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Modesto Architecture Database - A Modesto Art Museum Project

Database is under construction, to be completed fall 2009. This is only a sample of what's to come.


521 Magnolia Street	2406 Harcourt Street	4204 Dale Road	Modesto College Campus

Photo	Street Number:	Street Name:	Original Use:	Architectural Style:	Brief description of the site or the structure and any major alternations from its original condition	Construction Date	Architect/Designer	Historical and/or architectural importance	Books, documents, survey, personal interviews and their dates.
Photo	621	2nd Street	Water Pump Building		Square one story, flat-roofed masonry building. Parapet walls with recessed panels. Shelf with brackets near edge. Twin semi-circular door opening. Molded concave shell supported on piers with thrust. Door has been covered with sheet metal. Glass fan light of multiple panes. Side windows are flat with decorated lintel. Decorative masonry band beneath shelf on sides and rear.
Photo	629	2nd Street	Fire Station		Two story overlapped wood fire station. Design is similar to bungalow in neighborhood. Low pitched roof with composition shingles. Sideboards at building corners. Cornice fascia alone. Edge of roof projecting with boards attached at roof edge. Flat entry with plain molding over doors and windows. Brick porch supported by wooden pillars on masonry piers.	1924
	517	5th Street	Residential		Single story square stucco structure. Cross gable with bell cast gable facing forward. Wood shingled roof. Eaves project and rafters are exposed. Roof projects at gable end with boards attached at roof edge. Flat main door with plain molding, repeated around windows. Porch recessed into corner with semi-circular entrance/arch both at front and open side. Approximately 1200 square feet. A simple complimentary high pitched gable dwelling is at rear of lot and detached complementary garage.	c. 1938
	529	5th Street	Residential	Bungalow	Two single story rectangular wood duplex structures separated by a detached two-story structure serving as a garage at ground level and a swelling unit above; all of same construction. Low pitched gable with hip projecting over front porch (single story structures). Elaborate array of small to moderate dimension columns and beams define porch areas and support forward hip. Flat main door with lintel, same theme at windows.	c. 1924			Modesto City Dir. 1914, 17, 19, 22, 26, 29, 31
	531	5th Street	Residential	Bungalow	Two single story rectangular wood duplex structures separated by a detached two-story structure serving as a garage at ground level and a swelling unit above; all of same construction. Low pitched gable with hip projecting over front porch (single story structures). Elaborate array of small to moderate dimension columns and beams define porch areas and support forward hip. Flat main door with lintel, same theme at windows.	c. 1924			Modesto City Dir. 1914, 17, 19, 22, 26, 29, 31
	705	5th Street	Residential	Bungalow	Rectangular wood clapboard one story structure. Low pitched cross gable with two parallel low gables facing forward, the predominant extending over porch. Projecting eaves and exposed rafters. 4 x 6 brackets support gable ends. Composition roof. Flat front door with plain lintel, repeated around windows. Open porch with tetrahedral wood supports on brick piers.	c. 1924		W. S. Anderson, driver for PG&E	1914-1931 Modesto City Directories
	715	5th Street	Residential		Single story rectangular wood (clapboard) structure. Gabled overhang dormers on front and sides. Projecting eaves with scalloped rafter tails. Bell cast hip roof with composition shingles. Flat door, plain lintel, Offset/closed veranda style porch with two front entries. Apparently a duplex. Various outbuildings in rear.	c. 1917			1914-1931 Modesto City Directories
Photo	811	5th Street	Bank	Googie		1957		Became Bank of California in 1958
Photo	432	6th Street	Hall
	718	6th Street	Residential	Bungalow	This is a story and a half square wood frame residence sheathed with narrow clapboard siding and capped by a shallow gabled roof of asbestos shingles. The eaves are projecting and have exposed rafters and decorative support brackets at each corner. A gabled single wood entrance door is protected by a slanted projection which is supported by decorative brackets. A small open stoop leads to the entrance. A pair of double hung sash windows flank the doorway.
	808	6th Street	Residential		This is a two story square plan wood frame dwelling sheathed with shiplap siding. The house is capped by a gabled roof of asbestos shingles and has enclosed rafters. A hipped projection extends across the entire first floor and forms the porch. The porch roof is supported by square posts resting on a low wall which encloses the porch. The main entrance is a single door with glass above paneled wood and is flanked by a double hung sash window on each side. There are two interior brick chimneys with gabled caps. An outside stairway on one side of the house leads to a second floor entrance.
	810	6th Street	Residential	Bungalow	This is a small one story rectangular plan dwelling sheathed with clapboard siding and capped by a wood shingle gable roof with exposed rafters. A projecting gable supported by square posts shelters the off center entrance which consists of a single glass above the wood door. There is one double hung sash window to the side of the entrance. A single interior brick chimney projects from the center of the roof.
Photo	517	7th Street		Mission Revival	A rectangular industrial building with a cement façade. There is an arched Mission Revival parapet at the front edge of the roof. The main entrance is a center pair of sliding doors flanked by large multipaned windows. Above the entry is a group of three louvered vents sets in an arched opening and to one side is a single paneled wood door. The low arched roof and the sides and rear of the building are covered with corrugated metal siding.
Photo	701	7th Street	Retail	International Stype or Bauhaus	A rare early International Style commercial building	1928	Russell Guerne De Lappe	Mellis Brothers Grocery
	710	7th Street	Industrial	Classical Revival Influence	A one story rectangular cement block industrial building. A stuccoed parapet at the roof edge exhibits classical detailing. There is a single entrance on each side of a large multipaned window. There is a small window to the left of the left door and a large multipaned window to the right of the right door. A multisectioned transom extends across both doors and the windows.
Photo		7th Street	Bridge		Canticrete bridge with internal steel trusses	1916	John B. Leonard	It was known as the Lion Bridge when it first opened.
	801	8th Street	Grocery Store	Art Deco	This is a large square plan commercial building with a curved front corner. The main entrance is at one side of the building and consists of double glass doors. Large plat glass display windows extend around both sides of the building facing the street. Beneath the display windows is a band of colored ceramic tile. A metal marquee extends around the street sides of the structure.	1938
	719, 721	8th Street		Mission Revival	This is a pair of nearly identical rectangular commercial /industrial building. Each has a stucco façade and a mission Revival parapet concealing a low pitched asbestos gabled roof. Both building are sheathed in corrugated metal siding on the side and rear portions. here is a group of three louvered vents set in arched openings above the center entrance to each building. 719 has a large double door entrance which is flanked by a pair of stationary windows with multipaned upper sections. 721 has a smaller double door entry.
	1201	8th Street	Commercial	Victorian		1895		This building has housed the Modesto Steam Laundry since 1895.
Photo		9 th Street	Bridge		A modified haunch girder, 2000 foot long, four lane bridge with bike lane and pedestrial walkways spanning the Tuolumne River south of downtown Modesto.	2007	Donald McDonald
Photo		9 th Street	Arch		In 1912, the downtown Modesto Arch, located at 9th and I streets, was built for a cost of $1,200. The brick, concrete and steel illuminating arch holds 668 lights, stands 25 feet high at its center, and spans 75 feet across I Street. The arch carries the city slogan, Water, Wealth, Contentment, Health.	1912	Bernard Joseph	One of the last remaining city arches from the Boosterism period of the 20th century.
	301	9th Street	Cannery	Industrial	This is a large one story rectangular industrial building sheathed with corrugated metal siding. Near the center of one side of the building there is a cylindrical tank with a peaked roof and a rounded bottom which projects from the roof. The tank is supported by four steel girders. The roof over the main part of the building is in four low arched sections. There are sliding metal doors at the sides of the building and small shed roof extension on one side.			Tille Lewis Cannery
Photo	504	9th Street	Offices
	621	9th Street	lumber company sales office		This is a one story square wood frame commercial building. The exterior is sheathed with shiplap siding. A hipped roof of painted wood shingles caps the structure. The rafters are enclosed in a boxed cornice. The main entrance is an off-center single glass door. There are also two side entrances consisting of a single and a double door as well as a single center entry at the rear of the building. There are no windows on the front or rear of the building but the side with the two entrances has center double hung sash windows and the side facing 9th Street has a row of five double hung sash windows toward the rear of the building.			Modesto Lumber Company
Photo	1001	9th Street	railway depot	Mission	The Southern Pacific Station displays the simplicity of form characteristic of a 1915 Mission Style railroad depot. The rectangular one-story stucco building has a low tile hip roof with boxed cornices and heavy paired support brackets. At each side of the main portion of the building is a flat roofed extension with projecting roof beams (vigas) and windows set in arched openings. These extensions wrap around the building and meet on the railroad tracks side of the dept where the walls continue upward forming a parapet above an arcade. A pair of small bell towers flanks the parapet. A projecting arcade with a modified espadana parapet leads to an entrance on the street side of the building. Paired double hung sash window interrupt the plain wall surfaces surrounding the building.	1915		Original Southern Pacific Depot
Photo	1425	9th Street		Industrial
	321	10th Street	Warehouse		One story rectangular warehouse with a cement façade. Facing the street is a center projecting parapet framed by a shorter pillar-like projection at each end. The main part of the building has a hipped roof. The main entrance is a large center double wood door. There is a multipane widow to each side of the doorway. Corrugated metal siding sheathes the sides and rear of the building.
