The Rudolph Beck House (1912)
Built in 1912 for Rudolph Beck, assistant manager of the American Beet Sugar Company who later became the mayor of Oxnard from 1950 to 1954. This single story California Craftsman bungalow was the original design of the architectural firm Heineman and Heineman, later used by Edward E. Sweet’s Designing and Building Company for the cover of their bungalow brochure. Mr. Beck contracted with the T.H. Carroll Construction Company to build this house from the Edward E. Sweet’s Designing and Building Company’s brochure. It appears in two publications; Toward A Simpler Way of Life. The Arts and Crafts Architects of Southern California (page 140) and American Bungalow Style (page 12 & 13).
This California Craftsman bungalow features timber construction, a low-pitched widespread roof and wide eaves, a chimney made with brick masonry and clinker bricks, lots of windows and a wrap-around front porch with wood beams as well as knee-high square, protruding columns made with clinker bricks. There is a decorative 3-chain detail between the roof and the front porch eaves for added structural support. The exterior has the original redwood shingles.
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STATS: 3 bedrooms, 2 bath, 1911 s.f. on 0.37 acres
Parcel number: 2020030110
Last sold: 11/26/2019 for $625,000
Prior Owners: Rudolph Beck, Mayor of Oxnard
Current Owners:
