Item 04 - (Pass for Publication) Ordinance Listing Montgomery Way as Landmarks on the Sacramento Register of Historic and Cultural Resources (M21-008) (PDF-6719 KB) — Sacramento City Council, January 18, 2022

Susana Alcala Wood, City Attorney Jorge Oseguera, City Auditor Mindy Cuppy, City Clerk Howard Chan, City Manager John Colville, City Treasurer City Council Report
915 I Street, 1st Floor
Sacramento, CA 95814
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File ID: 2021-01391 January 18, 2022 Consent Item 04

Title: (Pass for Publication) Ordinance Listing 2666 Montgomery Way, 2701 Montgomery Way, 2730 Montgomery Way, 2751 Montgomery Way, and 2770 Montgomery Way as Landmarks on the Sacramento Register of Historic and Cultural Resources (M21-008)

Location: 2666 Montgomery Way (013-0232-005-0000), 2701 Montgomery Way (013-0231- 021-0000), 2730 Montgomery Way (013-0232-009-0000), 2751 Montgomery Way (013-0231- 017-0000), and 2770 Montgomery Way (013-0232-012-0000); District 7

Recommendation: 1) Review an Ordinance listing of 2666 Montgomery Way, 2701 Montgomery Way, 2730 Montgomery Way, 2751 Montgomery Way, and 2770 Montgomery Way as landmarks on the Sacramento Register of Historical and Cultural Resources; and 2) pass for publication the ordinance title per Sacramento City Code section 32(c) for City Council consideration on February 8, 2022.

Contact: Sean de Courcy, Preservation Director, (916) 808-2796, [email protected],Community Development Department

Presenter: None.

Attachments:
1-Description/Analysis
2-Proposed Ordinance
3-Historic District Record
4-Historic Resource Evaluations

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Description/Analysis

Issue/Detail: Five property owners on Montgomery Way in Curtis Park have requested their properties (Table 1) be considered listed individually as landmarks on the Sacramento Register of Historic and Cultural Resources. On September 16, 2021, the Preservation Director, at a public hearing, concluded that all five properties were eligible for listing in the Sacramento register pursuant to the criteria provided in Sacramento City Code section

17.604.210.A.1.iii and iv. On October 20, 2021, the Preservation Commission voted to recommend the City Council list these properties on the Sacramento Register. Staff has prepared a draft Ordinance (Attachment 2) listing the properties on the Sacramento Register.

Table 1: Nominated Properties
Address APN Architectural
Style
Other Identifier
2666 Montgomery Way 013-0232-005 Spanish Colonial
Revival
Wallace House
2701 Montgomery Way 013-0231-021 Italian
Renaissance/
Mediterranean
Revival
Smith/Lopinski
House
2730 Montgomery Way 013-0232-009

Spanish Colonial
Revival
Grau House
2751 Montgomery Way 013-0231-017 Colonial/Dutch
Revival
Peck-McDowall
House
2770 Montgomery Way 013-0232-012 Colonial/Italian
Renaissance
Revival
Ballard-Jones-
McGillivray House

Policy Considerations: The City Council has found “that significant aspects of the city’s rich and diverse historic resources deserve recognition and preservation to foster an understanding of our heritage, and to promote the public health and safety and the economic and general welfare of the people of the city. The preservation and continued use of historic resources are effective tools to sustain and revitalize neighborhoods and business districts within the city, enhance the city’s economic, cultural and aesthetic standing, its identity, its livability, marketability and urban character” (Sacramento City Code section 17.604.100.A.). To this end, the city code directs the Preservation Director, to “make preliminary determinations relative to properties’ eligibility for listing on the Sacramento register” and to “initiate proceedings to nominate resources for listing on the Sacramento register” (Pursuant to City Code sections

17.604.100.C.2 and 17.604.220).

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The nomination of 2666 Montgomery Way, 2701 Montgomery Way, 2730 Montgomery Way, 2751 Montgomery Way, and 2770 Montgomery Way for listing as historic landmarks on the Sacramento register is consistent with Sacramento 2035 General Plan goal HCR 2.1, which provides for the identification and preservation of historical and cultural resources. General Plan policy HCR 2.1.1 states, “The City shall identify historic and cultural resources, including individual properties, districts, and sites, to ensure adequate protection.”

Economic Impacts: Not applicable.

Environmental Considerations: The listing of the Nominated Properties as historic landmarks on the Sacramento register is exempt from review under the California Environmental Quality Act pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15308. Section 15308 exempts from review acts that are undertaken to assure the maintenance, restoration, enhancement, or protection of the environment where the regulatory process involves procedures for protection of the environment. Listing the property as a historic landmark would ensure that future development on the site would undergo preservation review, as part of the city’s site plan and design review process, prior to the granting of any entitlements, thereby protecting the historic resource, which would be considered part of the environment.

Sustainability: Not applicable.

Commission/Committee Action: On September 16, 2021, the City of Sacramento’s Preservation Director, in conformance with Section 17.604.220 of the City Code, held a public hearing, reviewed the historic analysis prepared by Historic Environment Consultants (Attachment 3) and approved a Statement of Nomination for review and consideration by the Preservation Commission. On October 20, 2021, the Preservation reviewed a draft ordinance and recommended the City Council pass the ordinance to list the Nominated properties as landmarks on the Sacramento Register.

Rationale for Recommendation: Listing of the Nominated properties (Figures 1-5) as landmarks on the Sacramento Register is consistent with the Historic Preservation Chapter (17.604) of the City Code and the goals of the 2035 General Plan. Listing the nominated resources on the Sacramento register will help ensure their preservation and encourage rehabilitation if ever needed consistent with the U.S. Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties. The Nominated Properties are either a good example of the period revival architectural style of residence from the 1920s-1940s era (17.604.210.A.1.a.iii); or are the design of a prominent Sacramento architectural firm, Dean and Dean, whose quality work is widely represented and acknowledged as important to the community (17.604.210.A.1.a.iv).

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Figure 1: 2666 Montgomery Way (Wallace House)

Figure 2: 2701 Montgomery Way (Smith/Lopinski House)

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Figure 3: 2730 Montgomery Way (Grau House)

Figure 4: 2751 Montgomery Way (Peck-McDowall House)

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Figure 5: 2770 Montgomery Way (Ballard-Jones-McGillivary House)

Financial Considerations: Not applicable.

Local Business Enterprise (LBE): Not applicable.

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ORDINANCE NO. ___

Adopted by the Sacramento City Council

[Date Adopted]

AN ORDINANCE LISTING 2666 MONTGOMERY WAY, 2701 MONTGOMERY WAY, 2730 MONTGOMERY WAY, 2751 MONTGOMERY WAY, AND 2770 MONTGOMERY WAY AS

LANDMARKS ON THE SACRAMENTO REGISTER OF HISTORIC AND CULTURAL RESOURCES

BACKGROUND

A. The city council has found “that significant aspects of the city’s rich and diverse historic resources deserve recognition and preservation to foster an understanding of our heritage, and to promote the public health and safety and the economic and general welfare of the people of the city. The preservation and continued use of historic resources are effective tools to sustain and revitalize neighborhoods and business districts within the city, enhance the city’s economic, cultural and aesthetic standing, its identity and its livability, marketability and urban character.” (Sacramento City Code section 17.604.100.A.)

B. To this end, the city code provides a mechanism for listing landmarks, historic districts, and contributing resources on the Sacramento Register of Historic and Cultural Resources (“Sacramento register”).

C. On September 16, 2021, the Preservation Director reviewed a statement of nomination and determined that the properties at 2666 Montgomery Way, 2701 Montgomery Way, 2730 Montgomery Way, 2751 Montgomery Way, and 2770 Montgomery Way (hereafter “nominated properties”) are eligible for listing on the Sacramento Register of Historic and Cultural Resources a landmark. On October 20, 2021, the Preservation Commission concurred with the findings of the Preservation Director and recommended the City Council list the nominated properties at as landmarks in the Sacramento register.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SACRAMENTO:

SECTION 1

The city council hereby finds the following:

A. 2666 Montgomery Way meets the criteria for listing on the Sacramento register as follows:

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i. 2666 Montgomery Way represents the work of an important creative individual or master (17.808.210.A.1.a.iv)

2666 Montgomery Way is the design of a prominent Sacramento architectural firm, Charles and James Dean, whose quality work is widely represented and acknowledged in the community.

Originally from Texas, Dean and Dean joined the ambitious Sacramento school building program early in their careers and, in just five years, designed the following schools: Fremont, El Dorado, Newton Booth, Franklin, Donner, Bret Harte, Jefferson, East Sacramento, Highland Park, McKinley, Leland Stanford, Sierra, and Theodore Judah. Among other public projects, Dean and Dean also designed the landmark Memorial Auditorium following WWI. Dean & Dean were also prolific residential designers who influenced residential design in Sacramento. They designed a number of imposing residences in South Curtis Oaks and East Sacramento. Their residential designs, in addition to appearing in feature articles in the Architect and Engineer in 1922 and 1927, were also featured in a pattern book published by House and Garden Magazine.

The property’s design by Dean and Dean justifies its listing in the Sacramento Register of Historic and Cultural Resources pursuant to city code section 17.604.210.A.1.a.iv for its embodiment of distinctive characteristics of a master architect. The significant features and characteristics of this property include light-colored stucco, red roof tiles, and arched windows and doorways. These are all associated with the Spanish Colonial Revival style. ii. The nominated resource has integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship and association. Integrity shall be judged with reference to the particular criterion or criteria specified in subsection A.1.a of this section (17.604.210.A.1.b)
2666 Montgomery Way is in its original location and has undergone few, if any, changes.

