There’s a difference between ownership and stewardship, explain Steve Leyerly and Bill Shelton when talking about their home.
“For an owner, a house simply exists as a place to live their daily lives,” says Shelton. “A steward is dedicated to preserving a house for future generations.”
For 33 years, Leyerly and Shelton have been custodians to their 3-bedroom Craftsman, located in Pomona, Calif.’s historic Lincoln Park district.
“We own the house, but we’re taking care of it for somebody else,” says Leyerly. “We hope they have the same passion and want to take care of it like we have.”
Set back from the street and shaded by a neighboring pine, the 1,470 square-foot house is characterized by its long-reaching eves, open-ended timbers, and river-rock front and back porches. Inside, the house features built-in bookcases, a coffered ceiling, quartersawn oak floors, and dining room cabinetry made of Douglas fir. It was designed and built by local contractor T.W. Haddock for the Wendell family in 1914.
Shelton and Leyerly call their house “Coventry Cottage”—a reflection of their shared interests: Leyerly runs a garage specializing in Jaguar automobiles, which were built for decades in Coventry, England, and the couple breed Pembroke Welsh Corgis. “So the name ties in with England, with Jaguar automobiles, and with the English countryside,” says Leyerly.
Corgi-themed items, such as paintings and throw pillows, adorn the various rooms of their home.
Leyerly and Shelton stumbled on the house back in 1983, the same year they met. With a shared interest in history, they wanted an old house. “We spent probably four months looking around the area—from Ontario to Pomona to Claremont,” recalls Leyerly. “But there was nothing in our price range.”
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Lose Your Heart
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Stickley, Harley-Davidson, And The Road Taken
Long-time readers might remember an article about my family’s house in the Adirondacks in American Bungalow No. 58.
Period Pieces
The Hanifan residence not only exemplifies how to expand a modest Craftsman, but is a treasure-trove of vintage and salvaged finds.
Natural World, Digital Lens: At Home With Wildflower Graphics
From a small studio in Greenwich, New York, Wildflower Graphics creates stunning botanical illustrations with little more than a pencil and a computer.
And A Feeling Runs Through It
Old houses and old people, their histories and their mysteries, are inscribed deep inside their old bones.
