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8.B. - Page 27 of 66 William Kostura, Historic Resource Evaluation for 970 Edgewood Road Summary This house was built in 1959 for Raymond and Nita Spangler to designs by architect Edwin Wadsworth. Raymond Spangler was a long-time and highly -regarded courthouse reporter at, and publisher of the Redwood City Tribune. He was also influential regarding many civic issues in the peninsula and in journalistic organizations. Nita Spangler was active in historic preservation and preservation of open space. In the latter field she was instrumental in protecting Sweeney Ridge and Bair Island from development. Because of the Spanglers' long association with this house it appears to be eligible for the California Register of Historical Resources under Criterion 2. The house is also an exceptional example of the second phase of the Bay Area Tradition of domestic architecture that emphasizes wooden walls, wooden finishes, and visible structural members. Its architect, Edwin Wadsworth, won prestigious awards for his domestic architecture, which included over 190 houses, and also designed many churches and an award-winning office building. Because of the distinctive quality of the architecture, its high integrity, and the importance of the architect, the house also appears to be eligible for the California Register under Criterion 3. Please see the Evaluation section, below, for more detail. Description Setting, landscaping, carport, and garage This property is located in the Edgewood Park subdivision of Redwood City, originally known as Wellesley Park. It is a neighborhood of single-family residences on larger than average lots for Redwood City, with gently curving streets and many trees. Some early 20th century houses can be found in the subdivision at its eastern end, close to El Camino Real, but most houses at this end of the neighborhood date to the 1920s and later. The subject house is located on a pie -shaped lot of about six -tenths of an acre. The street frontage is 200 feet, the depth averages 241 feet, and in the rear, at the north end, the lot width narrows to about sixty or seventy feet. A utilitarian wire fence and considerable dense foliage in the form of shrubs and three mature trees fronts the property. These plantings and fence are interrupted by a paved driveway that leads into the lot to a garage and the house. Six mature trees can also be found in bare ground to the right and left of the driveway. These include three oak trees and three maple or elm trees. As one approaches the house, the driveway widens to become a paved area that allows considerable room for maneuvering of cars and for parking. To the right (east) of this 2 B;