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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2024-01-11 Historic Resources Board Agenda PacketCITY OF PALO ALTO HISTORIC RESOURCES BOARD Regular Meeting Thursday, January 11, 2024 Council Chambers & Hybrid 8:30 AM Amended Agenda Amended agenda items appear below in RED Boardmember Mike Makinen Remote Call -In Location: 851 University Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301 Historic Resources Board meetings will be held as "hybrid" meetings with the option to attend by teleconference/video conference or in person. To maximize public safety while still maintaining transparency and public access, members of the public can choose to participate from home or attend in person. Information on how the public may observe and participate in the meeting is located at the end of the agenda. Masks are strongly encouraged if attending in person. The meeting will be broadcast on Cable TV Channel 26, live on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/cityofpaloalto, and streamed to M i d p e n Media Center https://midpenmedia.org. Board member names, biographies, and archived agendas are available at https://bitly.com/paloaltoHRB. VIRTUAL PARTICIPATION CLICK HERE TO JOIN (https://cityofpaloalto.zoom.us/j/96800197512) Meeting ID: 968 0019 7512 Phone: 1(669)900-6833 PUBLIC COMMENTS Public comments will be accepted both in person and via Zoom for up to three minutes or an amount of time determined by the Chair. All requests to speak will be taken until 5 minutes after the staff's presentation. Written public comments can be submitted in advance to hrb@cityofpaloalto.org and will be provided to the Board and available for inspection on the City's website. Please clearly indicate which agenda item you are referencing in your subject line. 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To uphold strong cybersecurity management practices, USB's or other physical electronic storage devices are not accepted. 1 Regular Meeting January 11, 2024 CALL TO ORDER/ ROLL CALL PUBLIC COMMENT Members of the public may speak to any item NOT on the agenda. Three (3) minutes per speaker. AGENDA CHANGES, ADDITIONS AND DELETIONS The Chair or Commission majority may modify the agenda order to improve meeting management. CITY OFFICIAL REPORTS 1. Historic Resources Board Schedule of Meetings and Assignments ACTION ITEMS Public Comment is Permitted. Applicants/Appellant Teams: Ten (10) minutes, plus ten (10) minutes rebuttal. All others: Three (3) minutes per speaker. 2. Recommendations on Nominations of Eligible Historic Resources to the City's Historic Resources Inventory Resulting From the 2023 Historic Reconnaissance Survey 3. Discussion of Expectations in Advance of the January 25, 2024 HRB Meeting Regarding Making Recommendations Following Receipt of Objection Letters APPROVAL OF MINUTES Public Comment is Permitted. Three (3) minutes per speaker. 4. Approval of Historic Resources Board Draft Minutes of November 9, 2023 BOARD MEMBER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, ANNOUNCEMENTS OR FUTURE MEETINGS AND AGENDAS Members of the public may not speak to the item(s). ADJOURNMENT 2 Regular Meeting January 11, 2024 PUBLIC COMMENT INSTRUCTIONS Members of the Public may provide public comments to teleconference meetings via email, teleconference, or by phone. 1. Written public comments may be submitted by email to hrb@cityofpaloalto.org. 2. Spoken public comments using a computer will be accepted through the teleconference meeting. To address the Board, click on the link below to access a Zoom - based meeting. 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To address the Board, download the Zoom application onto your phone from the Apple App Store or Google Play Store and enter the Meeting ID below. Please follow the instructions above. 4. Spoken public comments using a phone use the telephone number listed below. When you wish to speak on an agenda item hit *9 on your phone so we know that you wish to speak. You will be asked to provide your first and last name before addressing the Board. You will be advised how long you have to speak. When called please limit your remarks to the agenda item and time limit allotted. CLICK HERE TO JOIN Meeting ID: 968 0019 7512 Phone:1-669-900-6833 Americans with Disability Act (ADA) It is the policy of the City of Palo Alto to offer its public programs, services and meetings in a manner that is readily accessible to all. Persons with disabilities who require materials in an appropriate alternative format or who require auxiliary aids to access City meetings, programs, or services may contact the City's ADA Coordinator at (650) 329-2550 (voice) or by emailing ada@cityofpaloalto.org. Requests for assistance or accommodations must be submitted at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting, program, or service. 3 Regular Meeting January 11, 2024 Item 1 Staff Report CITY OF PALO ALTO Historic Resources Board Staff Report From: Planning and Development Services Director Lead Department: Planning and Development Services Meeting Date: January 11, 2024 Report #: 2312-2342 TITLE Historic Resources Board Schedule of Meetings and Assignments RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends the Historic Resources Board (HRB) review and comment as appropriate. BACKGROUND Attached is the HRB meeting schedule and attendance record for the calendar year. This is provided for informational purposes. If individual Boardmembers anticipate being absent from a future meeting, it is requested that it be brought to staff's attention when considering this item. No action is required by the HRB for this item. ATTACHMENTS Attachment A: 2024 HRB Meeting Schedule & Assignments AUTHOR/TITLE: Amy French, Chief Planning Official Item No. 1. Page 1 of 1 Packet Pg. 4 CITY OF PALO ALTO Item 1 Attachment A - 2024 HRB Meeting Schedule & Assignments Historic Resources Board 2024 Meeting Schedule & Assignments 2024 Meeting Schedule Meeting Dates Time Location Status Planned Absences 1/11/2024 8:30 AM Hybrid Regular 1/25/2024 8:30 AM Hybrid Regular 2/8/2024 8:30 AM Hybrid Regular 2/22/2021 8:30 AM Hybrid Canceled 2/23/2024 5:30 PM Hybrid Community Meeting 3/14/2024 8:30 AM Hybrid Regular 3/28/2024 8:30 AM Hybrid Regular 4/11/2024 8:30 AM Hybrid Regular 4/25/2024 8:30 AM Hybrid Regular 4/27/2023 8:30 AM Hybrid Regular 5/9/2024 8:30 AM Hybrid Regular 5/23/2024 8:30 AM Hybrid Regular 6/08/2023 8:30 AM Hybrid Regular 6/22/2023 8:30 AM Hybrid Regular 7/13/2023 8:30 AM Hybrid Regular 7/27/2023 8:30 AM Hybrid Regular 7/28/2023 8:30 AM Hybrid Retreat 8/8/2024 8:30 AM Hybrid Regular 8/22/2024 8:30 AM Hybrid Regular 9/12/2024 8:30 AM Hybrid Regular 9/26/2024 8:30 AM Hybrid Regular 10/10/2024 8:30 AM Hybrid Regular 10/24/2024 8:30 AM Hybrid Regular 10/26/2023 8:30 AM Hybrid Regular 11/14/2024 8:30 AM Hybrid Regular 11/28/2024 8:30 AM Hybrid Regular 12/12/2024 8:30 AM Hybrid Regular 12/26/2021 8:30 AM Hybrid Canceled 2024 Subcommittee Assignments January February March April May June July August September October November December Packet Pg. 5 C Item 2 Staff Report CITY OF PALO ALTO Historic Resources Board Staff Report From: Planning and Development Services Director Lead Department: Planning and Development Services Meeting Date: January 11, 2024 Report #: 2311-2249 TITLE Recommendations on Nominations of Eligible Historic Resources to the City's Historic Resources Inventory Resulting From the 2023 Historic Reconnaissance Survey RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends the Historic Resources Board (HRB) review the nomination forms in advance of the hearing to consider the recommended local inventory categories. The full nomination package (Attachment A) prepared for the January 11, 2024 HRB packet is viewable at the below link' In addition, two addresses that were postponed from the December 14, 2023 HRB meeting are set to be reviewed on January 11th. The nomination package reflects the consultant's recommendations for nominations of properties previously found eligible for the National Register in the prior survey to the Palo Alto Historic Resources Inventory. The nomination memo and evaluation document are also available for each address for each of the three hearing dates (November 9, December 14, and January 11) at the below link2. Objections The properties for which staff received owners' objections to listing on the City's local inventory prior to publication of this packet are indicated on the address list below with an asterisk. Owner objections received after the publication of this packet will be noted in the presentation to the HRB on January 11, 2024. 1 Link to HRB webpage: https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/Departments/Planning-Development-Services/Historic- Resources-Board-HRB/Current-H RB-Agendas-Minutes 2 Link to property groupings for HRB hearings: https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/files/assets/public/v/1/planning- amp-development-services/historic-preservation/historic-inventory/property-groupings-for-hrb-hearings- hyperlinked.pdf Packet Pg. 6 Item No. 2. Page 1 of 7 C Item 2 Staff Report The staff -recommended protocol for recommendations on January 11, 2024 is the same protocol the HRB followed on November 9, 2023 and December 14, 2023 — to remove the 'objections properties' for each group prior to the HRB vote on each group and postpone consideration of all properties associated with owner objections to the January 25, 2024 HRB meeting. The December 14, 2023 HRB agenda included a separate discussion item to prepare for the HRB's January 25, 2024 consideration of these properties. However due to only four HRB members in attendance, and the tie -vote, the HRB's motion regarding recommending these properties failed. PROJECT DESCRIPTION The Historic Reconnaissance Survey project information is found on the City's webpage3. The contents of Attachment A are provided on the webpage (see footnote 1) and are also provided split into three documents to enable viewers a faster web upload. Approach to Nomination Hearing The proposed nomination groupings for the January 11, 2024 HRB hearing will allow the HRB to consider three groups, with recommendations based on designation criteria, for a total of 41 individual properties, plus the two properties postponed from the December 14th HRB. Of the 41 properties, a total of 28 properties were found significant due to association with persons. Nine properties were found eligible for the California Register of Historical Resources through individual historic resource evaluations. Four properties are sites of ongoing or previously approved projects. BACKGROUND/ANALYSIS The three HRB hearing dates and properties scheduled for those dates was announced during the October 25, 2023 community outreach meeting. The staff report, presentation and video of the community meeting are viewable via the links in footnote 3 of this report. The presentation shared during the community outreach meeting was partially completed - staff could not fully present content on the local incentives while addressing participant questions focused on other topics. Staff has encouraged owners of properties to contact staff to discuss their properties. There are three groups for the private properties scheduled for consideration at the January 11, 2024 HRB hearing, grouped by criteria for designation. Additionally, there are two properties whose owner requested a postponement from December 14, 2023 to January 11, 2024. 3 Link to survey webpage: Preservation/2023-Reconnaissance-Survey https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/Departments/Planning-Development-Services/Historic- Item No. 2. Page 2 of 7 Packet Pg. 7 C Item 2 Staff Report Staff has noted with an asterisk the addresses below associated with owner objection letters and recommend removal of the property from the HRB's consideration on January 11, 2024. Property Eligible for an Association with Events 330 Cowper Street (continued from 12-14-23 HRB meeting) Property Eligible for an Association with Rare Building Type and Important Building 365 Hawthorne Avenue (continued from 12-14-23 HRB meeting) Properties Eligible for an Association with Persons *545 Chaucer Street 418 Coleridge Avenue *509 Coleridge Avenue 537 Coleridge Avenue *2025 Columbia Street 904 Cowper Street 1965 Cowper Street 2005 Cowper Street 2175 Cowper Street 50 Crescent Drive 1401 Edgewood Drive *1451 Edgewood Drive 1474 Edgewood Drive 1215 Emerson Street 939 Forest Avenue 1001 Fulton Street 365 Guinda Street Packet Pg. 8 Item No. 2. Page 3 of 7 C Item 2 Staff Report *551-555 Hale Street *755 Hamilton Avenue 1407 Hamilton Avenue 2131 Harvard Street 375 Hawthorne Avenue *230 Kellogg Avenue 270 Kellogg Avenue *559 Kingsley Avenue 1511 Madrono Avenue *211 Middlefield Road *1570 University Avenue Properties found eligible for the California Register through individual HREs 518-526 Bryant Street 885 College Avenue *1145 Lincoln Avenue 980 Middlefield Road 2340 Tasso Street 525 University Avenue 546 Washington Avenue 243 Webster Street 2140 Yale Street Packet Pg. 9 Item No. 2. Page 4 of 7 C Item 2 Staff Report Properties that are the site of an ongoing or previously approved project The properties addressed 321 California Avenue, 1082 College Avenue, 759 Homer Avenue, and 550 Santa Rita Avenue were identified in the 1997-2001 survey as eligible for the National Register of Historic Places. • 321 California Avenue As noted on the nomination memo, 321 California Avenue was found significant for representing the transition from small grocery stores to supermarkets, and as an excellent example of the supermarket typology that incorporated automobile needs and changing shopping trends. The property is recommended as eligible for the local inventory as a Category 2 resource. The City of Palo Alto approved an application for Architectural Review (AR) PLN-330 in June 2022, prior to the adoption of State Legislation Assembly Bill (AB) 2097. The approval allowed for the demolition of a 1969 rear addition and adding an outdoor patio along Birch Street and a pavilion associated with outdoor dining for a new restaurant. In October 2023, the applicant submitted an AR application to revise the prior approved plan — to retain the 1969 rear addition, eliminate most of the onsite parking pursuant to the benefits of AB 2097, eliminate the pavilion, and propose a larger trellis over the patio; the restaurant floor area would be 4,785 sf. The image below shows the project site plan. • 1082 College Avenue The home at 1082 College was found significant for its association with a significant period of growth in the former town of Mayfield, with a period of significance 1906, the year of construction. There is an addition currently under construction. The proposed project was found substantially compliant with the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation so the building is anticipated to retain its historic integrity. The structure or site is also an example of a type of building which was once common but is now rare; an early example of a Packet Pg. 10 Item No. 2. Page 5 of 7 C Item 2 Staff Report residential building located within the former town of Mayfield with a vernacular design with elements of vernacular farmhouse design. It is recommended as a Category 3 resource. • 759 Homer Avenue This home was found significant as an excellent example of a Tudor Revival style residence constructed for a middle-class family within the Crescent Park Neighborhood, with a period of significance 1929. No alterations were identified; however, a proposed project for a second - story addition was approved for construction as substantially compliant with the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation. Due to the changes proposed by the approved project at this site, it is recommended as a Category 3 resource as a good local example of an architectural style relating to the character of a neighborhood grouping in scale, materials, proportion, or other factors. • 550 Santa Rita Avenue The home at 550 Santa Rita was found significant for Architecture, with a period of significance 1936, as an excellent example of the Tudor Revival style and as the work of William F. Klay, a notable builder -contractor in Palo Alto. No alterations were identified; however, a proposed project for an addition has been approved for construction. The project has been found to be substantially compliant with the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation. It is recommended as a Category 2 resource due to under local Criteria 2 and 5 (as the structure or site is particularly representative of an architectural style or way of life important to the city, state or nation, and the architect or building was important). STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT The week of December 18, 2023, staff sent a certified letter4 to each private property owner regarding the January 11, 2024 meeting and to provide additional information and help clarify the process. City staff also sent notice cards on December 19, 2023 to owners of properties that are to be considered on January 11, 2024. Staff received objection emails/letters from owners of properties flagged with asterisks in the above list. These were received prior to 4 https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/files/assets/public/v/1/planning-amp-development-services/historic- preservation/2023-recon n issa nce-survey_notification-letter_01-11-2024. pdf Packet Pg. 11 Item No. 2. Page 6 of 7 C Item 2 Staff Report sending the certified letter. Additional objections received between the week of December 18 and January 11 will be flagged in the staff presentation to the HRB on January 11, 2024. ATTACHMENTS Attachment A: January 11, 2024 Nomination Package Attachment B: 330 Cowper nomination memo and DPR Attachment C: 365 Hawthorne nomination memo and DPR AUTHOR/TITLE: Amy French, Chief Planning Official Packet Pg. 12 Item No. 2. Page 7 of 7 PAGE &TURNBULL r Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination T Package PALO ALTO HISTORIC INVENTORY NOMINATION PROPOSAL HISTORIC RESOURCES BOARD HEARING ON JANUARY 11, 2023 The below groupings of properties are arranged with City -owned properties to be reviewed first, followed by smaller groupings based on the Palo Alto Historic Inventory Criteria under which the properties are being nominated. If a particular property has owner opposition, or some other need that requires individual attention, it will be removed from the group and rescheduled to the January 25, 2024 HRB hearing agenda, for discussion and individual action. A summary of the proposed order of each property group and the number of properties proposed for designation under each criteria is as follows: • Properties previously identified in 1997-2001 Survey, grouped by Criteria for Designation: o Criterion 1 (10 properties) o Criteria 1 and 2 (5 properties) o Criteria 1, 2, and 5 (3 properties) o Criterion 2 (3 properties) o Criteria 2, 5, and 6 (2 properties) o Criteria 2 and 5 (2 properties) o Criteria 1, 2, and 3 (1 property) o Criteria 1, 5, and 6 (1 property) o Criteria 1 and 3 (1 property) • Properties previously identified as eligible for the California Register, grouped by Criteria for Designation: o Criteria 2 and 5 (3 properties) o Criteria 1, 2, and 5 (2 properties) o Criterion 2 (2 properties) o Criterion 5 (1 property) • Properties that were under construction or have approved projects at the time of the 2023 Reconnaissance Survey: o Criteria 2 and 3 (1 property) o Criteria 2 and 5 (1 property) o Criterion 3 (1 property) o Criterion 2 (1 property) Imagining change in historic environments through design, research, and technology 170 MAIDEN LANE, 5TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94108 TEL 415 3 JL-✓ I .Y+ Packet Pg. 13 Historic Inventory Designation Memorandum - January 11, 2023 Page 2 of 11 Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package The following tables are organized based on how many properties are within each group. Properties within each table are arranged by proposed Historic Inventory Category, and then alphabetically by address. Properties Previously Identified as Eligible for the National Register with the 1997-2001 Survey PROPERTIES PROPOSED FOR DESIGNATION UNDER PALO ALTO CRITERION 1 Address Criterion Category 545 Chaucer Street 1 2 537 Coleridge Avenue 1 2 2005 Cowper Street 1 2 1451 Edgewood Drive 1 2 1215 Emerson Street 1 2 1001 Fulton Street 1 2 551-555 Hale Street 1 2 230 Kellogg Avenue 1 2 1511 Madrono Avenue 1 2 211 Middlefield Road 1 2 • Criterion 1 (The structure or site is identified with the lives of historic people or with important events in the city, state, or nation) PROPERTIES PROPOSED FOR DESIGNATION UNDER PALO ALTO CRITERIA 1 AND 2 Address Criteria Category 509 Coleridge Avenue 1, 2 2 1965 Cowper Street 1, 2 2 2175 Cowper Street 1, 2 2 939 Forest Avenue 1, 2 2 559 Kingsley Avenue 1, 2 2 • Criterion 1 (The structure or site is identified with the lives of historic people or with important events in the city, state, or nation) • Criterion 2 (The structure or site is particularly representative of an architectural style or way of life important to the city, state or nation) PAGE & TURNBULL 170 MAIDEN LANE, 5TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFOR N. Packet Pg. 14 I V U L L Y I J-JUL-, 1 Historic Inventory Designation Memorandum - January 11, 2023 Page 3 of 11 Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package PROPERTIES PROPOSED FOR DESIGNATION UNDER PALO ALTO CRITERIA 1, 2, AND 5 Address Criteria Category 1407 Hamilton Avenue 1, 2, 5 1 270 Kellogg Avenue 1, 2, 5 1 1401 Edgewood Drive 1, 2, 5 2 Criterion 1 (The structure or site is identified with the lives of historic people or with important events in the city, state, or nation) Criterion 2 (The structure or site is particularly representative of an architectural style or way of life important to the city, state or nation) Criterion 5 (The architect or building was important) PROPERTIES PROPOSED FOR DESIGNATION UNDER PALO ALTO CRITERION 2 Address Criterion Category 50 Crescent Drive 2 3 2131 Harvard Street 2 3 755 Hamilton Avenue 2 4 • Criterion 2 (The structure or site is particularly representative of an architectural style or way of life important to the city, state or nation) PROPERTIES PROPOSED FOR DESIGNATION UNDER PALO ALTO CRITERIA 2, 5, AND 6 Address Criteria Category 418 Coleridge Avenue 2, 5, 6 1 2025 Columbia Street 2, 5, 6 2 • Criterion 2 (The structure or site is particularly representative of an architectural style or way of life important to the city, state or nation) • Criterion 5 (The architect or building was important) • Criterion 6 (The structure or site contains elements demonstrating outstanding attention to architectural design, detail, materials or craftsmanship) PAGE & TURNBULL 170 MAIDEN LANE, 5TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFOR NN,, J 11 v Packet Pg. 15 l .-11 J -......C.-.1.-1., Historic Inventory Designation Memorandum - January 11, 2023 Page 4 of 11 Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package PROPERTIES PROPOSED FOR DESIGNATION UNDER PALO ALTO CRITERIA 2 AND 5 Address Criteria Category 1474 Edgewood Drive 2, 5 2 1570 University Avenue 2, 5 2 • Criterion 2 (The structure or site is particularly representative of an architectural style or way of life important to the city, state or nation) • Criterion 5 (The architect or building was important) PROPERTIES PROPOSED FOR DESIGNATION UNDER PALO ALTO CRITERIA 1, 2, AND 3 Address Criteria Category 904 Cowper Street 1, 2, 3 2 • Criterion 1 (The structure or site is identified with the lives of historic people or with important events in the city, state, or nation) • Criterion 2 (The structure or site is particularly representative of an architectural style or way of life important to the city, state or nation) • Criterion 3 (The structure or site is an example of a type of building which was once common, but is now rare) PROPERTIES PROPOSED FOR DESIGNATION UNDER PALO ALTO CRITERIA 1, 5, AND 6 Address Criteria Category 365 Guinda Street 1, 5, 6 2 Criterion 1 (The structure or site is identified with the lives of historic people or with important events in the city, state, or nation) Criterion 5 (The architect or building was important) Criterion 6 (The structure or site contains elements demonstrating outstanding attention to architectural design, detail, materials or craftsmanship) PAGE & TURNBULL 170 MAIDEN LANE, 5TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFOR Packet Pg. 16 Y/l I I IV U I t l Y l J-.lV C J l JY Historic Inventory Designation Memorandum - January 11, 2023 Page 5 of 11 Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package PROPERTIES PROPOSED FOR DESIGNATION UNDER PALO ALTO CRITERIA 1 AND 3 Address Criteria Category 375 Hawthorne Avenue 1, 3 2 Criterion 1 (The structure or site is identified with the lives of historic people or with important events in the city, state, or nation) Criterion 3 (The structure or site is an example of a type of building which was once common, but is now rare) Properties Previously Identified as Eligible for the California Register PROPERTIES PROPOSED FOR DESIGNATION UNDER PALO ALTO CRITERIA 2 AND 5 Address Criteria Category 518-526 Bryant Street 2, 5 2 2340 Tasso Street 2, 5 2 546 Washington Avenue 2, 5 2 Criterion 2 (The structure or site is particularly representative of an architectural style or way of life important to the city, state or nation) Criterion 5 (The architect or building was important) PROPERTIES PROPOSED FOR DESIGNATION UNDER PALO ALTO CRITERIA 1, 2, AND 5 Address Criteria Category 980 Middlefield Road 1, 2, 5 1 525 University Avenue 1, 2, 5 1 Criterion 1 (The structure or site is identified with the lives of historic people or with important events in the city, state, or nation) Criterion 2 (The structure or site is particularly representative of an architectural style or way of life important to the city, state or nation) Criterion 5 (The architect or building was important) PAGE & TURNBULL 170 MAIDEN LANE, 5TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFOR NI Packet Pg. 17 Ill ILL Y IJ- JOG-JI Historic Inventory Designation Memorandum - January 11, 2023 Page 6 of 11 Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package PROPERTIES PROPOSED FOR DESIGNATION UNDER PALO ALTO CRITERION 2 Address Criterion Category 2140 Yale Street 2 2 885 College Avenue 2 3 • Criterion 2 (The structure or site is particularly representative of an architectural style or way of life important to the city, state or nation) PROPERTIES PROPOSED FOR DESIGNATION UNDER PALO ALTO CRITERION 5 Address Criterion Category 1145 Lincoln Avenue 5 3 • Criterion 5 (The architect or building was important) Properties Currently Under Construction or the Site of an Approved Proposed Project PROPERTIES PROPOSED FOR DESIGNATION UNDER PALO ALTO CRITERIA 2 AND 3 Address Criteria Category 321 California Avenue 2, 3 2 • Criterion 2 (The structure or site is particularly representative of an architectural style or way of life important to the city, state or nation) • Criterion 3 (The structure or site is an example of a type of building which was once common, but is now rare) PROPERTIES PROPOSED FOR DESIGNATION UNDER PALO ALTO CRITERIA 2 AND 5 Address Criteria Category 550 Santa Rita Avenue 2, 5 2 Criterion 2 (The structure or site is particularly representative of an architectural style or way of life important to the city, state or nation) Criterion 5 (The architect or building was important) PAGE & TURNBULL 170 MAIDEN LANE, 5TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFOR NI Packet Pg. 18 IVH ILL Y I J'JOG-JI Historic Inventory Designation Memorandum - January 11, 2023 Page 7 of 11 Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package PROPERTIES PROPOSED FOR DESIGNATION UNDER PALO ALTO CRITERION 3 Address Criterion Category 1082 College Avenue 3 3 • Criterion 3 (The structure or site is an example of a type of building which was once common, but is now rare) PROPERTIES PROPOSED FOR DESIGNATION UNDER PALO ALTO CRITERION 2 Address Criterion Category 759 Homer Avenue 2 3 • Criterion 2 (The structure or site is particularly representative of an architectural style or way of life important to the city, state or nation) BACKGROUND MATERIAL In March 2022, Palo Alto's City Council directed City Planning Division staff to work with the City's Historic Resources Board (HRB) to review the list of properties that were previously deemed eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places (National Register) in the 1997-2001 Palo Alto Historical Survey Update. The goals of the 2023 Historic Resource Reconnaissance Survey were to: (1) update the known list of historic properties to reflect their current status of eligibility as historic resources, taking into account that changes have likely occurred to the built environment in the last 22 years, and (2) prepare proposals to designate those properties that remain eligible historic resources to the Palo Alto Historic Inventory.' The above -listed properties include those that were either 1) previously determined eligible for the National Register under Criterion B, for their association with significant persons important to Palo Alto, 2) identified as eligible for the California Register through individual Historic Resource Evaluations, or 3) are eligible for listing in either the National or California Register but are the site of an ongoing or approved project. These forty (40) properties were surveyed by Page & Turnbull and found to retain their historic integrity and significance, and are proposed for designation to the Palo Alto Historic Inventory.2 1 Any individual or group may propose designating a historic structure, site, or district to the Inventory according to the procedure found in the Historic Preservation Ordinance (Municipal Code Section 16.49.040). Properties nominated for designation are recommended by the Historic Resources Board and decided upon by the City Council. https://www.cityofpaloa Ito.org/Departments/Plan ni ng-Development-Services/H istoric-Preservation/H istoric-Registers 2 Page & Turnbull, 2023 Historic Resource Reconnaissance Survey, August 9, 2023. Information regarding the survey effort and evaluation of integrity is included in this Survey Report. PAGE & TURNBULL 170 MAIDEN LANE, 5TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFOR NI Packet Pg. 19 IVH ILL Y I J'JOG-JI Historic Inventory Designation Memorandum - January 11, 2023 Page 8 of 11 Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package Properties Identified in the 1997-2001 Survey Update or through Individual Historic Resource Evaluations Properties identified as "Eligible for the National Register" during the 1997-2001 Survey Update or individually eligible for listing in the California Register through the completion of Historic Resource Evaluations were found significant for one or more of the National Register or California Register's Criteria of Significance. The National Register and California Register use nearly identical Criteria of Significance, with the primary difference being that the National Register uses letters (A, B, C, and D), while the California Register uses numbers (1, 2, 3, and 4). The combined Criteria of Significance are: Criterion A/1 (Events): Association with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of our history Criterion B/2 (Persons): Association with the lives of significant persons in our past Criterion C/3 (Architecture): Embody the distinctive characteristics of a type, period or method of construction, or represent the work of a master, or possess high artistic values or represent a significant and distinguishable entity whose components may lack individual distinction Criterion D/4 (Information Potential): Have yielded or may be likely to yield information important in history or prehistory For each historic resource, Page & Turnbull identified the appropriate Criteria of Significance for the Palo Alto Historic Inventory that most closely corresponds to the previously determined National or California Register Criteria of Significance. The Criteria of Significance for the Palo Alto Historic Inventory are listed below and the corresponding National or California Register Criteria theme (either Events, Persons, or Architecture) are listed in brackets: Criterion 1: The structure or site is identified with the lives of historic people [Persons] or with important events in the city, state or nation [Events]; Criterion 2: The structure or site is particularly representative of an architectural style [Architecture] or way of life important to the city, state or nation [Events]; Criterion 3: The structure or site is an example of a type of building which was once common, but is now rare [Architecture]; Criterion 4: The structure or site is connected with a business or use which was once common, but is now rare [Events]; Criterion 5: The architect or building was important [Architecture]; Criterion 6: The structure or site contains elements demonstrating outstanding attention to architectural design, detail, materials or craftsmanship [Architecture].3 3 Palo Alto Municipal Code, Chapter 16.49 Historic Preservation. Subsection 020: Definitions. PAGE & TURNBULL 170 MAIDEN LANE, 5TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFOR N. Packet Pg. 20 I V U L L Y I J-JUL-, 1 Historic Inventory Designation Memorandum - January 11, 2023 Page 9 of 11 Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package An assessment of significance was completed to determine under which Category of Significance the resource would be eligible. Thresholds for each category were developed by Page & Turnbull, in consultation with City Staff and with input from the Historic Resources Board. The definition of each Category is listed below and the threshold used for the 2023 Reconnaissance survey is listed immediately following each definition. Category 1: An "Exceptional Building" of pre-eminent national or state importance. These buildings are meritorious works of the best architects, outstanding examples of a specific architectural style, or illustrate stylistic development of architecture in the United States. These buildings have had either no exterior modifications or such minor ones that the overall appearance of the building is in its original character. Threshold for Category 1 Properties in 2023 Reconnaissance Survey: Properties that were designed or constructed by prominent architects and builders previously identified as significant or are excellent examples of a style. Category 2: A "Major Building" of regional importance. These buildings are meritorious works of the best architects, outstanding examples of an architectural style, or illustrate stylistic development of architecture in the state or region. A major building may have some exterior modifications, but the original character is retained. Threshold for Category 2 Properties in 2023 Reconnaissance Survey: Properties that are good examples of a style or a rare building type. Associations with individuals who were found to have made significant professional or personal accomplishments that demonstrate and enrich the history of Palo Alto are also represented under Category 2. Category 3 or 4: A "Contributing Building" which is a good local example of an architectural style and relates to the character of a neighborhood grouping in scale, materials, proportion or other factors. A contributing building may have had extensive or permanent changes made to the original design, such as inappropriate additions, extensive removal of architectural details, or wooden facades resurfaced in asbestos or stucco. Threshold for Category 3 Properties in 2023 Reconnaissance Survey: Properties that are good examples of early development patterns, or are common or typical buildings that retain their historic integrity to a high degree. These buildings are not particularly rare but have very good to excellent historic integrity. PAGE & TURNBULL 170 MAIDEN LANE, 5TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFOR NI Packet Pg. 21 IH ILL Y IJ- JOG-JI Historic Inventory Designation Memorandum - January 11, 2023 Page 10 of 11 Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package Threshold for Category 4 Properties in 2023 Reconnaissance Survey: Properties to be listed as Category 4, are similar in level of significance to Category 3, but have been altered to a higher degree and may have good to poor historic integrity. Properties Found Significant for an Association with a Significant Person Properties that were previously found significant at the local level for an association with a significant person are eligible for the Palo Alto Historic Inventory under Criterion 1, which states: "The structure or site is identified with the lives of historic people or with important events in the city, state or nation." Guidance provided by the National Park Service states that for a historic property to be eligible for an association with a person, it must demonstrate three things: 1) the person must have made contributions or played a role that can be justified as significant within a defined area of local or regional history, 2) the length and nature of the person's relationship to the historic resource must be clearly defined, and 3) the historic resource must retain sufficient integrity to convey its association with that person or the time period for which the association relates.4 Properties eligible under Criterion 1 of the Palo Alto Historic Inventory require a direct association with a person who has made personal or professional contributions that are significant to the history of Palo Alto. This could include (but is not limited to) civic and community action, local activism, personal involvement in an important local institution, or a professional achievement or discovery that is significant locally or demonstrates Palo Alto's contributions to the state or nation. Persons who are regional, state, or national public figures would not be considered significant under Criterion 1 just for visiting or living or working in Palo Alto, but would instead have a strong connection to the City and their achievements would relate to the history of the City itself. Eligible properties are typically associated "with the productive life of an individual in the field in which they achieved significance."5 This ensures that any association with a significant individual is not sufficient grounds for a determination as a historic resource. Instead, a property should be related closely to the period of time in which the person undertook the activities or achievements for which they are considered significant. For example, a birthplace or grave marker is typically not considered a sufficient association. Professional achievements are typically related to a place of 4 National Park Service, National Register Bulletin 32: Guidelines for Evaluating and Documenting Properties Associated with Significant Persons. U.S. Department of the Interior, Accessed August 29, 2023, https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nationalregister/upload/N RB32-Com plete. pdf 5 National Park Service, National Register Bulletin 32: Guidelines for Evaluating and Documenting Properties Associated with Significant Persons. PAGE & TURNBULL 170 MAIDEN LANE, 5TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFOR Packet Pg. 22 I V H L L Y I J-JUL-, 1 Historic Inventory Designation Memorandum - January 11, 2023 Page 11 of 11 Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package work, unless significant work was undertaken at a person's residence (such as an author who writes at home, or a public figure who is strongly associated with a particular residence). PAGE & TURNBULL 170 MAIDEN LANE, 5TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFOR N. Packet Pg. 23 I V U L L Y I J-JUL-, 1 Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package PROPERTIES PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED IN 1997-2001 SURVEY Properties proposed for designation under Palo Alto Criterion 1: • Criterion 1 (The structure or site is identified with the lives of historic people or with important events in the city, state, or nation) Address Criterion Category 545 Chaucer Street 1 2 537 Coleridge Avenue 1 2 2005 Cowper Street 1 2 1451 Edgewood Drive 1 2 1215 Emerson Street 1 2 1001 Fulton Street 1 2 551-555 Hale Street 1 2 230 Kellogg Avenue 1 2 1511 Madrono Avenue 1 2 211 Middlefield Road 1 2 Page &Turnbull 1 170 MAIDEN LANE, 5TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNI Packet Pg. 24 PAGE &TURNBULL 545 CHAUCER STREET APN: 003-07-046 1997-2001 SURVEY UPDATE SUMMARY Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination &TPackage Identified National Register Criteria of Significance: Criterion B (Persons) Identified Period of Significance: 1931-1974 Summary of Significance: 545 Chaucer Street was found eligible for its association with Dallas E. Wood, the owner, editor, and popular columnist of the Palo Alto Times. 2023 RECONNAISSANCE SURVEY SUMMARY Alterations Since 2001: No alterations visible. Status in 2023: Extant, retains historic integrity. Recommended Revisions to Significance: None Figure 1: 1997-2001 Survey Update photograph. Figure 2: 2023 Reconnaissance Survey photograph. RECOMMENDATION FOR LISTING IN THE PALO ALTO HISTORIC INVENTORY Palo Alto Historic Inventory Criteria for Designation: Criterion 1 (The structure or site is identified with the lives of historic people or with important events in the city, state or nation) Statement of Significance: 545 Chaucer Street is associated with local Palo Alto resident Dallas E. Wood, who was an owner, editor, and popular columnist of the Palo Alto Times. The building was commissioned by Wood and his wife and remained his personal residence until his death in 1974. Wood was considered a highly influential citizen of Palo Alto and wrote a daily column, "The Prowler" that ran for nearly 50 years. As his personal residence and the location of his home office, the Imagining change in historic environments through design, research, and technology 170 MAIDEN LANE, 5TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94108 TEL 415 3 Packet Pg. 25 Palo Alto Historic Inventory Designation Page 2 of 2 Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package subject building is sufficiently associated with the life and achievements of Dallas E. Wood. The building retains high integrity. Period of Significance: 1931-1974 Palo Alto Historic Inventory Category: Category 2 PAGE & TURNBULL 170 MAIDEN LANE, 5TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFOR Packet Pg. 26 I'(Y/II I IVU Itl Y1J-JVCJI JY State of California — The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION PRIMARY RECORD Primary # HRI # Trinomial. Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package NRHP Status Code 33 Other Listings: Review Code Reviewer Date Page 1 of 5 *Resource Name or #: (Assigned by recorder) 545 Chaucer St P1. Other Identifier: 545 Chaucer St P2. Location: 0 Not for Publication a Unrestricted *a: County Santa Clara and (P2c,P2e, and P2b or P2d. Attach Location Map as necessary.) *b. USGS 7.5' Quad Palo Alto. CA Date 1991 T _• R _; _''h of '%4 of Sec . B.M. c. Address 545 Chaucer St City Palo Alto Zip 94301 d. UTM: (Give more than one for large and/or linear resources) Zone mE/ mN *e. Other Locational Data: (e.g., parcel #, directions to resource, elevation, etc., as appropriate) APN 003 07 046 *P3a. Description: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries) The house at 545 Chaucer Street is a wood -frame structure clad in stucco and beveled siding and covered by a gable roof. It appears to have been built in a T -plan, as it was shown on the 1949 Sanborn map. At that time it consisted of two wings: a two-story wing parallel to the street and a one-story wing, perpendicular to the first wing, that projects to the front and back at the north side of the house. Substantial additions were made to the north side and the rear in 1979, 1995, and 1997. The 1979 north side changes are visible at the front. The house wa§ designed in the Monterey Revival Style, characterized by its overall form, including the second story wood gallery on the front and by features such as the window shutters and the general simplicity of detail. *P3b Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) HP2 Single family property *P4. Resources Present: a Building ❑ Structure ❑ Object 0 Site ❑ District ❑ Element of District ❑ Other (isolates, etc.) P5b. Description of Photo: (View, date, accession #) 545 Chaucer St; view northeast; 09/14/99; by B. Vahev; roll BRV-79. neg #26 *P6. Date Constructed/Age and Source: a Historic El Prehistoric 0 Both 1931: Builder and Enaineer *P7. Owner and Address: James A & Nancy R Blake 545 Chaucer St Palo Alto CA 94301 *P8. Recorded by: (Name, affiliation, and address) Michael Corbett, Dames & Moore 221 Main Street, Suite 600 San Francisco, CA 94105 *P9. Date Recorded: May 10, 2000 *P10. Survey Type: (Describe) Intensive P11. Report Citation*: (Cite survey report and other sources, or enter "none".) Palo Alto Historic Survey Update (Corbett and Bradley for Dames & Moore, 2000) *Attachments: ❑ NONE a Location Map ❑ Sketch Map a Continuation S ❑ Archaeological Record ❑ District Record ❑ Linear Feature Record ❑ Milli o Artifact Record ❑ Photograph Record ❑ Other (List) beet a Building. Structure and Objaz Packet Pg. 27 t Record rd DPR 523A (119511 CHAU545.F1 *Required information. State of California — The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION Primary # HRI # BUILDING, •STRUCTURE, AND OBJECT RECORD Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package Page 2 of —`� *NRHP Status Code 3S *Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder) 545 Chaucer St B1. Historic Name: B2. Common Name: B3. Original Use: B4. Present Use: Single family property *B5. Architectural Style: Monterey Revival *86. Construction History: (Construction date, alterations, and date of alterations) 1931: Built (Builder and Engineer) 1979, 1995, 1997: Additions to north side and rear *B7. Moved? ® No 0 Yes ❑ Unknown Date: Original Location: *B8. Related Features: B9a. Architect: Henry E. Collins b. Builder: Osborne and Knight *B10. Significance: Theme Dallas Wood Area Palo Alto Period of Significance 1931-1974 Property Type Residential Applicable Criteria B (Discuss importance in terms of historical or architectural context as defined by theme, period, and geographic scope. Also address integrity.) History Site: The house at 545 Chaucer Street is situated on a 60 -by -145 -foot lot in Crescent Park. Structure: Builder and Engineer reported, on 4 April 1931, that the architect Henry E. Collins had designed a new S9,320 residence for Dallas E. Wood at 545 Chaucer (then called Pope) Street. The house was built by the firm of Osborne and Knight. Mr. Wood occupied the house until his death in 1974. Use: Dallas E. Wood, who commissioned the design and construction of the single-family residence at 545 Chaucer Street, occupied it from its completion in 1931 until his death in 1974. According to the History of Palo Alto, 1939, of which Mr. Wood was the editor -in -chief, Dallas England Wood was born in Merced, California in 1889 to Mirabeau Dallas Wood, a Confederate army veteran and the first mayor of Merced, and Marian England Wood, who had come to California in a covered wagon when she was two years old. Dallas Wood attended Stanford University from 1904 to 1908. He returned to Palo Alto in July 1919 when he, George F. Morell, and William F. Henry bought the Palo Alto Times from H.W. Simkins and W.H. Kelly. From that year until 1938, Mr. Wood worked at the newspaper as editor. He relinquished the editorship to become executive editor of the newly founded Peninsula Newspapers Incorporated, of which he was also one of the founders and a long time vice - See continuation sheet B11. Additional Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) *B12. References: See continuation sheet. B13. Remarks: *B14. Evaluator: Michael Corbett Date of Evaluation: May 10. 2000 (This space reserved for official comments) (Sketch map with north arrow required) Packet Pg. 28 DPR 523B {1/95) CHAU545.F1 *Required Information State of California -- The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION CONTINUATION SHEET Primary HRIfTrinomial Page 3 of 5 Resource Identifier: 545 Chaucer St Recorded by Michael Corbett/Steve Hardy (history) "Date May 10, 2000 ® Continuation ❑ Update Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package History (continued) president. Peninsula Newspapers Incorporated published the Palo Alto Times, the Redwood City Tribune, and the Burlingame Advance at the time of its founding. Later, it published the Times, the Redwood City Tribune, and the Valley Journal. In 1921, Wood married Elizabeth Wright with whom he would build the Chaucer Street house. Mr. and Mrs. Wood took a trip to Europe in 1925 and upon their return Mr. Wood began a daily column "the Prowler," at first taken from the notes he had made of the European scene. This column appeared faithfully five and six days a week from 1925 until 1972. For all those years, he was a fixture in Palo Alto homes. Mr. Wood wrote of the column and his procedure as it had evolved in the Palo Alto Times of 6 March 1939: "The material is drawn from everyday life, from memory, from musings, from experience, from observations, from chance bits of conversation overheard in passing, from things told to me, from bits that are sent to me. It is drawn sometimes from the very air . . . There are two types of things that are ideal subject matter for the column. They are the very unusual and the very common. The unusual things interest most people because they collide so sharply with accustomed perceptions. The very common incidents are interesting because all of us have experienced them and therefore can appreciate their narration to the fullest." Evaluation The house at 545 Chaucer Street appears eligible for the NRHP under criterion B at the local level of significance. The period of significance is 1931-1974 when it was the home of Dallas E. Wood. Dallas E. Wood was owner, editor, and popular columnist of the Palo Alto Times from 1919 to 1974. He was widely recognized as among the most influential people in Palo Alto during that period. Although there have been substantial alterations to the house, from the street it looks almost the same as when it was built. The only visible change is the front end of a second -story addition on the north side of the house in 1979. References Anderson, Dennis L., designer. "A Proposed Remodel for Jim and Nancy Blake." 1985. Anderson, Dennis L., designer. "A Proposed Remodel and Addition for Jim and Nancy Blake: 545 Chaucer Street, Palo Alto." 1997. Bodi, Alexander. "The Prowler Scene." Palo Alto Times. 7 January 1974. California Office of Historic Preservation. Instructions for Nominating Historical Resources to the California Register of Historic Resources. Sacramento, CA. August 1997. Palo Alto. Historic Resources Board. Staff Report on 545 Chaucer. 1997. Palo Alto City Directory. 1920-1948. Palo Alto Historic Survey Update. Property File. Palo Alto Times. "The Prowler: Dallas Wood beginning his 28th year as Peninsula columnist." 29 November 1952. Palo Alto Times. "Dallas Wood former Times editor, dies." 4 January 1974. San Francisco Chronicle. "Editor Dallas Wood Dies." 5 January 1974. Sanborn Map Company. Insurance Maps of Palo Alto. New York: 1924; revisions to 1949. Packet Pg. 29 DPR 523L 111951 CHAU545.F1 "Required Information State of California --- The Resources. Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION CONTINUATION SHEET Primary # HRI/Trinomial Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package Page 4 of 5 Resource Identifier: 545 Chaucer St Recorded by Michael Corbett *Date May 10, 2000 ® Continuation 0 Update References (continued) Santa Clara County. Tax Assessor. Assessment Record. 1949, 1967. TAF-Y-TEK. "Baldwin Residence: 545 Chaucer, Palo Alto." architectural drawings of existing conditions and proposed alterations. [ 1979]. United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service. National Register Bulletin 15: How to Apply the National Register Criteria for Evaluation. Winslow, Ward and the Palo Alto Historical Association. Palo Alto: A Centennial History. Palo Alto: Palo Alto Historical Association, 1993. Wood, Dallas E., editor. History of Palo Alto. N.p.: Arthur H. Caaston, 1939. Wood, Dallas E. "The Prowler." Palo Alto Times. 24 February 1936. Wood, Dallas E. "The Prowler." Palo Alto Times. 6 March 1939. Packet Pg. 30 DPR 523L (1/951 CHAU545.F1 *Required Information State of California — The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION LOCATION MAP Primary #., HRI# Trinomial Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package Page _5_ of _I___ *Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder) 545 Chaucer St *Map Name: Palo Alto Planning Deot. GIS *Scale: r:80' sly Ohs .1 Pa to Alto *Date of Map: 1999 545 Chaucer Street 003-07-046 This produces M e 0 Ply elPolo Alto 4W 0 as This dacwnara b a graphic rogomonla bin only of bail avoid* owns. T Clp d P.b Alb assumes no ro$Pond6Nty for any.rroro. Packet Pg. 31 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination PAGE &TURNBULL 537 COLERIDGE AVENUE APN: 124-01-018 1997-2001 SURVEY UPDATE SUMMARY Package Identified National Register Criteria of Significance: Criterion B (Persons) Identified Period of Significance: 1922-1931 Summary of Significance: 537 Coleridge Avenue was found eligible for its association with Alfred Seale, a major developer in Palo Alto. He owned 2,200 acres of Palo Alto in the 1890s, and actively subdivided and developed large areas of what was formerly the Seale Ranch. The subject building was built for Alfred and Grace Seale in 1922 and was their home through Alfred's death in 1931. 2023 RECONNAISSANCE SURVEY SUMMARY Alterations Since 2001: No alterations identified. Status in 2023: Extant, retains historic integrity. Recommended Revisions to Significance: None. Figure 1: 1997-2001 Survey Update photograph. Figure 2: 2023 Reconnaissance Survey photograph. RECOMMENDATION FOR LISTING IN THE PALO ALTO HISTORIC INVENTORY Palo Alto Historic Inventory Criteria for Designation: Criterion 1 (The structure or site is identified with the lives of historic people or with important events in the city, state or nation) Statement of Significance: 537 Coleridge Avenue is associated with Alfred Seale, a major landowner and developer in Palo Alto. He inherited and subdivided approximately 2,200 acres of what is now Palo Alto in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The subject building was built for Alfred and Grace Seale in 1922, and was their home through Alfred's death in 1931. The building was Imagining change in historic environments through design, research, and technology 170 MAIDEN LANE, 5TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94108 TEL 415 3 Packet Pg. 32 Palo Alto Historic Inventory Designation Page 2 of 2 Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package constructed for the Seales towards the end of their lives as a culmination of Alfred Seale's professional accomplishments as a developer and is sufficiently associated with Alfred Seale. The building retains good integrity. Period of Significance: 1922-1931 Palo Alto Historic Inventory Category: Category 2 PAGE & TURNBULL 170 MAIDEN LANE, 5TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFOR NI Packet Pg. 33 IH ILL Y IJ- JOG-JI State of California — The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION PRIMARY RECORD Primary # HRI # Trinomial NRHP Status Code Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package 3S Other Listings Review Code Reviewer Date Page 1 of 5 *Resource Name or #: (Assigned by recorder) 537 Coleridge Ave P1. Other Identifier: 537 Coleridge Ave P2. Location: ❑ Not for Publication ® Unrestricted *a: County Santa Clara and (P2c,P2e, and P2b or P2d. Attach Location Map as necessary.) *b. USGS 7.5" Quad Palo Alto, CA Date 1991 T ; R ; �A of '/, of Sec ; B.M. c. Address 537 Coleridge Ave City Palo Alto Zip 94301 d. UTM: (Give more than one for large and/or linear resources) Zone ; mE/ mN *e. Other Locational Data: (e.g., parcel #, directions to resource, elevation, etc., as appropriate) APN 124 01 018 *P3a. Description: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries) This house, at 537 Coleridge Avenue, is a large two-story structure in an L-p)an. The principal wing, facing the street, is generally rectangular, with a one-story wing projecting toward the rear in the north corner. There is an entrance porch at the center of the main wing and a sun porch across the southwest end of the main wing. The house is a wood -frame structure clad in shingles and covered by a hip roof. The design is derived from Colonial American models. It is an understated design whose entrance porch is at the center of a symmetrical composition. ' At the same time, the northwest end of the house is offset slightly which together with the sun porch conveys an informal character. Altogether, the design conveys a mix of formality and informality. Distinctive details include the pedirnented entrance porch on paired posts, shuttered windows, and a low pitched roof with overhanging eaves and paneled soffits. *P3b Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) HP2 Single family property *P4. Resources Present: ® Building ❑ Structure ❑ Object ❑ Site ❑ District 0 Element of District 0 Other (isolates, etc.) P5b. Description of Photo: (View, date, accession #) 537 Coleridge Ave; view northwest; 09/16/99; by B. Vahev; roll BRV-81, neg #11 *P6. Date Constructed/Age and Source: 0 Historic o Prehistoric ❑ Both 1922; Palo Alto Times *P7. Owner and Address: William & Sally Hewlett 5887 Fredericksburg Dr Nashville TN 37215 *P8. Recorded by: (Name, affiliation, and address) Michael Corbett, Dames & Moore 221 Main Street, Suite 600 San Francisco, CA 94105 *P9. Date Recorded: Mav 12. 2000 *P10. Survey Type: (Describe) Intensive P11. Report Citation*: (Cite survey report and other sources, or enter "none".) Palo Alto Historic Survey Update (Corbett and Bradley for Dames & Moore, 2000) *Attachments: o NONE ® Location Map 0 Sketch Map ® Continuation S o Archaeological Record ❑ District Record o Linear Feature Record ❑ Milli ❑ Artifact Record ❑ Photograph Record 0 Other (List) Building, Strut -Jura and Ob) Packet Pg. 34 e t Record d DPR 523A (1/95)/ COLE537.F1 *Required information. State of California — The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION Primary # HRI Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination BUILDING, STRUCTURE, AND OBJECT RECORD Package Page 2 of 5 *NRHP Status Code 3S *Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder) 537 Coleridge Ave B1. Historic Name: B2. Common Name: B3. Original Use: B4. Present Use: Single family property *B5. Architectural Style: Colonial Revival *B6. Construction History: (Construction date, alterations, and date of alterations) 1922: Built (Palo Alto Times) 1928: Alterations 1931: Additions 1965: Additions to side and rear, conversion of carriage house to dressing rooms for swimming pool post 1965: New garage addition *B7. Moved? No u Yes u Unknown Date: Original Location: *B8. Related Features: carriage house/dressing rooms garage B9a. Architect: b. Builder: Carl Lindbloom *B10. Significance: Theme Alfred Seale Area Palo Alto Period of Significance 1922-1931 Property Type Residential Applicable Criteria B (Discuss importance in terms of historical or architectural context as defined by theme, period, and geographic scope. Also address integrity.) History Site: The single family dwelling at 537 Coleridge Avenue is on an irregular 1,17 -acre Seale Addition lot in what was formerly Block No. 29 of South Palo Alto. A Map of the City of Palo Alto, dated November 1924, showed a large property that included parcels 12, 17, and 18, each 50 by 200 feet, and 7, 8, 9, 10, 19, and 20, each 50 by 150 feet, all in a single property in the hands of the owner of the house at 537 Coleridge Avenue. By 1949, the 100 -by -100 -foot lot at 1535 Cowper Street and the 93 -by -150 -foot lot at 555 Coleridge Avenue had been sold off but since that time there have been no further reductions. Structure: The Palo Alto Times published notices of the construction of a house at 537 Coleridge on 18 May 1922 and again on 5 June 1922. In these the builder was named as Carl Lindbloom and the owner as Alfred Seale. According to the record in the Palo Alto City Directory, Alfred Seale lived at the address from the time of its completion in 1922 (the City Directory of 1923 first listed the address) until his death in 1931, when it listed Grace R. Seale as his widow. On 1 June 1928, the Pacific Coast Architect listed Henry E. Collins as the architect of work on this house for Mrs. Alfred Seale. It is not clear what kind of work was done. In 1931, Henry Dabinett made $5,000 worth of additions to the house for Mrs. Seale. See continuation sheet B11. Additional Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) *B12. References: See continuation sheet. B13. Remarks: *B14. Evaluator: Michael Corbett Date of Evaluation: Ma v 12, 2000 (This space reserved for official comments) (Sketch map with north arrow required) Packet Pg. 35 DPR 523B (1/95) COLE537.F1 *Required Information State of California — The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRIITrinomial CONTINUATION SHEET Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package Page 3 of 5 Resource Identifier:_ 537 Coleridge Ave Recorded by Michael Corbett/Steve Hardy Ihistorv) 'Date May 12, 2000 cgi Continuation 0 Update History (continued) Although the Building and Engineering News, of 26 December 1951, mentioned a $5,000 alteration, the footprint of the house on the 1924 Sanborn map is identical to the one on the update of 1949. The tax record, however, noted additions to the side and rear of the house and a remodeling in 1965 that included the revision of living room and study windows. Another building permit of 1965 noted the conversion of the former carriage house (which was identified as a garage on the 1924 Sanborn map) into dressing rooms for the 1958 swimming pool. The building firm of Schmaling & Stenbit made these changes. There is currently a third structure, a garage, on the property that does not appear on the 1949 Sanborn map and is not mentioned in the tax record. Because the existing garage was converted in 1965, the new one would appear to date from 1965 or later. Use: Alfred Seale inherited part of a 2,200 -acre parcel called the Seale Tract from his father, Thomas Seale and Thomas' brother Henry Seale. Alfred Seale was one of the principal shapers of Palo Alto through the subdivision and development of the Seale ranch. The initial subdivision was made in 1898 when the Seale's lived elsewhere. This large house represents the fruit of their labor. He was about 56 years old when he built the house at 537 Coleridge for himself and his wife. After his death, he was followed at the address by George S. Waid and his wife Catherine. Waid was retired from the Southern Pacific Railroad. The Waids were listed at the address from 1932 to 1946. After the Waids, Mr. and Mrs. Schuyler V.R. Gros lived here. Mrs. Gros was the daughter of a successful businessman in Salt Lake City. She studied to be a concert pianist. Evaluation This house at 537 Coleridge appears eligible for the NRHP under criterion B at the local level of significance. The period of significance runs from 1922, when it was built, to 1931, encompassing the years when it was occupied by Alfred and Grace Seale. The house is significant as the home of Alfred Seale who was a major developer of Palo Alto. The house may also be eligible under criteria A and C. Additional research may clarify the construction history of the house and the nature of alterations after the period of significance. In particular, living room window alterations in 1965 could have a bearing on integrity under criteria A and C. References California Office of Historic Preservation. Instructions for Nominating Historical Resources to the California Register of Historic Resources. Sacramento, CA. August 1997. Building and Engineering News. 26 December 1931. Davis, Roland C. A Summary History of the Early Development of Palo Alto's "Seale Addition": An Account of How the First `South Palo Alto" Became Part of the Present 'Old Palo Alto." Prepared for the Palo Alto Historic Building Survey. July 1998. Pacific Coast Architect. 1 June 1928. Palo Alto City Directory. 1923-1946. Palo Alto Historic Survey Update. Property File. Palo Alto Times. 18 May 1922, 5 June 1922, 21 February 1931. Sanborn Map Company. Insurance Maps of Palo Alto. New York: 1924. Sanborn Map Company. Insurance Maps of Palo Alto. New York: 1924; revisions to 1949. Santa Clara County. Tax Assessor. Assessment Record. 1949, 1957, 1959, 1966, 1967. Packet Pg. 36 DPR 523L (1/95) COLE537.F1 "Required Information State of California — The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI/Trinomial CONTINUATION SHEET Page 4 of 5 Resource Identifier: 537 Coleridge Ave Recorded by Michael Corbett *Date May 12,. 2000 c83 Continuation 0 Update Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package l References (continued) United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service. National Register Bulletin 15: How to Apply the National Register Criteria for Evaluation. Winslow, Ward and the Palo Alto Historical Association. Palo Alto: A Centennial History. Palo Alto: Palo Alto Historical Association, 1993. Packet Pg. 37 DPR 523L (1/95) COLE537.F1 "Required Information State of California — The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION Primary # WR1# LOCATION MAP Trinomial Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package Page _. of 5 *Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder) 537 Cole. dae Ave *Map Name: Ealo Alto Mannino Deot. GIS *Scale: 1":80' 124-1-19 537 Coleridge Ave 124-01-018 *Date of Map: 1999 124-1-15 124-1-17 124-2-2 124-2-3 Packet Pg. 38 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination PAGE &TURNBULL 2005 COWPER STREET APN: 124-06-008 1997-2001 SURVEY UPDATE SUMMARY Package Identified National Register Criteria of Significance: Criterion B (Persons) Identified Period of Significance: 1931-1973 Summary of Significance: 2005 Cowper Street was found eligible for its association with the life and accomplishments of Florence Bingham. The residence was the home of Florence and her husband Joseph from 1931 to 1973. The building is related to Florence's professional accomplishments related to education and child welfare as a national leader in the Parent-Teacher Association, as well as her personal accomplishments as a founder of the local Community Players. 2023 RECONNAISSANCE SURVEY SUMMARY Alterations Since 2001: No alterations identified. Status in 2023: Extant, retains historic integrity. Recommended Revisions to Significance: None. Figure 1: 1997-2001 Survey Update photograph. Figure 2: 2023 Reconnaissance Survey photograph. RECOMMENDATION FOR LISTING IN THE PALO ALTO HISTORIC INVENTORY Palo Alto Historic Inventory Criteria for Designation: Criterion 1 (The structure or site is identified with the lives of historic people or with important events in the city, state or nation) Statement of Significance: 2005 Cowper Street is associated with the life of Florence Bingham, and served as the personal residence of Florence and Joseph Bingham from 1931 to 1974. Florence Bingham was highly influential at local, state, national, and international levels in the fields of education and child welfare, and was a founder of the local Community Players. The subject building Imagining change in historic environments through design, research, and technology 170 MAIDEN LANE, 5TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94108 TEL 415 3 Packet Pg. 39 Palo Alto Historic Inventory Designation Page 2 of 2 Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package is closely associated with the personal and professional accomplishments of Florence Bingham. The building retains high integrity. Period of Significance: 1931-1973 Palo Alto Historic Inventory Category: Category 2 PAGE & TURNBULL 170 MAIDEN LANE, 5TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFOR NI Packet Pg. 40 1 ILL YI J'JOG- J I State of California — The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION PRIMARY RECORD Primary HRI # Trinomial NRHP Status Code Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package Other Listings Review Code Reviewer Date ... ... .. Page 1 of 4 *Resource Name or #: (Assigned by recorder) 2005 Cowper St P1. Other Identifier: 2005 Cowper St P2. Location: o Not for Publication ta Unrestricted *a: County Santa Clara and (P2c,P2e, and P2b or P2d. Attach Location Map as necessary.) *b. USGS 7.5' Quad Palo Alto, CA Date 1991 T ; R •_'14 of _%a of Sec B.M. c. Address 2005 Cowper St City Palo Alto Zip 94301 d. UTM: (Give more than one for large and/or linear resources) Zone _ mE/ mN *e. Other Locational Data: (e.g., parcel #, directions to resource, elevation, etc., as appropriate) APN 124 06 008 *P3a. Description: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries) This house, at 2005 Cowper Street, is a two-story, wood -frame structure with stucco clad walls and a red -tiled hip roof. It is generally square in plan, with a projecting wing and a porch and gallery across the front. There is also a slightly projecting wing at the rear. By means of its materials and several details, the house mixes elements typically associated with the Monterey Revival and the Mediterranean Revival styles. Decorative features include heavy wood timbers used as lintels, projecting beams, and structural members of the second floor gallery; decorative iron hardware; and the cantilevered upper floor of the projecting front wing supported by stucco arches and exposed beams. *P3b Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) HP2 Single family property *P4. Resources Present: ® Building o Structure 0 Object 0 Site 0 District 0 Element of District 0 Other (isolates, etc.) P5b. Description of Photo: (View, date, accession #) 2005 Cowper St: view northeast: 09/16199: by B. Vahev: roll BRV-82, neg #14 *P6. Date Constructed/Age and Source: in Historic ❑ Prehistoric 0 Both 1931: Building and Engineering News *P7. Owner and Address: Roger C & Carmen G Stuhlmuller 2005 Cowper St Palo Alto CA 94301 *P8. Recorded by: (Name, affiliation, and address) Michael Corbett, Dames & Moore 221 Main Street, Suite 600 San Francisco, CA 94105 *P9. Date Recorded: May 6, 2000 *P10. Survey Type: (Describe) Intensive P11. Report Citation*: (Cite survey report and other sources, or enter "none".) Palo Alto Historic Survey Update (Corbett and Bradley for Dames & Moore, 2000) *Attachments: ❑ NONE et Location Map 0 Sketch Map z Continuation Sheet ® Buildin•. Structure and Ob'e t Record 0 Archaeological Record ❑ District Record 0 Linear Feature Record 0 Milli Packet Pg. 41 ❑ Artifact Record 0 Photograph Record 0 Other (List) DPR 523A (1/95)/ COWP2005.F1 *Required information. State of California — The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # BUILDING, STRUCTURE, AND OBJECT RECORD Page 2 of 4 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package *NRHP Status Code 3S *Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder) 2005 Cowper St B1. Historic Name: B2. Common Name: 63. Original Use: B4. Present Use: Shale family property *B5. Architectural Style: Monterey Revival and Mediterranean Revival *B6. Construction History: (Construction date, alterations, and date of alterations) 1931: Built (Building and Engineering News) *B7. Moved? e No o Yes 0 Unknown Date; Original Location: *B8. Related Features: B9a. Architect: Treichel and Goodpastor b. Builder: Cleveland Smith *B10. Significance: Theme Florence Bingham Area Palo Alto Period of Significance 1931-1973 Property Type Residential Applicable Criteria B (Discuss importance in terms of historical or architectural context as defined by theme, period, and geographic scope. Also address integrity.) History Site: The house at 2005 Cowper is situated on a 66 -by -110 -foot lot in Block 72 of South Palo Alto and is in the Seale Addition subdivision no. 8. Structure: Building and Engineering News reported on 4 July 1931 that Cleveland Smith was the owner and builder of a new $ 10,000 two story residence at 2005 Cowper Street. The design for this project was prepared by the firm of Treichel and Goodpastor, architects. According to an obituary which appeared in the San Jose Mercury News on 18 December 1973, the first owner of the house, Joseph W. Bingham, moved into it in 1931 and resided there until two months before he died in 1973. Use: The single family residence at 2005 Cowper was the home of Joseph Walter Bingham and his wife Florence Cornell Bingham from 1931 to 1973. The Binghams moved here from 651-653 Melville where they lived from 1919 to 1931. Joseph Bingham was born in 1878, graduated from the University of Chicago and its law school, and joined the Stanford faculty in 1907. He came to be regarded as an authority on piracy and off -shore rights. An obituary which appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle on 18 December 1973 said, "He served as co -counsel for the state of Texas in 1948-1949 in a dispute with the federal government over oil rights in the Gulf of Mexico. He was also a major influence in the determination of offshore See continuation sheet B11. Additional Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) *B12. References: See continuation sheet. 613. Remarks: *B14. Evaluator: Michael Corbett Date of Evaluation: May 6. 2000 (This space reserved for official comments) (Sketch map with north arrow required) Packet Pg. 42 DPR 523B (1195) COWP2005.F1 *Required Information State of California — The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI/Trinomial CONTINUATION SHEET Page 3 of 4 Resource Identifier: 2005 Cowper St Recorded by Michael Corbett/Steve Hardy (history) *Date May 6, 2000 eg Continuation 0 Update Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package History (continued) fishing rights in the celebrated 1938 Alaska fisheries case between the U.S. and Japan." He became a full professor at Stanford in 1912, and he retired in 1944. Florence Bingham was a law graduate of Cornell University, a legal investigator for the War Trade Board in the First World War, a member of the National Safety Council, and a consultant on the National Educational Policies Commission. She was a consultant involved in the organization sessions of the founding of the United Nations in San Francisco, a member of the UNESCO speakers bureau, and a contributing editor of the book Community Life in a Democracy. In Palo Alto, the Palo Alto Times reported in 1953 that "she founded and directed the Community Players" — this was in 1931 before Lucie Stern began her financial support of the group and of the Community Theater. It was also before Ralph Emerson Welles took over leadership of the group. In 1947, the Palo Alto Times reported that she "was among the pioneers in parent -teacher work in this area and helped start the movement in Palo Alto." In 1923, she was involved in establishing school dental clinics and in organizing the May Fete as a fund raiser for the dental clinics. In later years, she held numerous state and national leadership positions with the P.T.A. She was honored by the State of California for her contributions to education, and by the Delta Gamma fraternity for "public service to education, community life, and child welfare." Evaluation This house, at 2005 Cowper, appears eligible under criterion B at the local level of significance. The period of significance is 1931 to 1973, encompassing the years when the house was occupied by Florence and Joseph Bingham. The house is significant under criterion B in association with Florence Bingham who founded the Community Players and was a national leader in the P.T.A., among many civic activities. With additional research, the house may also be significant in association with Joseph Bingham. Both Binghams' principal accomplishments appear to have occurred when they lived here. References Building and Engineering News. 4 July 1931. California Office of Historic Preservation. Instructions for Nominating Historical Resources to the California Register of Historic Resources. Sacramento, CA. August 1997. Detwiler, Justice B., editor. Who's Who in California: A Biographical Directory, 1928-29. San Francisco: Who's Who Publishing Company, 1929. Palo Alto City Directory. 