National Register #91000636: South of Campus Neighborhood in Chico, California

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National Register #91000636
South of Campus Neighborhood
Bounded by West 2nd, Normal, West 6th and Cherry Streets
Chico

This 520-acre historic district contains 114 contributing buildings. The period of significance is from 1850 to 1949.

Name	Year	Address	Remarks	Sort Address	Sort Name
	1920	627 West 2nd Street	Clapboard bungalow with craftsman details.	Street 02 W 627
	1920	635 West 2nd Street		Street 02 W 635
Shepherd House	1915	647 West 2nd Street	One of Chico's best-maintained examples of a Craftsman Bungalow.	Street 02 W 647	Shepherd House
	1910	729 West 2nd Street		Street 02 W 729
	1910	737 West 2nd Street		Street 02 W 737
Hall - Van Hook Funeral Chapel	1927	341 West 3rd Street	Stucco, conservative Mediterranean Villa. One of Chico's oldest businesses, evolving out of the furniture and mortuary business established by Thomas Bicknell in 1889.	Street 03 W 341	Hall - Van Hook Funeral Chapel
	1910	421 West 3rd Street		Street 03 W 421
		429 West 3rd Street	Craftsman Bungalow.	Street 03 W 429
	1903	430 West 3rd Street	Built sometime between 1903 and 1921.	Street 03 W 430
Dean House	1920	442 West 3rd Street	Chico's best example of Prairie style.	Street 03 W 442	Dean House
Crew House	1903	504 West 3rd Street	Colonial Revival style.	Street 03 W 504	Crew House
Rouke-Haile House	1903	512 West 3rd Street	Shingle style with Queen Anne asymmetry and Colonial Revival details.	Street 03 W 512	Rouke-Haile House
Richardson (C.C.) House	1907	520 West 3rd Street	Colonial Revival style.	Street 03 W 520	Richardson (C.C.) House
Richardson (J.V.) House	1907	528 West 3rd Street		Street 03 W 528	Richardson (J.V.) House
Ball House	1869	536 West 3rd Street	May be one of Chico's oldest extant structures. It appears to have been built for Charles Ball, pioneer watchmaker and mayor, around 1869, on the northeast corner of West 2nd and Chestnut Streets. It was moved here in the 1920's.	Street 03 W 536	Ball House
Zwidler House	1914	544 West 3rd Street		Street 03 W 544	Zwidler House
	1902	625 West 3rd Street		Street 03 W 625
O'Hair House	1884	628 West 3rd Street	Rural interpretation of the Greek Revival style.	Street 03 W 628	O'Hair House
White House	1902	642 West 3rd Street	Dutch mode of the Colonial Revival style.	Street 03 W 642	White House
Walker House	1875	702 West 3rd Street	Italianate style. Jefferson Walker, whose brickyard supplied the brick for most of the commercial buildings and schools in town until 1902, built this house for himself in 1875. It is one of the few remaining brick residences in Chico.	Street 03 W 702	Walker House
	1920	728 West 3rd Street		Street 03 W 728
	1915	745 West 3rd Street		Street 03 W 745
	1890	746 West 3rd Street	Multigabled Queen Anne built between 1890 and 1902.	Street 03 W 746
	1902	319 West 4rd Street	Classical Revival box with Queen Anne style shingled, multiple gables. A square side bay with beautiful carved brackets is the only vestige of the original one story Eastlake cottage which was greatly enlarged between 1902-1921 and remodeled in the late 1	Street 04 W 319
	1921	330 West 4rd Street	Built sometime before 1921.	Street 04 W 330
Abraham House	1918	413 West 4rd Street	Chico's only Secessionist details in the patterning in the eave soffits and surface applied design. The original living room chandelier was a Secessionist design of helmeted heads.	413 Street 04 W	Abraham House
	1921	414 West 4rd Street	Built sometime before 1921.	Street 04 W 414
	1921	420 West 4rd Street	Built between 1902 - 1921	Street 04 W 420
	1921	428 West 4rd Street	Colonial Revival cottage. Built between 1902 - 1921	Street 04 W 428
Canfield House	1903	429 West 4rd Street		Street 04 W 429	Canfield House
McIntosh House	1908	440 West 4rd Street	This square, 2-story house was once Chico's grandest example of the Colonial Revival style. Its current use as a fraternity house has led to its misuse and deterioration.	Street 04 W 440	McIntosh House
	1902	441 West 4rd Street		Street 04 W 441
	1902	611 West 4rd Street		Street 04 W 611
	1885	626-628 West 4rd Street	Moved to this site in the 1950s from 3rd and Salem Streets.	Street 04 W 626
