641 D Street

641 D Street,
Minimalist Traditional, 1936

A single story U-shape plan residence, the house is an example of a Minimalist Traditional house. Transitional between the revival styles of the 1930s and the ranch house of the 1950s, it exhibits the massing, form and small scale of the former, and the unembellished horizontal plane of the latter. the primary roof is hipped with intersecting gabled wings projecting on both sides of the front facade. The projecting gable ends are trimmed with wide plank stickwork and have clipped eaves with returns. Fenestration consists of metal casement windows which are paired three-light and eight-light. The house is clad in stucco with brick facing on the lower portion of the northern gabled wall and with a low rick rail enclosing the central brick floored porch. The roof, which was originally either wood shingle or mission tile, has been replaced with a corrugated synthetic tile material. Because of the primary prominent slope of the primary roof this material replacement is obvious and detracts from the authenticity of the building's appearance. Constructed in 1938 the house retains its integrity of design, workmanship,setting and association, but has lost some of the integrity of materials.