	431	10th Street			This is a one story L shaped, light green stucco with brick trim building. It has a false front and a flat roof.			Noteworthy neon sign
Photo	600	10th Street	Police Station	Neo Arts and Crafts
	701	10th Street		Art Deco		1941		For years this was the Greyhound Bus terminal for Modesto.
Photo	710	10th Street	Garage			1915		Originally built as a car garage, it later became a fight areana. It is now a warehouse.
	713	10th Street	Commercial		Rectangular single story stucco building with false front. Plain flat door molding. Doors are located at center of building. Black stone veneer runs to top of full length transom. Double display windows in business on east end of building single display windows on west end of building. Three bands below parapet serve as trim. Black veneer below window with ¼ round molding at intersection with window.
	726	10th Street			Two story rectangular cut stone building. False front, decorated parapet. Glat main door is located off center. Molded trim with glass panels and divided glass transom. Ornamented shelf separates pairs of leaded rectangular windows/transom. Top openings filled in, smaller than bottom pair. Curved marble platform steps lead to marble and mosaic tile landing. Two ornamented lights on each side of entry. 18” diameter seal with large “B” and “Erected 1894” centered below parapet. Cloth awning and a wood and wrought iron sign have been added and compliment existing structure.	1894		Built by J. D. Spencer, Editor of the Daily Evening News. In 1890 Mr. Spencer is quoted as proposing a “new building, hard finished throughout, 25 x 75 will be erected”. In 1920, the building became the office for the Del Este Water Company. In 1967, it became the law office for Robert Bienvenu.
	819	10th Street	Office Building			1949
Photo	833	10th Street	Bank	Modernist Classical	Soaring arches, sculptured ceramic tile, and a characteristic interior make this a remarkably intact example of modernist classic architecture. Notice the distinctive interior light fixture, bubble ceailing lights, the curving stairway, and the sweeping mezzanine level. the sunburst wall clock is typical of the period, as is the large fluted concrete planter that passes through the glass wall.	1965	Mortensen and Hollstien	A remarkable example of mid 20th century modern classical architecture. Originally built as World's Savings.	Modernism In Modersto 1937 to 1972, by the Modesto Art Museum
	922-924	10th Street	Retail	Art Deco	A three story rectangular brick commercial building. The street level façade has been remodeled with large plate glass display windows and two recessed entrances with double glass doors. The upper levels of the building reveal its original Art Deco styling. Both the second and third stories contain three pairs of set back strip windows which add to the geometric feeling of the design. The windows are multipane metal sash type with plain spandrels. Low geometric relief decorate the third story window heads. Above the third story windows is a series of three horizontal panels; the center panel contains the name Kress and the two flanking panels have stylized floriated patterns in low relief. The façade is capped by a stepped parapet with a zig-zag decorative band at the top. The vertical character of the composition is emphasized by tall pilaster-like panels scored with linear detailing at the outer sides of the façade.	c. 1930		Original Kress Chain Store, built circa 1930. Largest and oldest retail Art Deco façade in downtown area and one of kind in Modesto.
	1001	10th Street	Retail/Rooms		A 1940s to ‘50s modernization covers the street level facades. An original recessed entrance remains near the rear of the J Street side of the building. The second story retains its original white glazed brick veneer although the windows have been replaced. There is an intricate ornamental masonry band at the base of the low roof parapet. A slanted bay projects at the front corner of the second story. Photos show this corner bay to originally have had a dome cupola cap.	1912		Only bay corner projecting left in Modesto part of oldest continuous 10th Street business frontage remaining.
Photo	1010	10th Street	Government
Photo	1021	10th Street	Theatre					Brendan Theatre
Photo	1217	10th Street	Grocery Store	Googie		1948		Originally built as a Lucky Supermarket
	111	11th Street	Cannery	Industrial	This is a large rectangular stuccoed cannery. A plain parapet surrounds the roof. A three story section projects at the center side. Large sliding metal doors surround the building. A straight stairway with a side approach leads to two single entrance doors. On eight side of the doors is a group of double hung sash windows (three on one side and two on the other.)			S & W Foods
	401	11th Street				1928		Building in which the Gallo brothers founded their famous winery.
	530	11th Street	Commercial	Mediterranean	A square building with yellowish/tan stucco has a red tile, low hip roof. There is a shingle gable off center in the back. There is a new addition attached to the side which obscures much of the original. Front of the building has been modernized. The remaining side windows are sash with half round tops.	1928		Modesto & Empire Traction Co.
	600	11th Street	Fire Station	Art Deco		1939
	610	11th Street	Firehouse	Art Deco	A two story rectangular reinforced concrete Art Moderne structure. A five story tower projects at each of the rear corners of the building. Simple vertical pilaster-like panels divide the façade into four bays. At the street level each of the outer panels contains a glass door and transom. The center panels have metal frame casement windows. All four panels have second story casement window. These windows and doors are all slightly recessed and the structural openings have rounded edges and are trimmed with an upswept detail at the center of the lintel. The only other surface ornamentation consists of three graduated projecting horizontal bars at the top outer corner of the each tower. The flat roof is concealed by a plain parapet in which the name and date of the building have been incised. Metal roll-up doors have replaced the original folding doors at the four fire truck entrances. Additional alterations include aluminum awnings over the south side windows and one and half story service extension on the north side of the building.	1939	Frank J. Rossi	Frank Rossi was the city engineer for many years.	Mod Bee Feb 28, 1939: Zonligt
	630	11th Street	Retail		A one-story stuccoed brick commercial building and an adjacent garage. The nearly square auto parts store has a corner location with tripart metal frame display windows along the street frontages. There is a recessed entrance at the front corner of the building facing G Street. Two continuous string courses separate the tops of the windows from the low single step parapet which surrounds the roof. The adjoining garage has a high false front parapet concealing a metal gable roof. The façade contains a single leaf entrance, a large wooden plane sliding door with a multipane window in the center, and a large tripart metal frame multipane window.	1920s
	632	11th Street	Retail/Service		A one-story stuccoed brick commercial building and an adjacent garage. The nearly square auto parts store has a corner location with tripart metal frame display windows along the street frontages. There is a recessed entrance at the front corner of the building facing G Street. Two continuous string courses separate the tops of the windows from the low single step parapet which surrounds the roof. The adjoining garage has a high false front parapet concealing a metal gable roof. The façade contains a single leaf entrance, a large wooden plane sliding door with a multipane window in the center, and a large tripart metal frame multipane window.	1920s
Photo	800	11th Street	Courthouse	Mid 20th Century Modern		1960	Mitchell Van Bourg	Mitchell Van Bourg was a student of Walter Gropius at Harvard.
Photo	801	11th Street	Government	Mid 20th Century Modern	Originally a four story building, the top floor was added in 1978. A terra cotta sun screen shades the 2nd through 4th floors.	1960	Milton T. Pflueger	In May 1961, Modesto's new city government building made the cover of The American City magazine, and was held up as an example of progressive urban design.	The American City, May 1961; Modernism in Modesto 1937 to 1972 by Modesto Art Museum
	1012	11th Street	telephone compnay and offices	Renaissance Revival	A three-story, Renaissance style building with flat roof and red brick on the front a short way on the sides. A classical cornice below the parapet, with flat modillion, bed molding, dentils and the effect of a frieze by using a string course. The windows have a white flat arch with keystone. An entrance vestibule on the right corner of the front with a floor of small, white, hexagonal tiles and fretted black border. A classical entrance with white molded trim, and consoles supporting a cornice with flat modillions. A string course between the first and second stories projects one foot and has a vertical face with Greek frets. A white, plaster water table is made to look like ashlar masonry. To the rear of the 1922 building is a 1950s addition. The building was purchased in 1987 and underwent extensive interior remodeling in 1988. The remodeling involved glass black floor to ceiling panels on the north wall of the newer rear portion and an atrium and arch addition to top floor of the newer rear portion. The 1922 building exterior was left intact.	1922		Pacific Telephone Building: The telephone came to Modesto in 1887. In 1894 Modesto got a new larger switchboard and its first public telephone. The first buildings were at 1018 and 1016 I Street in Modesto. By 1922 they had outgrown these facilities and moved to the 11th Street location.	100 Years by Maino; personal interview with historian Jack Brotherton 5/5/84
	1125	11th Street	Commercial		This is a narrow rectangular single story brick commercial building. It has simple, decorative brick relief on the facade parapet. The original entrance has been replaced with a door and flanking display windows composed of narrow vertical glass panels.	c. 1915		This small retail building was originally a tailor’s shop. The entry threshold still has the original owners name set in tile.
