have worked cooperatively with other builders in the Talmadge Park tracts is the fact that the Dennstedts built not one, but 15 hacienda style houses in Talmadge Park Unit 3. One of the most prominent is also located at 4525 Norma Drive which Arthur Dennstedt of The Dennstedt Company built. Arthur was Edward and Gertrude Dennstedt's son. Arthur also designed 4615 Norma Drive for his parents. The house at 4525 Norma has many similarities of design as his parent's home, but most interestingly it has a feature most often attributed to Cliff May, a ceramic doorbell surround. While Arthur Dennstedt did not use a ceramic surround on his parent's home at 4615 Norma Drive, other design features such as the window grills, rustic shutters, and bee hive fireplace look similar to May-designed haciendas. At least one author, Mary van Baigooy, who is working on an article about Cliff May's career, stated:
Recognizing an early Cliff May house is sometimes difficult but a good clue is a colorful tile doobell at the front door. Although the patterns vary, they are similar to the decorative floor tiles found in 1920s Spanish Colonial Revival houses - yet I've only found them in houses by Cliff May (Mary van Balgooy, http://mavb.us/archives/category/cliff-may ).
Balgooy states further:
By 1937 May had constructed over fifty houses and several non-residential buildings in the San Diego area. His early houses were very much based on the nineteenth-century ranch houses he had come to know in his childhood. (Mary van Balgooy, http://mavb.us/archives/category/cliff-may }
To understand how a Cliff May signature doorbell could be found on a Dennstedt-built house, Legacy 106, Inc. consulted with the descendants of one of May's Master Carpenters, Wilburt F. Hale. Scholar Robert Winter, author of Toward a Simpler Way of Life: The Arts & Crafts Architects of California, wrote of Hale:
Like other architects, May tried to assemble a network of subcontractors whose work would be of a consistently high quality. His first master carpenter was Wilburn F. Hale, an Arkansas native to whom he gave credit for teaching him numerous practical building skills. Overall, the close working arrangement with Hale and other subcontractors meant that May needed to make only a small number of drawings in order to construct most of his early projects (Robert Winter, page 286). 10
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*Recorded by: Ronald V. May, RPA *Date: November 30, 2007 ~ Continuation D Update
*810. Significance (Criterion "a" continued}:
Legacy 106, Inc. contacted Hale's granddaughters, Mary Neal and her sister, Carol Ybarrondo, to see if they could offer any insight into the similarities in style between the Dennstedt-built houses and Cliff May haciendas. In particular, could the carpenters have perhaps worked with each builder separately as subcontractors? To what extent did May's master carpenters work in Talmadge Park? Certainly, they as master artisans deserve credit for their contributions to these houses.
Ybarrondo was curious about our inquiry, and initially wondered how we came to find out about their grandfather's role with May, "as we as his family, seemed to be the only people that knew this information." (Carol Ybarrondo, Personal Communication, November 16, 2007) Mary Neal revealed that their mother, Marjorie Hale Neal, worked out of Cliff May's office on Adams Avenue and that many of her relatives were carpenters. "My father worked for my grandfather as well as two of my uncles, my brother in laws father and also his uncles." (Mary Neal, Personal Communication, November 16, 2007)
In a telephone interview on November 20, 2007, Ybarrondo stated that she had talked with Jean Lichty May on a tour of the Roper's National Register house in Talmadge Park. She stated that she was aware that one of the Dennstedt-built houses on Norma Street had a Cliff May-type doorbell, but she could not account for it. Furthermore, her many of her extended family were builders, such as her husband, who was from the Brock family, also prominent builders in the Kensington and Talmadge communities.
She stated that Cliff May designed furniture for his houses and her grandfather built the pieces, often working late in the front yard of their house on Van Dyke Street in Talmadge Park Unit 1. Furthermore, these carpenters built houses of their own, some in the hacienda style, and that "there was a lot of copying going on, and it was not a bad thing." For example, she said her grandfather, Wilburn Hale, built a family house on Bancroft Street that was a copy of the Cliff May style. When asked whether or not she thought her family of subcontractors might have also worked for The Dennstedt Company, or perhaps other builders of this style, she stated that the loyalties of the carpenters went to where you worked "and you did not cross company lines." {Carol Ybarrondo, Personal Communication, November 16, 2007)
Legacy 106, Inc. had the opportunity to interview Jean Lichty May indirectly through Lee Roper {owner of a Cliff May designed and built Spanish Hacienda that is listed on the National Register) in 2005 while working on another house nomination. When asked about May's involvement in the hacienda style houses in Talmadge, she responded that there are at least fifteen Spanish hacienda style houses in the Talmadge community that were built by other companies in the 1930s {Personal Communication, Lee Roper, 2005). This response, along with the comments from the Hale descendants, leads Legacy 106. Inc. to conclude that while Cliff May rightly deserves credit for successfully promoting public interest in the Spanish hacienda style through his 1930s marketing program, there were also many other architects and designers who built in this style, and received architectural endorsement by the Talmadge Park architectural review supervisor for their individual designs.
Just as Cliff May built other houses in the "Monterey" style and other popular designs of the period, builders such as The Dennstedt Company built in the "hacienda" style, to meet popular demand and entice potential home builders. The excellence of these designs served to showcase their building skills and bring in new business. 11
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*810. Significance (Criterion "a" continued):
Showcase Home In Talmadge Park. In September, 1936, the Dennstedt Company opened their newly constructed house at 4615 Norma Drive for inspection by the public to see its unique features and unusual furnishings. In effect, it served as an architecturally-approved model home, viewed by thousands of visitors (according to one advertisement), as well as the eventual personal residence of the builder. After touring the home, visitors were invited to look at other Dennstedt Company houses under construction in San Diego to encourage them to choose the company as their builder.
An advertisement in the September 13, 1936 San Diego Union announced:
PREVIEW TODAY, 4615 Norma Drive- Talmadge Park. We invite you and your friends to be our guests today at the opening of this distinctive Spanish Hacienda. All rooms completely outfitted with interesting furnishings of the latest mode. WE know you will be c apitvated by the delightful Spanish Atmosphere imparted in the unusual design and furnishings throughout. See for yourself the super qualities of a Dennstedt constructed termite proof home. The Dennstedt Co. Edward W. Dennstedt, Moreau S. Dennstedt, Chester A. Dennstedt, Arthur L. Dennstedt
Later that month, an advertisement in the San Diego Union on September 20, 1936, announced:
LAST DAY To Inspect 4615 Norma Drive (Talmadge Park). Today is the very last day this outstanding fully furnished Spanish Hacienda will be open for public inspection. Thousands of people have visited it and have been captivated by the sheer beauty and artistry of the design and furnishings. It is the "home of the moment" - the most talked-of building accomplishment in San Diego - unique in every detail but of such classic style that it will live with the years. Constructed and Financed by The Dennstedt Co. San Diego's largest and most progressive home building organization.
It is interesting to note that the many visitors to the home experienced not only the artistic design of the house, but its artistic furnishings, which complemented the hacienda experience of the home. Some of those furnishings are present today, such the unique lighting fixture in the dining room. Another point of interest is that the Dennstedt's "Last Day" announcement was positioned on the page next to an advertisement by Cliff May for his own haciendas and rancherias.
By October, 1936, The Dennstedt Company had eleven houses in various stages of construction in Talmadge Park Unit 2, 3, and other areas of the city. They advertised their "Advance 1937 Model," with an "eye to the future." It was a simplified home, 91 feet in length with a 60 foot porch, exposed ceiling in the living room and outdoor barbeque pit. The plan was a "distinctive hacienda" with modern amenities. (San Diego Union, October 4, 1936) The Dennstedt's competitors, such as Bartlett & Sutton, advertised new "Monterey-type homes" constructed under the FHA program, which today would be classified as "Minimal Traditional" style (San Diego Union, September 6, 1936, "Monterey- type, FHA Financed Homes with Modern Improvements Open for Inspection Today"). That same newspaper edition also featured two new "Monterey-style" residences by A.L. and A. E. Dennstedt that also would be considered Minimal Traditional style today. 12
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Pear Pearson, another local builder, also advertised a two story "Monterey" residence he had just finished on Curtis Street (San Diego Union, October 4, 1936, "Monterey Residence Just Completed on Curtis Street"). On another track, author Kevin Starr states in his book The Dream Endures: California Enters the 1940s, that in 1937:
At the same time, in Southern California, architects Richard Neutra and Rudolph Schindler were evolving a regional version of the International Style, which detached California from its largely imaginary Spanish and Mexican past in favor of designs that were clean and functional, aerodynamic even, and built in the materials of the machine age {Starr, page 21 ).
By 1939, architectural preferences of home buyers had shifted away from the Spanish style to a large extent. A. E. Dennstedt built a new English style home for his family at 4118 Palisades Road in Kensington Heights. In 1941, his brother, A.L. Dennstedt, also built his new family home n the English style in Kensington Heights at 4372 Ridgeway. Kensington author Baumann stated:
Roy Lichty died in 1945 and did not have a chance to profit from his great wisdom, but Guy went on to successfully develop the area until he retired in 1955. One of the men who did extensive building in Greater Talmadge was John Lovett. Other builders included Ray Perrigo, the Dennstedts, R.S. Brock, and T.J. Lords and Sons {Baumann, page 65).
In conclusion, because The Dennstedt Company received approval from the architectural supervisor for Talmadge Park for their design of 4165 Norma Drive; and because the home served first as a Model Home in the month of September 1936 and was visited by "thousands of visitors" who saw the artistic design, as well as Its artistic furnishings; and because the house was designed by Edward W. & Gertrude A. Dennstedt's son, Arthur, who built his own neighboring hacienda style house, as well as 4165 Norma Drive, with features some attribute as signature elements of Cliff May-designed houses; and because 4165 Norma Drive then was the personal residence of Edward Dennstedt of The Dennstedt Company, for all of these reasons, the house exemplifies special elements of the architectural development of Talmadge Park Unit 3 under Criterion a.
Historical Background. Although there is no direct nexus between the early history of people living in the area and the first house built in 1936, the Historical Resources Board requires a brief review of the historical background of the area, which is most appropriately discussed under Criterion a. Archaeological evidence and Kumeyaay tradition places the earliest people in San Diego at least 12,000 years ago and perhaps even more. The environment has changed dramatically since that time and very little investigation has been conducted to fairly characterize those changes. By 1 ,500 years ago, ancestral Kumeyaay people built large settlements along the San Diego River, San Diego and Mission Bays, Rose Canyon to the north, Chollas Creek, and Sweetwater River to the south. What is now called Talmadge Park and Kensington were dry peripheral areas above trails that are now covered by Fairmont Avenue and Interstate 15. Kumeyaay people would have traveled trails from the village later associated with the Roman Catholic Mission San Diego de Alcala and San Diego River as a short-cut to Chollas Creek to the south. Although resources would have been scarce up on the Kensington mesa, Vernal pools could have provided water and fairy shrimp during the spring time. To date, no record of prehistoric Kumeyaay sites are known for these upland areas. 13
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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.
Criterion B is directly associated with Edward W. and Gertrude A. Dennstedt, and their children: Annette Dennstedt, Bonnie Dennstedt, Patricia K. Dennstedt, Keith Dennstedt (1936-1941). It is also associated with Wilton M. Lewis, M.D., U.S. Army and Betty Lewis (1941-1945); Pauline L. Clarke and her children, Royal M. Clarke, Joanne Clarke (1946-1995), in the historical period between 1926 and 1957.
The Dennstedt Legacy. Alberta Dennstedt, niece to Edward and Gertrude Dennstedt, related the family history to Legacy 106, Inc. in 2003. She explained the Dennstedt family emigrated from Prussia to Canada in 1845 and then family groups split off. John Ernst Dennstedt relocated to Albertlee, Minnesota and developed commercial businesses in merchandising and manufacturing of camping gear and then agricultural real estate sales. The family learned to build their own homes and many worked in the construction trades. The 1920 U.S. Census shows Edward, age 47, and Gertrude, age 37, living with Kenneth L. Dennstedt, age 17, Cleo G. Dennstedt, age 16, Moreau M. Dennstedt, age 13, Arlee (aka Arthur) L. Dennsiedt, age 9, and Bonnie L. Dennstedt, age 5, in Lea Ward, Freeborn, Minnesota.
The adult men in the family then moved away to carry on the reai estate business in different iocations. A.L. and C.A. Dennstedt moved to Cedar Rapids. Iowa. A. E. Dennstedt went to North Dakota where he brokered farm real estate as far away as Oklahoma, Canada, Iowa, and Minnesota. Edward W. Dennstedt moved to Hemet, California.
An economic recession in 1923-1925 caused A.L. and C.A. Dennstedt to lay off their employees. The value of farmland dropped to $30 an acre and the real estate market was not worth the effort. One of those employees moved to San Diego and picked up a "Bulldog" January 1, 1926 edition of the San Diego Union and mailed it to the Dennstedt family in Iowa. Alberta Dennstedt recalled her parents and uncle packing everything they owned in their Cadillac and Franklin automobiles and driving across country at a top speed of 36 mph. They shipped furniture and clothing by train. She distinctly recalled her father, A.L., mother, Cleveland, brother, Norman, and herself driving in their 1920 Franklin and how they stopped at tourist and scenic locations all across the country. She recalled playing games with Norman and amusing herself deciding what she would wear for dinner each evening. She recalled the trip took one month and they arrived in San Diego in April of 1926.
