{"nrhp_refnum":"92000833","name":"Straight, Charles E., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"4333 Emerald Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"La Verne","county":"Los Angeles County","state":"CA","lat":34.11745919600003,"lon":-117.76859005899996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1992-07-08","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Agriculture","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story single-family house in La Verne, Los Angeles County, California, at 4333 Emerald Avenue on a 1.19-acre site. It was built around 1902 in Colonial Revival style with Queen Anne details.","why_significant":"The house is tied to the citrus industry that once anchored the local economy. It is also the only remaining building linked to Charles E. Straight, a founder of La Verne and one of four credited with establishing local citrus growing. It is the last large grove house left in La Verne and shows the shift from Queen Anne to Colonial Revival architecture.","narrative":"This two-story house at 4333 Emerald Avenue in La Verne was built around 1902 as the home of citrus grower Charles E. Straight and his wife Emily. It combines Colonial Revival massing, including a symmetrical facade, pedimented front gable and simple porch columns, with Queen Anne touches such as an angled front entry, a combination window group, a wrap-around veranda and decorative wood siding. Straight arrived in the Pomona Valley in 1886 and is counted among four pioneers of the local citrus industry. The couple lived on the property until their deaths in 1910 and 1919. It is the only remaining building connected with Straight and the last large grove house in La Verne, since similar houses nearby have been demolished. The parcel has shrunk to about 1.19 acres, but mature trees and a few citrus trees still hint at its rural past.","period_of_significance":"1902-1910","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Colonial Revival; Queen Anne","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"Still used as a single dwelling. It has kept its integrity, with minor changes such as the south part of the veranda being enclosed as interior space.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:27.528755-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/92000833.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92000833/e53ed5f977-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92000833/e53ed5f977-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Los Angeles","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Charles_E._Straight_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Los Angeles</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:Charles_E._Straight_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123859558","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133273278"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/los-angeles-county/straight-charles-e-house-92000833/"}