1932-1950. Palo Alto Historic Survey Update. Property File. Palo Alto Times. ("Honoring Joseph W. Bingham") 9 March 1953. (obituary J. Walter Bingham) 17 December 1973. San Francisco Chronicle. (obituary Joseph W. Bingham) 18 December 1973. San Jose Mercury News. (obituary Joseph W. Bingham) 18 December 1973. Sanborn Map Company. insurance Maps of Palo Alto. New York: 1924; revisions to 1949. Santa Clara County. Tax Assessor. Assessment Record. 1949, 1967. United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service. National Register Bulletin 15: How to Apply the National Register Criteria for Evaluation. Winslow, Ward and the Palo Alto Historical Association. Palo Alto: A Centennial History. Palo Alto: Palo Alto Historical Association, 1993, p. 74-76. Packet Pg. 43 DPR 523L (1/95) COWP2005.F1 *Required Information State of California — The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION LOCATION .MAP Primary #, HRI# Trinomial Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package Page 4 of, 4 'Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder) 2005 Cowper St "Map Name: Palo Alto Planning Dept. GIS "Scale: 1" :80' i *Date of Map: 1999 TS• CHF .t Palo Alto 2005 Cowper St 124-06-008 Ttio mop Ma t product cd aydP.r. OS DPR 523J (1/95) Th6 dotunan Is a p'apab mpraariatbn oni/ or ball mist* mums. Tha fi*y d Pab Alb ammo no reeponsbGiy b ary soon. `Required Infoxrrxrtion a Packet Pg. 44 PAGE &TURNBULL 1451 EDGEWOOD DRIVE APN: 003-11-027 1997-2001 SURVEY UPDATE SUMMARY Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination ���777�+ Package Identified National Register Criteria of Significance: Criterion B (Persons) Identified Period of Significance: 1929-1950 Summary of Significance: 1451 Edgewood Drive was found eligible for its association with Dr. Earl F. Roth, who was a prominent local physician and was considered a pioneer in orthopedic surgery. 2023 RECONNAISSANCE SURVEY SUMMARY Alterations Since 2001: No alterations identified. Status in 2023: Extant, retains historic integrity. Recommended Revisions to Significance: None. Figure 1: 1997-2001 Survey Update photograph. Figure 2: 2023 Reconnaissance Survey photograph. RECOMMENDATION FOR LISTING IN THE PALO ALTO HISTORIC INVENTORY Palo Alto Historic Inventory Criteria for Designation: Criterion 1 (The structure or site is identified with the lives of historic people or with important events in the city, state or nation) Statement of Significance: 1451 Edgewood Drive is significant for its association with Dr. Earl F. "Fritz" Roth, who was a prominent local physician and a founding member of the Palo Alto Medical Clinic (the Roth Building, extant, an individually listed historic resource on the National Register), which was established in 1929, the same year the construction of Roth's residence was completed. Roth served as the staff physician for Stanford University's athletic teams from 1925 to 1960 and was a pioneer in successful orthopedic surgery. Roth lived at the subject property during a period of Imagining change in historic environments through design, research, and technology 170 MAIDEN LANE, 5TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94108 TEL 415 3 Packet Pg. 45 Palo Alto Historic Inventory Designation Page 2 of 2 Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package personal and professional success and the property has a significant connection to his accomplishments. Period of Significance: 1929-1950 Palo Alto Historic Inventory Category: Category 2 PAGE & TURNBULL 170 MAIDEN LANE, 5TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFOR N. Packet Pg. 46 Item 2 State of California — The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION PRIMARY RECORD Primary # Attachment A -January HRI # .. . -. 11, 2024 Nomination Trinomial ` Package NRHP Status Code Other Listings Review Code Reviewer Date. Page 1 of 4 *Resource Name or #: (Assigned by recorder) 1449 Edgewood Dr P1. Other Identifier: 1449 Edgewood Dr P2. Location: 0 Not for Publication a Unrestricted *a: County Santa Clara and (P2c,P2e, and P2b or P2d. Attach Location Map as necessary.) *b. USGS 7.5' Quad Palo Alto, CA Date 1991 T _, R _; _'/s of _'/4 of Sec B.M. c. Address 1449 Edgewood Dr City Palo Alto Zip 94301 d. UTM: (Give more than one for large and/or linear resources) Zone _• mE/ mN *e. Other Locational Data: (e.g., parcel #, directions to resource, elevation, etc., as appropriate) APN 003 11 027 *P3a. Description: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries) The house at 1449 Edgewood Drive is a wood -frame structure clad in stucco and covered by a multi -gabled roof. The footprint of the house is complex. It could be described as having a central rectangular core with projecting wings in each direction. The house is two stories high except for a one-story wing projecting to the northeast. The irregular plan and varied heights together with wall dormers and an entrance porch result in a complex roof and a picturesque composition of volumes. Decorative details include half timbering, casement windows, and rustic shutters. The house is a curious version of the Tudor Revival style. *P3b Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) HP2 Single family property *P4. Resources Present: ® Building ❑ Structure ❑ Object ❑ Site ❑ District ❑ Element of District a Other (isolates, etc.) P5b. Description of Photo: (View, date, accession #) 1449 Edgewood Dr: view northeast; 09/14/99; by B. Vahev: roll BRV-79, neg #13 *P6. Date Constructed/Age and Source: ® Historic 0 Prehistoric 0 Both 1929: Palo Alto Times *P7. Owner and Address: Philip & Bonnie Stein 1449 Edgewood Dr Palo Alto CA 94301 *P8. Recorded by: (Name, affiliation, and address) Michael Corbett, Dames & Moore 221 Main Street, Suite 600 San Francisco, CA 94105 *P9. Date Recorded: May 12. 2000 *P10. Survey Type: (Describe) Intensive P11. Report Citation*: (Cite survey report and other sources, or enter "none".) Palo Alto Historic Survey Update (Corbett and Bradley for Dames & Moore, 2000) *Attachments: 0 NONE ® Location Map ❑ Sketch Map n Continuation S o Archaeological Record 0 District Record ❑ Linear Feature Record ❑ Milli o Artifact Record ❑ Photograph Record 0 Other (List) beet 0 Building, Structure and Obje Packet Pg. 47 t Record d DPR 523A (1195►1 EDGE1449.F1 •Required information. State of California — The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION Primary #„ HRI # BUILDING, STRUCTURE, AND OBJECT RECORD Page 2 of 4 *Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder) 144 Edgewood Dr B1. Historic Name: B2. Common Name: B3. Original Use: B4. Present Use: Single family property *B5. Architectural Style: Tudor Revival •B6. Construction History: (Construction date, alterations, and date of alterations} 1929: Built (Palo Alto Times) 1965: Conversion of storage shed to studio 1983: Kitchen remodel Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package *NRHP Status Code 3S *B7. Moved? ® No 0 Yes 0 Unknown Date: Original Location: *B8. Related Features: studio B9a. Architect: b. Builder: H.H. Dabinett *B10. Significance: Theme E.F. Roth Area Palo Alto Period of Significance 1929-1950 Property Type Residential Applicable Criteria B (Discuss importance in terms of historical or architectural context as defined by theme, period, and geographic scope. Also address integrity.) History Site: A Map of the City of Palo Alto Showing the City Limits on January 1, 1921 identified all the land on which Crescent Park no. 2 was to be built as undeveloped and belonging to "Jesurun." This area remained undeveloped at the time of the City Map of 1924, but by July 1929, the streets had been laid and the blocks subdivided into lots. The single family residence at 1449 Edgewood Drive occupied two of the lots drawn on the City Map of 1929 (lots 6 and 7 of Block 121), but the house was built on only one of them (no. 7) as though the owners anticipated selling off the other. This in fact was done but not until about 1968 when 1441 Edgewood Drive first appeared in the City Directory "under const." Structure: The Palo Alto Times printed, on 14 June 1929, a building permit notice for the construction of a new residence at 149 Edgewood (renumbered 1449 Edgewood after 1949). This notice named Harry Dabinett the builder, E.F. Roth the owner, and $17,000 the cost. Building and Engineering News noted the same project on 22 June 1929. The Palo Alto City Directory first listed the address in the edition of 1930, at which time E. Frederick and Josephine Roth were listed as owner occupants. This address was the first listing on Edgewood Drive and would remain the only one on the street until 1932. Dr. and Mrs. Roth continued to be listed here through 1950. The Assessor's records included a building permit dated 1965 for the conversion of See continuation sheet 811. Additional Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) *B12. References: See continuation sheet. B13. Remarks: *814. Evaluator: Michael Corbett Date of Evaluation: May 12. 2000 (This space reserved for official comments) (Sketch map with north arrow required) Packet Pg. 48 DPR 523B 11!95) EDGE1449.F1 *Required Information State of California — The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION KRI/Trinomial CONTINUATION SHEET Page 3 of 4 Resource Identifier: 1449 Edgewood Dr Recorded by Michael Corbett/Steve Hardy (history) *Date May 12, 2000 ® Continuation 0 Update Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package History (continued) a storage shed to a studio, another permit dated 1983 for the remodeling of a bathroom, and a note about the remodeling of the kitchen but no indication of significant alteration. Use: The Roth family, that commissioned the construction of the ten room single-family residence at 1449 Edgewood Drive, was the only one to live there throughout our period of inquiry. Dr. Earl Frederick Roth was, according to a Palo Alto Times obituary, a prominent local physician, physician for Stanford's athletic teams from 1925 to 1960, "one of the pioneers in successful orthopedic surgery," and one of the founders of the Palo Alto Medical Clinic in 1929. His mother, Mrs. Beckley Roth, lived with the Roths until her death in 1948. Evaluation This house, at 1449 Edgewood Drive, appears eligible for the NRHP under criterion B at the local level of significance. The period of significance is 1929 to 1950 when the Roths lived there. The house is significant as the home of Dr. E.F. Roth, a founder of the Palo Alto Medical Clinic and a prominent physician. References Building and Engineering News. June 22, 1929. California Office of Historic Preservation. Instructions for Nominating Historical Resources to the California Register of Historic Resources. Sacramento, CA. August 1997. Palo Alto City Directory. 1930-1953. Palo Alto Historic Survey Update. Property File. Palo Alto Times. June 14, 1929; Obituary of Lena B. Roth, February 26, 1948; Obituary E.F. Roth, April 4, 1972; Letter "Dr. Roth linked 2 medical eras," April 6, 1972. Sanborn Map Company. Insurance Maps of Palo Alto. New York: 1924; revisions to 1949. Santa Clara County. Tax Assessor. Assessment Record. 1949, 1966, 1967. United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, National Register Bulletin 15: How to Apply the National Register Criteria for Evaluation. Winslow, Ward and the Palo Alto Historical Association. Palo Alto: A Centennial History. Palo Alto: Palo Alto Historical Association, 1993. Packet Pg. 49 DPR 523L (1/95) EDGE1449.F1 •Required Information State of California -- The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRf# LOCATION MAP Trinomial Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package Page of 4 *Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder) 1449 Edgewood Dr *Map Name: Palo Alto Planning Dent. GIS *Scale: 1 ":80' *Date of Map: 1999 DPR 523J (1/951 This docunad h a reprrdatD, only of best avala6N souroaL TM Cky d Palo Mb muses no responsibilly ter arty wort *RegJred Infant:lon Packet Pg. 50 PAGE &TURNBULL 1215 EMERSON STREET APN: 124-12-016 Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package 1997-2001 SURVEY UPDATE SUMMARY Identified National Register Criteria of Significance: Criterion B (Persons) Identified Period of Significance: 1917-1936 Summary of Significance: 1215 Emerson Street was found eligible for its association with Arthur Martin Cathcart, who was a local city council member and a Stanford University professor during his years of residence at the subject building. Cathcart was known as a leader in civic affairs of Palo Alto during his period of residence at the subject building. 2023 RECONNAISSANCE SURVEY SUMMARY Alterations Since 2001: No alterations identified. Status in 2023: Extant, retains historic integrity. Recommended Revisions to Significance: None. Figure 2: 2023 Reconnaissance Survey photograph. Figure 1: 1997-2001 Survey Update photograph. RECOMMENDATION FOR LISTING IN THE PALO ALTO HISTORIC INVENTORY Palo Alto Historic Inventory Criteria for Designation: Criterion 1 (The structure or site is identified with the lives of historic people or with important events in the city, state or nation) Statement of Significance: 1215 Emerson Street is significant for its association with Arthur Martin Cathcart, who was a local city council member and a Stanford University professor during his years of residence at the subject building. 1215 Emerson Street was his personal residence while he was known as a leader in the civic affairs of Palo Alto. Therefore, the building is sufficiently associated with the life and achievements of Arthur Cathcart as a civic leader. The building has a high level of integrity. Period of Significance: 1917-1936 Palo Alto Historic Inventory Category: Category 2 Imagining change in historic environments through design, research, and technology 170 MAIDEN LANE, 5TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94108 TEL 415 3 JL-✓ Packet Pg. 51 State of California — The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION PRIMARY RECORD Primary # HRI # Trinomial Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package NRHP Status Code 3S Other Listings Review Code Reviewer Date Page 1 of 4 *Resource Name or #: (Assigned by recorder) 1215 Emerson St P1. Other Identifier: 1215 Emerson St P2. Location: 0 Not for Publication la Unrestricted *a: County Santa Clara and (P2c,P2e, and P2b or P2d. Attach Location Map as necessary.) *b. USGS 7.5' Quad Palo Alto, CA Date 1991 T ; R _• _1/4 of _Y. of Sec . B.M. c. Address 1215 Emerson St City Palo Alto Zip 94301 d. UTM: (Give more than one for large and/or linear resources) Zone —• mE/ mN *e. Other Locational Data: (e.g., parcel #, directions to resource, elevation, etc., as appropriate) APN 124 12 016 *P3a. Description: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries) The house at 1215 Emerson Street is a wood -frame structure clad in shingles and covered by a hip roof. It is generally T-shaped in plan with projecting wings near the front of each side that expand the width of the house. A central entrance porch helps establish a symmetrical character to the main volume of the house. This house has a simple design that loosely derives from Colonial Revival and Craftsman architecture. *P3b Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) HP2 Single family property *P4. Resources Present: N Building 0 Structure ❑ Object 0 Site 0 District 0 Element of District 0 Other (isolates, etc.) P5b. Description of Photo: (View, date, accession #) 1215 Emerson St: view northeast: 10/05/99: by B. Vahey; roll BRV-87, neg #18A *P6. Date Constructed/Age and Source: is Historic ❑ Prehistoric ❑ Both 1917: Palo Alto Times *P7. Owner and Address: Robert S Levitskv 630 Lincoln Ave Palo Alto CA 94301 *P8. Recorded by: (Name, affiliation, and address) Michael Corbett. Dames & Moore 221 Main Street, Suite 600 San Francisco. CA 94105 *P9. Date Recorded: Mav 12, 2000 *P10. Survey Type: (Describe) Intensive P11. Report Citation*: (Cite survey report and other sources, or enter "none".) Palo Alto Historic Survey Update (Corbett and Bradley for Dames & Moore, 2000) *Attachments: ❑ NONE ® Location Map 0 Sketch Map cia Continuation Sheet ® Building. Structure and Object Record ❑ Archaeological Record 0 District Record 0 Linear Feature Record 0 Millir Packet Pg. 52 ❑ Artifact Record ❑ Photograph Record 0 Other (List) DPR 523A (1/95)/ EMER1215.F1 *Required information. State of California — The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION FIR( # BUILDING, STRUCTURE, AND OBJECT RECORD Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package Page 2 of 4 *NRHP Status Code 3S *Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder) 1215 Emerson St B1. Historic Name: B2. Common Name: B3. Original Use: B4. Present Use: Sinale family oropertv *B5. Architectural Style: Colonial Revival and Craftsman *86. Construction History: (Construction date, alterations, and date of alterations) 1917: Built (Palo Alto Times) *B7. Moved? No ra Yes 0 Unknown Date: Original Location: *B8. Related Features: B9a. Architect: b. Builder: unknown *B10. Significance: Theme A.M. Cathcart Area Palo Alto Period of Significance 1918-1936 Property Type Residential Applicable Criteria B (Discuss importance in terms of historical or architectural context as defined by theme, period, and geographic scope. Also address integrity.) History Site: The house at 1215 Emerson Street is situated on a corner lot at Emerson Street and Embarcadero Road in Block 15 as it appears on the Map of South Palo Alto dated 1924. Structure: The Palo Alto Times reported, on 29 January 1942, under the heading "25 Years Ago" that A.M. Cathcart started the construction of his residence at the corner of Emerson and Embarcadero on 29 January 1917. Use: According to the Palo Alto City Directory, Arthur Martin Cathcart and his wife Edna Wallace Cathcart were the first residents of the single family residence at 1215 Emerson Street. According to an obituary published in the Palo Alto Times, on 2 November 1949, Mr. Cathcart was working as a lawyer in Colorado Springs when he was visited by David Starr Jordan, the Stanford president, who invited him to join the law faculty. Mr. Cathcart took the job and remained at Stanford from 1904 until he retired at 65 years of age in 1938. After his retirement from Stanford, he spent a year at Duke University and then began teaching at Hastings Law College, commuting to San Francisco five days a week until he was 75 years old. In 1918, just about the time he moved into the new house at 1215 Emerson Street, Mr. Cathcart was appointed to the city council. He retired at the end of 1936, after eighteen years in the city government, because he and his wife were moving to live on the Stanford campus. Winslow identified Cathcart as one of a group of Stanford professors who dominated Palo Alto politically See continuation sheet B11. Additional Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) *B12. References: See continuation sheet. B13. Remarks: *B14. Evaluator: Michael Corbett Date of Evaluation: May 12. 2000 (This space reserved for official comments) (Sketch map with north arrow required) Packet Pg. 53 DPR 523B (1/95) EMER1215.F1 *Required Information State of California — The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI/Trinomial CONTINUATION SHEET Page 3 of 4 Resource Identifier: 1215 Emerson St Recorded by Michael Corbett/Steve Hardv (history) "Date Mav 12, 2000 ® Continuation o Update Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package History (continued) in the 1920s and 1930s. In his 1949 obituary, the Palo A/to Times described him as "for many years a leader in civic affairs, and nationally known authority on constitutional law." Though Mr. Cathcart retired from the Palo Alto City Council at the end of 1936, the City Directory of 1936 listed his house on Emerson Street already occupied by M.H. and Sara Smith. From 1941 to 1943, Stanfords's head football coach Clark Shaugnessy and his wife May lived in the house. Mr. Shaugnessy is reputed to be the inventor of the T -formation, and he led one Stanford team to a victory in the Rose Bowl. Evaluation This house, at 1215 Emerson Street, appears eligible for the NRHP under criterion B at the local level of significance. The period of significance is from 1917 to 1936, when A.M. Cathcart lived here. The house is significant for its association with Cathcart who was an important political figure in Palo Alto from 1918 to 1936. References California Office of Historic Preservation. Instructions for Nominating Historical Resources to the California Register of Historic Resources. Sacramento, CA. August 1997. Detwiler, Justice B., editor. Who's Who in California: A Biographical Directory, 1928-29. San Francisco: Who's Who Publishing Company, 1929. Palo Alto City Directory. 1918-1950. Palo Alto Historic Survey Update. Property File. Palo Alto Times. 17 February 1948, 2 November 1949, 29 November 1949. Sanborn Map Company. Insurance Maps of Palo Alto. New York: 1924. Sanborn Map Company. Insurance Maps of Palo Alto. New York: 1924; revisions to 1949. United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service. National Register Bulletin 15: How to Apply the National Register Criteria for Evaluation. Winslow, Ward and the Palo Alto Historical Association. Palo Alto: A Centennial History. Palo Alto: Palo Alto Historical Association, 1993. Packet Pg. 54 DPR 523L (1/95) EMER1215.F1 *Required Information State of California — The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION LOCATION MAP. Page 4 of 4 *Map Name: Palo Alto Planning Dent. GIS *Scale: 1":80' Primary #; HRI# Trinomial Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package *Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder) 1215 Emerson. St. *Date of Map: 1999 DPR 521111/95) Thin document !a a graphic spna.rUI n Daly o1 bast aval*W sources. Th. Cy a1 Pap Ano mums no maposiAisy for wont. *Required Information Packet Pg. 55 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination PAGE &TURNBULL 1001 FULTON STREET APN: 003-33-037 1997-2001 SURVEY UPDATE SUMMARY Package Identified National Register Criteria of Significance: Criteria A (Events) and B (Persons) Identified Period of Significance: 1944-1976 Summary of Significance: 1001 Fulton Street is significant for its association with Palo Alto's difficult history with Chinese exclusion and racism against Chinese residents; and as the residence of Ngum- you and Rose Jew, who were longtime leaders in Palo Alto's Chinese community. Ngum-you Jew was the first Chinese person to own property within Palo Alto's city limits as early as 1912 (earlier properties owned by Jew, including a house and laundry business on Emerson Street, have since been demolished). 2023 RECONNAISSANCE SURVEY SUMMARY Alterations Since 2001: Addition and alterations to primary facade; overall form and massing remains. Status in 2023: Extant though altered, retains adequate historic integrity. Recommended Revisions to Significance: None. Figure 1: 1997-2001 Survey Update photograph. Figure 2: 2023 Reconnaissance Survey photograph. RECOMMENDATION FOR LISTING IN THE PALO ALTO HISTORIC INVENTORY Palo Alto Historic Inventory Criteria for Designation: Criterion 1 (The structure or site is identified with the lives of historic people or with important events in the city, state, or nation) Statement of Significance: 1001 Fulton Street is significant as the residence of Ngum-you and Rose Jew from 1944-1976, and for its association with the history of the Chinese community in Palo Alto. Imagining change in historic environments through design, research, and technology 170 MAIDEN LANE, 5TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94108 TEL 415 3 Packet Pg. 56 Palo Alto Historic Inventory Designation Page 2 of 2 Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package Ngum-you Jew was the first person of Chinese ancestry to own property in Palo Alto, and along with his family, were the first Chinese residents to reside outside of select areas that were known to allow Chinese or Black residents. Rose Jew was extremely active in the Chinese community and was a strong advocate of Chinese emigrant children; she took in as many as twenty children at one time to support their transition to the United States. The Jew family operated several Chinese restaurants and a laundry. Several of their businesses and prior homes have been demolished, and the residence at 1001 Fulton Street is one of the few remaining properties with a strong association to the personal and professional accomplishments of the Jews. The building, despite its recent alterations, remains an important site associated with the Chinese community in Palo Alto. Period of Significance: 1944-1972 Palo Alto Historic Inventory Category: Category 2 PAGE & TURNBULL 170 MAIDEN LANE, 5TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFOR Packet Pg. 57 State of California — The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND. RECREATION PRIMARY RECORD Primary # HRI # Trinomial Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J NRHP Status Code 3S Other Listings Review Code Reviewer, Date Page 1 of 5 *Resource Name or #: (Assigned by recorder) 1001 Fulton St P1. Other Identifier: 1001 Fulton St P2. Location: 0 Not for Publication s Unrestricted *a: County Santa Clara and (P2c,P2e, and P2b or P2d. Attach Location Map as necessary.) *b. USGS 7.5' Quad Palo Alto. CA Date 1991 T _• R • _'/+ of '% of Sec ; B.M. c. Address 1001 Fulton St City Palo Alto Zip 94301 d. UTM: (Give more than one for large and/or linear resources) Zone • rnE/ mN *e. Other Locational Data: (e.g., parcel #, directions to resource, elevation, etc., as appropriate) APN 003 33 037 *P3a. Description: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries) This house, at 1001 Fulton, is a one-story wood -frame structure clad in stucco and covered by a red -tiled gable roof. Its footprint is generally rectangular with a slightly projecting bay at the front in the southeast corner and a projecting wing at the rear in the northeast corner. There is a garage at the rear of the house in the basement. The garage is entered by a driveway from Addison Avenue. The design of the house is based on Spanish or early California architecture. Details include wood lintels, iron hardware, casement windows, and a wood paneled door in an arched entry. A renovation of the house in 1995 involved minor changes to the fenestration. *P3b Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) HP2 Single family orooerty *P4. Resources Present: s Building o Structure 0 Object ❑ Site ❑ District 0 Element of District ❑ Other (isolates, etc.) P5b. Description of Photo: (View, date, accession #1 1001 Fulton St; view northeast; 09/14199; by B. Vahev: roll BRV-80, nea #19 *P6. Date Constructed/Age and Source: El Historic ❑ Prehistoric 0 Both ca. 1925-1929; City Directory *P7, Owner and Address: Peter J & Gulati-Sunaina Ruh 1001 Fulton St Palo Alto CA 94301 *P8. Recorded by: (Name, affiliation, and address) Michael Corbett. Dames & Moore 221 Main Street, Suite 600 San Francisco. CA 94105 *P9. Date Recorded: May 15. 2000 *P10. Survey Type: (Describe} Intensive P11. Report Citation*: (Cite survey report and other sources, or enter "none".) Palo Alto Historic Survey Update (Corbett and Bradley for Dames & Moore. 2000) *Attachments: ❑ NONE s Location Map ❑ Sketch Map s Continuation Sheet s Building. Structure and Objet Record ❑ Archaeological Record 0 District Record 0 Linear Feature Record 0 Millir Packet Pg. 58 ❑ Artifact Record 0 Photograph Record 0 Other (List) DPR 523A (1195)! FULT1001.F1 *Required information. State of California — The Resources Agency Primary #_,_,_, DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # BUILDING, STRUCTURE, AND OBJECT RECORD Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package , Page 2 of 5 *NRHP Status Code 3S *Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder) 1001 Fulton St B1. Historic Name: B2. Common Name: B3. Original Use: B4. Present Use: Single family property *85. Architectural Style: Spanish Revival *86. Construction History: (Construction date, alterations, and date of alterations) ca. 1925-1929: Built *B7. Moved? No 0 Yes 0 Unknown Date: Original Location: *B8. Related Features: B9a. Architect: b. Builder: unknown *B10. Significance: Theme A: Chinese in Palo Alto; C: Ncium-you and Rose Jew Area Palo Alto Period of Significance 1944-1976 Property Type Residential Applicable Criteria A and B (Discuss importance in terms of historical or architectural context as defined by theme, period, and geographic scope. Also address integrity.) History Site: The house at 1001 Fulton Street is situated on a 50 -by -112 -foot lot at the northeast corner of Addison Street in Block 88 of the original 1889 subdivision of University Park. Structure: The house at 1001 Fulton Street does not appear on the 1924 Sanborn map. It was first listed in the Palo Alto City Directory of 1929. Use: B.E. and Martha MacGregor were the first occupants of the single family dwelling at 1001 Fulton Street and were first listed there in 1929. They were identified in the directories as owners of the house, and they continued to be listed there through 1942. In 1944 Ngum-you Jew and his wife, Rose, were listed at the address. Mr. Jew died in 1945. Ngum-you Jew was the first Chinese person to own property in Palo Alto — a house and a laundry at 647 and 651 Emerson Street, respectively, in 1912 (since demolished). It seems likely that he and his family were among the first non-white families to own or reside in property outside of a few blocks along Emerson and Ramona streets, 1100 Fife Avenue, downtown Palo Alto, and Mayfield. Until the Lawrence Tract in 1948 and the Eichler developments in the 1950s, the Chinese were excluded from prestigious neighborhoods See continuation sheet B1 1. Additional Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) *B12. References: See continuation sheet. Bi 3. Remarks: *B14. Evaluator: Michael Corbett Date of Evaluation: May 15, 2000 (This space reserved for official comments) (Sketch map with north arrow required) Packet Pg. 59 DPR 523B (1/95) FULT1001.F1 *Required Information State of California — The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION CONTINUATION SHEET Primary # HRIfTrinomial Page 3 of 5 Resource Identifier: 1001 Fulton St Recorded by Michael Corbett/Steve Hardy (history) *Date May 15, 2000 al Continuation ❑ Update Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package History (continued) through formal and informal means, including deed covenants and a hostile social atmosphere (the City Planning Commission discussed excluding the Chinese from Palo Alto in 1919). According to an obituary which appeared in the Palo Alto Times, on 15 June 1945, Mr. Jew had been born in Mayfield in 1879 and had moved inside the Palo Alto city limits in 1912. According to Rose Jew's obituary which appeared in the Palo Alto Times, on 11 August 1976, the family had operated several businesses, including the Shanghai Cafe on Emerson Street and the Varsity Grill, located next door to the VARSITY Theater on University Avenue. Mr. Jew was in the laundry business. The couple had nine children of their own, all of whom graduated from college. They also took in as many as twenty children of Chinese emigrants at a time. After her husband's death, while she was still residing in the Fulton Street house, Mrs. Jew received quite a bit of press attention. According to an article which appeared in the Palo Alto Times, on Christmas Day 1950, her son Louis had been stationed with the Flying Tigers in China during the war. A boy about 7 or 8 years old had traveled 1,000 miles across the country after his parents had been killed by the Japanese. The boy, named Ta-bin Chin, was adopted by the Army Air Corps unit and attached himself to Louis Jew. When the squadron returned to the United States, Ta-bin was a stowaway on their ship. Stateside, he was paroled by U.S. Immigration authorities to Louis Jew's mother who made her way through the red tape, and in 1950 became Ta-bin's legal guardian. At that time, Ta-bin was already attending Palo Alto public schools under a new name, Stephen Chin. Evaluation The house at 1001 Fulton Street appears eligible for the NRHP under criteria A and B at the local level of significance. The period of significance is from 1944, when the Jews moved in, until Mrs. Jew died in 1976. Under criterion A, this house represents the exclusion and eventual acceptance of Chinese people in Palo Alto society. Under criterion B, it was the home of Ngum-you and Rose Jew, long-time leaders of the Chinese community in Palo Alto. References California Office of Historic Preservation. Instructions for Nominating Historical Resources to the California Register of Historic Resources. Sacramento, CA. August 1997. Palo Alto. City Planning Commission. Minutes. 9 January 1919. Palo Alto City Directory. 1929-1948. Palo Alto Historic Survey Update. Property File. Palo Alto Times. "Ngum You Jew dies at home here," 15 June 1945. "Stevie Chin now all set up as adopted son of Rose Jew," 25 April 1950. "It's to be a grand occasion today for the family of Mrs. Rose Jew," 25 December 1950, "Rose Jew, community leader, dies," 11 August 1976. Pond, Stephen and Mark Sahkyver, designers. "Ruh Family Residence Renovation: 1001 Fulton Street," drawings. 5 July 1995. Sanborn Map Company. Insurance Maps of Palo Alto. New York: 1924. Sanborn Map Company. Insurance Maps of Palo Alto. New York: 1924; revisions to 1949. Santa Clara County. Tax Assessor. Assessment Record. 1949, 1967. United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service. National Register Bulletin 15: How to Apply the National Register Criteria for Evaluation. Packet Pg. 60 DPR 523L (1)95) FULT1001.F1 *Required Information State of California — The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI/Trinomial CONTINUATION SHEET Page 4 of 5 Resource Identifier: 1001 Fulton St Recorded by Michael Corbett *Date May 15, 2000 ® Continuation 0 Update Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package References (continued) Winslow, Ward and the Palo Alto Historical Association. Palo Alto: A Centennial History. Palo Alto: Palo Alto Historical Association, 1993. Wooley, Gail. Chinese in Palo Alto. PAHA files. 1998. Packet Pg. 61 LPR 523L (1/95) FULT1001.F1 *Required Information State of California — The Resources Agency Primary DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI# .LOCATION MAP . Trinomial Page . of _;L •Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder) 1001 Fu ton $t *Map Name: Palo Alto Planning Dent. GIS *Scale: 1":80' Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package *Date of Map: 1999 Packet Pg. 62 PAGE &TURNBULL 551 HALE STREET APN: 003-05-021 1997-2001 SURVEY UPDATE SUMMARY r Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination ���777�+ Package Identified National Register Criteria of Significance: Criteria A (Events) and B (Persons) Identified Period of Significance: 1939-1950 Summary of Significance: 551 Hale Street was found significant for its role in the early electronics industry and for its association with the work of Curt and Gerhard Fisher, who were pioneers in the field. 2023 RECONNAISSANCE SURVEY SUMMARY Alterations Since 2001: Some windows replaced; front door replaced; solar panels installed on roof. Status in 2023: Extant, retains historic integrity. Recommended Revisions to Significance: The significance of 551 Hale Street is revised to focus on the life of Gerhard Fisher, with a period of significance from 1940 to ca. 1976, corresponding to the years that Fisher was known to have lived at the property. Mention of Curt Fisher has been omitted as 551 Hale Street was not his personal residence and his affiliation with the property is through his brother, Gerhard. The significance of the building as expressing the role of the early electronics industry in Palo Alto has also been omitted as this significance would likely be more clearly expressed with an association with the extant, former office/laboratory locations of Fisher Research Laboratories. Figure 1: 1997-2001 Survey Update photograph. Figure 2: 2023 Reconnaissance Survey photograph. Imagining change in historic environments through design, research, and technology 170 MAIDEN LANE, 5TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94108 TEL 415 3 ,C-, Packet Pg. 63 Palo Alto Historic Inventory Designation Page 2 of 2 Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package RECOMMENDATION FOR LISTING IN THE PALO ALTO HISTORIC INVENTORY Palo Alto Historic Inventory Criteria for Designation: Criterion 1 (The structure or site is identified with the lives of historic people or with important events in the city, state, or nation) Statement of Significance: 551 Hale Street is significant for its long-time association with the inventor and engineer Gerhard Fisher. Fisher's work in the mechanics of radio transmission, development of the hand-held metal detector (the Metalloscope or M -Scope), and establishment of Fisher Research Laboratories in 1931 predated his residence at 551 Hale Street; however, the success of these endeavors led him to purchase and reside at the subject building from 1940 to at least 1976. Gerhard's period of residence at 551 Hale Street coincided with the nearly 30 years that he was the president of Fisher Research Labs. He retired in 1967. While other buildings are associated with Gerhard Fisher and the Fisher Research Labs, those buildings that are extant were either affiliated primarily with the work of Fisher Research Labs or are limited to brief periods of time. These include the former business location at 745 Emerson Street (extant) from 1936 to 1939 or the garage within which Gerhard invented the M -Scope in 1931, which may have been located on Bryant Street. 551 Hale Street, however, has a long association with Gerhard Fisher, serving as his long-term personal residence. The building, despite recent alterations, retains adequate historic integrity to express its connection to the period of ownership and life of Gerhard Fisher. Period of Significance: 1940 -ca. 1976 Palo Alto Historic Inventory Category: Category 2 PAGE & TURNBULL 170 MAIDEN LANE, 5TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFOR Packet Pg. 64 rl(II I IVU Itl Yi_3-JVCJIJ.Y State of California — The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION PRIMARY RECORD Primary # Item 2 Attachment A - January HRI # 11, 2024 Nomination Trinomial ` Package J NRHP Status Code 3S Other Listings Review Code Reviewer Date Page 1 of 4 *Resource Name or #: (Assigned by recorder) 551 Hale St P1. Other Identifier: 551 Hale St P2. Location: ❑ Not for Publication a Unrestricted *a: County San3a Clara and (P2c,P2e, and P2b or P2d. Attach Location Map as necessary.) *b. USGS 7.5' Quad Palo Alto, CA Date 1991 T • R _; _'A of _%4 of Sec . B.M. c. Address 551 Hale St City Palo Alto Zip 94301 d. UTM: (Give more than one for large and/or linear resources) Zone _; mE/ mN *e. Other Locational Data: (e.g., parcel #, directions to resource, elevation, etc., as appropriate) APN 003 05 021 *P3a. Description: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries) The house at 551 Hale is a 11/2 -story, wood -frame structure clad in stucco. It is in a rectangular plan with its long side facing the street. It is covered by a gable roof with a long shed dormer. The house is in the Colonial Revival style, characterized by a symmetrical composition with a central entrance, multi -paned window sash, and shutters. The house appears to have been substantially enlarged at the rear and the stucco exterior cladding may have been replaced. *P3b Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) HP2 Single family property *P4. Resources Present: a Building 0 Structure 0 Object 0 Site 0 District 0 Element of District El Other (isolates, etc.) P5b. Description of Photo: (View, date, accession #) 551 Hale S.t:. view northeast: 09/14/99: by B. Vahey: roll BRV-80. nea #14 *P6. Date Constructed/Age and Source: a Historic 0 Prehistoric 0 Both 1939: Daily Pacific Builder *P7. Owner and Address: Delbert W & Janet Yocam 551 Hale St Palo Alto CA 94301 *P8. Recorded by: (Name, affiliation, and address) Michael Corbett. Dames & Moore 221 Main Street. Suite 600 San Francisco, CA 94105 *P9. Date Recorded: February 23. 2000 *P10. Survey Type: (Describe) Intensive P11. Report Citation*: (Cite survey report and other sources, or enter "none".) Palo Alto Historic Survey Update (Corbett and Bradley for Dames & Moore. 2000) *Attachments: 0 NONE is Location Map 0 Sketch Map a Continuation ❑ Archaeological Record 0 District Record 0 Linear Feature Record 0 Mill ❑ Artifact Record 0 Photograph Record ❑ Other (List) Packet Pg. 65 ct Record rd DPR 523A (1/9511 HALE551.F1 *Required information. State of California — The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # BUILDING, STRUCTURE, AND OBJECT RECORD Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package l Page 2 of *NRHP Status Code 3S *Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder) 551 Hale St B1. Historic Name: B2. Common Name: B3. Original Use: B4. Present Use: Single family oroperty *B5. Architectural Style: Colonial Revival *B6. Construction History: (Construction date, alterations, and date of alterations) 1939: Built (Daily Pacific Builder) *B7. Moved? ® No 0 Yes ❑ Unknown Date: Original Location: *B8. Related Features: B9a. Architect: b. Builder: John Christiansen *B10. Significance: Theme A: early electronics industry. B: Curt Fisher and Gerhard Fisher Area Palo Alto Period of Significance 1939-1950 Property Type Residential Applicable Criteria A and B (Discuss importance in terms of historical or architectural context as defined by theme, period, and geographic scope. Also address integrity.) History Site: The house at 551 Hale is situated on an 80 -by -165 -foot lot in Block 70 according to an alteration of the original 1889 subdivision of University Park that called for the re -subdivision and relocation of blocks 68, 70, 85, F, and H. Structure: The Daily Pacific Builder reported, on 26 September 1939, the construction, at an estimated cost of 87,000, of a new two-story residence at 551 Hale. John Christiansen was both owner and builder. The Palo Alto City Directory first listed the address in its edition of 1940 at which time the house was occupied by Curt Fisher. Use: The single family residence at 551 Hale was first listed in the Palo Alto City Directory of 1940 as the home of Curt Fisher who was identified as a technician at the Fisher Research Labs. The City Directory of 1941 listed the address as the home of Gerhard and Emma Fisher and continued to list them there at least into the 1950s. Gerhard Fisher was Curt Fisher's brother. According to an obituary that appeared in the San Jose Mercury News on 13 May 19$8, Gerhard Fisher was born in Landshut, Germany in 1899. He did radio communications work in the German Army on the Western Front in the First World War. At the end of the war, he enrolled as an engineering student at the University of Dresden. When he graduated in 1923, the financial crisis in Germany had made a wreck of its economy, so Mr. Fisher left to work in Sweden. From there he came to the United States, worked in his field in New York with the help of Lee de Forest, and, in 1926, motorcycled across the country See continuation sheet B11. Additional Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) *B12. References: See continuation sheet. B13. Remarks: *814. Evaluator: Michael Corbett Date of Evaluation: February 23. 2000 (This space reserved for official comments) (Sketch map with north arrow required) Packet Pg. 66 DPR 523B (1/95) HALE551.F1 *Required Information State of California -- The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRIITrinomial CONTINUATION SHEET Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package Page 3 of 4 Resource Identifier: 551 Hale St Recorded by Michael Corbett/Steve Hardy (history) *Date February 23. 2000 ® Continuation ❑ Update History (continued) to Palo Alto. He set up a workshop in his garage and sent back to Sweden for his fiance, Emma Jenner Borg. The two of them were married in Palo Alto in 1927. Together with his brother, Curt, Mr. Fisher established Fisher Research Laboratories in 1931, and they became pioneers of electronic and radio engineering and of the electronics industry in and around Palo Alto. As long ago as 1961, the San Jose Mercury News referred to the Fisher Brothers as "the real pioneers of the Santa Clara Valley's recently blooming electronics industry." Among his inventions, "He will probably be best remembered for his invention of the M scope, an instrument still being manufactured and used around the world to locate buried objects." In the 1930s, he developed radio direction finders for the Navy: "The principle is now routinely employed in aircraft control." Evaluation This house, at 551 Hale, appears eligible for the NRHP under criteria A and B at the local level of significance. The period of significance is 1939 to at least 1950, the period during which the Fishers lived there. Under criterion A, it is significant for its association with the early electronics industry. Under criterion B, it is significant as the home of Curt Fisher and then Gerhard Fisher, pioneers in the American electronics industry. The house has been altered with a substantial extension to the rear and perhaps with new stucco on the exterior walls. Because it is significant for its historical associations only (not for its architecture), it appears to retain integrity. Additional research in the city's building records and in old photographs could result in a different understanding of these alterations and of the integrity of the house. References California Office of Historic Preservation. Instructions for Nominating Historical Resources to the California Register of Historic Resources. Sacramento, CA. August 1997. Daily Pacific Builder. 26 September 1939. Miller, Guy. Palo Alto Community Book. "Gerhard J.K. Fisher." Palo Alto City Directory. 1940-1950, Palo Alto Historic Survey Update. Property File. Palo Alto Times. 23 September 1939. San Jose Mercury News. 13 May 1988. United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service. National Register Bulletin 15: How to Apply the National Register Criteria for Evaluation. Packet Pg. 67 DPR 523L (1/95) HALE551.F1 *Required Information PAGE &TURNBULL 230 KELLOGG AVENUE APN: 124-16-012 1997-2001 SURVEY UPDATE SUMMARY Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination &TPackage Identified National Register Criteria of Significance: Criterion B (Persons) Identified Period of Significance: 1916-1938 Summary of Significance: 230 Kellogg Avenue was found significant for its association with Emma Blair, the first woman to be a member of the Palo Alto City Council. 2023 RECONNAISSANCE SURVEY SUMMARY Alterations Since 2001: Shutters removed; no other alterations visible. Status in 2023: Extant, retains historic integrity. Recommended Revisions to Significance: The period of significance has been revised to begin in 1911, the year that the building was constructed for Emma Blair, due to the availability of new information.' Figure 2: 2023 Reconnaissance Survey photograph. Figure 1: 1997-2001 Survey Update photograph. RECOMMENDATION FOR LISTING IN THE PALO ALTO HISTORIC INVENTORY Palo Alto Historic Inventory Criteria for Designation: Criterion 1 (The structure or site is identified with the lives of historic people or with important events in the city, state or nation) Statement of Significance: 230 Kellogg Avenue is associated with Emma Belle Blair, and served as her personal residence from when she had it constructed in 1911 until her death in 1938. Blair was 1 "Growth of South Palo Alto Rapid." Daily Palo Alto Times. January 4, 1912. Imagining change in historic environments through design, research, and technology 170 MAIDEN LANE, 5TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94108 TEL 415 3 Packet Pg. 68 Palo Alto Historic Inventory Designation Page 2 of 2 Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package notably the first woman to serve on the Palo Alto City Council and her home is sufficiently associated with her civic and personal accomplishments in Palo Alto. Period of Significance: 1911-1938 Palo Alto Historic Inventory Category: Category 2 PAGE & TURNBULL 170 MAIDEN LANE, 5TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFOR NI Packet Pg. 69 1 ILL YI J'JOG- J I State of California — The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION Primary # HRI # PRIMARY RECORD Trinomial _. .. Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package NRHP Status Code 3S Other Listings . .... .. ., . .. Review Code Reviewer Date Page 1 of 4 *Resource Name or #: (Assigned by recorder) 230 Kellogg Ave P1. Other Identifier: 230 Kellogg Ave P2. Location: 0 Not for Publication ® Unrestricted *a: County Santa Clara and (P2c,P2e, and P2b or P2d. Attach Location Map as necessary.) *b. USGS 7.5' Quad Palo Alto, CA Date 1991 T _; R , _'Y. of _% of Sec . B.M. c. Address 230 Kellogg Ave City Palo Alto Zip 94301 d. UTM: (Give more than one for large and/or linear resources) Zone • mE/ mN *e. Other Loeational Data: (e.g., parcel #, directions to resource, elevation, etc., as appropriate) APN 124 16 012 *P3a. Description: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries) This house at 230 Kellogg is a small, one-story, wood -frame bungalow with a low-pitched gable roof. It was originally clad in stucco above a base of wide clapboards. Its appearance has been altered by the addition of a brick veneer base across the front. The doors to the building also appear to be altered. If it was originally a single -unit dwelling, a door must have been added when it became a duplex — this would have occurred while Emma Blair owned the building and lived in it. *P3b Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) HP2 Single family property *P4. Resources Present: ® Building ❑ Structure ❑ Object 0 Site 0 District 0 Element of District 0 Other (isolates, etc.) P5b. Description of Photo: (View, date, accession #) 230 Kellogg Ave; view southeast; 09116199; by B. Vahev; roll BRV-81, nea #5 *P6. Date Constructed/Age and Source: ® Historic ❑ Prehistoric ❑ Both 1916; Metroscan *P7. Owner and Address: Craig & Fields Erika Jurnev PO Box Q Stanford CA 94309 *P8. Recorded by: (Name, affiliation, and address) Michael Corbett. Dames & Moore 221 Main Street. Suite 600 San Francisco, CA 94105 *P9. Date Recorded: February 23, 2000 *P10. Survey Type: (Describe) Intensive P11. Report Citation*: (Cite survey report and other sources, or enter "none".) Palo Alto Historic Survey Update (Corbett and Bradley for Dames & Moore, 2000) *Attachments: 0 NONE ® Location Map 0 Sketch Map ® Continuation S o Archaeological Record ❑ District Record ❑ Linear Feature Record 0 Milli ❑ Artifact Record ❑ Photograph Record 0 Other (List) Packet Pg. 70 t Record d DPR 523A (1195)1 KELL230.F1 *Required Information. State of California - - The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # BUILDING, STRUCTURE, AND OBJECT RECORD Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package Page 2 of 4 *NRHP Status Code 3S *Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder) 230 Kellogg Ave B1. Historic Name: B2. Common Name: B3. Original Use: B4. Present Use: Single family property *B5. Architectural Style: Bungalow *B6. Construction History: (Construction date, alterations, and date of alterations) 1916: Built (Metroscan) unknown date: Addition of shutters on front windows to brick veneer base *B7. Moved? ® No 0 Yes ❑ Unknown Date: Original Location: *B8. Related Features: B9a. Architect: b. Builder: unknown *B10. Significance: Theme Emma Blair Area Palo Alto Period of Significance 1916-1938 Property Type Residential Applicable Criteria B (Discuss importance in terms of historical or architectural context as defined by theme, period, and geographic scope. Also address integrity.) History Site: The duplex at 230 Kellogg is situated on a 50 -by -150 -foot lot in Block 13 of South Palo Alto located in the Seale Addition Subdivision no. 1. Structure: The Santa Clara County MetroScan dates the construction of the duplex at 230 Kellogg to 1916. The Palo Alto City Directory first listed 230 Kellogg in the edition of 1916-1917 at which time Emma B. Blair was the occupant. The other unit of the duplex, numbered 228 Kellogg, was not listed in the City Directory until the edition of 1919-1920. Miss Blair continued to be listed there until 1938, the year of her death. Use: According to an obituary which appeared in the Palo Alto Times, on 11 April 1938, Miss Emma Belle Blair retired from teaching in Pennsylvania in 1910, when she would have been about forty-four years old. In that year, she moved to Palo Alto where she was elected in 1919 to a six year term as the first woman member of the City Council. In one edition of the City Directory, that of 1921-1922, she was identified as working as an accountant. As she was the first resident of the duplex and as she remained until her death in 1938, it seems likely that she was the person who commissioned the construction of the duplex. See continuation sheet 611. Additional Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) *B12. References: See continuation sheet. B13. Remarks: *B14. Evaluator: Michael Corbett Date of Evaluation: February 23. 2000 (This space reserved for official comments) (Sketch map with north arrow required) DPR 523B 11 /95) KELL230.F1 Packet Pg. 71 *Required Information State of California — The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRIITrinomlal CONTINUATION SHEET Page 3 of 4 Resource Identifier: 230 Kellogg Ave Recorded by Michael CorbettlSteve Hardy (history) *Date February 23. 2000 ® Continuation ❑ Update Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package History (continued} After Miss Blair died, a widow named Elsa Garner was listed living in the unit numbered 230 Kellogg, and she continued living there for at least ten years. According to the record in the City Directory, the other unit at 228 Kellogg was occupied according to a pattern typical of rental units. Mrs. R. Madden was listed there as a homekeeper from 1925 through 1932, which means that she was widowed and not employed outside the home. She was followed in 1934 and 1936 by students. From 1938, before Miss Blair died, until 1944, 228 Kellogg was not listed. In 1944, Mary Hartman, an employee at Moffett Field, is listed as living there, and after her from 1946 through 1948, another woman probably widowed, Mrs. G.P. Coake, a teacher was the occupants. Evaluation This building, at 228-230 Kellogg, appears eligible to the NRHP under criterion B. It possesses significance as the home of Emma Blair, first woman member of the Palo Alto City Council. It is eligible at the local level of significance for the period 1916 to 1938. Except for a brick veneer at the base of the front, most alterations appear to have taken place while Emma Blair owned the building and lived in it. References California Office of Historic Preservation. Instructions for Nominating Historical Resources to the California Register of Historic Resources. Sacramento, CA. August 1997. Feuer, Margaret and Courtney Clements. A Walk Through History: Women of Palo Alto. 1994. Palo Alto City Directory. 1916-1950. Palo Alto Times. (obituary Miss Emma Blair) 11 April 1938. Palo Alto Historic Survey Update. Property File. Palo Alto Historic Resources Board Staff Report. 3 June 1998. Sanborn Map Company. Insurance Maps of Palo Alto. New York: 1924. Sanborn Map Company. Insurance Maps of Palo Alto. New York: 1924; revisions to 1949. United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service. National Register Bulletin 15: How to Apply the National Register Criteria for Evaluation. Packet Pg. 72 DPR 523L (1/95) KELL230.F1 'Required Information State of California — The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION LOCATION MAP Primary #, HRI# Tr)namial Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package Page 4 of 4 *Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder} 230 Kelloao Ave_ *Map Name: Palo Alto Planning Dept. GIS *Scale: 1-:80' *Date of Map: 1999 24-1541 124-16-7 7M Ms, .f Palo Alto ®PR 523J (1/95) *Required information 124-16-11 124-16-18 124-16-31 230 Kellogg Ave 124-16-012 124-16-17 124-16.16 124-16.15 124-16-14 124-16-29 124-16.28 This .dociononl Is i paphic dlpr.sMa1bn only of best IV1 a1 Boum. T o Cly b Feb Alb Iutmos no nitiponoliSny for say eiT011. 124-16-18 124.16-20 124-16-25 Packet Pg. 73 PAGE &TURNBULL 1511 MADRONO AVENUE APN: 124-24-005 1997-2001 SURVEY UPDATE SUMMARY Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination ���777�+ Package Identified National Register Criteria of Significance: Criterion B (Persons) Identified Period of Significance: 1927-1937 Summary of Significance: 1511 Madrono Avenue was found eligible for its association with Glenn "Pop" Warner during the years that he coached Stanford University football through its "golden era." 2023 RECONNAISSANCE SURVEY SUMMARY Alterations Since 2001: Chimney tie -bar removed; no other alterations identified. Status in 2023: Extant, retains historic integrity. Recommended Revisions to Significance: None. Figure 1: 1997-2001 Survey Update photograph. Figure 2: 2023 Reconnaissance Survey photograph. RECOMMENDATION FOR LISTING IN THE PALO ALTO HISTORIC INVENTORY Palo Alto Historic Inventory Criteria for Designation: Criterion 1 (The structure or site is identified with the lives of historic people or with important events in the city, state, or nation) Statement of Significance: 1511 Madrono Avenue was the personal residence of Glenn "Pop" Warner during the years that he coached the Stanford University football team through what was regarded as its "golden era." The years in which Warner lived at the subject building correspond closely to the years of the golden era and therefore, this building is closely associated with Warner's professional achievements in football and his time as a significant local resident. The building retains a high level of integrity. Period of Significance: 1927-1937 Palo Alto Historic Inventory Category: Category 2 Imagining change in historic environments through design, research, and technology 170 MAIDEN LANE, 5TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94108 TEL 415 3 Packet Pg. 74 State of California — The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION PRIMARY RECORD Primary # HRI # Trinomial Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package NRHP Status Code 3S Other Listings Review Cade Reviewer Date Page 1 of 4 *Resource Name or #: (Assigned by recorder) 1511 Madrono Ave P1. Other Identifier: 1511 Madrono Ave P2. Location: 0 Not for Publication zi Unrestricted •a: County Santa Clara and (P2c,P2e, and P2b or P2d. Attach Location Map as necessary.) •b. USGS 7.5' Quad Palo Alto. CA Date 1991 T _; R ! _'/4 of Y. of Sec ; B.M. c. Address 1511 Madrono Ave City Palo Alto Zip 943Q6 d. UTM: (Give more than one for large and/or linear resources) Zone _ mEi _ mN 'e. Other Locational Data: (e.g., parcel #, directions to resource, elevation, etc., as appropriate) APN 124 24 005 •P3a. Description: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries) The house at 1511 Madrono Avenue is a wood -frame structure clad in stucco with red -tiled gable and shed roofs. Its L -plan is a complex arrangement of one- and two-story elements including projecting wings, a wide porch with segmental arches, a second story gallery with wood posts, and a porte cochere. Decorative features include arched windows and iron hardware. The design draws on Mediterranean and Spanish architectural sources. *P3b Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) HP2 Single family property *P4. Resources Present: ® Building ❑ Structure 0 Object ❑ Site 0 District ❑ Element of District 0 Other (isolates, etc.) P5b. Description of Photo: (View, date, accession #) 1511 Madrono Ave; view east 09/21/99; by B. Vahev; roll BRV-85, nen #20 *P6. Date Constructed/Age and Source: ra Historic ❑ Prehistoric 0 Both 1927; Palo Alto Times *P7. Owner and Address: Thomas & Linda Hoffman 1511 Madrono Ave Palo Alto CA 94306 *P8. Recorded by: (Name, affiliation, and address) Michael Corbett, Dames & Moore 221 Main Street, Suite 600 San Francisco, CA 94105 *P9. Date Recorded: May 6, 2000 *P10. Survey Type: (Describe) Intensive P11. Report Citation*: (Cite survey report and other sources, or enter "none".) Palo Alto Historic Survey Update (Corbett and Bradley for Dames & Moore, 2000) *Attachments: ❑ NONE z Location Map 0 Sketch Map ® Continuation Sleet ® Building, Structure and Objet Record ❑ Archaeological Record 0 District Record 0 Linear Feature Record 0 Milli d o Artifact Record ❑ Photograph Record 0 Other (List) Packet Pg. 75 DPR 523A (1/95►1 MADR1511.F1 *Required information. State of California — The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION Primary # HRI # BUILDING, STRUCTURE, AND OBJECT RECORD i Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package Page 2 of 4 *NRHP Status Code 3S *Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder) 1511 Madrona Ave B1. Historic Name: B2. Common Name: B3. Original Use: B4. Present Use: Single family property *65. Architectural Style: Mediterranean and Spanish Revival *B6. Construction History: (Construction date, alterations, and date of alterations) 1927: Built (Palo Alto Times) 1948: Alterations *67. Moved? No o Yes ❑ Unknown Date: Original Location: *B8. Related Features: B9a. Architect: b. Builder: Gutshow *810. Significance: Theme Glenn (Pop) Warner Area Palo Alto Period of Significance 1927-1937 Property Type Residential Applicable Criteria B (Discuss importance in terms of historical or architectural context as defined by theme, period, and geographic scope. Also address integrity.) History Site: The house at 1511 Madrono Avenue is situated on an irregularly shaped .22 acre lot, approximately 190 by 105 feet, located at the corner of Madrona and Manzanita in Block 4 of the Southgate subdivision. Structure: The Palo Alto Times reported, on 2 April 1927, the construction of a new residence at 1511 Madrono. The builder was named Gutshow, the owner Glenn Warner and the cost $12,500. The same newspaper reported on the address again, on 8 July 1948, to say that $3,000 worth of alterations were to be undertaken by the builder O.E. Abel at the behest of the then owner Henry Carmean. A plumbing permit, dated 21 April 1974, identified the owner in that year as Mrs. Cecilia M. Carmean. Use: Glenn (Pop) S. Warner, who commissioned the construction of the single family residence at 1511 Madrono in 1927 lived at four different addresses in the Southgate area from 1926 until his death in 1954. He resided at 1511 Madrono from 1927 to 1937, which years correspond pretty closely to those when he, the legendary Pop Warner, coached the Stanford football team through its golden era. According to a eulogy that appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle (9 September 1954), "Pop Warner was a great innovator, probably football's greatest. The catalogue of tricks and techniques he brought to the Pacific See continuation sheet B11. Additional Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) *B12. References: See continuation sheet. B13. Remarks: *814. Evaluator: Michael Corbett Date of Evaluation: May 6, 2000 (This space reserved for official comments) (Sketch map with north arrow required) Packet Pg. 76 DPR 5238 (1195) MADR1511.F1 *Required Information State of California — The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRIITrinomial CONTINUATION SHEET Page 3 of 4 Resource Identifier: 1511 Madrono Ave Recorded by Michael Corbett/Steve Hardy (history) *Date May 6, 2000 ® Continuation 0 Update Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package History (continued) Coast and to Stanford in 1924 would fill a book. He always played it straight, though: 'Be rough, be tough, but don't be dirty!' was his standard. Everybody in football knew Pop Warner was the king of them all, back in the '20s. His death cuts one of the greatest links with football's past." In 1937, Mr. Warner sold the house to Henry E. Carmean and moved down the street to 1585 Madrono. Mr. Carmean resided in the house with his wife until his death in 1 971 . Evaluation The house at 1511 Madrono Avenue appears eligible for the NRHP at the local level of significance under criterion B. The period of significance is from 1927 to 1937, when the builder of the house, Glenn (Pop) Warner, lived there. Mr. Warner was a legendary football coach at Stanford. The house is significant as the home of Pop Warner, one of the best known American football coaches, during his most successful years at Stanford. References California Office of Historic Preservation. instructions for Nominating Historical Resources to the California Register of Historic Resources. Sacramento, CA. August 1997. Detwiler, Justice B., editor. Who's Who in California: A Biographical Directory, 1928-29. San Francisco: Who's Who Publishing Company, 1929. Palo Alto City Directory. 1927-1954. Palo Alto Historic Survey Update. Property File. Palo Alto Times. (obituary Glenn Warner) 8 September 1954. San Francisco Chronicle. ("Pop" Warner's Career) 9 September 1954. Sanborn Map Company. Insurance Maps of Palo Alto. New York: 1924; revisions to 1949. Sanborn Map Company. Insurance Maps of Palo Alto. New York: 1960. United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service. National Register Bulletin 15: How to Apply the National Register Criteria for Evaluation. Packet Pg. 77 DPR 523L 11/95) MADR1511.F1 *Required Information State of California -- The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION LOCATION MAP Trinomial Page „A, of -4 "Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder) 1511 Madrono Ave *Map Name: Palo Alto Planning Deot. GIS *Scale: 1":80. "Date of Map: 199a Primary # HRI# Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package t!. Chr ar Pa to Alto This document is e Rapfdo rapresnealbn only of bait mkt* somas. The Gay of Pab AI4 entrap no raapmslblay or sly arms. 1511 Madrono Ave 124-24-005 cttyatPalo ols 0 a *Required Information Packet Pg. 78 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination PAGE &TURNBULL 211 MIDDLEFIELD ROAD APN: 003-01-035 1997-2001 SURVEY UPDATE SUMMARY Package Identified National Register Criteria of Significance: Criterion B (Persons) Identified Period of Significance: 1926-1939 Summary of Significance: 211 Middlefield Road was found significant for its association with Earl C. Thomas who was a city council member, the Mayor of Palo Alto (1932-35), and a civil engineer involved in many local infrastructure and development projects. 2023 RECONNAISSANCE SURVEY SUMMARY Alterations Since 2001: The front of the building and entry porch were damaged in winter storms in early 2023; proposed renovation of residence will repair the damage in kind. Status in 2023: Extant, retains historic integrity (pending completion of renovation/repair project) Recommended Revisions to Significance: None. Figure 1: 1997-2001 Survey Update photograph. Figure 2: 2023 Reconnaissance Survey photograph. RECOMMENDATION FOR LISTING IN THE PALO ALTO HISTORIC INVENTORY Palo Alto Historic Inventory Criteria for Designation: Criterion 1 (The structure or site is identified with the lives of historic people or with important events in the city, state or nation) Statement of Significance: 211 Middlefield Road is significant as the personal residence of Earl C. Thomas from 1926 to 1939. Thomas was an accomplished civic leader of Palo Alto, who served as a City Council member and as Mayor of Palo Alto from 1932 to 1935 during the height of the Great Depression. Thomas brought his professional knowledge as a noted civil engineer to his civic leadership and is remarkable for illustrating the growing influence of engineering principles to urban Imagining change in historic environments through design, research, and technology 170 MAIDEN LANE, 5TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94108 TEL 415 3 Packet Pg. 79 Palo Alto Historic Inventory Designation Page 2 of 2 Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package issues. Thomas worked on many notable engineering and infrastructure projects in Palo Alto and throughout the Bay Area that demonstrated his professional success from 1920 through the 1940s. His residence at 211 Middlefield Road is sufficiently associated with his varied personal, civic, and professional accomplishments and —once repaired —will continue to retain a high degree of integrity. Period of Significance: 1926-1939 Palo Alto Historic Inventory Category: Category 2 PAGE & TURNBULL 170 MAIDEN LANE, 5TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFOR Packet Pg. 80 IVU LL YIJ-JVL-J1 State of California — The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION Primary # HRI # PRIMARY RECORD Trinomial Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package NRHP Status Code 3S Other Listings Review Code Reviewer Date Page 1 ofd *Resource Name or #: (Assigned by recorder) 211 Middlefield Rd P1. Other Identifier: 211 Middlefield Rd P2. Location: 0 Not for Publication ® Unrestricted *a: County Santa Clara and (P2c,P2e, and P26 or P2d. Attach Location Map as necessary.) *b. USGS 7.5' Quad Palo Alto, CA Date 1991 T ; R Y. of _'i. of Sec : B.M. c. Address 211 Middlefield Rd City Palo Alto Zip 94301 d, UTM: (Give more than one for large and/or linear resources) Zone _. mE1 mN 'e. Other Locational Data: (e.g., parcel #, directions to resource, elevation, etc., as appropriate) APN 003 01 035 *P3a. Description: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries) The house at 211 Middlefield Road is a one-story, wood -frame structure clad in stucco and covered by a hip roof. Its footprint is similar to a common Palo Alto building type of the 1890s -1900s — the square cottage type with a projecting wing and a half porch across the front. The low pitch of the roof, the stucco walls, and the few simple ornamental embellishments {overhanging eaves with paneled soffits, patterned window mullions, and encircling molding at the window sill line) that establish its horizontal character also establish a stylistic overlay of a Prairie Style bungalow, *P3b Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) HP2 Single family oropertv *P4. Resources Present: Building ❑ Structure ❑ Object ❑ Site ❑ District ❑ Element of District ❑ Other /isolates, etc.) P5b. Description of Photo: (View, date, accession #) 211 Middlefield Rd; view northeast; 09/13/99: by B. Vahev: roll BRV-77, neg #19 *P6. Date Constructed/Age and Source: ® Historic ❑ Prehistoric 0 Both 1920; Building and Engineering News *P7. Owner and Address: Harold B Prince Jr. 211 Middlefield Rd Palo Alto CA 94301 *P8. Recorded by: {Name, affiliation, and address) Michael Corbett. Dames & Moore 221 Main Street, Suite 600 San Francisco, CA 94105 *P9. Date Recorded: March 17, 2000 *P10. Survey Type: {Describe) Intensive P11. Report Citation*: {Cite survey report and other sources, or enter "none".) Palo Alto Historic Survey Update {Corbett and Bradley for Dames & Moore, 2000) *Attachments: ❑ NONE ® Location Map 0 Sketch Map ® Continuation Sheet ® Buildin• Structure and 0b-- t Record ❑ Archaeological Record ❑ District Record ❑ Linear Feature Record ❑ Milli ❑ Artifact Record 0 Photograph Record 0 Other {List) Packet Pg. 81 DPR 523A (1/95)/ MIDD211.F1 *Required information. Item 2 State of California — The Resources Agency Primary # Attachment A - January DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # 11, 2024 Nomination BUILDING, STRUCTURE, AND OBJECT RECORD ` Package Page 2 of 5 *NRHP Status Code 3S *Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder) 211 Middlefield Rd B1. Historic Name: 82. Common Name: B3. Original Use: B4. Present Use: Single family property *B5. Architectural Style: Prairie Style *B6. Construction History: (Construction date, alterations, and date of alterations) 1920: Built (Building and Engineering News) *B7. Moved? ® No 0 Yes 0 Unknown Date: Original Location: *B8. Related Features: B9a. Architect: b. Builder: John Dudfield *B10. Significance: Theme Earl C. Thomas Area Palo Alto Period of Significance 1926-1939 Property Type Residential Applicable Criteria B {Discuss importance in terms of historical or architectural context as defined by theme, period, and geographic scope. Also address integrity.) History Site: The house at 211 Middlefield is situated on a 75 -by -100 -foot lot in Block 47 which was part of the F.M. Greenwood subdivision located in the original University Park section of Palo Alto. Structure: Building and Engineering News reported on 21 April 1920 the construction of a new one-story bungalow at 211 Middlefield by the Palo Alto builder John Dudfield at a cost of $5,000. The Palo Alto City Directory did not list the address until the edition of 1926 at which time the house was owned and occupied by Earl C. and Blanche Thomas. According to an obituary which appeared in the Peninsula Times -Tribune on 17 December 1980, Mrs. Thomas died in the same home she lived in since 1921. This is curious because the property was certainly owned by John and 011ie Springer about 1940. Use: According to the Palo Alto Community Book, Earl C. Thomas, who owned and lived in the single family dwelling at 211 Middlefield at least from 1926 until 1939, was born in Duluth, Minnesota in 1891 and moved with his family to Portland, Oregon in 1901. He graduated from Stanford in 1914, served in France as an army engineer during the First World War, and joined the faculty of Stanford University as an assistant professor of civil engineering in 1920. While on the Stanford faculty, he also worked in topographical engineering, highway, and railroad engineering, concrete technology, and construction engineering. He was also from 1929 until his death in 1948 a member of the Palo Alto City Council, was mayor from 1932 See continuation sheet B11. Additional Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) *B12. References: See continuation sheet. B13. Remarks: *B14. Evaluator: Michael Corbett Date of Evaluation: March 17. 2000 (This space reserved for official comments) (Sketch map with north arrow required) Packet Pg. 82 DPR 523E (1/95) MIDD211.F1 *Required Information State of California — The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI/Trinomial CONTINUATION SHEET Page 3 of 5 Resource Identifier: 211 Middlefield Rd Recorded by Michael Corbett/Steve Hardy (history) *Date March 17, 2000 Continuation 0 Update Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package History (continued) to 1935, and was chairman of the council's committee on public works for nine years. As mayor during the Depression, he was particularly concerned with the effect of city actions on "the man of small income." He was made a professor of civil engineering at Stanford in 1938 and resigned in 1944 to form an engineering firm first called Thomas, Macbee and Whipple and later Thomas and Whipple, both of which were located in Palo Alto. Among his engineering projects: in 1920-1921, he was "field engineer" for the construction of the tall steel radio tower (626 feet) for the Federal Telegraph Company in Palo Alto; in 1922- 1923, he designed harbor structures for Oakland; in 1924-1925, he "was engaged in municipal engineering including design and construction of concrete pavements, water supply systems, sanitary sewers, and drainage" for Mayfield — just before its annexation to Palo Alto; in 1936, he was "in charge of construction engineering on a $4,000,000 cement plant for the Permanente Corporation near Mountain View," followed by a $3,500,000 expansion of that plant; in 1941, he was involved in initial planning on the shipyard for the Todd California Shipbuilding Corporation in Richmond; from 1942 to 1945, he was "in charge of construction engineering on a $12,000,000 metallic magnesium plant project for the Permanente Metals Corporation in Mountain View"; he did extensive work on airports, harbors, and other military and war related facilities during World War II; and from 1943-1946, he was in charge of civil engineering for 25 housing projects of the Federal Public Housing Authority costing more than $7,000,000 (Miller). John E. Springer, who with his wife 011ie Maxwell Springer, owned the house after 1940, was a police judge in Palo Alto from 1929 until his retirement in 1948. He had graduated from Stanford in 1900 and then practiced taw in Zamboaga, the Philippines for thirteen years before returning to Palo Alto. According to an obituary that appeared in the Palo Alto Times on 29 May 1954, he died at his home at 211 Middlefield. Evaluation This house, at 211 Middlefield Road, appears eligible for the NRHP under criterion B at the local level for its association with Earl C. Thomas. The period of significance is from 1926 to at least 1939, when Thomas lived at 211 Middlefield. 211 Middlefield was the home of Thomas from 1926 to at least 1939, encompassing at least ten of the 19 years he served on the City Council and the period 1932 to 1935 when he was the mayor. He was noted for applying his professional knowledge as a civil engineer to city problems. In this way, he represents the contributions of civil engineering to city planning in the first half of the 20th century. In addition, in his professional work he was involved with several of the notable engineering projects of this time around San Francisco Bay involving a range of civil engineering concerns such as harbors, airports, municipal, military, and industrial works. in Palo Alto, he built the Federal Telegraph radio tower and designed the road and sewer infrastructure for Mayfield. References California Office of Historic Preservation. Instructions for Nominating Historical Resources to the California Register of Historic Resources. Sacramento, CA. August 1997. Building and Engineering News. 21 April 1920. Palo Alto City Directory. 1926-1950. Palo Alto Community Book. "Earl Charles Thomas." Palo Alto Historic Survey Update. Property File. Palo Alto Times. 3 January 1921. (obituary Earl Thomas) 9 July 1948. (obituary John Springer) 29 May 1954. Peninsula Times -Tribune. (obituary Blanche E. Thomas) 17 December 1980. Sanborn Map Company. Insurance Maps of Palo Alto. New York: 1924. Packet Pg. 83 DPR 523L (1/95) MIDD211.F1 *Required Information State of California —The Resources Agency State # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRIITrinomial CONTINUATION SHEET Page 4 of 5 Resource Identifier: 211 Middlefield Rd Recorded by Michael Corbett *Date March 17, 2000 Continuation ❑ Update Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package References (continued) Sanborn Map Company. Insurance Maps of Palo Alto. New York: 1924; revisions to 1 949. Santa Clara County. Tax Assessor. Assessment Record. 1924, 1949. United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service. National Register Bulletin 15: How to Apply the National Register Criteria for Evaluation. Packet Pg. 84 DPR 523L (1/95) MIDD211.F1 *Required Information State of California — The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION LOCATION MAP Primary # HRl# Trinomial Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package Page 5 of 5 *Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder) 211 Middlefield Rd "Map Name: Palo Alto Planning Dept, GIS *Scale: 1":80' *Date of Map: 1999 211 Middlefield Rd 003-01-035 The OH7 .f Palo Alto Packet Pg. 85 Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package PROPERTIES PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED IN 1997-2001 SURVEY Properties proposed for designation under Palo Alto Criteria 1 and 2: • Criterion 1 (The structure or site is identified with the lives of historic people or with important events in the city, state, or nation) • Criterion 2 (The structure or site is particularly representative of an architectural style or way of life important to the city, state or nation) Address Criteria Category 509 Coleridge Avenue 1, 2 2 1965 Cowper Street 1, 2 2 2175 Cowper Street 1, 2 2 939 Forest Avenue 1, 2 2 559 Kingsley Avenue 1, 2 2 Page &Turnbull 1 170 MAIDEN LANE, 5TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNI Packet Pg. 86 PAGE &TURNBULL 509 COLERIDGE AVENUE APN: 124-01-019 1997-2001 SURVEY UPDATE SUMMARY Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination ���777�+ Package Identified National Register Criteria of Significance: Criteria B (Persons) and C (Architecture) Identified Period of Significance: 1925-1958 Summary of Significance: 509 Coleridge was found significant under Criteria B and C. Under Criterion B, the building is associated with Armand T. Mercier, who was the president of the Southern Pacific Company during the years of World War II. Under Criterion C, the building is a good example of the Mediterranean Revival style. 2023 RECONNAISSANCE SURVEY SUMMARY Alterations Since 2001: No alterations identified. Status in 2023: Extant, retains historic integrity. Recommended Revisions to Significance: The period of significance for 509 Coleridge Avenue has been revised to end in 1957, which is the year that Armand Mercier died. Figure 2: 2023 Reconnaissance Survey photograph. Figure 1: 1997-2001 Survey Update photograph. RECOMMENDATION FOR LISTING IN THE PALO ALTO HISTORIC INVENTORY Palo Alto Historic Inventory Criteria for Designation: • Criterion 1 (The structure or site is identified with the lives of historic people or with important events in the city, state or nation); • Criterion 2 (The structure or site is particularly representative of an architectural style or way of life important to the city, state or nation) Imagining change in historic environments through design, research, and technology 170 MAIDEN LANE, 5TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94108 TEL 415 3 Packet Pg. 87 Palo Alto Historic Inventory Designation Page 2 of 2 Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package Statement of Significance: The building is significant as a good example of the Mediterranean Revival style in Palo Alto and for its association with Armand T. Mercier, who served as the president of the Southern Pacific Company during the years of American involvement in World War II. Mercier's leadership at the Southern Pacific is notable for beginning just days after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor and the United States' declaration of war and then for being marked by the record - breaking work of the employees of the Southern Pacific during the war years. Mercier lived at 509 Coleridge Avenue with his wife Helen from 1936 until his death in 1957. He appears to have balanced his professional work with a personal interest in camellias and was considered a notable camellia fancier nationwide. The building was Mercier's home during his tenure as the president of the Southern Pacific Company during World War II and is sufficiently associated with his professional and personal accomplishments. The building retains a high level of integrity. Period of Significance: 1925-1957 Palo Alto Historic Inventory Category: Category 2 PAGE & TURNBULL 170 MAIDEN LANE, 5TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFOR NI Packet Pg. 88 Ill ILL Y IJ- JOG-JI State of California — The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION PRIMARY RECORD Primary ....... HRI # Trinomial. NRHP Status Code Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package 3s Other Listings.......... ., Review Cade Reviewer Date Page 1 of 4 *Resource Name or #: (Assigned by recorder) 509 Coleridge Ave P1. Other Identifier: 509 Coleridge Ave P2. Location: 0 Not for Publication ® Unrestricted *a: County Santa Clara and {P2c,P2e, and P2b or P2d. Attach Location Map as necessary.} *b. USGS 7.5' Quad Palo Alto. CA Date 1991 T _; R —• _'A of _'/, of Sec . B.M. c. Address 509 Coleridge Ave City Palo Alto Zip 94301 d. UTM: (Give more than one for large and/or linear resources) Zone _ mE/ mN *e. Other Locational Data: (e.g., parcel #, directions to resource, elevation, etc., as appropriate) APN 124 01 019 *P3a. Description: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries) This house, at 509 Coleridge, is a two-story, wood -frame structure clad in stucco and covered by a red -tiled hip roof. The original footprint of the house is unknown, but its irregular shape shown on the 1949 Sanborn map incorporates unspecified changes made in 1939. As altered in 1939, the house consists of a main, square volume with a projecting wing toward the street and a series of offset volumes at the rear, north of the center of the house. Embellishments of the house include an entrance portico with a segmental pediment, arched windows in the ground floor of the projecting wing, a decorative iron balcony and iron hardware, and operable louvered shutters. The house is in the Mediterranean Revival style. *P3b Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) HP2 Single family property *P4. Resources Present: n Building ❑ Structure ❑ Object 0 Site 0 District 0 Element of District 0 Other (isolates, etc.) P5b. Description of Photo: (View, date, accession #) 509 Coleridge Ave; view north; 10/05/99: by B. Vahev: roll BRV-87, neg #13A *P6. Date Constructed/Age and Source: n Historic ❑ Prehistoric 0 Both 1925; Palo Alto Times *P7. Owner and Address: Gregory & Alice Melchor 635 Emerson St Palo Alto CA 94301 *P8. Recorded by: (Name, affiliation, and address) Michael Corbett. Dames & Moore 221 Main Street, Suite 600 San Francisco. CA 94105 *P9. Date Recorded: February 20. 2000 *P10. Survey Type: (Describe) Intensive P11. Report Citation*: (Cite survey report and other sources, or enter "none".) Palo Alto Historic Survey Update (Corbett and Bradley for Dames & Moore. 2000) *Attachments: 0 NONE ® Location Map 0 Sketch Map ® Continuation Sheet la Building. Structure and Obj t Record ❑ Archaeological Record 0 District Record 0 Linear Feature Record 0 Millir Packet Pg. 89 ❑ Artifact Record ❑ Photograph Record 0 Other (List) DPR 523A (1 /95)/ COLE509.F1 *Required Information. State of California — The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION Primary # HRI # Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination BUILDING, STRUCTURE, AND OBJECT RECORD Page 2 of 4 Package J *NRHP Status Code 3S *Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder) 509 Coleridge Ave B1. Historic Name: B2. Common Name: B3. Original Use: B4. Present Use: Single family DroDertv *B5. Architectural Style: Mediterranean Revival *B6. Construction History: (Construction date, alterations, and date of alterations) 1925: Built (Palo Alto Times) 1939: Repairs unknown date: interior remodelings and addition of detached garage *B7. Moved? ® No 0 Yes 0 Unknown Date: Original Location: *B8. Related Features: B9a. Architect: b. Builder: W.P. Goodenough (1939) *B10. Significance: Theme B: Armand T. Mercer, president of the Southern Pacific Railroad; C: Mediterranean Revival style Area Palo Alto Period of Significance 1925-1958 Property Type Residential Applicable Criteria B and C (Discuss importance in terms of historical or architectural context as defined by theme, period, and geographic scope. Also address integrity.) History Site: The single family dwelling at 509 Coleridge is on a 100 -by -150 -foot Seale Addition lot at the corner of Coleridge and Cowper in what was originally Block No. 29 of South Palo Alto. A Map of South Palo Alto, dated 22 December 1924, showed this property to be a combination of two standard 50 -by -150 -foot parcels (numbers 21 and 22 in Block 29). A Map of the City of Palo Alto, dated November 1924, shows these two parcels as a single property. The dimensions of the lot have not been altered since that time. Structure: The Palo Alto Times recorded building permits on 14 July 1925 and again on 22 July 1925 for a house that it identified as 505 Coleridge. The address was changed to 509 Coleridge. The Pacific Coast Architect, of 1 February 1927, had sketches of the house for J.M. Johnson designed by Lionel H. Pries, architect. Subsequent research has shown that Pries' design was not built. The Santa Clara County MetroScan dates the construction to 1926 and the Palo Alto City Directory lists J.M. Johnson in residence at the time of the updating of information for the 1927 edition. The house would seem, therefore, to have been begun in the latter half of 1925 and completed sometime in 1926. See continuation sheet B11. Additional Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) *B12. References: See continuation sheet. B13. Remarks: *B14. Evaluator: Michael Corbett Date of Evaluation: February 20, 2000 (This space reserved for official comments) (Sketch map with north arrow required) Packet Pg. 90 DPR 523E (1/95) COLE509.F1 *Required information State of California — The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI/Trinomial CONTINUATION SHEET Page 3 of 4 Resource Identifier: 509 Coleridge Ave Recorded by Michael Corbett/Steve Hardy (history) *Date February 20, 2000 In Continuation ❑ Update Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package History (continued) The Daily Pacific Builder, of 7 March 1939, recorded $3,000.00 spent by the owner at that time, A.T. Mercier, to repair the residence. The Palo Alto builder W.P. Goodenough did the work. The tax record also shows building permits having been issued for interior remodeling on a number of occasions and an addition of the detached garage at the front. Use: According to the Palo Alto City Directory J.M. Johnson, who had the house at 509 Coleridge built, was its first occupant. He was listed with no occupation specified for two years, followed by Mrs. A.F. Johnson for one year. Two more occupants were listed at the address for one year each and the house was once listed as vacant. The City Directory, of 1936, listed Armand Mercier, a Southern Pacific Railroad vice president He remained at the address until his death in 1957. The City Directory of 1958 listed Helen Mercier, widow of Armand T. Mercier. According to the Southern Pacific Bulletin at the time of his retirement in 1951, ". . . on December 11, 1941, his 60th birthday, Armand T. Mercier became president of Southern Pacific Company. Just four days after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, he walked into the biggest railroading job ever known. Not only was it his responsibility to keep in efficient operation the great network of rail lines upon which the West and Southwest depend, but to keep the tracks clear for the greatest war load in history. That President Mercier did his job well is a matter of record. Under his inspiring leadership, Southern Pacific men and women broke every record in the Company's history for the handling of passengers and freight during those five crucial war years." The Bulletin also noted a camellia garden at his house: "He has 90 varieties of the shrub and is recognized as one of the countries leading fanciers." Evaluation This house, at 509 Coleridge, appears eligible for the NRHP under criteria B and C at the statewide level of significance. The period of significance is from 1925, when it was built, to 1958, when Mrs. Mercier died. Under criterion B, it was the home of the president of the Southern Pacific Railroad, Armand T. Mercier, during World War II when the railroad played an important role in the war effort. Under criterion C, it is an example of the Mediterranean Revival style. References California Office of Historic Preservation. Instructions for Nominating Historical Resources to the California Register of Historic Resources. Sacramento, CA. August 1997. Daily Pacific Builder. 7 March 1939. Pacific Coast Architect. 1 February 1927. Palo Alto City Directory. 1927-1958. Palo Alto Historic Survey Update. Property File. Palo Alto Times. 14 July 1925, 22 July 1925, 12 December 1941, 16 May 1945, 26 October 1945, 19 October 1951, 22 November 1954. Sanborn Map Company. Insurance Maps of Palo Alto. New York: 1924; revisions to 1949. Santa Clara County. Tax Assessor. Assessment Record. 1949, 1967. Southern Pacific Bulletin. November 1945, January 1950, November 1950, December 1951. United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service. National Register Bulletin 15: How to Apply the National Register Criteria for Evaluation. Who's Who in America. 1940/43. Packet Pg. 91 DPR 523L (1/95) COLE509.F1 *Required Information State of California -- The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION ,LOCATION MAP .. Page ,�, of Primary # HRI# Trinomial Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package *Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder) 509 Coleridae Ave. *Map Name: Palo Alto Planning Dent. GIS *Scale: 1":80' *Date of Map: 1999 124-7-39 124-7-38 124-7-3 Um Clip of Palo Alto 124-1-5 '+ 124-1-17 124-1-18 509 Coleridge Ave 124-01-019 DPR 523,1(1/95) Thb docunsra Is a graphic reprasaMaabn ony al bap avdable sources. 71a• cry al Peb Alb mown no raaparsbILLy for any anon. *Required Intomaflon 124-2-2 Packet Pg. 92 PAGE &TURNBULL 1965 COWPER STREET APN: 124-06-010 1997-2001 SURVEY UPDATE SUMMARY Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package Identified National Register Criteria of Significance: Criteria A (Events), B (Persons), and C (Architecture) Identified Period of Significance: 1932-1953 Summary of Significance: 1965 Cowper Street was found significant under three criteria. Under Criterion A, the residence is an excellent example of the intentions of the developers of the Seale Addition. Under Criterion B, the building is associated with J. Byron Blois, a long-time Palo Alto mayor. And under Criterion C, the building is a good example of the Spanish Colonial Revival as designed by Treichel & Goodpaster. 2023 RECONNAISSANCE SURVEY SUMMARY Alterations Since 2001: No alterations identified. Status in 2023: Extant, retains historic integrity. Recommended Revisions to Significance: Mention of the Criterion A significance identified in the 2001 Survey has been omitted, as the subject building was not the first or last large residential building erected in the Seale Addition and is not known to have served as a catalyst for the development of the neighborhood. Figure 1: 1997-2001 Survey Update photograph. Imagining change in historic environments through design, research, and technology Figure 2: 2023 Reconnaissance Survey photograph. 170 MAIDEN LANE, 5TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94108 TEL 415 3 Packet Pg. 93 Palo Alto Historic Inventory Designation Page 2 of 2 Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package RECOMMENDATION FOR LISTING IN THE PALO ALTO HISTORIC INVENTORY Palo Alto Historic Inventory Criteria for Designation: • Criterion 1 (The structure or site is identified with the lives of historic people or with important events in the city, state or nation); • Criterion 2 (The structure or site is particularly representative of an architectural style or way of life important to the city, state or nation) Statement of Significance: 1965 Cowper Street is associated with local businessman and former Palo Alto Mayor J. Byron Blois, who was the longest serving mayor of Palo Alto from 1940 to 1948. Blois lived at the subject building with his wife from 1932 until 1953. Blois was an influential citizen of Palo Alto and his personal residence is sufficiently associated with his varied personal, civic, and professional achievements. The building is also good example of the Spanish Colonial Revival as designed by Treichel & Goodpaster, who designed the building for local contractor Cleveland Smith as a speculative development. Period of Significance: 1932-1953 Palo Alto Historic Inventory Category: Category 2 PAGE & TURNBULL 170 MAIDEN LANE, 5TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFOR Packet Pg. 94 N., — , .. I L L Y I J -J UL -J , JY State of California — The Resources Agency-...., Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # PRIMARY RECORD Trinomial NRHP Status Code Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package S :Other. L stirigs . ... . . Review C:i<de. Reviewer Date Page 1 of 4 *Resource Name or #: (Assigned by recorder) 1965 Cowper St P1. Other Identifier: 1965 Cowper St P2. Location: 0 Not for Publication ® Unrestricted *a: County Santa Clara and (P2c,P2e, and P2b or P2d. Attach Location Map as necessary.) *b. USGS 7.5' Quad Palo Alto, CA Date 1991 T ; R ; _'Y. of Y4 of Sec B.M. c. Address 1965 Cowper St City Palo Alto Zip 94301 d. UTM: (Give more than one for large and/or linear resources) Zone _; mE/ mN *e. Other Locational Data: (e.g., parcel //, directions to resource, elevation, etc., as appropriate) APN 124 06 010 *P3a. Description: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries) This house, at 1965 Cowper, is an irregular building in plan, with one- and two-story volumes. The largest part of the house is a two-story block at the rear with a forward projecting wing. In the angle formed by these two story sections, there is a one- story section which also has a forward projecting wing. This house is a wood -frame structure clad in stucco and covered by a complex roof system that includes hip, gable, and shed elements. Decorative features include iron hardware, a large arched window facing the street, exposed timber posts and beams under the eaves and on the porches. *P3b Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) HP2 Sinale family property *P4. Resources Present: s Building o Structure ❑ Object ❑ Site ❑ District ❑ Element of District o Other (isolates, etc.) P5b. Description of Photo: (View, date, accession #) 1965 Cowper St: view northeast; 09/16/99; by B. Vahev; roll BRV-82, neg #15 *P6. Date Constructed/Age and Source: E4 Historic ❑ Prehistoric ❑ Both 1932: Palo Alto Times *P7. Owner and Address: Stanley & Suzanne Mantel) 1965 Cowper St Palo Alto CA 94301 *P8. Recorded by: (Name, affiliation, and address) Michael Corbett. Dames & Moore 221 Main Street. Suite 600 San Francisco. CA 94105 *P9. Date Recorded: February 20, 2000 *P10. Survey Type: (Describe) Intensive P11. Report Citation*: (Cite survey report and other sources, or enter "none".) Palo Alto Historic Survey Update (Corbett and Bradley for Dames & Moore, 20001 *Attachments: 0 NONE si Location Map 0 Sketch Map s Continuation S"AAt 22Building, Strunti,rA and Object Record ❑ Archaeological Record 0 District Record ❑ Linear Feature Record o Milli o Artifact Record 0 Photograph Record ❑ Other (List) DPR 523A (1195)1 COWP1965.F1 Packet Pg. 95 *Required Information. State of California — The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION Primary # HRI#. BUILDING, STRUCTURE, AND OBJECT RECORD Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package Page 2 of 4 "NRHP Status Code 3S *Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder) 1965 Cowper St B1. Historic Name: B2. Common Name: B3. Original Use: B4. Present Use: HP2 Simile family property *B5. Architectural Style: Spanish Colonial Revival *B6. Construction History: (Construction date, alterations, and date of alterations) 1932: Built (Palo Alto Times) 1964: Raise foundation, replace stucco, repair termite damage 1968: Kitchen remodel *B7. Moved? ® No 0 Yes 0 Unknown Date: Original Location: *B8. Related Features: B9a. Architect: Treichel and Goodpastor b. Builder: Cleveland Smith *B10. Significance: Theme A: Development of Seale Addition, B: J. Byron Blois, mayor of Palo Alto and local business leader, C: Spanish Colonial Revival Area Palo Alto Period of Significance 1932-1953 Property Type Residential Applicable Criteria A. B. C (Discuss importance in terms of historical or architectural context as defined by theme, period, and geographic scope. Also address integrity.) History Site: The single family residence at 1965 Cowper is located on a 100 -by -100 -foot lot in the Seale Addition No. 4. According to a Map of South Palo Alto, dated 22 December 1924, the parcels in this subdivision were 67 by 110 feet. Of these, the property at 1965 is composed of No. 9 and just less than half of No. 8 in Block No. 71. The Sanborn map of 1949 shows no property line between 1965 and 1985 Cowper. The Map of the City of Palo Alto prepared by the city engineer in May 1949, however, gives 1965 its current property lines. Structure: The Palo Alto Times printed a building permit notice, on 14 January 1932, for a residence at 1965 Cowper. This house (as well as others along this stretch of Cowper) was built on speculation by Cleveland Smith who was a local contractor. The Daily Pacific Builder (1 January 1932) identified the architect as the firm of Treichel and Goodpastor and the cost as $12,500. In 1964, a building permit was issued to increase the height of the existing foundation, to replace stucco and to replace wood damaged by termites. In 1968, another building permit was issued for the remodeling of the kitchen. See continuation sheet B11. Additional Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) *B12. References: See continuation sheet. B13. Remarks: *B14. Evaluator: Michael Corbett Date of Evaluation: February 20. 2000 (This space reserved for official comments) (Sketch map with north arrow required) Packet Pg. 96 DPR 523E (1/95) COWP1965.F1 *Required information State of California -- The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION CONTINUATION SHEET Primary # HRI/Trinormial Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package Page 3 of 4 Resource Identifier: 1965 Cowper St Recorded by Michael Corbett/Steve Hardy (history) *Date February 20. 2000 El Continuation 0 Update History (continued) Use: The Palo Alto City Directory first lists 1965 Cowper in 1934. The first owners of the house were J. Byron and Edna M. Blois who owned the Stanford Laundry located at 252 Forest, Palo Alto. Blois was elected mayor of Palo Alto in 1940, while he lived in this house, and held the position longer than anyone before or since. Blois was president of the State Laundry Owners Association and was a vocal leader in the industry who was sentenced to jail in 1917 for refusing to pay a $25.00 license fee. They remained at the address through 1953. Evaluation This house, at 1965 Cowper, appears eligible for the NRHP under criteria A, B, and C at the local level of significance. The period of significance is 1932, when it was built, through 1953, the entire residency of the Blois family. Under criterion A, the house represents the intentions of the developers of the Seale Addition. Under criterion B, it is significant as the home of J. Byron Blois, long time mayor of Palo Alto and local business leader. Under criterion C, it is an example of the Spanish Colonial Revival style designed by Treichel and Goodpastor. References California Office of Historic Preservation. Instructions for Nominating Historical Resources to the California Register of Historic Resources. Sacramento, CA. August 1997. Daily Pacific Builder. 15 January 1932. Palo Alto City Directory. 1934-1953. Palo Alto Historic Survey Update. Property File. Palo Alto Times. 26 March 1949, 6 December 1917. Peninsula Times Tribune. 30 March 1988. Sanborn Map Company. Insurance Maps of Palo Alto. New York: 1924; revisions to 1949. Santa Clara County. Tax Assessor. Assessment Record. 1949, 1967, 1968. United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service. National Register Bulletin 15: How to Apply the National Register Criteria for Evaluation. Winslow, Ward and the Palo Alto Historical Association. Palo Alto: A Centennial History. Palo Alto: Palo Alto Historical Association, 1993. Packet Pg. 97 DPR 523L (1/95) COWP1965.F1 `Required Information State of California — The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION LOCATION MAP Primary i1Rl# Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package Page of , 4 *Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder) 1965 Cawoer St *Map Name: Palo Alto Planning Dent. GIS *Scale: 1":80" *Date of Map: 1999 E.. CKF .1 Palo Alto LW 523J (1/95) The daamrrraha vapfya apnpnfafbn any of boil wadable mum Tao cly of Palo Alb as moos noroaplMr4fbWy for ary armrt, 1965 Cowper St 124-06-010 This mop le a C) c of ele Mo PGa *Required Information Packet Pg. 98 PAGE &TURNBULL 2175 COWPER STREET APN: 124-04-019 1997-2001 SURVEY UPDATE SUMMARY Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination ���777�+ Package Identified National Register Criteria of Significance: Criteria B (Persons) and C (Architecture) Identified Period of Significance: 1930-1946 Summary of Significance: 2175 Cowper Street was found significant under Criteria B and C. Under Criterion B, the building is significant for its association with Gerda Isenberg, who was chairman of the Palo Alto Fair Plan Committee when it was assisting Japanese Americans in their return from forced internment by the United States government. The building is also significant under Criterion C as a good example of the Colonial Revival style. 2023 RECONNAISSANCE SURVEY SUMMARY Alterations Since 2001: Solar panels installed on roof; no other alterations identified. Status in 2023: Extant, retains historic integrity. Recommended Revisions to Significance: None. Figure 1: 1997-2001 Survey Update photograph. Figure 2: 2023 Reconnaissance Survey photograph. RECOMMENDATION FOR LISTING IN THE PALO ALTO HISTORIC INVENTORY Palo Alto Historic Inventory Criteria for Designation: • Criterion 1 (The structure or site is identified with the lives of historic people or with important events in the city, state or nation); • Criterion 2 (The structure or site is particularly representative of an architectural style or way of life important to the city, state or nation) Imagining change in historic environments through design, research, and technology 170 MAIDEN LANE, 5TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94108 TEL 415 3 JL-✓ Packet Pg. 99 Palo Alto Historic Inventory Designation Page 2 of 2 Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package Statement of Significance: 2175 Cowper Street is associated with local Palo Alto resident Gerda Isenberg, who served as the chairman of the Palo Alto Fair Plan Committee when it was assisting Japanese Americans in their return from forced internment by the United States government at the end of World War II. Isenberg's accomplishments with the Palo Alto Fair Plan Committee are not clearly associated with another known site in Palo Alto, and thus the association with her personal residence is appropriate. The building is also a good example of the Colonial Revival style in Palo Alto. Period of Significance: 1930-1946, beginning with the year of the building's construction and ending with the last year that Gerda Isenberg lived at the subject property. Palo Alto Historic Inventory Category: Category 2 PAGE & TURNBULL 170 MAIDEN LANE, 5TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFOR Packet Pg. 100 r\f, ILL YIJ- JUL-J,JY State of California -- The Resources. Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION PRIMARY RECORD Primary # HRI # Trinomial Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package NRHP Status Code 3S Other Listings Review Code Reviewer Date Page 1 of 4 *Resource Name or #: (Assigned by recorder) 2175 Cowper St P1. Other Identifier: 2175 Cowper St P2. Location: ❑ Not for Publication ® Unrestricted *a: County Santa Clara and (P2c,P2e, and P2b or P2d. Attach Location Map as necessary.) *b. USGS 7.5' Quad Palo Alto, CA Date 1991 T _; R _ _'/, of _% of Sec . B.M. c. Address 2175 Cowper St City Palo Alto Zip 94301 d. UTM: (Give more than one for large and/or linear resources) Zone mE/ mN *e. Other Locational Data: (e.g., parcel /f, directions to resource, elevation, etc., as appropriate) APN 124 04 019 *P3a. Description: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries) This house, at 2175 Cowper, is a two-story, L -plan structure with its primary wing facing the street and a secondary wing projecting to the rear. The two wings are oriented to the northeast and the principal facade faces the southwest and the best exposure to the sun. This is a balloon- or platform -frame structure with sheathing applied to the studs of the frame and clapboard siding nailed to the sheathing. This house is one of the few buildings in Palo Alto identified by the Tax Assessor as having been built with sheathing. Sheathing was recommended in architect's and builder's handbooks as a standard feature for wind resistance, but is was generally not applied because it cbst more money. It may be that it was applied more often than it was recorded by the Tax Assessor. The house is covered by a gable roof. The front of the house is designed in a symmetrical composition with a central projecting entrance portico. The portico shelters an elaborate doorway with sidelights, a fanlight, and a chandelier. The doorway is the same design that reappeared in 1938 in the house at 1401 Edgewood designed by Birge Clark and may be a reproduction of a specific, as yet unidentified doorway. In addition to the entrance, the principal decorative features are the multi -paned windows with shutters, the siding, and shallow eaves. The house is designed in the Colonial Revival style by virtue of its materials, composition, and details. The infrastructure of the landscaping — the brick retaining walls, steps, and sidewalk— reinforce the symmetry and order in the design of the house. *P3b Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) HP2 Single family property *P4. Resources Present: s Building 0 Structure 0 Object 0 Site 0 District 0 Element of District 0 Other (isolates, etc.) P5b. Description of Photo: (View, date, accession #} 2175 Cowper St: view northeast: 09/16/99: by B. Vahev: roll BRV-82. nea #17 *P6. Date Constructed/Age and Source: a Historic 0 Prehistoric 0 Both 1930; Building and Engineering News *P7. Owner and Address: David A & Wisman Tonia Schwartz 2175 Cowper St Palo Alto CA 94301 *P8. Recorded by: (Name, affiliation, and address} Michael Corbett, Dames & Moore 221 Main Street, Suite 600 San Francisco, CA 94105 *P9. Date Recorded: April 10, 2000 *P10. Survey Type: !Describe) Intensive P11. Report Citation*: (Cite survey report and other sources, or enter "none".) Palo Alto Historic Survey Update (Corbett and Bradley for Dames & Moore, 2000) *Attachments: 0 NONE ® Location Map 0 Sketch Map a Continuation Sleet ® Building, Structure and Objet Record ❑ Archaeological Record 0 District Record 0 Linear Feature Record Q Milli Packet Pg. 101 fd ❑ Artifact Record 0 Photograph Record 0 Other (List) DPR 523A (1/951/ C0WP2175.F1 *Required information. State of California — The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # BUILDING, STRUCTURE, AND OBJECT RECORD Page 2 of 4 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package *NRHP Status Code 3S *Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder) 2175 Cowper St B1. Historic Name: B2. Common Name: B3. Original Use: B4. Present Use: HP2 Single family property *B5. Architectural Style: Colonial Revival *B6. Construction History: (Construction date, alterations, and date of alterations) 1930: Built (Building and Engineering News) 1974: Fireplace addition *B7. Moved? El No ❑ Yes 0 Unknown Date: Original Location: *B8. Related Features: B9a. Architect: Erwin Keichel b. Builder: W.F. Klay *B10. Significance: Theme B: Gerda Isenberg, C: Colonial Revival Area Palo Alto Period of Significance 1930-1946 Property Type Residential Applicable Criteria B and C (Discuss importance in terms of historical or architectural context as defined by theme, period, and geographic scope. Also address integrity.) History Site: The residence at 2175 Cowper is situated on the 80 -by -118 -foot parcel No. 19 of the Sherman Subdivision in what was formerly numbered Block 80 of South Palo Alto. There is no evidence of alteration of the lot's boundaries since the time of the original subdivision and the construction of the present house in 1930. Structure: Building and Engineering News printed, on 10 May 1930, a notice of a two-story residence at 2175 Cowper. This notice named the owner as John P. Breedon, the architect as Erwin Reichel, the builder as W.F. Klay, and estimated the cost of construction at $ 15,705. The Palo Alto City Directory began to list the address in the edition of 1931, the Breedons resident. The Assessor's records have an illegible note of alteration dated 1957 as well as a building permit dated 1974 for the addition of a fireplace. Use: John P. and Elizabeth Breedon had the house at 2175 Cowper built for their own residence and used it as such until 1943. The City Directory lists Mr. Breedon as an insurance agent. It also lists John P. Breedon, Jr., a photographer, residing with his parents. From 1944 to 1946, D. Rudolph and Gerda Isenberg were the occupants. Rudolf Isenberg was a farmer and rancher who was interested in airplanes and helped "establish the Palo Alto airport," according to his obituary in the Palo Alto Times. See continuation sheet B11. Additional Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) *B12. References: See continuation sheet. B13. Remarks: *B14. Evaluator: Michael Corbett Date of Evaluation: April 10. 2000 (This space reserved for official continents) (Sketch map with north arrow required) Packet Pg. 102 DPR 523B (1195) COWP2175.F1 *Required Information State of California -- The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION CONTINUATION SHEET Primary # HRI!Tirinomial Page 3 of 4 Resource Identifier: 2175 Cowper St Recorded by Michael Corbett/Steve Hardy {history) *Date April 10. 2000 ® Continuation 0 Update Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package History {continued) Gerda Isenberg was a Chairman of the Palo Alto Fair Play Committee after World War II (when she lived in this house), and helped returning Japanese Americans from the internment camps to "find shelter, funds, and acceptance" {Winslow p. 292). In 1950, after the Isenberg's had moved to Los Altos, she was a leader in the establishment of the Lawrence Tract, "an interracial community" described by the Palo Alto Times as "a bold experiment." Cheney C. Bagby, a real estate agent, and his wife Kathryn lived here from 1948 until 1972. Evaluation This house, at 2175 Cowper, appears eligible for the NRHP under criteria B and C at the local level of significance. The period of significance is 1930, when it was built, to 1946, the last year it was occupied by the Isenbergs. Under criterion B, it is associated with Gerda Isenberg who was chairman of the Palo Alto Fair Plan Committee when that group assisted Japanese Americans returning from internment camps. Under criterion C, the house is a distinguished example of the Colonial Revival style. References Building and Engineering News. 10 May 1930. California Office of Historic Preservation. Instructions for Nominating Historical Resources to the California Register of Historic Resources. Sacramento, CA. August 1997. Palo Alto. Historic Resources Board. Report on 2175 Cowper. 3 September 1997. Palo Alto Historic Survey Update. Property File. Palo Alto Times. "Interracial Housing Subdivision; Construction Starts on first home of 23 -unit Colorado Ave. project; Negro, Caucasian, Oriental families to be accommodated." 23 February 1950. Palo Alto Times. 14 May 1976. Sanborn Map Company. Insurance Maps of Palo Alto. New York: 1924; revisions to 1949. Santa Clara County. Tax Assessor. Assessment Record. 1949, 1958, 1967. United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service. National Register Bulletin 15: How to Apply the National Register Criteria for Evaluation. Winslow, Ward and the Palo Alto Historical Association. Palo Alto: A Centennial History. Palo Alto: Palo Alto Historical Association, 1993. Packet Pg. 103 DPR 523L (1/95) COWP2175.F1 *Required Information State of California — The Resources Agency Primary #t DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI# LOCATION MAP Trinomial Page of _� *Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder) *Map Name: Palo Alto Planning Dept. GIS *Scale: 1":80' T!e Cho of Palo Alto DPR 5LiJ (I lvbl 2175 Cowper St 124-04-019 iatr cloeunwt b a grpphlc rapthe,itlbn arsty of NM amiable Noumea. /be Cry d Palo Albassumes no neporrb ey *or dip anon Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package 2175 Cowoer St *Date of Map: 1999 Memo Is product 0 OW at ROOAtooi8 cr 10' *Required Information Packet Pg. 104 PAGE &TURNBULL 939 FOREST AVENUE APN: 003-04-036 1997-2001 SURVEY UPDATE SUMMARY r Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination ���777�+ Package Identified National Register Criteria of Significance: Criteria B (Persons) and C (Architecture) Identified Period of Significance: 1915-1935 Summary of Significance: 939 Forest Avenue was found significant under Criteria B and C. Under Criterion B, the building is associated with Willis Thoits, who was a successful businessman and civic leader in Palo Alto related to a local shoe store, the Palo Alto Mutual Building and Loan Association, and the Public Library Board. The building is significant under Criterion C as a good example of a Craftsman Bungalow. 2023 RECONNAISSANCE SURVEY SUMMARY Alterations Since 2001: Some windows replaced (not including multi-lite and picture windows); a small side addition was added to the building; no other alterations identified. Status in 2023: Extant, retains historic integrity. Recommended Revisions to Significance: None. Figure 1: 1997-2001 Survey Update photograph. Figure 2: 2023 Reconnaissance Survey photograph. RECOMMENDATION FOR LISTING IN THE PALO ALTO HISTORIC INVENTORY Palo Alto Historic Inventory Criteria for Designation: • Criterion 1 (The structure or site is identified with the lives of historic people or with important events in the city, state or nation); • Criterion 2 (The structure or is particularly representative of an architectural style or way of life important to the city, state or nation) Imagining change in historic environments through design, research, and technology 170 MAIDEN LANE, 5TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94108 TEL 415 3 JL-✓ I .Y+ Packet Pg. 105 Palo Alto Historic Inventory Designation Page 2 of 2 Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package Statement of Significance: 939 Forest Avenue is significant as an excellent example of a Craftsman bungalow and for its association with Willis Thoits, a successful businessman and civic leader in Palo Alto, who was the second -generation co-owner of the Thoits Shoe Store, an institution in early Palo Alto. Willis Thoits was also involved in civic affairs of the city. He was a member of the Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce, chairman of the Library Board, and a founding member of Palo Alto Mutual Building & Loan. As its President during the Great Depression, he is remembered for his "extraordinary efforts to keep people in their homes by extending credits and payment deadlines."' 939 Forest Avenue was built for Willis Thoits and his family in 1915 and is substantially related to the personal, civic, and professional accomplishments of Willis Thoits. Period of Significance: 1915-1935 Palo Alto Historic Inventory Category: Category 2 1 Colleen Thoits-Braff, "Timeworn Soles of Yesteryear: Thoits Shoe Store", Tall Tree Newsletter, June 2020, v. 43, no. 8. PAGE & TURNBULL 170 MAIDEN LANE, 5TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFOR Packet Pg. 106 N., —,— ILL YIJ- JUL-J,JY State of California — The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION Primary # HRI # PRIMARY RECORD Trinomial Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package NRHP Status Code 3S Other Listings Review Code Reviewer Date Page 1 of 4 *Resource Name or #: (Assigned by recorder) 939 Forest Ave P1. Other Identifier: 939 Forest Ave P2. Location: 0 Not for Publication ® Unrestricted *a: County Santa Clara and (P2c,P2e, and P2b or P2d. Attach Location Map as necessary.) *b. USGS 7.5' Quad Palo Alto, CA Date 1991 T • R • _'Y of _Y4 of Sec : B.M. c. Address 939 Forest Ave City Palo Alto Zip 94301 d. UTM: (Give more than one for large and/or linear resources) Zone _ mE/ mN *e. Other Locational Data: (e.g., parcel #, directions to resource, elevation, etc., as appropriate) APN 003 04 036 *P3a. Description: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries) The house at 939 Forest is an imposing example of a Craftsman Bungalow. It is a 1 Y2 -story, wood -frame structure clad in stucco. It is rectangular in plan with a gable roof turned sideways to minimize the appearance of size of the house. Across the front, there is a full porch on massive tapered columns resting on river stone bases. The design is symmetrical with a large central dormer and a central front door. Decorative details include overhanging eaves with exposed rafters and (fake) beams with angled braces. *P3b Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) HP2 Simile family property *P4. Resources Present: a Building ❑ Structure ❑ Object ❑ Site 0 District ❑ Element of District ❑ Other (isolates, etc.) P5b. Description of Photo: (View, date, accession #I 939 Forest Ave: view northwest: 09/13/99: by B. Vahey: roll BRV-76, neci #14 *P6. Date Constructed/Age and Source: ® Historic ❑ Prehistoric 0 Both 1915; Palo Alto Times *P7. Owner and Address: Willis & Rose Thoits 939 Forest Ave Palo Alto CA 94301 *P8. Recorded by: (Name, affiliation, and address) Michael Corbett, Dames & Moore 221 Main Street, Suite 600 San Francisco, CA 94105 *P9. Date Recorded: February 20. 2000 *P10. Survey Type: (Describe) Intensive P11. Report Citation*: (Cite survey report and other sources, or enter "none".) Palo Alto Historic Survey Update (Corbett and Bradley for Dames & Moore, 2000) *Attachments: ❑ NONE ® Location Map 0 Sketch Map ® Continuation Sh o Archaeological Record ❑ District Record 0 Linear Feature Record 0 Milli ❑ Artifact Record 0 Photograph Record ❑ Other (List) r ee t ® Building, Structure and Object Record Packet Pg. 107 d DPR 523A (1195)1 FORE939.F1 *Required information. Item 2 State of California — The Resources Agency Primary # AttachmentA- January DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # 11, 2024 Nomination BUILDING, STRUCTURE, AND OBJECT RECORD ` Package l Page 2 of 4 *NRHP Status Code 3S *Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder) 939 Forest Ave B1. Historic Name: B2. Common Name: B3. Original Use: B4. Present Use: Single family property *85. Architectural Style: Craftsman Bungalow *B6. Construction History: (Construction date, alterations, and date of alterations) 1915: Built *B7. Moved? s No o Yes ❑ Unknown Date: Original Location: B8. Related Features: B9a. Architect: R.W. Follmer b. Builder: George Mosher *810. Significance: Theme B: Willis Thoits, C: Craftsman Bungalow Area Palo Alto Period of Significance 1915-1935 Property Type Residential Applicable Criteria B and C (Discuss importance in terms of historical or architectural context as defined by theme, period, and geographic scope. Also address integrity.) History Site: The single family residence at 939 Forest is located in Block no. 71 of the Original Map of the University Park of 1889. According to a Map of the City of Palo Alto (ca. 1916), this house was the first in Block 71, at which time it sat on a lot more than one -quarter of the block in size. By the Revised Map of 1921, the property had been reduced to its current dimensions of 75 by 200 feet. Structure: The Palo Alto Times printed a building permit notice, on 4 May 1915, which said that the architect R.W. Follmer and the builder George Mosher were putting up a house for Hazel Thoits at 939 Forest. The Palo Alto City Directory first listed W.C. and Hazel A. Thoits living at the address in the edition of 1915-1916. The Palo Alto Times printed another pertinent building permit notice, on 20 May 1953, which said that the building firm of Christiansen and Son were making alterations at 939 Forest for the owner, E. Thoits, at a cost of $2,000. The Assessor's records identify these alterations to have been no more than a remodeling of the kitchen. Use: Willis C. Thoits and his brother, E.C. Thoits, inherited a Palo Alto shoe store founded by their father. Willis and Hazel Thoits built the bungalow at 939 Forest to house themselves and their five children. Willis Thoits was described by the Palo Alto Times in his 1935 obituary as "a pioneer resident and prominent business leader of Palo Alto." In addition to his shoe store, See continuation sheet B11. Additional Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) *B12. References: See continuation sheet. 513. Remarks: *B14. Evaluator: Michael Corbett Date of Evaluation: February 20, 2000 (This space reserved for official comments) (Sketch map with north arrow required) Packet Pg. 108 PR 523B (1/95) F0RE939.F1 *Required Information State of California — The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION CONTINUATION SHEET Primary # HR(/Trinomial Page 3 of 4 Resource Identifier: 939 Forest Ave Recorded by Michael Corbett/Steve Hardy (history) *Date February 20. 2000 ® Continuation 0 Update Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package History (continued) he was president of the Palo Alto Mutual Building and Loan Association and was chairman of the Public Library Board. Mr. Thoits lived in the house until his death in 1935. The Palo Alto City Directory of 1936 listed Hazel Thoits and her daughters, Eleanor and Jean, and continued to list the widow with different of her adult children until 1950. The house passed to the children and remains in the family. Evaluation This house, at 939 Forest, appears eligible for the NRHP under criteria B and C at the local level of significance. The period of significance is 1915, when it was built, to 1935, when Willis Thoits died. Under criterion B, the house is significant as the residence of Willis Thoits, a leading business and civic leader in Palo Alto. Under criterion C, it is a fine example of a Craftsman Bungalow. References California Office of Historic Preservation. Instructions for Nominating Historical Resources to the California Register of Historic Resources. Sacramento, CA. August 1997. Palo Alto City Directory. 1915-1976. Palo Alto Historic Survey Update. Property File. Palo Alto Times. 4 May 1915, 9 July 1935, 20 May 1953, 6 November 1969, 17 October 1969, 19 August 1981. Sanborn Map Company. Insurance Maps of Palo Alto. New York: 1924. Sanborn Map Company. Insurance Maps of Palo Alto. New York: 1924; revisions to 1949. Santa Clara County. Tax Assessor. Assessment Record. 1949, 1967. United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service. National Register Bulletin 15: How to Apply the National Register Criteria for Evaluation. Packet Pg. 109 I]PR 523L (1/95) FORE939.F1 *Required Information State of California — The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION LOCATION MAP Page 4 of 4 Primary #�m HRt# Trinomial *Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder) *Map Name: Palo Alto Planning Dept. GIS *Scale: I":80' Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package 939 Forest Ave *Date of Map: 19Q9 Y.. CIS, .! Palo Alto ic 939 Forest Ave 003-04-036 This pmj mop Iset e the clH a Polo dAlto oIs C) a DPR 523J (1/95) Thb dxwrwa bagatelle repre.r.anon only of bed avalabls source.. The by a Pab Alb esat m.a no teapotra.sp rot any amerce. *Required Information Packet Pg. 110 PAGE &TURNBULL 559 KINGSLEY AVENUE APN: 120-06-071 1997-2001 SURVEY UPDATE SUMMARY Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination &TPackage Identified National Register Criteria of Significance: Criteria A (Events), B (Persons), and C (Architecture) Identified Period of Significance: 1912 Summary of Significance: 559 Kingsley Avenue was found significant under three criteria. Under Criterion A, it was identified as significant for demonstrating the enduring attractiveness of Palo Alto for the upper class. Under Criterion B, for its association with Margery Bailey, a Stanford University professor in the English department. And under Criterion C as an excellent example of a Craftsman bungalow. 2023 RECONNAISSANCE SURVEY SUMMARY Alterations Since 2001: No alterations identified. Status in 2023: Extant, retains historic integrity. Recommended Revisions to Significance: The period of significance has been revised to end in 1963, thereby including the years in which Margery Bailey lived at the subject building. The significance of the building as demonstrating Palo Alto's appeal to the upper class has been omitted, as this trend does not appear to be particularly closely associated with this small residential bungalow. Figure 1: 1997-2001 Survey Update photograph. Figure 2: 2023 Reconnaissance Survey photograph. Imagining change in historic environments through design, research, and technology 170 MAIDEN LANE, 5TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94108 TEL 415 3 JL-✓ Packet Pg. 111 Palo Alto Historic Inventory Designation Page 2 of 2 Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package RECOMMENDATION FOR LISTING IN THE PALO ALTO HISTORIC INVENTORY Palo Alto Historic Inventory Criteria for Designation: • Criterion 1 (The structure or site is identified with the lives of historic people or with important events in the city, state, or nation) • Criterion 2 (The structure or site is particularly representative of an architectural style or way of life important to the city, state, or nation) Statement of Significance: 559 Kingsley Avenue is significant as an excellent example of a Craftsman bungalow and for its association with Margery Bailey a highly notable English professor at Stanford University. Bailey was the first woman to achieve tenure at Stanford University and taught many well-known American authors —including John Steinbeck—from 1916 until her death in 1963. She lived at 559 Kingsley Avenue from 1939 to 1963. Period of Significance: 1912-1963 Palo Alto Historic Inventory Category: Category 2 PAGE & TURNBULL 170 MAIDEN LANE, 5TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFOR Packet Pg. 112 N., —,— I—YIJ-JUL -J IJ�1 State of California — The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION PRIMARY RECORD Primary # HRI # Trinomial Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package NRHP Status Code 3S Other Listings Review Code Reviewer Date Page 1 of 5 *Resource Name or #: (Assigned by recorder) 559 Kingsley Ave P1. Other Identifier: 559 Kingsley Ave P2. Location: 0 Not for Publication ® Unrestricted *a: County Santa Clara and (P2c,P2e, and P2b or P2d. Attach Location Map as necessary.) *b. USGS 7.5' Quad Palo Alto. CA Dale 1991 T _; R _; 3/4 of _Y4 of Sect B.M. c. Address 559 Kingsley Ave City Palo Alto Zip 94301 d. UTM: (Give more than one for large and/or linear resources) Zone mE/ mN *e. Other Locational Data: (e.g., parcel #, directions to resource, elevation, etc., as appropriate) APN 120 06 071 *P3a. Description: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries) The house at 559 Kingsley is a fine example of a Craftsman Bungalow. It is a wood -frame structure clad in shingles and covered by a gable roof. As built, it was rectangular in plan with a full porch across the front and the back and a projecting bay window on each side. It is a 11/2 -story structure with a low profile established by the flaring of the roof over the front porch and by a front -facing, low pitched, gabled dormer. In addition to its form and its shingled walls, decorative details include heavy (fake) cantilevered beams under the wide overhanging eaves, a stuccoed chimney, and square porch posts. Inside, there is redwood paneling in the dining room. Two additions were made at the rear in 1977 and 1989. With the large wisteria vine across the front, the house presents an archetypal image of the Craftsman Bungalow in California. *P3b Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) HP2 Single family property *P4. Resources Present: s Building 0 Structure o Object ❑ Site 0 District 0 Element of District 0 Other (isolates, etc.) P5b. Description of Photo: (View, date, accession #) 559 Kingsley Ave: view northwest; 09/16/99; by B. Vahev; roll BRV-81, neq #23 *P6. Date Constructed/Age and Source: ® Historic ❑ Prehistoric 0 Both 1912; Palo Alto Times *P7. Owner and Address: Judith Leahy 559 Kingslev Ave Palo Alto CA 94301 *P8. Recorded by: (Name, affiliation, and address) Michael Corbett, Dames & Moore 221 Main Street, Suite 600 San Francisco. CA 94105 *P9. Date Recorded: February 23. 2000 *P10. Survey Type: (Describe) Intensive P11. Report Citation*: (Cite survey report and other sources, or enter "none".) Palo Alto Historic Survey Update (Corbett and Bradley for Dames & Moore, 2000) *Attachments: o NONE s Location Map 0 Sketch Map s Continuation ShP .r o Archaeological Record ❑ District Record 0 Linear Feature Record 0 Milli ❑ Artifact Record ❑ Photograph Record n Other (List) s Riiildinq, Stnu•.tiira and fhia[t Record Packet Pg. 113 d DPR 523A (1/95)/ KING559.F1 *Required information. State of California — The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION Primary # HRI # Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination BUILDING, STRUCTURE, AND OBJECT RECORD Package l Page 2 of 5 *NRHP Status Code 3S *Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder) 559 Kingsley Ave 61. Historic Name: B2. Common Name: B3. Original Use: B4. Present Use: Single family property *B5. Architectural Style: Craftsman Bungalow *B6. Construction History: (Construction date, alterations, and date of alterations) 1912: Built (Palo Alto Times) 1977 and 1989: Addition to rear *B7. Moved? 0 No ❑ Yes ❑ Unknown Date: Original Location: *B8. Related Features: B9a. Architect: A.J. Bain b. Builder: unknown *B10. Significance: Theme A: Pattern of development. B: ?, C: Craftsman Bungalow Area Palo Alto Period of Significance 1912-1960s Property Type residential Applicable Criteria A, B, C 1Discuss importance in terms of historical or architectural context as defined by theme, period, and geographic scope. Also address integrity.) History Site: The house at 559 Kingsley is situated on a 50 -by -150 -foot lot in Block 80 of the original University Park subdivision of 1889. Structure: The Palo Alto Times reported, on 3 January 1912, the construction of a new residence for $2,500 at 559 Kingsley designed and owned by the architect A.J. Bain. According to the record in the Palo Alto City Directory, Mr. Bain never lived at the address. Use: The Palo Alto City Directory first listed the single family residence at 559 Kingsley in the edition of 1914-1915. From 1914 to 1938, eleven resident families were listed at the address for periods of one to three years each. In 1929 and 1930, the address was not listed, and, in 1934, it was listed as vacant. This represents the pattern of a rental property. It has not been determined if the architect, A.J. Bain, built the house on spec and sold it upon completion to an investor who managed it as a rental property or if he built it to own and manage himself as such. Sometime prior to 1935, the property was purchased by Axel E. Backlund and rented out before he moved into it in 1935. The first occupant, John Roberts White, who was listed only in 1914, was listed in Who's Who in America as a soldier born in England in 1874, who took a degree from Oxford, and then served as a private and corporal in the Greek Foreign Legion in 1897. He went as a private in the U.S. Army in the Philippines See continuation sheet B11. Additional Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) *B12. References: See continuation sheet. B13. Remarks: *B14. Evaluator: Michael Corbett Date of Evaluation: February 23, 2000 (This space reserved for official comments) (Sketch map with north arrow required) Packet Pg. 114 DPR 523B (1/95) KING559.F1 *Required Information State of California — The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION CONTINUATION SHEET Primary # H RI!Trinomial Page 3 of 5 Resource Identifier: 559 Kingsley Ave Recorded by Michael Corbett/Steve Hardy (history) *Date February 23, 2000 ® Continuation 0 Update Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package History (continued) in 1899. From 1906-1908, he was superintendent of the lwahig Penal Colony. By 1908, he was a lieutenant colonel in the Philippine Constabulary. He was acting governor of Agusan Province in 1911 and was decorated for valor during the fighting of the Philippine insurgents in Cavite, Negros, Zamboanga, etc. Who's Who does not say what brought him to Palo Alto. Among subsequent residents at 559 Kingsley, from 1935 to 1939, the house was home to Axel E. and Adele Backlund. Mr. Backlund was a hardwood floor contractor and a craftsman who was a member of a significant crafts culture, represented by the Builder's Association of Palo Alto, that was an important contributor to the many fine houses built in Palo Alto in the 1920s to 1930s. Backlund worked regularly for leading builders, including E. Schmaling, Aro & Okerman, and William Klay. In 1949, Mrs. Backlund established in Palo Alto the shop called Adele's Antiques which is still in operation. Mr. and Mrs. Backlund owned the Kingsley house until 1939 when they sold it to Dr. Margery Bailey, a Stanford English professor. From 1939 until her death in 1963, Dr. Bailey lived at this address. She was born in Santa Cruz and received her bachelor's degree from Stanford in 1914. She recalled in her talk "The Intellectual Vacation at Stanford" her time at Stanford before the First World War when a professor there, the first intellectual she had ever met, "insisted that the students should smoke to show that they were free." At this professor's seminars ladies "either sat on the floor or on the knees of gentlemen . . . Before lunch we all had to drink a glass of 'jackass brandy.' I took a sip of mine and hid the glass. The professor found it and asked, ' Whose glass is this?' I swallowed it all. But later I found that drinking it was a good thing. After lunch everybody began feeling very intellectual" (Stanford Daily 9 January 1956). She began teaching in the English department at Stanford in 1915, received her masters from the same university in 1916, and her Ph.D. from Yale in 1922. In 1926, she was promoted from instructor at Stanford to assistant professor, in 1953 she was made a full professor, and in 1958, she was made emeritus. Though her priority was on teaching rather than research, she published two editions of Boswell's periodical essays as The Hypochondriac, a concordance of Edward Young's poetry, an Anthology of Regional Ballads and three fairy tales she wrote for children. Creative writing was one of her teaching interests. The Palo Alto Times said of her, in an article published at the time of her retirement, that "Among her Stanford students who have gained recognition in the literary world are John Steinbeck, Rosemary Drachman Taylor, James Gunna, Bruce Bliven, Maxwell Anderson, Archie Burns and Wallace and Will Irwin." She was instrumental in the establishment of the Ashland Shakespeare Festival in the 1930s and established there an Institute of Renaissance Studies. She was herself an accomplished and dedicated actress who appeared in productions of the Greek tragedies, Ibsen, and Shakespeare at Ashland as well as locally. The Palo Alto Times published a notice on 20 October 1959 that she was presenting a reading from works by Charles Dickens in a benefit program for the Palo Alto -Stanford branch of the NAACP. The local press, colleagues, and students betray in their quotes admiration for her but also intimidation by her and perhaps little affection. She was called "a tough teacher, a grizzly bear, alive in mind and heart, honest, sometimes kind" and "a combination of rare efficiency and sheer witchery." She was described as having a "scissors -sharp tongue" and using language with "sharp, rapier thrusts." Evaluation This house, at 559 Kingsley, appears eligible for the NRHP under criteria A, B, and C at the local level of significance. The period of significance runs from 1912, when the house was built, to the 1960s, when Dr. Bailey died. Under criterion A, this house represents the enduring attractiveness of Palo Alto to various elites in the presence of John Roberts White, a military man, and Dr. Margery Bailey, a Stanford English professor. In Dr. Bailey, it also represents the strong connection between Palo Alto and Stanford. Under criterion B, the house is eligible as the home of Margery Bailey, English professor. Under criterion C, the house is a fine example of a Craftsman Bungalow. Packet Pg. 115 DPR 523L (1/95) KING559.F1 *Required Information State of California — The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION CONTINUATION SHEET Primary # HRI/Trinomial Page 4 of 5 Resource Identifier: 559 Kingsley Recorded by Michael Corbett Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package *Date February 23. 2000 0 Continuation ❑ Update References Backlund, Dennis. Biographical item — 559 Kingsley; A. Backlund, owner 1935-1939. Prepared February 2000. Bjorn Construction. Proposed Addition for Mr. and Mrs. Jack Mclnick, architectural drawings. Approved for building permit 31 August 1977. Builder's Association of Palo Alto. Advertisement. Palo Alto Times. 7 September 1923. California Office of Historic Preservation. Instructions for Nominating Historical Resources to the California Register of Historic Resources. Sacramento, CA. August 1997. Palo Alto City Directory. 1914-1963. Palo Alto Historic Survey Update. Property File. Palo Alto Times. (construction) 3 January 1912. (obituary Axel Backlund) 11 May 1970. (Dr. Bailey) 25 January 1956, 1 August 1958, 20 October 1959, 17 June 1963. Proposed Addition to the David and Judy Leahy Residence, architectural drawings. Approved for building permit. 1 June 1989. Sanborn Map Company. Insurance Maps of Palo Alto. New York: 1924. Sanborn Map Company. Insurance Maps of Palo Alto. New York: 1924; revisions to 1949. Santa Clara County. Tax Assessor. Assessment Record. 1949, 1967. Stanford Daily. 9 January 1956. United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service. National Register Bulletin 15: How to Apply the National Register Criteria for Evaluation. Who's Who in America 1914-1915. White, John Roberts. Who's Who in America 1930-1931. Bailey, Margery. Packet Pg. 116 DPR 523L (1195) K1NG559.F1 *Required Information State of California — The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION LOCATION MAP Primary # HRl# Trinomial Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package Page of 5 "Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder} 559 Kings ev Ave *Map Name: Palo Alto Planning Dent, GIS *Scale: 1%80' The MT .( Palo Alto "Date of Map: 1999 559 Kingsley Ave 120-06-071 product o �. My of Palo ANo o+a a Packet Pg. 117 Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package PROPERTIES PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED IN 1997-2001 SURVEY Properties proposed for designation under Palo Alto Criteria 1, 2, and 5: • Criterion 1 (The structure or site is identified with the lives of historic people or with important events in the city, state, or nation) • Criterion 2 (The structure or site is particularly representative of an architectural style or way of life important to the city, state or nation) • Criterion 5 (The architect or building was important) Address Criteria Category 1407 Hamilton Avenue 1, 2, 5 1 270 Kellogg Avenue 1, 2, 5 1 1401 Edgewood Drive 1, 2, 5 2 Page &Turnbull 170 MAIDEN LANE, 5TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNI Packet Pg. 118 PAGE &TURNBULL 1407 HAMILTON AVENUE APN: 003-11-012 1997-2001 SURVEY UPDATE SUMMARY r Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination ���777�+ Package Identified National Register Criteria of Significance: Criteria B (Persons) and C (Architecture) Identified Period of Significance: 1933-1953 Summary of Significance: 1407 Hamilton Avenue was found significant for both its association with Herbert Cornish, a local leading realtor, and as a striking example of an English Arts & Crafts influenced design and a notable example of the work of Leslie I. Nichols. 2023 RECONNAISSANCE SURVEY SUMMARY Alterations Since 2001: No alterations identified. Status in 2023: Extant, retains historic integrity. Recommended Revisions to Significance: None. Figure 1: 1997-2001 Survey Update photograph. Figure 2: 2023 Reconnaissance Survey photograph. RECOMMENDATION FOR LISTING IN THE PALO ALTO HISTORIC INVENTORY Palo Alto Historic Inventory Criteria for Designation: • Criterion 1 (The structure or site is identified with the lives of historic people or with important events in the city, state or nation) • Criterion 2 (The structure or site is particularly representative of an architectural style or way of life important to the city, state or nation) • Criterion 5 (The architect or building was important) Imagining change in historic environments through design, research, and technology 170 MAIDEN LANE, 5TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94108 TEL 415 3 JL-✓ I .Y+ Packet Pg. 119 Palo Alto Historic Inventory Designation Page 2 of 2 Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package Statement of Significance: 1407 Hamilton Avenue is significant for both its architecture, as a notable work of the prominent local architect Leslie I. Nichols in an English Arts & Crafts style, and for its association with Herbert Cornish, a notable local realtor and civic leader. The residence was erected for Herbert and his wife Yvonne in 1933, just prior to the establishment of Herbert Cornish's real estate firm, Cornish & Carey. During his period of residence at 1407 Hamilton Avenue, Cornish started his firm, and sat on the City Council and the Planning Commission. The residence is sufficiently associated with Cornish's varied personal, civic, and professional accomplishments prior to his sudden death in 1953. The building retains a high level of integrity. Period of Significance: 1933-1953 Palo Alto Historic Inventory Category: Category 1* *Note, this is one of the few properties with significance as an "Exceptional Building" that is a meritorious work of the best architects and an excellent example of English Arts & Crafts design in the United States. PAGE & TURNBULL 170 MAIDEN LANE, 5TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFOR Packet Pg. 120 r\f, 11VU ILL YIJ- JUL-J,JY Item 2 State of California — The Resources Agency Primary # Attachment A -January DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # 11, 2024 Nomination PRIMARY RECORD Trinomial ` Package J NRHP Status Code 3S Other Listings Review Code Reviewer Date Page 1 of 4 *Resource Name or #: (Assigned by recorder) 1407 Hamilton Ave P1. Other Identifier: 1407 Hamilton Ave P2. Location: n Not for Publication csi Unrestricted *a: County Santa Clara and (P2c,P2e, and P2b or P2d. Attach Location Map as necessary.) *b. USGS 7.5' Quad Palo Alto. CA Date 1991 T _; R _; _%4 of _'r. of Sec : B.M. c. Address 1407 Hamilton Ave City Palo Alto Zip 94301 d. UTM: (Give more than one for large and/or linear resources) Zone • mEi mN *e. Other Locational Data: (e.g., parcel #, directions to resource, elevation, etc., as appropriate) APN 003 11 012 *P3a. Description: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries) This house at 1407 Hamilton evokes the English Arts and Crafts movement exemplified by the work of architects like M.H. Baillie Scott. Baillie Scott (1865-1945) was an English architect who designed and published extensively in the United States. The Arts and Crafts movement utilized English vernacular sources — referring to humble precedents rather than monumental ones. This imagery was in opposition to grand classical monuments, medieval castles, or Renaissance manor houses. This house is cruciform in plan with numerous irregularities. A central, two-story, rectangular wing presents its long side to the street, with one-story projecting wings to the front and rear. The different volumes are covered by high hip roofs with gables that suggest the shape of thatching. The house conveys a sense of comfortable enclosure against the outside with its high roofs, overhanging eaves, overhanging second story, inconspicuous but massive wood door, massive brick chimney, and placement of casement windows under the eaves. This is a wood -frame structure clad in stucco. *P3b Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) HP2 Single family property *P4. Resources Present: a Building ❑ Structure 0 Object 0 Site 0 District 0 Element of District 0 Other (isolates, etc.) P5b. Description of Photo: (View, date, accession #) 1407 Hamilton Ave: view northeast: 09/14/99: by B. Vahev: roll BRV-79, flea #21 *P6. Date Constructed/Age and Source: ® Historic ❑ Prehistoric 0 Both 1933: ©ally Pacific Builder *P7. Owner and Address: Larry & Patricia Jones 1407 Hamilton Ave Palo Alto CA 94301 *P8. Recorded by: (Name, affiliation, and address) Michael Corbett. Dames & Moore 221 Main Street, Suite 600 San Francisco. CA 94105 *P9. Date Recorded: February 23, 2000 *P10. Survey Type: (Describe) Intensive P11. Report Citation*: (Cite survey report and other sources, or enter "none".) Palo Alto Historic Survey Update (Corbett and Bradley for Dames & Moore. 