100626 CED Lower Golden Hill Zone Change PC Staff Report — City Council - Successor Agency

CITY OF FULLERTON
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Community and Economic Development Department
Item No. 2
June 10, 2026
6:30 p.m.

Public Hearing
TO: Chair Valdez and
Members of the Planning Commission

APPLICATION
LRP-2025-0006

APPLICANT
Property owners supporting request and Fullerton Heritage

LOCATION
The Lower Golden Hill Neighborhood is generally described as the properties bounded by Richman Avenue, Malvern Avenue, and the west side of Drake Avenue (Attachment 2).

SUMMARY AND APPLICATION REQUESTED
The applicants are requesting a Zoning Amendment to rezone the properties in the Lower Golden Hill Neighborhood from R-1-7.2 (Single-Family Residential, 7,200 square foot minimum lot size) to R-1-7.2P (Single-Family Residential, 7,200 square foot minimum lot size, Preservation Zone).

CEQA DETERMINATION
The proposed project is categorically exempt from the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) per State CEQA Guidelines Section 15308 (Class 8 – Actions by Regulatory Agencies for Protection of the Environment).

AUTHORIZATION/GUIDELINES
Fullerton Municipal Code (FMC) Section 15.48.055 authorizes the Director of Community Development to initiate a zone amendment to consider a request to reclassify a defined neighborhood to a Residential Preservation Zone when at least 51% of the property owners of the defined neighborhood sign a petition to rezone the neighborhood.

FMC Section 15.72 authorizes the Planning Commission to make findings of consistency with the Zoning Ordinance and General Plan and make a recommendation to City Council.

PUBLIC OUTREACH
Planning Commission Staff Report – Lower Golden Hill Preservation Zone June 10, 2026
Item No. 2 Page 2 LRP-2025-0006

On May 21, 2026, the City sent a Public Hearing Notice to owners and occupants of property within a 300-foot radius of the project site. Notification was posted onsite on May 21, 2026. The notice was also posted on the City’s website and at the Maintenance Services Department, Main Library, Museum Center, and City Hall on the Public Notice boards. In addition, notice was published in the Fullerton News Tribune on May 21, 2026.

PROJECT BACKGROUND
Co-Applicants: Various property owners and Fullerton Heritage Property Owners: Various
Property Location: The Lower Golden Hill Neighborhood is generally described as the properties bounded by Richman
Avenue on the east, West Leland Avenue on the west,
Glenhaven Avenue on the North, and West Malvern
Avenue on the south.

Parcel Numbers: Multiple parcels (Attachment 3)
Existing Community Development
Type (General Plan Land Use
Designation):

Low Density Residential
Existing Zoning
Classification:

R-1-7.2 (One Family Residential, 7,200 square foot
minimum lot size)
Surrounding Land Uses
and Zoning: Single-family residences, zoned R-1-7.2

PROJECT DESCRIPTION
On January 19, 2025, the City received a request to reclassify the Lower Golden Hill Neighborhood into a Residential Preservation Zone (Attachment 4). Pursuant to FMC 15.48.055, the City held an informational meeting on May 29, 2025, and 37 properties were represented per a sign-in sheet. The informational meeting was held to explain the Preservation Zone implications and the public hearing process for its implementation. Staff gave a presentation followed by a question-and-answer period (Attachment 6). Fullerton Heritage participated in the meeting and provided information in response to questions. After the informational meeting, Fullerton Heritage provided a petition for property owners to sign in support or opposition to the Preservation Zone.

Volunteers also went door to door in the subject neighborhood to circulate the petition and were able to accomplish a 76.25% response rate. The responses resulted in the following:

Support 48 60%
Opposed 13 16.2%
No Response 19 23.8%
TOTAL PROPERTIES: 80 100%
The petition meets the minimum requirement of 51% of the property owners in support of a zone change to allow the Director of Community and Economic Development to initiate the zoning amendment to consider the request to reclassify the neighborhood to a Residential Preservation Zone.

ANALYSIS
Zone Change
Planning Commission Staff Report – Lower Golden Hill Preservation Zone June 10, 2026
Item No. 2 Page 3 LRP-2025-0006

The Lower Golden Hill Neighborhood as described herein consists of properties that are zoned R-1-7.2 (Single-Family Residential, 7,200 square foot minimum lot size). The proposed zone change would add a “P” to the zoning designation reflecting the Preservation Zone designation.

A Residential Preservation Zone is a zoning classification applied to a mature residential neighborhood where the existing housing and environment is determined to be a valuable asset to the City and should be preserved. This type of zone allows new development and additions to existing housing, including Accessory Dwelling Units, but construction must be in keeping with the traditional character of the area.

The FMC includes recently adopted state law Senate Bill 9 (SB-9) that provides for R-1 zoned property to be eligible for two-unit housing development, referred to as an Urban Lot Split (FMC §15.17.130). This provision potentially allows for the subdivision of a parcel into two parcels with a lot size of at least 1,200 square feet regardless of what the FMC calls out for minimum lot size.

Per SB-9, each parcel could be developed with two units: a full unit (either new or existing) and an Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU). Such a subdivision would be processed as a ministerial or administrative action which includes staff review and plan check without any public hearing (i.e., “over the counter”). A Preservation Zone is considered a historic district and would not allow for an SB-9 two-unit housing development or Urban Lot Split.

Properties within a Preservation Zone meet the definition of a “qualified historical property,” making them eligible for the Mills Act Program. The Mills Act Program allows the City to enter into a contract with a property owner to restore, rehabilitate, and/or maintain a historic property in exchange for property tax savings.

Development Standards
The following paragraphs outline the development standards for the R-1-7.2 zone with the R-1-

7.2P zone. Standards not discussed below remain the same whether or not the property is in a Preservation Zone.

A. The minimum front yard setback for an R-1-7.2 zoned property is the average of the front setbacks of the two adjacent homes. If the average setback is less than 15 feet, then the minimum setback for a dwelling is 15 feet (FMC §15.17.050.B.2).

In the Preservation Zone, buildings are encouraged to have a 20-foot front setback.

Development proposals requesting less than the predominant setback on the street in the R1P zone are subject to review by the Landmarks Commission (FMC §15.17.060.C.1).

B. The minimum parking for new development in the R-1 zone is a two-car garage (per unit) for four or less bedrooms; five or more bedrooms require a three-car garage (FMC §15.17.050.F.1).

In the R-1P zone, the requirement is the same, but half of the covered parking requirement can be uncovered as long as it is not located within the front yard setback (FMC §15.17.060.C.2). A new driveway to provide an open parking space is discouraged and subject to approval by the Director of Community and Economic Development (FMC §15.17.060.C.3).

C. Floor area is the area within the interior walls of a building on all floors, not including the garage. Floor Area Ratio (FAR) is the ratio of all enclosed and usable floor area of the building to the total area of the parcel on which the building is located and is calculated by dividing the size of the floor area by the lot size (FMC §15.04.040).

Planning Commission Staff Report – Lower Golden Hill Preservation Zone June 10, 2026
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The maximum FAR for R-1-7.2 is 0.5 FAR (50%), which means that the habitable area of a house on a 7,000 square foot lot cannot exceed 3,500 square feet (FMC §15.17.050.C.1).

In the R-1P zone, the total floor area may not exceed 40% where at least one existing dwelling unit is preserved (up to 2,800 square feet on a 7,000 square foot lot) and may not exceed 35% of the net lot area where existing dwellings are not preserved (2,400 square feet on a 7,000 square foot lot) (FMC §15.17.060.C.4).

Project Review
Adoption of the Preservation Zone would require all construction to be reviewed for consistency with the City’s Design Guidelines for Residential Preservation Zones (Attachment 7). The Design Guidelines allow development in historic areas while preserving the existing character of the neighborhood. Consistency is determined by the Director of Community and Economic Development via a Site Plan or via the Landmarks Commission, depending on the proposed development. The review authority is established by FMC Section 15.17.060.B as follows:

Director of Community and Economic Development
• Minor repairs, improvements, and alterations including the addition, change or removal of exterior architectural features and hardscape.
• Additions less than 50% of the existing floor area and less than 500 square feet, and not readily visible from the public street.
• Construction or demolition of an accessory structure less than 120 square feet.

A. Site Plan
• Any project that creates an additional unit.
• Alterations and additions greater than 50% of the existing floor area or more than 500 square feet or are readily visible from the public street.

B. Landmarks Commission
• The demolition of a residential structure in a Preservation Zone wherein more than 50% of the structure will be removed from a site either by relocation or destruction, or when any portion of the street facing elevation is demolished. • The demolition or alteration of any Significant Property or Historical Landmark.

As this neighborhood is somewhat eclectic in the periods of construction and architectural style, the application of the Design Guidelines would be applied to the property in relation to the age of the structure and the construction that was typical of the period of original construction.

Historical Significance
The majority of homes in the subject neighborhood were built in the 1920s through early 1940s.

The neighborhood includes several designated Local Landmarks and Significant Properties (Attachment 8).

The following verbiage was provided by Fullerton Heritage in support of the request (Attachment 9):
“At the time of development of Golden Hill, Fullerton was experiencing a severe housing shortage.

Despite the acute need for new housing, all the development was concentrated in the flat areas Planning Commission Staff Report – Lower Golden Hill Preservation Zone June 10, 2026
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of the city within or just around the original townsite. There was a reluctance to build within the hilly areas of the city, because they were considered too far out or prohibitively expensive to bring in gas, electrical, telephone, and other utilities. The development of Upper and Lower Golden Hill changed those beliefs, and the overwhelming success of this hilly area led to the development of additional tracts in equally elevated areas, including Oceanview Drive, Hillcrest Park, and Skyline Park. This trend continued after World War II.

Lower Golden Hill, with its attractive and affordable middle-class homes, provided much needed housing for the working class in Fullerton. Although many of Fullerton’s notable building contractors designed and built impressive and expensive homes in Upper Golden Hill, they also built speculative and commissioned homes in Lower Golden Hill. The area includes two designated Fullerton Local Landmarks: the Model Home of 1927 (701 North Richman Avenue) and the Clinton F. Abbott House (705 North Richman Avenue). A third home, the Suters House (621 North Richman Avenue), may become a designated Local Landmark. The Robert E.

Corcoran House (600 West Union Avenue) is a potential Fullerton Local Landmark.

Although notable Fullerton building contractor Evan J. Herbert designed and built significant homes in Upper Golden Hill, he also was responsible for numerous residences in Lower Golden Hill, setting the architectural tone for the neighborhood. His Spanish Colonial Revival and Cottage-styled homes established the first architectural pattern for residences, which initially were built in these two revival styles. His residences, particularly the speculative ones, demonstrated how the new subdivision could look to potential homebuyers. Like Philip N. Schmoker in Skyline Park, Herbert became the dominant contractor within the district.

Although a few original dwellings have been severely modified, most of the homes within Lower Golden Hill retain a high degree of historic integrity, and the historic district looks very much like it did in the 1920s and 1930s. Most of the alterations and additions to the residences are successful in scale, if not always in their design and finish. The majority of residences are of preWorld War II construction and are very well-maintained, having experienced very minimally to no alterations. The Minimal Traditional dwellings added in the 1940s blended well with the original residences. However, no attempt was made to blend the 1970s-built residences with the historic housing, especially on North Drake Avenue. Overall, the historic district has aged well and still conveys its original development pattern as a single-family residential development.

A city-recognized potential historic district, Lower Golden Hill consists exclusively of duplexes and single-family homes in the 500 block of West Malvern Avenue; the 600 to 800 blocks of North Richman Avenue; the 600 blocks of North Drake and Golden Avenues; and the 500 and 600 blocks of West Union Avenue. Unlike Upper Golden Hill, which was laid out for expensive homes, Lower Golden Hill consists of middle-class houses designed primarily for the working class. While there was an occasional expensive home (e.g., 662 North Golden Avenue, 701 North Richman Avenue, 600 West Union Avenue), nearly all the dwellings ranged from $4,000 to $5,000, the average price of a period revival home in the 1920s and 1930s. The first owners of the attractive residences include machinists, gardeners, electricians, carpenters, grocers, real estate agents, auditors, salesmen, teachers, postal clerks, and oil workers.

parking, but each residence has either an attached or detached garage, many of which are accessible from alleys. The neighborhood is enhanced by concrete sidewalks, mature landscaping, and tree-lined streets. Lower Golden Hill is noted for its homogeneous collection of 1920s and 1930s housing, with the glaring exception of the north end of North Drake Avenue where much larger residences with contemporary architecture were added in the 1970s.”

GENERAL PLAN CONSISTENCY
The request is consistent with the following Fullerton Plan goals and policies:

GOAL 1: Resilient and vital neighborhoods and districts.

Policy 1.8 Consideration of Neighborhood Impacts:

The project would affirm and protect the Lower Golden Hill Neighborhood’s continuing value as an historical resource into the future.

Policy 1.11 Compatibility of Design and Uses:

The project would provide a process for review for future development within the Lower Golden Hill Neighborhood that would promote positive design relationships and use compatibility with the neighborhood.

GOAL 2: A positive identity and distinctive image.

Policy 2.4 Sense of Place:

The project would reinforce the character and sense of place in an established neighborhood by preserving and enhancing attributes which contribute to the neighborhood’s identity, vitality, and livability.

Policy 2.8 Responsiveness to Context:

The project respects the local context, including its cultural and historic nature, existing scale and character, and development patterns of the neighborhood.

GOAL 3: A supply of safe housing ranging in cost and type to meet the needs of all segments of the community.

Policy 3.17 Preservation of Historic Residential Resources:

To ensure the continued preservation of historic residential structures, the City shall encourage the conservation, preservation, and enhancement of the City’s historic residential neighborhoods.

GOAL 4: Valued and preserved historic resources.

Policy 4.4 Historic Character and Sense of Place:

The proposed Preservation Zone overlay for the Lower Golden Hill Neighborhood would reinforce the character and sense of place of the established neighborhood and protect and preserve the elements that contribute to its historic character.

ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
Categorical Exemption: The proposed project is categorically exempt from the provisions of CEQA per State CEQA Guidelines Section 15308 (Class 8 – Actions by Regulatory Agencies for

LRP-2025-0006 – LOWER GOLDEN HILL PRESERVATION ZONE
Attachment No. 1
Draft Planning Commission Resolution No. PC-2026-10
1 RESOLUTION NO. PC-2026-10

A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF FULLERTON,

CALIFORNIA, RECOMMENDING APPROVAL TO THE CITY COUNCIL TO CHANGE THE ZONE CLASSIFICATION FROM “R-1-7.2” TO “R-1-7.2P” ON PROPERTIES

LOCATED IN THE LOWER GOLDEN HILL NEIGHBORHOOD, GENERALLY

DESCRIBED AS PROPERTIES BOUNDED BY RICHMAN AVENUE, MALVERN

AVENUE, AND WEST SIDE OF DRAKE AVENUE, AS PER EXHIBIT A LRP-2025-0006
APPLICANTS: VARIOUS PROPERTY OWNERS AND FULLERTON HERITAGE PROPERTY OWNERS: VARIOUS

THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF FULLERTON HEREBY RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS:

1. That an application was filed to consider changing the zone classification from R-1-

7.2 to R-1-7.2P for those 80 properties described as follows:

Assessor's Parcel Nos. 032-030-06 through -12, 032-030-42, 032-041-01 through -02, 032-041-06 through -11, 032-041-14 through -15, 032-044-01 through -02, 032-044-07 through -08, 032-051-01 through -31, 032-052-01 through -17, 032-052-21 through -31

2. That the Planning Commission, after due notice thereof, duly held a public hearing on said matter pursuant to the Fullerton Municipal Code (FMC) §15.48.055 following receipt of a petition from at least 51% of the property owners in the Lower Golden Hill Neighborhood

3. That said request is categorically exempt pursuant to Section 15308 of California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines.

4. That the Planning Commission does hereby RECOMMEND APPROVAL of changing the zoning from R-1-7.2 to R-1-7.2P for the subject properties as per the attached map. (Exhibit A)

5. That the facts and findings for recommending approval of said action are as follows:

A. The requested Zoning Amendment will assure the maintenance, restoration, enhancement and/or protection of the city's historic and cultural resources.

The proposed Zoning Amendment to add the preservation zone overlay to the existing zoning in the Lower Golden Hill Neighborhood, one of the City’s earlier developed tracts, will protect the City’s stated value of historic preservation and serve to provide a method of review for improvements to residential properties within its boundaries subject to FMC §15.17.060 and the Design Guidelines for Residential Preservation Zones.

Resolution No. PC-2026-10
2 B. Adoption of the requested Zoning Amendment is consistent with the City's Zoning Ordinance and the goals and policies of the Fullerton Plan.

The proposed Zoning Amendment is consistent with the City’s Zoning Ordinance which provides a process by which residential neighborhoods may request a preservation designation (FMC §§15.48.055 and 15.72). In addition, FMC §15.17.060 provides site development standards and review for residential preservation zone classifications.

The proposed Zoning Amendment supports several Fullerton Plan Goals and Policies, including Goal 1, which supports resilient and vital neighborhoods and districts, Goal 2, which supports a positive identity and distinctive image, Goal 3, which supports a supply of safe housing ranging in cost and type to meet the needs of all segments of the community, and Goal 4, which supports valued and preserved historic resources.

C. The requested Zoning Amendment is compatible with other uses and zones in the area and will not be detrimental to the health, safety and welfare of the surrounding neighborhood.

The proposed Zoning Amendment would apply to properties within the boundaries herein and would not change the underlying land use classification or Fullerton Plan designation for these properties, nor is construction or future development proposed.

Therefore, the Lower Golden Hill Neighborhood would remain compatible with the other uses and zones in the area and there would be no detrimental effect on the health, safety and welfare or surrounding neighborhoods.

ADOPTED BY THE FULLERTON PLANNING COMMISSION ON JUNE 10, 2026.

Oscar Valadez, Chair
Attachments:

Exhibit A: Existing Zoning and Proposed Zoning
Resolution No. PC-2026-10
3 EXHIBIT A
Existing Zoning
Resolution No. PC-2026-10
4 Proposed Zoning (outlined in red)
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
LRP-2025-0006 – LOWER GOLDEN HILL PRESERVATION ZONE
Attachment No. 2
Boundary of Lower Golden Hill Preservation Zone Map

LRP-2025-0006 – LOWER GOLDEN HILL PRESERVATION ZONE
Attachment No. 3
Parcel Numbers with Addresses

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PARCEL NUMBERS AND ADDRESSES

PARCEL NUMBERS
032-052-26

ADDRESSES
600 DRAKE AVE
032-052-25 604 DRAKE AVE
032-044-08 605 DRAKE AVE
032-052-24 608 DRAKE AVE
032-052-24 608 DRAKE AVE, Unit A
032-044-07 609 DRAKE AVE
032-044-02 611 DRAKE AVE
032-052-23 612 DRAKE AVE
032-052-22 616 DRAKE AVE
032-044-01 619 DRAKE AVE
032-052-21 620 DRAKE AVE
032-052-31 624 DRAKE AVE
032-041-11 629 DRAKE AVE
032-052-29 630 DRAKE AVE
032-041-10 633 DRAKE AVE
032-052-30 636 DRAKE AVE
032-041-09 637 DRAKE AVE
032-052-17 640 DRAKE AVE
032-041-08 641 DRAKE AVE
032-052-16 644 DRAKE AVE
032-041-07 645 DRAKE AVE
032-041-06 649 DRAKE AVE
032-041-15 655 DRAKE AVE
032-041-14 657 DRAKE AVE
032-041-02 661 DRAKE AVE
032-041-01 665 DRAKE AVE
032-051-31 600 GOLDEN AVE
032-051-30 604 GOLDEN AVE
032-052-13 605 GOLDEN AVE
032-051-29 608 GOLDEN AVE
032-052-12 609 GOLDEN AVE
032-051-28 612 GOLDEN AVE
032-052-11 613 GOLDEN AVE
032-051-27 616 GOLDEN AVE
032-052-10 619 GOLDEN AVE
032-051-26 620 GOLDEN AVE
032-052-09 621 GOLDEN AVE
032-051-25 624 GOLDEN AVE

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PARCEL NUMBERS
032-052-08

ADDRESSES
625 GOLDEN AVE
032-051-24 628 GOLDEN AVE
032-052-07 629 GOLDEN AVE
032-051-23 632 GOLDEN AVE
032-052-06 633 GOLDEN AVE
032-051-23 634 GOLDEN AVE
032-051-22 636 GOLDEN AVE
032-052-05 639 GOLDEN AVE
032-051-21 640 GOLDEN AVE
032-052-04 641 GOLDEN AVE
032-051-20 644 GOLDEN AVE
032-052-03 647 GOLDEN AVE
032-051-19 648 GOLDEN AVE
032-052-02 651 GOLDEN AVE
032-051-18 652 GOLDEN AVE
032-051-17 656 GOLDEN AVE
032-051-16 662 GOLDEN AVE
032-052-14 525 W MALVERN AVE
032-052-15 531 W MALVERN AVE
032-052-27 535 W MALVERN AVE
032-052-28 541 W MALVERN AVE
032-051-15 601 N RICHMAN AVE
032-051-14 605 N RICHMAN AVE
032-051-13 607 N RICHMAN AVE
032-051-12 613 N RICHMAN AVE
032-051-11 617 N RICHMAN AVE
032-051-11 619 N RICHMAN AVE
032-051-10 621 N RICHMAN AVE
032-051-09 625 N RICHMAN AVE
032-051-08 629 N RICHMAN AVE
032-051-07 701 N RICHMAN AVE
032-051-06 705 N RICHMAN AVE
032-051-05 709 N RICHMAN AVE
032-051-04 715 N RICHMAN AVE
032-051-03 717 N RICHMAN AVE
032-051-02 725 N RICHMAN AVE
032-051-01 761 N RICHMAN AVE
032-051-01 763 N RICHMAN AVE
032-051-01 765 N RICHMAN AVE
032-030-10 801 N RICHMAN AVE
032-030-09 805 N RICHMAN AVE
032-030-08 809 N RICHMAN AVE

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PARCEL NUMBERS
032-030-07

ADDRESSES
813 N RICHMAN AVE
032-030-06 819 N RICHMAN AVE
032-030-11 515 W UNION AVE
032-030-12 521 W UNION AVE
032-052-01 600 W UNION AVE
LRP-2025-0006 – LOWER GOLDEN HILL PRESERVATION ZONE
Attachment No. 4
Residential Survey
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From: E K
To: Benjamin Koff
Cc: Chris Schaefer; Ray Sly
Subject: [EXTERNAL MAIL]Re: Lower Golden Hill Preservation Zone Date: Tuesday, June 2, 2026 5:52:54 AM
Here are the numbers:

Lower Golden Hill
80 Homes
48 Support = 60%
13 Not in Support = 16.2%
19 No Opinion/No Contact = 23.8%
Of the Homeowners with an Opinion/Contact:
80 Homes
-19 No Opinion/No Contact
61 Homes
48 Support = 78.7%
13 Not in Support = 21.3%
I’ve rounded a bit to make the percentages add up.

The block leaders visited homes almost 200 hundred times (197) with up to 8 attempts (door knocking and mail) to get the no contact homes. This is in addition to the City notifications. They are also preparing a letter to the Planning Commission highlighting their contact efforts. We will make sure you get a copy too.

I am working the election but will be available tomorrow afternoon if you want to talk.

Thank you,
Ernie Kelsey
Fullerton Heritage
LRP-2025-0006 – LOWER GOLDEN HILL PRESERVATION ZONE
Attachment No. 5
Community Meeting Notice
The City of Fullerton encourages the public to participate in the decision-making process. The following notice is being provided so that you can ask questions, make comments, and stay informed about the proposed request for a new Residential Preservation Zone Designation.

Meeting Time and Date
This matter will be presented on Thursday, May 29, 2025, at 5:30 p.m. by the Planning Division in the City Council Chambers, 303 West Commonwealth Avenue, Fullerton, CA 92832. This is an in person meeting only.

What is the Proposed Project?
The project proposes to create a Residential Preservation Zone Designation for the Lower Golden Hill Neighborhood bounded by Richman Avenue, Malvern Avenue, and the west side of Drake Avenue (see Neighborhood Map on next page). The project area includes the following addressed parcels:
• Richman Avenue – West side of street from 601 through 809 North Richman Avenue. • Malvern Avenue – North side of street from 525 through 605 Malvern Avenue. • Drake Avenue – Both sides of street from 600 through 665 Drake Avenue. • Golden Avenue – Both sides of street from 600 through 662 Golden Avenue. • Union Avenue – Both sides of street from 515 through 600 Union Avenue.

No decision will be made during the meeting regarding the creation of the Residential Preservation Zone for the subject neighborhood. After the informational meeting, a formal petition may be circulated by interested property owners of the neighborhood to solicit support for a Residential Preservation Zone.

The meeting will include another proposal for a Residential Preservation Zone Designation for an adjacent neighborhood, the Oceanview Neighborhood, including properties located on Oceanview Drive and Grandview Avenue.

Who to Contact if You Have Questions or Comments
If you have any questions or would like to comment on the proposed action prior to the meeting, please contact Associate Planner Andrew Kusch with the Community and Economic Development Department at (714) 738-6550 or send an email to him at: [email protected].

Si tiene preguntas en español, llame a David Lopez al (714) 738-6878.

If requested, materials will be made available in appropriate alternative formats to persons with a disability, as required by Section 202 of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C.

Sec. 12132) and the federal rules and regulations adopted in implementation thereof. Should you require special accommodations to participate in a meeting, please contact Andrew Kusch at [email protected] or (714) 738-6550 at least 48 hours prior to the meeting to make arrangements.

FULLERTON PLANNING DEPARTMENT

NOTICE OF NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING
Project Reference No.: LRP-2025-0006
Request for Residential Preservation Zone Designation

NEIGHBORHOOD MAP
Proposed Residential Preservation Zone Designation (parcels within dashed line boundary) LRP-2025-0006 – LOWER GOLDEN HILL PRESERVATION ZONE
Attachment No. 6
Informational Meeting Slides
Lower Golden Hill &
Oceanview
May 29, 2025
City Council Chamber
Community Information Meeting
Preservation Zone Designation
Agenda

1. Existing Preservation Zones

2. Request for reclassification of R1-7.2 to add
Preservation Zone Designation

3. What is a Preservation Zone Designation
and how will it affect my property?

4. Mills Act Program

5. Process for Rezoning with Preservation
Overlay

6. Resources

7. Questions
Residential Preservation Zones
N
Residential Preservation Zone – Presidents Avenues
N
Residential Preservation Zone
Upper Golden Hill
N
Residential Preservation Zone
West Wilshire, Woods, and Wickett Square
N
Proposed Preservation Zone
Lower Golden Hill
N
Proposed Preservation Zone
Oceanview
Residential Preservation Zone
 FMC Chapter 15.48 – Landmarks, Landmark Districts,
Residential Preservation Zones and Significant Properties  Establishes guidelines for preservation, restoration and protection of historic and cultural resources
 What is a Residential Preservation Zone?
 How does a Residential Preservation Zone affect my property?  Allows for new development and additions, including Accessory Dwelling Unit  Construction must be in keeping with traditional character of the area  Subject to Design Guidelines and review
 Does not allow for two-unit housing development, “Urban Lot Split” (FMC

15.17.130)
 Establishes procedure for review of requests for residential preservation zone designation

15.17.050 Site development standards (R-1, R-1P, R-2, R and R-2P zone classifications
 Building setbacks (front yard 15-25 feet)
 Garage parking
 Maximum floor area – 50 percent of lot size
FMC Chapter 15.17

RESIDENTIAL ZONE CLASSIFICATIONS

15.17.060 Additional Development Standards for
preservation zones
 20-foot front yard setback encouraged
 Half of required parking may be carport, paved space
 New driveway for open parking space discouraged (Director approval)  Floor area limited to 40 percent of lot area where a dwelling unit is preserved and limited to 35 percent of lot area where no existing dwelling units are preserved.

15.17.060.A. Project to comply with the Design Guidelines for Residential Preservation Zones

15.17.060.B. All proposed development is subject to review, except repainting and exterior repair.

City Review for residential preservation zone projects
(R-1P, R-2P and R-3P).

15.17.060.B.1 Director Review: Minor Alterations

15.17.060.B.2 Site Plan Review: Additional dwelling (ADU), additions more than 50 percent of existing floor area,
additions more than 500 square feet, or addition readily visible from public street.

15.17.060.B.3 Site Plan Review and Landmarks Commission:

Demolition or Partial Demolition
FMC Chapter 15.17.060.D
Decision to Approve/Deny

15.17.060.D. Decision to Approve or Deny a Request based on four (4) objectives.

1. Preservation and rehabilitation of existing affordable housing and neighborhood lifestyle. Additionally, the intent is to protect and enhance the historic character of development found within the preservation zones.

