HOLLOWAY HOUSE

7539 Eigleberry Street

This highly ornamented Queen Anne Victorian home, built in 1903, was another design of famous central coast architect, William Weeks. The unique gambrel gables have enclosed eaves and arched windows surrounded by round columns. The turret has brackets under enclosed eaves and a finial. Over the front door is a beautiful, decorated pediment featuring an owl. A large open porch goes around nearly half the house and is supported by round columns. Additional features include a small oval window to the left of the front door, turned balusters under the porch railing, and leaded glass in some of the windows facing the street. The interior woodwork is beautiful.

Edgar and Dora Holloway, a prominent local couple, had the house built in 1903. In 1906, Mr. Holloway designed the sewer system and the electric plant for the City. Mrs. Holloway was a member of the Ellis family who were important in dairying and financial affairs. Aftr they both died in 1913, another successful family, the Barshingers, bought the house. They owned both a furniture store and a funeral home business. During their tenure the home was a center of social activity. In 1956, the home was sold to William Hall who divided it into apartments. Twenty years later it became the home of a drug abuse and counseling agency. In 1982, the house was restored and placed on the National Register of Historic Places by partners who had offices downstairs. An attorney’s office came next, including a period of neglect. The current owners bought the property in 2014 and restored the building to its former glory.