This Queen Anne cottage with Colonial Revival detailing was originally located up the block, directly behind the Plaza Market. Steve Lavagnino had the home built for his mother’s benefit after the earthquake of April 18, 1906. At that time three generations of the Lavagnino family were living above their market in the Tuccoletta Hall on the southwest corner of Third and Washington. Mrs. Lavagnino was so terrified by the earthquake that she refused to set foot in the building again, and the family stayed in a barn on the corner until the house was finished.

The character-defining features of this Queen Anne building include a steeply pitched, pyramidal hipped roof with an intersecting gable at the front, gable with an inset pediment with wavy shingles, moderately overhanging boxed eaves and horizontal wood siding, a bay window with a fixed wood window flanked by wood double hung sash windows and double hung sash windows with wood casings, lintels and sills.

The building has been used for both residential and retail space. Artist Wilda Leiner Reed used the house as her residence and shop and in the early 2000’s the building housed Casa Medina and featured wine tasting, handcrafted art, and fine cigars. Today it remains as a private residence.