Photo	1230	11 th Street	Gas Station	Sign	On the corner near this altered building is a surviving Texaco sign. It is illuminated by two spot lights.	1935		One of the few remaining signs from the 1930s.
	1306	11th Street	Residential	Craftsman Bungalow with a Swiss motif	This is a medium sized structure with a second overhanging gable over the front porch. There is a small dormer window which is double paned. The entire house is covered with horizontal overlapping wooden siding to the roof. There is a sash window with two glass side panels on one side of entry door and a smaller single window on the other side. The door is in the middle of the front of the house with glass panes at its top. The front door, front and side windows, roof fascia, dormer windows and porch pillars all have a Swiss Chalet type decorative trim. The house is well maintained . The Swiss decorative trim could be either exceptionally well kept or a later addition.	c. 1925
	1310	11th Street	Residential	Craftsman Bungalow	A large one-story structure with the typical second gable overhanging the porch, but the porch itself has been extended to the full front of the house. The porch is stucco with stucco pillars while the house is of overlapping horizontal wood siding. The front gables are part shingle and part horizontal wood siding. There are two large sash windows on either side of a glass paned door. The foundation and the steps are cement.	c. 1914
	1405	11th Street	Residential	Craftsman Bungalow	This is a rectangular house. It has a shingled roof with gabled dormer and a gabled overhang over the recessed porch with concrete pillars. The gable ends of the roof are at the sides rather than front and back. The south side of the house has a horizontal overhand over a projecting set of windows. The walls are of wood siding with shingles from eaves to roof line. The front door is angled and there are two large windows with large sash and small paned at the top and at the front do the house. There is a ground to above the roof exterior chimney.	c. 1914
	1431	11th Street	Apartment House		This is a rectangular one story building housing two apartments or flats. It is of white stucco, boxy with a flat roof with a crenellated parapet projecting above the flat roof. There is a projecting flat roof porch over each of the two entrances. The porch roof is about three feet lower than the building roof. There are open cement porches at each side of the building front and between them is a narrow slanted tiled roof section. The open porches are supported by four plain pillars.	c. 1924


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	506	12th Street		California Bungalow	The house is one story California Bungalow type. It is rectangular in plan and made of wood or stucco.
	510	12th Street		California Bungalow	The houses is a one story California Bungalow type. It is rectangular in plan and made of wood or stucco.
Photo	519	12th Street	Sign
	704	12th Street	Residential			1887		One of few remaining 12th Street large homes from the 1880s, and one of few remaining period furnishing filled structures of this era. George Perley build home for himself in 1887. It was a private home until 1921 when George Sovern operated the building as one of the town’s first mortuaries. Sovern died in 1938 and his wife and daughter kept operating the firm until they sold to Lewis Franklin and Saxon Downs in 1946. They developed the service into the most selected mortuary by local families. The ownership is still held by Franklin & Downs.	Personal interviews: May 29, 1984
	421	13th Street			One story California Bungalow
	425	13th Street			One story California Bungalow
	426	13th Street			One story California Bungalow
	428	13th Street			One story California Bungalow
	502	13th Street			One story California Bungalow
	520	13th Street			One story California Bungalow
	525	13th Street			One story California Bungalow
	526	13th Street			One story California Bungalow
	531	13th Street	Residential		This structure is a large rectangular 2 story building, rather overgrown with foliage. The design has been influenced by the Queen Anne gabled architectural style but is a simpler form of this style. It features several gables, siding of overlapping wood board, bay windows on one side and a side and a side porch. There is also a street level basement. The windows are double sashed.	c. 1915
Photo	1025	13th Street	Telephone Company		The building is massive but elegant. The façade is clad in huge grey ceramic tiles affixed to the building with silver rivets that create a large geometric pattern. The windows are separated by shallow rectangular attached columns, reminiscent of radiator fins that give the building a soaring effect making it look much taller than it four floors.	1949	Clarence Peterson and Wendell Spackman		Modernism in Modesto 1937 to 1972 by Modesto Art Museum
	1115	13th Street	Offices	International Style or Bauhaus	Originally an apartment building	1938
Photo	1210	13th Street	Residential	Dutch Colonial Revival Bungalow	Two story, gamble roofed bungalow. The house has a front facing gable to fit on a narrow lot.	1910		Plans for this type of house were often ordered from a catalogue.
Photo	1213	13th Street	Offices		The present building is a remake of a 1973 building. The previous building was almost entirely torn down. An interior stairway was added, as well as many square feet of space.	2009	Joseph Smith of Architecture Plus Inc.	Woodland Construction was the general contractor. The building is the new home of Yosemite Farm Credit.	Modesto Bee, June 26, 2009
	909	14th Street	Residential	Victorian		1882		Originally the home of W.H. Hatton.
	1207	14th Street	Offices	Mid 20th Century Modern
	919	15th Street	Residential		This house, behind #921 and facing the street, is irregularly shaped, with plaster walls, a shingle roof with gable ends on the right and left sides of the house, exposed rafters, and rake boards. The solid wood front door, on the left of the front, has a cement stoop with 3 steps, and an extension of the house roof over it supported by brackets. On the right of the door is a large, wide window with a center pane and a narrow casement on each side. Extending forward from the right of the house front is a long gable not as high as the house, with double-hung, 4 over 4 windows, and a plastered chimney on the gable end. The back of the house has a gable which extends about 2 yards and is half as high as the house.	c. 1931			City Directories 1911-1942 / County Tax Assessors Rolls
	921	15th Street	Residential	Tudor	This irregularly shaped, 1 story house with a shingled gable roof and plaster walls, faces left and presents its side to the street. The eaves have exposed rafters and rake boards, and the gable end, which faces the street, is the only side which has imitation half timbering, but the boards are painted the same color as the plaster. On the left of this side is a large segmental window with 36 panes, which are curved at the top to fit the arch. On the right there is a gable half the height of the house, projecting about s ½ feet. In it is a double-hung, 6 over 6 window. The front door is around the left corner, with an extension of the house roof over it, supported by brackets, and has a stoop with 3 steps, and a brick planter on each side. On the left of the door is a pair of double-hung, 4 over 4 windows, and beyond them a gable half of the height of the house, extending about 7 feet, also with 4 over 4 windows. The side of the house farthest from the street has another gable half as high as the house, extending about 9 feet, and in the corner formed by the house and gable there is a door with a roof and stoop similar to those of the front door.	c. 1936		The original owners of this home were Mr. and Mrs. John Moore. The Moores also owned the Moore Equipment Company of Modesto. This firm specialized in the manufacture and sales of agricultural equipment.	Modesto City Directories 1911-41 / Personal interview
Photo	924	15th Street
	850	16th Street	Church	Mediterranean	This elongate, irregular shaped complex has concrete walls, and a multi-gabled, tiles roof with no eaves. There is a rain gutter that looks like a cornice, a frieze, and a rake board on the gables. The church proper projects at one ends, with the entrance to the nave inside the building , and a long corridor on 2 stories, with rooms opening on it, runs along the axis of the building from near one corner of the nave to the end of the city block, where it is terminated by a large gymnasium at right angles to it. The main entrance is in a wall set diagonally across the recessed corner between the nave and a gable chapel opening off the long corridor. There are 3 round arches side by side, with a rectangular door in each at the back of a 1 ½ foot deep, slightly splayed barrel vault. A round-headed, leaded window with a geometric design is in each door. The center door is double, and there is a fanlight with leaded glass in a radiating design over all the doors. An outwardly curving, cement porch fills the whole corner, with 6 steps following the curve of the whole front of the porch. Rising over the entrance is a splendid, rectangular tower with a belfry, which has 3 round arches on every side, supported by twisted glazed columns of terra cotta, with Corinthian type capitals. A shallow balcony with corbels is under the arches on every side, and the wall immediately beneath it slopes inward but remains vertical on the corners of the tower, flush with the ends of the baloneys. The belfry is covered by a low, pyramidal, tile roof with frieze. Rising 15 or 20 feet from one corner of the tower, is a rectangular turret as ornate as the tower, with one arch on each side. The chapel on the right side of the entrance has a fine, stained glass window in the gable. Its shape is that of a circle with a superimposed square. There is an exterior side entrance with a double door, which has leaded stained glass windows and leaded fanlight, with a trim consisting of a twisted halfround of glazed terra cotta on the sides, passing unbroken over the round top. The church nave has 3 bays with a strip buttress between each one, and a pair of long, round-headed windows in each bay. Between the light of each pair is a twisted, engaged column of glazed terra cotta, with a Corinthian type capital. A flat arch trim goes around the windows and rests on the columns. The leaded lights have an all–over