Therefore, the residence retains moderate to high historic integrity of design, materials, and workmanship. The house is located in a neighborhood that is associated with the Better Homes Movement of the 1920s, a national movement generating interest and pride in the value of a high-quality domestic life, including pleasant neighborhoods, attractive natural landscaping, and fine quality residences. The Curtis Park neighborhood, as well as the residence itself, retains high design quality and integrity, effectively conveying the historic time period in which it developed and leaving intact integrity of design, setting, feeling, and association. iii. 2666 Montgomery Way has significant historic or architectural worth, and its designation as a landmark is reasonable, appropriate and necessary to promote, protect and further the goals and purposes of this chapter. (17.604.210.A.1.c) The residence at 2666 Montgomery Way has significant historic and architectural worth. It has been well-maintained and retains a high level of integrity with regard to its location, design, setting, materials, workmanship and association. It is an excellent example of the Spanish Colonial Revival architectural style, the work of master architects Dean & Dean, and is an important representation of the Eclectic architectural movement in Sacramento.

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iv. The city council has considered the factors in 17.604.210.A.2 and finds none of them applicable to the listing of 2666 Montgomery Way.

B. 2701 Montgomery Way meets the criteria for listing on the Sacramento register as follows:

i. 2701 Montgomery Way represents the work of an important creative individual or master (17.808.210.A.1.a.iv)

2701 Montgomery Way is the design of a prominent Sacramento architectural firm, Charles and James Dean, whose quality work is widely represented and acknowledged in the community.

These are all associated with the Italian Renaissance/Mediterranean Revival style. ii. The nominated resource has integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship and association. Integrity shall be judged with reference to the particular criterion or criteria specified in subsection A.1.a of this section (17.604.210.A.1.b)
2701 Montgomery Way is in its original location and has undergone few, if any, changes.

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The residence at 2701 Montgomery Way has significant historic and architectural worth. It has been well-maintained and retains a high level of integrity with regard to its location, design, setting, materials, workmanship and association. It is an excellent example of the Renaissance/Mediterranean Revival style, the work of master architects Dean & Dean, and is an important representation of the Eclectic architectural movement in Sacramento.

iv. The city council has considered the factors in 17.604.210.A.2 and finds none of them applicable to the listing of 2701 Montgomery Way.

C. 2730 Montgomery Way meets the criteria for listing on the Sacramento register as follows:

i. 2730 Montgomery Way represents the work of an important creative individual or master (17.808.210.A.1.a.iv)

2730 Montgomery Way is the design of a prominent Sacramento architectural firm, Charles and James Dean, whose quality work is widely represented and acknowledged in the community.

Originally from Texas, Dean and Dean joined the ambitious Sacramento school building program early in their careers and, in just five years, designed the following schools: Fremont, El Dorado, Newton Booth, Franklin, Donner, Bret Harte, Jefferson, East Sacramento, Highland Park, McKinley, Leland Stanford, Sierra, and Theodore Judah. Among other public projects, Dean and Dean also designed the landmark Memorial Auditorium following WWI. Dean & Dean were also prolific residential designers who influenced residential design in Sacramento. They designed a number of imposing residences in South Curtis Oaks and East Sacramento. Their residential designs in addition to appearing in feature articles in the Architect and Engineer in 1922 and 1927, were also featured in a pattern book published by House and Garden Magazine.

The property’s design by Dean and Dean justifies its listing in the Sacramento Register of Historic and Cultural Resources pursuant to city code section 17.604.210.A.1.a.iv for its embodiment of distinctive characteristics of a master architect. The significant features and characteristics of this property include light-colored stucco, red roof tiles, inset door, second floor balconettes, and decorative wall vent on the second floor. These are all associated with the Spanish Colonial Revival style.
ii. The nominated resource has integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship and association. Integrity shall be judged with reference to the particular criterion or criteria specified in subsection A.1.a of this section (17.604.210.A.1.b)
2730 Montgomery Way is in its original location and has undergone few, if any, changes.

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high-quality domestic life, including pleasant neighborhoods, attractive natural landscaping, and fine quality residences. The Curtis Park neighborhood, as well as the residence itself, retains high design quality and integrity, effectively conveying the historic time period in which it developed and leaving intact integrity of design, setting, feeling, and association. iii. 2730 Montgomery Way has significant historic or architectural worth, and its designation as a landmark is reasonable, appropriate and necessary to promote, protect and further the goals and purposes of this chapter. (17.604.210.A.1.c) The residence at 2730 Montgomery Way has significant historic and architectural worth. It has been well-maintained and retains a high level of integrity with regard to its location, design, setting, materials, workmanship and association. It is an excellent example of the Spanish Colonial Revival architectural style, the work of master architects Dean & Dean, and is an important representation of the Eclectic architectural movement in Sacramento. iv. The city council has considered the factors in 17.604.210.A.2 and finds none of them applicable to the listing of 2730 Montgomery Way.

D. 2751 Montgomery Way meets the criteria for listing on the Sacramento register as follows:

i. 2751 Montgomery Way represents the work of an important creative individual or master (17.808.210.A.1.a.iv)

2751 Montgomery Way is the design of a prominent Sacramento architectural firm, Charles and James Dean, whose quality work is widely represented and acknowledged in the community.

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ii. The nominated resource has integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship and association. Integrity shall be judged with reference to the particular criterion or criteria specified in subsection A.1.a of this section (17.604.210.A.1.b)
2751 Montgomery Way is in its original location and has undergone few, if any, changes.

Therefore, the residence retains moderate to high historic integrity of design, materials, and workmanship. The house is located in a neighborhood that is associated with the Better Homes Movement of the 1920s, a national movement generating interest and pride in the value of a high-quality domestic life, including pleasant neighborhoods, attractive natural landscaping, and fine quality residences. The Curtis Park neighborhood, as well as the residence itself, retains high design quality and integrity, effectively conveying the historic time period in which it developed and leaving intact integrity of design, setting, feeling, and association. iii. 2751 Montgomery Way has significant historic or architectural worth, and its designation as a landmark is reasonable, appropriate and necessary to promote, protect and further the goals and purposes of this chapter. (17.604.210.A.1.c) The residence at 2751 Montgomery Way has significant historic and architectural worth. It has been well-maintained and retains a high level of integrity with regard to its location, design, setting, materials, workmanship and association. It is an excellent example of the Colonial Revival style with Dutch Influences, the work of master architects Dean & Dean, and is an important representation of the Eclectic architectural movement in Sacramento.

iv. The city council has considered the factors in 17.604.210.A.2 and finds none of them applicable to the listing of 2751 Montgomery Way.

E. 2770 Montgomery Way meets the criteria for listing on the Sacramento register as follows:

i. 2770 Montgomery Way embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period or method of construction (17.808.210.A.1.a.iii)

2770 Montgomery Way is excellent example of the Colonial Revival style with Italian Renaissance influences. This prominent building on the corner of Montgomery Way and Franklin Boulevard serves as an important architectural marker for the neighborhood. The basic form, symmetry, and composition of the house reflects form and massing of other residences of the area that reflect Colonial Revival and Italian Renaissance influences. The side-gabled roof is surfaced with shingles and a brick chimney projects from the east end. Gables have eave returns on east and west elevations. The entrance is set into a shallow recess centered in the façade. A slender engaged column stands on either side of the wood door which is flanked by wood and glass sidelights containing six lights each. A decorative screen door has been added

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in front of the entry door. There are two panels of French doors of sixteen lights each framed in wood on either end of the first-floor façade. The second floor of the façade contains two double hung, six lights over six, windows with louvered shutters, and a double hung window with sixteen panes and shutters in the center above the entry. There is a small one-story, shed- roofed, wood addition on the west elevation of the building. The west elevation contains four windows on the second floor and one on the first near the addition. The east elevation contains a chimney and one window on each side of it on each floor. Attic vents with louvers penetrate the walls above the windows. This architectural style justifies its listing in the Sacramento Register of Historic and Cultural Resources pursuant to city code section 17.604.210.A.1.a.iii for its embodiment of distinctive characteristics of a type, period or method of construction. The significant features and characteristics of this property include brick cladding, double hung windows with divided lites, the decorative doorway with sidelites, the overall symmetry of the primary façade, and the side gable roof. These are all associated with the Colonial Revival Style, with Italian Renaissance influences.
ii. The nominated resource has integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship and association. Integrity shall be judged with reference to the particular criterion or criteria specified in subsection A.1.a of this section (17.604.210.A.1.b)
2770 Montgomery Way is in its original location and has undergone few, if any, changes.

Therefore, the residence retains moderate to high historic integrity of design, materials, and workmanship. The house is located in a neighborhood that is associated with the Better Homes Movement of the 1920s, a national movement generating interest and pride in the value of a high-quality domestic life, including pleasant neighborhoods, attractive natural landscaping, and fine quality residences. The Curtis Park neighborhood, as well as the residence itself, retains high design quality and integrity, effectively conveying the historic time period in which it developed and leaving intact integrity of design, setting, feeling, and association. iii. 2770 Montgomery Way has significant historic or architectural worth, and its designation as a landmark is reasonable, appropriate and necessary to promote, protect and further the goals and purposes of this chapter. (17.604.210.A.1.c) The residence at 2770 Montgomery Way has significant historic and architectural worth. It has been well-maintained and retains a high level of integrity with regard to its location, design, setting, materials, workmanship and association. It is an excellent example of the Colonial Revival architectural style, and is an important representation of the Eclectic architectural movement in Sacramento.
iv. The city council has considered the factors in 17.604.210.A.2 and finds none of them applicable to the listing of 2770 Montgomery Way.

