National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet

NPS Form 10-900-A
United States Department of the Interior
National Park Service
National Register of Historic Places
Continuation Sheet
OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 (8-86)
Section Number: _7_ Page: 32 Geneva-Minnesota Historic District, Medford, OR
ID No: 026
Historic Name: Richard F. Antle House
Address: 108 Geneva
Architect:
Style: Bungalow
Year Built: 1912
Legal: 37S-1W-30AB, Tax Lot 15300
Humphrey-Knight Addn, Block 1, Lot(s) 2
Builder(s): Fifer, B.F.
Primary Contributing
The Antle House, a one-story wood-frame structure with a full-width front porch, was constructed
during the original development of the Geneva-Minnesota District on speculation for Henry and
William Humphrey. Similar in design to both the Maud Hazelrigg House (Site 18) and the
Hazelrigg-Porter House (Site 23), the Antle House retains its original 6" wide horizontal board
siding, simple brackets and multi-light wood casement windows. Window and door trim are
exaggerated battered frames, matching the battered pillars of the porch. A matching garage survives
at the rear of the property.
First purchased from the Humphreys by a "A.J. Starmer," 89 by 1919 the house had become the home
of Richard F. Antle. Antle was apparently active in a variety of business ventures, most notably
serving as the cashier of the Farmers and Fruitgrowers Bank of Medford. Shortly after moving to
Geneva, Mr. Antle resigned this position. F.E. Wahl [also a district resident, see Site 15) was
promoted to cashier "...caused by the resignation of R.F. Antle who's highly successful other business
interests made it necessary for him to devote all of his time to them."90 Antle's "other interests" was
as the general manager, and part-owner, of the George Hunt Theater Company, the major motion
picture chain in southern Oregon with theaters in Medford, Grants Pass and Ashland. He was active
in local politics, serving on the Medford City Council during the early 1920s. Antle remained at 108
Geneva until 1938 after which his daughter, Mrs. Mildred E. Schuchard, acquired the house.91 The
family retained ownership until the 1950s.
Essentially unchanged from its original appearance, the Richard F. Antle House retains integrity in
design, workmanship and use of materials. It accurately conveys its original construction and
remains an important element of the Geneva-Minnesota District.
89 JCD 102:30, 6-March-1914.
90 "New Cashier for Fruitgrowers B'k," Medford Mail Tribune, 26-October-1920, 3:3.
91 JCD 219:413.