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Address

2008 N Euclid Avenue
Upland, CA 91786

Architect

L.T. Bishop

Evaluation

Building
5/9/2007

Construction Date

1909

Current Owner

Irene M. Sclater, Tr

Current Owner Address

2008 n Euclid ave
Upland, CA 91786

Description

A pair of side-by side front gables are the focal point of this two-story Craftsman grove house. Detailed with extended bargeboards and exposed braces, the gable ends are shingles in the peaks, vented and contain eight-over-one double-hung sash windows flanked by shutters. Below a plain frieze, clapboard sheathes the body of the house. A curious bay with a single, off-set window separates the two gable ends. Both this projecting space and the north gable are fronted by a stickrailed balcony. The balcony sits atop the roof of a screened porch. A tripartite window with small, square panes in the upper sashes is linked up below the south gable. The house sits on a stone foundation. To the south of the house a barn/garage is topped by a cupola, reiterating the Colonial influence observed on the house.

The assessment records indicate that this house was built prior of 1915. A grove had been planted on the property as early as 1901 when the owner was H.L. McNeil. In 1910 R.J. Laidlaw was assessed. A notice in the Builder and Contractor in April 1901 noted that: "R. J. Laidlaw has secured the contract for the erection of a two-story, eight-room residence at Euclid Ave. and 20th St., for L.J. Goff. It will have pointed-up stone foundations and columns, hardwood floors, plate glass, slashed grain pine trim, complete plumbing and electric lighting system and furnace. The plans were prepared by Architect L.T. Bishop of Pomona."

Mature trees and shrubbery as well as orange trees are located on the property was as well. Other than the screening of the porch and the Colonial detailing the house appears unaltered. It is in good condition.

A slim possibility exists that the house described as 2008 N. Euclid could be one and the same if the stone columns were removed and an error in the identity of the owner (not unheard of in the Builder and Contractor) was made. The directories show Laidlaw living in Upland in 1909-1911, no address given. He was residing at this address in 1912-13 as was Christopher G. Walton, assessed owner in 1911 and 1912. Both men are listed as orange growers. In 1913 Edward A. Marshall was assessed, followed by Florence D. Marshall from 1914 to 1916. The Marshalls were also ranchers. Regardless of its precise origins, the house is notable as an original grove house on Euclid Avenue, one which retains a remnant of its grove.