Kathyrn Waters (property owner) has voluntarily agreed to designate the home at 1366 Devon Road on the Winter Park Register of Historic Places. The Historic Preservation Board recommended approval of this request at their August 13th meeting.
This home at 1366 Devon Road is a significant example of the Spanish Mission style applied to a residence and for its association with the Land Boom era development of the Orwin Manor neighborhood. The one-story stucco dwelling has a flat roof with a raised parapet characteristic of the Spanish Mission style. A tile roof extension covers a portion of width of the home with a centered arched entry at the front door. Tiled pent roof extensions cover the side facing, double-hung wood windows.
This one-story home of 1,526 square feet is a two-bedroom, two-bath residence with a detached garage in the rear. While there are no plans to do so at this time, the home could be expanded to the rear to create a three-bedroom, two-bath home with a variance to the rear setback, just as was granted at 1375 Buckingham Road with an almost identical layout and scenario.
The Spanish Mission Style originated in California during the 1880s and 1890s in response to increased interest in that state's colonial Spanish heritage, particularly the ecclesiastical architecture of the Franciscan missions. The style was widely popularized when the Santa Fe and Southern Pacific railroads applied it to railroad stations and hotels throughout their systems. The Mission style became popular in Florida during the Land Boom of the 1920s.
The Spanish Mission style served as a design theme for whole communities and neighborhoods such as Orwin Manor. The Walter Rose Company of Orlando developed Orwin Manor as a subdivision in the 1920s. Many of the original Spanish themed houses of the subdivision are scattered throughout the neighborhood. The original entry gates to the neighborhood are located at Orange and Clay Avenues share the Mission flavor and they have been designated an Orlando historic landmark. 1366 Devon Road was originally constructed in 1925 as part of the Orwin Manor development, retains its original architectural integrity and is highly qualified for listing on the Winter Park Register of Historic Places.