national register nomination for boulevard park historic

83. 615 21st Contributor
This two-story Spanish Colonial Revival building was constructed circa 1930 . The building has a hipped
roof of straight-barrel Mission tile, with broad rectangular roof rafters projecting beneath the gable ends.
Walls are stucco. The building has multiple extensions from the main two-story building, including a onestory
shed-roofed projection and a one-story front-gabled wing projection with an asymmetrical roof line,
both of which create an L-shaped plan. Within the defined L-shape is a front patio with a stucco palisade
wall. A second one-story projection from the main building extends towards the rear of the property,
symmetrical and front-gabled. All of these extensions have roofs of the same straight-barrel Mission tile as
the roof. A tall, narrow chimney, with a gabled cap of hollow clay tile and circular clay tile flues, is located
on the north wall, stucco-clad chimneys are located on the south wall and the west wall of the two-story
main building. Grouped cylindrical clay tile is used at gable ends and near the top of the tower to create
decorative vents. A rectangular bay with gabled roof is located at the center of the second story. The main
building entrance is recessed behind a round stucco arch. A large fixed picture window is located beneath a
similar arch located at the end of the front-gabled projection nearest the building front. Two windows are
concealed behind geometric cut-out screens, one with a diamond-shaped pattern (on the second floor) and
one with a hexagonal pattern (on the first floor.) A window on the first floor adjacent to the main building
entrance is recessed, in a manner to suggest thick adobe walls, with a decorative patterned wrought-iron
window grille over the window. The windows are double-hung wooden sash windows with a single pane in
each sash, with some use of wooden-sash picture windows with a single fixed pane. Most windows have
wooden mosquito screens over the glazed sashes. Windows on the second floor have decorative wooden
shutters. The building was constructed for Clarence H. Smith, who worked for the California State
Controller. The building is a contributor to the district.
84. 616 21st Contributor
This 1922 two-story apartment building has stucco siding and a hipped roof with eyebrow dormer. The
front facade is symmetrical. In the center bay is a bracketed oriel window on the second story. Below a
guyed, flat-roofed canopy with glass-paneled frieze tops a recessed entrance. The door has a multi-paned
panel and sidelights. On both stories of the flanking bays are wide three-part windows with fixed center
panels. A deck with a low brick wall stretches across the facade. Two sidewalks with short stairways in
front lead to the deck. No alterations are apparent. The property’s original owner was Frank Renwick.
85. 617 21st Contributor
This two-story Colonial Revival building, constructed in 1915, has a hipped roof with flared ends and
boxed eaves and two pedimented dormers. The front elevation is symmetrical. The walls are stucco. A
large flat-roofed porch has a wooden balustrade above the entablature, supported by rectangular battered
pillars with a wooden balustrade on the porch. The porch floor and stairs are wood, supported by a brick
foundation. Windows on the second floor are double-hung wooden sash windows with one pane in each
sash. Windows on the first floor are undivided fixed sash. Windows on the dormers and basement are
horizontal divided-light casement windows. A small wooden-sashed picture window is located in the center
of the second floor. The windows on the second story and basement are enclosed in wrought iron bars. A
brick chimney is located on the south wall of the building.
86. 626 21st Contributor
This two-story 1909 foursquare has Craftsman and Colonial Revival features. It has a pyramidal hipped
roof with hip dormer, with wide eave overhang and extended and elaborated rafter tails. A hipped porch
roof with balustrade above is supported by battered rectangular piers atop rectangular porch supports clad
in false bevel drop siding with a wooden balustrade. Walls are simple wooden shingles on the second floor
and false bevel drop siding on the first floor. Stairs are wooden, with wooden handrails clad in false bevel
drop siding. Windows are primarily double hung wooden sash, with divided light upper panes and single
lower panes, and wooden casement windows. A brick chimney is located on the south wall of the building.
The building was constructed for Charles W. Morton. The building is a contributor to the district.
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