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GUIDELINES FOR EVALUATION: DESIGNATION CRITERIA
A property may be designated as historic by national, State, and local authorities. In order for a building to qualify for listing in the National Register of Historic Places or the California Register of Historical Resources, it must meet one or more identified criteria of significance. The property must also retain sufficient historic integrity to evoke the sense of place and time with which it is historically associated. This historic context statement will provide guidance for listing at the federal, state, and local levels, according to the established criteria and integrity thresholds.
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is an authoritative guide to be used by federal, s tate, and local governments, private groups , and citizens to identify the Nation's cultural resources and to indicate what properties should be considered for protection from destruction or impairment.276 The National Park Service administers the National Register program. Listing in the National Register assists in preservation of histori c properties in several ways , including:
recognition that a property is of significance to the nation, the state, or the community; consideration in the planning for federal or federally assisted projects; eligibility for federal tax benefits; and qualific ation for f ederal assistance for historic preservation, when funds are available.
To be eligible for listing and/or listed in the National Register, a resource must possess significance in American history and culture, architecture, or archaeology. Listing in the National Register is primarily honorary and does not in and of itself provide protection of a historic resource. The primary effect of listing in the National Register on private owners of historic buildings is the availability of financial and tax incentives. In addition, for projects that receive federal funding, a clearance process must be completed in accordance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act. State and local regulations may also apply to properties listed in the National Register.
The criteria for listing in the National Register follow established guidelines for determining the significance of properties. The quality of significance in American history, architecture, archeology, engineering, and culture is present in districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects:
A. That are associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of our history; or
B. That are associated with the lives of persons significant in our past; or
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C. That embody the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction, or that represent the work of a master, or that possess high artistic values, or that represent a significant and distinguishable entity whose components may lack individual distinction; or
D. That have yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important in prehistory or history.277
Standard preservation practice evaluates geographically contiguous collections of buildings from similar time periods and historic contexts as historic districts. The National Park Service defines a historic district as “a significant concentration, linkage, or continuity of sites, buildings, structures, or objects united historically or aesthetically by plan or physical development.”278 Integrity
In addition to meeting any or all of the designation criteria listed above, the National Park Service requires properties to possess historic integrity . Historic integrity is the ability of a property to convey its significance and is defined as “the authenticity of a property’s historic identity, evidenced by the survival of physical characteristics that existed during the property’s historic period.”
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The National Register recognizes seven aspects or qualities that comprise integrity , which are also referenced in the City’s local ordinance : location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling, and association. These qualities are defined as follows:
• Location is the place where the historic property was constructed or the place where the historic event took place.
• Design is the combination of elements that create the form, plan, space, structure, and style of a property.
• Setting is the physical environment of a historic property. • Materials are the physical elements that were combined or deposited during a particular period of time and in a particular pattern or configuration to form a historic property. • Workmanship is the physical evidence of the crafts of a particular culture or people during any given period in history or prehistory.
• Feeling is a property's expression of the aesthetic or historic sense of a particular period of time.
277 36CFR60, Section 60.3. Criterion D typically applies to archaeological resources. 278 National Register Bulletin 15.
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• Association is the direct link between an important historic event or person and a historic property.280
In assessing a property's integrity , the National Park Service recognizes that properties change over time. National Register Bulletin 15 provides:
To retain historic integrity a property will always possess several, and usually most, of the aspects. It is not necessary for a property to retain all its historic physical features or characteristics. The property must retain, however, the essential physical features that enable it to convey its historic identity.
A property that has lost some histori c materials or details can be eligible if it retains the majority of the features that illustrate its style in terms of the massing, spatial relationships, proportion, pattern of windows and doors, texture of materials, and ornamentation. The property is not eligible, however, if it retains some basic features conveying massing but has lost the majority of the features that once characterized its style.
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A property that has sufficient integrity for listing at the national, state, or local level will typically retain a majority of the identified character- defining features, and will retain sufficient integrity to convey its significance. The required aspects of integrity are dependent on the reason for a property’s significance. Increased age and rarity of the property type are also considerations when assessing integrity thresholds. For properties that are significant for their architectural merit (Criterion C), a higher priority is placed on integrity of design, materials, and workmanship. For properties that are significant for their association with important events or people, integrity of feeling and/or association may be more important.
For properties which are considered significant under National Register Criteria A and B, National Register Bulletin 15 states:
A property that is significant for its historic association is eligible if it retains the essential physical features that made up its character or appearance during the period of its association with the important event, historical pattern, or person(s).
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281 National Register Bulletin 15.
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A property importan t for illustrating a particular architectural style or construction technique must retain most of the physical features that constitute that style or technique.282
Criteria Considerations
Certain kinds of properties are not usually considered for listing in the National Register. These include religious properties, moved properties, birthplaces or graves, cemeteries, reconstructed properties, commemorative properties, and properties achieving significance within the past 50 years.
283 These properties can be eligible for listing, however, if they meet special requirements, called Criteria Considerations, in addition to being eligible under one or more of the four criteria and possessing integrity. The National Park Service has defined seven Criteria Considerations; those that are the most relevant to this study include:
Criteria Consideration A: Religious Properties
A religious property is eligible if it derives its primary significance from architectural or artistic distinction or historical importance.
A religious property requires justification on architectural, artistic, or historic groun ds to avoid any appearance of judgment by government about the validity of any religion or belief. Historic significance for a religious property cannot be established on the merits of a religious doctrine, but rather, for architectural or artistic values or for important historic or cultural forces that the property represents. A religious property's significance under Criterion A, B, C, or D must be judged in purely secular terms. A religious group may, in some cases, be considered a cultural group whose activities are significant in areas broader than religious history. 284 Criteria Consideration B: Moved Properties
A property removed from its original or historically significant location can be eligible if it is significant p rimarily for architectural value or it is the surviving property most importantly associated with a historic person or event. 285
The National Register Criteria for Evaluation limit the consideration of moved properties because significance is embodied in locations and settings as well as in the properties themselves.
Moving a property destroys the relationships between the property and its surroundings and
282 National Register Bulletin 15.
283 National Register Bulletin 15.
284 National Register Bulletin 15.
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destroys associations with historic events and persons. A move may also cause the loss of historic features such as landscaping, foundations, and chimneys, as well as loss of the potential for associated archeological deposits. Properties that were moved before their period of significance do not need to meet the special requirements of Criteria Consideration B. 286
Criteria Consideration G: Properties that have Achieved Significance within the Past 50 Years A property achieving significance within the past fifty years is eligible if it is of exceptional importance.
The National Register Criteria for Evaluation exclude properties that achieved significance within the past 50 years unless they are of exceptional importance. 50 years is a general estimate of the time needed to develop historical perspective and to evaluate significance. This consideration guards against the listing of properties of passing contemporary interest and ensures that the National Register is a list of truly historic places. The phrase "exceptional importance” does not require that the property be of national significance. It is a measure of a property's importance within the appropriate historic context, whether the scale of that context is local, State, or national.
California Register of Historical Resources
The California Register of Historical Resources is an authoritative guide in California used by State and local agencies, private groups, and citizens to identify the State's historical resources.
The California Register was established in 1998, with eligibility criteria based upon National Register criteria. The criteria for listing in the California Register are:
1. Associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of local or regional history or the cultural heritage of California or the United States.
2. Associated with the lives of persons important to local, California or national history.
3. Embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, region or method of construction or represents the work of a master or possesses high artistic values.
4. Has yielded, or has the potential to yield, information important to the prehistory or history of the local area, California or the nation.
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The California Register consists of resources that are listed automatically and those that must be nominated through an application and public hearing process. The California R egister includes the following:
286 National Register Bulletin 15.
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• California properties formally determined eligible for (Category 2 in the State Inventory of Historical Resources), or listed in (Category 1 in the State Inventory), the National Register of Historic Places.
• State Historical Landmarks No. 770 and all consecutively numbered state historical landmarks following No. 770. For state historical landmarks preceding No. 770, the Office of Historic Preservation (OHP) shall review their eligibility for the California Register in accordance with procedures to be adopted by the State Historical Resources Commission. • Points of historical interest which have been reviewed by the OHP and recommended for listing by the commission for inclusion in the California Register in accordance with criteria adopted by the commission.288
Other resources which may be nominated for listing in the California Register include:
• Individual historical resources.
• Historical resources contributing to the significance of an historic district. • Historical resources identified as significant in historical resources surveys, if the survey meets the criteria listed in subdivision (g) of Section 5023.1 of the Public Resources Code. • Historical resources and historic districts designated or listed as city or county landmarks or historic properties or districts pursuant to any city or county ordinance, if the criteria for designation or listing under the ordinance have been determined by the office to be consistent with California Register criteria.
• Local landmarks or historic properties designated under any municipal or county ordinance.
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California Points of Historical Interest
The California Point of Historical Interest Program was established in 1965 to accommodate an increased interest in recognizing local historic properties not able to meet the restrictive criteria of the State Historical Landmarks program. The criteria for the Points are the same as those that govern the Landmark program but are directed to local (city or county) areas. California Points
288 California PRC, Section 5023.1(d).
289 California PRC, Section 5023.1(e).
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of Historical Interest do not have direct regulatory protection but are eligible for official landmark plaques and highway directional signs.
County of Santa Barbara Designation Criteria
The County of Santa Barbara adopted its first Ordinance Relating to Historical Landmarks (Ord.
No. 1716) in March 1966. The ordinance has since been updated, first in 1990 (Ord. 3888), and most recently in 2001 (Ord. 4425). The ordinance provides for the designation of two types of landmarks: Historical Landmarks and Places of Historic Merit.
The historic landmarks advisory commission reviews or initiates historic landmark nominations for places, sites, buildings, structures, works of art and other objects within the unincorporated territory of the county as having historic, aesthetic or other special character or interest and being worthy of consideration for protection, enhancement or perpetuation as such. Such designation as a landmark shall remain and be in effect for a period of ninety days only and thereafter shall be of no force and effect, unless prior to the expiration of such period of ninety days the board of supervisors shall have set a date for a public hearing, advertised the same as provided in Section 6061 of the California Government Code at least ten days prior to the date set for such public hearing, and either at such public hearing or after such public hearing, and within such ninety-day period shall have confirmed the action of the historic landmarks advisory commission.
Historic Landmarks
The historic landmarks advisory commission when considering a proposal to designate any place, site, building, structure, or object as a place of historic merit or landmark , and the board of supervisors when considering a recommendation to designate a landmark, shall use the following criteria:
(a) It exemplifies or reflects special elements of the county's cultural, social, economic, political, archaeological, aesthetic, engineering, architectural or natural history; and/or (b) It is identified with persons or events significant in local, state or national history; and/or (c) It embodies distinctive characteristics of a style, type, period or method of construction or is a valuable example of the use of indigenous materials or craftsmanship; and/or (d) It is representative of the work of a notable builder, designer, or architect; and/or (e) It contributes to the significance of a historic area, being a geographically definable area possessing a concentration of historic, prehistoric, archaeological, or scenic properties, or thematically related grouping of properties, which contribute to each other and are unified aesthetically by plan or physical development; and/or 314
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(f) It has a location with unique physical characteristics or is a view or vista representing an established and familiar visual feature of a neighborhood, community, or the County of Santa Barbara; and/or
(g) It embodies elements of architectural design, detail, materials, or craftsmanship that represent a significant structural or architectural achievement or innovation; and/or (h) It reflects significant geographical patterns, including those associated with different eras of settlement and growth, particularly transportation modes or distinctive examples of park or community planning; and/or
(i) It is one of the few remaining examples in the county, region, state, or nation possessing distinguishing characteristics of an architectural or historical type or specimen.
Places of Historic Merit
Additionally, the Commission may designate a property as a Place of Historic Merit if, in the opinion of the Commission, it has special historic, aesthetic or cultural value by reason of a unique feature, consistent with the requirements of County Code Chapter 18A.
Premises may be designated as having historic merit by the historic landmarks advisory commission, under the provisions of this section, even though the premises may not qualify for designation as an historic landmark.
City of Goleta Historic Resource Preservation Ordinance The City of Goleta Historic Resource Preservation Ordinance is included as Chapter 17.33 of the Zoning Code ( http://qcode.us/codes/goleta/). The Ordinance is part of a comprehensive Historic Preservation Program building upon the City’s General Plan and the work done by the County of Santa Barbara prior to the City’s incorporation. In addition to the Ordinance, there are policies and action items relating to Historic Preservation within the Visual and Historic Resources Element of the General Plan:
• To identify, protect, and encourage preservation of significant architectural, historic, and prehistoric sites, structures, and properties that comprise Goleta’s heritage. 315
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• To identify, preserve, protect, and enhance significant historic landscaping, gardens, and open spaces, including agricultural areas and heritage trees, which contribute to the setting or context of Goleta.
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Criteria for Designating a Historic Landmark (17.33.040(A)) A building, structure, object, or site shall be designated a Historic Landmark if the City Council finds that the following criteria are met:
1) The proposed Historic Landmark is at least 50 years old or exhibits Exceptional Importance; and
2) The proposed Historic Landmark meets one or more of the following:
a. The proposed Historic Landmark is associated with important events or broad patterns of development that have made a significant contribution to the historical, archaeological, cultural, social, historical, economic, aesthetic, engineering, or architectural development of the City, State, or nation; or b. The proposed Historic Landmark is associated with persons significant in local, State, or national history; or
c. The proposed Historic Landmark embodies distinctive characteristics of a style, type, period, or method of construction, or is an example of the use of indigenous materials or craftsmanship, or it is a significant example of the work of a notable builder, designer, or architect; or
d. The proposed Historic Landmark has yielded or has the potential to yield, information important to the history or prehistory of the City, State, or nation; and
3) The proposed Historic Landmark retains those aspects of Historic Integrity that convey the reason for its significance.
290 City of Goleta, “6.0 Visual and Historic Resources Element,” Goleta General Plan/Coastal Land Use Plan, September 2006.
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Criteria for Designating a Historic District (17.33.050(A)) A contiguous grouping of properties that relate to each other in a distinguishab le way or in a geographically definable area shall be designated as a Historic District, if City Council finds that the grouping of properties meets the following criteria:
1) It possesses a significant concentration of properties united historically or aesthetically by plan or physical development; and
2) It meets one or more of the criteria for designation in Section 17.33.040(A)(2); and 3) A minimum of 60 percent of the properties within the proposed H istoric District are identified as Contributors to the Historic District’s significance; and 4) The Historic District collectively retains those aspects of Historic Integrity that convey the reason for its significance.
Criteria for Designating a Point of Historical Interest (17.33.060(A))291 A building, structure, object, or site may be identified as a Point of Historical Interest if it meets at least one of the following criteria:
1) It is the site of a building, structure, or object that no longer exists or has been altered, but was associated with historic events or important persons, or otherwise has significant cultural or historic significance; or
2) It is the site of a historic event which has no distinguishable physical characteristics.
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ELIGIBILITY STANDARDS
The following eligibility standards have been developed to provide guidance for the ongoing efforts to identify historic resources and describe the built environment in the city. For each type of development (residential, commercial, institutional, industrial) , property types are identified, and standards for evaluating properties for potential eligibility are recommended. Eligibility standards are based on the established criteria for designation at the federal, state, or local levels as outlined above, and are intended to provide additional guidance regarding how to apply the criteria for different property types and periods of development. The eligibility standards for the identification of eligible properties in the city include:
• Identification of why a property may be significant under each designation criterion (e.g., as an early or rare example of a type of development, for an association with an early Goleta pioneer, as an excellent example of a particular architectural style or type). • Identification of the integrity considerations for potential eligibility under each designation criterion. In order to determine if a property retains sufficient historic integrity to convey its significance, it is necessary first to establish when it was constructed and why it is significant. The required aspects of integrity reflect the significance of the property and the essential physical features required to convey that significance. T he rarity of type is also considered. Because properties are significant for different reasons, separate integrity thresholds have been established for different types of resources. For example, a property type that is ubiquitous may have a higher integrity threshold – allowing for fewer alterations to original fabric – than for examples of very early or rare property types.
• Identification of the registration requirements for potential eligibility under each criterion. In order for a property to be eligible for local designation, a property must meet the established requirements in order to convey its significance.
Eligibility for the California or National Register s implies a greater retention of integrity as well as a higher level of significance; therefore, a property eligible for designation at the state or federal level should retain a high degree of physical integrity and meet most or all of the registration requirements for its property type.
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Residential Development: Eligibility Standards
Property Types
• Single-family Residence
• Multi-family Residence, including the following types:
• Apartment House
• Duplex/Fourplex
• Bungalow Court/One-story Court/Courtyard Apartment
• Tract Feature/Amenity (including street trees292 or other significant landscape features, streetlights) • Historic District/Overlay District
Single-family and multi-family residential properties and historic districts are evaluated for potential historic designation based on the associated residential development themes within each period of development as identified in this historic context statement:
• Mexican Independence and the Rancho Period (1821-1865) • Late 19th/Early 20th Century Development (1866-1918)/ Theme: The Development of Two Towns (1869-1918) • Development Between the Wars (1919-1940)/ Theme: Residential Development (1919-1940) • Goleta During World War II (1941-1945)
• Post-World War II Development (1946-1969)/Theme: Post-World War II Residential Development • Post-World War II Development (1946-1969)/Sub-theme: Multi-Family Residential Development • Architecture and Design
Residential development reflects the growth of the city from Goleta’s early history from the Rancho era, to the 20th century as cattle ranching gave way to citrus, walnut, and lima bean farming and the towns of La Goleta and La Patera developed to support
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agricultural activity in the area; to the post -World War II wave of economic development as aerospace and manufacturing firms moved into the area and the University of California established its Santa Barbara campus nearby created steady demand for housing.
CRITERIA SIGNIFICANCE INTEGRITY CONSIDERATIONS REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS Property Type: Single- or Multi-Family Residence
A/1/2(a)293
(Association
with events
or patterns of
development)
Individual residential properties that are
eligible under this criterion may be
significant for one of the reasons listed
below. Note that in order to be
individually eligible for designation for
representing a pattern of development,
the property must be the first of its
type, a rare remnant example of a very
early period of development, or a
catalyst for development in the city or
neighborhood. Merely dating from a
specific period is typically not enough
to qualify for designation.
Single-family or multi-family properties
may be eligible:
• As the site of an important event in
history.
• For exemplifying an important trend
or pattern of development. In
general, properties significant under
An individual property that is significant
for its historic association is eligible if it
retains the essential physical features that
made up its character or appearance
during the period of its association with
an event or historical pattern.
294 A
residential property eligible under this
criterion should retain integrity of
location, design, feeling, and association,
at a minimum, in order to reflect its
important association. A property that
has lost some historic materials or details
can be eligible if it retains the majority of
the features that illustrate its style in
terms of the massing, spatial
relationships, proportion, pattern of
windows and doors, texture of materials,
and ornamentation. Individually eligible
examples identified in the survey
typically retain all or most of their
original windows, particularly on the
primary façade, original wall cladding,
To be eligible under this criterion, an
individual property must:
• date from the period of
significance of the applicable
theme; and
• have a proven association with an
event important in history; or
• be a rare remaining example of
residential development from an
early period in history, or
represent an important catalyst
for a pattern or trend in
residential development from a
specific period or facet of Goleta’s
residential development; and
• display most of the character-
defining features of the property
type or style; and
• retain the essential aspects of
historic integrity.
293 Eligibility criteria are listed in the standard format National Register/California Register/Local. 294 National Register Bulletin 15.
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CRITERIA SIGNIFICANCE INTEGRITY CONSIDERATIONS REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS this criterion will primarily be
eligible as contributors to historic
districts.
• As a rare or remnant example of
early residential development. This
includes remnant adobe residences
reflecting the city’s association with
the Rancho era; or rare, remaining
examples of some of the city’s
earliest residential development.
• As an excellent or rare remnant
example of residential development
with a specific association with early
20 th century growth, including
continued importance of agriculture
and the growing presence of the oil
industry.
• As an excellent example of post-
World War II residential
development, representing a specific
association with postwar growth in
the city. This includes residential
development associated with the
aerospace or other industries, or an
important residential development
or developer. Properties eligible for
this reason will primarily be located
within a historic district.
and do not have additions that are
visible from the public right-of-way or
obscure important historic features.
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CRITERIA SIGNIFICANCE INTEGRITY CONSIDERATIONS REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS Property Type: Residential Historic District
A/1/2(a)
(Association
with events
or patterns of
development)
A collection of residences that are
linked geographically may be eligible as
a historic district. Eligible districts may
span several periods of development
and may also be significant for
architectural merit under Criterion
C/3/3. District boundaries may
represent original tract boundaries, or
they may comprise several adjacent
tracts, or a portion of a tract or
neighborhood. The district must be
unified aesthetically by plan, physical
development, and architectural quality.
Tract features, including streetlights,
landscaping, parkland, and other
amenities may contribute to the
significance of the district.
In order for a historic district to be
eligible for designation, the majority of
the components that add to the district’s
historic character must possess integrity,
as must the district as a whole. A
contributing property must retain
integrity of location, design, setting,
feeling, and association to adequately
convey the significance of the historic
district. The district must retain a strong
sense of time and place from the period
of significance. Some alterations to
individual buildings, such as replacement
roof materials, replacement garage
doors, and replacement of windows
within original openings may be
acceptable. However, major alterations
to individual residences, such as
substantial additions that are visible from
the public right-of-way or alter the
original roofline, and loss of significant
historic fabric (e.g., replacement of
windows, doors, and wall cladding in a
single residence) would not be
acceptable and the building would be
considered a non-contributor to the
district. Original tract features may also
be contributing features to the historic
district.
To be eligible under this criterion, a
historic district must:
• retain a significant concentration
of contributors (minimum of
60%) dating from the period of
significance;
• reflect planning and design
principles from the period;
• display most of the character-
defining features of a residential
subdivision, including the original
layout, street plan, and other
planning features; and
• retain the essential aspects of
historic integrity.
Geographically contiguous groups of
properties that do not retain sufficient
integrity for designation as historic
districts, but which retain important
planning features or other
characteristics, may be considered as
potential overlay districts so that their
unifying characteristics can be
considered in the planning process for
future development.
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CRITERIA SIGNIFICANCE INTEGRITY CONSIDERATIONS REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS Property Type: Single- or Multi-Family Residence
B/2/2(b)
(Association
with
significant
persons)
Individual residential properties may be
significant for an association with a
significant person. Properties eligible
under this criterion are typically those
associated with a person’s productive
life, reflecting the time period when he
or she achieved significance. According
to National Park Service guidance, a
property is not eligible if its only
justification is that it was owned or
used by a person who is a member of
an identifiable profession, class, or
social or ethnic group. It must be
shown that the person gained
importance within a profession or
group. Properties eligible under this
criterion may be associated with:
• Pioneers or people who played a
significant role in the early
development of the area.
• People who made significant
contributions to a demonstrably
important profession, including the
agriculture, aerospace, or oil
industries; or to the arts and culture.
• Members of a particular social,
cultural, or ethnic group who made
a demonstrably significant
contribution to history.
A residential property significant for its
association with an important person
should retain integrity of location, design,
feeling, and association, at a minimum,
in order to convey the historic
association with a significant person. A
general rule is that the property must be
recognizable to contemporaries of the
person with which it is associated.
To be eligible under this criterion, a
property must:
• have a proven association with
the productive period of a person
important to local, state, or
national history; and
• display most of the character-
defining features of the property
type or style from the period of
significance (i.e., the period when
it was associated with the
important person); and
• retain the essential aspects of
historic integrity.
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CRITERIA SIGNIFICANCE INTEGRITY CONSIDERATIONS REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS Property Type: Single- or Multi-Family Residence
C/3/2(c)
(Embodies
distinctive
characteristics
of a style or
type; or
Work of a
notable
architect or
builder)
Individual residential properties that
are eligible under this criterion may
be significant as:
• A good/excellent or rare
example of an architectural style,
property type, or method of
construction. Eligible examples
typically exhibit high quality of
design and distinctive features.
• An early, rare, or excellent/good
example of a multi-family
residential property type.
• A distinctive work by a noted
architect, landscape architect,
builder, or designer.
A property that is eligible for designation as
a good/excellent or rare example of its style
or type retains most - though not
necessarily all - of the character-defining
features of the style. A property that is
significant for its architectural/design merit
should retain integrity of design, materials,
workmanship, and feeling, at a minimum.
Eligible bungalow courts and courtyard
apartments must retain their original plan
and layout. Landscape and hardscape
features may also be contributing features
to eligible multi-family residential properties.
A property important for illustrating a
particular architectural style or construction
technique must retain most of the physical
features that constitute that style or
technique. A property can be eligible if it
has lost some historic materials or details
but retains the majority of the essential
features from the period of significance.
These features illustrate the style in terms of
the massing, spatial relationships,
proportion, pattern of windows and doors,
texture of materials, and ornamentation. A
property is not eligible if it retains some
basic features conveying massing but has
lost the majority of the features that once
characterized its style.
To be eligible for its style, type, or
method of construction, a property
must:
• date from the period of
significance; and
• represent a rare or good/excellent
example of a style or type with
high quality of design and
distinctive details; and
• display most of the character-
defining features of the style or
type; and
• retain the essential aspects of
historic integrity.
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CRITERIA SIGNIFICANCE INTEGRITY CONSIDERATIONS REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS Property Type: Residential Historic District
C/3/2(c)
(Embodies
distinctive
characteristics
of a style or
type; or
Work of a
notable
architect or
builder)
A collection of residences that are
linked geographically and are
unified by a single architectural style
or multiple styles that collectively
convey similar characteristics (e.g.,
examples of multiple Period Revival
styles from the 1920s and 1930s),
may be eligible as a historic district.
Eligible districts may span several
periods of development and may
also be significant for representing a
pattern of development under
Criterion A/1/1. District boundaries
may represent original tract
boundaries, or they may comprise
several adjacent tracts, or a portion
of a tract or neighborhood. The
district must be unified aesthetically
by plan, physical development, and
architectural quality. Tract features,
including street lights, landscaping,
parkland, and other amenities may
contribute to the significance of the
district.
In order for a historic district to be eligible
for designation, the majority of the
components that add to the district’s
historic character must possess integrity, as
must the district as a whole. A contributing
property must retain integrity of location,
design, setting, feeling, and association to
adequately convey the significance of the
historic district. The district must retain a
strong sense of time and place from the
period of significance. Some alterations to
individual buildings, such as replacement
roof materials, replacement garage doors,
and replacement of windows within original
openings may be acceptable. However,
major alterations to individual residences,
such as substantial additions that are visible
from the public right-of-way or alter the
original roofline, and loss of significant
historic fabric (e.g., replacement of
windows, and doors, and wall cladding in a
single residence) would not be acceptable
and the building would be considered a
non-contributor to the district. Original tract
features may also be contributing features
to the historic district.
To be eligible under this criterion, a
historic district must:
• retain a significant concentration
of contributors (minimum of
60%) dating from the period of
significance; and
• represent a collection of
residences designed in a singular
architectural style or multiple
styles that convey similar
architectural quality and cohesive
physical characteristics; and
• reflect planning and design
principles from the period; and
• display most of the character-
defining features of a residential
subdivision, including the original
layout, street plan, and other
planning features; and
• retain the essential aspects of
historic integrity.
Geographically contiguous groups of
properties that do not retain sufficient
integrity for designation as historic
districts, but which retain important
planning features or other
characteristics, may be designated as
overlay districts.
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HISTORIC RESOURCES GROUP
Commercial Development: Eligibility Standards
Property Types
• Mixed-use Commercial Building
• Commercial Office
• Retail Store
• Bank
• Restaurant
• Auto-related types, including gas and service stations • Hotel/Motel
• Historic District/Overlay District
Commercial properties and historic districts are evaluated for potential historic designation based on the associated commercial development themes within each period of development as identified in this historic context statement:
• Late 19th/Early 20th Century Development (1866-1918)
• Theme: The Development of Two Towns (1869-1918)
• Development Between the Wars (1919-1940)
• Theme: Commercial Development (1919-1940)
• Goleta During World War II (1941-1945)
• Post-World War II Development (1946-1969)
• Theme: Post-World War II Commercial Development
• Architecture and Design
Commercial development patterns reflect the growth of the city over time, from the establishment of the first businesses in the area, to the growth of La Patera and La Goleta, through the postwar expansion of retail services and commercial office buildings dr iven by the population boom, along with the rise of consumer and automobile culture. A growing economic base generated by the influx of aerospace and manufacturing businesses as well as the establishment of the University of California, Santa Barbara campus nearby created steady demand for commercial growth during the period following World War II. 327
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CRITERIA SIGNIFICANCE INTEGRITY CONSIDERATIONS REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS Property Type: Commercial
A/1/2(a)295
(Association
with events
or patterns of
development)
Individual commercial properties
that are eligible under this criterion
may be significant:
• As the site of an important event
in history.
• As a rare or remnant example of
early commercial development.
This includes early neighborhood
commercial development in the
late 19
th and early 20th centuries
and rare, remaining examples of
commercial development in the
original town centers of La
Goleta and La Patera.
• As an excellent example of
commercial development in the
1920s through the 1940s, when
the towns of La Goleta and La
Patera continued to grow and
expand their commercial
offerings. Typically, properties
eligible for representing a pattern
of development would be
contributors to a district. If there
is no district, individual
An individual commercial property that is
significant for its historic association is
eligible if it retains the essential physical
features that made up its character or
appearance during the period of its
association with the important event,
historical pattern, or person(s).
296 A
commercial property eligible under this
criterion should retain integrity of location,
design, feeling, and association, at a
minimum, in order to reflect the important
association with an event or pattern. A
property that has lost some historic
materials or details can be eligible if it
retains the majority of the features that
illustrate its style in terms of the massing,
spatial relationships, proportion, pattern of
windows and doors, texture of materials,
and ornamentation. For early commercial
buildings, a greater degree of alteration may
be acceptable due to the rarity of resources
from the late 19
th and early 20th centuries.
Replacement of storefronts is a common
and acceptable alteration to a commercial
building.
To be eligible under this criterion, an
individual property must:
• date from the period of
significance of the applicable
theme; and
• have a proven association with an
event important in history; or
• represent important patterns and
trends in commercial
development from a specific
period or facet of Goleta’s
commercial development; and
• display most of the character-
defining features of the property
type or style; and
• retain the essential aspects of
historic integrity.
295 Eligibility criteria are listed in the standard format National Register/California Register/Local. 296 National Register Bulletin 15.
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CRITERIA SIGNIFICANCE INTEGRITY CONSIDERATIONS REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS properties should reflect an early
example of commercial
expansion during a particular
period or represent a known
catalyst for development. Merely
dating from a particular period is
not enough to be eligible under
this criterion.
• As an excellent example of post-
World War II commercial
development, representing a
specific association with postwar
growth in the city, including retail
development associated with
Goleta’s expanding role as a
residential community and the
establishment of significant
aerospace and manufacturing
businesses in the city. Typically,
properties eligible for
representing a pattern of
development would be
contributors to a district. If there
is no district, individual
properties should reflect an early
example of commercial
expansion during a particular
period or represent a known
catalyst for development. Merely
dating from a particular period is
not enough to be eligible under
this criterion.
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CRITERIA SIGNIFICANCE INTEGRITY CONSIDERATIONS REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS Property Type: Commercial Historic District
A/1/2(a)
(Association
with events
or patterns of
development)
A collection of commercial
buildings that are linked
geographically may be eligible as a
historic district. Eligible districts may
span several periods of
development and may be significant
under additional criteria. The district
must be unified aesthetically by
plan, and physical development.
Historic districts may also include
multiple property types; for
example, a historic district may
include both commercial and
institutional properties that date
from the period of significance and
reflect the character and reason for
significance for the district.
In order for a historic district to be eligible
for designation, the majority of the
components that add to the district’s
historic character must possess integrity, as
must the district as a whole. A contributing
property must retain integrity of location,
design, setting, feeling, and association to
adequately convey the significance of the
historic district. The district must retain a
strong sense of time and place from the
period of significance. Some alterations to
individual buildings, including the
replacement of original storefronts, are
acceptable, as long as the district as a whole
continues to convey its significance.
To be eligible under this criterion, a
historic district must:
• retain a significant concentration
of contributors (minimum of
60%) from the period of
significance; and
• display original planning features
of the commercial enclave or
corridor; and
• retain the essential aspects of
historic integrity.
Geographically contiguous groups of
properties that do not retain sufficient
integrity to qualify as historic districts,
but which retain important planning
features or other characteristics, may
be designated as overlay districts.
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CRITERIA SIGNIFICANCE INTEGRITY CONSIDERATIONS REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS Property Type: Commercial
C/3/2(c)
(Embodies
distinctive
characteristics
of a style or
type; or
Work of a
notable
architect or
builder)
Individual commercial buildings that
are eligible under this criterion may
be significant as:
• A good/excellent or rare
example of an architectural style,
property type, or method of
construction. Eligible examples
exhibit high quality of design and
distinctive features.
• A distinctive work by a noted
architect, landscape architect,
builder, or designer.
A property that is eligible for designation as
a good/excellent or rare example of its style
or type retains most - though not
necessarily all - of the character-defining
features of the style and continues to
exhibit its historic appearance. A property
that is significant for its architectural/design
merit should retain integrity of design,
materials, workmanship, and feeling, at a
minimum. A property that is a
good/excellent example of a style or type
can be eligible if it has lost some historic
materials or details but retains the majority
of the essential features from the period of
significance. These features illustrate the
style in terms of the massing, spatial
relationships, proportion, pattern of
windows and doors, texture of materials,
and ornamentation. The property is not
eligible, however, if it retains some basic
features conveying massing but has lost the
majority of the features that once
characterized its style. A property important
for illustrating a particular architectural style
or construction technique must retain most
of the physical features that constitute that
style or technique.
To be eligible for its style, type, or
method of construction, a property
must:
• date from the period of
significance; and
• represent a rare or good/excellent
example of a style or type with
high quality of design and
distinctive details; and
• display most of the character-
defining features of the style or
type; and
• retain the essential aspects of
historic integrity.
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HISTORIC RESOURCES GROUP
Industrial & Agricultural Development: Eligibility Standards Property Types
• Agricultural Property Types; includes barns, packing houses, other remnant agricultural features • Infrastructure Improvements, including Water-related resources; Transportation and Shipping-Related Facility; Airport-related Building or Feature; Railroad Facility or Feature
• Oil-related structures and features
• Manufacturing Facility; includes Daylight or Controlled-Condition Factory, Warehouse • Light Industrial Buildings, including Quonset Hut
• Historic District/Overlay District
Agricultural and industrial properties are evaluated for potential historic designation based on the associated agricultural and industrial development themes within each period of development as identified in this historic context statement:
• Late 19th/Early 20th Century Development (1866-1918)
• Theme: Early Industrial Development (1866-1918)
• Theme: Agricultural Development (1866-1918)
• Development Between the Wars (1919-1940)/ Theme: Commercial Development (1919-1940) • Theme: Agriculture (1919-1940)
• Theme: Industrial Development (1919-1940)
• Sub-theme: Goleta Oil Fields
• Sub-theme: Development of the Airport (1928-1940)
• Goleta During World War II (1941-1945)
• Post-World War II Development (1946-1969)
• Theme: Post-World War II Agricultural Development
• Theme: Oil and Gas Industry in the Post-World War II Era • Theme: Aerospace Industry
• Theme: Post-World War II Industrial Development
• Architecture and Design
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HISTORIC RESOURCES GROUP
Agricultural and industrial development played a significant role in the establishment and growth of Goleta. In the late 19th century, original Rancho lands were subdivided into individual farms, influencing the establishment of towns to provide the necessary goods and services for farmers. Between the First and Second World Wars, the area that would become Goleta transformed from two towns and a scattered grouping of ranches and farms into a booming citrus producer and oil town. Agriculture continued to be a major economic engine in the Goleta Valley during this period, with major crops including lemons , walnuts, tomatoes, and lima beans. Both oil and natural gas were extracted in the Goleta Valley during the period between the wars, which impacted development and settlement patterns. In the post -World War II era, n ew industries flooded Goleta, including aerospace and manufacturing corporations, which would play a significant role in the city’s growth in the decades after the war.
CRITERIA SIGNIFICANCE INTEGRITY CONSIDERATIONS REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS Property type: Industrial Building
A/1/2(a)297
(Association
with events
or patterns of
development)
Individual agricultural or industrial
properties that are eligible under this
criterion may be significant for one
of the reasons listed below. Note
that in order to be individually
eligible for designation for
representing a pattern of
development, the property must be
the first of its type, a rare remnant
example of a very early period of
development, or a catalyst for
development in the city or
neighborhood. Merely dating from a
specific period is typically not
enough to qualify for designation.
An individual property that is significant for
its historic association is eligible if it retains
the essential physical features that made up
its character or appearance during the
period of its association with the important
event or historical pattern.
298 An agricultural
or industrial property eligible under this
criterion should retain integrity of location,
design, feeling, and association, at a
minimum, in order to reflect the important
association with an event or pattern. A
property that has lost some historic
materials or details can be eligible if it
retains the majority of the features that
illustrate its style in terms of the massing,
To be eligible under this criterion, an
individual property must:
• date from the period of
significance of the applicable
theme; and
• have a proven association with an
event important in history; or
• represent important patterns and
trends in agricultural or industrial
development from a specific
period or facet of Goleta’s
development; and
• display most of the character-
defining features of the property
type or style; and
297 Eligibility criteria are listed in the standard format National Register/California Register/Local. 298 National Register Bulletin 15.
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CRITERIA SIGNIFICANCE INTEGRITY CONSIDERATIONS REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS Individual agricultural or industrial
properties may be significant:
• As the site of an important event
in history.
• As a rare or remnant example of
early agricultural or industrial
development.
• For an important association with
significant infrastructure
improvements, including
advancements in railroad
transportation, and remnant
features associated with the oil
industry.
• As an excellent example of
industrial development from the
post-World War II era, including
resources associated with the
aerospace or other significant
industries that were established
in the area during this period. In
order to be eligible for this
reason, the property must have a
significant association with an
important industry. Merely
representing industrial
development after World War II
is not sufficient to be eligible
under this criterion.
spatial relationships, proportion, pattern of
windows and doors, texture of materials,
and ornamentation. For early agricultural or
industrial buildings, a greater degree of
alteration may be acceptable due to the
rarity of resources from the late 19
th and
early 20th centuries.
• retain the essential aspects of
historic integrity.
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CRITERIA SIGNIFICANCE INTEGRITY CONSIDERATIONS REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS Property type: Industrial Historic District
A/1/2(a)
(Association
with events
or patterns of
development)
A collection of agricultural or
industrial buildings that are linked
geographically may be eligible as a
historic district. Eligible districts may
represent multiple related
agricultural or industrial properties,
or they may span several periods of
development and may be significant
under additional criteria. The district
must be unified aesthetically by plan
and physical development.
In order for a historic district to be eligible
for designation, the majority of the
components that add to the district’s
historic character must possess integrity, as
must the district as a whole. A contributing
property must retain integrity of location,
design, setting, feeling, and association to
adequately convey the significance of the
historic district. Some alterations to
individual buildings are acceptable, as long
as the district as a whole continues to
convey its significance.
To be eligible under this criterion, a
historic district must:
• retain a significant concentration
of contributors (minimum of
60%) from the period of
significance; and
• retain the essential aspects of
historic integrity.
Geographically contiguous groups of
properties that do not retain sufficient
integrity to qualify as historic districts,
but which retain important planning
features or other characteristics, may
be designated as overlay districts.
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CRITERIA SIGNIFICANCE INTEGRITY CONSIDERATIONS REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS Property type: Industrial Building
B/2/2(b)
(Association
with
significant
persons)
Individual agricultural or industrial
properties may be significant for an
association with an important
person. In this case, an industrial
property may be significant as the
office or primary workplace of a
significant person in industry, or
someone who made a significant
discovery or scientific advancement.
According to National Park Service
guidance, a property is not eligible if
its only justification is that it was
owned or used by a person who is a
member of an identifiable
profession, class, or social or ethnic
group. It must be shown that the
person gained importance within a
profession or group, and there must
be a strong association between the
person and the property.
An industrial property significant for its
association with an important person
should retain integrity of location, design,
feeling, and association, at a minimum, in
order to convey the historic association
with a significant person. A general rule is
that the property must be recognizable to
the contemporaries of the person with
which it is associated.
To be eligible under this criterion, a
property must:
• have a proven association with
the productive period of a person
important to local, state, or
national history; and
• display most of the character-
defining features of the property
type or style from the period of
significance; and
• retain the essential aspects of
historic integrity.
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CRITERIA SIGNIFICANCE INTEGRITY CONSIDERATIONS REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS Property type: Industrial Building
C/3/2(c)
(Embodies
distinctive
characteristics
of a style or
type; or
Work of a
notable
architect or
builder)
Agricultural or industrial properties
that are eligible under this criterion
may be significant as:
• A good/excellent or rare
example of an architectural style,
property type, or method of
construction. Eligible examples
exhibit high quality of design and
distinctive features.
• A distinctive work by a noted
architect, landscape architect,
builder, or designer.
A property that is eligible for designation as
a good/excellent or rare example of its style
or type retains most - though not
necessarily all - of the character-defining
features of the style and continues to
exhibit its historic appearance. A property
that is significant for its architectural/design
merit should retain integrity of design,
materials, workmanship, and feeling, at a
minimum. A property that is a
good/excellent example of a style or type
can be eligible if it has lost some historic
materials or details but retains the majority
of the essential features from the period of
significance. These features illustrate the
style in terms of the massing, spatial
relationships, proportion, pattern of
windows and doors, texture of materials,
and ornamentation. The property is not
eligible, however, if it retains some basic
features conveying massing but has lost the
majority of the features that once
characterized its style. A property important
for illustrating a particular architectural style
or construction technique must retain most
of the physical features that constitute that
style or technique.
To be eligible for its style, type, or
method of construction, a property
must:
• date from the period of
significance; and
• represent a rare or excellent
example of a style or type with
high quality of design and
distinctive details; and
• display most of the character-
defining features of the style or
type; and
• retain the essential aspects of
historic integrity.
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Civic & Institutional Development: Eligibility Standards Property Types
• Offices for Public Agencies
• Post Offices, Fire and Police Stations
• Schools
• Libraries
• Religious Buildings
• Hospitals and Medical Facilities
• Social Clubs and Cultural Institutions
• Parks
• Infrastructure Improvements and other Civic Amenities, including roadways and bridges
Civic and institutional properties are evaluated for potential historic designation based on the associated agricultural and industrial development themes within each period of development as identified in this historic context statement:
• Late 19th/Early 20th Century Development (1866-1918)
• Theme: Early Civic & Institutional Development (1866-1918) • Development Between the Wars (1919-1940)/ Theme: Commercial Development (1919-1940) • Theme: Civic & Institutional Development (1919-1940)
• Goleta During World War II (1941-1945)
• Post-World War II Development (1946-1969)
• Theme: Post-World War II Civic & Institutional Development • Architecture and Design
Civic and institutional development reflects the growth of Goleta over time, from the establishment of early amenities and the construction of the first institutional buildings to serve the growing population, through the development of important social, religious, and cultural institutions.
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CRITERIA SIGNIFICANCE INTEGRITY CONSIDERATIONS REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS Property Type: Civic/Institutional Building
A/1/2(a)299
(Association
with events
or patterns of
development)
Individual civic or institutional
properties that are eligible under this
criterion may be significant:
• As the site of an important event
in history.
• As an example of civic or
institutional development
representing the establishment
and growth of Goleta in the late
19 th or early 20th centuries.
Institutional development during
this period played a central role
in the city’s transformation from
a cattle ranching area to a
collection of farms and town
settlements.
• As an important example of the
continued civic and institutional
growth during the 1920s and the
Great Depression.
• As an important example of
post-World War II civic or
institutional development to
serve the growing population in
the postwar era.
An individual property that is significant for
its historic association is eligible if it retains
the essential physical features that made up
its character or appearance during the
period of its association with the important
vent or historical pattern.
300 A civic or
institutional property eligible under this
criterion should retain integrity of location,
design, materials, feeling, and association, at
a minimum, in order to reflect the
important association with an event or
pattern. A property that has lost some
historic materials or details can be eligible if
it retains the majority of the features that
illustrate its style or type in terms of the
massing, spatial relationships, proportion,
pattern of windows and doors, texture of
materials, and ornamentation. For early or
rare civic or institutional buildings, a greater
degree of alteration may be acceptable.
To be eligible under this criterion, an
individual property must:
• date from the period of
significance of the applicable
theme; and
• have a proven association with an
event important in history; or
• represent important patterns of
civic and institutional
development from a specific
period or facet of Goleta’s
development; and
• display most of the character-
defining features of the property
type or style; and
• retain the essential aspects of
historic integrity.
299 Eligibility criteria are listed in the standard format National Register/California Register/Local. 300 National Register Bulletin 15.
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CRITERIA SIGNIFICANCE INTEGRITY CONSIDERATIONS REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS Property Type: Civic/Institutional Historic District
A/1/2(a)
(Association
with events
or patterns of
development)
A collection of civic or institutional
buildings that are linked
geographically may be eligible as a
historic district. Eligible districts may
span several periods of
development and may be significant
under additional criteria. The district
must be unified aesthetically by plan
and physical development. Historic
districts may also include multiple
property types; for example, a
historic district may include both
commercial and institutional
properties that date from the period
of significance and reflect the
character and reason for significance
for the district.
In order for a historic district to be eligible
for designation, the majority of the
components that add to the district’s
historic character must possess integrity, as
must the district as a whole. A contributing
property must retain integrity of location,
design, setting, feeling, and association to
adequately convey the significance of the
historic district. Some alterations to
individual buildings are acceptable, as long
as the district as a whole continues to
convey its significance.
To be eligible under this criterion, a
historic district must:
• retain a significant concentration
of contributors (minimum of
60%) from the period of
significance; and
• retain the essential aspects of
historic integrity.
Geographically contiguous groups of
properties that do not retain sufficient
integrity to qualify as historic districts,
but which retain important planning
features or other characteristics, may
be designated as overlay districts.
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CRITERIA SIGNIFICANCE INTEGRITY CONSIDERATIONS REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS Property Type: Civic/Institutional Building
C/3/2(c)
(Embodies
distinctive
characteristics
of a style or
type; or
Work of a
notable
architect or
builder)
Properties that are eligible under
this criterion may be significant as:
• A good/excellent or rare
example of an architectural style,
property type, or method of
construction. Eligible examples
exhibit high quality of design and
distinctive features.
• A distinctive work by a noted
architect, landscape architect,
builder, or designer.
A property that is eligible for designation as
a good/excellent or rare example of its style
or type retains most - though not necessarily
all - of the character-defining features of the
style and continues to exhibit its historic
appearance. A property that is significant
for its architectural/design merit should
retain integrity of design, materials,
workmanship, and feeling, at a minimum.
Eligible bungalow courts and courtyard
apartments must retain their original plan
and layout. Landscape and hardscape
features may also be contributing features
to eligible multi-family residential properties.
A property that is a good/excellent example
of a style or type can be eligible if it has lost
some historic materials or details but retains
the majority of the essential features from
the period of significance. These features
illustrate the style in terms of the massing,
spatial relationships, proportion, pattern of
windows and doors, texture of materials,
and ornamentation. The property is not
eligible, however, if it retains some basic
features conveying massing but has lost the
majority of the features that once
characterized its style. A property important
for illustrating a particular architectural style
or construction technique must retain most
of the physical features that constitute that
style or technique.
To be eligible for its style, type, or
method of construction, a property
must:
• date from the period of
significance; and
• represent a rare or good/excellent
example of a style or type with
high quality of design and
distinctive details; and
• display most of the character-
defining features of the style or
type; and
• retain the essential aspects of
historic integrity.
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Recommendations
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INTRODUCTION
As part of the development of a Historic Preservation Program for the City of Goleta, and the City’s ongoing efforts to identify and evaluate potential historic resources, a citywide historic resources survey was undertaken as part of this project. The methodology and survey recommendations are summarized in this report.
The current survey effort is the first comprehensive, citywide survey of the built environment in the City. The period of study for the built environment dates from the earliest extant resources dating to the late 19 th century, through 1969. According to County of Santa Barbara Tax Assessor data, there are approximately 9,625 parcels in the City of Goleta; of those, approximately 4,418 parcels were constructed through 1969. The vast majority of construction activity in the city took place between 1960-1969.
We acknowledge that tax assessor data is not 100% accurate, and there is often missing or incomplete information. For example, sometimes the original construction date is replaced with an “effective date” if significant alterations or improvements are undertaken on a property. In Goleta, there are six properties on the survey list that are known to date to the 19 th century, but
tax assessor data only lists two properties constructed prior to 1900. In addition, the tax assessor does not include data for parcels that are not subject to property taxes, including schools and other municipal properties. However, tax assessor data provides a go od baseline for understanding overall development patterns and identifying the relative rarity of properties from each period of development. For reference, the following table shows development in Goleta by decade:
TABLE 1: PARCELS BY DECADE (PERIOD OF STUDY IN YELLOW)
DECADE # OF PARCELS
19th Century 2 [though 6 known examples]
1900-1909 5
1910-1919 11
1920-1929 29
1930-1939 30
1940-1949 22
1950-1959 783
1960-1969 3,536
1970-1979 1,370
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DECADE # OF PARCELS
1980-1989 604
1990-1999 586
2000-2009 657
2010-present 178
SURVEY METHODOLOGY
The historic resources survey follows guidelines established by the National Park Service (NPS) and the California Office of Historic Preservation (OHP) for identifying potential historic resources and conducting historic resources surveys. NPS and OHP publications consulted as part of this study include:
• National Register Bulletin 15: How to Apply the National Register Criteria for Evaluation • National Register Bulletin 16A: How to Complete the National Register Registration Form
• National Register Bulletin 16B : How to Complete the National Register Multiple Property Documentation Form
• National Register Bulletin 24: Guidelines for Local Surveys: A Basis for Preservation Planning
• OHP: Instructions for Recording Historical Resources
At the outset of the project, the survey team reviewed available data from previous studies of the area noted above, including properties on the County’s list that are now within the City of Goleta; any properties within the City that are listed on the State of California Historic Resources Inventory (now referred to as the Built Environment Resources Directory or BERD);301 the list
301 The California Office of Historic Preservation (OHP) maintains the Built Environment Resource Directory (“BERD”), formerly referred to as the Historical Resources Inventory (HRI), a database of previously evaluated resources throughout the state. The
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of properties identified as part of the development of the General Plan; and other properties identified by the community or through research for the Historic Context Statement. HRG then conducted a reconnaissance (or windshield) survey of the entire city in order to review all of the previously identified properties and to identify additional properties, neighborhoods, and features that may be hi storically significant. Following the reconnaissance survey, additional research and analysis was conducted on neighborhoods and individual properties in order to make recommendations for potentially eligible properties; the research methodology is outlined below.
All fieldwork was conducted from the public right-of-way. Properties were evaluated under local criteria for designation according to the contexts , themes, and eligibility standards outlined in the City of Goleta Historic Context Statement . This will help to inform the development of Goleta’s Historic Preservation Program; however, there may be properties that also rise to the level of significance for listing at the federal and state levels. Properties that have already been designated or formally determined eligible for designation were not re -evaluated as part of this effort; however, those properties are recommended for automatic designation as part of the formal adoption of the City’s Historic Resources Inventory (HRI).
Research
Property-specific research was conducted on properties identified as potentially eligible during the reconnaissance/windshield study or were recommended as part of community outreach efforts. This research supplemented research efforts undertaken during the development of the context statement, in order to confirm construction dates (when possible), identify significant architects and builders, identify original or potentially significant owners, and confirm site history
BERD contains information only for cultural resources that have been processed through OHP. This includes resources reviewed for eligibility for the National Register of Historic Places and the California Historical Landmarks programs through federal and state environmental compliance laws, and resources nominated under federal and state registration programs. The BERD includes 55 resources with addresses noted as being located in the City of Goleta. Upon closer examination, only three entries are in fact located within the boundaries of the City of Goleta. The three entries within City limits are the Stow House (304 Los Carneros Rd), the Goleta Depot (300 Los Carneros Rd), and the Public Storage facility (5425 Overpass Rd). The Stow House and the Goleta Depot are listed with status code 1S, indicating that they are listed in the National Register of Historic Places. The Public Storage facility is listed with a 6Y, indicating that it was formally evaluated for the National Register of Historic Places through a Section 106 process and found ineligible. The Sexton House and its associated features are listed in the BERD as located in Santa Barbara, with a status code 1D, indicating that the property is listed as a multiple-property resource in the National Register of Historic Places. Several features are also listed with the status code 6X, indicating that they were determined ineligible for the National Register by the Keeper of the National Register.
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and alterations. Approximate construction dates were determined using information from historic aerial photographs, the 1930 Sanborn Fire Insurance map of Goleta, planning permits, and visual observation. In all cases, approximate construction dates were based on the best available information.
Research sources include:
• Planning permits (as available from the Planning Department; many properties did not have permits on file with the City, and building permits were not available). • 1930 Sanborn map (as needed to confirm building footprints and construction methods ; the 1930 map is the only available map for Goleta, and it does not provide coverage for the entire city).
• Historic and aerial photographs.
• Search of local newspapers for key developments, owners, architects, and other historic personages.
• Archival research at local repositories.
• Online and manual search of Goleta city directories up to 1970, as available. This primarily consisted of business directories housed in Special Collections at UCSB.
Data Management
Data about potentially eligible properties was collected in an Access -based database. The database was populated with baseline information from the City’s GIS data so that survey findings can be linked with the City’s existing property information and maps. During the field survey, individual properties and potential historic districts that appear to be eligible under one of the themes identified in the historic context statement were documented. Documentation includes a digital photograph, available research information, identification of character-defining features and alterations, the relevant historical resources status code (discussed below), and a brief significance statement outlining why the property is eligible for designation. There are three subsets of data included in the database:
• 29 properties that are recommended for adoption as the City’s first Historic Resources Inventory (HRI). This includes the seven properties that have already been designated by the County of Santa Barbara or listed in the National Register of Historic Places. • 28 properties that were flagged as potentially significant during reconnaissance that have been documented as part of a Study List for future reference for the City, but which either 1) are not fully visible from the public right -of-way or require confirmation of a potential historic association and therefore require additional information to complete 347
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the evaluation; or 2) do not meet the threshold for inclusion in the initial HRI but may warrant consideration in the future.
• Three postwar subdivisions which were studied for potential eligibility as historic districts.
Historic districts and the associated contributors are only included in the HRI if they are formally designated by the City Council as the result of a nomination that is supported by at least 51% of the residents within the district. Therefore, the data is included for reference only for the consideration of these neighborhoods as potential historic districts should a nomination be brought forth. Additional information about the methodology for documenting these areas is included below.
CALIFORNIA HISTORICAL RESOURCES STATUS CODES
The California Historical Resource Status Codes (referred to herein as “status codes ”) are a systematic means of classifying historical resources that are evaluated either in a historic resource survey or as part of a regulatory process.302 Each status code assigned to a given resource conveys two key pieces of information: 1) a classification code that signifies at which designation level (federal, state, or local) the resource is determined eligible, if at all; and 2) a qualifier that indicates under which program the evaluation was completed. OHP provides the following qualifying statement in its guidance for using the status codes:
The status codes are broad indicators which, in most cases, serve as a starting place for further consideration and evaluations. Because the assigned status code reflects an opinion or action taken at a specific point in time, the assigned status code may not accurately reflect the resource’s eligibility for the National Register, California Register, or local listing or designation at some later time. Individuals and agencies attempting to identify and evaluate historical resources need to consider the basis for evaluation upon which a particular code was assigned, i.e., date of evaluation, the reason and criteria applied for evaluation, the age of the resource at the time of evaluation, and any changes that may have been made to the resource that would impact its integrity
.303
302 For more information about status codes and their application, please refer to the OHP’s Technical Assistance Bulletin #8:
http://ohp.parks.ca.gov/pages/1069/files/tab8.pdf.
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A complete list of the status codes can be found on OHP’s website.304 The status codes used in this survey include:
• 1S: Individual property listed in the National Register by the Keeper. Listed in the California Register.
• 3S/3CS: Eligible for individual designation in the National Register/California Register through survey evaluation. These codes have only been applied to a limited number of properties that are clearly eligible for listing in the California and National Register; for the most part, however, resources identified in this survey primarily appear eligible for local designation.
• 5B: Locally significant both individually (listed, eligible, or appears eligible) and as a contributor to a district that is locally listed, designated, determined eligible or appears eligible through survey evaluation.
• 5S1: Individual property that is listed or designated locally. (This code was used for those properties that were designated by the County of Santa Barbara prior to the incorporation of the City of Goleta).
• 5S3: Appears eligible for local designation through survey evaluation. • 5D3: Contributor to a potential historic district identified through survey evaluation. • 6L: Does not appear eligible for designation; however, may warrant special consideration in the planning process. Properties with this status code may be eligible as local points of historical interest.
• 7R: Identified in Reconnaissance Level Survey: Not evaluated. This code is used for those properties that are recommended for inclusion on the study list for future consideration by the City. These include properties that appear to have potential significance but are not visible from the public right -of-way or require additional information that was not available at the time of the survey and therefore could not be fully evaluated by the field team ; or for properties that may be eligible but were not recommended for designation as part of the initial HRI.
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SUMMARY OF PREVIOUS HISTORIC RESOURCES SURVEYS & DESIGNATED PROPERTIES Prior to the incorporation of the City of Goleta in 2002, several historic resources surveys had been conducted to identify potential historic resources in Santa Barbara County. As a result of these previous studies, the County compiled a list of its potential historic resources. When the City incorporated in 2002, data from these previous surveys was conveyed to the City. In 2006, the City adopted its first General Plan , which included a Visual and Historic Resources Element.305 The Visual and Historic Resources Element included a list of historically significant properties. Since that time, additional properties have been reviewed for potential historic significance as part of project-based environmental review.
For reference, all known previous evaluations for a property are noted in the accompanying tables and in the project database, and are referred to as:
• General Plan List
306
• Santa Barbara County Compiled List
• Goleta APN Eligible Parcels List
• Architectural Historical Survey of Vernacular Homesteads in the Goleta Valley, 1986 • 1990 Draft Update of Goleta Land Use Plan
• Final Historic Resources Study: Goleta Old Town Revitalization Plan, 1997 • Windshield Survey of Farm Properties: Unincorporated Areas of Goleta Valley, 2003 Summary of Previously Designated Properties
There are four properties that are within the City of Goleta that have been formally designated by the County of Santa Barbara, and three properties that are both designated by the County and listed in the National Register of Historic Places. These properties are shown in Table 2 , below, and are recommended for automatic local designation as part of the adoption of the City’s Historic Resource Preservation Ordinance.
Summary of Properties Identified in the General Plan
As part of the adoption of the 2006 Visual and Historic Resources Element of the General Plan, the City, with input from the community, compiled a list of 46 historically significant properties.
These properties have been re-evaluated as part of this project. The complete list of 46 properties
305 City of Goleta, “6.0 Visual and Historic Resources Element,” Goleta General Plan/Coastal Land Use Plan, September 2006.
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and the recommendations from the survey team are included in Table 3 , below. This table is included for reference, so that there is a clear record of the recommendations for each property.
Some properties are no longer eligible, are not within the current City limits. Or were duplicate entries; some are being recommended for inclusion on the HRI; and others are included on the study list for future consideration.
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TABLE 2: LIST OF PREVIOUSLY DESIGNATED HISTORIC RESOURCES IN THE CITY OF GOLETA LINE
NO.
PHOTO APN STREET
NUMBER
DIR STREET
NAME
SUFFIX DATE HISTORIC NAME COMMON NAME PREVIOUS DESIGNATION 1 077-020-045 96 Glen Annie Rd c. 1860 Corona del Mar Bishop Ranch Santa Barbara County Place of Historic Merit
2 071-330-009 5490 Hollister Ave 1880 Sexton, Joseph and Lucy Foster House Santa Barbara County Landmark #14; listed in the National Register of Historic Places
3 079-210-059 7825 Hollister Ave 1927 Barnsdall-Rio Grande Gasoline Station Barnsdall-Rio Grande Gas Station Santa Barbara County Landmark #29 352
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NO.
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NUMBER
DIR STREET
NAME
SUFFIX DATE HISTORIC NAME COMMON NAME PREVIOUS DESIGNATION 4 073-010-005 26 S La Patera Ln 1944 Shrode Produce Co. (Goleta Tomato Packing House); Goleta Lemon Association
packing house
Shrode Produce Company Santa Barbara County Landmark #40 [partially demolished]307
5 073-050-034 33 S La Patera Ln 1850 Daniel Hill Adobe Santa Barbara County Place of Historic Merit
6 077-210-059 300 N Los Carneros Rd 1901 Goleta Train Depot Goleta Train Depot; South Coast Railroad Museum
Santa Barbara County Landmark #22; listed
in the National Register of Historic Places
307 The Shrode Produce Company Building was designated by the County of Santa Barbara in 1998. It was partially demolished in 2001; the west end of the building was retained and relocated on the site.
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NUMBER
DIR STREET
NAME
SUFFIX DATE HISTORIC NAME COMMON NAME PREVIOUS DESIGNATION 7 077-160-057 304 N Los Carneros Rd 1872; 1880 Stow House; Stow Ranch; Rancho La Patera Stow House; Sexton Museum; Stow Ranch Outbuildings; Lake Los Carneros Park
Santa Barbara County Landmark #6;
National Register of Historic Places
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TABLE 3. GENERAL PLAN LIST: 2021 RECOMMENDATIONS.
NO. APN STREET
NO. DIR STREET
NAME SUFFIX HISTORIC NAME COMMON NAME DATE
2021 RECOMMENDATIONS PREVIOUS EVALUATIONS
2021 NOTES HISTORIC
RESOURES
INVENTORY
STUDY
LIST
POINT OF
HISTORICAL
INTEREST
PREVIOUS
DESIGNATIONS
OLD TOWN
HERITAGE
OVERLAY DISTRICT
1 069-160-064 5486 Calle Real Langham House and
outbuildings
Maravilla Senior Living 1875 Demolished.
2 069-560-030 550 Cambridge Dr Mormon church office c. 1880 X Extensively altered. 3 069-620-046 880 Cambridge Dr Harvest Hill; Well’s
Farmhouse; adobe barn
c. 1870
X
Not fully visible from public right-of-way;
more information needed to complete
evaluation.
4 071-010-011 30 Chapel St Former center of Old Goleta. (C. 1880s shiplap, 2-story
farmhouse.)
c. 1880
Demolished.
5 069-090-056 598 N Fairview Ave Fairview Gardens c. 1895 X 6 071-111-038 286 S Fairview Ave Just Surf’n; Progressive Surfboards 1930 X 7 077-020-045 96 Glen Annie Rd Corona del Mar Bishop Ranch c. 1890 X
Santa Barbara
County Place of
Historic Merit
Former location of entry arch listed
separately.
8 070-330-003 5444 Hollister Ave St. Raphael Catholic Church St. Raphael Catholic Church 1961 X 9 071-330-009 5490 Hollister Ave Sexton House and its related landscaped grounds
1880
X
Santa Barbara
County Landmark
#14; listed in the
National Register of
Historic Places
This parcel was listed on the General
Plan list twice. Duplicate entry removed;
all information captured in one entry.
10 5494 Hollister Ave Sexton buildings 1882
This parcel was listed on the General
Plan list twice. Duplicate entry removed;
all information captured in one entry.
11 071-140-056 5555 Hollister Ave Hill Homestead Witness Tree Bishop Event Center 1700s (tree) X X 12 071-130-060 5665 Hollister Ave Associated with Begg family c. 1890 Demolished. 13 071-130-009 5681 Hollister Ave Goleta Union School Building Goleta Valley Community Center 1927 X X Appears eligible for listing at the federal, state, and local levels.
14 071-121-003 5757 Hollister Ave Airplane hangar Santa Cruz Market 1939 X X 15 071-061-013 5784 Hollister Ave Goleta Bakery Goleta Bakery 1932 X X 16 071-061-014 5786 Hollister Ave Mundo Infantil MasterCare UltraClean 1927 X
This parcel was listed on the General
Plan list three times. Duplicate entries
have been removed; all information
captured in one entry.
17 071-061-014 5788 Hollister Ave Lords and Ladies Upholstery Decor
1938
This parcel was listed on the General
Plan list three times. Duplicate entries
have been removed; all information
captured in one entry.
18 071-061-014 5798 Hollister Ave Goleta Jewelers 1940
This parcel was listed on the General
Plan list three times. Duplicate entries
have been removed; all information
captured in one entry.
19 071-053-012 5822 Hollister Ave California Watersports Aquatics 1933 X 20 071-053-014 5838 Hollister Ave c. 1942 X X
21 071-052-014 5890 Hollister Ave The Natural Café 1934 X 22 071-051-026 5960 Hollister Ave Santa Barbara Sleep Shoppes c. 1915 X 23 071-051-027 5968 Hollister Ave Parkway Furniture c. 1915 X 24 071-051-028 5970 Hollister Ave Goleta Electric Goleta Electric 1950 X 356
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NO. APN STREET
NO. DIR STREET
NAME SUFFIX HISTORIC NAME COMMON NAME DATE
2021 RECOMMENDATIONS PREVIOUS EVALUATIONS
2021 NOTES HISTORIC
RESOURES
INVENTORY
STUDY
LIST
POINT OF
HISTORICAL
INTEREST
PREVIOUS
DESIGNATIONS
OLD TOWN
HERITAGE
OVERLAY DISTRICT
25 079-210-059 7925 Hollister Ave Barnsdall-Rio Grande Gasoline Station
1927
X
Santa Barbara
County Landmark
#29
26 Hollister (at
Coromar)
Ave Hollister Arch
Former entrance to Glen Annie Ranch.
Arch has been relocated to N. Glen
Annie Road (outside Goleta City limits).
27 069-100-003 590 N Kellogg Ave Holland Residence 1931 X
Not fully visible from public right-of-way;
more information needed to complete
evaluation.
28 071-340-003 106 S Kellogg Ave Kellogg Ranch (barn) Kellogg Ranch & Condominium 1914
This historic property was listed twice on
the General Plan list. Duplicate entry
removed; all information captured in one
entry.
29 071-340-001;
071-340-002
110 S Kellogg Ave Kellogg Ranch (Craftsman
bungalow and water tower)
Kellogg Ranch & Condominium 1914
X
This historic property was listed twice on
the General Plan list. Duplicate entry
removed; all information captured in one
entry.
30 071-130-010 469 S Kellogg Ave John Begg Family House c. 1885
Extensively altered. Historic Resource
Assessment reports completed in 2009
and 2019 found the property not eligible
for federal, state, or local designation.
31 073-010-005 26 S La Patera Ln Shrode Produce Co. (Goleta Tomato Packing House)
1944 X
Santa Barbara
County Landmark
#40 [partially
demolished]
This parcel was listed twice on the
General Plan list. Duplicate entry
removed; all information captured in one
entry.
32 073-010-005 26 S La Patera Ln Goleta Lemon Association Packing House
Demolished. This parcel was listed twice
on the General Plan list. Duplicate entry
removed; all information captured in one
entry.
33 073-050-034 33 S La Patera Ln Daniel Hill Adobe 1850 X
Santa Barbara
County Place of
Historic Merit
34 077-210-059 300 N Los
Carneros
Rd Goleta Train Depot 1901 X
Santa Barbara
County Landmark
#22; listed in the
National Register of
Historic Places
Relocated from Southern Pacific Railroad
tracks at Depot Road.
35 077-160-057 304 N Los
Carneros
Rd Stow House 1872 X
Santa Barbara
County Landmark
#6; listed in the
National Register of
Historic Places
This parcel was listed on the General
Plan list three times. Duplicate entries
have been removed; all information
captured in one entry.
36 077-160-057 304 N Los
Carneros
Rd Stow Ranch Outbuildings c. 1872
This parcel was listed on the General
Plan list three times. Duplicate entries
have been removed; all information
captured in one entry.
37 077-160-057 304 N Los
Carneros
Rd Sexton Museum (formerly
Stow Ranch walnut barn)
1880
This parcel was listed on the General
Plan list three times. Duplicate entries
have been removed; all information
captured in one entry.
38 071-053-017 170 Magnolia Ave Ellwood Hotel Ellwood Apartment House 1915 X 357
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39 071-114-012 230 Magnolia Ave Windansea Welding X Building appears altered; constructed c. 1945 or later.
40 071-053-010 171 Nectarine Ave Camel Auto Court c. 1920 X 41 071-220-036 5399 Overpass Rd Beck House Santa Barbara Humane Society 1887 X Original center of Beck’s orange and walnut ranch.
42 071-102-005 195 S Patterson Ave Telephone Exchange Building c. 1925 X 43 077-183-006 361 Ravenscroft Dr Ravenscroft Farmhouse 1900 X
Not visible from public right-of-way;
more information needed to complete
evaluation.
44 233 St. Joseph St Foreman’s House (by La
Sumida property)
1910s
Unable to locate address in the field. This
address may correspond to the residence
at 5410 Hollister Avenue (included in
Study List), which was constructed c.
1930.
45 079-121-007 10 Winchester
Cyn
Rd The Timbers Restaurant
Building
c. 1945 X
46 073-030-020 Hollister Ave Southern Pacific Railroad X Included in General Plan list as Union Pacific Railroad.
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HISTORIC RESOURCES INVENTORY
The survey identified a total of 29 individual properties recommended for inclusion on the City’s inaugural Historic Resources Inventory (HRI). This includes the seven properties that have already been designated, 308 and 22 additional properties that appear eligible for historic designation under the local ordinance.
The individually significant properties are located throughout the city; they represent the major development periods as identified in the historic context statement and a variety of property types and architectural styles. Properties recommended for inclusion on the HRI include some of the earliest remaining residences in Goleta; rare extant examples of residential development near the original towns of La Goleta and La Patera; remnant examples of Goleta’s agricultural history; rare examples of early commercial development near the original town centers; rare examples of early institutional development; properties associated with Goleta’s post-World War II aerospace industry; and good local examples of architectural styles.
TABLE 4: ELIGIBLE RESOURCES PER DEVELOPMENT PERIOD
DATE DEVELOPMENT PERIOD QUANTITY
c.1850-1895 The Rancho Period; Late 19th-Early 20th Century Development 6 1900-1918 Late 19th/Early 20th Century Development 5
1919-1941 Development Between the Wars 9
1941-1945 World War II 1
1946-1969 Post-World War II Development 8
The 29 individually eligible properties that are recommended for adoption as the City’s first Historic Resources Inventory are shown in Table 5, below.
308 As noted above, Shrode Produce was partially demolished following its designation by Santa Barbara County; however, the remaining building is still designated at the County level and should therefore be included as part of the City of Goleta Historic Resources Inventory.
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1 071-033-012 5728 Aguila Ave 1918 This residence appears eligible under local Criterion 2(a) as a rare remnant
example of Goleta's early residential
development. The early 20th century was
a significant era in Goleta’s development,
laying the groundwork for future growth.
This property represents a remnant
example of the original residential
neighborhood that developed adjacent to
the commercial corridor between the
two towns of La Goleta and La Patera.
The residence also appears eligible under
local Criterion 2(c) as a rare local
example of a Craftsman bungalow in
Goleta. There are relatively few intact
examples of the Craftsman style in
Goleta from this period.
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2 069-560-030 550 Cambridge Dr 1963 University Baptist Church; First Baptist Church of
Goleta Valley
Cambridge Community
Church
This evaluation is for the church building
on the property. It appears eligible under
local Criterion 2(c) as an excellent
example of Mid-century Modern
ecclesiastical architecture in Goleta
designed by Kruger-Bensen architects.
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3 071-101-013 175 Chapel St c. 1915 This residence appears eligible under local Criterion 2(a) as a rare remnant
example of Goleta's early residential
development. The early 20th century was
a significant era in Goleta’s development,
laying the groundwork for future growth.
This property represents a remnant
example of the original residential
neighborhood that developed adjacent to
the commercial corridor between the
two towns of La Goleta and La Patera.
The residence also appears eligible under
local Criterion 2(c) as a rare local
example of a Neoclassical Cottage.
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4 073-150-014 75 Coromar Dr 1957 Raytheon; Santa Barbara Research Center
Raytheon This evaluation is for the two buildings at
the east side of the Raytheon campus.
These buildings appear eligible under
local Criterion 2(a) as an example of
industrial development associated with
the aerospace industry from the post-
World War II period. The buildings have
a strong association with the aerospace
industry, which quickly became Goleta’s
dominant industry in the postwar period.
Raytheon made significant contributions
to the aerospace industry and influenced
the postwar development of Goleta.
The buildings also appear eligible under
local Criterion 2(c) as good local
examples of Mid-century Modern
industrial architecture.
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5 077-160-022 6595 Covington Way 1965 Christ Lutheran Church Christ Lutheran Church Christ Lutheran Church appears eligible under local Criterion 2(c) as a good local
example of Mid-century Modern
ecclesiastical architecture designed by
architect Robert G. Johnson.
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6 069-090-052 598 N Fairview Ave c. 1895 Fairview Gardens General Plan List; 1990 Draft Update of Goleta Land Use
Plan; Santa Barbara County
Compiled List; Architectural
Historical Survey of
Vernacular Homesteads in the
Goleta Valley, 1986
This evaluation is for the farmhouse on
the property. It appears eligible under
local Criterion 2(a) as a rare remnant
example of 19th century residential
development associated with Goleta’s
agricultural history. It is one of only a few
remaining properties dating to the late
19 th century.
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7 077-020-045 96 Glen Annie Rd c. 1860 Corona del Mar Bishop Ranch General Plan List Previously designated as a Santa Barbara County Place of Historic Merit prior to
January 1, 2021; therefore, it is
automatically eligible for local
designation.
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8 071-330-003 5444 Hollister Ave 1961 St. Raphael's Catholic Church
St. Raphael’s Catholic
Church
General Plan List; Goleta APN
Eligible Parcels list; Santa
Barbara County Compiled List
This evaluation is for the church and
classroom buildings on the property.
These two buildings appear eligible
under local Criterion 2(c) as good local
examples of Mid-century Modern
ecclesiastical architecture.
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9 071-330-009 5490 Hollister Ave 1880 Sexton, Joseph and Lucy Foster House
General Plan List Previously designated as Santa Barbara County Landmark #14 and listed in the
National Register of Historic Places prior
to January 1, 2021; therefore, it is
automatically eligible for local
designation.
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10 071-140-056 5555 Hollister Ave 1967 Hill Homestead Witness Tree; Blue Ox Steak House
Butler Event Center;
Sizzler Steak House
General Plan List; Goleta APN
Eligible Parcels list; Santa
Barbara County Compiled List
(Witness tree); Historic
Resources Study: Goleta Old
Town Revitalization Plan,
1997
This building appears eligible under local
Criterion 2(a) as an example of post-
World War II commercial development,
representing increased development
along Hollister Avenue associated with
significant local growth in the postwar
period.
Additionally, it appears eligible under
local Criterion 2(c) as a good and rare
local example of Googie architecture
designed by architect Louis Mazzetti.
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11 071-130-009 5681 Hollister Ave 1926 Goleta Union School Goleta Valley Community Center
General Plan List; Goleta APN
Eligible Parcels list; Santa
Barbara County Compiled
List; Goleta Community
Center Historic Resource
Evaluation Part I, 2016
The Goleta Union School building
appears eligible under Criterion A/1/2(a)
as an important example of the
continued institutional growth in Goleta
during the 1920s. Additionally, the
Goleta Union School Building appears
eligible under local Criterion 2(c) as an
example of Mediterranean Revival
institutional architecture.
Page & Turnbull completed a Historic
Resources Assessment for this property
in 2016, in which they concluded that
the Goleta Union School building is
eligible for listing in the National and
California Registers under Criterion A/1
for its role in the development of
Goleta’s education system as well as in
the growth of the town center; this
survey concurs with that finding and
additionally recommends it for local
eligibility.
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12 071-121-003 5757 Hollister Ave 1939 Earle Ovington plane hangar; Caterpillar Tractors
Santa Cruz Market General Plan List; Goleta APN
Eligible Parcels list; Historic
Resources Study: Goleta Old
Town Revitalization Plan,
1997
This building appears eligible under local
Criterion 2(a) as an example of
commercial development from the
1930s, during a period of continued
growth and development of the towns of
La Goleta and La Patera. It represents the
continued expansion of Hollister Avenue
as Goleta's primary commercial corridor
during the Great Depression.
Constructed in c. 1928 as an airplane
hangar by Earle Ovington, the first air
mail pilot in the United States, the
building was relocated to its present site
from the Casa Loma Airfield in Santa
Barbara (now the municipal golf course)
in 1939.
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13 071-061-013 5784 Hollister Ave 1932 Goleta Bakery General Plan List; Historic Resources Study: Goleta Old
Town Revitalization Plan,
1997
This building appears eligible under local
Criterion 2(a) as an example of
commercial development from the
1930s, during a period of continued
growth and development of the towns of
La Goleta and La Patera. It represents the
continued expansion of Hollister Avenue
as Goleta's primary commercial corridor
during the Great Depression.
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14 071-053-014 5838 Hollister Ave c. 1930 Altamirano's Mexican Grill
General Plan List; Goleta APN
Eligible Parcels list; Historic
Resources Study: Goleta Old
Town Revitalization Plan,
1997
This building appears eligible under local
Criterion 2(a) as an example of
commercial development from the
1930s, during a period of continued
growth and development of the towns of
La Goleta and La Patera. It represents the
continued expansion of Hollister Avenue
as Goleta's primary commercial corridor
during the Great Depression.
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15 073-610-001 6769 Hollister Ave 1957 Delco; GM Defense Research Laboratories;
Aerophysics Dev. Corp.;
Litton Industries
FLIR Thermal Imaging This evaluation is for the former primary building on the Delco campus at the
southwest corner of Hollister Avenue
and Coromar Drive. It appears eligible
under local Criterion 2(a) as an example
of industrial development associated with
the aerospace industry from the post-
World War II period, and for its
association with Delco Systems
Operations. The campus has a strong
association with the aerospace industry,
which quickly became Goleta’s dominant
industry in the postwar period. Delco
Systems Operations made significant
contributions to aerospace industry and
influenced the postwar development of
Goleta.
Additionally, it appears eligible under
local Criterion 2(c) as a good example of
Mid-century Modern
commercial/industrial architecture
designed by Howell, Arendt, Mosher &
Grant.
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Other buildings on the former Delco
campus may also be eligible for this
association. They are not fully visible
from the public right-of-way; therefore,
additional information is needed to fully
evaluate the campus.
16 079-210-059 7825 Hollister Ave 1927 Barnsdall-Rio Grande Gasoline Station
Barnsdall-Rio Grande
Gas Station
General Plan List Previously designated as Santa Barbara County Landmark #29 prior to January
1, 2021; therefore, it is automatically
eligible for local designation.
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17 071-340-001 110 S Kellogg Ave 1914 Kellogg Ranch Kellogg Ranch & Condominiums
General Plan List; Goleta APN
Eligible Parcels list; 1990 Draft
Update of Goleta Land Use
Plan; Santa Barbara County
Compiled List; Historic
Resources Study: Goleta Old
Town Revitalization Plan,
1997
This evaluation is for the single-family
residence on the property. It appears
eligible under local Criterion 2(a) as a
remnant of the original neighborhood
that developed adjacent to the
commercial corridor between La Goleta
and La Patera. The early 20th century
was a significant era in Goleta’s
development, laying the groundwork for
the surrounding area. Additionally, this
property was associated with the Kellogg
family, which made a significant impact
on the early development of Goleta.
The residence also appears eligible under
local Criterion 2(c) as good and rare local
example of a Craftsman bungalow.
