681 Madison Street
1930 Spanish Colonial Revival
This house is significant as an intact representative example of the Spanish Eclectic/Spanish Colonial Revival type of residential architecture popular in Monterey in the 1930s. The left portion of the façade shows a cross-gabled roof, and the right portion of the façade has a front facing gable. The gable covers an arcaded entryway covered with Spanish roof tiles. Two pillars and two pilasters form the arch arcade and porch. There is a large tapered chimney with decorative inset panels prominently placed on the front façade. Symmetrically placed above the arcaded porch are two medallions with bas-relief silhouettes. Above these medallions is an arched decorative tile roof vent. The home was originally owned by Mr. Lannon, who was a local Monterey chiropractor.
Directions to the next house: Head a little further up Madison Street, stay on the same side as the Lannon House and you’ll cross Watson to see the John Poindestre House (733 Madison Street), #10 on the map below.
