Historic Nomination Report of the Gustaf L. Anderson House 4636 Biona Drive Kensington Community ~ San Diego, California Kiley Wallace Alexandra Wallace Landmark Historic Preservation P.O. Box 16862 San Diego, CA 92176 (760) 704-7373 www.PreserveSanDiego.com April 2020 1 HISTORIC HOUSE RESEARCH • HISTORIC NOMINATION REPORTS Kiley Wallace, President and Architectural Historian Alexandra Wallace, Vice President and Lead Researcher P.O. Box 16862 • San Diego, CA 92176 Phone: (760) 704-7373 • (760) 704-7372 http://www.PreserveSanDiego.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 3 of 30 *Resource Name or #: The Gustaf L. Anderson House P1. Other Identifier: 4636 Biona Drive, San Diego, CA 92116 *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 Location: Not for Publication Unrestricted *a. County: San Diego and (P2b and P2c or P2d.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: 2015 T ; R ; ¼ of ¼ of Sec ; M.D. B.M. c. Address: 4636 Biona Drive City: San Diego Zip: 92116 d. UTM: Zone: 11 ; mE/ mN (G.P.S.) e. Other Locational Data: (e.g., parcel #, directions to resource, elevation, etc.) Elevation: 380 feet Legal Description: Lot 9, Block F, as shown on that certain Map entitled Kensington Park Annex, which map was filed in the Office of the Recorder of the County of San Diego, State of California, according to Map No. 1780, filed on February 13, 1924. It is Tax Assessor’s Parcel (APN) # 465-346-09-00. *P3a. Description: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries.) This subject property at 4636 Biona Drive is a Tudor Revival style home constructed in 1926. The home utilizes an asymmetrical façade which faces east, directly onto Biona Drive in the Kensington neighborhood of San Diego. The resource was identified in a 1996 Mid-City Historic Preservation Strategy survey and assigned a status code of 5D2 denoting a contributor to a district that is eligible for local listing or designation. The home features multiple steeply pitched composition surfaced gable and hipped roofs. The home displays stucco surfacing throughout and decorative half timbering in the front left side wing. The house has a cross gabled (front) elevation with a smaller hipped roof sheltering the left side wing. The home displays a rectangular C-shaped compound rectangular form and an elaborated end chimney on the right side that features stucco surfacing with a flattened chimney top. The house has a steeply pitched roof and has eaves with little overhang. A central raised front patio is surrounded by a low red brick chimney wall. The deep inset front entry door is flanked with small original lantern style lighting fixture on both sides of the entryway. A large window grouping is located on the right side gable end and a lancet arched gable vent tops the gable end. Construction is wood frame with a concrete foundation. The home has a long side driveway and utilizes a rear detached rear double garage. The house features attached groupings of rectangular casement windows in front. The house is in good condition and is an excellent example of its Tudor Revival architectural style and type. (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 east elevation. Photo by Kiley Wallace, October 2019. *P6. Date Constructed/Age and Sources: Historic Prehistoric Both A Notice of Completion was not found. The Residential Building Record is dated 1926. was first accessed in 1922. However No original water or sewer records were found, which is common in Kensington is common in Kensington. Original lot and block book is dated 1927. 1996 Mid-City San Diego historic survey est. date, 1926. Historic photos attached are dated circa 1950's. *P7. Owner and Address: Charles Volk and Hillary H. Volk 4636 Biona Drive San Diego, CA 92116 P8. Recorded by: (Name, affiliation, and address) Kiley Wallace & Alexandra Wallace, Landmark Historic Preservation, P.O. Box 16862, San Diego, CA 92176 *P9. Date Recorded: April 2020 *P10. Survey Type: (Describe) Intensive *P11. Report Citation: (Cite survey report and other sources, or enter "none.") Historical Nomination of The Gustaf L. Anderson House, San Diego, California for the City of San Diego, Historical Resources Board, by Kiley Wallace & Alexandra Wallace, Landmark Historic Preservation, April 2020. © 2020 Landmark Historic Preservation ("LHP"). All rights reserved. Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission from LHP is strictly prohibited. Excerpts and links may be used, provided that full and clear credit is given to LHP with appropriate and specific direction to the original content. *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 30 *Resource Name or #: The Gustaf L. Anderson House *Recorded by: Kiley Wallace & Alexandra Wallace *Date: April 2020 Continuation Update *P3a. Description: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries) (Continued): (See also Attachment D, Photographs) The subject home has a steeply pitched roof, cross gable dominated front façade with stucco surfacing and wood half timbering on the left side wing, a large focal window, end chimney and tall narrow grouped casement windows with multipane glazing, which are typical character defining features of the Tudor Revival style. The home also has a detached double garage at the rear with a paired gable roof design. The home's setting is in the suburban residential neighborhood of Kensington. The home has an east / west alignment with the primary elevation facing east onto Biona Drive. Groupings of tall rectangular windows are seen around the front of the home. The stucco wall surfacing is cream colored and the wooden half timbering, window shutters and all windows and trim are brown painted wood unless noted. The original raised front patio with surrounding red brick wall is located in front. The walls of the home are surfaced with a medium coarse stucco finish with some minor repairs that matches the texture seen in historic photos. Front (East) Elevation. The asymmetrical main front elevation is topped by a tall end chimney on the right with painted brick cap. The cross-gable roofline displays to extending windows on both sides with a gable end on the right and a hipped roof wing extending to the left. The roof has very little overhang and displays a slight flare at the eaves in keeping with the home's Tudor Revival style. Verge boards on the front gable ends feature decorative slightly flared eaves. The front façade displays a large dominant main gable end to the right topped at the gable apex with a peaked louvered wooden attic vent that continues below with a large clipped Tudor or lancet style focal window design, which is made up of seven different window sections separated by horizontal and vertical wooden window mullions. The top window section features two matching four light rectangular true divided light windows flanked by chamfered corner four light windows on each side. Below the horizontal mullion, the gable end focal window utilizes a large 25 light rectangular true divided light window with five rows of five rectangular panes. This large lower central window section is flanked by matching ten light rectangular wooden casement windows which have a true divided light configuration. Finally, a wrought iron window grille is located at the base of the large focal window. This decorative iron window grille appears very original, with upper and lower horizontal bars connected to alternating vertical spiral bars and square bars with delicate hand finished scrollwork collared (connected) with original venetian iron clip and iron rivets. This extending iron lower box style grille is supported below by decorative wrought iron stanchions. To the left, the U-shaped form is evident as two gable ends project out forward to create a small inset side porch area between the extending gable wings. This inset rectangular raised concrete entry porch is walled by a low red brick site wall with common bond red brick with matching vertical brick steps at the center. Looking directly out onto this raised entry porch is a matching set of tall rectangular eight light true divided light wooden casement windows. On the right side, the entry door has a soft inset stucco reveal. The wooden front door displays a small rectangular window surrounded by four L-shaped fielded panels on top with four matching rectangular fielded panels below. This side facing inset doorway is flanked by cast metal porch lantern style lamps topped by conical caps. An unusual doorway curtain stanchion is visible