The four Dennstedt brothers co-founded The Dennstedt Company in 1926 to build speculation and custom houses, commercial buildings, and other construction projects. A.L., E.W. A.E., and C.A. Dennstedt were the founders. They all had prior construction experience, business experience, and real estate experience back in Minnesota and Iowa before arriving in San Diego. They built hundreds of residences and commercial buildings before the hard economic times of the Great Depression caused A.L. and A.E. to split from the company. For five more years, The Dennstedt Conmpany continued through construction of F.H.A. federal housing tract houses before changing the company name to The Original Dennstedt Company to distinguish themselves from the A.L. and A.E. Dennstedt Company. The Original Dennstedt Company dissolved in 1960. 14
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Edward W. Dennstedt (1936~1941). Edward W. Dennstedt was born September 12, 1872 in Minnesota and died October 27, 1952 (San Diego Union October 29, 1952). He worked in construction and agricultural real estate sales before moving to Hemet, California with his family in 1925. When his brothers, A.L., A. E. and C.A. Dennstedt came to San Diego in 1926, he moved to join them and they co-founded The Dennstedt Company to purchase vacant lots, finance purchase and building loans, and design and build custom residential housing. After A.L. and A.E. Dennstedt quit and sold their interests in the company in 1933, Edward became president. After two years of people confusing The Dennstedt Company with the A.L. and A. E. Dennstedt Company, they changed the name to The Original Dennstedt Company and branched into large-scale F.H.A. Small Home Movement tract homes that were smaller and lacked the ornamental detail of the earlier homes. They also built commercial buildings. As World War II emerged and Congress terminated private house building, The Original Dennstedt Company entered into developing factory worker housing under contracts with the Department of War. The company continued to build houses during the post-war boom, but closed in 1960 when the Uniform Building Code and local zoning laws made it harder for building contractors to conduct their work (Alberta Dennstedt 2007). At the time of his death, Edward lived at 4610 Cajon Way. His grandson, Richard A. Dennstedt, continues to build homes, but no longer uses the name Dennstedt for his company (Richard A. Dennstedt 2003).
Gertrude A. Dennstedt (1936-1941). Gertrude A. Dennstedt was born May 2, 1881 in Iowa, married Edward W. Dennstedt 1901, and moved to San Diego in 1926. She and Edward had three daughters and three sons. They also lived in Hemet, California in 1925, where she wrote a column for the newspaper there. She volunteered her time helping the blind and was active in the Indoor Sports Club and the Silwergate Sports Club, and was a member of the Third Order of Mt. Carmel, The St. Thomas Aquinas Social Service Auxiliary, Legion of Mary and Children of Mary. She died September 26, 1968 (San Diego Union September 28, 1968).
Arthur L. Dennstedt. Arthur L. Dennstedt was born in Minnesota and came to San Diego in 1927 and resided in San Diego for forty-eight years. He worked for The Original Dennstedt Company as a carpenter in 1931 and then foreman in 1934 and supervisor of construction, then started his own building contracting company and in 1950 became president of Electro Mart Appliance Store on El Cajon Boulevard. He was father of Richard A. Dennstedt and Sharon D. Spice. He passed away August 5, 1975 in San Diego and was buried at Glenn Abbey Memorial Park (San Diego Union August 8, 1975). Although he designed and supervised construction of 4615 Norma Street and would have visited his parents, he never lived in the house.
Joanne Hendrickson, Arthur's daughter-in-law for a while, described Arthur as "Hemingway type of guy" who liked that rustic look and designed and built 4615 Norma Drive with a real masculine look (Joanne Hendrickson 2007). She reported he thought the house had the biggest beehive fireplace in all of San Diego. Yet, he had flowers painted on the doors and cabinets and stained the walls, rather than paint. Arthur designed the house for his parents, then served The Original Dennstedt Company as foreman on the construction and personally supervised every detail in the house.
Bonnie Dennstedt Williams (1937-1938). Born May 4, 1914 in Albert Lea, Minnesota, Bonnie Dennstedt came to San Diego with her parents and married Theodore H. Williams, who just died this year. He managed the Electro Mart household appliance store for the Dennstedt family on El Cajon Boulevard. She listed her occupation in the Directory as beauty operator and lived in the house from 1937 to 1938. They had three d!3ughters and one son. She died June 1, 2000 at Fredericka Manor Fellowship Hall. 15
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Patricia Kathleen Dennstedt Parks (1937-1939). Born in Minnesota on March 17, 1918, Patricia Kathleen Dennstedt moved to San Diego in 1929. She studied journalism at San Diego High School and worked as a film editor for KFMB TV, wrote a column for the Key West Citizen, and authored a book titled Overseas Railroad. She lived in 4615 Norma Drive from 1937 to 1939. The July 8, 1939 "Society and Clubs" section of the San Diego Union announced the engagement of Patricia Dennstedt to Boyce Parks, son of Mrs. E.V. Parks of Long Beach and formerly of Dallas, Texas. Her late father-in-law was an oil and cattle man. She and Mr. Parks relocated to Dallas, Texas, where they had three daughters. She died in San Diego on September 11, 1982 (San Diego Union September 14, 1982).
Keith Dennstedt (1940). Keith Dennstedt worked for The Original Dennstedt Company. He listed himself in the 1940 Directory as living at 4615 Norma Drive and Joanne Hendrickson reported that when Keith lived at 4615 Norma Drive, he slept in the south bedroom. He designed and drafted the plans for most of The Original Dennstedt houses after 1933 and designed Redwood Village on 54th Street, allegedly the first shopping center in San Diego.
Major William Moore Lewis, M.D. (1941-1945). Born in Evanston, Illinois on January 14, 1909, William Moore Lewis received a medical degree from Northwestern University in 1935. He served his residency at the University of Iowa and then moved to San Diego in 1936 (San Diego Union November 3, 1993). He opened at office to practice obstetiics and gynecology at 809 Medico-Dental Building until the United States Army called him to duty in 1943. Betty Lewis remained at 4615 Norma Drive while Major Lewis, M.D. served in the Burma-China Campaign through the end of the war in 1945. They sold the house and moved elsewhere in San Diego, but Major Lewis, M.D. reopened his practice at Sharp and Mercy Hospitals delivering babies. He was a member of the California Medical Association, American Medical Association, San Diego Medical Society, and Southwest Gynecological Society. He was a 50-year member of the Downtown Rotary Club and served on the board of the Children's Home Society. He died of a heart attack at Mercy Hospital and survivors included Betty S. Lewis and their daughter, Patricia Lewis of San Diego.
Betty Lewis (1941-1945). Born on October 10, 1915 in Illinois, Betty married Wilton Moore Lewis and they moved to San Diego in 1936. They resided at 4615 Norma Drive in 1941 and she remained while he served in the United States Army from 1943 through 1945. They sold the house and relocated after the war. She died January 2, 1976 in San Diego.
Pauline L. Clarke (Pauline L. Thompson and Pauline L. Hall) (1946-1992); Royal M. Clarke (1946-1958), and Joanne Hendrickson (1946·1959). Pauline L. Clarke lived in the house with her mother, Augusta Thompson, and her children Royal and Joanne. Royal M. Clarke was born in San Diego on August 18, 1935 and moved into 4615 Norma Drive in 1946. He served in the United States Army from 1958 to 1964, worked for a laundry that serviced the U.S. Navy, and then retired after working as a bartender at The Beachcomber. He was a member of OMBAC (Old Mission Beach Athletic Club), which is a well-known social group of water sports, over-the-line, and volley ball enthusiasts in San Diego. He died April10, 1999. (Joanne Hendrickson 2007)
Augusta Clarke. Augusta Clarke, mother of Pauline L. Clarke, lived in the house with her daughter and grandchildren. She had the south bedroom. After her death, Royal Clarke moved into that bedroom. 16
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Joanne Hendrickson was born in 1939 and moved into 4615 Norma Drive at age seven in 1946. She fondly recalled playing jacks on the front steps at the gate and remembered her mother had many animals, including a miniature rabbit that lived in the interior gardens. She married Richard A. Dennstedt (son of Arthur Dennstedt and grandson of Edward and Gertrude Dennstedt) in 1959, but only learned his father built 4615 Norma Drive after a family gathering. Arthur Dennstedt then informed her of his role in designing the house for his parents and supervising each element of the construction and decoration. He related to her that one of Arthur's sisters married at the house, but she no longer recalls who. She bought a house across the street and cared for her mother Pauline in her later years, then sold 4615 Norma Drive on August 20, 1993 to Bernard J. Beuttner (Recorder's Office). She continues to reside across the street and granted the interview and provided many of the historical photographs used in this report.
Based on the research and interviews conducted for this nomination, Legacy 106, Inc. concludes that none of the owners or residents associated with 4615 Norma Drive before 1962 (45-years ago) meet Criterion "b" for historical significance, although Arthur Dennstedt and Edward Dennstedt are important under Criterion d, for their association with The Dennstedt Company.
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.
This house is significant under HRB Criterion c as an excellent example of a Spanish I Mexican Hacienda style architecture designed by Arthur Dennstedt and built by Edward W. Dennstedt with Moreau S. and Chester A. Dennstedt of The Dennstedt Company. It also is important because for its craftsmanship and The Dennstedt Company's use of a new material, Zinc-Chloride Pressure Treated Lumber, as a means to protect the home from termite infestation.
Inspiration for the Norma Street Haciendas. The inspiration for the Edward W. and Gertrude A. Dennstedt House comes from an unexpected direction. Because Patricia Dennstedt developed a lung illness while living back in Minnesota, the family moved west in 1925 to live in the dry desert climate of Hemet, California. They found a house that they would come to love in this remote, California town. Edward left Gertrude and the younger children for a period to develop a construction business in Hollywood, but took his daughter Cleo and enrolled her at Hollywood High School. They all reunited when they moved to San Diego in 1926. Thus, their beloved hacienda house in Hemet inspired the Dennstedt family to design and build the two family houses on Norma Street.
To grandson Richard A. Dennstedt's knowledge, none of the Dennstedt family knew who built the adobe hacienda in Hemet. The adobe arched around a central courtyard, which became their definition of a hacienda (Richard A. Dennstedt 2007). Gertrude entertained her family with many stories from that year in Hemet and later wrote and published a book titled, Home on the Range (Gertrude Dennstedt 1963) about her experiences living in that house. From memories and experiences, Edward, Gertrude, and Arthur designed the house at 4615 Norma Street. Richard A. Dennstedt believes the Hemet Adobe was built by the local Native Americans, but has not direct knowledge to support his belief. The Dennstedt family always referred to the house as a hacienda. 17
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Legacy 106, Inc. consulted with Bruce Coons, Executive Director of Save Our Heritage Organisation, who is familiar with the Hemet area, to try and identify this residence. He stated that he knew of no building that exists today matching the Norma Drive residence, and perhaps the Dennstedt's former home in Hemet is no longer there (Bruce Coons, Personal Communication, November 19, 2007}.
Although just a baby when The Dennstedt Company built 4615 Norma Drive in 1936, Richard A. Dennstedt recalls family members saying that it was all made by hand-saw, hand-plastered and stuccoed, hand-hammering of the naiis, and painting by staining the interiors. He did not know who painted the flowers or any other details of the house. The one person he knows for certain that worked on the house was Cy Hoag (spelling unknown, but possibly Cyrus C. Hoag}, who also commissioned The Dennstedt Company to build a house in the neighborhood. Hoag hand applied all the interior plaster and exterior stucco. Richard Dennstedt said the garage doors were all made by hand and they used bam rollers to slide the doors open. Unfortunately, he does not have any photos of 4615 Norma Drive.
Innovative Materials and Tennlte Proof Houses: Zinc-Chloride Pressure Treated Lumber. On September 13, 1936, The Dennstedt Company advertised their open house preview of 4615 Norma Drive in Talmadge Park. They boasted "See for yourself the super qualities of a Dennstedt constructed termite proof home." The Dennstedt brothers prided themselves on being "ever aiert to the most advanced ideas in home styling, construction and financing," and they were clearly in the forefront of the Better Homes Program's plans to promote the new building material, even though they were now working as two separate companies, The Dennstedt Company and the A.L. and A. E. Dennstedt Building Company. The local distributor was the Benson Lumber Company. On October 4, 1936, the San Diego Union announced:
Whole-hearted support throughout the La Mesa-Grossmont section of the better homes program is reported by the group of leading builders, architects and other construction authorities who are backing the movement for use of treated lumber in close-to-ground substructural construction as protection from the ravages of termite, dry rot and decay.
This sectional indorsement of the programs unites Greater San Diego in the campaign for everlasting construction ... From the A.L. & A.E. Dennstedt Building Co. comes word of a total of $75,000 in new homes built by this one organization. The first building organization to use chromate zinc chloride pressure treated lumber for close-to-ground substructural construction at no extra cost to the homeowner, the A.L. & A.E. Dennstedt Building Co. has commanded front-rank position in the better home program.
Announcement of the plan followed their many years' policy of building so as to guard against termites, dry rot and decay through perfected ventilation and other structural safeguards.
Both of the Dennstedt Companies had clearly embraced the new material, and in effect, 4615 Norma Drive functioned as a model home when The Dennstedt Company invited the public to visit their preview. Their promotion of the "termite-proof' home coincided with advertising by the Benson Lumber Company for their zinc-chloride pressure treated lumber in a cooperative partnership orchestrated by the FHA nationwide to encourage professionals in all related aspects of the building industry to endorse home building in their communities. 18
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On September 27, 1936, the Benson Lumber Company advertised "Benson Treated Lumber, Termite Decay Proof, Fire Resistant; Available at Local Lumber Yards":
"Safeguard your home from the ravages of termites and decay; from costly and needless repair and replacements ... guarantee your home the multiplied economies, satisfaction and value through building with zinc-chloride, pressure treated lumber - it's termite and decay-proof and highly fire-resistant." So say leaders in the better-building movement headed by foremost builders and architects. Uncle Sam specifies treated lumber for governmental construction because it's "everlasting." (San Diego Union)
Another notice in the September 13, 1936 San Diego Union declared "Building Authorities See Dangers in Untreated Lumber." In a whimsically crafted photo where Uncle Sam is inserted into the photograph, City Building Inspector Oscar Knects, lumber preservation engineer H.A. Browning, H.E. Whittemore, manager of Benson Lumber Company, and "Uncle Sam, whose building specifications call for anti termite, dry-rot, and decay, treated-lumber" all looked at losses caused by the use of untreated wood.
