March 30, 2022
Gregorio Pacheco
Kleinfelder, Inc.
Via Email to: [email protected]
Re: 20225206.001A Anaheim 1442 Dale Ave Desktop Assessment Project, Orange County Dear Mr. Pacheco:
A record search of the Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC) Sacred Lands File (SLF) was completed for the information you have submitted for the above referenced project. The results were negative. However, the absence of specific site information in the SLF does not indicate the absence of cultural resources in any project area. Other sources of cultural resources should also be contacted for information regarding known and recorded sites.
Attached is a list of Native American tribes who may also have knowledge of cultural resources in the project area. This list should provide a starting place in locating areas of potential adverse impact within the proposed project area. I suggest you contact all of those indicated; if they cannot supply information, they might recommend others with specific knowledge. By contacting all those listed, your organization will be better able to respond to claims of failure to consult with the appropriate tribe. If a response has not been received within two weeks of notification, the Commission requests that you follow-up with a telephone call or email to ensure that the project information has been received.
If you receive notification of change of addresses and phone numbers from tribes, please notify me. With your assistance, we can assure that our lists contain current information.
If you have any questions or need additional information, please contact me at my email address: [email protected].
Sincerely,
Andrew Green
Cultural Resources Analyst
Attachment
CHAIRPERSON
Laura Miranda
Luiseño
VICE CHAIRPERSON
Reginald Pagaling
Chumash
PARLIAMENTARIAN
Russell Attebery
Karuk
SECRETARY
Sara Dutschke
Miwok
COMMISSIONER
William Mungary
Paiute/White Mountain
Apache
COMMISSIONER
Isaac Bojorquez
Ohlone-Costanoan
COMMISSIONER
Buffy McQuillen
Yokayo Pomo, Yuki,
Nomlaki
COMMISSIONER
Wayne Nelson
Luiseño
COMMISSIONER
Stanley Rodriguez
Kumeyaay
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
Raymond C.
Hitchcock
Miwok/Nisenan
NAHC HEADQUARTERS
1550 Harbor Boulevard
Suite 100
West Sacramento,
California 95691
(916) 373-3710
[email protected]
NAHC.ca.gov
Gabrieleno Band of Mission
Indians - Kizh Nation
Andrew Salas, Chairperson
P.O. Box 393
Covina, CA, 91723
Phone: (626) 926 - 4131
[email protected]
Gabrieleno
Gabrieleno/Tongva San Gabriel
Band of Mission Indians
Anthony Morales, Chairperson
P.O. Box 693
San Gabriel, CA, 91778
Phone: (626) 483 - 3564
Fax: (626) 286-1262
[email protected]
Gabrieleno
Gabrielino /Tongva Nation
Sandonne Goad, Chairperson
106 1/2 Judge John Aiso St.,
#231
Los Angeles, CA, 90012
Phone: (951) 807 - 0479
[email protected]
Gabrielino
Gabrielino Tongva Indians of
California Tribal Council
Christina Conley, Tribal
Consultant and Administrator
P.O. Box 941078
Simi Valley, CA, 93094
Phone: (626) 407 - 8761
[email protected]
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Gabrielino
Gabrielino Tongva Indians of
California Tribal Council
Robert Dorame, Chairperson
P.O. Box 490
Bellflower, CA, 90707
Phone: (562) 761 - 6417
Fax: (562) 761-6417
[email protected]
Gabrielino
Gabrielino-Tongva Tribe
Charles Alvarez,
23454 Vanowen Street
West Hills, CA, 91307
Phone: (310) 403 - 6048
[email protected]
Gabrielino
Juaneno Band of Mission
Indians Acjachemen Nation -
Belardes
Matias Belardes, Chairperson
32161 Avenida Los Amigos
San Juan Capisttrano, CA, 92675
Phone: (949) 293 - 8522
[email protected]
Juaneno
Juaneno Band of Mission
Indians Acjachemen Nation -
Belardes
Joyce Perry, Tribal Manager
4955 Paseo Segovia
Irvine, CA, 92603
Phone: (949) 293 - 8522
[email protected]
Juaneno
Pala Band of Mission Indians
Shasta Gaughen, Tribal Historic
Preservation Officer
PMB 50, 35008 Pala Temecula
Rd.
Pala, CA, 92059
Phone: (760) 891 - 3515
Fax: (760) 742-3189
[email protected]
Cupeno
Luiseno
Santa Rosa Band of Cahuilla
Indians
Lovina Redner, Tribal Chair
P.O. Box 391820
Anza, CA, 92539
Phone: (951) 659 - 2700
Fax: (951) 659-2228
[email protected]
Cahuilla
Soboba Band of Luiseno
Indians
Isaiah Vivanco, Chairperson
P. O. Box 487
San Jacinto, CA, 92581
Phone: (951) 654 - 5544
Fax: (951) 654-4198
[email protected]
Cahuilla
Luiseno
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This list is current only as of the date of this document. Distribution of this list does not relieve any person of statutory responsibility as defined in Section 7050.5 of the Health and Safety Code, Section 5097.94 of the Public Resource Section 5097.98 of the Public Resources Code.
This list is only applicable for contacting local Native Americans with regard to cultural resources assessment for the proposed 20225206.001A Anaheim 1442 Dale Ave Desktop Assessment Project, Orange County.
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Soboba Band of Luiseno
Indians
Joseph Ontiveros, Cultural
Resource Department
P.O. BOX 487
San Jacinto, CA, 92581
Phone: (951) 663 - 5279
Fax: (951) 654-4198
[email protected]
Cahuilla
Luiseno
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This list is only applicable for contacting local Native Americans with regard to cultural resources assessment for the proposed 20225206.001A Anaheim 1442 Dale Ave Desktop Assessment Project, Orange County.
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HISTORIC BUILT ENVIRONMENT ASSESSMENT
Appendix H.2 Historic Built Environment Assessment
1443 E. Washington Blvd., #288 Pasadena, California 91104 / www.southenvironmental.com April 22, 2022
Curtis Zacuto, Principal
EcoTierra Consulting
5776-D Lindero Canyon Road #414
Westlake Village, CA 91362
RE: Historic Built Environment Assessment for the 1442 North Dale Avenue Project, City of Anaheim, California
Dear Mr. Zacuto:
South Environmental was retained by EcoTierra Consulting to prepare a historic built environment assessment report in support of the 1442 North Dale Avenue Project (project) in the City of Anaheim, California. The purpose of this report is to determine if the proposed project will result in impacts to historic built environment resources located within the project site. This report was prepared in conformance of the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines § 15064.5 for historical resources and the City of Anaheim’s Mills Act Program Guidelines.
