{"nrhp_refnum":"11000943","name":"Beardsley, John R. and Florence Porterfield, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"3130 Shadowlawn St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"San Diego","county":"San Diego County","state":"CA","lat":32.74577290600007,"lon":-117.21321870499997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2011-12-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story, U-shaped, stucco Spanish Colonial / California \"Hacienda\" style ranch house at 3130 Shadowlawn Street in the Loma Portal community of Point Loma, San Diego. It was built in 1933 by Cliff May and the O.U. Miracle Company.","why_significant":"The house is the first commissioned work of Cliff May, a master builder and architect described as the father of the American Ranch house. It is presented as an outstanding example of the character-defining features of his early Hacienda work. It marks an early milestone in his design evolution from Hacienda to Rancheria to Western Ranch style.","narrative":"Built in 1933 on Shadowlawn Street in the Loma Portal area of Point Loma, San Diego, this 1,550-square-foot house was the first commissioned work of Cliff May, who built it with the O.U. Miracle Company. Its U-shaped plan wraps a central courtyard, and a veranda serves in place of an interior hallway, so most rooms open to the outdoors. May shaped the plan to fit an odd-shaped lot and stepped the house gently up with the slope. Rounded white stucco walls imitate adobe, and a Mission half-barrel tile roof sits above rounded rafter tails. Other features include wood casement windows with shutters, handcrafted wood grills, a recessed gate-style front door, a crosshatched garage door and faux chimneys. May later became known as the father of the American Ranch house, and this house shows the early Hacienda phase of his work. Later changes affected mainly the grounds, veranda flooring and garage interior, while the street-facing exterior remains largely original.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Cliff May and the O.U. Miracle Company","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals: Mission/Spanish Colonial Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as being in excellent condition with excellent integrity; still in use as a single dwelling.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:29.6342-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/11000943.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/11000943/f21e4c0400-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/11000943/f21e4c0400-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Bruce Roberson","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Beardsley_House_Southwest_and_Southeast_Facades.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Bruce Roberson</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Beardsley_House_Southwest_and_Southeast_Facades.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123860818","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5754260"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/san-diego-county/beardsley-john-r-and-florence-porterfield-house-11000943/"}