17380 Anderson St

HISTORIC SITE of the Nonpariel Gold Syndicate House, and later home to Sheriff Deputy Vassar, who served the community in the early 1950's during the construction of O'Shaunessy Dam. Listed in the 1988 Big Oak Flat Historic Site Survey, described as follows; "17380 Vassar Street, a Neo Classical with many later revisions. This single story, rectangular frame building has three gables. The original front gable house has been enlarged along the east side, with added rooms under an east facing 1/2 gable roof. The structure has a combination of concrete perimeter and pier and post foundations. The roofs are covered with corrugated metal and the siding is vertical planks, pecky cedar. The windows have been replaced with aluminum frame sliders. A stone retaining wall reinforces the building pad and rock walls line a small creek to the west side of the house." This property is a serious fixer upper. It backs up to Longfellow mine and the Hetch Hetchy Railroad once ran along the western boundary of the property. A quartz stone structure, possibly the old pump house is located inside the west boundary of the property. Adjacent to the home is a large shed with a parking pad. It is partially fenced and cross fenced with posts and wire. Lots of space to add an Accessory Dwelling Unit with up to 1200 sq ft of living area on this level 1.2 acre parcel on public sewer and water.