The project site comprises a single-family residence, garage, and two ancillary buildings constructed over 45 years ago (c. 1893-1942). In accordance with the requirements of CEQA Guidelines §15064.5 for historical resources, the property was recorded and evaluated for historical significance and integrity on the appropriate set of State of California Department of Parks and Recreation Series 523 Forms (DPR forms, Attachment A).
This significance evaluation and associated impacts assessment was prepared by Architectural Historians Laura Carias, MA and Principal Architectural Historian Samantha Murray, MA who meet the Secretary of the Interior’s Professional Qualification Standards for architectural history and history.
Resumes for Ms. Carias and Ms. Murray are provided in Attachment B.
Introduction
Project Description
The Project includes the construction of 18 single-family, attached homes grouped into three buildings (Building 1, Building 2, and Building 3). The proposed homes would total 24,915 squarefeet consisting of four 2-bedroom/2.5-bath units of 1,155 square-feet (Unit 2A); three 2-bedroom/2.5- bath units of 1,045 square-feet (Unit 2B); and eleven 3-bedroom/2.5-bath units of 1,560 square-feet each (Unit 3B). All proposed buildings would be 2-story, 28-foot-tall buildings. The lot would provide a 10-foot structural setback from interior property lines and the freeway right-of-way, and a 3-foot- Historic Built Environment Assessment
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2 3-inch interior landscape setback from the western property line. Two of the homes would be Moderate Income Affordable units.
Project Location
The proposed project site is located at 1442 North Dale Avenue in the City of Anaheim in Orange County, California (Figure 1). The parcel (APN 070-741-01) is generally bound by State Route 91 to the north, condominiums to the east and west, and West Pepper Tree Drive to the south (Figure 2).
Source: ESRI USA Topo Maps and World Topo Map 2022 1442 N Dale Avenue Project Figure 1. Project Location Map
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Center Coordinate (Decimal Degrees):
Latitude: 33.8555135N, Longitude: -117.9836801W
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5 Regulatory Setting
California Register of Historical Resources
In California, the term “historical resource” includes but is not limited to “any object, building, structure, site, area, place, record, or manuscript which is historically or archaeologically significant, or is significant in the architectural, engineering, scientific, economic, agricultural, educational, social, political, military, or cultural annals of California” (California Public Resources Code Section 5020.1(j)).
In 1992, the California legislature established the CRHR “to be used by state and local agencies, private groups, and citizens to identify the state’s historical resources and to indicate what properties are to be protected, to the extent prudent and feasible, from substantial adverse change” (California Public Resources Code Section 5024.1(a)). The criteria for listing resources on the CRHR (enumerated below) were expressly developed to be in accordance with previously established criteria developed for listing in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). According to California Public Resources Code Section 5024.1(c)(1–4), a resource is considered historically significant if it (i) retains “substantial integrity,” and (ii) meets at least one of the following criteria:
(1) Is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of California’s history and cultural heritage.
(2) Is associated with the lives of persons important in our past. (3) Embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, region, or method of construction, or represents the work of an important creative individual, or possesses high artistic values.
(4) Has yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important in prehistory or history.
In order to understand the historic importance of a resource, sufficient time must have passed to obtain a scholarly perspective on the events or individuals associated with the resource. A resource less than 50 years old may be considered for listing in the CRHR if it can be demonstrated that sufficient time has passed to understand its historical importance (see 14 CCR 4852(d)(2)).
The CRHR protects cultural resources by requiring evaluations of the significance of prehistoric and historic resources. The criteria for the CRHR are nearly identical to those for the NRHP, and properties listed or formally designated as eligible for listing in the NRHP are automatically listed in the CRHR, as are the state landmarks and points of interest. The CRHR also includes properties designated under local ordinances or identified through local historical resource surveys.
California Environmental Quality Act
CEQA requires a lead agency determine whether a project may have a significant effect on historical resources (Public Resources Code [PRC], Section 21084.1). A historical resource is a resource listed in, Historic Built Environment Assessment
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6 or determined to be eligible for listing, in the CRHR, a resource included in a local register of historical resources or any object, building, structure, site, area, place, record, or manuscript that a lead agency determines to be historically significant (State CEQA Guidelines, Section 15064.5[a][1-3]).
Under CEQA, a project may have a significant effect on the environment if it may cause “a substantial adverse change in the significance of an historical resource” (California Public Resources Code Section 21084.1; CEQA Guidelines Section 15064.5(b).) If a site is either listed or eligible for listing in the CRHR, or if it is included in a local register of historic resources or identified as significant in a historical resources survey (meeting the requirements of California Public Resources Code Section 5024.1(q)), it is a “historical resource” and is presumed to be historically or culturally significant for purposes of CEQA (California Public Resources Code Section 21084.1; CEQA Guidelines Section 15064.5(a)). The lead agency is not precluded from determining that a resource is a historical resource even if it does not fall within this presumption (California Public Resources Code Section 21084.1; CEQA Guidelines Section 15064.5(a)).
A “substantial adverse change in the significance of an historical resource” reflecting a significant effect under CEQA means “physical demolition, destruction, relocation, or alteration of the resource or its immediate surroundings such that the significance of an historical resource would be materially impaired” (CEQA Guidelines Section 15064.5(b)(1); California Public Resources Code Section 5020.1(q)). In turn, CEQA Guidelines section 15064.5(b)(2) states the significance of an historical resource is materially impaired when a project:
1. Demolishes or materially alters in an adverse manner those physical characteristics of an historical resource that convey its historical significance and that justify its inclusion in, or eligibility for, inclusion in the California Register of Historical Resources; or
2. Demolishes or materially alters in an adverse manner those physical characteristics that account for its inclusion in a local register of historical resources pursuant to section 5020.1(k) of the Public Resources Code or its identification in an historical resources survey meeting the requirements of section 5024.1(g) of the Public Resources Code, unless the public agency reviewing the effects of the project establishes by a preponderance of evidence that the resource is not historically or culturally significant; or
3. Demolishes or materially alters in an adverse manner those physical characteristics of a historical resource that convey its historical significance and that justify its eligibility for inclusion in the California Register of Historical Resources as determined by a lead agency for purposes of CEQA.
Pursuant to these sections, the CEQA inquiry begins with evaluating whether a project site contains any “historical resources,” then evaluates whether that project will cause a substantial adverse change Historic Built Environment Assessment
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7 in the significance of a historical resource such that the resource’s historical significance is materially impaired.
