Overview

This small residence topped by a hipped roof with a cupola in the center was erected for James T. Weldon at 3139 Franklin Street in 1885.

Building History

According to the 1900 US Census, James T. Weldon worked in a planing/milling business in San Diego. He resided at 1542 Union Street. According to the 1900 US Census, James T. Weldon worked in a planing/milling business in San Diego. He was single and resided at 1542 Union Street. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1900; Census Place: San Diego Ward 2, San Diego, California; Page: 3; Enumeration District: 0191; FHL microfilm: 1240099, 03/09/2020.) A California voter’s register from 1890, noted that Weldon was English-born, and had been naturalized in 1883 in Hand County in the Dakota Territory. (North and South Dakota were admitted to the Union on 11/02/1889.) (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation: California State Library, California History Section; Great Registers, 1866-1898; Collection Number: 4 - 2A; CSL Roll Number: 40; FHL Roll Number: 977094, 03/09/2020.)

The San Diego architectural guidebook prepared for the American Institute of Architects' annual convention in 1977 said of this residence: "This house may have been designed and built by Albert M. Hayward on Seventh Street snd then sold and moved about 1902 to its present location by the Weldons. SImple Stick Style, its most notable feature is the enclosed widow's walk above the steep hip roof." (See San Diego Chapter, American Institute of Architects, "James T. Weldon Residence," AIA Guide to San Diego, [San Diego: American Institute of Architects, San Diego Chapter, 1977], p. 62.)

PCAD id: 23377