The
Harold and Helen Silvey/Richard B. Ruplinger House
2506 Thirty-Third Street
Historical Resource Research Report
Prepared by Homeowner Matthew Stucky
March 7, 2019
1 “At-a-Glance” Report Summary Property Information & Applicable Criteria
Resource Address: APN: Resource Name (per HRB naming policy):
Resource Type: Will you be Submitting a Mills Act Application Following Designation? Y N
Date of Construction: Architect/Builder: Prior Resource Address (if relocated): Date of Relocation:
Applicant’s Name: Owner’s Name: Address: Address:
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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 .
HRB Criterion D as a notable work of , a Master . Previously established as a Master Proposed as a Master HRB Criterion E as a property which has been determined eligible by the National Park Service for listing on the National Register of Historic Places or is listed or has been determined eligible by the State Historical Preservation Office for listing on the State Register of Historical Resources. HRB Criterion F as a contributing resource to the Historical District.
Are interior elements/features included in the nomination and proposed for designation? Yes No If Yes, list elements and location:
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 Y N Provide one copy of the Historical Resource Research Report, double sided and stapled
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 Locational 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 the Date of Construction Y N Building Permits Y N Site Plan with Footprint Y N County Lot & Block Book 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 Photos with a key floor plan Y N 1940 Sanborn (for interiors under consideration) Y N 1950 Sanborn Y N 1956 Sanborn Attachment E Y N Criterion A Documentation 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 Other Listings Review Code Reviewer Date
Page 1 of 2 *Resource Name: The Harold and Helen Silvey/Richard B. Ruplinger House P1. Other Identifier: none ____
*P2. Location: Not for Publication Unrestricted *a. County San Diego and (P2c, P2e, and P2b or P2d. Attach a Location Map as necessary.) *b. USGS 7.5' Quad Point Loma Date 2017 T ; R ; of of Sec ; B.M. c. Address 2506 33rd Street City San Diego Zip 92104 d. UTM: Zone 11 S, 488409 3621572, GPS: -117.123676795134 mE/ 32.7318742356176 mN e. Other Locational Data: APN: 539-052-07-00 Legal Description: The South 45 feet of Lot 12 in Block 16 of Eastern Addition to New San Diego, in the City of San Diego, County of San Diego, State of California, Map No. 295, filed in the office of the County Recorder of San Diego County, also the West 10 feet of 33rd Street adjoining said property on the East, and the North 10 feet of Laurel Street adjoining said property and the closed portion of 33rd Street on the South, as closed to public use June 22, 1925, by Resolution No. 34359 of the City Council of the City of San Diego.
*P3a. Description: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries) The Harold and Helen Silvey/Richard B. Ruplinger House was built in 1926, by Richard B. Ruplinger, in the Tudor Eclectic style. Located at 2506 Thirty-Third Street, this approximately 2,092 square foot, single-family house with detached garage sits on a 55’ wide x 110’ deep corner lot, in a neighborhood of similarly scaled, single-family residences. The long dimension of the lot runs east-west. The site is level through the back portion of the lot toward the house and then slopes downward as the site moves east, with the far-east portion of the site sloping down towards the sidewalk. The southern edge of the lot meets the sidewalk on Laurel Street at a small brick retaining wall, increasing in height from west to east. . . . (continued) P5a. Photograph or Drawing (Photograph required for buildings, structures, and objects.)
*P3b. Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) *P4. Resources Present: Building Structure Object Site District Element of District Other (Isolates, etc.) P5b. Description of Photo: (view, date, accession #) East Elevation *P6. Date Constructed/Age and Source: Historic Prehistoric Both 1926, 92 years
*P7. Owner and Address: Matthew and Kerri Stucky 2506 33rd Street San Diego, CA 92104 *P8. Recorded by: (Name, affiliation, and address) Matthew Stucky, owner 2506 33rd Street San Diego, CA 92104 *P9.___ Date Recorded: March ======-:----~ 7, 2019 *P10. Survey Type: (Describe)
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Page 2 of 2 *Resource Name: The Harold and Helen Silvey/Richard B. Ruplinger House P1. Other Identifier: none ____
Intensive *P11. Report Citation: (Cite survey report and other sources, or enter "none.") Survey Report, Public Records, Historic Documents, Treatises _ ____ *Attachments: NONE Location Map Continuation Sheet Building, Structure, and Object Record Archaeological Record District Record Linear Feature Record Milling Station Record Rock Art Record Artifact Record Photograph Record Other (List):
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The building construction is a typical wood frame on a raised foundation, with continuous concrete perimeter footing and interior spot footings. Overall, the condition is very good. The house demonstrates many character defining features of the Tudor Eclectic style: a prominent front-facing gable with a side-gabled wing, both steeply pitched; tall, narrow windows in multiple groups with multi-pane glazing; a prominent chimney with decorative chimney pots, brick and stucco cladding, and front door with Tudor arch.
The front of the house faces east toward Thirty-Third Street and has a 4.5’ wide sidewalk, curb and gutter. The house is set back approximately 32 feet from the street. A red brick walkway steps up gradually from the sidewalk to the front door, with a small brick patio situated within the elbow of the “L” created by the side-gabled wing. In the southwest corner of the lot, off of Laurel Street, a driveway consisting of two separate concrete wheel tracks runs to the north toward a one-car detached garage. The garage, viewed from the south on Laurel Street, is a simple front-gabled building with a steeply-pitched roof matching the slope of the main house. The east face of the garage, not visible from the street, includes a single window and simple wood door with fixed diamond-pane glass. The garage door appears to be a replacement, but is simple and unobtrusive in style.
The entire house is clad in brick-veneer wainscotting laid in a running-bond pattern with a height of approximately four feet, with a pitched brick cap set at 45 degrees. Above the brick, the house is clad in off-white stucco with a rustic, swirled trowel finish. All original window openings contain what appear to be their original painted wood window sashes and frames (except for the large leaded arched window in the forward facing gable, which contains no wood). All the wood sashes and frames are painted light gray. The entire house presents clipped eaves with a composition asphalt shingled roof mimicking the original wood shingles. The house has copper gutters and downspouts.
East Elevation (Front): The composition of the east (front) elevation displays nearly all of the key Tudor Eclectic features present on the house: a prominent front-facing gable with a side-gabled wing, both steeply pitched; tall, narrow windows, in multiple groups, with multi-pane glazing; brick and stucco cladding, and front door with Tudor arch.
The asymmetrical main front elevation of the house presents as L-shaped, with a large, symmetrical front-facing gable projecting from the southern (left) end of the elevation. The gable is dominated by a large, arched leaded fixed-pane window, composed of multiple square panes surrounding a heraldic badge in stained glass. The arched window is surrounded in brick set in a quoin pattern. On the north side of the front-facing gable, the primary entrance is a front door topped with a Tudor arch highlighted by a decorative brick surround radiating from the door. The door includes a small opening with a decorative metal grill with a floral motif. Next to the front door is a two-window grouping of double-hung windows, each with multiple diamond-shaped glass panes with wood muntins.
The facade of the side-gabled main house block is dominated by a series of five tall, narrow double-hung windows, each with multiple diamond-shaped panes with wood muntins.
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On the north end of the front facade, the house extends streetward under an extended roof line, with another centered diamond-paned double-hung window. The side gable is castellated with two steeply- pitched gable dormers on the second story, each with their own double-hung diamond-paned window. The side gable ends on the north (right) end with an arcaded wing wall with a Tudor-arched opening surrounding with radiating brick.
South Elevation (Side): The composition of the south (side) elevation displays some of the key Tudor Eclectic features found on the house: a prominent brick chimney, diamond-paned windows in several groupings, and the end of the side-gabled wing.
Centered between two pairs of diamond-paned double-hung windows, the prominent brick chimney includes two steps inward as it rises to the same height as the pitched front gable. The chimney includes an S-shaped steel support, attached to the roof with a narrow metal rod. The chimney narrows to approximately half the width of the base and is topped with two simple chimney pots that are decorative rather than functional, i.e., not expressing the number of flues contained within, but mimicking the English original chimneys on which the Tudor style is modeled.
To the left (east) of the paired window and chimney grouping, a smaller, tall narrow diamond-paned double-hung windows provides light for the downstairs bathroom. Near the rear left corner, another pair of tall diamond-paned double-hung windows illuminate one of the two downstairs bedrooms. Another pair of diamond-paned double-hung windows sits near the top of the side gable on the second story. Two drain pipes and a vent outlet appear to have been added after the original construction, but are painted to match the stucco cladding and are unobtrusive. .
West Elevation (Rear):
This elevation of the house is two stories tall due to the massing of the rear end of the front-facing gable and a shed roof on the rear side of the side-gabled wing. The roofline of the front-facing gable continues down the face of the rear elevation with a simple gutter. On the first story, four individual double-hung windows with diamond panes provide light to the bedrooms. Centered between these windows is a small pair of closet windows, which are single-lite, double-hung windows. A replacement metal door is placed on the right (north) side of the main floor and provides access to the kitchen and is connected to the garage by a simple, narrow concrete walkway.
On the second story, under the shed roof, a pair of diamond-paned double hung windows are grouped with a large fixed-pane window, all shaded by a modern electronic roll-up shade. A small modern vinyl window was added in 2016. The second story also features a door-sized opening, now filled with a door- sized fixed-pane window, that appears to have provided access to a second-story deck that has been removed on an unknown date. Within the rear end of the gable, a single double-hung window with diamond panes provides light to the second story.
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North Elevation (Side): The north (side) elevation is the simplest, and is largely precluded from public view by the neighboring house.
The elevation consists of an asymmetrical stucco wall, sloping up steeply from the front (east) side of the house, with a slightly-sloped rear roofline to match the rear shed roof. On the first story, a pair of simple single-lite double hung windows sit above the kitchen sink. In the front (east) corner, a single double- hung window with diamond panes looks out on the arcade wing wall at the northeast corner. On the second story, a fixed-pane window is paired with a double-hung diamond pane window and sits in the rear (west) corner, with another single diamond-pane double-hung window centered under the peak of the roofline.
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*Resource Name: The Harold and Helen Silvey/Richard B. Ruplinger House *NRHP Status Code Page 1 of 2
B1. Historic Name: The Harold and Helen Silvey/Richard B. Ruplinger House B2. Common Name: none B3. Original Use: Single Family Residence B4. Present Use: Single Family Residence *B5. Architectural Style: Tudor Electic *B6. Construction History: Completed in early 1926, Richard B. Ruplinger built what was originally a two-bedroom house with a large dining room and expansive, arched living room under the front-facing gable. The original building record suggests the house was built with the same building envelope that exists today.
In 1962, owner George Stavros obtained permits to finish the attic to build a new bedroom for his daughter, including adding an upstairs bathroom. This work was not completed until 1966. Although it is likely the roofline was modified in the rear of the house at this time, none of the permits conclusively establish that dormers/windows were added or the roof changed. A complete review of DSD records did not locate any plans for the remodel or other information that reveals any changes to the roofline. A comprehensive review of available historic photos at the San Diego History Center and online aerial photos did not locate any photographs of the house from before the remodel.
An interview with the daughter of Stavros, Joann Stavros Decker, was inconclusive. Decker indicated she could not locate any historical photographs from before the renovations. She was ten years old at the time of the remodel and does not recall if the dormers were original or if the roofline was changed. She did specifically recall that all the windows were diamond-paned for as long as she could remember living in the house. At the time of the remodel in the 1960s, a deck ledger and door were added in the rear, but Decker explained that owner decided to never add a deck once the decision was made to let the children live upstairs. The deck ledger is still visible on the rear elevation and there is an inoperable door in place, apparently original from the 1960s remodel.
*B7. Moved? No Yes Unknown Date: Original Location: *B8. Related Features: none B9a. Architect: Unknown b. Builder: Richard B. Ruplinger *B10. Significance: Theme Architectural Area City of San Diego
Period of Significance 1926 Property Type Single Family Residence Applicable Criteria A, C, D (continued...) B11. Additional Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) None *B12. References: See bibliography, Attachment F.1
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B13. Remarks:
*B14. Evaluator: Matthew Stucky, owner *Date of Evaluation: March 7, 2019
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An attempt was made to conduct a forensic review, but access from the attic is not possible for the relevant portions of the roof and the owner was not willing to demolish interior walls for further review. From the limited accessibility, the framing wood used in the dormers appears to match the original redwood framing for the rest of the house, but the visible portions were not sufficient to reach a conclusive determination.
