946 A Street

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Address: 950 A St, Arcata, CA 95521, USA
City: Arcata
Postal code: 95521
Year Built 1909
Period Transitional Architecture c. 1900-1910
Structure Order 69
946 A Street
946 A Street

The family of Aaron Alden are at present living in three rooms of their five room rustic bungalow now in course of construction on the sightly lot at the crest of Pleasant Hill Addition...It is expected that this pretty and attractive home will be completed within a few weeks when inconvenience will be replaced by comfort and convenience… (Arcata Union, Feb. 20, 1909)

Wide curved eaves with false rafter ends and front roof dormer suggest the coming architecture, but even this “rustic bungalow” falls short of the Craftsman character exhibited in the David Wood House, 1318 H Street, built just two years later. The recessed porch with siding-covered supports on a wall pier are found on several Arcata houses of this transitional period.
946 A Street
946 A Street

The family of Aaron Alden are at present living in three rooms of their five room rustic bungalow now in course of construction on the sightly lot at the crest of Pleasant Hill Addition…It is expected that this pretty and attractive home will be completed within a few weeks when inconvenience will be replaced by comfort and convenience… (Arcata Union, Feb. 20, 1909)

Wide curved eaves with false rafter ends and front roof dormer suggest the coming architecture, but even this “rustic bungalow” falls short of the Craftsman character exhibited in the David Wood House, 1318 H Street, built just two years later. The recessed porch with siding-covered supports on a wall pier are found on several Arcata houses of this transitional period.