City of Anaheim Mills Act Program Guidelines
Eligible Properties
Properties eligible to apply for a Mills Act Contract are those listed in the NRHP, CRHR, and/or Anaheim’s list of “Qualified Historic Structures.” The last category includes properties that are documented to contribute to the significance of historic districts as well as individually significant properties, which are designated in Anaheim as “Historically Significant Structures.” Owners of properties that are not currently listed as a “Qualified Historic Structure” may apply to be added if they meet the criteria below:
Properties Located within a Historic District
These properties may be considered for designation as a “Contributor” to the district, if the property:
• Was constructed within the period of significance documented for the district (1949 or earlier for most districts; 1941-1955 for the Hoskins District). • Is associated with the significant historic themes identified for the district. • Retains historic integrity from the period of significance.
Properties Located Outside of a Historic District
These properties may be considered for listing as a “Historically Significant Structure,” if the property meets one or more of the following criteria:
• It strongly represents a significant event or broad patterns of local, regional, or national history.
• It is associated with the life of a significant person in local, regional, or national history. • It is a very good example of a significant architectural style, property type, period, or method of construction; or it represents the work of an architect, designer, engineer, or builder who is locally, regionally, or nationally significant; or it is a significant visual feature of the City.
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8 Methods
Background Research
Background research was conducted on the subject property at 1442 North Dale Avenue to establish a thorough and accurate historic context and to confirm the development history of the property (see DPR form set in Attachment A). This included a review of all available building permits on file with the City of Anaheim; historical newspapers covering Anaheim, Buena Park, and Orange County via newspapers.com; historic aerial photographs of the project site via National Environmental Title Reference (NETR) and the University of Santa Barbara FrameFinder Maps; and applicable primary and secondary sources on file with local libraries.
Survey
South Environmental Architectural Historian, Laura Carias, MA completed a pedestrian survey of the project site on April 4, 2022. The built environment survey entailed walking the entire site and documenting the exterior of the existing buildings and structures with notes and photographs.
Findings
One built environment resource over 45 years old was identified within the project site: the property located at 1442 North Dale Avenue, inclusive of the single-family residence constructed circa 1893, and a garage and two ancillary buildings constructed circa 1942. The entire property was recorded and evaluated for historical significance on the appropriate set of DPR Forms in consideration of CRHR and City designation criteria and integrity requirements (Attachment A). The property was found not eligible under all designation criteria due to a lack of significant historical associations and architectural merit resulting from compromised integrity.
No historical resources were identified within the project site as a result of this study. Therefore, with respect to historic built environment resources, the proposed project will have a less than significant impact on historical resources under CEQA.
Should you have any questions regarding this report or its findings, please do not hesitate to contact us at [email protected] or (818) 458-1162.
Sincerely,
_______________________ _______________________
Laura Carias, MA Samantha Murray, MA
Architectural Historian Principal Architectural Historian Historic Built Environment Assessment
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9 Attachments
A. DPR Form Set for 1442 North Dale Avenue
B. Resumes
ATTACHMENT A.
DPR Form Set for 1442 North Dale Avenue
P1. Other Identifier: Boisseranc Farm
DPR 523A (9/2013) *Required information
State of California ⎯ The Resources Agency Primary #
DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI #
PRIMARY RECORD Trinomial
NRHP Status Code 6Z
Other Listings
Review Code Reviewer Date
*P2. Location: Not for Publication ■ Unrestricted
*a. County Orange and (P2c, P2e, and P2b or P2d. Attach a Location Map as necessary.) *b. USGS 7.5' Quad Anaheim Date 2022 T 04 S ; R 11 W ; of of Sec 01; SB B.M. c. Address 1442 North Dale Avenue City Anaheim Zip 92801 d. UTM: (Give more than one for large and/or linear resources) Zone , mE/ mN e. Other Locational Data: (e.g., parcel #, directions to resource, elevation, decimal degrees, etc., as appropriate) APN 070-741-01. The subject property is bound by the 91 Freeway to the north, condominiums to the east, West Pepper Tree Drive to the south, and condominiums to the west. *P3a. Description:
The subject property is a one-story, single-family residence with an above-ground basement.
It is capped by a gable-on-hip roof clad in composition shingles. A front gabled dormer with a single window is centrally located on the primary, east-facing elevation. The building has a rectangular floor plan and is clad in three different types of horizontal wood siding on the first floor. The ground-level basement is clad in vertical wood siding.
The nearly symmetrical primary elevation features a contemporary set of wood stairs to reach the main entrance which rests under a secondary front gabled roof and features a single wood door with a single lite. (Photograph 1) (see Continuation Sheet). *P3b. Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) HP2, Single family property; HP33. Farm/ranch *P4.Resources Present: ■ Building Structure Object Site District Element of District Other (Isolates, etc.) P5b. Description of Photo: (view, date, accession #) Photograph 1. Main (east) elevation, view to southwest (South 2022)
*P6. Date Constructed/Age and
Source: ■ Historic Prehistoric
Both
c. 1893 (County Assessor)
*P7. Owner and Address:
Boisseranc Gentry Judy
Maria Trust
33582 Astoria Street
Dana Point, CA 92629
*P8. Recorded by:
Laura Carias & Sam Murray
South Environmental
1443 E. Washington Blvd
#288
Pasadena, CA 91104
*P9. Date Recorded: 4/8/2022
*P10. Survey Type: Pedestrian
*P11. Report Citation:
Historic Built Environment
Assessment for the 1442 N
Dale Avenue Project, Anaheim, California (South Environmental 2022) *Attachments: NONE ■Location Map ■Continuation Sheet ■Building, Structure, and Object Record Archaeological Record District Record Linear Feature Record Milling Station Record Rock Art Record Artifact Record Photograph Record Other (List):
*Map Name: Anaheim, California *Scale: 1:24,000 *Date of map: _2021__ DPR 523J (Rev. 1/1995)(Word 9/2013) *Required information State of California Natural Resources Agency Primary #
DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI#
LOCATION MAP Trinomial
*Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder) 1442 North Dale Avenue *NRHP Status Code 6Z
DPR 523B (9/2013) *Required information
State of California The Resources Agency Primary #
DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI#
BUILDING, STRUCTURE, AND OBJECT RECORD
B1. Historic Name: Boisseranc Farm
B2. Common Name: n/a
B3. Original Use: Single family residence/farm B4. Present Use: Single family residence * B5. Architectural Style: n/a
*B6. Construction History: (Construction date, alterations, and date of alterations) Constructed circa 1893 (County Assessor).Multiple alterations (dates unknown). *B7. Moved? ■No Yes Unknown Date: Original Location:
*B8. Related Features: sheds
B9a. Architect: unknown b. Builder: unknown
*B10. Significance: Theme n/a Area n/a
Period of Significance n/a Property Type n/a Applicable Criteria n/a Historic Context
The subject property is located within the City of Anaheim directly adjacent to the City of Buena Park on its west and has a shared history with both cities.