geometric design, and there are corbels under the continuous sill of each pair. The double-pitched roof ends in a clipped gable over the narthex, and at the other end it does not stop at the transept, but continues to the chancel, where the end of the roof is hipped. The transept projects 3 feet from the nave wall and has a gable roof with a ridge which meets the nave roof hip much lower than the nave ridge. At the end of the transept arms is a round-headed, leaded window larger than those in the nave, flanked by 2 smaller ones. The same kind of twisted columns separate the 3 windows, and they are joined at the bottom by one sill with 4 corbels. The chancel has a double-pitched roof abutting on the end of the sloping nave roof, and is higher than the transept roof. The chancel is narrower than the nave, and a small 1 story room juts out on each side of it in the corners next to the transept, with a door and 6 straight platform steps. The casement windows in these 2 rooms and the chancel wall have clear glass with lead cames in a trilobite shape. The chancel l ends in a 3 sided apse, with a 3 sided bay roof rising to the chance roof ride. The center wall of the apse has a very large, round-headed stained glass window, with a big circle filling the top. The circle contains a geometric design with a figure in the center, and the rest of the window has small leaded rectangles, 14 across and 8 down.	1931		The First United Methodist Church was established in Modesto in 1871. The congregation met in members’ homes until 1873 when property at 13th and H Streets was purchased and a church was constructed. In 1876 it was incorporated as the Methodist Episcopal Church of Modesto. By 1889 the congregation had outgrown this building and a new church was constructed. By the early 1920s new facilities were again needed. Property at the present site was purchased and a new church was completed in 1931. A member of this church during the 1930s, Gerald Kennedy, later became president of the Methodist Church Organization of Bishops, the youngest person ever elected to this position.	Modesto City Directories / 100 Years Maino
	1015	16th Street	Residential	Queen Anne	This nearly rectangular house with a hip roof, exposed rafters, and a shed dormer on the right side, has fish scale above a stringcourse forming the top of the widow frames. Below this are clapboards ending at another stringcourse passing across the bottom of the windows, and from there to the foundation there are uneven shingles. On the left of the house front is a gable flush with the wall, with a rake board, and an exposed beam with bracket at its apex and each end. A recessed, concrete porch under the gable continues about 8 feet past the left end of the gable, without a roof. A large projecting gable as high as the house serves as the back wall of this open end of the porch. The left corner of the porch gable is supported by a tapering, rectangular pillar resting on the center one of 3 rectangular, stucco pedestals connected by a latticework railing. The stairs, with 5 steps, are on the extreme right of the porch, opposite the front door. The walls under the porch and on the sides of the stairs are stucco. The right side of the house has a roof entrance to a full basement, and a slanted bay from the eaves to 2 ½ feet above ground. One of the 2 building behind the house has fishscale and clapboard siding, with a slanting porch roof below the eaves on 5 posts across the side facing the house.	c. 1914		The first owner of this house, Irwin R. Broughton, was the son of a prominent early Modesto family. His great grandfather, Major William Broughton, served in the Revolutionary Way under George Washington. His grandparents, Job and Celia Broughton, came to California in 1850 and his father, James R. Broughton, was born in San Jose in 1854. When James Broughton moved to Modesto in 1878 he was employed by the Modesto Bank and became its president in 1905. . Irwin was one of James Broughton’s two children. His sister, Esto Broughton, became the first woman attorney in Stanislaus County and the first woman elected to the California legislature. Irwin's son, James (1913 - 1999) became a noted poet, playwrite, and award-winning film maker.	Tinkham's History / Modesto City Directoreis 1911-41
	1025	16th Street	Residential	Mediterranean	This 2 story, irregularly shaped house with white plaster walls has an unorthodox tile roof, which seems to be a low pyramid that is overlapped at the right rear corner by another small, low pyramidal roof of a 2 story projection. In the L formed by these two elements is a 1 story gable which extends out past the front of the house on the right side. There is a boxed cornice, and small modillions placed at the corners. The top story of the front extends 1 ½ feet beyond the first story, with close-placed beams under the over-hang like a medieval house, and in its center there is a double French door with an iron balcony. The front porch, on the first floor in the angle between the front and the projecting 1 story gable, has a slanting tile roof, and its entrance and 2 arches are now glassed in. The 1 story gable has an exposed beam at its peak and each corner; and there is a large segmental window of 1 pane curved to fit the arch, the lowest part of which is protected by an iron grill on brackets. On the left property line, against a high block wall, is a handsome wrought iron grill 10 feet high, extending from the sidewalk to the corner of the house. It has 4 panels, 4 feet wide, with a beautiful, close, Renaissance design, alternating with 4 panels of equal size, consisting of a grid.	c. 1934		This fine example of Mediterranean style architecture was built by Mr. and Mrs. William D. Thomas in 1934 when the style was at the height of its popularity. In the early 1970s it was converted to law offices. With its exterior architectural integrity very much intact, this building provides an exemplary instance of adaptive re-use.	Modesto City Directories 1911-41 / Personal interview
	821	17th Street	Residential	Neoclassical	The main part of the house is 2 stories high with clapboard siding, a shingle roof, and a gable on the left and right sides. In front of it, at right angles, is a 1 story gable, extending right and left as far as the 2 story part, so that the whole building is rectangular. In the rear there is a 1 story addition with a 2nd story room, and 2 roofs slanting in different directions. All the roofs have exposed rafters, rake boards, but no fascias. A large cement porch goes across the whole front, and on it in the center third, is a gable roof. The front of the porch gable has clapboards, and below them an architrave with a straight upper edge and an arched soffit, supported by two Tuscan columns. There are 3 porch steps, and the front door has a large glass pane with a sill and dentils. The 1st story windows in front are double-hung, with flat frames and cornices. On the left and right sides of the house there are stairs going up to a 2nd floor door with a gabled hood on brackets. A rectangular bay, which does not go down to the ground, is on the left side on the 1st floor. At the ground floor level there is a stringcourse, below which there are wide horizontal boards.	1914		The builder and original owner of this house, Louis Stevens, was a third generation builder and contractor. His father, Walter A. Stevens, came to Modesto in 1905 and combined careers in farming and construction. Walter Stevens was the building contractor for a number of the most important buildings constructed in Modesto during the first two decades of the twentieth century. These buildings include the City Hall, the Presbyterian Church, the old Masonic Hall, several commercial buildings, and residences, and a grammar school. In 1917 Louis Stevens formed a partnership with his father and they continued business as one of the city’s leading construction firms.	Modesto City Directories 1911-1972
	823	17th Street	Residential	Mediterranean	The 2 story office building, formerly apartments, has white stucco walls, and a flat roof with a decorative slanting edge of 3 courses of tiles on the front, left side, and rear, but not on the right, where there is no roof parapet instead. There is a boxed cornice and small frieze under the tiles eaves, and a flat stringcourse about 6 inches below the frieze. A large wide stucco porch with a tiled gable roof is in the center of the front. It has 3 walls, but a very wide, slightly arched opening on the front, and an arch on each side wall give the corners the appearance of pillars. There are 2 straight platform steps in front of the porch, and on the back wall, 3 modern, paneled doors with a fanlight over each, with radiating bars. A pair of double-hung windows besides the porch on each side have segmental arches, and 9 panes in the upper sash. Two pairs on the second floor have 6 panes in the upper sash. A door and all the windows on the right side of the building have been plastered over. The windows at the rear and on the left side near the back seem to be Pullman windows, since they are short and on a slant in their frames.	c. 1917		This building is another example of adaptive re-use. Originally an apartment building when constructed in 1917 by C. W. Stevens, it now houses an office complex.	Modesto City Directory 1917-83
	900	17th Street	Residential		11 story apartment building	1971		Called the Ralston Tower
	915	17th Street	Residential		The rectangular, 2 story house has stucco walls, a tiled hip roof with molded boxed cornice, sloping soffit, flat modillions, bed molding, and frieze. The front of the house has a magnificent portico in the center, ¾ the height of the wall. Three enormous Tuscan columns with abaci and plinths stand in a triangular arrangement at each corner and support a molded architrave and cornice. Six horizontal beams with shaped ends protrude from the flat roof, above the architrave, but through the cornice and others extend out over the sides. On the front wall of the house, on each side of the portico, there is a double French door (concealed behind shrubbery) with fanlight, glass side panels, a blind arch over all, and an iron balcony on brackets. A conservatory on each side continues the front line of the house and extends along the side halfway back to the rear.	1917		George A. Cressey, the original owner of this house, was a member of one of Modesto’s most prominent families. His father, Albert L. Cressey, was an early central California pioneer and a strong advocate of irrigation in the San Joaquin Valley. Albert Cressey and his brother organized and opened the Modesto Bank, the first bank in Stanislaus County. Mr. Cressey was also instrumental in securing the right of way for the Southern Pacific Railroad which ran its first train to Modesto in the fall of 1870. In addition, Mr. Cressey built the first grain warehouses in Modesto and Merced. For many years he was president of the Stanislaus County Agricultural Association. George Cressey continued his family’s affiliation with the Modesto Bank as well as the tradition of civic involvement.	Tinkham's History / Modesto City Directories 1911-41
