this façade. Fenestration consists of one-over-one wood sash and fixed-pane windows with wood surrounds.
The northern façade features a cantilevered sleeping porch on the upper floor with a wood railing and steps on lower level rear access porch. The gable on this façade is accented with coursed fish scale shingles and a diamond-paned window. A small one-story ell projects from the eastern end of this façade. Fenestration consists of one-over-one wood windows. Other details were not discernable from the public right-of-way, due to a large wood fence.
In compliance with Section 2.63.050 of the City of Long Beach Municipal Code (Cultural Heritage Commission), a cultural resource qualifies for designation as a Landmark, if it retains integrity and manifests one or more of criteria. Staff has analyzed the proposed nomination and finds that this property meets Criteria A (significant events) and C (distinctive characteristics). This designation relates to the original exterior features of the primary building.
GENERAL PLAN FINDING: (from 2.63.060(A) of the Long Beach Municipal Code) The proposed nomination is complimentary to the surrounding neighborhood. The residence is surrounded by single-family residential structures in the neighborhood as well as a church, parks, commercial and residential uses in the larger vicinity. The historic building retains a high level of integrity, and represents the development patterns of the Drake Park Willmore City historic district neighborhood. Its preservation through landmark status will be complimentary to the residences, parks and businesses in the surrounding community.
The General Plan Land Use Element includes relevant goals consistent with the proposed nomination, including:
Neighborhood Emphasis: Long Beach recognizes the strong neighborhood to be the essential building block of a Citywide quality living environment, and will assist and support the efforts of residents to maintain and strengthen their neighborhoods.
The proposed nomination will preserve the history of the neighborhood. Landmark designation strengthens the neighborhood by preserving history at the neighborhood scale. Designation as a historic landmark helps to raise public awareness about the City’s history, historic preservation program, encourages public participation in learning about the historic resources in the City. The nomination will also assure the structure is maintained in a high-quality manner consistent with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation.
The nomination also forwards the goals of the Historic Preservation Element, specifically addressing Policy 2.7, through the land marking of a private building. Landmark status
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will protect the building, preserve its cultural and architectural value and reinforce the value of historic preservation for the public.
DESIGNATION FINDINGS: (from Section 2.63.070(D) of the Long Beach Municipal Code)
A. It is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of our history.
The subject property is eligible under Criteria A of the Long Beach City Cultural Heritage Commission Ordinance, as a historic Landmark that possesses a significant value attributable to the development of the city of Long Beach, notably the development of Willmore City. The building is significant as one the earliest buildings in the former Willmore City founded by William Willmore. The Knoll Park tract is significant as one of earliest tracts laid out in in Long Beach, and the subject building was constructed in 1905. The subject property’s significance also rises to the state level, as it is a strong example of this early settlement and the residences from this period in the state’s history, and clearly reflects a specific event, notably the move to seaside resorts that marked an important moment in Southern California history. Therefore, the subject property is also eligible for listing in the California Register pursuant to Criteria 1. The subject property possesses a significant character, interest, and value attributable to the development, heritage, and early settlement patterns of the City of Long Beach and greater Southern California. The development of 645 W. 11th Street, reflects the appeal of Willmore City, and eventually, Long Beach as the “Seaside Resort,” in the late 19th and early 20th centuries that attracted people from Los Angeles and the surrounding area, as well as those from across the country. Although, the immediate area has suffered some infill, the subject property still strongly conveys the early settlement of the immediate area, which is peppered with similar turn of the century residences. Moreover, the flocking of people to the communities like Long Beach for health and recreation is a notable event in Southern California; Willmore City is a strong example of this popular movement. Willmore City’s amenities made it a “seaside resort”, that propelled a major population increase starting at the turn of the century.
B. It is associated with the lives of persons significant in the City’s past.
The subject property is not recommended eligible under Criteria B, for Landmark designation. Persons who made demonstrably significant contributions to the history of the nation, state, or region are not known to be associated with this property.
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C. It embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period or method of construction, or it represents the work of master or it possesses high artistic values.
The subject property is recommended eligible under Criteria C, as a historic Landmark and for listing in the California Register under Criteria 3, as it embodies those distinguishing characteristics of an architectural type. The subject property is a high-style example of Eclectic Craftsman architecture dating to the early 20th century. Character-defining features of the style are intact, including the crossgable roof, clapboard siding, porch, exposed rafter tails, projecting bays, cross bracing, and decorative cross detailing that identify the property as a Craftsman with Swiss Chalet influence. This property embodies distinctive characteristics of the Eclectic-Craftsman-style type, early 20th century, and possesses high artistic value.
D. It has yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important in pre-history or history.
The subject property is ineligible for designation pursuant to Criteria D, for landmark designation, as it is not a likely source for future information related to history or pre-history.
LANDMARK DESIGNATION
HP18-304
FINDINGS AND ANALYSIS
953 Chestnut Avenue
ANALYSIS:
In compliance with Section 2.63.050 of the City of Long Beach Municipal Code (Cultural Heritage Commission):
The subject site is located at 953 Chestnut Avenue, on the south west corner of Chestnut Avenue and 10th Street (Exhibit A – Location Map). The property has a zoning designation of PD-10 and is improved with a two-story single family residential building. Built circa 1903, the building is in a Queen Anne architectural style.