2000) *Attachments: 0 NONE ® Location Map 0 Sketch Map 51 Continuation ildino—Sxrl-IPA ra--and-Ohiipct Record ❑ Archaeological Record 0 District Record 0 Linear Feature Record ❑ Mill. Packet Pg. 121 .rd ❑ Artifact Record 0 Photograph Record ❑ Other lust) DPR 523A (119511 HAMI1407.F1 * Required information. State of California — The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # BUILDING, STRUCTURE, AND OBJECT RECORD Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J Page _2_ of 4 *NRHP Status Code 3S *Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder} 1407 Hamilton Ave B1. Historic Name: B2. Common Name: B3. Original Use: B4. Present Use: Single family orooertv *B5. Architectural Style: Arts and Crafts *B6. Construction History: (Construction date, alterations, and date of alterations} 1933: Built (Daily Pacific Builder) 1965: Dormer addition *B7. Moved? ® No 0 Yes ❑ Unknown Date: Original Location: *B8. Related Features: B9a. Architect: Leslie I. Nichols b. Builder: E.J. Schmallina *B10. Significance: Theme B: Herbert Cornish. C: work of Leslie I Nichols and Arts and Crafts Area Palo Alto Period of Significance 1933-1953 Property Type Residential Applicable Criteria B and C (Discuss importance in terms of historical or architectural context as defined by theme, period, and geographic scope. Also address integrity.) History Site: A Map of the City of Palo Alto Showing the City Limits on January 1, 1921 identifies all the land on which Crescent Park no. 2 was to be built as undeveloped and belonging to "Jesurun." This area remained undeveloped at the time of the City Map of 1924, but by that of July 1929, the streets had been laid and the blocks subdivided into parcels. Of these parcels the boundaries of parcel 17 in Block 123 are the same as the current boundaries of the 74 -by -150 -foot lot at 1407 Hamilton. Structure: The Daily Pacific Builder reported on 20 June 1933 the construction of a two-story residence at 1407 Hamilton. The report named the architect as Leslie I. Nichols, the builder as E.J. Schmalling, the owner as Herbert Cornish, and the estimated cost of construction as $7,500. The Palo Alto City Directory first listed the address in 1934 and Mr. Cornish, a real estate and insurance salesman, and his wife, Yvonne D. Cornish, as residents. The Assessor's records note that a dormer was added in 1965. Use: Herbert Cornish, the man for whose family the dwelling at 1407 Hamilton was built in 1933, was working at that time as a salesman for Griscom and Company, a firm which brokered real estate, loans and insurance. By 1936, Mr. Cornish had established his own firm, Cornish and Carey, realtors. He remained in the house until his death at fifty-two years of age in See continuation sheet B11. Additional Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) *B12. References: See continuation sheet. B13. Remarks: *B14. Evaluator: Michael Corbett Date of Evaluation: February 23, 2000 (This space reserved for official comments) (Sketch map with north arrow required) Packet Pg. 122 DPR 523B (1/95) HAMI1407.F1 "Required Information Item 2 State of California — The Resources Agency Primary # Attachment A - January DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRl/Trinomial 11, 2024 Nomination CONTINUATION SHEET ` Package , Page 3 of 4 Resource Identifier: 1407 Hamilton Ave Recorded by Michael Corbett/Steve Hardy (history) *Date February 23. 2000 Is Continuation 0 Update History (continued) 1953. According to his obituary, printed on 16 March 1953 in the Palo Alto Times, Mr. Cornish was at the time of his death, in addition to being a significant player in the local real estate market, a member of the city's planning commission. Evaluation This house at 1407 Hamilton appears eligible to the NRHP under criteria B and C at the local level of significance. The period of significance is 1933, when it was built, to 1953, when the original owner died. Under criterion B, this house appears eligible for the NRHP as the residence of Herbert Cornish, a leading realtor in Palo Alto. Under criterion C, this house is a striking example of a house whose design was influenced by the English Arts and Crafts movement. It is also a notable example of the work of Leslie I. Nichols. It is similar to another Nichols house at 555 Center. References California Office of Historic Preservation. Instructions for Nominating Historical Resources to the California Register of Historic Resources. Sacramento, CA. August 1997. Daily Pacific Builder. 20 June 1930. Palo Alto City Directory. 1934-1953. Palo Alto Historic Survey Update. Property File. Palo Alto Times. 17 June 1933, 16 March 1953. Santa Clara County. Tax Assessor. Assessment Record. 1949, 1965, 1967. United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service. National Register Bulletin 15: How to Apply the National Register Criteria for Evaluation. Packet Pg. 123 DPR 523L (1/95) HAMI14O7.F1 "Required Information Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package State of California --- The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI# LOCATION MAP Trinomial Page of *Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder) 1407 Hamilton Ave *Map Name: Palo Alto Plannina Dent. GIS *Scale: r:80' *Date of Map: 1999 The C117 of Palo Alto DPR 523J (1/95) 310-13 3-10-12 3.10.11 3-11-13 3-11-11 1407 Hamilton Ave 003-11-012 TM* Is a yraphb gpf Utbn W/o/beat avdable spumes TM Cly d Peb Alto tat 3-11-15 3-11-10 Packet Pg. 124 3-11-64 PAGE &TURNBULL 270 KELLOGG AVENUE APN: 124-16-017 1997-2001 SURVEY UPDATE SUMMARY Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package Identified National Register Criteria of Significance: Criteria A (Events), B (Persons), and C (Architecture) Identified Period of Significance: 1910-1950 Summary of Significance: 270 Kellogg Avenue was found eligible under Criteria A, B and C. It was found significant under Criterion A as a site of the development of the Horine form (or western roll) which revolutionized the running high jump; under Criterion B for its association with George Horine, an Olympic medalist in high jumping; and under Criterion C as a good example of a Craftsman bungalow. 2023 RECONNAISSANCE SURVEY SUMMARY Alterations Since 2001: No alterations identified. Status in 2023: Extant, retains historic integrity. Recommended Revisions to Significance: Page & Turnbull has revised the period of significance to 1909-1912, beginning with the construction of the building in 1909 and ending in 1912 to include the period in which the Horine form was developed by George Horine. The previously identified period of significance corresponded to the period of the Horine family's ownership, but the significance is better expressed by the period in which George Horine was developing the Horine form at this property. Figure 2: 2023 Reconnaissance Survey photograph. Figure 1: 1997-2001 Survey Update photograph. Imagining change in historic environments through design, research, and technology 170 MAIDEN LANE, 5TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94108 TEL 415 3 JL-✓ Packet Pg. 125 Palo Alto Historic Inventory Designation Page 2 of 2 Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package RECOMMENDATION FOR LISTING IN THE PALO ALTO HISTORIC INVENTORY Palo Alto Historic Inventory Criteria for Designation: • Criterion 1 (The structure or site is identified with the lives of historic people or with important events in the city, state or nation); • Criterion 2 (The structure or is particularly representative of an architectural style or way of life important to the city, state or nation); • Criterion 5 (The architect or building was important) Statement of Significance: 270 Kellogg Avenue is significant as the site of the development of the Horine form (or western roll) which revolutionized the running high jump, and also for its association with George Horine, an Olympic medalist in high jumping who developed the Horine form in the backyard of this property. The property is also significant for containing a well-built Craftsman bungalow. The building retains high integrity. Period of Significance: 1909-1912 Palo Alto Historic Inventory Category: Category 1* *Note, this is one of the few properties with significance at the national level given the creation of the Horine form of high jumping and its impact on high jumping at the international level of the Olympics. Due to its impact on sports at the international level, it has been assigned a Category 1 rating for the Palo Alto Historic Inventory. PAGE & TURNBULL 170 MAIDEN LANE, 5TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFOR Packet Pg. 126 I/1 111 VU I LL Y I JUL-,J- , JY State of California — The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION PRIMARY RECORD Primary #' HRI # Trinomial Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package NRHP Status Code 3 Other Listings Review Code Reviewer Date Page _1 of 6 *Resource Name or #: (Assigned by recorder) 270 Kellogg Ave P1. Other Identifier: 270 Kellogg Ave P2. Location: 0 Not for Publication s Unrestricted *a: County Santa Clara and (P2c,P2e, and P2b or P2d. Attach Location Map as necessary.) *b. USGS 7.5' Quad Palo Alto, CA Date 1991 T _; R _; _'Y4 of _Y. of Sec B.M. c. Address 270 Kellogg Ave City Palo Alto Zip 94301 d. UTM: (Give more than one for large and/or linear resources) Zone ; mE/ mN *e. Other Locational Data: (e.g., parcel #, directions to resource, efevation, etc., as appropriate) APN 124 16 017 *P3a. Description: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries) The following description addresses the building in terms of its structure, plan, and appearance. The structure and plan are described using three sources of information (1949 Assessment Record prepared by the Tax Assessor, Sanborn maps, and current survey information — photographs, Field Notes form, and site visits from 1998 and 1999). The description of the structure and plan is presented for two phases in the building's history. The building is presented as it was built, or as it was at the earliest time warranted by the information available. Second the building is presented as it has changed up to the present (1999). The house at 270 Kellogg is a balloon or platform frame structure on a concrete wall foundation. The Tax Assessor described it as a "1% " story building with a basement, adding a note: "It looks like 11/2 stories until you see the house." The unusual terminology and the ambiguity are because of an unequal gable roof that stretches lower at the front than at the rear, creating See continuation sheet *P3b Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) HP3 Multiple family property *P4. Resources Present: 2 Building 0 Structure 0 Object 0 Site 0 District 0 Element of District ❑ Other (isolates, etc.) P5b. Description of Photo: (View, date, accession #) 270 Kellogg Ave; view southeast;, 09/16/99; by B. Vahev; roll BRV-81, necl #6 *P6. Date Constructed/Age and Source: s Historic ❑ Prehistoric 0 Both 1909: Palo Alto Times *P7. Owner and Address: Alan Cooper 270 Kellogg Ave Palo Alto CA 94301 *P8. Recorded by: (Name, affiliation, and address) Michael Corbett. Dames & Moore 221 Main Street, Suite 600 San Francisco, CA 94105 *P9. Date Recorded: January 11, 2000 *P10. Survey Type: (Describe) Intensive P11. Report Citation*: (Cite survey report and other sources, or enter "none".) Palo Alto Historic Survey Update (Corbett and Bradley for Dames & Moore, 2000) *Attachments: 0 NONE s Location Map 0 Sketch Map s Continuation Sheet ® Building. Structure and Objet Record ❑ Archaeological Record 0 District Record 0 Linear Feature Record 0 Millir Packet Pg. 127 d ❑ Artifact Record ❑ Photograph Record 0 Other (List) DPR 523A (1/95)1 KELL270.F1 *Required information. State of California — The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI{Trinomial CONTINUATION SHEET Page 2 of 6 Resource Identifier: 270 Kellogg Ave Recorded by Michael Corbett Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package "Date January 11, 2000 ® Continuation 0 Update Description (continued) the appearance of a one-story house at the front and a two story house at the rear. The frame is enclosed by wood shingles, nailed to sheathing. Fenestration consists of double -hung and casement windows with multiple panes in many of the sashes and paneled doors. Inside, the basement floors are cement, and floors in the main part of the house are pine. In 1949, there was one gas floor furnace and one fireplace. In plan, the 1924 Sanborn map showed this as a generally square building with a projecting wing and half porch at the front and a projecting wing at the rear (both projecting wings are on the southwest side of the building). In addition, there is a bay window on the southwest side near the front. In 1949, the Tax Assessor noted "2 apts upstairs, owner lives down" and rooms as follows: downstairs were a living room, dining room, two bedrooms, bath, and kitchen; and upstairs were two living rooms, two bedrooms, one bath, and two kitchens. In appearance, this is a Craftsman bungalow with characteristic shingled walls, gabled roof with overhanging eaves, multi -paned windows, and an overall simplicity of decoration. Although like most bungalows, it appears to be a small one-story house, it is a large house that is almost two full stories. This is accomplished by the design and orientation of the roof which makes the house appear low from the front. This kind of illusion illustrates a frequent contradiction in the imagery of bungalows between a simple, rustic appearance and a large, sometimes expensively finished house. Packet Pg. 128 DPR 523L 11 /95) KELL270.F1 "Required Information State of California — The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # BUILDING, STRUCTURE, AND OBJECT RECORD i Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package Page 3 of 6 *NRHP Status Code 3S *Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder) 270 Kellogg Ave B1. Historic Name: B2. Common Name: B3. Original Use: B4. Present Use: Multiple family property *B5. Architectural Style: Craftsman Bungalow *B6. Construction History: (Construction date, alterations, and date of alterations) 1909: Built (Palo Alto Times) 1919: Addition *B7. Moved? ® No o Yes El Unknown Date: Original Location: *B8. Related Features: B9a. Architect: b. Builder: unknown *B10. Significance: Theme A: Development of high iump technique: B: George Horine: C: Craftsman Bungalow Area Palo Alto Period of Significance 1910-1950 Property Type Residential Applicable Criteria A, B. C (Discuss importance in terms of historical or architectural context as defined by theme, period, and geographic scope. Also address integrity.) History Site: The parcel at 270 Kellogg is located in what was numbered Block no. 13 of South Palo Alto on the Revised Map Showing the City Limits on January 1, 1921 on which map the lot is drawn with its current dimensions. Those dimensions (50 by 150 feet) are those of a standard suburban lot, in this case parcel no. 3 of Block no. 13, per the scheme of subdivision on the Map of South Palo Alto dated 22 December 1924. Between 1924 and 1949, a garage was built behind the house near the southwest property line, as shown on the 1949 Sanborn map. Structure: The Palo Alto Times printed on 3 December 1909 a building permit notice for a residence at 270 Kellogg. The Palo Alto City Directory first lists the address in 1910 at which time Mrs. Ella W. Horine, who would be identified as the owner of the property as late as the City Directory of 1933, lived in the house with her son and a daughter. The building permit had identified Mrs. Horine as the owner at the time of construction and the cost as $3,200. The Palo Alto Times printed another building permit notice on 2 January 1919 for a $750 addition. The Assessor's records note the construction of a detached garage and shop at the rear of the property in 1964 and a remodeling of its interior in 1965 at a cost of $3,500. See continuation sheet 911. Additional Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) *B12. References: See continuation sheet. B13. Remarks: *B14. Evaluator: Michael Corbett Date of Evaluation: January 11, 2000 (This space reserved for official comments) (Sketch map with north arrow required) Packet Pg. 129 DPR 523B 11195) KELL270.F1 *Required Information State of California — The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION Mil/Trinomial CONTINUATION SHEET Page 4 of 6 Resource Identifier: 270 Kellogg Ave Recorded by Michael Corbett/Steve Hardy (history) *Date January 11. 2000 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package ® Continuation 0 Update History (continued) Use: The woman who built the house at 270 Kellogg in 1909 and who still owned it in 1933, Mrs. Ella Horine, was a teacher at Palo Alto High School. Ella Horine was a widow who returned to school in order to become a teacher. Her son, George Horine, was the world's leading high jumper and a national sports celebrity during the years he lived in this house. He invented the "Horine form" now known as the "western roll", a new way of high jumping that resulted in much higher world records. According to two different sources, Dink Templeton, a prominent Stanford track coach, and H.W. "Bert" Kerrigan, a Stanford high jumper and Olympic competitor, Horine invented and developed the new style of high jumping (with the body parallel to the bar) in his back yard between 1909 and 1912. The Horine's lived on Channing Avenue in Palo Alto in 1908-1909, but in 1910 (probably in the spring) they moved into this house at 270 Kellogg. During that year (fall semester?), George Horine enrolled at Stanford when he was confident he could make the track team. According to Templeton, "He developed his form all by himself jumping in his Palo Alto back yard after a ten-hour day driving a Wells Fargo delivery truck." He broke the world's record three times in 1912, the last time at 6 feet 7 inches at the Olympic tryouts in the spring. He finished second at the Olympics in Stockholm in 1912. When Templeton said, "I can think of no other athlete who so completely influenced his sport as did George Horine," he meant not only the high jump, but the example of rigorous daily training which was considered counterproductive by the gentlemanly coaches of that era, who advised him to rest and not to practice before the Olympics. Kerrigan stated that George Horine "did more to revolutionize the running high jump than any man in this world of athletics." A double page photograph of Horine jumping appeared in the Police Gazette on 17 August 1912. The Horine form was the universal style of high jumping among leading competitors until the advent of the "straddle" in the 1930s followed by the "Fosbury flop", invented by Dick Fosbury, the George Horine of his day, in the late 1960s. The daughter, Marguerite Horine Proctor, became a public school teacher like her mother. The City Directory listed Mrs. Proctor at 270 Kellogg from 1934 until 1950, identifying her and her husband George as the owners of the house after 1938. From 1912 until 1935, the City Directory lists names other than the Horines at the address, some years in addition to Mrs. Horine and/or Mrs. Proctor, some years alone, and some in addition to a third family name. It appears that Mrs. Horine was augmenting her income as a teacher by taking in renters. It is possible that the 1919 addition was an adjustment to make this commerce more convenient. Evaluation This house at 270 Kellogg appears eligible for the NRHP under criteria A, B, and C. It is significant at the local level except in two areas where it is significant at the state level — under criterion B and that aspect of criterion A associated with George Horine. The period of significance is from 1910, when the house was finished to about 1950, when the Horine's sold the house. Under criterion A, this house is the site of the development of the Horine form or the western roll, a revolutionary style of high jumping that led to substantially higher world's records for more than 50 years. Ward Winslow relied on an article in the Palo Alto Weekly (1980s -1990s) for the information that Horine developed his technique in a house on Channing Avenue. From the city directories and from Horine's enrollment data at Stanford, it seems likely that he developed the technique at both houses. Under criterion B, this house was the home of George Horine who set at least three world's records and finished second at the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm while living here. Under criterion C, this house is an example of an important Palo Alto building type, the Craftsman bungalow. This is a variation of the type which is a large house posing as a small one. Packet Pg. 130 DPR 523L (1/95) KELL270.F1 *Required Information State of California — The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION CONTINUATION SHEET Primary # HRI/Trinomial Page 5 of 6 Recorded by Michael Corbett Resource Identifier: 270 Kellogg Ave Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package *Date January 11. 2000 ® Continuation ❑ Update References California Office of Historic Preservation. Instructions for Nominating Historical Resources to the California Register of Historic Resources. Sacramento, CA. August 1997. Davis, Roland C. A Summary History of the Early Development of Palo Alto's "Seale Addition": An Account of How the First "South Palo Alto" Became Part of the Present "Old Palo Alto." Prepared for the Palo Alto Historic Building Survey. July 1998. Gullixson, Paul. "Stanford Athlete at the Olympics," Old News column. Palo Alto Weekly. n.d. clipping from personal files of Ward Winslow. Jordan, Peyton. Champions in the Making. 1968. Kerrigan, H.W. "George Horine," letter to the editor. Stanford Alumni Review. January 1949, pp. 3-4. Map of South Palo Alto. 1924. National Police Gazette. "George Horine: California Jumper Who holds the Record of 6 feet 7 Inches for the High Jump." Photograph. Supplement to No. 1827. 17 August 1912. Palo Alto City Directory. 1910-1950. Palo Alto Historic Survey Update. Property File. Palo Alto Times. 3 December 1909, 2 January 1919, 24 February 1933, 30 November 1948, December 3, 1948. Revised Map Showing the City Limits on January 1, 1921. 1921, Sanborn Map Company. Insurance Maps of Palo Alto. New York: 1924. Sanborn Map Company. Insurance Maps of Palo Alto. New York: 1924; revisions to 1949. Santa Clara County. Tax Assessor. Assessment Record. 1949, 1950, 1965, 1966, 1967. Templeton, Dink. "Passing of Great Athlete Mourned." Palo Alto Times. 3 December 1948. United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service. National Register Bulletin 15: How to Apply the National Register Criteria for Evaluation. Packet Pg. 131 DPR 523L 11/95) KELL270.F1 *Required Information State of California — The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION LOCATION MAP Trinomial Primary # HRI# Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination L Package Page of �i_ *Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder) 270_Kellogo Ave •Map Name: Palo Alto Planning Dept. GIS *Scale: 1":80' 124-16-11 124-12-9 124-7-15 270 Kellogg Ave 124-16-017 124-16-25 *Date of Map: 1999 124-7-14 124-16-23 Packet Pg. 132 PAGE &TURNBULL 1401 EDGEWOOD DRIVE APN: 003-11-066 1997-2001 SURVEY UPDATE SUMMARY Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination T Package Identified National Register Criteria of Significance: Criteria B (Persons) and C (Architecture) Identified Period of Significance: 1938-1980 Summary of Significance: 1401 Edgewood Drive was found eligible for both its association with the career of Merritt C. Speidel, who owned and founded the Palo Alto -based Speidel chain of eight American newspapers; and as a good example of the Colonial Revival style and the work of David Clark and Walter Stromquist, the successors to the office of Birge Clark. 2023 RECONNAISSANCE SURVEY SUMMARY Alterations Since 2001: No alterations identified. Status in 2023: Present, retains historic integrity. Recommended Revisions to Significance: The period of significance is revised to 1938-1960 to reflect the date of Merritt Speidel's death. Figure 1: 1997-2001 Survey Update photograph. Figure 2: 2023 Reconnaissance Survey photograph. RECOMMENDATION FOR LISTING IN THE PALO ALTO HISTORIC INVENTORY Palo Alto Historic Inventory Criteria for Designation: • Criterion 1 (the structure or site is identified with the lives of historic people or with important events in the city, state or nation); • Criterion 2 (the structure or site is particularly representative of an architectural style or way of life important to the city, state or nation); • Criterion 5 (the architect or building was important) Imagining change in historic environments through design, research, and technology 170 MAIDEN LANE, 5TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94108 TEL 415 3 JL-✓ I .Y+ Packet Pg. 133 Palo Alto Historic Inventory Designation Page 2 of 2 Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package Statement of Significance: 1401 Edgewood Drive is significant for both its association with local Palo Alto resident Merritt C. Speidel and for its Colonial Revival design by David Clark and Walter Stromquist. The building was constructed for Speidel, who owned and operated a Palo Alto -based chain of eight newspapers that were published across the nation. Speidel lived with his family at the subject building until his death in 1960. Speidel's personal residence is associated with his professional accomplishments as no other known location reflects that history. The building is a rare Colonial Revival design to come out of the office of prolific local architect Birge Clark, and was designed by his successors, David Clark and Walter Stromquist. Period of Significance: 1938-1960 Palo Alto Historic Inventory Category: Category 2 PAGE & TURNBULL 170 MAIDEN LANE, 5TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFOR Packet Pg. 134 r\f, , 1 1 1 V U I L L Y I J- JUL-, I JAY State of California -- The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION PRtMARV RECORD Primary # HRI #. Trinomial Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package NRHP Status Code 3S Other Listings Review Code Reviewer Date Page 1 of 4 *Resource Name or #: (Assigned by recorder) 1401 Edgewood Dr P1. Other Identifier: 1401 Edgewood Dr P2. Location: ❑ Not for Publication ea Unrestricted *a: County Santa Clara and (P2c,P2e, and P2b or P2d. Attach Location Map as necessary.) *b. USGS 7.5' Quad Palo Alto. CA Date 1991 T _; R _; _'Y4 of _Y4 of Sec . B.M. c. Address 1401 Edgewood Dr City Palo Alto Zip 94301 d. UTM: (Give more than one for large and/or linear resources) Zone _ mE/ mN *e. Other Locational Data: (e.g., parcel #, directions to resource, elevation, etc., as appropriate) APN 003 11 066 *P3a. Description: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries) The house at 1401 Edgewood Drive is a two-story, wood -frame structure clad in shingles and covered by a gable roof. It is in an L -plan, with its two wings defining a backyard area with a southeast exposure. The principal wing, facing Edgewood, is a symmetrical composition in the Colonial Revival style with double -hung windows and a central entranceway. The windows are taller on the ground floor and shorter on the second floor, like 17th century American Colonial houses built on heavy timber frames. The ground floor windows are embellished with decorative lintels and shutters. Second floor windows are placed immediately under the eaves, as if they served a space that was distinctly shorter than the ground floor because of its structure. Architectural embellishment is focused on the entranceway with its pedimented portico, paneled door, decorative fanlight, and sidelights and hardware. This entranceway is based on the same model as the house at 2175 Cowper Street designed by Erwin Reichel in 1930. *P3b Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) HP2 Single family orooertv *P4. Resources Present: ta Building 0 Structure 0 Object 0 Site ❑ District 0 Element of District 0 Other (isolates, etc.) P5b. Description of Photo: (View, date, accession #) 1401 Edgewood Dr; view northeast: 09/14/99: by B. Vahev: roll BRV-79, neg #12 *P6. Date Constructed/Age and Source: ® Historic 0 Prehistoric 0 Both 1938: Palo Alto Times *P7. Owner and Address: Michael & Sheila Brand 1401 Edgewood Dr Palo Alto CA 94301 *P8. Recorded by: (Name, affiliation, and address) Michael Corbett. Dames & Moore 221 Main Street, Suite 600 San Francisco, CA 94105 *P9. Date Recorded: March 24. 2000 *P10. Survey Type: (Describe) Intensive P11. Report Citation*: (Cite survey report and other sources, or enter "none".) Palo Alto Historic Survey Update (Corbett and Bradley for Dames & Moore. 2000) *Attachments: ❑ NONE a Location Map 0 Sketch Map ® Continuation S ❑ Archaeological Record 0 District Record 0 Linear Feature Record 0 Milli O Artifact Record 0 Photograph Record 0 Other (List) feet ® Building, Structure and 0hiect Record d Packet Pg. 135 DPR 523A (1/95)1 EDGE1401.F1 *Required information. Item 2 State of California -- The Resources Agency Primary # Attachment A - January DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRi # 11, 2024 Nomination BUILDING, STRUCTURE, AND OBJECT RECORD ` Package Page 2 of 4 *NRHP Status Code 3S *Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder) 1401 Edgewood Dr B1. Historic Name: B2. Common Name: B3. Original Use: B4. Present Use: Sinale family property *B5. Architectural Style: Colonial Revival *86. Construction History: (Construction date, alterations, and date of alterations) 1938: Built (Palo Alto Times) 1979: Remodel 1985: Addition *B7. Moved? 0 No 0 Yes 0 Unknown Date: Original Location: *B8. Related Features: B9a. Architect: David Clark and Walter Stromauist b. Builder: Wells Goodenough *B10. Significance: Theme B: M.C. Speidel, C: Colonial Revival and work of the office of Birge Clark Area Palo Alto Period of Significance 1938-1980 Property Type Residential Applicable Criteria B and C (Discuss importance in terms of historical or architectural context as defined by theme, period, and geographic scope. Also address integrity.) History Site: A Map of the City of Palo Alto Showing the City Limits on January 1, 1921 identified all the land on which Crescent Park no. 2 was to be built as undeveloped and belonging to "Jesurun." This area remained undeveloped at the time of the City Map of 1924, but by the July 1929 map, the streets had been laid and the blocks subdivided into parcels. On that map, the lot at 1401 Edgewood (parcel no. 1 of Block 121) was already as it remains today except for slight adjustments on its Southwood side on account of changes in the shape of the cul-de-sac there. Structure: The Palo Alto Times printed a building permit notice, on 21 October 1938, for a new residence at 101 Edgewood which would be renumbered as 1401 in 1949. The notice identified Wells Goodenough as the builder, M.C. Speidel as the owner, and $30,000 as the cost. The address was also listed in "Residences in Palo Alto Designed by the Office of Birge Clark" with a note to the effect that this was one of the few colonial style houses designed by that office and was primarily designed by David Clark and Walter Stromquist. The Palo Alto City Directory first listed the address in the edition of 1939 with Merritt C. and Edna M. Speidel the occupants. The City Directory continued to list the Speiders at the address well into the 1950s. The Assessor's records include a 1979 building permit for a $55,000 alteration and remodel and another from 1985 for a See continuation sheet B11. Additional Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) *B12. References: See continuation sheet. 913. Remarks: *B14. Evaluator: Michael Corbett Date of Evaluation: March 24, 2000 (This space reserved for official comments) (Sketch map with north arrow required) Packet Pg. 136 DPR 523E (1195) EDGE1401.F1 *Required Information State of California — The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION FIRI/Trinomial CONTINUATION SHEET Page 3 of 4 Resource Identifier: 1401 Edaewood Dr Recorded by Michael Corbett/Steve Hardy (histgrv) *Date March 24, 2000 rs Continuation o Update Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package History (continued) $75,000 addition of a master bedroom suite on the second floor. A comparison of the footprint of the house that appears on the 1949 Sanborn with the present appearance of the house shows that the attached garage was also added, perhaps during one of the two large remodeling jobs above. Use: According to an obituary published in the Palo Alto Times, Merritt Speidel, who built and occupied 1401 Edgewood with his family until the time of his death, was the founder, president, and director of a Palo Alto -based company that owned eight daily and two weekly newspapers located in smaller cities across the country. Among his publications were the Salinas Californian, the Visalia Times -Delta, the Iowa City Press Citizen, the Western Horseman, and papers in Chillicothe, Ohio; Fort Collins, Colorado; Reno, Nevada; and Poughkeepsie, New York. In 1977, he sold the Speidel Group to Gannett Newspapers. Speidel was associated with the First Capital National Bank of Iowa City and was a director of the Palo Alto National Bank. He was a friend of Warren G. Harding and was appointed to the National Commission for the Reorganization of the Federal Government by Herbert Hoover in 1949. Evaluation The house at 1401 Edgewood appears eligible for the NRHP under criteria B and C at the local level of significance. The period of significance is 1938, when it was built, to 1980, when the original owners were gone. Under criterion B, the house is significant as the home of M.C. Speidel, founder and owner of the Speidel chain of eight American newspapers. Under criterion C, it is an example of the Colonial Revival style and of the work of the office of Birge Clark, architect. References California Office of Historic Preservation. Instructions for Nominating Historical Resources to the California Register of Historic Resources. Sacramento, CA. August 1997. Map of the City of Palo Alto. 1921, 1924, 1929, 1949. Palo Alto City Directory. 1939-1953. Palo Alto Historic Survey Update. Property File. Palo Alto Historical Society file. Obituary of M.C. Speidel. no date. Palo Alto Times. 21 October 1938. Peninsula Times Tribune. (obituary of Edna M . Speidel) 4 April 1980. Residences in Palo Alto Designed by the Office of Birge M. Clark. Sanborn Map Company. Insurance Maps of Palo Alto. New York: 1924; revisions to 1949. United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service. National Register Bulletin 15: How to Apply the National Register Criteria for Evaluation. Who's Who on the Pacific Coast. Chicago: A.N. Marquis, 1951, p. 631. Packet Pg. 137 DPR 523L (1195) EDGE1401.F1 *Required Information State of California — The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION LOCATION MAP Primary #, HRi# Triatsmla! Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package Page of 4 *Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder) 1401 Edaewood Dr *Map Name: Palo Alto Planning Dent. CIS *Scale: 1":80' 'Date of Map: 1999 Packet Pg. 138 Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package PROPERTIES PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED IN 1997-2001 SURVEY Properties proposed for designation under Palo Alto Criterion 2: • Criterion 2 (The structure or site is particularly representative of an architectural style or way of life important to the city, state or nation) Address Criterion Category 50 Crescent Drive 2 3 2131 Harvard Street 2 3 755 Hamilton Avenue 2 4 Page &Turnbull 1 170 MAIDEN LANE, 5TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNI Packet Pg. 139 PAGE &TURNBULL 50 CRESCENT DRIVE APN: 003-09-028 1997-2001 SURVEY UPDATE SUMMARY Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination ���777�+ Package Identified National Register Criteria of Significance: Criteria A (Events), B (Persons), and C (Architecture) Identified Period of Significance: 1929-1948 Summary of Significance: 50 Crescent Drive was found significant under three criteria. Under Criterion A, the building represents the development of Crescent Park. Under Criterion B, the building is associated with both D.W. Brewer, who was the developer of Crescent Park, and Dr. Joseph Powers, a prominent local physician and radiologist. And under Criterion C, the building is a good example of Mediterranean Revival designed by Joseph Stewart, a San Francisco architect. 2023 RECONNAISSANCE SURVEY SUMMARY Alterations Since 2001: Shutters removed; addition constructed at the east side of the primary facade with a two-story extension to the rear ca. 2010. Status in 2023: Extant, altered with an addition but retains historic integrity. Recommended Revisions to Significance: The Criterion A significance identified in the 2001 Survey has been omitted as the subject building was not the first or last large residential building erected in Crescent Park and is not known to have served as a catalyst for the development of the neighborhood. The Criterion B significance —for an association with Don W. Brewer and Dr. Joseph Powers —has also been omitted. The building was constructed speculatively by Brewer and served as his residence only until he found a suitable buyer, a pattern which he employed for several properties within Crescent Park. Brewer does not appear to have been particularly closely affiliated with the subdivision and development of Crescent Park, as his firm, Hare, Brewer & Clark represented a wide variety of real estate properties and types. An association with the larger work of Hare, Brewer & Clark may more closely relate to the office tower development at 525 University Avenue that was built by Hare, Brewer & Kelley (the successor firm to Hare, Brewer & Clark) as their offices. An association with the professional accomplishments of Dr. Joseph Powers would be more clearly represented through an association with his professional office and one of his places of work at the Medico -Dental Building (extant, 261 Hamilton Avenue, listed on the National Register and the Palo Alto Historic Inventory). The period of significance has been revised to be 1929, corresponding to the year of the building's construction. Imagining change in historic environments through design, research, and technology 170 MAIDEN LANE, 5TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94108 TEL 415 3 JL-✓ Packet Pg. 140 Palo Alto Historic Inventory Designation Page 2 of 2 Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package Figure 1: 1997-2001 Survey Update photograph. Figure 2: 2023 Reconnaissance Survey photograph. RECOMMENDATION FOR LISTING IN THE PALO ALTO HISTORIC INVENTORY Palo Alto Historic Inventory Criteria for Designation: Criterion 2 (The structure or site is particularly representative of an architectural style or way of life important to the city, state, or nation) Statement of Significance: 50 Crescent Drive is a good example of a Mediterranean Revival style residence in Palo Alto. Despite a recent addition, the building retains its overall character and massing to a sufficient degree for consideration as contributing building to overall neighborhood architectural context. Period of Significance: 1929 Palo Alto Historic Inventory Category: Category 3 PAGE & TURNBULL 170 MAIDEN LANE, 5TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFOR \ Packet Pg. 141 N., —,— I—YIJ-JUL -J IJ�1 State of California — The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION PRIMARY RECORD Primary # HRI # Trinomial Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package NRHP Status Code 35 Other Listings Review Code . . Reviewer Date Page 1 of 4 *Resource Name or #: (Assigned by recorder) 50 Crescent Dr P1. Other Identifier: 50 Crescent Dr P2. Location: 0 Not for Publication ® Unrestricted *a: County Santa Clara and (P2c,P2e, and P2b or P2d. Attach Location Map as necessary.) *b. USGS 7.5' Quad Palo Alto, CA Date 1991 T _ R _; _'A of _%, of Sec . B.M. c. Address 50 Crescent Dr City Palo Alto Zip 94301 d. UTM: (Give more than one for large andtor linear resources) Zone • mE/ mN *e. Other Locational Data: (e.g., parcel #, directions to resource, elevation, etc., as appropriate) APN 003 09 028 *P3a. Description: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries) The house at 50 Crescent Drive is a U-shaped structure with a two-story wing facing the street and one-story wings, one of them a garage, projecting toward the rear. The U is oriented to the south to take advantage of natural sunlight. The house is a wood -frame structure clad in stucco, covered by a red tile, gable roof. Details include decorative iron balconies and hardware, a round arched main entrance, and steel casement windows. It is in the Mediterranean Revival style. *P3b Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) HP2 Single family property *P4. Resources Present: a Building in Structure 0 Object ❑ Site ❑ District ❑ Element of District 0 Other (isolates, etc.) P5b. Description of Photo: (View, date, accession #} 50 Crescent Dr: view southeast: 09/14/99: by B. Vahev: roll BRV-78. nea #4 *P6. Date Constructed/Age and Source: ® Historic ❑ Prehistoric 0 Both 1929: Building and Engineering News *P7. Owner and Address: Gary A & Karen C Fry 50 Crescent Dr Palo Alto CA 94301 *PS. Recorded by: (Name, affiliation, and address) Michael Corbett. Dames & Moore 221 Main Street. Suite 600 San Francisco, CA 94105 *P9. Date Recorded: April 4. 2000 *P10. Survey Type: (Describe) Intensive P11. Report Citation*: (Cite survey report and other sources, or enter "none".) Palo Alto Historic Survey Update (Corbett and Bradley for Dames & Moore, 2000) *Attachments: 0 NONE ® Location Map ❑ Sketch Map ® Continuation S ❑ Archaeological Record 0 District Record 0 Linear Feature Record 0 Milli ❑ Artifact Record 0 Photograph Record 0 Other (List) feet ® Budding, Structure and Obje:t Record d Packet Pg. 142 DPR 523A (1/951/ CRES50.F1 *Required information. State of California — The Resources Agency Primary #, DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # BUILDING, STRUCTURE, AND OBJECT RECORD Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J Page 2 of 4 *NRHP Status Code 3S *Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder) 50 Crescent Dr B1. Historic Name: B2. Common Name: B3. Original Use: B4. Present Use: HP2 Single family property *B5. Architectural Style: Mediterranean Revival *B6. Construction History: (Construction date, alterations, and date of alterations) 1929: Built (Building and Engineering News) 1972: Kitchen remodel, addition to study *B7. Moved? a No 0 Yes ❑ Unknown Date: Original Location: *B8. Related Features: B9a. Architect: Joseph L. Stewart b. Builder: H.H. Dabinett *B10. Significance: Theme A: Development of Crescent Park, B: D.W. Brewer. developer of Crescent Park and Joseph Powers, local physician, C: Mediterranean Revival Area Palo Alto Period of Significance 1929-1948 Property Type Residential Applicable Criteria A. B. C (Discuss importance in terms of historical or architectural context as defined by theme, period, and geographic scope. Also address integrity.) History Site: The single family dwelling at 50 Crescent is located on an approximately 100 -by -168 -foot lot which is a reduction by about half of what had originally been parcel No. 8 in Block No. 115 of Crescent Park. That parcel was not built on prior to the construction of the current house, and the reduction was perhaps a reflection of changes in market preferences. The borders were set at the time of construction and have not since been altered. Structure: Building and Engineering News printed on 9 November 1929 the notice of the construction of a new residence at 50 Crescent. That notice identified the architect as Joseph L. Stewart, the builder as H. Dabinett, the owner as D.W. Brewer, and the cost as $22,000. The Palo Alto Times had printed on 31 October 1929 the notice of a building permit for the same. D.W. Brewer, who had commissioned the design and construction of the house, was, according to the record in the Palo Alto City Directory, its first occupant. He was listed at the address as Don Brewer, president of Hare, Brewer and Clark, along with his wife Dana through 1935. The Assessor's records contain a copy of a building permit dated 7 November 1972 for the remodeling of the kitchen and an addition to the study. See continuation sheet B11. Additional Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) *B12. References: See continuation sheet. B13. Remarks: *B14. Evaluator: Michael Corbett Date of Evaluation: April 4. 2000 (This space reserved for official comments) (Sketch map with north arrow required) Packet Pg. 143 DPR 52360/95) CRES5O.F1 *Required Information State of California — The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRlfTrinamial CONTINUATION SHEET Page 3 of 4 Resource Identifier: 50 Crescent Dr Recorded by Michael Corbett/Steve Hardy (history) *Date April 4 2000 a Continuation 0 Update Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package History (continued) Use: The eight room residence at 50 Crescent has always been a single family residence. D.W. Brewer, resident from cc. 1930 through 1935, was a local real estate operator, according to his obituary, who played a leading role in the development of Crescent Park. He had previously lived for two years at 79 Crescent Drive. Dr. Robert A. Powers was listed in the City Directory at the address from 1936 at least through 1948. Dr. Powers was a radiologist who, according to a letter to the editor that appeared in the Palo Alto Times after his death (in the files of the Palo Alto Historical Society, not dated), worked originally in the old Peninsula Hospital on Embarcadero and then kept his own office in the Medico -Dental Building at Ramona and Hamilton. After Powers' death in 1970, testimonials included a letter to the editor of the Palo Alto Times from Dr. Russel V. Lee, founder of the Palo Alto Medical Clinic. He called Powers "a veritable Palo Alto pioneer. He was the first radiologist between San Francisco and San Jose . . . a first rate radiologist." Evaluation This house, at 50 Crescent Drive, appears eligible for the NRHP under criteria A, 6, and C at the local level of significance. The period of significance is 1929, when it was built, to 1948, when Dr. Joseph Powers moved out. Under criterion A, the house represents the development of Crescent Park. Under criterion B, it was the home of the developer of Crescent Park, D.W. Brewer, and Dr. Joseph Powers, a distinguished local physician. Under criterion C, it is an example of the Mediterranean Revival style designed by the San Francisco architect Joseph L. Stewart and built by H. Dabinett. References Building and Engineering News. 9 November 1929. California. Secretary of State. Index to Architects. 1947. California State Archives. California Office of Historic Preservation. Instructions for Nominating Historical Resources to the California Register of Historic Resources. Sacramento, CA. August 1997. Palo Alto Historic Survey Update. Property File. Palo Alto Times. 31 October 1929, 16 February 1940, 12 January 1970. San Francisco Chronicle. 12 January 1970. San Jose Mercury News. 13 January 1970. Sanborn Map Company. Insurance Maps of Palo Alto. New York: 1924; revisions to 1949. Santa Clara County. Tax Assessor. Assessment Record. 1949, 1964, 1967. United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service. National Register Bulletin 15; How to Apply the National Register Criteria for Evaluation. Packet Pg. 144 DPR 523L (1/95) CRES50.F1 *Required Information State of California — The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION LOCATION MAP Primary if HRl# Trinomial Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package Page 4 of 4 *Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder) 50 Crescent Dr *Map Name: Palo Alto Planning Deot. GIS *Scale: 1":80` *Date of Map: 1999 it. OH. .f Palo Alto This daeurrrti b a Raphk nrpnypentanon only of beet areisW acurmt. The Gty el Pab Ada assumes no responabfey lot any arms. 50 Crescent Drive 003-09-028 TM rd e t a t cry d (I Peso Mb 8 d ev DPR 523J (1/95) *Required Information Packet Pg. 145 PAGE &TURNBULL 2131 HARVARD STREET APN: 137-03-066 1997-2001 SURVEY UPDATE SUMMARY Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination ���777�+ Package Identified National Register Criteria of Significance: Criterion B (Persons) Identified Period of Significance: 1911-1943 Summary of Significance: 2131 Harvard Street was found significant under Criterion B for its association with John Albee, who was the City Marshall and Constable of Mayfield in the early twentieth century. 2023 RECONNAISSANCE SURVEY SUMMARY Alterations Since 2001: Railing at entry stair has been replaced; no other alterations identified. Status in 2023: Extant, retains historic integrity. Recommended Revisions to Significance: Additional information supplied by the property owner established that the building was constructed in 1906 for sisters Nina and Ada Garwood.' John "Jack" Albee moved to the subject building following his marriage to Nina in 1908. Additionally, the 2001 evaluation mentioned a possible extant barn that has been confirmed to no longer be present. The property was initially determined significant for its association with John Albee, a local Mayfield Marshall, tax collector, and constable; however additional research has established that the residence was constructed for the Garwood sisters and that Albee, while a prominent local figure in Mayfield in the early twentieth century, is not known to have made any particular personal or professional achievements that would be closely associated with the subject building. As the original 2001 evaluation also expressed that the building might be significant for its architecture, the statement of significance is revised to focus on the architectural significance of the building. The period of significance is revised to 1906, consisting of the year of the building's construction. 1 "Building in the Suburbs," The Daily Palo Alto Times, June 2, 1906. "In the College Terrace Addition Mrs. Coburn and the Misses Garwood are having new homes built, the latter's being now almost finished." Imagining change in historic environments through design, research, and technology 170 MAIDEN LANE, 5TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94108 TEL 415 3 JL-✓ Packet Pg. 146 Palo Alto Historic Inventory Designation Page 2 of 2 Figure 2: 2023 Reconnaissance Survey photograph. Figure 1: 1997-2001 Survey Update photograph. Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package RECOMMENDATION FOR LISTING IN THE PALO ALTO HISTORIC INVENTORY Palo Alto Historic Inventory Criteria for Designation: Criterion 2 (The structure or site is particularly representative of an architectural style or way of life important to the city, state or nation) Statement of Significance: 2131 Harvard Street is significant as an early example of a vernacular residential design with Craftsman style influences built in the former town of Mayfield. Period of Significance: 1906 Palo Alto Historic Inventory Category: Category 3 PAGE & TURNBULL 170 MAIDEN LANE, 5TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFOR Packet Pg. 147 i'(I/1 111 VU I LL Y I JUL-,J- , JY State of California — The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION PRIMARY RECORD Primary # HRI # Trinomial Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package NRHP Status Code 3S Other Listings Review Code Reviewer Date . . . . Page 1 of 5 *Resource Name or #: (Assigned by recorder) 2131 Harvard St P1. Other Identifier: 2131 Harvard St P2. Location: ❑ Not for Publication Unrestricted *a: County Santa Clara and (P2c,P2e, and P2b or P2d. Attach Location Map as necessary.) *b. USGS 7.5' Quad Palo Alto, CA Date 1991 T ; R •_'/ of _Yo of Sec B.M. c. Address 2131 Harvard St City Palo Alto Zip 94306 d. UTM: (Give more than one for large and/or linear resources) Zone • mE/ mN *e. Other Locational Data: (e.g., parcel #, directions to resource, elevation, etc., as appropriate) APN 137 03 066 *P3a. Description: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries) The following description addresses the building in terms of its structure, plan, and appearance. The structure and plan are described using three sources of information (1949 Assessment Record prepared by the Tax Assessor, Sanborn maps, and current survey information — photographs, Field Notes form, and site visits from 1998 and 1999). The description of the structure and plan is presented for two phases in the building's history. The building is presented as it was built, or as it was at the earliest time warranted by the information available. Second the building is presented as it has changed, up to the present (1999). The house at 2131 Harvard is a one and one-half story, stud -frame house on a concrete wall foundation. It is covered by a high cross -gable roof. The frame is enclosed on the exterior by shingles, probably attached to sheathing. Inside, there is a cement floor in the basement, pine .floors in the main part of the house, and plaster walls. Fenestration consists of double -hung windows and paneled doors. In 1949, the Tax Assessor recorded that there was a gas floor furnace and no fireplace. See continuation sheet *P3b Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) HP2 Single family property *P4. Resources Present: ® Building 0 Structure 0 Object ❑ Site ❑ District 0 Element of District 0 Other (isolates, etc.) P5b. Description of Photo: (View, date, accession #) 2131 Harvard St: view northeast: 10/05199: by B. Vahev; roll BRV-88, nea #8 *P6. Date Constructed/Age and Source: z Historic ❑ Prehistoric 0 Both ca. 1906-1908: Sanborn Map/Tax Card *P7. Owner and Address: Naomi Petersen 2131 Harvard St Palo Alto CA 94306 *P8. Recorded by: (Name, affiliation, and address) Michael Corbett, Dames & Moore 221 Main Street, Suite 600 San Francisco, CA 94105 *P9. Date Recorded: December 16, 1999 *P10. Survey Type: (Describe) Intensive P11. Report Citation*: (Cite survey report and other sources, or enter "none".) Palo Alto Historic Survey Update (Corbett and Bradley for Dames & Moore, 2000) *Attachments: ❑ NONE ® Location Map 0 Sketch Map ® Continuation Sh-et ®: il.in t Record 0 Archaeological Record o District Record o Linear Feature Record 0 Milli Packet Pg. 148 (d ❑ Artifact Record ❑ Photograph Record 0 Other (List) DPR 523A (1/95)/ HARV2131.F1 *Required information, State of California — The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI/Trinornial CONTINUATION SHEET Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Page 2 of 5 Resource identifier: 2131 Harvard St Recorded by Michael Corbett *Date December 16, 1999 ® Continuation 0 Update Package Description (continued) In plan, this house, although almost rectangular, is a shallow cross. In 1949, the Tax Assessor recorded a basement, a full ground floor, and a habitable attic. On the ground floor were a living room, dining room, two baths, and a kitchen. Although the notation is ambiguous, it appears that there are a total of four bedrooms with one on the ground floor and three in the attic. The arrangement of these rooms is not known. By virtue of its high gabled roof and shingled walls, the appearance of this house is associated with the Craftsman style. Packet Pg. 149 DPR 523L {1195) HARV2131.F1 *Required Information State of California — The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # BUILDING, STRUCTURE, AND OBJECT RECORD Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Page 3 of 5 Package *NRHP Status Code 3S *Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder) 2131 Harvard St 61. Historic Name: B2. Common Name: B3. Original Use: B4. Present Use: Single family property *B5. Architectural Style: Craftsman *B6. Construction History: (Construction date, alterations, and date of alterations) ca. 1906-1908: Built *B7. Moved? ® No ❑ Yes 0 Unknown Date: Original Location: *BB. Related Features: B9a. Architect: b. Builder: unknown *B10. Significance: Theme John Albee, Mayfield City Marshal and Constable Area Palo Alto Period of Significance ca. 1906-1943 Property Type Residential Applicable Criteria B )Discuss importance in terms of historical or architectural context as defined by theme, period, and geographic scope. Also address integrity.} History Site: The lot at 2131 Harvard is presently composed of what were on the General Plan of the Town of Mayfield lots 20, 21, and 22 in Block 24. At the time of the Sanborn map of 1908, the house in question sat on a property composed of ten such lots (13 to 22) occupying the entire northwest end of the block, with frontages on Harvard, Oxford, and Oberlin streets. At that time, there was a two-story barn behind the house on the east side of the property (marked on the Sanborn map with a symbol indicating horses). By the Sanborn map of 1925, the northeast half of the property was sold so that the house sat on a square lot at the east corner of Harvard and Oxford streets. The 1925 Sanborn map showed a two-story garage in the same location as the two-story barn but with a smaller footprint — probably the same structure modified for a new purpose. Between 1925 and 1945, Oxford Avenue was abandoned by the city, subdivided, and sold for development. Lots 18 and 19 were sold off and joined to a half portion of the street to form the property numbers 2109-15-21 Harvard. This left the current property measuring 75 by 125 feet, The City of Palo Alto Fire Run map of 1997 shows a structure in the rear that may be the barn - garage. Structure: The tax card dates the single family residence at 2131 Harvard to 1907, while the Santa Clara County MetroScan dates it to 1906. It appears on the Sanborn map dated May 1908. The footprint of the house on that map appears unchanged on the Sanborn maps of 1924 and 1949. The Assessor's records note no additions of alterations. See continuation sheet B11. Additional Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) *B12. References: See continuation sheet. B13. Remarks: *B14. Evaluator: Michael Corbett Date of Evaluation: December 16, 1999 (This space reserved for official comments) (Sketch map with north arrow required) Packet Pg. 150 DPR 523B (1/95) HARV2131.F1 *Required Information State of California — The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION 11141/Trinomial CONTINUATION SHEET Page 4 of 5 Resource Identifier: 2131 Harvard St Recorded by Michael Corbett/Steve Hardy (history) *Date December 16. 1999 ta Continuation 0 Update Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package History (continued) Use: The Palo Alto City Directory did not regularly list Mayfield prior to 1910. In 1911, it listed John K. and Nina G Albee as the occupants of 2131 Harvard. In that year, Mr. Albee was listed as City Marshall, but from the next year until 1917, he was listed as a constable and liveryman. He later worked as a waterworks engineer, and a carpenter. Albee moved to Mayfield in 1885. He served as constable for 16 years and was described as a "pioneer of Mayfield" in his 1934 obituary. Mrs. Albee was regularly identified as a housekeeper (i.e., housewife). Their son Ira Eugene, a chauffeur and later San Mateo County deputy sheriff, was listed living with his father and his father's second wife, Pearl, from 1930. The Albees (the City Directory begins to spell the name Allbee in 1927) took in boarders in 1925, 1928 and 1929. Barnie and Hattie Luce bought the house by 1938 from J.K. Allbee's widow and remained through 1944. Mr. Luce's profession at the time of the 1941 edition was cook. In the 1942 directory, weeks after Pearl Harbor, he was already a shipyard worker. Evaluation Like many in Mayfield, this house is difficult to evaluate because of the lack of information about its early history. The house was built by 1908 and based on its appearance probably was not built many years before that. The first known occupants, the Albees in 1911, may have been the original occupants (a title search and census research, not possible due to time constraints of this survey, could in the future help to answer these questions). Because John Albee was at one time a carpenter, he may have built this house and the two-story barn where horses were kept at the rear — possibly still standing in modified form as a garage. (Note this survey was done from the street right-of-way and so it was not possible to determine the condition of the garage.) As Albee was Mayfield City Marshall, constable, and a liveryman, this house and its outbuilding (if it is standing) have an interesting association with Mayfield at the time this was built and possibly with the pre -automobile era. This house may be significant under criterion A as an owner -built house. If there is any integrity to the barn, the property may represent the pre -automobile period in Mayfield and the shift to automobiles as the barn became a garage. This also represents an important period of growth and development in Mayfield following incorporation and the subsequent closing of the taverns. The house appears significant under criterion B at the local level of significance for its association with John Albee, a Mayfield City Marshall and constable. The period of significance is 1911 to 1934 when Albee died. If more were known about the construction and plan of the house, it might also be eligible under criterion C. References California Office of Historic Preservation. Instructions for Nominating Historical Resources to the California Register of Historic Resources. Sacramento, CA. August 1997. Palo Alto City Directory. 1911-1950. Palo Alto Historic Survey Update. Property File. Palo Alto Times. 28 May 1927, 13 April 1934, 6 May 1968. Sanborn Map Company. Insurance Maps of Mayfield. New York: 1908, 1925, 1945. Santa Clara County. Tax Assessor. Assessment Record. 1949. United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service. National Register Bulletin 15: How to Apply the National Register Criteria for Evaluation. Winslow, Ward and the Palo Alto Historical Association. Palo Alto: A Centennial History. Palo Alto: Palo Alto Historical Association, 1993. Packet Pg. 151 DPR 523L (1/95) HARV2131.F1 *Required information State of California — The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION LOCATION MAP Primary # HRI# Trinomial Page _ of 5 _ "Map Name: Palo Alto Planning Dent. GIS *Scale: 1":80' *Date of Map: 1999 Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package "Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder) 2131 Harvard St J DPR 523J (1/95) Thla document la a granite repreaanaabn only o1 bee amiable moron. The Cly of Palo Apo- mamas no nano ay for any mom 2131 Harvard St 137-03-066 rma a. O the My 0' Palo A G$8 a er *Required Information Packet Pg. 152 PAGE &TURNBULL 755 HAMILTON AVENUE APN: 003-02-033 1997-2001 SURVEY UPDATE SUMMARY Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination ���777�+ Package Identified National Register Criteria of Significance: Criteria B (Persons) and C (Architecture) Identified Period of Significance: 1920-1934 Summary of Significance: 755 Hamilton Avenue was found eligible for its association with Ralph Beal, who was a leader in the early electronics industry in Palo Alto and made significant contributions to American military technology in World War I and World War II; and as an archetypal example of a California bungalow in the 1920s. 2023 RECONNAISSANCE SURVEY SUMMARY Alterations Since 2001: A second -floor addition was constructed in 2020. Status in 2023: Altered but retains sufficient integrity given retention of overall design and features. Recommended Revisions to Significance: The building's association with the professional accomplishments of Ralph Beal in the field of electronics would be better represented by the locations of Beal's work in Palo Alto, including his work at the National Telegraph Company in the years prior to World War I (1912-1917) and from 1919 to 1934. While the earliest locations of the National Telegraph Company have been demolished (903 Emerson Street), Beal would have worked at Marsh Station (extant) from 1921 to 1934. In 1934, Beal moved to New York to become the Research Director for RCA Laboratories and went on to undertake significant government work during World War I I. Beal's contributions to the electronics and communications industries in Palo Alto are most closely associated with the National Telegraph Company's Marsh Station, and not his personal residence from 1920 to 1934. The period of significance for the building's architectural significance is 1920, the year of the building's construction. Figure 1: 1997-2001 Survey Update photograph. Figure 2: 2023 Reconnaissance Survey photograph. Imagining change in historic environments through design, research, and technology 170 MAIDEN LANE, 5TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94108 TEL 415 3 J Packet Pg. 153 Palo Alto Historic Inventory Designation Page 2 of 2 Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package RECOMMENDATION FOR LISTING IN THE PALO ALTO HISTORIC INVENTORY Palo Alto Historic Inventory Criteria for Designation: Criterion 2 (The structure or site is particularly representative of an architectural style or way of life important to the city, state, or nation) Statement of Significance: 885 Hamilton Avenue is significant as a modest but archetypal example of a California bungalow of the 1920s. Despite the construction of a recent second -story addition, the building retains its overall character to a sufficient degree for consideration as a contributing building to the overall neighborhood architectural context. Period of Significance: '1920 Palo Alto Historic Inventory Category: Category 4 PAGE & TURNBULL 170 MAIDEN LANE, 5TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFOR Packet Pg. 154 r\f, , — I LL Y I JUL-,J- , JY State of California -- The Resources. Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION PRIMARY RECORD( Primary # HRI # Trinomial Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package NRHP Status Code 3S Other Listings Review Code Reviewer Date Page 1 of 5 *Resource Name or #: (Assigned by recorder) 755 Hamilton Ave P1. Other Identifier: 755 Hamilton Ave P2. Location: o Not for Publication ® Unrestricted *a: County Santa Clara and (P2c,P2e, and P2b or P2d. Attach Location Map as necessary.) *b. USGS 7.5' Quad Palo Alto, CA Date 1991 T _; R _; _% of _''/ of Sec . B.M. c. Address 755 Hamilton Ave City Palo Alto Zip 94301 d. UTM: (Give more than one for large and/or linear resources) Zone _• mE/ mN "e. Other Locational Data: (e.g., parcel #, directions to resource, elevation, etc., as appropriate) APN 003 02 033 *P3a. Description: {Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries) The house at 755 Hamilton is an archetypal example of the California Bungalow of the 1920s. It is a one-story, wood -frame structure clad in stucco and covered by a low pitched roof with numerous gables. Although it does not come directly from Wilson's bungalow book published in the 1920s, the house is similar in plan and appearance to several houses in that book and appears to be based on a pattern book design. In 1949, the Tax Assessor identified a living room, dining room, three bedrooms, two baths, a kitchen, and a service porch. The living room is at the south corner, entered directly off the porch and identified on the exterior by the brick chimney on the southwest side. The dining room with its glazed wall and trellis is behind the living room and probably forms an interconnected space with it. The kitchen would be in the rear at the west corner. The three bedrooms are located along the northwest side of the house. Principal stylistic features of the house are its projecting front porch with tapered columns, its overhanging eaves with exposed rafters and (fake) beams, its multiple gables, its dining room bay window, and its tapered brick chimney. *P3b Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) HP2 Single family property *P4. Resources Present: a Building 0 Structure ❑ Object 0 Site 0 District 0 Element of District 0 Other (isolates, etc.) P5b. Description of Photo: (View, date, accession #) 755 Hamilton Ave; view northwest; 09/14/99: by B. Vahev: roll BRV-80, nea #5 *P6. Date Constructed/Age and Source: ® Historic ❑ Prehistoric 0 Both ca. 1920: City Directory *P7. Owner and Address: Alfred Werry Jr. 755 Hamilton Ave Palo Alto CA 94301 *P8. Recorded by: (Name, affiliation, and address) Michael Corbett, Dames & Moore 221 Main Street, Suite 600 San Francisco, CA 94105 *P9. Date Recorded: March 23. 2000 *P10. Survey Type: (Describe) Intensive P11. Report Citation*: (Cite survey report and other sources, or enter "none".) Palo Alto Historic Survey Update (Corbett and Bradley for Dames & Moore. 2000) *Attachments: 0 NONE ® Location Map ❑ Sketch Map ® Continuation S ❑ Archaeological Record 0 District Record ❑ Linear Feature Record 0 Milli ❑ Artifact Record 0 Photograph Record 0 Other (List) heat ® Building. Structure and Objec Packet Pg. 155 t Record d DPR 523A (1195)1 HAMI755.F1 *Required Information. State of California — The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # BUILDING, STRUCTURE, AND OBJECT RECORD Page 2 of 5 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package j *NRHP Status Code 35 *Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder) 755 Hamilton Ave 61. Historic Name: B2. Common Name: B3. Original Use: B4. Present Use: Single family property *B5. Architectural Style: California Bungalow *B6. Construction History: (Construction date, alterations, and date of alterations) ca. 1920: Built (City Directory) 1922: Garage built *B7. Moved? Pi No o Yes ❑ Unknown Date: Original Location: *B8. Related Features: B9a. Architect: b. Builder: unknown *B10. Significance: Theme B: Ralph Beal, C: California Bungalow Area Palo Alto Period of Significance 1920-1934 Property Type Residential Applicable Criteria B and C (Discuss importance in terms of historical or architectural context as defined by theme, period, and geographic scope. Also address integrity.) History Site: The lot numbered 755 Hamilton had not been subdivided by the "Map of the City of Palo Alto" prepared about 1916. It does appear, however, on the Map of the City of Palo Alto of 1921 with the same borders it has to this day. Structure: The Palo Alto City Directory first lists 755 Hamilton in the edition of 1920-1921 at which time the house there was occupied by Ralph R. and Merle Beal. Later editions of the City Directory identified Mr. and Mrs. Beal as the owners of their residence. One candidate for builder of the bungalow is Mrs. Beal's father, the Palo Alto contractor George G. Bertsche. The Palo Alto Times printed a building permit notice, on 3 October 1922, for a garage. The Sanborn map of 1924 shows house and garage and they remain unchanged on the map's update of 1949. Since 1922 the one -car garage has been replaced by a four - car garage. Use: According to the record in the Palo Alto City Directory, Ralph Beal and his wife Merle Bertsche Beal were the first occupants and probably the first owners of 755 Hamilton. Beal worked for the Federal Telegraph Company from 1912 to 1926. He was based in Palo Alto except during World War I when he was resident engineer in Washington D.C. for the company. According to Ward Winslow (p. 204), Beal and two others "worked out the theory of the great arcs that Federal Telegraph See continuation sheet B11. Additional Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) *B12. References: See continuation sheet. B13. Remarks: *B14. Evaluator: Michael Corbett Date of Evaluation: March 23. 2000 (This space reserved for official comments) (Sketch map with north arrow required) Packet Pg. 156 DPR 523B (1195) HAMI755.F1 *Required Information State of California -- The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION MI/Trinomial CONTINUATION SHEET Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package Page 3 of 5 Resource Identifier: 755 Hamilton Ave Recorded by Michael Corbett/Steve Hardy (history) *Date March 23, 2000 ® Continuation o Update History (continued) subsequently built to become the backbone of U.S. Navy communication during World War I." After the war, he returned to Palo Alto as chief engineer of the company and built the house at 755 Hamilton. He had left Palo Alto for New York in 1934 when he transferred by RCA. According to the Palo Alto Times, Beal was "an outstanding leader in radio research and television. . . He was considered an authority on radio research, including radar, the electron microscope, television, and the radio spectrum." The Stanford Alumni Review published, in March 1947, an obituary for Mr. Beal that said that during World War II, he directed development of RCA Laboratories and directed the work done there on television, microwaves, radar, the electron microscope, radio relays, and related research. He "worked closely with the government on many secret projects and was a member of the Microwave Committee of the Office of Scientific Research and Development." In 1934, Beal sold his house for $5,500 to Alfred and Frederica Werry, owner of the Alfred E. Werry Electrical Shop at 303 University. Mr. Werry lived in the house until his death in 1995 at the age of 106 years. Evaluation This house, at 755 Hamilton, appears eligible for the NRHP under criteria B and C at the local level of significance. The period of significance is from 1920, when it was built, to 1934, when Ralph Beal sold it. Under criterion B, it was the home of a leader in the early electronics industry in Palo Alto, who made significant contributions to American military technology in World War I and World War II. Under criterion C, it is an archetypal example of a California bungalow of the 1920s. References California Office of Historic Preservation. Instructions for Nominating Historical Resources to the California Register of Historic Resources. Sacramento, CA. August 1997. Map of the City of Palo Alto. ca. 1916, 1921. Miller, Guy, editor. Palo Alto Community Book. Palo Alto City Directory. 1920-1950. Palo Alto Historic Survey Update. Property File. Palo Alto Times. 3 October 1922, 25 January 1947, 18 August 1954. San Jose Mercury News. 25 February 1995. Sanborn Map Company. Insurance Maps of Palo Alto. New York: 1924. Sanborn Map Company. Insurance Maps of Palo Alto. New York: 1924; revisions to 1949. Stanford Alumni Review. March 1947. Santa Clara County. Tax Assessor. Assessment Record. 1949, 1951, 1964, 1967. United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service. National Register Bulletin 15: How to Apply the National Register Criteria for Evaluation. Packet Pg. 157 DPR 523L (1/95) HAMI755.F1 'Required Information State of California — The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION CONTINUATION SHEET Primary # HRIfTrinomial Page 4 of 5 Resource Identifier: 755 Hamilton Ave Recorded by Michael Corbett Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package *Date March 23, 2000 a Continuation ❑ Update References (continued) Wilson, Henry L. California Bungalows of the Twenties. Bungalow: From its Primitive Crudeness to its Present State Wilson, n.d. New York: Dover Publications, 1993. Winslow, Ward and the Palo Alto Historical Association. Association, 1993. Originally Published as A Short Sketch of the Evolution of the of Artistic Beauty and Cozy Convenience. Los Angeles: Henry L. Palo Alto: A Centennial History. Palo Alto: Palo Alto Historical Packet Pg. 158 DPR 523L (1/95) HAMI755.F1 *Required Information State of California — The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION LOCATION MAP Item 2 Primary # Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Trinomial Package Page of 5 *Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder) 755 Hamilton Ave *Map Name: Palo Alto Planning Dent. GIS *Scale: 1":80* *Date of Map: 1999 3-2-51 3-2.65 3-2-52 3-2-66 3-2-53 3-2-87 3-2-54 3-2-86 3-2-55 3-269 3-2-56 3.2.70 3-2-57 3-2-71 3-2-58 3-2-72 3-2-59 3-2-73 3-2-60 3-2-74 3-2-61 3-2-75 32.82 3-2-76 3-2-63 3-2-77 3-2-64 3-2-78 DPR 523J (1/95) This document is. A.p4* representation only of best avatabfe scums. The CM/deal. Ab assumes no resporebt5y for any .no . 