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EXHIBIT A
2666 Montgomery Way

2701 Montgomery Way

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2730 Montgomery Way

2751 Montgomery Way

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2770 Montgomery Way

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DPR 523D (9/2013)
State of California - The Resources Agency Primary #
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DISTRICT RECORD Trinomial

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*Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder)
D1. Historic Name: South Curtis Oaks #1 D2. Common Name:_ Gateway District____ *D3. Detailed Description (Discuss overall coherence of the district, its setting, visual characteristics, and minor features.

List all elements of district.):

The Gateway Historic District is comprised of a significant concentration and continuity of associated historical resources. The residential properties are located on both sides of Montgomery Way from East Curtis Drive to Franklin Boulevard in the Curtis Park area of Sacramento. The district contains twenty-three residences twenty-one Contributing properties and two Non-Contributing properties. The District Period of Significance extends from 1922 – 1937. City addresses of Contributing buildings include the buildings on both sides of the street, extending from Curtis Park on the west to Franklin Boulevard on the east. From 3065 and 3071 E. Curtis Drive to 2761and 2770 Montgomery Way. There are two Non-Contributing properties, constructed after the Period of Significance, which are located at 2654 and 2727 Montgomery Way.

The Contributing resources possess a number of similar and cohesive character-defining features displayed in the District.

Cohesive features within the district:
x Setbacks, front lawns
x Lot sizes
x Massing and form
x Scale
x Materials
x Windows, entries
x Roofs
x Landscaping
x Architectural styles
x Architectural design with same architect for at least 11 of the residences The building setbacks are consistent throughout the District and most front yards within the setback space are carpeted with lawn and small-scale foliage, providing a sense of organization, spaciousness, and order. Buildings are similar in scale and size, and employ similar principal materials such as stucco, brick, or wood.

Materials primarily utilized in the District buildings include wood, brick or manufactured stone, and stucco or plaster. The structures within the District utilize similar building materials, particularly brick facing on a wood framework, a new construction technique developed during that era that utilized brick and stone facings on a variety of structures. Several of the District residences are surfaced with stucco plaster and utilize terra cotta design accents. Roofs are often covered with clay tiles. Façade window openings that often determine scale delineations are generally similar and compatible.

The predominant building form for most buildings is a rectangular, two story long, box-form that is parallel to the street face. This building form is commonly covered with a side-gabled roof, often tiled. Even one-story houses have tall façade design elements that extend vertically to suggest taller structures, extending building height continuity. Lot sizes are consistent, with

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The predominant architectural styles employed in residences of the District reflect the1920- 1940 era of American architectural design which employed a wide range of eclectic “revivalist” styles popular in the country at this time. These styles reflect various versions of architectural styles from different European countries probably experienced by many military personnel during World War I and recalled after their return. American tourism to Europe at the end of the War contributed to this trend. These Revivalist styles and mixtures of their features became very popular throughout the country during this era and examples are legion in Sacramento. Versions of their interpretations are reflected in the residences within this District. The styles, and the eclectic interpretations and combinations most common to the District include the following:

Italian Renaissance, Classical Revival, Spanish Colonial Revival, Mediterranean Revival, Tudor Revival, Monterey Style, and American Colonial Revival.

The development of the tract coincided with the national “Better Homes Movement” which received broad support from both government and industry. It was a campaign of home ownership, modernization, and beautification that grew from a critical shortage of homes in the years following World War 1. The Movement sought to educate consumers to the values of building, owning, and remodeling their homes. Such activities would improve the quality of domestic living, and the improvement of homes and home life. The Movement generated a Butterick Publishing Co. magazine entitled “The Delineator” and other magazines. In 1923, “Home Designer” magazine featured Sacramento and its homes, and lauded south Curtis Oaks as a successful new community. It commented on improved land while retaining natural resources.

In support of the national “Better Homes Movement,” the Carly Company built three Dean and Dean designed models, two of which were visited and reviewed by a national entity as part of a national contest. One of the houses in the tract won the sixth prize in the national contest, 2640 Montgomery Way, nick-named the “Ann Hathaway Cottage.” The Carly development earned national attention for its successful community design and rich imagery.

The Sacramento architectural firm of Dean and Dean was involved in the design of at least eleven of the twenty-one Contributing residences, providing a high degree of continuity of image for the District. These residences are all located on Montgomery Way: 2640, 2649, 2672, 2681, 2701, 2709, 2730, 2740, 2751, 2757, and 2761.

Prior to the development of the district, the area was naturally endowed with original mature trees and plantings which community members and new owners strove to retain and incorporate into this District. Exterior gardens have been carefully landscaped and are filled with vegetation that has matured over time. This image of rich landscaping is a principal factor in the visual charac
ter of the District.
*D4. Boundary Description (Describe limits of district and attach map showing boundary and district elements.):

The District boundaries include both sides of Montgomery Way from 3065 and 3071 East Curtis Drive The boundary of the District to 2761 and 2770 Montgomery way. The boundary of

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DPR 523D (9/2013)
State of California - The Resources Agency Primary #
DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI #
DISTRICT RECORD Trinomial
*Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder)
D1. Historic Name: South Curtis Oaks #1 D2. Common Name:_ Gateway District____ the District follows the peripheral boundaries of the residences on both sides of the street between Franklin Boulevard and East Curtis Drive.

The subdivision map for the properties of South Curtis Oaks #1 was filed in January 1920.

The land for adjacent William Curtis Park had already been granted to the City of Sacramento in 1919. By 1922 residential construction within the tract began. The first two houses were those for J.C.Carly, of the East Curtis Oaks development company, and Curtis Cutter, grandson of the original owner of the ranch land containing the development. (see Map) Montgomery Way was envisioned by Carly as the grand gateway to the elegant new subdivision that would contain his own residence. The street was planned to be open and expansive, incorporating lush existing landscaping and mature trees, and serve as gateway to the elegant new district. This original development block strongly displays a continuity of design, streetscape features, scale, materials, and landscape elements that characterize it as a Historic District with a particular placement in time.
*D5. Boundary Justification:

The boundary of the District is governed by the initial designation of Montgomery Way as the distinctive Gateway for development of the Carly tract, and as justification to establish certain regulations to enhance the district’s desirable residential image.

This block of Montgomery Way was planned by development owner J.C. Carly to serve as the “grand” entrance to a distinctive residential development that included his own private home.

He planned and built his own mansion near the gateway entry to enhance the prestige of the new neighborhood. All potential home designs had to be approved by the company and a minimum expenditure for each house was required.

In the 1920s, the “Better Homes Movement” sponsored a national competition that won a sixth prize national award for a building on Montgomery Way in Sacramento for its quality and character. Another publication complimented Sacramento for its new South Curtis Oaks subdivision. At least eleven of the houses comprising the District were designed by a notable local architectural firm, Dean and Dean, whose work substantially shaped the image of Sacramento during the 1920-1940s era. The Gateway Historic District contains a significant concentration of associated historical resources.

The District at Montgomery Way from Franklin Boulevard to East Curtis Park Drive appears eligible for listing on the Sacramento Register of Historic and Cultural Resources per Criterion (B) I,a, b, i and ii, and (B)2.a, b. The Historic District contains a significant concentration or continuity of buildings unified aesthetically by plan or physical development. The District has integrity of design, setting, materials, workmanship and association, and the collective historic value of the buildings in the district taken together may be greater than the historic value of each individual building. The Gateway Historic District contains a significant concentration of associated historical resources.

D6. Significance: Theme: Residential Development Area:C u r t i s P a r k Period of Significance 1922-1937 Applicable Criteria: City Code

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DPR 523D (9/2013)
State of California - The Resources Agency Primary #
DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI #
DISTRICT RECORD Trinomial
*Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder)
D1. Historic Name: South Curtis Oaks #1 D2. Common Name:_ Gateway District____ criteria 17.604.210 B 1,a, b, i, ii (B), c; and 17.604.210.(B) 2.a, b as a district, and 17.604.210.(C ) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, as contributing resources
(Discuss district's importance in terms of its historical context as defined by theme, period of significance, and geographic scope. Also address the integrity of the district as a whole.) Unparalleled growth and prosperity
The twenty years or so that lead up to the success of the South Curtis Oaks subdivision was a period of great change in the Sacramento Valley. At one time Valley agriculture was dominated by wheat production. Successful wheat production required large ranches many of which exceeded a thousand acres or more. It took at least a thousand acres and a $50,000 investment in equipment for a ranch to show a profit. However, between 1880 and 1900 competition from cheaper wheat production overseas undercut California production. The Valley began a transition from wheat to fruits and nuts. The vast wheat farms were slowly broken up into smaller farms and ranches. Where it would take at least a thousand acres of wheat to turn a profit, a fruit farm of 20 to 30 acres was large enough to support a family. (The return on investment from fruit and nut production was vastly superior to wheat.) Steady improvements in transportation and the canning processes opened up world-wide markets for California products.

