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Address

379 N 3rd Avenue
Upland, CA 91786

Evaluation

Building
5/8/2007

Construction Date

1890

Current Owner

Thomas H. Mitchell

Current Owner Address

376 n 3rd ave
Upland, CA 91786

Description

Bearing a remarkable resemblance to historic photographs, this one-story cottage was influenced by the Eastlake style. A side gable roof caps the shiplap-sided structure. The focal point of the facade is the entry, announced by a gable whose pediment is decorated with a raised grid motif. An elaborate stickwork design of brackets and posts embellishes the pillars which carry the gable. Extending to either side, an elevated porch is shaded by the side gable overhang and rimmed by an X-patterned railing. Most of the windows have been altered; however the diagonal and vertical siding laid in panels beneath a continuous sill remains. Another modification has been the removal of the front steps. The building is in fair condition.

Local histories and historic photographs identify this remarkably intact residence as the George Barlow house and the Postal Telegraph Office. One photograph dated 1890 shows the house nearly identical in appearance to today. The first telegraph message sent from Ontario was transmitted on December 11, 1885. This was the North Ontario office, located in a private home so that the facility could be tended at all times. The date of construction of the house is unknown. It is located in block 33 of the Magnolia Tract which was not subdivided until several years after the house was built. The woodwork on the building is particularly notable; it is one of only a handful of examples of "Victorian Gingerbread" in Upland.