2. If existing housing is clearly deteriorated or dilapidated beyond rehabilitation, or if a residential structure does not contribute to, or is not compatible with, the established character of the neighborhood, said housing may be removed.

3. Where proposed new construction is found to be incompatible by reason of obtrusiveness, excessive bulk, over development, inappropriate architectural style or nonresidential character, the proposal shall be modified or denied.

4. Objectives of Design Guidelines for Residential Preservation Zones Mills Act Program
 Allows the city to enter into a contract with a property owner to restore, rehabilitate and/or maintain a historic property in exchange for property tax savings
 Must meet the definition of “qualified historical property”, including located within a registered historic district (i.e.

Preservation Zone)
 Mills Act Program Guidelines include:
 Rehabilitation/Maintenance Plan to ensure Mills Act properties are well maintained and property tax savings are reinvested in the property.
 No maximum assessed property valuation.
 Allows previous work to be counted towards work plan.  $1,000 fee to recover City’s cost to administer program.

15.48.055. Procedure for Review of Requests for a
Residential Preservation Zone
Designation.

1. Upon receiving a letter from one or more property owners in a neighborhood requesting an interest in having the neighborhood reclassified to a residential preservation zone, the Director of Community and Economic Development shall organize one or more informational meetings.

2. The informational meetings shall be structured to explain the preservation zone rules and the public hearing process for its implementation. The Community and Economic Development Department may jointly sponsor these meetings with a local preservation group, which may assist in explaining the intent of the residential preservation zone to the neighborhood.

3. After one or more informational meetings are held, a formal petition may be circulated by interested property owners of that neighborhood to solicit support for a particular residential preservation zone.

4. If at least 51 percent of the property owners of the defined neighborhood sign the petition in support, the Community and Economic Development Department shall initiate a zone amendment to consider the request to reclassify the defined neighborhood to the particular residential preservation zone.

City of Fullerton Municipal Code (Chapters 15.48 & 15.17) https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/fullerton/latest/fullerton_ca/0-0-0-1 City of Fullerton Design Guidelines for Residential
Preservation Zones
https://www.cityoffullerton.com/government/departments/community-and-economicdevelopment/planning-zoning/zoning Documents
The Fullerton Plan Historical Preservation Element
 Master Plan of goal and policies for historic preservation  Local Register of Historical Resources
https://www.cityoffullerton.com/government/departments/community-and-economicdevelopment/planning-zoning/historic-resources City of Fullerton Mills Act Program Guidelines
https://www.cityoffullerton.com/government/departments/community-and-economicdevelopment/planning-zoning/historic-resources CONTACT INFORMATION:

Andrew Kusch, Associate Planner
Community & Economic Development
(714) 738-6550
[email protected]
Fullerton Heritage
(714) 740-3051
https://fullertonheritage.org
Questions?
Lower Golden Hill &
Oceanview
May 29, 2025
City Council Chamber
Community Information Meeting
Preservation Zone Designation
LRP-2025-0006 – LOWER GOLDEN HILL PRESERVATION ZONE
Attachment No. 7
Design Guidelines for Residential Preservation Zones

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Site Photos
605 N. Drake Avenue 636 N. Drake Avenue
621 N. Golden Avenue 608 N. Golden Avenue
631 N. Richman Avenue 809 N. Richman Avenue
819 N. Richman Avenue 515 W. Union Avenue
Richman Avenue, looking north from near Malvern Avenue
Golden Avenue, looking south from near Union Avenue
Drake Avenue, looking north from near Malvern Avenue
LRP-2025-0006 – LOWER GOLDEN HILL PRESERVATION ZONE
Attachment No. 9
Fullerton Heritage Preliminary Report
Lower Golden Hill Historic District

*Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder)
D1. Historic Name: Lower Golden Hill Historic District
D2. Common Name:________________
1 State of California - The Resources Agency Primary #
DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI #
DISTRICT RECORD Trinomial
*D3. Detailed Description (Discuss overall coherence of the district, its setting, visual characteristics, and minor features.

List all elements of district.):

The Fullerton Golden Hill residential area consists of two neighborhoods: Upper Golden Hill and Lower Golden Hill.

Designated a historic district by the Fullerton City Council on October 15, 2024, Upper Golden Hill – Tracts 167 and 267 – was laid out with large lots along the 500 and 600 blocks of West Fern Drive and West Valley View Drive, as well as the 800 blocks of Grandview Avenue and Lois Lane. Irregularly shaped, Lower Golden Hill consists of all or parts of three tracts: Tracts 267, 588, and 628 (see Tract Maps, pages 27-28). Part of Tract 267 lies along the west side of Richman Avenue from Union Avenue to present day Glenhaven Avenue (the valley that is Glenhaven Avenue provides the separation between Upper and Lower Golden Hill). The entire Tract 588 is the second tract. The partial area of Tract 628 is the third tract of the neighborhood. Only the properties facing Drake Avenue in Tract 628 are within the Lower Golden Hill Historic District. The boundaries are roughly North Richman Avenue on the east; West Leland Avenue on the west; Glenhaven Avenue on the North; and West Malvern Avenue on the south. (Continued on page 4)
*D4. Boundary Description (Describe limits of district and attach map showing boundary and district elements.):

The Fullerton Golden Hill residential area consists of two neighborhoods: Upper Golden Hill and Lower Golden Hill. Lower Golden Hill consists of all or parts of three tracts: Tracts 267, 588, and 628 (see Tract Maps, pages 27- 28). Part of Tract 267 lies along the west side of Richman Avenue from Union Avenue to present day Glenhaven Avenue (the valley that is Glenhaven Avenue provides the separation between Upper and Lower Golden Hill). The

*Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder)
D1. Historic Name: Lower Golden Hill Historic District
D2. Common Name:________________
2 State of California - The Resources Agency Primary #
DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI #
DISTRICT RECORD Trinomial
entire Tract 588 is the second tract. The partial area of Tract 628 is the third tract of the neighborhood. Only the properties facing Drake Avenue in Tract 628 are within the Lower Golden Hill Historic District. The boundaries are roughly North Richman Avenue on the east; West Leland Avenue on the west; Glenhaven Avenue on the North; and West Malvern Avenue on the south.
*D5. Boundary Justification:

All or parts of the three tracts that make up the Lower Golden Hill Historic District were formally approved by the Fullerton City Council and recorded by the County of Orange.

D6. Significance:

Theme and Area : 1920s-1930s housing development in Fullerton Period of Significance: 1920 to 1940
Applicable Criteria (Discuss district's importance in terms of its historical context as defined by theme, period of significance, and geographic scope. Also address the integrity of the district as a whole.) At the time of development of Golden Hill, Fullerton was experiencing a severe housing shortage. Despite the acute need for new housing, all the development was concentrated in the flat areas of the city within or just around the original townsite. There was a reluctance to build within the hilly areas of the city, because they were considered too far out or prohibitively expensive to bring in gas, electrical, telephone, and other utilities. The development of Upper and Lower Golden Hill changed those beliefs, and the overwhelming success of this hilly area led to the development of additional tracts in equally elevated areas, including Oceanview Drive, Hillcrest Park, and Skyline Park. This trend continued after World War II.

Schmoker in Skyline Park, Herbert became the dominant contractor within the district.

A number of notable individuals associated with the development of Fullerton resided in Lower Golden Hill:

Clinton F. Abbott (705 North Richman Avenue)
The authorized dealer of the Fullerton office of Pacific Ready-Cut Homes, Inc. in Los Angeles. He oversaw the addition of dozens of attractive kit or premanufactured homes in Fullerton.

Lola Bastanchury (662 Golden Avenue)
The first wife of Gaston Bastanchury, the head of the Bastanchury Ranch Company, she was a social force around Fullerton before divorcing her husband.

*Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder)
D1. Historic Name: Lower Golden Hill Historic District
D2. Common Name:________________
3 State of California - The Resources Agency Primary #
DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI #
DISTRICT RECORD Trinomial
Theodore P. Corcoran, Sr. (613 North Golden Avenue)
The son of the subdivision developer, Corcoran served as president of the Corcoran Paper Company; he served on the Fullerton City Council from 1932-1935.

Arthur E. Davis (605 North Richman Avenue)
Managing editor of the Fullerton News Tribune, the city’s major newspaper for decades.

William (“Bill”) Kroegar, Jr. (640 North Drake Avenue)
Was elected to the Fullerton City Council, serving as mayor from 1956-1959.

Glenn H. Lewis (609 North Drake Avenue)
The principal of Fullerton Union High School.

E. R. (“Bus”) McCoy (600 West Union Avenue)
Co-owner of the McCoy-Mills Ford dealership.

George C. Pickering (605 N. Drake Avenue)
A notable and prolific building contractor, Pickering resided in the neighborhood while also designing and building additional residences.

Fred Strauss (644 North Drake Avenue)
Along with his partner, Felix Stein, Strauss owned and managed the Stein-Strauss department store, a highly successful and long-lived downtown retail establishment.

Harry N. Suters (621 North Richman Avenue)
Co-owner of the McAulay & Suters Mortuary, now Fullerton’s oldest continuing business; Suters was a respected mortician for thirty years.

Marcia and Frederick R. Weisman (636 North Golden Avenue) Marcia Weisman was the sister of Norton Simon, the founder and head of Hunt Foods, Inc. Frederick R. Weisman served as head of Hunt Foods, Inc. before he and his wife became two major twentieth century art collectors. The couple is featured in David Hockney’s famous 1968 painting, American Collectors.

Although a few original dwellings have been severely modified, most of the homes within Lower Golden Hill retain a high degree of historic integrity, and the historic district looks very much like it did in the 1920s and 1930s. Most of the alterations and additions to the residences are successful in scale, if not always in their design and finish. The majority of residences are of pre-World War II construction and are very well-maintained, having experienced very minimally to no alterations. The Minimal Traditional dwellings added in the 1940s blended well with the original residences. However, no attempt was made to blend the 1970s-built residences with the historic housing, especially on North Drake Avenue. Overall, the historic district has aged well and still conveys its original development pattern as a single-family residential development.

*Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder)
D1. Historic Name: Lower Golden Hill Historic District
D2. Common Name:________________
4 State of California - The Resources Agency Primary #
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D3. Detailed Description (continued from page 1)
In 1997, the owners of five lots fronting the 600 block of Malvern Avenue requested and obtained a residencial preservation zone (R-1-7.2R) for the properties to protect and preserve the traditional streetscape design like that in the adjacent Jacaranda/Malvern/Brookdale Place historic districts.

Richman Avenue, 600 W. Union Avenue), nearly all the dwellings ranged from $4,000 to $5,000, the average price of a period revival home in the 1920s and 1930s. The first owners of the attractive residences include machinists, gardeners, electricians, carpenters, grocers, real estate agents, auditors, salesmen, teachers, postal clerks, and oil workers.

There are presently 83 residential units on 80 properties in the historic district. The tracts of the historic district were laid out to take advantage of the hilly terrain, with dwellings along North Richman and West Malvern Avenues situated well above the street level to capture views, as well as houses along the north side of Drake Avenue which are located below the street level. Lower Golden Hill is most often accessed from Richman Avenue, the main thoroughfare, where heavy traffic is concentrated; side streets have considerably less traffic. There is adequate street parking, but each residence has either an attached or detached garage, many of which are accessible from alleys. The neighborhood is enhanced by concrete sidewalks, mature landscaping, and tree-lined streets. Lower Golden Hill is noted for its homogeneous collection of 1920s and 1930s housing, with the glaring exception of the north end of North Drake Avenue where much larger residences with contemporary architecture were added in the 1970s.

Historic Background
In 1920, pharmacist and drug store owner Walter Joseph Cadman (1893-1941) formed a Fullerton real estate firm – Corcoran & Cadman – with his father-in-law, Robert Emmett Corcoran, Sr. (1867-1938), later president of the Corcoran Paper Company on South Harbor Boulevard in downtown Fullerton. The following year, the two men drew up plans to develop the expansive Golden Hill area, which they presented to the Fullerton Board of Trustees (now the Fullerton City Council) in May 1921. From 1921 to 1930, Cadman and Corcoran developed the Golden Hill area with five recorded subdivisions – Tracts 167, 267, 588, 611, and 628 – in three phases, hiring local building contractor Evan J. Herbert to build a number of “spec” or speculative homes in the area (e.g., 604, 628, 629, 633 North Golden Avenue). Corcoran oversaw the layout of streets and houses while Cadman served as real estate agent and manager/secretary of the building firm organized to provide mortgage loans, the Fullerton Building and Loan Association. Like other subdivisions in Fullerton at the time, Lower Golden Hill was restricted to whites only for fifty years.

At the time of the development, Corcoran was already living at 761 North Richman Avenue in a 1½-story California bungalow constructed in 1906, far removed from the Fullerton townsite in what is now Lower Golden Hill. It is considered the oldest home in the Golden Hill area. In 1926, Corcoran, flush financially from the sale of lots and homes, hired Herbert to construct a much more opulent home at 600 West Union Avenue, complete with tennis court and croquet grounds. After his retirement in 1930, Corcoran and his wife moved back into the Richman Avenue dwelling, where they passed away in 1938.

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Wanting to be nearby to oversee the development of the subdivisions, Cadman decided to construct a personal residence in Upper Golden Hill. In 1922, he commissioned prolific Huntington Park building contractor William David Geck (1864-1941) and his wife, Anna Geck (1874-1962), to design and construct a striking 2,192-square foot Spanish Colonial Revival dwelling at 545 West Fern Drive. The three-bedroom, one-and-a-half-bathroom home is the first residence in Fullerton – and most likely Orange County – designed by a woman. When the Fern Drive home proved too small for his growing family, Cadman commissioned Evan J. Herbert to construct another Spanish Colonial Revival house for his family at 865 North Richman Avenue in 1929, where they would reside until 1940.

While Corcoran resided in Lower Golden Hill, Cadman resided in Upper Golden Hill. Although the developers oversaw construction in the entire Golden Hill area, research indicates that each man concentrated more on the neighborhoods where they resided.

Lower Golden Hill has been designated a Potential Historic District. In 1978, the neighborhood was part of the Fullerton Historic Building Survey, which is on file in the Local History Room, along with black and white photographs of older historic dwellings.

