Moses House
602 Park Terrace
Built 1924
Architect Unknown
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About
The Moses House is an irregularly shaped, sand-colored 1-1/2 story stucco house of no style, fully roofed with earth-colored clay tile and a central stuccoed chimney. Its original façade was addressed as 26 W Willamette. A square stuccoed porch toward the west contains the front door, and an exterior metal stairway to the south provides some type of access. Above, there is a larger dormer toward the southeast and a smaller one to the southwest. Dormers on the east, north, and west elevations are the same size as the larger ones. On the ground floor, there is a large two-car garage with a door containing a row of windows on the northeast corner. The west elevation displays large picture windows. All ground-floor windows have white sills.
Architecturally, the building appears as a classic cottage when looking at the second floor. It is unusual for such a complicated roof to be built with clay tiles. There’s no obvious front door, no front porch, but there is an attached two-car garage door.
Timeline
1924
The dwelling was the first built in the Lefkowsky Resubdivision of Block G, Addition No. 5, with the building permit issued on March 12, 1924. The house was to cost $10,080, and was projected for 12 rooms with two baths; the exterior was to be Hollow tile and stucco. The owners were Dr. Homer C. and Grace C Moses; he was a physician.
On November 2, 1924, the Telegraph Gazette published a short note about the newly constructed home that reads:
New Homes on Monument Park Additions to Architectures
BEAUTIFUL NEW HOME OF DR. H. C. MOSES
It has just been completed and stands at 26 West Willamette avenue, at the very entrance to Monument Valley park, which it overlooks. There is to be had from the windows a fine view of Pikes Peak. the house is one of a number of beautiful new homes which have recently been completed or are in the midst of completion in this part of the city.
1925
Physician Homer C. Moses and wife Grace C. are listed in the City Directory as residents 1925-1928.
Additional Resources
- 602 Park Terrace Research – a collection of documents compiled during the Historic Uptown Neighborhood’s historic preservation efforts.
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