Myron Angel House

Historic house in California, United States

United States historic place


Myron Angel House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


35°16′33″N 120°39′39″W / 35.27583°N 120.66083°W / 35.27583; -120.66083
Area	0.2 acres (0.081 ha)
Architectural style	Vernacular
NRHP reference No.	82000988^[1]
Added to NRHP	November 22, 1982; 41 years ago (1982-11-22)

The Myron Angel House is a historic house located at 714 Buchon St. in San Luis Obispo, California. Built circa 1880, the house has a vernacular design which does not follow a particular architectural style. The two-story wood-frame house has redwood siding, a shingled gable roof, and some Eastlake details in the window surrounds and gable ends. The house was once the home of Myron Angel, the main figure in the establishment of California Polytechnic State University. Angel, who lived in the house from 1889 to his 1911 death, proposed and lobbied for the creation of a polytechnic school in California; it was mainly due to his campaign that Cal Poly was founded in San Luis Obispo. In addition to his educational activism, Angel was also an influential journalist and historian.^[2]

The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 22, 1982.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Pinard II, Leo W. (August 17, 1981). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Myron Angel House". Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service. Retrieved April 22, 2013.