Golden Hill Residential Area Development
The development of the Golden Hill residential area was a significant undertaking for Fullerton, and its overwhelming success led to further developments throughout the city, particularly those outside the central core, most notably Hillcrest Drive and Skyline Park. Corcoran purchased 20 acres northwest of the center of town in 1916, then convinced his son-in-law, Walter Joseph Cadman, to help him purchase an additional 40 acres for $24,000 in 1920. At the time, housing tracts in the city were on flat land near the center of town, and hillside development was a new and risky venture for both Cadman and Corcoran. Cadman, who was 27, had worked in the pharmacy trade, only recently entering the real estate industry; Corcoran had spent the previous 21 years working as a traveling salesman for the Pioneer Paper Company in Los Angeles. Neither man was from Fullerton. Corcoran moved to the city in 1916, and Cadman had been raised in Anaheim, making them untested outsiders. Fullerton residents believed no one would want to purchase a house “out in the sticks” and thought it would be too costly to build roads and bring water, gas, and electricity to a hillside development. Corcoran later noted: “Although many here in Fullerton told me that I had made a big mistake in buying property on the hill, I know that hills had made other cities, and I hoped to make them do the same for Fullerton . . . After we bought it, many laughed at us and wondered what we would do with the gopher and squirrel holes”.

Heavily advertised, the first tract in Upper Golden Hill opened to potential homebuyers in May 1921 (see Advertisements, pages 34-37). The two men sold out the first phase of the subdivision in three months, and quickly placed the second and third phases of the development on the market. Lots were priced from $1,200 to $2,500, and speculative homes sold quickly to Fullerton investors and residents, with local building contractors – Ernest S. Gregory, Earle G. Heiden, Earl G. Snyder, etc. – joining Evan J. Herbert in constructing homes in the area.

By 1930, it was estimated that the homes in Golden Hill totaled $1,000,000 in value, with dwellings valued from $6,000 to $35,000. In their advertisement for Golden Hill, the developers made no distinction between Upper and Lower Golden Hill, which was a much later division between the two areas. Cadman and Corcoran, however, tended to use “extension” or “addition” to identify what is now called Lower Golden Hill.

The first phase of the subdivision was concentrated in Upper Golden Hill in 1921, but by 1922, Cadman and Corcoran had extended the neighborhood to include the tracts in Lower Golden Hill. The overall Golden Hill development was overwhelmingly successful, and the sale of lots and homes far exceeded those of other tracts laid out in the 1920s, including Hillcrest Drive and Skyline Park. Today, both Upper and Lower Golden Hill still look very much like they did during the area’s rapid expansion from 1924 to 1930. Trees, streetlamps, even vistas,

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remain essentially intact, reflecting the original intent of the two developers. Architecturally, the residential area still contains an outstanding selection of period styles, with each house separate and unique. The houses reflect the types of dwellings Fullerton residents favored in the 1920s and 1930s.

Cadman and Corcoran made tentative plans in the late 1920s to extend the Golden Hill area, hoping to add new tracts, but the Great Depression stopped any further development. Corcoran announced his retirement in October 1930, and he passed away in 1938. Cadman died prematurely in 1941. After World War II, the Jewett Bros. and the Valley Land Company subdivided land west of the original Golden Hill subdivisions in 1948, naming it the Golden Hill Extension. These new subdivisions (Tracts 1195 and 1295) were developed on land that housed Fullerton’s only polo field, established in the 1930s by the Hillcrest Polo Club.

Developer Walter Joseph Cadman (1893-1941)
Born February 2, 1893, in Los Angeles, Walter Joseph Cadman – known as “Cad” – was one of two sons born to Elise Melscheimer (1863-1944) and Archibald Bert Cadman (1858-1909), an insurance solicitor. At the age of one, he moved with his parents to Anaheim. He attended local schools, graduating from Anaheim Union High School in 1910. From 1909 to 1910, Cadman represented the Anaheim high school in forensic debates sponsored by the Southern California Debate League, often winning and scoring high marks. In May 1912, Cadman became a registered pharmacy assistant with the California State Board of Pharmacy. Two years later, he successfully passed the State Board examination to become a pharmacist and graduated from the University of Southern California (USC) School of Pharmacy. (At the time, attendance at a pharmacy school was not needed to take state board examinations, but apprenticing under a licensed pharmacist was required, usually for at least a year.) For nine years, Cadman worked for Oris A. Mullinix, owner of Mullinix’s Drug Store in Anaheim (106 East Center Street, now Lincoln Avenue), working as an apprentice, then pharmacist, and finally manager of the drug store. In early 1918, Cadman purchased the drug store from Mullinix, renaming it Cadman’s Drug Store.

In 1920, he sold his interest in the Anaheim drug business and formed a successful real estate firm with his father-inlaw, Robert E. Corcoran, Sr., and the two men made the decision to subdivide the Golden Hill area of Fullerton.

The subdivisions were a success, bringing considerable profit to both men. Corcoran used his share of the development money to start the Corcoran Paper Company in Fullerton with his sons in 1923. Cadman returned to what he knew well, purchasing an interest in Gibson’s Drug Store at 115 North Harbor Boulevard (then Spadra Road) from Calvin A. Gibson in 1922, later renaming it Cadman’s Drug Store. He would eventually own and operate drug stores in Brea, Anaheim, and Fullerton. By 1926, Cadman found it difficult to manage the drug stores along with his other real estate and development work, and he announced that he was selling all his drug store interests to concentrate on a real estate business that he had established with Robert O. Goodson – Cadman & Goodson. In the 1920s, Cadman served as vice president of the Fullerton Realty Board, and in the 1930s, he was elected president of the Orange County Building and Loan League. In 1930, he was appointed to the Orange County Grand Jury.

After his 1916 marriage, Cadman lived in a modest two-bedroom, one-bathroom home at 628 North Lemon Street in Anaheim. In 1922, he commissioned Huntington Park building contractor William D. Geck (1864-1941) and his wife, Anne Geck (1874-1962), to design and construct a much larger home at 545 West Fern Drive. The Cadman Family continued to grow, and when the West Fern home proved inadequate for the family’s needs, Cadman hired Evan J. Herbert to construct an even larger home for his family at 865 North Richman Avenue, now a Fullerton Local Landmark. The Cadmans remained at the North Richman residence for over a decade, then purchased a fiveacre spread on Orangethorpe Avenue in 1940. Cadman suffered a massive heart attack on April 19, 1941, passing away at the age of 48. He is buried in Loma Vista Memorial Park. Cadman’s widow was forced to sell the ranch

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and move back to Fullerton (217 West Brookdale Place) where she was employed as a clerk in the Wilkinson Drug Store.

On October 14, 1916, Walter J. Cadman married Fern Estelle Corcoran (1896-1968), who was an active member of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU). The couple had four children: Walter Jack Cadman (1918- 2003); Vivian Claire Cadman Eddy (1921-2013); Fern Maryls St. Clair (1925-2005); and Robert Roger Cadman (1930-1984). Except for Jack Cadman, born in Anaheim, the Cadman children were all born in Fullerton, attending Ford School, a short walk from their home, and graduating from Fullerton Union High School. Two of the Cadman children – Jack Cadman and Vivian Cadman Eddy – would go on to become important Fullerton and Orange County figures.

Developer Robert Emmett Corcoran, Sr. (1867-1938)
Born May 24, 1867 in Chicago, Illinois, Robert E. Corcoran, Sr. was the second of two sons born to Irish emigrants May E. Hagen (b. 1837) and sexton Richard P. Corcoran, Sr. (1836-1938). The family moved to San Francisco in 1870, then Los Angeles in 1875, where Robert received his schooling. He met and later married Grace Annette Royer (1872-1938) in Los Angeles on June 14, 1893. The couple had nine children, with four girls and three sons living to adulthood.

For 21 years, Corcoran worked for the Pioneer Paper Company of Los Angeles (247-251 South Los Angeles Street) as a salesman. The Corcoran family lived in Los Angeles (3108 East 1st Street), then moved to a ranch in Anaheim, where they resided for nine years before moving to Fullerton. In 1916, Corcoran purchased ten acres and a grove house at 761 North Richman Avenue. Realizing the potential of the area, he convinced his son-in-law, Walter J.

Cadman, to become a development partner in the five subdivisions that now make up the Golden Hill area.

In 1923, Corcoran, along with his three sons, started the Corcoran Paper Company (222 South Harbor Boulevard), with himself as president. The firm’s offices were also used to sell lots in the Golden Hill area. The company stayed in business in Fullerton until 1941, when it moved to Long Beach and opened a branch in Santa Ana. The firm stayed in the family until 1952, when it was purchased by Blake, Mofitt and Towne, one of the oldest Pacific Coast paper distributors.

Corcoran was active in the Fullerton Chamber of Commerce, and a member of the Anaheim Elks Club No. 1345, and the Los Angeles Lodge No. 2 of United Commercial Travelers. His favorite activity was to dress up as Santa Claus each Christmas and visit various schools, churches, and organizations. He would often be spotted in the downtown area in his Santa outfit carrying a large sack of candy.

In 1925, Corcoran commissioned notable building contractor Evan J. Herbert to construct a new house for him and his family at 600 West Union Avenue. The Corcoran family lived there for a time, then moved back to their home on North Richman Avenue. Corcoran passed away at home on September 13, 1928, at the age of 71. His wife, Grace, passed away two months later also in the home. The couple is buried in Loma Vista Memorial Park.

Obituaries for Corcoran appeared in the September 14, 1938 issues of the Fullerton News Tribune, the Santa Ana Journal, and the Santa Ana Register. Obituaries for Grace Corcoran appeared in the November 24-25, 1938 issues of the Fullerton News Tribune and Santa Ana Journal. After his death, the Fullerton News Tribune published a tribute to Corcoran on September 14, 1938, noting: “Robert Emmett Corcoran was what we term, for want of a better term, a gentleman of the old school. He was considerate, courteous and blest with a rare and unfailing sense of humor. It is more than a perfunctory tribute to say that his passing leaves a real sense of loss to thousands”.

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Distinction Between Upper and Lower Golden Hill
Corcoran and Cadman made Upper Golden Hill extra special by installing decorative metal lampposts on these streets (as well along the west side of Richman Avenue, north of Malvern Avenue) and placing power lines underground. Lower Golden Hill, made up of smaller lots along the 500 blocks of Drake, Golden, and Richman Avenues, as well as lots on the north side of the 500 and 600 blocks of Malvern Avenue, was less grand, but still distinctive given its hillside setting. The lots in this area were not as large as the ones in Upper Golden Hill; lampposts were not provided on these streets; and electrical line were not placed underground. Homes in Lower Golden Hill tended to be more modest in scale and design but were still attractive, well-built, and stylish. Street trees were originally not included but decades later the city added trees (e.g., Crepe myrtle, Magnolia) to some of parkways.

Setting/Housing Development
Lower Golden Hill consists of 77 single-family residences and 3 duplexes constructed both before and after World War II. Distinctive period revival architecture – primarily Cottage-style and Spanish Colonial Revival – characterize the initial 1920s and 1930s dwellings, with many the work of notable local contractors and developers, such as Evan J. Herbert, Earl G. Snyder, William B. Potter, Ernest S. Gregory, Philip N. Schmocker, Mortimer Carroll, etc. The most prolific local contractor was Evan J. Herbert, who was hired by Cadman and Corcoran to design/build several speculative dwellings within the neighborhood. Later, 1940s and 1950s residences were primarily Minimal Traditional dwellings, with a number designed and built by notable local builders and developers, including George C. Pickering, Harvey Tadlock, and the Jewett Bros. The vast majority of dwellings were built by Fullerton contractors, but a few contractors were from nearby Southern California cities, including Orange, Santa Ana, Los Angeles, and Huntington Park. Additional photographs, biographical information, newspaper articles, etc. on notable local contractors will be found in the Local History Room.

Two residences within the district are kit or premanufactured houses that were delivered in parts from Los Angeles, then assembled on the lot: 616 North Drake Avenue (1935) and 705 North Richman Avenue (1929). An Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) has been added to the property at 655 North Drake Avenue.

Street Names within Lower Golden Hill
Drake Avenue
The street is named for Fullerton pioneer Louis Phillip Drake (1863-1933), who owned ten acres of ranchland adjacent to the Wickett subdivision. Born on a farm in Louisa County, Iowa, in 1983, Drake, at the age of 26 in 1889, moved to Fullerton. He initially grew walnuts and asparagus but later turned to citrus cultivation. He started at his ranch at 623 West Commonwealth Avenue but gradually purchased additional acreage around the city. He was elected to the Fullerton City Council (1920-1924); served on the Board of Directors of the Orange County Mutual Telephone Association, formed to improve telephone connections throughout the County; and was a member of the Board of Directors of the Placentia Orange Growers’ Association, the Orange County Farmers’ and Merchants’ Association, and the Fullerton Walnuts Growers’ Association. A lifelong Democrat, Drake served as a member of the Orange County Democratic Central Committee. He died in 1933, at the age of 69, and is buried in Loma Vista Memorial Park.

Malvern Avenue
Malvern Hills is a plateau in Virginia that was the site of an 1862 Civil War battle. “Malvern” was often added to the names of military organizations, such as the Malvern Post of the Fullerton American Legion and the Women’s Relief Corp, an auxiliary of the Grand Army of the Republic, known as the Malvern Hills Corps.

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Richman Avenue
The street was named after botanist and horticulturist Evert S. Richman, who owned a highly successful nursery at the base of Richman Avenue, the Orange County Nursery and Land Company. He eventually owned more than 400 acres of land in different localities. He served on the Fullerton City Council and was president of the Fullerton Chamber of Commerce.

Union Avenue
Named for the Union Oil Company, a large stakeholder in Fullerton’s early oil industry.

Local Building Contractor Evan J. Herbert (1884-1965)
After laying out the first subdivisions in the Golden Hill area, Robert E. Corcoran and Walter J. Cadman realized that the empty lots were not particularly inviting to potential homebuyers. They hired Evan J. Herbert, a relative newcomer to Fullerton, to build speculative homes that would impart an idea of what the tracts would like covered with new dwellings. Herbert designed his new residences in both Spanish Colonial Revival and English Cottage architectural styles that would set the tone for Lower Golden Hill as other contractors moved into the district.

Herbert would also be commissioned by other lot owners to construct new dwellings for them. In addition, he designed and built impressive homes for both Cadman and Corcoran. Both a Yorba Linda and Fullerton pioneer builder, his extensive portfolio included modest homes, large estates, duplexes, businesses, and churches, and hundreds of his buildings can still be found around both cities. He designed several Fullerton Local Landmarks and has buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Herbert began as a building contractor in his hometown of Columbus, Ohio in 1907, and continued to work until 1960, retiring at the age of 76, running one of Fullerton’s longest-lived building companies. He had the distinction of being the most formally educated of all of Fullerton’s architects and builders in the 1920s and 1930s. A personable, outgoing man, Herbert, the son of Welsh immigrants, was also noted for his kindness, exemplified when he hired dozens of out-of-work carpenters and builders during the Great Depression. Herbert – whose business slogan was “Dependability is my watch word” – developed a solid reputation around town for his ability to complete projects on time within a set budget. Through his membership in the Fullerton Chamber of Commerce, Herbert obtained a number of clients, who tended to be in the middle- and upper-middle class range. Herbert was hired by notable architects to construct homes and businesses, but he also became known for his eclectic home designs, quickly gaining a reputation for providing his clients with the homes they wanted, no matter the style, size, or location. He would design residences and businesses in any style his clients desired, often mixing and matching architectural elements.

