Amanda Schacter (ed.) Santa Monica Landmarks Santa Monica Landmarks Commission, 1990.
18. Moses Hostetter House
2601 Second Street
Built: 1893
Designated 4 December 1990
"This Victorian era single family home was constructed in 1893 by Moses Hostetter, an Iowa farmer who migrated to Santa Monica in 1893. Hostetter served as a member of the Santa Monica Board of Trustees between 1896 and 1900, acting as chairman of the police committee and the fire and light committee. The house features a three-sided, two story bay window topped by a turreted roof along the Second Street elevation, while another three-sided, two story bay window crowned with a gable highlights the Beach Street elevation. The exterior is clad in the original redwood bevel siding while decorative fishscale shingles enhance both the Beach Street gable and the small entry gable. Other details include the turned spindles and scrolled brackets beneath the entry gable and the turned spindles along the balustrades that border the front stairs. The only alteration to the structure is the removal of the upper gable, which occurred sometime in the 1920's.
"The house was carefully restored during the 1980's." p. 10