Architectural Context of the Spanish and Mexican Hacienda Styles.
Roman Architect, Marcus Vitruvius Pollio and Spanish California. Of all the 20th century" aichitecture styles to be buiit in San Diego, the hacienda had the deepest indigenous roots. Spanish Conquistadores introduced Roman style architecture to the Americas long before the Spanish Viceroy directed colonization of Alta California in "i 769. The origin of the central court hacienda lies in ancient Roman and later European history.
Praesidium. Perhaps more to the point is the Roman concept of praesidium for fortified military outposts, which actually developed by the Venetians along the Adriatic coast in the late 15th century (Williams 1991 :29). Williams attributes Spanish generals who associated with the Venetians in that time period as responsible for developing the system in North Africa to protect their garrisons in the 16th century. The Hapsburg Empire expanded the defensive town concept through the European world by the 11'" century and Don Pedro de Lucuze authored a treatise on fortifications in 1772 that proposed concentric rings of defense that established presidio towns and presidio forts at the outer ring of defense. The smallest unit of defense would be a fortified house with rooms opening to a central courtyard and a minimal number of exterior openings with heavy metal or wooden security grills and heavy doors.
Royal Presidio de San Diego de Cosoy. The Presidio (fortified garrison), as it is locally called, set the precedent for private residential buildings. The first presidio built on the ridge overlooking Mission Valley to the north and west and San Diego Bay to the south was built from local logs and brush cut and dragged uphill to form the surrounding defense. As local industries developed, Spanish authorities created wooden molds to assign convict laborers to shape sun-dried adobe blocks and thin arched tiles to be fired for fireproof roofing. However, the first adobe presidio lacked tile. Williams believes the first tile roofing occurred after the famous Regalamento of 1772, which standardized presidio construction in San Diego to a walled-in structure. 19
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Presidio-style Haciendas. When the Spanish government granted land to a person of rank, they built a hacienda or great house from which to run the many operations of a farm or livestock ranch. The system simplified by 1822, when the Mexican governor issued land grants to military and political authorities, but some sort of hacienda had to be erected to prove up the grant and many grantees adopted the presidio-style architecture to fortify their families, supplies, and servants from hostile people and wild animals. These more simple haciendas usually consisted of a "L" or "U" shaped layout of rooms with a thick outer wall, minimal windows, thick heavy front door, and tall rear walls. Most of those haciendas deteriorated fast in the weather and were rebuilt numerous times, even after the Mexican War and occupation of the buildings by non-Hispanic people. Nonetheless, the presidio-style haciendas survive even today.
Estudlllo House as Inspiration. As such, the rural and urban Spanish haciendas in San Francisco, Monterey, Santa Barbara, Los Angeles, San Juan Capistrano, and San Diego with long or rambling one and two story fired tile-topped adobe buildings set around a central courtyard is a carryover from the 18th century Presidio in the Americas.
When John D. Spreckels acquired land in Old San Diego to erect tracks for the San Diego Electrified Railway, he acquired the Estudillo Adobe. Intrigued by the opportunity to open a tourist attraction, he retained architectural designer Hazel Waterman to "restore" the building to how she thought it had been built originally. Her notebooks at the San Diego Historical Society show she carefully examined old Mexican presidio-style fortified houses at San Juan Capistrano, Guajome, and Rancho Penasquitos to guide her ideas for restoration or reconstruction. Bruce Coons has also studied her work and believes she dramatically altered the interior courtyard ramada following Arts & Crafts Movement concepts, rather than closely adhering to Spanish or Mexican architectural principals. She hired skilled Mexican laborers to make new adobe blocks, salvaged some specimens from Mission San Luis Rey, Mission San Diego, and used them to guide copies for her construction. She built a kiln to fire floor and roof tiles, set up temporary carpenter shops for fabricating lumber and wood elements, fabricated vertical wood grills to protect the windows, installed tile floors and restored the central zaguan or wagon entrance and then built the rear wall around the gardens and courtyard.
It is ironic that in essence, Waterman created a miniature model of the Royal Presidio up the hill. Her restored version of the Estudillo House, including her errors and/or omissions of reconstruction, regardless of their accuracy, resulted in a finished product viewed by thousands of visitors to Old Town, and in that viewing, her interpretation of the Estudillo house, as opposed to the authentic building, served as one of the inspirations for later 20th century residential house designers.
Spanish Roof Tiles. The arched "Spanish" or "Mission" tiles actually date to pre-Roman Mediterranean societies, but were described in detail by Roman architect, Marcus Vitruvius Pollio in the Ten Books of Architecture republished in the 15th and 16th centuries and standardized in Spanish construction by the time of the Conquest. They require considerable infrastructure capability to produce, and were not available in the early years of Spanish California. 20
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The first appearance of tiled roof construction in San Diego appeared in the 1780s, according to Jack Williams (1991 personal communication) during a major reconstruction of the Royal Presidio de San Diego de Alcala. As well, the low-fired tiles rarely burned long enough in the kilns to release all the carbon and were subsequently very brittle and broke easily. Few of the Spanish tiles survived to be salvaged for reconstruction in Old San Diego after the Mexican War and most tiles seen in Old Town State Historic 1 Park were reproductions created in the 20 h century or even 1910-1930s high-fired semi-vitreous ceramic tiles from local factories. Many builders bought tiles from traditional Mexican fabricas in Tecate, Tijuana, or Rosarito, Baja California and shipped them to construction yards, such as R.E. Hazard Company for re-roofing work. The older 1920s tiles have developed an oxidation and moss build up that dulls the tiles over time and renders them distinct from the bright orange-red tiles that are still being produced today. Moreover, few roofing companies take the time or invest the cost of reapplying cement mortar between the roofing tiles to bring the appearance back to the way houses were often built in the 1920s and 1930s.
Early 20th Century Hacienda Design. As discussed to some extent under Criterion a, many American architects, designers, and drafts people (men and women) used the Spanish presidio or Spanish hacienda architectural style for inspiration in the Arts & Crafts Movement as indigenous housing styles. Master Architect William Templeton Johnson, for example, drew a sketch for the Balboa Clubhouse in a ranch style and published it in the San Diego Union on August 24, 1919, which Master Architect HeniY Louis Bodmer, Master Architect Richard Requa's protege, revised for construction in 1934. Irving Gill borrowed the central courtyard concept as early as 1907 and published it in 1913, although not for Spanish or Mexican style buildings. Emil Wanket designed and built ranch-style buildings in Del Mar in the 1920s. The Architect and Engineer from the 1920s and 1930s are loaded with Mexican and western ranch style buildings, Adirondack resort houses, log cabins, cattle buildings, and 1920s versions sprung up from La Jolla to East San Diego. Even the 1922 "Better Homes and Small House Movement" published Small Homes of Architectural Distinction in 1929 with Spanish hacienda-inspired architecture. On September 6, 1931, the San Diego Union featured an article "Early Spanish Days Recalled in House Plan: Monterey Design for Smaller Home Combines Charm of Hacienda with Modernity." For this house, La Jolla architect Herbert J. Mann had designed a "small home which combines the charm of the old hacienda and the requirements of modem living conditions."
Richard Requa and the Southern California Style. Architect Richard Requa traveled in Spain and the Mediterranean in 1926 and 1928 and photographed a wide range of architectural elements that he published in several books and architectural catalogues that designers and buildings used for design reference materials. Moreover, G. Aubrey Davidson and George Forbes hired him to review house designs in Kensington Manor and Kensington Heights from the 1920s through the 1930s and his influence must have extended east to Talmadge Park, although there is no record Lichty required builders to run their plans by Requa for approval. As noted earlier in this report, the Great Depression and economic recovery coincided with a shift away from Spanish style in favor of nationalistic American styles that included the Spanish hacienda. Certainly, The Dennstedt Company designed and built many Spanish Eclectic style houses and probably had some reviewed by Requa. But there is no known direct connection with him. 21
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Cliff May and Spanish Hacienda style. Out of this historic context of Mexican I Spanish and American cattle ranch inspiration for indigenous architecture, furniture builder Cliff May married Roy and Alice Lichty's daughter, Jean Lichty, and began designing a Spanish hacienda style house on a lot in Talmadge Park Unit 1. In 1934, Architectural Digest featured May's modern Rancheria in Talmadge Park and the San Diego Union began publishing a series of articles on Cliff May's Spanish Hacienda style. Philanthropist George Marston also sponsored some of his early constructions (Lee Roper 2005). On September 6, 1936, May advertised "Acceptance by 'Architectural Digest' of This Cliff May Modern Rancheria ... A House With a Garden in Every Room," for inspection at 4338 Adams Avenue in Talmadge Park Unit 1 in the San Diego Union. Dr. Thomas H. Baumann, D.D.S., author of Kensington Talmadge, 1910-1997 featured this house as one of the "Houses of Historic Interest," noting it was the home where he and his wife Jean and their five children lived (Baumann, page 88).
Through Marson and Lichty family connections, May began to get commissions to design and build expensive custom Spanish hacienda style houses in Mount Helix, La Jolla, Mission Hills, and Coronado in the 1930s and then branched out to Los Angeles. By 1939, he abandoned the Spanish hacienda style and began designing Western cattle ranch inspired architecture that assumed even more Modernist eiements by 1939 and post war 1950s. in Western Ranch Houses by Cliff May in 1958, he attributed his Spanish hacienda style to life at Rancho Las Flores as a young man. May did not claim any connection to architects or builders of the 1920s and only added that his study under a master carpenter in the neighborhood influenced his design of ranch style houses. Research for this nomination did not provide any conclusive proof that Cliff May had any direct association with this house.
Integrity. The City of San Diego, Historical Land marking Policy focuses on the public view of a residence. Criterion "c" requires good integrity in order for an individual house nomination to be landmarked. High integrity means no change and good integrity allows for some change. Deterioration such as stucco cracking, peeling paint, faded wood, or wood rot is not an integrity issue, as the original materials remain present and can be repaired if in poor condition. Integrity is grounded in the property's physical features and how they convey its significance during its "Period of Significance." In other words, why, where, and when a property was built is important. Basically, the guidelines say that each property is recognized as a physical record of its time, place, and use. The City of San Diego uses the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for the Treatment of Historical Properties to evaluate integrity for Criterion "c" land marking. Part VIII of the National Register Bulletin provides guidance on how to evaluate the integrity of a property by outlining seven values or tests: Location, Design, Setting, Materials, Workmanship, Feeling and Association. To have high integrity, all seven aspects must be met. To have good integrity, most or four to five aspects must be met. Less than four would be poor integrity.
Location. Location is the place where the historic property was constructed or the place where the historic event occurred.
Review of the Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps reveal the house is at the original location. Thus, the house has excellent integrity of Location. 22
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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.
Richard A. Dennstedt reported his grandparents, Edward and Gertrude A. Dennstedt and his father, Arthur Dennstedt, designed this house to follow the layout of an adobe hacienda they occupied in the town of Hemet, California. Based on architectural research, Legacy 106, Inc. believes this is based on an 1 early 19 h century Spanish hacienda style that evolved from earlier Spanish presidio fortified town design concepts. The Hemet house could be an early Spanish hacienda, although no one living today has photographs for a comparative study.
The Character Defining Elements of the house are its:
1. Spanish fired red clay tile roof; 2. Ornamental rafter tails; 3. Wood framed windows, window grills; 4. Original antiqued yellow with floral elements on the doors, interior cabinets, and trim; 5. Original front door with eight inset panels, the ornate iron doorknocker, and original doorknob and lock plate; 6. Original stucco wall finish; 7. Casement windows with the original hardware; 8. Original doors with hardware 9. Hollow clay pipe attic vents; 10. Original stucco wall with handmade wooden gate and original metal hardware; 11. Original post and beam supported tile ramada roof structure; 12. Red-painted concrete deck under the ramada; 13. Original French doors and screens and exterior shutters with hardware; 14. Original handmade side garage door; 15. Interior living room open beam ceiling; 16. Hardwood and tile flooring; 17. Original beehive fireplace; 18. Sculpted hand-finished interior stucco with room arches, wall niches, cabinets, bookshelves; 19. Original interior handmade wrought iron dining room lamp set in a criss-cross open beam ceiling; 20. All the original handmade rustic doors, cabinets, and dining room interior shutters are present; 21. Wooden hallway ceilings and door portal lintels; 22. The cast concrete scored threshold between the living and dining room is faux stone to resemble hand-fitted stones; 23. Hand crafted garage doors with the original stain; 24. Exterior patio benches built into the wall stucco.
Based on the Dennstedt and Hendrickson interviews and Legacy 106, Inc.'s examination of the house in 2005 and again in 2007, the house at 4615 Norma Street exhibits excellent integrity of Design. 23
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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 natura/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 Dennstedt Company and family members selected this long lot for a very wide public presentation of the rambling Spanish hacienda style building. The wall and landscaping define the character of this long block. The angle of the corner on the north leaves an open space for the next street, which forces the focus on this house and the neighboring Spanish Eclectic house to the south. Across the street are a mix of Spanish, French/English, and Minimal Traditional houses. The neighborhood and landscaping of the house present an excellent Setting aspect of integrity.
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.
Based on interviews with Dennstedt, Hendrickson, and former owner Keith Shannon, all the occupant/ owners over the years have honored the integrity of the original roof, waii stucco and plaster, interior woodworking, beehive fireplace, inset bookshelves and niches, door and window hardware, paint colors and designs, and lighting fixtures. The kitchen, mud room, and portions of the bathrooms have been changed and those were done sensitively to the design. The rear yard, which is not visible to the public view, has been modernized somewhat. The front wall was reconstructed by owner Keith Shannon. The Materials aspect of integrity is excellent.
Workmanship. Workmanship is the physical evidence of the crafts of a particular culture or people during any given period in history or prehistory.