Buena Park Historical Overview
Buena Park was part of a land grant issued to Manuel Nieto, ex-corporal of the Portola Expedition. The land was divided in 1834 into five ranchos, one of which was Rancho Los Coyotes which totaled 48,806 acres. Buena Park sits at the center of the former Rancho Los Coyotes (Visit Buena Park 2022).
James A. Whitaker, a grocer from Chicago, came to the area in the 1880s with the idea of setting up a cattle ranch. He purchased 690 acres of the former Rancho Los Coyotes from Abel Sterns, but was quickly “persuaded to found a town in 1887 when Santa Fe Railroad (SFRR) land agent George Fullerton offered to build a depot there” (Dixon 2004:7) After Fullerton changed the location of the SFRR depot to the next town over, Whitaker moved his town one mile south where the SFRR laid down tracks and built the depot he was promised (Dixon 2004: 7) (see Continuation Sheet).
B11. Additional Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) *B12. References: See Continuation Sheet
B13. Remarks:
*B14. Evaluator: Laura Carias, South Environmental
*Date of Evaluation: 4/8/2022
(Sketch Map with north arrow required.)
(This space reserved for official comments.)
DPR 523L (Rev. 1/1995)(Word 9/2013) *Required information State of California Natural Resources Agency Primary#
DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI #
Trinomial
CONTINUATION SHEET
Property Name: 1442 North Dale Avenue
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*P3a. Description (Continued): The main entrance is flanked by a ribbon of wood sash, one-overone single-hung windows to the south and a single wood sash double-hung window to the north. Windows on the other elevations consists of wood sash, one-over-one, two-over-two, and six-over-six wood sash windows; a bay window is located on the north elevation (Photograph 2). Single wood doors provide entry into the above-ground basement and are located on the east, west, and north elevations (Photograph 3, 4, and 5).
A three-car garage is located east of the residence (Photograph 6). It has a rectangular floor plan and a side-gabled roof with a louvered cupola extending from the center of the roof that also features a side-gabled roof. The building is clad with horizontal wood siding and features a single door and three sliding barn doors on the west elevation.
Three windows are located on the east elevation, two of which are boarded up.
There are two ancillary buildings located south of the residence (Photographs 7 and 8).
They have squared floor plans and are capped with pyramid roofs clad in composition shingles. Each feature a single-entry door on the north elevation that has been boarded up and a window on the south elevation.
Other features on the property include two concrete pads, a concrete pedestrian walkway that likely led to one of the now demolished barns on site. The property contains a variety of mature trees including pepper trees, one orange tree, and one mandarin tree.
Photograph 2. North elevation, facing east.
DPR 523L (Rev. 1/1995)(Word 9/2013) *Required information State of California Natural Resources Agency Primary#
DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI #
Trinomial
CONTINUATION SHEET
Property Name: 1442 North Dale Avenue
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Photograph 3. North elevation; facing west
Photograph 4. West elevation, facing east.
DPR 523L (Rev. 1/1995)(Word 9/2013) *Required information State of California Natural Resources Agency Primary#
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Trinomial
CONTINUATION SHEET
Property Name: 1442 North Dale Avenue
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Photograph 5. South elevation; facing east.
Photograph 6. Garage, west and north elevations; facing southeast DPR 523L (Rev. 1/1995)(Word 9/2013) *Required information State of California Natural Resources Agency Primary#
DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI #
Trinomial
CONTINUATION SHEET
Property Name: 1442 North Dale Avenue
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Photograph 7. Ancillary building 1, facing southwest.
Photograph 8. Ancillary building 2; facing southwest.
DPR 523L (Rev. 1/1995)(Word 9/2013) *Required information State of California Natural Resources Agency Primary#
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Trinomial
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Property Name: 1442 North Dale Avenue
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*B10. Significance (Continued):
Whitaker was successful in establishing a profitable town. He opened a “general merchandise store, helped found a church, and began cultivating economic development just as his brother and neighbors began cultivation of the relatively shallow topsoil using artesian well water.” (Dixon 2004: 7). Crops cultivated in the area included grapes, nuts, sugar beets, beans, some citrus, and many types of berries (Dixon 2004:
7). In 1889, Whitaker was also successful in bringing in the first industry into Orange County--and Buena Park--the Pacific Creamery Company. The company drew in many new residents who worked at the company raising the population to 990 inhabitants by 1900.
At this time, Buena Park was known as a dairy center with two depots, one for the SFRR and another for the Southern Pacific Railroad.
The most famous residents of Buena Park were Walter and Cordelia Knott, future owners of Knott’s Berry Farm, who moved to Buena Park in 1920. It all began when they purchased 20 acres with the goal of becoming successful farmers. They grew rhubarb, asparagus, and berries and sold their crops on a roadside stand. They became so popular, that Cordelia opened a tea room to feed the crowds. That tea room later became a full restaurant where she served fried chicken, biscuits, and boysenberry pie. The wait to be seated at the restaurant became so long, that the Knott family created Knott’s Berry Farm’s first attraction, Ghost Town (Visit Buena Park 2022). Knott’s Berry Farm is located one mile southwest of the subject property.
World Wars I and II brought in many more residents. The construction of the Santa Ana Freeway in 1954 brought in suburban development and brought in commercial centers such as the Buena Park Regional Shopping Center in 1960. It was later renamed the Buena Park Mall.
