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| *Resource Name or #: |
James Fielding Cosby House
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Survey Title: |
2010 Late 19th/Early 20th Centuries |
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| B1. |
| Historic Name: |
James Fielding Cosby House
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| B2. |
| Common Name: |
James Fielding Cosby House
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| B3. |
| Original Use: |
Single Family Residence
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| B4. |
Present Use: |
Single Family Residence
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| *B5a. |
| Primary Architectural Style: |
Queen Anne
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| B5b. |
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| *B6. |
| Construction History: |
Date Built: |
1893
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Alterations to the house include the new reinforced red clay bock foundation, the front steps and porch railing, and replications of the original vertical board skirting at the foundation, and, on the west elevation, the red-brick chimney, which incorporates salvaged brick and threads through a small gable at the attic roofline. Most of the original art glass transoms in the house have been removed and replaced with clear glass. The glazed infill of the openings in the small belvedere is also an alteration. A two-story addition, with polygonal walls and a low tower with an elongated bellcast roof, occupies most of the south (rear) elevation. Like the two-story garage, this addition, which dates to the early 1980s, is a non-contributing feature.
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| *B7. |
| Moved?: |
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Unknown
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Original Location: |
Los Angeles |
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| *B8. |
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| *B9a. |
| Architect: |
Merithew & Ferris
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| *B10. |
| Significance: |
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Area: |
City
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| Period of Significance: |
1893
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Property Type: |
Single Family Residence
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| Applicable Criteria: |
| National Register Criteria: |
C
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California Register: |
3
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Local Register: |
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The James Fielding Cosby House is exceptional as an example of high style Queen Anne architecture as applied to a single-family house. It retains an outstanding degree of integrity on its primary and side elevations, where, apart from the loss of colored glass transoms and portions of the front and side porches, nearly all of the ornamental and character-defining features are intact. The setting, though non-historic, enhances the historic character of the house by surroundings it with mature plantings and trees; moreover, the scale and the setback of the house are congruent with the overall feeling of the neighborhood, which has a large inventory of historic dwellings. This house appears as though it were originally constructed on the site.
The house meets the registration requirements in the Multiple Property Documentation Form “Late 19th/Early 20th Century Development and Architecture in Pasadena” under Criterion C. As noted, it is a locally rare and notable example of high style Queen Anne architecture, which has retained an extraordinary amount of its profuse ornamentation, wall materials, fenestration, roof forms, and other defining features of the style. As a picturesque composition of late nineteenth-century design, the house has high artistic value and embodies the distinctive characteristics of Queen Anne style domestic architecture.
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| Additional Resource Attributes: |
HP02
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| *B14. |
| Date of Evaluation: |
10/01/2010
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