The changes made in the 1960s appear to be minimal and consistent with the original design of the house. The rear elevation is also away from public view. Any possible additions are now over fifty years old, making it difficult to determine whether they are original.
In 2004, the owners obtained a permit to replace the roof. The building record reveals the house originally had a shingle roof, which was replaced with the current composition roof which closely mimics the appearance of wood shingles.
Finally, it 2016, a series of permits were obtained for an interior remodel. This remodel included the addition of a small, modern vinyl window on the west (rear) elevation. The 2016 changes were permitted and reviewed for compliance with the Secretary of Interior Standards.
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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.
Significance: The Harold and Helen Silvey/Richard B. Ruplinger House is a significant representation of the neighborhood of Burlingame Manor’s early development.
Context: The Burlingame Manor Tract was developed by Godfrey Strobeck beginning in 1925. Strobeck had purchased the 59 lots composing the tract from the Garrettson Investment Company. In May 1925, the San Diego Union declared Burlingame Manor to be “one of the most exclusive” residential districts in San Diego. Strobeck enlisted R.B. Ruplinger, described as a “well known and energetic builder . . . who needs no introduction to the public,” to assist him in the development of Burlingame Manor. Advertisements for the tract suggested the speculative nature of the overall plan, under which Strobeck would sell a homeowner a parcel of land and then assist in financing the construction of a house to be designed and built by Ruplinger.
Indeed, the first three houses built in Burlingame Manor were built by Ruplinger. The first, 2512 33rd Street, is immediately next to the subject property. Unfortunately, that property underwent significant remodeling and does not retain historic integrity. The second, the historically designated “Godfrey and Emily Strobeck Spec House # 1,” located at 2405 32nd Street, is built in the Tudor Eclectic style and was constructed by Ruplinger and Strobeck and sold after completion of construction. The third house is the subject property, 2506 33rd Street, which was sold to the Silveys and constructed by Ruplinger.
Harold and Helen Silvey purchased the lot from Mr. Strobeck in November 1925. In 1925, typical unimproved lots in North Park sold for $200.00. Capitalizing of the location and restrictions placed on Burlingame Manor lots, Strobeck listed the majority of the lots in the tract for between $2,000 and $2,500. The lot on which the subject property is built was one of the prime corner lots in the tract, listed for sale at the price of $3,650.
The subject property is the oldest house with historic integrity that was built in the Burlingame Manor tract in the development plan of Strobeck to sell unimproved lots to homeowners and then assist with the design and construction of the house.
Moreover, the house is significant under Criterion A for exemplifying and reflecting Burlingame Manor Tract’s architectural development. Unlike other subdivisions in North Park that are dominated by Craftsman-style homes, the early development of Burlingame Manor consists of various eclectic styles, such as French Eclectic, Spanish Eclectic, and Tudor Eclectic. As discussed below, the subject property is an outstanding example of the Tudor Eclectic style popular at the time of construction.
At the current time, three houses from the early construction period of Burlingame Manor are historically designated: the “Godfrey and Emily Strobeck Spec House # 1,” located at 2405 32nd Street (HRB# 608), the “Russell and Emma Bates House,” located at 2411 32nd Street (HRB# 725), and the “Russell and Emma Bates Spec House # 2”, located at 2435 32nd Street (HRB # 1178).
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The Bates houses are French Eclectic in style and the Strobeck Spec House is built in the Tudor Eclectic style. The subject property is in the same class of these houses, two of which are designated under Criterion A, and similarly reflects the special elements of the Burlingame Manor tract.
CRITERION B: Identified with persons or events significant in local, state or national history.
Significance: The Harold and Helen Silvey/Richard B. Ruplinger House is associated with persons not yet recognized as historically significant in the City of San Diego.
Context: Owned by Harold and Helen Silvey, the house at 2506 Thirty-third street was built in 1926. The house was sold by the original developer of Burlingame Manor, G.L. Strobeck, to Harold and Helen Silvey in 1925. The Silveys lived in the house until 1937, when their lender, the Home Owners Loan Company, foreclosed on the house and purchased it at the foreclosure auction. Between 1937 and 1950, the house passed through a series of short-term owners, before being sold to George and Marina Stavros in 1950, who owned the house until 2007.
Harold Silvey was a prominent San Diegan that held an executive role at the Bledsoe Furniture Company at the time he purchased the subject property. Subsequently, a number of prominent San Diegans either owned or rented the subject property. Despite their prominence, however, none appear to be identifiable as significant persons warranting designation under Criterion B.
CRITERION C: Embodies distinctive characteristics of style, type, period, or method of construction or is a valuable example of the use of indigenous materials or craftsmanship.
Significance: The Harold and Helen Silvey/Richard B. Ruplinger House embodies distinctive characteristics of the Tudor Eclectic style of residential architecture that was popular between 1915 and 1940.
Built in 1926, the house has excellent integrity and several character defining features of the style: steeply-pitched roof, a front-facing gable with a large leaded arched window, an asymmetrical side- gabled wing, tall, narrow windows in multiple groups with diamond panes, front door and wing wall with Tudor arch, decorative brickwork, and a large chimney crowned by decorative chimney pots.
Context: The Tudor Eclectic architectural style is modeled loosely on a variety of English building traditions and first appeared in the late nineteenth century, but swelled in popularity during the 1920s, when it comprised about 25 percent of houses built in the United States. Although the early examples of the style more closely mimicked the buildings of the Tudor era, the style became less pretentious by the 1920s. The “Tudor Monarchs” ruled from 1485 to 1603, when famous royalty such as Henry VII, Henry VII, Edward VI, Mary, and Elizabeth I reigned over England.
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A 1913 article in the Architectural Record discussed the style’s “comfortable and cheerful features,” making for a comfortable interior and “effective and interesting on the exterior also.” Within a decade, “the style would become the vogue for houses at all levels of housing from seaboard to seaboard.” (Goff, p. 29.) The Great Depression greeted the decline of the style, as the excessive building costs became prohibitive, leading developers to forsake the character-defining features of the Tudor style, like brick facades, large chimneys, and leaded-glass windows.
Period of Significance: Since no association has been identified, the period of significance is the year the house was built, 1926.
Seven Aspects of Integrity
Integrity Summary: Overall the house has a high degree of integrity through the retention of character defining feature of the Tudor Eclectic style.
Location is the place where the historic property was constructed or the place where the historic event occurred. The relationship between the property and its location is often important to understanding why the property was created or why something happened. The actual location of a historic property, complemented by its setting, is particularly important in recapturing the sense of historic events and persons.
The location is the original. It is a typical older urban neighborhood, which still reflects its origin. Many of the surrounding homes are also original and illustrate several traditional architectural styles built in the 1920s.
Design is the combination of elements that create the form, plan, space, structure and style of a property. It results from conscious decisions made during the original conception and planning of a property and applies to activities as diverse as community planning, engineering architect and landscape architecture.
The design is a good example of Tudor Eclectic architecture and displays many of the character-defining features of the style.
Setting is the physical environment of a historic property. Whereas location refers to the specific place where a property was built or an event occurred, setting refers to the character of the place in which the property played its historical role. It involves how, not just where, the property is situated and its relationship to surrounding features and open space.
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The character of the neighborhood is displayed through the traditional architectural styles of the adjacent residences. The residences in the immediate vicinity maintain a high degree of integrity. Several other houses in the Burlingame Manor tract are historically designated.
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 choice and combination of materials reveal the preferences of those who created the property and indicate the availability of particular types of materials and technologies.
The choice and combination of building materials is very typical of the Tudor Eclectic style, using character-defining materials such as brick veneer, troweled stucco, multi-lite diamond-paned wood framed windows, and a steeply pitched roof. The vast majority of the building materials are simple wood members. The building materials are very typical selections of the day.
Workmanship consists of the physical evidence of crafts employed by a particular culture, people, or artisan, which includes traditional, vernacular, and high styles. It is the evidence of artisans' labor and skill in constructing or altering a building, structure, object, or site.
The workmanship is typical of an upscale Tudor Eclectic style residence of the era.
Feeling is a property’s expression of the aesthetic or historic sense of a particular period of time. It results from the presence of physical features that, taken together, convey the property’s historic character.
The urban feeling of the site continues to be strongly conveyed, expressing the aesthetic and historic sense of the Tudor Eclectic period.
Association is the direct link between an important historic event or person and a historic property. A property retains association if it is the place where the event or activity occurred and is sufficiently intact to convey that relationship to an observer.
There is no significant event or person associated with this property.
CRITERION D: Is representative of the notable work of a master builder, designer, architect, engineer, landscape architect, interior designer, artist or craftsman.
Significance: The Harold and Helen Silvey/Richard B. Ruplinger House was built in 1926. It was built by Richard B. Ruplinger, in association with G.L. Strobeck. Ruplinger built single family residences in San Diego starting in the 1920’s and continuing until his death in 1952.
The records are slightly ambiguous regarding whether Ruplinger has been identified as a Master Builder in the City of San Diego. Historical Resources Staff has confirmed that he is not listed as a Master Builder and is not formally associated with any designated resource. The 2016 North Park Historic Resources Survey, however, lists Ruplinger as a Master Builder in its appendix of Established Masters.
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Context: Richard Baltus Ruplinger was born on April 2, 1893 in Wisconsin. He married his wife, Cecilia, and they had one daughter named Mary Ricarda Ruplinger. A graduate of the law school at Creighton University, Ruplinger appears to have lived in Omaha, Nebraska for some time before moving to San Diego in the early 1920s. His first real estate related advertising appeared in March 1922 as a realtor. In July 1923, it appears he had moved on to homebuilding, advertising under the name “Peerless Homes.” The first building permit obtained in his name appears in April 1924, for a property at 3779 Park Boulevard. Between 1924 and 1929, it appears he built at least 50 houses in the City of San Diego, focused in the North Park, University Heights, and Point Loma neighborhoods. Beginning in 1925, Ruplinger partnered with Strobeck to develop the Burlingame Manor subdivision, as discussed above.
Three houses built by Ruplinger are currently historically designated in the City of San Diego.
The first, 2405 32nd Street (HRB #608), is designated as the Godfrey and Emily Strobeck Spec House #1. Begun in 1925, it was built at nearly the same time as 2506 33rd Street and is located in Burlingame Manor. Like the subject property, it is built in the Tudor Eclectic style.
The second, 2174 Guy Street (HRB# 766) designated as the Percy Benbough/William Wheeler House, was built for Ruplinger’s business partner and developer of the Burlingame Manor Tract, Godfrey L. Strobeck. Although Strobeck obtained the permits in his own name, contemporaneous news articles demonstrate that Ruplinger managed the construction of 2174 Guy Street. Additionally, an interview with his daughter confirms that Ruplinger built the house on Guy Street. Interestingly, this house was built at the same time as 2506 33rd Street, with construction starting in late 1925. This residence is built in the Italian Renaissance style and was designed by Master Architect William Wheeler.
The third, 4241 Ingleside (HRB #821), was built later, in 1937, and is designated as part of the Mission Hills Historic District. This property is built in the minimal traditional style common in this later era.
Although not clearly established, the historic resources report for another designated property, the Russell and Emma Bates Spec House #2 (HRB# 1178), speculates that Ruplinger built that property and another designated residence, the Russell and Emma Bates Spec House (HRB # 725), along with Strobeck as part of his involvement with the Mutual Construction Company. Those two residences are both built in the French Eclectic style and are located in the Burlingame Manor Tract.
Attached as "Appendix A" is a list of properties built by Ruplinger as revealed by a review of construction permit records. It does not seem this is a complete and exhaustive list. Ruplinger built in a wide range of styles over several decades in San Diego.
In a career that spans several decades, Ruplinger played a key role in the housing development of San Diego. Aside from his role in developing Burlingame Manor, Ruplinger also originated the “streetcar apartments” that reused the discarded streetcars following the city’s adoption of buses.
Ruplinger died in a car crash on December 10, 1952. The San Diego Union Tribune covered his death on the front page, describing him as a "well known building contractor."
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CRITERION E: Listed or 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.
