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Address

415 W 19th Street
Upland, CA 91786

Evaluation

Building
5/8/2007

Construction Date

1900

Current Owner

Antonio Penilla

Current Owner Address

415 w 19th st
Upland, CA 91786

Description

Most of this two-story grove house is hidden from the observer. The most revealing feature is its windows: very tall and narrow in proportion, double-hung in operation, and grouped in twos, all of which suggest a pre-1900 construction date. A one-story addition, capped by gabled roof with exposed rafters, is more Craftsman in appearance. The original portion is clapboarded and sits on a stone foundation. Enclosure of a small porch has altered the entry. Shutters, probably a later addition, flank the windows and suggest the influence of the Colonial Revival. No other details can be seen. In fairly good condition, the house shares a parcel nearly one acre in size with a grove.

The assessment record for this parcel is inconclusive. A wO1v improvement assessment was made in 1916; however, improvements were taxed in the years before and after that date. Since the character of the windows is not at all typical of 1916-17, it is believed that the house must date to the turn of the century or earlier. Frank L. Winn, an orange grower, owned lot 296 of the Ontario Colony, in which this house is located, in the 1910s. According to the directories, he lived at 550 Euclid. There was a tree assessment for lot 296. Apparently the grove house was rented out. According to former neighbors of Winn he was from South Dakota where he operated a carnival. He came to Upland in search of a better climate for his wife's health. This house is significant as an early grove house which retains a portion of its original grove.