128 N Macdonald
Mesa, AZ 85201, USA

This home last sold for $400,000

This home last sold for $400,000 on 4/19/2012

National Register of Historic Places - Description

SUMMARY

The Spangler-Wilbur House is a two-story brick building located in the City of Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona. Constructed in 1915, it remains in excellent condition and has undergone only minor alterations.

DESCRIPTION

Construction: The 1915 Spangler-Wilbur House was constructed by Home Builders, Inc., a firm from Phoenix. It is a two-story building with a partial basement. The exterior walls are of double brick construction, the outer being of wire-struck brick in three shades of tan. This brick was imported from Texas. The foundation is of poured concrete as is the floor of the basement. The dimensions of the house are 45' x 45'.

The roof is low-pitched pyramidal with red clay tile sheathing. The fascia and soffit are plain and decorative brackets are below the overhanging eave. A low, hipped attic dormer faces the front (east). There are three tall chimneys, two on the south and one on the west.

A full-width porch extends across the front facade of the house. It is a hipped roof, clay tile veranda on brick piers. A balcony is centered on the veranda roof and has a balustrade and piers. A centered double door opens out onto the balcony. The porch has been enclosed by metal bars which are an extension of the front yard fence. The front entrance is raised above grade by the partial basement and is approached by a series of four concrete steps, each eleven feet in width. On both sides steps on the concrete stair, cheeks are two large, carved, stone lions, placed there by the current owners.

The door on the west side of the house has a plain, flat opening, a straight concrete stair (three steps) with no railing, and no porch. On the south side of the house is a portico over the driveway. All of the windows openings are plain, flat rectangular openings with plain, brick lug sills.

There are a variety of window forms. On the first level, there are paired multi-paned windows, eight on the north side, nine on the west, and eight on the south. The front has a large (45" x82") plate glass window with 12 rectangular beveled glass leaded panels above. Other window forms include wood, 10-light casement; wood, double-hung, 12/1; wood, double-hung, 18/1; and, wood, 1/1 (side by side) casement.

Current Appearance: The basic massing of the house places it stylistically in a Colonial Revival format. It is square in plan, symmetrical, with a pyramidal roof and full-width porch. The construction date of 1915 makes it a relatively late example of this house form. The decorative elements ornamenting the fundamental form give the house an Italian Renaissance Revival feeling. The clay tile sheathing on both the main roof and the porch roof is the primary feature giving the house its suggestion of Italian Renaissance Revival. In addition, below the overhanging eaves are decorative pairs of brackets.

Alterations: The house has undergone few alterations since its construction. The only significant change has been the enclosure of two second-floor, west-side, sleeping porches. The date of this alteration is unknown. Other changes have only been minor interior alterations.

Spangler/Wilbur House

Spangler/Wilbur House (1914). 128 N. Madonald St. The Spangler family built and lived in this house until 1930 when it was purchased by Mesa sheep grower George H. Wilbur. The Wilburs occupied the house through the 1940s. The home is an excellent example of a Colonial Revival Style house designed with Italianate Style influences. This building was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on Nov. 1, 1993.