At the same time, reclamation of swamp and overflow lands bordering the rivers brought many thousands of acres of river bottom land into production. In 1911 the Natomas Consolidated began a reclamation project just north of Sacramento that eventually opened 60,000 acres to agricultural production. In 1913 the Natomas company produced a marketing brochure announcing the opening of some 20,000 acres of irrigated farmland south of the American River from Folsom to Mills Station (about two miles east of Mather Field Road). The Rancho del Paso was being broken up and sold for farms, ranches and colonization. It comprised 44,000 acres north of the American River—roughly from North Sacramento to Manzanita Avenue in Carmichael.

The period between 1900 and 1920 was one of great growth and prosperity for Sacramento and the whole north valley region. The population of the valley increased sixty percent during this period. It went from 156,000 in 1900 to 246,000 in 1920. The population of Sacramento increased from 29,282 to 65,908 during the same period.

Then came the outbreak of World War I. Although the United States did not join the fighting until 1917, the country supported its allies with food, material and armaments. While the demand for California food products soared, housing and real estate sales plummeted. Sales at one of Sacramento’s largest real estate firms, Wright & Kimbrough went from $3.7 million in the five years before the war to 2.3 million for the five war years—a drop of about 37%. During the war money from Valley agriculture flooded into the banks—only there was a lot less to spend it on. The stage was set for what would come next.

Curtis Ranch Property
South Curtis Oaks was originally part of the William Curtis ranch property, purchased by him from his brother in 1854. His land holdings gradually expanded over subsequent years due

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DPR 523D (9/2013)
State of California - The Resources Agency Primary #
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Figure 1 - Home Designer magazine referred to Montgomery Way as the “Entrance” to South Curtis Oaks.
*Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder)
D1. Historic Name: South Curtis Oaks #1 D2. Common Name:_ Gateway District____ to the purchase of additional lands surrounding the ranch that became available from original owners. The Curtis family farmed this quadrangle while the first subdivisions in the area adjacent to the east, Oak Park (1887) and Oak Grove (1888) were created. In 1887, parcels in another subdivision directly north of the Curtis property, Highland Park, were put up for auction.

Other parcels in the vicinity of the original Curtis ranch were gradually developed in the early twentieth century, nearby or adjacent to the Curtis property. In 1907, William Curtis deeded the northernmost portion of his ranch to the East Curtis Oaks investment group of Hawk, Hawley and J.C. Carly, just two weeks before he passed away. In 1909, his wife conveyed her remaining lands to the same investors who then formed the East Curtis Oaks company in 1911. J.C. Carly of this group envisioned South Curtis Oaks as an elegant development with park-like streets, winding roads and wide imposing entrance gates. Montgomery Way in South Curtis Oaks was planned by the developer of the thoughtfully designed subdivision in 1920 to serve as a gateway to the elegant new district. In the meanwhile, the Curtis and Carly families had been united by the marriage of their children Curtis and Leita.

The subdivision map for South Curtis Oaks #1 was filed in Janua ry 1920. The land for spacious William Curtis Park had been granted to the City of Sa cramento by relatives and developers of the original Curtis ranch in 1919. By 1922 resid ential construction within the tract began. The first two houses were those for Curtis Cutter (2757) and J.C. Carly (2761).

Curtis Cutter was the grandson of William Curtis, and Leita was the daughter of J.C. Carly.

According to the Home Designer magazine of 1923, “Already on Donner Way, Curtis Way and Montgomery Way are homes of the type that have been carefully chosen to characterize this distinctive district – occupying wide lots and governed by restrictions that preclude the building of homes other than those that will be a credit to the district.” The Gateway
Montgomery Way was
envisioned by J.C.Carly as
the grand gateway to his
elegant new subdivision at
Montgomery Way and
Franklin Boulevard. The
street was planned to be
open and expansive,
incorporating some of the
notably handsome existing
trees and foliage. Several
of the new owners either
purchased two lots for their
individual houses or added
portions of adjacent lots to expand the luxurious image of their homesite. Carly himself planned and built his own mansion near the gateway entry to the development to enhance the prestige of

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Figure 2 - In a strong marketing move, the Carly
Company provided land for the Bret Harte School as
well as the park. The school was designed by Dean &
Dean. In their advertising the Carly Company also
mentions the impending construction of the nearby
Junior College.
*Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder)
D1. Historic Name: South Curtis Oaks #1 D2. Common Name:_ Gateway District____ the new neighborhood. All potential home designs had to be approved by the company and a minimum expenditure for each house was required. Most of the homes in this neighborhood were designed by master architects Dean and Dean, assuring fine design values and a harmonious cumulative image.

J.C. Carly’s plan for Montgomery Way as the gateway to his prem ier tract development included his own home which was located at the grand entrance to the tract on Montgomery Way and Franklin Boulevard. Additionally, a local committee of the era advocated the retention of the particularly large and handsome trees located within the subdivision in order to contribute to the gardenlike image of the area.

Better Homes Movement
The development of the tract coi ncided with the national Better Homes Movement which received broad support from both government and industry. It w as a campaign of home ownership, modernization, and beautification that grew from a critical shortage of homes in the years following World War 1. Titled the Better Homes Movement , it was initiated in the Butterick Publishing Company’s ma gazine, The Delineator, a hous eholder’s publication. The Movement sought to educate consumers to the values of building, owning, remodeling and improving their homes including home furnishings and decoration s. Such activities would substantially improve the quality of domestic living, and the improvement of homes and home life were widely encouraged.

In 1923, Home Designer magazine
featured Sacramento and its homes in
an issue of their magazine. The
publication lauded south Curtis Oaks
as a successful community with natural
advantages and architectural aesthetics
that included land gifted to the city for
a park by the land owners and their
development partners. The magazine
also displayed a photograph of the
recently completed Bret Harte School.

The Home Designer magazine
enthused, “Acres of unimproved land
have been transformed into building
community sites while the beauties of
nature bestowed upon this section have
been preserved…” The district was,
not only enhanced by nature, handsome

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D1. Historic Name: South Curtis Oaks #1 D2. Common Name:_ Gateway District____ well-designed homes began to occupy the awaiting garden-like parcels, creating a distinctive and elegant neighborhood.

In support of the national Beautiful Homes Movement, the Carly Company built three Dean and Dean designed model homes in South Curtis Park for the public to tour and enjoy. They were furnished by the John Breuner furniture company. These houses were located at 2672 Montgomery Way, 2640 Montgomery Way, and a home on Sixth Avenue especially outfitted with many new modern electric appliances and features. The homes were visited and reviewed by a national entity as part of a national contest. The Kimberlin/Watson/Fallon home at 2640 Montgomery Way, was awarded the sixth-place prize in the national Better Homes contest. This architect-designed home reflected a strong medieval English cottage image and quickly earned the nick-name “Ann Hathaway Cottage.” Carly advertised the house as an ‘old English’ style house. The reflected Tudor Revival style soon became a popular design theme for homes in Sacramento.

Dean & Dean
The success of the winning design encouraged development owners to promote Sacramento architects Dean and Dean as the designers for a number of homes being built within the district.

The house was designed by master architects Dean and Dean, meeting City Code criterion (17.604.210(A)1.a.iv) d. The architectural firm of James and Charles Dean was gaining local prominence at the time, and the designs they favored worked wel l in the evolving landscape.

They were born, raised and educated in Texas. Their father R.K. Dean, was an engineer and builder and both boys graduated from Texas A&M University. Aft er A&M, where he took classes in engineering and drawing, Charles Dean went to work i n an architectural office in San Antonio for two years. He then moved to Chicago to work for th e architectural firm of Englehart & Englehart for seven years. Charles was working in C hicago when ‘enlisted’ in 1908 by George Sellon, California’ s first state architect, to c ome to California and help rebuild the state after the 1906 earthquake. Brother James, who attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology after Texas A&M, joined his brother in the State Arc hitect’s Office in 1912. In 1921 the Dean brothers left the State and opened their own architectural office in Sacramento.

Charles Dean was the principal designer of the firm and James handled the business matters.

Dean and Dean joined the ambitious school building program and, in just five years, designed the following schools: Fremont, El Dorado, Newton Booth, Franklin, Donner, Bret Harte, Jefferson, East Sacramento, Highland Park, McKinley, Leland Stanford, Sierra and Theodore Judah.

Dean & Dean were also prolific residential designers who influenced residential design in Sacramento. They designed a number of imposing residences in South Curtis Oaks and East Sacramento. Their residential designs in addition to appearing in feature articles in the Architect

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Figure 3-Sacramento Memorial Auditorium
designed by Dean & Dean

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*Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder)
D1. Historic Name: South Curtis Oaks #1 D2. Common Name:_ Gateway District____ and Engineer in 1922 and 1927, were also featured in a pattern book published by House and Garden Magazine. Architect and Engineer stated, “…their houses are homes – not residences.

A charm prevails or mantles them with an air of refinement which never tires. Simplicity in form and detail is most apparent both in
house and garden, and such
versatility in execution of the work
of modern periods from the
Colonial to the modern Spanish.

Bits of interest sparkle here and
there indicating devotion to each
problem as it came to them for
solution.”
The Dean & Dean architectural
firm designed the Sutter Lawn and
Tennis Club, Sacramento Junior
College buildings, the Municipal
Water Filtration Plant, the
Sacramento Orphanage and
Children’s Home, the Golf Club House at Land
Park, the Sutter Club, Westminster
Presbyterian Church, Sacramento Memorial
Auditorium, Breuner’s Furniture Store,
Alhambra Shopping Center, Clunie Clubhouse
and Library, YWCA, and Dean Apartments.