The subject property possesses a significant value attributable to the development of the City of Long Beach. It is a strong example of this early settlement and the residences from this period in the state’s history, and clearly reflects a specific event, notably the move to seaside resorts that marked an important moment in Southern California history.
The subject property is associated with early contractor and Long Beach builder Robert J. Craig. Craig’s extensive career in early Long Beach included numerous single-family residences, apartment buildings, and municipal buildings. Notably, Craig built the original Long Beach City Hall, which was later demolished circa 1920. The property at 953 Chestnut Avenue, which was constructed by Craig and in which he resided for close to 40 years, best represents Craig’s productive life. The building embodies those distinguishing characteristics of an architectural type. The subject property is a high-style example of Queen Anne architecture dating to the early 20th century. Character-defining features of the style are intact, including the steeply-pitched complex roof, shiplap exterior, turret, dormers, fish scale detailing, and original wood windows. This property embodies distinctive characteristics of the Queen Anne style type, early 20th century, and possesses high artistic value. The building is intact and retains a high level of integrity.
The two-story Queen-Anne-style single-family residence features a rectangular plan. The irregular roofline with boxed eaves features a side-gabled roof with dormers and a turret.
The turret features a bell-curved pyramidal roof. All roofs are clad in composition shingles.
The second-floor pedimented dormers are accented with coursed fish scale shingles. The exterior of the building is clad in horizontal shiplap with shiplap foundation skirting and a band board at the water line. The turret is further accented with a band board at the sill plate. Fenestration consists of one-over-one double hung wood sash windows with wood surrounds.
The primary façade is asymmetrical and features a hexagonal turret and a primary entryway with porch. The primary entrance is raised and accessed via a covered wood porch with cast concrete stairs. A low-height balustrade railing partially encloses the porch and forms the stair railing. A front-facing gable, accented with a bas relief frieze, is supported by Ionic wood columns. The primary entryway is characterized by a wood with glazing door flanked by a side light.
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The northern façade features band boards at the water line and both sill plates. A onestory canted bay with a central fixed pane window with stained glass transom flanked by one-over-one wood sash windows projects from this façade. An elaborate stain glass window is centrally located on this wall and presumably illuminates an interior staircase landing. The southern façade features a two-story canted bay, and two stained-glass windows with partially scalloped wood surrounds.
In compliance with Section 2.63.050 of the City of Long Beach Municipal Code (Cultural Heritage Commission), a cultural resource qualifies for designation as a Landmark, if it retains integrity and manifests one or more of criteria. Staff has analyzed the proposed nomination and finds that this property retains integrity and meets Criteria A (significant events), B (significant persons), and C (distinctive characteristics) of the criteria for landmark designation of the building. This designation relates to the original exterior features of the primary building.
GENERAL PLAN FINDING: (from 2.63.060(A) of the Long Beach Municipal Code) The proposed nomination is complimentary to the surrounding neighborhood. The residence is surrounded by single-family and multiple-family residential structures in the neighborhood as well as a church, a park, commercial and residential uses in the larger vicinity. The historic building retains a high level of integrity, and represents the development patterns of the of the neighborhood. Its preservation through landmark status will be complimentary to the residences, parks and businesses in the surrounding community.
The General Plan Land Use Element includes relevant goals consistent with the proposed nomination, including:
Neighborhood Emphasis: Long Beach recognizes the strong neighborhood to be the essential building block of a City-wide quality living environment, and will assist and support the efforts of residents to maintain and strengthen their
neighborhoods.
The proposed nomination will preserve the history of the neighborhood. Landmark designation strengthens the neighborhood by preserving history at the neighborhood scale. Designation as a historic landmark helps to raise public awareness about the City’s history, historic preservation program, encourages public participation in learning about the historic resources in the City. The nomination will also assure the structure is maintained in a high-quality manner consistent with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation.
The nomination also forwards the goals of the Historic Preservation Element, specifically addressing Policy 2.7, through the landmarking of private buildings. Landmark status will protect the building, preserve its cultural and architectural value and reinforce the value of historic preservation for the public.
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DESIGNATION FINDINGS: (from Section 2.63.070(D) of the Long Beach Municipal Code)
A. It is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of our history.
The subject property, 953 Chestnut Avenue, is eligible under Criterion A, of the Long Beach City Cultural Heritage Commission Ordinance as a historic Landmark that possesses a significant value attributable to the development of the City of Long Beach. The subject property’s significance also rises to the state level, as it is a strong example of this early settlement and the residences from this period in the state’s history, and clearly reflects a specific event, notably the move to seaside resorts that marked an important moment in Southern California history. Therefore, the subject property is also eligible for listing in the California Register pursuant to Criteria 1. The subject property located at 953 Chestnut Avenue, in Long Beach possesses a significant character, interest, and value attributable to the development, heritage, and early settlement patterns of the City of Long Beach and greater Southern California. The development of 953 Chestnut Avenue, reflects the appeal of Willmore City, and eventually, Long Beach as the “Seaside Resort,” in the late 19th and early 20th centuries that attracted people from Los Angeles and the surrounding area, as well as those from across the country.