755 Hamilton Ave 003-02-033 This mop hof e CityRAJ 018 0 ed *Required Information Packet Pg. 159 Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package PROPERTIES PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED IN 1997-2001 SURVEY Properties proposed for designation under Palo Alto Criteria 2, 5, and 6: • Criterion 2 (The structure or site is particularly representative of an architectural style or way of life important to the city, state or nation) • Criterion 5 (The architect or building was important) • Criterion 6 (The structure or site contains elements demonstrating outstanding attention to architectural design, detail, materials or craftsmanship) Address Criteria Category 418 Coleridge Avenue 2, 5, 6 1 2025 Columbia Street 2, 5, 6 2 Page &Turnbull 1 170 MAIDEN LANE, 5TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNI Packet Pg. 160 PAGE &TURNBULL 418 COLERIDGE AVENUE APN: 124-08-068 1997-2001 SURVEY UPDATE SUMMARY Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination ���777�+ Package Identified National Register Criteria of Significance: Criteria A (Events), B (Persons), and C (Architecture) Identified Period of Significance: 1922-1942 Summary of Significance: 418 Coleridge Avenue was found eligible under Criteria A, B and C. Under Criterion A, the building represents the intention of developers of the Seale Addition to establish a residential development park for the middle to upper -middle class. Under Criterion B, the building is associated with Charles W. Marwedel who owned a successful and important industrial tool supply business in San Francisco. And under Criterion C, the building is an impressive example of architectural design by San Francsico architects Mathews & Simpson in an English Vernacular cottage style. 2023 RECONNAISSANCE SURVEY SUMMARY Alterations Since 2001: Landscaping and pergola installed that block the view of the residence; no other alterations visible. Status in 2023: Extant, retains historic integrity. Recommended Revisions to Significance: Both the Criteria A and B significance identified in the 2001 Survey were omitted from the recommendation for listing in the Palo Alto Historic Inventory for 418 Coleridge Avenue. The Criterion A significance was omitted as the subject building was not the first or last large residential building erected in the Seale Addition and is not known to have served as a catalyst for the development of the neighborhood. The identification of the neighborhood as typical of a historic residence park of the early twentieth century would be better represented by a historic district designation. The Criterion B significance was omitted as Charles W. Marwedel was known for his role as a businessman and the owner of the C.W. Marwedel Company in San Francisco, and any significance related to his professional achievements would be better represented by his place of work or locations with strong associations with the C.W. Marwedel Company. The period of significance is revised to 1922, dating to the year of the building's construction. Imagining change in historic environments through design, research, and technology 170 MAIDEN LANE, 5TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94108 TEL 415 3 JL-✓ Packet Pg. 161 Palo Alto Historic Inventory Designation Page 2 of 2 Figure 2: 2023 Reconnaissance Survey photograph. Figure 1: 1997-2001 Survey Update photograph. Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package RECOMMENDATION FOR LISTING IN THE PALO ALTO HISTORIC INVENTORY Palo Alto Historic Inventory Criteria for Designation: • Criterion 2 (The structure or site is particularly representative of an architectural style or way of life important to the city, state or nation) • Criterion 5 (The architect or building was important) • Criterion 6 (The structure or site contains elements demonstrating outstanding attention to architectural design, detail, materials or craftsmanship) Statement of Significance: 418 Coleridge Avenue is significant as a notable and excellent example of the work of the short-lived San Francisco architecture firm of Mathews & Simpson. Mathews & Simpson were particularly adept at incorporating English Vernacular design that evokes the work of British architects such as C.F.A. Voysey, and both partners were known for their particular interest in British design. The building at 418 Coleridge Avenue is an excellent example of the work of Mathews & Simpson and an excellent example of English vernacular design adapted for an American residence in Palo Alto. Period of Significance: 1922 Palo Alto Historic Inventory Category: Category 1* *Note, this is one of the few properties with significance as an "Exceptional Building" that is a meritorious work of the best architects and is an outstanding example of English Vernacular cottage design in the United States. PAGE & TURNBULL 170 MAIDEN LANE, 5TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFOR Packet Pg. 162 I J- JUL-, I J�1 State of California — The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION PRIMARY RECORD Primary # HRI # Trinomial NRHP Status Code Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package 3S Other Listings Review Code Reviewer Date Page 1 of 5 *Resource Name or #: (Assigned by recorder) 418 Coleridge Ave P1. Other Identifier: 418 Coleridge Ave P2. Location: o Not for Publication ® Unrestricted *a: County Santa Clara and (P2c,P2e, and P2b or P2d. Attach Location Map as necessary.) *b. USGS 7.5' Quad Palo Alto, CA Date 1991 T ; R • Y4 of A of Sec ; B.M. c. Address 418 Coleridge Ave City Palo Alto Zip 94301 d. UTM: (Give more than one for large and/or linear resources) Zone mE/ mN *e. Other Locational Data: (e.g., parcel #, directions to resource, elevation, etc., as appropriate) APN 124 08 068 *P3a. Description: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries) This property, at 418 Coleridge, is in three principal parts: a two-part house and a nearby detached garage, all lined up facing Coleridge Avenue. The house consists of a large, nearly square two-story volume and a low, small, rectangular one-story volume. The three parts of the whole composition, from northeast to southwest, are the one-story garage, the two-story volume, and the one-story volume. The garage and the house are wood -frame structures clad in stucco and covered by gable roofs. In addition, there is a brick veneer across much of the ground story of the house. The design of the house draws on English vernacular cottages. The irregular composition of volumes and the patchwork of facade materials suggest a house that was built and altered over a long period of time. The front facing gable announces the general location of the front door and alludes to the work of the English architect Charles F.A. Voysey (1857-1941), who provided an influential example of using vernacular sources to produce modern designs. Details include a recessed entrance in a segmental archway, bands of casement windows, and an absence of eaves. *P3b Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) HP2 Single family property *P4. Resources Present: ® Building 0 Structure 0 Object 0 Site 0 District 0 Element of District El Other (isolates, etc.) P5b. Description of Photo: (View, date, accession #) 418 Coleridge Ave: view southeast; 09113199; by B. Vahev: roll BRV-77, neg #30 *P6. Date Constructed/Age and Source: El Historic o Prehistoric 0 Both 1922; Palo Alto Times *P7. Owner and Address: Duane E & Anna B Kalar 418 Coleridge Ave Palo Alto CA 94301 *P8. Recorded by: (Name, affiliation, and address) Michael Corbett, Dames & Moore 221 Main Street, Suite 600 San Francisco. CA 94105 *P9. Date Recorded: May 12, 2000 *P10. Survey Type: (Describe) Intensive P11. Report Citation*: (Cite survey report and other sources, or enter "none".) Palo Alto Historic Survey Update (Corbett and Bradle_y for Dames & Moore. 2000) *Attachments: 0 NONE s Location Map 0 Sketch Map s Continuation S ❑ Archaeological Record 0 District Record 0 Linear Feature Record 0 Milli o Artifact Record o Photograph Record 0 Other (List) -ipet 64 Building Structure and Ohior Packet Pg. 163 t Record d DPR 523A (1195)/ COLE418.F1 *Required information. State of California — The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRl #_ BUILDING, STRUCTURE, AND OBJECT RECORD Page 2 of 5 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package l *NRHP Status Code 3S *Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder) 418 Coleridge Ave B1. Historic Name: B2. Common Name: 63. Original Use: 64. Present Use: Single family property *B5. Architectural Style: Period Revival *B6. Construction History: (Construction date, alterations, and date of alterations) 1922: Built (Palo Alto Times) 1951 and 1961: Remodel 1977: Interior alterations 1983: Kitchen remodel *B7, Moved? No 0 Yes !7 Unknown Date: Original Location: *B8. Related Features: B9a. Architect: Matthews and Simpson b. Builder: unknown *B10. Significance: Theme A: Development of Seale Addition; B: Charles W. Marwedal; C: work of firm of Edgar A. Matthews and Horace G. Simpson Area Palo Alto Period of Significance 1922-1942 Property Type Residential Applicable Criteria A. B. C (Discuss importance in tern -is of historical or architectural context as defined by theme, period, and geographic scope. Also address integrity.) History Site: The single family dwelling at 418 Coleridge is on a 131.60 -by -125.03 -foot Seale Addition lot in what was originally Block No. 24 of South Palo Alto. A Map of South Palo Alto dated 22 December 1924 shows the scheme of subdivision of the standard blocks of South Palo Alto to have been 16 parcels of 50 -by -150 -feet and 8 of 50 -by -200 -feet. A Map of the City of Palo Alto dated July 1929 shows that parcels 15, 16, 17, and 18 (minus the 25 -by -100 -foot portion that bordered on parcel 19 and that became part of 1651 Waverley) were in the hands of a single owner. The lot at 481 Coleridge had those same dimensions in 1949 but since then the 68.50 -by -125.03 -foot portion at the corner of Waverley and Coleridge has been sold off and is now 1617 Waverley. Structure: The Palo Alto Times of 5 June 1922 reported the building of a residence for C.W. Marwedel at the corner of Waverley and Coleridge. The Building and Engineering News of 10 June 1922 identified the architect as Mathews and Simpson and the cost as $24,367. Neither source named a builder. The Palo Alto City Directory first listed the address in the edition of 1924 with Charles W. and Frederika L. Marwedel, who had commissioned the house, as the first residents. The house first appeared See continuation sheet 611. Additional Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) *B12. References: See continuation sheet. B13. Remarks: *B14. Evaluator: Michael Corbett Date of Evaluation: Mav 12, 2000 (This space reserved for official comments) (Sketch map with north arrow required) Packet Pg. 164 DPR 523B (1/95) COLE418.F1 *Required Information State of California --- The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HAI/Trinomial CONTINUATION SHEET Page 3 of 5 Resource Identifier: 418 Coleridge Ave Recorded by Michael Corbett/Steve Hardy (history) *Date May 12. 2000 a Continuation ID Update Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package History (continued) on the 1924 edition of the Sanborn map and then had the same footprint on the 1949 update. The Assessor's records noted remodelings in 1951 and 1961, but the footprint remained the same after both of these. In 1977, a building permit was issued for interior alterations, and, again, in 1983, the kitchen was remodeled. Use: Charles Walter Marwedel, who commissioned the building of the house at 418 Coleridge, succeeded his father, Charles F. Marwedel, as owner of a tool business in San Francisco, supplying tools, materials, and equipment for mining, agriculture, industry, and construction. This was an important business in San Francisco's largest late 19th and early 20th century industry. Father and son each operated the business under his own, slightly different name. The business operated from the 1870s to about 1903 as C.F. Marwedel. They were located in their own building at 76-80 First Street between Market and Mission streets from 1891 to 1937. The first building at this location was destroyed in 1906. In 1908, C.W. Marwedel built a new six -story building at this location, designed by J.E. Krafft & Sons. Mr. Marwedel was about 60 years old when he moved into his new home. This house was designed by Mathews and Simpson, architects of San Francisco. This partnership lasted only a few years, from 1921 to 1925. The senior partner, Edgar A. Mathews, belonged to a prominent family that included his father, Julius Case Mathews, and his brother, Walter J. Mathews, both architects, and his most famous brother, Arthur Mathews, a multi -talented Arts and Crafts painter and designer. Mathews practiced on his own beginning in 1898. He is best known for several Christian Science churches and for houses and apartment buildings in San Francisco and Berkeley characterized by half-timbered or shingled walls. According to John Beach, "Mathews developed two standard design types, each . . . .derived from the English residential vernacular." The junior partner, Horace G. Simpson, received his license to practice architecture in 1914. He was partners with Hart Wood in the firm of Wood and Simpson in 1917 when they designed the 12 -story Santa Fe Railroad building at the southwest corner of Market and Second streets. This was one of the only large commercial buildings in San Francisco with stylistic references to 18th century English architecture. Simpson wrote about the superiority of English architecture in the Architect and Engineer. Simpson entered competitions for the design of the San Francisco City Hall and for the Boston Statehouse. His drawings and papers are at the Environmental Design Documents Collection at the University of California at Berkeley. Mathews and Simpson were listed as partners in the San Francisco city directories from 1921 to 1925, with offices in the Call Building. The City Directory listed the Marwedels at this address until the edition of 1942. The City Directory listed two family names at this address in 1944 and 1946. Gustave and Laura Vuote and John and Lee Elwood. By 1948 the Elwoods were listed at the address by themselves. Elwood was listed in the City Directory as General Manager of the National Broadcasting Company. Evaluation This house, at 418 Coleridge, appears eligible to the NRHP under criteria A, B, and C at the local level of significance. The period of significance runs from 1922, when it was built, to 1942, when the Marwedels left. Under criterion A, this house represents the intentions of the developers of the Seale Addition and also the pattern of houses in Palo Alto for San Francisco business owners and executives. Under criterion B, it was the home of Charles W. Marwedel, owner of an important business in a leading San Francisco industry — industrial tool supply. Under criterion C, this house is an impressive example of a large house whose design draws on English vernacular sources. It is also the work of a short-lived firm composed of two Bay Area architects — Edgar A. Mathews and Horace G. Simpson — whose careers were based in the design of English architectural styles. References Architect and Engineer. February 1916. p. 53. Beach, John. "The Bay Area Tradition 1890-1918." Bay Area Houses. New York: Oxford University Press, 1976. pp. 23-98. Building and Engineering News. 10 June 1922. Packet Pg. 165 DPR 523L (1/95) COLE418.F1 'Required Information State of California — The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI/irinomial CONTINUATION SHEET Page 4 of 5 Resource Identifier: 418 Coleridge Ave Recorded by Michael Corbett *Date May 12. 2000 ® Continuation ❑ Update Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package References (continued) California. Secretary of State. Index to Architects. 1947. California State Archives, Sacramento. California Office of Historic Preservation. Instructions for Nominating Historical Resources to the California Register of Historic Resources. Sacramento, CA. August 1997. Corbett, Michael R. Splendid Survivors: San Francisco's Downtown Architectural Heritage. San Francisco: California Living Books, 1979. Palo Alto City Directory. 1924-1954. Palo Alto Historic Survey Update. Property File. Palo Alto Times. 13 June 1919, 5 June 1922, 20 November 1951, 10 July 1952, 11 March 1955. San Francisco Architectural Heritage. Architect's files on Edgar A. Mathews and Horace G. Simpson. San Francisco Bulletin. 11 July 1908. San Francisco Chronicle. 30 June 1939, 19 May 1941. San Francisco City Directory. 1879-1954 (passim) Sanborn Map Company. Insurance Maps of Palo Alto. New York: 1924. Sanborn Map Company. Insurance Maps of Palo Alto. New York: 1924; revisions to 1949. Santa Clara County. Tax Assessor. Assessment Record. 1949, 1960, 1962, 1967. United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service. National f?egister Bulletin 15: How to Apply the National Register Criteria for Evaluation. Packet Pg. 166 DPR 523L 111951 COLE418.F1 *Required Information State of California -- The Resources Agency Primary # 'DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRJ # LOCATION MAP Trinomial Page of . .Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder) "Map Name: Palo Alto Plannina Dept. GIS *Scale: 1":80' Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package 418 Coleridge Ave 124-7-27 Tar C117 em Palo Altol DPR 523J (1/95) *Date of Map: 1999 124-73 418 Coleridge Ave 124-08-068 TMs document t le s graphic roptaMetbn only of bed avaiabls mouton. 'fhe Cl' ol Palo Apo assumes no reponabtliy for any woo. Required Info fl1Q$ on Packet Pg. 167 PAGE &TURNBULL 2025 COLUMBIA STREET APN: 137-06-040 1997-2001 SURVEY UPDATE SUMMARY r Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination ���777�+ Package Identified National Register Criteria of Significance: Criterion B (Persons) Identified Period of Significance: 1937-1982 Summary of Significance: 2025 Columbia Street was found significant for its association with Dr. Lloyd B. Crow, a prominent doctor who was known for his work as a battlefield surgeon in France in World War I and worked in radiology at the Southern Pacific Memorial Hospital and French Hospital, both in San Francisco. The building was also noted as possibly significant for its architecture (under Criterion C) as a good example of English Arts & Craft design in the United States that may have been designed by Charles K. Sumner. 2023 RECONNAISSANCE SURVEY SUMMARY Alterations Since 2001: New contemporary fencing around the property; no other alterations identified. Status in 2023: Extant, retains historic integrity. Recommended Revisions to Significance: The building's significance has been revised to reflect the architectural merit of the building as a work attributed to architect of merit Charles K. Sumner and for its Arts & Crafts and British Vernacular cottage design. The accomplishments of Dr. Lloyd B. Crow are related to his early life as a battlefield surgeon in France during World War I and his professional accomplishments as a radiologist in San Francisco. These accomplishments are more significantly associated with battlefield locations in France and the San Francisco hospitals in which he worked, including the former Southern Pacific Memorial Hospital (now Mercy Terrace, an individually listed historic resource on the National Register and a City of San Francisco Landmark), rather than with his personal residence. The period of significance has been revised to 1937, the year of the building's construction. Imagining change in historic environments through design, research, and technology 170 MAIDEN LANE, 5TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94108 TEL 415 3 JL-✓ I .Y+ Packet Pg. 168 Palo Alto Historic Inventory Designation Page 2 of 2 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package Figure 1: 1997-2001 Survey Update photograph. Figure 2: 2023 Reconnaissance Survey photograph. RECOMMENDATION FOR LISTING IN THE PALO ALTO HISTORIC INVENTORY Palo Alto Historic Inventory Criteria for Designation: • Criterion 2 (The structure or site is particularly representative of an architectural style or way of life important to the city, state or nation); • Criterion 5 (The architect or building was important) • Criterion 6 (The structure or site contains elements demonstrating outstanding attention to architectural design, detail, materials or craftsmanship) Statement of Significance: 2025 Columbia Street is significant as an excellent example of Arts & Crafts design, specifically channeling the work of the British architect C.F.A. Voysey, and its design is attributed to the prominent local architect Charles K. Sumner. Period of Significance: 1937 Palo Alto Historic Inventory Category: Category 2 PAGE & TURNBULL 170 MAIDEN LANE, 5TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFOR Packet Pg. 169 N., —,VU ILL YIJ- JOG -J IJAY State of California — The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION PRIMARY RECORD Primary # HRI # .... .. Trinomial Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package NRHP Status Code 3S Other Listings Review Code Reviewers. Date, Page 1 of 4 *Resource Name or #: (Assigned by recorder) 2025 Columbia St P1. Other Identifier: 2025 Columbia St P2. Location: ❑ Not for Publication ® Unrestricted *a: County Santa Clara and (P2c,P2e, and P2b or P2d. Attach Location Map as necessary.) *b. USGS 7.5' Quad Palo Alto. CA Date 1991 T • R • _Y4 of _''/ of Sec . B.M. c. Address 2025 Columbia St City Palo Alto Zip 94306 d. UTM: (Give more than one for large and/or linear resources) Zone _ mE/ mN *e. Other Locational Data: (e.g., parcel #, directions to resource, elevation, etc., as appropriate) APN 137 06 040 *P3a. Description: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries) The house at 2025 Columbia is a 11/2 -story, wood -frame structure with a brick veneer and a multiple gabled roof. According to the Tax Assessor in 1949, this is a brick building — not a wood frame building with a brick veneer. It seems highly unlikely that this is the case since this is contradicted by the Sanborn map and in view of local building practices, the use of running bond, and the cost of the structure. In plan, it consists of a rectangular core with projecting gabled wings in three directions. The wings are oriented to the south and west, with the garage' on the northwest side. The design is in the style of the English Arts and Crafts architect, Charles F.A. Voysey. The broad gables and absence of eaves, irregular and picturesque composition of volumes, and artistic fenestration are characteristics of Voysey's work that Charles Sumner has utilized here. *P3b Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) HP2 Single family Property *P4. Resources Present: a Building 0 Structure 0 Object ❑ Site o District 0 Element of District 0 Other (isolates, etc.) P5b. Description of Photo: (View, date, accession #I 2025 Columbia St: view northeast; 09/21/99: by B. Vahev: roll BRV-86, neg #8 *P6. Date ConstructedlAge and Source: Is Historic ❑ Prehistoric 0 Both 1937; Palo Alto Times *P7. Owner and Address: Robin D & Mackiernan Mary Clark 2025 Columbia St Palo Alto CA 94306 *P8. Recorded by: (Name, affiliation, and address) Michael Corbett, Dames & Moore 221 Main Street, Suite 600 San Francisco. CA 94105 *P9. Date Recorded: May 6, 2000 *P10. Survey Type: (Describe) Intensive P11. Report Citation*: (Cite survey report and other sources, or enter "none".) Palo Alto Historic Survey Update (Corbett and Bradley for Dames & Moore, 20001 *Attachments: ❑ NONE a Location Map 0 Sketch Map ® Continuation S ❑ Archaeological Record 0 District Record 0 Linear Feature Record 0 Milli o Artifact Record ❑ Photograph Record 0 Other (List) heet ® Building. Structure and Oilier r Packet Pg. 170 t Record d DPR 523A (1/95)/ COLU2025.F1 *Required information. State of California — The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HR1 # BUILDING, STRUCTURE, AND OBJECT RECORD Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package Page 2 of 4 *NRHP Status Code 3S *Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder) 2025 Columbia St B1. Historic Name: B2. Common Name: B3. Original Use: B4. Present Use: Sinale family property *B5. Architectural Style: Arts and Crafts *B6. Construction History: (Construction date, alterations, and date of alterations) 1937: Built (Palo Alto Times) 1983: Addition and kitchen remodel *B7. Moved? IS No 0 Yes ❑ Unknown Date: Original Location: *B8. Related Features: B9a. Architect: Charles Sumner b. Builder: Hugo Huttbera *B10. Significance: Theme Lloyd B. Croce Area Palo Alto Period of Significance 1937-1982 Property Type Residential Applicable Criteria B (Discuss importance in terms of historical or architectural context as defined by theme, period, and geographic scope. Also address integrity.) History Site: The map called General Plan of the Town of Mayfield (March 1919) identified the lot on which the house now numbered 2025 Columbia sits to be composed of five 25 -by -125 -foot parcels of Block No. 10 in College Terrace. In addition, by the time the Sanborn map of 1949 was prepared, the original park circle scheme had been largely abandoned and what had been Oxford Street from Columbia to Eton Park was divided down the middle, half going to 2109 and half to 2025 Columbia. Structure: According to the current owners of 2025 Columbia, the house was built as "a mirror image" of the house at 2050 Dartmouth. That house had been designed by Charles Sumner. It is not known if he played a direct part in the design and construction of its twin. This information was conveyed by the daughter of the owner of 2050 Dartmouth. The Palo Alto Times published a building permit notice on 7 July 1937 that identified Dr. and Mrs. L.B. Crow as the owners and Hugo Hultberg as the builder of the residence and garage at the address at an estimated cost of $ 13,000. A building permit was issued in 1983 for a room addition measuring 14'/z by 17 feet and for the remodeling of the kitchen. Use: Lloyd B. and Amelia L. Crow built the single family dwelling at 2025 Columbia for their own use. At the time the house was built and until his retirement in 1966, Dr. Crow worked as chief of radiology at the Southern Pacific Memorial Hospital See continuation sheet 811. Additional Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) *B12. References: See continuation sheet. B13. Remarks: *B14. Evaluator: Michael Corbett Date of Evaluation: May 6, 2000 (This space reserved for official corn rents) (Sketch map with north arrow required) Packet Pg. 171 DPR 523611/95) COLU2025.F1 *Required Information State of California — The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI/Trinomial CONTINUATION SHEET Page 3 of 4 Resource Identifier: 2025 Columbia St Recorded by Michael Corbett/Steve Hardy (history) *Date May 6, 2000 ® Continuation ❑ Update Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package History (continued) (obituary, Peninsula Times Tribune, 20 August 1982) in San Francisco. According to his obituary in the Peninsula Times Tribune, Crow was born at Crow's Landing near Modesto "to a pioneer California family." He married a French woman in 1912 and moved to France where he studied medicine with Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen, who had been awarded the Nobel Prize for the discovery of x-rays. In 1914, Crow joined the French army and "was awarded the cross of a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor . . . The French decorated him for his work as a battlefield surgeon during the first Battle of the Marne . . . and for later directing a military hospital in the French capital," according to the San Francisco Chronicle. Evaluation This house at 2025 Columbia appears eligible for the NRHP under criterion B at the local level of significance. The period of significance runs from 1937, when it was built, to 1982, the period of the residence of the distinguished physician, Dr. Lloyd B. Crow. Additional research is necessary to identify the architect with certainty. Under criterion C, this house may represent the work of the important Palo Alto architect Charles Sumner, and it is an example of the influence of the English Arts and Crafts architect Charles F.A. Voysey. References California Office of Historic Preservation. Instructions for Nominating Historical Resources to the California Register of Historic Resources. Sacramento, CA. August 1997, General Plan of the Town of Mayfield. March 1919. Palo Alto City Directory. 1938-1950. Palo Alto Historic Survey Update. Property File. Palo Alto Times. 7 July 1937. Peninsula Times Tribune. 21 August 1982. San Francisco Chronicle. 20 August 1982. Sanborn Map Company. Insurance Maps of Palo Alto. New York: 1924; revisions to 1949. Sanborn Map Company. Insurance Maps of Palo Alto. New York: 1960. Santa Clara County. Tax Assessor. Assessment Record. 1949. United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service. National Register Bulletin 15: How to Apply the National Register Criteria for Evaluation. Packet Pg. 172 DPR 523L (1/95) C0LU2025.F1 *Required Information State of California -- The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION LOCATION MAP Primary # HRl# Trinomial Page _4 of 4 *Map Name: Palo Alto Planning Dent. GIS *Scale: 1":80' *Date of Map: 1999 Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package *Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder) 2025 Columbia St 2025 Columbia St 137-06-040 Tramp b• Product with. Clly of P. AIio 318 0 WS Packet Pg. 173 Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package PROPERTIES PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED IN 1997-2001 SURVEY Properties proposed for designation under Palo Alto Criteria 2 and 5: • Criterion 2 (The structure or site is particularly representative of an architectural style or way of life important to the city, state or nation) • Criterion 5 (The architect or building was important) Address Criteria Category 1474 Edgewood Drive 2, 5 2 1570 University Avenue 2, 5 2 Page &Turnbull 1 170 MAIDEN LANE, 5TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNI Packet Pg. 174 PAGE &TURNBULL 1474 EDGEWOOD DRIVE APN: 003-11-041 1997-2001 SURVEY UPDATE SUMMARY r Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination ���777�+ Package Identified National Register Criteria of Significance: Criteria B (Persons) and C (Architecture) Identified Period of Significance: 1935-1976 Summary of Significance: 1474 Edgewood Drive was found eligible for its association with Dr. Milton Saier, who was a founder of the Palo Alto Medical Clinic. It is also a good example of the work of Birge Clark, a notable local architect. 2023 RECONNAISSANCE SURVEY SUMMARY Alterations Since 2001: No alterations identified. Status in 2023: Extant, retains historic integrity. Recommended Revisions to Significance: The statement of significance is revised to focus on the architectural merit of the building as a work by Birge Clark. The accomplishments of Dr. Milton Saier are more significantly associated with his professional accomplishments and work at the Palo Alto Medical Clinic (the Roth Building, an individually listed historic resource on the National Register), rather than with his personal residence. The period of significance is revised to 1935, the year of the building's construction. Figure 1: 1997-2001 Survey Update photograph. Figure 2: 2023 Reconnaissance Survey photograph. Imagining change in historic environments through design, research, and technology 170 MAIDEN LANE, 5TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94108 TEL 415 3 JL-✓ I .Y+ Packet Pg. 175 Palo Alto Historic Inventory Designation Page 2 of 2 Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package RECOMMENDATION FOR LISTING IN THE PALO ALTO HISTORIC INVENTORY Palo Alto Historic Inventory Criteria for Designation: • Criterion 2 (The structure or is particularly representative of an architectural style or way of life important to the city, state or nation); • Criterion 5 (The architect or building was important) Statement of Significance: 1474 Edgewood Drive is significant for its Spanish Colonial Revival style as designed by Birge Clark, who was one of Palo Alto's most significant and prolific local architects. Period of Significance: 1935 Palo Alto Historic Inventory Category: Category 2 PAGE & TURNBULL 170 MAIDEN LANE, 5TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFOR Packet Pg. 176 N., —,— ILL YIJ- JUL-J,JY State of California — The Resources. Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION PRIMARY RECORD Primary # HRI # Trinomial NRHP Status Code Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package 3S Other Listings m , Review Code .. Reviewer ... Date . . . . . . Page 1 of 4 *Resource Name or #: (Assigned by recorder) 1474 Edgewood Dr P1. Other Identifier: 1474 Edgewood Dr P2. Location: 0 Not for Publication ® Unrestricted *a: County Santa Clara and (P2c,P2e, and P2b or P2d. Attach Location Map as necessary.) *b. USGS 7.5' Quad Palo Alto, CA Date 1991 T ; R •_'Y. of _''/ of Sec . B.M. c. Address 1474 Ednewood Dr d. UTM: (Give more than one for large and/or linear resources) Zone _ mE/ mN *e. Other Locational Data: (e.g., parcel #, directions to resource, elevation, etc., as appropriate) APN 003 11 041 City Palo Alto Zip 94301 *P3a. Description: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries) This house, at 1474 Edgewood, is a fine example of the work of Birge Clark which Clark called early California in style. It is a large L -plan structure with the arms of the "L" made up of one and two story blocks and open to the southeast for light. It is a wood -frame structure clad in stucco, covered by a hip roof. Decorative features include an arched entryway and iron hardware. The composition of the volumes and of the principal two story facade suggest the construction of the house over a long period, as if it were an actual early California (or Tuscan] farmhouse. *P3b Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) HP2 Single family property *P4. Resources Present: a Building ❑ Structure 0 Object ❑ Site 0 District 0 Element of District 0 Other (isolates, etc.) P5b. Description of Photo: (View, date, accession #1 1474 Edgewood Dr: view southwest; 09/14/99: by B. Vahev: roll BRV-79. neg #15 *P6. Date Constructed/Age and Source: is Historic ❑ Prehistoric 0 Both 1935; Palo Alto Times *P7. Owner and Address: Lucelia Saier 1474 Edgewood Dr Palo Alto CA 94301 *P8. Recorded by: (Name, affiliation, and address) Michael Corbett, Dames & Moore 221 Main Street, Suite 600 San Francisco. CA 94105 *P9. Date Recorded: {date} *P10. Survey Type: (Describe) Intensive P11. Report Citation*: (Cite survey report and other sources, or enter "none".) Palo Alto Historic Survey Update (Corbett and Bradley for Dames & Moore, 2000) *Attachments: 0 NONE ® Location Map 0 Sketch Map g Continuation S ❑ Archaeological Record 0 District Record 0 Linear Feature Record 0 Milli ❑ Artifact Record ❑ Photograph Record 0 Other (List) 'eat a Building, Structure and Ohje t Record d Packet Pg. 177 DPR 523A (1/95)/ EDGE1474.F1 *Required information. Item 2 State of California The Resources Agency Primary # Attachment A - January DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRf # 11, 2024 Nomination BUILDING, STRUCTURE, AND OBJECT RECORD ` Package Page 2 of 4 *NRHP Status Code 3S *Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder) 1474 Edgewood Dr B1. Historic Name: B2. Common Name: B3. Original Use: B4. Present Use: Single family orooerty *B5. Architectural Style: Period Revival *B6. Construction History: (Construction date, alterations, and date of alterations) 1935: Built (Palo Alto Times} 1955: Addition of carport to rear *B7. Moved? ® No ❑ Yes ❑ Unknown Date: Original Location: *BB. Related Features: B9a. Architect: Bircie Clark b. Builder: W.P. Goodenough *B10. Significance: Theme B: Dr. Milton Saler. C: Work of Birge Clark Area Palo Alto Period of Significance 1935-1976 Property Type Residential (Discuss importance in terms of historical or architectural context as defined by theme, period, and geographic scope. Also address integrity.) Applicable Criteria B and C History Site: A Map of the City of Palo Alto Showing the City Limits on January 1, 1921 identifies all the land on which Crescent Park no. 2 was to be built as undeveloped and belonging to "Jesurun." This area remained undeveloped at the time of the City Map of 1924, but on that of July 1929, the streets have been laid and the blocks subdivided into parcels. The single family dwelling at 1474 Edgewood occupies parcel no. 8 in Block 122 augmented at some time by a narrow strip of parcel no. 9. Structure: The Palo Alto Times printed, on 12 November 1935, a building permit notice for a new residence located at 174 Edgewood (1474 after 1949). This notice named the architect as Birge Clark, the builder as Wells P. Goodenough and the owner as Dr. Milton H. Saier. The Palo Alto City Directory of 1936 first listed the address with Dr. Milton and Lucelia Saier the occupants. The City Directory continued to list the Saiers at this address through 1976. According to the Assessor's records the only addition or alteration was the construction of a carport built at the rear of the property in 1955. Use: The only owners of the ten -room, single-family residence at 1474 Edgewood until 1947 (the end of the survey) were Dr. and Mrs. Milton H. Saier. According to a San Francisco Chronicle obituary, of 5 June 1996, Dr. Saier was one of the founding partners of the Palo Alto Medical Clinic where he worked until his retirement in 1968. See continuation sheet B11. Additional Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) *B12. References: See continuation sheet. B13. Remarks: *B14. Evaluator: Michael Corbett Date of Evaluation: {date} (This space reserved for official comments) (Sketch map with north arrow required) Packet Pg. 178 DPR 5238 (1/95) EDGE1474.F1 *Required Information State of California — The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRIfTrinomial CONTINUATION SHEET Page 3 of 4 Resource Identifier: 1474 Edgewood Dr Recorded by Michael Corbett/Steve Hardy (history) *Date {date} ® Continuation 0 Update Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package j Evaluation This house, at 1474 Edgewood, appears eligible for the NRHP under criteria B and C at the local level of significance. The period of significance runs from 1935 ,when it was built, through 1976, the period while the Saiers were in residence. Under criterion B, this house is significant as the home of Dr. Milton Saier, a founder of the Palo Alto Medical Clinic. Under criterion C, it is a fine example of the work of Birge Clark. References California Office of Historic Preservation. Instructions for Nominating Historical Resources to the California Register of Historic Resources. Sacramento, CA. August 1997. Palo Alto City Directory. 1936-1953, 1976. Palo Alto Historic Survey Update. Property File. Palo Alto Times. 12 November 1935. Residences in Palo Alto Designed by the Office of Birge M. Clark. Sanborn Map Company. Insurance Maps of Palo Alto. New York: 1924; revisions to 1949. Santa Clara County. Tax Assessor. Assessment Record. 1949, 1956, 1967. San Francisco Chronicle. Obituary of Dr. Milton H. Saier. 5 June 1996. United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service. National Register Bulletin 15: How to Apply the National Register Criteria for Evaluation. Packet Pg. 179 DPR 523L (1/95) EDGE1474.F1 *Required Information State of California — The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI# LOCATION MAP Trinomial Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package Page of 4 , *Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder) 1474 Edaewood Dr *Map Name: Palo Alto Planning Deot. GIS *Scale: V:80'_ *Date of Map: 1999 Tr. CHF a Palo Alto This document le a 9rapic rrprrrrrsetbn my of Gal available rows. lb* Cly of Pub Alb mesne, no reepone4Vly for my awes. 1474 Edgewood Dr 003-11-041 prod ctmap a e Cllrof Pala AaGIS 0 CPR 5211(1/95) *Required Intormal$on Packet Pg. 180 PAGE &TURNBULL 1570 UNIVERSITY AVENUE APN: 003-08-006 1997-2001 SURVEY UPDATE SUMMARY r Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination T Package Identified National Register Criteria of Significance: Criteria B (Persons) and C (Architecture) Identified Period of Significance: 1933-1936 Summary of Significance: 1570 University Avenue was found significant for both its association with Frank A. Hapgood, who was a leading businessman in Palo Alto and partner in Roller & Hapgood (undertakers) from 1912 to 1970, and as a distinctive design by significant local architect Birge Clark. 2023 RECONNAISSANCE SURVEY SUMMARY Alterations Since 2001: No alterations identified. Status in 2023: Extant, retains historic integrity. Recommended Revisions to Significance: Page & Turnbull has revised the building's significance to focus on the architectural merit of the building as a work by Birge Clark. The professional accomplishments of Frank A. Hapgood are more significantly associated with his business, Roller & Hapgood Mortuary located at 980 Middlefield Road (extant), rather than with his personal residence. The period of significance has been revised to be 1933, the year of the building's construction. Figure 1: 1997-2001 Survey Update photograph. Figure 2: 2023 Reconnaissance Survey photograph. RECOMMENDATION FOR LISTING IN THE PALO ALTO HISTORIC INVENTORY Palo Alto Historic Inventory Criteria for Designation: • Criterion 2 (The structure or site is particularly representative of an architectural style or way of life important to the city, state, or nation) • Criterion 5 (The architect or building was important) Imagining change in historic environments through design, research, and technology 170 MAIDEN LANE, 5TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94108 TEL 415 3 JL-✓ I .Y+ Packet Pg. 181 Palo Alto Historic Inventory Designation Page 2 of 2 Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package Statement of Significance: 1570 University Avenue is significant for its combination of the Spanish Colonial Revival and Mediterranean Revival styles as designed by Birge Clark, who was one of Palo Alto's most significant and prolific local architects. Period of Significance: 1933 Palo Alto Historic Inventory Category: Category 2 PAGE & TURNBULL 170 MAIDEN LANE, 5TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFOR Packet Pg. 182 N., ILL YIJ- JUL-J,JY State of California — The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION PRIMARY RECORD Primary # HRI # Trinomial NRHP Status Code i 1 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package 3S Other Listings Review Code Reviewer Date Page 1 of 4 *Resource Name or #: (Assigned by recorder) 1570 University Ave _ P1. Other Identifier: 1570 University Ave P2. Location: 0 Not for Publication ® Unrestricted *a: County Santa Clara and (P2c,P2e, and P2b or P2d. Attach Location Map as necessary.) *b. USGS 7.5' Quad Palo Alto, CA c. Address 1 570 University Ave d. UTM: (Give more than one for large and/or linear resources) Zone • mE/ mN *e. Other Locational Data: (e.g., parcel //, directions to resource, elevation, etc., as appropriate) APN 003 08 006 Date 1991 T ; R ,• J'/. of 'A of Sec , B.M. City Palo Alto Zip 94301 *P3a. Description: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries) This house, at 1570 University Avenue, is a distinctive example of the architectural work of the office of Birge Clark. It is a wood -frame structure clad in stucco and covered by a red -tiled hip roof. Located on a corner lot, it consists of two wings, a two-story, primary wing along University Avenue and a one-story secondary wing along West Crescent Drive. These wings are exposed to the southwest at the rear. The design uses features generally associated with Spanish and Mediterranean architecture, combined in the personal manner that Clark referred to as Early California. The most distinctive feature of the design is the curving corner that houses the entry and the main staircase and that relates the house to its corner site. Other features of the design are its shutters, decorative ironwork, copper downspouts, and grilled opening above the entrance. *P3b Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) HP2 Sinole family property *P4. Resources Present: a Building ❑ Structure ❑ Object ❑ Site ci District ❑ Element of District 0 Other (isolates, etc.) P5b. Description of Photo: (View, date, accession #) 1570 University Ave; view southeast: 09/14/99: by B. Vahev; roll BRV-78, nest #19 *P6. Date Constructed/Age and Source: ® Historic ❑ Prehistoric 0 Both 1933; Residences in Palo Alto *P7. Owner and Address: Peter & Barbara Mclntee 1570 University Ave Palo Alto CA 94301 *P8. Recorded by: (Name, affiliation, and address) Michael Corbett. Dames & Moore 221 Main Street, Suite 600 San Francisco, CA 94105 *P9. Date Recorded: May 19, 2000 *P10. Survey Type: (Describe) Intensive P11. Report Citation*: (Cite survey report and other sources, or enter "none".) Palo Alto Historic Survey Update (Corbett and Bradley for Dames & Moore, 2000) *Attachments: ❑ NONE ® Location Map 0 Sketch Map ® Continuation Sheet ® Building, Structure and Object Record 0 Archaeological Record 0 District Record 0 Linear Feature Record ❑ Milli ❑ Artifact Record ❑ Photograph Record 0 Other (List) DPR 523A (1/951/ UNIV1570.F1 *Required information. Item 2 State of California — The Resources Agency Primary # Attachment A - January DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HR1 # 11, 2024 Nomination BUILDING, STRUCTURE, AND OBJECT RECORD ` Package Page 2 of 4 *NRHP Status Code 3S *Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder) 1570 University Ave B1. Historic Name: B2. Common Name: B3. Original Use: B4. Present Use: Single family property *B5. Architectural Style: Spanish and Mediterranean Revival *B6. Construction History: (Construction date, alterations, and date of alterations) 1933: Designed 1969: Kitchen remodel *B7. Moved? No ❑ Yes 0 Unknown Date: Original Location: *B8. Related Features: B9a. Architect: Birge Clark b. Builder: unknown *B10. Significance: Theme B: Frank Hapgood: C: Work of Birae Clark Area Palo Alto Period of Significance 1933-1936 Property Type Residential Applicable Criteria B and C (Discuss importance in terms of historical or architectural context as defined by theme, period, and geographic scope. Also address integrity.) History Site: The house at 1570 University is situated on an approximately 95 -by -150 -foot lot at the corner of University Avenue and West Crescent Drive in the Crescent Park Subdivision. Structure: The house at 1570 University Avenue is listed in Residences in Palo Alto Designed by the Office of Birge M. Clark as having been designed by that office for Frank A. Hapgood in May 1933. The Palo Alto City Directory first listed the address in 1934 as the residence of Frank and Harriet Hapgood. The Assessor's records note that the kitchen was remodeled in 1969. Use: Frank Hapgood, who commissioned the design and construction of the house at 1570 University, according to an obituary published in the Palo Alto Times, on 5 August 1972, had joined Arthur Roller in 1912 to found the undertaking firm of Roller and Hapgood. The Palo Alto City Directory listed Frank and Harriet at the address from 1934 to 1936. Mr. Hapgood did not, however, move from the area until his retirement in 1970. See continuation sheet B11. Additional Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) *B12. References: See continuation sheet. B13. Remarks: *B14. Evaluator: Michael Corbett Date of Evaluation: May 19. 2000 (This space reserved for official comments) (Sketch map with north arrow required) Packet Pg. 184 DPR 5238 (1/95) UNMV1570.F1 *Required Information State of California — The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI/Trinomial CONTINUATION SHEET Page 3 of 4 Resource Identifier: 1570 University Ave Recorded by Michael Corbett/Steve Hardy (history) *Date May 19. 2000 ® Continuation 0 Update Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package History (continued) From about 1937 until her death in 1953, the house on University was the home of Mary Rush Fletcher (Palo Alto Times obituary 26 December 1953), widow of Walter K. Fletcher. Her brother was Senator Benjamin F. Rush. (Mrs. Fletcher must have been just about 80 years old when she bought the house and moved in.) Evaluation This house, at 1570 University, appears eligible for the NRHP under criteria B and C at the local level of significance. The period of significance is from 1933 to 1936, encompassing the period when the house was built and lived in by Frank A. Hapgood. Under criterion B, the house was the residence of Frank A. Hapgood, one of the leading businessmen in Palo Alto from 1912 to 1970. Among other addresses, this house has a strong association with Hapgood because it was designed for him. Under criterion C, it is a distinctive design by the prominent Palo Alto architect Birge Clark. References California Office of Historic Preservation. Instructions for Nominating Historical Resources to the California Register of Historic Resources. Sacramento, CA. August 1997. Palo Alto City Directory. 1934-1953. Palo Alto Historic Survey Update. Property File. Palo Alto Times. Obituary of Mary Fletcher, 26 December 1953; obituary of Frank Hapgood, 5 August 1972. Residences in Palo Alto Designed by the Office of Birge M. Clark. Sanborn Map Company. insurance Maps of Palo Alto. New York: 1924; revisions to 1949. Santa Clara County. Tax Assessor. Assessment Record. 1949, 1967. United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service. National Register Bulletin 15: How to Apply the National Register Criteria for Evaluation. Packet Pg. 185 DPR 523L (1/95) UNIV1570.F1 'Required Information State of California — The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION LOCATION MAP Primary # HRI# Trinomial. Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package Page 4 of _ 4 *Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder) 1570 University Ave 'Map Name: Palo Alto Mannino Dept. GIS *Scale: 1":80' *Date of Map: 1999 The QOf .f Palo Alto TMa CacuarN is a graphic repreeernelbn only of beef available sources. The Cly of Fab Mb anuraaa no responsleney for any errors. 1570 University Ave . 003-08-006 Trot nip at the City Pu Alto oIs (ter/) a ea UPI? 523J (1/95) "Required Information Packet Pg. 186 Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package PROPERTIES PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED IN 1997-2001 SURVEY Properties proposed for designation under Palo Alto Criteria 1, 2, and 3: • Criterion 1 (The structure or site is identified with the lives of historic people or with important events in the city, state, or nation) • Criterion 2 (The structure or site is particularly representative of an architectural style or way of life important to the city, state or nation) • Criterion 3 (The structure or site is an example of a type of building which was once common, but is now rare) Address Criteria Category 904 Cowper Street 1, 2, 3 2 Page &Turnbull 1 170 MAIDEN LANE, 5TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNI Packet Pg. 187 PAGE &TURNBULL 904 COWPER STREET APN: 120-17-049 1997-2001 SURVEY UPDATE SUMMARY Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination ���777�+ Package Identified National Register Criteria of Significance: Criteria A (Events), B (Persons), and C (Architecture) Identified Period of Significance: 1906-1928 Summary of Significance: 904 Cowper Street was found significant under three criteria. Under Criterion A, the building represents the early residential development of Palo Alto. Under Criterion B, the building is associated with John F. Parkinson, the "father of Palo Alto." And under Criterion C, the building is a distinctive example of a common building type. 2023 RECONNAISSANCE SURVEY SUMMARY Alterations Since 2001: Window grilles removed within entry porch; railings and newel posts at main entry stair replaced; no other alterations visible. Status in 2023: Extant, retains historic integrity. Recommended Revisions to Significance: The period of significance has been revised to begin in 1905, corresponding with the year that the building was completed. Since the 2001 Survey, additional sources have been found to conclusively state that the building was constructed for Emma Simon from November 1904 to January 1905.1 The period of significance ends with the year that John F. Parkinson (Sr.) resided at this address. Figure 2: 2023 Reconnaissance Survey photograph. Figure 1: 1997-2001 Survey Update photograph. 1 "Many Houses Constructed in Palo Alto in Last Five Months," Palo Alto Times, December 28, 1904; "[untitled]," Palo Alto Times, January 1, 1905; Sanborn Map Company maps, 1904 and 1908. Imagining change in historic environments through design, research, and technology 170 MAIDEN LANE, 5TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94108 TEL 415 3 JL-✓ Packet Pg. 188 Palo Alto Historic Inventory Designation Page 2 of 2 Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package RECOMMENDATION FOR LISTING IN THE PALO ALTO HISTORIC INVENTORY Palo Alto Historic Inventory Criteria for Designation: • Criterion 1 (The structure or site is identified with the lives of historic people or with important events in the city, state or nation); • Criterion 2 (The structure or site is particularly representative of an architectural style or way of life important to the city, state or nation); • Criterion 3 (The structure or site is an example of a type of building which was once common, but is now rare) Statement of Significance: 904 Cowper Street is significant as a rare surviving early residence with modest Colonial Revival style design elements, and for its association with John F. Parkinson (Sr.), who was sometimes called the "Father of Palo Alto." For a short period, the building was home to Parkinson, who opened the first lumberyard in Palo Alto in 1891, played a significant role in the incorporation of the city in 1894, served as the first postmaster of Palo Alto, and was one of the earliest mayors of Palo Alto (as President of city's Board of Trustees) in 1906. He was widely respected for his handling of the 1906 earthquake and his support of those unhoused by the disaster. Various properties in Palo Alto were associated with Parkinson including his lumberyard and several residences; however, few of these buildings or sites survive to this day, making 904 Cowper Street one of the few properties to retain a connection to this early civic leader and notable local character. Period of Significance: 1905-1928 Palo Alto Historic Inventory Category: Category 2 PAGE & TURNBULL 170 MAIDEN LANE, 5TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFOR Packet Pg. 189 r\f, —,— I— YIJ-JUL-J IJAY State of California — The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION PRIMARY RECORD Primary # HRI # Trinomial Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package NRHP Status Code 36 Other Listings Review Code Reviewer- Date Page 1 of 5 *Resource Name or #: (Assigned by recorder) 904 Cowper St P1. Other Identifier: 904 Cowper St P2. Location: ❑ Not for Publication a Unrestricted *a: County Santa Clara and (P2c,P2e, and P2b or P2d. Attach Location Map as necessary.) *b. USGS 7.5" Quad Palo Alto. CA Date 1991 T R _• _''/ of _Y4 of Sec ; B.M. c. Address 904 Cowper St City Palo Alto Zip 94301 d. UTM: (Give more than one for large and/or linear resources) Zone _ mE/ mN "e. Other Locational Data: (e.g., parcel #, directions to resource, elevation, etc., as appropriate) APN 120 17 049 *P3a. Description: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries) The following description addresses the building in terms of its structure, plan, and appearance. The structure and plan are described using three sources of information (1949 Assessment Record prepared by the Tax Assessor, Sanborn maps, and current survey information — photographs, Field Notes form, and site visits from 1998 and 1999). The description of the structure and plan is presented for two phases in the building's history. The building is presented as it was built, or as it was at the earliest time warranted by the information available. Secorid the building is presented as it has changed, up to the present (1999). The house at 904 Cowper is a two-story, generally rectangular box with a small basement and no finished attic space. It is clad in 3 -lap siding and covered by a hip roof. See continuation sheet *P3b Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) HP2 Single family property *P4. Resources Present: s Building 0 Structure 0 Object ❑ Site 0 District ❑ Element of District ❑ Other (isolates, etc.) P5b. Description of Photo: (View, date, accession #) 904 Cowper St: view south: 09/13/99: by B. Vahev: roll BRV-77. nea #25 *P6. Date Constructed/Age and Source: ® Historic ❑ Prehistoric 0 Both 1906: Palo Alto Times *P7. Owner and Address: Arthur & Richard Mock 904 Cowper St Palo Alto CA 94301 *P8. Recorded by: (Name, affiliation, and address( Michael Corbett. Dames & Moore 221 Main Street. Suite 600 San Francisco, CA 94105 *P9. Date Recorded: January 11. 2000 *P10. Survey Type: (Describe) Intensive P11. Report Citation*: (Cite survey report and other sources, or enter "none".) Palo Alto Historic Survey Update (Corbett and Bradley for Dames & Moore. 2000) *Attachments: 0 NONE a Location Map ❑ Sketch Map 0 Continuation Sleet E Building, Structure and Objet Record ❑ Archaeological Record 0 District Record 0 Linear Feature Record 0 Milli • Packet Pg. 190 td ❑ Artifact Record ❑ Photograph Record 0 Other (List) DPR 523A (1/95)/ COWP904.F1 •Required information. Item 2 State of California — The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION CONTINUATION SHEET Primary # Attachment A - January HRI/Trinomial 11, 2024 Nomination Package J Page 2 of 5 Resource Identifier: 904 Cowper St Recorded by Michael Corbett *Date January 11, 2000 a Continuation ❑ Update Description (continued) In plan, it is almost square, with projections on three sides. The 1908 Sanborn map showed a one-story porch across the front, an octagonal bay window at the north corner with views of both streets, a projecting bay window near the rear of the northwest side, and a one-story wing at the rear, diagonally opposite the octagonal bay window. In 1949, the Tax Assessor identified the following rooms: on the ground floor were a living room, dining room, bath, kitchen, and service porch; and upstairs were four bedrooms, a bath, and a sleeping porch. Upstairs, there is a room in each corner. Downstairs the living room appears to stretch across the front of the house, with the dining room at the rear facing the street, and the kitchen in the inside rear corner. In appearance, this is a variation of a common Palo Alto type. It is a square box with a hip roof and hip -roofed dormer, an octagonal corner bay, and a heavy one-story front porch. Overlaid on this form are features generally associated with the Colonial Revival style: the three -lap siding, paneled soffits, porch treated like a classical order, and a balustrade above the porch (there may originally have been a similar feature above the bay window on the side). The composition and character of these features does not belong to the Colonial Revival style but are associated with bungalows. The heavy porch, although of wood construction, is scaled as if it were built of stone. Packet Pg. 191 DPR 523L (1!95) COWP904.F1 *Required Information State of California — The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION Primary # HRI # Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination BUILDING, STRUCTURE, AND OBJECT RECORD Page 3 of 5 Package *NRHP Status Code 3S *Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder) 904 Cowper St B1. Historic Name: B2. Common Name: B3. Original Use: 84. Present Use: Single family property *B5. Architectural Style: Colonial Revival and Bungalow *B6. Construction History: (Construction date, alterations, and date of alterations) 1906: Built (Palo Alto Times) 1924: Garage added *B7. Moved? ® No ❑ Yes ❑ Unknown Date: Original Location: *B8. Related Features: B9a. Architect: b. Builder: unknown *B10. Significance: Theme A: Initial Palo Alto Development: B: John F. Parkinson. "father of Palo Alto"; C: House type Area Palo Alto Period of Significance 1906-1928 Property Type Residential Applicable Criteria A, B, C (Discuss importance in terms of historical or architectural context as defined by theme, period, and geographic scope. Also address integrity,) History Site: The house at 904 Cowper is situated on a 50 -by -100 -foot lot at the corner of Cowper and Channing in Block 57 of the original University Park plan of 1889. This was a typically sized suburban residential lot of its day. In 1908, the Sanborn map showed only the main house on this lot. In 1924, a garage was shown at the rear of the lot that was built between 1908 and 1924. Structure: The Santa Clara County MetroScan dates the house at 904 Cowper to 1906. The lot was still vacant when the Sanborn map of 1904 was prepared, and the Palo Alto City Directory first lists the address in 1906. The Palo Alto Times had reported on 4 November 1904 the construction of a new house at Cowper and Channing by G.W. Mosher for Miss Simmons, but it is not clear on which of the four possible corners this house was located. The Palo Alto Times reported on 3 March 1924 the construction of a garage, which is shown on the 1924 Sanborn map. Use: From 1906, when the Palo Alto City Directory first listed the single family residence at 904 Cowper, until 1948, there is a new family living at the address with almost every new edition, and none of them are identified as owners. In the early years, See continuation sheet B11. Additional Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) *B12. References: See continuation sheet. B13. Remarks: *B14. Evaluator: Michael Corbett Date of Evaluation: January 11. 2000 (This space reserved for official comments) (Sketch map with north arrow required) DPR 523E (1195) COWP904.F1 Packet Pg. 192 *Required Information State of California — The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI/Trinomial CONTINUATION SHEET Page 4 of 5 Resource Identifier: 904 Cowper St Recorded by Michael Corbett/Steve Hardy (history) *Date January 11, 2000 ® Continuation 0 Update i Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package History (continued) the occupants were educators at Stanford University but after about 1917 they tended to be workers: salesmen, a chauffeur, a painter, a lithograph operator. One year, in 1928, John F. and Helen Parkinson were listed at the address. Mr. Parkinson built himself a fine house after having made a fortune in the development of Palo Alto as a lumberman and real estate dealer, but he had to give it up due to financial reversals. He moved to 904 Cowper about 1928 following these financial reversals. Parkinson was president of the Board of Trustees (equivalent to the mayor before 1909) at the time of the 1906 earthquake. According to Winslow, "he performed heroically, firmly blocking any gouging of the victims." He served on the Board of Education, initiated efforts that resulted in streetcar service in Palo Alto, and led the opposition to establishing a city charter in 1909, primarily in the Palo Alto Tribune, his own newspaper (Winslow, p. 48-49). Eugene Sawyer, author of several county histories in California called Parkinson "The Father of Palo Alto." Not long after his move he lost his lumber business. From 1948 through the 1950s, Dai Ho Mock, a cook, and his wife Ferne were listed at the address. The Santa Clara County MetroScan lists the current owner as Arthur and Richard Mock Trustee. Evaluation This house appears eligible for the NRHP under criteria A, B, and C at the local level of significance. The period of significance is 1906 to 1928 when John Parkinson moved out. Under criterion A, this house represents the initial development of Palo Alto as a residential community. Under criterion B, it represents an important moment in the life of John F. Parkinson, "the father of Palo Alto," when he lost his fortune and moved to this house temporarily. Under criterion C, it is a distinctive example of a common building type — the two story box with a hip roof and front porch. This house is unusual because of the heavy character of its porch and its octagonal corner bay window. References California Office of Historic Preservation. Instructions for Nominating Historical Resources to the California Register of Historic Resources. Sacramento, CA. August 1997. Palo Alto City Directory. 1906-1958. Palo Alto Historic Survey Update. Property File. Palo Alto Times. 4 November 1904, 25 September 1947 Sanborn Map Company. Insurance Maps of Palo Alto. New York: 1908. Sanborn Map Company. Insurance Maps of Palo Alto. New York: 1924. Sanborn Map Company. Insurance Maps of Palo Alto. New York: 1924; revisions to 1949. Santa Clara County. Tax Assessor. Assessment Record. 1949, 1967. Sawyer, Eugene T. History of Santa Clara County with Biographical Sketches, extracts in PAHA clipping file. Los Angeles: Historic Record Company, 1922. United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service. National Register Bulletin 15: How to Apply the National Register Criteria for Evaluation. Who's Who in America. 1908-1909. Winslow, Ward and the Palo Alto Historical Association. Palo Alto: A Centennial History. Palo Alto: Palo Alto Historical Association, 1993. Packet Pg. 193 DPR 523L (1/95) COWP904.F1 'Required information State of California -- The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION LOCATION MAP Page of _ *Map Name: Palo Alto Plannino Dent. GIS 'Scale: 1":80' Primary* HRI# Trinomial. Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package *Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder) 904 Cowper St *Date of Map: 1999 T. City .t Palo Alto 120-17.44 in. "V 1Z1.1.0-JU r.�y ;120.415 120-41-6 !. 120-41-7 rS 120-41-8 •P 120-41-9 120-41-10 12041-11 120-41-12 120-41-21 120-41-22 120-41-23 120-41-24 This cbcvmxt b a gaphlc npraastatlon only of D.e tastable Iowan. Tha Cat of Palo Allo mums no moveability for sly anon, 120-5-88 120-5-89 120-5-90 120-5-91 120-5-92 120-5-93 120-5-94 120-5-95 120-5-96 120-5-97 120.17.56 \. Ters maple*deo 0city afPolo Alto 018 904 Cowper St 120-17-049 a 120-5-78 120-5-79 120-5.80 120-5-81 120-5-82 120-5-83 120-5-84 120-5-85 120.5-68 r 720-5-74 120-5-7 ea DPP 523J (1/95) ReaOrad In folmailon Packet Pg. 194 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package PROPERTIES PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED IN 1997-2001 SURVEY Properties proposed for designation under Palo Alto Criteria 1, 5, and 6: • Criterion 1 (The structure or site is identified with the lives of historic people or with important events in the city, state, or nation) • Criterion 5 (The architect or building was important) • Criterion 6 (The structure or site contains elements demonstrating outstanding attention to architectural design, detail, materials or craftsmanship) Address Criterion Category 365 Guinda Street 1, 5, 6 2 Page &Turnbull 1 170 MAIDEN LANE, 5TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNI Packet Pg. 195 PAGE &TURNBULL 365 GUINDA STREET APN: 003-03-053 r Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination ���777�+ Package 1997-2001 SURVEY UPDATE SUMMARY Identified National Register Criteria of Significance: Criteria A (Events), B (Persons), and C (Architecture) Identified Period of Significance: 1910-1936 Summary of Significance: 365 Guinda was found significant under three criteria. Under Criterion A, it is associated with the early development of the original city of Palo Alto and is notable as a property developed by a successful builder, James Wells, for his own family. Under Criterion B, for its association with James Wells, an important early builder in Palo Alto. And under Criterion C, as an excellent example of the work of James Wells that exhibits an unusual plan, fine details, and an imposing design. 2023 RECONNAISSANCE SURVEY SUMMARY Alterations Since 2001: Shutters were added or reinstalled since the time of the 2001 Survey; no additional alterations were identified. Status in 2023: Extant, retains historic integrity. Recommended Revisions to Significance: The period of significance is revised to 1910, corresponding to the year of the building's construction. The building is significant for both its architecture and its connection to the builder James Wells, although the significance of the property as an early building developed in Palo Alto has been omitted as there are several earlier buildings that remain extant in this area of Palo Alto. While Wells continued to live at this address until his death in 1924, no significant alterations are known to have been completed by him since 1910 that would add to the significance of the building, and would support the expansion of the period of significance past 1910. The architectural style of the building has been revised from Renaissance Revival/Baroque to Classical Revival. Figure 1: 1997-2001 Survey Update photograph. Figure 2: 2023 Reconnaissance Survey photograph. Imagining change in historic environments through design, research, and technology 170 MAIDEN LANE, 5TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94108 TEL 415 3 JL ✓ Packet Pg. 196 Palo Alto Historic Inventory Designation Page 2 of 2 Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package RECOMMENDATION FOR LISTING IN THE PALO ALTO HISTORIC INVENTORY Palo Alto Historic Inventory Criteria for Designation: • Criterion 1 (The structure or site is identified with the lives of historic people or with important events in the city, state or nation); • Criterion 5 (The architect or building was important); • Criterion 6 (The structure or site contains elements demonstrating outstanding attention to architectural design, detail, materials or craftsmanship). Statement of Significance: 365 Guinda Street is significant for its association with James Wells, an important early builder in Palo Alto, and for its architecture. The building is an excellent example of Wells' architectural skill and is further significant as a building that he designed as his personal residence. The building displays many fine Classical Revival style features, has an unusual plan that works with an unusually shaped corner site, and serves as an imposing example of Classical Revival design as applied to a residence. Period of Significance: 1910 Palo Alto Historic Inventory Category: Category 2 PAGE & TURNBULL 170 MAIDEN LANE, 5TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFOR Packet Pg. 197 N., —,— ILL YIJ- JUL-J,JY State of California — The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION PRIMARY RECORD Item 2 Attachment A - January Primary # HRI # 11, 2024 Nomination Trinomial \ Package NRHP Status Code 3S Other Listings Review Code Reviewer Date Page 1 of 6 *Resource Name or #: (Assigned by recorder) 365 Guinda St P1. Other Identifier: 365 Guinda St P2. Location: ❑ Not for Publication ® Unrestricted *a: County Santa Clara and (P2c,P2e, and P2b or P2d. Attach Location Map as necessary.) *b. USGS 7.5' Quad Palo Alto, CAPa10 Alto. CA Date 1991 T _; R _; _''4 of _A of Sec . B.M. c. Address 365 Guinda St City Palo Alto Zip 94301 d. UTM: (Give more than one for large and/or linear resources) Zone _ mE/ mN *e. Other Locational Data: (e.g., parcel #, directions to resource, elevation, etc., as appropriate) APN 003 03 053 *P3a. Description: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries) The following description addresses the building at 365 Guinda in terms of its structure, plan, and appearance. The structure and plan are described using three sources of information (1949 Assessment Record prepared by the Tax Assessor, Sanborn maps, and current survey information — photographs, Field Notes form, and site visits from 1998 and 1999). The description of the structure and plan is presented for two phases in the bujlding's history. The building is presented as it was built or as it was at the earliest time warranted by the information available. Second, the building is presented as it has changed up to the present (1999). The house at 365 Guinda is a two-story structure with a 3/4 basement and a finished attic space. It is a balloon- or platform - frame structure on a concrete wall foundation, covered by a hip roof. The frame is clad in stucco. Fenestration consists of double -hung windows and paneled doors with multi -paned windows in upper sash and door panels. Inside, basement floors are See continuation sheet *P3b Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) HP2 Single family oronertv *P4. Resources Present: a Building 0 Structure 0 Object ❑ Site ❑ District 0 Element of District ❑ Other (isolates, etc.) P5b. Description of Photo: (View, date, accession #) 365 Guinda St: view northeast: 09/14/99: by B. Vahey: roll BRV-80. nen #9 *P6. Date Constructed/Age and Source: ® Historic ❑ Prehistoric 0 Both 1910; Metroscan *P7. Owner and Address: Suzanne Mann -Moore 515 Lytton Ave Palo Alto CA 94301 *P8. Recorded by: (Name, affiliation, and address) Michael Corbett. Dames & Moore 221 Main Street. Suite 600 San Francisco. CA 94105 *P9. Date Recorded: February 23. 2000 *P10, Survey Type: (Describe) Intensive P11. Report Citation*: (Cite survey report and other sources, or enter "none".) Palo Alto Historic Survey Update (Corbett and Bradley for Dames & Moore. 2000) *Attachments: 0 NONE ® Location Map 0 Sketch Map ® Continuation a* R ndinci Strcucture and O ct Record ❑ Archaeological Record ❑District Record ❑Linear Feature Record ❑Mill Packet Pg. 198 rd ❑ Artifact Record ❑ Photograph Record 0 Other (List) DPR 523A (1/951/ GUIN365.F1 *Required information. State of California — The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI/Trinomial CONTINUATION SHEET Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J Page 2 of 6 Resource Identifier: 365 Guinda St Recorded by Michael Corbett *Date February 23. 2000 is Continuation 0 Update Description (continued) "cement," and main level floors are hardwood. In 1949, the Tax Assessor identified a gas -fired hot air heating system and one fireplace. In addition, there was air conditioning designated "w" (for a window unit?) — an early instance of house air conditioning. In plan, the house is an irregular, generally T-shaped structure with the generally rectangular top of the "T" facing Guinda and a central wing projecting to the rear in successively narrower steps. At the front of the house, each corner is recessed with an entrance porch. In appearance, this is a two-story box with decorative details from Renaissance and Baroque sources. The details, including a frieze and dentil course under the paneled eaves, a portico at the principal entrance, and rich moldings around windows and doors are probably copied from books and are well executed. The composition of these details in a coherent design is lacking, as is often the case in work by builders (rather than architects). Packet Pg. 199 DPR 523L (11951 GUIN365.F1 *Required Information State of California — The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION Primary # HRI # Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination BUILDING, STRUCTURE, AND OBJECT RECORD Package J Page 3 of Sf_ *NRHP Status Code 3S *Resource Name or # {Assigned by recorder) 365 Guinda St B1. Historic Name: B2. Common Name: B3. Original Use: 84. Present Use: Single family property *B5. Architectural Style: Renaissance/Baroque *B6. Construction History: {Construction date, alterations, and date of alterations) 1910: Built (Metroscan} *B7. Moved? IN No 0 Yes ❑ Unknown Date: Original Location: *B8. Related Features: B9a. Architect: b. Builder: James W. Wells *B10. Significance: Theme A: pattern of development in Palo Alto, B: James W. Wells, C: work of James W. Wells Area Palo Alto Period of Significance _1.910-1936 Property Type Residential Applicable Criteria A. B. C (Discuss importance in terms of historical or architectural context as defined by theme, period, and geographic scope. Also address integrity.) History Site: 365 Guinda is located on the southeast corner of Guinda Street and Palo Alto Avenue on an irregular, nearly triangular lot on a lesser portion of Block 51, separated from the greater part by the extension of Lytton {originally called Chaunburn Place). This separation was done after the publication of the 1894 Plat of the Town of Palo Alto and probably before the subdivision of the block about 1900. The Sanborn map of 1924 had two structures on the property. In addition to the main house near the corner, there was an irregular 11A story structure designated as a garage located on Palo Alto Avenue to the northeast. The Palo Alto City Directory first listed the second dwelling at a separate address, 820 Palo Alto, in the edition of 1940. The 1949 Sanborn map showed a structure on the same site as the garage with a somewhat different footprint, designated as a dwelling (built 1938-39). On the same map a new, small, square garage was shown on Guinda southeast of the main house. In 1953, the City Directory first identified the occupant of 820 Palo Alto, Edward Smith, as owner. The lot originally measured 125 by 135 feet on its two largest sides. In 1987, the original lot was subdivided, leaving 820 Palo Alto Avenue on a smaller mid -block lot to the northeast and 365 Guinda on a larger corner lot, measuring 75 by 135 feet on two sides. Structure: The first mention of a house at 365 Guinda was a building permit notice that appeared in the Palo Alto Times on 21 August 1903. This notice referred to an addition, but the address was first listed (as 5 Guinda) in the Palo Alto City Directory See continuation sheet 1311. Additional Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) *B12. References: See continuation sheet. B13. Remarks: *B14, Evaluator: Michael Corbett Date of Evaluation: February 23. 