The Harold and Helen Silvey/Richard B. Ruplinger House is not yet determined eligible by the National Park Service for listing on the National Register of Historic Places and is not yet listed or been determined eligible by the State Historical Preservation Office for listing on the State Register of Historical Resources.
CRITERION F: A finite group of resources related to one another in a clearly distinguishable way or is a geographically definable area or neighborhood containing improvements which have a special character, historical interest or aesthetic value or which represent one or more architectural periods or styles in the history and development of the City.
The Harold and Helen Silvey/Richard B. Ruplinger House was identified in the 2004 North Park Historic Survey as a contributing status, although no districts or potential districts have been identified that include this location.
16 Attachment A Building Development Information
A.1 – Assessor’s Building Record A.2 – Notice of Completion A.3 – Water/Sewer Records A.4 – Building/Construction Permits A.5 – Site Plan with Footprint Showing Additions A.6 – County Lot and Block Book Page A.7 – Previous Survey Forms
17 A.1 - Assessor's Building Record San Diego County Assessor · ,,~ 'nd.s ~ i -- Co•I Bl ·...,, C~iH11qs 7.- FINISH - __,._. "JIII __.v.., ,..., . · .,.k o~t _ lv,nthOn C Unit I a., J.. p Wal/,Sc .sf'lr INTE:RIOR j GrO(R _ . lSlllo . DETAlt. Coil Plttfel .,.,..,q n t • T'i_pt_ QCP~_ . .e F£ATIJRES FIXTURES TRI/ti , ,,, DETAIL :W.6 ,..,, I I I o.,..,, FINISH -- D,s1'w,ishu Lo. " · ~g1: r ,,, 5'.89= ,,,, (;rod• " We I ILo~h: II I&,../} I" FINISH AND BATH -- SPECIAL I l LOOR •fwll Alultrlal Wo/14 Co11t _, ROOIII rARCEL I , Z FINISH ,.,_ ;:~n ! / Cc~U ~g!', Floo,& FLOORS 8 I SHEETS oo,(c • 0 Ye,rr ., ]o jshuH
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20 a t COST Da ' . •;.,s t i Sa n Co~t U . = URES Qther T ns, ZE I S STRUC /{_ Conditio 'f-fi'. Sales , - /- 21 A.2 - Notice of Completion Not Located in County Records 22 A.3 - Water and Sewer Records City of San Diego Water Department • • OPERATING DEPARTMENT CITY OF SAN• DIEGO APPLICATION .A.ND ORDER FOJI. WA.TEB. SERVICE Loc&tiou ______st. between f- st. and _____;__ St, Lot _ ,Blk ./4 :::.!.!c...__ _;A.dd. The undersigned hereby applies to the Clty of San Dleiro, for w•ter service and 111otor at the above Joc3tion. And In con!dUeratlon of the lnstsllation of ouch ae,moe and meter, ag<•e• to pay all charges inc~rr•ii Upon autb location fdr aucb wllter aervlce a11d to abide by ,11 .rules, regulat!ono and provisions })NScrlbed by oald eity1 by ordinance or othetwiae, l"elating to' water service, rt;tgulation or rates. Date GENEJI.A.L FORDIA.N: Please iJulk!L --~t~,= _ 1ervice &nd meter a.t above lO REMA.RU: ~ . Service Clerk '( Location ~ _ Ft.f _ of -,;k.-Lin,e of'---:"-....._.,,._.-, -8t. on _.3_3__ St. W ---,------1 Receipt No. $"/ .-,- ~ Meter size and make-Y-. • - ✓-=c.,~-...:_;,,c.._____ l Am~. paid No. of metei:lt!J. 7 1,j J Reading_ REMAll,KS: Completed FEB 1 ti l\:ILtl ______, .. __ Order No. 23 =:i.~-· ::~~~;:v:3RJ_:~N~::~;.;::: Betu,een ...... ~ ...... Dale.l... !.p.... J ... Lot. .- .•.l .k .Block ...... /. .b ..... Aml Pd ...... __ ~ Addition ··--..... ~~11.;,;;;zj_~··-·················-··-······ Owner ····--·· ·--·-·-',Jj(L{ 't ~...... ··v ···~- .... SEWER INSPECTOR. You will make ...... C...... aen,er connection at abooe localion--Page_ ...•.- ...... _ ... Remarks · -··········- ...... /'Yf-v"Y/"Yb. ··--······-···············... "·····••✓ ,.,,., ····················- ...... ········-·······-··--···--···...... ~~, ...... -?r z ...... _PERMIT CLEPK Service. Tape Main ____ .. ______ft .... ___ from ...... Une of... u ...... 4 ♦ _. _ __ ••• St. Service Enters Property.£.-1:".. 11.~ ... from.K.. 11ne 01~..lf..~•••. S1 • ... -4,U~...... Cbc .. W. 0 .- ...... FOREMAN 24 A.4 - Building and Construction Permits City of San Diego Development Services • Building Permits ·.-•1 I '· . . ~ . • . . ·H.. Sil'\"'ery. 93:! Se~enth. per R.. l Ruplulze. 2506 Thirty-third, stucco I cotta.ge·and garage: $7000. _ _ I San Diego Union, November 17, 1925 Ruplinger. per Smith. · 25~6 Thirty-third 50)_ I San Diego Union, December 19, 1925 25 10 30 2 00 2 ~~ ...~~: .• , . :>., ..i:.tlf \\L:ii ../:;~~ -~~:~~·;r{{=·.)~i,~;~~~iif;\;.r)~;~:~,:i~'.__ _ • • I hereb1· acl<·,owiodoe tkot I hove read in;, a,:pllcofion, !h 26 ! SQ. FT. NAME C I NO. OF ADOHlONAl TYPE CONNECTION VER1A£D·l!Y CONN(CllONS RfQUIM£0 I REMAP!CS 0 2 -· -···--~------~-- LOT BlO<;K SUBDIVISION UNIT fl Rf ZONE TYPr. Of CONST. occur. GROI/P I TOTAL FLOOR AM'.A . ~ ,__...,__')...=-- '--'-"£."-...... _..,,._..,...u.,;_ .,.,2"'1-..:.•9...·_.,.(}c.4"'------1 ----.e.---'-....£.,_:::_/ . .;:::.. ' ,...~ I JO& AODR!'SS SP~CIAL lr~Sl'l'.C70R ~m·c. FOR BllllDING AREA ~ !_I PlAN CKECKEI> BY,.· - ! 2 :', - ,::; (, ,:, 3 ;;,; _:i_..,_7_ · _ _ □ CONCRETE rJ MASONRY = -_ii"------~ • 1 CONDITION OF SOIL AT ..!08 SITE O WEU)ING O PILE o,1v1NG Pi:,ij.l CHECK 'II O ORIGINAL O COMPAC!EO Fill O LOOSE f ill O ◊THEi< •••••••••••••••••••••• ~E{EIPl NO. NO. O f' 'jtl,.0GS, I htirebv o<:knowl•O'Je 1hat I have r«Gd lh!t applicollon; that tl'\e in• fom,otk>n ;iven l1 corr.-d1 afld th~f I ao\ the owner, or tha dvly outhQf, ATT!NTION · illd c,get1t of the owner. I 09rH to comply wtth cil y and stot• kiwi reg , "'°'U'tll eonttrvctloni end 1n dofng 1he work ov1horlied thereby, no per,on Tllll IUMIT W.U tt. Mlployed f11,vlolatfon of 1h.t Labor Cod~ of tM State of C1Jllforni0 A"'-IIS ~ to Workmen·, CotnptnJOIM)('I ln,vrcm,e. ONlTM · iio~jjjiIT<>wi~ORAG~ff-:7:T-:---,~LlA~Tiiessic1oft;Nie:Eoo---. WOIK NOltD .2 - - .. r ., r, 27 10 31!:1 2002 I • i ; • •· l--.,-· ······-. ·---··· INSt- ~CTI< ·N __ - • j I Srl f(/ CK & '{ !\~'()~ . t: . \ ~ I -·- - .,..._.__ - ---·--- ··------·' 2 Pl:Df STRIAhJ ?ROfECTIO/\i I -----·1-· ' ---·-· ------+ · - ·~ 3 SOI L, FOUl-!Ot"'T'ON TRENCHES & REINFORCING i I --- - -! 4 FRAME ! I I ·-- 5 REINFO~C!NG :'>TEEL I I I 6 ROOFING 7 FIREr'i..ACE & CHIMNEY 8 AREA SEPARATION .. ' ·------· I --~--- 9 STAIRWAYS, SLOPE & CLEARANCE - ~ 10 STAhlDPIPES & SPRlNKI U{S ...... }I LATH --·--- ·- - 12 OCCUPANCf SEPP.~TION I ~-----· --~ 13 FlRI': DOO~ & WINDOW~ I ---- ~ITS HARDWAaE & SIGHS PfC!J1.l INSPECTOR'S REPORT . I I ' ~'l 16 FINAL ' ··c.,~ 1[., / I I l ·•<,.;,, ;,:. ---=:: ·=_(tt._ ! .1+ .>~,. _1:/2_~.,,k:~ ~- --~,. ~- ~-~.] -- """;'' . - --~... :,;, f ' i j I . ,. x ✓ I i I-; t_:i 11_· +-"-~"-'-1::x~..:+.,1;~~~...,..;..J:¥-<'-'<.::..;~------1 J. - I tf-1,0 _f, lo , r.4' 28 THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO Page 1 of 1 Development Seivices Department L64A-005 1222 First Avenue, San Diego, CA92101-4154 Project Information Project Nbr: 47236 Title: Reroof I 11111 1111 11111111 1111111111 Project Mgr: Poblete, Jessica (619)687-5919 [email protected] Approval Information Approval Nbr: 1 33897 Type: Combination Building Status: Completed Permit 1111111111 1111 111111111111111111 Issued: 08/02/2004 12:20 pm Issued By: Poblete, Jessica Permit Holder: Tyrrell , Kristina - BOB PIVA ROOFING Completed: 02/05/2005 9:21 am Completed By: Cortez, Emma Owner Occupied: □ Overridden: □ Extension Oty: o Extended By: Cancel Reason: Scope: Precancel Status: Land Doc Type: Recorded Map No.: Recorded Date: Job Location (2506 33RD SD Address Assessor Parcel 250633RD ST 539-052-0700 Fee Worksheet Fee Quantity Unit Category Hrly Inspection-Combination 1.00 Hours Inspection Fees Permit Issuance/No Plans 1.00 Each Issuance Fees 29 THE CITY O SAN DIEGO Development Services Department Page 1 of 1 L64A-005 1222 First Avenue, San Diego, CA92101-4154 Project Information Project Nbr: 41 3595 Title: Sanchez Remodel 11111111111111 111111111111111111 Project Mgr: Stoks, Shannon (619)533-7587 [email protected] Approval Information Approval Nbr: 14 47342 Type: Combination Building Status: Completed Permit Ill llll lllll llll lll lll llllll llI llI ll Issued: 04/29/2015 2:20 pm Issued By: Castaneda, Hugo Permit Holder: Sanchez , Jason Completed: 01/2Q/2016 3:13 pm Completed By: Grantham, Jon Owner Occupied: D Overridden: □ Extension Oty: o Extended By: Cancel Reason: Scope: For a remodel to an (E) SDU. Work to include remodel of Precancel Status: kitchen, laundry on first floor and addition of bathroom on Land Doc Type: second floor. Removing 4 windows and replacing one with a smaller window. Recorded Map No.: Recorded Date: Job Location (2506 33RD sn Address Assessor Parcel 2506 33RD ST 539-052-0700 Bureau of Census (BC) Codes BC Code Add/Alt 1 or 2 Fam, No Chg DU Fee Type Units Fee Type Amount Valuation -CBC 22,429.00 Fee Worksheet Fee Quantity Unit Category BuildgStand Surcharge SB1473 22,429.00 Valuation -CBC Issuance Fees Issuance-With Plans 1.00 Each Issuance Fees LeadHaz Prevention & Control 1.00 Each Issuance Fees Records-SOU/Duplex 1.00 Each Issuance Fees Res-SDU/DUP Remodel BP 220.00 Square Feet (New) Issuance Fees Res-SDU/DUP Remodel PC 220.00 Square Feet (New) Submittal Fees Seismic Fee (ComboPermit) 22,429.00 Valuation -CBC Issuance Fees 30 1 Inspection Plan THE Ci'...,.. OF $AN DIEGO Page 1 of 1 Development Services L64A-021 1222 First Avenue, San Diego, CA92101-4154 Project Information Project Nbr: 413595 Title: SanCl1ez Remodel 11111111111111111111111111111111111111 Project Mgr: Stoks, Shannon (619)446-5124 [email protected] Job Information Job: 2506 33RD ST Street Address: 2506 33RD ST Thomas Brothers: 1289-F1 APN: 539-052-0700 Parcel owner: SANCHEZ JASON F&LESLIE-JEAN L Approval Information Approval Nbr: 14 47342 Approval Status: Pending Invoice P; Permit Holder: Sanchez., Jason Approval Type: Combination Building Penn owner occupied: D Overriden: D Issue: 04/29/15 2:20 pm By: Castaneda, Hugo Cancel Reason: Extension Quantity: 0 Precancel Status: Closed: By: Scope: For a remodel to an (E) SOU. Work to iocl t>Ce remodel of kitchen, laundry on fi rst floor and addition of bathroom on socond floor. Removing 4 windows and replacing onA with a smaller window. nspection Group: 1555013 lnsoection Tier 1 Issue Nbr Created By Visibility Issue Description Cleared By Cleared Date Note 187369 Stanco, Kelley High Stanco, Kelley 4/1/15 9:04 am provided tor inspector's This building Is potentially infom,ation significant as a historic resource. The plans have been revie-.