#518 Haman House #518

by William Lum

Title

#518 Haman House #518

Artist

William Lum

Medium

Painting - Watercolor

Description

My experiment with casein and watercolor painting was of a house at 424 Oak Street in Roseville, California, one block from City Hall. The house was built by William Haman in 1909. “The Haman House is typical of large homes built on ranches in the western United States during the period of its construction. It has the basic form, geometry and scale of the Victorian homes of the period, but lacks the ornate curvilinear decoration and exotic roof lines that the latter implies.” William Haman arrived in California in the mid 1890s to work for Leland Stanford's Vina vineyards in Tehama County. He came to Roseville in 1906 to run the new Placer County Winery. With the prospect of prohibition looming, Haman closed the winery in 1918 and modified the buildings to open the Roseville Ice and Beverage Company. Mr. Haman was a member the first Roseville City Council, long time member of the Placer County Board of Supervisors and "The Father of Royer Park.

After his death in 1935, his second wife, Alice, a school teacher, resided here until her death in 1968. The Roseville Community Projects leased the Haman House in 1969 for use as the Roseville Arts and Historical Center, and bought the property in 1976. After a group of dedicated volunteers repaired & painted the house, its doors were opened in 1976 as the Roseville Arts Center. The National Register of Historic Places listed the house in 1976. Roseville Arts sold the Haman House to private investors in 2003 and now the building’s future is not certain.

This 16” X 20” watercolor and casein painting was done on Canson Montval Watercolor art board, cold press.

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