San José City Landmarks

This house is a very fine and artistic example of the single-story Colonial Revival style with regional influences as designed by Wolfe and McKenzie. It  is very well maintained with minor alterations. The home is characteristic of the architectural style that was a return to more chaste minimal ornament after the flamboyance of the high Victorian Queen Anne designs of the last two decades of the 19th century. The most interesting design is the over-scaled ornamental wooden supports at the end of the gable faces. The site is enhanced by its mature landscaping. 

General Naglee, in the 1850s acquired a large tract of land east of the City of San Jose’s boundary. His daughters, who inherited the land on his death, with their husbands formed the Naglee Park Improvement Company to develop the acreage. The Naglee Park subdivision was advertised as an upper-class residence. Daniel and Tilly Tennyson were among the first to purchase a lot and commissioned Wolfe and McKenzie to design the house. 

–Excerpt from 2014 DPR form, Bonnie Bamburg, author