Despite changes to the immediate area, the subject property still strongly conveys the early settlement of the immediate area despite, which is peppered with similar turn of the century residences. Moreover, the flocking of people to the communities like Long Beach for health and recreation is a notable event in Southern California; Willmore City is a strong example of this popular movement. Willmore City’s amenities made it a “seaside resort” that propelled a major population increase starting at the turn of the century.
B. It is associated with the lives of persons significant in the City’s past.
The subject property located is eligible under Criteria B, as a Long Beach historic Landmark or for inclusion in the California Register under this criterion. The subject property is associated with early contractor and Long Beach builder Robert J.
Craig. Craig’s extensive career in early Long Beach included numerous singlefamily residences, apartment buildings, and municipal buildings. Notably, Craig built the original Long Beach City Hall, which was later demolished circa 1920. The property at 953 Chestnut Avenue, which was constructed by Craig and in which he resided for close to 40 years, best represents Craig’s productive life.
C. It embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period or method of construction, or it represents the work of master or it possesses high artistic values.
The subject property is recommended eligible under Criterion C and for listing in the California Register under Criterion 3, as it embodies those distinguishing characteristics of an architectural type. The subject property is a high-style
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example of Queen Anne architecture dating to the early 20th century. Characterdefining features of the style are intact, including the steeply-pitched complex roof, shiplap exterior, turret, dormers, fish scale detailing, and original wood windows.
This property embodies distinctive characteristics of the Queen Anne style type, early 20th century, and possesses high artistic value.
D. It has yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important in pre-history or history.
The subject property is ineligible for designation pursuant to Criteria D, for landmark designation, as it is not a likely source for future information related to history or pre-history.
LANDMARK DESIGNATION
HP18-308
FINDINGS AND ANALYSIS
338 Junipero Avenue
ANALYSIS:
In compliance with Section 2.63.050 of the City of Long Beach Municipal Code (Cultural Heritage Commission):
The subject site is located at 338 Junipero Avenue, on the east side of Junipero Avenue between 3rd Street and Bermuda Street (Exhibit A – Location Map). The property has a zoning designation of R-1-N and is improved with a one-story single-family building with detached garage. Built in 1901, the building was designed in the Craftsman-style.
The building, constructed in 1901, conveys the period of expansion and seaside resort destination that took place in Long Beach. The building was constructed within the period of significance of the Carroll Park historic district which contains buildings in this architectural style. The one-story Craftsman-style single-family residence is generally rectangular in plan. The hipped roof with front-facing gable is clad in composition shingles with exposed rafter tails. The exterior walls are clad in horizontal clapboard siding. The central primary entrance is raised and accessed via a covered wood porch. The frontfacing gable projects to shelter the porch and is supported by paired boxed wood columns. The gable is accented with false timbering and a lattice wood vent. The primary entrance consists of a wood door with period-appearing screen door flanked by a 10-light sidelight. A canted bay is located to the south of the entryway on the primary façade.
In compliance with Section 2.63.050 of the City of Long Beach Municipal Code (Cultural Heritage Commission), a cultural resource qualifies for designation as a Landmark if it retains integrity and manifests one or more of criteria. Staff has analyzed the proposed nomination and finds that this property meets Criteria A (significant events) for landmark designation. This designation relates to the original exterior features of the primary building.
GENERAL PLAN FINDING: (from 2.63.060(A) of the Long Beach Municipal Code) The proposed nomination is complimentary to the surrounding neighborhood. The residence is surrounded by single-family and multi-family residential structures in the neighborhood, as well as churches, and commercial uses in the larger vicinity. The historic building retains integrity of setting, and represents the development patterns of the Carroll Park neighborhood. Its preservation through landmark status will be complimentary to the residences, parks and businesses in the surrounding community.
The General Plan Land Use Element includes relevant goals consistent with the proposed nomination, including:
Neighborhood Emphasis: Long Beach recognizes the strong neighborhood to be the essential building block of a City-wide quality living environment, and will assist and support the
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efforts of residents to maintain and strengthen their
neighborhoods.
The proposed nomination will preserve the history of the neighborhood. The structure embodies the history of the neighborhood and City as a whole. It’s designation as a historic landmark helps to raise public awareness about the City’s history, historic preservation program, and encourages public participation in learning about the historic resources in the City. The nomination will also assure the structure is maintained in a high-quality manner consistent with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation.
The nomination also forwards the goals of the Historic Preservation Element, specifically addressing Policy 2.7, through the landmarking of a private building. Landmark status will protect the building, preserve its cultural and architectural value and reinforce the value of historic preservation for the public to enjoy.
