1 HISTORIC HOUSE RESEARCH Ronald V. May, RPA, President and Principal Investigator Dale Ballou May, Vice President and Principal Researcher P.O. Box 15967 • San Diego, CA 92175 Phone (619) 269-3924 • www.legacy106.com 2 3 State of California – The Resources Agency Primary # ___________________________________ DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # ______________________________________ PRIMARY RECORD Trinomial __________________________________ NRHP Status Code 3S Other Listings ___________________________________________________________ Review Code _____ Reviewer ____________________________ Date __________ Page 1 of 4 *Resource Name or #: Douglas and Martha Young House P1. Other Identifier: 4363 North Talmadge Drive (current address) and 4766 N. Talmadge Drive (original address) *P2. Location: Not for Publication Unrestricted *a. County: San Diego and (P2b and P2c or P2d. Attach a Location Map as necessary.) *b. USGS 7.5' Quad: La Mesa Date: 1997 Maptech, Inc.T ; R ; ¼ of ¼ of Sec ; M.D. B.M. c. Address: 4363 North Talmadge Drive City: San Diego Zip: 92116 d. UTM: Zone: 11 ; 490736 mE/ 36224908 mN (G.P.S.) e. Other Locational Data: (e.g., parcel #, directions to resource, elevation, etc.) Elevation: 368 feet Legal Description: Lot 178 of Talmadge Park Unit 1, Map 1869. The house is located on the south side of North Talmadge Drive, north of Adams Avenue. It is Tax Assessor’s Parcel # 465-331-02-00. *P3a. Description: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries) This two-story single-family house is a Spanish Eclectic design with Monterey influences. It exhibits a full tile roof, half tower entrance, front tapered chimney, and front gable first floor living room that connects to the first floor. To the right of the chimney is a second floor Monterey style wood porch over a small front courtyard. The interior exhibits special qualities with extensive woodworking, such as built-in cabinetry, hardwood floors, coved ceilings, and arched door portals. The condition is excellent with good architectural integrity. (See Continuation Sheet.) Residential Building Record. The Tax Assessor’s Residential Building Record shows they first taxed this property in 1930. *P3b. Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) HP2 *P4. Resources Present: Building Structure Object Site District Element of District P5b. Description of Photo: (View, date, accession #) View of North Elevation, January 19, 2009 Photo by Ronald V. May, RPA *P6. Date Constructed/Age and Sources: Historic Prehistoric Both Index to Property 1931-1934; 1931 Residential Building Record 1930 *P7. Owner and Address: Michael Lubin and Betty Engel 4363 North Talmadge Drive San Diego, CA 92116 *P8. Recorded by: (Name, affiliation, and address) Ronald V. May, RPA and Dale Ballou May, Legacy 106, Inc., P.O. Box 15967, San Diego, CA 92175 *P9. Date Recorded: November, 2009 *P10. Survey Type: (Describe) Intensive *P11. Report Citation: (Cite survey report and other sources, or enter "none.") Historical Nomination of the Douglas and Martha Young House, San Diego, California for the City of San Diego, Historical Resources Board, by Ronald V. May, RPA and Dale Ballou May, Legacy 106, Inc. November 2009. Legacy 106, Inc. is indebted to Linda Canada for her assistance with the preparation of this report. *Attachments: NONE Location Map Sketch Map Continuation Sheet Building, Structure, and Object Record Archaeological Record District Record Linear Feature Record Milling Station Record Rock Art Record Artifact Record Photograph Record Other (List): DPR 523A *Required Information 4 State of California _ The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI# CO NTINUATION SHEET Trinomial Page 2 of 4 *Resource Name or #: The Douglas and Martha Young House *Recorded by: Ronald V. May, RPA *Date: November 2009 Continuation Update *P3a. Description: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries) (Continued): This 2,441 square foot, two-story house exhibits Mexican Monterey, Spanish Andalusian, and North African Islamic cultural design influences that create a unique example of Spanish Eclectic architecture for this Talmadge Park neighborhood. Visible from North Talmadge Drive and the public sidewalk are architecturally defining elements that distinguish this house as a unique example of the architectural style. The garage is detached off the southwest corner of the house. Presentation Side – North Elevation. The presentation side faces North Talmadge Drive. The north elevation includes a full hipped fired red clay Mission half barrel tile roof over a two story sandy stucco walled house. Central is a two story tapered stucco faux chimney with Islamic privacy screen window, flanked on the second floor by a pair of casement windows with faux shutters on the east and a prominent veranda on the west. Beneath the window is a quarter tower entrance and to the left is the one story living room projection. There are