Careful inspection of the woodworking, wall plaster and stucco, ceiling beams inside and out, painted ornamental flowers, antiqued cabinetry, flooring, faux stone threshold between the living and dining rooms, wood joinery and all other doors, gates, and woodworking shows signs of highly skilled craftsmanship. Dennstedt reported Arthur Dennstedt personally supervised and inspected every step of the project to ensure the highest quality work would be performed for his parents' house. Thus, the Workmanship aspect of integrity is also excellent.
Feeling. Feeling is a property's expression of the aesthetic or historic sense of a particular period of time.
Pedestrians or commuters passing along Norma Drive can experience a feeling of the 1930s Spanish Hacienda style that Edward, Gertrude, and Arthur Dennstedt wanted to achieve. This particular building 1 very closely matches the Spanish presidio-inspired Spanish Haciendas of early 19 h century California. Thus, the Feeling aspect of integrity is excellent. 24
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Association. Association is the direct link between an important historic event or person and a historic property.
The house at 4615 Norma Drive is directly associated with Edward W., Gertrude A, Arthur, Patricia, Bonnie, and Keith Dennstedt. This family is directly involved with The Dennstedt Company, which built at least 2,500 residential and commercial buildings in the City and County of San Diego and surrounding communities between 1926 and 1960. The company and their product made a substantial impact on the history of San Diego and some of their buildings are now City of San Diego, Historical Landmarks. As well, the house is directly associated with Major William and Betty Lewis, who were prominent in the medical community in San Diego. Since World War II, the house remained in the hands of Pauline, Joanne, and Royal Clarke, who were good citizens if not historically significant individuals. After 1993, the house passed to a short-term owner and then Keith Shannon, an elementary school teacher in the Fourth Grade History Program at Old Town San Diego, who has since retired and sold the house to the current owners. Thus, the house has important association with The Dennstedt Company, who are recognized Master Builders, and Arthur Dennstedt, the designer, as well as his parents, Edward and Gertrude Dennstedt, owners of The Dennstedt Company.
This analysis of the seven aspec+.s of integrity of 4615 Norma Drive meets a!! seven of the integrity values and, thus, the house has excellent integrity. The house is also in excellent condition. In addition, this analysis shows that the house is both an excellent example of Spanish Hacienda architecture within the framework of the overall style, and also as The Dennstedt Company's interpretation of the style, which Edward and Gertrude Dennstedt chose to recreate in the new Talmadge Park Unit 3 subdivision based on the family's experience living in an old California adobe hacienda in Hemet, California, a decade earlier. For all of the above reasons, 4615 Norma Drive merits designation under HRB Criterion c, Architecture. In addition, the owners would like to include the interior living room, dining room, bedrooms, bath rooms (not the kitchen} as architecturally significant for landmarking. This includes the wood ceilings, beehive fireplace, flooring, dining room shutters and doors, cabinetry, tile work, doors, screens, lighting fixtures.
HRB Criterion "D" is representative of a notable work of a master builder, designer, architect, engineer, landscape architect, interior designer, artist or craftsman.
Arthur L. Dennstedt designed the Spanish Hacienda style house 4615 Norma Drive with guidance from Edward W. Dennstedt and they both worked in the construction of the house. Arthur supervised the construction by the skilled artisans and carpenters of The Original Dennstedt Company in 1936. Edward W. Dennstedt filed the Notice of Completion on September 10, 1936 on behalf of The Dennstedt Company and noted they entered a contract on July 11, 1936 for the construction of a residence and garage. The City of San Diego, Historical Resources Board, listed two of the four Dennstedt brothers as master builders in 2007, but did not address Edward W. or Chester A. Dennstedt because the family split in 1933. These latter two men shared equal credit for the accomplishments of the other two up to 1933. They continued the legacy of The Dennstedt Company and formed The Original Dennstedt Company in 1948 to distinguish their work from that of their two brothers. By the mid 1930s, the sons of Edward and Chester assumed important roles in the company, especially Arthur Dennstedt, who led the design and supervised construction of the homes. They continued through World War II building F.H.A. program housing for aircraft and defense workers and then returned to custom designed houses and commercial buildings after the war and until they retired in 1960. ! 25
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On June 28, 2007, the San Diego Historical Resources Board designated the Hazel Wier I Dennstedt Company House I Spindrift Archaeological Site # 4 on the Consent Agenda under Criterion A, C, and D, as an example of quality construction practices associated with Master Builder Dennstedt Company (Historical Resources Board Minutes for June 28, 2007). !n their recommendation for the hearing, HRB Staff members Michael Tudury and Cathy Winterrowd stated:
Brothers Albert Lorenzo {A.L.), Chester Albert {C.A.), Aaron Edward {A.E.) and Edward L. (E.L.) Dennstedt sold real estate in Iowa and north to Canada until the market collapsed in 1923. Due to name similarities, the brothers always went by their initials. In 1924, the brothers moved to San Diego upon the recommendation of one of their former salesmen and, having training in house design and construction, began their construction company.
The first Dennstedt Company produced high-end custom homes in San Diego between 1926 and 1933. In 1933, the brothers split the company into two companies, and A.L. and A.E. Dennstedt continued in custom home construction. In 1935, the subject house (Hazel Wier I Dennstedt Company House) was constructed by them. The Dennstedt Company produced houses in the Spanish Eclectic, Mexican Hacienda, Tudor, English Monterrey and Ranch styles in San Diego communities including North Park, Talmadge, Kensington, La Jolla and Point Lema, as 'Nell as in Escondido and La Mesa. With several iterations of the firm name, the firm continued until 1988.
Although other homes built by the Dennstedt Company have been designated as local historical resources, the Dennstedt Company had not been previously established as a Master Builder. However, since four houses associated with their quality construction have been historically designated, staff agrees with the historical report (by Christianne Knoop and Beth Montes) that they qualify as Master Builders. These four historically designated houses are:
1. Site #535, the Carlos and Blanche Livers House on Dove Street in Middletown; 2. Site #627, the Antoine and Jeanne Frey House on 28111 Street in North Park; 3. Site #664, the A.L. and Cleveland Dennstedt House on Ridgeway Street in Mid-City; 4. Site #806, the Anne and Edward Lindley House on Arista Street in Uptown/Presidio Hills
As the Dennstedt Company has constructed several historically designated residences, all associated with quality construction practices, staff recommends the Dunnstedt {sic) Company be determined to be a Master Builder and that the Hazel Wier I Dennstedt Company House/Spindrift Archaeological Site #4 at 1857 Viking Way be designated HRB Criterion D, Master Builder.... {Conclusion) . . . as an example of quality construction practices associated with Master Builder Dennstedt Company (Historical Resources Board Report No. HRB-07-032, June 14, 2007).
Although the City of San Diego Historical Resources Board has accepted The Dennstedt Company as Master Builders with the above summary, a discussion of the company history is necessary for completeness under Criterion d. 26
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The Dennstedt Company (1926-1933). Upon arrival to San Diego, the four Dennstedt brothers formed The Dennstedt Company and hired skilled carpenters, cement men, plasterers, plumbers, and stucco men and opened their office at 2861 University Avenue (San Diego Union January 1, 1927; September 15, 1999). They elected A.L. as president, Edward W. as vice president, and C.A. (Chester) Dennstedt as secretary and A.E. worked in construction. The four brothers participated equally in management, construction, and sales. Their older sons worked for the company and learned the construction trades. Their designers drew plans for Spanish Eclectic, Old English and Tudor, Pueblo, Spanish hacienda, Art Deco, Art Moderne, and many other styles of their day. William Rick, former president of Rick Engineering, worked for The Dennstedt Company as a draftsman during those days. They built a wide range of residential and commercial buildings. By 1929, they had completed hundreds of houses:
We believe that where labor is steadily employed more and better work as well as a greater saving is accomplished. Many of our men have been with us for years. Whether we are building a $2,500 or a $25,000 home, every member of our company is trained to give the utmost attention to detail and quality of workmanship, testing and carefully inspecting all materials. Pride in workmanship is the standard by which every operation is gauged ar.d everf man is held strictly responsible for the quality of his 'tJork. (San Diego Union January 1, 1929).
The Dennstedt Company developed a strategy of buying vacant lots in existing subdivisions and then marketing to clients who would hire the company to build a house of their choosing. In this manner, the houses were never built on speculation because the company financed the lot sale and construction all at the same time. This method also ensured long-term income from hundreds of properties all over San Diego and some of those loans paid-out well into the 1950s. As an example, the four lots on Norma Street not owned/occupied by Dennstedt family members, were bought by The Dennstedt Company and sold to people before construction of their homes. They bought Lots 727,728 on February 15, 1937 and sold to Henry E. Lange the same day, the purchase and sale were recorded February 19, 1937, and Lange filed the Notice of Completion on AprilS, 1937. Thus, the Lange House became a custom house and not a speculation project.
The Dennstedt Company erected a wide range of residences in San Diego. Examples include the ?-room Spanish Eclectic house for W.R. Spicknall at 2422 Rosecrans Street, a 6-room Spanish Revival house for T.N. Atchison at 663 Rosecrans Street in La Playa, and a Spanish Hacienda style house for Dr. and Mrs. G.L. Miller at 3432 Richmond Street. They also built commercial hotels, such as El Primero Hotel for John and Lilly Radcliff in 1930 at 416 Third Avenue in Chula Vista, which the City of Chula Vista and Chula Vista Heritage Museum now consider an historic landmark for its Zig-Zag Moderne architecture and Streamline Modeme motifs (Rick Dennstedt 2003).
By 1930, The Dennstedt Company's large advertisements with pictures of new houses or conceptual drawings of attractive designs could be found in virtually every edition of the San Diego Union's Sunday Development Section. In September, 1930, the Dennstedt Company advertised new homes under construction in rural Escondido, Coronado, Chula Vista, Bird Rock, Lorna Portal, and Montemar Ridge. These new homes were at 407 Fifth Street in Coronado, 3604 Van Dyke St. in Talmadge Park, 3327 Elliott St. in Lorna Portal, 5470 Bellevue St. in Bird Rock, 3021 Locust Street in Montemar Ridge, and a store building at 389 Third Avenue and hotel near G Street and Third Avenue, both in Chula Vista (San Diego Union, September 14, 1930). 27
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Another advertisement enticed buyers with "Everyone is willing to pay more for made-to-order goods. Here is your opportunity to have a home constructed TO YOUR ORDER FOR LESS MONEY, due to the reduction in price of all building materials ... There never was a better time to start building your estate than right now. Remember real estate is the foundation of all wealth" (San Diego Union, September 7, 1930). Homes featured Spanish lighting fixtures, tile roofs, impressive fireplaces with raised hearths "if desired," mahogany finish wood work, plank effect floors, beamed ceilings and electrically illuminated house numbers.
If you own a building lot clear of encumbrance or with a small amount of indebtedness, or if you have a limited amount of cash, we are in a position to finance your new home according to your ability to pay - NO SET RULES. We will gladly inspect your lot and suggest suitable buildings for it, take levels of the lot showing grades, find the location of the water and sewer mains for you, draw your floor plans and elevations, give you an approximate cost, and make every effort to aid you in planning a comfortable, convenient and salable home of distinctive design. In the past many have taken advantage of our liberal home building plan, and you, too will find it the solution to your building problem. (San Diego Union, August 10, 1930)
The company advertised extensively in this way, featuring homes they had planned, financed, and built and the offer to "Take Advantage of Our Easy Financing Plan and Low Building Cost" (San Diego Union, October 25, 1931, "Company Builds Fine New Home in Talmadge Park"; August 9, 1931). They listed 1 more homes in August and September, 1931 at 3612 and 3614 Lotus, 3745 Poinsettia, 4691 59 h St, 810 Nahant Court, 4304 Randolph, 3327 Tennyson, 577 Rosecrans, 4854 Edgeware, and 4607 Norma Drive in Talmadge Park Unit 3 (San Diego Union, August 9, 1931, September 6, 1931 ).
In 1933, They advertised the start of three new homes; a six room colonial home for Mr. and Mrs. William F. Rothert at 349 Roosevelt Street in Chula Vista; a five room Spanish home for Mr. and Mrs. Willi Sandermann at 415 E Avenue in Coronado, and a new Spanish home for Mr. and Mrs. George Allen Mclane at 3757 Forty-fifth Street. They also had a five bedroom Monterey home for Rev. and Mrs. JosephS. Fox at 3714 Poe Street in Point Lorna and a five room frame home for Mr. and Mrs. John A. Ryan at the rear of 3142 Grim Street (San Diego Union, April9, 1933}.
By October, 1936, following their September showcase of 4615 Norma Drive, The Dennstedt Company began to promote their "Advance 1937 Model Distinctive Hacienda," as well as new homes they had under construction in Talmadge Parks Unit 2, Unit 3, and other areas in San Diego:
Talmadge Park Unit 2: 4802, 4836, 4864 E. Alder Place; 4815 W. Alder Place Talmadge Park Unit 3: 4728 Natalie Drive; 4619 Constance Drive Also: 1741 Columbia; 4105 Illinois; 804 Madison; 3650 8th Street; 3235 Isla Vista (San Diego Union, October4, 1936)
We note that 3235 Isla Vista was accepted as a contributing resource within the lslenair Historic District, which the San Diego Historical Resources Board adopted in 2007. 28
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A.L. and A.E. Dennstedt Company (1934-1941). A family dispute over entering the housing tract market and working with low-cost Federal Housing Authority loans divided the Dennstedt brothers in 1933 and A.L. sold his interests and formed his own company, the "A.L. and A.E. Dennstedt Building Company," which the City of San Diego, Historical Resources Board declared master builders in 2007. In reality, 1 all four brothers shared in their achievements up to 1933. They opened their office at 3144 5 h Avenue, just across from Park Manor. A.L. and A. E. Dennstedt hired Henry Landt to design houses for their smaller company. One of their first major projects involved custom homes in Reynard Hills, between Middletown and Mission Hills. They shifted designs to accommodate the national trends and offered FHA approved Cape Cod style houses with multi-pane windows, porthole windows, shutters, and moderately pitched roofing, as well as Monterey Style that shifted away from Spanish to a more Colonial Revival style (San Diego Union October 2, 1938). They also revived the Old English style (San Diego Union October 16, 1938) and A.L. then assigned Landt to design his own house on Ridgeview Drive. According to Alberta Dennstedt, they resisted tract subdivisions as much as possible and were forced to build speculation houses by 1935 to people who qualified for FHA loans. An April 28, 1935 advertisement touted "A.L. & A. E. Dennstedt Building Co. Builders of Distinctive Homes" and illustrated a multi-level Spanish style building. A.L. received a service award from the Building Contractors Association in 1939. They remained in business until 1941.
