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State of California---The Resources Agency Primary# DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI BUILDING, STRUCTURE AND OBJECT RECORD Page 2 of 5 *NRHP Status Code B1 Historic Name Schween-West House B2 Common Name Jean Jones House B3 Original Use Single family residential B4 Present Use Single family residential *B5 Architectural Style Queen Anne *B6 Construction History (Construction date,alterations,and date of alterations) See page 3 *B7 Moved/ ®No Dyes DUnknown Date Original Location *B8 Related Features Detached barn, playhouse B9a Architect b Builder *B10 Significance Theme Residential Development Area Post Railroad Subdivision and Development Property Period of Significance Type Queen Anne Applicable Criteria 3/C (Discuss importance in terms of historical or architectural context as defined by theme,period,and geographic scope Also address integrity) 309 Neal Street is situated on property that was originally owned by the Neal family,one of the major land owners in the vicinity of the Pleasanton town site in the late nineteenth century Angela Bernal Neal,daughter of the Bernal family that held the original Rancho del Valle de San Jose and wife of Joshua Neal,owned this property in 1878(Thompson 1878,ARG 2003) The parcel is located just outside the bounds of the 1868 Neal Plan for Pleasanton, an area of residential subdivision west of Main Street between Division and Abbie streets The Neals began subdividing and selling property in the division plan as early as 1863,and with the surety of a Central Pacific Railroad route through Pleasanton in the late 1860s, reoriented his streets and lot divisions to align with the route of the railroad Neal's subdivision plan laid out the current street pattern for the First,Second,and Third street neighborhood south of Division Street(Pleasanton Historic Context Statement 2013) The Neal Family also sold selected parcels adjacent to the bounds of the Neal Plan,and this property, including this parcel The Neal Family appears to have sold this property to local rancher and grain farmer Charles Schween and his wife Mary sometime in the late 19th century(Pleasanton 1912, US Census 1900, 1910) Charles Schween was active in local civic affairs and served as a member of the town Board of Trustees in 1902 By 1920,the Schweens had moved to the corner of Angela and Main streets (Hagemann 43, US Census 1920) In 1930, George S Barry Jr, proprietor of a local garage and auto salesman,owned the property, where he lived alone(US Census 1930) Local oral history accounts of the property state that at in December of 1930,the building became the Pleasanton Hospital,operated by Drs Eastman and Cope with Miss Florence Conrad as hospital superintendent The building reportedly had a capacity of nine beds, consisting of three private rooms and two wards The building also reportedly included a"modern"surgery room(Museum on Main 2015) By 1940, the hospital ceased operation and George and Wanda West purchased the property,converting it back to residential use George West operated several businesses in Pleasanton including a barber shop,the Valley Creamery on Main Street,a trucking, bus and taxi company He also owned and managed the Greyhound bus station 645 Main Street and was an Assistant Fire Chief for twenty years The Wests shared the home with Wanda's parents, Frank and Alice Maggioli, in the early 1940s The West's daughter, (continued page 3) B11 Additional Resource Attributes (List attributes and codes) *B12 References See page 3 (Sketch Map with north arrow required) B13 Remarks *B14 Evaluator Elaine Stiles and Katherine Petrin Architectural Resources Group Pier 9,The Embarcadero San Francisco,CA 94111 *Date of Evaluation April 2015 (This space reserved for official comments) Source DPR 523B (1/95) *Required information