national register nomination for boulevard park historic

pilasters over the six-paneled door. A flat dormer with shingled sides and three single-pane windows is
centrally located on the roof. The walls are stucco. A crown and pilasters surround the main entrance, a sixpaneled
wooden door. The entrance is flanked by two sets of tripartite wooden sash windows. The central
window in each has a divided light upper pane and single lower pane, while the side windows have a single
pane in each sash. The building is symmetrical except for a small addition to the south, extending the plane
of the main roof, with a set of French doors and a loggia facing the building front. The loggia is supported
by two rectangular pillars that are similar in dimension to the pilasters over the main entry door. A broad,
low concrete patio runs along the front of the building, with a set of concrete steps leading toward the
sidewalk. This building is a contributor to the district.
96. 724-726 21st Contributor
This Neoclassic foursquare was constructed in 1907. It features a hipped roof and hipped dormer with
boxed eaves, with a dentilated cornice line and brackets below the eaves of the main roof. Siding is simple
wooden shingles on the second floor and false bevel drop siding on the first floor. A flat-roofed classical
entrance porch extends from the northwest corner of the building, with a wooden balustrade on the porch
roof. The balustrade on the porch, and another located beneath a second-story window, are decorated with
urns. The porch has round columns, a classical entablature and deck. An angled bay is opposite the porch
on the ground floor. Windows are double-hung wooden sash with a patterned upper pane and a single pane
in the lower sash. The main entry door has a single pane window in its upper panel and is flanked by
single-panel sidelights. The porch stairs are wooden with wooden handrails. The building was constructed
by Wright & Kimbrough, the development firm that built the district. This building is a contributor to the
district.
97. 725 21st Contributor
This 1910 two-story foursquare has Craftsman and Prairie features. It has a pyramidal hipped roof with hip
dormer, with wide eave overhang and extended and elaborated rafter tails. Two square bays with hipped
roofs are located on the second story, above a full porch with shed roof and exposed rafter tails. The porch
frieze is supported by four battered rectangular wooden columns above rectangular porch supports. Siding
is simple wood shingles on the second story and false bevel drop siding on the first story and porch. Each
bay has paired double-hung wooden sash windows with divided light panes in the upper sash and a single
pane in the lower sash. An entry loggia at the front of the property matches the style and detail of the rafters
of the house. The house was constructed for Mrs. Louise Groth, widow of early Sacramento County
Supervisor James Groth. In 1920, the house became the residence of Arthur E. Miller, who had recently
married Louise Groth’s daughter Emma. Miller was a prominent Sacramento attorney and a director of the
D.O. Mills Bank. This building is a contributor to the district.
98. 730 21st Non-Contributor
This is a two-story modern International Style office building, built outside the period of significance of the
district and therefore a non-contributor to the district.
22nd Street
99. 217 22nd Contributor
This 1912 one-story Craftsman bungalow has a side-gabled roof with exposed rafter tails and an offset
front porch gable with extended rafter ends with knee braces. The porch gable end has two fixed divided
light wood sash windows with a window box beneath. Siding is shingles on the gable ends and simple drop
siding on the walls. A loggia extends from the porch over the front of the house. The porch and loggia are
supported by full-height battered clinker brick rectangular columns. A wooden balustrade on the porch ends
in a half-height clinker brick rectangular column, adjacent to concrete stairs with clinker brick stair rails. A
clinker brick chimney is located on the south end of the building. Windows are paired on either side of the
main entry door, double-hung wooden sash with divided light upper and single lower pane. The main entry
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