Buena Park incorporated in 1953 to provide residential services to its growing population. While its population was relatively small in 1950, with a total of 5,483 residents, it grew exponentially in 1960 to 46,601 (Dixon 2004: 7) Anaheim Historical Overview
Anaheim began in 1857 as “a number of clerks, mechanics and other business men of San Francisco, mostly German, determined to turn planters.” (Los Angeles Herald 1884) These men were San Francisco investors that had incorporated themselves as the Los Angeles Vineyard Society. Seeking land for their expanding wine business, John Fröhling and Charles Kohler sought out the assistance of Los Angeles County surveyor, George Hansen to find a site for a colony for vineyardists (Faessel 2006:7) In 1857, Hansen found the ideal location on Rancho San Juan Cajon De Santa Ana belonging to Juan Pacifico Ontiveros. Hansen purchased 1,165 acres at $2 per acre and soon began dividing and preparing the land as vineyard lots. “Each member of the colony was provided with a town lot for a residence and a ten-acre tract for farming.” (Los Angeles Herald 1894). In a meeting of the Vineyard Society in 1858, Anaheim was chosen as the colony’s name taken from the German name “heim” meaning home, and Ana, for the Santa Ana River that runs nearby. (Los Angeles Herald 1894). “By the fall of 1859, Hansen’s Mission Grape vines were started, an irrigation system was installed, and a few rudimentary houses were built that would meet the first migration from San Francisco [of vineyardists]. By autumn of 1864, Anaheim’s 400,000 vines were already producing over 300,000 gallons of wine.” (Faessel 2006: 7).
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developing downtown that attracted customers from all over the county. A rail line connection to Los Angeles was installed in 1875 when an Anaheim pioneer donated land for its first depot. A devastating blight now known as Pierce’s Disease wiped out 400,000 grapevines between 1884 and 1888. It took the town approximately two years to get back on their feet replacing their vineyards with citrus groves and other produce such as walnuts, Anaheim chili peppers, sugar beets, lima beans, potatoes, cabbage, and strawberries (City of Anaheim n.d.).
Anaheim continued to prosper in the early 20th century with a successful commercial district and expanding neighborhoods. After World War I, many veterans were drawn to Anaheim by the affordable housing and mild climate. By 1930, Anaheim was known as the Capital of the Valencia Orange Empire (Faessel 2006: 8). The citrus industry was strong well into the early 1940s and Anaheim’s population grew to over 11,000 (Faessel 2006:
8).
Unfortunately, in the late 1940s, another disease ravaged crops in Anaheim, this time targeting orange crops. “The accelerating loss of this agricultural industry, coupled with the new high cost of irrigation water, gave the citrus ranchers a strong incentive to sell their land for residential development.” (Faessel 2007: 7).
Similar to what occurred following World War I, returning World War II soldiers were enticed by all that Anaheim had to offer. Also intrigued by the city was Walt Disney who in 1954 famously purchased 160 acres of oranges and walnuts along South Harbor Boulevard, located approximately 4.5 miles southwest of the subject property, to build Disneyland, the “Happiest Place on Earth.” (Faessel 2007: 7). “Anaheim’s businessfriendly climate allowed unexpected rapid and unplanned growth [in west Anaheim] around the Disneyland Park area in the 1960s and 1970s…” (Faessel 2007: 7). Disneyland’s popularity was used as a selling tool as real estate advertisements for land, existing homes and news housing tracts were using their proximity to Disneyland as a selling tool.
The population in Anaheim grew from 14,522 in 1950 to more than 104,000 in 1960. The city’s growth was also fueled by an “aggressive annexation program” that added 20 square miles in the 1950s and continued into the 1970s (Newell 2022). Despite the wishes of the City of Buena Park, the Manchester-Dale Annexation-which includes the subject property, was approved by the Anaheim City Council in 1961. The entirety of the land, a 45-acre plot, was owned by Henry Boisseranc (Los Angeles Times 1961). By the 1990s, the City of Anaheim grew to its present size of 50 square miles (City of Anaheim 2010: 10). “This type of expansive development brought about the creation of a city with multiple centers of activity, with commercial, retail, and recreational uses pulling away from the historic downtown” (City of Anaheim 2010: 11).
Anaheim’s population grew along with the city’s borders. By 1970 there were 166,701 residents; 226,701 by 1980; and about 344,000 by 2020 (City of Anaheim 2010: 11; U.S.
Census 2020).
Property History
No building permits were located for the property and Sanborn Fire Insurance maps for the area are not available.
Historic aerial photographs indicate that the subject property was developed with a residence and several ancillary buildings, surrounded by farmland for miles around. In the 1930 and 1942 aerials, North Dale Avenue, West Orangethorpe Avenue, the Southern DPR 523L (Rev. 1/1995)(Word 9/2013) *Required information State of California Natural Resources Agency Primary#
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Pacific Railroad, and the road that become the Santa Ana Freeway (running side-by-side of the railroad) are clearly visible. The garage currently on the parcel is first visible in 1942. By 1952 and 1960, postwar development encroached the cities of Buena Park and Anaheim, with new housing developments along the west side of North Dale Avenue and south of Carnation Drive. Also visible in 1960 was the widening of the Santa Ana Freeway (I-5) and construction of State Route (SR) 91 freeway east of the Santa Ana interchange. In 1968, construction of SR-91 west of Santa Ana Freeway continued directly north of the subject property and absorbed about 300 feet of what was originally the northern portion of the subject parcel. The southern portion of the parcel was cleared of trees (UCSB 1930, 1942, 1952, 1960). By 1972, the full southern half of the parcel was cleared and construction had begun on what is now Henry Boisseranc Park. Although information was found to suggest the park was named after Henry Boisseranc because he sold land to Walt Disney for Disneyland, no information was found to substantiate that claim (Enjoy OC 2022). By 1980, all remaining farmland on the parcel was developed into condominiums and the subject parcel was reduced to its current size. The barn and several other ancillary buildings were likely demolished between 1987 and 1992. Tree cover and grainy aerial photograph quality makes it difficult to determine when the two ancillary buildings were added to the property (NETR 1972, 1987, 1992).
The early entries for the chain of title on the subject property are blurry, but appear to show that the land was owned by the Stearns Rancho Company who sold the property to B.F and Mary Pritchard. The Pritchards sold the land to Joseph Henry Boisseranc, a French immigrant. According to Susan Berumen, Orange County archivist, on October 18, 1889, Joseph H. Boisseranc purchased 28 acres in the northeast quarter of Section 1 in Township 4, Range 11 and purchased additional property over the years where Boisseranc raised sheep (Beruman 2022; Lee 1972). In the 1889/1890 tax year, Orange County assessed him for a wagon, harness, two Spanish horses, and 1,500 graded sheep. In 1893, the Orange County property tax assessment shows he paid $300 in improvements/building assessments, an indication the residence had been added to the property (Beruman 2022).