James Dean accepted an appointment by the
City of Sacramento to supervise the
construction of the Memorial Auditorium. He
eventually became the City Architect and sold
his interest in Dean & Dean to his brother.

James eventually became Sacramento City
Manager and later was Deputy State Director
of Finance.

Charles Dean continued the firm under
both names until his death in 1956.

Figure 4-Westminster Presbyterian Church
by Dean & Dean

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Figure 5 - Nathaniel
Colley

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*Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder)
D1. Historic Name: South Curtis Oaks #1 D2. Common Name:_ Gateway District____ Discrimination in Housing
The Carly Company was one major Sacramento realtor who used restrictive covenants in their deeds for South Curtis Oaks to practice segregation in housing. One original Montgomery Way deed read: “The grantees…shall not…convey, sell, lease or permit the use of said real property to a person or persons of Hindu, African, Japanese, Chinese or any other Mongolian descent.” Such provisions were pervasive in the 1920s and 1930s.

During the 1930s the federal home loan insurance programs HOLC and FHA institutionalized racial segregation by defining neighborhoods according to their desirability for home loans. This practice became known as “redlining.” In 1940 the original deed restrictions in the South Curtis Oaks were set to expire and efforts were made to extend them. Deed restrictions were also extended to other neighborhoods that never had them in the first place.

In 1948 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that deed restrictions were not enforceable. However, the real estate industry resisted integration. Locally, in the 1950s a black executive at McClellan AFB, Oliver Ming, sued the local real estate board, homebuilders, several real estate companies and the agents who had rejected his purchase and loan applications. Ming won his case, but informal resistance persisted.

During the 1950s and 60s Sacramento was fortunate in that it had one of the most successful attorneys in the fight against racial segregation in housing on both a local and a national level. Nathaniel Colley was known as a talented attorney who embarked on a prominent and respected legal career that fought for fair housing for African-Americans and all people of color. Colley’s former home and office building have been nominated as local Landmarks and are in the process of consideration for the National Register of Historic Places.

Only with the congressional passage of the Fair Housing Act of 1968 did racial discrimination in housing become illegal nationally.

*D7. References (Give full citations including the names and addresses of any informants, where possible.):

Architect & Engineer: June 1922; July 1927
Boghosian, Paula and Don Cox, Dean & Dean, unpublished manuscript.

Boghosian, Paula and Don Cox, National Register of Historic Places Nomination, New Helvetia, 2013 Boghosian, Paula and Don Cox, Sacramento’s Boulevard Park, Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, SC, 2006 Burns, Maryellen and Keith, Lost Restaurants of Sacramento and Their Recipes, American Palate, Charleston, SC, 2013, p. 90.

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Center for Sacramento History: Dean & Dean Collection
Cusick, Dennis, The Color Line That Divides Us , Viewpoint Magazine, Sierra-Curtis Neighborhood Association, September 2020.

Murphy, Dan, Sacramento’s Curtis Park, Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, SC 2005 Sacramento Bee: 6/18/1912, p. 14; 10/4/1913, p. 5; 10/13/1913, p. 1; 10/31/1913, p. 16; 4/4/1914, p. 15; 10/18/1922, p. 5; 4/28/1923, p. 29; 9/26/1931, p. 1; 4/27/1959, p. 21; 3/2/1978, p. A-4; 12/5/1996, p. B-5.

Sacramento Building Permits
Sacramento City Directories
Sacramento County Assessors Data
Sacramento Recorders Office Data: Original Deed 2672 and 2640 Montgomery Way Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps
Thomas Brothers Map Books (1937-41)
The Home Designer Magazine, March 1922
West, Albert, Thomas Thompson, History of Sacramento County, Howell-North edition, Berkeley, 1960 *D8. Evaluator: Paula Boghosian Date: January 2021

Affiliation and Address: Historic Environment Consultants, 5420 Home Court, Carmichael, CA 95608

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P1. Other Identifier: Wallace House
*P2. Location: *a. County: Sacramento
b. Address: 2666 Montgomery Way City: Sacramento Zip: 95818 *c. USGS 7.5' Quad Sacramento West Date: 1992 *e. Other Locational Data: APN#: 013-0232-005

*P3a. Description:

The one story wood frame residence is surfaced with stucco/cement plaster and combines three roof forms in its composition; a projecting gabled wing on the east, a shed roofed segment in the center, and a flat roofed wing on the west The arched openings, tile roof and stucco surface suggest influences of Spanish Colonial Revival design. The east wing gable contains a small rectangular attic vent with wrought iron frame in its peak. This wing contains three arched windows largely obscured by dense bushes close to the house. The entry is centralized beneath a shed tiled roof and is flanked by two arched window openings containing eight lights each in wood frames. The front door is arched with twelve lights and topped with a scalloped curved canopy. The west wing contains two rectangular openings; the smaller one appears to vent the flat-roofed attic and is recessed behind a panel of turned wood posts. A larger rectangular opening below contains eight lights.

An arched opening in the west end of the façade wall beneath a small clay tile roof leads to a side garden.

Mature bushes conceal façade windows and carefully placed paving stones lead to the centered entry patio. The west elevation contains a pair of windows and a smaller bathroom window.

There is a garage with five windows on the east side of the house.

There are stepping-stones in the lawn in front of the house and mature plantings, some of which obscure the façade of the house. The garden and its trees complement the character of the district. *P3b. Resource Attributes: HP2
*P4. Resources Present: Building Structure Object Site District Element of District Other (Isolates, etc.) View to the south
*P6. Date Constructed/Age and
Source: Historic
Prehistoric Both
1924
*P7. Owner and Address:

Flo Grossenbbacker
2666 Montgomery Way
Sacramento, CA 95818
*P8. Recorded by:

Paula Boghosian, Historic
Environment Consultants
5420 Home Court
Carmichael, CA 95608
*P9. Date Recorded:

October 2020
*P10. Survey Type:

Instensive
P11. Report Citation*:
none

*Attachments: NONE 
Location Map Sketch Map Continuation Sheet Building, Structure, and Object Record Linear Resource Record Archaeological Record District Record Milling Station Record Rock Art Record Artifact Record Photograph Record  Other (List)

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*Resource Address: 2666 Montgomery Way
B1. Historic Name: Wallace House
B2. Common Name: -
B3. Original Use: Residential B4. Present Use: Residential *B5. Architectural Style: Spanish Colonial Revival influences *B6. Construction History:

This house was built in 1924 and has had few changes, if any. *B7. Moved? No Yes Unknown Date: Original Location:
*B8. Related Features: Garage in the rear
B9a. Architect: Dean & Dean b. Builder: Unknown
*B10. Significance: Theme: Residential District Area: South Curtis Oaks Period of Significance: 1922-1937 Property Type: Residential Applicable Criteria: City Code criteria

17.604.210 B 1,a, b, i (B), c; and 17.604.210.(B) 2.a, b as a district, and 17.604.210.(C ) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, as a contributing resource.

This Dean & Dean house was originally owned and occupied by Louis Marks, the manager of the Rialto Theater.

By early 1926 the house had a new owner in Frank S. & Laura Gunnison. Frank was a manager and the treasurer for the Hale’s Department Store in San Francisco. In 1926 Weinstock, Lubin & Co. went public. In a secret move, Hale’s purchased the controlling interest in Weinstock’s. In early 1926 Hale’s transferred Frank Gunnison to Sacramento to become the Controller for Weinstock’s. Gunnison immediately plunged into civic life in Sacramento and soon important positions in several civic organizations. He was on the board of the Chamber of Commerce, head of the Chamber’s Finance Committee, President of the Exchange Club, Chair of Sacramento’s Home Modernization Week, Director of the Community Chest, Treasurer of the Sliver Creek Pure Water Bonds Committee, and VP of the High Twelve Club. In 1930 Gunnison resigned from Weinstock & Lubins due to health issues. Frank Gunnison died of a sudden heart attack in Mill Valley in 1936 at the age of 58.

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B11. Additional Resource Attributes: n/a
Architect & Engineer: June 1922; July 1927
Boghosian, Paula and Don Cox, Sacramento’s Boulevard Park, Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, SC, 2006 California State Death Records
Center for Sacramento History: Dean & Dean Collection
Mill Valley Record: Dec. 25, 1931; Feb. 7, 1936;
Mount Tamalpais Cemetery, Laura Louise Bennett Gunnison Murphy, Dan, Sacramento’s Curtis Park, Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, SC 2005
Reed, G. Walter, History of Sacramento County, Historic Records Publishing, Los Angeles, 1923
(Continued on page 3)
B13. Remarks:
*B14. Evaluator: Paula Boghosian, Historic Environment Cons. *Date of Evaluation: October 2020

(This space reserved for official comments.)