There are relatively few intact examples
of Craftsman style residential architecture
in Goleta from this period.
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18 073-010-005 26 S La Patera Ln 1944 Shrode Produce Co. (Goleta Tomato Packing
House); Goleta Lemon
Association packing house
Shrode Produce
Company
General Plan List Previously designated as Santa Barbara County Landmark #40 [partially
demolished] prior to January 1, 2021;
therefore, it is automatically eligible for
local designation.
The Shrode Produce Company Building
was designated by the County of Santa
Barbara in 1998. It was partially
demolished in 2001; the west end of the
building was retained and relocated on
the site. This portion of the building
remains eligible as a historic packing
house.
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19 073-050-034 33 S La Patera Ln 1850 Daniel Hill Adobe General Plan List Previously designated a Santa Barbara County Place of Historic Merit prior to
January 1, 2021; therefore, it is
automatically eligible for local
designation.
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20 077-210-059 300 N Los Carneros Rd 1901 Goleta Train Depot Goleta Train Depot; South Coast Railroad
Museum
General Plan List Previously designated Santa Barbara
County Landmark #22 and listed in the
National Register of Historic Places prior
to January 1, 2021; therefore, it is
automatically eligible for local
designation.
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21 077-160-057 304 N Los Carneros Rd 1872;
1880
Stow House; Stow Ranch;
Rancho La Patera
Stow House; Sexton
Museum; Stow Ranch
Outbuildings; Lake Los
Carneros Park
General Plan List Previously designated Santa Barbara
County Landmark #6 and listed in the
National Register of Historic Places prior
to January 1, 2021; therefore, it is
automatically eligible for local
designation.
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22 071-053-017 170 Magnolia Ave 1915 Ellwood Hotel Park Place General Plan List; Historic Resources Study: Goleta Old
Town Revitalization Plan,
1997
This building appears eligible under local
Criterion 2(a) as a rare extant example of
early commercial development near the
original town center of La Patera. The
early 20
th century was a significant era in
Goleta’s development, laying the
groundwork for future development of
the area.
The Ellwood Hotel was established in
1915 to serve visitors to the growing
commercial corridor between La Patera
and La Goleta; it later catered to the
growing number of automobile tourists
traveling along the California coast.
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23 071-061-015 170 Nectarine Ave c. 1920 This residence appears eligible under local Criterion 2(a) as a rare example of
residential development from the early
1920s. This is a remnant of the original
residential neighborhood that developed
adjacent to the commercial corridor
between the two towns of La Goleta and
La Patera. The early 20th century was a
significant era in Goleta’s development,
laying the groundwork for future
development of the area.
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24 071-053-010 171 Nectarine Ave c. 1920 Camel Motor Court Camel Auto Court; College Motel
General Plan List; Goleta APN
Eligible Parcels list; Historic
Resources Study: Goleta Old
Town Revitalization Plan,
1997
The Camel Motor Court appears eligible
under local Criterion 2(a) as a rare early
example of auto-related commercial
development in Goleta.
The Camel Motor Court was established
c. 1920 alongside a gasoline station
(demolished). This early predecessor to
the motel represents a collection of
modest cabins designed to offer lodgings
to auto tourists traveling through Goleta
along the commercial thoroughfare of
Hollister Avenue.
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25 071-220-036 5399 Overpass Rd 1887 Beck House Santa Barbara Humane Society
General Plan List; Goleta APN
Eligible Parcels list; 1990 Draft
Update of Goleta Land Use
Plan
This evaluation is for the farmhouse on
the property. It appears eligible under
local Criterion 2(a) as one of the earliest
remaining residences in Goleta; and as a
rare remaining residence associated with
the agricultural industry.
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26 071-102-005 195 S Patterson Ave c. 1925 Telephone Exchange Building
Pendulum Faire Clock
Shop
General Plan List; Goleta APN
Eligible Parcels list
This building appears eligible under local
Criterion 2(a) for its association with
1920s infrastructure in Goleta. It is
eligible under Criterion 2(c) as a good
local example of Mediterranean Revival
architecture.
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27 073-050-015 130 Robin Hill Rd c. 1960 Edgerton, Germeshausen & Grier, Inc.; University
Research Park
This building appears eligible under local
Criterion 2(a) as an example of industrial
development associated with the
aerospace industry from the post-World
War II period. It has a strong association
with the aerospace industry, which
quickly became Goleta’s dominant
industry in the postwar period. Edgerton,
Germeshausen & Grier, Inc. made
significant contributions to aerospace
industry and influenced the postwar
development of Goleta.
Additionally, the building appears eligible
under local Criterion 2(c) as a good local
example of Mid-century Modern
industrial architecture by Stice and
Takayama Associates, architects.
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28 077-222-007 6260 Shamrock Ave 1930 This residence appears eligible under local Criterion 2(a) as a rare extant
example of residential development from
the 1930s in Goleta. This residence
predates the surrounding area by several
decades and may have a historic
association with the agriculture industry.
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29 079-121-007 10 Winchester Cyn Rd 1959 The Timbers Restaurant and Shops
The Timbers General Plan List This building appears eligible under local Criterion 2(a) as an example of post-
World War II commercial development
representing increased development
along the commercial corridors
associated with significant local growth in
the postwar period. It is the long-term
home of the legacy business The Timbers
Restaurant, which operated in various
forms at the building since its
construction in 1959 through 2004 and
has become a landmark in the
community.
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The survey identified four individual properties that are recommended for designation as Points of Historical Interest. The Point of Historical Interest category recognizes those properties that are not eligible for designation as historic Landmarks but represent important aspects of the City’s history. Designation as a Point of Historical Interest is solely honorary. The four properties that are recommended for designation as Points of Historical Interest as a result of this study include two sites with remnant features associated with the railroad; one property that contains infrastructure related to the oil industry; and the site of the Japanese attack on the Goleta oil fields during World War II. The individual properties that were identified as potential Points of Historical Interest are shown in Table 6, below. These properties are included in the project database with a status code 6L.
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1 073-030-020 100 Baldwin Dr Southern Pacific Railroad General Plan List; County of Santa Barbara Place of
Historic Merit (Per Goleta
GIS; not included in County
list of designated properties)
The railroad cut at this property may
warrant special consideration in local
planning as for its association with
the railroad industry in Goleta.
Remnant engineered cut
representing the former site of a
portion of the Southern Pacific
Railroad; not individually eligible for
designation as a City of Goleta
Historic Landmark.
6L
2 079-210-042 7979 Hollister Ave c. 1966 Ellwood Onshore Oil and Gas Processing Facility
Ellwood Onshore Oil and
Gas Processing Facility
This property may warrant special
consideration in local planning as a
remnant example of oil-related
infrastructure associated with the
continuing importance of the oil
industry in Goleta in the post-World
War II era.
Remnant oil-related infrastructure;
not individually eligible for
designation as a City of Goleta
Historic Landmark.
6L
3 079-200-013 8301 Hollister Ave 1942 Site of Japanese attack on Goleta oil fields; Kate Den
Bell’s Cactus
Haskell’s Beach Goleta Historical Marker 3 This area may warrant special consideration in local planning for its
association with the Japanese attack
on Ellwood Mesa during World War
II.
This area is also the site of a cactus
plant. Local legend notes that Kate
Den Bell predicted that oil would be
struck at the site of the cactus.
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4 073-780-046 Walking path along Glen Annie
Creek
The walking path at the perimeter of
this property may warrant special
consideration in local planning as for
its association with the railroad
industry in Goleta.
Walking path following the trail of a
former rail spur; not individually
eligible for designation as a City of
Goleta Historic Landmark.
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The survey documented 28 additional properties that require additional information to complete the evaluation or did not meet the threshold for inclusion in the initial HRI but may warrant consideration in the future. Information on these properties has been provided to the City for future review and consideration. These properties are included in the project database with a status code of 7R, indicating that they require additional evaluation.
Properties on the Study List include:
• Properties which were flagged as potentially significant but did not meet the threshold for inclusion in the initial HRI. These properties may be simpler or modest examples of their style or type than those listed in the HRI, or they may have more alterations than other properties from the same period.
• Properties which may warrant consideration as future Points of Historical Interest. These properties typically have undergone extensive alterations such that they no longer retain sufficient integrity for designation as a City of Goleta Landmark, but which represent an important aspect of the City’s history or were the site of an important event. • Properties for which there is evidence of potential significance, but that are not fully visible from the public-right-of-way and therefore additional information about historic integrity is required to complete the evaluation.
• Properties that appear to be important examples of a particular property type or may have an important historic association , but which require additional information to confirm the association and complete the evaluation.
TABLE 7: STUDY LIST PROPERTIES PER DEVELOPMENT PERIOD
DATE DEVELOPMENT PERIOD QUANTITY
c.1850-1895 The Rancho Period; Late 19th-Early 20th Century Development 2 1900-1918 Late 19th/Early 20th Century Development 4
1919-1941 Development Between the Wars 16
1941-1945 World War II 1
1946-1969 Post-World War II Development 5
The individual properties that are included on the Study List are shown in Table 8, below.
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1 069-110-051 5925 Calle Real c. 1963 Orchid Bowl Zodo's Bowling & Beyond
The bowling alley on the property is an
example of postwar commercial
development along Calle Real associated
with Goleta’s expanding role as a
residential community. It is also a rare
local example of Googie architecture.
The building has been significantly
altered and does not appear to retain
sufficient integrity for designation as a
City of Goleta Historic Landmark.
However, due to its style and type it was
documented during the survey so that
the City has all available information. It
could be considered as a Point of
Historical Interest.
7R
2 069-560-030 550 Cambridge Dr 1883 General Plan List; 1990 Draft Update of Goleta Land
Use Plan; Santa Barbara
County Compiled List
The Italianate residence on the property
is a rare remaining example of the city's
earliest residential development
associated with its agricultural history. It
is a rare remnant example of late-19th
century development, dating from the
period when Goleta was primarily an
agricultural town.
The residence has been significantly
altered and does not appear to retain
sufficient integrity for designation as a
City of Goleta Historic Landmark.
However, due to its early construction
date it was documented during the
survey so that the City has all available
information. It could be considered as a
future Point of Historical Interest.
7R
3 069-620-046 880 Cambridge Dr c. 1870 Harvest Hill; Wells' Farmhouse; adobe barn
1990 Draft Update of Goleta
Land Use Plan; Windshield
Survey of Farm Properties:
Unincorporated Areas of
Goleta Valley, 2003
This property is a rare remaining
example of the city’s earliest residential
development associated with its
agricultural history. It is a rare remnant
example of late-19
th century
development, dating from the period
when Goleta was primarily an
agricultural town.
It may be eligible for designation as a
Landmark. However, the property is not
fully visible from the public right-of-way;
therefore, additional information about
the buildings on the property and their
integrity is needed to complete the
evaluation.
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4 073-610-030 389 S Discovery Dr c. 1965 Old "Gun" Building This property represents industrial development from the post-World War II
period that may be associated with the
aerospace industry in Goleta. It was
identified during community outreach
efforts as having potential historic
significance. However, little information
was discovered about its history;
therefore, additional research is needed
to confirm whether it is eligible for
designation.
7R
5 079-121-014 290 Ellwood Canyon Rd c. 1920 Windshield Survey of Farm Properties: Unincorporated
Areas of Goleta Valley, 2003
This property represents a rare extant
example of agricultural development
between World Wars I and II in Goleta.
The property is one of few remaining
working farms in the City of Goleta. A
barn with the same footprint has existed
on the property since 1928. However,
little information was discovered about
the history of this property; therefore,
additional research is needed to confirm
whether it is eligible for designation.
7R
6 069-650-051 690 N Fairview Ave 1900 B.A. Hicks Estate This property is a rare remaining example of the city's earliest residential
development. It is a rare remnant
example of turn of the 20
th century
development, dating from the period
when Goleta was primarily an
agricultural town. The early 20th century
was a significant era in Goleta’s
development, laying the groundwork for
increased growth and development in
the first decades of the 20
th century.
The residence has been significantly
altered and does not appear to retain
sufficient integrity for designation as a
City of Goleta Historic Landmark.
However, due to its early construction
date it was documented during the
survey so that the City has all available
information. It could be considered as a
future Point of Historical Interest.
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7 069-070-039 800 N Fairview Ave 1916 This property is a rare remnant example of Goleta's early residential development
prior to 1918, reflecting the early growth
of the city. The early 20th century was a
significant era in Goleta’s development,
laying the groundwork for the
surrounding area.
It may be eligible for designation as a
Landmark. However, the property is not
visible from the public right-of-way;
therefore, additional information about
the buildings on the property and their
integrity is needed to complete the
evaluation.
7R
8 069-070-028 820 N Fairview Ave 1916 Unitarian Universalist Church Live Oak Unitarian Universalist Church
Windshield Survey of Farm
Properties: Unincorporated
Areas of Goleta Valley, 2003
This building is a rare remnant example
of Goleta's residential development prior
to 1918. The early 20
th century was a
significant era in Goleta’s development,
laying the groundwork for later
development patterns and the continued
growth of the area.
The building has been significantly
altered and does not appear to retain
sufficient integrity for designation as a
City of Goleta Historic Landmark.
However, due to its early construction
date it was documented during the
survey so that the City has all available
information.
7R
9 071-021-043 50 S Fairview Ave c. 1920 The single-family residence at the southwest corner of the parcel is a rare
example of residential development from
the early 1920s. This is a remnant of the
original residential neighborhood that
developed adjacent to the commercial
corridor between the two towns of La
Goleta and La Patera. The early 20
th
century was a significant era in Goleta’s
development, laying the groundwork for
the surrounding area.
The building has been significantly
altered and does not appear to retain
sufficient integrity for designation as a
City of Goleta Historic Landmark.
However, due to its early construction
date it was documented during the
survey so that the City has all available
information.
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10 071-111-038 280 S Fairview Ave 1930 Honda of Goleta; Just Surf'n Progressive Surfboards General Plan List; Goleta APN Eligible Parcels list;
Historic Resources Study:
Goleta Old Town
Revitalization Plan, 1997
The commercial building on this property
is a rare example of 1930s
Mediterranean Revival style architecture
in Goleta. It was identified during
community outreach efforts as having
potential historic significance.
The building was not extant on this
property until c. 1958. It is not
representative of commercial
development in Goleta from either the
1930s or the 1950s and does not appear
individually eligible for designation as a
City of Goleta Historic Landmark.
However, because it was included in the
General Plan List, it was documented
during the survey so that the City has all
available information.
7R
11 071-063-005 5725 Gato Ave c. 1930 This appears to be a rare example of a duplex constructed in the 1930s,
reflecting some of the city's earliest multi-
family residential development.
It may be eligible for designation as a
Landmark. However, the property is not
fully visible from the public right-of-way;
therefore, additional information about
the residence and its integrity is needed
to complete the evaluation.
7R
12 071-330-011 5410 Hollister Ave c. 1930
This is a rare remnant of the original
residential neighborhood that developed
adjacent to the commercial corridor
between the two towns of La Goleta and
La Patera.
The residence is not an early or rare
example of its style or type. Additionally,
it has been altered and does not appear
to retain sufficient integrity for
designation as a City of Goleta Historic
Landmark. However, due to its
construction date it was documented
during the survey so that the City has all
available information.
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13 069-100-003 590 N Kellogg Ave 1931 Holland Residence General Plan List This property was identified in the General Plan List. It may be eligible for
designation as a Landmark. However, the
property is not fully visible from the
public right-of-way; therefore, additional
information about the residence and its
integrity is needed to complete the
evaluation.
7R
14 071-041-026 77 S Kellogg Ave 1920 This residence Is a rare extant example of residential development constructed in
the early 20
th century in Goleta. This is a
rare remnant of the original residential
neighborhood that developed adjacent to
the commercial corridor between the
two towns of La Goleta and La Patera.
The early 20
th century was a significant
era in Goleta’s development, laying the
groundwork for the surrounding area.
The building has been significantly
altered and does not appear to retain
sufficient integrity for designation as a
City of Goleta Historic Landmark.
However, due to its early construction
date it was documented during the
survey so that the City has all available
information.
7R
15 071-190-034 903 S Kellogg Ave c. 1945 The Quonset hut on the property is a rare example of the property type in
Goleta.
The building has been significantly
altered and does not appear to retain
sufficient integrity for designation as a
City of Goleta Historic Landmark.
However, due to the rarity of the
Quonset hut property type in Goleta, it
was documented during the survey so
that the City has all available
information. It could be considered as a
future Point of Historical Interest.
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16 071-022-013 5810 Mandarin Dr c. 1930 This multi-family residence is a rare extant example of residential
development constructed in the 1930s in
Goleta. This is a remnant of the original
residential neighborhood that developed
adjacent to the commercial corridor
between the two towns of La Goleta and
La Patera. Additionally, it is a rare
example of a bungalow court in Goleta.
Based on Sanborn Fire Insurance maps of
the area, this property was initially
constructed as a half court, but may have
shared a large parcel with the residences
to the east. The parcel has since been
subdivided, and the residences to the
east face away from the court. Additional
information about the bungalow court
and its integrity is needed to complete
the evaluation
7R
17 071-053-005 5811 Mandarin Dr c. 1930 Rus-Mar Lodge This multi-family residence is a rare extant example of residential
development constructed in the 1930s in
Goleta. This is a remnant of the original
residential neighborhood that developed
adjacent to the commercial corridor
between the two towns of La Goleta and
La Patera. Additionally, it is a rare
example of a bungalow court in Goleta.
Based on Sanborn Fire Insurance maps of
the area, this property was initially
constructed as a half court, but may have
shared a large parcel with the residences
to the east. The parcel has since been
subdivided, and the residences to the
east face away from the court. Additional
information about the bungalow court
and its integrity is needed to complete
the evaluation
7R
18 071-021-015 5888 Mandarin Dr 1927 This is a rare remnant of the original residential neighborhood that developed
adjacent to the commercial corridor
between the two towns of La Goleta and
La Patera.
The residence has been altered and does
not appear to retain sufficient integrity
for designation as a City of Goleta
Historic Landmark. However, due to its
construction date and location, it was
documented during the survey so that
the City has all available information.
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19 071-021-051 5940 Mandarin Dr 1925 This is a rare remnant of the original residential neighborhood that developed
adjacent to the commercial corridor
between the two towns of La Goleta and
La Patera.
The building has been significantly
altered and does not appear to retain
sufficient integrity for designation as a
City of Goleta Historic Landmark.
However, due to its construction date
and location, it was documented during
the survey so that the City has all
available information.
7R
20 071-061-021 110 Nectarine Ave 1931 This is a rare remnant of the original residential neighborhood that developed
adjacent to the commercial corridor
between the two towns of La Goleta and
La Patera.
The residence has been altered and does
not appear to retain sufficient integrity
for designation as a City of Goleta
Historic Landmark. However, due to its
construction date and location, it was
documented during the survey so that
the City has all available information.
7R
21 071-052-001 102 Orange Ave 1928 This is a rare remnant of the original residential neighborhood that developed
adjacent to the commercial corridor
between the two towns of La Goleta and
La Patera.
It may be eligible for designation as a
Landmark. However, the property is not
fully visible from the public right-of-way;
therefore, additional information about
the residence and its integrity is needed
to complete the evaluation.
7R
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22 071-052-019 124 Orange Ave c. 1935 This residence is a rare extant example of residential development constructed in
the 1930s in Goleta. This is a rare
remnant of the original residential
neighborhood that developed adjacent to
the commercial corridor between the
two towns of La Goleta and La Patera.
The residence is not an excellent
example of its style or type. However,
due to its construction date and property
type, it was documented during the
survey so that the City has all available
information.
7R
23 071-051-010 147 Orange Ave 1930 This residence is a rare extant example of residential development constructed in
the 1930s in Goleta. This is a rare
remnant of the original residential
neighborhood that developed adjacent to
the commercial corridor between the
two towns of La Goleta and La Patera.
The residence is not an excellent
example of its style or type. However,
due to its construction date and property
type, it was documented during the
survey so that the City has all available
information.
7R
24 071-052-017 150 Orange Ave 1950 This is an example of multi-family residential development from the
immediate post-World War II era in
Goleta, representing a specific association
with postwar growth in the city.
The residence is not an excellent
example of its style or type. However,
due to its construction date and property
type, it was documented during the
survey so that the City has all available
information. It could be considered for
future inclusion on the HRI or
designation as a City of Goleta Historic
Landmark as a rare local example of
post-World War II multi-family residential
development in Goleta.
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25 071-052-016 156 Orange Ave 1950 This is an example of multi-family residential development from the
immediate post-World War II era in
Goleta, representing a specific association
with postwar growth in the city.
The residence is not an excellent
example of its style or type. However,
due to its construction date and property
type, it was documented during the
survey so that the City has all available
information. It could be considered for
future inclusion on the HRI or
designation as a City of Goleta Historic
Landmark as a rare local example of
post-World War II multi-family residential
development in Goleta.
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26 071-220-012 5336 Overpass Rd 1966 Servisoft of Santa Barbara Rayne Water Conditioning; Rayne Soft
Water Service
This is an example of industrial
development from the post-World War II
period, representing an industry
established to cater to the rapidly
expanding postwar population in Goleta.
The building is not an excellent example
of its style or type and is not
representative of an industry that had a
significant impact on Goleta’s
development. However, it was
documented during the survey so that
the City has all available information. It
could be considered as a Point of
Historical Interest.
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27 077-183-006 361 Ravenscroft Dr 1900 Ravenscroft Farmhouse General Plan List; Goleta APN Eligible Parcels list;
Santa Barbara County
Compiled List
The farmhouse on this property is a rare
remaining example of the city's earliest
residences. It is a rare remnant example
of early 20
th century development, dating
from the period when Goleta was
primarily an agricultural town. The early
20 th century was a significant era in
Goleta’s development, laying the
groundwork for the surrounding area.
It may be eligible for designation as a
Landmark. However, the property is not
fully visible from the public right-of-way;
therefore, additional information about
the residence and its integrity is needed
to complete the evaluation.
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28 071-032-032 71 Tecolote Ave 1931 This is a rare remnant of the original residential neighborhood that developed
adjacent to the commercial corridor
between the two towns of La Goleta and
La Patera.
The residence has been altered and does
not appear to retain sufficient integrity
for designation as a City of Goleta
Historic Landmark. However, due to its
construction date and location, it was
documented during the survey so that
the City has all available information.
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HISTORIC DISTRICTS
The field team evaluated neighborhoods throughout the city for potential eligibility as historic districts. This included commercial corridors, and residential neighborhoods developed before and after World War II. There was scattered residential development in the early 20 th century, and only a few documented subdivisions. Residential growth was expansive after the war, and during the 1960s. The review of postwar subdivisions included research to identify developers, architects, and other information about the development history of each neighborhood in order to inform the field survey and identification of potential historic districts. A map of recorded subdivisions is included in Appendix C and a list of the postwar subdivisions is in Appendix D for reference and to aid in future research efforts in the city.
Following research on the development history of each tract and visual observation of the physical characteristics and overall integrity during the preliminary reconnaissance study, three postwar subdivisions were identified for further research and evaluation as potential historic districts: Kellogg Park, El Encanto Heights, and Lake Los Carneros North. A detailed review of potential contributors to each district indicates that none of these areas meet the 60% threshold required for designation as a City of Goleta Historic District . In addition, according to the provisions in the Historic Resource Preservation Ordinance , potential historic districts and the associated contributing properties are not listed in the HRI as the result of a survey effort; instead, historic districts are only added to the HRI following formal designation by the City Council.
Therefore, no historic resources status codes were assigned to these potential districts. However, the documentation of each is includ ed here and in the project database in the event that residents decide to pursue designation in the future, or to assist the City in the future evaluation of a smaller enclave or portion of one of the tracts for consideration as a historic district. These neighborhoods may also be considered as potential Overlay Districts in order to protect the character of these tracts and ensure compatible future development in these areas. Potential Overlay Districts are discussed further in the section below.
No residences within these tract developments were identified as potentially individually eligible for historic designated, based on current best practices for evaluating post -World War II tract developments:
The fundamental unit for postwar housing is not the individual house, but the tract, or a single construction phase within a larger tract or new community. A single residence would generally not [be eligible] for association with the postwar housing boom or suburban growth. While a subdivision or tract might be 388
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significant in that context, an individual residence would not be adequate to convey that association.
To [be eligible for its architectural merit], an individual residence must possess the distinctive characteristics of a type, style, period, or method of construction, or be the work of a master designer or craftsman, or exhibit high artistic value.
Only in rare cases will a tract house by a merchant builder meet [this threshold] as an individual property. Postwar tract houses by merchant builders generally will possess the distinctive characteristics of their type, style, and period.
However, since these houses were built in multiples, it will not be possible to identify a single residence within a tract as being an important example relative to its neighbors. The tract as a whole, evaluated as a district, may be an important example of postwar housing within its context. When establishing significance at the local level, the context must be a city, town, or rural political division rather than merely a single tract, neighborhood, or district within a city.
The work of a recognized master architect or architectural firm can be eligible [for its association with a master]. Several prominent California architects designed tract housing for merchant builders. Most of these architects also designed one-of-a-kind houses for property owners as individual commissions.
These unique, high-style designs will need to be considered for [individual] listing when they are present in historic property surveys. The tract house designs by these architects, on the other hand, were intended to be built in multiples.
Variations within a tract are usually minor, and it will not be possible to single out one house as distinctive relative to others in the same tract. Tracts of houses designed by master architects should therefore be evaluated as districts rather than as individual properties.
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309 California Department of Transportation, Tract Housing in California, 1945-1973: A Context for National Register Evaluation, Sacramento, CA, 2011.
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Kellogg Park
Kellogg Park, subdivided by the Goleta Development Corporation (owned by Garfield Sorensen and Ralph Beckman) in 1955, was the first post -World War II subdivision in Goleta, and the only one with Mid-century Modern style residences.310 Construction of the approximately 118- home tract, roughly bounded by the railroad on the north, Mallard Avenue on the west, Hollister Avenue on the south, and Kinman Avenue on the east, began in November 1956, and was completed in August 1957.311 Contemporary news articles indicate that the developers worked with Los Angeles-based master architects Jones & Emmons to prepare designs for the tract. Each residence featured three bedrooms and one -and-one-half bathrooms;312 built-in ranges, ovens, and fireplaces were optional amenities. The homes were situated on approximately 6,500 square foot lots, and ranged in price from $13,300 to $16,200. 313 Neighborhood shopping facilities
were provided at the intersection of the tract’s main street, Kinman Avenue, and Hollister Avenue.314 Many of the original buyers were employees of Aerophysics Development Corporation or Raytheon Manufacturing company, or faculty members at University of California at Santa Barbara.315
The original residences are one-story in height, modestly sized, and set on rectangular lots.
Contributors share a common setback from the street and from their neighbors. Many examples are of post and beam construction, with flat or shed roofs, and integrated garages. Paved paths (usually concrete) lead from the sidewalk to primary entrances. Landscaping includes mature lawns, shrubs, and trees. District features include concrete curbs, gutters, and sidewalks. The tract reflects postwar planning principles including curvilinear streets and a cul- de-sac. There are streets trees planted in narrow parkways.
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Based on a review of each residence in the tract, there appear to be 31 contributors and 89 non-contributors out of the total of 120 residences in the subdivision. Many of the residences have been altered and they do not retain enough of their original physical features to convey historic significance. Alterations include replacement of original materials, alteration of original openings, addition of new openings, conversion of attached garages to living space, and additions that alter the original building footprint or roofline. Therefore, the subdivision as a whole does not meet the required threshold for designation as a historic district. However, it is not required
310 “Work Will Begin on Kellogg Tract,” Santa Barbara News-Press, November 4, 1956; Santa Barbara County tract maps. 311 “118-Home Project Nearing Completion,” Los Angeles Times, August 3, 1957. 312 “Kellogg Park Goleta Subdivision Due Soon,” Santa Barbara News-Press, June 23, 1956. 313 “Kellogg Park Goleta Subdivision Due Soon,” Santa Barbara News-Press, June 23, 1956. 314 “Work Will Begin on Kellogg Tract,” Santa Barbara News-Press, November 4, 1956. 315 “118-Home Project Nearing Completion,” Los Angeles Times, August 3, 1957. 316 For more information on street trees, see the Tree Study in Chapter 3. 390
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that a boundary for a historic district comprise the entirety of a tract or subdivision. Therefore, there may be a smaller enclave with a higher percentage of contributing properties that could be considered for historic designation by the City of Goleta.
Representative Examples: Kellogg Park
Context view looking northwest on Mallard Avenue
5611 Armitos Avenue (1957)
122 Kinman Avenue (1957)
5769 Alondra Drive (1957)
119 Mallard Avenue (1957)
Context view looking northeast on Mallard Avenue
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El Encanto Heights
What now comprises El Encanto Heights was subdivided in two phases. El Encanto Heights No. 1 was subdivided in 1957 by Sunwood Construction. It generally corresponds to the western portion of the neighborhood, west of Calaveras Avenue. El Encanto Heights No. 2 followed in 1959, subdivided by Paul M. and Joyce Gainor. The contributors are Ranch -style, one-story single-family residences. Common characteristics include asymmetrical massing in L- shaped or rectangular plans; cross-gabled roofs; a variety of materials for exterior cladding, including plaster and board- and-batten; divided light wood sash windows, sometimes with diamond- shaped panes; and attached garages. Decorative details on some residences include scallope d bargeboards and shutters. Paved paths (usually concrete) lead from the sidewalk to primary entrances. Landscaping includes mature lawns, shrubs, and trees . District features include post- World War II planning principles including curvilinear streets, cul -de-sacs, and concrete curbs, gutters, and sidewalks. There are street trees planted in narrow parkways, a majority of which are shamel ash.317
Based on a review of each residence in the tract, there appear to be 167 contributors, 193 non- contributors, and 8 properties not fully visible from the public right-of-way out of a possible 368 residences in the subdivision. 318 Many of the residences have been altered over time such that they d o not retain enough of their original physical features to convey historic significance.
Alterations include replacement of original materials, alteration of original openings, addition of new openings, conversion of garages to living space, and additions that alter the original building footprint or roofline. Therefore, the subdivision as a whole does not meet the required threshold for designation as a historic district. However, it is not required that a boundary for a historic district comprise the entirety of a tract or subdivision. Therefore, there may be a smaller enclave with a higher percentage of contributing properties that could be considered for historic designation by the City of Goleta. There appears to be a higher concentration of contributing buildings in the western portion of the neighborhood, generally corresponding to the first phase of development. A map of the tract boundary and contributing properties as identified by the survey team is included below, along with a selection of photographs that illustrate the character of the neighborhood.
317 For more information about street trees in Goleta, see the Tree Study in Chapter 3. 318 There are two small clusters within the tract boundary that were originally part of the subdivision but were not built out until a later period. It is recommended that these parcels be excluded from any potential historic district boundary. 393
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7148 Tuolumne Drive (1959)
63 Calaveras Avenue (1959)
84 Alpine Drive (1959)
Context view looking north on Mendocino Drive
Context view looking south at Mendocino Drive and
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Lake Los Carneros North
Lake Los Carneros was subdivided in two phases in the 1960s. What is referred to as Lake Los Carneros North was subdivided as Tract 10347 in 1964 by Carodale, Inc. Lake Los Carneros East was subdivided as Tract 10754 in 1967 by R.A. Watt Co. (Lessee); BoWatt Properties (Fee Owner). Th e northeastern portion of the tract has a different character and has had more alterations to individual residences and more infill construction than the western portion, and therefore was not identified for further investigation as part of a potential historic district or overlay district. The Lake Los Carneros housing developments were created when Stow Ranch sold 156 acres from La Patera Lane to Los Carneros Creek, between the freeway and Cathedral Oaks Road. At that time, the former Stow Pond was renamed Los Carneros Lake.319 Residences in the western portion of the Lake Los Carneros North neighborhood represent Mid-century Modern and Ranch-style characteristics, and unlike other subdivisions in Goleta from the period, most examples are two stories in height. Common characteristics include asymmetrical massing in L-shaped or rectangular plans; hipped, gabled, or gable-on-hip roofs; a variety of materials for exterior cladding, including plaster, board-and-batten, and wood clapboard; and attached or integrated garages. Paved paths (usually concrete) lead from the sidewalk to primary entrances. Landscaping includes mature lawns, shrubs, and trees. District features include post-World War II planning principles including curvilinear streets, cul -de-sacs, and concrete curbs, gutters, and sidewalks. According to the Tree Study included in this report, “some of the most striking street tree plantings are in the Lake Los Carneros North Residential District, with a predominance of one species (paperbark).” 320
Based on a review of each residence in the tract, there are 54 contributors and 49 non- contributors out of a possible 103 residences in the western portion of the neighborhood that was evaluated as a potential historic district. Common alterations include replacement of original materials, alteration of original openings, and addition of new openings. Therefore, the western portion of the subdivision does not meet the required threshold for designation as a historic district. However, there may be a smaller enclave with a higher percentage of con tributing properties that could be considered for historic designation by the City of Goleta. A map of the tract boundary and contributing properties as identified by the survey team is included below, along with a selection of photographs that illustrate the character of the neighborhood.
319 Tompkins, Goleta: The Good Land, 336. Pereira & Associates was also hired to do a master plan of Stow Ranch. 320 For more information about street trees, see the Tree Study in Chapter 3. 396
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Contextual view along Camino Venturoso from Covington Way, view facing northwest
Contextual view along Camino Caseta, view facing northeast 6575 Camino Caseta (1966)
6545 Camino Venturoso (1966)
6555 Camino Venturoso (1966)
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OVERLAY DISTRICTS
In order to protect and maintain the character of the city, t he City of Goleta may decide to designate future overlay districts in the same way that the Old Town Heritage Overlay District was established. In general, potential overlay district s when used in a historic preservation context, do not retain sufficient historic integrity for designation as historic districts. However, they represent geographically contiguous areas that are united historically or aesthetically by plan or physical development, and they have qualities that may warrant special consideration or approaches to development. In the evaluation of an overlay district, individual contributors and non-contributors are not identified; instead, the overall character of the neighborhood, general size and scale of the buildings, and any important planning features are considered.
An overlay district may have:
• distinctive or cohesive building features, such as period of construction, style, size, scale, detailing, or massing; or
• period streetscape features, such as light fixtures, signage, benches, or curb markers; or • site planning or natural features, such as lot platting, distinctive street patterns, setbacks, alleyways, sidewalks, or landscape features.
The residential neighborhoods evaluated above for potential eligibility as historic districts may also be considered for potential designation as overlay districts, to protect the character and important postwar features in each area. In addition, the field team provided additional documentation for the commercial corridor along Hollister Avenue, whi ch is part of the Old Town Heritage Overlay District, to provide the City with more information about its character for future consideration.
The Old Town Heritage Overlay District was established to “guide development of designated prominent Old Town parcels to enhance the image of Old Town, ensure development of a distinctive and unified streetscape, and contribute to a more pedestrian- oriented downtown area.”
321 All new structures and development, including signs, as well as alterations to existing structures within the Old Town Heritage Overlay District are subject to Design Review by the Design Review Board. The City may consider updating the Goleta Old Town He ritage District Architecture and Design Guidelines in the future to recognize the historic character of the area.
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Hollister Avenue
Goleta’s historic commercial corridor was centered on Hollister Avenue between Patterson and Fairview Avenues, connecting the two historic towns of La Patera and La Goleta. Initial settlement patterns in Goleta are related to the commercial area; the city’s oldest residential neighborhoods are located between Fairview and Patterson north of Hollister. Although widespread commercial growth in Goleta was hindered by the construction of the Highway 101 bypass in 1947, which drew through traffic off surface streets and isolated downtown Goleta, commercial activity continued to expand along Hollister and Fairview Avenues through the 1950s and 1960s. During this period, businesses located on or near Hollister Avenue built new buildings or remodeled their existing storefronts. However, Goleta remained a largely industrial town, and experienced only minor commercial expansion during the years following World War II. The Hollister Avenue commercial corridor remains primarily low density, with one- and two- story commercial development dating from the early 20
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The commercial buildings are modestly sized, one- to two-story in height, set on rectangular lots with minimal setbacks. Many buildings’ storefronts were replaced in the 1950s, and include wood or metal frame plate glass windows, sometimes set at an angle, and metal frame storefront doors. This is a common an acceptable alteration to commercial buildings, and often represents efforts to modernize commercial storefronts to meet changing needs of the consumer. Exterior wall cladding is primarily cement plaster and stacked stone veneer. Planning features includ e concrete curbs, gutters, and sidewalks.
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Contextual view along Hollister Avenue from Magnolia Avenue, view facing northeast
Contextual view along Hollister Avenue from Orange Avenue, view facing southeast
5757 Hollister Avenue (1939)
Representative Examples: Hollister Avenue
5784 Hollister Avenue (c. 1930)
5838 Hollister Avenue (c. 1930)
5730 Hollister Avenue (1959)
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Appendix C: Map of Tract/Subdivision Development
Appendix D: Post-World War II Subdivisions
The information included in Appendices C and D relates to the post -World War II tracts in Goleta, and is included here for reference and to aid future researchers. 408
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APPENDIX D: POST-WORLD WAR II SUBDIVISIONS
NAME DATE DEVELOPER
Kellogg Park 1955 Garfield & Florence P. Sorensen
El Encanto Heights No. 1 1957 Sunwood Construction Co.
Fairview Gardens No. 1 1957 Hollyridge Corporation
Fairview Gardens No. 2 1957 Marlin Land Corporation
Holiday Park 1957-58 Holiday Homes Company
Tract 10051 No. 1 1957 William James & Florence L. Hamilton; Effingham Homes
Santa Barbara Industrial Center 1958 John J. Pollon; Pann Mallas; Don Mallas El Encanto Heights No 2 1959 El Encanto Inc. (Paul M. & Joyce Gainor) Tract 10051 No. 2 1959 Newsome Homes (Elias Miller)
Tract 10051 No. 3 1959 Bilson Homes
Tract 10061 1959 Holiday Development Company
Tract 10051 No. 4 1960 Dewey Homes (Elias & Paul Miller) Tract 10051 No. 5 1960 Ladds Homes, Inc. (Paul & Elias Miller) Tract 10051 No. 6 1960 DeWitt Homes (Elias & Paul Miller) Tract 10051 No. 7 1960 Personality Homes (Alice & Elias Miller) Tract 10051 No. 8 1960 Orange Manor
Tract 10051 No. 9 1960 Acme Homes (Paul & Barbara Miller) Tract 10051 No. 10 1960 Tamar Manor, Inc.
Tract 10111 1960 H.C. Elliott
Tract 10116 1960 R.E. & Edith F. Glikbarg
Tract 10124 1960 Montclair Enterprises (H.C. Elliott)
Tract 10141 1960-61 H.C. Elliott, Inc. (H.C. Elliott)
Tract 10123 1961 Fred G. & Margaret Eichert
Tract 10149 1961 Far West Financial Corporation
Tract 10212 1961 City Title & Insurance Co.
Tract 10203 1961 Dike Land Co.
Tract 10218 1962 Roseglen Construction
Tract 10223 1962-63 Audubon Corporation
Tract 10224 1962 Robin Hill Corporation
Tract 10225 1962 Montclair Enterprises (H.C. Elliott)
Tract 10235 1962 Winchester Homes (Ralph & Shirley Day) Tract 10158 1962 Commonwealth Savings & Loan
Tract 10218
1963 Roseglen Construction; Far West Financial
Corporation
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Tract 10267 1963 Ranch Development Company; Osborne &
Josephine Coffey
Tract 10268 1963 Mound Investment Company; P.W. Brand, Inc.
Tract 10294 1963 Santa Barbara Industrial Park
Tract 10306 1963 Roseglen Construction; Far West Financial Corp.
Tract 10338 1963 Tom & Eve Edwards; E.L. & Lela Kenworthy; Francis & Barbara McGowan; Karl & Marjorie
Brendlin; Santa Barbara Humane Society
Tract 10341 1964 William Koart; Russell E. Doty
Tract 10347 (Lake Los Carneros
North)
1964 Carodale, Inc.
Tract 10358 1964 Audubon Corporation
Tract 10365 1964 Ralph & Shirley Day
Tract 10362 1965 Joseph & W.H. Airey; Tom Gaggs; Louis & Evelyn Frank; J.R. Lathim
Tract 10379 1965 Edward McCarty
Tract 10385 1965 Santa Barbara Industrial Park
Tract 10387 (University Village) 1965 Transamerica Title Insurance Company Tract 10402 1065 Montclair Enterprises (H.C. Elliott); Eli & Leatrice Loria
Tract 10379 1966 Cardinal Homes, Inc.
Tract 10384 1966 Cardinal Homes, Inc.; Department of Veterans’ Affairs
Tract 10482 1966 Title Insurance & Trust Company
Tract 10530 1966 Ralph & Shirley Day
Tract 10497 1967 Audubon Corporation
Tract 10599 1967 Title Insurance & Trust Corporation
Tract 10623 1967 Title Insurance & Trust Company
Tract 10660 1967 Ko-Art Homes, Inc. (William Koart)
Tract 10670 1967 Title Insurance & Trust Corporation
Tract 10722 1967 R.A. Watt Company
Tract 10754 (Lake Los Carneros
East)
1967 R.A. Watt Co. (Lessee); BoWatt Properties (Fee
Owner)
Tract 10699 1968 Goleta Development Co.; Live Oak Investment Tract 10780 1968 University Exchange Corporation
Tract 10792 1968 County of Santa Barbara and University Exchange Corporation
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Tract 10818 1968 Ko-Art Homes (William Koart)
Tract 10822 1968 University Exchange Corporation
Tract 10915 1968 Ko-Art Homes (William Koart)
Tract 10846 1969 University Village Plaza; TI Corporation Tract 10953 1969 Ko-Art Homes (William Koart)
Tract 10955 1969 Ko-Art Homes (William Koart)
Tract 11001 1969 George A. Cavaletto
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INDEX
A
Ache, William W., 57
Adobe construction, 97
Aerophysics, 74, 79, 87, 88, 201, 289, 313
Aerospace, 13, 74, 75, 77, 79, 80, 87-89, 94, 256
Agricultural development, 4, 5, 13, 14, 32, 82, 255
Agricultural Extension Service, 54
Agricultural vernacular, 101
Agriculture, 28, 31, 32, 41, 47, 54-56, 67, 72, 74,
82, 83, 194, 256
Aircraft, 87
Alectryon excelsus. See Titoki
Alikon, 123, 124
ʼAlkaʼaš, 121
Alluvium, 114
Almond, 34, 37, 39, 172
Alvarado, Juan Bautista, 19
Alwat’alam. See Lake Los Carneros
American Institute of Architects (AIA), 12
American sweetgum, 162, 163, 193
Andreini Surfboards, 91
Andreini, Marc, 91
Apollo lunar program, 88
Applied Magnetics, 87, 88
Araucaria bidwillii. See Bunya-bunya
Araucaria columnaris. See Cooks pine
Araucaria heterophylla. See Star pine
Archaeological resources, 13, 113, 114, 143, 158,
232, 235
Archaeology, 7, 13, 113, 114, 135, 140, 141, 143,
145, 146, 147, 148, 152, 157, 158, 215, 232,
235
Architectural style, 13, 14, 95, 106, 108, 109, 234
Artifact, 113, 129, 140, 142, 143, 146, 147
Asphalt mining, 27, 28
Associated Telephone Company, 26, 52
Atascadero Creek, 114
Attack on Ellwood, 70, 295, 297
Australian willow, 163, 183
Automobile, 50, 51, 87, 109, 250
Avocado, 169, 177, 194
B
Baker, Mollie Miller, 46
Bankline Company, 69
Barbareño Band of Chumash Indians (BBCI), 5, 7,
28, 65, 67, 111, 114, 117-120, 122-125, 127,
131-132, 142, 146, 157, 217-219
Barber, Peter J., 34, 103, 179
Barker, R., 91
Barnsdall Oil Company, 59
Barnsdall-Rio Grande Gasoline Station, 58, 62, 185,
186, 202, 275, 280, 290
Bausch & Lomb, 89
Bear Flag Revolt, 21
Beck House, 98, 281, 293
Beckman, Ralph, 78
Bedrock associated features, 113
Begg, John, 280
Bell, Kate Den, 58
Bella Vista Park, 168
BERD.
See Built Environment Resources Directory
Berkeley Park, 178
Birabent Hotel, 24
Birabent, Jean Marie, 24
Bishop Ranch, 34, 37, 62, 77, 169, 192, 275, 279,
287
Bishop, Thomas B., 37
Black scale, 37
Blacksmith shop, 24, 25, 45
Blakeway, Edgar, 26, 52
Blue gum.
See Eucalyptus
Bollay, W., 88
Bottlebrush, 162, 169, 193
Bracero Program. See Mexican Farm Labor Program
Braceros, 54, 72
Brachychiton discolor. See Lacebark
Bradbury, John, 91
Brazilian pepper, 162, 169
Brush cherry, 172, 173
Buffum, Richard R., 91
Built environment, 7, 11, 12, 13
Built Environment Resources Directory, 268
Bunya-bunya, 172, 174
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Burial interments, 113
Burroughs, 88
Butler Event Center, 110, 183
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Cabrillo, Juan Rodriguez, 132
Cachuma Dam, 74, 83, 94, 134
California Big Trees, 163
California coast redwood, 161, 174, 175, 182, 188,
189, 190, 192
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), 140,
141, 144, 157
California Historical Resource Status Codes, 271,
272
California Office of Historic Preservation (OHP), 11,
268
California Register of Historical Resources, 113, 143,
231, 235, 236
California State Board of Horticulture, 37
California Supreme Court, 37
California sycamore, 163, 175, 177, 178, 181, 183,
186
Callistemon viminalis. See Bottlebrush
Camarillo, Juan, 22
Camel Auto Court, 51, 281, 292
Camp Cooke, 70
Campbell, Serepta Hardcastle, 46
Camphor, 190
Canalino Period. See Late Period
Canary Island date palm, 179
Canary Island pine, 168
Carneros Creek, 22, 34, 78
Carrillo, Leo, 46
Cattle, 17, 18, 22, 23, 24, 33, 42, 45
Cave, 136, 215
Central Coastal Information Center (CCIC), 135
Century Pacific Airlines, 65
Channel Islands, 91, 130, 131
Channel Islands Surfboards, 91
Channelized creek, 138
Chase, Pearl, 63
Chilean wine palm, 174, 179
Chumash. See Barbareño Band of Chumash Indians
(BBCI)
Cinnamomum camphora. See Camphor
Citrus, 14, 41, 42, 47, 55, 169, 172, 256
City Municipal Code, 164
Civic development, 261
Civil Aeronautics Administration, 65, 67
Civil control station, 69
Climate, 39, 57, 97, 100, 103, 105, 108, 161
Coast Line, 28, 29, 31, 32
Coast live oak, 167, 171, 175, 177, 178, 182, 186
Cochera tract, 21
Coffey, Josephine, 50
Coffey, Osborne “Bud”, 50
Cold War, 88
Colluvium, 114
Combination Station Plan No. 22, 32
Commercial, 4, 5, 13, 14, 15, 24, 25, 31, 33, 39,
47, 49, 50, 55, 65, 67, 74, 75, 80, 81, 95, 99,
103, 106, 108, 110, 225, 250, 255, 261
Commercial center, 47, 50, 75, 80
Commercial corridor, 74, 323
Commercial vernacular, 99
Complex site, 142
Cooks pine, 188
Cooper, Ellwood, 24, 33, 35, 36, 37, 48, 133, 184,
209
Coral tree, 171, 175
Core, 139
Corona del Mar.
See Bishop Ranch
Cottony cushion scale, 37
Cow Itch.
See Primrose tree
Coyote, 121, 214
Craftsman, 47, 105
Crawford, Louis N., 53, 107
Creamery, 25, 38
Creative Freedom Surfboards, 91
Criteria Consideration, 234, 235
Crown, Henry, 77
Cultural Resource Guidelines, 141, 145
Cultural resources, 113
Cupressus macrocarpa. See Monterey cypress
Curtiss-Wright, 88
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Dairy, 25, 38, 58
de Lucia, Amanda, 12
Defense Research Corporation, 89
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Delco, 74, 88, 289
Den School, 54
Den, August, 22
Den, Nicolas, 17, 18, 19, 21, 24, 34, 58, 133
Den, Rosa Hill, 22
Deodar cedar, 177, 183
Deu, Jean Baptiste, 24
Disaster Center, 72
Dos Pueblos Canyon, 29, 40
Dow, Frank, 48, 52
Dragon tree, 179
Drought, 22, 24, 83, 161, 184
Dry farming, 57
Duran, Fr. Narciso, 18, 19
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Eagle, 121
Early Man, 129
Early Period, 129
Earthquake, 51, 53, 123
Edgerton, Germeshausen & Grier, Inc. (EG&G), 88,
293
Edwards, John, 133
El Bar Rio Café, 63
El Encanto Heights, 78, 162, 194, 311, 316, 317,
318, 335
Eligibility standards, 15, 241, 243
Elliott, Harry Cecil, 77
Ellwood, 19, 24, 28, 29, 47, 58, 59, 62, 63, 67, 70,
74, 75, 91, 185
Ellwood Acres, 60
Ellwood Canyon, 19, 34, 37
Ellwood Dairy, 58
Ellwood Depot, 31, 60
Ellwood Grove, 161
Ellwood Hotel, 24, 51, 280, 292
Ellwood Main Monarch Aggregation Site, 184, 185
Ellwood Mesa, 69
Ellwood Oil Field, 47, 48, 62, 74, 114, 202
Ellwood Onshore Oil and Gas Processing Facility,
86, 297
Ellwood Ranch, 36, 58, 62
Ellwood School, 36, 54, 93
Ellwood Terrace, 58, 59
Ellwood Union School District, 54
Elwood Acres, 48
Estuarine, 114
Ethnohistoric Village, 135
Eucalyptus, 33, 36, 37, 161, 167, 171, 172, 175
Eucalyptus camaldulensis. See Eucalyptus
Eucalyptus globulus. See Eucalyptus
Eugenia. See Brush cherry
Evergreen Park and Open Space, 167, 168
Evergreen pear, 162, 194
Exchange Building Corporation, 77
Executive Order 9066, 68
Executive Order 9102, 68
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Fairfield, 49
Fairview Gardens, 78, 279, 286, 335
Falcon, 121
Farm Center Hall, 72
Farmers, 24, 33, 37, 40, 41, 42, 57, 72, 74, 82
Farms, 14, 24, 42, 45, 47, 55, 71, 256
Faunal remains, 137
Federated Church, 43, 45, 92
Ficus microcarpa. See Indian laurel fig
Figueroa, José, 133
Firefighting, 45
Flake, 139
Flame tree, 179
Forest Grove Association, 36
Foster, Isaac G., 25, 133
Fraxinus uhdei. See Shamel ash
G
Gas, 22, 28, 58, 59
Gasoline station, 51
Gatos Canyon, 70
Geijera parviflora. See Australian willow
General Federation of Women’s Clubs, 72
General Motors (GM) Defense Research
Laboratories, 88, 89, 289
General Plan, 129, 199, 200, 209, 214, 238, 239,
269, 273, 279, 280, 281, 286, 287, 288, 289,
290, 291, 292, 293, 294, 297, 301, 304, 305,
309
General store, 24, 25, 26, 50
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Gila River, 69
Girls Club of Goleta Valley, 73
Glen Annie Canyon, 21
Glen Annie Creek, 298
Glen Annie Ranch, 33, 34, 37, 133
Golden State Dairy, 58
Goleta Advisor, 91
Goleta Beach, 90, 121, 131, 201
Goleta Beautiful, 83
Goleta Boys and Girls Club, 187
Goleta Butterfly Grove, 184
Goleta Coast News, 91
Goleta Depot, 29, 31, 32, 71, 83, 139, 141, 202,
276, 280, 291
Goleta Development Corporation, 78, 313
Goleta Farm Center, 43
Goleta Farmers, Inc., 41
Goleta Gazette, 91
Goleta Lemon Association, 56, 71, 82, 276, 280,
290
Goleta Lima Bean Growers’ Association, 41, 83
Goleta Oil Field, 295, 297
Goleta Sandspit, 27
Goleta School, 45, 51, 53
Goleta Slough, 18, 65, 67, 131, 134, 146, 149, 219,
223
Goleta Union School, 47, 53, 54, 72, 73, 93, 204,
279, 288
Goleta Union School District, 53, 54, 93
Goleta Valley, 12, 13, 14, 17, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24,
25, 27, 28, 29, 31, 32, 33, 34, 38, 39, 40, 41,
42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 49, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56,
57, 58, 60, 62, 65, 67, 69, 70, 72, 73, 74, 75,
77, 81, 82, 83, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 107,
114, 117, 124, 134, 140, 141, 163, 164, 172,
183, 184, 199, 202, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208,
209, 210, 218, 227, 256
Goleta Valley Chamber of Commerce, 91
Goleta Valley Community Center, 107, 163, 164,
183, 184, 279, 288
Goleta Valley Historical Society, 12, 104
Goleta Valley Hospital, 93
Goleta Valley Junior High, 93
Goleta Valley Leader, 53, 91
Goleta Valley Library, 73
Goleta Valley Review, 91
Goleta Valley Sun, 91
Goleta Walnut Association, 51
Goleta Water District, 83
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 92
Googie, 15, 95, 110
Gothic Revival, 39, 104
Great Basin, 130, 215, 221
Great Depression, 52, 56, 57, 106
Guadalupe palm, 179
H
Habitation, 135, 136, 138, 142
Harrington, John P., 119
Harvest Hill, 202, 279, 301
Haskell’s Beach, 86, 297
Heath, Russell, 22
Heliyik, 121
Helo', 121, 131, 135
Heritage Tree, 164
Hicks, B.A., 133, 302
Highway 101, 71, 74, 81, 91
Hill Homestead, 279, 288
Hill, Daniel, 17, 18, 19, 22, 43, 97, 133, 276, 280,
291
Hill, Hiram, 24
Hill, Rafaela Ortega, 17, 18, 22, 38, 43
Hill-Carrillo Adobe, 17
Historic Context Statement, 7, 11, 12, 13, 15, 103,
104, 161, 201, 231, 269
Historic District, 240, 243, 246, 249, 250, 253, 255,
258, 263, 311
Historic Landmark, 239, 297, 298, 301, 302, 303,
304, 305, 306, 307, 308, 309, 310
Historic Preservation Program, 238, 267, 269
Historic Resource Preservation Ordinance, 165, 238,
273, 311
Historic Resources Inventory, 15, 113, 240, 268,
269, 270, 271, 272, 274, 283, 285, 299, 308,
309, 311
Holiday Park, 78
Holland Residence, 280, 305
Hollister Arch, 280
Hollister Ranch, 60
Hollister, William Welles, 21, 24, 33, 34
421
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City of Goleta
Citywide Historic Context Statement
HISTORIC RESOURCES GROUP
Holocene, 114, 130, 133, 215, 216, 217, 218, 223
Home Telephone Company, 26
Hope Ranch Hills, 114
Hospitals, 261
House, 138
Howell, Arendt, Mosher & Grant, 88
HRI. See Historic Resources Inventory
Hughes, 87, 88, 89
Huse, Charles E., 34
Hutash, 118
I
Immigrants, 40
Incarceration camp, 68
Indian laurel fig, 162
Indian Orchard, 123
Industrial, 13, 14, 27, 28, 67, 75, 77, 80, 81, 87, 89, 90, 94, 100, 102
Industrial Development, 4, 5, 13, 14, 27, 58, 90,
255
Industrial vernacular, 100
Infrastructure Improvements, 261
Institutional, 13, 14, 15, 42, 72, 75, 95, 104, 106
Institutional Development, 4, 5, 13, 14, 42, 53, 91,
261
Integrity, 11, 15, 113, 143, 144, 145, 147, 151,
155, 156, 231, 232, 233, 234, 241, 244, 246,
247, 248, 249, 251, 253, 254, 256, 257, 258,
259, 260, 262, 263, 264, 271, 299, 301, 302,
303, 304, 305, 306, 307, 309, 310, 311, 322
Integrity considerations, 15
Isla Vista, 28, 93, 114
Italianate, 34, 103, 104, 179
J
Jacaranda, 161, 183, 193
Jacaranda mimosifolia. See Jacaranda
Japanese American, 67, 68, 69
Japanese submarine, 69
Jewkes, J. Paul, 91
Johnson, Dave, 91
Johnston Fruit Company, 40, 172
Johnston, Harleigh, 40
Jones & Emmons, 79, 108
Joslyn Electronic Systems, 89
Josten, 88
Jubea chilensis. See Chilean wine palm
Junior Women’s Club of Goleta, 72
K
Kaswa’, 124
Kelley, Katie, 48
Kellogg Elementary School, 178
Kellogg Park, 78, 79, 161, 203, 205, 311, 313, 314,
315, 335
Kellogg Ranch, 182, 280, 290
Kellogg School, 93
Kellogg, Florentine, 43
Kellogg, Frank E., 38
Kinney, Abbot, 36
Koart, William, 77
Kroeber, Alfred, 119
L
La Cieneguita, 124
La Colina Junior High School, 93
La Cumbre Peak, 122
La Goleta, 14, 17, 19, 21, 22, 25, 31, 32, 42, 44,
45, 46, 47, 49, 51, 53, 86, 124, 133, 222
La Patera, 14, 24, 25, 28, 29, 31, 33, 42, 44, 45, 46,
47, 48, 49, 53, 97, 172
La Patera School, 93
La Patera tract, 19, 38
La Purisima, 121
Lacebark, 161, 162, 167, 169, 171, 175, 177
Ladybug, 33, 37
Lagunaria pattersonnii. See Primrose tree
Lake Los Carneros, 78, 121, 162, 169, 170, 171,
277, 291, 311, 319, 320, 321
Lake Los Carneros North, 78, 162, 169, 170, 311,
319, 320, 321
Lake Los Carneros Park, 171
Landmark, 57, 71, 72, 183, 210, 237, 238, 275,
276, 277, 279, 280, 287, 290, 291, 294, 299,
301, 303, 304, 305, 307, 309
Langham House, 279
Late Period, 130
422
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City of Goleta
Citywide Historic Context Statement
HISTORIC RESOURCES GROUP
Lemon, 24, 32, 33, 39, 40, 41, 42, 47, 51, 55, 56,
57, 67, 71, 72, 75, 77, 82, 87, 94, 134, 172,
184, 194, 208, 256
Libraries, 261
Lima bean, 24, 32, 33, 41, 42, 47, 55, 56, 57, 82,
83, 256
Limuw. See Santa Cruz Island
Liquidambar styraciflua. See American sweetgum
Lithic scatter, 136, 137, 138
Litton Industries, 289
London plane tree, 178
Los Carneros Road, 31, 39, 83, 88, 104, 131, 140,
149, 172, 202
Los Dos Pueblos Rancho, 133
Lucas, Stanley, 53
Luton-Bell No. 1, 59, 60, 62
Luton-Bell No. 2, 62
M
Maiers, George “Fritz”, 41
Manufacturing, 255
Manzanar Camp, 69
Maria Ygnacio Creek, 122, 123
Marine base, 67, 68, 72, 74, 77, 92, 94
Martin, Ira A., 133
Maurice, Thomas, 91
Medical Facilities, 261
Medieval Climatic Anomaly , 130
Mediterranean Revival, 53, 63, 106, 107
Megafauna, 129
Melaleuca, 183
Melaleuca quinquenervia. See Paperbark
Merrick, Al, 91
Mescalitan Island, 65, 67, 114, 122, 134
Methodist church, 43
Methodology, 12
Mexican blue palm, 179
Mexican Farm Labor Program, 71
Mexican-American War, 13, 17, 21
Micheltorena, Manuel, 19
Mid-century Modern, 15, 75, 78, 95, 108, 110, 285,
286, 287, 289, 293, 313, 319
Midden, 136, 137, 138, 217
Middle Period, 130, 214
Miley, E.J., 58
Miller, Elias, 77
Miller, Paul, 77
Milling Stone Horizon, 129
Mission Creek, 122
Mission Dairy, 58
Mission Ridge Fault Zone, 114
Mission Santa Barbara, 13, 17, 18, 131, 132
Mittry Constructors, Inc., 84
Monarch butterfly, 184
Monterey cypress, 174
Morales, Frank, 91
Morden, Bruce, 12
More Mesa, 22, 114
More Ranch Fault, 114
More, T. Wallace, 22, 133
More’s Landing, 24, 28, 121
Moreton Bay chestnut, 172
Morgan, Frank A., 58, 59
Morgan, Walls & Clements, 62
Most Likely Descendent (MLD), 158
Multi-family Residence, 243
Murray, Fermina, 12
N
NASA, 88
National Park Service, 11, 69, 95, 206, 231, 232,
233, 234, 247, 259, 268
National Register Bulletin 15, 95, 206, 232, 233,
234, 235, 244, 251, 256, 262, 268
National Register Bulletin 16A, 11, 206, 232, 268
National Register Bulletin 16B, 268
National Register Bulletin 24, 11, 206, 268
National Register of Historic Places, 11, 12, 31, 34,
39, 95, 103, 104, 113, 140, 141, 155, 156, 206,
223, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 269, 270,
273, 275, 276, 277, 279, 280, 287, 291
Native American, 17, 133, 158
Native American Grave Protection and Repatriation
Act (NAGPRA), 158
Native American Heritage Commission, 158
Natural gas, 28, 47, 256
Neoclassical Cottage, 104
Newspaper, 12, 23, 32, 53, 79, 91
Nye, Ron, 12
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City of Goleta
Citywide Historic Context Statement
HISTORIC RESOURCES GROUP
O
O’Brien, Margaret, 48
Oak root fungus, 82
Oakdale, 45
Ocean.
See Pacific Ocean
OHP. See California Office of Historic Preservation
Oil, 13, 14, 22, 28, 32, 41, 47, 48, 50, 51, 58, 59,
60, 62, 63, 67, 69, 74, 256
Old "Gun" Building, 302
Old San Marcos Pass Road, 123
Old Town Heritage Overlay District, 322
Olive, 24, 32, 35, 36, 168, 184, 194
Olive mill, 35, 36
Olive oil, 35
Orange, 39
Orchards, 33, 36, 37, 39, 41, 42, 48, 55, 75, 77, 87,
94 Orchid Bowl, 301
Ortega, Antonio Maria, 18
Ortega, José Francisco, 132
Ortega, José Vincente, 17
Overlay District, 15, 243, 279, 311, 322, 325
Ovington, Earle, 64, 100, 288
P
Pacific Ocean, 7, 64, 114, 130
Packing house, 40, 51, 57, 71, 82, 83
Paleoindian Horizon, 129
Pampas grass, 38
Paperbark, 161, 162, 167, 169, 185, 319
Parks, 261
Parkway, 162
Patterson, J. D., 133
Paving stones, 138
Pettit, Benjamin, 25
Pico, Pio, 19
Pine, 167
Place of Historic Merit, 21, 34, 37, 77, 97, 238, 275,
276, 279, 280, 287, 291, 297
Planning and Environmental Review Department, 7
Platanus racemose. See California sycamore
Pleistocene, 114, 129
Pliocene, 114
Point isolate, 139
Point of Historical Interest, 236, 240, 295, 301, 302,
305, 309
Point of Interest, 240, 295, 297
Polk, James K., 19
Population, 7, 13, 14, 25, 42, 44, 53, 58, 67, 72, 74,
75, 77, 79, 82, 87, 89, 90, 91, 93, 94, 106, 163
Porpoises, 118
Portolà, 122, 131, 132
Post office, 25, 45, 47, 50, 52, 53
Potter, Julius, 48
Potter, W.A., 48
Prehistory, 113, 129, 130, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139,
142, 144, 145, 157, 215, 218, 222, 232, 235
Presidio, 23, 132
Primrose tree, 173
Prisoner-of-war camp, 70
Processing site, 136, 142
Progressive Surfboards, 91, 279, 304
Prohibition, 63
Property type, 11, 108, 141, 233
Public Proclamation Number 21, 69
Pyrus kawakamii. See Evergreen pear
Q
Qaq’, 121, See Raven
Queen palm, 162, 174, 191, 192
Queensland kauri, 179
Quonset hut, 71, 102
Quwaʼ, 122
R
Rafaela School, 25, 44
Railroad, 25, 28, 29, 31, 32, 39, 40, 41, 60, 67, 71,
72, 78, 91
Rainbow Bridge, 118
Ranch, 15, 22, 24, 28, 39, 40, 57, 59, 75, 78, 80,
93, 95, 109, 114, 124, 202, 280, 316, 319, 336
Rancho La Goleta, 17, 19, 22, 32
Rancho La Patera, 39, 172, 277, 291
Rancho Los Dos Pueblos, 17, 18, 21, 22, 32, 48, 88
Rancho period, 13, 17
Ratel, 88, 89
Raven, 121
Ravenscroft Farmhouse, 281, 309
424
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City of Goleta
Citywide Historic Context Statement
HISTORIC RESOURCES GROUP
Raytheon, 74, 79, 87, 88, 89, 205, 286, 313
Red gum. See Eucalyptus
Refugio Ranch, 17
Refuse deposit, 137
Registration requirements, 15
Religious Buildings, 261
Remmenga, Alvin, 91
Reservoir Hill Gasoline Company, 62
Residential Development, 243
Residential vernacular, 98
Rio Grande Oil Company, 59
Riviera Dairy, 58
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 68
Rutherford, Stephen, 40
S
S’axpi’lil, 121, 131, 132, 135, 221
Sackett, Gordon, 64
Saloon, 24
San Joaquin Valley, 69, 72, 132
San Jose Creek, 40, 49, 123, 186, 187, 203
San Jose Creek Open Space, 186, 187
San Marcos and Montecito Dairy, 58
San Marcos Creek, 187
Sanborn Fire Insurance, 12, 51, 63, 208, 270, 306
Sandpiper Golf Course, 58
Santa Barbara Airport, 64, 121, 208, 224
Santa Barbara Airways, 65
Santa Barbara County Landmark, 31, 34, 39, 62, 71,
83, 103, 104
Santa Barbara Mission, 119, 122, 132
Santa Barbara Municipal Airport, 7, 18, 64, 67, 72,
74, 87, 91
Santa Barbara Oil Company, 60
Santa Barbara Research Center (SBRC), 88, 90, 286
Santa Barbara Telephone Company, 26
Santa Cruz Island, 118, 146
Santa Cruz Market, 64, 100, 279, 288
Santa Ynez Mountains, 25, 114, 123, 161
Santa Ynez Peak, 122
Santa Ynez Ranch, 120
Santa Ynez River, 29, 83, 122, 123
Santa Ynez Valley, 82, 142
Schinus terebinthifolius. See Brazilian pepper
Schools, 261
Seaside Oil Company, 60
Secularization Proclamation, 19, 133
Selover, Marshall, 53
Senek, 122, See Santa Ynez Peak
Senter, German, 39
Sequoia sempervirens. See California coast redwood
Sexton Hall, 43, 46, 54
Sexton, Joseph, 24, 33, 37, 38, 46, 134, 179
Sexton, Joseph and Lucy Foster House, 103, 139,
141, 179, 180, 227, 269, 275, 279, 287
Sexton, Lucy Foster, 46
Sexton, Richard, 133
Shamel ash, 162, 163, 194, 316
Shell and lithic scatter, 137, 138
Shell fragment, 139
Shell scatter, 137, 138
Shniwax, 122, 123
Shore whaling, 27, 28
Shotgun house, 98
Shrode Produce Company, 276, 280, 290
Shrode, Earl, 57
Shrode, Marvin, 57
Shrode-Nelson Produce Company, 71
Simpson’s Garage, 51
Single-family residence, 14, 74, 75, 79, 80, 87, 92,
108, 243
Sister Witness Tree, 181
Slo’w, 121, See Eagle
Smith, Robert E., 47, 48
Social Clubs and Cultural Institutions, 261
Sorensen, Garfield, 78
South Coast Conduit, 84
South Coast Railroad Museum, 12, 31, 32, 83, 205
Southern Pacific Railroad, 28, 29, 31, 32, 33, 41, 60,
62, 71, 83, 134, 139, 152, 172, 280, 281, 297
Spanish Colonial Revival, 15, 47, 52, 63, 95, 106,
107
St. Raphael Catholic Church, 24, 43, 92, 93, 205,
279, 287
St. Raphael School, 93
Staniff Ranch, 69
Star pine, 171, 172, 173, 179
Status codes, 271, 272, 311
Stearns, Frederick II, 65
Stetson, Royce, 64
Stockman, Fr. Polydore, 43
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FINAL ADMINISTRATIVE DRAFT
City of Goleta
Citywide Historic Context Statement
HISTORIC RESOURCES GROUP
Stone pine, 167
Stow Canyon Open Space, 177
Stow Grove Park, 39, 53, 175, 176, 177
Stow House, 69, 83, 104, 139, 141, 171, 172, 173,
174, 201, 207, 269, 277, 280, 291
Stow Pond, 78, See Lake Los Carneros
Stow Ranch, 38, 39, 40, 77, 78, 277, 280, 291, 319
Stow, Edgar, 41, 172
Stow, Sherman P., 24, 39, 41, 134, 172
Stow, W.W., 38, 39, 172
Street tree, 162, 169, 191, 192, 319
Structures, 136
Studebaker-Packard Corporation, 88
Study List, 270, 272, 274, 279, 281, 299, 301
Subdivision, 24, 25, 47, 48, 49, 51, 74, 75, 77, 78,
80, 87, 89, 92, 94, 162, 236
Sunset Telephone Company, 26
Surfboard, 81, 90, 91
Surfing, 90
Syagrus romanzoffianum. See Queen palm
Sycamore, 161, 171
Syuxtun, 122, 124
Syzygium australe. See Brush cherry
T
Tar, 28, 58
Tecolote Canyon, 58
Tecolote Ranch, 69
Tecolote School, 54
Tecolote Tunnel, 84
Tecolotito Arroyo, 21, 22
Tecolotito Creek, 34
Telephone Exchange Building, 281, 293
The Timbers, 281, 294
Thompson, Alpheus B., 18
Tiptip, 121
Tiptipšup, 122, See La Cumbre Peak
Titoki, 172, 173
Tobacco, 39
Tomato, 47, 57, 71, 72, 256
Tourism, 31, 67, 70
Tracor, 88
Train, 31
Transportation and Shipping, 255
Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo, 21
Tulare, 69, 119, 121, 123, 210
Tulare Assembly Center, 69
Two-Story School, 44
U
UFMP. See Urban Forest Management Pan
United Airlines, 65, 67
United States Postal Service, 45, 47, 50
University of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB), 28,
54, 74, 75, 77, 79, 92, 94, 208, 210, 213, 218,
219, 221, 224, 313
University Research Park, 293
Urban Forest Management Plan, 163, 164, 227
Urban Forestry, 163
USO Center, 72
V
Vandenberg Air Force Base, 70
Ventura, 29, 38, 60, 121, 205, 209
Victorian box, 172, 175
W
Walker, Frank, 39, 104
Walnut, 22, 24, 32, 33, 34, 36, 37, 38, 39, 41, 47,
51, 55, 56, 67, 71, 75, 77, 82, 83, 87, 94, 169,
172, 184, 194, 256
Walnut huller, 41
War Assets Administration (WAA), 92
War Relocation Authority (WRA), 68
Ward Memorial Boulevard, 38, 131
Warren, Elizabeth Sevoy, 46
Watt, R.A., 77
Weeping bottlebrush.
See Bottlebrush
Western Aircraft Corporation, 65
Whaling station, 27, 28
Wheeler Inn, 63, 70
Wheeler, Hilda, 63
Wheeler, Laurence, 63
White Owl Surfboards, 91
White, Jeff, 91
William L. Pereira & Associates, 77
Winchester Open Space I, 167
Winchester Open Space II, 167
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FINAL ADMINISTRATIVE DRAFT
City of Goleta
Citywide Historic Context Statement
HISTORIC RESOURCES GROUP
Witness Tree, 181, 183, 227, 279, 288
Woman’s Service Club of Goleta, 72
Wylie, Herbert G., 41
X
Xelex, 121, See Falcon
Y
Yater Surfboards, 91
Yater, Reynolds, 91
Ygnacia, Maria, 122, 123, 124, 125
Yokuts, 123
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1 City of Goleta
Previously Designated Resources
HISTORIC RESOURCES GROUP
DRAFT HISTORIC RESOURCES INVENTORY
LINE
NO.
PHOTO APN STREET
NO.
DIR STREET NAME SUFFIX DATE HISTORIC NAME COMMON NAME PREVIOUSLY
IDENTIFIED
REASON FOR IDENTIFICATION 2021 STATUS
CODE
1 077-020-045 96 Glen Annie Rd c. 1860 Corona del Mar Bishop Ranch General Plan List Previously designated as a Santa Barbara County Place of Historic Merit prior to
January 1, 2021; therefore, it is automatically
eligible for local designation per 17.33.040.C.
The County designation included the
following features on the property: one-story
bungalow, adjacent sandstone arbor, Red
Gum tree northeast of the dwelling, and
surrounding specimen trees.
It meets 17.33.040.A.2(a) as an early and
rare extant example of Goleta's former
agricultural lands. Bishop Ranch is the largest
remaining tract of former ranch land in the
City of Goleta, illustrating Goleta's early
history as a cattle ranching town that was
subsequently subdivided into numerous
smaller farms and residential areas.
5S1
2 071-330-009 5490 Hollister Ave 1880 Sexton, Joseph and Lucy Foster House
General Plan List Previously designated as Santa Barbara County Landmark #14 and listed in the
National Register of Historic Places prior to
January 1, 2021; therefore, it is automatically
eligible for local designation per 17.33.040.C.
Features within the designated bou ndary
include the Sexton House, pumphouse,
retaining wall/step, two p ools, cistern, sundial
platform, and specimen trees/plants.
Consistent with the National Register listing,
it meets 17.33.040.A.2(b) as the home of
Joseph Sexton; and 17.33.040.A.2(c) for its
Italianate architecture designed by Peter
Barber.
5S1
3 079-210-059 7825 Hollister Ave 1927 Barnsdall-Rio Grande Gasoline Station
Barnsdall-Rio Grande
Gas Station
General Plan List Previously designated as Santa Barbara County Landmark #29 prior to January 1,
2021; therefore, it is automatically eligible for
local designation per 17.33.040.C.
It meets 17.33.040.A.2(a) for its association
with the oil industry in Goleta; and
17.33.040.A.2(c) as an excellent local
example of Spanish Colonial Re vival
architecture by master architects Morgan,
Walls & Clements.
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2 City of Goleta
Previously Designated Resources
HISTORIC RESOURCES GROUP
LINE
NO.
PHOTO APN STREET
NO.
DIR STREET NAME SUFFIX DATE HISTORIC NAME COMMON NAME PREVIOUSLY
IDENTIFIED
REASON FOR IDENTIFICATION 2021 STATUS
CODE
4 073-010-005 26 S La Patera Ln 1944 Shrode Produce Co. (Goleta Tomato Packing
House); Goleta Lemon
Association packing house
Shrode Produce
Company
General Plan List Previously designated as Santa Barbara County Landmark #40 [partially demolished]
prior to January 1, 2021; therefore, it is
automatically eligible for local designation per
17.33.040.C.
The Shrode Produce Company Building was
designated by the County of Santa Barbara in
1998. It was partially demolished in 2001;
the west end of the building was retained
and relocated on the site. This portion of the
building remains eligible as a historic packing
house.
It meets 17.33.040.A.2(a) for its association
with the agriculture industry in Goleta, and
for its association with the dry farming
technique employed by the Shr ode
Company.
5S1
5 073-050-034 33 S La Patera Ln 1850 Daniel Hill Adobe General Plan List Previously designated a Santa Barbara County Place of Historic Merit prior to
January 1, 2021; therefore, it is automatically
eligible for local designation per 17.33.040.C.
It meets 17.33.040.A.2(a) as the earliest
extant residence in Goleta; 17.33.040.A.2(b)
for its association with early pioneer Dani el
Hill, recipient of the La Goleta land grant;
and 17.33.040.A.2(c) as a rare extant
example of adobe construction.
5S1
6 077-210-059 300 N Los Carneros Rd 1901 Goleta Train Depot Goleta Train Depot; South Coast Railroad
Museum
General Plan List Previously designated Santa Barbara County Landmark #22 and listed in the National
Register of Historic Places prior to January 1,
2021; therefore, it is automatically eligible for
local designation per 17.33.040.C.
Consistent with the National Register listing,
it meets 17.33.040.A.2(a) for its important
association with transportation in the region,
as the building most closely associated with
the railroad in Goleta, and as the oldest
extant commercial building in Goleta ; and
17.33.040.A.2(c) as the last remaining
example in Santa Barbara County of the
Combination Station No. 22 standard- design
depot type.
5S1
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3 City of Goleta
Previously Designated Resources
HISTORIC RESOURCES GROUP
LINE
NO.
PHOTO APN STREET
NO.
DIR STREET NAME SUFFIX DATE HISTORIC NAME COMMON NAME PREVIOUSLY
IDENTIFIED
REASON FOR IDENTIFICATION 2021 STATUS
CODE
7 077-160-057 304 N Los Carneros Rd 1872;
1880
Stow House; Stow Ranch;
Rancho La Patera
Stow House; Sexton
Museum; Stow Ranch
Outbuildings; Lake Los
Carneros Park
General Plan List Previously designated Santa Barbara County Landmark #6 and listed in the National
Register of Historic Places prior to January 1,
2021; therefore, it is automatically eligible for
local designation per 17.33.040.C. The
designation includes the house and the
plantings associated with the house when it
was Edgar Stow’s primary residence.
Consistent with the National Register listing,
it meets 17.33.040.A.2(b) as the home of
Edgar Whitney Stowe. It is also eligible under
17.33.040.A.2(a) as an early extant residence
associated with the agricultural history and
development of Goleta; and
17.33.040.A.2(c) as a good local example of
Gothic Revival architecture.
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State of California ‐‐ The Resources Agency
DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION
PRIMARY RECORD
Primary #
HRI #
Trinomial
NRHP Status Code 5S1
Other Listings General Plan List
P1. Other Identifier
*a. County Santa Barbara County
*P2. Location: Not for Publication Unrestricted and (P2c, P2e, and P2b or P2d. Attach a Location Map as Necessary.) *b USGS 7.5' Quad Dos Pueblos Ca Date 2018 T 4N ; R 28W ; of of Sec B. M. c.Address 7825 Hollister Ave City Goleta Zip 93117
Zone 11Sd. UTM: , 233740.139 mE/ 3813606.216 mN APN: 079‐210‐059e. Other Locational Data:
*P3a. Description
Character‐defining Features
■ Two‐story height
Alterations
Openings blocked with plywood.
Integrity
Retains integrity of location, design, setting,
materials, workmanship, feeling, and
association.