Joseph Henry Boisseranc sold his sheep when he married Marie Jeanne Domecq, also a French immigrant, in 1890. They lived in a house built over an above-ground basement that featured eight-foot ceilings. They used the land for farming a variety of crops and also maintained a dairy and farm animals (Lee 1970). Joseph Henry and Marie had two sons, Henry Joseph and John, both of whom worked on the family farm (Ancestry 2022).
Henry married Louise Martin and inherited the subject residence and 52 acres of his father’s land in 1925. Louise lowered the ceilings when they moved into the house saying “they were too high.” (Lee 1970). Newspaper advertisements show that the family was selling Valencia orange trees in 1924 “at a good bargain.” (Santa Ana Register 1924). By 1928, Henry Boisseranc was selling 125 tons of cannonball cabbage at $12 per ton (LAT 1928). In 1933, the farm advertised 8 tons of Oregon evergreen seed corn (LAT 1933). By 1941, the Boisseranc farm was producing barley and alfalfa hay (Santa Ana Register 1941). In 1935, Henry and his mother (who was still part owner of the land), granted the triangular portion of their land located north of the 100-foot right-of-way of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company to the State of California for the construction of a public highway (SR-91) (Orange County Assessor 1935).
Henry and Louise had four children: Henry Joseph, Albert Joseph, Blanche, and Mary. In 1970, at the age of 78, Henry sold 20 acres of his land, leaving him with five acres, two cows, a couple dozen chickens, and a handful of pigeons. At that time, the property featured many of the ancillary buildings required to support farming including three large barns and several smaller storage buildings (Lee 1970).
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Henry died in 1972 and Louise in 1992. Upon Louise’s death, her son Albert Joseph inherited the property. Albert placed the land in a trust and it was passed on to his daughter, Judy Boisseranc, upon his death in 2004 (Orange County Assessor 2004). In 2007, Judy issued a quitclaim deed for the property to the Judy Maria Boisseranc Gentry Trust, and the property remained under that ownership until 2017 (deeds 2004; 2017).
No other pertinent information was found concerning Albert Joseph Boisseranc, Judy Boisseranc, or Judy Maria Boisseranc Gentry.
Significance Evaluation
The following presents an evaluation of the subject property in consideration of CRHR and City of Anaheim designation criteria.
CRHR Criterion 1. Is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of California’s history and cultural heritage.
City Criteria 1. It strongly represents a significant event or broad patterns of local, regional, or national history.
The subject property is a single-family residence that was originally part of a sprawling 52-acre farm. Joseph Henry Boisseranc first purchased the property in 1889 at a time when development in Buena Park and Anaheim consisted of acres of uninterrupted farmland and orchards. Currently, the subject property sits on less than one-acre and features a singlefamily residence, a three-car garage, and two ancillary buildings. All elements associated with the property’s farming history have been lost over time, including the barns and several ancillary buildings. Further, although the subject property represents some of the earliest residential and agricultural development in the area, its significance is no longer well-conveyed due to loss of the original acreage, loss of its original function as a family farm, and its obliterated integrity of setting resulting from construction of a multi-family development all around it and construction of the SR-91 and I-5 freeway.
Therefore, the subject property is recommended not eligible under CRHR or City Criterion
1. CRHR Criterion 2. Is associated with the lives of persons important in our past.
City Criteria 2. It is associated with the life of a significant person in local, regional, or national history.
Review of local publications and newspaper articles indicates that the subject property has remained in the same family, the Boisserancs, since 1889. Joseph Henry and his wife Marie purchased the land before their son, Henry Joseph, inherited the property. Throughout the years, the land was used to raise sheep and dairy cows, and grow sugar beets, corn, barley, alfalfa hay, and Valencia oranges. There is park south of the property named after Henry Boisseranc. Cursory research found a claim that the park was named after Boisseranc because he sold land to Walt Disney for Disneyland. Research did not find information that could substantiate this claim. Although the family has owned the subject parcel for approximately 133 years, no information was uncovered that connects the Boisseranc family to any organization, church, or to any important contributions made to the cities of Buena Park or Anaheim. No other information was discovered that would identify the Boisseranc as a significant pioneering family in cities of Buena Park or Anaheim. Further, the subject property can no longer convey its early associations with the Boisserancs and their family farm. Therefore, the subject property is not eligible under CRHR or City Criterion 2.
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CRHR Criterion 3. Embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, region, or method of construction, or represents the work of an important creative individual, or possesses high artistic values.
City Criterion 3. It is a very good example of a significant architectural style, property type, period, or method of construction; or represents the work of an architect, designer, engineer, or builder who is locally, regionally, or nationally significant; or is significant visual feature of the City.
The subject property was constructed at the end of the 19th century and has been altered throughout the years. The design is simple with little to no ornamentation. There is no known architect and it may have been constructed by the original owner, Joseph Henry Boisseranc. The building features a hipped roof with boxed eaves and a central dormer.
Windows consists of a combination of wood sash one-over-one, two-over-two, and six-oversix wood sash windows with wood surrounds, some with cornice brackets beneath the window sill. The building is clad in three different types of wood siding throughout all four elevations, each signifying an alteration and/or addition to the building. There are also three types of window types indicating the different time periods in which the building was altered. The bay window on the north elevation has cladding that differs from the rest of the house and the west elevation appears to have featured a porch that was enclosed at a point in time. The building has been altered and lacks distinctive features and high artistic values. Although it may have had elements of the National style of architecture at one time, it now appears as a ubiquitous architectural form and lacking distinctive design. Therefore, the subject property is not eligible under CRHR or City Criterion 3.
CRHR Criterion 4. Has yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important in prehistory or history.
The subject property is not significant as a source, or likely source, of important historical information nor does it appear likely to yield important information about historic construction methods, materials or technologies. Therefore, the property is not eligible under CRHR Criterion 4.
Integrity
Location: The subject property has dimished integrity of location. Aside from being sited on the original location from when it was constructed and sitting in its original orientation, its immediate location (formerly agricultural land) and immediate surroundings have changed dramatically since its construction.
Design: The subject property lacks integrity of design as the building has been altered several times over the years. Although most of the alterations likely occurred early in the building’s history, it is unclear what the building originally looked like when it was first constructed.
Setting: The subject property lacks integrity of setting. From a 52-acre farm and orchard with several agricultural buildings, the property now sits on less than one acre, surrounded on all sides by condominiums and SR-91.
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the integrity of materials overall.
Workmanship: The subject property lacks integrity of workmanship. There have been numerous alterations over time that have diminished evidence of the original craftsmanship.
Feeling: The subject property lacks integrity of feeling. The property’s location and setting have been compromised, and it no longer conveys its original historic function as a family farm/orchard.
