Susana Alcala Wood, City Attorney Jorge Oseguera, City Auditor Mindy Cuppy, City Clerk Howard Chan, City Manager John Colville, City Treasurer City Council Report
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File ID: 2022-00428 March 22, 2022 Public Hearing Item 24
Title: Ordinance Listing 2701 E Street as a Landmark on the Sacramento Register of Historic and Cultural Resources (M21-013) [Passed for Publication 03/08/2022; Published 03/11/2022; Noticed 03/11/2022]
Location: 2701 E Street (003-0151-022-0000), District 4
Recommendation: Conduct a public hearing and upon conclusion: 1) pass a Motion determining the listing of 2701 E Street as a landmark on the Sacramento Register of Historic and Cultural Resources is exempt from review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15308, which exempts actions taken to assure the maintenance, restoration, enhancement, or protection of the environment and where the regulatory process involves procedures for the protection of the environment; and 2) adopt an Ordinance listing 2701 E Street as a landmark on the Sacramento Register of Historic and Cultural Resources.
Contact: Sean de Courcy, Preservation Director, (916) 808-2796, [email protected]
, Community Development Department
Presenter: Sean de Courcy, Preservation Director, (916) 808-2796, [email protected], Community Development Department
Attachments:
1-Description/Analysis
2-Proposed Ordinance
3-Historic Resource Evaluation
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Description/Analysis
Issue/Detail: The property owner at 2701 E Street retained the historic consulting services of Historic Environment Consultants to prepare and submit a historic property evaluation of the residential building at 2701 E Street (Attachment 3). On December 2, 2021, the Preservation Director conducted a public hearing, reviewed a statement of nomination, and concluded the property appears eligible for listing in the Sacramento register pursuant to the criteria provided in Sacramento City Code section 17.604.210 (A)1.a.iii. Staff has prepared a draft Ordinance (Attachment 2) for review by the Preservation Commission, which is tasked with reviewing the Ordinance and making a recommendation to the City Council regarding the eligibility of 2701 E Street (hereafter “Nominated Property”) for listing on the Sacramento Register.
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).
The nomination of 2701 E Street for listing as a historic landmark 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 Property as a historic landmark 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.
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Sustainability: Not applicable.
Commission/Committee Action: On December 2, 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 concurred with a draft statement of nomination and prepared a draft Ordinance (Attachment 2) for review and consideration by the Preservation Commission. On December 15, 2021, the Preservation Commission held a hearing and passed a motion recommending the City Council adopt an ordinance listing 2701 E Street in the Sacramento Register.
Rationale for Recommendation: Listing of the Nominated property (Figures 1) as a landmark 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 resource on the Sacramento register will help ensure its preservation and encourage rehabilitation consistent with the U.S. Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties. The Nominated Property is a good example of the craftsman architectural style of residence from the 1910s-1920s era (17.604.210.A.1.a.iii).
Figure 1: 2701 E Street (Kennaday House)
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Financial Considerations: Not applicable.
Local Business Enterprise (LBE): Not applicable.
ORDINANCE NO. ___
Adopted by the Sacramento City Council
[Date Adopted]
AN ORDINANCE LISTING 2701 E STREET AS A LANDMARK 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 December 2, 2021, the Preservation Director reviewed a statement of nomination and determined that the property located at 2701 E Street is eligible for listing on the Sacramento Register of Historic and Cultural Resources a landmark. On December 15, 2021, the Preservation Commission concurred with the findings of the Preservation Director and recommended the City Council list the property at 2701 E Street as a landmark in the Sacramento register.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SACRAMENTO:
SECTION 1
A. 2701 E Street meets the criteria for listing on the Sacramento register provided within City Code section 17.604.210.A.1.iii.
i. The building at 2701 E Street embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction (Sacramento City Code Section
17.604.210.A.1.a.iii)
The residence at 2701 E Street is a good example of the Craftsman architectural style of residence from the turn of the 20th century until the 1930s. The basic form of the
Craftsman building is dramatic and distinctive. Typical characteristics include the gabled form of the building, and its natural materials including clinker brick in the stairway, wood siding, outrigger beams beneath the overhanging eaves, wood balustrade, entryway-facing dormer, and window details. The presence of these features in the property at 2701 E Street 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.