	117	Achor Court	Residential	Cape Cod	This story-and-a-half rectangular residence is sheathed in stucco and capped by a gable roof of compostion shingles. Two gabled dormers face the street and each contains a si-over-six double hung sash window. The wood paneled main entrance door is slightly recessed at the center of the building and framed by simple flat pilasters. On each side is a six-over-six double hung sash window with louvered shutters. There is a brick exterior chimney to one side of the house.	1927		This home is located in the Coldwell subdivision of Modesto that was formed on August 24, 1903 and was owned by Viginia Coldwell. She and her husband came to Stanislaus County in 1875 and purchased a 400 acre ranch about three miles north of Modesto. The subdivision was not developed until the mid to late 1920's, and most of the homes are in the Provincial style that was popular at the time.	Modesto City Directories 1911-1942 / County Tax Assessor Rolls / Personal Interviews
	119	Achor Court	Residential	Mediterranean	The one-story square stucco home has a flat tar and gravel roof concealed behind a stucco parapet and a low pitched red tile roof in front. The side facing entrance is a single wood panel door sheltered by a corner porch with ornate wrought iron supports and railing. The front fenestration consists of two group of three windows set in arched openings and a center simple arched window. There is one exterior stucco chimney. Modern aluminium awnings over two of the front window groupings detract from the appearince of the home.	1926		This home is located in the Coldwell subdivision of Modesto that was formed on August 24, 1903 and was owned by Viginia Coldwell. She and her husband came to Stanislaus County in 1875 and purchased a 400 acre ranch about three miles north of Modesto. The subdivision was not developed until the mid to late 1920's, and most of the homes are in the Provincial style that was popular at the time.	Modesto City Directories 1911-1942 / County Tax Assessor Rolls / Personal Interviews
	203	Achor Court	Residential	Mediterranean	This is a one-story stucco residence with a rectangular plan. It has a gentle sloping red tile roof in front of a low stucco parapet and a flat roof behind the parapet. The main entrance, a single leaf wood paneled door, is sheltered behind an arched opening in a small recessed porch to one side of the house. Two large stationary windows, one with an eliptical arched opening, dominate the rest of the facade.	1926		This home is located in the Coldwell subdivision of Modesto that was formed on August 24, 1903 and was owned by Viginia Coldwell. She and her husband came to Stanislaus County in 1875 and purchased a 400 acre ranch about three miles north of Modesto. The subdivision was not developed until the mid to late 1920's, and most of the homes are in the Provincial style that was popular at the time.	Modesto City Directories 1911-1942 / County Tax Assessor Rolls / Personal Interviews
Photo	214	Achor Court	Residential			1927
	522	Adam Ave	Residential	Provincial	The one-story stucco sheathed residence has a steeply pitched multigabled roof with hipped ends. The forward of two front facing gables extends to one side and contains an arched opening leading to the side with decorative shutters above a large stationary window in this gable. An exterior chimney rises high above the roof and a bay window projects at one side of the house. The property is enclosed by a low stuccoed wall.	1922		This home is located in the Coldwell subdivision of Modesto that was formed on August 24, 1903 and was owned by Viginia Coldwell. She and her husband came to Stanislaus County in 1875 and purchased a 400 acre ranch about three miles north of Modesto. The subdivision was not developed until the mid to late 1920's, and most of the homes are in the Provincial style that was popular at the time.	Modesto City Directories 1911-1942 / County Tax Assessor Rolls / Personal Interviews
	529	Adam Ave	Residential	Craftsman Bungalow	This single story rectangular residence is clad in narrow clapboard siding and has a medium pitched gable roof which extends to form a full porch. Three evenly spaced round columns support the porch structure. A gabled dormer containng a pair of attic windows intersects the main roof. The main entrance is off center and is flanked by multipaned side lights. An exterior chimeny projects at one side of the house. The wood shingle roof has projecting eaves and exposed rafters.	1924		This home is located in the Coldwell subdivision of Modesto that was formed on August 24, 1903 and was owned by Viginia Coldwell. She and her husband came to Stanislaus County in 1875 and purchased a 400 acre ranch about three miles north of Modesto. The subdivision was not developed until the mid to late 1920's, and most of the homes are in the Provincial style that was popular at the time.	Modesto City Directories 1911-1942 / County Tax Assessor Rolls / Personal Interviews
Photo	536	Adam Ave	Residential			1928
	229	Alice Street		Small variation of California Bungalow	This irregular shaped bugalow, located on a small, but deep, corner lot, is characterized by exterior wall material of stucco and a multiple low gable, rock covered roof with two chimenys. There is a wood slab door with French-door type front windows. the remainder of the windows appear to be 2-sash (up and down). There are two steps which have a straight approach to the center of the open porch which is offset to the left of the house. There is a small gable roof over the doorway with the main roof overhanging the rest of the porch. There are no porch supports, but there are two square cement with brick trim planters on each side of the stairs.			This district is part of the North Addition to the Wisecarver Tract and was owned by T. K. Beard and Floyd Wisecarver. It was recorded March 20, 1908, a year after their first subdivision. The homes in this subdivision are more modest than their neighbors to the east. T. K. Beard was a very prominent local entrepreneur. He was the son of Elihu Beard, the first recognized white settler in Stanislaus County in 1852.
	717	Alice Street			This two-story Craftsman bungalow contains multiple dwelling units The building is sheathed with fishscale and plain wood shingles and capped by a medium pitched front-facing gable roof with support brackers and projecting purlins. There is a pair of louvered vents in the front gable peak. The second story facade contains two groups of three adjacent double hung sash windows. The second story projects above the first story creating a full porch extending across the front of the building. The porch is supported at both corners by square brick posts resting on stuccoed bases. A wrought iron railing surrounds the porch. The first story facade contains three entrances in the center flanked by a double hung sash window on the side. Decorative woodwork divides the first and second stories.	c. 1920		This district is part of the North Addition to the Wisecarver Tract and was owned by T. K. Beard and Floyd Wisecarver. It was recorded March 20, 1908, a year after their first subdivision. The homes in this subdivision are more modest than their neighbors to the east. T. K. Beard was a very prominent local entrepreneur. He was the son of Elihu Beard, the first recognized white settler in Stanislaus County in 1852.
	809	Alice Street			A provincial style bungalow characterized by exterior wall material of stucco with medium gabled, asphalt shingled roofs. The windows are double hung sash except for a large picture window in the front. The French door is approached by a step up to a stoop which has a small gable roof overhang.	c. 1930		This district is part of the North Addition to the Wisecarver Tract and was owned by T. K. Beard and Floyd Wisecarver. It was recorded March 20, 1908, a year after their first subdivision. The homes in this subdivision are more modest than their neighbors to the east. T. K. Beard was a very prominent local entrepreneur. He was the son of Elihu Beard, the first recognized white settler in Stanislaus County in 1852.
	813	Alice Street			A provincial style bungalow characterized by exterior wall material of stucco with medium gabled, asphalt shingled roofs. The windows are double hung sash except for a large picture window in the front. The French door is approached by a step up to a stoop which has a small gable roof overhang.	c. 1930		This district is part of the North Addition to the Wisecarver Tract and was owned by T. K. Beard and Floyd Wisecarver. It was recorded March 20, 1908, a year after their first subdivision. The homes in this subdivision are more modest than their neighbors to the east. T. K. Beard was a very prominent local entrepreneur. He was the son of Elihu Beard, the first recognized white settler in Stanislaus County in 1852.
	815	Alice Street			This is a variation of a Craftsman Bungawlow, rectangular shaped, characterized by an exterior wall material of stucco with a medium gable roof of aspalt shingle. The windows are double hung sash. The wooden slab front door has a small diamond shaped pane at the top and is approched by stairs which have center aproach to the porch. The porch is an open style with two small square posts as supports.	c. 1940		This district is part of the North Addition to the Wisecarver Tract and was owned by T. K. Beard and Floyd Wisecarver. It was recorded March 20, 1908, a year after their first subdivision. The homes in this subdivision are more modest than their neighbors to the east. T. K. Beard was a very prominent local entrepreneur. He was the son of Elihu Beard, the first recognized white settler in Stanislaus County in 1852.
