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2672 Porter Ave

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2672 Porter Ave
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APN: 5844-028-007
AHAD ID: 16221
Year Built: 1912 (actual)
Year Built (Assessor): 1920
Year Built (Other): 1922
Legal Description: Pt. Blk. A, Portrero Heights Tr.
Quadrant: Not on File
Current Lot Size: Not on File
Historic Name: Not on File
Style: Mediterranean
Stories: 2
Type: Residence
CHRS: 3CS
Architect: Marston, Sylvanus B. (confirmed)
Builders: Pomeroy, L.P. (confirmed)
Polikowsky, C.E. (attributed to) (1929)
Building Permits:
PermitYear
9770 1929
Alterations:
CostDescriptionYear
$4,000 N/A 1929
Original Owner: Deeks, George M. (Occupation: Contractor)
Original Owner Occupation: Contractor
Place of Business: Not on File
Other Owners:
NameYearsComment
Porter, Lafayette Seward N/A N/A
Munroe, Edward 1929 N/A
Original Cost: $4,500
Original Lot Size: 3 acres (1922)
Moved on to Property: N
Former Addresses:
AddressYears
2800 Porter Altadena, CA 91001 N/A
2874 Porter Altadena, CA 91001 N/A
2850 Porter Altadena, CA 91001 1929
Porter & Foothill, NE Corner Altadena, CA 91001 N/A

Note

Frame house built on site in 1850s by Lafayette Porter, demolished 1912; 1912: 5 rms., frame & plaster, porches, cement foundation; 1929: add to dwelling, 25x35

Sources

Builder & Contractor (journal) 2/29/12, pp. 9, 15

Builder & Contractor (journal) 3/14/12

Builder & Contractor (journal) 10/24/12, p. 18

Builder & Contractor (journal) 11/1/29, p. 66

Altadena by Sara Noble Ives (book), p. 76

Altadena's Golden Years by Robert H. Peterson (book), p. 5

Th. 1914-15

Information from William Wilson Co. real estate files

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California Historical Resource Status (CHRS) Codes Key
CodeDescription
1S Individual property listed in National Register by the Keeper. Listed in the California Register.
3CD Appears eligible for California Register as a contributor to a California Register eligible district through a survey evaluation.
3CS Appears eligible for California Register as an individual property through survey evaluation.
3S Appears eligible for National Register as an individual property through survey evaluation.