•1ed and stamped by Plan-Histo~c staffwlt/1 a "Historical Resources Approvar stamp. No changes to the project soope are allowed without review and approval by Plan-Historic staff. Structural - Attention: Historic Inspection Group: 1555014 lnsoection Tier 2 : 2608225 Combination - Foundation Unavailabfe i 2608226 Combination - Frame & Rough Unavailable I 2608227 Combination - Insulation Unavailable I 2608228 Combination . lath & Drywall Unavailable I 2608229 Combination - Underground Unavailable I 2608231 Combination - Meter Inspection Unavailable Inspection Group: 1555015 lnsoectlon Tier 3 1 2608230 Combination - Final (3) Unavailable lnsptc-lor John Gire,..n;teh«m 858, 6J7, :Z03~ j:- ~ f" yI 13,eCt J:-~ fa 1+c_L. e/1 Ly/275 µ~ fr/J \ t;love., '• , I ■ p2k v 02.03.38 H•;go Gastanoda 446-5337 31 .. CITY OF SAN DIEGO Project Nunibcr: D£VEL0PMr.1'T SCRVICES 0£PAUnlENT Project Address: . .. ,~ / DIV(SI0." OF HUll,DING CO~STRUCTI0NA."D SA PtT\' /1-✓-. ra -,e 9601 KIDG!::HAVENCr•SAN OJEGO·CA·IJ2123 Apptoval Scope: Pennil issue Ot.11c: INSPECTION RECORD 7.S'oh '33~5/ - ► APPROVED PLANS AND DOCUMENTS. INCLUDING THE INSPECTION R6CORD CARD. MUST BE AV AJl ABLE ON THE JOB Al'J'R0VAL, :'IIU:\tBER A.f>PRO\'AI.. NUMBER SITE FOR ALL !NSPECTJONS. DUILDING l'lR£ > EACH STAGE OF WORK SHALL Ile LEff cXl'OScJJ fOR INSPECTION SlJPPM~ION AND SHALL RECEIVE APPROVAL BEFOJ\E COVERING. ► STORM WATER INSl' ECTIONS: Cons1J11ctio11 Stomt Water llcst F.1 .f'.C11UCAJ.. J'fRE. Management Pructicc:5 (R)AP$) will be inspccied throughout the li fe oh he A!.•J 32 . -~ I ---~ I l < 1, I • a ;-'t."'!.·~ .s, - .ilmtr; .. I ~ , ,, _v_, .~ :_L__ I 5 I IV ::, JI 0 61 Special SupprcssJOG ~--s!QD. • .// "' 62 Fire Sprinkler s) - Rou;,b • 14 Ptling(s)/Caisson(s)IEtc. ~ # ;;: 63 IS fOO(ing(,) ~I"' 16 Foundation Wall(s) ./ 64 fnsulatton- Attic(s}/Ceiliog(sY5offit(s) 17 Slab(s) V ~ 65 lnsufmion - Floor(s) I 8 Masonry Pre-grout-Lill I Litl2_L ..,~ 66 Jnsulation - Roofts) "';,,. 19 Wall Drainage Sy.itm(s) -~ ,. ::, 0 4 ,- 67 J.nsulation - Wall(s.)/Sound Tmnsmission F z"' < 20 Public Improvement~ - FQ(l(~et ' 0 • . 68 z 21 Pool Shell Bonding/St5l" ,1 ::, ·. l? 22 Pool Deck 8ondi1].@/S1ed 0 23 Pool Pre-pla~/Light Potting Compound ' -· J:'l 24 Acccssi¢iy !'-> ue SCHEDULE PINAL INSPECTION ONLY AFTF.R ALL APPROPRIATE ITEMS PERTAINING TO nns PROJECT HAYE BEEN APPROVED. 77 f il't Ahtrm(s) * - {flp/4 E.#""-. ~ 78 f'irc Sprinklcr(s) • Ii 'l \ ,v - 35 Sanitary Plumbing I _.,,-Y 79 Smnke CC1nt.rol * L" i I l 1 ,- J6 Water Piping I / .;.,,s;, 80 Fire Pump• - 37 Gas Piping 81 Special Supp~sslon S}stem• :,: ..,,,---.. I· - •.. J ,L/P-/ 0 38 Gas Pressure ,..._,,_;rw~ 82 KitchCn Hood• \ ' "'z i5 39 Hcatfog/Ouct(s)/Vent(:;) I_.,./' 0 8.3 Hazardous Mat\'.':rial Piping Tank "' ,,;,( Application (TA) - (619) 533-4477 0 40 Air Conditioning/Refrigeration . B ' - 84 Lo11 dscape - (619) 980-7208 il_ En\+ ironmental Air Systtm(s) -• "'~ ' 85 t\·fitigation Monitoring-(858) 627-3360 I 4lJBuilt-Up" Tub(s) or Showe, P,n(sl ~ _z;,'/ jucr__,,._::::/ ----= "'~ 86 Oradjng-Comblna!ion/Building oll 43 Orme Duct(sJn~ooo(s) z I C/ ,____. ;: 87 Ele<:.tricaJ VJ u~ 44 Grease Trap(s) 1/zo//C. 1 88 AC/Hcuting,'Refrigcradon/Ve-ntiJation --- z 45 Roofi'Deck Orai11 <( I :,; 89 Rauge Hoc DS- 1798 (Rmoed 01115) *Request Fire Inspections at: QSDFirelgspections,'filsandiego KQV SEE REVERSE SIDE FOR JMPORTANT INFORMATION 33 A.5 - Site Plan with Footprint . §) 34 A.6 - County Lot and Block Book Page San Diego County Assessor f4,5 Index to Property in · ~ I · .. , Eastern Adl' ! _::j:::::======:::====::::======:::::====:::::'.::======:::=:::==::c::::::==::::::::::::t 1 'l;ne LAS T N AME G I VEN JS T HI.£ 0Nl~ •ro WHo M · 1>n oPER 'l'V IS ASSt,:S,Sl',:':1) · ~--. - --- ••--•N•• .. __.,.,. . .,.. __••--•' ,.,_..,..... ,~ ••• ,.__.._....,_,.._, ______- _,,__ ,.,, ,,u,-•-..-· --.., ...._..,...,,..,., •...,._. ,_.,.~~ ~I • NAJ,lm OJ' OWNER HAIU~ OS' OWN.Im Al N0011 on ~ lnt 0.,- In J.iiu ry, 1u, ------,--~ . ··-··------.--- · ------ 1.i-----~------t--~------+------f------f------~·'' .'I ., , 1-r---~-----;------t------+-----~-- +------"~~. i----~----t------+----'------+------f------·-- . 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' · ! :.,,!_. i , •~ 36 A.7 - Previous Survey Forms City of San Diego Development Services Department State of California - The Resource Agency Primazyll:______DEPARTMENT OF PARKS A.?ID RECREATION TrinoHRmialII'::______PRIMARY RECORD :-IRHP Status Code.:______Other Listings: Review~C-o_d_e:_ -----R~.-,-ie_w_e_r_: ----- Survey II. Date:-/-/------DOE #: ------ *Resourc.e Name or#:______Pl. Other Identifier:------*P2. Location: □ not for publication 181wirestricted •a. County ______and (P'_c, P2e, ruld P2bor P2d. Artac.b a Lccatioo ).bpas Neces;.a.")'-) b. USGS 7.5' Quad: YEAR: I ;R of of Sec B.M. c. Address: 2506 33RDST ------C,ty:Sanllieg_o___ ---- State: CA Zip Code: 92104 d. UTM: (Gn·e mon,t!=o1Je fur~3lld!or lli1•,m sowte<) Zone: ______; -117.123676795134 mEI 3T.ITf8742356176 mN e. Other Locational Data: (e.g.,pmel #, di!ecriow. to resowce, ete\'300:i_ m., as~te) APN = 5390520700 *P 3 a. Des cription: (Desaibe resource :md its major elemen:s. Jndudt de~materials, coodido:l, alter:mOn:s., siz.e, setting, a:ld bc::Jl.umries) See Continuation Sheet *P-3b. Resource.Attributes: (1.ist a:ttibut~s W codes) ______ ,.P4. Resourte.5 Present: 181 Buildillg □ S tructure □ Object □ Site □ District □ Element of a District □ Other P5b. Description of Photo: *P6. Date CoDStructed/Age and Source: 181 Historic □ PreHistoric □ B oth □ Neither Year Built: 1927 - Estimated *P7. Owner and Address: Name:SANCHEZ JASON&LUMBRERAS LESLIE-JEAN P Address:2506 33RD SI SAN DIEGO,CA *PS. Rec.orded By: *P9. DateRecorded: 03/0112004 •Pt 0. Sun'e:y Type: Rec.onnaissance • . r ·tl . 2004 North Park Historic Survey SurH J- 1 e. (Draft) *Pll. Report Citation : (C'i,e sun--ey repon :od or.b.Er sourc.~ oremer"ooa.e.") Draft North Park Historic.al Survey, Gensler & Associates, Inc, March 2004 *Attachments: □NONE □ Location Map □ Sketch Map □ Continuation Sheet □ Buildillg, Structure, and Ojbect Record □ Archaeological Record □ District Record □ Linear Fe .anrre Rec.ord □ Milling Station Record □ Rock Art Record □ Artifac t Record □ Photograph Record Other: ______ 2004 North Park Historic Survey 37 State of California-The Resource Agency Prima,y#HRU:: ______DEPARTME!'-.'T OF PARKS AND RECREATION CON7"INUATION SHEET Trinomial: P3a.Description (continued): STYLE: FOUNDATION: PLAN: PORCH: STORIES:2 CHIAINEY M.ATERL\l.S: ROOF FORM: GARAGE: ROOF MATERL\l.: ALTERATIONS: ROOF PITCH: ORIGINAL SUBDIVISION: New San Die.go (Eastern Add) EAVES: SUBDIVISION BLOCK: 539-052 CLADDING: INTEGRITY: WlNDOW TYPES: STATUS: Surveyed WINDOW M.ATERL\l.: WINDOW DETAILING: L\:TRA DESCRIPTION: DISTRICT: Contributing Status: Con1nlmting 2004 North Park Historic Survey 38 State of California .• The Resources Agency Primary II ______HRI# ______DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION PRIMARY RECORD Trlnomial ______NRHP Status Code _ _,,5c,S"'3'------Other listings ______Review Code Reviewer Dote / / Page _l_of_2__ "Resource Name or II: --~2=5"-'06=-=3-=3_,_rd,,_..,,S,.,t"-'re"'e'-'t'--'-A"'P'---'N'-'----'5'--'3'--'9'-----"0'=-5~2_,-0"-'7'------ Pl. Other Identifier:------• P2. Location: □ Not for Publication ■ Unrostrlc1ed a. County San Diego b.USGS 7.5' Quod ______Date ___ T __: R __; __1/4 of_114 of Sec___; _____,B.1111. c.Addr••• 2506 33n.l Stn:1:t CilV San Diego Zip 92104 d. UTM: !Give more than one for large and/or linear feature, Zone ______mEI _____mN e. Other Locational Data: (e.g. parcel II, Jega[ descrip1ion, directions to resource, elevation, additional UTMs, etc. as approprilltel Assessor's Parcel Number: 539-052-07; Legal Description: Ll2 B16 TR0295/S 45 FT; Thomas Bros. Map Reference: 60-FS •P3a. Description; (Oesc,ibe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries.) This building was designed in the French Eclectic style. It is in good condition. The total usable floor area is 2,092 square feet. The house features 4 bedrooms and 2 baths. The total lot area is 6,100 square feet. •PJb. Resource Attrillutu: I List attributes and codes! ______-*P4. Resources Present: □ Building D Structure D Object D Site □ District D Element of District D Other (Isolates, etc.) P5a. Photograph or Orawlng (Photograph required for buildings, structures, and objects) P5b. Description of Photo: (Vi&w, date. etcJ Photo Number: PHOTO FILE Est. Date: I 995-1996 •P&. Date Con.structedlAge and Sourc■ s: □ Prehistoric ■ Historic D Both Mid-City Survey Est. (19)27 TRW Data-Assessor •p7, Owner and Address: STAVROS GEORGE T & MARINA R/JT 2506 33rd St San Diego CA 92104-5112 Photo Number: PHOTO FILE •p9_ Recorded by:(Name, affiliation, address) Ione Stiegler. IS Architecture 6322 Via Maria, La Jolla 92037 Milford Wayne Donaldson. FAIA 530 Sixth Ave., SD 92101 •pg_ Dato Recorded: 07 /l 5/1996 "PlO. Survev Type: IDescribel Architectural Reconnaissance Survey C--Comprehensive Survey Pt 1. Report Citation: ICite ,urvev report/other sources or "none") Historical Greater Mid-City San Diego Preservation Strategy. Architect Milford Wayne Donaldson. FAlA, Inc .• & IS Architecture. 1996. "Attachments: D NONE D Location Map D Sketch Map D Continuation Sheet ■ Building, Structure and Object Record □ Archaeological Record D District Record D Linear Feature Record D Milling Station Record D Rock Art Record □ Artifact Record □ Photograph Record □ Other: llistl ------ DPR 523A 11195) •Required information 1996 Mid-City Survey (photo not located) 39 State of Califomia ·· The ·Resources Agency Primary II------~--- DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI If------'------~ BUILDING, STRUCTURE, AND OBJECT RECORD A.Page 2 of 2 •NRHP Status Coda __,5"'S"'3"------.,Resource Name or II: 2506 33rd Street APN 539-052-07 B1. Historic Name:------ B2. Common Name,------63. Original Use: ______84. Present Use: ~(=S=F~R=)~------•es. Archltectural Style: _,Fe_r,_,e,.,_n,,c,.,_h,__.,E,,,c,,,le,::,C"'C"'ic'------ •e&. Constroctlon Hiato,y: {Construction date, atteretions, and date of alterations.) was the date of construction estimated from the field survey. Real estate data from TRW-Experian, based on Assessor's information, indicates that (19]27 was the date of construction. "87. Moved? □ No □ Yes ■ Unknown Date: _____Original Location: ______•ea. Related Features: B9a. Architect: ______b. Builder: ______•e10. Signlticance: Theme ~A=r.,,c"h.,.,itc,ce,:CC,,u"r-"e'-______Area San Diego Period 01 Significance ______Property Type ______Applicable Criteria _,N-=/A'"'------(Dis.cuss import:snce in terms of hista1ical or architectur.al conte)(t as definE1d by theme, period, and geographic: 5,cop,e1. Also address integrity.) This resource was identified as contributing to the contextual physical characteristics of an area by the Historical Greater Mid-City San Diego Preservation Strategy survey, but is not within a defined district. The resource should be considered worthy of note, or has been recorded because it is more than 50 years old. Bl 1. Additional ResoUfce Attributes: (List anributes and codesl ______•e12. Reftl'ences: San Diego Co. Assessor Map Book 539, Page 05, 1995 96 and TRW-Experian 1997. (Sketch Map with north arrow re~uired) McAlester & McAlester. "A Field Guide to American Houses". 