{"nrhp_refnum":"84001181","name":"Moylan, Maj. Myles, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2214--2224 2nd Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"San Diego","county":"San Diego County","state":"CA","lat":32.728636582000036,"lon":-117.16308147599995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-03-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story-plus-attic Colonial Revival house at 2214-2224 Second Avenue in San Diego, California, built in 1894 on its original 50 by 100 foot lot. It was designed by Falkenhan & Gill and built by Hanson & Engebretson.","why_significant":"The house is the earliest known work credited to Irving Gill in San Diego and the earliest surviving Gill residence, designed with Joseph Falkenhan. It is also an early local example of Colonial Revival styling. Its first owner, Major Myles Moylan, was a notable figure in the military history of the American West, serving in the Seventh Cavalry at the Little Big Horn and receiving the Medal of Honor for Bear Paw Mountain.","narrative":"Built in 1894 at 2214-2224 Second Avenue in San Diego, this two-story-plus-attic house is an early local example of Colonial Revival design. It was designed by the firm of Falkenhan & Gill and built by Hanson & Engebretson. Features include a scored-concrete foundation, horizontal siding below shingles on the upper story, a classical porch portico with clustered columns, and hip-roofed dormers. It is credited as the earliest known San Diego work associated with Irving Gill, who arrived from Chicago in 1893, and several of its details recur in his later projects. The house also honors its first owner, Major Myles Moylan, who served in the Seventh Cavalry at the Little Big Horn, took part in the Nez Perce campaign, and received the Medal of Honor for Bear Paw Mountain. Rehabilitated as offices, it stands between much later large buildings as a remnant of the neighborhood's original character.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899 (specific date 1894)","architect_builder":"Architect: Falkenhan & Gill; Builder: Hanson & Engebretson","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied and in good condition; rehabilitated for commercial office use with a reception room and offices, and a rear parking lot.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:26.88749-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/84001181.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84001181/145257bcc4-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84001181/145257bcc4-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Bruce Roberson","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Major-Myles-Moylan-House.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:Major-Myles-Moylan-House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123860931","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5754316"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/san-diego-county/moylan-maj-myles-house-84001181/"}