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Historic Name

Godfrey Andreas House

Address

515 W 17th Street
Upland, CA 91786

Evaluation

Building
5/8/2007

Construction Date

1910

Current Owner

Maria B. Korcek & Lillian K. Gillespi

Current Owner Address

P.O. box 591
Upland, CA 91786

Description

Set back from the street on an elevated lot lined by palm trees, this is two-story Craftsman house. A shallowly pitched side gable roof caps the clapboarded dwelling. spanning the facade, another gable faces front. Braces support the gable overhangs and horizontal slats provide venting at the apex of the gable. The gable defines a recessed porch, the left (west) third of which is enclosed with a pair of casement windows. Battered cobblestone piers and pedestals define the three bay space. They carry a cross beam which is overlaid by a series of timbers laid perpendicularly to it. Cobblestone porch walls delineate the space. The entry is offset to the west and consists of a broad front door flanked by sidelights, all encased within a battered surround. A tripartite window in the east bay echoes the proportions and detailing of the entry. On the east end of the roof a cobblestone chimney emerges.

This home meets several of the criteria for significance in the history of Upland. It is an outstanding example of Craftsman design distinguished by the skilled use of cobblestones and exposed structural elements. Siting and landscaping combine to give the house an impressive presence on the street. Furthermore it is associated with a prominent Upland citizen, Godfrey Andreas, who lived there in the 1930s. Andreas, who had a spray equipment business, was a city councilman. It is not known if Andreas built the house, which is estimated to date to c. 1910. It appears to be located in lot 366 of the Ontario Colony and was probably the grove house for that 10 acre parcel. The house was pictured in the fiftieth anniversary edition of the Daily Report (5/28/32).

The house sits high on its stone foundation, suggesting the presence of a basement, and is reached by a flight of thirteen steps. Five more steps on access with entry lead from the sidewalk through a cement retaining wall to a pathway which bisects a generous front lawn. On the sides of the lot boulder walls define the property. Alterations appear to be limited to a stuccoed front gable end. The enclosure of the porch may be original. A wooden pier on a stone pedestal has been substituted for the full stone pier and the windows display the same distinctive pattern of muntins that characterize other windows. The property is in good condition.