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CITY OF GLENDALE
INTERDEPARTMENTAL COMMUNICATION
Building Address: 346 Riverdale Drive
Packet #: 55
Date Surveyed: May 25, 2007
Name of Surveyor: Manuel A. Valenzuela III
Parcel number 5696-013-17 consists of 0.28 acres and includes two buildings. The building
address is 346 Riverdale Drive. It is located on the south side of Riverdale Drive and faces north.
This property is a single-family residence and one church building with a front lawn and ivy, two
trees flanking the façade and an outdoor sign for the church.
The primary building is a single-family residence that was constructed in 1910 in the Bungalow
Craftsman style. It is located on the northern portion of the parcel. It is a one-story, squared
building. The principal façade is symmetrical. It is constructed out of wood and sits on a concrete
foundation. The exterior is clad in horizontal weather-boarding wood siding. It is covered by a
low pitched, side gabled roof sheathed with composition shingles. The building has a wide
overhang with open eaves, exposed rafters, wood lattice attic vents under each gable peak and
false beams added under gables. The roof has one medium sized shed dormer located on the
northern portion of the roof. The building also has one stone chimney located on the east
elevation. There is also one concrete porch located along the façade. It consists of a full width
front porch under the primary roof. The porch is supported by stone columns that extend to
ground level with stone banisters. The main entrance is located on the front porch and consists of
a large wood door. An entry on the east elevation consists of a wood door with one light. There
are four windows on the primary elevation. They are asymmetrically spaced and consist of a
ribbon of three wood sash windows topped with a wood sash diamond-patterned multi-paned
design, located on the eastern portion of the façade. A wood sash window topped with a wood
sash diamond-patterned multi-paned design is located on the western portion of the façade. The
windows have wide surrounds. Other windows throughout the house consist of wood casement
windows with a diamond-patterned multi-paned design and wood sash double hung windows
with one over one panes. Landscaping elements include a front lawn and ivy and two trees
flanking the front façade. Other features include an outdoor sign for the church, a concrete
driveway along the east property line and a concrete pedestrian walkway leading from the
sidewalk to the front porch. An addition was made to the rear (south) side of the building in
1970. It consists of a cement block classroom building of indeterminate size. The secondary
building is a church building constructed in circa 1960s. It is located in the southern portion of
the parcel and faces north. It is a one-story, rectangular building. The principal façade is
asymmetrical. It is constructed out of wood and sits on a concrete foundation. It is covered by a
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low pitched, front gabled roof. The main entrance is located on the eastern portion of the façade
and consists of two contemporary wood doors. There are windows under the front gable.
The Craftsman style was popular from 1900 to 1925 in Southern California. Typical character
defining features of the Craftsman style include: the use of natural materials such as wood and
stone; a low-pitched, gabled roof (occasionally hipped) with wide, open eave overhangs and
exposed rafters; decorative (false) beams or braces commonly added under gables; either full- or
partial-width porches with the roof supported by tapered square columns or pedestals frequently
extend to ground level (without a break at level of porch floor); and horizontally arranged
windows with wide wood window surrounds, multi-light windows and extended lintels. This
Craftsman building exhibits an exterior clad in horizontal wood siding, a low pitched side gabled
roof with wide open eave overhangs, decorative beams added under gables, a full width front
porch with the roof supported by stone columns and banisters that extend to ground level and
horizontally arranged windows with upper diamond-patterned multi-paned design, wide wood
window surrounds and a stone chimney.
The condition of the building is good. Alterations to the primary building include the removal of
decorative vents on the front dormer and the shortened chimney.
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