Born in Columbus, Ohio, on February 14, 1884, Herbert was orphaned at the age of 13, and moved in with his sister, Mary E. Owen. He graduated from Central High School in Columbus in 1902, with an emphasis in business, and graduated with an engineering degree from Ohio State University in 1907 (he was a member of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity). He began working around the Columbus area as a building contractor, but in 1910, at the age of 25, Herbert set out for Los Angeles, renting rooms in the former Bunker Hill area of the city while working on small building jobs. He soon met Eleanor Jenkins (1890-1941), the daughter of a Welsh hardware and furniture dealer, and the couple married in Long Beach in 1911. Herbert became the father of two sons, both born in Yorba Linda:

Paul Wayne (1913-1968) and Joe Allen (1915-1943).

In 1908, the Janss Investment Company purchased what would become the central core of Yorba Linda from Fullerton merchant Jacob Stern (Stern & Goodman) and began selling agricultural plots for $150 an acre, and “choice” ranches for $250. The Herberts purchased ten acres in what was then known as the Yorba Linda Tract,

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quickly constructed a home, and planted lemon and orange trees. Herbert later planted Fuerte (hardy) avocados, first brought to the United States from Mexico by Herbert’s neighbor, John T. Whedon, in 1912, and Herbert became an expert on how to propagate the fruit. He became a founding member of the Yorba Linda Citrus Association (1912-1965) and served on the board of directors and as president of the Yorba Linda Water Company in the 1920s. Herbert began constructing dwellings and doing other carpentry work throughout Yorba Linda. His first big project would be the Quakers’ Friends Church (4845 School Street), Yorba Linda’s first meeting house. In 1912, there were less than fifty residents in the tract, and the Craftsman-style church was constructed by local ranchers, who hauled the materials, dug trenches for the foundation, mixed concrete, and framed and finished the building. Herbert, who provided some design assistance and supervised construction, worked alongside his neighbors. Herbert’s most significant residence in Yorba Linda remains the Mediterranean Revival home and medical office of Dr. Cochran and his wife, still a private residence (4802 Olinda Street). Dr. Richard Cochran was one of Yorba Linda’s first doctors, and his wife Ellen was Richard Nixon’s second grade teacher. In 1929, working with Los Angeles architect Clarence E. Noerenberg, Herbert built the $115,000 Yorba Linda Citrus Association Packing House, now a commercial center called Packing House Square (18200 Yorba Linda Blvd.).

When Evan and Eleanor Herbert moved to Yorba Linda, they became close friends with Francis and Hannah Nixon, parents of future president Richard M. Nixon. Like the Herberts, the Nixons had purchased agricultural land in the Yorba Linda Tract, and the families would visit each other on weekends, with Paul and Joe Herbert playing with the Nixon boys. Herbert hired Francis Nixon as a carpenter for a number of projects, and despite Francis Nixon’s often testy and stubborn nature, the two men became lifelong friends. Herbert would later serve as a pallbearer at Nixon’s funeral in 1956. The Nixon Family was always grateful to Herbert for saving young Richard M. Nixon’s life when he was just three years old. Out driving with his mother in 1916, young Nixon was thrown from a horse-drawn carriage, and a wheel drove over his skull, severely lacerating the boy’s head and neck. Herbert, who owned one of the few cars in Yorba Linda, rushed Nixon and his mother to an Anaheim hospital emergency room, thereby saving his life.

From 1920 to 1960, Yorba Linda went through few changes, with its population only growing from 350 to a mere 1,198. Finding little contracting work, Herbert moved to Fullerton, where he constructed a modest residence for his family at 309 West Malvern Avenue. In the 1910s and 1920s, Fullerton had a serious housing shortage, and although a newcomer to the city, Herbert soon found a building niche in residential housing, joining such wellknown builders as Ernest S. Gregory, Harry Maxwell, and Arthur M. Thompson.

His luck changed significantly when he joined forces with Golden Hill developers Walter J. Cadman and Robert E.

Corcoran, Sr. Herbert was commissioned to construct houses in the three-phase hill subdivision in the northwest part of the city (e.g., 604, 628, 629, 633, 652 North Golden Avenue). Impressed with Herbert’s work, the two developers hired him to design and construct their personal residences. He built a striking Mediterranean Revival residence for Corcoran (600 West Union Avenue, 1926), complete with tennis court and croquet grounds, followed by a graceful two-story Spanish Colonial Revival for Cadman at 865 North Highland Avenue in 1929. His most unusual residence during the 1920s was a Spanish/Mayan Revival dwelling for wealthy newspaper owner and editor Hugh Edgar Johnson at 444 W. Brookdale Place, listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Throughout the 1920s, he built dozens of “spec” homes that he quickly sold to homebuyers, particularly on West Malvern Avenue (e.g., 225, 229, 230, 239) and North Drake Avenue (e.g., 636, 640, 644).

When home construction crashed in the Great Depression, Herbert survived by building garages, home offices, and additions. He began hiring as many out-of-work local carpenters and contractors he could work with on small projects, no matter the size. The early 1940s were a particularly difficult time for Herbert. His wife was killed in a traffic accident in 1941, and in 1943, his son, Joe, was killed in the crash of a World War II training plane. Business picked up in the later 1940s, and he built a handful of new dwellings (e.g., 624 North Drake Avenue, 637 North

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Wesley Drive, 300 West Whiting Avenue), moving away from Craftsman and Spanish Colonial Revival bungalows into Minimal Traditional and ranch-styled dwellings. His most impressive post-World War II dwelling is a 1945-era rambling ranch house at 1701 Skyline Drive for Thomas K. Gowan, Fullerton mayor from 1938 to 1939.

Herbert moved from houses to the construction of new businesses, including a Van de Kamp’s Bakery in 1948, and the McCormick Mortuary Chapel in 1951. He specialized in what he called the “modernization” of older business buildings in the downtown area, such as the Fullerton Building and Loan Association Headquarters, the Alpha Beta Food Market, and the McMahan Furniture Store. On occasion, he would turn a former residence into a business, such as the Donald Jones Company offices at 435 West Commonwealth Avenue in 1953, which sometimes resulted in an odd mishmash of architectural styles.

In 1957, Herbert entered into a second marriage with Ada G. Thompson, a registered nurse. In 1958, when Richard Nixon was Vice-President, Herbert, and two other Yorba Linda pioneers, Mildred Hoyt and William H. Barton, formed a committee to preserve the old Nixon Family homestead. The mail order kit home, then owned by the Yorba Linda Unified School District, was designated a Yorba Linda historic property in 1959, and it is currently located on the grounds of the Richard M. Nixon Library. That same year, committee members organized the first Nixon for President Club (“Neighbors for Nixon”) in the nation, with Herbert serving as second vice-president.

Herbert and other club members installed the first billboard in the nation advertising Nixon as the next President of the United States on September 16, 1959 (see page 33). The Nixon booster club would inspire dozens of other clubs to form in California. Herbert became a founding member of Senior Citizens of Fullerton and played a pivotal role in the construction of the city’s first senior center. Herbert passed away at the age of 80 in the Fullerton Community Hospital on February 2, 1965, and he is buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale.

INDIVIDUAL PROPERTIES
Drake Avenue
600 North Drake Avenue
In 1926, Leonard B. West, an employee of the J. R. Gardiner Company (an agricultural implements store), and his wife Mary commissioned notable local contractor Mortimer Carroll to design and construct a six-room dwelling for $4,500. Carroll specialized in Spanish Colonial Revival dwellings. Biographical information on Carroll will be found in the Local History Room. The home features a covered patio in the front. 604 North Drake Avenue
A speculative house designed and built to be quickly sold by local contractor Fred Nickson in 1926. The original six-room dwelling cost $6,500 to build. The first occupants of the home were Hazel and Justin W. Smalley, a machinist. An addition was built in 1955. The rear of the residence seems to indicate that the house was originally a Spanish Colonial Revival.
605 North Drake Avenue
This Minimal Traditional dwelling was designed and built in 1938, by notable local contactor George C. Pickering as his personal residence. The seven-room residence, which has a varied roofline, cost $5,000 to construct.

Pickering was a very prolific builder, both before and after World War II. Biographical information on him will be found in the Local History Room.
608 North Drake Avenue
No builder is identified on the permits; the home and two-car garage were built for $8,000 in 1948, for Johanna and William H. Weber. Weber was involved in construction, and he may have overseen the building of the dwelling.

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The patio area of the brick and stucco Minimal Traditional house was covered in 1954. The sewage connection records indicate the residence was ready for occupancy in August, 1948. The 1950 Census shows the Webers residing in the home.
609 North Drake Avenue
This Minimal Traditional dwelling was a speculative house designed and built by notable local contractor George C.

Pickering, who also resided nearby at 605 North Drake Avenue. The house was built for $4,200. The sewage connection records show Pickering as the owner; the house was ready for occupancy in August, 1935. Pickering appeared to reside in the house before moving to 605 North Drake Avenue. Biographical information on Pickering will be found in the Local History Room.
611 North Drake Avenue
Building contractor Earle G. Heiden moved to Fullerton from Denison, Iowa, in 1926. He lived with his wife and son first in the Pomona Bungalow Court (#1), then rented the house at 141 Malvern Avenue while he constructed this family home. The Spanish Colonial Revival dwelling was built in 1929, for $5,000. The Heidens resided in the dwelling for decades, then moved into a house built by the Jewett Bros. on Euclid Avenue. Heiden built primarily Spanish Colonial Revival residences around Fullerton from 1926 to 1932, then left the building trade and moved into food specialty production. In 1951, two bathrooms were added. A two-car garage is at the rear of the property along an alley. Heiden was noted for his detailed exteriors, but his personal home appears to be more simplified. 612, 620 North Drake Avenue
These two Minimal Traditional dwellings were designed and built by notable local contractor George C. Pickering for two blind World War I veterans: Dr. Wilford C. Calkins, an osteopath, at 612 North Drake Avenue, and Louis H.

Kersting, who was disabled and unable to work, at 620 North Drake Avenue. The residence at 612 cost $4,555; the one at 620 N. Drake Avenue, $5,300. There was also a third blind veteran, William P. Alexander, a switchboard operator, who lived on North Lincoln Avenue. The three men met at the Evergreen School for the Blind in Baltimore, Maryland. Their stories and a photograph of their reunion were reported in the Long Beach Press Telegram, August 3, 1948.
616 North Drake Avenue
A pre-manufactured house by Pacific Systems (formerly Pacific Ready-Cut Homes) in Los Angeles. The kit house was purchased in 1935, by Frances E. and Chris A. Rhodes, a dairy hand, for $3,362. The Minimal Traditional dwelling was designed with six rooms; it is well preserved. This is the second kit house in the district. 619 North Drake Avenue
The sprawling Ranch-style residence, which spreads across the lot, was built in 1951, by Santa Ana contractor David E. Keller for Glenn H. Lewis, the principal of Fullerton Union High School, for $18,000. In 1967, a second story was added by local contractor C. J. Young. The stark dwelling featured a recessed entryway, stucco, and painted brick. Before serving as principal, Lewis was head of the Physical Education Department. 624 North Drake Avenue
This L-shaped Minimal Traditional dwelling, which has a brick and wood siding exterior, was custom-built for Mrs.

Rose L. Scott for $6,000 in 1942, by notable local contractor Evan J. Herbert, who built several speculative houses along North Golden Avenue. Her husband, James R. Scott, had died in 1937. She was a teacher at Fullerton Union High School.
629 North Drake Avenue
In 1935, Albert M. Williams purchased this house from the May Building Company. Williams, a chemistry

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professor at Fullerton College, was married to Donna Williams, who was president of the Ford School ParentTeacher Association. The college has a scholarship in the name of Williams. The Minimal Traditional dwelling cost $4,600. A brick fence circles around the property, which curves around Leland Avenue. 630 Drake Avenue
The dwelling and garage were designed/built in 1953, by Palm Springs contractor Thomas P. Haxton, one of several speculative houses constructed in Lower Golden Hill by outside builders. The Minimal Traditional dwelling cost $10,000. Lydia and John P. Trezise appear to have been the first owners. The residence is now unadorned, stripped of all exterior architectural detailing.
633 North Drake Avenue
This contemporary dwelling was built by R & S Development Company in 1974. The house is first listed in the city directories in 1978, with Kenneth Middaugh as the owner. Spanish elements have been added to the exterior, and the dwelling is now an odd mixture of architectural styles. 636 North Drake Avenue
This was a speculative cottage house designed/built by notable local contractor Evan J. Herbert, one of several he constructed in Lower Golden Hill for developer Robert E. Corcoran. The $4,500 dwelling was built in 1927, but it is first listed in the city directory in 1929, with Genevieve and Edward T. McManus residing in the home. The house appears to have been a rental for the couple. McManus was manager of the West Auto Supply Company. In the 1940s, the house was owned by Howard Maxwell, a partner in a building and loan association; he was the oldest son of Fullerton mayor Harry G. Maxwell. The front façade features a dramatic catslip roof. Biographical information on Herbert will be found in the Local History Room. 637 North Drake Avenue
This contemporary dwelling was built by the R & S Development Company in 1974. Living quarters are situated above the garage.
640 North Drake Avenue
This was a speculative 1929/30 house originally built by Evan J. Herbert for tract developer Robert E. Corcoran, Sr.

The first owners were Lillian and William “Bill” Kroeger, Jr. Lillian was the daughter of the developer of the subdivision, Robert E. Corcoran, Sr., and the lot and house may have been a wedding gift. Bill Kroeger’s grandfather, Henry Kroeger, was a successful North Orange County developer and the second mayor of Anaheim.

