Offerman, John, House - Redwood City, CA - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com

"Built circa 1857 and remodeled and enlarged in the 1870s, the John Offerman House is the oldest building remaining in downtown Redwood City. The dwelling is located at 1018 Main Street, one block from the downtown's historic commercial center. The Offerman House is a well-preserved example of a Folk Greek Revival-style dwelling. The original circa 1857 building, its underlying construction unchanged, was originally a simple plank-frame, front-gable, twostory, four-room house clad in board-and-batten siding. It is an example of a once common vernacular house type built by early Anglo American settlers in California. Reflecting Redwood City’s evolution into a thriving commercial community, the original dwelling was enlarged with a one-story, hip-roofed addition to the rear circa 1871. A Greek Revival porch that wraps around three sides of the building was added around the same time. Other Greek Revival features added circa 1871 include the porch’s pierced Doric capitals, octagonal exterior newel posts, and paneled door and side and transom lights. Painted rustic channel siding, also added circa 1871, sheathes the entire building. On the south side of the house is a small sunroom/sleeping porch designed in the Craftsman style, added after 1919. Within the interior, the dimensions of the original circa 1857 building are clearly indicated by rough-sawn, wideplank flooring in the parlor. Other interior features, such as faux-grained casework, decorative Lincrusta friezes, and redwood wainscoting are refinements characteristic of the circa 1871 remodel. The Offerman House was restored in compliance with the Secretary of the Interior's Standards in 1974. The house retains outstanding integrity of location, design, materials, workmanship, feeling, and association. It does not retain integrity of setting. The busy commercial and civic environment surrounding the Offerman House is of a much different scale and character than the delicate Victorian-era dwelling." (visit link)

Street address: 1018 Main St Redwood City, CA USA County / Borough / Parish: San Mateo Year listed: 2015 Historic (Areas of) Significance: Architecture/Engineering Periods of significance: 1875-1899, 1850-1874 Historic function: Domestic Current function: Commerce/Trade Privately owned?: yes Primary Web Site: [Web Link] Secondary Website 1: [Web Link] Season start / Season finish: Not listed Hours of operation: Not listed Secondary Website 2: Not listed National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

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