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Address

1847 N Euclid Avenue
Upland, CA 91786

Evaluation

Building
5/8/2007

Construction Date

1900

Current Owner

James B. & Gladys P. Rees

Current Owner Address

1847 n Euclid ave
Upland, CA 91786

Description

Several architectural traditions - English Revival, Craftsman, and perhaps earlier - seem to be referenced in this two-story residence. The clapboarded structure is capped by a fairly steep, side-gabled roof. At the north end of the facade, a front gable is emphasized by siding laid at an angle. Two tall and narrow, two-over-two, double-hung sash windows are centered between shutters in the gabled end. Below them, a shed roof whose rafters are exposed unlike the enclosed soffits elsewhere on the house shelters an attached porch. A triple window and a door open off the space. While the north half of the facade suggests a pre-1900 farmhouse with a Craftsman porch, the south half nods towards the English Revival. A broad brick chimney, accented by clusters of raised bricks, is the focal point. Next to it a boxed oriel on the second floor contains a diamond-paned window.

If the appearance of this house is puzzling its history is equally so. The property, lot 1 of the Osborn subdivision, was owned by members of the Osborn family from before 1900 to at least 1947. The subdivision was recorded in 1887. In 1894 John Gerry built a house and barn at 18th and Euclid for John Osborn. As early as 1886 Osborn had erected a stable at this location. An improvement on this lot was documented at least as early as 1900 (and perhaps earlier), assessed to William Osborn. Similarly the directories' listings of William Osborn and his wife, later identified as Elizabeth, continue at least through 1940 with the location description varying as other houses were built on the block. At various times the house numbers used were 1823, 1865, and 1847. Beginning in 1939, Elizabeth Osborn was the assessed owner, then in 1942 she was listed in partnership with Isabel Osborn Graves.

A one-story extension is topped by a balcony and overlooked by the ends of a pair of side gables. The house is in good condition and beautifully landscaped. The extent of its alterations is unknown. 19. SIGNIFICANCE AND EVALUATION: Assessment values remained constant until the twenties when an increase in the improvement assessment could have meant new or additional construction. One interpretation of this incomplete series of facts is that a house - maybe the north end of the present one - was built in 1894 and remodeled and extended in the 1920s. Regardless of the specific facts of its origin, the house is significant as one of the historic grove homes on Euclid Avenue.