Ashworth-Remillard House
Ashworth-Remillard House | |
Location | 755 Story Road, San Jose, California |
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Coordinates | 37°19′43″N 121°51′34″W / 37.32861°N 121.85944°W |
Area | 2 acres (0.81 ha) |
Built | 1860 |
Architectural style | Late Victorian |
NRHP reference No. | 76000529[1] |
Added to NRHP | December 12, 1976 |
The Ashworth-Remillard House is a historic two-story farm house in San Jose, California. The house was designed in the Victorian architectural style.[2] It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since December 12, 1976.[1] It was built for a pioneer in 1860, and it later became the home of Peter Remillard and his daughter, Countess Lillian Remillard Dandini.
History
The house was built in 1860 for James Ashworth, who left his native Kentucky to take part in the
The property was purchased in 1891 by
The house was inherited by Countess
In 1968, the house was transferred to Dandini's longtime friend and neighbor, Joseph Covey and his partner, architect, Dick Gilbert.[4] After Gilbert's death in 1997, Covey's health declined and the house was used by transients and homeless people until it was boarded up 10 years later.[4][5] In 2007, Sue Cucuzza, a brick collector, found the house in disrepair.[4] Cucuzza decided to work with Covey, in order to remove the transient people and to raise money to clean, restore and preserve the home.[4][5]
See also
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f g "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Ashworth-Remillard House". National Park Service. Retrieved July 22, 2018. With accompanying pictures
- Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c d e f g Rodriguez, Joe (September 22, 2010). "Saving the Countess Dandini's old house in San Jose". The Mercury News. Retrieved July 22, 2018.
- ^ a b "Joseph Covey, owner of historic Ashworth-Remillard house in San Jose, dies". The Mercury News. 2010-11-01. Retrieved 2018-07-23.