{"id":16648,"date":"2015-04-06T16:49:20","date_gmt":"2015-04-06T16:49:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rahs.org\/?post_type=portfolio_page&p=16648"},"modified":"2020-04-16T23:12:58","modified_gmt":"2020-04-16T23:12:58","slug":"starkweather-bungalow","status":"publish","type":"awards","link":"https:\/\/rahs.org\/awards\/starkweather-bungalow\/","title":{"rendered":"Starkweather Bungalow"},"content":{"rendered":"

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2004\u00a0HERITAGE AWARD RECIPIENT<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Redlands Area Historical Society<\/em><\/h4>\n

Byron & Minnie Starkweather Bungalow<\/strong><\/p>\n

913 West Fern Avenue <\/strong><\/p>\n

(1924-1925)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The lovely home at\u00a0913 West Fern Avenue\u00a0was begun in 1924 and completed in 1925 for Byron and Minnie Starkweather.\u00a0\u00a0It was constructed as part of a brand-new subdivision called the Golden West Addition.\u00a0\u00a0The tract encompassed the two lots on the south side of\u00a0Fern Avenue west\u00a0of\u00a0Ash Street\u00a0, the four lots east of\u00a0Ash Street, and the entirety of the 400 block of Ash, a total of 22 lots.\u00a0\u00a0By 1925 homes were built on the six lots which front on\u00a0Fern Avenue\u00a0, as well as two of the lots on\u00a0Ash Street\u00a0near Fern. Interestingly, the majority of the lots on\u00a0Ash Street\u00a0remained vacant until the late 1940s and early 1950s, when the postwar need for housing caused thousands of new homes to be built.\u00a0\u00a0Of the eight homes constructed during the initial push, six were designed in a craftsman style, as were two more built a few years later on the south end of Ash.\u00a0\u00a0The\u00a0\u00a0Starkweathers were the first owners of the home, but the ownership changed three times in the first three years.<\/p>\n

This home is a one-story vernacular example of the craftsman bungalow, a style which was inspired byPasadena\u00a0architects Greene and Greene.\u00a0\u00a0It is a cross-gabled design, and the walls are sided by clapboard, while the roof is composition shingle.\u00a0\u00a0The front of the house exhibits the gable, and a smaller gable extends as the porch roof, about two-thirds of the front fa\u00e7ade.\u00a0\u00a0The main gable includes an exposed beam, while the porch gable contains a vent constructed of vertical openings in groups of three, as well as two exposed beams.\u00a0\u00a0On the right, two casement windows flank a larger center fixed window.\u00a0\u00a0All of the windows on the house have a wide trim decorated by angled ends.\u00a0\u00a0The front door is just left of center.\u00a0\u00a0To the left of the door is a large fixed picture window.\u00a0\u00a0The porch gable is supported by two sloping-sided columns which rest upon rectangular cement piers which rise above the cement porch floor.<\/p>\n

On the east side of the house, the porch wraps around, and includes an arbor supported by four columns and piers identical to those on the front.\u00a0\u00a0A large double-hung window is near the front, followed by a small casement window, the chimney, another small casement window, and a multi-paned door which opens into the rear of the living room.\u00a0\u00a0Steps ascend from a side walk to the porch in front of this door.\u00a0\u00a0Just beyond the door the formal dining room protrudes to the east, and has an additional multi-paned glass door for a separate entrance.\u00a0\u00a0The dining room created the cross gable, which also contains exposed beams.\u00a0\u00a0The three windows on the east side of the dining room are all double-hung, with the center window nearly double the width of the other two.<\/p>\n

Along the back, the dining room has a large double-hung window, and three windows look out from a service porch, with a door onto the porch.\u00a0\u00a0The rear gable of the house contains the same vent design as the front gable.\u00a0\u00a0Further west, the rear bedroom sits forward from the rear enclosed porch, and contains four windows which drop into the wall when open.<\/p>\n

Moving north from the rear, there are four more windows for the rear bedroom identical to those on the rear, four small casement windows and a large double-hung window for the front bedroom.<\/p>\n

The Redlands Area Historical Society is pleased to present this Heritage Award to Betty Mallonee for her outstanding stewardship of this lovely home.<\/p>\n

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