Eames Cottage	1903	629 West 4rd Street	One of 3 identical rectangular cottages built in 1903 by Charles Eames behind his Soda Works. The porch has turned posts and small Eastlake-like brackets.	Street 04 W 629	Eames Cottage
Eames Cottage	1903	637 West 4rd Street	Idential to 629 West 4rd Street.	Street 04 W 637	Eames Cottage
Wood House	1873	644 West 4rd Street	Italianate style house built for Rev. Jesse Wood about 1873. Typical of residences of the period in its symmetry, simplicity of detail and workmanship.	Street 04 W 644	Wood House
Eames Cottage	1903	645 West 4rd Street	Idential to 629 West 4rd Street.	Street 04 W 645	Eames Cottage
	1920	720 West 4rd Street		Street 04 W 720
Stansbury House	1883	307 West 5th Street	National Register #75000424	Street 05 W 307	Stansbury House
	1886	330 West 5th Street		Street 05 W 330
	1920	345 West 5th Street	Built in the 1920s as a grocery store replacing an earlier dwelling.	Street 05 W 345
Kennedy House	1920	413 West 5th Street	Classic box with a Craftsman veranda, now enclosed, exposed rafters, clinker brick fireplace, and "carved" brackets supporting the entry gable.	Street 05 W 413	Kennedy House
	1880	428 West 5th Street	Good extant example of a comfortable, middle-class home of the early 1880s.	Street 05 W 428
Costar House	1903	505 West 5th Street		Street 05 W 505	Costar House
	1920	511-513 West 5th Street	Period Revival style popular in the 1920s.	Street 05 W 511
	1920	519-521 West 5th Street		Street 05 W 519
	1903	527-531 West 5th Street		Street 05 W 527
	1906	541 West 5th Street	Colonial Revival cottage.	Street 05 W 541
Matthews House	1906	606 West 5th Street	Colonial Revival.	Street 05 W 606	Matthews House
Bicknell House	1898	611 West 5th Street	Queen Anne style. One of the largest houses in the district.	Street 05 W 611	Bicknell House
O'Hair House		618 West 5th Street	One of Chico's few Gothic Revival cottages exhibiting decorated bargeboards.	Street 05 W 618	O'Hair House
Eames House	1885	630 West 5th Street	Eames had this house built in 1895 next to his Chico Soda Works. Originally a classic box with a Queen Anne octagonal tower, it was remodeled around 1910 by architect Julia Morgan.	Street 05 W 630	Eames House
Fifth Street Rooming House	1873	731 West 5th Street	Italianate box typical of the early 1870s. Probably built as a rooming house for people associated with the railroad since it was built a few years after the railroad arrived and is about two blocks from the depot.	Street 05 W 731	Fifth Street Rooming House
	1880	324 West 6th Street	Excellent example of a single-story Italianate with front veranda. Moved to this site about 1915 from the Junction area. Built c1880.	Street 06 W 324
	1880	345 West 6th Street	Proportions and symmetry typical of an early 1880s residence.	Street 06 W 345
	1900	411 West 6th Street	This cottage is similar to many from the 1900s.	Street 06 W 411
		414 West 6th Street		Street 06 W 414
	1900	419 West 6th Street		Street 06 W 419
	1900	420 West 6th Street		Street 06 W 420
	1900	431 West 6th Street	Classic example of a simple stucco California Bungalow.	Street 06 W 431
	1900	518 West 6th Street		Street 06 W 518
		527 West 6th Street	Salt-box cottage built between 1890 and 1921.	Street 06 W 527
	1902	530 West 6th Street	The first floor was a Colonial Revival cottage. Second story apparently added to accomodate a duplex.	Street 06 W 530
	1886	543 West 6th Street		Street 06 W 543
	1902	544 West 6th Street		Street 06 W 544
	1890	621 West 6th Street		Street 06 W 621
	1921	629 West 6th Street		Street 06 W 629
	1890	706 West 6th Street	Built between 1890 - 1902.	Street 06 W 706
	1890	718 West 6th Street	Built between 1890 - 1902.	Street 06 W 718
	1920	719 West 6th Street		Street 06 W 719
	1921	727-731 West 6th Street	Built before 1921.	Street 06 W 727
Bryan	1903	730 West 6th Street	Colonial Revival.	Street 06 W 730	Bryan
Barnard House	1884	238 Normal Avenue	Original building was Italianate with square bay windows on the facade and south side. In the early 1910's, the front bay was removed and a Greek Revival portico was added with two sets of triple double-story Ionic columns supporting a pediment with a bul	Normal 238	Barnard House
Sherwood House	1883	310 Normal Avenue	Eastlake stickwork used freely on the shiplap-sided building with elaborate knobbed brackets under the eaves. Built for wagon-maker, William H. Sherwood.	Normal 310	Sherwood House