ii. 2701 E Street 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) The residence at 2701 E Street is in its original location. The residence retains a high degree of integrity of design, materials, workmanship, and association. A garage that was present in 1915 was removed some time before 1952 according to Sanborn maps but this would not be considered an important element of the property. The house is located on the edge of the New Era Park neighborhood, hemmed in by American river and E Street to the north and south respectively, and 29th Street and 16th Street to the east and west. The neighborhood surrounding 2701 E Street, 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. 2701 E Street 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 building at 2701 E Street has significant historic and architectural worth. It has been well-maintained and retains a high level of integrity with regards to its location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, and association. It is an important representation of Craftsman architecture of this critical period in Sacramento design history.
iv. The factors set forth City Code Section 17.604.210.A.2 do not apply to this resource since it was not moved, it is not a birthplace or grave of significance, it was not reconstructed, it is not primarily commemorative, and it is not less than 50-years old.
Table of Contents:
Exhibit A – Significant Features and Characteristics
Exhibit A
A. Primary Elevations (south and west):
State of California ⎯ The Resources Agency Primary #_________________________________________ DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI #_____________________________________________ PRIMARY RECORD Trinomial_________________________________________ NRHP Status Code________________________________
Other Listings____________________________________________________________ Review Code________Reviewer________________________ Date_______________
DPR 523A-Test (8/94) *These items consist of required information. *P2. Location: *a. County: Sacramento
b. Address: 2701 E Street City: Sacramento Zip: 95816 *c. USGS 7.5' Quad Sacramento West Date: 1992 *e. Other Locational Data: APN#: 003-0151-022
*P3a. Description:
The Craftsman styled wood frame residence is one and a half stories in height. It has a side gable roof with composition shingles and knee braces under the eaves. It has a shed roof dormer with exposed notched rafter tails and knee braces. The front of the dormer contains a tripartite window unit composed of horizontal wood louvers in the midsection flanked by rectangular windows, patterned by wood muntins and glass. There are similar units in the shingled gable ends. A chimney stands on the east elevation, and the building is surfaced with four-tier rustic drop siding. The front porch extends the width of the house and the front entry has a decorative screen door. The front entry is centered and the door flanked by two windows with a large lower pane and a multi-paned ribbon window at the top. Four large square posts on brick piers support the porch roof. The beams at the top of the posts have been boxed and form a shallow gable both across the front beneath the porch roof and on the sides of the porch. The balustrade consists of rail, sub-rail and concave curve-shaped balusters. The steps are flanked by a low brick wall with a decorative, curved brick cap and piers at the end. Windows are double-hung wood sash. There is a shed- roofed square bay on the west elevation with a tripartite window unit composed of a larger window flanked by two very narrow windows. There is an angled bay on the east elevation of the house.
The foundation planting area at the front and along the west side of this corner house is enclosed by a low brick retaining wall. Low azaleas and tall camellias are featured at the front. Large Dutch elms are located in the planting strips. A newer wood wall, gate, and basement stair guard have been constructed next to the east side of the house. *P3b. Resource Attributes: HP2
*P4. Resources Present: ◼Building Structure Object Site District Element of District Other (Isolates, etc.) P5b. Description of Photo:
View to the northeast
*P6. Date Constructed/Age and
Source: ◼Historic
Prehistoric Both
1912
*P7. Owner and Address:
Kennaday Leavitt Family Trust
2701 E Street
Sacramento, CA 95816
*P8. Recorded by:
Paula Boghosian, Historic
Environment Consultants
5420 Home Court
Carmichael, CA 95608
*P9. Date Recorded:
December-January 2019
*P10. Survey Type:
Intensive
P11. Report Citation*:
New Era Survey by Historic
Environment Consultants
*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)
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.
