City of San Diego Historic Site No. 1241, Harlan and Charlotte Perrill House

Location:

Point Loma, San Diego, CA

The Harlan and Charlotte Perrill House, built in 1932, is a rare showcase example of the Pueblo Revival style designed by architects G.A. Hanssen and Robert Halley Jr., and built by Harry Muns.  The multistory residence and garage employs key features that evoke the Indian pueblo buildings of the American Southwest.  Thick stucco plaster walls and stepped massing imitate the multi-level adobe construction similar to that seen at Taos Pueblo.  Decorative wood vigas and canale inspired circular vents project from the façades as prominent features.  The rounded, battered, and undulating exterior finish articulated in the flat parapet roofs and walls offer the appearance of traditional plastered adobe Pueblo architecture.  The combination of the property’s character-defining features and its ability to convey significance under the seven aspects of integrity, illustrates that 3211 Trumbull Street is a historical resource under HRB Criterion C for architecture as a rare and exemplary example of the Pueblo Revival style occurring in San Diego.