	1884	322 Normal Avenue		Normal 322
Waterland Apartments	1880	327 Normal Avenue	One of Chico's first apartment buildings. Built about 1880 and remodeled by G.F. Waterland in 1914, which probably explains its eclectic appearance.	Normal 327	Waterland Apartments
Cole Residence	1903	334 Normal Avenue	Local architect, Chester Cole resided here from 1918 to about 1933.	Normal 334	Cole Residence
Copeland House	1903	342 Normal Avenue		Normal 342	Copeland House
Allen-Sommer-Gage House	1862	410 Normal Avenue	Greek Revival style. One of Chico's oldest documented houses. National Register #77000288.	Normal 410	Allen-Sommer-Gage House
	1884	417-421 Normal Avenue	This pre-1884 clapboard cottage has been added to several times to create its asymmetric shape.	Normal 417
	1900	429 Normal Avenue	Classical Revival box built in the first decade of the 20th century.	Normal 429
	1910	529 Normal Avenue	Colonial Revival cottage form with Craftsman details. Probably built in the 1910's.	Normal 529
	1870	530 Normal Avenue	Pioneer cottage probably built in the 1870's.	Normal 530
Nottelman House	1929	541 Normal Avenue	Chico's only example of the Monterey Revival style.	Normal 541	Nottelman House
Cosby Home	1872	327 Chestnut Street	George B. Cosby, Civil War veteran and later State Adjutant General, had this home built in 1872. Originally it was an ell-shaped house facing West 4th Street with a veranda and Eastlake trim. Around 1900, it was moved to this site and by the late 1920's,	Chestnut 327	Cosby Home
	1920	411-415 Chestnut Street	Craftsman Airplane Bungalow built in early 1920s.	Chestnut 411
	1901	530 Chestnut Street		Chestnut 530
Reynolds House	1878	206 Hazel Street	Greek Revival cottage. The fruit and nut packing family, the Reynolds, lived here from 1919 - 1959.	Hazel 206	Reynolds House
Earl House	1900	238 Hazel Street	Stick-Eastlake style. built for the proprietors of a local hardware store, William and Nancy Earll, with all millwork done in Chico.	Hazel 238	Earl House
Bower House	1900	308 Hazel Street	Stick style.	Hazel 308	Bower House
	1913	318 Hazel Street		Hazel 318
	1920	346 Hazel Street	Mediterranean Revival bungalow.	Hazel 346
	1902	420 Hazel Street	Built between 1902 and 1921.	Hazel 420
Notre Dame School	1928	435 Hazel Street	Built in 1928 and classroom/convent wing in 1979.	Hazel 435	Notre Dame School
Bicknell Cottage	1900	530 Hazel Street	One of a set of three identical Queen Anne cottages built at the beginning of the 20th century for Thomas Bicknell at the back of his large Queen Anne house at 611 West 5th Street.	Hazel 530	Bicknell Cottage
		531 Hazel Street		Hazel 531
Bicknell Cottage	1900	536 Hazel Street	See 530 Hazel Street.	Hazel 536	Bicknell Cottage
Bicknell Cottage	1900	544 Hazel Street	See 530 Hazel Street.	Hazel 544	Bicknell Cottage
	1902	224 Ivy Street	Colonial Revival cottage built between 1902 and 1914.	Ivy 224
	1920	225 Ivy Street	Bungalow withCraftsman treatment In the gables. Built early 1920s.	Ivy 225
	1883	228 Ivy Street	Italianate cottage.	Ivy 228
	1930	235 Ivy Street	English cottage.	Ivy 235
Crosette House	1871	305 Ivy Street	Clapboard, multigabled cottage with many additions and renovations.	Ivy 305	Crosette House
Ormsby House	1881	318 Ivy Street	Italianate cottage.	Ivy 318	Ormsby House
		325-327 Ivy Street	Rectangular gabled house has Craftsman details. Moved here in 1952, when the University demolished the residences along West 1st Street.	Ivy 325
Jackson House	1881	330 Ivy Street	Local jeweler, Frank M. Jackson had this house built in 1881.	Ivy 330	Jackson House
Fordham House	1878	342 Ivy Street	Similar to the two Italianate cottages next to it. Built in 1878 for J.F. Fordham, a brickmaker.	Ivy 342	Fordham House
	1910	514 Ivy Street		Ivy 514
Schooler House	1887	527 Ivy Street	Italianate cottage.	Ivy 527	Schooler House
	1914	529 Ivy Street		Ivy 529
	1880	604 Ivy Street	Small clapboard, gabled cottage dates from at least the early 1880's.	Ivy 604
		317 Cherry Street	Clapboard bungalow. A wide corbeled frieze under the boxed eaves is its most distinctive feature.	Cherry 317
Schwein House	1903	527 Cherry Street	One of four gambrel-roofed residences designed by AJ. Bryan in 1903, one of which is around the corner at 730 West 6th Street.	Cherry 527	Schwein House

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