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ROJECT DESCRIPTION AND HISTORIC BACKGROUND
1206 Oak Street is a Queen Anne “cottage” built ca. 1890 and an fine example of the local well known architect, Luther Turton’s modest 1 r
esidences. The traditional one story layout has pedimented gables in a classic steep hip roof style. There are two slanted bays, one in the dining room and one in the living room. These bays have large, proportionally tall double hung windows reminiscent of the era. The rounded porch, a trait often found in the Queen Anne architectural style, had been rebuilt in a 1993 renovation by the Leavey family. This restoration returned the stairs to the original graceful orientation of directly facing the street. Also adorning the porch are a bent wood arch entrance and spindle work above, in the “Eastlake” fashion. The major work that has been done by the Leavey family all helped maintain the historical importance of the home. Aside from the maintenance of the restorations which have already been completed, there are still some remaining projects which will help preserve 1206 Oak Street’s original intent. These will be listed in the Ten Year Plan.
The ongoing research of the property currently has Max Schwartz purchasing the lot for $2100 in February 1891 . At that time the address was 2 d
ifferent; 204 Oak Street. There had been a smaller dwelling with a brick chimney on site prior to the current home being built . Although there are 3 m
any of the original architectural plans by Luther Turton preserved by the Napa Valley Historical Society, none have been found yet of 1206 Oak Street.
We are presently conducting a search to locate them or at least a similar cottage designed by Turton which could potentially provide detailing , including interior trims and casework.
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ee: Napa County Landmarks, December 11, 1993 Victorian Holiday Candlelight Tour 2
See: Sanborn Insurance Maps 1886 and 19013
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he Fall 2012 Tidings covers the history of Napa County. The following article is a brief biography of Luther Turton, “Napa’s Architect” who designed numerous buildings throughout California. To get your copy of Tidings, become a member today!
Luther Mark Turton is one of the best known Napa Valley architects. Turton was born in North Bend, Nebraska, on May 22, 1862 to George J. and Harriet B. Turton. George, born about 1830, had immigrated from England in 1856 and married New York native Harriet a year later. The Turton family relocated to the Browns Valley area in 1876 when Luther was fourteen. He eventually graduated from Napa Collegiate Institute in 1882 with a Master’s Degree. After completing his formal education, he then moved to San Francisco and entered the office of McDougal & Son as an apprentice architect. By 1887 Turton had completed his apprenticeship and opened his own firm in Napa.
In the 1926 book History of Solano and Napa Counties, Luther Turton was described as a man who “had a natural aptitude for [architecture] and the quality of his drawings soon attracted favorable attention. The first plan which he drew after coming to Napa was for a women’s dormitory for the Collegiate Institute, and from that time on, as long as he remained actively engaged in this work, he was connected with the building of most of the important structures in this locality. He was [the] architect for the Winship building, the Semorille [sic] building, the H. Schultz block, the Behlow block and the Miglavacca [sic] block, as well as many fine residences here. He also was the architect on a business block erected in San Francisco by Henry Brown of Napa, and drew plans for buildings in Coluso [sic], Yolo and Solano counties, as well as for two bank buildings in Vallejo and the St. Helena union high school. He was superintendent of construction on the Bank of Napa building, the First National Bank building…and two grammar school buildings recently erected in Napa.” Turton also designed the Kahn-Voorhees House at 1910 First Street, the Noyes Mansion at 1750 First Street, the Noyes-York House at 1005 Jefferson Street, the Hackett House at 2109 First Street, the Migliavacca House 1475 Fourth Street, and his own home at 1767 Laurel Street. Among the other commercial buildings he designed are the Goodman Library (home to Napa County Historical Society and Napa County Landmarks) and three mansions for the live-in doctors at Napa State Hospital.
