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Area
  
less than one acre

Built by
  
Toves, Pedro T.

Opened
  
1950

Built
  
1950

MPS
  
Agana Houses TR

Added to NRHP
  
8 February 1985

Toves House

Location
  
Marine Dr., Anigua, Guam

Architectural style
  
Vern. Pacific Spanish Col.

Similar
  
Chamorro Village, Cocos Island, UnderWater World Guam

Toves House, on Marine Dr. in Hagåtña or Anigua, Guam, was built in 1950, built mostly with ifit hardwood. It was a work of Pedro T. Toves in Pacific Spanish-Colonial vernacular architecture. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

It was deemed significant for its architecture, as providing continuity to past usage of Pacific Spanish colonial design. Design-wise, it picked up where World War II's devastation of Guam had stopped evolution of the style. Unfortunately, is one of few surviving post-war examples, due to loss of the native ifil forests in World War II and other factors. Other post-war structures built of softwood have been destroyed by typhoons and termites.

References

Toves House Wikipedia


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