HISTORICAL NOMINATION of the Henry and Lavina Nelson / Martin V. Melhorn House 1965 Sunset Blvd. ~ Mission Hills Neighborhood San Diego, California Ronald V. May, RPA Kiley Wallace Legacy 106, Inc. P.O. Box 15967 San Diego, CA 92175 (858) 459-0326 (760) 704-7373 www.legacy106.com March 2017 1 HISTORIC HOUSE RESEARCH Ronald V. May, RPA, President and Principal Investigator Kiley Wallace, Vice President and Architectural Historian P.O. Box 15967 • San Diego, CA 92175 Phone (858) 459-0326 • http://www.legacy106.com “At-a-Glance” Report Summary Property Information & Applicable Criteria Resource Type: Building / single family residence Resource Name (per HRB naming policy): The Henry and Lavina Nelson / Martin V. Melhorn House Resource Address: 1965 Sunset Blvd., San Diego CA, 92103 (Mission Hills community) APN: 443-580-02-00 Requesting Mills Act? Y N Date of Construction: 1912 Architect/Builder: Martin V. Melhorn (already considered a Master Builder). Prior Resource Address (if relocated): Date of Relocation: Applicant’s Name: Ronald V. May, RPA & Kiley Wallace Owner’s Name: Daryl Fick & Hoan Nguyen Address: Legacy 106, Inc. Address: 1965 Sunset Blvd. P.O. Box 15967 San Diego, CA 92175 San Diego, CA 92103 Phone #: (858) 459-0326 and (760) 704-7373 Phone #: (619) 261-0398 & (619) 708-5635 Email: [email protected] & Email: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] The resource is being nominated for designation as a historical resource under: HRB Criterion A as a special element of the City’s, a community’s or a neighborhood’s historical development archaeological development cultural development social development economic development political development aesthetic development engineering development landscaping development architectural development for the following reason(s): HRB Criterion B for its association with _____who is significant in local, state or national history for the following reason(s): ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ HRB Criterion C as a good/excellent example of Craftsman American Foursquare. HRB Criterion D as a notable work of Martin V. Melhorn , a Master Builder Previously established as a Master Proposed as a Master HRB Criterion E as a property which has been determined eligible by the National Park Service for listing on the National Register of Historic Places or is listed or has been determined eligible by the State Historical Preservation Office for listing on the State Register of Historical Resources. HRB Criterion F as a contributing resource to the Historical District. 2 “At-a-Glance” Report Summary Required Forms and Documentation Check Yes or No, indicating whether or not the following required documentation has been provided: Report Copies Y N Provide one copy of the Historical Resource Research Report, stapled at the corner Department of Parks and Recreation Forms Y N Primary Record (523a) Y N BSO Record (523b) Y N Archaeological Record (523c) (if applicable) Y N District Record (523d) (if applicable) Y N Location Map (523j) (if applicable) Y N Sketch Map (523k) (if applicable) Y N Continuation Sheet (523l) Attachment A Attachment B Y N Assessor’s Record Y N Chain of Title Y N Notice of Completion Y N Directory Search Y N Water / Sewer Records Y N Deed from Date of Construction Y N Building Permits Y N Previous Survey Forms Attachment C Attachment D Y N City SD 800 Scale Eng Maps Y N Historical and Transitional Photos Y N USGS Maps Y N Current Photos of North Elevation Y N Original Subdivision Map Y N Current Photos of East Elevation Y N 1886/1887 Sanborn Y N Current Photos of South Elevation Y N 1906 Sanborn Y N Current Photos of West Elevation Y N 1921 Sanborn Y N 1940 Sanborn Y N 1950 Sanborn Y N 1956 Sanborn Attachment E Attachment F Y N Criterion A Documentation Y N Bibliography Y N Criterion B Documentation Y N Criterion C Documentation Y N Criterion D Documentation Y N Criterion E Documentation Y N Criterion F Documentation 3 State of California – The Resources Agency Primary # ___________________________________ DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # ______________________________________ PRIMARY RECORD Trinomial __________________________________ NRHP Status Code 3S Other Listings ___________________________________________________________ Review Code _____ Reviewer ____________________________ Date __________ Page 3 of 48 *Resource Name or #: The Henry and Lavina Nelson / Martin V. Melhorn House P1. Other Identifier: 1965 Sunset Blvd., San Diego, CA 92103 *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 Jolla Date: 2015 T ; R ; ¼ of ¼ of Sec ; M.D. B.M. c. Address: 1965 Sunset Blvd. City: San Diego Zip: 92103 d. UTM: Zone: 11 ; mE/ mN (G.P.S.) e. Other Locational Data: (e.g., parcel #, directions to resource, elevation, etc.) Elevation: 380 feet Legal Description: The West one half 1/2 of Lot Two in Block Six of Inspiration Heights, in the City of San Diego, County of San Diego, State of California, according to amended map of Block Six of said Inspiration Heights, No. 1282, filed in the Office of the County Recorder of said San Diego County, August 29, 1910. It is Tax Assessor’s Parcel Number (APN #) 443-580-02-00. *P3a. Description: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries) This house is an excellent two story example of both the Craftsman and American Foursquare architectural styles and was built in 1912. It is a large single-family residence in the Inspiration Heights area of the Mission Hills neighborhood. The (front) north elevation faces Sunset Boulevard with a low pitched pyramidal hipped roof on the second level and matching first floor hipped porch roof. The home has two full stories and utilizes a vertical rectangular form. The house has a large full width covered front porch with large square stucco columns. The home was surveyed as part of the 2007 Uptown Reconnaissance Survey and is shown as a potential contributing historic resource in the Craftsman architectural style and was assigned a status code 5D3. (See Continuation Sheet.) *P3b. Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) (HP2) Single family property *P4. Resources Present: Building Structure Object Site District Element of District P5b. Description of Photo: (View, date, accession #) View of north elevation. Photo by Dan Soderberg, February 2017. *P6. Date Constructed/Age and Sources: Historic Prehistoric Both Lot and block book - first assessed for taxes in 1912. Notice of Completion is dated February 14, 1912. Residential building record date of construction1913. 1927 historical aerial photo shows the rear of the home *P7. Owner and Address: Daryl Fick and Hoan Nguyen 1965 Sunset Blvd. San Diego, CA 92103 *P8. Recorded by: (Name, affiliation, and address) Ronald V. May, RPA, and Kiley Wallace, Legacy 106, Inc., P.O. Box 15967, San Diego, CA 92175 *P9. Date Recorded: March 2017 *P10. Survey Type: (Describe) Intensive *P11. Report Citation: (Cite survey report and other sources, or enter "none.") Historical Nomination of The Henry and Mary Nelson / Martin V. Melhorn House, San Diego, California for the City of San Diego, Historical Resources Board, by Ronald V. May, RPA and Kiley Wallace, Legacy 106, Inc., March 2017. Legacy 106, Inc. is indebted to Alexandra Wallace and Dan Soderberg for extensive research, and other assistance with the preparation of this report. *Attachments: NONE Location Map Sketch Map Continuation Sheet Building, Structure, and Object Record Archaeological Record District Record Linear Feature Record Milling Station Record Rock Art Record Artifact Record Photograph Record Other (List): DPR 523A *Required Information 4 State of California The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI# CONTINUATION SHEET Trinomial Page 4 of 48 *Resource Name or #: The Henry and Lavina Nelson / Martin V. Melhorn House *Recorded by: Ronald V. May, RPA and Kiley Wallace *Date: March 2017 Continuation Update *P3a. Description: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries) (Continued): (See Attachment D, Photographs) The subject property at 1965 Sunset Blvd. is a large two-story Craftsman style home with a low pitched pyramidal hipped roof and matching full width hipped roof front porch. The home features decorative stucco on the first level and split wooden shingles on the upper level. The home also utilizes prominent triangular knee braces supporting intersecting beams supporting wide unenclosed eaves with extending rafter tails seen on all elevations. The house has a linear form and compound plan with a small rear addition. It has a detached two car garage at the rear. This is an excellent example of a Craftsman style American Foursquare home. The two-story house features the character defining features indicative of a Craftsman style home. The home has a low pitched roof and a low pitched hipped roof covering the full width front porch. The roof system has multiple elaborations including exposed rafter tails, horizontal support beams and triangular pyramidal knee bracing design. The partial width front porch is supported by rectangular stucco columns which continue to ground level. Exposed eaves extend widely from the roof.