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NPSForm10-900-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: 36 Geneva-Minnesota Historic District, Medford, OR constructed. Although the exact nature of the structure's role in establishing this neighborhood character cannot be conclusively documented, the house clearly played an important role in establishing the style of the Geneva-Minnesota District. The property has an intersecting gable roof plan with a full-width hipped-roof front porch. Windows are 1/1 double hung intermixed with casements, set in groupings of three. Window trim is the same idiosyncratic "hooded" design found on 112 Geneva (Site 27), built at approximately the same time. Wide eaves and massive brackets, with decorative notching of the rafter tails, typical features of the Craftsman Style, add to the structure's character. A board and batten garage, matching that associated with 109 Geneva, is located to the rear off the shared driveway. First purchased from Clarence Knight by Zadie and G.W. Stephens in 1912,98 the subject property, like the Steenstrup House next door, has had a number of owners and occupants. These included, in 1917, T.E. Daniels, a prominent entrepreneur and owner of "Daniels for Duds," a local men's clothier and, from 1919 to the early 1920s, Mrs. William I. Vawter, widow of the founder of the Jackson County Bank. In 1946 the property was sold to Allan and Janice Perry." Despite its checkered occupancy, the Stephens-Vawter House retains considerable integrity to its original design. As the earliest of the two-story Craftsman houses that characterize Geneva Street structures, the house played an important role in defining the Geneva-Minnesota District, and remains an important element of the district's significance. ID No: 031 Historic Name: Edward & Margaret Davis House Address: 101 Geneva Architect: Style: Craftsman Year Built: 1912 Legal: 37S-1W-30AB, Tax Lot 15800 Humphrey-Knight Addn, Block 2, Lot(s) 4 Builder(s): Fifer, B.F. Primary Contributing The two-story Edward and Margaret Davis House is a wood frame structure with an extremely shallow gable roof. The building has a small, offset, porch at the northeast corner and retains its original shingle siding and decorative "cottage" style double hung windows. A matching gable-roof garage is located to the rear of the popery, accessed via a concrete driveway shared with 35 Geneva to the south. Mention of the construction of the Davis House was included in the March 1912 review of C.A. Knight's activities on Geneva: C.A. Knight is having concrete foundations put in for two eight-room bungalows...both of which will have basements and furnaces will be put it. 98 Certificate of Title #1236,6-July-1912. 99 JCD 271:293.
NPSForm10-900-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: 37 Geneva-Minnesota Historic District, Medford, OR B.F. Fifer is the contractor who is superintending the work of construction..." 100 In 1914 Edward B. and Margaret Davis purchased the property from Knight and obtained a $5700 mortgage from H.M. McFarland. Sadly, Edward Davis, a partner with A.H. Miller in the Medford Book Store (see Site 29, above) died suddenly in 1916. Edward B. Davis, aged 51 years, one of the owners of the Medford Book Store and one of the best known merchants in the city, died at his home, 101 Geneva,....Death was unexpected and came as a shock to a wide variety of friends and acquaintances. 101 Mrs. Davis continued the family involvement in the book store which upon the firm's 20th anniversary boasted that it had been in continuous operation "...without a change in organization longer than any other concern in Medford..." save one. 102 Mrs. Davis remained in the subject property through the mid-1930s. Subsequent owners included Paul Smith, president of Rogue River Lumber and Richard Payne, Assistant Cashier of the First National Bank of Medford. In 1952 the house was purchased by Richard and Frances Schuchard, relatives of another family with long ties to the Geneva-Minnesota District. (See Site 26). The Edward B. and Margaret Davis retains high integrity to its original design, use of materials and overall appearance. Sited at the head of Minnesota Street, it constitutes an important visual element within the Geneva-Minnesota District. ID No: 032 Historic Name: Vawter-GHstrap House Address: 35 Geneva Architect: Style: Craftsman Year Built: 1913 Legal: 37S-1W-30AB, Tax Lot 15900 Humphrey-Knight Addn, Block 2, Lot(s) 5 Builder(s): Fifer, B.F. Primary Contributing The Vawter-Gilstrap House was constructed circa 1913 during the first development phase of the Geneva-Minnesota District. The one and one-half story structure has a full-width front porch below a hipped roof with a small gable at the entry stairs. The main volume is gabled. Original double drop siding, 4/1 double-hung siding and battered window trim all survive. The recessed second floor sleeping porch also remains intact. A matching gable garage is located to the rear. Historic 100 Medford Mail Tribune, 20-March-1912, 5:2. 101 "Edward B. Davis Crosses Divide," Medford Mail Tribune, 4-February-1916, 2:4. 102 "Miller Observes 20th Year as Book Dealer," Medford Mail Tribune, 10-March-1929, 3:1.
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