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Legacy 106, Inc HISTORICAL NOMINATION OF THE Jack G. and Eugenia Robb,....; Americo Pete and Stephna Rotta House 4958 MARLBOROUGH DRIVE"' KENSINGTON ife Kills Rival Love Triangle Ronald V. May, RPA Legacy 106, Inc. P.O. Box 15967 Legacy San Diego, CA 92175 www.legacy 1 06 .com 1061NC. (619) 269-3924 Historical Nomination of the Jack G. and Eugenia Robb I Americo Pete and Stephna Rotta House Americo Pete RoUa, Builder 4958 Marlborough Drive-- Kensington Manor Unit 1 --San Diego Prepared for Christopher Martinez and Nova Bella DeLovely by Ronald V. May, RPA President and Principal Investigator Dale Ballou May Vice President and Principal Researcher Legacy 106, Inc. P.O. Box 15967 San Diego, CA 92175 (619) 269-3924 Fax/Phone www.legacy106.com December 18, 2004 Researched and accepted by Research Committee, Historical Resources Board, City of San Diego on , 2004 © 2004 Legacy 106, Inc. List of Attachments 1. DPR Form 523A 2. DPR Form 523B 3. U.S.G.S. La Mesa Quad Map, 7.5" 4. Deeds. 2 State of California - The Resources Aaencv Primary# DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI# PRIMARY RECORD Trinomial NRHP Status Code Other Listinqs Review Code Reviewer Date Page 1 of 1 *Resource Name or#: Jack G. and Eugenia Robb I Americo Pete and Stephna Rotta House APN #440-373-1900, 4958 Marlborough Drive, San Diego, CA 92116 P1 . Other Identifier: Robb I Rotta House * P2. Location: Not for Publication ~ Unrestricted *a. County San Diego and (P2c, P2e, and P2b or P2d. Attach a Location Map as necessary.) *b. USGS 7.5' Quad La Mesa 7.5' Quad Date 1997 Maptech, Inc. T ; R y. of Y. of Sec ; M.D. B.M. c. Address: 4958 Marlborough Drive City: San Diego Zip: 92116 d. UTM: Zone: 11 ; 490103 mEl 3625380 mN (G.P.S.) e. Other Locational Data: (e.g., parcel#, directions to resource, elevation, etc., as appropriate) Elevation: 370' The property is located on U.S.G.S. La Mesa Quadrangle. It is identified as Tax Assessor's APN #440-373-1900. It is located on Lot 8, in Block 7 of Kensington Manor Unit No. 1, in the City of San Diego, County of San Diego, State of California, according to Map thereof No. 1848, filed in the Office of the County Recorder of San Diego County, August 13, 1925. *P3a. Description: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries) The Robb I Rotta House is a one-story 1930 house located at the intersection of Marlborough and Lymer Drives in the community of Kensington Manor Unit 1. The house exhibits a colonnade of three mission style arches along the front fa~de and a distinctive flat topped cathedral front window. This distinctive shape is echoed as a theme throughout the house in the fireplace niche, room entries, and doorways and is found on Americo Pete and Stephna Rotta's own house at 5036 Marlborough. The Rotta-built house exhibits low-pitched, front and side gabled roofs with shed porch facades that fronted flat pueblo style roofs over most of the house. Rotta favored Mission style colonnades of arches along the front porch or along interior patios. He applied roughened stucco surfaces to emulate primitive buildings associated with the old Mexican Southwest. The house retains the original character defining features of a Spanish Eclectic house. *P3b. Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) (HP2)-Single family property *P4. Resources Present: ~ Building D Structure D Object D Site D District D Element of District D Other (Isolates, etc.) P5b. Description of Photo: (View, date, accession #) Street view of Robb I Rotta House looking northwest towards the front of the house. Front of house faces east. October 31 , 2004 Photo by Ronald V. May, RPA. *P6. Date Constructed/Age and Sources: ~Historic D Prehistoric D Both 1930 Residential Building Record Water Permit P7. Owner and Address: Christopher Martinez and Nova Bella DeLovely 4958 Marlborough Drive =---- San Diego, CA 92116 -- -- *P8. Recorded by: (Name, affiliation, and address) Ronald V. May, RPA Legacy 106, Inc., P.O . Box 15967, San Diego, CA 92175 *P9. Date Recorded: *P10.Survey Type: (Describe) Walked around house. *P11 . Report Citation: (Cite survey report and other sources, or enter unone.") Ronald V. May, RPA, and Dale Ballou May, "Historical Nomination of the Jack G. and Eugenia Robb I Americo Pete and Stephna Rotta House: Americo Pete Rotta, Builder, 4958 Marlborough Drive- Kensington Manor Unit 1 -San Diego" Prepared by Legacy 106, Inc., 2004. *Attachments: D NONE D Location Map ~ Sketch Map D Continuation Sheet ~ Building, Structure, and Object Record D Archaeological Record D District Record D Linear Feature Record D Milling Station Record D Rock Art Record D Artifact Record D Photograph Record D Other (List): State of California - The Resources AQencv Primary# DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI# BUILDING. STRUCTURE. AND OBJECT RECORD Page 1 of 6 *NRHP Status Code 3S *Resource Name or# (Assigned by recorder) Jack G. and