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8.C. - Page 9 of 54 William Kostura, Historic Resource Evaluation of the Redwood City Woman Club Summary The Redwood City Woman's Club was founded in 1909 and built this one-story, wood - framed building two years later, in 1911. The Woman's Club has owned and occupied the property ever since. Several elements make this make this building an expressive example of the Craftsman style, namely the cladding of wooden shingles, a projecting gabled porte cochere, the gabled and pyramidal roof, exposed purlins with pointed ends, and bargeboard with carved rafter ends. The porte cochere fronts a recessed porch that serves as the main entrance. In composition, the front of the building is symmetrical, with slightly -projecting wings flanking the porch and porte cochere. On both the exterior and the interior this building is largely intact as built, with these exceptions, namely, that the wooden siding on the front porch posts has been removed, revealing the steel posts within; in 1939 a shingled dining room was added to the south side, filling in an ell; in the same year two attic -level windows were filled in; and in 1973 a shingled addition to the dining room was made to the rear of the building. Both the 1939 and the 1973 additions are, in their materials and details, entirely compatible with the building's Craftsman style. The landscaping in front of, behind, and to the sides of the building is non -original. The property appears to be eligible for the California Register of Historical Resources at the local level under Criterion 1, for its history as a women's club, and under Criterion 3, for its Craftsman -style architecture. Please see the Evaluation section, below, for more details. Description Setting This property is located in the Dingee Park neighborhood of Redwood City. Dingee Park is a residential subdivision that was created in 1907-1908 and that featured generously - sized lots ranging from fifty to seventy-five feet in width. At the time it was created, the Craftsman style predominated in this neighborhood, and a number of houses of such style can be found nearby. Stylistically, they relate to the Redwood City Woman's Club. Period Revival houses built in later decades were usually clad in stucco, and two such houses can be found immediately north of this property. The Woman's Club building sits on a lot measuring 75 feet in width by 130 feet in depth. The building itself, not counting the 1973 rear addition, measures 64 feet in width by 71 feet in depth, dimensions that leave room for front and back yards and pathways on either side of the building. The pathway at right (to the south) is wide and paved. The front of the property is devoted to a semi -circular driveway that is paved with cement and is bisected by a sidewalk; lawns within the semi -circle of the driveway; shrubs; a few 2 533