2000 (This space reserved for official comments) (Sketch map with north arrow required) Packet Pg. 200 DPR 523E (1/95) GUIN365.F1 *Required Information Item 2 State of California — The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION CONTINUATION SHEET Primary # Attachment A - January HRllTrinomial 11, 2024 Nomination Package J Page 4 of 6 Resource Identifier: 365 Guinda St Recorded by Michael Corbett/Steve Hardy (history) *Date February 23, 2000 ® Continuation El Update History (continued) in 1904. The Assessor's records date the house to 1903. The owner and builder was the Palo Alto contractor James W. Wells who was listed as resident with his wife, Addie M. Wells, by the City Directory from 1904 until the year of his death in 1924. The Palo Alto Times printed another building permit notice for a new residence at this address on 30 December 1910. The Santa Clara MetroScan dates the house to 1910. The Sanborn map of 1924 has structures on the property: the two story dwelling and another large one and one-half story structure identified as a garage. What would seem most probable is that Mr. Wells occupied the latter structure from 1904 until the former (the present 365 Guinda) was completed in 1910. The Assessor's records make note of a 1938 18 -by -20 -foot addition, but the rear side of the house shows at least one other later addition. Otherwise, there is little documentary evidence of alterations. During proceedings to subdivide the lot in 1978 and 1987, it was discovered that an illegal addition had been built at the back of the house at an unknown date. Then, in 1989, the entrance portico at the west corner of the house was the subject of a "Proposed Entry Improvement." Although the records are not completely clear, it appears that the improvement was a reconstruction of a deteriorated entry porch. Use: The contractor J.W. Wells built the single family residence at 365 Guinda for his and his family's own residence, and he remained in the house until his death. His widow continued to be listed by the City Directory at the address until 1936, the year of her death. The Wells' son, James B. Wells, and his wife also lived at this address from 1904 to 1924. James W. Wells was described in his obituary in 1924 as "one of Palo Alto's pioneer residents and leading contractors." Wells and his wife moved to Palo Alto in 1892. Wells built numerous small square cottages in the original grid of Palo Alto in the 1890s -1900s. At a time of widespread labor disputes in the California building trades, Wells was described in The Citizen in 1905 as a builder who had stood up to the demands of union workers and had prospered. Wells' son, James B. Wells, lived in this house while he attended Palo Alto High School and Stanford University and as a young married man working for the Standard Oil Company (from 1911 to 1924). Later, he was a professor of Civil Engineering at Stanford (1929-1954) and was Chairman of the City of Palo Alto Board of Public Works (1937-39, 1945-49). According to a 1949 article in the Palo Alto Times, he was also "a master carpenter. His father was a Palo Alto contractor and builder; as a young man, Professor Wells learned the carpenter's trade while employed by his father." Evaluation This house, at 365 Guinda, appears eligible for the NRHP under criteria A, B, and C at the local level of significance. The period of significance runs from 1910, when it was built, to 1936, when Mrs. Wells died. Under criterion A, this house represents the early residential development of the original city of Palo Alto. It also represents a pattern of development by builders for themselves. Under criterion 8, this house was the home of one of the most important early builders in Palo Alto, James W. Wells. Under criterion C, this house is the work of James W. Wells. It is also an imposing example of a large house of its period, distinguished by its unusual plan and fine details. Improvements to the house have not altered its essential character, as shown in the records. Based on what is known, this house retains integrity. References California Office of Historic Preservation. Instructions for Nominating Historical Resources to the California Register of Historic Resources. Sacramento, CA. August 1997. Original Map of the University Park. 1889. Palo Alto Building Department. property files. Packet Pg. 201 DPR 523L (1/95) GUIN365.F1 *Required Information State of California — The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI/Trinomial CONTINUATION SHEET Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package Page__ of 6 Resource Identifier: 365 Guinda Recorded by Michael Corbett *Date February 23. 2000 ® Continuation 0 Update References (continued) Palo Alto Historic Survey Update. Property File. Palo Alto Times. 21 August 1903, 30 December 1910, 26 January 1924, 1 October 1936. Plat of the Town of Palo Alto. 1894. Proposed Subdivision, 365 Guinda Street (Parcel #11 and 820 Palo Alto Avenue (Parcel #2), site map. File No. 87 -PM -7. Approved by Palo Alto City Council. 4 May 1987. Proposed Entry Improvement for Mr. & Mrs. William Moore, site plan, elevation, and structural details. No. 89-2458. Approved by Department of Planning, City of Palo Alto. 16 October 1989. Sanborn Map Company. Insurance Maps of Palo Alto. New York: 1924. Sanborn Map Company. Insurance Maps of Palo Alto. New York: 1924; revisions to 1949. Santa Clara County. Tax Assessor. Assessment Record. 1949, 1967. The Citizen. "Finds Peace in Open Shop." 24 December 1905, section 2, p. 3 United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service. National Register Bulletin 15: How to Apply the National Register Criteria for Evaluation. Packet Pg. 202 DPR 523L (1195) GUIN365.F1 *Required Information State of California — The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION LOCATION MAP Primary # HRI# Trinomial Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package Page 6 of 6 *Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder 365 Guinda St *Map Name: Palo Alto Mannino Deot. GIS *Scale: 1":80' *Date of Map: 1999 365 Guinda St 003-03-053 Thai map the ��1 city of Palo prodixt NOM (�`��Q 7N en, .f Palo Alto n sn DPR 523J (1/95) This doomed is a wad* raprnatatbn only of bawl available soasas& The Cy d Pab Alb asa anaa no reapornWNy Ior ay moan. *Required Information Packet Pg. 203 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J PROPERTIES PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED IN 1997-2001 SURVEY Properties proposed for designation under Palo Alto Criteria 1 and 3: • Criterion 1 (The structure or site is identified with the lives of historic people or with important events in the city, state, or nation) • Criterion 3 (The structure or site is an example of a type of building which was once common, but is now rare) Address Criteria Category 375 Hawthorne Avenue 1, 3 2 Page &Turnbull 1 170 MAIDEN LANE, 5TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNI Packet Pg. 204 PAGE &TURNBULL 375 HAWTHORNE AVENUE APN: 120-12-016 1997-2001 SURVEY UPDATE SUMMARY Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination &TPackage Identified National Register Criteria of Significance: Criteria A (Events) and B (Persons) Identified Period of Significance: 1901-1966 Summary of Significance: 375 Hawthorne Avenue was found eligible under Criterion A and Criterion B. Under Criterion A, the subject property is an early example of a large single-family home in the square cottage type, located within the original street grid of Palo Alto, and is believed to have been adapted to include a doctor's office as early as 1909. Under Criterion B, the building is associated with Dr. Edith Eugenia Johnson, an important local physician specializing primarily in obstetrics, and the only woman physician in Palo Alto from 1911 to 1926. She was a well-known citizen of Palo Alto who often treated the underserved and was known as the "White Angel." 2023 RECONNAISSANCE SURVEY SUMMARY Alterations Since 2001: Sidewalls and railings at front stairs replaced; no other alterations identified. Status in 2023: Extant, retains historic integrity. Recommended Revisions to Significance: The significance of 375 Hawthorne Avenue is revised to focus on the building's association with Dr. Johnson and for its significance as a good example of the square cottage building type. The role of the building as an early example of a large single-family home has been omitted as this is neither the first nor only large single-family residence constructed in the early years of the twentieth century in Palo Alto. Figure 1: 1997-2001 Survey Update photograph. Figure 2: 2023 Reconnaissance Survey photograph. Imagining change in historic environments through design, research, and technology 170 MAIDEN LANE, 5TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94108 TEL 415 3 JL-✓ Packet Pg. 205 Palo Alto Historic Inventory Designation Page 2 of 2 Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package RECOMMENDATION FOR LISTING IN THE PALO ALTO HISTORIC INVENTORY Palo Alto Historic Inventory Criteria for Designation: • Criterion 1 (The structure or site is identified with the lives of historic people or with important events in the city, state, or nation) • Criterion 3 (The structure or site is an example of a type of building which was once common, but is now rare) Statement of Significance: 375 Hawthorne Avenue is highly significant for its association with Dr. Edith Eugenia Johnson an important local physician who specialized in obstetrics. Dr. Johnson was the only woman physician in Palo Alto from 1911 to 1926. She saw patients at her home office, as needed, and had an office at the nearby Medico -Dental Building. She was a well-known citizen of Palo Alto who often treated the underserved and was known locally as the "White Angel" until her death in 1966. The building is also an early example of a single-family residence of the square cottage type, and was notably adapted to include a doctor's office at an early date. Period of Significance: 1901-1966 Palo Alto Historic Inventory Category: Category 2 PAGE & TURNBULL 170 MAIDEN LANE, 5TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFOR Packet Pg. 206 N., —,— ILL YIJ- JUL-J,JY State of California — The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION PRIMARY RECORD Primary # HRI # Trinomial Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package NRHP Status Code 3S Other Listings . . . . . . . . . . . _ . . . .. ,,, Review Code Reviewer Date Page 1 of 6 *Resource Name or #: (Assigned by recorder) 375 Hawthorne Ave P1. Other Identifier: 375 Hawthorne Ave P2. Location: ❑ Not for Publication a Unrestricted *a: County Santa Clara and (P2c,P2e, and P2b or P2d. Attach Location Map as necessary.) *b. USGS 7.5' Quad Palo Alto, CA Date 1991 T R ; Y. of _'Y4 of Sec . B.M. c. Address 375 Hawthorne Ave City Palo Alto Zip 94301 d. UTM: (Give more than one for large and/or linear resources) Zone • mE/ mN *e. Other Locational Data: (e.g., parcel #, directions to resource, elevation, etc., as appropriate) APN 120 12 016 *P3a. Description: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries) The following description addresses the building in terms of its structure, plan, and appearance. The structure and plan are described using three sources of information (1949 Assessment Record prepared by the Tax Assessor, Sanborn maps, and current survey information — photographs, Field Notes form, and site visits from 1998 and 1999). The description of the structure and plan is presented for two phases in the building's history. The building is presented as it was built, or as it was at the earliest time warranted by the information available. Second the building is presented as it has changed, up to the present (19991. The house at 375 Hawthorne is located on a mid -block lot on the northwest side of Hawthorne between Bryant and Waverley streets. The lot measures 50 by 100 feet, a typical size of a suburban house of its period. No buildings besides the house are known on the lot from the Sanborn maps of 1901 to 1908. The 1924 Sanborn map shows a garage on the southwest edge See continuation sheet *P3b Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) HP2 Single family property *P4. Resources Present: a Building 0 Structure 0 Object o Site o District ❑ Element of District 0 Other (isolates, etc.) P5b. Description of Photo: (View, date, accession #1 375 Hawthorne Ave: view northwest: 09113199; by B. Vahev: roll BRV-77, nea #4 *P6. Date ConstructedlAge and Source: le Historic o Prehistoric ❑ Both ca. 1901: Sanborn Map *P7. Owner and Address: Carolyn A Starbuck 375 Hawthorne Ave Palo Alto CA 94301 *P8. Recorded by: (Name, affiliation, and address) Michael Corbett. Dames & Moore 221 Main Street, Suite 600 San Francisco, CA 94105 *P9. Date Recorded: December 16, 1999 *P10. Survey Type: (Describe) Intensive P11. Report Citation*: (Cite survey report and other sources, or enter "none".} Palo Alto Historic Survey Update (Corbett and Bradley for Dames & Moore, 20001 *Attachments: ❑ NONE a Location Map 0 Sketch Map ® Continuation Sheet a Buildin. Structure and Oh'e t Record ❑ Archaeological Record ❑ District Record ❑ Linear Feature Record ❑ Milli Packet Pg. 207 ❑ Artifact Record ❑ Photograph Record 0 Other lust) DPR 523A (1/95)/ HAWT375.F1 *Required information. Item 2 State of California — The Resources Agency Primary # Attachment A - January CONTINUATION RECREATION HRI/Trinomial 11, 2024 Nomination CONTINUA 1 ION SHEET ` Package Page 2 of 6 Resource Identifier: 375 Hawthorne Ave Recorded by Michael Corbett *Date December 16. 1999 ® Continuation ❑ Update Description (continued) of the lot behind the house which was still present on the 1949 Sanborn map. The 1949 Tax Assessor's record describes a greenhouse attached to the garage. As it was built, and as shown on the 1904 Sanborn map, this was a typical variation of the common turn -of -the -century Palo Alto house type — the square cottage. The main part of the house was nearly square in plan with a projecting wing at the front. A hip roof covered the house, projecting wing, and half porch at the front. In addition, there was a bay window with angled sides on the southwest side of the house. In 1908, a projecting wing was added at the rear. The 1924 Sanborn map also shows a projecting square bay on the northeast side of the house. The 1924 Sanborn map shows the front porch as enclosed. Dr. Johnson's home office, established in 1909, may have been part of the 1908 construction that included a rear addition. It seems likely that the office would have been in the front of the house in the enclosed porch with high windows. However, no information is available about the interior plan. In 1949, the Tax Assessor recorded a living room, dining room, den, two bedrooms, two baths, a kitchen, and a service porch. This is a one-story, stud -frame structure with a partial basement and no habitable attic space. In 1949, it was on a mud sill foundation. Its stud frame is clad in two -lap siding. Inside, finishes include hardwood floors, plaster walls, and a "tile reception floor." In 1949, there was an oil burning hot air heating system. Fenestration consists of double hung and casement windows, and paneled doors. In appearance, this is a modified example of the square cottage type. Its original imagery mixes the symmetry, two -lap siding, paneled soffits, and classical decorative details associated with the Colonial Revival style with the low profile, exposed rafter ends, and decorative upper window sash of the Craftsman style. The hip roof and proportional hip -roofed dormer originally established the symmetry of the building. Since the porch was partly enclosed, the entire house has a more symmetrical character. The partly enclosed porch results in a distinctive look to this house. The fact that it is associated with the office of an important doctor makes its visual distinction both interesting and meaningful. Packet Pg. 208 DPR 523L (1/95) HAWT375.F1 *Required Information State of California -- The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION Primary # HRI # Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination BUILDING, STRUCTURE, AND OBJECT RECORD Page 3 of 6 Package *NRHP Status Code 3S *Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder) 375 Hawthorne Ave B1. Historic Name: B2. Common Name: B3. Original Use: B4. Present Use: Single family property *B5. Architectural Style: Colonial Revival and Craftsman *B6. Construction History: (Construction date, alterations, and date of alterations) ca. 1901: Built 1908: Addition 1922: Bathroom *B7. Moved? ® No 0 Yes 0 Unknown Date: Original Location: *B8. Related Features: B9a. Architect: b. Buitder: unknown *B10. Significance: Theme A: Pattern of development: C: Dr. Edith Eugenia Johnson. important feamale physician Area Palo Alto Period of Significance 1901-1966 Property Type Residential Applicable Criteria A and B (Discuss importance in terms of historical or architectural context as defined by theme, period, and geographic scope. Also address integrity.) History Site: The Plat of the Town of Palo A/to ca. 1894 shows Block 17, in which the house at 375 Hawthorne later would be constructed, not yet subdivided into parcels and with only one structure on it. The Sanborn map of 1904 shows the house at 375 Hawthorne on a 100 by 125 foot lot at the corner of Hawthorne and Waverley. The Map of the City of Palo Alto ca. 1915 shows that lot subdivided and the original house left with the present boundaries of its 50 by 100 foot lot. Structure: The first evidence of this single family dwelling at 375 Hawthorne is its footprint on the Sanborn map of 1901. The address is listed in the Palo Alto City Directory as the home of John and Marie Johnson, bought from Mrs. Johnson's brother, C.G. Bille, whose home it had been thereto. The Palo Alto Times printed a building notice on 3 January 1908 issued to John Johnson for an addition. An addition at the rear of the house appears on the Sanborn map of 1924. Another building notice was printed in the same newspaper on 1 September 1922, issued to John Johnson's daughter, Dr. Edith Johnson, for a bathroom. The Assessor's documents bear no evidence of any other additions or alterations. See continuation sheet B11. Additional Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) *B12. References: See continuation sheet. B13. Remarks: *B14. Evaluator: Michael Corbett Date of Evaluation: December 16, 1999 (This space reserved for official comments) (Sketch map with north arrow required) Packet Pg. 209 DPR 5238 (1/951 HAWT375.F1 *Required Information State of California — The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRIITrinomial CONTINUATION SHEET Page 4 of 6 Resource Identifier: 375 Hawthorne Ave Recorded by Michael Corbett/Steve Hardy (history) *Date December 16, 1999 ce Continuation 0 Update Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package History (continued) Use: The Palo Alto City Directory list the Johnson family as the residents of the single family dwelling at 375 Hawthorne from 1907 to 1966. John and Marie Johnson lived in the house from 1905 until their deaths, his in 1915 and hers eleven months later. The house passed to their daughter Edith at that time. She lived there from 1907 until the end of her life in 1966. Dr. Edith Johnson was a remarkable woman who had an exemplary career as a physician, significant for her devotion to the care of the poor. For many years, from 1911 to 1926, she was the only female physician in Palo Alto. She served at least two terms as medical advisor to women at Stanford, from 1907 to 1909 and 1918 to 1919. She maintained a private practice from 1909 to 1965, with an office in her home from 1909 to 1911 and from 1946 to 1965, and an office in the Medico Dental Building at Hamilton and Ramona from 1911 to 1946. She was described in several articles as a pioneer locally in the use of anesthetics for women in labor. Primarily an obstetrician, she delivered more than 3,500 babies, many of them to poor families who could not afford to pay. She was known as the White Angel. In 1986, the city named Johnson Park in her honor. Evaluation This house at 375 Hawthorne appears eligible for the NRHP under criteria A and B at the local level of significance for the period 1901 to 1966. Under criterion A, it is an early example of a single family residence in the original grid of Palo Alto. It also represents an interesting pattern of land use. On the one hand, it belongs to a large group of early Palo Alto residential properties that also functioned as a workplace for the inhabitants. On the other hand, as a doctor's office, it was an unusual type of workplace at a time when most such mixed uses involved different kinds of labor like carpentry and other building trades, laundry, and horse drawn wagon delivery businesses. This is an early example of a professional office in a city where professional offices later flourished as an important building type. Under criterion B, this house is significant as the home and office of Dr. Edith Eugenia Johnson, an important female physician. References California Office of Historic Preservation. Instructions for Nominating Historical Resources to the California Register of Historic Resources. Sacramento, CA. August 1997. Cogswell. Elinor V. "EVC at Bat: 'From a Doctor's Diary."" Palo Alto Times. 20 November 1954. Feuer, Margaret and Courtney Clements. A Walk Through History: Women of Palo Alto. 1994. Hogan, Elizabeth L., editor. Parks of Palo Alto. Palo Alto: Palo Alto Historical Association, 1996. Johnson, Dr. Edith. Leaves from a Doctor's Diary. Palo Alto: 1954. Miller, Ann, editor. Palo Alto Community Book. p. 265-266. Palo Alto Historic Survey Update. Property File. Plat of the Town of Palo Alto. ca. 1894 Map of the City of Palo Alto. ca. 1916. Palo Alto Times. 3 January 1908, 23 June 1915, 22 May 1916, 1 September 1922, 19 November 1954, 8 April 1966. Sanborn Map Company. Insurance Maps of Palo Alto. New York: 1904. Sanborn Map Company. Insurance Maps of Palo Alto. New York: 1924. Packet Pg. 210 DPR 523L (1/95) HAWT375.F1 'Required Information State of California -- The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRl Trinomial CONTINUATION SHEET Page 5 of 6 Resource Identifier: 375 Hawthorne Ave Recorded by Michael Corbett Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package *Date December 16. 1999 ® Continuation ❑ Update References (continued) Sanborn Map Company. Insurance Maps of Palo Alto. New York: 1924; revisions to 1949. Santa Clara County. Tax Assessor. Assessment Record. 1949, 1962, 1967. United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service. National Register Bulletin 15: How to Apply the National Register Criteria for Evaluation. Packet Pg. 211 DPR 523L (1/95) HAWT375.F1 *Required Information State of California — The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION LOCATION MAP Primary # HRI# Trinomial Page Q. of 6 *Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder) 375 Hawthorne Ave *Map Name: Palo Alto Plannina Dept. GIS *Scale: 1":80' "Date of Map: 1999 Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package 375 Hawthorne Ave 120-12-016 nil mop re PlyafPaioA GS (T/1 arr DrHH a[.J (I lybi ma Mourned is a graphic rcpresMallon only of bap /Notable scams ma C#y of PbaMb /seams no nepans$i$y for oat mom *Required information Packet Pg. 212 Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package PROPERTIES PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED AS ELIGIBLE FOR THE CALIFORNIA REGISTER Properties proposed for designation under Palo Alto Criteria 2 and 5: • Criterion 2 (The structure or site is particularly representative of an architectural style or way of life important to the city, state or nation) • Criterion 5 (The architect or building was important) Address Criteria Category 518-526 Bryant Street 2, 5 2 2340 Tasso Street 2, 5 2 546 Washington Avenue 2, 5 2 Page &Turnbull 1 170 MAIDEN LANE, 5TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNI Packet Pg. 213 PAGE &TURNBULL 518-526 BRYANT STREET APN: 120-26-061 Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package HISTORIC EVALUATION (DPR 523 FORMS) Date of Evaluation: August 2018 Identified California Register Criteria of Significance: Criterion 3 (Architecture) Identified Period of Significance: 1929-1935 Summary of Significance: 518-526 Bryant Street was found significant for embodying the distinct characteristics of the Spanish Colonial Revival style as applied to a commercial building. It was also designed by prominent Palo Alto architect Birge Clark. The period of significance was determined to be 1929-1935 in order to include an early alteration completed by Birge Clark. 2023 RECONNAISSANCE SURVEY SUMMARY Alterations Since HRE: Building painted; no other alterations identified. Status in 2023: Extant, retains historic integrity. Recommended Revisions to Significance: None. Figure 1: 2018 Historic Resource Evaluation photograph. Figure 2: 2023 Reconnaissance Survey photograph. RECOMMENDATION FOR LISTING IN THE PALO ALTO HISTORIC INVENTORY Palo Alto Historic Inventory Criteria for Designation: • Criterion 2 (The structure or site is particularly representative of an architectural style or way of life important to the city, state or nation) • Criterion 5 (The architect or building was important) Imagining change in historic environments through design, research, and technology 170 MAIDEN LANE, 5TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94108 TEL 415 3 JL-✓ I .Y+ Packet Pg. 214 Palo Alto Historic Inventory Designation Page 2 of 2 Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package Statement of Significance: 518-526 Bryant Street is significant as a good example of a Spanish Colonial Revival style commercial building and is significant as a notable work designed by the prominent Palo Alto architect Birge Clark. Period of Significance: 1929-1935 Palo Alto Historic Inventory Category: Category 2 PAGE & TURNBULL 170 MAIDEN LANE, 5TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFOR Packet Pg. 215 N., —,— I—YIJ-JUL -J IJ�1 State of California The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION PRIMARY RECORD Primary # HRI # Trinomial NRHP Status Code Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package 3CS Other Listings Review Code Reviewer Date Page 1 of 14 Resource name(s) or number (assigned by recorder) 518-526 Bryant Street P1. Other Identifier: N/A *P2. Location: ❑Not for Publication ❑x Unrestricted *a. County Santa Clara *b. USGS 7.5' Quad Palo Alto, CA Date 2015 *c. Address 518-526 Bryant Street City Palo Alto Zip 94301 *e. Other Locational Data: Assessor's Parcel Number 120-026-061 *P3a. Description: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries.) 518-524 Bryant Street is a two -story -over -basement, reinforced -concrete commercial building set on a concrete foundation, designed in 1929 by Palo Alto -based architect Birge M. Clark. The building is designed in the Spanish Colonial Revival style and was commissioned by the Palo Alto Hardware Co. 518-526 Bryant Street is situated on the west side of Bryant Street between University Avenue (north) and Hamilton Avenue (south). Within the Downtown area of the City of Palo Alto, the street grid is oriented roughly 45 -degrees off of the cardinal directions. Accordingly, the subject building is oriented with its primary facade facing northeast. The northwest and southwest facades front onto Centennial Walk. The building occupies nearly the full width and length of its rectangular lot and abuts a neighboring building to the southeast (P5a. and Figure 1). The building's original design combined a rear warehouse space for Palo Alto Hardware Co. with two retail units for commercial tenants at its front along Bryant Street. The building's massing combines a side -gabled east volume with Spanish roof tiles (east eave of side gable) and built-up roof materials (west eave of side gable) and a flat -roofed rear volume with built-up roof materials. A shallow parapet extends around the roof perimeter and features a shaped extension at the rear facade. A molded concrete cornice spans the width of the primary facade beneath the overhanging roof eave. A similar cornice wraps about the southwest corner of the building along the northwest and southwest (rear) facades. Exterior cladding is primarily stucco at all facades, with a portion of the northwest facade finished with painted board -formed concrete. (See Continuation Sheet) *P3b. Resource Attributes: (list attributes and codes) HP6: 1-3 story commercial building *P4. Resources Present: ❑O Building ❑Structure ❑Object ❑Site ❑District ❑Element of District ❑Other P5b. Photo: (view and date) View of primary (northeast) facade from Bryant Street. July 24, 2018. *P6. Date Constructed/Age and Sources: Original building permit application, Palo Alto Times, August 28, 1929, Building permit reference on file at Palo Alto Historical Association. IJhistoric *P7. Owner and Address: Kenton Ventures 401 Florence Street, Suite 200 Palo Alto, CA 94301 *P8. Recorded by: Page & Turnbull, Inc. 417 Montgomery Street, 8th Floor San Francisco, CA 94104 *P9. Date Recorded: 7/24/2018 *P10. Survey Type: Reconnaissance survey *P11. Report Citation: None *Attachments: ❑None ❑Location Map ❑Sketch Map IXIContinuation Sheet EBuilding, Structure, and Object Record ❑Archaeological Record ❑District Record ❑Linear Feature Record ❑Milling Station Record ❑Rock Art Record ❑Artifact Record ❑Photograph Record ❑ Other (list) DPR 523A (9/2013) Packet Pg. 216 *Required information Item 2 Attachment A -January State of California The Resources Agency Primary # 11, 2024 Nomination DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # CONTINUATION SHEET Trinomial Package J Page 2 of 14 Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder) 518-526 Bryant Street *Recorded by Page & Turnbull, Inc. *Date July 24, 2018 O Continuation 0 Update *P3a. Description (Continued): The building features a balanced primary fagade which is divided at its center by a party wall that projects slightly from the fagade plane and extends through the side -gabled roofline above. Two retail units are located to each side of the party wall and set into wide rectangular bays. Each bay contains a similar storefront display system comprised of angled bulkheads clad with tiles, butted plate -glass display windows above, and recessed entrances for each retail unit containing paneled -wood doors with full-length, plate -glass lites and glazed transoms. At the second story, the fenestration pattern varies within each half of the fagade. At the south half, five rectangular, punched window openings are set into a molded concrete surround with a prominent sill, molded apron with arch details, and projecting lintels. Each punched opening contains a metal casement window with six divided lites. Concrete columns clad with stucco separate each window and feature a modillion detail just below the overhanging lintel. The north half of the fagade features five round -arched window openings across three bays. The outer bays contain a wider steel or similar metal casement window with an operable central sash. The two outer windows are not original. The central bay features three narrow, divided-lite steel -sash windows separated by stucco -clad concrete columns. The windows are set directly above a projecting concrete balcony with a molded base and ornate iron railing. The fagade terminates with a molded cornice. Above, the eave of the roof overhangs the cornice slightly. The northwest fagade overlooks Centennial Walk and features a varied fenestration that has sustained several alterations. Within the east half of the northwest fagade, a non -original single round -arched window similar to those at the primary fagade is located near the north corner of the second story. Additional windows are rectangular. Within the east volume, a bank of three rectangular wood windows is located at the second story. A molded concrete planter is located at the base of the fagade, near the east corner. The building's prominent Mission -inspired chimney with belfry cap projects above the gable end. Near the center of the fagade, a divided-lite wood window with wire glass is located at the first story. A flush steel door and utility box are located adjacent to the window. At this portion of the building, the exterior features board -formed concrete. The rear half of the northwest fagade features a double -height, recessed entrance. The entrance features a set of replacement double doors with full-length plate glass. The entrance is flanked by multiple narrow rectangular wood casement windows at the first and second stories. At the first story, windows feature plate glass divided by wood muntins in a three -over -three or two -over -two configuration. At the second story, windows feature similar muntin configurations with operable, divided-lite transoms. Modern metal lattice screens, metal bracketed trellises, and cylindrical sconces are fixed to the fagade at the first story, adjacent to the recessed entrance. Additionally, this half of the fagade features a tiled watertable. Four larger cast metal sconces with glass globes are attached at even internals along the length of the second story. The rear half of the fagade terminates with a molded wood cornice along the parapet line (Figure 1 - Figure 5). The rear (southwest) fagade features a similar water table and combination of wood casement windows at the first and second stories; however, window openings are generally smaller at each story, with a bank of four rectangular openings at the first story and a bank of six rectangular openings at the second story. The second story windows feature canvas awnings supported by metal rods. Two similar cast metal sconces are attached to the fagade at the second story. Two additional metal lattice screens and a longer trellis supported by metal brackets is attached to the fagade at the first story. A recessed entrance with a flush steel door is located at the south end of the fagade at the first story. The fagade terminates with a shaped parapet extension with a molded wood cornice (Figure 5 - Figure 6). Figure 1: 518-526 Bryant Street viewed from Bryant Street and Centennial Walk. Looking southwest. Figure 2: Northwest fagade. Looking west. Packet Pg. 217 DPR 523L Item 2 Attachment A - January State of California The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION CONTINUATION SHEET Primary # HRI # 11, 2024 Nomination Package Trinomial Page 3 of 14 *Recorded by Page & Turnbull, Inc. *Date July 24, 2018 0 Continuation ❑ Update Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder) 518-526 Bryant Street Figure 3: West half of northwest fagade. Looking southwest. Figure 5: Rear of building viewed from Centennial Walk. Looking Southeast. Figure 4: Recessed entrance bay within northwest facade and adjacent non -original windows. r, F , Figure 6: Rear of building viewed from Centennial Walk. Looking northwest. DPR 523L Packet Pg. 218 State of California The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI# BUILDING, STRUCTURE, AND OBJECT RECORD Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J Page 3 of 14 *Resource Name or # 518-526 Bryant Street *NRHP Status Code 3CS B1. Historic name: 522-524 Bryant Street (ca. 1930-1935), 520-524 Bryant Street (ca. 1936-1980s) B2. Common name: 518-526 Bryant Street B3. Original Use: Commercial -Retail with Warehouse at Rear B4. Present use: Retail and Restaurant *B5. Architectural Style: Spanish Colonial Revival *B6. Construction History: (Construction date, alterations, and date of alterations) 1929- Designed and constructed 1935 to 1947- Division of original storefronts to create total of four store units on Bryant Street 1980-1994- 518 Bryant Street (original warehouse space) remodeled in several iterations to create restaurant (See Continuation Sheet for additional details and alteration chronology) *B7. Moved? LINO ❑Yes 0 Unknown Date: N/A Original Location: N/A *B8. Related Features: N/A B9a. Architect: Birge M. Clark b. Builder: Wells P. Goodenough *B10. Significance: Theme Commercial Development & Architecture Area Palo Alto Period of Significance 1929-1936 Property Type Commercial Building Applicable Criteria: Criterion 3 (Architecture) Palo Alto History The earliest known settlement of the Palo Alto area was by the Ohlone people. The region was colonized in 1769 as part of Alto California. The Spanish and Mexican governments carved the area into large ranchos which contained portions of land that became Palo Alto including Rancho Corte Madera, Rancho Pastoria de las Borregas, Rancho Rincon de San Francisquito, and Rancho Riconada del Arroyo de San Francisquito.1 These land grants were honored in the cession of California to the United States, but parcels were subdivided and sold throughout the nineteenth century. The current city of Palo Alto contains the former township of Mayfield. In 1882, railroad magnate and California politician Leland Stanford purchased 1,000 acres adjacent to Mayfield to add to his larger estate. Stanford's vast holdings became known as the Palo Alto Stock Farm. On March 9, 1885, Stanford University was founded through an endowment act by the California Assembly and Senate on Palo Alto Stock Farm land. Stanford decided in 1894 to found the town of Palo Alto with aid from his friend Timothy Hopkins of the Southern Pacific Railroad. Hopkins purchased and subdivided 740 acres of private Iand.2 Known as both the Hopkins Tract and University Park, it was bounded by the San Francisquito Creek to the north and the railroad tracks and Stanford University campus to the south. Palo Alto was a temperance town where no alcohol could be served. A new train stop was created along University Avenue and the new town flourished serving the university. The development of a local streetcar in 1906 and the interurban railway to San Jose in 1910 facilitated access to jobs outside the city and to the University, encouraging more people to move to Palo Alto.3 In July 1925, Mayfield was officially annexed and consolidated into the city of Palo Alto.4 (See Continuation Sheets) B11. Additional Resource Attributes: N/A *B12. References: See footnotes B13. Remarks: *B14. Evaluator: Page & Turnbull, Inc. *Date of Evaluation: August 7, 2018 (This space reserved for official comments.) Source: City of Palo Alto GIS, Online. Accessed July 30, 2018. Subject parcel outlined in red. 1 "Palo Alto, California," Wikipedia, accessed July 9, 2018, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palo_Alto,_California#cite_note-12. 2 "Comprehensive Plan," City of Palo Alto, section L-3. 3 Michael Corbett and Denise Bradley, "Palo Alto Historic Survey Update: Final Survey Report," Dames & Moore, 1-4. ' "A Flash History of Palo Alto," Quora. DPR 523B (9/2013) information Packet Pg. 219 State of California The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION CONTINUATION SHEET Primary # HRI # Trinomial Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J Page 5 of 14 *Recorded by Page & Turnbull, Inc. Resource Name or # 518-526 Bryant Street *Date August 7, 2018 0 Continuation ❑ Update *B6. Construction History (Continued): The following table lists building permit applications or references to building permit applications filed for the subject property on file at Palo Alto Development Services or recorded in the building permit index card collection at Palo Alto Historical Association. Date Permit Application Number/Source Owner Architect/Contractor Work 8/28/1929 Palo Alto Times See also original plans on file at Stanford University Libraries, Special Collections Digital Repository (select drawings included herein)5 W.B. Allen, Inc. Birge Clark, Architect; Wells P. Goodenough, Builder Construct 2 stores and warehouse at 518 - 524 Bryant Street. 1933 Stanford University Special Collections- Birge M. Clark Drawings6 W.B. Allen, Inc. Birge M. and David Clark, Architects Construct stairs to second story (interior). 10/11/1935 Palo Alto Times W.B. Allen, Inc. Wells P. Goodenough, Builder Divide into 2 stores. Address 522 Bryant. 1/15/1947 Palo Alto Times W.B. Allen, Inc. Garnet Gibson, Builder 526 Bryant Street unit alteration. No additional description. 12/6/1965 A25361 W.B. Allen, Inc. Aro & Okerman, Builder Alsberry listed as plumbing contractor 520 Bryant Street. Remodel and building toilet rooms. 7/9/1980 B-80-134 Bill Stankovic GKT Engineers (John Miller), Engineer Install offices in basement area. Construct new second floor in existing building. 3/22/1994 Permit number illegible Jeffrey Pollack Carrasco & Associates 518 Bryant Street. Store front change. Enclose additional second floor and ground. 4/25/1994 94-3813 Jeffrey Pollack Carrasco & Associates 518 Bryant Street. Remodel related to restaurant use. Replace existing entry with new storefront. Encloses additional second floor area. New exterior facade. 4/20/1994 94-945 Kisselinca (partially legible) Carrasco & Associates 518 Bryant Street. Interior demolition. 4/19/1994 94-919 Bill and Alex Stankovic Carrasco & Associates 518 Bryant Street. Remodel related to restaurant use. Install food service line at ground floor. Install plumbing 4/5/1996 96-1039 LMCN, LLC John Lum, Contractor 518 Bryant Street. Cosmetic interior work, new lighting, minor plumbing and minor exterior work. 9/30/1999 Plans on file at Palo Alto Building Division Stankovic Carrasco & Associates Circadia Restaurant. 518 Bryant Street. Replace entry recess [adjacent to door], new wood double -door with plate glass. New trellises with metal brackets. New sign at corner of building. Paint stucco. 8/5/2007 07-01959 Bill Stankovic Owner and E+F Marble and Tile 518 Bryant Street. Check for dry rot and repair if needed. Location not described. 5 Birge M. Clark, Palo Alto Hardware Co., Palo Alto Hardware Co., 522-524 Bryant St., Palo Alto, California, August 7, 1929. Birge M. Clark architectural drawings, 1909-1954. Stanford University Special Collections Digital Repository. https://purl.stanford.edu/bd160nk8132. Accessed August 6, 2018. 6 Birge M. and David Clark, Palo Alto Hardware, New Stairs, Palo Alto Hardware, New Stairs, 522 Bryant St., Palo Alto, California, November 23, 1933. Birge M. Clark architectural drawings, 1909-1954. Stanford University Special Collections Digital Repository. https://purl.stanford.edu/fh662bj9355. Accessed August 6, 2018. DPR 523L Packet Pg. 220 State of California The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION CONTINUATION SHEET Primary # HRI # Trinomial Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J Page 6 of 14 *Recorded by Page & Turnbull, Inc. Resource Name or # 518-526 Bryant Street *Date August 7, 2018 0 Continuation ❑ Update Date Permit Application Number/Source Owner Architect/Contractor Work 2/7/2011 11-346 Kenson Procon Construction 518 Bryant Street. Remove walls, doors, outlets, switches, repair, patch and repaint. 7/29/2013 13-161 KG -Bryant, LLC Procon Construction 518 Bryant Street. Exterior Modifications: remove awnings at Bryant Street and alley [Centennial Walk]. Remove wall sconces at Bryant Street only, patch plaster. Replace entry lighting at soffits. Repaint building to match existing color. Summary of Alterations: Original Design -1927 The subject building was originally addressed 522-24 Bryant Street, corresponding to its original design which provided two retail units at the first story on Bryant Street and warehouse space for Palo Alto Hardware Co. within the rear half of the building (present day 518 Bryant Street). Each of the two original retail units featured angled display windows with butted plate glass and angled bulkheads below with a single door centered within the bay. At the second story, the north half of the facade contained three round - arch windows with an exterior balcony and the south half contained the existing bank of five punched window openings within a molded concrete surround (Figure 7). The northwest facade featured multiple bands of divided-lite, steel -sash windows at the second story. A flush steel door flanked by similar steel -sash windows was placed at the center of the first story, while a larger garage bay with a roll up door (presumably steel or wood) was located further toward the rear of the facade. An additional door with adjacent window was located near the north corner of the building further westward (Figure 8). The rear facade featured a band of similar steel -sash windows in each of its three bays at the second story. A smaller steel -sash window and a single door were placed at opposite ends of the facade at the first story (Figure 9). At the roof, the three skylights provided light to separate retail and warehouse interior spaces. The prominent Mission -inspired chimney was also indicated on Clark's original drawings. Alterations (1935-2013) In 1933, original designer Birge Clark and his brother David Clark designed a staircase to provide second floor access within 522 Bryant Street, based upon plans on file at Stanford University Special Collections. In 1935, 522 Bryant Street was divided into two store units by original builder Wells P. Goodenough. In 1947, builder Garnet Gibson was contracted to alter the 526 Bryant unit; however, additional details of the alteration are not known. By 1949, the building contained four stores at the first story based upon an updated Sanborn map published that year. An updated 1961 Sanborn map shows a similar condition with four storefronts with slightly different interior partitions. In 1965, 520 Bryant Street unit was remodeled at the interior in 1965 to install new toilets (Figure 10 and Figure 11). Historic photographs of the subject building and its vicinity indicate that existing round -arch windows which flank three smaller windows at the second story of the primary facade were introduced by 1986 when they were photographed by the Palo Alto Historic Resource Board. The windows do not appear in an earlier 1959 photograph of the vicinity which shows a partial view of the subject building (Figure 12 and Figure 13). Canvas awnings were installed over second story windows at the primary facade between 1960 and 1986. Originally designed as a warehouse space, the interior and exterior of present-day 518 Bryant Street was remodeled in 1980 and 1983 to accommodate restaurant use. Based upon online research, this alteration was related to the 42nd Street Restaurant which was located within the building 1979- ca. 1994.' Based on building permit applications, it appears that remodeling included extensive alteration of fenestration at the first story of the northwest and rear (southwest) facades, and potentially the introduction of the building's large circular skylight in the course of redesigning the second story interior. Despite these changes, the general characteristic of interior separation of retail spaces at the front of the building and the warehouse -turned -restaurant space at the rear of the building was retained. The most impactful alterations to the building's exterior occurred between 1994 and 1999. In 1994, the interior of 518 Bryant was remodeled for an updated restaurant use which included storefront replacement at 518 Bryant Street, which appears to have resulted in the introduction of the recessed entrance at the northwest facade and installation of large sconces at the exterior of the building which remain in place. Additionally, concrete or similar planters, pilasters, and Classically - inspired ornamentation was added to the northwest and rear facades. These changes are apparent in photographs taken in 1999 along Centennial Walk. The photographs also indicate exterior awnings at second story windows of the rear facade (Figure 14 and Figure 15). 7 Mark Simon, "Our Town," Stanford Alumni, online. Accessed August 3, 2018. https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/magazine/article/?article_id=38042. Peter Gauvin, "Downtown After Dark," Palo Alto Online, September 21, 1994. https://www.paloaltoonline.com/weekly/morgue/cover/1994_Sep_21.COVER921.ht I A +z .)n1Q DPR 523L Packet Pg. 221 State of California The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION CONTINUATION SHEET Primary # HRI # Trinomial Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J Page 7 of 14 Resource Name or # 518-526 Bryant Street *Recorded by Page & Turnbull, Inc. *Date August 7, 2018 0 Continuation ❑ Update In 1999, alterations related to the build -out for Circadia Restaurant at 518 Bryant Street proposed installation of the existing metal trellises, rectangular grid screens, and tile wainscoting at the first story of the northwest and rear facades. The existing corner sign at the second story of the rear facade was also installed. Between 2011 and 2013, additional alterations were carried out at 518 Bryant Street which resulted in removal of wall sconces at the Bryant street fa9ade, removal of awnings from the Bryant Street facade and replacement of entrance lighting beneath soffits. Thus, between 1999 and 2013, the northwest and rear facades were redesigned to their current appearance. YS���'_ aryrsuz�ric:s yl zxarxr^t_--d�i fi L._ " 1.. T fi 4,., .Pai Figure 7: Original design for primary facade featuring two storefronts by Birge Clark, 1929. Source: Stanford University Special Collections. Figure 8: Northwest facade as designed by Birge Clark, 1929. Packet Pg. 222 DPR 523L D11 State of California The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION CONTINUATION SHEET Primary # HRI # Trinomial Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package Page 8 of 14 "Recorded by Page & Turnbull, Inc. Resource Name or # 518-526 Bryant Street *Date August 7, 2018 10 Continuation ❑ Update { r -- ZO` 0 HeIWW WHO • L - Figure 9: Rear facade as designed by Birge Clark, 1929. yawn Jo. f III Alit/ MIT /v6 St Waif 74 NO O. Figure 10: Subject building (outlined in orange) recorded on Sanborn Map Co.'s 1949 fire insurance survey map. Source: San Francisco Public Library. Edited by Page & Turnbull. 4. O 6RY.O.vr 22 AS ,re. I f' I; Sor,•Nr Sy2 534 f /r r. tint. HittiVic, I I 71-- L L ,,,, . " � 74..E Figure 11: Subject building (outlined in orange) recorded on Sanborn Map Co.'s 1961 fire insurance survey map. Source: Palo Alto Historical Association. Edited by Page & Turnbull. f�6 5-10 RE/NP Cavc 4vf+ ff. SAY/iS DPR 523L Packet Pg. 223 State of California The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION CONTINUATION SHEET Primary # HRI # Trinomial Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package Page 9 of 14 Resource Name or # 518-526 Bryant Street *Recorded by Page & Turnbull, Inc. *Date August 7, 2018 0 Continuation ❑ Update Figure 12: 1959 Photograph of showing subject building (indicated with orange arrow) without existing, non -original round -arch windows at primary facade. Source: Palo Alto Historical Association, Photograph Collection — Online. i do eRNIACT Figure 13: Photograph of 518 - 526 Bryant Street taken in 1986 by the Palo Alto Historic Resource Board shows non - original round -arch windows that flank three original round -arch windows at primary facade. Source: Palo Alto Stanford Heritage, Online. Packet Pg. 224 DPR 523L State of California The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION CONTINUATION SHEET Primary # HRI # Trinomial Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J Page 10 of 14 *Recorded by Page & Turnbull, Inc. Figure 14: Centennial Walk with subject building's northwest facade pictured at right, 1999. Source: Palo Alto Historical Association, Photograph Collection — Online. Resource Name or # 518-526 Bryant Street *Date August 7, 2018 0 Continuation ❑ Update g Figure 15: Centennial Walk with subject building's rear (southwest) facade pictured at right, 1999. Source: Palo Alto Historical Association, Photograph Collection — Online. *B. 10 Significance (Continued): Like the rest of the nation, Palo Alto suffered through the Great Depression in the 1930s and did not grow substantially. World War II brought an influx of military personnel and their families to the Peninsula; accordingly, Palo Alto saw rapid growth following the war as many families who had been stationed on the Peninsula by the military or who worked in associated industries chose to stay. Palo Alto's population more than doubled from 16,774 in 1940 to 33,753 in 1953.$ The city center greatly expanded in the late 1940s and 1950s, gathering parcels that would house new offices and light industrial uses and lead the city away from its "college town" reputation.9 Palo Alto annexed a vast area of mostly undeveloped land between 1959 and 1968. This area, west of the Foothill Expressway, has remained protected open space. Small annexations continued into the 1970s, contributing to the discontinuous footprint of the city today. Palo Alto remains closely tied to Stanford University; it is the largest employer in the city. The technology industry dominates other sectors of business, as is the case with most cities within Silicon Valley. Palo Alto consciously maintains its high proportion of open space to development and the suburban feeling and scale of its architecture. Birge M. Clark (1893-1989), Architect - Original Designer of 518-526 Bryant Street, 1929 Birge M. Clark is considered the most influential architect in Palo Alto's history. Clark was active during much of the twentieth century and was a proponent of the Spanish Colonial Revival style, which he called "Early California." Clark's prolific output and stylistic consistency greatly contributed to Palo Alto's current character. Clark designed a variety of commercial, residential and industrial buildings, including 98 residences in Palo Alto, 39 on the Stanford campus, and at least 10 commercial buildings in downtown Palo Alto as listed below. Well-known non-residential commissions of Clark's include the former Palo Alto Police and Fire Station at 450 Bryant Street (now the Palo Alto Senior Center) (1927), the Post Office at 380 Hamilton Avenue (1932), the Lucie Stern Community Center at 1305 Middlefield Road (1932) and the 500 block of Ramona Street (1920s).1° Birge Clark was born April 16, 1893 in San Francisco. His father, Arthur B. Clark, had moved the family west the year before from Syracuse, New York to take a position as the first chairman of the Art and Architecture Department at Stanford University. Arthur Clark would later serve as the first mayor of Palo Alto (then, Mayfield)." Birge Clark graduated from Palo Alto High School in 1910. He studied art and engineering at Stanford University, where he graduated in 1914. Clark received his graduate degree in architect from Columbia University in 1917. That same year he enlisted in the Army and went to France, where he served as a captain and a company commander in the Balloon Corps during World War I. Clark returned to Palo Alto in 1919, where he took part in the 0 "Depression, War, and the Population Boom," Palo Alto Medical Foundation- Sutter Health, website accessed 11 June 2013 from: http://www.pamf.org/about/pamfhistory/depression.html. 9 "Comprehensive Plan," section L-4. 10 Peter Gauvin, "Birge Clark (1893-1989)," Palo Alto Centennial, May 25, 1994. 11 Peter Gauvin, "Arthur B. Clark (1866-1949)," Palo Alto Centennial, October 21, 1994 DPR 523L Packet Pg. 225 State of California The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION CONTINUATION SHEET Primary # HRI # Trinomial Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J Page 11 of 14 Resource Name or # 518-526 Bryant Street *Recorded by Page & Turnbull, Inc. *Date August 7, 2018 0 Continuation ❑ Update design of his first commission, the Lou Henry Hoover House on the Stanford campus. In 1922, he married Lucile Townley, with whom he would eventually have four children. Clark played a major role in the creation of Palo Alto during the boom times of the 1920s. Clark's business tapered off during the Depression and World War II. Just as he was considering a new career, Clark contracted with Henry Kaiser to design the massive steel mill in Fontana, California. During this period, he also designed the first Hewlett Packard building on Page Mill Road in Palo Alto (1942). Another Hewlett Packard plant at 1501 Page Mill Road followed in 1957. Clark taught architecture at Stanford University from 1950 until 1972. In 1980, he joined the Palo Alto Historic Resources Board. In 1984, Clark retired from active participation in his firm Clark, Stromquist & Sandstrom and on April 30, 1989, he died at the age of 96. All told, Birge Clark designed approximately 450 buildings in the Bay Area. Many of his buildings have been listed in local registers and the National Register of Historic Places. Wells P. Goodenough (1893-1965), Building Contractor - Builder, 1929 Wells Peppin Goodenough was born in Coyote, CA to a Vermont -born father and California -born mother. Goodenough and his wife, Zena Ruth Goodenough (nee Barton) of Oregon, married in 1917. The couple had one son, Gregory, in 1922. During Goodenough's career in Palo Alto, the building contractor maintained an office at 49 Wells Avenue and resided at 569 Lowell Avenue with his wife and son. Goodenough emerged as a prominent Palo Alto building contractor by the 1920s and constructed numerous commercial, residential, and institutional buildings throughout the city during his four -decade career. He frequently worked with noted Palo Alto architect Birge Clark during the 1920s and 1930s, during which time the duo served as designer and builder of at least ten commercial buildings designed in the Spanish Colonial Revival style in Downtown Palo Alto. Beyond his work with frequent collaborator Birge Clark, Goodenough is listed as the builder of 455 Coleridge Avenue, 1247 Cowper street, 300 Homer Street, and also completed public works projects within Palo Alto such as sidewalk construction.12 Palo Alto Buildings designed by Birge M. Clarke and Constructed by Wells P. Goodenough include: • 121 - 131 University Avenue (Roos Brothers Clothing Store), 1925 • 323 University Avenue (Crandall's Store), 1925 (Figure 16) • 415 - 419 University Avenue (Commercial -Retail), 1926 • 267 Hamilton Street (Medico -Dental Building), 1927 (Figure 17) • 423 University Avenue (Wilson Ellis Hardware/Gold Seal Creamery), 1927 • 436 - 452 University Avenue (Commercial -Retail), 1927 (Figure 18) • 460 - 474 University Avenue (Commercial -Retail), 1927 (Figure 19) • 518 - 526 Bryant Street (Commercial-Retail/Warehouse), 1929 with alterations 1930 and 1936 • 300 Homer Avenue (Palo Alto Medical Clinic), 1932 • 790 High Street (Durlin B. Hackett - General Motors Dealership), 193613 12 "Prominent Architects and Builders," Palo Alto Stanford Heritage, online. Accessed August 3, 2018. https://www.pastheritage.org/ArchBuild.html#g. 13 "Index to Houses," Palo Alto Stanford Heritage, online. This online index compiled by Palo Alto Stanford Heritage (PAST), provides references to building permit notices for the listed commissions of Clark and Goodenough as published in the Palo Alto Times. Accessed, July 31, 2018. https://www.pastheritage.org/HousePixLists/PixListU.html. DPR 523L Packet Pg. 226 State of California The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION CONTINUATION SHEET Primary # HRI # Trinomial Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J Page 12 of 14 *Recorded by Page & Turnbull, Inc. Figure 16: 323 University Avenue, photographed in 2017. Source: PAST Heritage, online. Resource Name or # 518-526 Bryant Street *Date August 7, 2018 0 Continuation ❑ Update 0 gill IL NV fill ►. 1,1r4i; ... Imo_ - 4r Figure 17: 267 Hamilton Street, photographed in 2016. Source: PAST Heritage, online. Figure 18: 436-452 University Avenue, photographed in Figure 19: 460-474 University Avenue, photographed in 2015. 2015. Ownership and Occupancy Summary The following lists owners and residents of 518-526 Bryant Street based upon listings in Palo Alto city directories, and names listed on building permit applications. Year(s) Owner(s) Occupant(s) 1930 William B. Allen, Inc. 522- B.P. Lausten & Son Tailors 524- E.J. Donaldson Grocery 1940 William B. Allen, Inc. 520-Duca & Hanley Meats 522 -Women's Exchange Bakery 524 -Piers Dairy 526 -Turner & Rohrer Real Estate 1959-65 William B. Allen, Inc. 520-D.A. Hanley's Meat Market 522 -Vacant 524-BRO Sewing Center 526- Turner & Rohrer Real Estate 1970 Unknown based upon available building permits and city directories 520 -Dumas Coiffures 522 -Elsie Wolfe & Roland Photography and Framing 524 -Harry Nelsen, Barber 526-526- Turner & Rohrer Real Estate 1976 Unknown based upon available building permits and city directories 520-Megabooks used books 522 -Hydrant Club- Pet Grooming Packet Pg. 227 DPR 523L State of California The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION CONTINUATION SHEET Primary # HRI # Trinomial Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J Page 13 of 14 *Recorded by Page & Turnbull, Inc. Resource Name or # 518-526 Bryant Street *Date August 7, 2018 0 Continuation ❑ Update Year(s) Owner(s) Occupant(s) 524 -Antiquarian Shop 526-Willworth and Wall Insurance 1979- ca. 1995 Bill Stankovic 518 -42nd Street Restaurant 1994-1999 Jeffrey Pollack 518-O'Connell's Restaurant/Bar14 1999-2007 Bill and/or Alex Stankovic 518-Circadia Restaurant ca. 2007 -Present Kenton Ventures 518 -Three Seasons Restaurant15 Ownership and Occupancy Summary 518-526 Bryant Street was first owned by William B. Allen Co., led by prominent Palo Alto businessman William B. Allen, founder of the Palo Alto Hardware Co. and namesake of William B. Allen Co. The building was named the Palo Alto Hardware Co. building on original drawings by Birge Clark; however, Palo Alto Hardware Co. does not appear to have been located at the building, based upon listings in Palo Alto city directories published after 1929. Rather, the rear warehouse space, which remained unlisted in city directories through at least 1976, appears to have served as a storage facility for Allen's Palo Alto Hardware Co. located at 282 University Avenue during the early decades of the subject building's existence. Between 1930 and 1935, the subject building housed two tenants, B.P. Lausten & Son Tailors and E.J. Donaldson Grocery. By 1940, the building contained four store spaces following division of each of the original two retail spaces. Occupants included Duca & Hanley Meats (subsequently D.A. Hanley's Meat Market), Piers Dairy, and by 1970, the barber shop of Harry Nelsen. Between 1940 and 1970, Turner & Rohrer Real Estate maintained an office at 526 Bryant Street; this firm appears to be the longest -tenured occupant in the building's history. Between 1930 and 1970, the 518 Bryant Street address was not listed in city directories. The most recent Palo Alto City Directory was published in 1976 and listed tenants including a bookstore, pet grooming business, antique shop, and an insurance broker. Beyond the city directories, building permits and plans researched at Palo Alto Development Services listed several restaurant tenants within 518 Bryant Street between the late 1970s and the present. During this period, the primary retail spaces at the front of building were not listed on permits or plans recovered. William Benjamin "Ben" Allen (1878-1964) — Original Owner 1929-1964 William Benjamin "Ben" Allen was born in San Jose, CA to Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Graves Allen, who were among early pioneer American settlers in Santa Clara County after relocating from New York in 1856. William was educated in public schools in San Luis Obispo County and began working in a hardware store at age 16. In 1901, Allen married Winifred Jeffreys. The couple had two children, Lloyd Jeffrys Allen (1902) and Edyth Winifred Allen (1906). After residing in Hawaii during the late 1890s, Allen returned to California and settled in Palo Alto and founded Palo Alto Hardware Co. in 1903. The company's store was located in the Nevada Building at University and Bryant streets, less than one block north of the future location of the subject building. Allen served as president and manager of the company while his father served as treasurer and secretary until 1919.16 Allen retired in 1952 after 49 years in business. According to Allen's obituary published in the Palo Alto Times: [Allen] was active in countless civic, welfare, and fraternal affairs. He was a charter member and past president of the Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce, he was a charter member and past president of the Palo Alto Rotary Club, past master of the Palo Alto Masonic Lodge, past high priest of the Royal Arch Masons and past commander of Palo Alto Commandery, Knights of Templar. He was also active in the Shriners, Order of Eastern Star, Odd Fellows, and the Royal Order of Jesters. He was a member of several professional organizations, and in 1931 was president of the National Retail Hardware Association. During World War II, he was chairman of the Palo Alto Selective Service Board.17 Statement of Significance Evaluation: Criterion 1 (Events): 518-526 Bryant Street does not appear to be individually eligible under Criterion 1 (Events), as the building does not bear association with any significant events nor does it appear to have contributed to the broad patterns of history in Palo Alto, the state, or the nation. 518-526 Bryant Street was among a number of commercial buildings constructed in the 1920s and 1930s in downtown Palo Alto. Although the subject building is chronologically tied to the development of the city's downtown area during the early 20th century, the building was not the first or last of its type to have been constructed, and does not individually represent the broader trend of commercial development in Palo Alto, the state, or nation. Criterion 2 (Persons): 518-526 Bryant Street does not appear to be individually eligible under Criterion 2 (Persons). 518-526 Bryant Street was originally addressed 522-524 Bryant Street and as designed was named the Palo Alto Hardware Co. Building as it was commissioned by William B. "Ben" Allen, owner of Palo Alto Hardware Co. Allen held ownership to the building through his death in 14 https://www.paloaltoonline.com/weekly/morgue/listings/1994_Oct_26.entertainment.html. 15 https://www.paloaltoonline.com/weekly/morgue/2003/2003_03_21.seasonsja.html. 16 Eugene T. Sawyers, History of Santa Clara County, California, (Historic Record Co., 1922), 1348. Accessed online at Mariposaresearch.net, August 2, 2018. http://www.mariposaresearch.net/santaclararesearch/SCBIOS/wballen.html. 17 "Ben Allen, pioneer Palo Alto Business leader, dies at 86," Palo Alto Times, March 3, 1 DPR 523L Packet Pg. 228 State of California The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION CONTINUATION SHEET Primary # HRI # Trinomial Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package Page 14 of 14 Resource Name or # 518-526 Bryant Street *Recorded by Page & Turnbull, Inc. *Date August 7, 2018 0 Continuation ❑ Update 1964 under William B. Allen, Inc., based upon building permit records. Although Allen was among Palo Alto's pioneering businessmen of the early 20th century, and was a prominent citizen outside of serving as president of Palo Alto Hardware Co., the subject building was not the primary location of Allen's business, which was instead located at 282 University Avenue in a building with primary commercial space utilized by the hardware company. Research did not uncover information about other owners or tenants who may have possessed significance in association with the property. Criterion 3 (Architecture): 518-526 Bryant Street appears to be individually eligible under Criterion 3 (Architecture) as a building that embodies the distinct characteristics of the Spanish Colonial Revival style as applied to a commercial building. Additionally, the building is eligible for its associations with a significant architect, Birge Clark, and prominent Palo Alto -based builder, Wells P. Goodenough. 518-526 Bryant Street was designed in 1929 by Birge Clark, Palo Alto's most recognized architect who was particularly prolific in the 1920s and 1930s. Clark frequently contracted with builder Wells P. Goodenough, and executed numerous residential, institutional, and commercial buildings in Palo Alto, with at least ten known projects completed in partnership by Clark and Goodenough. The building embodies the Spanish Colonial Revival style primarily through its form, materials, and architectural features. The building's side -gabled roof with Spanish tiles, molded concrete cornice and modillion gable end details signals the influence of Spanish Colonial architectural precedents. Additionally, the concrete balcony with molded base, wrought iron railing, and three round -arched windows on the primary facade is a key element. The building's prominent chimney stack and cap with arched openings recalls Mission -inspired architecture. Stucco exterior cladding and additional molded concrete details at the primary facade are also associated with Clark's "Early California" aesthetic. Storefront windows and angled bulkheads have been altered but are associated with the building's early use ca. 1930-1935 when Goodenough returned to provide additional retail spaces within the existing first story bays. Given the alteration of the building's primary facade occurred less than a decade after its original construction and was related to its original combined retail/warehouse use, these changes remain reflective of commercial architectural design of the period. The period of significance for this criterion is 1929-1935, representing the building's year of original construction to the year of its early alteration to provide additional retail space at the first story. Criteria 4 (Information Potential): 518-526 Bryant Street was not evaluated under Criterion 4 (Information Potential) as this criterion is typically reserved for archaeological sites. Character -Defining Features The character -defining features of 518-526 Bryant Street include: • Two -story -over -basement height • Massing comprised of side -gabled and flat roofed rectangular volumes • Stucco exterior cladding at primary facade • Board -formed concrete exterior at northwest facade • Original rectangular windows and original round -arched windows at primary facade • Balcony and iron railing at primary facade • Storefronts with angled bulkheads, angled and butted plate glass display windows and wood doors at primary facade • Molded concrete surround at second story of primary facade • Molded concrete cornice at primary facade • Molded wood or similar cornice at northwest and rear facades • Shaped parapet at rear facade Integrity 518-526 Bryant Street remains situated at its original location and continues to be located within an area defined by commercial, institutional, and some residential uses in Palo Alto's downtown. The building's overall massing has been retained since the building's completion with a side gable volume overlooking Bryant Street and a rear volume with flat roof adjacent to Centennial Walk. The building's primary facade overlooking Bryant Street retains four storefronts with angled bulkheads, plate glass display windows, and wood doors with glazed transoms which reflect the building's original design and early alteration to accommodate four storefronts ca. 1929-1935. Additionally, materials including Spanish roof tiles, stucco exterior cladding and steel -sash windows, molded concrete details appear to remain in place at original locations along the primary facade based on analysis of building permit applications and original drawings. The retention of such materials provides evidence of workmanship during the period of the building's original construction and early alteration. Despite alterations to the rear of the building and portions of the northwest facade, and introduction of a large rooftop skylight, the building retains the overall feeling of a ca. 1929-1935 commercial building designed in the Spanish Colonial Revival style, especially as viewed from Bryant Street. Therefore, the building's association with its specific building type, architectural style, and significant original design by Birge Clark has been retained. Overall, 518-526 Bryant Street retains integrity. Packet Pg. 229 DPR 523L PAGE &TURNBULL 2340 TASSO STREET APN: 124-11-011 HISTORIC RESOURCE EVALUATION Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package Date of Evaluation: January 2020 Identified California Register Criteria of Significance: Criterion 3 (Architecture) Identified Period of Significance: 1933 Summary of Significance: 2340 Tasso Street was found significant as a property that embodies the distinct characteristics of the French Norman and Storybook subtypes of the Period Revival style and was designed by the prominent local builder -contractor William F. Klay in 1933, placing the residence among the Klay's earliest identified Palo Alto projects. 