	816	Alice Street			This is a variation of a Craftsman Bungalow. It is rectangular shaped with an alcove-like projection on the right center side. The wooden slab door, which has a small diamond shaped pane at the top, is approached by stairs which are offset to the right of the porch. The porch is enclosed with a 3' wall of overlapping wood boards and has two small wooden posts as supports which extend from the railing to the underhand of the roof.	c. 1914		This district is part of the North Addition to the Wisecarver Tract and was owned by T. K. Beard and Floyd Wisecarver. It was recorded March 20, 1908, a year after their first subdivision. The homes in this subdivision are more modest than their neighbors to the east. T. K. Beard was a very prominent local entrepreneur. He was the son of Elihu Beard, the first recognized white settler in Stanislaus County in 1852.
	823	Alice Street			This is a Craftsman Bungalow with a rectangular plan. It has stucco exterior walls. The roof shape is a low gable of asphalt (composition) with one chimney and wood roof trim . The door is wood with three narrow beveled glass windows. Windows are sash and transom. Steps are to the front and straight. Porch supports are elephantine in shape and mounted on large stucco piers.	c. 1918		This district is part of the North Addition to the Wisecarver Tract and was owned by T. K. Beard and Floyd Wisecarver. It was recorded March 20, 1908, a year after their first subdivision. The homes in this subdivision are more modest than their neighbors to the east. T. K. Beard was a very prominent local entrepreneur. He was the son of Elihu Beard, the first recognized white settler in Stanislaus County in 1852.
	915	Alice Street			This box shaped provincial bungalow is located on a small lot. The roof on the front right of the house has a slide-like slope which extends over the porch area. The right front window is a sash and transom with narrrow two-sash windows on either side. The steps approach from the side of the house to a porch is enclosed by a continuation of the house wall.	c. 1941		This district is part of the North Addition to the Wisecarver Tract and was owned by T. K. Beard and Floyd Wisecarver. It was recorded March 20, 1908, a year after their first subdivision. The homes in this subdivision are more modest than their neighbors to the east. T. K. Beard was a very prominent local entrepreneur. He was the son of Elihu Beard, the first recognized white settler in Stanislaus County in 1852.
	1009	Alice Street		Bungalow	This unspecified rectangular shaped bungalow is located on a fairly small lot, and is charactezed by exterior wall material of stucco with wood paneling on the front which makes up part of the porch. It has a hip roof with asphalt shingles. The windows are of a French-door style (up and down), except for a large picture window flanked by 5 paned narrow windows. There is just one step up to an open porch which has small square wooden post supports. The door is a wood slab.
	1017	Alice Street	Residential		This residence is square in shape. It has overlapping wood boards that have been sprayed with a texturizing material. The roof is composition asphalt. There are 2 medium gable roofs. The second gable is the front porch The porch is open with two small stucco posts and the steps are a straight approach. There is one brick chimney. There are 2 front windows. There is an attached garage. The door is wood with 3 stepped narrow beveled glass windows. It is one story.
	1116	Alice Street		Cottage	This small rectangular shaped house is located on a small lot which is on the curve of Alice changing into Nellie Street. It is characterized by narrow overlapping wood boards and a multigable, asphalt shingled roof. It has a wood slab door and two-sash (up and down) windows. The straight approach steps are center front to a porch enclosed with a grillwork type railing and covered by its own gable roof. Four small square wooden posts serve as supports.
	1107 and 1109	Alice Street		Bungalow	This house has an irregular rectangular shape and the exterior is wide wood boards. The roof is small narrow gable. There is one brick chimney. The windows are 2 sash - up and down. There are no stairs and no porch. The front door is French style. The front window facing the side yard is beautiful leaded glass with a circle design at the top. There are French style windows at the botom.
	616-618	Alice Street			This two-story duplex is sheathed in narrow clapboard siding and topped with a shallow front-facing gable roof. The first story façade contains an off-center pair of entrances. Two small rectangular casement windows and a sliding garage door. Two pair of six-over-one double hung sash windows occupy the second story facade. There is vertical venting in the front gable peak.			This district is part of the North Addition to the Wisecarver Tract and was owned by T. K. Beard and Floyd Wisecarver. It was recorded March 20, 1908, a year after their first subdivision. The homes in this subdivision are more modest than their neighbors to the east. T. K. Beard was a very prominent local entrepreneur. He was the son of Elihu Beard, the first recognized white settler in Stanislaus County in 1852.
	616-618	Alice Street			This two-story duplex is sheathed in narrow clapboard siding and topped with a shallow front-facing pair of entrances, two small rectangular casement windows and a sliding garage door. Two pair of six-over-one double hung sash windows occupy the second story façade. There is vertical venting in the front gable peak.
	112	Almond	Residential		This Craftsman bungalow is sheathed in narrow clapboard siding and has a low pitched front-facing gable roof with vertical venting in the peak. A seond, small and lower gable shelters the centered main entrance. Curved brackets support the porch gable. There is an interior brick chimney.	1925		The 100 block of Almond Avenue is composed of single story Craftsman bungalows which were constructed between 1914 and 1926. With the exception of a duplex at 124-26 Almond Avenue, all of these residences are single family dwellings. These houses are uniform in design, scale and proportion. Unless otherwise noted all have double hung sash windows and plain, wide windows and door surrounds. All of the roofs have projecting eaves and exposed rafters. The homes in this block combine to present a consistent streetscape of similar stuctures. The 100 Block of Almond Avenue lies in the Hills Addition that was recorded by Adam Hills on April 19, 1911.	Modesto City Directories 1911-1942 / City Planning Officer John Herrick
	114	Almond	Residential		This narrow clapboard clad Craftsman bungalow has a low gabled roof. A smaller gable projects to form a porch over the center entrance and one window. The porch gable is supported by scroll brackets and slender square posts. The peak of the higher front-facing gable has vertical venting. There is an interior brick chimney	1926		The 100 block of Almond Avenue is composed of single story Craftsman bungalows which were constructed between 1914 and 1926. With the exception of a duplex at 124-26 Almond Avenue, all of these residences are single family dwellings. These houses are uniform in design, scale and proportion. Unless otherwise noted all have double hung sash windows and plain, wide windows and door surrounds. All of the roofs have projecting eaves and exposed rafters. The homes in this block combine to present a consistent streetscape of similar stuctures. The 100 Block of Almond Avenue lies in the Hills Addition that was recorded by Adam Hills on April 19, 1911. It is a narrow tree lined street with architecturally intact homes.	Modesto City Directories 1911-1942 / City Planning Officer John Herrick
	117	Almond	Residential		This is a rectangular plan residence sheathed with narrow clapboard siding. It has a double gable roof with a projecting lower front gable forming a full porch. There is a vertical vent in the upper gable; the porch gable is open. Both gables have heavy support brackets and purlins extending out. The porch gable is supported by square posts resting on brick piers. There is an exterior brick chimney to one side of the house. The porch and front walk have been redone with flagstone set in cement.	1922		The 100 block of Almond Avenue is composed of single story Craftsman bungalows which were constructed between 1914 and 1926. With the exception of a duplex at 124-26 Almond Avenue, all of these residences are single family dwellings. These houses are uniform in design, scale and proportion. Unless otherwise noted all have double hung sash windows and plain, wide windows and door surrounds. All of the roofs have projecting eaves and exposed rafters. The homes in this block combine to present a consistent streetscape of similar stuctures. The 100 Block of Almond Avenue lies in the Hills Addition that was recorded by Adam Hills on April 19, 1911. It is a narrow tree lined street with architecturally intact homes.	Modesto City Directories 1911-1942 / City Planning Officer John Herrick
	118	Almond	Residential		This Craftsman bungalow is a 1 and a half story building with a high hipped gable roof with new large wooden shake shingles. The peaks of the side gables appear to have original small wood shingles. The upstairs windows are multi-pane double-hung. The lower part of the house has wooden tongue and groove siding and numerous double hung multi-pane windows. The house has overhanging eaves, exposed rafters and brackets. The broad flat trim around the windows and doors. The exterior brick chimney appears original. The entry door has multi-pane glass and opens onto the original concrete porch. Brick posts support the unfinished wooden 4 x 4 columns and overhang.	1924		The 100 block of Almond Avenue is composed of single story Craftsman bungalows which were constructed between 1914 and 1926. With the exception of a duplex at 124-26 Almond Avenue, all of these residences are single family dwellings. These houses are uniform in design, scale and proportion. Unless otherwise noted all have double hung sash windows and plain, wide windows and door surrounds. All of the roofs have projecting eaves and exposed rafters. The homes in this block combine to present a consistent streetscape of similar stuctures. The 100 Block of Almond Avenue lies in the Hills Addition that was recorded by Adam Hills on April 19, 1911. It is a narrow tree lined street with architecturally intact homes.	Modesto City Directories 1911-1942 / City Planning Officer John Herrick