The Dennstedt Company (1933-1938). Although the Gieat Depression and the family split in 1933 certainly hurt the business from 1933 through 1934, things picked up with the flow of federal contract money in the San Diego aircraft industry and the newspapers ran prominent headlines about the 1936 housing shortage. The Dennstedt Company reported a record with $81,679.48 worth of business in 1936 (San Diego Union November 2, 1938). Edward W. and C.A. Dennstedt chartered three "cabin planes" and flew their entire company north to Santa Barbara for a holiday and to study the Spanish style buildings for ideas. The officers included Edward W. Dennstedt, president; Moreau S. Dennstedt, vice president (son of E.W.), C.A. Dennstedt, Secretary-Treasurer, Arthur L. Dennstedt, general superintendent of construction (son of Moreau), George M. Peck, sales, JohnS. Conover, sales, Marie D. Sparks, assistant secretary, Edna J. Bailey, bookkeeper, Clark Lacock, draftsman, Rodger M. Scott, draftsman, David L. Montgomery, construction foreman, and Clifford 0. Breen, superintendent.
The hundreds of residences and commercial properties designed and built by The Dennstedt Company and subsequent The Original Dennstedt Company are too numerous to be listed here in this report. Joanne Hendrickson provided a copy of a Dennstedt Company brochure that is included in this report that lists many of the owners of Dennstedt-built homes (See page 120). However, Norma Drive in Talmadge Park Unit 3 is selected as an example of how they conducted business in San Diego. In addition to the two lots selected for Edward W. and Gertrude A. Dennstedt and their son Moreau and his family, The Dennstedt Company bought lots 725/726, 724/725 and 727/728 and then found buyers who commissioned them to design and built homes. As noted earlier, Henry E. Lange filed a Notice of Completion for Lots 727/728 on AprilS, 1937. Paul Vance, Jr. and Lois Deming filed a Notice of Completion on Lots 724/725; and Wilfred 0. and Elinor R. and Marie Viery filed a Notice of Completion on Lots 725/726 on October 13, 1939. In each of these instances, The Dennstedt Company contracted for the custom house design and construction before actually selling the lots to the families. 29
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Page 25 of 26 *Resource Name or fl. (Assigned by recorder) The Edward W. & Gertrude A. Dennstedt House
*Recorded by: Ronald V. May, RPA *Date: November 30, 2007 1:81 Continuation D Update
*810. Significance (Criterion "d" continued):
The Original Dennstedt Company (1938-1960). For the general pubiic, confusion reigned between the various Dennstedt building companies. The family responded by re-naming their company, "Another Blue Ribbon Home Planned and Built by The Original Dennstedt Co. for Mr. Jose Januario," at Minimal Traditional style 1470 Rosecrans Street in Point Lorna (San Diego Union October 9, 1938). In fact, The Original Dennstedt Company shifted to building Minimal Traditional style houses with smaller dimensions, less metals, and only hints of architectural motifs. These tracts increased during World War II, but they had to improvise to get around the need for metal hardware because most metals were diverted to the war effort. By late 1943, federal agencies urged builders to use wooden dowels in lieu of metal nails and other fasteners.
In this context, Edward W. and Gertrude A. Dennstedt bought at least five vacant lots in Talmadge Park Unit 3. Edward and Gertrude wanted their own home to be a Spanish Hacienda, so their son, Arthur, had the opportunity to design and build the house along with his father (Joanne Hendrickson 2007). Arthur also designed and built a house down the street that became his home. The houses became family properties, as indicated by Edward's grandson, Rick Dennstedt (2003). The San Diego city directories show that in addition to Edward and Gertrude, Annette, Bonnie L., Patricia K. and Keith Dennstedt lived there at various times. Through a fluke of history, a subsequent owner's daughter, Joanne Clarke married Rick Dennstedt, grandson of Edward W. and Gertrude, and they held a family reunion at Joanne's mother's place and Arthur declared that 4615 Norma was his favorite house he designed and supervised construction.
One of their Spanish Hacienda style houses rated a feature news article, "Early California Style Adapted In Modern Rolando Village Home" (San Diego Union October 12, 1941). This was the home of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Dennstedt at 6575 Serrano Place. This L-shaped residence was built on a 80-foot wide by 60-foot deep lot with the house connected at the east end and the bedrooms extending out the leg of the L. Built to resemble an old adobe, the exterior was white with a band of blue like a wainscoting and orange-yellow shutters on the windows. Large rustic beams cross the interior ceilings, lots of built-in bookshelves and cabinets and rustic sculpted stucco features.
Dennstedt Village/ Redwood VIllage Shopping Center. One of their post war achievements was late 1 1940s design and development of "Dennstedt Village" at 54 h Street, which is reputed to be the first post war shopping center in San Diego. This later changed its name to "Redwood Village" and the City of San Diego recently named the surrounding residential community with that name.
The Original Dennstedt Building Company also built distinctive post-war Modernist style architecture that is only now receiving attention as an important architectural style. These exhibited slab-on-grade foundations with low and sleek hipped roofing often covered with crushed rock, large picture windows, wide chimneys, a mix of flagstone, board, and stucco siding and often had an open car port off to one side. These were built in Talmadge, Kensington, Point Lorna, Escondido and La Mesa. By 1960, the Uniform Building Code and San Diego Zoning Ordinance created too many restrictions and the company dissolved.
Two examples of The Original Dennstedt Company houses that have been landmarked are The Carlos B. and Blanche W. Livers House at 2820 Dove Street, Historical Landmark# 535, and the Joanne and Antoine Frey/Admiral Francis Wyse Benson House at 3117 28th Street, # 627 in North Park. 30
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Page 26 of 26 *Resource Name or# (Assigned by recorder) The Edward W. & Gertrude A. Dennstedt House
*Recorded by: Ronald V. May, RPA *Date: November 30, 2007 ~ Continuation D Update
*B1 0. Significance (Criterion "d" continued):
Based on the above research on residential and commercial buildings, quality of landmarked houses, and known body of work of The Original Dennstedt Company and the fact brothers A.L. and A.E. Dennstedt were already identified as Master Builders by the City of San Diego, Legacy 106, Inc. recommends Edward W., Arthur, Moreau, Kenneth, and Keith Dennstedt and The Original Dennstedt Building Company be listed as Master Builders. The reasoning is that many of the house and commercial properties credited to A.L. and A.E. Dennstedt were co-built by Edward W., Arthur, Moreau, and Keith Dennstedt, who went on to built a total of more than 2,500 houses in San Diego by the time the company dissolved in 1960. The house at 4615 Norma Drive is an excellent example of the The Dennstedt Company and The Original Dennstedt Company under Criterion "d."
HRB Criterion E National Register of Historic Places listing or eligibility.
No determination has been made by the National Park Service or State Historical Preservation Office for 4615 Norma Drive.
HRB Criterion F as a contributing resource to the __ Historical District.
The City of San Diego, Historical Resources Board has not certified any historical district for the neighborhood of 4615 Norma Drive. 31
Attachment A B11ilding Development Inforn1ation
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' P12 004562 NORNA ~R N1f 004127 HORRAL ST 004562 NORNA DR 0'6 004127 NORNAL ST =.2~· ~ ~~·5 ::.>113Cl3 00464 7 NORMA DR P!6 004127 NORNAL ST "" D13 004647 NORNA DR B17 004127 NORMAL ST E13 004654 NORNA DR C17 004133 NORNAL ST r13 004654 MOINA DR D17 004133 NORNAL ST ::::z:::c::::: G13 004669 lORNA DR E17 004U1 NORNAL ST H13 004669 NOP"A DR r11 004141 NOINAL ST 113 004 707 NOR"A DR G17 004141 NORNAL ST --- - J13 004707 MOINA Pl H11 004141 NORMAL ST :: ::•:aa•as::: Kl3 004710 NORNA OR 117 004141 NORNAL ST L13 004710 NORNA DR J11 004141 NORMAL ST ---- - N13 004710 lORNA DR k11 004147 NORNAL ST N13 004710 NORMA DR L11 004147 NORNA L ST 013 004710 NORNA DR N11 004151 NORMA L Sl f----- P13 004710 NORNA DR N17 004151 lORRA L 5T 814 004710 NOINA OR 017 004153 lORNA L ST t14 004 733 NORNA DR P17 004153 NOINAL ST ·· ------· D14 004733 NORNA DR 811 004154 lDRNA L ST EU 004 738 NORNA DR C11 004154 NORMAL ST F14 004738 NORNA OR D11 004157 lDRNAL ST ~- -·--- &14 003959 NOINAL ST Ell 004157 lORNA L ST H14 003959 NORNAL ST F11 004157 lDRNAL ST 004157 NDRNAL ·- · 114 003977 NORMAL ST G11 ST - - - JU 003977 NaRNAL ST Hll 004157 NORNAL ST K14 003983 NOR~~L ST 111 004157 NORNAL ST L14 003981 NORMAL Sl J18 004157 NORNAL Sl ·-- ·- - --· N14 0039?3 NaRNU ST K11 006463 NORNAN Ll N14 OOn93 NORNAL ST L11 006463 lORNAN Ll D14 00399:; NORNAL Sl N18 006463 lORNAN Ll - ·- .. - P14 003•93 NOINAL 51 Nil 006463 NORNAN Ll B15 01'4002 NORNAL ST Cl~ ~~,~~~ ~~~~~~ Sl.. -- _, 38 A.5 Previous Survey Forms None 39 Attachment B Ownership and Occupant Information 8.1 - Chain of Title 8.2 - Directory Search of Occupants 8.3- Deed 40 8.1 Chain of Title 4615 Norma Drive, Lot 722 Map 1900 1/20/1929 Deed. Union Trust Company of San Diego to Southern California Realty Company (Deed Book 1576, P. 486), Lots 721, 722, 724-732, Recorded February 9, 1929 2/1/1929 Trust Deed. Southern California Realty Company to Union Trust Company of San Diego (Deed Book 1584, P. 291 ), Lots 721, 722, 724-73, Recorded February 9, 1929 Trust Deed for $350,000 in Bonds 2/5/1929 Deed. Southern California Realty Company to Union Trust Company of San Diego (Deed Book 1559, P. 299 (or499)), Lots 721,722,724-732 Recorded February 9, 1929 7/8/1936 Trust Deed. Edward W. and Gertrude A. Dennstedt to San Diego Building & Loan Association by Southern Title and Trust Company (Deed Book 502, P. 303) Recorded July 9, 1936 Trust Deed for $4,600 at 6.6% for Lot 722 6/16/1936 Deed. Union Trust Company of San Diego to Gertrude A. Dennstedt (Deed Book 533, P. 228), Lot 722, Recorded July 11, 1936 9/10/1936 Deed I Notice of Completion. Edward W. Dennstedt (Book 548, P. 398) Recorded September 11, 1936 3/3/1943 Deed. Gertrude A. Dennstedt to Edward W. Dennstedt Deed File No. 12315, Recorded March 4, 1943 6/26/1946 Deed. Edward W. Dennstedt to William M. and Betty R. Lewis Deed File No. 76445, Recorded July 18, 1946 7/20/1946 Deed. William M. and Betty R. Lewis to Pauline Hall Deed File No. 76446, Recorded July 18, 1946 6/16/1993 Deed. Pauline L. Clark aka Pauline L. Hall to Pauline L. Hall, et al (Joanne A. Hendrickson) Deed File No. 380762 6/16/1993 Deed. Joanne A. Hendrickson and Pauline L. Clark to Joanne A. Hendrickson Deed File No. 380763 8/20/1993 Deed. Joanne A. Hendrickson to Bernard J. Buettner, et al Deed File No. 546973 3/7/1995 Deed. Bernard J. Buettner to Keith G. Shannon Deed File No. 97282 10/26/2006 Deed. Peter Choate Pinkerton to Keith G. Shannon Deed File No. 761259 10/26/2006 Deed. Keith G. Shannon to Howard F. & Joanna Smith Deed File No. 761260 41 8.2 Directory Search of Occupants 4615 Norma Drive, Lot 722 Map 1900 1937 Edward W. and Annette Dennstedt, President, The Dennstedt Co., h 4615 Norma Drive Also, Bonnie L. Dennstedt, beauty operator And Patricia K. Dennstedt The Dennstedt Company, Edward W, Dennstedt President, Moreau S. Dennstedt Vice-President, Chester A. Dennstedt Secretary-Treasurer, Realtors and Builders 3761 5th Avenue 1938 Edward W. and Annette Dennstedt, President, The