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Historic Homes
Historic Home Detail | 317
Historic Name
Duley Transfer Farm and Storage house
Address
105 E A Street
Upland, CA 91786
Evaluation
Building
5/7/2007
Construction Date
1925
Current Owner
William Kelley
Current Owner Address
105 e A st
Upland, CA 91786
Description
Remarkable integrity makes this commercial/industrial building a
rare example of its kind. Of utilitarian design, the building is
of masonry construction. Its one-story stature is belied by the
focal point of the facade, a prominent stepped parapet. The
parapet is pierced by a central vent and decorated by two
recessed panels. Corbeled lintels top all of the openings,
including a tall, central door, pairs of windows to the right and
left of it, and a secondary, pedestrian entry near the west end
of the structure. Alterations appear to be limited to the
enclosure of the transoms above the windows and pedestrian door
and the possible replacement of the doors themselves. The
building, occupying the lot at the northeast corner of A and
First, is in fairly good condition.
This building is notable as an example of an architectural type
typical of Southern California in the first twenty-five years of
the 20th century, but which because of its utilitarian nature, is
rarely preserved in so intact a state. Luckily this building is
well-documented. It stands on the site of the Fashion Livery,
according to the 1907 Sanborn. After a destructive fire, this
barn was built for George Duley in 1914. In November of that
year the Upland News reported that the IIDuley Transfer barn and
storage house at the corner of A Street and First Avenue ...[ is]
one of the best buildings in the city." The article described
the structure as an "ornament to the streett1 which was
"constructed of brick and sheet iron through~ut.~ Construction
credits were given to Mr. Edwards, the general contractor, W.C.
Cline, brick work, and Granger-Hall Co. for the fireproof
electrical system. In later years the building was adapted to
automobile service, housing the Chamber and Thudium garage in 1934.