Larger than it appears from the street, this 1932 cottage is reported to have 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, and 1,400 sq ft.
It offers an abundance of charm inside (red brick in the kitchen, dark wood moldings and built-ins throughout) and outside (cedar shake roof, board and batten siding).
t was last sold in 2002 for $980K and seems to be rented out in the past few years.
Two of our cottages in the Village date back to 1914 – the same year that WWI started and Babe Ruth made his first appearance in the majors.
348 Dahlia Place is now tucked away behind some apartments and is perched over Bayside Dr. It was located near the first building in Corona del Mar, the Hotel Del Mar and may have been one of two cottages built for the staff.
A block away is 214 Dahlia Ave. which is listed as a 1914 house but according to an interview a few years ago with the owner, it was actually built much earlier and moved from an Irvine bean farm to its current location. He said that he has a photo of it from 1910 when it was a barn in Irvine (we desperately need a copy of this photo!) but that it may be much older.
A delightful cottage that is rather unique in that it features elements of streamline moderne architectural style with its rounded edges.
The 1948 cottage has 600 sq ft and 2 bedrooms and 1 bath. It was last sold in 1984 for $215,000 and looks like it has been rented out the past few years.
This week’s house turns 100 this year but may only have a few weeks or days left so you may want to walk by it before it goes. It is one of the oldest remaining homes in CdM and very likely the oldest on the inland side of PCH. It was likely one of the first homes ever built on that side of PCH as much of the early development in the area centered around the Bluffs and was not that far back. It was listed as a 1 bed, 1 bath, 730 sq ft house.
It might be the dark colors, but this very much has the look of cabin at a campground to me. The front is very asymmetrical with one window right against the door and the other set to the side and I don’t recall seeing a front door like that before in CdM. The mouldings on the front windows are also a different shape than you see on most board and batten homes around town. I was also surprised to hear from Ron Yeo that this house was (and is) on a septic tank.
It was sold in the Spring of 2019 when the longtime owner of 609 and the vacant lot at 611 passed away. The vacant lot next door at 611 is being bulldozed now and 609 has permits pulled and construction fencing is around it now, which is usually the last step before it goes so you may want to walk by and peer through/over the fence soon.
This 1923 cottage is likely one of the five oldest surviving houses in Corona del Mar and retains a great original look and tons of charm. It pre-dates the Pacific Coast Highway coming through Corona del Mar by three years and was built a year before CdM became part of Newport Beach. At the time, road access and access to running water were both very difficult so there were very few residential homes in CdM.
Even by 1930, when the aerial photo was taken, you can see it was still quite sparse and this was several years after PCH and reliable residential water service came to CdM. This 2BR/2BA cottage is currently for sale and a recent price drop moved it to $2.69M. Hope to see someone buy this beautiful historic cottage and enjoy it for many more years.
This 1939 cottage located a few houses from ‘Big Corona’ Beach was expanded out the back starting in the 1950s but it has maintained an original look from the street with its cedar shake roof and siding. Inside, the living room has dramatic exposed beams set off by a vintage wallpaper. It was listed as over 3,400 square feet with 3 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, and 4 fireplaces when it was sold in 2017 for $3.4M.
Photo credit: MLS
