national register nomination for boulevard park historic

wooden piers. The porch cornice has a pattern identical to the soffits of the main roof. Beneath the porch
frieze are three sets of rectangular pillars, in pairs with common bases and capitals, supported by three
brick porch supports that extend to the foundation. A wooden balustrade encloses the porch between the
brick piers. The stairs are terrazzo and flanked by brick handrails. Windows are double-hung wooden sash
windows with leaded and patterned upper panes and single panes in the lower sash. Windows have broad
milled muntins and common lower sills, and are arranged in horizontal bands. Window boxes are located
beneath the central windows on the second story and in front of the porch balustrade. The main entry door
has a single pane window in its upper panel and a wooden screen door, and is flanked by single-panel
sidelights. A brick chimney with elaborate brick cap is located on the north wall. The house was built for
attorney Robertson McKissick, and purchased by John Clauss, partner in the Clauss & Kraus meatpacking
business, in 1920. Clauss was one of the founders of the Del Paso Country Club and served on the board of
directors for the Crocker Art Museum. This building is a contributor to the district.
92. 714 21st Contributor
This two-story 1919 Colonial Revival building has a side-gabled roof with minimal eave overhang. Siding
is shiplap. The main entrance is accentuated with a decorative crown with pediment, supported by two
cylindrical columns. The entry door is a six-panel wooden door with sidelights. Two tripartite windows,
each with a central large picture window topped with a horizontal row of rectangular panes and two narrow
double-hung wooden sash windows, flank the main entrance. Other building windows are double-hung
wooden sash with a single pane in each sash. Windows on the building front have decorative shutters,
probably not original. A flat-roofed rectangular bay is located on the northern gable wall. The landscaping
of this building includes two mature palm trees that obscure much of the building from the street. This
building is a contributor to the district.
93. 715 21st Contributor
This 1907 two-story foursquare has Craftsman and Prairie features. It has a pyramidal hipped roof with
gabled dormer, with wide eave overhang and extended and elaborated rafter tails. The dormer has a
stickwork sunburst under the gable end, two diamond-shaped louvered vents flanking a wooden sash
window, and shingle siding. Siding is simple wood shingles, flared outward at the base of the second story,
with a bracketed cornice beneath the flared shingles. A hipped porch roof wraps around the southwest
corner of the building, with wide eave overhang and extended and elaborated rafter tails and a wide frieze.
The porch is supported by rectangular wood columns atop shingled porch supports that extend to the
ground. Windows are double-hung wooden sash, most with a single pane in each sash. The two windows
located in the center of the second story have divided light upper panes and a shared sill with a wooden
balustrade. The main entry door has a single pane window in its upper panel and is flanked by single-panel
sidelights. Stairs are concrete with wrought-iron handrails. A chimney is located on the northern roof slope.
The house was constructed for Stuart Upson, vice-president of the Kimball-Upson sporting goods and auto
supply company. This building is a contributor to the district.
94. 717 21st Contributor
This two-story Prairie building, constructed in 1922 per city directories, is divided into four apartments
with a symmetrical appearance. The roof is hipped with a wide eave overhang and boxed eaves. Walls are
stucco. A porch on the building front incorporates a second-story terrace, with a broad entry arch over the
porch and a stucco terrace wall. The main entry door is a wooden frame with 20 divided light panes, and is
flanked by tall single-pane sidelights. Windows are single-hung wood sash, with smaller divided-light
upper panes over a single lower pane, arranged into groups of three with a larger central window in front of
each apartment. Decorative moldings are placed above the windows on the first floor. Stairs are concrete
with stucco and iron pipe handrails. This building is a contributor to the district.
95. 718 21st Contributor
This one-and-a-half story 1915 Colonial Revival building has elements common to Cape Cod houses,
including a steeply pitched side-gabled roof (in this case, a gable-on-hip) and decorative crown and
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