*Resource Address: 2701 E Street
B1. Historic Name: Scott Residence
B2. Common Name: Kennaday Residence
B3. Original Use: Residential B4. Present Use: Residential *B5. Architectural Style: Craftsman
*B6. Construction History: The house was built for James and Thekla Scott. There is no building permit, but there was a property transfer on January 26, 1912 from the Del Paso Co. to Thekla S. Scott for lot 166 New Era Park.
Assessors records of 1912 also show an improvement on the lot of $1,900.
There are no building permits indicating any significant changes to the house since that time. A visual examination of the house also detected no changes of any significance. *B7. Moved? ◼No Yes Unknown Date: Original Location:
*B8. Related Features:
B9a. Architect: Unknown b. Builder: Probably the Del Paso Co. *B10. Significance: Theme: Residential Dwellings Area: New Era Park Period of Significance: 1912 Property Type: Residential Applicable Criteria: City Code 17.604.210 (A)1.a.iii, City Code 17.604.210(A)1.b.c. It also appears to be eligible to the California Register of Historical Resources, Public Resources Code 4852a
B11. Additional Resource Attributes: There was a garage at the rear of the house and it was depicted in the 1915 Sanborn Map. It appears to have been removed some time ago. In the 1952 Sanborn Map the garage is no longer present.
*B12. References:
Alameda Directory 1930
Berkeley City Directory 1920
Helmich, Mary, A Legacy in Brick & Iron, FYA Publications, Sacramento, 2018 Sacramento Bee: 7/29/1912, p. 5; 2/6/1915, p. 10; 3/19/1924, p. 30; 8/3/1927, p. 19; 4/26/1944, p. 8; 8/12/1944, p. 8; 6/17/1944, p. 7; 8/10/1948, p. 8; 3/19/1949, p. 8; 4/24/1948, p. 8, 10/8/1949, p. 9 Sacramento City Directories
Sacramento County Assessors data
Sacramento Union: 1/26/1912; 7/21, 1912, p. 13
Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps
San Francisco Directory 1935
Santa Cruz Directory 1940
Scott Family Photos
U.S. Census Data 1910, 1920, 1930, 1940
B13. Remarks:
*B14. Evaluator: Paula Boghosian, Historic Environment Cons. *Date of Evaluation: January 2020
(This space reserved for official comments.)
State of California ⎯ The Resources Agency Primary #______________________________________ DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI#___________________________________ CONTINUATION SHEET Trinomial________________________
Figure 1 -The offices for the WP Railroad, where James Scott would have worked, were located in the house behind the depot on the right edge of this photo.
Recorded by : Paula Boghosian
B10. Significance:
The house was built in early 1912 for James and Thekla Scott. He was the City Passenger Agent for the Western Pacific (WP) Railroad in Sacramento. This was probably a middle management job where he was in charge of other employees regarding ticketing
and other passenger services. A
clerk selling tickets could not
have afforded a nice house like
this one. (For more detail on
James Scott’s career see
Appendix A). Many of the
railroad jobs were relatively high
paying, especially those in the
Southern Pacific and WP shops.
In her book on the SP Shops,
Mary Helmich wrote, “Relatively
steady, year-round incomes also
enabled employees to build for
their futures, so Sacramento prospered as a city of home-owners, unlike many large industrial communities of the East.”
James and Thekla moved out of the area in 1914 and well-known attorney Stephen W. Downey rented the house for a short while. Downey purchased a house in Wright & Kimbrough #21 in early 1915. George Wissemann, Jr., a wholesale liquor dealer, rented the house for a couple of years. The next owner-occupant was Thomas R. and Verna Huson in 1919. He was a conductor for the SP Railroad. The Husons lived in the house until 1924.
In 1925 the owners were John and Margaret Schwensen. John was a truck driver. In 1927 he purchased his own truck and became an independent trucker. The Schwensens lived in the house until 1942—some 18 years. The house was vacant in 1943-44. In 1945 James and Catherine Sarkee owned the house. James was listed as a mechanic.
However, he also had a band, Jimmie Sarkee and his Royal Rhythm Kings, that performed in various venues and appeared to be rather popular. The Sarkees lived in the house from 1945 to 1951. For a brief period in the early 1950s Mrs. F.V. Colburn rented the house and in the mid-1950s Lois McClatchy owned the house. By 1958 Mrs.
