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Historic Homes
Historic Home Detail | 347
Historic Name
Edward C. Harwood House
Address
1549 N Euclid Avenue
Upland, CA 91786
Evaluation
Building
5/8/2007
Construction Date
1909
Current Owner
Juan C. Volante
Current Owner Address
1549 n Euclid ave
Upland, CA 91786
Description
This one-and-one-half story Craftsman home is recognizable
chiefly by its principal alteration: a veranda which spans the
facade. Tucked under an extension of the side gable roof, the
veranda is enclosed by an arcade and a balustrade. Several pairs
of casement windows, also not original, open onto the space. In
the center, the entry, a Craftsman, is flanked by sidelights. In
addition original elements include clapboard siding, a stone
foundation, and a shed-roofed dormer. The dormer is centered and
contains three windows beneath its braced eaves. A chimney to
the left (south) of it is a replacement. Historic photographs
illustrate a cobblestone wall and pergola at the edge of the
property on Euclid; they, too, have also been removed. Although
altered, the house retains the essence of its historic
appearance. It is in good condition and complemented by a well-maintained
garden.
This house is significant as one of the grove houses on Euclid
Boulevard and for its association with some of the most prominent
families of early Upland. The assessment record for lot 436 of
the Ontario Colony and the city directories indicate that this
house was built for the Edward C. Harwood family around 1909.
Harwood, the eldest son of Upland pioneer Charles E. Harwood, was
born in 1872. He grew up in the old Harwood house on the south
half of lot 436, at the corner of 15th and Euclid. Both he and
his wife-to-be, Alice Paul, whose family lived a few blocks north
on Euclid, attended Chaffey College. Edward went on to Pomona
and received his bachelor's and master's degrees from Stanford.
Afterwards, he did graduate work at Columbia University and was a
tutor for an American family living in Mexico. When he returned
to Upland he was married and took up the management of the
extensive Harwood orange and lemon groves.
He also served as president of the Board of Chaffey Union High
School, and of the Y.M.C.A. Mrs. Harwood raised her family and
became active in the Red Cross during World War I. The family
stayed in Upland, spending summers in Santa Monica, until 1926
when the Upland property was sold. The Harwoods then built homes
in Pasadena and later in South Pasadena, becoming doubly involved
in the cultural life of those communities.
During the 1930s the Upland house was the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Alan A. Couch. It was pictured in the fiftieth anniversary
edition of the Dailv Report. Couch was the proprietor of a
Chevrolet Agency, located at 302 Second Avenue.