DESIGNATION FINDINGS: (from Section 2.63.050 of the Long Beach Municipal Code)
A. It is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of our history.
The subject property at 338 Junipero Avenue, is eligible under Criteria A, of the Cultural Heritage Commission ordinance as a Long Beach Historic Landmark, as a building that possesses a significant value attributable to the development of the City. The property located at 338 Junipero Avenue, conveys the period of expansion, seaside resort destination, and City Beautiful Movement that took place in Long Beach, during its construction. The development of the City’s first Pleasure Pier south of Ocean Park Avenue and Municipal Pier, in the late 1800s, led the City’s expansion and growth, as a Seaside resort. By the turn of the Century, Long Beach’s economy was dependent on tourism with seaside facilities remaining the focal point of development. The property was part of the Carroll Park Tract, that incorporated oval-shaped subdivisions with winding roads, which is reflective of the City Beautiful Movement and Craftsman Bungalows, that helped shape the aesthetically pleasing and picturesque character of Long Beach, that people flocked to the city to attain. The property falls within the period of significance of the existing local historic district of 1898-1923.
B. It is associated with the lives of persons significant in the City’s past.
The subject property located at 338 Junipero Avenue, is not recommended eligible under Criterion B. Although, John C. Fremont achieved significance in the history of California, he had no association with this property, because he passed away before it was constructed. Although, the daughter of a famous explorer, and often involved in his exploits, Lily Fremont did not make any notable contributions to Long Beach, while residing at the subject property. Research does not indicate other owners of this property made demonstrably significant contributions to the
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history of the nation, state, or region. Therefore, the property is not eligible for designation.
C. It embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period or method of construction, or it represents the work of master or it possesses high artistic values.
The building is an example of the Craftsman style but is not a significant example of this style of architecture. Although, the building possesses many of the character-defining features of this style of architecture, they are common and modest in execution. Additionally, the building has been visible alterations on the front facade. Because the building does not retain some of the most critical original materials, the building does not possess integrity of materials, design, workmanship, and feeling. Therefore, the property is not eligible for designation under Criteria C.
D. It has yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important in pre-history or history.
The subject property is ineligible for designation pursuant to Criteria D, for landmark designation, as it is not a likely source for future information related to history or pre-history.
LANDMARK DESIGNATION
HP18-307
FINDINGS AND ANALYSIS
1400 E. Hellman Street
ANALYSIS:
In compliance with Section 2.63.050 of the City of Long Beach Municipal Code (Cultural Heritage Commission):
The subject site is located at 1400 E. Hellman Street, between Orange Avenue and Walnut Avenue (Exhibit A – Location Map). The property has a zoning designation of R2-N and is improved with a one-story single family residential building. Built circa 1912, the building was designed in the Craftsman style.
The Craftsman style building conveys the period of expansion, seaside resort destination, and City Beautiful Movement that took place in Long Beach, during its construction. The property was part of the Long Beach town-site, which is reflective of the City Beautiful Movement and Craftsman Bungalows, that helped shape the aesthetically-pleasing and picturesque character of Long Beach, that drew people to the City. The building embodies those distinguishing characteristics of a particular architectural type. The residence is a particularly high-style example of a Swiss Chalet Craftsman. The property is an exceptional individual and contributing resource to the Hellman Street Craftsman Historic District.
The Craftsman with a cast concrete foundation is rectangular in plan. The front-gabled roof is clad in composition shingles, and the eaves are accented with exposed rafter tails and decorative braces on the primary façade. The primary façade eaves are further accented by barge boards with notched ends. The crest of the roofline is pierced by modern metal vents. The exterior walls are clad in horizontal clapboard wood siding with a band board at the water line. The primary entrance is raised and accessed via a cast concrete porch. The entry porch is partially enclosed with a half-height, open wood railing anchored by low piers clad in horizontal clapboard siding with concrete coping stones.
Low height piers clad in horizontal clapboard siding with concrete coping stones project from the porch to frame the concrete access stairs. The deck of the porch was clad in tile, which appears to be modern. A graceful, low-slope arch frames the top of the entry porch and is accented with a ‘keystone’ and rests upon corbels. The arch is mirrored in the smaller side porch openings.
The primary façade is symmetrical. The entrance is centered and flanked by a bank of three six-over-one wood casement windows to the west and a large picture window to the east. Although, not readily visible from the public right-of-way, due to a security door, the original quarter sawn oak door is extant. A small modern sconce, designed to mirror the rhythm of the fenestration, accents the central primary entrance. A bank of three wood casement windows is centrally located in the front-facing gable and is accented with additional decorative wood braces.
The fenestration is comprised of six-over-one casement windows, a picture window, and one-over-one double hung wood sash windows. A bank of windows towards the rear of
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the building on the eastern façade was replaced with louvers at an unknown date. The louvers were removed and replaced with modern wood casement and transom windows.
All ground floor windows feature security bars, which are easily reversible.
In compliance with Section 2.63.050 of the City of Long Beach Municipal Code (Cultural Heritage Commission), a cultural resource qualifies for designation as a Landmark, if it retains integrity and manifests one or more of criteria. Staff has analyzed the proposed nomination and finds that this property meets Criteria A (significant events) and C (distinctive characteristics). This designation relates to the original exterior features of the primary building.
GENERAL PLAN FINDING: (from 2.63.060(A) of the Long Beach Municipal Code) The proposed nomination is complimentary to the surrounding neighborhood. The residence is surrounded by single-family and multi-family residential structures in the neighborhood as well as commercial uses in the larger vicinity. The historic building retains a high level of integrity, and represents the early development of the City’s history.