Dennstedt Co., h 4615 Norma Drive Also, Bonnie L. Dennstedt, beauty operator And Patricia K. Dennstedt, with San Diego Sun And Kenneth L. and Anne Dennstedt, fruit 3837 30th, home 4517 Norma Drive The Dennstedt Company, Edward W, Dennstedt President, Moreau S. Dennstedt Vice-President, Chester A. Dennstedt Secretary-Treasurer, Realtors and Builders 3761 5th Avenue 1939 Edward W. and Annette Dennstedt, President, The Dennstedt Co., h 4615 Norma Drive And Patricia K. Dennstedt 1940 Edward W. and Gertrude A. Dennstedt, President, The Dennstedt Co., h 4615 Norma Drive Also, Keith Dennstedt 1941 Wilton M. and Betty Lewis, Physician and Surgeon, Practice Limited to Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hours By Appointment, 809 Medico-Dental Bldg 233 A Tel Day or Night Main 2881, h 4615 Norma Drive 1942 Wilton M. and Betty Lewis, Physician and Surgeon, Practice Limited to Obstetrics and Gynecology, (Disorders and Surgery of Women) Hours By Appointment, 809 Medico Dental Bldg 233 A Tel Day or Night Main 2881 h 4615 Norma Drive 1943 Wilton M. and Betty Lewis, Physician and Surgeon, Practice Limited to Obstetrics and Gynecology, (Disorders and Surgery of Women) Hours By Appointment, 809 Medico Dental Bldg 233 A Tel Day or Night Main 2881 h 4615 Norma Drive 1944-45 Wilton M. and Betty S. Lewis. USA, h 4615 Norma dr 1946 No directory 1947-48 Mrs. Pauline L. Clarke, (widow of Meade Clarke), h 4615 Norma dr 1949 No directory 1950 Mrs. Pauline L. Clarke, (widow of Meade Clarke) 1951 No directory 42 1952 Mrs. Pauline L. Clarke, (widow of Meade Clarke) 1953-54 Mrs. Pauline L. Clarke, (widow of Meade Clarke) Also, Royal M. Clarke, attendant, Harbor Tire and Supply 1955 Mrs. Pauline L. Clarke, (widow of Meade Clarke) Also, Royal M. Clarke, student 1956 Mrs. Pauline L. Clarke, (widow of Meade Clarke) Also, Royal M. Clarke, employee Morrison's (clothes cleaners 1177 18th ) 1957 Mrs. Pauline L. Clarke, (widow of Meade Clarke) Also, Royal M. Clarke, student 43 8.3 Deed Official Records Book 533 Pages 228-231 FFICIAl RECORDS lOOK SJ.·AJ.IJ. .2 1;,~ ...t.I;a~ it~IJ. ., ~1;,~~r~y 1.r :...os .ma ..;;L.t~~ )ss 11 11 1 JJ ~-.\1 t.,i s ~.t{'\~!~:-~;?: !~f ~~;~~. A;; ~·;.~~:i~.~ u:~;:r~~~,.~! ~~~~~~f~~~~t .. ~ ~~\~;· [).~'- ~ ~,..•Sf \•~ 't,f, .r;,!" • • t ~ ttfl+,:t'. :-:.' -•·i 'lin !;)e t;.O.!l 08:':"·-·U l'h•i•i;~ 118M i'!' 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''~·<:;~-·i~;:. 52 '} 53 MAP OF TALlvfADGE PARK UNIT THillf'E ,:..~AJ. ~-I '" iOO It' l) c.: '! .J .<: ') ., II) :I ~ < .'. Iii '~~ fil .... ·-·.... ~ () ;'-! .~. ~ 0 ... ··.. .~ ' 54 55 C.4 Sanborn Map -1886/1887 None for this Area 56 C.4 Sanborn Map - 1906 None for this Area 57 C.4 Sanborn Map - 1921 Series, n.d. Date uncertain, but post 1936 58 C.4 Sanborn Map -1940's Update to 1921 Series Map I 59 C.4 Sanborn Map - 1950 Same as 1956 map 60 C.4 Sanborn Map - 1956 Courtesy San Diego Historical Society """/J{Lf/J, t'.U Ill< J 501 c::. 61 Attach.me11t D Photographs 0.1 - Historical Photographs 0.2 -Current Photographs 62 0.1 Historical Photographs (Courtesy Joanne Hendrickson) -= 63 0.1 Historical Photographs (Courtesy Joanne Hendrickson) - - . . . - ~ -- . ·- ---- ...... '----..~&....- -- ·~ ~ 64 0 .1 Historical Photographs (Courtesy Joanne Hendrickson) 65 0.1 Historical Photographs (Courtesy Joanne Hendrickson) 66 0.1 Historical Photographs (Courtesy Joanne Hendrickson) 67 0.1 Historical Photographs (Courtesy Joanne Hendrickson) 68 ·. 0.1 Historical Photographs (Courtesy Joanne Hendrickson) 69 0.1 Historical Photographs (Courtesy Joanne Hendrickson) 70 0.1 Historical Photograph (Courtesy Joanne Hendrickson) 71 D .2 Current Photographs - Setting Satellite Views of 4615 Norma Drive Courtesy www.Zillow.com 72 0.2 Current Photographs - North Elevation (public view) (All Current Photographs by Ronald V. May) 73 0.2 Current Photographs - North Elevation 74 D .2 Current Photographs - North Elevation 75 0.2 Current Photographs- North Elevation 76 0.2 Current Photographs - North Elevation 77 0.2 Current Photographs - North Elevation 78 0.2 Current Photographs - North Elevation Interior Courtyard 79 0.2 Current Photographs - North Elevation Interior Courtyard Photo by Howard F. Smith II 80 0.2 Current Photographs - North Elevation Interior Courtyard (Photographs by Ronald V. May) 81 0.2 Current Photographs - North Elevation Interior Courtyard 82 0.2 Current Photographs - North Elevation Interior Courtyard 83 0.2 Current Photographs- North Elevation Interior Courtyard 84 0.2 Current Photographs- North Elevation Interior Courtyard 85 0.2 Current Photographs- North Elevation Interior Courtyard 86 0.2 Current Photographs- South Elevation (rear of house, not visible from public view) 87 0.2 Current Photographs- South Elevation 88 0.2 Current Photographs- South Elevation 89 0.2 Current Photographs -West Elevation (not visible from public view) 90 0.2 Current Photographs -West Elevation 91 0.2 Current Photographs- East Elevation 92 0.2 Current Photographs- Interior Detail 93 0.2 Current Photographs- Interior Detail 94 0.2 Current Photographs- Interior Detail 95 0.2 Current Photographs - Interior Detail 96 0.2 Current Photographs- Interior Detail 97 0.2 Current Photographs - Interior Detail 98 0.2 Current Photographs - Interior Detail 99 0.2 Current Photographs- Interior Detail 100 Atta.chrnent E HRB Criteria Stlpplein_ental Documentat:io~ n E.1 - Criterion A E.2 - Criterion B E.3 - Criterion C E.4 - Criterion D E.5 - Criterion E E.6 - Criterion F 101 E.1 Criterion A - Architectural Evolution 1936 Competitors -Varying Styles _ THE2~H_DIECO UJIIONt ~AT MORJIIINC, SE~_:_ ~ ~t38:______D je THE SAN OtEGO UMION• SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 4, lt38 .•IOfliTEREJ' RESIDE:'ICE JVST COMPLETED O.'V c:c:RTIS ST. 01fB OF M.4JV'Y TY EJI'I DWELLINGS Home built with materials furnished by the Whiting Mead Co. 102 E.1 Criterion A Historical Development of the Community- Furnishings Style Preferences, "Early Californian," Spanish Hacienda San Diego Union, September 7, 1930, Ben bough Furniture 5 -~ •.· .... . ·--- "Ear· y Californian~' FUrriiture for F ·atl~·· ;; Created fo-r spanish: Type Homes The deaigne,ro of thio typicaUy "Early Callfornian" fCimitur~ han borrowed the art of Spaniah llacienda · dayo and modemized the d••iglli to. meet preoent day demanclo for comfort and decorative ~ ehamt .• eVery room in your Spani1h home ean llr attractive:y furnioh.d fro.m &tnbo•.cgh an Other grou~ rrol illuslrafetl are in ator~ two red moi:.Jar and two oide ct. Bed Davenport with magazine rack and drop Unu.ual corner end ohelf, upholotored.in antique figured cmah. l.:hin11 C..binet pic· A Fiece e.opecia!ly ouited lured at left in to Deno to provide group hao thre•>.; n 11pare !l~. Price ahelveo and cloaed c. $118.75. Chairs to cupboard. Size ;:1 match ao illuolraled can .l5x 16 inches, 74 vt l• aecured. incheo high. Pricecl or HL5D. i: hi The attr:rtctive four ehelf Opt'n Bookcaoe ahown at left in gmup io priced $17.00. It io 60 incheo in hei11ht. The B•cffet in con· ter of rroup io 19x44 incheo ;:.nd 36 bcheo high. A hondoome pi~cr and only $4S.OO. "Early Califor · r.i;tn" h ~· .!uty 11 ~mphru L-~ in t+.ia fiv,...piece bedro•.1m Enfzr Our .~uitl", conaiatin~ of 4 L size Be..!. Drto Store on aer, Chtat, Choir IJ Stre,;l I an,i s~~nd. Suitr I. comp:etr. ~1 54.50. B ll .....------·------103 E.2 Criterion B - Historical Persons E.W. and Gertrude Annette Dennstedt San Diego Union October 29, 1952 Qnnste I _ t _ · ~ - t r1 1es Edward W. Dennstedt, 81, builti• Jng contractor, died Monday in local hospital He resided at Cajon Way• .Services will be at 2 p.m. Tnmln1'.1 row in the Little Chapel of Roses, Glen Abbey Park, Chula Vista, D.owntown Mort11ary is in Survivors are hls wUe, Gertrude A. Dennstedt; four ' Kenneth~ Moreau, Arthur Keith Dennstedt, all of San and three dau,ghters, Mrs. Hanssen, of Glendale; Mrs. nie· Williams, of Ban DiegQ, Mrs. Patricia Par-ks, of Peru. (1. r.) E. W. Dennstedt, their son Ken, and Gertrude Annette Dennstedt Photograph courtesv Pat Dennstedt Diego; and· Arthur ot.Jmperial B e a c h; two foster-daughters. Mrs. Ruth · Milt1111 of San Diego anc;l Mrs. Fi-ances .Boyle- of ·E-s condido; a sister, Mrs. Blanche ~so~ ~f ~a Me~a; a brother; · 104 E.2 Criterion 8 - Historical Person Arthur L. Dennstedt (Photograph Courtesy Patricia Dennstedt) San Diego Union August 8, 1975 s Diego Area 0 Arthur 1.. Dennstedt Arthur L. Dennstedt, 65, ~w.rlt.:~f-~.:iu.~u~btJr!Y.:.: 'Memorial Park after 1 p.m. ·GBrviees · ttlday- m Chapel ·~f Hoses He died Tuesday in a. local hospital Dennstedt, who resided at 1556 First--S-t:-;- ·Imperlal- ~~acl!._w!is born in Min®~o:-__ ta and ·.:-.arne to $&Jffiiego 48 - years ago. He started a building contracting .. busi· ness-and-in,;[950--be·lle·cainti: pr~~~~I)~- . QL ~le_ctro Mart Appliance Store on El Cajon Boulevard. He also once. owned an investment firm . surviving are a son; a daughter, Mrs. Sharon D. Spj_C.f of San Diego; t~ bX!>}~~~~, Moreau of .Sp,n. Diego and Keith of El Cajon; three_ Slfi.tez:s, jncluding. .Bonnie Williams qf San Arthur Dennstedt ll.!~go ... amt-·four ·gt:~chtl:.- - .dren... · · Greenwood Mortuary is in charge of arrangements. 105 E.2 Criterion 8 - Historical Person ;NewsB3.nk. i.nc . li&fe.-(;{)i.:IN:r-¥ OBI'RiAAIES pOUNTY' OBlTUARIES ~ .e :2 '.200:] · -cageis~r """B-1"D 2,7' B·· 1'~ 1 ~r-2? SE> ct.~rl" lOCAt. ~gttr ~2\.1!m%5 At.rcie Type L;s 08:T 1\{;ay-1 .. ro/.4-Jt:l't"'-e:'l-<-. 200f. SO~i:lr& Dennstedt Wtillam&, 86, o~ ChJia V1sta rlted .i:m.; i4 She was corn 1n AlbP.rt l_ef:, ,.. ,111r1 . and ""c;s i! ho'T.emaKer Str.-vill'OI'! ·ti'lCitttre-!otet ilt:tsband, Theodore t-1 Wttftams: dattghie~ . Tem Mtclleisoil of Hillsboro. OrA , .Julie Srn1th or El C-aton ar>d LJsa 'f:'y• r: o"'fOenver, so~ , Tom·wmian1;. of i1anal.a1, Hawati, eight grandch11dran: a:-td 10 great-yrandc:htldren · l'r.- · · · ..,...... ,> • .-.n . · , . ,.._, · · 1 0'> .,... • ... · •• San Diego Union September 12, 1958 DENNSTEDT-Kenneth L.- Son .of Mrs. Gertrude Dennstedt. Brother of M. S., Keith, and Arthur L. Dennstedt 1Mrs. Cleo Hanssen, Mrs. Patricia1 Parks and Mrs. Bonnie Williams. Services Monc 10 u:m. Littte ChaPel of ~oses, .. Glen Abbe-y l11termen~ To lie in.: state Sat. and Sun. dt Benbough Mortuorv. 106 E .2 Criterion 8 - Historical Person San Diego Union July 8, 1939 107 E.2 Criterion 8 - Historical Person Pauline L. Clarke (top left) and her mother Augusta Thompson (top right) Her children, Royal M. Clarke (bottom right) and Joanne Clarke Hendrickson (top and bottom right); (Photographs Courtesy Joanne Hendrickson) 108 E. 3 Criterion C - Architecture "Termite Proof Home" San Diego Union, September 13,1936 ,. .. ~- - - ··- ··ca*p-~ ""' ;;,· I ~.-: ~ ~-...... =-=-~~-----;:-_,- _:-=,::..--= ....:::"":'. -"":':': ... :-::wo_ -==:::::;;-~:::,t-===:x:=;:=:;:~~~;:-:;::.~~ .. .._.,..__,...... ::a lcJJl 9JWib ?Jo.u, . -~ and your friends to be our guestR today at the opening of this distinctive Spanish Hacienda.. All rooms completely outfitted with interesting· fnrniab. ings of the latest mode. We know ~·ou wiH be captivated by the delightful Spanish AtmOBPhere im parted in the unUBual design and fttrnishings throughout. Aee for yourself the super qualities of a Dennstedt constructed termite proof home. BEGINNING MONDAY OPEN 2 TO 9 P. 'M. AND ALL DAY BEPTE'MBEB ZOTB. 3761 HIL •FIFTH EV o. 6521 Edw•rd W. DeDD1tedt Cbe.ter A. DenDat..at Moreau S. DeDJQtedt 'Arthur L Demut.edt ~ ...... •· ... - . . - . ~ ·- . . , 109 E.3 Criterion C -Architecture Better Housing Program and Zinc-Chloride Pressure Treated Lumber for Anti-Termite Properties American Builder, N o1•ember 1934. San Diego Union, September 13, 1936 BUILDING AUTHORITIES SEE I DANGERS IN UNTREATED Ll"MBER i lETTER HOMES MEAN lETTER BUSINESS. THE AMERICAN BUILDER ENDORSES A II VIGOROUS HOME BUILDING AND RE PAIR DRIVE IN EVERY COMMUNITY TO CREATE THE DESIRE FOR lmiR HOMES. BUILDERS, DEALERS, ARCHI· TECTS, REAL ESTATE MEN AND THE LOCAL DEPARTMENT STORES AND NEWSPAPERS SHOULD CO-OPERATE TO POPULARIZE BETTER HOMES. 