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State of California---The Resources Agency Primary#
<br /> DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI
<br /> CONTINUATION SHEET
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<br /> *Resource Name or# 309 Neal Street
<br /> (Assigned by recorder)
<br /> Recorded By Architectural Resources Group Date April 2015 ® Continuation ❑ Update
<br /> *P3a Description(continued from page 1)
<br /> • Concrete foundation,small entrance to basement on north elevation of ell
<br /> • Intact historic interior features including wood trim, interior doors, pocket doors between parlor and dining room, light fixtures,
<br /> hardware, period wallpaper,and some kitchen fixtures
<br /> The property includes a 1 5-story barn set southeast of the dwelling and a small play house at the southwest corner of the lot The barn
<br /> is in poor condition Landscape features include evidence of rear gardens,dry coi ponds in the front yard, mature palm in the front yard,
<br /> and chain link fencing enclosing the property frontage
<br /> B6 Construction History(continued from page 2)
<br /> Sanborn map research indicates that 309 Neal Street has not substantively changed in form since the early 20th century From 1907 to
<br /> 1943,the property was a single-story dwelling with a bay window and partial-length front porch on the main elevation, and an offset rear
<br /> block with wrap-around porch on the southeast corner The property contained a barn in the location of the present barn structure and,
<br /> in 1943,the playhouse the Wests constructed for their daughter Jean(Sanborn 1907, 1929, 1943)Review of City of Pleasanton
<br /> building permit records revealed no permits of note
<br /> B10 Significance(continued from page 2)
<br /> Jean Jones inherited the family property and lived in the dwelling until her death in 2015 Mrs Jones worked at AT&T for much of her
<br /> adult life(Museum on Main 2015, US Census 1930, 1940)
<br /> 309 Neal Street is a well-preserved example of the Queen Anne cottage form commonly constructed in Pleasanton in the late 19th and
<br /> early 20th century The dwelling exhibits an asymmetrical forms composed of a prominent projecting gable bay and partial-length front
<br /> porch on the primary elevation, hipped roof form, cutaway bay window,decorative emphasis on the gable, porch, and bay window,
<br /> spindle and turned work on the porch, and decorative wood shingles The property retains a high degree of integrity of setting,design,
<br /> material,feeling,and association, retaining historic form and a high proportion of historic interior and exterior finish materials The
<br /> property appears to be one of the most intact historic properties of this type in the downtown area of Pleasanton
<br /> 309 Neal Street is also associated with the history of civic development and medicine in Pleasanton as a hospital site in the early
<br /> twentieth century However,the property has lost association with this context with reconversion to residential use in the 1930s The
<br /> property is not associated with persons significant in the history of Pleasanton
<br /> 309 Neal appears to be eligible for the California Register of Historic Resources under Criterion 3
<br /> B12 References (continued from page 2)
<br /> City of Pleasanton Assessor's Block Book ca 1912 Collection of the Amador-Livermore Valley Historical Society, Pleasanton, CA
<br /> City of Pleasanton Assessor's Block Book ca 1940 Collection of the Amador-Livermore Valley Historical Society, Pleasanton, CA
<br /> City of Pleasanton, Planning Department Building Permit Records Pleasanton, CA
<br /> City of Pleasanton and Architectural Resources Group City of Pleasanton Downtown Historic Context Statement,2013
<br /> Hagemann, Herbert L Jr A History of the City of Pleasanton Pleasanton, CA Amador-Livermore Valley Historical Society, 1994
<br /> Museum on Main "Scope of Work Proposal for Jean Jones Estate, 309 Neal Street, Pleasanton, CA 94566"2015
<br /> Pleasanton Downtown Association Historical Preservation Committee "Historic Downtown Pleasanton Walking Tour Guide"2003
<br /> Collection of the Amador-Livermore Valley Historical Society, Pleasanton, CA
<br /> Sanborn Map Company Pleasanton,Alameda Co Cal 1888, 1893, 1898, 1903, 1907, 1929, 1943 Collection of the Amador-Livermore
<br /> Valley Historical Society, Pleasanton, CA
<br /> Thompson&West "Map of Washington Corners, Map of Haywards Park, Homestead, Union,Alameda Co, CA, Niles or Vallejo Mills,
<br /> Alameda Co, CA, Map of Pleasanton,Alameda Co, CA, 1878 Collection of the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley,
<br /> CA
<br /> US Bureau of the Census US Census for Pleasanton,Alameda County, California 1890, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, 1940
<br /> DPR 523L(1195) *Required Information
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