eight distinct Spanish Eclectic architecturally defining elements to the presentation side of the house: Full Hipped Tile Roof. While most Spanish style houses in Talmadge Park and the Kensington area exhibit limited tile roofing at the front of a flat rear roof, this house exhibits a rare full hipped tile roof. Examination of the Mission half-barrel tiles through one of the upstairs windows failed to disclose maker’s marks. The tiles are high-fired semi-vitreous and the surfaces exhibit oxidation, moss stains, and dust accumulation associated with very old tile roofing. Remnants of the original roof cement mortar survives. The tile roof slightly projects over the single board wooden eave and a few straight cut roof beams project out. Monterey Style Veranda. The most prominent defining architectural feature of this house is the Monterey style veranda on the second floor. The east base of the second floor veranda connects to the first floor quarter round tower entrance, second floor faux chimney, and cuts through the tiled roof. This highly crafted wooden veranda with tiled roof is accessed by a set of French doors. Heavy, thick, ornamental ceiling beams project out under the veranda floor and terminate in finely crafted ends that form the base of this oriel style window. Above the deck are corner post beams topped with ornamental corbels that support a heavy fired red clay Mission half-barrel tile shed roof. Between the posts is an ornate balustrade comprised of lathe-turned, vertical spindles topped by a long wood board. Central Faux Chimney. One of the key architecturally defining elements of this house is the central faux chimney that connects the north elevation to the first floor quarter tower and second floor Monterey style veranda. This chimney is entirely ornamental, as the second floor is actually a dressing room and closet that is illuminated by the Islamic privacy window. Quarter Tower Entrance. Central on the north elevation first floor and beneath the faux chimney is the quarter tower entrance to the house. This architecturally defining element links the faux chimney, second floor Monterey veranda, and front gable living room with the main mass of the house. Andalusian style tower entrances are an interesting feature on 1920s-1930s Spanish Eclectic style houses and though rare in San Diego, can be found in Talmadge Park, Kensington Manor, Loma Portal (Point Loma), Riviera Heights (Point Loma), Azure Vista (Point Loma), Sunset Cliffs (Point Loma), and older areas of La Jolla. Topped with a low pitched “cone” shaped tower roof of Mission half barrel tile, the geometric-walled tower exhibits a central inset Medieval front door flanked by Islamic privacy grill windows. The Medieval front door consists of seven tall vertical boards set with seven rows of hammered steel bolt heads. Centered between the first and second rows is a rectangular peep covered with a wrought iron grill. The front door is inset in the quarter tower entry, which is flanked by two porch lamps. 5 State of California _ The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI# CO NTINUATION SHEET Trinomial Page 3 of 4 *Resource Name or #: The Douglas and Martha Young House *Recorded by: Ronald V. May, RPA *Date: November 2009 Continuation Update *P3a. Description: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries) (Continued): To the right and left of the door are Islamic privacy screen windows. Half way between the east porch lamp and porch is a metal mail slot. The cast brass door latch plate matches an arrowhead shaped doorbell plate, both of which have been hammered to resemble handmade metal. To the left of the quarter tower entrance is the front gable projected living room. North Elevation First Floor Fixed Window. Beneath the north elevation Monterey style veranda is a 15-pane fixed window in a wooden frame set into the sandy stucco wall. This window and the living room west elevation window both face the small patio flanking the porch and walkway to the wooden gate set in the low sandy stucco front yard wall. Front Gable Living Room. The southeast quarter of the north elevation consists of a first floor, front gable living room that projects 23-feet north of the quarter tower entrance. The full size of the living room measures 38-feet on a north-south axis by the 16-foot wide front gable. The low pitch front gable in the north elevation is raked over with tiles. Beneath the front gable is a circular cast plaster wall plaque with a floral scroll pattern interior. Centered beneath the front gable apex and plaque is a tall, vertical, fixed plate glass window with arched top set in a wooden framed jam in the north elevation stucco wall. The window sill is flat terra cotta tile. Living Room West Elevation Window. Central in the west elevation of the living room is a 15-pane fixed window set in wood framed jams that is shaded by a canvas awning supported by steel poles tipped by cast iron spearheads.