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Historic Homes
Historic Home Detail | 11
Address
508 N 1st Avenue
Upland, CA 91786
Evaluation
Building
4/27/2007
Construction Date
1896
Current Owner
Kenneth T. & Sandra A. Fallon
Current Owner Address
260 Browning St.
Upland, CA 91786
Description
A combination of Victorian era and Colonial Revival features
characterizes this one-and-one-half story, turn-of-the-century
residence. Its steeply pitched hipped and gabled roof caps a
clapboarded structure. A closed gable, faced with octagon
shingles and containing a narrow, double-hung sash window, is
positioned over,a rounded bay in the north third of the facade.
The bay contains a tripartite window topped by a transom and is
joined to the gable above it by a dentil-like molding. A porch
with a rounded corner defined by a curved roofline and a
correspondingly curved brick platform occupies the remainder of
the facade. Free-standing and engaged Tuscan columns support the
roof over the porch. Overlooking the south elevation, a gabled
dormer is shingle clad and filled by a pair of double-hung sash
windows. Other double-hung sash windows are paired elsewhere on
the exterior.
The property consists of lot 14 and the south 5 feet of lot 13 of
block 20 of the Magnolia Townsite. Originally all of lots 14 and
13 were one parcel which, by 1907, contained three homes: 508
and 520 (now 520A) North First Avenue and 241 (now 141) East
Tenth (Arrow Highway). A $300 improvement to the property was
made in 1896-97. Probably 508 North First was the first of the
three, although 520A would have been built shortly thereafter,
based on architectural style. J. Dundas and wife were listed in
the 1900 directory as ranchers at Euclid Avenue and Tenth, which
was a block away. In 1907 Alida Woodford, widow, was noted at
this location. She owned the property at least until 1923.
The porch, which has no railing, contains two openings, the entry
located near the center of the facade, and a window at the south
end. Other than the front door, which is a somewhat later
vintage than the house, the building appears unaltered. It is in
good condition.
Facing south, in the rear of the lot, 141 E. Arrow Highway is a
one-story residence with American Colonial Revival detailing.
The cross gable roof features boxed cornices. Supported by
Tuscan columns resting on low walls, the closed front gable
shelters the porch. The gable end is shingled while the body of
the house has clapboard siding. Two paneled and glazed entries,
one in the porch, the other recessed on the west side of the
facade beneath a small pent roof, provide access to the
residence. Windows are double-hung sash in type. The cottage is
in fairly good condition.
This house is significant as one of the oldest, most intact, and
better examples of pre-turn-of-the-century house in the
neighborhood. Its unique combination of features distinguishes
it from the other homes of comparable age in the vicinity and its
prominent location and state of preservation enhances that
distinction.