2023 RECONNAISSANCE SURVEY SUMMARY Alterations Since HRE: A second -story addition was constructed since evaluation; project was found compliant with the Secretary of the Interior's Standards and therefore the building has retained its historic significance. Status in 2023: Extant, altered with addition but retains historic integrity. Recommended Revisions to Significance: None. Figure 1: 2020 Historic Resource Evaluation photograph. Figure 2: 2023 Reconnaissance Survey photograph. RECOMMENDATION FOR LISTING IN THE PALO ALTO HISTORIC INVENTORY Palo Alto Historic Inventory Criteria for Designation: • Criterion 2 (The structure or site is particularly representative of an architectural style or way of life important to the city, state or nation) Imagining change in historic environments through design, research, and technology 170 MAIDEN LANE, 5TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94108 TEL 415 3 JL-✓ Packet Pg. 230 Palo Alto Historic Inventory Designation Page 2 of 2 Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package • Criterion 5 (The architect or building was important) Statement of Significance: 2340 Tasso Street is significant as a property that embodies the distinct characteristics of the French Norman and Storybook subtypes of the Period Revival style and is one of the earliest known Palo Alto residences designed by the prominent local builder -contractor William F. Klay. Period of Significance: 1933 Palo Alto Historic Inventory Category: Category 2 PAGE & TURNBULL 170 MAIDEN LANE, 5TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFOR Packet Pg. 231 I —,— I—YIJ-JUL -J IJ�1 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package • 2340 TASSO STREET HISTORIC RESOURCE EVALUATION PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA [ 16252A.24] PREPARED FOR: CITY OF PALO ALTO PAGE & TURNBULL JANUARY 9, 2020 imagining change in historic environments through design, research, and technology Packet Pg. 232 Historic Resource Evaluation [16252A.24] TABLE OF CONTENTS Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package I. INTRODUCTION 1 Methodology Summary of Findings 2 II. EXISTING HISTORIC STATUS 3 National Register of Historic Places 3 California Register of Historical Resources 3 California Historical Resource Status Code 3 Palo Alto Historic Inventory 3 Palo Alto Historical Survey Update 4 III. ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION 5 Exterior 5 Surrounding Neighborhood 9 IV. HISTORIC CONTEXT 12 Palo Alto History 12 Seale Addition/Old Palo Alto Neighborhood 13 V. PROPERTY HISTORY 16 Development of 2340 Tasso Street 16 Architectural Style 19 Ownership History 24 VI. EVALUATION 27 California Register of Historical Resources 27 Character -Defining Features 29 Integrity 30 VII. CONCLUSION 32 VIII. REFERENCES CITED 33 January 9, 2020 • Packet Pg. 233 Historic Resource Evaluation [16252A.24] Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J I. INTRODUCTION This Historic Resource Evaluation (HRE) has been prepared at the request of the City of Palo Alto for the residential property at 2340 Tasso Street (APN 124-11-011) on Block 82 of the city's grid. It is one of two blocks of the Breck Subdivision, a secondary subdivision within the Seale Addition/Old Palo Alto neighborhood, according to property assessment records. The subject property is located on the southwest side of Tasso Street between Nevada Street (northwest) and Oregon Expressway (southeast) in an R-1 (Residential single-family) zoning district. The parcel is a rectangular lot of approximately 5,000 -square -feet and contains the single-family residence and a detached automobile garage building at the south corner (Figure 1).1 The single-family residence was built in 1933 by builder -contractor William F. Klay for Walter C. Drugg. Figure 1: City of Palo Alto parcel map. Subject property indicated by red outline. Source: City of Palo Alto, Online Parcel Reports, 2019. METHODOLOGY This report follows a standard outline used for Historic Resource Evaluation reports, and provides a summary of the current historic status, a building description, and a historic context for 2340 Tasso Street. The report includes an evaluation of the property's individual eligibility for listing in the California Register of Historical Resources (California Register). Page & Turnbull prepared this report using research collected at various local repositories, including Palo Alto Development Services Center and Palo Alto Historical Association (PAHA), as well as various online sources including Ancestry.com, Newspapers.com, Stanford University Special Collections, Palo Alto Stanford Heritage (PAST), and University of California Santa Barbara's FrameFinder aerial photograph database. Key primary sources consulted and cited in this report include Palo Alto building permit applications, city and county directories, and historical newspapers. All photographs in this report were taken by Page & Turnbull during a site visit on December 18, 2019, unless otherwise noted. 1 City of Palo Alto Property Information, online. Accessed January 2, 2020. https•//xmap cityofpaloalto org/parcelreports/ January 9, 2020 -1- Packet Pg. 234 Historic Resource Evaluation -Draft [16252A.24] SUMMARY OF FINDINGS Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package This HRE finds that 2340 Tasso Street appears to be individually eligible under Criterion 3 (Architecture) of the California Register of Historical Resources. As such, the property appears to qualify as a historic resource for the purposes of review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). January 9, 2020 -2- Packet Pg. 235 Historic Resource Evaluation -Draft [16252A.24] II. EXISTING HISTORIC STATUS Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J The following section examines the national, state, and local historical ratings currently assigned to 2340 Tasso Street. NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES The National Register of Historic Places (National Register) is the nation's most comprehensive inventory of historic resources. The National Register is administered by the National Park Service and includes buildings, structures, sites, objects, and districts that possess historic, architectural, engineering, archaeological, or cultural significance at the national, state, or local level. 2340 Tasso Street is not currently listed in the National Register of Historic Places. CALIFORNIA REGISTER OF HISTORICAL RESOURCES The California Register of Historical Resources (California Register) is an inventory of significant architectural, archaeological, and historical resources in the State of California. Resources can be listed in the California Register through a number of methods. Properties can be nominated to the California Register by local governments, private organizations, or citizens. The evaluative criteria used by the California Register for determining eligibility are closely based on those developed by the National Park Service for the National Register of Historic Places. 2340 Tasso Street is not currently listed in the California Register. CALIFORNIA HISTORICAL RESOURCE STATUS CODE Properties listed or under review by the State of California Office of Historic Preservation are assigned a California Historical Resource Status Code (Status Code) of "1" to "7" to establish their historical significance in relation to the National Register or California Register. Properties with a Status Code of "1" or "2" are either eligible for listing in the California Register or the National Register or are already listed in one or both of the registers. A property assigned a Status Code of "3" or "4" appears to be eligible for listing in either register, but normally requires more research to support this rating. Properties assigned a Status Code of "5" have typically been determined to be locally significant or to have contextual importance, while properties with a Status Code of "6" are not eligible for listing in either register. Finally, a Status Code of "7" means that the resource has not been evaluated for the National Register or the California Register, or needs reevaluation. 2340 Tasso Street is not listed in the California Historic Resources Information System (CHRIS) database.2 The most recent update to the CHRIS database for Santa Clara County that lists the status codes was in April 2012. PALO ALTO HISTORIC INVENTORY The City of Palo Alto's Historic Inventory lists noteworthy examples of the work of important individual designers and architectural eras and traditions as well as structures whose background is associated with important events in the history of the city, state, or nation. The inventory is organized under the following four Categories: ■ Category 1: An "Exceptional Building" of pre-eminent national or state importance. These buildings are meritorious works of the best architects, outstanding examples of a specific 2 California Historical Resource Information System (CHRIS), Historic Property Data File for Santa Clara County, Updated April 2012. January 9, 2020 -3- Packet Pg. 236 Historic Resource Evaluation -Draft [16252A.24] Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J architectural style, or illustrate stylistic development of architecture in the United States. These buildings have had either no exterior modifications or such minor ones that the overall appearance of the building is in its original character. • Category 2: A "Major Building" of regional importance. These buildings are meritorious works of the best architects, outstanding examples of an architectural style, or illustrate stylistic development of architecture in the state or region. A major building may have some exterior modifications, but the original character is retained. • Category 3 or 4: A "Contributing Building" which is a good local example of an architectural style and relates to the character of a neighborhood grouping in scale, materials, proportion or other factors. A contributing building may have had extensive or permanent changes made to the original design, such as inappropriate additions, extensive removal of architectural details, or wooden facades resurfaced in asbestos or stucco. 2340 Tasso Street is not listed in the Palo Alto Historic Inventory. PALO ALTO HISTORICAL SURVEY UPDATE Between 1997 and 2000, a comprehensive update to the 1979 Historic Inventory was undertaken by historic preservation firm Dames & Moore. The goal of this update was to identify additional properties in Palo Alto that were eligible to the National Register. This effort began with a reconnaissance survey of approximately 6,600 properties constructed prior to 1947. The reconnaissance survey produced two Study Priority lists. Approximately 600 properties were identified as Study Priority 1, indicating they appeared individually eligible for listing in the National Register under Criterion C (Architecture). Approximately 2,700 properties were identified as Study Priority 2, representing those properties that did not appear individually eligible to the National Register under Criterion C (including common local building types) but retained high integrity. The subject property was among those categorized as Study Priority 2. The reconnaissance survey was followed by an intensive -level survey of all Study Priority 1 and 2 properties. Historic research was conducted on the owners, architects/builders, and past uses of the Study Priority 1 properties. Research also informed the preparation of historic context statements on topics such as local property types, significant historical themes, and prolific architects and builders, in order to identify any potential significant associations of Study Priority 2 properties. In January 1999, Dames & Moore prepared an interim findings report that listed preliminary evaluations of the National Register and California Register eligibility of Study Priority 1 and 2 properties. 291 properties were found potentially eligible as individual resources to the National Register and California Register. 1,789 further properties were found potentially eligible to the California Register only. The survey update effort concluded with California Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) 523 forms prepared for those 291 properties that initially appeared eligible for listing in the National Register. Of the 291 properties, 165 were ultimately found to be eligible to the National Register. These DPR 523 forms were submitted to the California Office of Historic Preservation. Because the survey focused on determining National Register eligibility, the project did not finalize the preliminary evaluations regarding potential California Register eligibility. 2340 Tasso Street was identified as a Study Priority 2 property by Dames & Moore for the Palo Historical Survey Update, in January 1999. A DPR 523 form was not prepared the property, and the finding of potential California Register eligibility under Criterion 3 (Architecture) was not finalized through a full historic evaluation. January 9, 2020 -4- Packet Pg. 237 Historic Resource Evaluation -Draft [16252A.24] III. ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION EXTERIOR Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package 2340 Tasso Street is a one-story single-family residence with detached garage that was constructed in 1933. The property was designed and constructed by prominent Palo Alto -based builder -contractor William F. Klay and exhibits characteristics of the Period Revival Style, and its sub -style, Storybook. The residence has an L -plan comprised of intersecting gabled (front) and side -gabled (rear) wings and sits on a concrete foundation. The rear wing has a stepped roofline, formed by a slightly lower extension at its southeast end (Figure 2). The eave ends of each gable are slightly curved, and the roof surfaces are covered with replacement asphalt shingles. The peaks of each gabled end feature lapped wood detailing, excepting the southeast gable end at the rear wing, which has three small square vents. A cross gable with similar wood detailing at the gable peak is visible at the rear facade. Cladding consists primarily of stucco, with red brick cladding at the exterior of the main entrance area. A replacement chimney with a stucco exterior is visible near the corner where the wings intersect, which is flanked by one-story rectangular volumes capped with hipped roofs. A small shingle -covered skylight is visible at the rear roof eave. Windows at the primary (northeast), northwest, and southeast facades appear to be original and are operable steel casements with divided-lite glazing. These windows are arranged in single or paired configurations with fixed outer sashes and an operable center sash. Most windows have decorative wood shutters. Select windows are surmounted by bracketed window hoods. Replacement wood casement windows are located at the rear facade and have divided lite glazing. Figure 2: Residence and detached garage (background -left) at 2340 Tasso Street, facing southwest from Tasso Street. January 9, 2020 -5- Packet Pg. 238 Historic Resource Evaluation -Draft [16252A.24] Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package Primary (Northeast) Facade The primary (northeast) facade is divided into two sections, with two southeasternmost bays in the rear wing and the northwest bay in the front gabled end. The southeasternmost bay is clad with stucco and contains a divided lite paired casement window set into a molded wood frame (Figure 3). To the northwest, the facade plane projects outward at roughly 45 degrees and is clad with red brick. The bay contains an east -facing leaded glass window with diamond lites. The bay also features a front (northeast) facing paired casement window adjacent to the entrance. This window is set into a wood frame with a projecting brick sill. To the west, the main entrance is located at the corner where the rear and front wings intersect. The section of the facade is also clad with red brick. The entrance is set beneath an overhanging eave with a channeled wood soffit. The entrance contains a wood door front with a tongue -and -groove exterior and a single upper lite with a leaded glass upper lite. The entrance is oriented to the same eastward direction as the leaded glass window (Figure 4). Figure 3: Windows at southeast end of primary facade, looking west. Figure 4: Front entrance and adjacent paired casement window, looking west. The primary facade continues at the northeast -facing front gabled end. A large casement window is centered within the gabled end wall and features a wood spandrel panel with a red brick base and is surmounted by a bracketed hood with wood fascia. The window is a steel casement, the bottom two- thirds of which are fixed with 24 divided lites, and the upper one-third an operable awning sash with 12 divided lites. The facsade at this bay is clad with stucco and trimmed with lapped wood at the gable peak. The eaves do not project over the facade and are trimmed with molded wood (Figure 5 and Figure 6). . Figure 5: Gabled end at front wing, looking southwest. Figure 6: Detail view of brick -clad base of gabled end window, looking west. January 9, 2020 -6- Packet Pg. 239 Historic Resource Evaluation -Draft [16252A.24] Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J Northwest facade The northwest facade is set back a short distance from the northwest property line. The facade is clad with stucco and contains three bays with casement windows, each with an operable central sash and wood shutters (Figure 7 to Figure 9). The northwest -facing gabled end is visible above the paired windows. The rearmost bay is not fenestrated and is a portion of the rear addition. A galvanized metal chimney or vent pipe is visible at the exterior toward the rear of the building (Figure 10). Figure 7: Northernmost window at northwest facade, looking south. Figure 9: Paired casement window near the south end of the northwest facade, looking southwest. Figure 8: Northwest facade, looking southwest. Figure 10: Side gable and galvanized metal chimney at northwest facade, looking northeast. Rear (Southwest)Facade The rear (southwest) facade overlooks the rear yard. The northwest bay has an angled bay window with non -historic, operable wood casement windows with divided lites; the central window is wider than the outer angled windows (Figure 11 and Figure 12). To the northeast, a non -original wood door with divided lites is visible (Figure 13). Two original steel casement windows are visible to the northeast of the door. These windows are located within a wall that terminates with a gabled end with lapped wood gable peak trim (Figure 14 and Figure 15). To the northwest, the facade is recessed toward the front of the building at what appears to be the location of the original (non - extant) rear porch. A wood door with tongue -and -groove exterior and four divided lites in its upper half is centered within the bay. A shed eave extension overhangs this entrance. A divided lite wood windows is visible to the southeast of the entrance door (Figure 16). January 9, 2020 -7- Packet Pg. 240 Historic Resource Evaluation -Draft [16252A.24] Figure 11: Looking northeast toward rear (southwest) facade. Figure 12: Detail view of wood replacement window hardware and profile, looking northeast. Figure 13: View of replacement wood window, replacement door (left), and original casement windows (right), looking northeast. Figure 14: Detail view of casement window hardware and profile, looking northeast. Figure 15: South corner of building where rear facade and southeast facade meet, looking north. Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package Figure 16: Rear entrance at south corner with original wood door, looking northeast. January 9, 2020 -8- Packet Pg. 241 Historic Resource Evaluation -Draft [16252A.24] Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J Southeast Facade The southeast facade features two sections, one at the rear wing, and the southeast -facing wall of the of front wing. At the rear wing, the facade has two bays, each containing an identical casement window that is set into wood frames and surmounted by bracketed woods (Figure 17). The gable peak features three square vents (Figure 18). At the front wing, the facade features the prominent chimney. To the south of the chimney, the facade is clad with red brick. The chimney is clad with stucco, matching the remainder of the facade (Figure 19). Figure 18: Square vents at the gable peak of the southeast facade, looking northwest. Figure 17: Looking north at typical bracketed window hood covering windows at the southeast facade and the gabled end window at the primary facade. Figure 19: Casement window to north of chimney, looking northwest. SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD The surrounding neighborhood is entirely residential, with houses ranging in height from one to two stories. Most residences are capped by hipped or gabled roof, often with cross gables or dormers; fewer examples are capped by flat roofs with shallow parapets. Each residential property has a similar street setback, providing space for a front yard and in many cases a driveway accessing the rear of each lot, which in many cases contains a detached garage (Figure 20). Most residences within the neighborhood were built between 1927 and the late 1940s, according to the City of Palo Alto's online parcel report, and review of available aerial photographs and Sanborn maps. The majority of the residences were built in the 1930s, when development in the Breck Subdivision gained momentum, continuing the extension of the Seale Addition further southeastward to what is now the Oregon Expressway. January 9, 2020 -9- Packet Pg. 242 Historic Resource Evaluation -Draft [16252A.24] Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package Nevada Street interrupts the southwest block face of Tasso Street, extending northward from Waverly Avenue roughly three blocks southwest. Review of parcel maps indicates that most properties have lots of similar dimension, excepting a few lots with wider street frontage at 2267, 2299 (appears to be a double -width lot), and 2321 Tasso Street. Figure 20: Current aerial imagery of the immediate surrounding area, with subject property outlined in orange. Source: Google Earth Pro, 2019. Edited by Page & Turnbull. The most common architectural styles in the neighborhood can be categorized under the Period Revival trend that referenced earlier Old -World styles in creating picturesque houses during the late 1920s and 1930s. Several residences including 2321, 2239, 2242, 2264, and 2267 Tasso Street exhibit elements common to such Period Revival designs such as stucco cladding, complex roof forms, large divided lite windows, and prominent chimneys (Figure 21 and Figure 23). Figure 21: Period Revival residence at 2239 Tasso Street, representative of early residential building trends within the surrounding area. Figure 22: Period Revival residence at 2321 Tasso Street, representative of early residential building trends within the surrounding area. Source: Google Street View, February 2019. Figure 23: 2267 Tasso Street, former residence of real estate developer James Breck, designed in the Period Revival style. Source: Google Street View, February 2019. January 9, 2020 -10- Packet Pg. 243 Historic Resource Evaluation -Draft [16252A.24] Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package Residences at 550 N. California (1980), 2227 Tasso Street (1970), 2255 Tasso Street (1980), 2320 Tasso Street (1985), 2331 Tasso Street (1980), 2350 Tasso Street (2014), 2370 Tasso Street (2009), and 2371 Tasso Street (1987) are of more recent construction in the neighborhood, that appears to have resulted in total replacement of pre-existing houses (Figure 24 and Figure 25). Figure 24: Two-story residence at 2350 Tasso Street , built ca. 2014-2016 and designed in a contemporary Spanish Revival. Figure 25: Neighboring two-story residence at 2330 Tasso Street (right) designed in a vernacular Mediterranean Revival style. Source: Google Street View, February 2019. January 9, 2020 -11- Packet Pg. 244 Historic Resource Evaluation -Draft [16252A.24] IV. HISTORIC CONTEXT PALO ALTO HISTORY Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J The earliest known settlement of the Palo Alto area was by the Ohlone people. The region was colonized in 1769 as part of Alta California. The Spanish and Mexican governments carved the area into large ranchos which contained portions of land that became Palo Alto including Rancho Corte Madera, Rancho Pastoria de las Borregas, Rancho Rincon de San Francisquito, and Rancho Riconada del Arroyo de San Francisquito.3 These land grants were honored in the cession of California to the United States, but parcels were subdivided and sold throughout the nineteenth century. The current city of Palo Alto contains the former township of Mayfield, which was located just southwest of Alma Street, and was established in 1855. Starting in 1876, the railroad magnate and California politician Leland Stanford began to purchase land in the area for his country estate, and in 1882 he purchased an additional 1,000 acres adjacent to Mayfield for his horse farm.4 Stanford's vast holdings became known as the Palo Alto Stock Farm. On March 9, 1885, Stanford University was founded on land of the Palo Alto Stock Farm through an endowment act by the California Assembly and Senate. Originally looking to connect Stanford University as a part of the already established town of Mayfield, Stanford asked residents of Mayfield to make the town a temperance town. Their refusal in 1886 caused Stanford to found the town of Palo Alto with aid from his friend, Timothy Hopkins of the Southern Pacific Railroad. Hopkins purchased and subdivided 740 acres of private land, that was known initially as University Park (or the Hopkins Tract).5 This land was bounded by the San Francisquito Creek to the north and the railroad tracks and Stanford University campus to the south. A new train stop was created along University Avenue and the new town flourished in its close connection with the university. University Park, under its new name of Palo Alto, was incorporated in 1894. In its early years, Palo Alto was a temperance town where no alcohol could be served. The residents were mostly middle and working class, with a pocket of University professors clustered in the neighborhood deemed Professorville. The development of a local streetcar in 1906, and the interurban railway to San Jose in 1910, facilitated access to jobs outside the city and to the University, encouraging more people to move to Palo Alto.6 In July 1925, Mayfield was officially annexed and consolidated into the city of Palo Alto.7 Like the rest of the nation, Palo Alto suffered through the Great Depression in the 1930s and did not grow substantially. World War II brought an influx of military personnel and their families to the Peninsula; accordingly, Palo Alto saw rapid growth following the war as many families who had been stationed on the Peninsula by the military, or who worked in associated industries, chose to stay. Palo Alto's population more than doubled from 16,774 in 1940 to 52,287 in 1960.8 3 Ward Winslow and Palo Alto Historical Association, Palo Alto: A Centennial History (Palo Alto, CA: Palo Alto Historical Association, 1993), 12-17. 4 Ibid, 35. 5 City of Palo Alto, Comprehensive Plan 2030 (adopted by City Council, November 13, 2017), 16, accessed August 29, 2019, https: / /www.cityofpaloalto.org/civicax/ filebank/documents/62915. 6 Dames & Moore, "Final Survey Report — Palo Alto Historical Survey Update: August 1997- 2000," 1-4. 7 City of Palo Alto, Comprehensive Plan 2030, 16. 8 "City of Palo Alto, Santa Clara County," Bay Area Census, accessed August 27, 2019, http://www.bayareacensus.ca.gov/cities/PaloAlto50.htm. January 9, 2020 -12- Packet Pg. 245 Historic Resource Evaluation -Draft [16252A.24] Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J Palo Alto's city center greatly expanded in the late 1940s and 1950s, gathering parcels that would house new offices and light industrial uses and lead the city away from its "college town" reputation. Palo Alto annexed a vast area of mostly undeveloped land between 1959 and 1968. This area, west of the Foothill Expressway, has remained protected open space. Small annexations continued into the 1970s, contributing to the discontinuous footprint of the city today. Palo Alto remains closely tied to Stanford University; it is the largest employer in the city. The technology industry dominates other sectors of business, as is the case with most cities within Silicon Valley. Palo Alto consciously maintains its high proportion of open space to development and the suburban feeling and scale of its architecture., SEALE ADDITION/OLD PALO ALTO NEIGHBORHOOD The following historic context of the Seale Addition/Old Palo Alto neighborhood is excerpted from Dames & Moore's Final Survey Report: Palo Alto Historical Surrey Update: That part of Palo Alto known as the Seale Addition consists of several subdivisions of the old Seale Ranch in an area bound by Embarcadero Road, Middlefield Road, Oregon Avenue, and Alma Street, excluding several blocks in the west and southwest parts of this area (Figure 26). The first and largest of these subdivisions, in 1898, occupied only a portion of the ranch. This was followed by subdivisions of additional ranch land and by re -subdivisions of portions of the original subdivision. The 1949 Map of the City of Palo Alto, prepared by the City Engineer, showed these several Seale Ranch subdivisions with ambiguous boundaries. Some of the subdivisions were separately labeled, including Seale Ranch Subdivision No. 8, which the subject property is located within, indicating the number of subdivisions that took place. Altogether, the Seale Addition was referred to as "South Palo Alto" until after World War II when the newly developed area across Oregon Expressway, which was located further south, came to be called South Palo Alto. [...] When the Seale Addition was first laid out, it was outside the Palo Alto city limits on unincorporated county land. The area was annexed to Palo Alto in 1917 followed by improvements in utilities and services including a streetcar line on Waverley Street. [Historian -Writer] Roland Davis has described the progress of development in the Seale Addition as follows: "43 houses were built from 1898 to 1911 and 52 houses were built from 1912 to 1923, followed by more rapid development in the 1920s." Substantial development continued in the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s, at which time the area was completely built up. The result of this pattern of development is a neighborhood that consists of a mix of houses of different decades and different styles. It may be that in the future, the entire neighborhood will appear eligible for the NRHP. For now, an area at the center of the neighborhood that contains a predominance of houses built between 1900 and 1940, deserves study as a potential historic district. Portions of this neighborhood have particularly rich concentrations of well -designed houses. Among these are the 200 to 600 blocks of Coleridge and the cross blocks of Bryant, Waverley, and Emerson streets, and the blocks of Cowper and Waverley streets between Seale and California avenues. These areas are characterized by Spanish Colonial, Mediterranean, Monterey, and Period Revival style houses for upper middle class residents. 9 City of Palo Alto, Comprehensive Plan 2030, 11-20. January 9, 2020 -13- Packet Pg. 246 Historic Resource Evaluation -Draft [16252A.24] Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J The Seale Addition represents an expansion of the earlier neighborhood across Embarcadero Road called Professorville in its physical character. However, the population of this neighborhood was different than Professorville—by the time development of the Seale Addition was well underway, Stanford University had begun to provide housing for faculty on campus land, so that Stanford professors never constituted a large group in this neighborhood. The Seale Addition is also the earliest important example of several Palo Alto subdivisions with development restrictions designed to create an elite residential area.10 Figure 26: Rendering of land within the Seale Tract in "South Palo Alto," advertising land open for future development, 1905. Note, the rendered blocks and lots were later developed with a different street layout in some areas. An orange dashed line approximates the border of the Seale Addition neighborhood, with an orange arrow approximating the future location of the subject property. Source: Stanford University Special Collections. Edited by Page & Turnbull. Breck Subdivision The Breck Subdivision is located at the far southern end of the Seale Addition/Old Palo Alto neighborhood. Prior to the development of residential neighborhoods southwest of El Camino Real near Stanford University in the 1950s, this part of the City of Palo Alto was referred to as "South Palo Alto." The Breck Subdivision appears to have been established by Palo Alto real estate agent and former San Francisco -based oil industry businessman James Breck (1869-1941).17 In 1923, lots of 50 feet and 75 feet in width were advertised in local newspapers during the opening sale of the Breck Subdivision. Based upon an advertisement for lots marketed by agent W.D. Wasson, the first lots marketed for sale were located in the vicinity of Cowper Street and California Avenue, immediately west of the block containing the subject property (Figure 27). 10 Prepared by Michael Corbett and Denise Bradley of Dames & Moore, Final Survey Report: Palo Alto Historical Survy Update, August 1997 -August 2000, (Palo Alto, CA: City of Palo Alto Planning Division, February 2001), 4-29 and 4-30. See also, Paula Boghosian and John Beach, Historical and Architectural Resources of the Ciy of Palo Alto: Inventory and Report, Prepared by Historic Environment Consultants for the City of Palo Alto, 1979; J.F. Byxbee, Palo Alto City Engineer, Map of the Ciy of Palo Alto, 1949. Roland C. Davis, A Summary History of the Early Development of Palo Alto's "Seale Addition": An Account of How the First "South Palo Alto" Became Part of the Present "Old Palo Alto," Prepared for the Palo Alto Historic Building Survey. July 1998. Overland Monthly, Advertisement, September 1904. Ward Winslow and the Palo Alto Historical Association, Palo Alto: A Centennial History, Palo Alto: Palo Alto Historical Association, 1993. 11 U.S. Federal Census data for 1920 and 1930. Accessed at Ancestry.com. December 24, 2019. January 9, 2020 -14- Packet Pg. 247 Historic Resource Evaluation -Draft [16252A.24] Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J A map of the City of Palo Alto published in 1926 shows that the subdivision was comprised of generally rectangular lots located along Cowper Street east of California Avenue, Nevada Street north of Cowper Street, and the 2200 and 2300 blocks of Tasso Street, with Oregon Avenue hemming in the subdivision to the southeast (Figure 27). As of 1930, Breck and his immediate family resided in a Tudor Revival style house at 2267 Tasso Street (extant). Most homes within the subdivision appear to have been designed by builder - contractors rather than trained architects, including Christenson & Son (2415, 2425, and 2435 Tasso Street), Henry Harala (2267, 2360, 2350, 2370, and 2371 Tasso Street), and B.F. Burkhart (2352 and 2361 Tasso Street). By the mid -1930s, most lots on the subject block were built out, with the entire southwest block face filled with residential properties by the late 1940s (Figure 28). Based upon a reconnaissance survey of the immediate vicinity, many residences built during the early years of development in the Breck Subdivision were designed with Tudor Revival style characteristics, such as stucco exteriors, half-timbering details, and gabled roofs. h� Right In The Line Of .�- - PROGRESS 14.44 Opening Sale BRECK SUBDIVISION South Palo Alto r xurion: n... 1.11.'661 i.... Mi., «, k,.rd a, C,..14., .+d ld m ... do.. . ..,....,' n! iM. uq I„w rope ., Reasonable Restrictions L1acMcidy — Gas — Water -- Big Lots Sues— 50 T 75 !'root Fmni,q, Lots as Low as $1250 ti&ILlr, Lip. WASSON • An. N '. il.t A. Phone 1'. :1. 44 Figure 27: Advertisement by real estate agent W.D. Wasson for available lots in the Breck Subdivision, 1923. Source: Palo Alto Times (PAHA) Figure 28: Map of the City of Palo Alto, 1926. An orange arrow points to the future location of 2340 Tasso Street in block 82 of Breck Subdivision. Source: Stanford University Special Collections. Figure 29: Birds -eye view of residential development immediately west of the Breck Subdivision, 1936. Source: The Peninsula Mirror (PAHA). Edited by Page & Turnbull. January 9, 2020 -15- Packet Pg. 248 Historic Resource Evaluation -Draft [16252A.24] V. PROPERTY HISTORY DEVELOPMENT OF 2340 TASSO STREET Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package The subject property was originally built in 1933, during the early development of the Breck Subdivision neighborhood. By 1930, four houses stood along the southwest block face and one along the northeast block face. The subject site was flanked on both sides by two residential properties (Figure 30). By 1941, the subject property and seven neighboring properties filled out the block face. The subject building had an L-shaped footprint, with a rear porch with a flat roof. It appears that the porch extended further toward the detached garage than the existing condition, prior to alteration (demolition/replacement) of the porch in 1972. The front yard featured a curved pathway leading from the driveway to the front entrance area. The subject residence's L -plan and gabled roof's curved eaves appear to have been distinct among nearby residences, most of which featured flat roofs or a primary :able roof with smaller cross • ables or dormers (Fi_ e 31). Figure 30: Aerial photograph of future location of subject property (outlined with orange) and vicinity, 1930. Source: UC Santa Barbara Library Special Collections. Fairchild Aerial Surveys, Flight C-1025, Frame Z-146. Edited by Page & Turnbull. Figure 31: Aerial photograph of subject property (outlined with orange) and vicinity, 1941. A white arrow points to the original porch that was altered in 1972. Source: UC Santa Barbara Library Special Collections. Fairchild Aerial Surveys, Flight C-7065, Frame 77. Edited by Page & Turnbull. January 9, 2020 -16- Packet Pg. 249 Historic Resource Evaluation -Draft [16252A.24] Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package The first Sanborn Fire Insurance map to record the subject site was published in 1949. The map illustrated the subject building with an L-shaped plan with a slight projection at the rear facade, where the original porch was located. It also illustrated the one-story detached auto garage with a rectangular footprint (Figure 32). 2.570 Z350 2J7/ 2.3f/ l I / 2350 2r! : J;0 25_1-2 7,rssa TASSO ZJ3 33,,?/ rosso 2237 .2.35/ P3J J2.g • 2 ,r 0 20 • t !C b a �. b[ 1.,..::, t,,' 7; % 4 +�. f ♦` ;tea 9 � A I. , 1 �T � Figure 32: Sheet 43 of Sanborn Map Co.'s 1949 fire insurance survey map illustrating the subject property (outlined with orange). Source: San Francisco Public Library. Edited by Page & Turnbull. A 1965 aerial photograph shows that the building retained its L-shaped plan footprint with rear porch. The front yard by this time was covered with grass and featured a curved pathway leading from the driveway to the front entrance (Figure 33). Figure 33: Aerial photograph of subject property (outlined with orange) and vicinity, 1965. Source: UC Santa Barbara Library Special Collections. Cartwright Aerial Surveys, Flight CAS -65, Frame 4-11. Edited by Page & Turnbull. In 1972, the residence's rear facade was altered by the addition of an angled bay window at the southwest and replacement of the original rear porch at the northeast end of the facade. The existing chimney was built in 1990, replacing the original earthquake -damaged brick chimney. No major changes to the building footprint otherwise are known to have occurred since 1972. The brick pathway and entrance landing appear to be original features, while landscape materials in the rear yard appear to be a more recent addition. January 9, 2020 -17- Packet Pg. 250 Historic Resource Evaluation -Draft [16252A.24] Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J Construction Chronology 2340 Tasso Street was built in 1933 by Palo -Alto based builder -contractor William F. Klay for original owner Walter Drugg. In 1965, siding at the residence or garage was replaced. Available building permits did not specify an exact location of the alteration; however, it appears that original stucco was replaced in kind. The garage was also remodeled in 1965; however, plans noted on the building permit were not found on file. Between 1972 and 1973, remodeling of the kitchen was completed, including electrical and plumbing work. Also, a porch at the rear of the residence was removed and the existing angled bay window and adjacent door was added. Fencing was installed in 1972. Wood shingles on the roof of the residence and garage were replaced in kind in 1973. Other major work included the removal and replacement of the original brick chimney at the front of the residence in 1990 due damage from the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. Page & Turnbull notes that no permit was found describing the date of completion for the skylight at the rear eave of the rear wing's roof. The following table provides a timeline of construction activity at 2340 Tasso Street, based on building permit applications on file with Palo Alto Development Services: Date Permit # Owner Contractor Description 4/12/1933 N/A (Palo Alto Times notice) Walter Drugg William F. Klay, Builder Build residence. 9/10/1965 25151 R.R. Hammond Unknown Residential Alteration. Replace siding. (noted on Property Assessment record at Palo Alto Development Services Center) Small File BODS. 9/10/1965 25152 R.R. Hammond Unknown Remodel as per plan — garage 1/13/1972 A30454 Mr. and Mrs. Stearns Golden Age Construction Kitchen remodel, no plans. 1/13/1972 C14247 Stearns MG Electric Change of [electrical] service. 2/14/1972 P789 Roy Stearns Layne Plumbing Plumbing installation. 7/10/1972 5283 Roy and Mary Stearns Owner Add 75 feet of fencing per fence ordinance 9/11/1973 H1184 Roy Stearns Peninsula Trane A/C Heating installation. 11/1/1973 6514 David Cortesi Shelton Roofing Co. Wood shingle, cedar 10/3/1974 A33760 David Cortesi Moyer & Gutierrez, Architect Philip R. Weeks, Builder Remove existing porch and add new addition to form closet and dressing room. 1/14/1975 P3581 David Cortesi John F. Dahl Plumbing installation. January 9, 2020 -18- Packet Pg. 251 Historic Resource Evaluation -Draft [16252A.24] Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package Date Permit # Owner Contractor Description 10/7/1990 90-2678 David Cortesi T.L. Anderson Construction Seismic upgrade. Demolish existing brick chimney due to earthquake damage. New foundation for a wood -frame chimney chase with tiedowns at the foundation. 1998 09-98 David Cortesi Dawn Bunker, Izmirian 66,000 BTU input — HVAC- related. 2/8/1999 99-339M Mr. and Mrs. David Cortesi Izmirian Roof & Sheet Metal Install central cooling. 7/12/1999 99000339E David Cortesi Izmirian Roof & Sheet Metal Add electric. 3/18/2004 04638 David Cortesi Redwood Plumbing Co Inc Gas line to fireplace. ARCHITECTURAL STYLE Period Revival Style The residence at 2340 Tasso Street is designed in the Period Revival style. A comprehensive context for Period Revival and residences that exemplify such characteristics in Palo Alto is not currently available. Architectural Historian Lester Walker describes the emergence and common features of the "Period" style as follows: The years between World War I and the start of the Great Depression saw yet another revival of the picturesque house. It was called the "era of the Period house." Period style buildings were convincing copies of older styles designed by conservative architects who looked to styles of proven worth and popular appeal for solutions to the current problems of house design. The variety of Period houses was endless. Architects who could build the most accurate replica of an Old-world house without compromising the client's desires for modern utility were in great demand. The styles of medieval English and French cottages were by far the most popular, but Georgian, Italian, Spanish, and American Colonial designs were also imitated.12 Character -defining features of the Period Revival Style (as identified by Lester Walker in American Homes) Period Revival style (as identified by Lester Walker in American Homes): ■ Arched entryways ■ Many different exterior surface textures ■ Complicated building forms created by rooflines that projected in several directions 12 Lester Walker, American Homes: The Landmark Illustrated Encyclopedia of Domestic Architecture, (New York: Black Dog & Levanthal, 2014), 210-211. January 9, 2020 -19- Packet Pg. 252 Historic Resource Evaluation -Draft [16252A.24] • Diamond -paned (lites) windows • Brick trim in stucco -clad walls • Tall brick chimney • Half-timber Tudor style construction • Cross gables and or dormers at roof13 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J The City of Los Angeles' Citywide Historic Context Statement provides additional context for the Period Revival style and its subsets, identifying French Norman, Storybook, Late Tudor Revival, Late Gothic Revival, and Chateauesque as subsets. Although the context focuses on the style's origination and popularity in Los Angeles, the provides description of common features that are present on examples of the style in numerous locations. The context statement describes: Period Revival styles were all derivative and referential; designers within the styles deliberately appropriated, copied, and combined elements of existing historical architecture.1 Some variations, such as Tudor Revival, Chateauesque, and Gothic Revival had been popular on the East Coast of the United States since the mid - nineteenth century because of their associations with pre -industrial eras, authenticity, and legitimacy. [...] The popularity of Period Revival coincided with technological changes in the construction industry and the 1920s building boom in Los Angeles, leading to a proliferation of the styles in the city. Inexpensive techniques for adding a thin veneer of brick or stone to the exterior of wood -framed buildings allowed mass construction of Period Revival style buildings that were previously limited by the expense of masonry.14 Of the several subsets of the Period Revival style, 2340 Tasso Street most closely aligns with the aesthetics of French Norman design. The French Norman subset is described as: The least decorative of the styles within the Period Revival theme, French Norman buildings were related to vernacular examples in Europe seen overseas by veterans of the First World War and reimagined in early films. The French Norman style usually involved one or two design elements on a relatively minimalist building. With only a few distinguishing features, such as a conical tower shaped entrance or steeply pitched roof, a simple, single story L-shaped house with stucco cladding became French Norman in style. [...] In domestic architecture, French Norman designs were based on rambling French farmhouses and inspired by smaller French manor houses rather than grand chateaux. [...1 Combinations of materials, including stucco, half-timbering, stone, and wood shingles were meant to suggest development over time. More complex French Norman designs often feature a prominent round tower with a high, conical roof serving as an 13 Lester Walker, American Homes, 210-212. 14 Survey LA: Los Angeles Historic Resource Survey: Los Angeles Citywide Historic Context Statement, Context: Architecture and Engineering, Theme: Period Revival, 1919-1950 Theme: Housing the Masses, 1880- 1980 Sub -Theme: Period Revival Neighborhoods, 1918-1942 (Los Angeles: Department of City Planning, January 2016), 3-8. January 9, 2020 -20- Packet Pg. 253 Historic Resource Evaluation -Draft [16252A.24] Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J entry portal. The tower generally houses the principal doorway. Decorative half- timbering, a design element shared by medieval French and English vernacular building styles, often accents smooth stucco elevations. French Norman style buildings have tall and steeply pitched gabled or hipped roofs that appear disproportionate to the height of the wall below. The roof appears to weigh down the entire building and dominates the height of the elevation.15 2340 Tasso Street provides an example of a builder's (Klay's) interpretation of Old -World forms to a modestly scaled residence and like many Period Revival style homes appears to draw influences from English and French cottages, as expressed by the French Norman stylistic subset. Its construction in 1933 falls within the first two decades of the Period Revival style's period of popularity in the United States. 2340 Tasso Street provides anexample of the French Norman subset of the Period Revival style's characteristics to a residential building. The residence and its detached garage feature gabled roofs with slightly curved eaves, stucco exteriors, and in the case of the residence, brick cladding and hardscaping at the main entrance. The residence's prominent chimney (originally brick), leaded glass with diamond lites, and complex roof form are characteristics of the Period Revival style and its French Norman subset. William "Bill" Frederick Klay (1897-1997), Builder -Contractor — Designer and Builder of Residence, 1933 Palo Alto -based builder -contractor William F Klay was born in Richland County, Ohio, to Abraham and Marian Kneiss Klay, who immigrated to the United States from Switzerland in the 1880s.16 William was the youngest of nine children and sought education in building construction and mechanical engineering through correspondence courses in addition to working for the Miller Tire and Rubber Co. and the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. in Ohio, where he worked in roles as a draftsman and chief draftsman, respectively.17 Klay served in the U.S. Army during World War I and returned to Ohio to work for the Cleveland Automatic Screw Co. as a tool designer.18 In 1920, William relocated to Modesto, California with his father Abraham and brother Emil F. Klay and went into the building business with his father and brother. In 1922, William relocated to Palo Alto and worked in association with local builder Frank Cain for a short period.19 By 1923, May established his own construction business and continued practice into the 1950s. Regarding Klay's career in Palo Alto, late Palo Alto City Historian Guy C. Miller noted: ...practically all his work has been of his own design and planning, and the homes which he has erected are all exceptionally distinctive, and a large percentage of them have been of stone and brick...It is noteworthy that even during the depression of the thirties, Mr. Klay continued active in building, and persuaded numerous people to build during [a period when] very low building cost[s were] prevailing During the height of his activities he had as many as sixty homes being constructed at the same time. While he is [as of 1952] practically retired from actual building, he still continues his designing work, principally for other builders.20 Over the course of three decades spent in building construction, Klay established a reputation as a builder of distinct homes in Palo Alto, including his own personal residences at 137 Primrose Way 15 11-12 16 "William "Bill" Frederick Klay: local builder," Palo Alto Weekly, March 5, 1997. 17 Guy C. Miller, Palo Alto Community Book, (Palo Alto, CA: 1952), 272-273. 18 "Obituaries: William Klay, 100, builder behind California Avenue district," Palo Alto Daily News, February 26, 1997. 19 "William "Bill" Frederick Klay: local builder," Palo Alto Weekly, March 5, 1997. 20 Guy C. Miller, Palo Alto Community Book, (Palo Alto, CA: 1952), 272-273. January 9, 2020 -21- Packet Pg. 254 Historic Resource Evaluation -Draft [16252A.24] Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J and 540 Seale Avenue, and a home for his brother, Emil, at 1145 Lincoln Avenue. In the case of the Klay brothers' personal residences, stone veneer exterior cladding was utilized, evidencing William Klay's apparently routine use of such materials, and may have also included work by his brother Emil, a stone mason and brick contractor. Klay's obituaries noted that much of the builder's work was of his own design and commonly featured stone and brick.21 Following his retirement from building in the early 1950s, Klay pursued commercial property management in Palo Alto's College Terrace area and owned several properties in the California Avenue district through the late 1980s. Klay also founded the California Avenue Development Association. Outside of his professional work, Klay was a member and president of the Palo Alto Lions Club, the Palo Alto Elks Lodge, and the American Legion.22 In 1999, Klay was identified among prominent historic builders in Palo Alto by Dames & Moore.23 The following Palo Alto commissions designed and constructed by William Klay are referenced from Palo Alto Stanford Heritage's online historic buildings inventory and building permit references from the Palo Alto Times on file at the Palo Alto Historical Association. Research found that Klay designed and constructed 450 N. California Avenue in 1937, which is also located within in the Breck Subdivision neighborhood. • 1931 — 780 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, Spanish Colonial Revival style residence (Figure 34) • 1933 — 2340 Tasso Street, Palo Alto, Eclectic/Tudor Revival style residence (subject building) • 1934 — 1266 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, Tudor Revival style residence (Figure 35) • 1937 — 450 N. California Avenue, Palo Alto, Streamline/Late Moderne style residence (Figure 36) • 1945 — 540 Seale Avenue, Palo Alto, Modern style residence (personal residence of William F. Klay) (Figure 37) • 1946 — 1145 Lincoln Avenue, Palo Alto, Modern style residence (personal residence of Klay's brother and sister-in-law) 21 Ibid. See also, "Obituaries: William Klay, 100, builder behind California Avenue district," Palo Alto Daily News, February 26, 1997. 22 Ibid. 23 Dames & Moore, 6-63. January 9, 2020 -22- Packet Pg. 255 Historic Resource Evaluation -Draft [16252A.24] Figure 34: 780 Hamilton Avenue, built 1931. Source: Google Street View, July 2019. Figure 35: 1266 Hamilton Avenue, built 1934. Source: Google Street View, May 2019. Figure 36: 450 N. California Avenue, built 1937. Source: Google Street View, February 2019. Figure 37: Former personal residence of William F. May at 540 Seale Avenue, built 1945. Source: Google Street View, December 2017. Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package January 9, 2020 -23- Packet Pg. 256 Historic Resource Evaluation -Draft [16252A.24] OWNERSHIP HISTORY Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J Ownership and Occupancy Summary The following ownership and occupancy data was sourced from available Palo Alto city directories published between 1934 and 1978, building permit and plan records on file at Palo Alto Development Services Center, U.S. Census data from 1940, historic newspapers, and archival information at Palo Alto Historical Association. 2340 Tasso Street was originally built in 1933 for owner Walter Drugg, a Stanford University employee who commissioned the property as an investment, rather than as a primary residence. The following year, the property was sold to and occupied by insurance broker Herbert S. Henderson and his wife Martha. The Hendersons sold the property to Julia Landenberger ca. 1938 and Landenberger owned the property until her death in 1951. Several of Landenberger's relatives resided in the house for short periods during the 1940s. Robert and Loretta Hammond owned and resided in the residence between 1953 and ca. 1965. For brief period in the early 1970s, Roger and Mary Stearns owned the property. The longest tenured owner -occupants, David and Marian Cortesi, acquired the property in 1973 and remained occupants until 2018. Research indicates the Cortesis traveled and resided in England for short periods as necessary for their employment. It is not known if other tenants occupied the property during this period. Date Owners & Occupants Notes 1933 Walter Drugg (owner only) Accountant 1934 -ca. 1938 Herbert S. Henderson Martha J. Henderson Insurance broker Not listed Ca. 1938-1951 Mrs. Julia Landenberger (widow of George) Helen A. Landenberger Vogelsong (daughter of Julia) Sherry Vogelsong (daughter of Helen) Julie Vogelsong (daughter of Helen) Not listed Actress 1953-1965 Robert R. Hammond Tnretta K Hammond Staff engineer, Pacific Telephone Not listed 1972-1973 Roger Stearns (noted as new owner as of 1972 in City Directory) Mary Stearns Roy Stearns (son) Studio D Studio D Studio D 1973-2018 David E. Cortesi Marian Cortesi Programmer, IBM, author Programmer, IBM, web designer 2019 Hung Duong Unknown Walter C. Drugg, Original Owner, 1933 Walter C. Drugg (1892-1981) commissioned William F. Klay to construct the residence and garage at 2340 Tasso Street in 1933. At the time, Drugg was an accountant employed by Office of the Comptroller at Stanford University.24 In the early 1930s, Drugg and his wife Rebecca resided in Menlo Park, California, and relocated to Palo Alto by 1934, when he listed his residence at 1050 Creek Drive.25 The Druggs do not appear to have resided at 2340 Tasso Street; instead, the property was occupied by Herbert S. and Martha J. Henderson beginning in 1934. 24 Palo Alto City Directories published between 1930 and 1933. 25 Palo Alto City Directories published 1930 to 1934. January 9, 2020 -24- Packet Pg. 257 Historic Resource Evaluation -Draft [16252A.24] Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J Herbert S. Henderson and Martha Henderson, Owner -Occupants, 1934 -ca. 1938 Herbert S. Henderson (1893-1964) and Martha Henderson (1899-1983) were the first owner/occupants of 2340 Tasso Street, owning and residing at the subject property from 1934 to ca. 1938. The Hendersons were married in 1928 in San Francisco and relocated to Palo Alto in 1934, having previously resided at 1125 Filbert Street, San Francisco.26 The Hendersons moved from 2340 Tasso Street to 2160 Bryant Street in Palo Alto ca. 1938. Both Herbert and Martha were members of prominent Bay Area families.27 Martha was born in San Francisco and graduated from Castilleja High School in Palo Alto. She was a contributor and sponsor of the Audubon Canyon Ranch and the San Francisco Opera, and was a member of the Century and Metropolitan clubs. Herbert Henderson was born in Marin County in 1893 and entered the insurance brokerage profession. Details relating to Henderson's education were not found through archival research. After working for several small companies, Henderson began his own practice in the mid -1930s. During his later years, he was semi -retired, but associated with the firm Dunn -McPherson of San Francisco. By the early 1960s, the Hendersons relocated to San Francisco. Henderson died unexpectedly while on an ocean cruise on the Italian ship Allesandro Volta in 1964 after it departed from the Panama Canal.28 Martha died in 1983. Julia Landenberger (Owner) and Helen Landenberger Vogelsong, ca. 1938-1951 Julia Landenberger (1879-1951) owned 2340 Tasso Street between 1939 and 1951, according to city directories and U.S. census data. Julia was born in Maine in 1879 and was the widow of noted U.S. Navy Captain George Bertram Landenberger (1879-1936). George Bertram Landenberger, born in Philadelphia in 1879, served in the Navy for more than three decades, including stints as commander of the Navy vessels within the Atlantic Fleet during World War I, as commander of the entire Asiatic Fleet during interwar years, and headed the Navy's training station at Yerba Buena Island in San Francisco during the early 1930s. Landenberger was reassigned from his post at Yerba Buena Island in 1932, at which time he served for two years as Governor of Somoa.29 In 1934, Landenberger and his family relocated to Philadelphia, where he headed the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard until his death in 1936. In the late 1930s, Landenberger's widow, Julia, and their daughter, Helen (1923-), relocated to Palo Alto. In 1939, Julia acquired the subject property and began to occupy the house with her daughter.30 Helen attended Palo Alto Senior High School and studied dance. Helen briefly attended Stanford University before pursuing a career in entertainment in 1939, performing at the Golden Gate International Exhibition in San Francisco. In 1943, Helen received an acting contract from 20,1, Century Fox for a part in 'Wings Over the Navy." In October 1943, Helen returned to Palo Alto to marry Lieutenant Harry Vogelsong, a decorated World War II veteran who had flown with the Army Air Corps in Africa.31 The pair were wed in Palo Alto in 1943 but divorced in 1948. Based upon available historic newspaper articles, Helen Landenberger Vogelsong continued her acting career until 1949. Her children Sherry and Julie were born in the early 1940s, however additional information relating to their lives was not found through archival research.32 26 "Martha Graham Weds Henderson," San Francisco Examiner, September 19, 1928. 27 "Martha Henderson," San Francisco Examiner, June 17, 1983. 28 "Herbert S. Henderson, Aboard Ship," San Francisco Examiner, March 18, 1964. 29 "Landenberger, Well Known In Honolulu, Dies," Honolulu Star -Bulletin, January 25, 1936. 30 Palo Alto City Directory 1939. 31 "JaA Starlet's Hubby in Slaying of Rival; gets Manslaughter," Daily News New York, January 23, 1949. 32 'War Flyer Stabs Rival in Palo Alto Home of Ex -Mate," San Francisco Examiner, December 20, 1948; and, "Jail Starlet's Hubby in Slaying of Rival; gets Manslaughter," Daiy News New York, January 23, 1949. January 9, 2020 -25- Packet Pg. 258 Historic Resource Evaluation -Draft [16252A.24] Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J For brief periods, Helen worked as a confidential file clerk at the Twelfth Naval District Headquarters in San Francisco.33 Additional details related to Helen's life were not found through archival research. David E. and Marian Frances Lacrampe Cortesi, Owner/ Occupants 1973 -ca. 2019 David E. Cortesi (1942-) and his wife Marian Francis Lacrampe Cortesi (1930-2018) were married in 1972, one year prior to the beginning of their ownership and occupancy of 2340 Tasso Street, which lasted over four decades. Marian was born and raised in Oakland, California and graduated from University of California, Berkeley with a degree in Social Welfare and a teaching certificate.34 Her career path shifted soon after, first to mechanical drafting and later to programming for International Business Machines Corporation (IBM), where she worked in San Francisco, Honolulu, Palo Alto, and London offices. It was at IBM that Marian and David met. In her retirement, Marian continued to provide programming and web design services for organizations including Stanford Health Library and the Stanford Women's Basketball fan club. Marian continued to provide such services until her death in 2018. David E. Cortesi, a programmer at IBM during the 1960s and 1970s, authored and co- authored several print publications including: Your IBM Personal Computer: Use, Applications and BASIC (1982), Personal Pascal: compiled Pascal for the IBM Personal Computer (1984). In the 1990s, David published several technical books, some self -published, and others while he was an employee of Informix and, later, Silicon Graphics.35 33 "Former War Flyer Stabs Rival in Ex -Wife's Home," San Francisco Examiner, December 20, 1948. 34 "Marian's Journey," PostHope.org. December 2, 2018. Accessed December 24, 2019. https://posthope.org/mariancortesi. 3' "David Cortesi," Leanpub.com/u/dcortesi. Accessed December 24, 2019. January 9, 2020 -26- Packet Pg. 259 Historic Resource Evaluation -Draft [16252A.24] VI. EVALUATION CALIFORNIA REGISTER OF HISTORICAL RESOURCES Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J The California Register of Historical Resources (California Register) is an inventory of significant architectural, archaeological, and historical resources in the State of California. Resources can be listed in the California Register through a number of methods. State Historical Landmarks and National Register -listed properties are automatically listed in the California Register. Properties can also be nominated to the California Register by local governments, private organizations, or citizens. The evaluative criteria used by the California Register for determining eligibility are closely based on those developed by the National Park Service for the National Register of Historic Places. In order for a property to be eligible for listing in the California Register, it must be found significant under one or more of the following criteria. • Criterion 1 (Events): Resources that are associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of local or regional history, or the cultural heritage of California or the United States. • Criterion 2 (Persons): Resources that are associated with the lives of persons important to local, California, or national history. • Criterion 3 (Architecture): Resources that embody the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, region, or method of construction, or represent the work of a master, or possess high artistic values. • Criterion 4 (Information Potential): Resources or sites that have yielded or have the potential to yield information important to the prehistory or history of the local area, California, or the nation. The following section examines the eligibility of 2340 Tasso Street for individual listing in the California Register: Criterion 1 (Events) 2340 Tasso Street does not appear to be individually eligible under Criterion 1 (Events) as a property associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of local or regional history or the cultural heritage of California or the United States. The subject property was originally constructed in 1933, during the first decade of development of the Breck Subdivision within the Seale Addition/Old Palo Alto neighborhood. The property was built during a later phase of the Seale Addition development, which began in the early 20th century, and does not stand out individually among the many residences built during the 1930s in Palo Alto. Research found limited scholarship and archival documentation of the Breck Subdivision. Based on available documentation and archival research, it does not appear that the Breck Subdivision's development was significant, outside of the historic development of the Seale Addition. Criterion 2 (Persons) 2340 Tasso Street does not appear to be individually eligible under Criterion 2 (Persons). The subject property was commissioned by Walter Drugg, an accountant employed by Stanford University, who owned the property for roughly one year, but did not reside at 2340 Tasso Street. Thereafter, several owners including the Hendersons, Landenbergers, Hammonds, and Stearnses owned and occupied the residence between the late 1930s and early 1970s, but do not appear to have made significant contributions to history based on research. The longest tenured owner -occupants were David and January 9, 2020 -27- Packet Pg. 260 Historic Resource Evaluation -Draft [16252A.24] Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J Marian Cortesi, who both worked for IBM prior to and during their ownership of the subject property. David and Marian appear to have been successful in their careers as computers programmers, and as a technical author and web -designer, respectively, after their time as IBM employees. Nonetheless, their achievements and professional, productive lives are more strongly associated with the facilities where they carried out their work. Criterion 3 (Architecture) 2340 Tasso Street appears to be individually eligible under Criterion 3 (Architecture) at the local level of significance as a residence that embodies distinct characteristics of the French Norman subset of the Period Revival style, and which represents an early and important example of the work of master builder -contractor William F Klay. The period of significance under this criterion is 1933, the year the residence was originally designed and constructed by Klay. 2340 Tasso Street is a one-story, wood -frame residence with an L -plan. intersecting gabled roofs, and modestly adorned stucco and brick exterior, typifying the French Norman subset. These features combined with molded and paneled exterior wood trim, and wood doors with tongue -and -groove exteriors, to present varied surface textures. The residence's front entrance door window and adjacent window with diamond - shaped lites are indicative of Period Revival design that incorporated such windows that took inspiration from medieval window designs. 2340 Tasso Street is one of two known residences in the Breck Subdivision of the Seale Addition neighborhood (the other at 450 N. California Avenue, built 1937), built by Klay during the formative years of his career, which began in the mid -1920s in Palo Alto and gained momentum in the 1930s, despite the economic downturn brought on by the Great Depression. Klay, who at the peak of his career in the 1930s and 1940s had as many as 60 houses under construction at the same time, was among the most prolific residential builder -contractors working in Palo Alto during interwar years and immediate post -World War II years, designing and building houses of varying styles including Tudor Revival, Period Revival, Streamline Moderne, and Builder -Contractor Modern. Klay also designed buildings that were constructed by other builders into the 1950s. Klay's individual design - build projects typically feature stone or brick elements, which were likely the result of collaboration with his brother, Emil, a mason/brick layer and fellow Palo Alto resident. 2340 Tasso Street was built during the first decade of Klay's career as an independent builder - contractor in Palo Alto, and like many of Klay's commissions, was built in the Seale Addition; the neighborhood's development in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s appears to have followed the timing and trajectory of Klay's career. Klay was a self-taught builder and not an academically trained architect, yet his impact on residential development in Palo Alto, particularly during interwar years of the 1930s, is notable. 2340 Tasso Street provides an excellent local example of Klay's preference for incorporating stone or brick accents on a modest exterior, as well as common steel casement windows. Although 2340 Tasso Street does not fully embody the picturesque qualities of the Storybook style, it its L -plan, gabled form, materials, and early construction date relative to other identified Klay projects, places it among the City's individually distinct examples of Klay's work, while providing a strong local example of the application of Period Revival style design to a residence. January 9, 2020 -28- Packet Pg. 261 Historic Resource Evaluation -Draft [16252A.24] Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J Criterion 4 (Information Potential) 2340 Tasso Street does not appear to be individually eligible under Criterion 4 as a building that has the potential to provide information important to the prehistory or history of the City of Palo Alto, state, or nation. It does not feature construction or material types, or embody engineering practices that would, with additional study, provide important information. Page & Turnbull's evaluation of this property was limited to age -eligible resources above ground and did not involve survey or evaluation of the subject property for the purposes of archaeological information. Period of Significance The period of significance for 2340 Tasso Street is 1933, corresponding to the year of the building's construction. CHARACTER -DEFINING FEATURES For a property to be eligible for national or state designation under criteria related to type, period, or method of construction, the essential physical features (or character -defining features) that enable the property to convey its historic identity must be evident. These distinctive character -defining features are the physical traits that commonly recur in property types and/or architectural styles. To be eligible, a property must clearly contain enough of those characteristics to be considered a true representative of a particular type, period, or method of construction, and these features must also retain a sufficient degree of integrity. Characteristics can be expressed in terms such as form, proportion, structure, plan, style, or materials. The following character -defining features have been identified for 2340 Tasso Street and convey the property's significance as Period Revival style residence designed by William F Klay in 1933: • L -plan formed from intersecting front and rear wings ■ Intersecting gabled roofs with curved eaves • Stucco exterior with face brick at the main entrance • Steel -sash, divided lite casement windows • Wood entrance door at main entrance • Diamond -pane leaded glass windows adjacent to and within main entrance door • Bracketed window hoods over select windows • Wood shutters at most original windows ■ Brick landing at main entrance For additional clarification, the following features of the residence are not considered character - defining: • Angled bay window at rear facade ■ Rear entrance and wood door at center of rear facade ■ Skylight with rooftop projection above rear facade • Rear entrance at south corner of rear facade January 9, 2020 -29- Packet Pg. 262 Historic Resource Evaluation -Draft [16252A.24] INTEGRITY Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J In order to qualify for listing in any local, state, or national historic register, a property or landscape must possess significance under at least one evaluative criterion as described above and retain integrity. Integrity is defined by the California Office of Historic Preservation as "the authenticity of an historical resource's physical identity evidenced by the survival of characteristics that existed during the resource's period of significance," or more simply defined by the National Park Service as "the ability of a property to convey its significance."36 In order to evaluate whether 2340 Tasso Street retains sufficient integrity to convey its historic significance, Page & Turnbull used established integrity standards outlined by the National Register Bulletin: How to Apply the National Register Criteria for Evaluation. Seven variables, or aspects, that define integrity are used to evaluate a resource's integrity —location, setting, design, materials, workmanship, feeling, and association. A property must stand up under most or all of these aspects in order to retain overall integrity. If a property does not retain integrity, it can no longer convey its significance and is therefore not eligible for listing in local, state, or national registers. The seven aspects that define integrity are defined as follows: Location is the place where the historic property was constructed. Setting addresses the physical environment of the historic property inclusive of the landscape and spatial relationships of the building(s). Design is the combination of elements that create the form, plans, space, structure, and style of the property. Materials refer to the physical elements that were combined or deposited during a particular period of time and in a particular pattern of configuration to form the historic property. Workmanship is the physical evidence of the crafts of a particular culture or people during any given period in history. Feeling is the property's expression of the aesthetic or historic sense of a particular period of time. Association is the direct link between an important historic event or person and a historic property. Location 2340 Tasso Street retains integrity of location, as the location of original construction has not changed. Setting 2340 Tasso Street retains integrity of setting. The subject residence's lot has retained dimension and separation of the residence and auto garage on site. The site retains a front and rear yard, and the property continues to exist in a residential area. 36 California Office of Historic Preservation, Technical Assistance Bulletin No. 7: How to Nominate a Resource to the Cal forma Register of Historical Resources (Sacramento: California Office of State Publishing, September 4, 2001) 11; U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, National Register Bulletin: How to Appy the National Register Criteria for Evaluation (Washington, D.C.: National Park Service, 1995) 44. January 9, 2020 -30- Packet Pg. 263 Historic Resource Evaluation -Draft [16252A.24] Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J Design 2340 Tasso Street retains integrity of design. The subject property has undergone minimal alteration since its construction in 1924. The building's massing and overall form have remained unchanged. Alterations to the building's fenestration include the replacement of the building's four -over -two double -hung wood -sash windows with modern one -over -one hung metal sash. Changes to the colors of the facade have occurred but are reversible. Additionally, alterations to the building's ground floor include the internal rearrangement (or combination) of commercial units and the replacement of storefront windows and doors, however the rhythm of openings remains largely intact. Thus, these alterations do not negatively impact the building's overall design. The original design of the interior lobby and lounge remains substantially intact, and those minimal alterations that have occurred have been respectful of the materials, decoration, craftsmanship, and massing of this important interior space. Therefore, the subject building retains integrity of design. Materials 2340 Tasso Street resins integrity of materials. The residence was originally designed stucco and brick cladding material; steel -sash windows; and wood elements, including molded eave trim and bracketed window hoods, a wood entrance door, lapped wood at most gable peaks, and paneled wood at the base of the front gabled end window. The original brick chimney was replaced due to earthquake damage in 1990, and although it was an important brick feature tied to Klay's use of brick at many residences, brick cladding remains present at the primary and northeast facades. Original wood roof shingles were replaced at an unknown date ca. 1980s or later but represent a common alteration that has not resulted in alteration of the roof planes. Workmanship 2340 Tasso Street retains integrity of workmanship. Features providing evidence of period workmanship and construction methods include stucco and brick exterior cladding, steel -sash and leaded glass windows, the wood door at the main entrance, and wood elements including eave trim, bracketed window hoods, and paneled wood at the base of the front gabled end window. Feeling 2340 Tasso Street retains integrity of feeling. The residence retains the feeling of an eclectic vernacular residence designed by William F. Klay as its design, materiality, and workmanship remain highly representative of Klay's identified aesthetic which typically applied masonry materials to modestly adorned exteriors. Association 2340 Tasso Street retains integrity of association. The residence is not significant for its association with a period of development, an event, or a past owner or occupant. Its association to William F Klay continues to be represented through its retention of architectural characteristics tied to Klay's material preferences. Therefore, 2340 Tasso Street retains all seven aspects of integrity such that it conveys its significance under Criterion 3 (Architecture) of the California Register, with a period of significance of 1933. January 9, 2020 -31- Packet Pg. 264 Historic Resource Evaluation -Draft [16252A.24] VII. CONCLUSION Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J 2340 Tasso Street was designed and constructed in the Breck Subdivision of Palo Alto's Seale Addition/Old Palo Alto neighborhood in 1933. The residence with detached garage was designed and built by prominent Palo Alto -based builder -contractor William F. Klay for original owner Walter C. Drugg, an accountant for Stanford University. Klay designed the residence in the Period Revival style, which gained popularity in the late 1920s and early 1930s. The property was developed in the Breck Subdivision at the southern end of the Seale Addition/Old Palo Alto neighborhood but does not appear to be associated with significant patterns of development or any singular events of importance to history. Research did not find that any former owners or occupants of the property made significant contributions to history, or that that any notable achievements of any individual are associated with the property as a primary residence or place of work. The property does appear to be eligible under Criterion 3 (Architecture) for listing on the California Register of Historical Resources, as a property that embodies the distinct characteristics of the Period Revival style designed by William F. Klay in 1933, placing the residence among the Klay's earliest identified Palo Alto projects. 