1984. Woodbridge, Sally B. "California Architecture", 1988. B13. Remarks: Zoning: Rl-5; County land use code: I 11 814. Evaluator: lone Stiegler. IS Architecture Date of Evaluatlon: _ _,0'-'7"-/.,_l"-5'-'/l'-'9'--'9'-'6'------ffhis space reS$fv&d for official commen1sJ DPR 523B 11/951 •Required Information 1996 Mid-City Survey 40 Attachment B Ownership and Occupant Information B.1 – Chain of Title B.2 – Directory Search of Occupants B.3 – Deed from the Date of Construction 41 B.1 - Chain of Title San Diego County Assessor Grantor Grantee Date Book Page Notes Nov. 23, Godfrey and Emily Strobeck Harold and Helen Silvey 1925 1121 391 Mar. 11, Certificate of Transfer Harold and Helen Silvey Homeowners Loan Corporation 1937 628 174 following foreclosure Frederick G. and Margaret Nov. 18, Homeowners Loan Corporation Weilenmann 1938 841 388 Sept. 27, Frederick G. and Margaret Weilenmann Gordon N. and Lucy L. Prentice 1943 1585 50 Sept. 30, Gordon N. and Lucy L. Prentice Alexander N. Prentice 1943 1578 191 Quitclaim Deed Jun. 27, Alexander N. Prentice James W. and Anne M. Clifford 1944 1712 257 James W. and Anne M. Clifford Warren and Lillian Holt Feb. 5, 1945 1840 53 Aug. 14, Lillian Holt Warren M. Holt 1945 1966 486 Quitclaim Deed Warren M. Holt Marion Holt May. 2, 1947 2409 77 Quitclaim Deed Marion Holt Wilson Wied and Edgar McNulty Oct. 5, 1949 3341 332 Sept. 14, McNulty et al. George and Marina Stavros 1950 3778 135 Marina R. Stavros Family Trust and Feb. 10, Marina R. Stavros Joann Decker Trust 2004 Doc. # 2004-0105965 Marina R. Stavros Family Trust and Joann Jason Sanchez and Leslie-Jean Presa Decker Trust Lumbreras Dec. 7, 2007 Doc. # 2007-0760296 May. 15, Jason and Leslie-Jean Sanchez Matthew Brian and Kerri Anne Stucky 2017 Doc. # 2017-02116858 42 B.2- San Diego City Directory Search of Occupants San Diego Library Year(s) Occupant(s) 1926-1938 H.B. (and Helen) Silvey (owner) 1939 Vacant 1940 Keith Atherton 1941 R.C. McFarlan 1942 Vacant 1943-1945 Wm. Dreesen 1947-1948 W.B. Holt (owner) 1950 Vacant 1952-2006 G.T. (and Marina) Stavros (owner) 2007-2017 Jason and Leslie-Jean Sanchez 2017-Present Matthew and Kerri Stucky 43 B.3 - Deed for Date of Construction San Diego County Assessor ------00000000------ I~ ,.l,.ftrob9ok &.114 1111111 llt:ro'Nolc llallllaJld Ql.4 wl:reaaa lolnt tmant, io hereb7 grant to :E.B.SilYeJ' -• 8-lal B. SilTeJ'o lmaban&I 11114 wife •• Joint tc•nt■• in oona1.. Z'lltion of U•· •• of Ten D.>llan lt10.oo). •11 ihat certain nal J1%opert7 aHuate4 in the Cit:, of San Diego C:ounq o:r San Dugo.Callto:nsla, c!eac:rll>ei aa :follnai \ 0 i Thl9 South J'o1't)' nn 14~1 :feet of lot hel•e h2) c4 t.bat po:rtion o:r tbe atrHta an t the ,oa.th aide o:f ,.14 lot an6 an the •It ■ lde o:f ..1, lot. aDAI adlJoinln& the alK>,■ 4ea- 44 392 , .. i CI ,:.. .. oribe4 property •• oloH4 lll4 uoah4 to the pabl1o ue Jime u. 1925 bJ reaollltlon i•'WI• !lo. 34359 of U• Oo:11.1:on Co;moil of the CUy ot San Diegt all in Bloolc Sil an)" pers:>n othe~ than. ot the llb.1 te or Ca1toael•n race. Ro residence aha 11 be construct ea C:• 0% mo"Ted. upon ea.id p :ra:nlses. whlch shall. be reaao!!l,11' ;:orth Ol:' coat not lese than C C Fi•• fhousiu:d .lollara ($5000,00) . ;;11 dwellinga erect.a on thio llUld shall be erecte4 ~ ao that the front thereof 11 twenty I 20) feet :h-om tho front llne of the lot and no l building shall be erec ted on ttce front t ....n t ; ( 20) toot thereof. Provided, also, t hat the bT&ach of a'ny of the f'oregoir...g conditi ons shall cause said preiciaea to reTert t o tbe :tirst parties, their heirs. 3U!lcesaora or as.sign.a, each o-r whom ab.all haw ~he right of' 1:cedlate re-ont:ey upon said ~r•:1lsoe 1n th• e-.ent -:,f any auoh hrt!ach. ~ ho-.1ded. also, that the breach of any of tile f.:,regoing oond1t10n1 1 or •lll" i re-entq by re,aeon of eucb breaoil, ahall net 4eteat: or render 1nn.11G t he lien or •tl1' It oortgage, or deed a£ tru.at maae in good. faith, tor vallle, ■s to mild: land, bt1.t each ...·l of the foregoing condition• •Mll remain at •11 t boa 1n full foroo and ef.'.'oct aa against an7 Omer of aa1d pre::nlsea. o:r •D3 part thezeo1' • b~ zea ■ ~n o'! any breach there ~f. bJ an,y sue!:. owner. wheth,r nuoh om1erabi p ia aoqu.1-zed by puYoba••• forecl-:,auYe• 4eTi ■e, 1nherit~nce, or in a0.7 othe.r i:anneir. this deed is aubject to easement •• o! re~ord to Sen Diego Caa an4 Electric I C::,:ipacy. II ::U.~l::D ~hLa 6 th day of _Ion:iber 1925. G.J..3trobock:. I' lbl 11 Strobeck:. ,ota rJ Public in and ror aald Comaty of S.n Diego. !::allf. • ! JI Eecorded at requan ot: union Zi~l& lnS1ranee Co 11oT ?3 1925 at 9 o'olook: a.X. :ree et.50 John K. 7err,, C.:,un!y 2ecor4•r• 58384, B7 !; .C.Par■oaa. Deput7. ------<>=A>------ 45 Attachment C Maps C.1 – City of San Diego 800 Scale Engineering Map C.2 – Current and Historical USGS Maps C.3 – Original Subdivision Map C.4 – Sanborn Maps 1886/1887 1906 1921 1940 1950 1956 46 C.1 - City of San Diego 800 Scale Engineering Map City of San Diego Development Services IUI ClTY OF SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA SCAl( I jtl (I U • 4 00 r•:,-t J 47 C.2 - Current and Historical USGS Maps Current USGS Map 48 1967 USGS Map UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 49 1944 USGS Map 0 I) Ill Q 50 C.3 - Original Subdivision Map San Diego County Assessor 51 C.4 - Sanborn Maps 1887 Map cover sheet ..,.,,. -,,··1· ., ' . i ___,, _ ___.,i ____ 52 1888 Cover Sheet / 1 SP.NOl~~w. I "' " .,/. I .,~ ' \ ' \ ___0 _c; ___ .. I 53 1906 Map ·' i~M~ ___,j ____.JI -----' ---'___., ____.___,, ,___,,_JI ------' ---' ------' ~ 54 1920 Map ., p 55 1940 Map ., \I.; . SCAu;1oorr TOANINCH .P5~°"'1•A2""z -£N111USltfcr,. 5.lL ] 1 I -1 '~ L ----- I - -• - 56 1940 Map- Property Detail .t.5?7 25?1 zs1s 250I ~, .. ~ ______ST. 80/i.w,de 2544 2536 2520 2512 2.506 @) I • [31• .,, • • [J 0 ~0 ~ ~lo ✓-,, OH. 2..5',?.5 2.5Z7 ZSZI z.511 Z50I • 80#. w,i/e c::o 2544 2..~36 2SJ'O 25/2 25(;'4 57 1950 Map ·. I 58 1956 Map J J 59 C.5 - Parcel Map • 539-051- 053 _J L I 32 ~ l STRCET f· I I I I ,, T "► r l r ·~ I: > I: I: . ·e tr C I ,, ' ·e "8 ..,► > .El .ti tL ,., e· r lj r · I ~@ .©EL ,., •I k 17 1, I - ..J...,,:-j., I ,.i::. ~ - .. "'"f"- - - ... ~. . @) BANC Rorr - STREET . .,- .. - .,__ - .. - \, @) I Ill... I ~ I "',., :e "8 (f Ill.. Ill... '· ·e. ·s I\ ,.,:D .. . €) @.. ,l ~ It', ~ _....,r,:;,r-;;;,;_-,_r--~ ff . ,., ·@ ~ JI .0 .(j ®. ... I I t ,, lj I I ·',-•- I i ,-_·, ':;;,,'. L - - )· - --J.. - .;-i STREET "'U) "' t I "' Cl)...... !::l ..z 0 0.... 0 Ai :i: IC 2 0 iii Cl 0 ~:r "'... "'I eJ> 0 ~~ "' r• !3~ I 60 Attachment D Photographs D.1 – Historical Photographs D.2 – Current Photographs 61 D.1 -Historical Photographs 2004 North Park Historical Survey 62 2007 Real Estate Listing Photo 2007 Real Estate Listing Photo 63 N.E. view of subject property 2015 DSD Permit Review Photo subject property south elevation 2015 DSD Permit Review Photo 64 2015 DSD Permit Review Photo 65 D.2 - Current Photographs East Elevation 66 East Elevation, from North 67 East Elevation, from South 68 South Elevation 69 South and West Elevation 70 -- West Elevation 71 North Elevation (constrained by neighboring property) 72 Upper North Elevation (constrained by neighboring property) 73 Detached Garage 74 East Elevation, detail 75 East Elevation, detail 76 East Elevation, detail 77 Front Door 78 Attachment E HRB Criteria Supplemental Documentation E.1 – Criterion A E.2 – Criterion B E.3 – Criterion C E.4 – Criterion D E.5 – Criterion E E.6 – Criterion F 79 E.1 - Criterion A Special Elements of Local Development J ,,~ ~... GO r ' -,,0 BURLir i:IA .1 ~ ---.,.._.,1------· Burlingame Manor map with lot prices, 1925 (Archeos, 2003) 80 - atu/,. now f The ultimate in exclusive home sites-.----- San Diego Union, May 5, 1925 81 STROBECK'S . I• I NEW OFFICE I 1.· NOW READY iA.ctJ,.-. prepa..,;Uons h&,re been mad& the :x,ast ,th,..,., .....,.,1e.9 by Goc1fn,y l,. Strobeck for the opening o! hl3 new· and. eta.bo t-a.tell'" eon=cted o!fle& at 932 Se~enth ~ where .n. bus1n-ess -.Mil be me.fntalned con,prt,einir mortp.ge · loans_ Jr-S'tlra.nce. r eal J esta.te, bulld1n,r a.nd financlllg. : Ertensive and elaborate tnno"·a- j tlong h...-·,: "bNn. put to .form Jn th& alteratJons of this now ot flce.. Ornaz:n-enta.1 ;pl,3,JJt.er antl atone effect.a 'ha.,:,e been U!!ed on t 83 i . : .; ' ·you· CAN BUILD - i1 j ~ Tl-lAT NEW ·aoME i . ·. . . . -( ·. - ...... ·. · ..; _ :'. / ~- . ; - ~ . ~. -.~-- -- ·.. _ .... __ -:- _·.- _. ·: · .·:_·. ,: ·. · . . - . . ·. . : .:-r+...·T-.A -- -: HT-: f --- -·- I i I I _.. _. -__ .. ..L _~ ~. ·V --~---~ff-_:·<~_- ~ <, .·:·· .• ..· . ,~ ·. .: ·- . . !I I ·. Whi})a.Y rent 0~ ice jour Tacimt 'iot lie Idle? . We '"ifi draw ! . lip: your :Plans.· complet.ely . fin.an~ . and bnlld immcdJ.arely the it home•.j:ou ha,--e·been cn-ea~·,_ot. -- • · - -, · -, . · · · · -.. ._._ l I ' ~- _Wo rise OUR.OWS :»02'~.. charge XO BROKE.RA~-f"or I Joans and only 7 % · snil>LE.-: IST.EP~"'T-. · You pa.y a. small . f • amotuit monthly-Can •you be::.t: it?...... ·• .. j I . . J~·us show_-)"Otl a. few Of the m:i.ny h0115eS we· b.a"'°e llD.der i oonstraction and see the high quality ot our roa.terlals an.cl woi-J..:- . ! ..,...... ,c'!'-fp. ' , . .• . ·. , _. . .. . · _ -_ . -· .. _.. • . . . . ; ~---· . --~- :··; .. -~ ,; I · . · -.- Tbel"e fs .no . cbm:'ge ·f'or :estimat.e&--Oome in and. talk .O'Te:t" ! _·j-onr plans with N~ F. ~n,. our:architectural de.signer., -___ ,R. :B~ _RllplL'"lg~;:with-G. L.· Str~~ck -- lI I I I I .--_ReSponsibl; Builders and Finiznders _..- l i . ; ~ - . ·_; ~ ·932 ·Seventh- St~ ·•·• . · .. ·· · 1 ...... · _ ...... _·_.,·_.. _, _ _...... _ . ·_ .. . ·.- ...•.•: . . : . .· . ,I I I Pll!lingaJlle _-M.itn~t\D~v~lop·· -·w. .. -atch~ ·, , __ . . . ' ...... ~ .. . I San Diego Union, November 22, 1925 84 BURLINGAME MANOR San Diego's Last Close-itt Home Subdivision 10 Minutes from 5th and Broadway 1::=~;:.,~ ~i·!:Ci:-c.~ ~.,!-,_!.,4-~=--~~ ..~-- Now-buc· el!e in San Diego C3.ll you buy higli-cl&s~ properly restricted lots as qu.icltly aceessible, u close to th~ heart of, the citJ'8 actidties as in J3wlµJpme ) C:mor . .The above map is pl:'oof.. . ..!:!:~!T-~~1:.~.:1!~ ♦( --n.C! UIC uliw NOlcrfctioaa. ,..i1..i to ro to tli, ....,,~ ,111,1,rl,;U, oc- ~:.~':-%-~o~ -:~.. ~rl~ed .-. r-5:!'.