441 Pine Street First Owner: Orrin R. Messer Date: 1906 Orrin R. Messer purchased the two 30 X 60 lots for his home in 1904 from Silas and Daniel Mack. Construction on the house was completed in 1906. The house apparently impressed the tax assessor in 1906 as it was assessed a $1000 tax which was unusually high at that time. The home itself is a very interesting late Victorian handled in a colonial revival style with a shingle skin. The gambrel roof, a ridged roof with two slopes on each side, the lower slope having the steeper pitch, is most unusual as it employs in itls upper ridge a neo-classical broken pediment as a detail. The gambrel roof allowed for much more room in the upper floors than either hipped or the more common gable rooftype. The interior of the house is in golden oak offering a rich coloring with reflected sunlight. The unusual roofline is crossed with three large bays, making the space Quite livable. The chandeliers in the entry, parlor and living room came from a demolished hotel in Alameda. The clawfoot tub i0 the ofigihil but the brass is from a Berkeleysalvage yard. Attic insulation and a forced air heating system were installed in 1978. The current owners, Bill And Mary Ellen Parsons, Bought the bouse in 1979. *- As part rf a patient restoration, they have rebuilt the front steps, built a turn-of-the-century style picket fence, removed and/or replaced wallpapers and exposed eastern maple hardwood floors. The master bedroom closet has been temporarily converted to a baby's nursery and will eventually be restored too a closet. , OCR Text: 441 Pine Street First Owner: Orrin R. Messer Date: 1906 Orrin R. Messer purchased the two 30 X 60 lots for his home in 1904 from Silas and Daniel Mack. Construction on the house was completed in 1906. The house apparently impressed the tax assessor in 1906 as it was assessed a $1000 tax which was unusually high at that time. The home itself is a very interesting late Victorian handled in a colonial revival style with a shingle skin. The gambrel roof, a ridged roof with two slopes on each side, the lower slope having the steeper pitch, is most unusual as it employs in itls upper ridge a neo-classical broken pediment as a detail. The gambrel roof allowed for much more room in the upper floors than either hipped or the more common gable rooftype. The interior of the house is in golden oak offering a rich coloring with reflected sunlight. The unusual roofline is crossed with three large bays, making the space Quite livable. The chandeliers in the entry, parlor and living room came from a demolished hotel in Alameda. The clawfoot tub i0 the ofigihil but the brass is from a Berkeleysalvage yard. Attic insulation and a forced air heating system were installed in 1978. The current owners, Bill And Mary Ellen Parsons, Bought the bouse in 1979. *- As part rf a patient restoration, they have rebuilt the front steps, built a turn-of-the-century style picket fence, removed and/or replaced wallpapers and exposed eastern maple hardwood floors. The master bedroom closet has been temporarily converted to a baby's nursery and will eventually be restored too a closet. , Heritage Society of Pacific Grove,Historical Collections,Names of People about town,L through M File Names,Messer,MESSER_002.pdf,MESSER_002.pdf 1 Page 1, Tags: MESSER_002.PDF, MESSER_002.pdf 1 Page 1