William Kroeger, Sr. was a prominent Fullerton rancher and early owner of a large tract of land North of Chapman Avenue and west of Raymond Avenue. Bill Kroeger worked for the Corcoran Paper Company until it closed in 1950. He was elected to the Fullerton City Council, serving as mayor from 1956 to 1958. The house appears to have originally been a Spanish Colonial Revival. The dwelling is obscured by a tree and vegetation. 641 North Drake Avenue
This contemporary-styled dwelling was built by the R & S Development Company in 1974. The residence is a faux Mediterranean Revival style, oversized for the neighborhood. 644 North Drake Avenue
This was a speculative house originally built by Evan J. Herbert in 1927, for tract developer Robert E. Corcoran, Sr.; its initial address was 646 N. Drake Avenue. Esther and Fred Strauss were the first owners, appearing in the city directories in 1929. Fred Strauss and Felix Stein were co-owners of the Stein-Strauss department store in downtown Fullerton (100-106 South Harbor Blvd.). The 1978 photograph in the Fullerton Historical Building Survey indicates that the dwelling originally had a Spanish Colonial Revival design; it has been severely modified since 1978.

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645 North Drake Avenue
This contemporary-styled dwelling was built by the R & S Development Company in 1974. The residence is a faux Mediterranean Revival style, oversized for the neighborhood. 649 North Drake Avenue
This contemporary house was built by the R & S Development Company in 1974. Visually, there is little to see of the dwelling from Drake Avenue; access to the home is through a street level entry, which leads to the core of the large dwelling. The house is incompatible with the tract’s prevailing architecture. 655 North Drake Avenue
The main portion of the home, a modest Minimal Traditional, was built in 1952, for $10,000 by George A. Easton.

A private garage was added in 1958, with access from Leland Drive. A second unit was added to the property in 1996. The addresses indicate that there is 655A and 655B. 657 North Drake Avenue
The contemporary-styled dwelling, which sits below the street level, was completed in 2009. Like other houses along the north side of Drake Avenue, the dwelling’s size and scale are mismatched with the earlier houses built within the tract. Access to the garage is from Leland Drive. 661 North Drake Avenue
A contemporary French provincial house which features double front doors and a mansard roof that may have been designed to mimic the mansard roof directly across the street on the R. E. Corcoran, Sr. House at 600 W. Union Avenue. The house was built by Bruce and Beverly Miller, completed in 1977. Access to the garage is from Leland Drive
665 North Drake Avenue
This contemporary house was completed in 1972 by contractor Clyde Miller from Stanton. The house is situated down slope and cannot be seen from the street. Access to the garage is from Leland Drive. Modifications and additions were made in 1990.

Golden Avenue
600 North Golden Avenue
The cottage-style dwelling, which features a covered front porch, was commissioned by gardener Marmaduke F. E.

Perring and his wife Ada in 1927, for $4,000. The house was designed and built by notable local contractor Earl G.

Snyder; biographical information on Snyder will be found in the Local History Room. Located at the corner of Golden and Malvern Avenues, the residence has a wooden fence that runs along the Malvern Avenue side. The interior features a Calco tile fireplace surround. A pool was added later. 604 North Golden Avenue
The six-room wood-frame stucco dwelling was built by electrician/builder Trueman S. Stuelmand in 1949. The Minimal Traditional dwelling features a prominent fireplace, front and center. Trueman and his wife Geneva were living in South Dakota (they were staying here at the Shady Lane Trailer Court) before moving to Fullerton. He passed away in Chino. A photograph of Stueland will be found on Ancestry.com. 605 North Golden Avenue
Constructed by contractor W. A. Vivian for $4,500 in 1926, this was a speculative house for John Mennes, who was a Fullerton developer and real estate broker. The two men had worked earlier on projects in Buena Park. The first

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occupants/owners of the Spanish Colonial Revival dwelling were Amzi S. Swank and his wife Erba. Amzi was the secretary-manager of the Orangethorpe Citrus Association. The house has unusual Spanish features, including a single-car garage on the lower level, topped by a covered patio/balcony area. Six arched windows run across the front façade of the dwelling.
608 North Golden Avenue
There are no building permits on file for the house, the first one built in the 600 block of Golden Avenue. The transitional dwelling is a combination of Craftsman bungalow and Minimal Traditional. Built in 1924, the house was vacant in 1925, then purchased by Lettie (Lottie) and carpenter Delbur M. Harlow. Thirty-year residents of Southern California, the couple lived in several cities, including Barstow and Riverside. They stayed in Fullerton until 1932, then moved to Costa Mesa. A photograph of the Harlows celebrating their fifty-year wedding anniversary appeared in the December 28, 1939 issue of the Santa Ana Register. The front yard is presently dominated by a tall and wide elm tree.
609 North Golden Avenue
The Spanish Colonial Revival residence was a speculative dwelling built by notable local contractor Mortimer Carroll for developer Harry Maxwell. The two men built numerous Spanish Colonial Revival dwellings around Fullerton. The house was constructed in 1929 for $4,200. The house was vacant in 1929; the first occupant was Lawrence L. Mennes, a real estate agent, in 1930. A second story has been added to the original seven-room dwelling. Photographs and biographical information on Mortimer Carroll will be found in the Local History Room.

An article on Harry Maxwell’s Spanish Colonial Revival residences was published in the May 2013 issue of the Fullerton Heritage Newsletter.
612 North Golden Avenue
The house was built in 1928, by day workers for $4,000. The Spanish Colonial Revival dwelling, which features an enclosed front porch, was vacant in 1929, then oil driller Francis J. Miller and his wife Emma resided there in 1930. 613 North Golden Avenue
Constructed by notable local builder Robert Ben Carey in 1925, the $4,000 dwelling appears to have been stripped of much of its architectural detailing. The first owners of the house was Margaret Goldie and Theodore P. Corcoran, Sr., president of the Corcoran Paper Company. He was the son of the tract’s developer, Robert E. Corcoran, Sr. He was elected to the Fullerton City Council, serving from 1932-1935. After the death of his first wife, Theodore, known just as Ted, remarried in 1932, and moved to Long Beach. 616 North Golden Avenue
The online building permit indicates that Mark Sanders of Pasadena constructed a modest Spanish Colonial house in 1928; the residence was most likely rented. The residence first appears in the 1930 Fullerton City Directory with Margaret and oil worker William C. Lance residing in the dwelling. A large, second story was added in 1987, and a non-habitable basement was constructed in 1992. The house features an enclosed front patio. 619 North Golden Avenue
The residence, city directories, and building permits appear to indicate that the cottage-styled dwelling was originally addressed as 617 Golden Avenue. The residence was built for Mae and oil worker Wilmer L. Jones for $4,000 in 1927. It is a scarce example of a cottage-style dwelling designed by Philip N. Schmoker, who specialized in designing Spanish-styled residences, especially those found throughout the Skyline Park Historic District.

Additional information on Philip Schmoker will be found in the Local History Room.

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620 North Golden Avenue
In 1925, tract developer Robert E. Corcoran, Sr. hired local contractor Fred W. Nickson (113 East Elm Avenue) to build this speculative house for $4,000. A roof over the front porch was added in 1940; a tool house in 1943; and the foundation was bolted in 2009. The first owners of the Spanish Colonial Revival residence were Ada and Don K. Baird, an electrician with the Union Oil Company. The five-room dwelling features an arched entryway and front enclosed patio.
621 North Golden Avenue
The house was designed and built by local contractor Earle G. Heiden in 1927, for the Reliance Lumber Company, which built homes in Fullerton from 1926 to 1929. Some of the mill work for the dwelling was done in the lumber yard, then moved to the construction lot, saving building costs. The dwelling makes it first appearance in the 1930 Fullerton City Directory with Stella and Lyman Shields, an oil worker, as the first occupants/owners. The Spanish Colonial Revival dwelling features an enclosed and covered side front patio. Information on the Reliance Lumber Company will be found in the Local History Room.
624 North Golden Avenue
In 1929, bookkeeper Cecil V. Chambers (1906-1975) and his wife Verle, a public-school teacher, hired Dale A.

Long, an Orange contractor, to build this $5,000 Spanish Colonial Revival dwelling, very similar in style to that at 625 Golden Avenue. New ceramic tile out front and the house’s bright orange color indicates an attempt to replace the Spanish Colonial Revival style with Mediterranean Revival elements. 625 North Golden Avenue
In 1926, Ella and grocer Charles Culp had this six-room dwelling constructed for $4,000. Culp was the business partner of Wade Quarton; the two men owned a grocery store, Quarton and Culp, at 119 North Harbor Boulevard.

No building contractor is identified for the Spanish Colonial Revival residence. 628 North Golden Avenue
This is a speculative Spanish Colonial Revival house, built by Evan J. Herbert for tract developer Robert E.

Corcoran, Sr. for $4,000 in 1925/26. The house was intended to be quickly built, then sold; the first owners were Pauline and Frank C. Adams, an employee of the Fullerton Sanitary Creamery (the manager of the company resided at 629 Golden Avenue). A garage and patio were added in 1951, by A. J. Edmiston; a roof over the porch was added in 1952; and a ¾-bathroom was added in 1954. Biographical information and photographs of Herbert will be found in the Local History Room.
629 North Golden Avenue
In 1926, Gertrude and Orrin N. Clark commissioned Evan J. Herbert to build a Spanish Colonial Revival residence for them for $4,500. Clark was the manager of the Fullerton Sanitary Creamery. The house at 628 North Golden Avenue was also built by Herbert for a Sanitary Creamery employee. 632 North Golden Avenue
The Spanish Colonial Revival dwelling, now stripped of much of its character-defining elements, was designed and built by notable local contractor Philip N. Schmoker for real estate agent Robert O. Goodson (Jones and Goodson) in 1929. The seven-room dwelling was constructed for $5,000. In the 1940s, Robert L. Plummer, the son of Fullerton Union High School Superintendent Louis E. Plummer, resided in the house; he was the manager of a wholesale florist business. It’s apparent that the original windows have been altered. 633 North Golden Avenue
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notable local contractor Evan J. Herbert to design and construct the five-room residence for $4,000 in 1926. Herbert and Corcoran were also responsible for the construction of 628 North Golden Avenue. The first owners/occupants of the house were Nora and Coy L. Long, bookkeeper for the Consolidated Ice and Cold Storage Company at 112 East Walnut Avenue. Herbert came back in 1934, to build an addition, and again in 1937, for repairs. The original grass lawn has been replaced by artificial turf.
636 North Golden Avenue
This was a speculative residence built by local contractor Earle G. Heiden in 1928. The Spanish Colonial Revival seven-room house has lost some of its character-defining features by the addition of a thick exterior topcoat. Heiden was very proud of the dwelling, and he invited the public to the open house, which he announced in the July 7, 1928 issue of the Fullerton News Tribune. The first occupant/owner of the residence was Chrysler dealer Henry A.

Baldwin, who was living at 117 North Princeton Avenue. A later resident of the dwelling was Frederick R.

Weisman, then head of Hunt Foods, Inc., and his wife, Marcia. The couple would become wealthy and famous modern art collectors. Marcia was the sister of Norton Simon. One of the front windows has grille work. A fireplace dominates the front façade.
639 North Golden Avenue
In 1929, Elmer Bell, an oil field rotary helper, had the Cottage-style residence built for $3,500 using day workers.

He lived in the house with his wife Muriel.
640 North Golden Avenue
The building permits for the house are misfiled under 604 North Golden Avenue. Like a few others on the block, the residence was a speculative home commissioned by subdivision owner Robert E. Corcoran, Sr., using notable local building contractor Evan J. Herbert. The six-room residence was built for $4,400 in 1925/26. The Spanish Colonial Revival dwelling appears to have initially been a rental. The first occupant was rancher Leo Porter. He was followed by John Y. Mason, co-owner of Mason and Burgess, a used and new furniture store at 310 North Harbor Boulevard; his business partner was Hector Burgess. Robert E. Corcoran, Jr., would also reside in the residence. The flat roof reflects a Pueblo Revival influence. 641 North Golden Avenue
Like the house at 640 North Golden Avenue as well as a few other residences on the block, the Spanish Colonial Revival dwelling tract developer Robert E. Corcoran, Sr. commissioned Evan J. Herbert to build a speculative house, with the residence designed to be quickly built, then sold or rented. The first renters were William M.

Werner, a traveling salesman, and wife, Lillian. Biographical information on the building contractor, Evan J.

Herbert, will be found in the Local History Room. Two wings of the residence are separated to provide a small front porch.
644 North Golden Avenue
This Minimal Traditional dwelling was commissioned by automobile repairman Joseph E. Foss and wife, Bernice.

The dwelling and garage were constructed for $8,500. The building contractors, Charles R. Erickson, built other Minimal Traditional dwellings around Fullerton (e.g., 1314 Luanne Avenue, 318 Virginia Road) at the time. The porch was enclosed in 1948.
647 North Golden Avenue
The Spanish Colonial Revival dwelling was a speculative project involving notable builder Evan J. Herbert and subdivision owner Robert E. Corcoran, Sr. It was one of several houses built by the two men along Golden Avenue.

The five-room residence cost $4,700 in 1926/27. The city directories have Corcoran’s partner, Walter J. Cadman, living in the home in 1928. The front lawn has been replaced by succulents and cacti.

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648 North Golden Avenue
Further research on this home needs to be conducted. There are no building permits for the Craftsman bungalow, with online records showing that it was built in 1924. The owners, engineer Forest Gordon and his wife Nellie, were living at 608 North Golden Avenue, which indicates that the house might have been moved down the street to its current lot location. The couple are first listed at the address in 1929. The garage was added in 1948. The dwelling retains the original grey and white pillar bricks.
652 North Golden Avenue
This Cottage-style dwelling, now somewhat hidden by trees, was constructed in 1926, by notable local contractor Evan J. Herbert for one of the subdivision’s owner, Robert E. Corcoran, Sr., for $4,000. It was one of several homes built by the two men along Golden Avenue. A two-story addition was built in 1999. The first occupants of the residence were Bernice and Lyman D. Sherwood, co-owner of Sherman & Clark fruit growers at West Pico and Carhart Avenues in Fullerton. His partner was J. F. Clark. 656 North Golden Avenue
In 1927, Henry L. Imm of Reliable Sheet Metal, with his wife Pearl commissioned notable local contractor Ernest S.

Gregory to build a Storybook cottage for them for $5,500. Photographs and biographical information on Gregory will be found in the Local History Room.
662 Golden Avenue
The permits for the house are incorrectly filed under 622 Golden Avenue. The two-story Spanish Colonial Revival structure was the most expensive residence on Golden Avenue, costing $10,000. In 1927, retired Reverend Frank M. Dowling, who was also a Placentia rancher, hired Los Angeles contractor S. L. Wallace (138 West 51st Street) to design and build the seven-room residence. Dowling most likely met Wallace while he was constructing the Placentia Public Library, designed by notable architect Carleton Monroe Winslow. In 1931, Lola Bastanchury, soon to be the ex-wife of Gaston Bastanchury, resided in the home, and hired notable contractor Arthur M. Thompson to make changes. At the time, the Bastanchury Ranch Company had filed for bankruptcy, and the firm was about to lose the entire ranchland to creditors. (Lola had discovered that her husband had another family with children on the side. She later sued for support, which was granted to her, but he lacked the funds to provide for her.) In the 1940s, Roy Schumacher, the first boy born in Fullerton, lived in the home. Presently, trees and other vegetation obscure the front façade. A brick walkway leads to the front door.

