national register nomination for boulevard park historic

This 1907 Classical Revival foursquare has a hipped roof and hipped dormer with boxed eaves and
modillions under the eaves. Siding is false bevel drop siding with rectangular pilasters on the building
corners. A porch projects from the building front, covered by a hipped roof with boxed eaves and
modillions. The porch roof is supported by four cylindrical columns with Ionic capitals atop a wooden
palisade wall. Stairs are wooden with boxed wooden handrails. The building entrance is a paneled wooden
door with an inset fanlight. Windows are double hung wooden wash with an upper sash divided into narrow
vertical rectangular panes and a single lower pane.
268. 2101 G Contributor
This 1909 three-story Craftsman/Prairie style residence is rectangular in form with a two-story shed-roofed
wing on the north, porches on west and south, and a shallow angled bay on the southwest corner. The
porches have shed roofs and are supported by heavy projecting beams, the horizontal roof lines are
punctuated by rafter ends. The porch base, balustrade and roof supports are brick. The two-story wing on
the north contains an open porte-cochere, with an enclosed sleeping porch above it. The roof is composed
of intersecting gables; a north-south gable on the east and two east-west gables on the west elevation. Four
gabled dormers project from the upper floor roof, facing north, east, south and west. The wood frame
building is surfaced with horizontal lap siding on the first floor up to window-sill height of the second
floor, and vertical board and batten siding from the second floor window sill height to the eaves. Corner
boards sheathe the corners of the building. The roof and dormer gables are gracefully curved down on the
outer ends, reflecting a Japanese influence typical of Craftsman style variations. Exposed rafter ends
project beneath the eaves, and purlins support the gabled roof extensions. The rafter and beam ends that
project from beneath the roof are cut in a decorative pattern. A brick chimney projects above the west
elevation, with a second brick chimney extending from the roof on the east side of the house. Both are
trimmed with a four-cornered concrete cap. Windows are primarily casements. Windows on the north wing
are not original, added when the porte-cochere was added. Windows on the first floor contain leaded glass
panels with art nouveau designs. An angled bay is located on the southwest corner of the house. All
windows are framed with wood, and are mainly placed at the corners of the building on each elevation,
providing interior light from two directions. This detail appears to be a special design feature of the house.
The only major alteration of the house is a modification that enclosed the original porte-cochere, dating
from approximately 1924, which has since been restored to its original configuration. This building was
designed by master architect George Sellon for Robert E. Cranston, a mining engineer and local manager of
the Marysville Dredging Company. The building is individually listed on the National Register of Historic
Places as the Cranston-Geary Residence. It is a contributor to the district.
269. 2110 G Contributor
This two-story Mediterranean Revival apartment building was constructed in 1922. It has a hipped roof of
low pitch and a hipped dormer. Siding is stucco. In the center bay is a bracketed oriel window on the
second story. Below is a classical entrance portico with flat roof, wide frieze, and two coluimns with
Corinthian capitals and plain shafts. The main entry door has sidelights. A brick staircase leads to the
portico. On both stories of the flanking bays are wide tripartite windows. Those on the first story are topped
with plaster ornament. A low brick wall fronts the property. The original owner of the property was M.
Ferrarn, the builder was W. R. Saunders. The building is a contributor to the district.
270. 2115 G Contributor
This two-story Prairie style building was constructed in 1909. It has a gable-on-hip roof of low pitch, with
boxed eaves. Two brick chimneys with terra-cotta caps are located on the western slope of the roof, with a
third, similar chimney on the eastern slope. Siding is false bevel drop siding. A rectangular bay is located in
the center of the second story on the building front, above a shed roof over the porch. The second story of
the building is flared outward at the base of the second story and is slightly wider than the first story.
Rectangular pilasters are located on the corners of the first story. The porch is supported by four thick
rectangular pillars atop four thick rectangular porch supports. A wooden palisade wall runs between the
porch supports. Stairs to the porch are concrete, with concrete handrails clad with river rock. The main
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