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Historic Name

Craig-Williamson-Weber Professional Building

Address

404 N 2nd Avenue
Upland, CA 91786

Evaluation

Building
5/8/2007

Construction Date

1927

Current Owner

Ray M. Musser and Associates,

Current Owner Address

404 n 2nd ave
Upland, CA 91786

Description

Located on the northeast corner of 2nd and D, this is a one-story office building in the spanish colonial revival style. Stucco clad, the building is capped by a tiled hip roof. The primary elevation faces west and is aysmmetrically organized. A large tripartite window in the south half of the facade is the focal point of the design. Framed by pilasters with capitals spanned by a raised lintel, the opening is divided by intricatly carved mullions in the form of colonettes. Ornamental ironwork frames transoms, which have been inclosed above th e 3 sash windows. An iron grille protects a smaller window which is recessed in the north end of the facade. Between the 2 openings the entry is narrow, glazed, topped by a transom and a hood and illuminated by iron and glass lanterns. Alterations to the building, which was remodeled in 1977, include the transoms and perhaps the hood.

The Craig-Williamson-Weber Professional Building was erected in 1927 for the doctors of the same names. Dr. ~illiam H. Craig, Dr. John B. Craig, Dr. Mary Craig Williamson, and Dr. Arthur Weber moved into the new building after practicing in offices at 296 N. Second (the Craigs) and 269 N. Second (Weber). William H. Craig, the senior member of the family, had come to Upland in 1896. He was the father of eight children, three of whom became physicians and one, a dentist. Prior to building the offices at 296 N. Second in 1911, Dr. Craig had maintained an office in a house near the southwest corner of Second and C, just across the street. All of the Craigs and Dr. Weber were intimately involved in the lives of many of Uplands citizens over the years, and this building is a landmark in many people's past. Its exterior integrity, and its quality as one of the few examples of nonresidential Spanish design in the city, reinforce its historic noteworthiness.