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*B12. References:

(Continued from page 2)

Sacramento Bee: 4/20/1926 p. 26, 4/22/1926, p. 11, 4/24/1926, p. 12; 9/15/1928, p. 19; 12/19/1928, p. 5; 5/18/1929, p. 28; 6/4/1929, p. 16; 6/26/1929, p. 5; 9/23/1919, p. 1; 2/10/1930, p. 5; 6/27/1930, p. 5; 11/10/1930, p. 1; 11/18/1930, p. 18; 10/18/1929, p. 27; 9/18/1937, p. 10; 4/3/37, p. 19; 4/20/1938, p. 11; 5/5/1938, p. 16; 3/29/1938, p. 13; 3/21/1940, p. 13; 12/12/1942, p. 2; 12/15/1942, p. 12; 9/9/1944, p. 2; 2/28/1945, p. 9; 11/8/1947, p. 2; 8/14/1948, p. 17;6/31/1951, p. 35; 3/7/1953, p. 20; 9/3/1955, p. 20; 11/19/1959, p. 37; 10/15/1961, p. 65; 5/31/1961, p. 17
Sacramento Building Permits
Sacramento City Directories
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Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps
Thomas Brothers Map Books (1937-41)
The Home Designer Magazine, March 1922
US Census, 1930, 1940
West, Albert, Thomas Thompson, History of Sacramento County, Howell-North edition, Berkeley, 1960

*B10. Significance:

Up until the 1990s the house occupied a double lot. The space to the west, now occupied by 2654 Montgomery was part of the gardens of 2666. That space was developed by Laura Gunnison. A 1928 picture in the Sacramento shows the elegant “Sunken Gardens” that occupied that space.

After the Gunnisons left Sacramento in 1930, the house was vacant for about two years.

In 1932 Whittier W. and Gladys M. Wallace purchased the house from the Gunnisons.

Whitter died in his home in July 1985. Whitter graduated from Stanford with a Masters Degree in Math. Whittier was a teacher in local schools and joined the staff at Sacramento Junior College in 1922. He was both a math instructor and counselor at SJC. Gladys was employed as part of the administrative staff of Sacramento JC.

Gladys Wallace was also an avid gardener and the presence of the Sunken Gardens probably had something to with their purchase of the property. Under Gladys management the gardens were highly regarded in garden shows and were a key location for social and charitable events. They were once featured in Sunset Magazine. Gladys was president of the Fluer-De-Lis Circle of the Mayflower Garden Club as well the executive for the Sacramento Girl Scouts.

The property exhibits character-defining features of the Gateway Historic District, contributes to its designation, and is eligible for listing in the Sacramento Register as a Contributor to the Gateway Historic District. The property meets City Code criteria

17.604.210 B 1,a, b, i (B), c; and 17.604.210.(B) 2.a, b as a district, and 17.604.210.(C ) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, as a contributing resource;.

Figure 1 - Gladys Wallace

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P1. Other Identifier: Smith/Lopinski house
*P2. Location: *a. County: Sacramento
b. Address: 2701 Montgomery Way City: Sacramento Zip: 95818 *c. USGS 7.5' Quad Sacramento West Date: 1992 *e. Other Locational Data: APN#: 013-0231-021
*P3a. Description:

The one-story wood frame residence has a cross-gabled roof covered with tiles, and is surfaced with stucco plaster. The building projects a Italian Renaissane/Mediterranean Revival image with its stucco and tile materials, arched entry, and large dramatic cactus-like plants that frame a façade window. A front--gabled wing on the east end of the façade faces south. A tall square-shaped tower with a hip roof rises from the center of the elevation, and contains the arched entry to the house. The west end of the façade, covered by a gabled roof, contains a panel of multi-paned windows, similar to the panel of windows in the east wing. The panel on the west end contains a fixed central portion with ten lights flanked by two casement windows containing five lights each. The window panel on the east end of the façade contains two casement windows with six lights each. Both window groupings are framed in wood. Slender louvered attic vents penetrate the east gable roof peak and the upper tower, the latter vent containing an applied ornament resembling a small conical pedestal with a metal balustrade. The entry area projects Mediterranean Revival design influences, with front entry tiled steps, two pairs of engaged columns with spiral designs, decorative urns, and a massive door with hobnail like detail. The west elevation contains a multi-paned window and a small door to an ash collection receptacle.

A garage with a tiled roof and wood gates and an additional one-story wing stand on the west at the rear. The east elevation contains another chimney.

Tall and dominant tropical foliage covers portions of the façade and obscures the east elevation. *P3b. Resource Attributes: HP2
*P4. Resources Present: Building Structure Object Site District Element of District Other (Isolates, etc.) View to the north
*P6. Date Constructed/Age and
Source: Historic
Prehistoric Both
1924
*P7. Owner and Address:

Maureen Cleary & Paul
Lopinski
2701 Montgomery Way
Sacramento, CA 95818
*P8. Recorded by:

Paula Boghosian, Historic
Environment Consultants
5420 Home Court
Carmichael, CA 95608
*P9. Date Recorded:

October 2020
*P10. Survey Type:

Instensive
P11. Report Citation*:
none

*Attachments: NONE Location Map Sketch Map Continuation Sheet Building, Structure, and Object Record Linear Resource Record Archaeological Record District Record Milling Station Record Rock Art Record Artifact Record Photograph Record  Other (List)

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*Resource Address: 2701 Montgomery Way
B1. Historic Name: -Smith House
B2. Common Name: -Lopinski House
B3. Original Use: Residential B4. Present Use: Residential *B5. Architectural Style: Italian Renaissance/Mediterranean Revival style influences *B6. Construction History: This house was built in 1924. *B7. Moved? No Yes Unknown Date: Original Location:
*B8. Related Features:

Garage in the rear
B9a. Architect: Dean & Dean b. Builder: Unknown
*B10. Significance: Theme: Residential District Area: South Curtis Oaks Period of Significance: Property Type: Residential Applicable Criteria: The property meets City Code criteria 17.604.210 B 1,a, b, i (B), c; and 17.604.210.(B) 2.a, b as a district, and 17.604.210.(C ) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, as a contributing resource.

E. Vance and Ona Smith were the first owner/occupants (1924-1926).

He was the manager of the California Theater in Oak Park and later Godard’s Theater on J Street. In the era of the 1920’s a theatre manager was more of an impresario who would book multiple acts such as movies, vaudeville and musical performances. On the opening of the California Theatre in 1925, the Carly Company ran a large space advertisement touting the theatre as “recreational feature’ of South Curtis Oaks as being just a five minute ride or ten minute walk away.

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*B12. References:

Architect & Engineer: June 1922; July 1927
Boghosian, Paula and Don Cox, Sacramento’s Boulevard Park, Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, SC, 2006
California State Death Records
(Continued P. 3)

B13. Remarks:

*B14. Evaluator: Paula Boghosian, Historic Environment Cons. *Date of Evaluation: October 2020
(This space reserved for official comments.)

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Center for Sacramento History: Dean & Dean Collection
Murphy, Dan, Sacramento’s Curtis Park, Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, SC 2005 Reed, G. Walter, History of Sacramento County, Historic Records Publishing, Los Angeles, 1923 Sacramento Bee: 8/16/1924, p. 29; 8/30/1924, p. 2; 4/15/1926, p. 26; 2/10/1927, p. 2; 2/26/1927, p. 14.

Sacramento Building Permits
Sacramento City Directories
Sacramento County Assessors Data
Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps
Thomas Brothers Map Books (1937-41)
The Home Designer Magazine, March 1922
West, Albert, Thomas Thompson, History of Sacramento County, Howell-North edition, Berkeley, 1960

*B10. Significance:

The Smith tenancy lasted just a few years and the following residents only lived briefly in the house:
1924-1926 – Smith
During the late 1920s the house was occupied by Floyd & Rosamond Keck. Floyd was a branch manager, meat dept. in Piggly Wiggly grocery stores. At the time the grocery chain had eight stores in Sacramento. The chain was one of the innovators in the grocery business introducing self service stores and the first use of the grocery cart.

The smaller houses that were originally two -bedroom usually had somewhat higher turnover rates and this was especially so during the Great Depression. However, several of those residents had occupations that typified the trends of the times.

1930-1932 – Ashley C. & Jessie Lillard – salesman
1935 – R. Jerry & Celia Abbott – Fruit and Passenger agent for Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad 1937 – Earl M & Gene Wilcox – Superintendent, A. Levy & J. Zentner wholesale fruit and produce 1940-1943 – Margaret Dennison – Librarian, Calif. State Library 1945 – Paul and Myrtle Winter
1947 – 1949 George & Virginia Rudorf – Proprietor – Rent-A-Trailer 1952 – Donald & Bernice Middleton, Insurance – office 926 J St, Rm 1315 1956-1960 – Herbert & Mary Norling – Manager, Lucky Food Store

17.604.210 B 1,a, b, i (B), c; and 17.604.210.(B) 2.a, b as a district, and 17.604.210.(C ) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, as a contributing resource.

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P1. Other Identifier: Grau House
*P2. Location: *a. County: Sacramento
b. Address: 2730 Montgomery Way City: Sacramento Zip: 95818 *c. USGS 7.5' Quad Sacramento West Date: 1992 *e. Other Locational Data: APN#: 013-0232-009

*P3a. Description:

The two-story house is a rectangular block in form with a side- gabled roof surfaced with clay tile. The surface of the house is stucco. The roof gable is slightly segmented into two sections with the lower portion on the east. The design reflects Spanish Colonial Revival style elements with its second floor ornamental metal balconies and first floor window grille near the entry, its incised vent openings with window in the stucco surfaced body above, and the recessed entryway with its sculptural door lintel. The entry stands below a projecting iron work balcony with balustrade and a French door on the second floor. A semicircular scalloped canvas canopy is mounted above this door. There is another French door with shutters, eight lights, and a similar balcony on the west end of the second-floor elevation. Beneath this balcony on the first floor, there is a larger wood frame casement window with twelve lights and shutters. A cast material fountain stands adjacent. The east end of the façade elevation contains a window on each floor with shutters and six lights each.