Edith Kaar, a widow, owned the house and lived there about ten years. After that point in time the house had a rapid turnover of owner/occupants. Sam O. and Oree V. Satcher owned the house from 1968 1o 1972. Sam was a printer working for the State Printing Plant. Brad W. and Patricia L. Teegarden were living there in 1973. The house was vacant in 1975. Walt Jensen occupied the house in 1977 and by 1980 Jack A. Berry owned the house. He was listed as working for the Northern California Women for Apprenticeship.
The house is a handsome example of Craftsman style design. Typical characteristics include the gabled form of the building, and its natural materials including clinker brick in the stairway, wood siding, outrigger beams beneath the overhanging eaves, wood balustrade, and window details. The interior contains handsome wood detail including crisp window and doorway moldings, built-in cupboards, intact wainscoting, battered posts, and a fireplace whose surrounding material looks like hand-worked stone, but appears to be terra cotta.
The house appears to meet criteria for listing in the Sacramento Register of Historical and Cultural Resources as a fine example of its type and style, under City Code 17.604.210 (A)1.a.iii, City Code 17.604.210 (A)1.b, c criteria, and is over 50 years of age. It also appears to be eligible to the California Register of Historical Resources, Public Resources Code 4852a (1)b(3). Formerly evaluated as a Contributor to the New Era Preservation Area, the house would be determined a Contributor to a potential Historic District, City Code 17.604.210.(C)5, if one were to be designated.
State of California ⎯ The Resources Agency Primary #______________________________________ DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI#___________________________________ CONTINUATION SHEET Trinomial________________________
Recorded by : Paula Boghosian
2701 E Street viewed to the northwest
The dining room with views of the living room and entry.
State of California ⎯ The Resources Agency Primary #______________________________________ DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI#___________________________________ CONTINUATION SHEET Trinomial________________________
Recorded by : Paula Boghosian
The living room as viewed to the east.
The kitchen viewed to the west
State of California ⎯ The Resources Agency Primary #______________________________________ DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI#___________________________________ CONTINUATION SHEET Trinomial________________________
Recorded by : Paula Boghosian
Appendix A
In the 1912 Sacramento Directory, when he and his wife built the house, James Scott was listed as the City Passenger Agent for the Western Pacific (WP) Railroad. I chose to identify this as a middle manager/supervisory job. First, only someone with a good paying job would be able to buy/build a house like the one at 2701 E Street. It is possible that he, or his wife, inherited the money. However, let’s take a look at his later life. It is unclear whether James Scott left the employ of the Railroad when he left Sacramento in about 1914. In the 1920 census and Berkeley Directory he is living in the home pictured here at 1529 Spruce. By the size and style of house, you can deduce that James Scott has moved on and moved up. He was listed as working for Berkeley Hardware. In the 1930 census he is listed as residing in Alameda County. Local directories indicate that he was a Vice President of Berkeley Hardware and had a home on Edgecroft Road in Kensington Park. Google Earth shows that Edgecroft Road winds around the top of hill in the Berkeley Hills with dramatic views of the bay.
In the mid-1930s the Scotts were living in San Francisco.
The hardware business, which relied on building and home improvement, probably did not do well during the Great
Depression. James returned to work with the Western Pacific as the General Passenger Agent. The Scott’s lived in a house at 7909 Geary Blvd. in San Francisco. That house is located a few blocks north of Golden Gate Park with nearby views of the Pacific Ocean and the Golden Gate.
The 1940 census showed that James and Thekla Scott
were retired and living near the small town of Felton in the hills above Santa Cruz.
Figure 2 - 1529 Spruce in Berkeley
Figure 4 – 7909 Geary Blvd., San Francisco
Figure 3 - A View from Edgecroft Road.
State of California ⎯ The Resources Agency Primary #______________________________________ DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI#___________________________________ CONTINUATION SHEET Trinomial________________________
Recorded by : Paula Boghosian
The house at 2701 E Street In about circa 1917.