Its preservation through landmark status will be complimentary to the residences and businesses in the surrounding community.
The General Plan Land Use Element includes relevant goals consistent with the proposed nomination, including:
Neighborhood Emphasis: Long Beach recognizes the strong neighborhood to be the essential building block of a City-wide quality living environment, and will assist and support the efforts of residents to maintain and strengthen their
neighborhoods.
The proposed nomination will preserve the history of the neighborhood. Landmark designation strengthens the neighborhood by preserving history at the neighborhood scale. Designation as a historic landmark helps to raise public awareness about the City’s history, historic preservation program, encourages public participation in learning about the historic resources in the City. The nomination will assure the structure is maintained in a high-quality manner consistent with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation.
The nomination also forwards the goals of the Historic Preservation Element, specifically addressing Policy 2.7, through the landmark designation of private buildings. Landmark status will protect the building, preserve its cultural and architectural value and reinforce the value of historic preservation for the public.
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DESIGNATION FINDINGS: (from Section 2.63.070(D) of the Long Beach Municipal Code)
A. It is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of our history.
The subject property located at 1400 Hellman Street, is recommended eligible under Criteria A of the Long Beach City Cultural Heritage Commission Ordinance, as a Long Beach Historic Landmark that possesses a significant value attributable to the development of the City of Long Beach. The property located at 1400 Hellman Street, conveys the period of expansion, seaside resort destination, and City Beautiful Movement, that took place in Long Beach, during its construction.
The property was part of the Long Beach town-site, which is reflective of the City Beautiful Movement and Craftsman Bungalows, that helped shape the aesthetically-pleasing and picturesque character of Long Beach, that people flocked to the city to attain. The property falls within the Period of Significance of the existing local historic district of 1898-1923.
B. It is associated with the lives of persons significant in the City’s past.
The subject property is not recommended eligible under Criteria B, for Landmark designation. Persons who made demonstrably significant contributions to the history of the nation, state, or region are not known to be associated with this property.
C. It embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period or method of construction, or it represents the work of master or it possesses high artistic values.
The subject property is eligible under Criteria C as it embodies those distinguishing characteristics of a particularly high-style example of a Swiss Chalet Craftsman.
The property is an exceptional individual and contributing resource to the Hellman Street Craftsman Historic District. The building detailing is comprised of traditional Craftsman style features including exterior walls clad in wood clapboard siding, a full with porch, exposed rafter tails, procreative braces, and full-width porch.
D. It has yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important in pre-history or history.
The subject property is ineligible for designation pursuant to Criteria D, for landmark designation, as it is not a likely source for future information related to history or pre-history.
LANDMARK DESIGNATION
HP18-312
FINDINGS AND ANALYSIS
830 Santiago Avenue
ANALYSIS:
In compliance with Section 2.63.050 of the City of Long Beach Municipal Code (Cultural Heritage Commission):
The subject site is located at 830 Santiago Avenue, on the east side of Santiago Avenue between 8th Street and Pacific Coast Highway (Exhibit A – Location Map). The property has a zoning designation of R-1-N and is improved with a two-story single-family residential building and detached garage. Built in 1937, the building was designed in the Colonial Revival style.
The building is significant for its association with the period of history that involves the discovery of oil in Long Beach. This building was constructed in the late 1930s, when little construction occurred, due to World War II preparations and Great depression. The discovery of oil in 1936, in Long Beach, created small real estate boom during this period.
The building is significant because it embodies the characteristics of the Colonial Revival style. The building is a significant example of the Colonial Revival style, the building showcases the primary character-defining features of the style, including massing, roof configuration, materials, entry, and window and door treatment. Kenneth Wing, who designed the building is recognized as a Long Beach master architect. The building is intact and retains a high level of integrity.
The two-story Colonial-Revival-style single-family residence is generally rectangular in plan. The side-gabled roof, with dormers, is clad in wood shingles. The lower level of the building is clad in smooth textured stucco and the upper floor is clad in wide, horizontal clapboard siding. A prominent brick chimney is located on the southern façade of the building. A small brick bay projects from the southern half of the primary façade and is accented with a projecting bay of windows with 8-light casement windows accented with scalloped barge board below. The brick was painted, and it is not known if this was original to the design of the building. Other fenestration on the primary façade includes an oval 4- light window, six-over-six and eight-over-eight double-hung wood sash windows. The central primary entrance is raised and accessed via a cast concrete with brick veneer entry porch. The primary entry door is accented with an elaborate wood surround with pedimented lintel.
Details pertaining to the northern and southern façades were not discernable from the public right-of-way, due to vegetation and close proximity to neighboring buildings. The upper level of the rear, or western, façade mirrors the primary façade, with the exception of a door with 12 lights and a small balconette with cross bracing and scalloped barge board. Fenestration of the ground floor consists of a trio of 12-light fixed pane windows, a door with 12-light glazing, 4-light fixed-pane window, and 6-light casement windows.
