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Historic Homes
Historic Home Detail | 280
Historic Name
Herman Eymann House
Address
814 E Washington Boulevard
Upland, CA 91786
Evaluation
Building
5/7/2007
Construction Date
1906
Current Owner
Carrol R. Faulkner
Current Owner Address
814 e Washington blvd
Upland, CA 91786
Description
Eclecticism is the hallmark of this two-and-one-half story
residence. Located on a double lot at the southeast corner of
Washington and Eighth Avenue, the house is basically an American
Foursquare with embellishments. The hipped roof is varied by
differently proportioned gables facing front and side. Boxed
cornices detail the rooflines, detailed by triangular braces in
the front gable. A side gable is faced in fishscale shingles and
pierced by a vent in the form of an inverted horseshoe. Narrow
clapboard sheathes the building. A porch with a corner entry
spans the (north) facade beneath a pent roof clad in fishscale
and diamond shingles. A beautifully detailed cobblestone wall
with an undulating rail encloses the space. Columns with visible
entasis and partial fluting sit on the wall to support the porch
roof. The entry faces the intersection and contains a dark wood
door with a large oval of beveled glass. Windows are double-hung
sash and occur singly and in groups.
Remarkable for its physical presence - its design, detailing,
siting and massing - this house was built in 1906 by Herman and
Anna Eymann. The Eymann family was from Kansas and arrived in
Upland 1906. Shortly thereafter Herman Eymann started the Eymann
Lumber Company, located at the southeast corner of 9th Street and
5th Avenue. In addition, the family owned several lots around
their home, all of it in Anna's name. Herman died in 1911,
leaving Anna in the house with several family members in
residence including: Gertrude, a student; Helen; Onnie, a music
teacher; Edna, a bookkeeper for the lumber company and later for
the Commercial National Bank; and Edgar, the manager of the
Cucamonga branch of the lumber company. In 1916 another
relation, son Christian C. Eymann, in partnership with his
brother-in-law, W.R. Goerz, founded the Eyraann-Goerz Hardware
Company.
Some have upper sash divided by mullions into a central pane with
surrounding square and rectangular lights. The property has been
extensively landscaped and contains a barn and a gazebo which is
probably not original. A high degree of integrity characterizes
the house, which is in good condition.
Anna Eymann subdivided some of the family's landholdings, located
along the west side of 6th Avenue between 9th and C Streets in
1925; the tract was known as Eymann Place. She continued to live
with two of her daughters in the house until her death in 1933.
Over the years the Eymann family has been deeply involved in the
affairs of Upland, both in terms of their commercial ventures and
real estate transactions, and membership in the Mennonite Church.
The house stayed in the family's possession until 1949. The
present owners are only the third family to own the property.
Its notable architecture prompted admiration when it was built;
it was pictured on postcards, one of which bears a 1909 postmark.
It is still a landmark of the neighborhood today.