Demo: 24867 Walnut St. (A Bermite House)
Newhall, California

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Front view (looking NW).

DATE OF REPORT: Jan. 6, 2002

ADDRESS: 24867 Walnut St., Newhall, CA 91321
"Bermite House" example (One of several homes built in the area in the early 1930s for Bermite Powder Co. workers)
YEAR BUILT: 1932
OWNER: Larry Bird
TYPE: Single-family home with separate one-car garage
B/B: 2 bed, 1 bath, living, dining, kitchen
CONDITION: Uninhabitable. Structural damage in Jan. 17, 1994 earthquake (vacant after 1994 earthquake)
FEATURES:

• Lath & plaster construction (interior & exterior)
• Stucco exterior finish (not original)
• Plaster interior finish
• Oak hardwood flooring (1" strip)
• Front and back (kitchen) porches are add-ons
• Hideaway ironing board in kitchen; other original built-ins (cabinets etc.) removed by previous tenants
• Large grated opening (peephole) in front door
• Lightly remodeled in 1950s (bathroom, weatherproofing; kitchen sink & cabinets; probably the stucco finish)

NEIGHBORHOOD: Single- & multi-family residential. Subject property is one of two homes sandwiched between apartment buildings. Older SF homes are across the street.
DEMO APPLICATION: December 2001
INTENDED USE: Workshop and parking for adjacent apartment building
PHOTOS/REPORT: Leon Worden

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