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Historic Homes
Historic Home Detail | 571
Address
607 N Euclid Avenue
Upland, CA 91786
Evaluation
Building
5/11/2007
Construction Date
1915
Current Owner
Donald R. & Juliet M. Osborne
Current Owner Address
607 n Euclid ave
Upland, CA 91786
Description
Attention to detail marks this two-story Craftsman home. Multigabled,
the roof is very shallowly pitched with overhanging eaves
punctuated by extended beams and rafter tails. Three gables face
front, capping, respectively, second-story wing offset to the
left (south), a window below it, and a large porch which extends
across the northern two-thirds of the lower story. The secondstory
gable features vertical venting, as does the prominent
gable on the main story. The porch walls and piers are stone;
tapered wooden pillars at either end of the porch are joined by
the crossbeam to support the roof. The wooden front door with
three small square lights and three vertical lights is offset on
the southern edge of the porch. The windows are typically
Craftsman, broadly proportioned, clustered in horizontal bands,
capped by extended lintels, and glazed with small lights over
larger ones. Set on a stone foundation, the house is clad in
shakes laid in alternating courses of wide and narrow exposures.
One of the best examples of the Craftsman style in Upland, this
house incorporates many of the design elements associated with
the type. Its horizontality, keynoted by the roof configuration,
an earth-hugging massing, emphasized by the heavy cobblestone
porch wall and foundation, tie it to the landscape. Structural
elements are exposed, not hidden, and become the "decoration" of
the design, supplanting the moldings, pediments, and capitals of
earlier styles. The generous porch and bands of windows relate
interior and exterior spaces in a manner previously unknown and
peculiarly suited to the informal Southern California lifestyle
and mild climate. The house was built in 1915-16, when May B.
Matthews and Jennie H. Brown were the assessed owners. In 1919-
20 the directory listed both women, as well as May's husband
Elmer, an orange grower, in residence.
Alterations to the home include wooden slats and windows which
enclose the northern part of the porch and a cement brick wall
which supports the pergola over the driveway. The house is in
good condition.