~:r:=:~i:?l:11:'': ....,rbl .... . ··. Also Lisu,d With:. A.'9\SOl,~.Jl~OO C'n'A~ W . <:UflTL'J. io;s♦ 'FoarU> : San Diego Union, January 24, 1925 85 E. 2 - Criterion B Identified with Persons of Events A Banquet Flashlight of the Bledsoe Company's · Organization---Numbering Near 100 -The.San Diego-8ledsoe Boost'er Club Votes a ·Gift Appropriation ·From .Their Treasury to the San Diego-California Club Tp.e San Di~ Bledsoe Booster Club, at their semi-annual election of officers for the ensuing su: months, by ballot, banquet recently held at the Cabrillo, took upon them resulted in the almost unanimous election of Mr. Harold selves the mantle of civic interest, and expressed their B. ·Silvey as President of tbe clu,b. .Mr. Silvey heads the Buyers' Staff of the Bledsoe Company._ .:for First ,Vice pride in growing Greater Sau Diego. In a unanimous m President, Mr. Edward O'Neil was elected m_thout opposi ing vote a sum nearing their treasury balance was sub !ion. Mr. O 'Neil has efficiently directed the service and scribed to the San Diego-California Club. Jperating department of the ,;ompany for many years. Following an inspiring address by Mr. H. R. ;Bledsoe, the Dtlier offices were filled by equally as good. timber. · San Diego Union, August 15, 1926 86 sembllng a btg. plactd lake. a. b 1t nar row but deep. He:-e aga1n the out b<>ard will be 1n action. earn!ng its o! tiny -otces when the bread wagon is flagged Mother Quall Also there keep. as troU!ng 1s the :fai-onte way by to get the famous game !1sh. Mr. and 1s a family of Mr. and Mrs. Rood Run Mrs. Hall will be gone about f"ive ner and the1r yoUDg hopetul. an weeks. urcll1n about hill as big as a. robin. _l\nd a nalr or doves With a nest -run o! hungry boarders. · And Molly cotton- T~ ~11 Bre'l" Brush I?.abbt~oodness.. I QUAIL , RABBIJ :l, how many! All these wlld on.es stroll 1 up from the nearby canyon and make DOVES WELCOMED; merry on the Sllvey hactend~ where .they know a real welcome 1s waiting By GOOD FRIEND and chow tolerably frequent. M.-s. Harold Silvey. 2506 ThirtY th1rd street. tele~hoDes 'that Fred I Gro't"es is not uie-· only ob~en-e:- who i i enjoys watch!ng proud mother quail l Umbrella Type l s.nci their broods o! busy bu:nblebees ! l that later miracu!ous!y beco;ne the l :amous Plumed Knights o~ the Pa- ! ct!tc co?.s!. Mn!. sn.-ey tells or several l i pairs of parent quail that daily pa- ·1 I rade thetr b!"oods across the SH't"ey ; yard v:here bread crumbs and orhe::: TEf i provender 1s s-.i..-e "tO be found in con I venlent places. And such a. cheeping Complete with f1001 I _._ __.. _,a._) __ _ - - ..1 t San Diego Union, July 22, 1928 87 E.3 - Criterion C Embodies Distinctive Characteristics 88 E.4 - Criterion D Representative of Notable Work of a Master APPENDLX D: Master Architects & Builclers27 Architects Bruuung, Erwin T. Love, John Brenk, Earl Josef Mead&Requa Callru1d & Eden Norbeck. J. E. Delawie, Homer Quayle Brothers (Charles ru1d Edward) Farr, Hany Requa, Richard S. Gibb, William E. Ruocco, Lloyd Piet:rantonio Gill, Irving Salyers, Charles Groves, J.S. Stephenson. Frank W . Haufuauer, Clyde Tuttle, E. Hebbard, William Sterling Veitzer, Leonard Hope, Frrui.k, Jr. Wheeler, William Henry Hurlburt, R.-tlph Wheeler, Richard George Keller, Walter W inslow, Carleton Monroe Builders Anderson, L.C. Lowerison & Wolstencroft Brock Building Co. Melhorn, Martin V. Brya11S, Edward F. Newman. Edward W. Dennstedt Co. Norris, Envin D. Dryden. David Owen Pacific Building Co. F. E . Young Company (Francis Young) Pearson, Pear Golden, H.M. Radford Building Co. Hawkins, William Ruplinger, RP. Hayes & Jackson Schreiber, Alexander Hurlburt & Tifal Company Siguard G. Nordberg & Co. Kelley, Joseph C. Swift, Charles C. Keyes, Artlmr E. Thomas Carter Constmc.tion Co. Klicka Lumber Company Torgerson. Ben Larsen, Bernard 0 . West, Robert Lovett, John H. W illiams, Charles M. Other Buildina T radesmen Ray Anderson. master plasterer William Bell, golf course arclutec.t 27 For biographical information on these practitioners~~ City of Sau Diego Historic.al Resources Board, "Biographies of Established Maste Xorth Park Commuuitv Plan Ana Appendu: D-1 2016 Historic Resourc,eS Sw··ny North Park Community Plan, Appendix D: Historic Resources Survey, 2016, Appendix D-1 (available at https://www.sandiego.gov/sites/default/files/appendix_d_historic_survey_report_np_nove mber_updated_december_1.pdf) 89 l$80,000 Home Rising in Mission Hills Disl;ict Ir Sl Features Architecture of l tali(m R enaissance - 1---~~-~=-----,---,--:--:-:,:-:----'--:--c;-::---:----.,,,-----,--:-,;-=;-~;-~ ! : Ah:-hit~l Wil!ia:n B. Whetl-c.r',g skttth of the $SO.OOO 1wo-s.ton· lta.lian Rem.isiu~e N-.iidenee wbi<:b Cod!tey L. 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Construct.Ion company. · stucco cottage_ and ~e. 43.:n Yission drive ; 1Z500. · . · ...,:.. · O. H _- Stewart.. 3821 Grim. ~r w . L. Giles. two stucco . c ottages · and g$.X1lges.. 37u-•s Robinson •'Place; $i090 ·ea.ch. ·· ·. . Benha Bernard. 3HO 'Fifth.. per c.. H ..- coi>eland.-frame cottage. 3736 : Fifth; $1200. . , J • . li. IL Boone. ·poweU 'Motor ·t company. per s. G. Nordberg com· . pany. stucco ~ottage· and garage. i :i~~ [mt"~~~~d~;;~!ton ·R<>of 1· ' company, _repair.s, ·932 SevP.nth; $650. . · . . · - Frank Statler-. ·.932 Seventh. per R.. B. RupUnger. stucco Cottage an~ ~ garage. 1944 Thirty-tllird: _$500~- . ·.G- L. Strobeck. ~37 Seveilth.. p~r. same, stucco cottage and sa.ra,ge. ; j .240! ThirtY-second; $6_000. . , San Diego Evening Tribune, August 29, 1925 92 San Diego Union, December 15, 1936 (Building permit for 4241 Ingleside ((Designated HRB# 821) 93 Buildl"r iRUPLINGER OPENS Mcntl,ly Pay ments ,u Lou, I 'YI.om $2995 cu $30.00. I FIFTH AV[ Of FICE R. 3.. 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I. ,-,.,l!i,,orte-,A.,._.....,,_h (lH W. I. l . 'tlllftftff-Puc,a R-11, 13, • Gooc1HN1a . . . ..:ikln• w-,,.,_,-. ~ ~-·"• .ryltiing.~ ~Ol.orf, Y'fl'U., . IOUS WOUH U,t.AfJ#O UNION and ._,.W,-', HAHJIA.'11 EVENING TR!BUNE ~A .,.;.. ,.,,. 1,..,... --~ WANT ADS· fl-..~ '11• 0 .-lllffwd' _, l.ww1 !· 1 San Diego Union, December 10, 1952 95 Houses Built by R.B. Ruplinger in the City of San Diego (listed by permit date and photographs of city-surveyed properties) 1. 3779 Park Blvd: April 1924 2. 4150 Mission Blvd: June 1924 3. 2919 33rd Street: June 1924 4. 3020 Felton Street: July 1924 96 5. 2917 33rd Street: August 1924 6. 3002 33rd Street: September 1924 7. 2218 Bancroft: September 1924 97 8. 3209 Gregory: October 1924 9. 2954 Laurel: October 1924 (not extant) 10. 4795 Hamilton: December 1924 " 98 11. 3011 33rd Street: January 1925 12. 2975-79 A Street: February 1925 13. 2917 33rd Street: February 1925 14. 4547 Kansas Street: April 1925 15. 932 7th Avenue: April 1925 16. 3364 Bancroft May 1925 99 17. 937-43 23rd Street: May 1925 18. 3017 33rd Street: June 1925 19. 3627 Bancroft: June 1925 20. 3220 McKinley: June 1925 21. 3625 Bancroft: June 1925 22. 3886 36th Street (referred to as Storey Street): June 1925 23. 4094 36th Street (also Storey Street): July 1925 24. 4279 Wightman (originally Klauber): July 1925 25. 3740 Sierra: July 1925 26. 1544 Monroe: July 1925 27. 3225 Gregory: August 1925 100 28. 2512 33rd Street: August 1925 (has since been extensively remodeled) 29. 2467 I Street: August 1925 30. 2471 I Street: September 1925 31. 4437 Kansas: September 1925 32. 1944 33rd Street: August 1925 33. 2403 33rd: August 1925 34. 4667 Larkspur: September 1925 101 35. 2174 Guy Street (HRB # 766): September 1925 36. 2506 33rd Street: November 1925 (Subject Property) 102 37. 2444 33rd Street January 1926 (Burlingame Manor) 38. 1004 Madison January 1926 39. 4662 Coronado April 1926 40. 4180 Marlborough May 1926 41. 3924-28 Tenth July 1926 42. 2511 Violet July 1926 43. 5021 Litchfield August 1926 44. 3791 Elliott (sometimes referred to as 3747 Elliott) October 1926 103 45. 2411 Bancroft: August 1926 46. 3514 Wisteria November 1926 47. 4714 Muir December 1926 48. 4469-4471 Campus February 1927 49. 4332-4335 Meade April 1927 104 50. 3417 Palm June 1927 51. 3426 Palm August 1927 52. 2711 Azalea October 1927 105 53. 3431 Palm February 1928 54. 3425 Palm February 1928 55. 3429 Palm March 1928 56. 2728 Azalea June 1928 57. 4385 Oregon April 1929 58. 1027 Lincoln 1929 106 59. 3345 Gregory 1929 60. 4241 Ingleside December 1936 .(Designated,,. HRB# 821) 107 61. Streetcar Apartments: India and Laurel Streets (1942) (Photo courtesy of San Diego History Center) .. 108 INTERVIEW WITH MARY RICARDA RUPLINGER WARKENTIN and RICHARD N. MARTIN Interviewer's note: The date is March 31, 1997. This is Sally West of the San Diego Historical Society. Today we are going to depart from the usual format for oral histories and interview Dick Martin and Mary Ricarda Warkentin [54]. Ms. Warkentin is the daughter of Richard Ruplinger and we are asking her and Mr. Martin, her cousin, for information about Mr. Ruplinger. We think he may have been the builder of the 1997 Showcase, the Benbough house at 2174 Guy Street. We are trying to verify this or at least get some information about this very interesting man. Mary has scrapbooks at hand which she will refer to from time to time. He was an architect/builder and we need these records in the architectural drawing collection. It wi 11 also have an effect on the publicity for the Designer Showcase of the San Diego Historical Society in 1997. The home chosen for the 1997 Showcase of the San Diego Historical Society is at 2174 Guy Street in Miss ion Hills. The property was originally bought in 1925 by G. L. Strobeck from Stella Weston. In 1930 Strobek sold the property to the First National Trust and Savings, and in 1938 it was bought by P. J. Benbough. Apparently it remained in the Benbough family until 1963 when it was sold to Michael Gonzales. The house, designed by the well-known local architect and civic leader Henry H. Wheeler, features spacious areas including living and dining room, library, morning room, pool area and more. Wheeler designed several well-known San Diego buildings including the Spanish Colonial style Balboa Theater, Eagles Hall, Temple Beth Israel, All Saints Episcopal Church and the Langenheim Building. Mr. Ruplinger had been friends with Mr. Strobek for a very long time and they did have a business arrangement, at least one that we know of, where they owned property together. G. L. Strobek, the first owner of the house, died in San Francisco in 1937. He was a San Diego building and real estate expert and financier. Mary is going to try to make some connection between Mr. Ruplinger and the Designer Showcase House, and also describe his place in architectural history in San Diego. He was a fasci nating man. We've had very little information on him and we think it's high time that he