The eastern elevation of the building contains two multi -paned windows with awnings on the second floor, and two similar windows without awnings on the first floor that flank a projecting bay window. A chimney rises from the west elevation near a decorative metal garden gate. There is a garage with wide arched openings at the rear on the east. The front garden is formally arranged with shrubs, entry path and lawn. The front sidewalk curves around a planter by the curb containing small shrubs and plants that complement and enhance the streetscape. *P3b. Resource Attributes: HP2
*P4. Resources Present: Building Structure Object Site District Element of District Other (Isolates, etc.) View to the south
*P6. Date Constructed/Age and
Source: Historic
Prehistoric Both
1924
*P7. Owner and Address:

Martha & Eldon Bower
2730 Montgomery Way
Sacramento, CA 95818
*P8. Recorded by:

Paula Boghosian, Historic
Environment Consultants
5420 Home Court
Carmichael, CA 95608
*P9. Date Recorded:

October 2020
*P10. Survey Type:

Intensive
P11. Report Citation*:
none

*Attachments: NONE Location Map Sketch Map Continuation Sheet Building, Structure, and Object Record Linear Resource Record Archaeological Record District Record Milling Station Record Rock Art Record Artifact Record Photograph Record  Other (List)

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State of California  The Resources Agency Primary #______________________________________ DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI#__________________________________________

BUILDING, STRUCTURE, AND OBJECT RECORD
DPR 523B-Test (8/94) *These items consist of required information.

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*Resource Address: 2730 Montgomery Way
B1. Historic Name: Grau House
B2. Common Name: -
B3. Original Use: Residential B4. Present Use: Residential *B5. Architectural Style: Spanish Colonial Revival influences *B6. Construction History: This house was built in 1924. A pool was added in 1981. *B7. Moved? No Yes Unknown Date: Original Location:
*B8. Related Features:

Garage in the rear
B9a. Architect: Dean & Dean b. Builder:
*B10. Significance: Theme: Residential District Area: South Curtis Oaks Period of Significance: Property Type: Residential Applicable Criteria: . The property meets City Code criteria 17.604.210 B 1,a, b, i (B), c; and 17.604.210.(B) 2.a, b as a district, and 17.604.210.(C ) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, as contributing.

Fritz and Alice Grau had this Dean & Dean house built for them in 1924. His father, Herman, was the founder of the Buffalo Brewery. In a full-page advertisement in The Bee August 30, 1924 the Carly Company was openly bragging and name dropping about some of the large homes that were being built. The names include Fritz Grau so it was obvious that they were borrowing on the local recognition of the names, as well as the value of the homes. At the time, the Buffalo Brewing Company was distributing beer throughout California, Nevada, Hawaii and parts of Asia and Central America.

Grau was a graduate of Stanford University. He went overseas to fight in World War I as part of an aviation unit. In 1919 he passed through Sacramento on a casualty train headed for Letterman Hospital in San Francisco. He was very ill with what was probably the Spanish Flu.

In 1920 the family brewery was affected by the passage of Prohibition which halted the manufacture, sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages. A large 1920 advertisement by the Buffalo Brewery indicated that the company was attempting to market a non-alcoholic beer. It was also producing and selling ice. Beer production was renewed after Prohibition was repealed in 1933. The Brewery operated until 1945.

T
he property exhibits character-defining features of the Gateway Historic District, contributes to its designation, and is eligible for listing in the Sacramento Register as a Contributor to the Gateway Historic District. The property meets City Code criteria

17.604.210 B 1,a, b, i (B), c; and 17.604.210.(B) 2.a, b as a district, and 17.604.210.(C ) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, as a contributing resource.

B11. Additional Resource Attributes: n/a
*B12. References:

(See page 3)

B13. Remarks:
*B14. Evaluator: Paula Boghosian, Historic Environment Cons. *Date of Evaluation: October 2020

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*Resource Address: 2730 Montgomery Way

B12: References: (continued)
https://newhelvetiabrew.com/the-brewery/history/
Architect & Engineer: June 1922; July 1927
Boghosian, Paula and Don Cox, Sacramento’s Boulevard Park, Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, SC, 2006
California State Death Records, Los Angeles, 1923
Center for Sacramento History: Dean & Dean Collection
Murphy, Dan, Sacramento’s Curtis Park, Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, SC 2005
Reed, G. Walter, History of Sacramento County,
Historic Records Publishing, Los Angeles, 1923
Sacramento Building Permits
Sacramento City Directories
Sacramento County Assessors Data
Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps
Thomas Brothers Map Books (1937-41)
The Home Designer Magazine, March 1922
Sacramento Bee: 1/11/1915, p. 1, 9; 4/5/1915, p. 4; 8/14/1918, p. 10; 2/5/1919, p. 5; 8/4/1920, p. 12; 12/2/1922, p. 8; 11/29/1922, p. 3; 7/31/1923, p. 19; 6/7/1924, p. 27-1; 8/30/1925, p. 2; 10/18/1924, p. 38; 12/6/1971, p. 32; 12/27/1971, p. 32.

West, Albert, Thomas Thompson, History of Sacramento County, Howell-North edition, Berkeley, 1960

Figure 1 - The Grau family were the founders and driving force behind the Buffalo Brewery.

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DPR 523A-Test (8/94) *These items consist of required information.

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P1. Other Identifier: Peck-McDowell House
*P2. Location: *a. County: Sacramento
b. Address: 2751 Montgomery Way City: Sacramento Zip: 95818 *c. USGS 7.5' Quad Sacramento West Date: 1992 *e. Other Locational Data: APN#: 013-0231-017
*P3a. Description:

The two story building contains a shingled gambrel roof with a continuous dormer on the façade that contains several different window types. Stylistically, the gambrel roof, siding, form, and window style reflect Colonial or Dutch Revival design.

The house and continuous dormer are surfaced with clapboard style wood siding. Each end of the second floor dormer contains a gabled casement eight-light window. Adjacent to these are two similar windows mounted on the dormer. A small six pane window is centered above the entry below. There are two large multi-paned windows on either end of the ground floor elevation.

They contain a large fixed central light with casement sections containing eight lights on either side. The entry contains the central wood paneled door and arched sidelights on each side, beneath an arched molding above the door. Decorative light fixtures flank the doorway composition,
The east elevation contains two windows with nine lights, four casement windows on the first floor, one window with six lights over six and one at the back, a small bathroom window, and a louvered vent on the second floor. There is a chimney on the east elevation.

The west elevation contains double hung windows with two lights over two and four casement windows with eight lights on the first floor, and two windows with six lights over six on the second floor. There is an open porch at the rear of the second floor on the northwest corner.

The garage at the rear on the west has a gambrel roof and windows. Abundant landscaping includes large mature trees, and hedges that echo the horizontal character of the house but tend to obscure a full view of the house. *P3b. Resource Attributes: HP2
*P4. Resources Present: Building Structure Object Site District Element of District Other (Isolates, etc.) View to the north
*P6. Date Constructed/Age and
Source: Historic
Prehistoric Both
1923
*P7. Owner and Address:

Janie & Phyllis McDowell
2751 Montgomery Way
Sacramento, CA 95818
*P8. Recorded by:

Paula Boghosian, Historic
Environment Consultants
5420 Home Court
Carmichael, CA 95608
*P9. Date Recorded:

October 2020
*P10. Survey Type:

Intensive
P11. Report Citation*:
none
*Attachments: NONE 
Location Map Sketch Map 
Continuation Sheet Building, Structure, and Object Record Linear Resource Record Archaeological Record District Record Milling Station Record Rock Art Record Artifact Record Photograph Record  Other (List)

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State of California  The Resources Agency Primary #______________________________________ DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI#__________________________________________

BUILDING, STRUCTURE, AND OBJECT RECORD
DPR 523B-Test (8/94) *These items consist of required information.

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*Resource Address: 2751 Montgomery Way
B1. Historic Name: Peck-McDowall House
B2. Common Name: -
B3. Original Use: Residential B4. Present Use: Residential *B5. Architectural Style: Colonial Revival, Dutch influences *B6. Construction History: The house was built in 1922 and does not appear to have any noticeable changes. *B7. Moved? No Yes Unknown Date: Original Location:
*B8. Related Features:

Garage converted to dwelling unit in the rear on northwest corner of parcel B9a. Architect: Dean & Dean b. Builder: South Curtis Oaks Co. *B10. Significance: Theme: Residential District Area: South Curtis Oaks Period of Significance: Property Type: Residential Applicable Criteria: House meets City Code criteria

17.604.210 B 1,a, b, i (B), c; and 17.604.210.(B) 2.a, b as a district, and 17.604.210.(C ) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, as a contributing resource.

Fred S. and Maud S. Peck were among the first residents on Montgomery Way and in South Curtis Oaks in this Dean & Dean designed house. Fred was an insurance agent and when he died in 1940 he had spent some 40 years in the business in Sacramento. Peck had already brought his daughter, Betty May, into the business in insurance sales and service. Not unlike many others in the sales and insurance business, Fred Peck had long list of lodges, clubs and community service.
(Continued on page 3)

B11. Additional Resource Attributes: n/a
*B12. References:

Architect & Engineer: June 1922; July 1927
Boghosian, Paula and Don Cox, Sacramento’s Boulevard Park, Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, SC, 2006 Burns, Maryellen and Keith, Lost Restaurants of Sacramento and Their Recipes, American Palate, Charleston, SC, 2013.

