The building located at 11005 Riveria Road is a two story American Craftsman home that was constructed in 1914. This surrounding area consists of primarily American Craftsman single and multiple residences constructed from 1900s to the 1950s.
This two story Craftsman home has a square floorplan, muti-panned windows, and a continuous brick foundation. The wood framed building is sheathed in horizontal wood beveled siding on the second story and split wood shingles are on the porch header on the first story. The porch appears to have been altered; since it lacks Craftsman features such as the porch header meeting the columns, which soothes the transition of architectural elements to give it a natural look.
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Widely considered the apotheosis of Craftsman architecture, their most well-known work is the 1908 Gamble House in Pasadena, home of the Greene brothers’ practice from 1893 to 1914. As explained by architectural historian Teresa Grimes, the Gamble House “exemplified the ideals of handcrafted materials and decorative motifs inspired by natural elements and pre-industrial architectural designs” (Grimes 2016:6–7). While other high-style Craftsman homes—sometimes referred to as Western Stick style homes—were constructed in Southern California, as the style was popularized in pattern books and magazines, architects and builders quickly employed it in the design and construction of bungalows. Borrowed from the Indian term bangala by British colonists, the bungalow referred to a rural one-story home with a front porch and central living room. During the first decade of the 20th century, the bungalow proved itself a housing type readily adaptable to the California climate and the high demand for housing among working- and middle-class Angelinos. While American Colonial Revival, Spanish Colonial Revival, and English Revival versions of the bungalow also proliferated, the Craftsman bungalow soon became the most popular smaller home type in …show more content…
Architecturally, the property is a modest example of the American Craftsman home and was constructed in 1914. Since then, the property had undergone alterations such as the picture windows, hipped roof above the porch, main entry way, and the porch. The following are the remaining Craftsman style characteristics wooden framed windows, front gable roof, exposed roof rafters, and clapboard siding.
Based on available information, 11005 Riveria Road is not a significant or likely source of important information regarding history or prehistory. The property has no know likelihood of yielding important information or further retrieved data about historic construction materials, technology or human use. Therefore, the Rock and Roll bar is not NRHP/CRHR eligible under Criterion D/4.
B6. Construction History
Limited permits have been issued for the property. The most pertinent are listed