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Kostura, Mills Act nomination for 731 Edgewood Road, Redwood City <br />The centered front entrance is recessed a few feet within the body of the house. Except for the <br />floor of dark red clay tiles, the materials are wooden and the detailing is generally classical in <br />feeling. The door and the sides of the recess are paneled. The surrounding trim is grooved, with <br />a restrained classical base on each side and rectangular upper corners. On the door, the <br />ornamental brass handle and brass knocker appear to be original. <br />As suggested above, the style of the old part of the house is Monterey Revival with classical <br />elements. The full-width wooden balcony and porch with chamfered posts evokes Monterey <br />colonial-era architecture; while the classical elements are the house’s symmetrical composition, <br />the paneled entrance and door, and the trim around the entrance. The brick first story and the <br />shuttered windows evoke Colonial-era architecture of the United States, especially Georgian. <br />Please see a short historic context on this style below. <br />Additions to the house <br />Additions on the north and east sides of the house date from from 1968 and later. As mentioned <br />above, they are clad by the same clapboard siding that was used on the old part of the house. All <br />windows appear to be metal-clad wooden windows, while doors are wooden, some metal-clad. <br />The additions include: <br />* A one-story north wing built in 1968. This wing is set back from the front wall of the house by <br />about thirteen feet. The front of this wing is visible to a person who stands in front of the house <br />and slightly to the left, but because it is set back so far, and because it is only one story in height, <br />it is inconspicuous relative to the main body of the house. A three-sided oriel, or bay window, <br />projects forward from its front wall. <br />The north wall of this wing is barely visible because it is located so close to the property’s north <br />lot line. <br />The south side of this wing is prominently visible from the area around the swimming pool and <br />the driveway. Its main feature is a recessed porch with a brick floor. This porch is accessed on <br />two sides by three brick steps and is sheltered by a shed roof supported by wooden posts with <br />chamfered corners. Paired doors and full-length windows on this side are vinyl. <br />* The original garage, which was remodeled into a family room in the late 1990s or in about <br />2000. This structure now has very much the appearance of an eastward extension of the north <br />wing. A break in the gabled roofline distinguishes these two structures from each other. Paired <br />doors and a small window are vinyl. <br />* A two-story addition to the southern half of the original house. Its construction date is <br />unknown, but a Sanborn map and a drawing on the County Appraisal Record prove that it was <br />built between 1950 and 1972. The roof is hipped, which effects a break in appearance from the <br />4 <br />9.A. - Page 73 of 247 <br />331