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In compliance with Section 2.63.050 of the City of Long Beach Municipal Code (Cultural Heritage Commission), a cultural resource qualifies for designation as a Landmark, if it retains integrity and manifests one or more of criteria. Staff has analyzed the proposed nomination and finds that this property meets Criteria A (significant events) and C (distinctive characteristics). This designation relates to the original exterior features of the primary building.
GENERAL PLAN FINDING: (from 2.63.060(A) of the Long Beach Municipal Code) The proposed nomination is complimentary to the surrounding neighborhood. The residence is surrounded by single-family residential structures in the neighborhood as well as a church, parks, commercial and residential uses in the larger vicinity. The historic building retains a high level of integrity, and represents the development patterns of the neighborhood. Its preservation through landmark status will be complimentary to the residences, parks and businesses in the surrounding community.
The General Plan Land Use Element includes relevant goals consistent with the proposed nomination, including:
Neighborhood Emphasis: Long Beach recognizes the strong neighborhood to be the essential building block of a City-wide quality living environment, and will assist and support the efforts of residents to maintain and strengthen their
neighborhoods.
The proposed nomination will preserve the history of the neighborhood. Landmark designation strengthens the neighborhood by preserving history at the neighborhood scale. Designation as a historic landmark helps to raise public awareness about the City’s history, historic preservation program, encourages public participation in learning about the historic resources in the City. The nomination will also assure the structure is maintained in a high-quality manner consistent with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation.
The nomination also forwards the goals of the Historic Preservation Element, specifically addressing Policy 2.7, through the land marking of a private building. Landmark status will protect the building, preserve its cultural and architectural value and reinforce the value of historic preservation for the public.
DESIGNATION FINDINGS: (from Section 2.63.070(D) of the Long Beach Municipal Code)
A. It is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of our history.
The subject property is recommended eligible under Criteria A, of the City’s Cultural Heritage Ordinance, as a Long Beach Historic Landmark that possesses a significant value attributable to the development of the city of Long Beach. Little
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residential construction occurred in the late 1930s, as a result of the Great Depression and World War II preparations. The subject property was constructed in 1937 and reflects the small real estate boom, that was generated by new discoveries of oil in Long Beach in 1936.
B. It is associated with the lives of persons significant in the City’s past.
The subject property is not recommended eligible under Criteria B, for Landmark designation. Persons who made demonstrably significant contributions to the history of the nation, state, or region are not known to be associated with this property.
C. It embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period or method of construction, or it represents the work of master or it possesses high artistic values.
The property is recommended eligible under Criteria C, as a historic Landmark and for listing in the California Register under Criterion 3, as it embodies those distinguishing characteristics of an architectural type and is the work of a local noted architect. As an individually significant example of the Colonial Revival style, the building showcases the primary character-defining features of the style, including massing, roof configuration, materials, entry, and window and door treatment. The building possesses many of the character-defining features of Colonial-Revival-style architecture, including the oval window, symmetrical façade with central focal point (primary entryway), and brick accents. Additionally, the building retains integrity as the exterior is unaltered. The building also possesses design elements, such as the Monterey-Revival-style balconette on the rear façade, that reflect Kenneth S. Wing’s unique interpretation of the Colonial Revival style of architecture. Wing is recognized as a local master architect and is a good example of Wing’s body of work.
D. It has yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important in pre-history or history.
The subject property is ineligible for designation pursuant to Criteria D, for landmark designation, as it is not a likely source for future information related to history or pre-history.
LANDMARK DESIGNATION
HP18-313
FINDINGS AND ANALYSIS
151 St. Joseph Avenue
ANALYSIS:
In compliance with Section 2.63.050 of the City of Long Beach Municipal Code (Cultural Heritage Commission):
The subject site is located at 151 St Joseph Avenue, between E. 2nd Street and E.
Division Street (Exhibit A – Location Map). The property has a zoning designation of R2-S and is improved with a two-story single family building and detached garage. Built circa 1928, the building was designed in the Spanish Colonial Revival style.
The building is associated with events that have made significant contribution to the broad patterns of the City’s history. The building conveys the growth and expansion from central Long Beach into areas purchased by Henry Huntington. The building also conveys a particular historic architectural style as an Eclectic Spanish Colonial Revival. It retains most, of its original character-defining features. The building is also a good example of Spanish style with Monterey influence. The subject property retains its original location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling, setting, and association because it appears to be unaltered and has not been moved.
The two-story Eclectic Spanish Colonial Revival-style single-family residence is generally rectangular in plan. The cross-gabled roof is clad in Spanish tile. The front-facing gables are accented with five clay drain pipes each. The sides of the gables are accented with exposed rafter tails. The exterior walls are clad in smooth textured stucco.
A large chimney is the focal point of the primary façade. The top of the chimney is fluted and a tile fountain with brick coping accents the exterior base. Fenestration consists of a pair of 3-light wood casement windows, a window obscured by a decorative wood grill, two small arched windows flanking the chimney, and a 12-light fixed-pane window. The deeply recessed entryway is accented with a fluted arch and wing wall with tile coping.
An arched pedestrian doorway allows access to the rear of the parcel through the wing wall.
