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Address

310 N Campus Avenue
Upland, CA 91786

Evaluation

Building
5/3/2007

Construction Date

1900

Current Owner

Mary C. Arango

Current Owner Address

310 n Campus ave
Upland, CA 91786

Description

This one-and-one-half story, turn-of-the-century residence reflects its Queen Anne heritage in the design and detailing of its roof and porch. Side gables comprise the bulk of the roof while a porch wrapping the northwest corner and a dormer balcony centered over the facade are crowned by hipped roofs. Boxed eaves characterize the roof treatment. Fishscale shingles, pierced by circular vents jigsawn in a snowflake motif, face the gable ends. Medium horizontal siding edged by endboards sheathes the structure above a continuous sill while narrower clapboard is used below it. Turned wood columns atop a low, clapboard wall, delicate sawn brackets, and a spindle work frieze embellish the porch. The entry is located at the south end of the porch, slightly off-center on the facade and at the head of four steps. Above it, the balcony is more simply detailed than the porch, with Tuscan columns marking each end.

Although houses began to be erected in Upland as early as the 1880s and 1890s, few examples of the intricate woodwork, usually associated with that era have survived in the community. This house, while post dating the Victorian period, looks back to it in its architectural details. The porch columns and spindles, produced by a lathe, and the porch brackets and gable vents, which utilized the new saws developed in the 19th century, are notable in this regard. The origins of this house are uncertain. It is located in the Pleasant View Tract which was subdivided in 1908. B.P. Swartzendruber, who owned a substantial number of lots in the tract, was the assessed owner that year. He was followed by Nelson I. Hamer, a real estate broker whose residence was elsewhere. In 1914, Warren E. Phillips became the owner.

A secondary entry faces north. winbows are large, double-hung sash, individually disposed around the exterior. The house sits on a fairly high cobblestone foundation and is intact and in good condition.

Phillips was married to one of J.C. Mehlfs daughters, and was in business with his father-in-law, first with the Mehl Hardware Company and then with the Upland Furniture Company. The 1914 directory listed Phillips at this location. It is possible that the house pre-dates the subdivision; otherwise it probably was built by Swartzendruber or Hamer in an anachronistic style.