His architectural personality “straddles the extravagant medievalism of the late nineteenth century and the quieter classicism of the early twentieth century,” wrote Dave Weinstein in his 2006 book Signature architects of the San Francisco Bay Area. Juliana Inman, whose cottage is featured on this year’s Holiday Candlelight Tour, said, “Turton uses shared space to make interiors seem more expansive. He will borrow space from a hallway, an entryway, or have parlors flow into each other so that they appear much more spacious and grand than they otherwise would seem.” In 1893 he married Lillie A. Bell from Santa Rosa via Guelph, Ontario, Canada, and soon after had a daughter, Lois Belle. The Turtons were very active in the local community; they were members of the temperance movement, Knights of the Maccabees, Eagle Cycling Club, the Napa Grange, and the local Methodist-Episcopal Church, which he also designed. The History of Solano and Napa Counties described him as a man much like his architectural designs, “[quiet] and unostentatious in manner, he nevertheless left a strong impress of his individuality upon all with whom he associated. He possessed the happy faculty of seeing the beautiful things of the world, and he enjoyed nature, loved flowers, appreciated noble traits in mankind and hand an optimistic outlook on life, so that to know him was to admire him.” Turton passed away from natural causes on April 27, 1925.
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he Shwarz, (*Schwartz) Family history in Napa
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Address 2 Address #2 (if applicable) C C
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CP Neighborhood Conservation Property N
CP Neighborhood Conservation Property
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RI Historic Resources Inventory N
RD-NAF National Register District - Napa Abajo Fuller Park N
RP National Register Property
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0 02101023000 1686 Muller Dr 1940 LR HRI-3
001032020000 1510 Myrtle Ave 1950 LR HRI-3
001027001000 1600 Myrtle Ave 1950 LR HRI-3
001026006000 1621 Myrtle Ave 1910 LR HRI-3
001026005000 1631 Myrtle Ave 1925 LR HRI-3
001024003000 1751 Myrtle Ave 1925 LR HRI-3
003145005000 831 Napa St 1910 LR HRI-3
003145002000 861 Napa St 1905 LR HRI-3
003106008000 904 Napa St 1880 LLM HRI-2
003106009000 918 Napa St 1900 LR HRI-3
003106020000 920 924 Napa St 1950 LR HRI-3
003141001000 983 Napa St 1927 LLM HRI-1
003135002000 1019 1031 Napa St 1895 LR HRI-3
003104006000 1024 Napa St 1885 LR SJ CONTRIB HRI-3
003104008000 1030 Napa St 1885 LR SJ CONTRIB HRI-3
003131002000 1161 Napa St 1910 LR HRI-3
003131001000 1165 Napa St 1940 LR HRI-3
003105003000 1615 Nursery St 1890 LR HRI-3
005102006000 1007 Oak St 1885 NRD-NAF LLM NAF CONTRIB NCP HRI-2 005102032000 1015 Oak St 1890 NRD-NAF LLM NAF CONTRIB NCP HRI-2 005102004000 1019 Oak St 1890 NRD-NAF LLM NAF CONTRIB NCP HRI-2 005102037000 1027 Oak St 1910 NRD-NAF LLM NAF NCP HRI-3 005102036000 1035 Oak St 1890 NRD-NAF LLM NAF CONTRIB NCP HRI-2 003281016000 1120 Oak St 1872 NRP NRD-NAF LLM NAF LP NCP HRI-1 003281017000 1142 Oak St 1920 NRD-NAF LLM NAF NCP HRI-3 003265010000 1206 Oak St 1890 NRD-NAF LLM NAF CONTRIB NCP HRI-2 003265011000 1218 Oak St 1900 NRD-NAF LLM NAF CONTRIB NCP HRI-2 003265012000 1226 Oak St 1920 NRD-NAF LLM NAF CONTRIB NCP HRI-3 003265013000 1234 Oak St 1925 NRD-NAF LR NAF HRI-3
003265014000 1246 Oak St 1880 NRD-NAF LLM NAF HRI-2
003265015000 1256 Oak St 1880 NRD-NAF LLM NAF CONTRIB HRI-2 003263012000 1326 Oak St 1880 NRD-NAF LLM NAF HRI-2
003263013000 1336 Oak St 1885 NRD-NAF LLM NAF CONTRIB HRI-2 003263014000 1344 1346 Oak St 1905 NRD-NAF LR NAF CONTRIB HRI-3 005051004000 1425 Oak St 1920 NRD-NAF LR NAF CONTRIB HRI-3 ATTACHMENT 2