The second floor of the southerly façade cantilevers and is supported by exposed floor joists. Fenestration is similar to the primary façade. Additionally, details on the northern façade are similar in design and materials and further details were not discernable from the public right-of-way.
In compliance with Section 2.63.050 of the City of Long Beach Municipal Code (Cultural Heritage Commission), a cultural resource qualifies for designation as a Landmark if it retains integrity and manifests one or more of criteria. Staff has analyzed the proposed nomination and finds that this property meets Criteria A (significant events) and C (distinctive characteristics), for landmark designation. This designation relates to the original exterior features of the building.
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GENERAL PLAN FINDING: (from 2.63.060(A) of the Long Beach Municipal Code) The proposed nomination is complimentary to the surrounding neighborhood. The residence is surrounded by single-family residential buildings and duplex buildings in the neighborhood, as well as commercial uses in the larger vicinity. The historic building retains a high level of integrity, and represents the development patterns of the greater Belmont Shore neighborhood. Its preservation through landmark status will be complimentary to the residences, and businesses in the surrounding community.
The General Plan Land Use Element includes relevant goals consistent with the proposed nomination, including:
Neighborhood Emphasis: Long Beach recognizes the strong neighborhood to be the essential building block of a City-wide quality living environment, and will assist and support the efforts of residents to maintain and strengthen their
neighborhoods.
The proposed nomination will preserve the history of the neighborhood. Landmark designation strengthens the neighborhood by preserving history at the neighborhood scale. Designation as a historic landmark helps to raise public awareness about the City’s history, historic preservation program, encourages public participation in learning about the historic resources in the City. The nomination will also assure the structure is maintained in a high-quality manner consistent with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation.
The nomination also forwards the goals of the Historic Preservation Element, specifically addressing Policy 2.7, through the landmark designation of private buildings. Landmark status will protect the building, preserve its cultural and architectural value and reinforce the value of historic preservation for the public.
DESIGNATION FINDINGS: (from Section 2.63.070(D) of the Long Beach Municipal Code)
A. It is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of our history.
The property at 151 Saint Joseph Avenue, is recommended eligible under Criteria A of the Long Beach City Cultural Heritage Commission Ordinance, as a Long Beach Historic Landmark (LBHL), that possesses a significant value attributable to the development of the city of Long Beach. The subject property possesses a significant character, interest, and value attributable to the development and growth patterns of the City of Long Beach. The property located at 151 Saint Joseph Avenue, reflects the expansion from central Long Beach into the areas purchased by Henry Huntington, in the early 20th century and platted in 1920. The
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subject property was one of the original single-family residences constructed in Belmont Shore and reflects the type of residence that populated the area, notable Revival-style residences. Belmont Shore expanded as Long Beach reached its height after the oil boom, as industry expanded and scores of people flocked to the area.
B. It is associated with the lives of persons significant in the City’s past.
The subject property located at 151 Saint Joseph Avenue, is not recommended eligible under Criteria B, as a landmark under this criterion. Persons who made demonstrably significant contributions to the history of the nation, state, or region are not known to be associated with this property.
C. It embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period or method of construction, or it represents the work of master or it possesses high artistic values.
The subject property is recommended eligible for designation under Criteria C, as a good example of the Spanish Colonial Revival style of architecture with some Monterey Revival elements. The building is capped with a side-gabled, shallowsloped roof of Spanish tile, and decorated with various other Spanish Colonial Revival detailing. An original second floor balcony of painted milled wood supported by large brackets and accessed by multi-light French doors adorns the second floor, a typical element in Monterey Revival style architecture. The arched first floor focal window portion of the façade is crowned by a line of four scalloptype arches that buttress the overhanging second floor.
D. It has yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important in pre-history or history.
The subject property is ineligible for designation pursuant to Criteria D, for landmark designation, as it is not a likely source for future information related to history or pre-history.
LANDMARK DESIGNATION
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FINDINGS AND ANALYSIS
628 E. Anaheim Street
ANALYSIS:
In compliance with Section 2.63.050 of the City of Long Beach Municipal Code (Cultural Heritage Commission):
The subject site is located at 628 E. Anaheim Street, between Lime Avenue and Atlantic Avenue (Exhibit A – Location Map). The property has a zoning designation of C-H-W (commercial highway) and is improved with a two-story commercial building. Built circa 1929 and reconstruction, including the front façade, after the 1933 Long Beach Earthquake. The building is an example of an Art Deco style building.
The building, constructed in the late 1920’s, was constructed in what was then a commercial district on the northern City limits of Long Beach. During this early period, Anaheim Street grew into a well-developed industrial and commercial corridor on the outskirts of the City’s core, which came as a result of increasing mobility and popularization of the automobile. By the late 1920’s, commercial development along the Anaheim corridor continued. A number auto mobile-related businesses included dealerships located in the corridor. It was in this context that the subject building was completed, opening by 1929, as a hotel with four ground-level storefronts. The building is eligible for designation under Criteria A (significant events), because it has a strong association with the growth of the Anaheim Street, as a commercial corridor and the expansion of the City due to increased mobility. The building is also eligible under Criteria C (distinctive characteristics), as an example of an Art Deco style building that carries many of the hallmark features of the architectural style including smooth, stuccoed exterior walls; low-relief ornamental details; geometrical decorative elements; a truncated false tower; and a general emphasis on verticality.
