HISTORICAL NOMINATION of the Augustus and Louise Cosgrove House 3202 Curtis Street ~ Loma Portal Neighborhood San Diego, California
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HISTORICAL NOMINATION of the Augustus and Louise Cosgrove House 3202 Curtis Street ~ Loma Portal Neighborhood San Diego, California Ronald V. May, RPA Kiley Wallace Legacy 106, Inc. P.O. Box 15967 San Diego, CA 92175 (858) 459-0326 (760) 704-7373 www.legacy106.com July 2017 1 HISTORIC HOUSE RESEARCH Ronald V. May, RPA, President and Principal Investigator Kiley Wallace, Vice President and Architectural Historian P.O. Box 15967 • San Diego, CA 92175 Phone (858) 459-0326 • http://www.legacy106.com “At-a-Glance” Report Summary Property Information & Applicable Criteria Resource Type: Building / single family residence Resource Name (per HRB naming policy): The Augustus and Louise Cosgrove House Resource Address: 3202 Curtis Street, San Diego, CA 92106 (Loma Portal community) APN: 450-082-07-00 Requesting Mills Act? Y N Date of Construction: 1928 Architect/Builder: Cosgrove Construction Company Prior Resource Address (if relocated): Date of Relocation: Applicant’s Name: Ronald V. May, RPA & Kiley Wallace Owner’s Name: Thomas W. Flinn & Sandra L. Flinn Address: Legacy 106, Inc. Address: 3202 Curtis Street P.O. Box 15967 San Diego, CA 92175 San Diego, CA 92106 Phone #: (858) 459-0326 and (760) 704-7373 Phone #: (619) 370-7034 Email: [email protected] & Email: [email protected] [email protected] The resource is being nominated for designation as a historical resource under: HRB Criterion A as a special element of the City’s, a community’s or a neighborhood’s historical development archaeological development cultural development social development economic development political development aesthetic development engineering development landscaping development architectural development for the following reason(s): HRB Criterion B for its association with who/which is significant in local, state or national history for the following reason(s): HRB Criterion C as a good/excellent example of Spanish Eclectic / Revival style architecture HRB Criterion D as a notable work of Chris A. Cosgrove , a Master Builder Previously established as a Master Proposed as a Master HRB Criterion E as a property which has been determined eligible by the National Park Service for listing on the National Register of Historic Places or is listed or has been determined eligible by the State Historical Preservation Office for listing on the State Register of Historical Resources. HRB Criterion F as a contributing resource to the Historical District. 2 “At-a-Glance” Report Summary Required Forms and Documentation Check Yes or No, indicating whether or not the following required documentation has been provided: Report Copies Y N Provide one copy of the Historical Resource Research Report, stapled at the corner Department of Parks and Recreation Forms Y N Primary Record (523a) Y N BSO Record (523b) Y N Archaeological Record (523c) (if applicable) Y N District Record (523d) (if applicable) Y N Location Map (523j) (if applicable) Y N Sketch Map (523k) (if applicable) Y N Continuation Sheet (523l) Attachment A Attachment B Y N Assessor’s Record Y N Chain of Title Y N Notice of Completion Y N Directory Search Y N Water / Sewer Records Y N Deed from Date of Construction Y N Building Permits Y N Previous Survey Forms Attachment C Attachment D Y N City SD 800 Scale Eng Maps Y N Historical and Transitional Photos Y N USGS Maps Y N Current Photos of North Elevation Y N Original Subdivision Map Y N Current Photos of East Elevation Y N 1886/1887 Sanborn Y N Current Photos of South Elevation Y N 1906 Sanborn Y N Current Photos of West Elevation Y N 1921 Sanborn Y N 1940 Sanborn Y N 1950 Sanborn Y N 1956 Sanborn Attachment E Attachment F Y N Criterion A Documentation Y N Bibliography Y N Criterion B Documentation Y N Criterion C Documentation Y N Criterion D Documentation Y N Criterion E Documentation Y N Criterion F Documentation 3 State of California – The Resources Agency Primary # ___________________________________ DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # ______________________________________ PRIMARY RECORD Trinomial __________________________________ NRHP Status Code 3S Other Listings ___________________________________________________________ Review Code _____ Reviewer ____________________________ Date __________ Page 3 of 41 *Resource Name or #: The Augustus and Louise Cosgrove House P1. Other Identifier: 3202 Curtis Street, San Diego, CA 92106 *P2. Location: Not for Publication Unrestricted *a. County: San Diego and (P2b and P2c or P2d. Attach a Location Map as necessary.) *b. USGS 7.5' Quad: Point Loma Date: 2015 T ; R ; ¼ of ¼ of Sec ; M.D. B.M. c. Address: 3202 Curtis Street City: San Diego Zip: 92106 d. UTM: Zone: 11 ; mE/ mN (G.P.S.) e. Other Locational Data: (e.g., parcel #, directions to resource, elevation, etc.) Elevation: 380 feet Legal Description: Lot Six (6) in Block Two Hundred Forty-nine (249) of Roseville, according to the official