2 Overcliff Street

Captain Robert Boettger House; two-and-one half story, three major bay, brick with decorative diamond patterns and extensive half timbering, Medieval Revival style residence; L-shaped plan; gable roofed porte cochére with half timbering; contrasting stone tabbed arched and mullioned windows with leaded glass, casement windows, and limestone surrounds; half timbered oriels; projecting cross gabled bays; ornamented barge boards; slate gable roof with multiple cross gables; multiple chimneys with spiral pots.

Significance: Park Hill West (c. 2006), pp. 48-58, cites 131 Alta Avenue as a large 1914 Medieval Revival house with steep slate roofs, projecting half-timbered gables, mullioned windows, and diamond-pattern decorative brickwork, emblematic of the suburban ideal of the established rural home or landed country estate.

2 1/2-story, L-shaped house with facades of brick, some laid in diamond pattern, with stucco and half-timber gables; house massed with central brick pavilion articulated by fifteen-light leaded-glass window with stone mullions and leaded casements; to left, brick first story with wide segmental window and a series of overlapping half-timber gables; timbers ornamented with pendants, brackets, and carved panels; angled oriel; to right, one-story port-cochére with half-timber pediment supported by heavy brick piers; iron-grille doors; leaded casements, many with transoms, separated by stone mullions; stone drip lintels, fully designed rear elevation facing Overcliff Street similar to front facade; peak roof slopes with slate shingles; tall chimneys with ornate brick pots.

Significance: Park Hill (2002), pp. 742-755, identifies 131 Alta Avenue as a major Neo-Tudor work by G. Howard Chamberlin, one of the few Park Hill architects named in the significance narrative.

This is a 2 1/2 story Medieval Revival house with a slate gable roof and multiple cross gable featuring multiple window types, such as oriel, four-part arched, and leaded glass casement windows. There is extensive half-timbering, quatrefoil ornaments, spiral chimneys, and decorated brick patterns within wall surfaces. The front is approached by a circular drive and a porte cochére. Copper gutters and flashing is used throughout.

Noteworthy: Wall and fence surrounding property

Significance: Park Hill (1984), pp. 424-435, cites this 1914 house as a Pseudo-Medieval example with steep slate roofs, projecting half-timbered gables, mullioned windows, and decorative brickwork in diamond-shaped patterns.