The building’s asymmetrical main facade features a series of three ground-level storefronts. Each of these includes a standard, aluminum and glass commercial door and large, fixed-pane, aluminum-framed picture windows situated on a knee wall. Directly above these windows, heavy wooden beams support ribbons of square, fixed-pane windows. Numbering five ribbons in all, these window assemblies form a nearly continuous band, except where it is interrupted by stucco-clad vertical structural elements. The second floor of the building best exhibits its Art Deco style. The eastern four fifths of the elevation feature six pairs of vertically oriented steel casement windows.
Several false piers, articulated in shallow relief, ascend to the ornamented parapet wall, where a scalloped motif and chevron-adorned vertical projections alternate, also molded in shallow relief. The relatively elaborate western end of the second-story northern façade serves as a focal point for the building. Here three second- story steel casement windows punctuate the more heavily massed exterior, each situated beneath and separated by stepped formations. The roof here features a parapet wall designed to resemble a truncated and set-back tower.
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The decorative elements of the main facade are replicated on the second story of the shorter eastern exterior wall. The ground level is comparatively austere and includes a commercial window assembly, a non-descript entry door, and a series of visible anchor bolts. The southern and western elevations diverge markedly from the Art Deco style on the opposing facades. The southern exterior is marked most notably by a masonry expanse, punctuated by five arched doorways. The second-floor southern exterior includes a set-back, stuccoed wall, situated behind a modern metal railing and what appears to be a broad landing. Facing Broadway Court, the stucco-clad western facade is essentially featureless, excepting a series of anchor bolts arrayed horizontally, midway up the wall.
In compliance with Section 2.63.050 of the City of Long Beach Municipal Code (Cultural Heritage Commission), a cultural resource qualifies for designation as a Landmark, if it retains integrity and manifests one or more of criteria. Staff has analyzed the proposed nomination and finds that this property meets Criteria A (significant events) and C (distinctive characteristics). This designation relates to the original exterior features of the primary building.
GENERAL PLAN FINDING: (from 2.63.060(A) of the Long Beach Municipal Code) The proposed nomination is complimentary to the surrounding neighborhood. The building is surrounded by commercial structures along Anaheim Street and residential structures in the neighborhood south of the subject property. The historic building retains integrity, and represents the early commercial development along the Anaheim Street commercial corridor. Its preservation through landmark status will be complimentary to the residences and businesses in the surrounding community.
The nomination advances the Goal No. 2 of the Historic Preservation Element of the General Plan to Protect historic resources
Goal 2: Protect historic resources from demolition and
inappropriate alterations through the use of the City’s regulatory framework, technical assistance, and incentives The proposed nomination will preserve the history of the neighborhood. The nomination will assure the structure is maintained in a high-quality manner consistent with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation. Designation as a historic landmark helps to raise public awareness about the City’s history, historic preservation program, encourages public participation in learning about the historic resources in the City.
The nomination also forwards the goals of the Historic Preservation Element, specifically addressing Policy 2.7, through the landmark designation of private buildings. Landmark status will protect the building, preserve its cultural and architectural value and reinforce the value of historic preservation for the public.
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DESIGNATION FINDINGS: (from Section 2.63.070(D) of the Long Beach Municipal Code)
A. It is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of our history.
The subject property located at 628 E. Anaheim Street is eligible under Criteria A (significant events) of the Long Beach City Cultural Heritage Commission Ordinance as a Long Beach Historic Landmark that possesses a significant value attributable to the development of Long beach. Under Criteria A buildings are evaluated for their significant associations with events that have made a contribution to the broad patterns of development of the City’s history. Built in 1929 and remodeled in 1933, the Art Deco-style hotel and commercial building at 628 E. Anaheim Street possesses a strong association with the types of auto-oriented and commercial development that occurred in the Anaheim corridor in the late 1920s and early 1930s.
B. It is associated with the lives of persons significant in the City’s past.
The subject property is not recommended eligible under Criteria B, for Landmark designation. Persons who made demonstrably significant contributions to the history of the nation, state, or region are not known to be associated with this property.
C. It embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period or method of construction, or it represents the work of master or it possesses high artistic values.
The subject property is eligible under Criteria C for Landmark Designation. Under Criteria C, a property is evaluated for whether it embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction, or it is the work of a master or possesses high artistic values. While available evidence did not identify the architect responsible for this Art Deco-style building’s design, and although the building does not represent a high-style example of Art Deco architecture, the building does feature many of the hallmark characteristics of the style, including smooth, stuccoed exterior walls; low-relief ornamental details; geometrical decorative elements; a truncated false tower; and a general emphasis on verticality. Further, it is one of the most intact examples left within the area. As a result, the subject property is eligible for designation as fine example of Art Decostyle commercial architecture.
D. It has yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important in pre-history or history.
The subject property is ineligible for designation pursuant to Criteria D, for landmark designation, as it is not a likely source for future information related to history or pre-history.