map thereof No. 165 now on file in the office of the County Recorder of said San Diego County. It is Tax Assessor’s Parcel (APN) # 450-082-07-00. *P3a. Description: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries). This house is an excellent one-story example of the Spanish Eclectic/Revival style built in 1928. The home is a single-family residence built on a corner lot in the Loma Portal neighborhood of San Diego. The front elevation faces directly onto Evergreen Street and a walkway connects diagonally to the corner of Evergreen Street and Curtis Street. The home sits on a sloping corner lot with views over the Point Loma peninsula and the ocean. A covered entryway porch and parabolic tiled focal window are seen on the main front elevation, with a stucco chimney facing the secondary façade onto Curtis Street. The home utilizes an asymmetrical façade with red Mission clay tile roof and white stucco surfacing. The house also features what appears to be a side gabled roof, but actually has a rear flat roof that is hidden by the false gable (shed roof) peak. A detached double garage faces Evergreen Street just to the north of the home. (See Continuation Sheet.) *P3b. Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) (HP2) Single family property *P4. Resources Present: Building Structure Object Site District Element of District P5b. Description of Photo: (View, date, accession #) View of the southeast (front) elevation. Photo by Dan Soderberg, July 2017. *P6. Date Constructed/Age and Sources: Historic Prehistoric Both No Notice of Completion was found. Residential Building Record, 1928. Water record dated August 25, 1928. Sewer record dated August 25, 1928. San Diego Evening Tribune building permit is dated August 27, 1928. San Diego Union article with photo is dated September 22, 1929. *P7. Owner and Address: Thomas W. Flinn and Sandra L. Flinn 3202 Curtis Street San Diego, CA 92106 *P8. Recorded by: (Name, affiliation, and address) Ronald V. May, RPA, and Kiley Wallace, Legacy 106, Inc., P.O. Box 15967, San Diego, CA 92175 *P9. Date Recorded: July 2017 *P10. Survey Type: (Describe) Intensive *P11. Report Citation: (Cite survey report and other sources, or enter "none.") Historical Nomination of the Augustus and Louise Cosgrove House, San Diego, California for the City of San Diego, Historical Resources Board, by Ronald V. May, RPA and Kiley Wallace, Legacy 106, Inc., July 2017. Legacy 106, Inc. is indebted to Alexandra Wallace for extensive research, and other assistance with the preparation of this report. *Attachments: NONE Location Map Sketch Map Continuation Sheet Building, Structure, and Object Record Archaeological Record District Record Linear Feature Record Milling Station Record Rock Art Record Artifact Record Photograph Record Other (List): DPR 523A *Required Information 4 State of California The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI# Trinomial CONTINUATION SHEET Page 4 of 41 *Resource Name or #: The Augustus and Louise Cosgrove House *Recorded by: Ronald V. May, RPA and Kiley Wallace *Date: July 2017 Continuation Update *P3a. Description: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries) (Continued): (See Attachment D, Photographs) The subject property at 3202 Curtis Street utilizes a compound floor plan and an asymmetrical façade in keeping with the home's Spanish Eclectic/Revival style. The home displays a mix of roof types and varying roof heights, which along with the home's complex irregular form breaks up the massing of this single family residence. The single story home has a low pitched clay tile roof with decorative wooden rafter tails seen beneath the roof eaves. The main first story front section sits uphill with a walled front patio. The front (southeast) has a side gabled roof appearance in front with a slightly lower central section, but is actually a half gabled (shed) roof design with rear flat roof. A second walkway uses an uphill concrete stairway that connects the walled entryway and patio connecting to Evergreen Street below. A large parabolic focal window has a deep tile covered inset reveal. The home shows a cross gabled secondary façade facing Curtis Street with a stucco surfaced front end chimney. The house has a low pitched Mission red clay fired tile roof and minimal eave overhang throughout. The house utilizes white stucco wall surfacing and dark blue painted wood windows throughout. The home has the characteristic architectural features indicative of the Spanish Eclectic/Revival style, including the asymmetrical façade, low pitched red tile roof, eaves with shallow overhangs, stucco surfacing, and arched doorway and windows. The home also exhibits some interesting features in the style including its use of a covered entry porch, walled patio and large parabolic arched focal window. The plank style front door with protective wrought iron window grille faces onto Evergreen Street and is flanked by a small stained glass rectangular window with wrought iron window grille and matching porch railing and cast metal lighting fixture.