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8.C. - Page 11 of 54 William Kostura, Historic Resource Evaluation of the Redwood City Woman Club The north side has a staggered massing, with a recess toward the rear. Again, siding is shingles over clapboards, and windows are double -hung. Paired doors into the Auditorium are wooden, with full-length glazing divided by muntins into eight lights per door. The rear of the original building has a gabled roof with extended eaves, knee braces, and a louvered vent at the top. A centrally-placed recessed entrance features wooden steps, a paneled door, and a transom of ten lights that is flush with the wall. All of these elements appear to be original. Fenestration is irregular, with two small fixed windows and one larger double -hung window. The 1973 Addition In 1973 the Dining Room addition of 1939 was extended eastward by the construction of a 20' by 17' addition. Its gabled roof, extended eaves, exposed rafters, shingled siding, and clapboard base match the materials of both the original building of 1911 and the addition of 1939. One window, in its north side, has industrial steel sash, and this also matches windows in the south wall of the 1939 addition. Because this addition resulted in removal of part of the 1939 addition -- namely, its east wall -- it is possible that this steel sash window was salvaged from that wall for use in the addition. Interior Two rooms in the building, the Auditorium and the Parlor, had a more public use than most of the other rooms did, and they retain their original finishes. Accordingly, they stand out as having more historical importance than the others do and are described here in some detail. The Auditorium is entered directly from the recessed porch. It measures about 30 feet in width by 40 feet in depth. The floor is wooden; wainscoting is wooden and paneled to a height of about five feet; and the upper walls and the coved ceiling are finished in plaster. Wooden doors are variously paneled and glazed, are set within plain board casings, appear to be original, and are described as follows: A pair of doors that open into the Parlor have full-length glazing divided by muntins into fifteen lights each. A single door that opens into the Office is similarly glazed with fifteen lights. Two doors to either side of the Stage are paneled. A pair of doors opening into the north yard have full-length glazing divided into eight lights each. A wide opening in to the Dining Room is not closed by doors, but is surrounded by the same board casing as the other openings. The east wall of the Auditorium has a large opening into the Stage that is raised a few feet off of the floor. This opening has rounded upper corners, is surrounded by layered casings, and is closed by curtains. Finally, lighting is supplied by fluorescent fixtures. Aside from these lights, and perhaps the Stage curtains, all features in this room appear to be original. El 535