■ Symmetrical façade; rectangular plan and vertical massing ■
■
Hipped roofs with clay barrel tiles; central domed‐roof cupola with ceramic tile detailing ■
Plaster veneered exterior walls forming wide, uninterrupted expanses ■
Ceramic tile surround
■
Sheltered beneath projecting carport
■
Decorative grilles of cast plaster; decorative glazed ceramic tile work; Churrigueresque cast plaster frieze and window surrounds; painted wall signs reading "BARNSDALL OIL CO." and "RIO GRANDE OIL CO." Projecting hipped‐roof carport
P5a. Photograph or Drawing (Photograph required for buildings, structure, and objects.) *P3b. Resource Attributes:
HP6. 1‐3 story commercial building
*P4. Resources Present ■ Building
*P5b. Description of Photo
Historic Resources Group, 2020
*P6. Date Constructed/Age and Source
1929, County list
*P7. Owner and Address
*P8. Recorded by:
Historic Resources Group
12 S Fair Oaks Ave, Suite 200
Pasadena, CA 91105
*P9. Date Recorded March 2021
*P10. Survey Type Intensive
*P11. Report Citation:Historic Resources Group, City of Goleta Historic Context Statement and Survey Report, February 2019. *Attachments: ■Building, Structure, and Object Record
Additional Features
Mature trees
432
BUILDING, STRUCTURE, AND OBJECT RECORD
Primary #
HRI #
State of California ‐‐ The Resources Agency
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*Resource Name or #: 7825 Hollister Ave
B1. Historic Name:Barnsdall‐Rio Grande Gasoline Station B2. Common Name: Barnsdall‐Rio Grande Gas Station B3. Original Use: Commercial B4. Present Use: Vacant
*B5. Architectural Style: Spanish Colonial Revival
*B6. Construction History:
*B7. Moved No Date: Original Location: *B8. Related Features B9a. Architect: Morgan, Walls & Clements b. Builder:
B10. Significance: Development Between the Wars (1919‐1940): Industrial Development (1919‐1940); Architecture & Design: Spanish Colonial Revival
Area Goleta
Period of Significance1929 Property Type: Vacant Applicable Criteria Local Criterion 2(a); Local Criterion 2(c) The Barnsdall-Rio Grande Gas Station was designed in the Spanish Colonial Revival style by master architects Morgan, Walls & Clements for the Barnsdall-Rio Grande oil company in 1929. The property was designated as Santa Barbara County Landmark #29 on July 17, 1990; therefore, it is automatically eligible for local designation. The Barnsdall-Rio Grande Gas Station is eligible for listing as a City of Goleta Historic Landmark under local Criteria 2(a) and 2(c).
Criterion 2(a)
The Barnsdall-Rio Grande
Gas Station is eligible for listing as a City of Goleta Historic Landmark under Criterion 2(a) as an excellent and rare extant example of 1920s development related to the oil industry in Goleta.
Oil played a significant part in Goleta’
s development between the wars. The Goleta area had long seemed likely for oil extraction: a natural offshore seep had allowed for the harvesting of tar from surface strata since the mid-1800s, asphalt was mined in the late 1800s, and a petroleum strike in Summerland in 1894 triggered a dramatic boom in population and land speculation. However, early explorations west of Santa Barbara had failed.
In 1920, Kate Den Bell, daughter of Nicolas Den, noted at a family gathering on Ellwood Terrace (present-day Sandpiper Golf Course) that, if an oil well was sunk there, oil would be struck. Howe
ver, she would not allow drilling to commence during her lifetime, because an oil strike would only mean escalated property values, and therefore astronomically higher inheritance taxes for her children.
In the late 1920s, Frank A. Morgan, a geologist, became convinced that Kate Bell (who died in 1927) had been correct in her assessment of Ellwood Terrace. He convinced his employer, Rio Grande Oil Company, to obtain exploration rights from Bell’s heirs. Rio Grande formed a partnership with Barnsdall Oil Company, which had just abandoned testing on the neighboring Edwards Ranch. The pact called for Barnsdall to sink a well to 3,000 feet, with Rio Grande paying half of the drilling costs and rel
inquishing a one-half interest in its oil rights.
The first well sunk on the property, Luton-Bell No. 1, was named in honor of the property owners. The well was begun on June 1, 1928. After three weeks with no oil discovery, oil was discovered slightly over 3,000 feet below the surface. Luton-Bell No. 1 produced crude oil at 180 barrels per hour during its first hours of production. “It was unusually high gravity oil, coming in under extremely high pressure, with no water present, and only a trace of sulfur.” Production was reduced to 100 barrels per hour, and additional storage facilities were built. After a month, the Barnsdall-Rio Grande well was under control.
B11. Additional Resource Attributes:
*B12. References
Historic Resources Group, City of Goleta Historic Context Statement, February 2019.
City of Goleta Building Permits.
Goleta Ci
ty Directories.
Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps.
B13. Remarks:
*B14. Evaluator: Christine Lazzaretto; Molly Iker‐Johnson; Robby Aranguren *Date of Evaluation:March 2021
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Barnsdall and Rio Grande quickly announced their plans to sink a series of companion wells near Luton-Bell No. 1. In early August, they began Luton- Bell No. 2, 3,000 feet east of the discovery well. However, the companies were no longer alone in their efforts, as news of their success had spread.
Soon, dozens of oil leases throughout much of the Goleta Valley were signed. By April 1930, the Ellwood oil field was home to 28 oil wells, netting about 42,000 barrels of oil per week, or 1,500 barrels per well.
Goleta’s burgeoning oil industry needed buildings to support their operations. Ellwood leaseholders built administrative offices, field workers’ housing, and maintenance sheds and equipment storage warehouses. Many of these buildings were located on the state highway near the Southern Pacific Railroad crossing. The “strategic spot along the western approach into the Goleta Valley” was also an ideal location for a filling station.
Located beside the vast oil field, the Barnsdall-Rio Grande Gasoline Station (1929, Morgan, Walls & Clements) was the product of the oil strike, which quickly made the Barnsdall-Rio Grande oil company a major player on the New York Stock Exchange. Almost overnight, they were Goleta’s biggest taxpayer. When Barnsdall and Rio Grande decided to build a filling station at the entrance to their oil field, they wanted it to be a showpiece. Taking direction from the architectural aesthetic promoted in Santa Barbara by Pearl Chase, which emphasized Spanish Colonial and Mediterranean Revival styles, the companies hired Los Angeles-based master architects Morgan, Walls & Clements, who had designed service stations in Santa Barbara, to design their service station in the Spanish Colonial Revival style. The station building, once finished, was flanked by two flag poles (one each for the American and Californian flags), and sheltered by a curved, five-foot-high masonry wall with octagonal piers to hold spotlights and hoses for water and compressed air. Landscaping included two japonica hedges and flower beds, one of which also featured a sign designed in the form of an oil derrick, emblazoned with the words “Barnsdall & Rio Grande” in paint and neon lettering.
Criterion 2(c)
The Barnsdall-Rio Grande Gas Station is eligible for listing as a City of Goleta Historic Landmark under Criterion 2(c) as an excellent and rare local example of Spanish Colonial Revival style architecture in Goleta, and as an example of the work of master architectural firm Morgan, Walls & Clements.
The Spanish Colonial Revival style attained widespread popularity throughout Southern California following the 1915 Panama-California Exposition in San Diego, which was housed in a series of buildings designed by chief architect Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue in the late Baroque Churrigueresque style of Spain and Mexico. The Churrigueresque style, with areas of intricate ornamentation juxtaposed against plain stucco wall surfaces and accented with towers and domes, lent itself to monumental public edifices, churches and exuberant commercial buildings and theaters, but was less suited to residential or smaller scale commercial architecture. For that, architects drew inspiration from provincial Spain, particularly the arid southern region of Andalusia, where many young American architects were diverted while World War I prevented their traditional post-graduate “grand tour” of Great Britain, France, Italy, and Germany. The resulting style was based on infinitely creative combinations of plaster, tile, wood, and iron, featuring plaster- clad volumes arranged around patios, low-pitched tile roofs, and a spreading, horizontal orientation. It was a deliberate attempt to develop a “native” California architectural style and romanticize the area’s colonial past, though it drew directly from Spanish and other Mediterranean precedents and bore little resemblance to the missions and rustic adobe ranch houses that comprised the state’s actual colonial-era buildings.
The popularity of the Spanish Colonial Revival style extended across nearly all property types, including a range of residential, commercial, and institutional buildings, and coincided with Southern California’s population boom of the 1920s, with the result that large expanses of Santa Monica, Los Angeles, and surrounding cities were developed in the style. Some towns, such as Santa Barbara, even passed ordinances requiring its use in new construction. It shaped the region’s expansion for nearly two decades, reaching a high point in 1929 and tapering off through the 1930s as the Great Depression gradually took hold. Like other revival styles, the Spanish Colonial Revival style was often simplified, reduced to its signature elements, or creatively combined with design features of other Mediterranean regions such as Italy, southern France, and North Africa, resulting in a pan- Mediterranean mélange of eclectic variations (see Mediterranean Revival Style). It was also sometimes combined, much less frequently, with the emerging Art Deco and Moderne styles.
Morgan, Walls & Clements played a leading role in creating the architectural landscape of early Los Angeles. Known for working in various Spanish revival styles in their earlier years, the firm became a prominent practitioner of Art Deco and Streamline architecture in the late 1920s and 1930s. The firm was originally established in 1890 as Morgan and Walls, with partners Octavius W. Morgan (1850-1922) and John A. Walls (1860-1922). Morgan had previously partnered with architect Ezra Kysor. Walls was a native of Buffalo, New York who moved to Los Angeles in 1887. After serving on the board of the AIA (one of two architects representing the West Coast), Morgan retired in 1910. His son, Octavius Morgan, Jr. (1886-1951), became a partner along with Stiles O. Clements (1883-1966), and the firm was renamed Morgan, Walls & Clements. Like his father, the younger Morgan was active in the architectural community. He served as an officer for the AIA’s Southern California chapter and was the president of the Allied Architects Association, a nonprofit organization dedicated to municipal design. Clements is credited as principal designer for many of the firm’s most celebrated projects. Educated at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, he became a leading figure in the Art Deco and Streamline Moderne movements. Walls passed away in 1922, yet the company name remained unchanged until Clements left in 1937 to start his own practice.
The Tree Study conducted as part of the Historic Context Statement identified mature narrow-leaved paperbark trees at the prop erty. Note that trees in Goleta are regulated under the Goleta Urban Forest Management Plan, adopted June 7, 2011 and amended February 21, 2017. The documentation of trees is outside the scope of this survey.
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Historic Photo(s):
University of California, Santa Barbara, Special Collections 435
BARNSDALL-RIO GRANDE GASOLINE STATION
LANDMARK NUMBER: 29
KNOWN AS: Barnsdall Gas Station
PHYSICAL ADDRESS: 7925 Hollister Avenue, Goleta
LOCATION: Far western end of Hollister Avenue in Goleta
RESOLUTION NUMBER: 90-443
LANDMARK DATE: July 17, 1990
STATUS: The Barnsdall-Rio Grande Gasoline Station now falls within the jurisdiction of the city of Goleta
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Primary #
HRI #
Trinomial
NRHP Status Code 5S1
Other Listings General Plan List
P1. Other Identifier
*a. County Santa Barbara County
*P2. Location: Not for Publication Unrestricted and (P2c, P2e, and P2b or P2d. Attach a Location Map as Nec essary.) *b USGS 7.5' Quad Goleta Date 2018 T 4N ; R 28W ; of of Sec B. M. c. Address 96 Glen Annie Rd City Goleta Zip 93117
Zone 11Sd. UTM: , 236958.654 mE/ 3814579.731 mN APN: 077‐020‐045e. Other Locational Data:
*P3a. Description
Character‐defining Features
Alterations
Integrity
Retains integrity of location, setting, feeling,
and association.
P5a. Photograph or Drawing (Photograph required for buildings, structure, and objects.) *P3b. Resource Attributes:
HP33. Farm/ranch
*P4. Resources Present ■ Building, Site
*P5b. Description of Photo
Historic Resources Group, 2020
*P6. Date Constructed/Age and Source
c. 1860, Goleta: The Good Land
*P7. Owner and Address
*P8. Recorded by:
Historic Resources Group
12 S Fair Oaks Ave, Suite 200
Pasadena, CA 91105
*P9. Date Recorded March 2021
*P10. Survey Type Intensive
*P11. Report Citation:Historic Resources Group, City of Goleta Historic Context Statement and Survey Report, February 2019. *Attachments: ■Building, Structure, and Object Record
Additional Features
Mature treesThe property is not fully visible from the public right-of-way; however, according to the c. 1993 Santa Barbara County Place of Historic Merit designation, the following are character-defining features of Bishop Ranch:
■ One-story bungalow
■ Adjacent sandstone arbor
■ Red Gum tree northeast of the dwelling
■ Surrounding specimen trees
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*Resource Name or #: 96 Glen Annie Rd
B1. Historic Name:Corona del Mar; Glen Annie Ranch; Dos Pueblos Ranch B2. Common Name: Bishop Ranch B3. Original Use: Industrial B4. Present Use: Industrial *B5. Architectural Style: Unknown/Not Visible
*B6. Construction History:
*B7. Moved No Date: Original Location: *B8. Related Features B9a. Architect: b. Builder:
B10. Significance: Late 19th/Early 20th Century Development (1866‐1918): Agricultural Development (1866‐1918); : Area Goleta Period of Significancec. 1860 Property Type: Industrial Applicable Criteria Local Criterion 2(a) B11. Additional Resource Attributes:
*B12. References
Historic Resources Group, City of Goleta Historic Context Statement, February 2019.
City of Goleta Building Permits.
Goleta City Di
rectories.
Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps.
B13. Remarks:
*B14. Evaluator: Christine Lazzaretto; Molly Iker‐Johnson; Robby Aranguren *Date of Evaluation:March 2021
Bishop Ranch was previously designated as a Santa Barbara County Place of Historic Merit prior to January 1, 2021; therefore, it is automatically eligible for local designation under local Criterion 2(a).
Bishop Ranch was designated a County of Santa Barbara Place of Historic Merit in approximately 1993. At the time of designation, the property included a one-story bungalow, adjacent sandstone arbor, Red Gum tree northeast of the dwelling, and surrounding specimen trees. These features are not visible from the public right-of-way.
Criterion 2(a)
Bishop Ranch appears eligible for listing as a City of Goleta Historic Landmark under Local Criterion 2(a) as an early and rare extant example of Goleta's former agricultural lands. Bishop Ranch is the largest remaining tract of former ranch land in the City of Goleta, illustrating Goleta's early history as a cattle ranching town that was subsequently subdivided into numerous smaller farms and residential areas.
The land now comprising Bishop Ranch was granted to Goleta pioneer Nicolas Den as part of his Rancho Los Dos Pueblos in 1842. In 1862, Den died, and his ranch was subdivided into smaller ranches and given to each of his heirs, including his wife, Rosa, and each of their ten children. The portions of the ranch set aside for Den's children were to be held in trust until each child came of age.
In the late 1860s, Charles E. Huse, the executor of Nicolas Den’s estate, arranged for the sale of several tracts of land in the former Den estate. W.W. Hollister offered Huse $10 an acre for 5,000 acres of the former Den estate bisected by Tecolotito Creek, between the east ridge of Ellwood Canyon and Carneros Creek. Hollister took immediate possession of Glen Annie Ranch (present-day Bishop Ranch). However, because the sale went against Den’s will, the Santa Barbara Probate Court did not approve the sale, foreshadowing a future legal battle.
In the mid-1870s, Hollister’s claim to his Glen Annie Ranch was contested. An 1890 California Supreme Court ruling returned the Glen Annie Ranch to the Den family.
Thomas Bishop received most of Hollister’s property and that of another defendant, the Sturgis brothers, as payment for his successful prosecution of the Dens’ case. Now known as Bishop Ranch, the property remained in the Bishop family until the late 1950s. 438
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Significance Statement (continued):
Bishop Ranch was sold to Chicago financier Henry Crown in 1957. Two years later, Crown’s Exchange Building Corporation hired William L. Pereira & Associates to prepare a master plan for the future development of the ranch. The plan included industrial parks near Hollister Avenue and golf courses in the foothills.
Goleta’s postwar housing tracts were developed on land formerly dedicated to walnut and lemon orchards. As the demand for housing in Goleta increased, agricultural land rapidly gained value, until it had escalated to the point that many ranch owners felt they would make more money selling their property to developers than they “could hope to make in twenty years of hard work.” Former agricultural lands rapidly gave way to new residential and industrial development, until much of Goleta's former agricultural character was merely a memory. The portion of Bishop Ranch that remains agricultural in character is the largest remnant of Goleta's early character.
The Tree Study conducted as part of the Historic Context Statement noted that there are large, skyline, heritage-quality trees on the property, including an English walnut tree, a remnant of the walnut groves on the property. Note that trees in Goleta are regulated under the Goleta Urban Forest Management Plan, adopted June 7, 2011 and amended February 21, 2017. The documentation of trees is outside the scope of this survey. 439
BISHOP RANCH
DESIGNATION: Place of Historic Merit (one story bungalow, adjacent sandstone arbor, Red Gum tree northeast of the
dwelling, and surrounding specimen trees)
KNOWN AS
: Corona del Mar Ranch aka Bishop Ranch
PHYSICAL ADDRESS: None
LOCATION: central part of the Goleta Valley north of Highway 101 RESOLUTION NUMBER: No Record
DESIGNATION DATE: Unknown
STATUS: Ranching operations on this nearly 288-acre property were developed by the Bishop family (1890-1957) and
became one of the largest operations in the area. It now falls within the jurisdiction of the city of Goleta.
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Primary #
HRI #
Trinomial
NRHP Status Code 5S1
Other Listings General Plan List
P1. Other Identifier
*a. County Santa Barbara County
*P2. Location: Not for Publication Unrestricted and (P2c, P2e, and P2b or P2d. Attach a Location Map as Necessary.) *b USGS 7.5' Quad Goleta Date 2018 T 4N ; R 28W ; of of Sec B. M. c. Addre
ss 33 S La Patera Ln City Goleta Zip 93117
Zone 11Sd. UTM: , 238744.386 mE/ 3814240.853 mN APN: 073‐050‐034e. Other Locational Data:
*P3a. Description
Character‐defining Features
■ One‐and‐one‐half story height
Alterations
Some windows may have been replaced;
roof cladding replaced
Integrity
Retains integrity of location, design, setting,
materials, workmanship, feeling, and
association.
■ Rectangular plan
■ Thick masonry walls of adobe brick
■ Side‐gable roof with wide overhanging eaves
■ Horizontal wood siding
■ Full‐width front porch formed by wide overhanging eaves at primary façade, supported by thin wood posts ■ Paneled wood door with simple surround
■ Double hung, wood sash windows
P5a. Photograph or Drawing (Photograph required for buildings, structure, and objects.) *P3b. Resource Attributes:
HP44. Adobe building/structure
*P4. Resources Present ■ Building
*P5b. Description of Photo
Historic Resources Group, 2020
*P6. Date Constructed/Age and Source
1850, Goleta: The Good Land
*P7. Owner and Address
*P8. Recorded by:
Historic Resources Group
12 S Fair Oaks Ave, Suite 200
Pasadena, CA 91105
*P9. Date Recorded March 2021
*P10. Survey Type Intensive
*P11. Report Citation: Historic Resources Group, City of Goleta Historic Context Statement and Survey Report, February 2019. *Attachments: ■Building, Structure, and Object Record
Additional Features
■ Three gabled dormers at primary façade
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*Resource Name or #: 33 S La Patera Ln
B2. Common Name:B1. Historic Name:Daniel Hill Adobe
B3. Original Use: Single family residence B4. Present Use: Commercial *B5. Architectural Style: Adobe Construction
*B6. Construction History:
*B7. Moved No Date: Original Location: *B8. Related Features B9a. Architect: b. Builder:
B10. Significance:Mexican Independence and the Rancho Period (1821‐1865): The Rancho Period (1821‐1865); Daniel Hill; Architecture & Design: Adobe Construction
Area Goleta
Period of Significance1850 Property Type: Commercial Applicable Criteria Local Criterion 2(a); Local Criterion 2 The Daniel Hill Adobe was constructed in approximately 1850 by Goleta pioneer Daniel Hill. It was previously designated a Santa Barbara County Place of Historic Merit; therefore, it is automatically eligible for local designation.
The Daniel Hill Adobe is eligible under local Criterion 2(a), 2(b), and 2(c).
Criterion 2(a)
The Daniel Hill Adobe is eligible for listing as a City of Goleta Historic Landmark under Local Criterion 2(a) as the earliest extant residence in the City of Goleta.
Various historians cite differing dates for the adobe’s construction, ranging f rom 1832 to 1854. However, when he applied for a homestead on the property in 1864, Hill noted that he had been living in the house for 14 years, thereby lending credibility to the assertion that the adobe was built in 1850. The house is the only known building in Goleta that dates back to the City's Rancho period, when rancheros controlled California.
The Goleta Valley continued to develop after Mexico achieved independence from Spain, through the evolution of the Rancho period and the transition from Mexican to American sovereignty after the Mexican‐American War. Between 1820 and 1865, the Goleta Valley was predominately composed of cattle ranches. Though most resources from this period are no longer extant, Goleta’s development during the Rancho period provided the foundation for future growth and contributed to Goleta’s continued agricultural character. A major drought, which lasted from 1863 to 1865, resulted in the death of Daniel Hill’s cattle, and ultimately, the end of the rancho way of life in Goleta.
Criteri
on 2(b)
The Daniel Hill Adobe is eligible for listing as a City of Goleta Historic Landmark under Local Criterion 2(b) for its association with Daniel Hill, one of Goleta's most prominent pioneers.
Daniel Hill (1797‐1865) was the Goleta Valley’s first American settler. Born on a farm in South Billerica, a suburb of Boston, Massachusetts, Hill left home at an early age to begin a seafaring life. In 1823, Hill arrived at Refugio Beach, then the property of Don Jos Vincente Ortega. There he met Ortega’s daughter Rafaela, and decided to settle in the area. He was offered a position as a vaquero on Don Ortega’s Refugio Ranch, but instead decided to open Santa Barbara’s first American trading post.
B11. Additional Resource Attributes:
*B12. References
Historic Resources Group, City of Goleta Historic Context Statement, February 2019.
City of Goleta Building Permits.
Goleta City Di
rectories.
Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps.
B13. Remarks:
*B14. Evaluator: Christine Lazzaretto; Molly Iker‐Johnson; Robby Aranguren *Date of Evaluation: March 2021
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Significance Statement (continued):
Hill’s trading post was so successful that before the end of his first week in business, his shelves were completely empty of stock, which he could not replace until another Boston ship arrived at Santa Barbara. Having “sold himself out of the mercantile business,” Hill turned to carpentry, soap making, and stone masonry for his living. He also built himself the one-story Hill-Carrillo Adobe (11 E. Carrillo Street, Santa Barbara), and worked toward achieving Mexican citizenship by learning Spanish and converting to Catholicism. Hill and Rafaela Ortega were married in 1826. Hill was granted the 4,426-acre Rancho La Goleta on June 10, 1846, the last of the available land in the Goleta Valley. In approximately 1850, Hill built an adobe at 35 S. La Patera Lane.
Criterion 2(c)
The Daniel Hill Adobe is eligible for listing as a City of Goleta Historic Landmark under Local Criterion 2(c) as the only known example of adobe construction in the City of Goleta. It exhibits quality of design and distinctive features including its thick masonry walls of adobe brick, simple exteriors, and few window and door openings.
Early adobe buildings were typically small, single-story structures, with thick adobe walls, flat roofs framed with vigas, and usually a long, covered porch supported on wood posts, called a corredor, along one or more sides. Adobe construction consists of thick walls composed of large sun-dried bricks, usually made from mud and straw and covered with earth plaster to protect the unfired bricks. The unreinforced adobe walls typically vary from one and one-half to six feet thick, resting on a dirt or rock foundation. Door and window openings are usually framed with heavy timber lintels, often left exposed. Adobe construction demonstrates a continuation of indigenous building traditions that were passed down from generation to generation of craftsmen. Adobe construction used locally available resources and was appropriate for the climate in the Southwest, staying cool in the summer and warm in the winter. Following California’s cession to the United States in 1850 there was a migration of settlers from the east. During this period, many adobe structures were destroyed to make way for new development. Others were altered with the addition of steep gable or hipped roofs, usually clad in wood shakes but occasionally in clay tiles, and wood framed wings. Some adobes were clad in clapboard siding with Federal or Greek Revival decorative details and double hung windows to create a more Anglicized appearance. In some cases, adobes were covered with a cement plaster finish.
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DANIEL HILL ADOBE
DESIGNATION: Place of Historic Merit
KNOWN AS: Daniel Hill Adobe
PHYSICAL ADDRESS:
35 S. La Patera Lane, Goleta
LOCATION: North of Hollister Avenue on La Patera Lane
RESOLUTION NUMBER: No Record
DESIGNATION DATE: Unknown
STATUS: This adobe built for the Daniel Hill family about 1850 now falls within the jurisdiction of the city of Goleta 444
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HRI #
Trinomial
NRHP Status Code 1S 1CS 5S1
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P1. Other Identifier
*a. County Santa Barbara County
*P2. Location: Not for Publication Unrestricted and (P2c, P2e, and P2b or P2d. Attach a Location Map as Necessary.) *b USGS 7.5' Quad Goleta Date 2018 T 4N ; R 28W ; of of Sec B. M. c. Address 300 N Los Carneros Rd City Goleta Zip 93117
Zone 11Sd. UTM: , 237901.387 mE/ 3814908.839 mN APN: 077‐210‐059e. Other Locational Data:
*P3a. Description
Character‐defining Features
■ Two‐story height
Alterations
Relocated from original site
Integrity
Retains integrity of design, materials,
workmanship, feeling, and association.
■ Rectangular plan and simple massing
■ Wood frame construction
■ Cross gable roof with open eaves at two‐story volume; gable‐on‐hip roof with open eaves at one‐story volume ■ Horizontal wood siding
■ Multiple entrances; loading platform wrapping north and west façades ■ Paneled wood doors with transoms
■ Wood sash fixed, casement, and double‐hung windows with simple surrounds P5a. Photograph or Drawing (Photograph required for buildings, structure, and objects.) *P3b. Resource Attributes:
HP17. Railroad depot
*P4. Resources Present ■ Building
*P5b. Description of Photo
Historic Resources Group, 2020
*P6. Date Constructed/Age and Source
1901, County list
*P7. Owner and Address
*P8. Recorded by:
Historic Resources Group
12 S Fair Oaks Ave, Suite 200
Pasadena, CA 91105
*P9. Date Recorded March 2021
*P10. Survey Type Intensive
*P11. Report Citation: Historic Resources Group, City of Goleta Historic Context Statement and Survey Report, February 2019. *Attachments: ■Building, Structure, and Object Record
Additional Features
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*Resource Name or #: 300 N Los Carneros Rd
B1. Historic Name:Goleta Train Depot
B3. Original Use: Industrial
B2. Common Name: Goleta Train Depot; South Coast Railroad Museum B4. Present Use: Institutional
*B5. Architectural Style: Industrial Vernacular
*B6. Construction History:
*B7. Moved No Date: Original Location: *B8. Related Features B9a. Architect: b. Builder: Southern Pacific Railroad
B10. Significance:Late 19th/Early 20th Century Development (1866‐1918): Early Industrial Development (1866‐1918) Area Goleta Period of Significance1901 Property Type: Institutional Applicable Criteria A/1/2(a) The Goleta Depot was originally const ructed in 1901, and was relocated to its present location in 1981. The prope rty was previously designated Santa Barbara County Landmark #22 and listed in the National Register of Historic Places on January 18, 2002 under Criterion A and automatically listed in the California Register as a result of that designation. Therefore, it is automatically eligible for local designation under Local Criterion 2(a).