West Malvern Avenue
525 West Malvern Avenue
This Minimal Traditional dwelling and garage was built for $14,160 in 1954, for James E. Barrington, a real estate broker who later worked as a building contractor. No builder is listed on the permit, but Barrington most likely oversaw construction of the dwelling. Barrington and his wife, Lavonne, were living at 900 Valencia Mesa Drive, then later moved from the West Malvern residence to 1501 Sunny Crest Drive. The residence received local newspaper press in the Santa Ana Register on October 27, 1954, when a young prankster installed a stink bomb in the home. Situated on an elevated corner lot, the brick, stucco, and wood-sided residence is now dominated by a concrete and stone front yard area.
531 West Malvern Avenue
The Minimal Traditional dwelling was constructed by Richard and William Jewett (the Jewett Bros.), a prolific notable construction firm, for $9,000 in 1951. It was a speculative dwelling, designed to be built, then quickly sold.

The first owners were Lola and salesman Paul V. Quinn. Positioned above the street level, the residence has two separate single-car garages on the lower level, with living space situated above. Access to the brick, stucco, and

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wood-sided home is from a steep concrete stairway from the street level to the front entryway. Photographs and biographical information on the Jewett Bros. will be found in the Local History Room. 535 West Malvern Avenue
Situated above the street level, this two-bedroom Cottage-style house was built for $4,000 in 1925, for Mary and Ernest Gilbert Beebower, the owners of a Fullerton feed and grain store. Beebower’s relatives, who also lived in Fullerton, were managers of the store. The Beebowers stayed in the house until 1928, then moved to Ontario. The couple was featured in The Daily Report (an Ontario newspaper) on August 27, 1952, on their golden wedding anniversary. No building contractor is identified on the building permit. A historically inappropriate black wrought iron fence encloses the front yard area. Steps from the street lead to the front door. The garage for the residence is accessed by a driveway from Golden Avenue. The home features an arched entryway. No builder for the home is identified; sewage connection records indicate the residence was ready for occupancy on April 4, 1925. 541 West Malvern Avenue
Situated on an elevated corner lot at Drake and Malvern Avenues, the L-shaped brick and wood-sided Minimal Traditional residence was constructed for $9,800 in 1948; no contractor is identified on the building permit. The garage is situated on Drake Avenue where there are also stairs to the front entrance. A white picket fence runs along the Malvern side of the dwelling. The building permit is impossible to read, but the city directories list B. L. Asmus as the first occupant. An article in the March 25, 1960 issue of the Santa Ana Register reported that Shirlee and Richard A. Bamform were occupants of the dwelling. Richard attended Fullerton Union High School before graduating from Anaheim High School. He worked at the Delco Battery Division of General Motors in Anaheim before entering the military in August 1959.

North Richman Avenue
601 North Richman Avenue
The dwelling was constructed in 1922, by Orangethorpe rancher Gordon Pinkman for $4,000; no builder is identified. The residence was most likely an investment, because the first occupants of the house were Ida and William H. Robinson, a Union Oil Company wholesaler. In 1940, owner Harold McGraw built an addition. The house appears to have been a Cottage style dwelling, but after the addition, it was altered into more of a Minimal Traditional architectural style. Solar panels have been added to the roof. Located at the corner of Malvern Avenue and Richman Avenue, the detached garage is accessed from Malvern Avenue. 605 North Richman Avenue
The speculative residence was built in 1929, by notable local contractor Earl G. Snyder; it was intended to be quickly built and sold. The first occupants were renters: Mary and Arthur E. Davis, managing editor of the Fullerton News Tribune. A later 1930s occupant was Clarence Bell Nonnamaker, who was hired by the Ferber Company to manage the new department store going into the just-built Chapman Building. The store soon went bankrupt. Nonnamaker’s daughter, Nell, married Clarence J. Stull, and the Stulls were later owners of the residence.

The Cottage-styled dwelling has had additions incompatible with the shape and architectural style of the dwelling, and there are awkward gables on the front façade. One wing of the home is a turret/tower like structure.

Biographical information on Earl Snyder will be found in the Local History Room. 607 North Richman Avenue
Like 601 North Richman Avenue, this was one of the earliest homes built on North Richman Avenue. There are no building permits on file for the Craftsman bungalow constructed in 1922. The first owners/occupants of the dwelling were Bessie and William A. Fritz, an auditor with the Placentia Growers Association. The dwelling is a well-preserved Craftsman bungalow.

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The Minimal Traditional dwelling was constructed as a speculative house by notable local contractor Harvey Tadlock in 1950; biographical information on Tadlock will be found in the Local History Room. The first owners of the residence were Jenning B. Penn, a machinist with Shaffer Tool, and his wife Frances. The residence has an art deco circular covering over the front stoop, one of a few that still remains in the city. A metal awning covers the front picture window of the stucco/brick house.
617-619 North Richman Avenue
The $6,000 duplex was built for widow Charlotte “Lottie” Tripp by notable local contactor Earl G. Snyder in 1940; biographical information on Earl Snyder will be found in the Local History Room. Tripp was residing at 625 North Richman at the time of construction of the Minimal Traditional duplex. The first two renters were teachers: Norlyn (wife Gwendolyn) Dull was a teacher at Fullerton Union High School; Edward Goddard (wife Ellen) taught at Fullerton College.
621 North Richman Avenue
The first owners of the Spanish Colonial Revival dwelling – the Suters House – were Susan and mortician Harry N.

Suters, who commissioned local contractor Earle G. Heiden to design and build the new dwelling in 1930; biographical information on Earle Heiden will be found in the Local History Room. Heiden was also building the dwelling next door at 625 North Richman, owned by Charlotte and Walter Tripp. The two houses are different on the exterior but have the exact same floor plan. Suters was partner with Angus McAulay; the two men owned/managed the McAulay and Suters Mortuary on South Harbor Boulevard. Suters moved to Fullerton in 1925, serving as a mortician for thirty years. Although removed for repair, the original front wall lights were taken from a coach car hearse.
625 North Richman Avenue
This Spanish Colonial Revival residence, built in 1930, was commissioned by Charlotte and Walter E. Tripp, a retired merchant; the builder was Earle G. Heiden. The interior floorplans of this residence and 621 North Richman Avenue are identical. The six-room house was constructed for $4,500. The front façade features red tile, shed roofs over the windows and a small covered front porch. Walter Tripp died in 1936, and his widow would build the duplex at 617-619 North Richman Avenue.
629-631 North Richman Avenue
The Spanish Colonial Revival duplex was built at a cost of $8000 in 1925, as an investment by two local salesmen/real estate agents: C. A. Bruce and R. O. Goodson. The building was designed and constructed by notable local contractor Evan J. Herbert, the most prolific and prominent contractor in Upper and Lower Golden Hill; biographical information on Evan Herbert will be found in the Local History Room. In the 1940s, owner Louis E.

Lamb named the units the Malden Arms Apartments. Interior alterations were completed in 1948. The building features shed roofs, an enclosed front stoop, and concrete steps to the front entrance. The two real estate agents lived together in the duplex; Bruce was in 629, Goodson in 631. 701 North Richman Avenue
This residence is a designated Fullerton Local Landmark, the Model Home of 1927. Constructed for $9,200 in four months in 1927, this house is a rather streamlined version of a cottage style, referred to in the local newspaper at the time as a “modernized English design.” A large picture window dominates the façade, and the house has a number of unique architectural features, such as the extension of the street-facing gable nearly to the ground on one side, while also forming the roof of the porte-cochere on the opposite side, and a repeat of the triangle shape over the large picture window at the porte-cochere. In 1927, to promote home building, the Fullerton Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors approved a proposal to buy a lot and build a model home or show-home in the Golden Hill

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subdivision. The owner and sub-divider of Golden Hill was Robert E. Corcoran, a prominent businessman who had constructed his residence at 761 N. Richman Avenue, the oldest home in the Golden Hill neighborhood, in 1906.

Richman Avenue was selected as the location for the model home, because the street still had many available lots for sale in an area that remained largely undeveloped. Construction of the model home began on June 13, 1927, with all the work and supplies provided by Fullerton craftsmen and businesses. Signs directing visitors to the model home were placed around town, and eventually over 2,600 people visited the home. Although advertised as affordable, the home’s then steep-selling price of $9,200 made it too expensive for the average family, and it was eventually sold in April, 1929, to Robert E. Corcoran,Sr. Overall, the model home’s plan represented a major shift from Victorian housing to a new, modern form of housing for the 20th century. Despite its status as a model home, none other like it was ever built in Fullerton. It was not until after World War II that model homes became a popular promotional tool for home builders of the many subdivisions planned and developed in Fullerton. The dwelling was formally commissioned as an investment by three important local bankers: Waldo O’Kelley, Samuel W. Smith, and Frederick Krause; each worked for a different Fullerton bank. The project was overseen by notable local contractor Robert Ben Carey. After Corcoran, the first occupants of the home were Alice and Arthur B.

Hillabold, owner of Hillabold’s, a jewelry store.
705 North Richman Avenue
A designated Fullerton Local Landmark, this house was constructed by Clinton F. Abbott, who was the local authorized dealer for Los Angeles-based Pacific Ready-Cut Homes (later Pacific Systems Sales), one of six major companies in the early 1900s that sold pre-cut houses. In a span of five years between 1926 to 1931, Clinton sold and had built over 20 pre-cut houses in Fullerton. Residents interested in purchasing a Pacific Ready-Cut house could visit Abbott’s office at 112 E. Amerige Avenue and select a house from 1,800 different designs – the majority of which were the quintessential one-story California bungalow, but plans offering Spanish, English Tudor, and Cottage style architecture were also available. Homebuyers could customize the pre-cut house design, and it is estimated that at least 50% of the buyers enlarged, reduced, or modified the plans to suit their individual needs or income. An outstanding example of a Cottage style, this large, pre-cut house features a high-pitched gable roof with shingles applied in an imitation of thatching. The spaces above the main windows are decorated with stucco relief, most notably over the northern window in the front façade. The house has not been altered from its original construction. A detached two-story garage with an upstairs living area at the rear of the lot was built at the same time as the house. The house was built with no buyer in place. It was opened to the public in April 1929, for inspection and sale, complete with furnishings. When no quick sale was made, Mr. Abbott took up residency in the house, staying there until 1934. This is one of two kit houses in the Lower Golden Hill Historic District. 709 North Richman Avenue
This five-room house was built for $3,500 in 1928, by carpenter Robert L. Chambers (wife Nora), who likely constructed some portion of the cottage-styled dwelling. 715 North Richman Avenue
There is no permit online for the house; no construction date is provided on the internet. The permits indicate that Jim Jewett made repairs to the residence in 1944, and that portions of the house may not have been permitted. The dwelling is first listed in the 1925 Fullerton City Directory with Dr. John H. Swan and his wife Georgia residing in the residence.
717 North Richman Avenue
The Minimal Traditional dwelling was constructed by William and Richard Jewett (the Jewett Bros.), Fullerton’s most prolific post-World War II contractors/developers, for $4,000; biographical information on the Jewett Bros. will be found in the Local History Room. The home was commissioned by postal clerk William A. Fritz and his wife Bessie. In 1958, an addition was completed by B. A. Blankmeyer.

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725 North Richman Avenue
The initial building permit for the house appears to be filed under 721 North Richman Avenue. The Minimal Traditional house was built by John A. Thompson in 1941, most likely working with his son, Russell L. Thompson.

It was commissioned by foreman Robert H. Murphy and his wife Wilma. The dwelling features a porch extending across the front of the dwelling. An addition was constructed in 1993. 761 North Richman Avenue
Around 1906, prolific Los Angeles architect and building contractor Robert Nathaniel Lamberth (1876-1945) designed and built a grove home on ten acres far outside of the original Fullerton townsite. In 1916, he sold the dwelling and land to Anaheim resident Robert Emmett Corcoran, Sr. (1867-1938), a 21-year salesman for the Pioneer Paper Company of Los Angeles. To obtain the water and other services he needed, Corcoran purchased additional acreage. He loved the hilly landscape and the lovely golden oranges his ranch produced, and he named the area Golden Hill. Now situated on a corner double lot in Lower Golden Hill, the large California bungalow is the oldest structure in the neighborhood, and one of the oldest residences in Fullerton outside of the original townsite. The home has typical features of an early California bungalow: low-pitched gable roofing with large eaves; banks of fixed or casement windows on all sides; a brick chimney in a central location; and wood siding. The house has been altered somewhat from its original construction. The house was converted to multiple units in 1951, and a three-car garage was constructed in 1959, after the original garage was demolished. In 1906, Lamberth copyrighted one of the first architectural plans booklet – Specimens of California Cottages and Bungalow – which he sold for fifty cents. Potential homebuyers could order a plan from the booklet or select from 100 other plans offered by the architect. If a customer did not like any of the plans, he/she could sketch out what was wanted, answer a few questions, and Lamberth would create a house plan. His workers would then construct the home, with prices starting as low as $800. There is some indication that the Richman home was built using one of Lamberth’s cataloged plans.
801 North Richman Avenue
The Minimal Traditional dwelling, which features two front bay windows, was designed and built by William and Richard Jewett of the Jewett Bros. for oil worker Sanford T. Simpson and his wife Elizabeth. The six-room house was expected to cost $4,200. The residence is located at the northwest corner of Union and Richman Avenues.

Photographs and biographical information on the Jewett Bros. will be found in the Local History Room. 805 North Richman Avenue
This Minimal Traditional residence was constructed at a cost of $5,200 in 1935, commissioned by Dr. William J.

Frank and his wife Helen; Dr Frant was a dentist. The builder and designer was notable local contractor George C.