110 E.3 Criterion C - Architecture San Diego Union, September 20, 1936 L4~T V4Y To lnspet:l 46ft lllllonna Vri.-e (Jalm-'le .,_.) ==:::x:=-. ..,..... -·-·---;-==-""' fumis~ Spanish Haci~nda will be open Coutructed and 3761 Fifth Financed b7 THE VE~~STEDT CO. Aveuue &n Diefo'a lar1ut dncl mo.st prof reui&)e homr building organization. 111 E.3 Criterion C - Architectural Evolution Comparison Haciendas and Rancherias- Cliff May, Sept. 1936 liACIEND.4S-BY t:Llf'F M.4Y The homes shown in this layout haciendas, rancherias, ranch houses and Monterey type houses - are typical of Cliff May construction ... , ..... ~~ -· 1 - Interior of racheria 2 - Ranch house built by May for A. Crouse showing t;eatment of ceiling at Grossmcr.t. and full-length windows. I Home is at 4388 Adams ave. 3 - Ranch house built for Arthur F. Gaynes 4 - Spacious two-story Monterey home at Grossmont. Note interesting rail fence under construction by May for Adm. A. Farenholt and unusual contour of exterior. at 3626 Hyacinth in Plumosa park section. 5 - Exterior of rancheria at 4338 Adams ave. This home is to be open for public inspection today, tonight and nighUy this week. Spectacular night lighting of the patio 6 - Monterey-type home built garden is a feature of the home that was by May for Comdr. M. T. Seligman illustrated recently in "Architectural Digest" at Eighth and G sts, Coronado. as the outstanding home in San Diego 112 E.3 Criterion C - Architectural Evolution Comparison Haciendas and Rancherias- Dennstedt Company Design Similarities Comparison House at 4525 Norma Drive built by Arthur Dennstedt of The Dennstedt Company 113 E.3 Criterion C - Architectural Evolution Comparison Haciendas and Rancherias - Dennstedt Company and Cliff May, Design Similarities n1avb.us Doorbell from 4525 Norma Arthur Dennstedt House 11.11.07 mavh.us" Clitl'May httn:/im'-!\·h.us/archin~:;/cateuun-:cJjll:rna\ Cliff !\'lay's colorful tile doorbells Posted in Califi1rniu. Dc~ign. Cliff \1u:.. ,'\rchitecture at 5:511 pm h~ Max v:m Balg<•u:, .. ~~~~~~:::______j1 Recoll:tti71ngan early Cliff May house is sometimes difficult but a good clue is a colorful tile doorbell at the fnmt door. Although the patterns vary, they are similar to the decorative floor tiles found in 1920s Spanish Colonial Revival houses-- yet l"ve only found them in houses by CliffMay. The date, design, and manufacture suggests they may he the woik of I California Clay Products (Calco), American Encaustic Tiling Company (AET), Hispano Moresque Tile Co., or perhaps Taylor Tdery, D. and M. Tile Company, or Malibu Potteries. There are lots of possibilities .not only because of the similiarities in design but that many of them went out of business in the 1930s. When he was starting out. Cliff May bought building materials a.'l inexpensively as possible, often pun:ha.o;ing remnants, salvage, discontinued, or surplus supplies. And during the Depression, this wall easier to procure because of the many tile companies that were going bankrupt. The randomness of these materials actually worked well tbr the architecturul style ht.•<:ause it relied on finishes that wen: ru.'itic, handcralicd, picturesque, and infonnal. I've illustrated a few examples of doorbells from houses in the San Diego region in the J<>JOs-it docsn"t appear that Cliff May used them later when he moved to Los Angeles. rm guessing he bought a dozen of them from a tilemaker that had gone out of business and ran out at some point and couldn't purchase any more or they no longer fit with the rancherla style that predominated after 1940. Doorbell 1 is from Sweetwater and identical to Doorbell #2 in Coronado. Also in Coronado is Doorhell #13. which is similar to Doorbell #4 in Presidio Hills. This last one is particularly important bccaUlle it is the most original, retaining the domed glass button that has heeD frequently replaced. And just a warning, if a house Jacks a decorative doorbell, that doesn't necessarily mean it's not a Cliff May house. The doorbell could have been lost over the years or May may not have iostallcd them consistently with every job. For more information, you'll find lots of exampleil of Spanish Colonial Revival an:hitecture (along with decorative tiles) in Red Tile Style by Arrol Gellner and Dougla.'l Kdstcr (2002) and pages of hb1oric tile from the 1930s (and more) in Norman Karlson's American Art Tile (1998). 114 E.3 Criterion C - Architectural Evolution Comparison Ranch Style Progression Other Designers, Lilian Rice, 1929 I Rancho Santa Fe This design by Rice uses the vertical board and batten for which Cliff May would become famous with his ''Yankee style" of ranch house in later years. July 1929 Si~ Vol. 3, No. 3 RANCHO SANTA fE PROGRESS ········- _____ .....:.:;.,;,;._,:;....:.:;.~------.,-, Landscap~· l'v70t~.r ~0\1h ()N IN By ~-~:...:~~: ;·~ } MOOR!:; R:uwh1, Snntn Ft· , ~wno:rs n r.. Vt r ::~tr·,. to t h~; .R.RAC!I plnnttr;g .t.n~ :lfi"Pln llt'!.l.l ~hf" !Un. \l,-hf.llf\ yc.u llve oZ'\ a (~ lt)' lo 1• &.nd df>.sir*" tt) --NF\:T MONT JJ r.hang~ :::,u'!lr gr.,r~if'n Y·lu dJc up ,tn·J repl-·\.nt. Ir:: l . :~.nC"ho Sant!L :;-e yc..u :·t.r: ·c~H'~ S~nt:; F~ I~ to h·•vt' a I\J.~;-.ch to ;ln Jn!f)r:n.r..tlon huN>nu malntaLrd r.. erel:-" Uke- in a litti~ uore ar~;,. :::.r .• : ,; I . wh.-. !" ~' the ~ u ys or -urr nnd '\ Residents of Rancho Santa Fe will soon ha.Ve thl!llr own eJ E.4 Criterion D -The Dennstedt Company San Diego Union, August 16, 1931 Bigger a11d. Better Homes for Less Mo11ey! !u '!ee.. Complete Colt $M60 Tbla apllt'•~"'· t"f'l.entlo-v• br.lllt of mare UlaB onltnary attractlvelll'• rnn•P" :.1u. •~" '"~"tl~ aa& •nnt>t Mip •••\ .. .-1 to tbe 111'-"d .._ ballder who Ia -~Inc tndiTidullty E,.ur maa's ,_.... tiiiODpt. .s.ln ._.,. aaltllloa b to prMide tM' Ida ~ - a lo.. tllat. wtU .,_ ,...Ucla; be atuaeth'• u4 _._ ~ fill ,_ arraap r nOec:U tba tenlol ltll4J tbb plan hall _...... RH'I k :roe• . .-rtuaHp to a4Gpl a ptaa -Wilhtl • _, _,...... _ aa4 IQI'b tut• una.. ,__ rer .., Inc .. _,. ror _, llnmrtnr: -plete ..... all4· oktaDed •perifk'etl•o-. ,.... r~-• ~~-"' a11d • •-• ,...... ,....acoeww-••· l lnL H l..llc r e.at 6.2lH 1761 Filth Avenue Mu ....- N•• J 116 E.4 Criterion D - The Dennstedt Company San Diego Union, September 6,1931 ~~~~~u=~~. ~~~~~~~~~ · Build Your ''DreaD). H·ome'' Now· . take adt.tantage of the present ROCK BOT · 'I"O·~f. PRICES! Complete Onlv ~$3650 /------~ ~ Wb y v~Jt &ny : J'I!.i'e-r to bllild Aid ,. !.~ .• i . enjoy t.h.&t homo o'! yotll' drum? ·~ ...,... -.. a.p~ Tod&y'a prie'e'a ot!e·r t.h.l op-portu • ~ ...... -_ UIMM8. _.. a I I I . n.tty of tnmendou.. a&vin.a'J.. I! you ...... •--,...... c-...... ,....,...... 1111 OYn • - uw llat~ , .. 1 bcHdtn.r lot or 1! you h&n . .. s:a... ,...... ~IIIIW'I aome c:uh., we &.r·e i.n • pocltion to ~ w1tll ' I a t I lta.f •mw, atrt-o.Uo build jll.l"t the home you W'lont. We .., .._.... wa.t.r llt:al· ""...... -s IIQ .. er. -.aa7 o~e h&ve hu.nd.reda of a:tract1n botl.H ttl JIMir.S _. _. oaU.U. flr'1JI..It9, a. .. pl&na whJch wa '11 be ila.d to have 'M4 p a .... rs E.4 Criterion D - The Dennstedt Company San Diego Union, September 27, 1931 COUNTLESS BUILT-INS; AM~;:..l.:. CLOSETS PI... US EFFIC!EN ( LA. Y ~ OUT OF SPACE Ff,\ -ruRED 118 E.4 Criterion D -The Dennstedt Company San Diego Union, October 18, 1931 -- -· -= -~==---- SURE, YOU £4~ OW THIS HO~E '" ! .j £on~ll'uc::led and finant:e . Sa rOGJrU You that ha.-e plaimPd owning Electric he~ter Three 6edroom• a home, one that is tdl yl)ur own, Arti.tic electric Two bai/u, fixture• Brealcltut room now is the time to act : 1~ our or $2.00 per yard lor Shower .taU ganization i" eRpcl'ially ~quipped Linoleum Tile wairuc:ot to ~onstrul't good home~ at mod Shatlee with Tile floor erate prices. Under our p 1 an Tile .tep1 Built-in 6oole Tile riNr$ building your home iA a Rimple ehelue• Pede.tal lfUHitory matter as aU detail~ ;; 1 •• worked Woocllire ,Z.ce Fall apron ta6 out hefo~ hand. Select oale lloor• Stora•e water healer By starting no·w 1Ve can have Electric hou•e Steel fflfldicine your home ('OmplPted so you may nam6er ca6inet Millr recehlcr move in hefure f'h1·i ~tmas, which Chromard littu.,J.~ will give your fat 1il~.. ~xtra joy. C.ment aitlewalle Floor furnace Cemmt clnr1eway Two .tall iiar.. e ~------., . We can safe ~· a money, 1 time ~tnd wol't1• b building Water met~r now. Sewer co....-cfiOR ThE DllnsiEdl C! 119 E.4 Criterion D -The Dennstedt Company San Diego Union, October 4, 1936 ADVANCE ~37 MODEL Conatructed do~plete $4550 Thl• dlsttnettn baelmd& Is atyled wl&h an ~ye to the tutare. It embodlea all tba& 11 best of all that ls 11ew, bcolnK nlnety-o11e fee' in I lr-nrih, with ~ sixty foot porch, all \lle root, expoaed eetUnc In Uvtnr room, fumaee heat IILftd outdoor barbecue pit. Our orraniutton js evcor alert to the most aclvan~ed ldeu ln llozne .tyllnr. construetlon and ftna.nrlnr. We wlll be pleaaed to aul1t you. with y.our P.arilou..,. home balldtn, probltma. l:aaDtet •••• of oar •any In tile •arl11a• •••••• of Ha•&naotloa a& &lie•••et tellewl•r JocaUoa11: 4611 Con.danee Dr., Tal. Pk. No. J IN Mada.on filS W. Alder PL. TaL Pk. No.I 3850 lth St. I 3235 Jala VIsta f'JZI NateUe Dr., Tal. Pk. No. 3 . 1'741 ColumbiA WI B. Alder PL, T~l. PIL. No. Z .U06 llliaots . 4101 E. Alder PL, Tal. P!k. No. I t8fW 1!. Alder PL. Tal. PJr. No. J RUe. 8621 Edward W. J)eniiJUdt · ~r A Delihriedt Morea,. 8. Denn.&edt Artbar L. DeiiJI.Itedt BUILDHIG Designing-- ·-Building-·--Fir;_ancing ·- Enginee.ri11g---Supervising Regardless of what you expect to build. we can save yo11 :money. -,E,..,. US ~IRS""' ~ '~.t.<"' 1.,; r -··'" .i. THE DEN'NSTEDT co. 2861 University Ave. H iJkrest 6204 120 E.4 Criterion D - The Dennstedt Company Brochure (Courtesy Joanne Hendrickson) ~OPO SATI~ffiP HOME oWNERS I' ...., ... M L.tlu4,....., J"'""M~ p JaL- J Hart !': J GnUh I ll S111d!;n - .. ~or,. ~ lt. a.iilc a. e-1.. Oco. I. Caolo, ·y...,.o-; f"M'I Mabrl G llroob AhlcCullq ilt ~ Jf~u"" of tJwt. ~ _...., ,.,.cJ,ftJ 1« Jflll&»1-tt {vr '~ M P.llfeten fnrl.• nil-"~"" p4 wo.ltr~~inft Ch•rt.. """"" Och-h JouU 'l_pt'OII wb, 1::11)t."'%00Cn'!'. J -AIIeft ,4mplo clooot .,_, A"-'-"ol- l P O.Vclh!; naptec:., ClOit 'ftoQcil.tiOil, 0 I!.Jichle (.,ad.Ycmc:at .door 4W'~ :W.ud llooloum., I' H .• r:J,q!J r.uJr·>D-""""' Unbr:ol-en •.U ~·c., D G.Mottln l(l~ ~:Jtiaetr, tibttd cu'h allow• nee for fm.,.!. a. ol J)t""~"' ond !f!.ulo <>I liJlrtill& fixtvrti!l' and hiahed uio.£..hct11 ,. -...... , boak ...,.., A. L. tiCJI1on ~*"csfl; a·'..t""m Morntt I- Hockioa -"'~~.-L""""''""' -\u,.'hed~. O...la 'W'W..r ~pi_.,--· -...u~~oaa, .... doron 'rHll DE-1'1117f CoM.l'urr 7fil ftfda ~ 5-. ~. <:illfwn\• 121 Attachment F Works Cited F .1 - Provide a list of works cited (bibiiography) 122 F .1 Bibliography Books Brandes, Ray S. 1991 "San Diego Architects 1868-1939." 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 O.K. 1995 A Visual Dictionary of Architecture. New York: John Wiley & Sons Cook, Ill, S.F., "Jerry'' and Tina Skinner 2005 Architectural Details: Spain and the Mediterranean. Reprint of the 1926 publication by RichardS. Requa, A.I.A., J.H. Hansen, The Monolith Portland Cement Company, Los Angeles. Schiffer Publishing 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 Iowa, Jerome 1985 Ageless Adobe: History and Preservation in Southwestern Architecture. Santa Fe: Sunstone Press Kirker, Harold 1986 Caiifornia's Architecturai Frontier: Style and Tradition in the Nineteenth Century. Sait Lake City, Utah: Peregrine Books Johnson, Paul C., Editor 1997 Western Ranch Houses by Cliff May. By the editorial staff of Sunset Magazine and Books. Reprinted with permission by Hennessey+ Ingalls, Santa Monica. Originally published in 1958 by Lane Publishing Company. McAlester, Virginia and Lee McAlester 2002 Field Guide to American Houses. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. 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 Newcomb, Rexford 1990 Spanish-Colonial Architecture in the United States. New York: Dover Publications, Inc. Reprint of the original 1937 publication by J.J. Augustin, New York Requa, Richard S., A.I.A. 2007 Old World Inspiration for American Architecture. Originally published by the Monolith Portland Cement Company. Los Angeles, California, 1929. Starr, Kevin 1997 The Dream Endures: California Enters the 1940s. Oxford University Press. Winter, Robert 1985 Architecture in Los Angeles: A Complete Guide. Salt Lake City, Utah: Peregrine Books. 123 Dissertation Williams, Jack 5. 1991 "Architecture and Defense On The Military Frontier of Arizona 1752-1856 Part 1, pages 1-159, Ph.D. dissertation, University of Arizona. Government Documents City of San Diego Historical Resources Board 2006 Historical Resource Research Report Guidelines and Requirements, Land Development Manual, Historical Resources Guidelines, Appendix E, Part 1, Adopted by the Historical Resources Board November 30, 2006 City of San Diego Historical Resources Board, Minutes of Regular Scheduled Meeting of June 28,2007. Item No.9, Hazel Wier I Dennstedt Company House I Spindrift Archaeological Site # 4. Applicant Arthur & Rise Johnson, Owners, 1857 Viking Way, La Jolla. Historical Report prepared by Christianne Knoop and Beth Montes. Cultural Resources Study of the archaeological site prepared by Brian F. Smith and Associates. City of San Diego Historical Resources Board Report No. HRB-07-032, Letter dated June 14, 2007 of Agenda Item# 9 - Hazel Wier I Dennstedt Company House I Spindrift Archaeological Site #4, to consider the item for designation as a historical resource. Internet Ancestry.com, www.ancestrv.com (U.S. Census 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930; California Death Index; Social Security Death Index; genealogical files National Building Museum, htto:lfwww.nbm.oraiExhibitslcurrent/do it yourself.html , Home Exhibitions: Past Exhibitions: Do It Yourself: Home Improvement in 201n Century America. Information regarding the FHA and Home Improvement Act, 1935, October 19, 2002. Tobey, Ronaid C. 1997 "Technology as Freedom: The New Deal and the Electrical Modernization of the American Home." http://content.cdlib.orglxtf/view?docld=ft5v19n9w0&chunk.id=O&doc.view=print University of California Press, Berkeley. 1997. Information regarding housing in the 1920s. A discussion centered on the question: Did Electrical Modernization Cause a Social Revolution in the American Home in the 1920s? This article provides a comprehensive discussion of the housing situation in America in the 1920s through World War II, including a discussion of the National Housing Act {1934), loans for modernization of existing housing, including appliance purchase, and for construction and the Reconstruction Finance Corporation's Mortgage Company (1935), which purchased FHA mortgages on individual homes and on large housing projects. van Balgooy, Mary A. "Designer of the Dream: Cliff May and the California Ranch House." http://mavb.uslwp-content/uploads/20071071cliff may web.pdf also mavb.us at website http://mavb.us/archives/cateqorv/cliff-mav . This website has photographs of the Lindstrom House, Cliff May doorbells, and the O'Leary House at 4725 Norma Drive in Talmadge Park. Newspaper San Diego Union September 15, 1999. Article about The Dennstedt Company (1926-1933). November 3, 1993. Obituary Major William Moore Lewis, M.D. (1941-1945). Born in Evanston, Illinois on January 14, 1909, William Moore Lewis received a medical degree from Northwestern University in 1935. He served his residency at the University of Iowa and then moved to San Diego in 1936. September 14, 1982. Obituary Patricia Kathleen Dennstedt Parks (1937-1939). Born on March 17, 1918 in Minnesota and died in San Diego on September 11, 1982. August 8, 1975. Obituary, Arthur L. Dennstedt. Arthur L. Dennstedt was born in Minnesota and came to San Diego in 1927 and resided in San Diego for forty-eight years. He died on August 5, 1975 in San Diego and was buried at Glenn Abbey Memorial Park 124 September 28, 1968. Obituary, Gertrude A. Dennstedt (1936-1940). Gertrude A. Dennstedt was born May 2, 1881 in Iowa and died in San Diego on September 26, 1968. October 29, 1952. Obituary for Edward W. Dennstedt, who was born September 12, 1872 in Minnesota and died October 27, 1952 October 18, 1936. "Broader Service Said to Improve Types of Homes." A.L. and A. E. Dennstedt Company announcement that they had embraced Benson's treated lumber program and had completed 1·1 0 new homes since 1935. October 12, 1941 . "Early California Style Adapted In Modern Rolando Village Home" Feature article of Spanish Hacienda style house. November 2, 1938. The Dennstedt Company reported a record with $81,679.48 worth of business in 1936. October 9, 1938. "Another Blue Ribbon Home Planned and Built by The Original Dennstedt Co. for Mr. Jose Januario," Minimal Traditional style 1470 Rosecrans Street in Point Lorna. Between 1938-1960, for the general public, confusion reigned between the various Dennstedt building companies. October 2, 1938. The Dennstedt Company shifted designs to accommodate the national trends and offered FHA approved Cape Cod style houses with multi-pane windows, porthole windows, shutters, and moderately pitched roofing, as well as Monterey Style that shifted away from Spanish to a more Colonial Revival style (They also revived the Old English style (San Diego Union October 16, 1938) and A.L. then assigned Landt to design his own house on Ridgeview Drive. October 4, 1936. The Dennstedt Company and the A.L. and A. E. Dennstedt Building Company. The local distributor was the Benson Lumber Company. October 4, 1936 "Better Housing Program advises Builders, Buyers." By De Witt K. Priday, Secretary-Manager San Diego Better Housing Program. "The sole objective of the Federal Housing administration (a government agency) is better living conditions for the American citizenry. "Also "Builders, contractors, architects, realtors, financial institutions and lumber dealers stress through their advertising and salesmen the value of owning one's own home." October 4, 1936. "Monterey Residence Just Completed on Curtis Street. • Annoucement of two story Monterey style residence just completed by builder Pear Pearson. September 27, 1936. Benson Lumber Company advertisement: "Benson Treated Lumber, Termite-Decay Proof, Fire Resistant; Available at Local Lumber Yards" September 20, 1936. Last Day to Inspect 4165 Norma Drive. Advertisement by the Dennstedt Company. September 13, 1936. PREVIEW TODAY, 4615 Norma Drive- Talmadge Park September 13, 1936. "Building Authorities See Dangers In Untreated Lumber." September 10, 1936. •Expo Objectives Attained; Gains Huge, Says Belcher" and "Big Parade Feature of Final Day." Article on closing day celebrations quoting Frank Belcher, Exposition President September 6, 1936. "Monterey-type, FHA Financed Homes with Modern Improvements Open for Inspection Today." Announcement for Bartlett & Sutton's new "Monterey-type homes" constructed under the FHA program. September 2, 1936. "Developer Pays $31,847 in Taxes." January 1, 1929. Article mentioning William Rick, former president of Rick Engineering, who worked for The Dennstedt Company as a draftsman. They built a wide range of residential and commercial buildings. By 1929, they had completed hundreds of houses May 2, 1926. Talmadge Park manager Roy Lichty reported that Los Angeles contractor Paul V. Stubel boutht 100 lots with the plan to build English, French Normandy, and Italian architectural styles in Talmadge Park April 11, 1926. Article announcing interest by subdividers In the Nolen plan, which intended to extend the great main boulevard parking system from the harbor front up to Mission Valley and thence across the Kensington section to Chollas Valley. Kensington Heights therefore will be bounded on the north and east by this boulevard park and purchasers of lots in this new subdivision are delighted over this additional attraction. 125 December 20, 1925. "Charity to Get Proceeds from First Lot Sale: Dedication of Subdivision is Set for Jan 3; Norma Talmadge to Plant Tree: 1 August 24, 1919. Early 20 h Century Hacienda Design. Master Architect William Templeton Johnson drew a sketch for the Balboa Clubhouse and published it in the San Diego Union. Oakland Tribune April30, 1933. A silent investor in Talmadge Park, Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, pooled his money with his long-time friends, Keaton and Schenk Rancho Santa Fe Progress 1929 Rancho Santa Fe Beach Club, designed by Lilian Rice in the vertical board and batten style, similar to what Cliff May would use in his Yankee style ranch houses decades later. July 1929. Volume 3 No. 3. Periodicals 1937 "The Architectural Forum: Including "Building Money"." January, 1937. Volume 66, No. 1. Time Inc., publisher. Page 2 has a discussion of recovery trends for 1937 as the nation pulled out of the effects of the Great Depression. Page 26 has a Letter to the Editor from Morgan Stedman of Palo Alto, California, in which he states that he is an architectural designer of small homes there and that there is presently a "virtual demand for two-car garages." Also, in regards to preferred styles, "The Spanish is almost entirely out for small buildings," and "French houses ... are finding favor." 1934 "American Builder and Building." November, 1934. Volume 56, No. 11 . Includes J.A. Moffett's directive to contractors, builders, and dealers urging these "Key Men" to cooperate with the Repair and Modernizing Campaign. Laskey, Marlene L. 1984 "Cliff May," Oral History Program, University of California, Los Angeles, viii. Personal Communication 2007 Coons, Bruca. Save Our Heritage Organisation. Coons Is an expert on Cliff May houses, in a!! of his phases of work. He examined detailed photographs of 4615 Norma Street and initially expressed the opinion that the house was probably the work of Cliff May. Upon closer examination and discussion, he reversed that view, primarily because of his examination of the way in which the window grill work and doors were constructed. Personal communication, November 19, 2007. 2007 Dennstedt, Pat. Daughter-in-law of E.W. and Gertrude Dennstedt. She married their son, Moreau Dennstedt. Interview by Ronald V. May at her Kensington home, November 28, 2007. 2007 Hendrickson, Joanne. She married Rick Dennstedt, who was Arthur's son. Her mother was Pauline Clarke. She and Rick divorced and she later remarried. Interview by Ronald V. May and Dale Ballou May at her home across the street from 4615 Norma Drive, November 25,2007. 2007 Neal, Mary. Granddaughter of Wilburn Franklin Hale and sister to Carol Ybarrando. E-mail correspondence on November 16, 2007. 2007 Ybarrando, Carol. Granddaughter of Wilburn Franklin Hale, one of Cliff May's most influential Master Carpenters. Telephone interview on November 20, 2007 as well as several e-mail interchanges around the same date. 2005 Roper, Lee. Interview with questions he conveyed to Jean Lichty May on behalf of Ronald V. May in conjunction with Legacy 106, Inc.'s research for the Historical Nomination of the Major Thomas R. Bartlett, U.S. Army (ret.) and Mary N. Bartlett House, 10413 Grandview Drive, Mount Helix, La Mesa, CA. Application for historical designation to the County of San Diego. The house was subsequently designated as a historical landmark, based on the completed report. See page 22 of the report. Additional Research Legacy 106, Inc. is appreciative of assistance from Linda Canada who conducted additional investigative research for this nomination.