is documented. As I said, he was a good friend of Mr. S trobek. There is a possibility that they were connected in business. We know of one instance and Mary is going to tell us about that now. 109 Warkentin/Martin - 2 SALLY WEST: Mary, would you tell me about that relationship between Mr. Strobek and your father as far as property they owned? MARY WARKENTIN: Okay. Probably sometime in the early or mid twenties they bought a piece of land in Switzer Canyon, off Pershing Golf Course. That was in the 1920s. Father didn't marry until 1941 and he died in 1952. At that point Mother bought it out of Father's estate. Mother had it under her name, Cecilia Ruplinger, and right prior to her death in 1987 I came into ownership. When I went to collect the money for it, the city of San Diego said that the deed was still in the name of Ruplinger and Strobek, so I was only going to get one-half of this money. At that point it was $88,000, so I got $44,000 and the money was going to the State of California very shortly. So we went to mother, who at that time was about 88 or 89, wanting information on Strobek because if he or his heirs were still alive the state was going to give the money to him before they could collect it. They were trying to find the heirs and I was, too, because I wanted the rest of my money. Mother had told me about Mr. Strobek and that his wife's name was Emily. In prior times she had told me that father had built the house on Guy Street for Mr. Strobek. Anyway, back to the property. Finally, at the very last minute, one of my cousins, an attorney, found the deed that said the Strobek half of the property was in fact deeded to Richard Ruplinger, so I got the remainder of the money the day after mother died in December of 19 89. I received the money the very next day after all the work had been done. We were in litigation for about two years. So with a little tiny lot that started out at two hundred and some dollars I ended up getting all that money. SW: That's amazing. Strobek did die in San Francisco in January 193 7. He seems to have left very few connections with San Diego. His survivors were listed as Mrs. Emily Strobek, his wife, and a daughter, Mrs. W. Arnet Speer, of San Diego. That seems to be the only connection except for a nephew, Arthur Ross berg, of El Cajon. We've been able to find no one who could tell us a little about Mr. Strobek in San Diego. They all seem to have been long gone since the 1937 obituary. MW: One of my cousins told me that the city or the state would have made an effort to get the money to his heirs if they were alive when they thought he was in line for this lot and the money until I found that it belonged to me. 110 Warkentin/Martin - 3 SW: Why do we all think that your father was connected with the Benbough House? MW: From my childhood on I don't remember Father pointing out that house to me, which is kind of funny because we went by it many times. I used to go with him on many of his jobs and around the time of his death (1952] he was building some houses in Point Loma. SW: What area of Point Loma? MW: I'm not really sure, but my cousin, Richard Martin, had an older brother named O'Neill, who is now deceased. O'Neill was a San Diego attorney and I'm quite sure that upon Father's death O'Neill Martin handled Father's estate. They went through probate so that the people who were suppo:~ied to get their money got paid. SW: We will try to go back and check the probate records in the archives to see if we can find out if those addresses are listed. That would give more information for research- ers who come in and say, "I just bought a house at blah-blah, " and we at least will know if that house was built by your father. We have the architect/builder's name. MW: What I wanted to get back to was going with Father to [arch itect] Mr. Wheeler's house just perpentlicular to the Designer Showcase house. It's a stucco, sorta 1930s-type house. Today it has bars around the windows as most of those houses do. He was very old in 1952 when I was nine. I spoke recently with a cousin named [ Charles Irwin] Bud Jackson [ 7 5] who used to work for Bugenhagen, an archi tectural firm in La Jolla. Bud is a stepcousin; he is Dick Martin's stepson. He was a draftsman for Bugenhagen. He lives in . Rancho Bernardo now. I asked him the other day if he knew anything about this Designer Showcase Strobek/Benbough/Gonzales house and he said, "No, not in relation to your father." But he did somehow know the house, the construction, the type of brickwork and the quoin that is on there. He said it would take a fine German mind to have built that house, so he had no problems believ ing that Father built it. And he did know who Wheeler was. I remember as a child asking, "Why is my father going to this architect because the man can't see?" I could see this .man huddled over the drawings. I went over there many times. 111 Warkentin/Martin - 4 Another thing that Bud Jackson remembered was really help ful. He recalls that he was going to San Diego High School when he was 1 6 or so and Father got him his very first job on B Street at a company named Steele Homes Campany. They were architects and he said Father built all their houses for them. He can remember my father coming in when he was working at this first job and he said, ''Well, Father had an office on B Street, right there in the same block.'' SW: Do you remember the address on B Street? MW: I have the address on one of these sheets. Today when I drove between 5th and 6th it said 525 B Street - Father's address was 521 B Street. So that was probably the center of the block. There is only one address on that block now. It's across from the Union Bank Building. In fact, it said Union Bank on it at one point a few years ago, and I know the city had offices upstairs. SW: Yes, here it is on the little clipping from the Union. It says, ''Ruplinger says" Apparently he put these in occasionally. MW: Yes. Do you want me to read this, Sally? There's a picture of Father and I would suspect this is about 1938, though it does not say on this clipping. It says, "Modern archi tecture for both commercial and residential structures has become international and I am leaving for Berlin and Rome this month to further study the popular trend." And then the bottom of the article says, ''His staff of experts will remain to build for you with efficiency and economy during his absence." Then it gives the phone number, Franklin 2393. The reason I suspect that this is about 1937 is because I have a booklet or brochure of a passport passage voyage when father went on the Queen Mary to Europe in 1937. He was there in 1928 prior to mother going. We have two different trips that we can document to Europe. One was with the Legionnaires which could be part of this 193 7 one, too. Bud Jackson would have been born in 1920-'21. He was in [San Diego] high school at 16 in 1937 and that's when. Father got him his job at the Steele Homes Company. So we know that father built a lot of the Steele homes. Back to the Strobek house - Mother had often told me that father built and built and built and that people would know exactly what they wanted, but then it would turn out that they couldn't afford it. They would want the moon. 112 Warkentin/Martin - 5 I don't think she considered herself an historian, but she would say, "Your father was so pleased because Mr. Strobek said, 'You have carte blanche; you can do whatever you want. I can pay for it." That was the one house that he knew he would get paid for whatever he decided to do. So growing up when I was with my girlfriends or my buddies we would say, "This is the house he built." And we would also point out these little - I don't know what you call them. The street said, "Private Way" and when you come straight up Juan Street hill you will see two there and then you will see some off Sunset Boulevard in Mission Hills. But I was told when I was little that father had put those [signs] up and that actually they weren't a true ''Private Way.'' They were city streets and they were only put up there because he decided to put them up. SW: Are they still there? MW: Yes, the ones at the end of Juan Street are still there. There was a chain on there when I was growing up. It's long gone because legally you can't chain them off. They look like they've been a little stuccoed over through the years. SW: Of course, if the mayor was living there, there might be possibilities. MW: When you come up Juan Street and go straight, that runs almost straight into the garage of the Strobek house. So you need to turn right which, I guess, is south until you get to the front of the Strobek house which looks out toward the harbor. Before the home across the street was built (I don't know when), from the ground floor of the Strobek house you could see all the harbor. Now you can only get a view of the harbor by going upstairs. SW: It's almost like a private enclave the way it sits on the cliff and, originally, before all the buildings around it, you must have felt it was absolutely private. MW: The home that is behind it, that faces on Sunset, has a very tall chimney to the side; it's all white stucco. You have funny things that your parents tell you and mother said, "Your father always called that the laundry." I can remember saying, "Why would daddy call that the laundry?" It must have been a little more esoteric and you would have had to have been there to know what that's all about. 