Pickering; biographical information on Pickering will be found in the Local History Room. 809 North Richman Avenue
This fine Cottage-style dwelling was a speculative house designed and built by notable local contractor William Brier Potter, who was also elected to the Fullerton City Council. Completed in 1927, the home was vacant in 1928; the first occupants in 1929, were Florence and Homer Pyron, an oil worker. The house was expected to cost $6,500, well above the average price of a modest dwelling at the time. Biographical information on Potter will be found in the Local History Room.
813 North Richman Avenue
Like the residence at 809 North Richman Avenue, this Spanish Colonial Revival house appears to have been built as a speculative house by William Brier Potter in 1928. The house was vacant in 1929; the first occupants were Matilda and Robert McKee. A later owner was Clarence Potter, the son of William B. Potter. Clarence completed additions in 1952 and 1960. The original building permit is not on file. The attached garage architecturally matches

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the home. The dwelling has a dramatic setback from the public street. 819 North Richman Avenue
The Tudor Revival/Cottage-style house was built by notable local contractor Mortimer Carroll, known for his Spanish Colonial Revival dwellings around Fullerton. The residence was commissioned by Matilda and Robert McKee, who appeared to be renting the house next door, in 1928. A bathroom and bedroom were added in 1976.

Another addition including a new garage was completed in 2006; an attempt was made to match the two-story garage with the home’s architecture. Mortimer Carroll also constructed the house at 600 North Drake Avenue. 827 North Richman Avenue
The Minimal Traditional dwelling and attached garage were commissioned by Adrian A. Reynold, a dental laboratory worker, and his wife Marylou, for $4,000 in 1940. The builder was Emery Smith from Huntington Park.

An addition appears to have been completed above the two-car garage, but no building permit for it is on file.

West Union Avenue
515 West Union Avenue
There is no building permit on file for the 1925 Minimal Traditional dwelling, but the sewage connection records indicate that the house was ready for occupancy in April, 1925. Four rows of stationery windows flank both sides of the covered central front door. The dwelling maintains a high degree of historic integrity. A concrete walkway and stairs lead to the front door. The Santa Ana Register, April 26, 1924, indicates that Hugh A. Nixon purchased the lot from Robert E. Corcoran, Sr. Nixon’s father, Samuel Brady Nixon was the grandfather of President Richard M.

Nixon. A World War I veteran, Hugh Henry Nixon worked as a clerk/stenographer for the Pacific Electric Railway and an oil company before becoming a real estate broker; he was employed by the Richfield Oil Corp. during World War II. He and his wife Bernice moved throughout their lifetimes, residing in Long Beach, Lynwood, Signal Hill, San Diego, Los Angeles, and South Gate. The next owner/occupant of the dwelling was entomologist Renaud W.

Caudron.
521 West Union Avenue
This Cottage-styled dwelling was a speculative house built in 1926, designed and built for $5,000 by local builder Eron Anders Johannessen, who tended to concentrate on residences close to where he resided at 173 Hillcrest Drive.

The dwelling is first listed in the 1928 Fullerton City Directory and the first occupant of the dwelling was Paul L.

Egeler, a machinist with the Union Oil Company. Johannessen added a garage in 1931. In 1986, a bedroom was enlarged, an addition to the kitchen built, and a bathroom added; a family room was completed in 1989. The house is adjacent to a ravine. A gravel private road adjacent to the ravine leads to a two-story cottage garage behind the dwelling. The house features an arched entryway.
600 West Union Avenue
Flush from the sales of lots and homes in Upper and Lower Golden Hill, developer Robert E. Corcoran commissioned notable local contractor Evan J. Herbert to construct this $12,000 Spanish Colonial Revival dwelling in 1926. The dwelling is situated on a lot that juts out into the street. The 10-room, stucco, two-story house came with a number of expensive amenities, including tennis and croquet courts. The architecture of the house is unusual for Herbert; the exterior features red-tiled mansard roofs which give the home a French county/Mediterranean look.

The building of the home was announced in the April 26, 1926 issue of the Santa Ana Register. A small photograph of the dwelling appeared in an advertisement in the January 25, 1930 issue of the Fullerton News Tribune. After retiring in 1930, Corcoran sold the home and moved back to his grove home at 761 North Richman Avenue. In 1938, owner E. R. McCoy (McCoys Mills Ford) hired Herbert to make alterations to the home. C. R. Young made further changes in 1951; a swimming pool was added in 1940.

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D7. References (Give full citations including the names and addresses of any informants, where possible.):
“Cadman Funeral to Be at 2 p.m. Tomorrow.” Fullerton News Tribune April 22, 1941. “California Board.” The Druggist Circular June 1914, p. 63. Internet. “California State Board of Pharmacy.” The Pacific Pharmacist May 1912, p. 356. Internet.

Cobin, Hoyt. Interview with Milan Pavlovich on May 15, 1970. In Richard Nixon: Early Years in Yorba Linda.

Fullerton: California State University, Fullerton Oral History Program, 1977. “City Approval Extension Plan: Fifty Lots to Be Added to Golden Hill Subdivision.” Fullerton News Tribune March 29, 1922.

City of Fullerton Building Permits. Online, City of Fullerton website. “Corcoran Paper Company Sale Announced.” Fullerton News Tribune August 16, 1952.

Corcoran, Sr., Robert E. “Finds Faith in Hills Was Justified.” Fullerton News Tribune January 8, 1927, p. 6. “Death Takes City Pioneer: Mrs. R. E. Corcoran Sr. Rites Saturday.” Fullerton News Tribune November 24, 1928. “Death Takes Mrs. Corcoran.” Santa Ana Journal November 25, 1938. “Drugstore Bought by Realty Agent.” Santa Ana Daily Evening Register August 22, 1924, p. 14. “E. J. Herbert and Ada G. Thompson Wed in Nevada.” Fullerton News Tribune January 12, 1957. “E. J. Herbert to Build New Lemon Packing House under Cost Plus Agreement.” Yorba Linda Star September 20, 1929.
“$11,00 Home Being Built at Fullerton.” Santa Ana Daily Evening Register November 9, 1922, p. 10. “E. P. Eliot is New President Realty Board.” Santa Ana Daily Evening Register September 12, 1925, p. 17. “Evan J. Herbert, Area Pioneer Builder, Dies” Fullerton News Tribune February 3, 1965. “First Nixon Billboard in the Nation Goes Up.” La Habra Star September 16, 1959. “Fullerton Company Picks New Officers.” Santa Ana Daily Evening Register December 6, 1923. “Fullerton Man to Be ‘Santa’ on Streets Today.” Santa Ana Journal December 24, 1935.

Golden Hill Advertisements: Fullerton News Tribune April 14, 1922, Fullerton News Tribune April 22, 1922, Fullerton News Tribune April 20, 1929, Fullerton News Tribune January 25, 1923, etc. All advertisement will be found in the Fullerton News Tribune from 1921 to 1930.
“Golden Hill Homes Valued at Million.” Fullerton News Tribune January 25, 1930.

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“Golden Hill Tract.” Fullerton News Tribune May 2, 1921. “Golden Hill Upper.” Fullerton Historic Survey 1978. On file, Local History Room, Fullerton Public Library.

Historic Resources Inventory: Golden Hill. 1978. Copy on File, Local History Room.

Marsh, Diane. A Walking Tour of Yorba Linda. Yorba Linda: Yorba Linda Historical Society, 2001. “Marsh Purchases Cadman Pharmacy.” Santa Ana Daily Evening Register January 20, 1926, p. 6. “More Building on Golden Hill; More Than Dozen Homes Are Now under Construction There: Palms Are Planted.” Fullerton News Tribune April 20, 1929, p. 5.
“Mrs. R. E. Corcoran’s Last Rites Saturday.” Fullerton News Tribune November 25, 1938. “Mullinix Disposes Anaheim Drug Store.” Santa Ana Register March 21, 1918, p. 5. “New Subdivision for Fullerton.” Fullerton News Tribune March 22, 1922. “New Polo Field Being Prepared.” Fullerton News Tribune February 10, 1933. “New Subdivision for Fullerton; Corcoran Plat of Fifty Lots Is Accepted by Trustees.” Fullerton News Tribune March 29, 1922.

Pleasants, Mrs. J. E. History of Orange County, California. 3 vols. Los Angeles: J. R. Finnell & Sons, 1931, On file, Local History Room, Fullerton Public Library. Includes a photograph and biography of Robert E. Corcoran, Sr.
“R. E. Corcoran Dies at Home in Fullerton.” Santa Ana Journal September 14, 1938. “R. E. Corcoran Sr. Dies in Fullerton.” Santa Ana Register September 14, 1938, p. 2. “R. E. Corcoran Succumbs to Long Illness: Fullerton Civic Leader Rites Tomorrow.” Fullerton News Tribune September 14, 1938.
“Real Estate Transfers.” Santa Ana Register April 24, 1916.

Richey, Debora. “Evan J. Herbert: Ever Moving with the Times.” Fullerton Heritage Newsletter vol. 27, no. 1, January 2021, p. 1, 3-4, 6.
“Rites Held for Pioneer Yorba Linda Builder, Evan J. Herbert.” Yorba Linda Star February 10, 1965. “Robert Emmett Corcoran [Editorial].” Fullerton News Tribune September 14, 1938. “Santa Claus to be on Streets Tuesday.” Fullerton News Tribune December 21, 1935. “Senior Citizens Group Being Formed in City.” Fullerton News Tribune July 28, 1958.

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“Senior Citizens to Dedicate Building.” Fullerton News Tribune July 29, 1960. “Squirrels Show Oil Dome to Drake.” Santa Ana Register May 21, 1921, p. 20. “Two New Tracts Open in Golden Hills-Valley View Area.” Fullerton News Tribune October 6, 1948. “Walter J. Cadman Called by Death.” Santa Ana Daily Evening Register April 21, 1941, p. 9. “Walter J. Cadman Rites Tomorrow.” Santa Ana Register April 21, 1941, p. 16. “Walter J. Cadman Taken Suddenly.” Fullerton News Tribune April 21, 1941.

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Walter Joseph Cadman
University of Southern California Yearbook, 1924

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Robert E. Corcoran, Sr.

Source: Mrs. J. E. Pleasants, History of Orange County, California, Volume III: Biographical.

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Corcoran Paper Company, 1920s
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Fullerton News Tribune, January 10, 1923
Source: Fullerton Public Library

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Evan J. Herbert (center) and second wife Ada., 1957
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Evan J. Herbert and others hoisting up first Nixon for President sign Source: Fullerton News Tribune, September 16, 1959

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Fullerton News Tribune, April 14, 1922
Fullerton News Tribune, April 14, 1922

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Fullerton News Tribune, April 22, 1922

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Fullerton News Tribune, October 18, 1923

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Fullerton News Tribune, October 19, 1923

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Fullerton News Tribune, June 22, 1929
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Fullerton News Tribune, January 25, 1930

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Aerial photograph of Golden Hill development, 1920s
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605 N. Drake Avenue 636 N. Drake Avenue
621 N. Golden Avenue 608 N. Golden Avenue
631 N. Richman Avenue 809 N. Richman Avenue
819 N. Richman Avenue 515 W. Union Avenue
Richman Avenue, looking north from near Malvern Avenue
Golden Avenue, looking south from near Union Avenue
Drake Avenue, looking north from near Malvern Avenue
LRP-2025-0006 – LOWER GOLDEN HILL PRESERVATION ZONE
Attachment No. 10
Planning Commission/Landmarks Commission Public Hearing Notice The City of Fullerton encourages the public to participate in the decision-making process. The following notice is being provided so that you can ask questions, make comments, and stay informed about projects that might be important to you. We encourage you to contact us prior to the Public Hearing if you have any questions and/or to enter your testimony into the public record in advance of the Public Hearing.

Meeting Time and Date
This matter will be heard on Wednesday, June 10, 2026, at 6:30 p.m. by the Planning Commission, acting in their role as the Landmarks Commission, in the Fullerton City Council Chamber, 303 West Commonwealth Avenue, Fullerton, CA 92832. The public can access meetings streamed live online at www.cityoffullerton.com/agendas, on Spectrum Cable Channel 3, and AT&T U-Verse Channel 99. The public may also remotely participate in the meeting to make oral public comment via computer, smart device, or telephone. The Council Chamber has limited seating available on a first-come, first-served basis for members of the public to attend the meeting in person.

What is the Proposed Project?
A Zoning Amendment pursuant to Fullerton Municipal Code (FMC) Chapter 15.48 to change the zoning of properties from R-1-7.2 (Single Family Residential) to R-1-7.2P (Single Family Residential, Preservation Zone) for the following parcels:
• Richman Avenue – West side of street from 601 through 809 North Richman Avenue • Malvern Avenue – North side of street from 525 through 605 Malvern Avenue • Drake Avenue – Both sides of street from 600 through 665 Drake Avenue • Golden Avenue – Both sides of street from 600 through 662 Golden Avenue • Union Avenue – Both sides of street from 515 through 600 Union Avenue.

Who to Contact if You Have Questions or Comments
If you have any questions or would like to comment on the proposed action prior to the public hearing, please contact Benjamin Koff with the Community and Economic Development Department at (714) 738-6863 or send an email to [email protected]. All written comments received by noon on the day of the meeting will be provided to the Planning Commission/Landmarks Commission.

Where to Get More Information
Project details may be found on the City website 72-hours prior to the public hearing at:
www.cityoffullerton.com/agendas. Under “Upcoming Meetings,” click on the link to the Agenda for the corresponding Planning Commission/Landmarks Commission date. The agenda contains links to the staff report and other informational materials for each agenda item as well as information on how to make oral public comment during the meeting.

Planning Commission/Landmarks Commission Action Items
The Fullerton Planning Commission, acting as the Landmarks Commission, will hold a public hearing to consider a Zoning Amendment (LRP-2025-0006) to review the creation of a Residential Preservation Zone. This application is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines Section 15308 – Actions by Regulatory Agencies for Protection of the Environment. The decision of the Planning Commission/Landmarks Commission will be a recommendation to City Council.

Si tiene preguntas en español, por favor llame a David Lopez al (714) 738-6878.

If requested, the agenda and backup materials will be made available in appropriate alternative formats to persons with a disability, as required by Section 202 of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. Sec. 12132) and the federal rules and regulations adopted in implementation thereof. Should you require special accommodations to participate in a meeting, please contact Janet Ragland at [email protected] or (714) 738-6598 at least 48 hours prior to the meeting to make arrangements.

If you challenge the decision on the above matter in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City of Fullerton at, or prior to, the public hearing. (Government Code 65009 (a)

FULLERTON PLANNING / LANDMARKS COMMISSION

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
Project Reference No.: LRP-2025-0006
Zoning Amendment to Rezone Properties in Lower Golden Hill Neighborhood LRP-2025-0006 – LOWER GOLDEN HILL PRESERVATION ZONE
Attachment No. 11
Public Comments

Jim and April Miller
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City Council - Successor Agency - Housing AuthorityOctober 6, 2026

City Council - Successor Agency - Housing Authority
October 6, 2026