Association: The subject property lacks integrity of association. The subject property lacks the ability to convey important associations with events, people, or patterns of development in the City.
For all of the reasons provided above, the property at 1442 North Dale Avenue is recommended not eligible for designation in the CRHR and appears not all eligible under all City criteria.
References
Ancestry
2022. J.H. Boisseranc.” Accessed on April 1, 2022: https://www.ancestry.com/familytree/person/tree/3583730/person/6936111704/facts Dixon, Dean O.
2004. Images of America: Buena Park. Arcadia Publishing: Charleston, South Carolina.
Faessel, Stephen J.
2006 Images of America: Early Anaheim. Arcadia Publishing: Charleston, South Carolina.
2007. Images of America: Anaheim 1940-1970. Arcadia Publishing: Charleston, South Carolina.
City of Anaheim
n.d. “Facilities: Founder’s Park.” Accessed online:
https://www.anaheim.net/Facilities/Facility/Details/Founders-Park-51 2010. “Citywide Historic Preservation Plan.” Prepared by Architectural Resources Group for City of Anaheim Community Development Department. May 18, 2010.
Enjoy OC
“O.C. Bucket List: Buena Park.” Accessed online:
https://enjoyorangecounty.com/buena-park-bucket-list/
Lee, Doris
1970. “Area Resident Recalls Past History.” Fullerton News Tribune (Fullerton, California). May 14, 1970.
Los Angeles Herald
1894. “Anaheim.” Los Angeles Herald (Los Angeles, California). January 1, 1894. Pg.
39. Accessed online at:
https://www.newspapers.com/image/80562090/?terms=%22anaheim%22&match=1 Los Angeles Times
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1928. “Garden, Farm, Dairy Prod.” Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California). June 16, 1928. Accessed online : https://www.newspapers.com/image/380326590/ 1933. “8-Ton A-1 Oregon evergreen seed corn.” Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California). July 13, 1933. Accessed online:
https://www.newspapers.com/image/380400692/
1961. “Anaheim Annexation to Proceed”. Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California.
September 28, 1961. Accessed online:
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98730242/19610928latannexation-of-boisseranc/ NETR (Nationwide Environmental Title Research, LLC)
2022. Historic aerial photographs of 1442 North Dale Avenue, City of Anaheim, CA dating from 1953, 1954, 1963, 1972, 1980, 1987, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018. Accessed April 1, 2022 online via: https://historicaerials.com/viewer.
Newell, Jane
2022. Anaheim Heritage Center. Correspondence with Jane Newell, Anaheim Heritage Services Manager.
Orange County Assessor
1935, 2004. Orange County Assessor Deeds.
Santa Ana Register
1924, “For Sale, Valencia Orange Trees.” Santa Ana Register (Santa Ana, California).
March 14, 1924. Pg 19. Accessed online:
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98727347/19240314santa-ana-registerboisserane/ 1941. “Fee, Seed, Hay, Grain.” Santa Ana Register (Santa Ana, California). May 6, 1941. Accessed online at: https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98727745/19410506santaana-registerboisseranc/ UCSB (University of California, Santa Barbara).
2022. Historic aerial photographs of 1442 North Dale Avenue, City of Anaheim, CA dating from 1930, 1942, 1952, 1960, 1968. Map & Imagery Laboratory (MIL) UCSB Library. Accessed April 1, 2022:
https://mil.library.ucsb.edu/ap_indexes/FrameFinder/
United States Census
2020. Anaheim, CA. Accessed online April 1, 2022:
https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/anaheimcitycalifornia Visit Buena Park
2022. “History of Buena Park, California. Accessed online March 30, 2022:
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EDUCATION
M.A., Public History,
California State University,
Sacramento, 2006
B.A., History and Chicano
Studies, California State
University, Dominguez Hills,
2003
PROFESSIONAL
AFFILIATIONS
California Preservation
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Society of Architectural
Historians
National Trust for Historic
Preservation
Laura G. Carias, MA
ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN
Laura Carias has over 15 years of experience in the field of historic and cultural resources evaluation, identification, documentation, and preservation Ms. Carias specialized in historic resources assessments including historic significance evaluation in consideration of the California Register of Historical Resources (CRHR), and the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP), and local-level evaluation criteria. She also has experience in intensive-level field surveys, historic structure reports, design consultation, conformance with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties, Historic American Buildings Survey and Historic American Engineering Record documentation, local Mills Act contracts, and local, state, and nation landmark designations.
Ms. Carias meets the Secretary of the Interior’s Professional Qualification Standards for both Architectural History and History. She has experience preparing environmental compliance documentation in support of projects that fall under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA/National Environmental Quality Act (NEPA), and Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA).
EXPERTISE
• CEQA, NEPA, and Section 106 of the NHPA compliance
documentation in consideration of impacts to historical resources, and historic properties
• Historic resource significance evaluations in consideration of NRHP, CRHR, and local designation criteria.
• Project design review for conformance with the Secretary of the • Interior’s Standards.
• Preparation of archival documentation for HABS/HAER/HALS. • Historic Structure Reports
• Historic Preservation Certification Part 1 and 2 Tax Credit Applications
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RECENT PROJECT EXPERIENCE
G-P Site Restoration Project, Long Beach, California. November 2021 – ongoing. While working for her previous firm, Ms. Carias served as architectural historian and principal author of the Historic Resources Cultural Report (report). The Port of Long Beach retained LSA Associates to prepare a cultural resources study in support of the Georgia-Pacific Gypsum Board Plant located at the port in Long Beach, California. The study included a pedestrian survey of the subject property for building and structures over 45 years of age; building development and archival research for the identified buildings located within the project site; recordation and evaluation of cultural resources identified within the study area for the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP), California Register of Historical Resources (CRHR), and local eligibility criteria and integrity requirements; and an assessment of potential impacts to historical resources in conformance with CEQA and all applicable local municipal code and planning documents. Responsibilities included site specific background research, authoring the cultural technical report. Prior to South Environmental, LSA Associates.
Historic Built Environment Evaluation Report for the Sycuan Fee to Trust Project, Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation Reservation, San Diego County, California (2020). While working for her previous firm, Ms. Carias co-authored a Historic Properties Inventory and Evaluation Report for the Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation Reservation (Sycuan) for the proposed Sycuan Fee to Trust Project (Project), located on the within the vicinity of El Cajon, California in unincorporated San Diego County.