	125	Almond	Residential		This rectangular plan bungalow is sheathed in clapboard siding and has a shallow front-facing gable roof with vertical venting in the peak. A shed roof porch supported by square wood posts resting on brick piers shelters the main entrance. A wrought iron railing has been added acorss the front of the porch. The porch structure is extended by an open trellis over a trio of windows consisting of a large single pane window flanked by narrow double hung sash windows. An interior brick chimney projects from the center of the roof. There are two small room additions at the side of the house.	1917		The 100 block of Almond Avenue is composed of single story Craftsman bungalows which were constructed between 1914 and 1926. With the exception of a duplex at 124-26 Almond Avenue, all of these residences are single family dwellings. These houses are uniform in design, scale and proportion. Unless otherwise noted all have double hung sash windows and plain, wide windows and door surrounds. All of the roofs have projecting eaves and exposed rafters. The homes in this block combine to present a consistent streetscape of similar stuctures. The 100 Block of Almond Avenue lies in the Hills Addition that was recorded by Adam Hills on April 19, 1911. It is a narrow tree lined street with architecturally intact homes.	Modesto City Directories 1911-1942 / City Planning Officer John Herrick
	127	Almond	Residential		This two story square California Bungalow has a low gable roofline and a composition shingle roof. There is a main gable and projecting lower gable over the front porch. The main gable on the second story runs in the same direction as on the first story. Also small cross gables on both stories have vertical slat vents in peaks of all the gables. The house has overhanging eaves, exposed rafters and brackets. Shiplap wooden siding. The sun room windows are in a row with two part vertically divided uppers and single pane lowers appear to swing out from the top. Other windows are double hung and single pane with broad flat wooden trim around them. The front entry door is wooden with recessed panels and four small beveled glass panes with a mail slot in door. There is a concrete porch with square brick capped post topped with smaller square wooden posts. There is no visible chimney.	1924		The 100 block of Almond Avenue is composed of single story Craftsman bungalows which were constructed between 1914 and 1926. With the exception of a duplex at 124-26 Almond Avenue, all of these residences are single family dwellings. These houses are uniform in design, scale and proportion. Unless otherwise noted all have double hung sash windows and plain, wide windows and door surrounds. All of the roofs have projecting eaves and exposed rafters. The homes in this block combine to present a consistent streetscape of similar stuctures. The 100 Block of Almond Avenue lies in the Hills Addition that was recorded by Adam Hills on April 19, 1911. It is a narrow tree lined street with architecturally intact homes.	Modesto City Directories 1911-1942 / City Planning Officer John Herrick
	128	Almond	Residential		This Craftsman bungalow is a one and a half story, high pitched gable roof with composition shingles. It has wide clapboard siding which does not appear original as there are narrower clapboards on the wall of the house and on the porch. Small metal vent was added in front gable. The house has overhanging eaves and exposed rafters with trim piece at lower corner of eave. There are projecting brackets. There is a covered enclosed porch across half of the front. The porch has clapboard railings and square wooden posts with molded trim at edges. The porch has been enclosed with glass and screens and has an aluminum screen door. The original door to the house has a single pane beveled glass. There are double hung, single-pane windows. Also multi-pane casement windows in the upper front gable wall. There are 5 concrete steps from the walkway up to the porch. It has metal pipe handrails. There are vents at the foundation level.	1914		The 100 block of Almond Avenue is composed of single story Craftsman bungalows which were constructed between 1914 and 1926. With the exception of a duplex at 124-26 Almond Avenue, all of these residences are single family dwellings. These houses are uniform in design, scale and proportion. Unless otherwise noted all have double hung sash windows and plain, wide windows and door surrounds. All of the roofs have projecting eaves and exposed rafters. The homes in this block combine to present a consistent streetscape of similar stuctures. The 100 Block of Almond Avenue lies in the Hills Addition that was recorded by Adam Hills on April 19, 1911. It is a narrow tree lined street with architecturally intact homes.	Modesto City Directories 1911-1942 / City Planning Officer John Herrick
	131	Almond	Residential		(illegible) half porch. The porch is supported by slightly tapered square wood posts resting on shake covered stucco piers. The porch gable has vertical venting in the peak. The centered main entrance is flanked by a pair of tri-part windows. There is a trellis covered arbor at one side of the house over a second side entrance. There is a stucco exterior chimney with a brick cap at the side of building.	1924		The 100 block of Almond Avenue is composed of single story Craftsman bungalows which were constructed between 1914 and 1926. With the exception of a duplex at 124-26 Almond Avenue, all of these residences are single family dwellings. These houses are uniform in design, scale and proportion. Unless otherwise noted all have double hung sash windows and plain, wide windows and door surrounds. All of the roofs have projecting eaves and exposed rafters. The homes in this block combine to present a consistent streetscape of similar stuctures. The 100 Block of Almond Avenue lies in the Hills Addition that was recorded by Adam Hills on April 19, 1911. It is a narrow tree lined street with architecturally intact homes.	Modesto City Directories 1911-1942 / City Planning Officer John Herrick
	135	Almond	Residential		This one story rectangular California Bungalow has a medium gable roof and a projecting porch gable to the front. It has composition shingle roofing. There is tongue and groove wooden siding on the house. Concrete porch has round wooden columns supporting the roof. The portico over the driveway has wooden trellis beams overhead and round wooden columns supporting at far end from the house. There is a latticed trellis on round support columns with vines growing on it. The windows have multi-pane tops and single pane lowers. The entry door is multi-pane glass and has original screened door. A side entry door from the driveway under the portico. The house has exterior brick chimney and over hanging eaves, exposed rafters, brackets and vertical slat vents in gable peaks.			The 100 block of Almond Avenue is composed of single story Craftsman bungalows which were constructed between 1914 and 1926. With the exception of a duplex at 124-26 Almond Avenue, all of these residences are single family dwellings. These houses are uniform in design, scale and proportion. Unless otherwise noted all have double hung sash windows and plain, wide windows and door surrounds. All of the roofs have projecting eaves and exposed rafters. The homes in this block combine to present a consistent streetscape of similar stuctures. The 100 Block of Almond Avenue lies in the Hills Addition that was recorded by Adam Hills on April 19, 1911. It is a narrow tree lined street with architecturally intact homes.	Modesto City Directories 1911-1942 / City Planning Officer John Herrick
	136	Almond	Residential		This Craftsman Bungalow is a 2 story, medium high gable roof with composition shingles. There is a shed roof dormer window in center of the house over the entry porch. The porch extends across the entire front of the house. The house has overhanging eaves and exposed rafters. Former has brackets under the eaves and two windows. Back of the house rises to two full stories. The porch has square wooden posts at corners covered in clapboarding. Also clapboard rails beside wooden porch steps. The floor of the porch is wooden. Open work wooden railings between posts of porch and original wooden gutter is at edge of eave over the porch entrance. There is a wooden door with single glass panes. The windows are double hung and single pane. Broad flat wood trim around the windows and doors. House has wide clapboard siding.	1942		The 100 block of Almond Avenue is composed of single story Craftsman bungalows which were constructed between 1914 and 1926. With the exception of a duplex at 124-26 Almond Avenue, all of these residences are single family dwellings. These houses are uniform in design, scale and proportion. Unless otherwise noted all have double hung sash windows and plain, wide windows and door surrounds. All of the roofs have projecting eaves and exposed rafters. The homes in this block combine to present a consistent streetscape of similar stuctures. The 100 Block of Almond Avenue lies in the Hills Addition that was recorded by Adam Hills on April 19, 1911. It is a narrow tree lined street with architecturally intact homes.	Modesto City Directories 1911-1942 / City Planning Officer John Herrick
	139	Almond	Residential		This narrow clapboard clad residence has a shallow double front-facing gabled roof. The forward gable forms a full porch and is supported by square wood posts resting on brick piers. There is vertical venting in the peaks of the gables.	1924		The 100 block of Almond Avenue is composed of single story Craftsman bungalows which were constructed between 1914 and 1926. With the exception of a duplex at 124-26 Almond Avenue, all of these residences are single family dwellings. These houses are uniform in design, scale and proportion. Unless otherwise noted all have double hung sash windows and plain, wide windows and door surrounds. All of the roofs have projecting eaves and exposed rafters. The homes in this block combine to present a consistent streetscape of similar stuctures. The 100 Block of Almond Avenue lies in the Hills Addition that was recorded by Adam Hills on April 19, 1911. It is a narrow tree lined street with architecturally intact homes.	Modesto City Directories 1911-1942 / City Planning Officer John Herrick