California State Death Records
Center for Sacramento History: Dean & Dean Collection
Murphy, Dan, Sacramento’s Curtis Park, Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, SC 2005 Reed, G. Walter, History of Sacramento County, Historic Records Publishing, Los Angeles, 1923 Sacramento Bee: 10/12/1940, p. 37; 10/24/1940, p. 6; 5/6/1969, p. 37; 5/8/1969, p. 21; 5/14/1983, p. 1.

Sacramento Building Permits
Sacr
amento County Assessors Data
Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps
Thomas Brothers Map Books (1937-41)
The Home Designer Magazine, March 1922
US Census, 1940.

West, Albert, Thomas Thompson, History of Sacramento
County, Howell-North edition, Berkeley, 1960

B13. Remarks:

*B14. Evaluator: Paula Boghosian, Historic Environment Cons. *Date of Evaluation: October 2020
(This space reserved for official comments.)

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Recorded by : Paula Boghosian

*B10. Significance: (continued)

He was a master mason, a member of the Royal Arch Masons, the Royal and Select Masters, Knights Templar, Ben Ali Temple of the Shrine and the Elks Lodge.

Peck was a university graduate in New York State. He traveled to Europe where he studied music and learned to speak French and German fluently. After Fred’s death, his wife Maud sold the house to Edward S. and Phyllis McDowell. They lived in the house about 17 years.

The McDowells moved to Sacramento in about 1930 and Edward started an insurance business. He eventually brought his three sons into the business and turned it over to them at his retirement. He was a master mason, a member of the Scottish Rite and the Ben Ali Shrine. He was and his wife were active in the Freemont Presbyterian Church.

Phyllis McDowell was a 1917 graduate of Chico Normal School (now Chico State) which was then a teachers college. She taught in Nevada, Yuba and Sacramento County schools. In Sacramento she taught English as a second language. She was a member of the Women’s Forum. The property is still owned by the McDowell family.

The McDowells have lived in the house for about 90 years.

17.604.210 B 1,a, b, i (B), c; and 17.604.210.(B) 2.a, b as a district, and 17.604.210.(C ) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, as a contributing resource.

Figure 1 - This photo of the house appeared in a 1923 edition of The Home Designer magazine.

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DPR 523A-Test (8/94) *These items consist of required information.

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P1. Other Identifier: Ballard-Jones-McGillivray House
*P2. Location: *a. County: Sacramento
b. Address: 2770 Montgomery Way City: Sacramento Zip: 95818 *c. USGS 7.5' Quad Sacramento West Date: 1992 *e. Other Locational Data: APN#: 013-0232-012

*P3a. Description:

The basic form, symmetry, and composition of the house reflects form and massing of other residences of the area that reflect Colonial Revival and Italian Renaissance influences. The side-gabled roof is surfaced with shingles and a brick chimney projects from the east end. Gables have eave returns on east and west elevations. The entrance is set into a shallow recess centered in the façade. A slender engaged column stands on either side of the wood door which is flanked by wood and glass sidelights containing six lights each. A decorative screen door has been added in front of the entry door. There are two panels of French doors of sixteen lights each framed in wood on either end of the first floor façade. The second floor of the façade contains two double hung, six lights over six, windows with louvered shutters, and a double hung window with sixteen panes and shutters in the center above the entry. There is a small one-story, shed-roofed, wood addition on the west elevation of the building. The west elevation contains four windows on the second floor and one on the first near the addition. The east elevation contains a chimney and one window on each side of it on each floor. Attic vents with louvers penetrate the walls above the windows.

Windows appear to have been replaced with multi-paned windows within existing frames.

Stepping stones in the lawn lead to the entry opening in the front hedge, and mature bushes and trees frame the structure.

The side-gabled garage is located at the rear, southeast of the house, with access from Franklin Blvd. .
*P3b. Resource Attributes: HP2
*P4. Resources Present: Building Structure Object Site District Element of District Other (Isolates, etc.) View to the south
*P6. Date Constructed/Age and
Source: Historic
Prehistoric Both
1924
*P7. Owner and Address:

Rosemary Pickle
2770 Montgomery Way
Sacramento, CA 95818
*P8. Recorded by:

Paula Boghosian, Historic
Environment Consultants
5420 Home Court
Carmichael, CA 95608
*P9. Date Recorded:

October 2020
*P10. Survey Type:

Intensive
P11. Report Citation*:
none

*Attachments: NONE Location Map Sketch Map Continuation Sheet Building, Structure, and Object Record Linear Resource Record Archaeological Record District Record Milling Station Record Rock Art Record Artifact Record Photograph Record  Other (List)

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State of California  The Resources Agency Primary #______________________________________ DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI#__________________________________________

BUILDING, STRUCTURE, AND OBJECT RECORD
DPR 523B-Test (8/94) *These items consist of required information.

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*Resource Address: 2770 Montgomery Way
B1. Historic Name: Ballard-Jones-McGillivray House
B2. Common Name: n/a
B3. Original Use: Residential B4. Present Use: Residential *B5. Architectural Style: Colonial Revival, Italian Renaissance influences *B6. Construction History: The house was built in 1924. Although there is what appears to be an addition on the west side of the house, there is no existing building permit to describe it. *B7. Moved? No Yes Unknown Date: Original Location:
*B8. Related Features:

Garage in the rear on southwest corner of parcel. Entrance off Franklin Blvd.

B9a. Architect: unknown b. Builder: unknown
*B10. Significance: Theme: Residential District Area: South Curtis Oaks Period of Significance: 1921-1937 Property Type: Residential Applicable Criteria: The property meets City Code criteria 17.604.210 B 1,a, b, i (B), c; and 17.604.210.(B) 2.a, b as a district, and 17.604.210.(C ) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, as a contributing resource.

This house was built for Mitchel “Jack” and Hazel Ballard in 1924. Their lot had housed a billboard that directed potential home buyers off Franklin Blvd. and onto Montgomery Way.

In 1924 it must have been determined that the billboard was no longer needed. An advertisement for the development in June of 1924 names Ballard as one of the recent prominent people to start to build in South Curtis Oaks. “Would You Back the Judgment of These Men…” the advertisement asks and then goes on to name J.J. Jacobs, Jack Ballard, Fritz Grau and R.D. Kercheval—all well-known Sacramentans. The ad goes on to mention that there are only three unsold lots on Montgomery Way and three on 6 th Avenue.
(Continued on page 3)

B11. Additional Resource Attributes: n/a

*B12. References:

Architect & Engineer: June 1922; July 1927
Boghosian, Paula and Don Cox, Sacramento’s Boulevard Park, Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, SC, 2006
Cal
ifornia State Death Records
Center for Sacramento History: Dean & Dean Collection
Murphy, Dan, Sacramento’s Curtis Park, Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, SC 2005
(Continued on page 3)
B13. Remarks:
*B14. Evaluator: Paula Boghosian, Historic Environment Cons. *Date of Evaluation: October 2020
(This space reserved for official comments.)

Figure 1 - Mitchel "Jack" Ballard

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Recorded by : Paula Boghosian

B10. Significance: (continued from page 2)

A long-time Ford auto dealer in Sacramento, Ballard was an exclusive distributor for Lincoln motor cars in the Sacramento Valley. Ballard had some twenty dealers that he was supplying with cars and parts. He also had investments in several other businesses and in agricultural land. In 1926 Ballard sold his Lincoln distributorship to the Lincoln distributor in San Francisco. He stayed in the auto business, selling Fords and used cars, but by 1929 he left Sacramento for Los Angeles—where his wife’s family lived. Ballard was a member of the Sutter Club, Elks, Rotary and Del Paso Country Club.

Paul R. Jones, the Assistant District Manager for Richfield Oil Company, purchased the house from the Ballards in late 1928 or 1929.

Jones live in the house until 1942. Little information was available on Jones.

Harold P. and Helen B. McGillivray purchased the house in 1943.

Harold was the vice president of the McGillivray Construction Company. The company was a large and respected business that was started by Harold’s older brother. Harold’s father was a contractor who built many early paved roads and concrete sidewalks in early Sacramento.

Harold joined the construction company in 1920 following his graduation from Stanford. He was a master mason and a member of the Ben Ali Shrine and the Knights Templar. He died in 1962. Rosemary and Frank Pickle bought the house from the heirs of Helen McGillivray in 1976.

17.604.210 B 1,a, b, i (B), c; and 17.604.210.(B) 2.a, b as a district, and 17.604.210.(C ) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, as a contributing resource.

B12. References: (Continued from page 2)
Reed, G. Walter, History of Sacramento County, Historic Records Publishing, Los Angeles, 1923, p. 522 Sacramento Bee: 1/20/1925, p. 13; 1/24/1925, p. 15; 5/26/1925, p. 5; 4/14/1926, p. 20; 4/17/1926, p. 10; 6/18/1927, p. 40; 9/13/1928, p. 5/ 9/4/1962, p. 1, 9.

Sacramento Building Permits
Sacramento City Directories
Sacramento County Assessors Data
Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps
Thomas Brothers Map Books (1937-41)
The Home Designer Magazine, March 1922

Figure 2 - A 1924 Lincoln

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Sacramento City Council
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