Architectural Significance
This home is a one story Queen Anne/Eastlake double house with gabled cross bays framing a center porch. The original redwood shiplap siding is intact and in good condition. There are fish scale shingled gable ends. Turned and swan stick work with ornamental pendants and brackets. An "x" design lives in the decorative sawn panels where the gables overland the bays. The home is one of the oldest homes on the street. It is believed to have been built in 1887 and was listed in the Los Angeles Tribune May 6, 1887. It is a contributing home in the Historic Preservation Overlay one of Angelino Heights.
History
Known as the Thomes P. Myre residence, this late-1880's Victorian duplex was listed in the 1894 edition of the Los Angeles City Directory. This historic residence was also displayed in the 1890 edition of the Sanborn Insurance Fire Company Map, its outline and integrity similar to how it still stands today. It is believed the property was erected by Ferdinand Gottschalk, a prominent St. Louis carpenter and builder knows for his development and real estate accumulation in the area during the real estate boom of the 1880's. It is believed the building was built for his daughters Nancy and Sarah Gottschalk. The city has listed the date built as 1900, however research shows the home is older than that as mentioned above. Improvements in the amount of $540.00 were newly accessed in the year 1900 as is probably the reason this is the first year it was accessed by the city.
Improvements