Criterion 2(a)
The Goleta Depot is eligible for listing as a City of Goleta Historic Landmark under local Crit erion 2(a) as the only surviving exam ple of the once widespread Combination Station No. 22 standard‐design Southern Pacific Railroad depot in Santa Barbara County. It is Santa Barbara County's only surviving rural railroad depot. It is also the building most closely associated with the railroad in Goleta, Goleta's oldest extant commercial building, and the oldest remaining building associated with the Coast Line in Santa Barbara County.
Goleta Depot was built in 1901, during the completion of Southern Pacific's Coast Line. This coastal route, linking San Francisco and Lo s Angeles, came to have a major
impact on patterns of settlement, tourism , agriculture, and other forms of social and economic development throughout most of the 20th century. These effects were felt across a wide area, across much of the state, but especially in the citie s and towns along the railroad right‐of‐way.
Opened in 1901, the Coast Line took more than a decade to build. During the final five years of construction, all that remained was a stretch of about 86 miles, all within the confines of
Santa Barbara County. This long unfinished stretch became famous as "The Gap," which SP's engineers and crews would eventually conquer. Scores of depots and lesser buildings were erected in the county during the final years of cons truction. While ot her original structures and features (e.g., bridges, cuts, and fills) endure, Goleta Depot is the only surviving railroad building from that period. The Santa Barbara depot, by contrast, was built in 1905, four years after the Coast Line was opened.
Goleta Depot is an example of the Combination Station No. 22 standard‐design style. Like some of the other railroad companies, the Southern Pacific used standard‐design plans to sim
plify the process of designing and building many of its depots. These SP standard‐design depots were invariably of wood‐frame construction and were genrally used in small town and country seƫngs.
B11. Additional Resource Attributes:
*B12. References
Historic Resources Group, City of Goleta Historic Context Statement, February 2019.
City of Goleta Building Permits.
Goleta Ci
ty Directories.
Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps.
B13. Remarks:
*B14. Evaluator: Christine Lazzaretto; Molly Iker‐Johnson; Robby Aranguren *Date of Evaluation: March 2021
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Significance Statement (continued):
Combination Station No. 22 (CS 22) was SP's most common standard-design depot, with at least 91 erected from about 1894 until the 1930s in California, Nevada, Arizona, Texas, Oregon, and Utah. These sheer numbers suggest that the CS 22 was probably one of the most numerous and widespread standard-design depots in the entire United States across all railroads. Eight CS 22s were built in Santa Barbara County, more than in any other county or in any state other than California. All eight were built in conjunction with the Coast Line completion. These included depots at Goleta, Naples, Gaviota, Concepcion, Sudden, Surf, and Guadalupe, along an 86-mile stretch of the Coast Line main corridor, and a depot in the town of Lompot on the Lompoc branch east of Surf. Except for Goleta Depot, all of these Santa Barbara County CS 22s were razed by the railroad. Most were gone by 1980. A fragment of the Surf depot was used until the 1990s, when it, too, was demolished.
Goleta Depot served the railroad and its community for almost 75 years as a local center of transportation, communications, and commerce. The depot was essential to the commerce that took place between Goleta and the outside world, as well as being an important commercial establishment in its own right. The depot was vitally important to the small agricultural community of Goleta during the first half of the 20th century, serving as the gateway through which passed Goleta Valley produce and livestock on its way to outside markets. In exchange, Goleta received the tools, materials and supplies needed to build and maintain a community.
With the creation of the University of California, Santa Barbara campus in Goleta and the completion of Cachuma Dam in the Santa Barbara backcountry, Goleta was rapidly transformed, starting in the early 1950s, into a populous Santa Barbara suburb. Goleta Depot was a key participant in the building boom. Southern Pacific records for the early 1970s, for example, list cement, plaster, lumber, and home appliances - along with beer - as the principal incoming commodities handled by the Goleta agent. Goleta Depot was less important as a passenger station, due largely to its close proximity (eight miles) to the city of Santa Barbara, which had its own passenger depot. While the Santa Barbara depot was served by all of SP's passenger trains, Goleta Depot was only a flag-stop for the daily local trains. Nevertheless, the community was served by the SP locals at Goleta Depot from 1901 until May 20, 1965, when it ceased passenger service and continued on only as a freight stop.
In 1973, Southern Pacific closed the Goleta station. For the next few years, the abandoned structure became the target of vandals and thieves, while community sentiment to save the building grew. The SP would have demolished Goleta Depot, a fate that eventually befell every other (more than a dozen) of the railroad's wood-frame depots in Santa Barbara County, were it not for a lawsuit over the depot property brought by the Kellogg family, whose forebears had granted the land to the SP at the turn of the century. Finally, in late 1981, SP and the Kelloggs agreed to divide the land, but neither wanted to keep the depot on the site. Instead, they offered the building to Goleta Beautiful, a community organization, on the condition that the site be cleared within 90 days. Goleta Beautiful planners found that there were very few alternative sites available for relocating the building.
Paying the high prices for even a small piece of land in this Santa Barbara suburb would have put the relocation project financially out of reach. The only feasible solution to the land problem was Los Carneros County Park, a largely undeveloped park occupying part of the historic Stow Ranch lands.
The County of Santa Barbara made a parcel at the park available to Goleta Beautiful under a long-term renewable lease agreement at no charge. The building move was completed on November 18-19, 1981.
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Historic Photo(s):
1912, South Coast Railroad Museum
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GOLETA DEPOT
LANDMARK NUMBER: 22
KNOWN AS: Goleta Depot or Goleta Railway Station
PHYSCIAL ADDRESS: 300 N. Los Carneros Road, Goleta
LOCATION: Los Carneros Road adjacent to Stow House in Goleta
RESOLUTION NUMBER: 82-408
LANDMARK DATE: August 2, 1982
STATUS: The Goleta Depot was constructed by the Southern Pacific Company in 1901 and is Santa Barbara County’s
only surviving rural railroad depot. It now falls within the jurisdiction of the city of Goleta.
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United States Department of the Interior
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Continuation Sheet
Section number Page
SUPPLEMENTARY LISTING RECORD
NRIS Reference Number: 01001457
Goleta Depot
Property Name
N/A
Multiple Name
Date Listed: 1/18/2002
Santa Barbara CA
County State
This property is listed in the National Register of Historic Places in accordance with the attached nomination documentation subject to the following exceptions, exclusions, or amendments, notwithstanding the National Park Service certification included in the nomination documentation.
V Signature of the Keeper
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Date of Action
Amended Items in Nomination:
Significance:
Criterion A and the areas of significance Transportation, Commerce and Communications are deleted from the nomination.
[Removing this property from its original railroad right-of-way location as a pivotal centerpiece of early growth and local development in Goleta precludes its eligibility under Criterion A and Criteria Consideration B (association dependent on the site/setting and environment).]
Period of Significance:
The period of significance is revised to read: 1901
[This reflects the building's significance under Criterion C alone.] These revisions were confirmed with the OR SHPO staff.
DISTRIBUTION:
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Nominating Authority (without nomination attachment)
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United States Department of the Interior
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This form is for use in nominating or requesting determinations for indivk , .
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entries and narrative items on continuation sheets (NPS Form 10-900a). Use a typewriter, word processor, or computer, to complete all items.
1. Name of Property ______________________________
historic name Goleta Depot
other names/site number
2. Location
street & number 300 North Los Carneros Road
city or town Goleta
D not for publication
_ D vicinity
state California code CA county Santa Barbara code 083 Zip code 93117-1502
3. State/Federal Agency Certification
As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended, I hereby certify that this SO nomination O request for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the National Register of Historic Places and meets the procedural and professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60. In my opinion, the property J3 meets O does not meet the National Register criteria. I recommend that this property be considered significant D nationally O statewide $3 locally. (D See continuation sheet for additional comments.) Signature of certifying official/Title Date
California Office of Historic Preservation
State of Federal agency and bureau
In my opinion, the property D meets D does not meet the National Register criteria. (D See continuation sheet for additional comments.)
Signature of certifying official/Title Date
State or Federal agency and bureau
4. National Park Service Certification
hereby certify that the property is:
r"S)-eatered in the National Register,
v' C] See continuation sheet.
Q determined eligible for the
National Register
Q See continuation sheet.
G determined not eligible for the
National Register.
D removed from the National
Register.
Cj other, (explain:) _____________
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Goleta Depot
Name of Property
santa Barbara county, California
County and State
5. Classification
Ownership of Property
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51 private
D public-local
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G public-Federal
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S building(s)
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D site
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1 1
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buildings
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in the National Register
6. Function or Use
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TRANSPORTATION/rail-related
INDUSTRY/PROCESSING/EXTRACTION/
Current Functions
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RECREATION AND CULTURE/museum
TRANSPORTATION/rail-related
communications facility
COMMERCE/TRADE/business
7. Description
Architectural Classification
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LATE VICTORIAN/Stick
Materials
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foundation CONCRETE
walls _ WOOD
roof ASPHALT
other
Narrative Description
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Goleta Depot
Name of Property
Santa Barbara County, California
County and State
8. Statement ot Significance
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(Mark "x" in one or more boxes for the criteria qualifying the property for National Register listing.)
SI A Property is associated with events that have made
a significant contribution to the broad patterns of
our history.
D B Property is associated with the lives of persons
significant in our past.
S C Property embodies the distinctive characteristics
of a type, period, or method of construction or
represents the work of a master, or possesses
high artistic values, or represents a significant and
distinguishable entity whose components lack
individual distinction.
D D Property has yielded, or is likely to yield,
information important in prehistory or history.
Criteria Considerations
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Property is:
D A owned by a religious institution or used for
religious purposes.
S B removed from its original location.
D C a birthplace or grave.
D D a cemetery.
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D F a commemorative property.
D G less than 50 years of age or achieved significance
within the past 50 years.
Areas of Significance
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COMMUNICATIONS
COMMERCE
ARCHITECTURE
Period of Significance
1901-1951
Significant Dates
1901
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Architect/Builder
Southern Pacific Railroad
Narrative Statement of Significance
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9. Major Bibliographical References
Bibliography
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D preliminary determination of individual listing (36
CFR 67) has been requested
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n previously determined eligible by the National
Register
D designated a National Historic Landmark
D recorded by Historic American Buildings Survey
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Goleta Depot
Name of Property
Santa Barbara County, California
County and State
10. Geographical Data
Acreage of Property 1.6 acres (approx.)
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Zone Easting Northing
2\ HI 1213,719,8,0! 13,811,417,6,01
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11. Form Prepared By
name/title Gary B. Coombs, Ph.D., Director
organization South Coast Railroad Museum date 8/14/2001 street & number 300 North Los Carneros Road
Goleta city or town ____________________________ state
telephone
Calif.
805-964-3540
zip code 93117-1502
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County of Santa Barbaraname
street & number Parks Dept, 610 Mission Canyon Road (805)568-2461 city or town Santa Barbara state Calif. zip code 93105
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Goleta Depot, Santa Barbara County, CA
Description
Goleta Depot is an example of the Southern Pacific (SP) Railroad's Combination Station No. 22 standard-plan depot. It is a tri-level rectangular frame Victorian Stick structure.
The site, a rectangular parcel about 1.6 acres in extent (see Site Map), is located along a principal road at the western edge of Los Cameras County Park in Goleta, Calif. The site is about 1.85 miles from the original depot site and about 0.2 miles from the tracks of the Union Pacific Railroad (formerly Southern Pacific). The setting is rural and uncluttered, similar to the pastoral setting at the original site prior to the Goleta building boom that began in the 1950s. Goleta Depot was moved in 1981.
Adjoining parcels contain a large lemon orchard (to the west), a county fire station and a public parking lot for park visitors (to the north), and Stow House, a National Register property on its original site (to the east). The vast undeveloped expanse of Los Carneros County Park lies to the south and beyond Stow House to the east.
A "preservation park" atmosphere does not exist at Los Carneros County Park. There are no other relocated or reconstructed historic buildings at or near Goleta Depot or Stow House. Moreover, vegetative screening was installed in 1982 to visually separate these two neighboring historic properties (see Site Map). Now mature, these trees and shrubs effectively eliminate the viewing of one building from the other.
Goleta Depot was positioned on the new site with its long axis oriented roughly north-south and the front of the building facing westward. This was known to be in contrast to the depot's original north-facing orientation, but was nececessary given the new parcel's topography, which runs north-south, with gentle slopes from the west and east downward toward the middle of the site.
In 1983, following a year of restoration and rehabilitation, Goleta Depot was reopened. The building became home to the Goleta Valley Chamber of Commerce, two other local non-profit organizations, and a fledgling mu seum. Today, the entire building serves as the home of the South Coast Railroad Museum.
The nominated property is positioned near the western edge of its parcel, roughly midway between the parcel's eastern and western boundaries. The buildhlg shares the site with two small storage sheds. The site contains no roads or driveways. About 200 feet of standard-gauge railroad track has been installed in front of the depot build ing. A Southern Pacific bay-window caboose, builtcirca 1961, occupies a portion of the track just north west of the depot. The track is also used by the museum to give handcar and inspection-car rides to the visiting public.
Goleta Depot is a tri-level structure with a 25' x 92' footprint. The lower (first floor) level contains the passen ger waiting room, railroad office, and baggage room. The overlying upper (second floor) level contains the agent's five-room apartment (kitchen, bedroom[s]), and parlor[s]). Each of these levels is approximately 25' x 48' in extent. The split level, which is elevated to the height of the surrounding freight platform (approx. 3.5 feet above ground level) contains the freight room (warehouse) and is approximately 25' x 44'.
The Stick-style building's principal architectural features include wide eaves supported by roof brackets; shingled (staggered-butt) gables, milled redwood gutters, and double-hung windows with six-over-six lights. The depot's most distinctive feature, and the only deviation from a strict rectangular footprint, is a 12-foot wide two-story gable-topped window bay that projects about four feet from the building's west side, extending from the freight office below to the apartment above.
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Goleta Depot, Santa Barbara County, CA
Description (cont'd)
In addition to conventional hinged wooden panel doors for human entry and egress, the building exterior also features five massive sliding wooden doors wide enough to accommodate freight and baggage wagons.
The exterior siding is channeled (or beveled) horizontal redwood shiplap, over fir balloon framing. The exte rior was painted SP's standard "Colonial Yellow" color, with brown trim and white sash.
The original cedar shingle roof was replaced by the SP with asphalt roofing prior to 1970. The original brick chimneys were lost in a 1925 earthquake and were subsequently replaced by the SP with chimney pipes.
The roof of the second story is gabled on three sides, while the lower roof is hipped, with a pent eave at the exposed end of the split level.
Interior rooms, with the notable exception of the freight room, feature beaded tongue-and-groove vertical redwood paneling and fir floors. The ceilings of these rooms use identical beaded tongue-and-groove material.
The freight room was of single-wall construction, lacking interior walls and ceiling, with all framing exposed.
It had a fir floor, which was an interior extension of the freight platform that surrounded this largest interior space.
Sometime before 1960, the freight room was divided to create two separate warehouse rooms, at which time the fifth sliding freight room door was added.
Electricity, piped water, plumbing and gas-heating were not part of the original construction, but were all introduced prior to 1950.
When the building was moved, restoration and rehabilitation were necessary to make the building usable again. The building now rests on a block foundation over concrete footings, rather than the original foundation of loose bricks and wood pilings. A concrete sidewalk encircles about 80% of the building.
Goleta Depot possesses a high degree of architectural integrity. Modifications were confined largely to the freight house, which served for several years as home to the Goleta Valley Chamber of Commerce. This space was subdivided into several rooms, by adding framing and sheet-rock walls. A new floor and wall-to-wall carpeting were also installed, along with glass doors-behind two of the large sliding wood doors. The original room fabric (framing, walls and open ceiling) remains intact, however, though hidden behind the recent additions.
To create interior restrooms, the architect added interior partitions to a portion of the baggage room. The remaining, front half of the baggage room retains its original interior appearance.
The building's other interior spaces are relatively free of modification. For example, all of the interior wall and ceiling tongue-and-groove paneling throughout the remainder of the building survives, though the paneling in one waiting-room wall was removed long enough to install a hidden shear-wall layer to give needed strength to this portion of the structure.
The original fir floors remain exposed in the waiting room, bedroom, one parlor, and the hallway that connects the office and freight house. Sheet linoleum and vinyl flooring were installed in 1982 over the original floors in the office, kitchen, and the other parlor. Most of the interior doors are replacements for the originals that were de stroyed by vandals in the late 1970s.
Visible ducting was left intact during the rebuilding and has been re-used wherever practical for wiring and other purposes. This includes electrical ducting as well as the stove pipes in the office and waiting room, which are 456
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now connected to non-operating caboose and pot-bellied stoves that form integral parts of the museum's period- room displays.
All of the exterior siding is original except for the end (i.e., north) wall of the freighthouse, in which two large openings had been cut circa 1950. Matching beveled lumber was used as the 1982 replacement. Much of the exterior baseboards around the lower level also were replaced with new material. A Sacramento mill produced matching redwood gutter stock to replace about 80% of the original gutters, which were badly deteriorated.
All of the exterior doors are original, as are the eave brackets, train-order board and connecting rods. The control levers for the train-order board are from the former Oxnard, Calif, depot.
Most of the window glass was destroyed by vandals during the late 1970s and was replaced with plate glass.
However, about a dozen panes of original cylinder glass, all located in door transoms, are still intact.
Neither the original brick chimneys, nor the replacement chimney pipes, which were removed during the process of relocating the building, have been restored. An asphalt shingle roof replaced its badly deteriorated predecessors in 1982.
In 1980, less than half of the original freight platform still existed and this was in a seriously dilapidated state.
Most of the freight platform was reconstructed in wood, while a portion, along the back (east side) of the freight house, was replaced in 1982 with a concrete walkway to facilitate wheelchair access to the freight room area.
Statement of Significance
Goleta Depot is historically significant because of its long and important associations with the development of transportation, commerce, and communications in its community and region. It is architecturally significant be cause it is a rare and fine example of an important architectural form.
Goleta Depot is eligible for the National Register under Criteria Consideration B because it is: (i) the building most closely associated with the railroad in Goleta; (ii) Goleta's oldest surviving commercial building; (iii) the oldest remaining building associated with the Coast Line in Santa Barbara County; and (iv) the only surviving example in Santa Barbara County of the once-widespread Combination Station No. 22 standard-design depot.
Goleta Depot was built in 1901, during the completion of Southern Pacific's Coast Line. This coastal route, linking the principal California cities of San Francisco and Los Angeles, came to have a major impact on patterns of settlement, tourism, agriculture, and other forms of social and economic development throughout most of the 20th century. These effects were felt across a wide area, across much of the state, but especially in the cities and towns along the railroad right-of-way.
The importance of the Coast Line continues into the 21st century. It is the route for Union Pacific Railroad 457
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freight-carrying along the Pacific Coast and the nation's second busiest passenger rail corridor, handling both Amtrak intercity and Bay Area and Metropolitan Los Angeles commuter trains.
Opened in 1901, the Coast Line took more than a decade to build. During the final five years of construction, all that remained was a stretch of about 86 miles, all within the confines of Santa Barbara County. This long unfinished stretch became famous as "The Gap," which SP's engineers and crews would eventually conquer.
Scores of depots and lesser buildings were erected in the county during these final years of the Coast Line construction. While other original structures and features (e.g., bridges, cuts and fills) endure, Goleta Depot is the only surviving railroad building from that period (The Santa Barbara depot, for example, was built in 1905, four years after the Coast Line was opened.).
Goleta Depot is an example of the Combination Station No. 22 standard-design style. Like some of the other railroads, the Southern Pacific used standard-design plans to simplify the process of designing and building many of its depots. These SP standard-design depots were invariably of wood-frame construction and were genrally used in small town and country settings.
Combination Station No. 22 (CS 22) was SP's most common standard-design depot, with at least 91 erected from about 1894 until the 1930s in the states of California, Nevada, Arizona, Texas, Oregon, and Utah (This number would exceed 100 if variant forms were included in the tally.). These sheer numbers suggest that the CS 22 was probably one of the most numerous and widespread standard-design depots in the entire United States across all railroads.
Eight CS 22s were built in Santa Barbara County, more than in any other county or in any state other than California. All eight were built in conjunction with the Coast Line completion. These included depots at Goleta, Naples, Gaviota, Concepcion, Sudden, Surf, and Guadalupe, along an 86-mile stretch of the Coast Line main corridor, and a depot in the town of Lompot on the Lompoc branch east of Surf.
Except for Goleta Depot, all of these Santa Barbara County CS 22s were razed by the railroad, most were gone by 1980. A fragment of the Surf depot was used until the 1990s, when it, too, was demolished.
Goleta Depot served the railroad and its community for almost three-quarters of a century as a local center of transportation, communications, and commerce. The period of significance has been arbitrarily ended fifty years in the past although the depot continued to function as a railroad building until 1973.
Being a "combination station" meant that Goleta Depot served both passengers and freight. This pattern, which was common in small towns and rural areas across America, stood in marked contrast to urban areas, where separate passenger and freight depots were the rule.
The depot was essential to the commerce that took place between Goleta and the outside world, as well as being an important commercial establishment in its own right. The depot was vitally important to the small agri cultural community of Goleta during the first half of the 20th century, serving as the gateway through which passed Goleta Valley produce and livestock on its way to outside markets. In exchange, Goleta received the tools, materials and supplies needed to build and maintain a community. 458
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Beginning in 1901, Goleta Depot was also the local agency office for Wells Fargo Express, which was suc ceeded by Railway Express.
With the creation of the University of California, Santa Barbara campus in Goleta and the completion of Cachuma Dam in the Santa Barbara backcountry, Goleta was rapidly transformed, starting in the early 1950s, into a populous Santa Barbara suburb. Goleta Depot was a key participant in the building boom. Southern Pacific records for the early 1970s, for example, list cement, plaster, lumber, and home appliances - along with beer - as the principal incoming commodities handled by the Goleta agent.
Apparently Goleta Depot is now the oldest surviving commercial building in its community. Inventories of historic properties prepared by the Santa Barbara County Historical Landmarks Commission and the Goleta Val ley Historical Society list no older Goleta properties except for 19th century houses, farm and ranch buildings, schools and churches.
Goleta Depot was less important as a passenger station, due largely to its close proximity (eight miles) to the city of Santa Barbara, which had its own passenger depot. While the Santa Barbara depot was served by all of SP's passenger trains, Goleta Depot was only a flag-stop for the daily local trains. Nevertheless, the community was served by the SP locals at Goleta Depot from 1901 until May 20, 1965.
The importance of Goleta Depot as a communications center is often overlooked. The station agent served as the eyes and ears of the distant train dispatcher, transcribing and delivering the dispatcher's orders to the engineers and conductors on passing trains. These "train orders" were essential both to railroad safety and to operational efficiency on the single-track Coast Line. In the early days, the dispatcher and Goleta agent comunicated by telegraph, which was eventually replaced by a direct-line telephone. The depot's office was also fitted with a loud bell that the dispatcher could activate remotely. The dispatcher's bell could capture the agent's attention anywhere in the building, even if he were asleep in the apartment upstairs.
Goleta Depot also had one telephone for handling public calls and another for communicating with other area depots, section houses, and other railroad facilities. The depot also served as Goleta's Western Union telegraph office until Jan. 17, 1961.
In 1973, Southern Pacific closed its Goleta station. For the next few years, the abandoned structure became the target of vandals and thieves, while community sentiment to save the building grew.
The SP would have demolished Goleta Depot, a fate that eventually befell every other (more than a dozen) of the railroad's wood-frame depots in Santa Barbara County, were it not for a lawsuit over the depot property brought by the Kellogg family, whose forebears had granted the land to the SP at the turn of the century.
Finally, in late 1981, a resolution to the lawsuit was at hand. SP and the Kelloggs agreed to divide the land, but neither wanted to keep the depot on the site. Instead, they offered the building to Goleta Beautiful, a community organization, on the condition that the site be cleared within 90 days.
Goleta Beautiful planners found that there were very few alternative sites available for relocating the building.
Paying the high prices for even a small piece of land in this Santa Barbara suburb would have put the relocation 459
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Goleta Depot, Santa Barbara County, CA
Statement of Significance (cont'd)
project financially out of reach. In addition, the Goleta Valley was under a long-term water moratorium and no new water meters were being issued for vacant land.
The only feasible solution to the land problem was Los Carneros County Park, a largely undeveloped park occupying part of the historic Stow Ranch lands. The County of Santa Barbara made a parcel at the park available to Goleta Beautiful under a long-term renewable lease agreement at no charge. Water was also provided by the county, using an existing water meter and with a special exemption from the Goleta Water District. The building move was completed on Nov. 18-19, 1981.
Bibliography
Bender, Henry E., Jr. "Southern Pacific Lines Standard Design Depots: Pan 1," SP Tramline 57 (1998): 11-26.
Coombs, Gary B. Goleta Depot: The History of a Rural Railroad Station. Goleta, Ca.: Goleta Beautiful and Institute for American Research, 1982.
Lawler, Nan. "Closing the Gap," Railroad History, Bulletin 145 (1981): 87-105.
Myrick, David F. "Santa Barbara County Railroads: A Centennial History," Noticias 33 (1987): 22-71.
Potter, Janet Greenstein. Great American Railroad Stations. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1996.
Signer, John R. Southern Pacific's Coast Line. Wilton, Ca.: Signature Press, 1994.
Sullivan, Steve. "Goleta Depot: A Tribute." In Those Were the Days: Landmarks of Old Goleta, edited by Gary B. Coombs, 35-44. Goleta, Ca.: Institute for American Research, 1986.
Thompson, Anthony. Foreword to Southern Pacific's Coast Line, by John R. Signor. Wilton, Calif.: Signature Press, 1994.
Tompkins, Walker A. Goleta: The Good Land. Goleta, Calif.: Goleta Amvets Post No. 55, 1966.
Verbal boundary description
Parcel no. 77-160-57-005-7
Verbal boundary justification
The nominated property includes the entire parcel of about 1.6 acres on which Goleta Depot is roughly centered (see Site Map).
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Goleta Depot, Santa Barbara County, CA
Photo Log
All photographs were taken by Gary B. Coombs, who prepared the nomination.
All original negatives and digital-image files are in the possession of the South Coast Railroad Museum, 300 North Los Cameras Road, Goleta, CA 93117.
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Exterior, facing south
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Exterior, facing northwest
Freight Office (interior), facing southwest
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