113 Warkentin/Martin - 6 SW: It's obvious he didn't approve of the architectural plans of that house. MW: Probably. I can only think of seeing the smokestack over here at the Hotel del Coronado when they had the laundry. I guess it's still there. This isn't quite that large, but it looms up compared to everything else on that house. As you say, architecturally, maybe it didn't fit. Mother wasn't a j okester-type person but I could tell she would get a giggle when she told that. Mother was pretty literal and she is the one who told me that he built the house, so that's all I have to go on. I really can't say that I remember ~ather pointing at that house and saying he had built it. But then he built so many things around here and I don't think he would have the habit of saying, "This is mine, this is mine." He didn't do that. SW: We are going to try to identify some of these houses now that we have a little handle on him, because we actually have nothing in the archives, and this man was far too unusual to ignore. I think as his daughter you will agree with that. He seemed to be Renaissance Man; he seems to be involved in so many things. Tell us a few things about Ruplinger, the man, since you were a very dear friend of his and prob ably joined in many of his escapades. RICHARD (DICK) MARTIN: Let me ask Mary a question first. Didn't your dad convert some old trolley cars into residences down on India Street? MW: Absolutely. I have one little clipping [in my scrapbook] that refers to them. They called them bungalow cars. They are long gone, but he took streetcars and put them together. I think eventually they became more of an eyesore than an architectural delight. He liked to make use of things, I think. He was not a waster. He liked to make use of materials and ideas. He was ahead of his time on some of those things. DM: I heard somewhere where he was the first person ever to do that - convert trolley cars to residences. SW: You know that was done several times in San Diego. I be lieve there is still one on Mission Boulevard at Mission Beach. MW: My cousin who recently passed away notified me that out at Mission Beach there was a write-up several years ago 114 Warkentin/Martin - 7 in the paper. He thought those were my dad's, too, but I have no way of documenting that. SW: Well, it's still there all painted up and apparently well cared for. It has, I think, a two-story addition now. MW: I think they really refurbished those out there on India Street from what I've read. This is the article, Dick, that I am referring to: "Have you seen those heavy steel streetcars being formed into a bungalow out over Lindy Field on India Street?" That's just a little blurb. Reading out of a scrapbook here, there is mention intro ducing the International Tourist Week, $1 1 090 1 steel and cement construction. I'm laughing because his style changed from one decade to the next. Here we have a picture of a very, very flat roof construction with a little bit of the round windows that my cousin, Dick Martin, commented on before which I see at different places - one, particu larly, when I drive down Kalmia Street where the Molly Trolley goes. There are two very, very nicely preserved rentals of little houses that have the round windows and I suspect that those were my dad's. I kept driving by them and I thought I had been inside of them when I was a kid. Anyway, they [ from the scrapbook] say these are three-room auto court uni ts, guest house or rear yard rental, steel cabinets, portholes and plazas, complete with fireproof carport garage at $199 additional bedroom, hall and closet assembly at $299. We have a Talbot number on El Cajon Boulevard so I suspect this was in the late 1 93 Os. We have an address of 4 020 El Cajon, Ruplinger Construction Company, and then, "Inspection invited daily until 9:00 p.m." So you could go look at them. SW: I don't think he had a date on that. Now, above in the scrapbook there is another ad, "Now $2,995, a distinctive home." And here's a little Norman cottage complete with the round tower and the witch hat roof • This is June 1936 and here he is still on B Street. MW: I haven't seen that. That's wonderful. SW: ''The Normandy, a beautiful home, five rooms and bath, living room, reinforced concrete foundation, stucco exterior, all modern appointments included at this low price. Built 115 Warkentin/Martin - 8 completely, strictly according to code. Complete planning, financing and building service. Your home designed under your personal direction by experts without any obligation.'' MW: I see this type of house over near St. Augustine High School, so that would be in the Burlingame district and it would also be where my cousin, Richard Martin, taught school for many years. DM: Two. MW: Well, okay, what years did you teach over there? DM: 1953-'55. MW: Right after father's death, then. SW: I have seen these little houses with the witches hat on the little round tower - very Norman. MW: There's one over there behind Saints the upside down ice cream cone. It's a mile high. There are two side by side and they, too, have the quoin around the doorways. Then there's one ( I don' t know what area you would cal 1 it) west of Park Boulevard - Meade, or whatever. Massachu setts Street is over there. Looks over Mission Valley on the north side and then dead-ends before [highway] 163. What is that area called? SW: Is that part of Burlingame? MW: No. There's a whole pocket in there that's landlocked, University Heights, I think. There's a new sign with a trolley on it on Park Boulevard near Meade right on Park before Adams. There's a new sign above the street that says University Heights, so I guess that includes it. There's a wonderful, wonderful house back in there that is much larger looking than the distinctive Normandy home in this advertisement. It is a castle-type. There's a cone like an ice cream cone, and there's also one over the house that is behind the Strobek lot that my father left to me - the Strobek/Ruplinger lot on Switzer Canyon. It was landlocked and the house that was above it I know my father built. It had to look like a castle. I was told recently by a friend that the people are redoing the house and maybe getting rid of that. It's so distinctive. SW: You know your father built that? MW: I know he built that because that's the reason he and Strobek ended up owning the lot. 116 Warkentin/Martin - 9 SW: Do you know the address? MW: No, but I can find it. It's on Kalmia. It's the street that circles there. SW: If we find out we will insert it into the oral history. MW: That's Burlingame. You can see this house when you drive down Pershing __ Drive by looking off to your left. I knew that was my M.other' s lot because we paid the taxes on it every year. Dick Martin and brother O'Neill would come to our house on 3011 33rd and he would say, "Aunt Cecilia, do you want to pay the taxes on that?'' Now we are talking like $2 a year. 0' Neill would say, "What are you keeping that for? Why do you want to pay the taxes?" She would look at me as a child and she would say, "Well, don't you think we should keep that?" As if I'm supposed to know what to do with property. But then I know that she was thinking that was daddy's and it was a way of hanging on. When I married in 1968 I guess the taxes had accumulated. This was before the IRA would come after you for property taxes on an empty lot. It wasn't any big deal. At one point we were talking $1 6 accrued taxes. So my husband, Joel Warkentin, paid the taxes one year and then he started getting phone calls because Mother was getting to the point she didn't like to handle things. Someone called my husband one time and asked him if he owned the lot. He said, "No, my mother-in-law owns the lot.'' We did in fact own it; we didn't know that the city thought two people owned it. But he said he would pay the taxes. Then Mother started repaying them. We knew about this Strobek/Ruplinger lot all through the years because we were paying the taxes on it. That was the other thing we were going to try to tell the state. They kept telling us that it was Strobek's property along with my dad's. We were going to say, "Well, none of his heirs have been paying the taxes." That was hopefully our only ace in the hole to get the money as we had proof that we had paid the taxes all these years. So that even if Strobek was around we should be entitled to the property because we had maintained it, so to speak. I don't remember that we were ever subject to clearing it off because, as I recall, when I drove down Pershing Drive and looked at it, it was covered with ice plant. It was terraced and nothing is going to be built down there. 117 Warkentin/Martin - 10 I was absolutely thrilled because this was years after father had passed away and it brought back a lot of memories of the things he did. In looking at this little scrapbook, when we were talking about these homes and the advertisement for the construction on B Street, there is also an article with a picture of my dad saying, ''Builder. Ruplinger opens 5th Avenue Office. R. B. Ruplinger, who for many years has been financing building in San Diego, is opening up new offices in the 5th Avenue building, B Street and 5th Avenue. Ruplinger has built several hundred houses in San Diego since 1920 and has gathered around him leaders among the 21 different types of craftsmen necessary for good construction. His new offices are to be maintained for the express purpose of serving the prospective home owner with complete plan ning, financing and building organization.'' SW: The interesting thing that I find is that he must have been producing architectural plans at his office for these people. Do you suppose he had been drawing the plans, or did he have an architect on staff? It would be nice to find out. MW: I suspect that if he were on B Street when he got my cousin, Bud Jackson, the job at Steele Homes Company and was build ing their homes that he relied on them and also on Mr. Wheeler and whoever was available. All I have to do is close my eyes and see just hundreds of rolled-up blueprints. I can see them rolled up and hanging loosely all over the garage at 3011 33rd which was the last residence where he lived. There was a second little add-on garage that was his workshop. There were architectural plans there, too. If you want a little feel of the man beyond building, mixed in with the blueprints and the plans, were snakeskins, a little set of rattlers and more snakeskins, all hanging with little pins along the top of his workshop. There are two vices, a chewed up workbench like you can't believe, and the audio memory is hearing the saw going, being in the house doing something with my mother, but wanting to be out there because he was always sawing and making something. We had a fishpond and I can see the little motorized wood boat he made me and I can hear him trying to make something else. The saw was always going. At night he had a loop, like a jeweler's loop, and he would sit in the living room (pre-television) and want me to come with my child's good eyesight and get the tweezers. 118 E.5 - Criterion F Finite Group of Resources Related to One Another C~ot!r.wlm.c,q Hr.l --....:;,.--c...._.-,,=,---- ·- - -► o.cr~1m1 ...... -o-,_,. ,,o.1TIW!''"tiief,,e:- ~.---co.,...,,. _..,o_,ir,,,-.-..1 -;-- ,..,,.. ___ """" ----- ...... OirO>!,_--..- ..=, ---c--~------,... ,. (/1 ,..-iwi:"""~ ,,.. ~ - -~~,' North Park Historical Survey, 2004 119 Attachment F - Works Cited 120 F.1 Bibliography F.1 – Bibliography Ancestry.com. Public Records, Census, Directories, Family Trees, Great Register. 2016. California Office of Historic Preservation. Instructions for Recording Historic Resources. 1995. Sacramento. City of San Diego, Development Services. 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