Eugenia Robb I Americo Pete and Stephna Rotta House APN #440-373-1900, 4958 Marlborough Drive, San Diego, CA 92116 B1. Historic Name: Robb I Rotta House B2. Common Name: Same 83. Original Use: Single family residence 84. Present Use: Single family residence *85. ArchitecbJral Style: Spanish Eclectic, Hacienda style 86. Construction History: (Construction date, alterations, and date of alterations) The Robb I Rotta House is a one-story, Spanish Eclectic house that was built in 1930 and is located at the intersection of Marlborough and Lymer Drives in the community of Kensington Manor Unit 1. Analysis of the Tax Assessor's Residential Building Record for 4958 Marlborough substantiates the 1930 house construction date. There are no subsequent building permits listed on the "construction record." The house is 1, 620 square feet with 171 square feet of covered porch, 324 square feet of garage, and 550 square feet of concrete deck. The Tax Assessor rated the house as standard construction on a concrete foundation, stucco on wood frame, double-hung and casement windows with screens, flat and gabled roof, three bedroom, and hardwood floors throughout. The living room has exposed wood beams and the dining room has a sculpted cove ceiling. Of significance to this document is the lack of permits for modifications to the house. *87. Moved?~ No D Unknown Date: N/A Original Location: N/A *88. Related Features: detached garage B9a. Architect: unspecified b. Builder: Americo Pete Rotta *810. Significance: Theme: Residential Architecture Area: Kensington Period of Significance: 1930-1954 Property Type: single-family dwelling Applicable Criteria: c (Discuss importance in terms of historical or architectural context as defined by theme, period, and geographic scope. Also address integrity.) The house is significant as an example of 1930 Spanish architecture, which exhibits a colonnade of three mission style arches along the front far,:ade and a distinctive flat topped cathedral front window. It is also significant as the first known speculation house designed and built by America Pete Rotta and his wife, Stephna. The distinctive "Rotta window" shape is echoed as a theme throughout the house in the fireplace niche, room entries, and doorways. The house is in a style that met the strict architectural review standards for good design and construction that were mandatory for residences in the expensive estate community. As such, it embodies the characteristics of Kensington Manor Unit 1' s approved version of the Spanish Eclectic, hacienda subtype architectural style as required by the Kensington Park Land Company. The house exhibits a low­ pitched roof wi1h a short eave overhanging the wall and slightly ornamented rafter tails, four porch arches, stucco walls, and a Spanish fired red clay tile roof. This house is cross-gabled with a low valley centered over the arched entrance. Behind the Spanish tile is a low stucco parapet masking a flat, tarred roof. A stucco chimney is attached to the south side. The windows are wood, double-hung and painted a rusty red. Small wire crawlspace vents are located low on the roughened stucco walls. Not visible from the street is a shed porch patio with Spanish fired clay roof tiles that overlooks a small landscaped backyard. (See Continuation Sheet.) B11 . Additional Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) (HP2)-Single family property *812. References: (See Continuation Pages) B13. Remarks: *814. Evaluator: Ronald V. May, RPA (This space reserved for official comments.) State of California ·The Resources Aaencv Primary# DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI# CONTINUATION SHEET Page 2 of 6 *Resource Name or# (Assigned by recorder) Jack G. and Eugen1a Robb I America Pete & Stephna Rotta House APN #440-373-1900, 4958 Marlborough Drive, San Diego, CA 92116 *Recorded by Ronald V. May, RPA *Date 12/18/04 IZI Continuation D Update *810. Significance: (continued) (Discuss importance in terms of historical or arcMectural context as defined by theme. period, and geographic scope. Also address integrity.) At the rear of the driveway and recessed behind the house is a detached garage with a modern reddish-brown door. Rotta designed a geometric arch for his cathedral front window, which is visible from Marlborough and the sidewalk out front. This design is repeated on the fireplace surround, and room entries. He sculpted rusticated stucco around the fireplace to appear like carved stone blocks. For the hearth in front of the firebox, he installed a subtie pattern of bisque yellow and red tiles that appear very much like Batchelder products. He also sculpted vauKed ceilings in the living room, embedded open beam ceilings, and installed interior French Doors to separate the breakfast nook from the dining area. The paneled dark wood door leading into the hallway was left natural with a clear coating, rather than painting.
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