The Project proposes a fee-to-trust transfer of five (5) parcels that cumulatively total approximately 40 acres. The transfer of land from Sycuan to the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), the federal lead agency.
Responsibilities for the project included: background research and authoring the cultural resources report. Prior to South Environmental, DUDEK
Department of Veterans Affairs, Sepulveda Ambulatory Care Center, Van Nuys, California.
Authored Finding of Effects report to satisfy Section 106. Project includes the demolition of 12 buildings located on a campus that has been determined ineligible as a historic district by the California Office of Historic Preservation. Prior to South Environmental, Chattel, Inc.
Second Church of Christ, Scientist, Historic Structure Report, Long Beach, California. Complied a Historic Structure Report to assist current owner in obtaining much needed funds for rehabilitation of 1914 church with extensive water damage. Prior to South Environmental, Chattel, Inc.
Sears Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, Federal Investment Tax Credit, Los Angeles, California.
Submitted and received conditional approvals on Part II Federal Investment Tax Credit application for former Sears, Roebuck and Company retail store and warehouse in Boyle Heights. Participated in design collaboration on rehabilitation of subject property as a mixed-use property with retail, creative office, and residential space. Prior to South Environmental, Chattel, Inc.
San Juan Capistrano Substation, Historic American Engineering Record (HAER), San Juan Capistrano, California. Prepared and submitted HAER documentation to the Library of Congress for the Southern California Edison Company Capistrano Substation as mitigation compliance as part of system upgrades. Providing construction monitoring of the rehabilitation of former utility structure located on San Diego Gas & Electric Company substation as part of a mitigation measure. Conducts bimonthly site visits, provides design consultation, and monthly observation reports. Prior to South Environmental, Chattel, Inc.
Email: [email protected]
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EDUCATION
M.A., Anthropology,
California State University,
Los Angeles, 2013
B.A., Anthropology,
California State University,
Northridge, 2003
PROFESSIONAL
AFFILIATIONS
California Preservation
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Historians
National Trust for Historic
Preservation
Samantha Murray, MA
PRINCIPAL ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN
Samantha Murray is the cultural resources director at South Environmental and a senior architectural historian with over 16 years’ experience in all elements of cultural resources management, including project management, architectural history studies, and historical significance evaluations in consideration of the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP), California Register of Historical Resources (CRHR), and local-level designation criteria.
Ms. Murray has conducted thousands of historical resource evaluations and developed detailed historic context statements for a multitude of property types and architectural styles. She has also provided expertise on numerous projects requiring conformance with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties.
Ms. Murray meets the Secretary of the Interior’s Professional Qualification Standards for both Architectural History and Archaeology. She is experienced managing multidisciplinary projects in the lines of private development, transportation, transmission and generation, federal land management, land development, and state and local government. She is an expert in preparation of cultural resources compliance documentation for projects that fall under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), and Sections 106 and 110 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA). Ms. Murray has also served as an expert witness in legal proceedings concerning historical resources under CEQA and local ordinance protection.
EXPERTISE
• CEQA, NEPA, and Section 106 of the NHPA compliance
documentation in consideration of impacts to historical, archaeological, and tribal cultural resources, and historic properties • Historic resource significance evaluations in consideration of NRHP, CRHR, and local designation criteria.
• Project design review for conformance with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards.
• Preparation of archival documentation for HABS/HAER/HALS. • Assistance with complex mitigation including salvage and interpretive displays.
• Peer review.
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RECENT PROJECT EXPERIENCE
Phase I and II Historical Resource Assessment Report for 4607 W. Melbourne Avenue, City of Los Angeles, California (2021). South Environmental was retained to complete a Historical Resource Assessment (HRA) for a property located at 4607 W. Melbourne Avenue in the City of Los Angeles, California. The HRA included the results of a pedestrian survey of the project site by a qualified architectural historian; building development and archival research; recordation and evaluation of one single-family residence for historical significance and integrity; meeting with Office of Historic Resources staff to discuss findings and recommendations; and review of proposed design plans for conformance with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation. The property was found eligible for designation in the NRHP, CRHR, and as a City HCM under Criteria C/3/3 as an individual property for its embodiment of the Craftsman-style of architecture and serving as an example of the airplane bungalow sub-type. The proposed project was found to be in conformance with the Standards for Rehabilitation such that the residence would continue to retain all its major character-defining features and would remain unchanged when viewed from the public right-of-way.
Hope Gardens Sequoia Building Project, Los Angeles County, California (2021). South Environmental was retained by Union Rescue Mission to complete a cultural resources technical report for the Hope Gardens Sequoia Building Project located at 12249 Lopez Canyon Drive in unincorporated Los Angeles County, California, which proposes demolition of the existing building on the site and construction of a new facility. Ms. Murray authored the cultural resources technical report, serving as principal architectural historian. This study included an intensive pedestrian survey of the project site by a qualified architectural historian; building development and archival research; and recordation and evaluation of the Hope Gardens property for historical significance and integrity in consideration of CRHR and Los Angeles County designation criteria. As a result of the property significance evaluation, eight buildings on the property were found eligible as contributing resources to the newly identified Forester Haven Historic District under CRHR and County Criterion 3. South Environmental is currently assisting Union Rescue Mission with implementation of project-specific mitigation.
Historical Analysis for 3060 State Street, City of Carlsbad, California (2021). South Environmental was retained by a private developer to prepare a historical analysis for a project that proposed demolition of the building at 3060 State Street in Carlsbad. This analysis includes the results of a pedestrian survey of the project site by a qualified architectural historian; building development and archival research; and recordation and evaluation of one commercial property for historical significance in consideration of CRHR and City of Carlsbad historic resources inventory designation criteria and integrity requirements. As a result of the property significance evaluation, the property was found not eligible for designation in the CRHR or City’s historic resource inventory under all designation criteria and in consideration of the property’s lack of requisite integrity.
Historical Analysis for 245 Acacia Avenue, City of Carlsbad, California (2021). South Environmental teamed with Anza Resources Consultants to prepare a historical analysis for a project that proposed demolition of the buildings at 245 Acacia Avenue in Carlsbad. This analysis includes the results of a pedestrian survey of the project site by a qualified architectural historian; building development and archival research; and recordation and evaluation of one multi-family residential property for historical significance in consideration of CRHR and City of Carlsbad historic resources inventory designation criteria and integrity requirements. As a result of the property significance evaluation, the property was found not eligible for designation in the CRHR or City’s historic resource inventory under all designation criteria and in consideration of the property’s lack of requisite integrity.