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Historic Homes
Historic Home Detail | 351
Address
1790 N Euclid Avenue
Upland, CA 91786
Evaluation
Building
5/8/2007
Construction Date
1910
Current Owner
Ruth A. Garrison-eissinger
Current Owner Address
1790 n Euclid ave
Upland, CA 91786
Description
Set far back from Euclid Avenue, this is a one-story, Mission
Revival influenced house mostly clad in stone. A tiled hip roof
caps the U-shaped structure. The two projecting wings of the wUw
frame a brick-paved patio embellished with a central fountain.
Three round-headed, full height casement windows are set into the
stone wall at the rear of the patio. Windows cut into the
stuccoed side walls are deeply recessed as if the walls were
adobe. Clusters of casement windows are centered on the west
elevations of the end wings. Other details include exposed
rafters in the modestly projecting eaves and small gablets atop
the side wings. Stone pylons and gates protect the property,
which is extensively landscaped. Apparently unaltered, the house
is in good condition.
The assessment record reveals that this was the property of J.S.
Garcia, who, when the records began in 1895, had an $800
improvement and a grove on the land. Captain Joseph Garcia had
been the owner of the Rancho Cucamonga; he sold 6216 acres to the
Chaffey Brothers who after obtaining additional acreage, founded
Ontario. In 1901 the assessed owner of this property becomes the
Citizens Bank of Ontario, followed by Charles Trimble in 1905 and
the Southern California Trust Company in 1906. John D. Howe
purchased lot 354 of the Ontario Colony, on which this house now
sits, in 1911-12. Most likely the Garcias had lived in an older
house and Howe also owned lot 353. In the earlier directory
listings Howe was also identified as a real estate agent. He and
his wife Roberta lived here at least until 1941; that house was
photographed for the fiftieth anniversary edition of the Dailv
Rewort in 1932.
Howe was known in the community for a small organ which he played
for groups and parades. This house is significant for its
architectural style, and materials of construction, its identity
as a grove house on Euclid Avenue and for its association with
one, possibly two, prominent Upland families.