355 S. G Street

The Walter H. Lathrop House (1920)

aaaaOriginal Historic District Document Info:  Built ~1916* for Walter H. Lathrop; a subdivider and real estate man. This is a large, square shaped, two story Prairie style house that has a low pitched hip roof with paired decorative brackets under boxed eaves. On the east side is the entrance and a porte cochere supported by large square brick columns. Windows are symmetrically placed and the house has very narrow clapboard siding. GStreet was subdivided by Lathrop in 1913.

Trivia: 2 City Council-members have lived in this house: Walter Lathrop and Bryan MacDonald.

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*The Ventura County Assessor lists this house as being built in 1920. 

STATS: 3 bedrooms, 3 bath, 3282 s.f. on a 0.32 acre lot.
Parcel number: 2020062050
Last sold: 11/29/2004 for $995,000

Prior Owners (or residents):
Walter H. Lathrop (1916 –1953); Walter L. Higbee (1946); Willard Appenzeller (1960); Dr Richard & Barbara McAtee (1975)

dsaCurrent Owners (or residents):

Deaths in the home:
Walter H. Lathrop, May 17, 1958 (see obituary below)

Oxnard Daily-Courier 9/06/1916
Oxnard Courier 9/22/1916
Oxnard Press-Courier 11/18/1970
Oxnard Press-Courier 6/19/1975
Miller, Jack, “Lathrop House, Oxnard,” Research Library at The Museum of Ventura County, accessed March 30, 2025, https://photographs.venturamuseum.org/items/show/5527.