	140	Almond	Residential		This narrow clapbard sheathed residence has a medium pitched side-facing gable roof with an intersecting gable forming a half porch. The porch is supported by slightly tapered square wood posts resting on clapboard covered bases. A low railing with plain balusters encloses the porch. An interior brick chimney projects from the center of the roof. All gables have vertical venting in the peaks.	1914		The 100 block of Almond Avenue is composed of single story Craftsman bungalows which were constructed between 1914 and 1926. With the exception of a duplex at 124-26 Almond Avenue, all of these residences are single family dwellings. These houses are uniform in design, scale and proportion. Unless otherwise noted all have double hung sash windows and plain, wide windows and door surrounds. All of the roofs have projecting eaves and exposed rafters. The homes in this block combine to present a consistent streetscape of similar stuctures. The 100 Block of Almond Avenue lies in the Hills Addition that was recorded by Adam Hills on April 19, 1911. It is a narrow tree lined street with architecturally intact homes.	Modesto City Directories 1911-1942 / City Planning Officer John Herrick
	143	Almond	Residential		This one story rectangular California Bungalow has a medium gable roof and projecting porch gable at the front with a composition shingle roof. The house has overhanging eaves and exposed rafters with small brackets. There are vertical wooden slat vents in the gable peaks. Cross gable to side of house. It (unintelligible) narrow ship lap siding. The concrete porch has a gable roof supported by square on larger square brick posts. It has double hung, single pane windows. The exterior and interior brick chimney. There is a multi-pane glass door.	1922		The 100 block of Almond Avenue is composed of single story Craftsman bungalows which were constructed between 1914 and 1926. With the exception of a duplex at 124-26 Almond Avenue, all of these residences are single family dwellings. These houses are uniform in design, scale and proportion. Unless otherwise noted all have double hung sash windows and plain, wide windows and door surrounds. All of the roofs have projecting eaves and exposed rafters. The homes in this block combine to present a consistent streetscape of similar stuctures. The 100 Block of Almond Avenue lies in the Hills Addition that was recorded by Adam Hills on April 19, 1911. It is a narrow tree lined street with architecturally intact homes.	Modesto City Directories 1911-1942 / City Planning Officer John Herrick
	144	Almond	Residential		This California Bungalow is a rectangular shape, one story , medium high gable roof building with composition shingles. There is a vertical slot vent in the peak of the gable. There is a lower projecting gable over three windows. There is a fixed single pane in the center with narrow double hung single panes at the sides. There is a small cross gable over a small entry porch. The house has narrow shiplap siding. The entry porch railing is shiplap with one medium size square wooden post supporting the porch roof – this entry porch is at the corner of the house. The house is on the comer of the block. An extension of the entry porch in brick and concrete with concrete steps has been added. There is a brick exterior chimney and an interior brick chimney. The house has overhanging eaves and exposed rafters. There is a broad, flat wooden trim around the windows. There is a multi-pane glass entry door.	1943		The 100 block of Almond Avenue is composed of single story Craftsman bungalows which were constructed between 1914 and 1926. With the exception of a duplex at 124-26 Almond Avenue, all of these residences are single family dwellings. These houses are uniform in design, scale and proportion. Unless otherwise noted all have double hung sash windows and plain, wide windows and door surrounds. All of the roofs have projecting eaves and exposed rafters. The homes in this block combine to present a consistent streetscape of similar stuctures. The 100 Block of Almond Avenue lies in the Hills Addition that was recorded by Adam Hills on April 19, 1911. It is a narrow tree lined street with architecturally intact homes.	Modesto City Directories 1911-1942 / City Planning Officer John Herrick
	145	Almond	Residential		This California Bungalow is a rectangular, one story house with a medium gable roof and projecting porch gable at the front. It has a composition shingle roof. The house has overhanging eaves and exposed rafters with gables. It has narrow shiplap siding. It has a concrete porch with a gable roof supported by square wooden posts on larger square brick posts. There is a low peaked arch opening at the front of the porch. A small cross gable from the center of the house to one side. There is an exterior brick chimney and an interior stucco chimney. The windows are single pane, and double hung. Multi-pane glass forms the front door.	1924		The 100 block of Almond Avenue is composed of single story Craftsman bungalows which were constructed between 1914 and 1926. With the exception of a duplex at 124-26 Almond Avenue, all of these residences are single family dwellings. These houses are uniform in design, scale and proportion. Unless otherwise noted all have double hung sash windows and plain, wide windows and door surrounds. All of the roofs have projecting eaves and exposed rafters. The homes in this block combine to present a consistent streetscape of similar stuctures. The 100 Block of Almond Avenue lies in the Hills Addition that was recorded by Adam Hills on April 19, 1911. It is a narrow tree lined street with architecturally intact homes.	Modesto City Directories 1911-1942 / City Planning Officer John Herrick
	120-122	Almond	Residential		This California ranch bungalow duplex is one story with a low hip gable and tar paper and gravel roof. There are stucco walls above the wide clapboards. Aluminum sliding glass windows. Entry doors at side of the building are not easily visible. There is an attached one car garage and driveway at the front of the house with the same windows as the house. Narrow side of lot rectangle faces the street.	1914		The 100 block of Almond Avenue is composed of single story Craftsman bungalows which were constructed between 1914 and 1926. With the exception of a duplex at 124-26 Almond Avenue, all of these residences are single family dwellings. These houses are uniform in design, scale and proportion. Unless otherwise noted all have double hung sash windows and plain, wide windows and door surrounds. All of the roofs have projecting eaves and exposed rafters. The homes in this block combine to present a consistent streetscape of similar stuctures. The 100 Block of Almond Avenue lies in the Hills Addition that was recorded by Adam Hills on April 19, 1911. It is a narrow tree lined street with architecturally intact homes.	Modesto City Directories 1911-1942 / City Planning Officer John Herrick
	123-123 1/2	Almond	Residential		This is a two story, steep pitched gable roof with a sagging ridge line. It has compsition shingles. It has a wide clapboard siding with vertical corner trim boards. It has a hipped gable roof over the entry area of the porch. The rest of the porch is covered by a trellis of rafter boards with notched ends. Eaves overhang and there are plain boxed cornices. There is a concrete porch with square stucco capped posts which have tapered wooden posts on top supporting the roof and trellis. There is broad flat wooden trim around the windows and the door. Three part window has fixed center window with multi-panes and single pane below. The upstairs windows are double hung with multi-pane above and single pane below. The entry door is wooden panel with multi-pane glass above. There is an exterior brick chimney.			The 100 block of Almond Avenue is composed of single story Craftsman bungalows which were constructed between 1914 and 1926. With the exception of a duplex at 124-26 Almond Avenue, all of these residences are single family dwellings. These houses are uniform in design, scale and proportion. Unless otherwise noted all have double hung sash windows and plain, wide windows and door surrounds. All of the roofs have projecting eaves and exposed rafters. The homes in this block combine to present a consistent streetscape of similar stuctures. The 100 Block of Almond Avenue lies in the Hills Addition that was recorded by Adam Hills on April 19, 1911. It is a narrow tree lined street with architecturally intact homes.	Modesto City Directories 1911-1942 / City Planning Officer John Herrick
	124-126	Almond	Residential		This clapboard covered (illegible) with intersecting gables. The front-facing gable has louvered venting and support brackets and forms a half porch. The porch is supported by square posts resting on a low clapboard sheathed wall which encloses the porch. There is an entrance to one of the dwelling units centered in the front gable with the entry to the second unit at the side of the house. An exterior chimney appears to have been removed fro the side of the building. A small addition projects from one side.			The 100 block of Almond Avenue is composed of single story Craftsman bungalows which were constructed between 1914 and 1926. With the exception of a duplex at 124-26 Almond Avenue, all of these residences are single family dwellings. These houses are uniform in design, scale and proportion. Unless otherwise noted all have double hung sash windows and plain, wide windows and door surrounds. All of the roofs have projecting eaves and exposed rafters. The homes in this block combine to present a consistent streetscape of similar stuctures. The 100 Block of Almond Avenue lies in the Hills Addition that was recorded by Adam Hills on April 19, 1911. It is a narrow tree lined street with architecturally intact homes. This home was built by G. A. Ulrich, mayor of Modesto from 1919 to 1922.	Modesto City Directories 1911-1942 / City Planning Officer John Herrick
	205	Alturas	Residential		It is not clear if the description of 210 Alturas also applies to this property.
	206	Alturas	Residential		It is not clear if the description of 210 Alturas also applies to this property.
	210	Alturas	Residential	Craftsman Bungalow	This is a one story, rectangular plan, wood frame bungalow sheathed in narrow clapboard siding. It has a low pitched gable roof of asbestos shingles. There are projecting eaves with exposed rafters. A projecting gable forms the front porch and is supported by wooden posts with cutout designs. The main entrance is a center single door with glass pane above paneled wood. Windows consist of double hung sash. One side of the entry is a stationary window framed by 2 small double hung sash windows. A projecting bay to one side of the house and decorative shingles are in the gabled ends. All doors and windows have simple molded wood surrounds.
	217	Alturas	Residential		It is not clear if the description of 210 Alturas also applies to this property.


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