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Accessed December 24, 2019. Google Earth Pro, 2019. Google Maps. 2019. "Marian's Journey." PostHope.org. December 2, 2018. Accessed December 24, 2019. https://posthope.org/mariancortesi. January 9, 2020 -35- Packet Pg. 268 PAGE &TURNBULL 546 WASHINGTON AVENUE APN: 124-04-021 HISTORIC RESOURCE EVALUATION r Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination ���777�+ Package Date of Evaluation: July 2022 Identified California Register Criteria of Significance: Criterion 3 (Architecture) Identified Period of Significance: 1926 Summary of Significance: 546 Washington Avenue was found significant as an excellent example of the Spanish Colonial Revival style in Palo Alto as designed by the prominent local architect Charles K. Sumner. 2023 RECONNAISSANCE SURVEY SUMMARY Alterations Since HRE: No alterations identified. Status in 2023: Extant, retains historic integrity. Recommended Revisions to Significance: None. Figure 1: 2022 Historic Resource Evaluation photograph. Figure 2: 2023 Reconnaissance Survey photograph. RECOMMENDATION FOR LISTING IN THE PALO ALTO HISTORIC INVENTORY Palo Alto Historic Inventory Criteria for Designation: • Criterion 2 (The structure or site is particularly representative of an architectural style or way of life important to the city, state or nation) • Criterion 5 (The architect or building was important) Imagining change in historic environments through design, research, and technology 170 MAIDEN LANE, 5TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94108 TEL 415 3 JL-✓ I .Y+ Packet Pg. 269 Palo Alto Historic Inventory Designation Page 2 of 2 Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package Statement of Significance: 546 Washington Avenue is significant as an excellent example of the Spanish Colonial Revival style in Palo Alto as designed by the prominent local architect Charles K. Sumner. Period of Significance: 1926 Palo Alto Historic Inventory Category: Category 2 PAGE & TURNBULL 170 MAIDEN LANE, 5TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFOR Packet Pg. 270 N., ILL YIJ- JUL-J,JY Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package 546 WASHINGTON AVENUE HISTORIC RESOURCE EVALUATION PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA [ 16252A,27] PREPARED FOR: CITY OF PALO ALTO PAGE & TURNBULL JULY 22, 2020 imagining change in historic environments through design, research, and technology Packet Pg. 271 Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package Packet Pg. 272 Historic Resource Evaluation 5, [16252A.27] TABLE OF CONTENTS Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package I. INTRODUCTION 2 METHODOLOGY 2 SUMMARYOF FINDINGS 2 II. EXISTING HISTORIC STATUS 3 NATIONAL REGISTER CF HISTORICPLACES 3 CALIFORNIA REGISTER CF HISTORICAL RESOURCES 3 CALIFORNIA HISTORICAL RESOURCE STATUS CODE 3 PALO ALTO H STCCNVE NTO RY 3 PALOALTOHISTORICAL SURVEY UPDATE 4 III. ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION 5 546 WASHING I ON AVENUE 5 SURROUNDNG NEGHBORHOOD I I IV. HISTORIC CONTEXT I2 PALOALTO H STORY 12 SEALE ADDfltN NEGHBORHOOD 13 V. PROPERTY HISTORY 16 OWNERSHP AND OCCUPANTHETORY 18 SPANISH COLONAL REVIVAL STYLE 20 CHARLES KAISER SUMNER, ARCHITECT 21 VI. EVALUATION 23 CALIFORNIA REGISTER CF HISTORICAL RESOURCES 23 CHARAC I ER -DEFINING FEATURES 25 INTEGRITY 26 VII. CONCLUSION 28 VIII. REFERENCES CITED 29 Packet Pg. 273 Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package Packet Pg. 274 Historic Resource Evaluation [16252A.27] I. INTRODUCTION 5 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J This Historic Resource Evaluation (HRE) has been prepared at the request of the City of Palo Alto for the property at 546 Washington Avenue (APN 124-04-021). The subject property is located on the southeast side of a cul-de-sac on Washington Avenue just north of Cowper Street in the Seale Addition / Old Palo Alto neighborhood of Palo Alto, an R-1 (Residential single-family) zoning district. The parcel consists of a large rectangular lot of approximately 13,200 square feet and contains a single-family residence with an attached garage that were built in 1926 by architect Charles K. Sumner for an unknown client (Figure 1). Figure 1: City of Palo Alto parcel map. Subject property indicated by blue outline. Source: City of Palo Alto, Online Parcel Reports, 2020. METHODOLOGY This report follows a standard outline used for Historic Resource Evaluation reports, and provides a summary of the current historic status, a building description, and a historic context for 546 Washington Avenue. The report includes an evaluation of the property's individual eligibility for listing in the California Register of Historical Resources (California Register). Page & Turnbull prepared this report using research collected at various local repositories, including the Palo Alto Development Services and the Palo Alto Historical Association (PAHA), as well as various online sources including Palo Alto Stanford (PAST) Heritage, Ancestry.com, and Newspapers.com. Key primary sources consulted and cited in this report include Palo Alto building permit applications, city and county directories, and historical newspapers. All photographs in this report were taken by Page & Turnbull during a site visit in January 2020, unless otherwise noted. SUMMARY OF FINDINGS This HRE finds that 546 Washington Avenue appears to qualify as an eligible individual historic resource for the purposes of review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). July 22, 2020 -2- Packet Pg. 275 Historic Resource Evaluation 5, [16252A.27] II. EXISTING HISTORIC STATUS Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J The following section examines the national, state, and local historical ratings currently assigned to 546 Washington Avenue. NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES The National Register of Historic Places (National Register) is the nation's most comprehensive inventory of historic resources. The National Register is administered by the National Park Service and includes buildings, structures, sites, objects, and districts that possess historic, architectural, engineering, archaeological, or cultural significance at the national, state, or local level. 546 Washington Avenue is not currently listed in the National Register. CALIFORNIA REGISTER OF HISTORICAL RESOURCES The California Register of Historical Resources (California Register) is an inventory of significant architectural, archaeological, and historical resources in the State of California. Resources can be listed in the California Register through a number of methods. Properties can be nominated to the California Register by local governments, private organizations, or citizens. The evaluative criteria used by the California Register for determining eligibility are closely based on those developed by the National Park Service for the National Register. 546 Washington Avenue is not currently listed in the California Register. CALIFORNIA HISTORICAL RESOURCE STATUS CODE Properties listed or under review by the State of California Office of Historic Preservation are assigned a California Historical Resource Status Code (Status Code) of "1" to "7" to establish their historical significance in relation to the National Register or California Register. Properties with a Status Code of "1" or "2" are either eligible for listing in the California Register or the National Register or are already listed in one or both of the registers. A property assigned a Status Code of "3" or "4" appears to be eligible for listing in either register, but normally requires more research to support this rating. Properties assigned a Status Code of "5" have typically been determined to be locally significant or to have contextual importance, while properties with a Status Code of "6" are not eligible for listing in either register. Finally, a Status Code of "7" means that the resource has not been evaluated for the National Register or the California Register, or needs reevaluation. 546 Washington Avenue is not listed in the California Historic Resources Information System (CHRIS) database.1 The most recent update to the CHRIS database for Santa Clara County that lists the status codes was in April 2012. PALO ALTO HISTORIC INVENTORY The City of Palo Alto's Historic Inventory lists noteworthy examples of the work of important individual designers and architectural eras and traditions as well as structures whose background is associated with important events in the history of the city, state, or nation. The inventory is organized under the following four Categories: ■ Category 1: An "Exceptional Building" of pre-eminent national or state importance. These buildings are meritorious works of the best architects, outstanding examples of a specific 1 California Historical Resource Information System (CHRIS), Historic Property Data File for Santa Clara County, Updated April 2012. July 22, 2020 -3- Packet Pg. 276 Historic Resource Evaluation 5, [16252A.27] Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J architectural style, or illustrate stylistic development of architecture in the United States. These buildings have had either no exterior modifications or such minor ones that the overall appearance of the building is in its original character. • Category 2: A "Major Building" of regional importance. These buildings are meritorious works of the best architects, outstanding examples of an architectural style, or illustrate stylistic development of architecture in the state or region. A major building may have some exterior modifications, but the original character is retained. • Category 3 or 4: A "Contributing Building" which is a good local example of an architectural style and relates to the character of a neighborhood grouping in scale, materials, proportion or other factors. A contributing building may have had extensive or permanent changes made to the original design, such as inappropriate additions, extensive removal of architectural details, or wooden facades resurfaced in asbestos or stucco. 546 Washington Avenue is not listed in the Palo Alto Historic Inventory. PALO ALTO HISTORICAL SURVEY UPDATE Between 1997 and 2000, a comprehensive update to the 1979 Historic Inventory was undertaken by historic preservation firm Dames & Moore.2 The goal of this update was to identify additional properties in Palo Alto that were eligible to the National Register. This effort began with a reconnaissance survey of approximately 6,600 properties constructed prior to 1947. The reconnaissance survey produced two Study Priority lists. Approximately 600 properties were identified as Study Priority 1, indicating they appeared individually eligible for listing in the National Register under Criterion C (Architecture). Approximately 2,700 properties were identified as Study Priority 2, representing those properties that did not appear individually eligible to the National Register under Criterion C (including common local building types) but retained high integrity. 3 The reconnaissance survey was followed by an intensive -level survey of all Study Priority 1 and 2 properties. Historic research was conducted on the owners, architects/builders, and past uses of the Study Priority 1 properties. Research also informed the preparation of historic context statements on topics such as local property types, significant historical themes, and prolific architects and builders, in order to identify any potential significant associations of Study Priority 2 properties. In January 1999, Dames & Moore prepared an interim findings report that listed preliminary evaluations of the National Register and California Register eligibility of Study Priority 1 and 2 properties. 291 properties were found potentially eligible as individual resources to the National Register and California Register. 1,789 further properties were found potentially eligible to the California Register only. Because the survey focused on determining National Register eligibility, the project did not finalize the preliminary evaluations regarding potential California Register eligibility. 546 Washington Avenue is listed as a Study Priority 2 property and was deemed potentially eligible for the California Register for its architecture under Criterion 3. 2 Prepared by Michael Corbett and Denise Bradley of Dames & Moore, Final Survey Report: Palo Alto Historical Survey Update, August 1997 -August 2000, (Palo Alto, CA: City of Palo Alto Planning Division, February 2001), 3 Ibid., 2-5. July 22, 2020 -4- Packet Pg. 277 Historic Resource Evaluation [16252A.27] III. ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION 546 WASHINGTON AVENUE 5 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J 546 Washington Avenue is a one-story, single-family home built in 1926 in a Spanish Colonial Revival style (Figure 2). The building is clad in textured stucco and features a clay tile cross -gabled roof. The building sits back from the sidewalk with a large front lawn. A patterned brick path leads to the main entryway, and a paved driveway to the left (north) of the lot leads to the attached two -car garage. The building presents a largely planar facade to the street, while the rear facade features a number of stepped volumes (Figure 3). Figure 2: 546 Washington Avenue, looking east. Figure 3: Site plan with approximate location of parcel boundary in dashed orange line and approximate footprint of building outlined in solid orange line. Source: Google Maps, 2020. Edited by Page & Turnbull. July 22, 2020 -5- Packet Pg. 278 Item 2 Historic Resource Evaluation 5, [16252A.27] Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package Primary (West) Facade The primary facade of 546 Washington Avenue faces the street and is roughly divided into three sections (Figure 4). The left (north) section of the facade features paired multi-lite wood -sash casement windows centered under a low-pitched front -gable roofline with clay tiles arranged in a triangle to create decorative vents under the gable peak. A rectangular gridded perforated wall section covers a small recessed single-lite window that sits to the right (south) of the casement windows. The central section of the facade consists of the primary entrance recessed between canted walls under an extension of the gable roofline. This is reached by a single low brick step. The painted wide - plank wood entrance door has a decorative metal grille over a small window and an oversize decorative metal door handle and a metal mailbox slot. A matching metal doorbell plate sits to the left of the entrance door and a wrought -iron lantern with stylized rat motifs is mounted to the right of the recessed entrance (Figure 5). Figure 4: Primary facade. Looking east. Figure 5: Detail of primary entrance, looking east. Figure 6: Note decorative vents on south facing wall of primary facade. Looking northeast. July 22, 2020 -6- Packet Pg. 279 Historic Resource Evaluation [16252A.27] 5 Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package The right (south) section of the facade is stepped back slightly from the street and a pair of multi-lite wood casement windows are centered on the remainder of the facade. An additional rectangular decorative gridded perforated wall over a small recessed single-lite window is present on the south - facing wall (Figure 6). A solid stucco wall extends from the south corner of the primary facade to the south property line. South Facade The south facade faces the southwest property line and consists of a low-pitched gable peak with a centered stucco -clad chimney. Symmetrically placed multi-lite wood- sash casement windows sit on either side of the chimney (Figure 7). Figure 7: South facade, looking north. North Facade The north facade faces the northern property line and includes the attached garage and the exterior walls of the residence that are contained within a small courtyard at the northwest corner of the building, as well as a rear portion of the building located in the rear garden behind the attached garage. The patio area along the street -facing facade is set behind a solid stucco -covered wall that extends to the driveway and screens the patio from the street. The patio has a paved section with a brick border and landscaping. The north -facing wall of the patio contains, from left to right: three metal -sash windows with a fixed center pane and flanking casement windows; a grille with diamond -cut openings over a projecting wood utility box; a hanging metal lamp with art glass; wood paneled utility doors, and a secondary wood entrance door with a glass panel and screens. The secondary entrance sits under a fabric awning supported by wrought iron spears and is flanked by two jalousie windows (Figure 9). The west -facing wall of the patio contains a pair of multi-lite wood -frame French doors, flanked by identical fixed multi-lite panels (Figure 8). July 22, 2020 -7- Packet Pg. 280 Item 2 Historic Resource Evaluation [16252A.27] 5, Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package Figure 8: West -facing wall of the patio on the north facade. Looking east. Figure 9: North -facing wall of the patio on the north facade. Looking south. 1 The rear portion of the north facade is accessed from a wood gate and unpaved pathway along the north property line. This rear portion consists of a projecting bay under a front gable roof with clay tile vents under the gable peak. Paired multi-lite wood casement windows are located at the left (east) corner of this projecting bay. A narrow, fixed -glass panel is contained in the small projecting wall surface between this section and the adjacent wall which features two recessed multi-lite casement windows, and a single -leaf multi-lite wood door with a low brick landing (Figure 11). The remaining portion of the rear section of the north facade includes the northeast corner of the residence. The northeast corner contains three six-lite wood casement windows on the east facing wall and a single rectangular, horizontal, 24-lite fixed wood -sash window on the north -facing wall (Figure 10). Figure 10: Northeast corner of residence. Looking southwest. Figure 11: Rear portion of north facsade. Looking southwest East (Rear) Facade The east facade faces the rear garden and consists of a number of projecting volumes including a sunroom. The main portion of the rear facade is at the south side of the rear facade where French doors open onto a rear patio and a large picture window sits directly to the right of the French doors (Figure 12). The sunroom was built within the ell of the building's cross -gable and is a generally square volume with metal slider windows set in wood frames with fixed screens. The sunroom features a monitor roof with a stepped parapet with decorative projecting beams and cross -beams that form a trellis July 22, 2020 -8- Packet Pg. 281 Historic Resource Evaluation [16252A.27] 5 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J (Figure 13 and Figure 14). Paired polygonal windows are centered in the gable peak and single-lite glass -paneled wood French doors are located directly underneath. To the right of the east -facing wall of the sunroom is a south -facing wall with paired three-lite wood casement windows. Additionally, the easternmost portion of the house features a nested double gable with multi-lite French doors on both the east- and south -facing facades and a pair of multi-lite casement windows on the east -facing facade (Figure 15 and Figure 16). Figure 12: East (rear) facade, looking north. Figure 13: Detail of sunroom, looking north. Figure 14: Detail of east facade of sunroom, looking west. Figure 15: South and east facing walls of the rear facade. Looking north. Figure 16: East facing wall of the rear (east facade), looking southwest. July 22, 2020 -9- Packet Pg. 282 Historic Resource Evaluation [16252A.27] 5, Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package Garage (Attached) The building's attached garage sits directly to the left (north) of the house and is clad in the same textured stucco. Along the primary street -facing facade, the garage features a wood roll -up door under a wood cross -beam and a clay tile gable roof (Figure 17). The north facade, along a path to the rear garden, contains three divided four-lite windows in a wood frame (Figure 18). The rear (east) facade has a single wood- and glass -paneled entrance door (Figure 19). The south facade of the garage — which attaches the garage to the house — is partially visible and contains a single -leaf wood -panel door that opens onto the front patio (Figure 8). Figure 17: West facade of the attached garage, looking east. Figure 18: North facade of the garage, looking southeast. Figure 19: East wall of the attached garage, looking southwest. Site The property's rear yard contains a brick and stone patio and a lawn with planting areas defined by brick edging. Several mature trees are located throughout the property, including two large redwoods at the northeast corner of the property (Figure 20 and Figure 21). The northeast corner of the property also features a rubble stone -lined planting area. Wood fences define the property lines on the rear and sides of the site. Figure 20: Southeast corner of the rear yard, looking southeast. Figure 21: Northeast corner of rear yard, looking north. July 22, 2020 -10- Packet Pg. 283 Historic Resource Evaluation �16252A.27] SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD 5, Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package 546 Washington Avenue is located along a cul-de-sac in the entirely residential Seale Addition neighborhood, which is now known as Old Palo Alto. Neighboring buildings consist of one- to two- story single-family homes that are uniformly set back from the sidewalk and feature front lawns and landscaping. Buildings are designed in the various revival styles that were popular in the 1920s and 1930s, including Spanish Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, and Colonial Revival (see Figure 22, Figure 23, and Figure 24). Garages, both freestanding and attached, are common within the neighborhood. Figure 22: 510 Washington Avenue, on the south side of Washington Avenue, directly to the southwest of the subject property. Figure 23: 566 Washington Avenue, on the south side of Washington Avenue, directly to the northeast of the subject property. Figure 24: The north side of Washington Avenue, properties across the street from the subject property. July 22, 2020 -11- Packet Pg. 284 Historic Resource Evaluation 5 [16252A.27] IV. HISTORIC CONTEXT PALO ALTO HISTORY Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J The earliest known settlement of the Palo Alto area was by the Ohlone people. The region was colonized in 1769 as part of Alta California. The Spanish and Mexican governments carved the area into large ranchos which contained portions of land that became Palo Alto including Rancho Corte Madera, Rancho Pastoria de las Borregas, Rancho Rincon de San Francisquito, and Rancho Riconada del Arroyo de San Francisquito.4 These land grants were honored in the cession of California to the United States, but parcels were subdivided and sold throughout the nineteenth century. The current city of Palo Alto contains the former township of Mayfield, which was located just southwest of Alma Street, and was established in 1855 (Figure 25). Starting in 1876, the railroad magnate and California politician Leland Stanford began to purchase land in the area for his country estate, and in 1882 he purchased an additional 1,000 acres adjacent to Mayfield for his horse farm., Stanford's vast holdings became known as the Palo Alto Stock Farm. On March 9, 1885, Stanford University was founded on land of the Palo Alto Stock Farm through an endowment act by the California Assembly and Senate. Originally looking to connect Stanford University as a part of the already established town of Mayfield, Stanford asked residents of Mayfield to make the town a temperance town. Their refusal in 1886 caused Stanford to found the town of Palo Alto with aid from his friend, Timothy Hopkins of the Southern Pacific Railroad. Hopkins purchased and subdivided 740 acres of private land, that was known initially as University Park (or the Hopkins Tract)., This land was bounded by the San Francisquito Creek to the north and the railroad tracks and Stanford University campus to the south. A new train stop was created along University Avenue and the new town flourished in its close connection with the university. University Park, under its new name of Palo Alto, was incorporated in 1894. In its early years, Palo Alto was a temperance town where no alcohol could be served. The residents were mostly middle and working class, with a pocket of University professors clustered in the neighborhood deemed Professorville. The development of a local streetcar in 1906, and the interurban railway to San Jose in 1910, facilitated access to jobs outside the city and to the University, encouraging more people to move to Palo Alto.7 In July 1925, Mayfield was officially annexed and consolidated into the city of Palo Alto.8 Like the rest of the nation, Palo Alto suffered through the Great Depression in the 1930s and did not grow substantially. World War II brought an influx of military personnel and their families to the Peninsula; accordingly, Palo Alto saw rapid growth following the war as many families who had been stationed on the Peninsula by the military, or who worked in associated industries, chose to stay. Palo Alto's population more than doubled from 16,774 in 1940 to 52,287 in 1960., 4 Ward Winslow and Palo Alto Historical Association, Palo Alto: A Centennial History (Palo Alto, CA: Palo Alto Historical Association, 1993), 12-17. 5 Ibid, 35. 6 City of Palo Alto, Comprehensive Plan 2030 (adopted by City Council, November 13, 2017), 16, accessed August 29, 2019, https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/civicax/filebank/documents/62915. 7 Dames & Moore, "Palo Alto Historic Survey Update," 1-4. 8 City of Palo Alto, Comprehensive Plan 2030, 16. 9 "City of Palo Alto, Santa Clara County," Bay Area Census, accessed August 27, 2019, http://www.bayareacensus.ca.gov/cities/PaloAlto50.htm. July 22, 2020 -12- Packet Pg. 285 Historic Resource Evaluation [16252A.27] 5 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J Figure 25: Detail of "Official Map of Santa Clara, California" by Herrmann Brothers, 1890. Source: Library of Congress. Palo Alto's city center greatly expanded in the late 1940s and 1950s, gathering parcels that would house new offices and light industrial uses and lead the city away from its "college town" reputation. Palo Alto annexed a vast area of mostly undeveloped land between 1959 and 1968. This area, west of the Foothill Expressway, has remained protected open space. Small annexations continued into the 1970s, contributing to the discontinuous footprint of the city today. Palo Alto remains closely tied to Stanford University; it is the largest employer in the city. The technology industry dominates other sectors of business, as is the case with most cities within Silicon Valley. Palo Alto consciously maintains its high proportion of open space to development and the suburban feeling and scale of its architecture.to SEALE ADDITION NEIGHBORHOOD The following historic context of the Seale Addition is excerpted from Dames & Moore's Final Survey Report: Palo Alto Historical Survey Update: That part of Palo Alto known as the Seale Addition consists of several subdivisions of the old Seale Ranch in an area bound by Embarcadero Road, Middlefield Road, Oregon Avenue, and Alma Street, excluding several blocks in the west and southwest parts of this area (Figure 26). The first and largest of these subdivisions, in 1898, occupied only a portion of the ranch. This was followed by subdivisions of additional ranch land and by re -subdivisions of portions of the original subdivision. The 1949 Map of the City of Palo Alto, prepared by the City Engineer, showed these several Seale Ranch subdivisions with ambiguous boundaries. Some of the subdivisions were separately labeled, including Seale Ranch Subdivision No. 8, io City of Palo Alto, Comprehensive Plan 2030, 11-20. July 22, 2020 -13- Packet Pg. 286 Historic Resource Evaluation 5, [16252A.27] Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J indicating the number of subdivisions that took place. Altogether, the Seale Addition was referred to as "South Palo Alto" until after World War II when the newly developed area across Oregon Expressway, which was located further south, came to be called South Palo Alto. [...] When the Seale Addition was first laid out, it was outside the Palo Alto city limits on unincorporated county land. The area was annexed to Palo Alto in 1917 followed by improvements in utilities and services including a streetcar line on Waverley Street. [Historian -Writer] Roland Davis has described the progress of development in the Seale Addition as follows: "43 houses were built from 1898 to 1911 and 52 houses were built from 1912 to 1923, followed by more rapid development in the 1920s." Substantial development continued in the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s, at which time the area was completely built up. The result of this pattern of development is a neighborhood that consists of a mix of houses of different decades and different styles. It may be that in the future, the entire neighborhood will appear eligible for the NRHP. For now, an area at the center of the neighborhood that contains a predominance of houses built between 1900 and 1940, deserves study as a potential historic district. Portions of this neighborhood have particularly rich concentrations of well -designed houses. Among these are the 200 to 600 blocks of Coleridge and the cross blocks of Bryant, Waverley, and Emerson streets, and the blocks of Cowper and Waverley streets between Seale and California avenues. These areas are characterized by Spanish Colonial, Mediterranean, Monterey, and Period Revival style houses for upper middle class residents. The Seale Addition represents an expansion of the earlier neighborhood across Embarcadero Road called Professorville in its physical character. However, the population of this neighborhood was different than Professorville—by the time development of the Seale Addition was well underway, Stanford University had begun to provide housing for faculty on campus land, so that Stanford professors never constituted a large group in this neighborhood. The Seale Addition is also the earliest important example of several Palo Alto subdivisions with development restrictions designed to create an elite residential area.11 The area that would contain the subject property is labeled as a part of the Sherman Subdivision within the Seale Addition in a 1926 map of the City of Palo Alto (Figure 27). This map additionally shows that Washington Avenue was called Santa Ynez Avenue from at least 1926 until 1929, at which time Washington Avenue was listed in Palo Alto city directories.12 The Sherman Subdivision, which in 1926 contained only a portion of the area of the existing 500 -block of Washington Avenue, was platted as a cul-de-sac because, at the time, the street ended at the grounds of the West Coast Military Academy.13 11 Dames & Moore, Final Survey Report:: Palo Alto Historical Survey Update, 4-29 and 4-30. See also, Paula Boghosian and John Beach, Historical and Architectural Resources of the City of Palo Alto: Inventory and Report, Prepared by Historic Environment Consultants for the City of Palo Alto, 1979; J.F. Byxbee, Palo Alto City Engineer, Map of the City of Palo Alto, 1949. Roland C. Davis, A Summary History of the Early Development of Palo Alto's "Seale Addition": An Account of How the First "South Palo Alto" Became Part of the Present "Old Palo Alto," Prepared for the Palo Alto Historic Building Survey. July 1998. Overland Monthly, Advertisement, September 1904. Ward Winslow and the Palo Alto Historical Association, Palo Alto: A Centennial History, Palo Alto: Palo Alto Historical Association, 1993. 12 Palo Alto city directories, 1926-1929. Accessed via Ancestry.com 13"546 Washington Avenue," Historic Property Inventory Files, Palo Alto Historical Association. July 22, 2020 -14- Packet Pg. 287 Historic Resource Evaluation [16252A.27] 5 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J Figure 26: The Seale Tract in "South Palo Alto," in an advertising for developable land, 1905. Looking west. Note, the street grid has changed since 1905. The dashed line approximates the border of the Seale Addition, with an orange arrow showing the approximate future location of the subject property. Source: Stanford University Special Collections. Edited by Page & Turnbull. Figure 27: Map of the City of Palo Alto, 1926. An orange arrow points to the future location of 546 Washington Avenue. Source: Stanford University Special Collections, original map printed by Slonaker's Printing House. Edited by Page & Turnbull. July 22, 2020 -15- Packet Pg. 288 Historic Resource Evaluation 5 [16252A.27] V. PROPERTY HISTORY Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J In 1926, the residence at 546 Washington Avenue was built by Charles Kaiser Sumner for an unknown owner and was one of the first properties constructed within the Sherman Subdivision of the Seale Addition. Although it was an early construction property for its block of Washington Avenue, the larger area of Seale Addition was in the midst of rigorous development, with properties being platted, sold, and constructed at a rapid pace. Since its erection, the building has received a rear addition at the northeast corner of the property and a sunroom at the interior of the building's ell. Additionally, it is likely that the large picture window on the east facade was added at an unknown date, as this is an unusual window type for the style and design of the building and all other fenestration consists of multi-lite windows. Otherwise, the building has remained largely unaltered since it was completed in 1926. Construction Chronology The following table provides a timeline of construction activity at 546 Washington Avenue, based on building permit applications on file with Palo Alto Development Services and other archival material on file at the Palo Alto Historical Association. Permit # Date Owner Architect/ Contractor Description 1926 Unknown Charles Kaiser Sumner14 6/193215 Harold C. Brown Ralph W. Follmer Erect pergola, $200. 24452 12/15/1964 Wyman Sentinel Termite Control Concrete curb and foundation raising — damaged wood replacement — shower pan — chemical treating — stucco repair 6531 11/1/1973 Ellen Wyman Shelton Roofing Tar and Gravel — rear deck A37534 6/23/1977 Thomas and Ellen Wyman Meyer Associates (Thomas R. Jack, builder) Addition to create bedroom, bath, family room. 96-2723 8/23/1996 Thomas S. Wyman All State Waterheaters Water heater replacement 97-1467 6/13/1997 Thomas and Ellen Wyman Gravelle Construction Inc. (contractor) Replace existing sunroom A 1930 aerial photograph shows what was likely the original footprint of the subject property and shows the early development of the 500 -block of Washington Avenue (Figure 28). This original 14 Palo Alto Historical Association, "546 Washington Avenue [historic property files]"; Palo Alto Stanford Heritage, "Charles Kaiser Sumner, Architect: Palo Alto Stanford Heritage 20th Annual Holiday House Tour" [Tour took place on December 9, 2007], on file at the archives of the Palo Alto Historical Association; Previous owners Thomas and Ellen Wyman worked to establish the architect of the subject building during their long residency at the subject property and were known to possess original building plans dated 1926 from the San Francisco office of Charles Kaiser Sumner. Anecdotal evidence states that the plans were left in the house at the time of its sale. Their whereabouts are currently unknown. 15 Record of permit on file at the Palo Alto Historical Association in their Building Permit Index. This record cites The Palo Alto Times, June 15, 1932. July 22, 2020 -16- Packet Pg. 289 Historic Resource Evaluation [16252A.27] 5 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package footprint is additionally supported by a 1936 photograph published in The Peninsula Mirror that offers a bird's eye view of the 500 -block of Washington Avenue (Figure 30). Based on this visual evidence, it is clear that the subject building's sunroom was constructed after 1936, but prior to 1941, as an April 1941 aerial photograph shows the building's enlarged footprint (Figure 29). Figure 28: June 1930 aerial showing the subject property (identified with an orange arrow). Source: UC Santa Barbara Framefmder, Flight c-1025, frame z-146. Edited by Page & Turnbull. Figure 29: April 1941 aerial showing the subject property (identified with an orange arrow). Source: UC Santa Barbara Framefinder, Flight c-7065, frame 76. Edited by Page & Turnbull. Figure 30: Birds -eye view of residential development showing 500 -block of Washington Avenue, 1936. Approximate location of subject parcel identified with an orange arrow. Source: The Peninsula Mirror (courtesy of Palo Alto Historical Association). Edited by Page & Turnbull. July 22, 2020 -17- Packet Pg. 290 Historic Resource Evaluation 5 [16252A.27] Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J Beyond some minor stucco repair and wood replacement at an unspecified location in 1964, it was not until 1977 that significant alterations were made to the building with the construction of the rear addition, which extended the building east from the hyphen between the garage and the main body of the building. Under this permit (#A37534), Thomas and Ellen Wyman had a bedroom and bath added to the rear of the building and created a family room out of the original live-in maid's quarters. The original maid's quarters contained a small bedroom and bathroom and was accessed from the courtyard between the garage and kitchen. Following its early use as a maid's room, the space was used as a rented room, generally for Stanford students. The renovation by the Wymans created an internal opening to connect this space to the rest of the house.16 The only other alteration in evidence in the permit records at Palo Alto Development Services is the replacement of the sunroom in 1997. This replacement appears to have maintained the same footprint as the previous ca. 1936-1940 sunroom. OWNERSHIP AND OCCUPANT HISTORY The following ownership history has been gathered from available documentation in historic newspapers, city directories, census records, and permits at the Palo Alto Development Services. Year(s) Owner(s) (in bold) and Occupants Occupation / Notes House built 1926 1928 Charles H. Leffmgwell Martha Leffingwell Not listed Not listed 1929- ca. 1937 Harold Chapman Brown Frances Sager Brown Phillip Yee (1930) Charles J. Simpson (1934-35) Venice Simpson (1935) Professor, Stanford University Artist Cook (Chinese) Student, Stanford (1934), Chemist (1935) Not listed 1938- ca. 1942 Lt. Col. Arthur D. Jackson Hermione H. Jackson Retired U.S. Army officer Housewife 1944- ca. 1950 Newton V. Wagner Isabel F. Wagner Not listed Not listed 1953-196517 George Norris Cox Ashley T. Cox Elaine Cox (ca. 1963) Not listed Student Not listed Ca. 1964-201418 Thomas Wyman Ellen Wyman Not listed Not listed 2015 -present Mala Narasimharajan The first known residents of the building at 546 Washington Avenue were Charles H. and Martha Leffingwell. The Leffingwells are listed at the subject property (then 546 Santa Ynez Avenue) in the 1928 Palo Alto city directory for the year of 1928.19 By the following year, Stanford professor Harold C. Brown, and his wife Frances S. Brown, were living at the subject building. The Browns had a live - 16 Details regarding the use of and renovation to the original maid's quarters (not specified in the permit language) were acquired through a conversation between the author and Thomas Wyman, Jr. April 2020. 17 George and Elaine Cox are listed at this address in the Palo Alto City Directory of 1965. 18 Thomas and Ellen Wyman appear to have purchased the property in 1964, and had work done prior to George and Elaine Cox moving out of the building (see construction chronology). 19 Additional archival research was unable to discover the whereabouts of either party in the surrounding years. July 22, 2020 -18- Packet Pg. 291 Historic Resource Evaluation 5 [16252A.27] Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package in Chinese cook, Phillip Yee; and from 1934 to 1935, a Stanford chemistry student, Charles J. Simpson and his wife Venice Simpson lived with them at 546 Washington Avenue.20 By ca. 1939, 546 Washington Avenue was the home of Lieutenant Colonel Arthur D. and Hermione H. Jackson. The Jacksons moved to Palo Alto after the Lieutenant Colonel's retirement in 1937 and lived at the subject building until circa 1942, when ownership passed to Newton V. and Isabel F. Wagner. By 1953, the building was occupied by George Norris Cox, a widower, and at least one of his three daughters, Ashley Cox. Around 1963, it appears that George remarried, and his wife Elaine also resided at the subject building.21 At some point in 1964, Thomas and Ellen Wyman purchased the house and began to undertake some repair work, although George and Elaine Cox seem to have continued living in the house into 1965. The Wymans lived at the house from ca. 1965 until both of their deaths in 2014.22 In 2015, the subject property was purchased by the current owner. Select Owner and Occupant Biographies Harold C. Brown (1879-1943) and Frances S. Brown (ca. 1876-1957) Harold C. Brown was a professor of philosophy at Stanford University. He received his education at Williams College and Harvard University, and taught at Columbia University for eight years before moving to Palo Alto to teach at Stanford University. Brown was a popular professor and lecturer and studied contemporary social philosophy. His obituary in The Palo Alto Times related his "sympathetic interest in the labor and cooperative movements and to the Civil Liberties Union. He was one of the founders of the Palo Alto Teachers' Union [...] and the Palo Alto Cooperative Society."23 Harold Brown's wife, Frances Sager Brown, was listed as an artist in the Register of California Voters and the 1930 United States Census.24 Arthur D. Jackson (1873-1954) and Hermione Jackson (1899-1985) Arthur Jackson was born in Argentina to American parents.25 In World War I he served at Camp Funston. In 1921 Arthur and Hermione Jackson were married and moved often due to Arthur's career in the Medical Corps of the United States Army. They spent time in Kansas, Hawaii, Washington, New York, and New Jersey. He retired from the military in 1937, at which time the Jacksons moved to Palo Alto. Thomas S. Wyman (1927-2014) and Ellen Wyman (1927-2014) Thomas and Ellen Wyman lived at this address from 1965 until both of their deaths in 2014. The Wymans were extremely active within their community. As described in a memorial article in the Palo Alto Weekly: 2° 1930 United States Federal Census lists Phillip Yee at this address; Palo Alto City Directories, 1934-1935, lists Charles and Venice Simpson at this address. Both Yee and then the Simpsons likely lived in the "maid's quarters." 21 Elaine Cox is listed in Palo Alto City Directories at this address in 1963 and 1965. 22 "Community: Tom and Ellen Wyman," Palo Alto Weekly, December 26, 2014. [Palo Alto Historical Association. Obituary Collection.] 23 "Death Takes H.C. Brown, Professor of Philosophy," The Palo Alto Times, November 10, 1943. [Palo Alto Historical Association. Obituary Collection.] 24 "Frances Sager Brown," Register of California Voters, accessed via Ancestry.com. 25 United States Federal Census, 1940, Accessed via Ancestry.com. Arthur D. Jackson's father was a Methodist Minister working in Argentina at the time of Arthur's birth. July 22, 2020 -19- Packet Pg. 292 Historic Resource Evaluation 5, [16252A.27] Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J Together the Wymans were involved in many local civic issues from the "residentialist" movement of the 1960s and '70s to curb Palo Alto's urbanization to advocating for Palo Alto's libraries. In 2005 they were both honored with the Avenidas Lifetimes of Achievement award. [....] [Tom Wyman] also advocated politically for local libraries and act[ed] as the first chair of the Palo Alto Library Advisory Commission.26 Thomas Wyman was also a board member of the Palo Alto Historical Society and the Palo Alto History Museum, among others.27 SPANISH COLONIAL REVIVAL STYLE Historically rooted in the building traditions of early Spanish and Mexican settlers of California and other Spanish colonies, the Spanish Colonial Revival style was popular in California and the rest of the Southwest from the 1920s to the 1940s, with variations on the style remaining popular today. The Spanish Colonial Revival style was a further expansion of the Mission Revival style which was developed in the western states as early as the 1890s. The Mission Revival style was rooted in regional interpretations of traditional Spanish, Native American, and Mexican design and construction techniques, which were indigenous to California and was characterized by low-pitched or flat roofs (often of thatch, terracotta tile, or tar), thick masonry walls of adobe brick or stucco, multiple doorways, deeply recessed openings with multi -light windows, arcades, sculpted parapets, and red clay tile roofs. By the 1920s, a popular trend towards more precise imitation of historical precedents allowed for the proliferation of the more elaborate Mediterranean and Spanish Colonial Revival styles. The Spanish Colonial Revival style in California became particularly popular after the Panama -California Exposition in San Diego in 1915 and retained its popularity through the 1930s. Instead of being limited to the domestic precedents of Spanish, Native American, and Mexican design, the Spanish Colonial Revival looked broadly at Spanish precedents found across Latin America and in Spain.28 From this broader repertoire of stylistic elements, the style made use of clay tile gabled roofs, thick masonry walls, plaster finishes, and smaller fenestration openings, and could also include more decorative elements like wrought iron grilles, lamps, and balconies, elaborate door surrounds, and decorative tile work. The style was particularly popular for commercial buildings, institutions, apartments, and houses.29 The first Spanish Colonial Revival house in Palo Alto was designed by Santa Barbara architect George Washington Smith in 1924 at 1336 Cowper Street, located about eight blocks west of the subject building (Figure 31). While local Palo Alto architect Birge Clark is credited with establishing the image of the community in the Spanish Colonial Revival style due to his large body of work within this stylistic type, the Spanish Colonial Revival style was employed by a number of architects of the period, including the architect of 546 Washington Avenue, Charles Kaiser Sumner. 26 "Community: Torn and Ellen Wyman," Palo Alto Weekly, December 26, 2014. 27 Ibid. 28 Virginia Savage McAlester, A Field Guide to American Houses. Revised. New York: Knopf, 2015, 522, 534. 29 San Francisco Planning Department, San Francisco Preservation Bulletin No. 18 — Residential and Commercial Architectural Periods and Styles in San Francisco (January 2003). July 22, 2020 -20- Packet Pg. 293 Historic Resource Evaluation [16252A.27] 5 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package Figure 31: 1336 Cowper Street, which is believed to be the first Spanish Colonial Revival style house in Palo Alto. Source: Palo Alto Stanford Heritage. The house at 546 Washington Avenue is a good example of the Spanish Colonial Revival style, with its stucco facade, low cross gable roof clad in clay tile, and its decorative metal elements around entrances. Like the residence at 1336 Cowper Street by George Washington Smith, the architect of the subject property, Charles Kaiser Sumner, chose to create a formal public facade with a somewhat austere design created through the use of minimal fenestration with small openings along the primary facade. Within the private realm of the home and the rear garden, Sumner's design is extremely informal and open — particularly in the relationship between interior and exterior. Sumner remains well -regarded for his articulation of interior spaces, his use of decorative tile and wrought iron elements, and the incorporation of built-in features such as shelving, window seats, and niches. CHARLES KAISER SUMNER, ARCHITECT Charles Kaiser Sumner was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania in 1874 as Charles Sumner Kaiser; he changed the order of his middle and surnames due to anti -German sentiment during World War I. Sumner received his architectural education at Columbia University, traveled through Europe and the Middle East after graduation on a Perkins Traveling Fellowship, and then returned to New York to work in the offices of McKim, Mead & White.3o In 1906, Sumner moved to Berkeley, California, where he opened an architectural practice and completed commissions for about 15 houses in Berkeley as well as the Claremont Club, and took on several projects in Sacramento. In 1916, Sumner moved to Palo Alto — where he lived on University Avenue — and opened an office in San Francisco. The following information is excerpted from material assembled by Palo Alto Stanford Heritage (PAST Heritage) for their 2007 Holiday House Tour which featured Sumner -designed homes: Sumner worked squarely within the Eclectic movement, and mastered the details of many styles. He preferred the English Cottage, Tudor, and Colonial Revival models, as well as the occasional Beaux—Arts/Mediterranean Revival structure. After the Spanish Eclectic style swept into town in the mid -1920's, he built more and more in this style. 3o Biographical information primarily sourced from "Charles Sumner, Architect," Palo Alto Stanford Heritage, 2007, https•//www pastheritage org/Sumner html July 22, 2020 -21- Packet Pg. 294 Historic Resource Evaluation 5 [16252A.27] Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J Sumner's residences reflect a certain formality, with distinct separations between public and private space, and between spaces for the servants and the served. His are houses for entertaining, with reception hall, generous dining room and living room forming the typical ground floor arrangement. [....] Sumner generally provided built-in storage such as cupboards and closets as part of the composition of the interior spaces [...]. Sumner believed that house, garden, and interior furnishings had to work together, and that their design was a collaborative effort. He speaks respectfully of the landscape architect who brings his own "scale of spaces and proportions, his own tools and materials," and warns the architect of the dangers of leaving "obstructions" in the way of the landscape architect. [....] The garden and its relationship to the house was an especially important element for Sumner, who believed that "it takes both house and garden to make a home." According to one former boarder who lived with the Sumners while attending Stanford, Sumner believed that "every room had to be suitable for an elderly lady to live in, with windows on two or even three sides if possible to look out at the gardens." Sumner wished to imbue his houses with "a feeling of permanence," meaning "reasonable, obvious strength and durability." The job of the architect was to "constantly take the trouble" to achieve beauty. Restraint was an important element of beauty: "composure...is the groundwork upon which beauty rests." "Composure" was for Sumner the object of "composition"; "the process of composing and quieting a house's various parts, so that they appear happy and at peace together." The chief among the architect's tools for composition —including balance, scale, and symmetry —was proportion, the "magic key to beauty" in home design.31 Sumner passed away after a long illness in 1948 at the age of 74. While Birge Clark remains the most significant architect to be credited with the spread of the Spanish Colonial Revival Style in Palo Alto, recent scholarship is revisiting the contributions of Sumner and recognizing his considerable skill as a significant architect of residential housing in the Bay Area in the early twentieth century. The subject property has been attributed to Charles Kaiser Sumner largely through the research and work of the former owners Thomas and Ellen Wyman. While living in the house, the Wymans undertook discovering the original architect of the building and are known to have located and acquired original plans for the building dated 1926 from the San Francisco office of Charles Kaiser Sumner.32 The Wymans were actively involved in local historical interest groups, including Palo Alto Stanford Heritage and the Palo Alto Historical Association, and through informal lectures and home tours of the subject building, it has been commonly accepted by the local community as a work by Charles Kaiser Sumner, shown by its inclusion in the 2007 PAST Heritage Holiday House Tour. Additionally, comparative study of the subject building and other examples of Sumner's residential work in the Spanish Colonial Revival style shows the recurrence of Sumner's signature design touches and overall aesthetic at 546 Washington Avenue. 31 "Charles Sumner, Architect," PAST Heritage, 2007, https://www.pastheritage.org/Sumner html 32 Palo Alto Historical Association, "546 Washington Avenue [historic property files]." Anecdotal evidence states that the plans were left in the house at the time of its sale. Their whereabouts are currently unknown. July 22, 2020 -22- Packet Pg. 295 Historic Resource Evaluation 5 [16252A.27] VI. EVALUATION CALIFORNIA REGISTER OF HISTORICAL RESOURCES Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J The California Register of Historical Resources (California Register) is an inventory of significant architectural, archaeological, and historical resources in the State of California. Resources can be listed in the California Register through a number of methods. State Historical Landmarks and National Register -listed properties are automatically listed in the California Register. Properties can also be nominated to the California Register by local governments, private organizations, or citizens. The evaluative criteria used by the California Register for determining eligibility are closely based on those developed by the National Park Service for the National Register of Historic Places. In order for a property to be eligible for listing in the California Register, it must be found significant under one or more of the following criteria. • Criterion 1 (Events): Resources that are associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of local or regional history, or the cultural heritage of California or the United States. • Criterion 2 (Persons): Resources that are associated with the lives of persons important to local, California, or national history. • Criterion 3 (Architecture): Resources that embody the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, region, or method of construction, or represent the work of a master, or possess high artistic values. • Criterion 4 (Information Potential): Resources or sites that have yielded or have the potential to yield information important to the prehistory or history of the local area, California, or the nation. The following section examines the eligibility of 546 Washington Avenue for individual listing in the California Register: Criterion 1 (Events) 546 Washington Avenue does not appear to be individually eligible for listing in the California Register under Criterion 1 (Events). Built in 1926, the subject property was one of the first buildings constructed within the Sherman Subdivision — a one -block subdivision divided by Washington Avenue (then Santa Ynez Avenue) — within the much larger Seale Addition subdivisions. At the time of the subject building's construction, the larger area of the Seale Addition was undergoing tremendous development activity and the subject property is not particularly significant to the development narrative of the Seale Addition / Old Palo Alto. Therefore, 546 Washington Avenue does not appear to be individually eligible for the California Register under Criterion 1. Criterion 2 (Persons) 546 Washington Avenue does not appear to be individually eligible for listing in the California Register under Criterion 2 (Persons). The original owner of the subject property is unknown. The first known residents were Charles H. and Martha Leffingwell who lived at the residence for a single year. Several subsequent residents did not live at the subject property for a long period of time and archival information did not identify any July 22, 2020 -23- Packet Pg. 296 Historic Resource Evaluation 5 [16252A.27] Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J significant achievements related to these individuals that would be associated with the subject property. The longest residents of 546 Washington Avenue were Thomas and Ellen Wyman, who lived at this address from 1965 until both of their deaths in 2014. The Wymans were extremely active within their community, supporting local civic groups, serving on local boards, and participating in planning and zoning debates within the community in the 1960s and 1970s. While the Wymans have made significant achievements to their community, their contributions may not be best represented by their residence and not enough historical distance has passed to assess their role in Palo Alto's civic history. Therefore, 546 Washington Avenue does not appear to be individually eligible for the California Register under Criterion 2. Criterion 3 (Architecture) 546 Washington Avenue does appear to be individually eligible under Criterion 3 (Architecture) as a building that embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction, and was constructed by a locally prominent Bay Area architect, Charles Kaiser Sumner. The building's stucco facade, clay tile roof, decorative metalwork, and use of stucco grilles demonstrate many of the design features of the Spanish Colonial Revival style which was growing in prominence in Palo Alto in the mid -1920s. The building, which presents a somewhat austere fac1ade to the street, has a significant porosity between the house and the rear garden through the placement of many openings along the rear facades. This approach demonstrates Sumner's concern with creating clear differentiation between public -facing spaces and the private, protected areas of the residential space, and is a theme seen in some Spanish Colonial Revival style houses of the period. The work of Charles Kaiser Sumner was the focus of a 2007 Palo Alto house tour by Palo Alto Stanford Heritage (PAST Heritage) that re-examined Sumner's contributions as an important addition to the architecture of Palo Alto. Sumner's over 50 known projects in Palo Alto are receiving attention as examples of the work of a prominent Bay Area architect and resident of Palo Alto. 546 Washington Avenue's construction falls within the early years of his Palo Alto residential designs and is an early example of his use of the Spanish Colonial Revival style. 546 Washington Avenue is a significant example of Sumner's Spanish Colonial Revival style designs due to its porous relationship with the rear garden and the use of decorative details which are hallmarks of Sumner's design approach. Therefore, 546 Washington Avenue does appear to be individually eligible for the California Register under Criterion 3 as a distinctive example of the Spanish Colonial Revival style that was designed by a prominent Bay Area architect. Criterion 4 (Information Potential) 546 Washington Avenue does not appear to be individually eligible under Criterion 4 as a building that has the potential to provide information important to the prehistory or history of the City of Palo Alto, state, or nation. It does not feature construction or material types, or embody engineering practices that would, with additional study, provide important information. Page & Turnbull's evaluation of this property was limited to age -eligible resources above ground and did not involve survey or evaluation of the subject property for the purposes of archaeological information. July 22, 2020 -24- Packet Pg. 297 Historic Resource Evaluation 5 [16252A.27] Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J Period of Significance The period of significance for 546 Washington Avenue is 1926, corresponding to the year of the building's construction. CHARACTER -DEFINING FEATURES For a property to be eligible for national or state designation under criteria related to type, period, or method of construction, the essential physical features (or character -defining features) that enable the property to convey its historic identity must be evident. These distinctive character -defining features are the physical traits that commonly recur in property types and/or architectural styles. To be eligible, a property must clearly contain enough of those characteristics to be considered a true representative of a particular type, period, or method of construction, and these features must also retain a sufficient degree of integrity. Characteristics can be expressed in terms such as form, proportion, structure, plan, style, or materials. The following character -defining features have been identified for 546 Washington Avenue and convey the property's significance as a Spanish Colonial Revival style residence designed by Charles Kaiser Sumner in 1926: • L -plan formed from intersecting front and rear wings • One-story massing • Cross gabled roofs with clay tile • Textured stucco exterior • Formal planar primary facade with minimal window openings • Original openings including: wood -sash, divided lite casement windows; wood multi-lite French doors; and divided multi-lite fixed wood sash • Wood entrance door at main entrance, recessed with canted side walls • Brick path and landing to primary entrance • Decorative stucco perforated walls in primary facade and within front patio • Clay tile vents within gable peaks • Decorative metalwork around entrances, including: o Overscaled door handle o Overscaled doorbell plate o Twisted lattice over window in entrance door o Letter box opening and cover o Lamps at both primary and secondary entrances o Awning supports with spear motif • Front patio with solid stucco wall enclosure • Attached garage in Spanish Colonial Revival style. Original features include: o Clay tile roof o Wood crossbeam over garage door For additional clarification, the following features of the residence are not original to the building, were added outside the period of significance (1926), and are not considered character -defining: • Rear addition along the northeast corner of the building (note: some windows and doors appear to have been salvaged from the original building and reused in locations within this addition) • Sunroom • Large picture window along the east facade July 22, 2020 -25- Packet Pg. 298 Historic Resource Evaluation 5 116252A.27] INTEGRITY Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J In order to qualify for listing in any local, state, or national historic register, a property or landscape must possess significance under at least one evaluative criterion as described above 2nd retain integrity. Integrity is defined by the California Office of Historic Preservation as "the authenticity of an historical resource's physical identity evidenced by the survival of characteristics that existed during the resource's period of significance," or more simply defined by the National Park Service as "the ability of a property to convey its significance."33 In order to evaluate whether 546 Washington Avenue retains sufficient integrity to convey its historic significance, Page & Turnbull used established integrity standards outlined by the National Register Bulletin: How to Apply the National Register Criteria for Evaluation. Seven variables, or aspects, that define integrity are used to evaluate a resource's integrity —location, setting, design, materials, workmanship, feeling, and association. A property must stand up under most or all of these aspects in order to retain overall integrity. If a property does not retain integrity, it can no longer convey its significance and is therefore not eligible for listing in local, state, or national registers. The seven aspects that define integrity are defined as follows: Location is the place where the historic property was constructed. Setting addresses the physical environment of the historic property inclusive of the landscape and spatial relationships of the building(s). Design is the combination of elements that create the form, plans, space, structure, and style of the property. Materials refer to the physical elements that were combined or deposited during a particular period of time and in a particular pattern of configuration to form the historic property. Workmanship is the physical evidence of the crafts of a particular culture or people during any given period in history. Feeling is the property's expression of the aesthetic or historic sense of a particular period of time. Association is the direct link between an important historic event or person and a historic property. Location 546 Washington Avenue retains integrity of location, as the location of original construction has not changed. Setting 546 Washington Avenue retains integrity of setting. The subject residence's lot is located on a residential cul-de-sac in the Seale Addition / Old Palo Alto neighborhood that has seen little change 33 California Office of Historic Preservation, Technical Assistance Bulletin No. 7: How to Nominate a Resource to the California Register of Historical Resources (Sacramento: California Office of State Publishing, September 4, 2001) 11; U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, National Register Bulletin: How to Apply the National Register Criteria for Evaluation (Washington, D.C.: National Park Service, 1995) 44. July 22, 2020 -26- Packet Pg. 299 Historic Resource Evaluation 5, [16252A.27] Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J since its primary development period in the middle of the twentieth century. While additions have been made to the building, the subject lot retains its historic circulation patterns with a front and rear yard with fluid connections between the building and its landscaped setting. Design 546 Washington Avenue retains integrity of design. The subject property has undergone minimal alteration since its construction in 1926. The building's massing and overall form have remained unchanged along the primary facade with the only additions to the building having taken place along the rear and are not visible from the public right-of-way. The building's Spanish Colonial Revival design by Sumner remains intact and illustrates the clear differentiation between public -facing spaces and private, protected spaces for the residents. The building's stucco facade, clay tile roof, decorative metalwork, and use of stucco grilles demonstrate many of the significant design features of the style. Materials 546 Washington Avenue retains integrity of materials. The residence was originally designed with stucco cladding, wood multi -light casement windows, a low -hipped clay tile cross gable roof, a wide plank wood door with decorative metalwork, and decorative vents at gable peaks and along the primary facade; these elements have remained intact. Original stucco has likely been patched at areas of alterations, or replaced in larger sections, but continues to read as part of the original design. Any replaced or patched sections have been finished in an identical style so as not to detract from the cohesive design of the original. Workmanship 546 Washington Avenue retains integrity of workmanship. Features providing evidence of period workmanship and construction methods include stucco cladding, the clay tile roof, decorative metal work at entrances, and cut grille work remain extant and demonstrate the building's Spanish Colonial Revival style. Feeling 546 Washington Avenue retains integrity of feeling. The residence retains the feeling of Spanish Colonial Revival style residence designed by Charles Kaiser Sumner as its design, materiality, and workmanship remain highly representative of Sumner's identified works through a formal primary facade, more intimate, private, and informal secondary facades, the integration of landscape and building design, the use of decorative features in wrought iron, and the use of built-in features and decorative tilework on the interior. The residence retains its feeling as a 1920s single-family residential home designed in the Spanish Colonial Revival style, which was only just becoming popular at the time this building was constructed in 1926. Association 546 Washington Avenue retains integrity of association. The residence is not significant for its association with a period of development, an event, or a past owner or occupant. Its association to architect Charles Kaiser Sumner continues to be represented through its retention of architectural characteristics tied to Sumner's design aesthetic and philosophy. Therefore, 546 Washington Avenue retains all seven aspects of integrity such that it conveys its significance under Criterion 3 (Architecture) of the California Register, with a period of significance of 1926. July 22, 2020 -27- Packet Pg. 300 Historic Resource Evaluation 5 [16252A.27] VII. CONCLUSION Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J Charles Kaiser Sumner designed the residence at 546 Washington Avenue in 1926 in the Spanish Colonial Revival style, which had only been introduced to Palo Alto two years prior with the construction of the nearby residence at 1336 Cowper Street. The Spanish Colonial Revival style became increasingly popular in Palo Alto and across the nation in the 1920s and 1930s. The building's design by a significant Bay Area architect, who resided in Palo Alto, displays the architect's personal style aesthetic and also demonstrates the characteristic design features of the Spanish Colonial Revival style. The property was developed in the Seale Addition neighborhood, now called Old Palo Alto, during its primary period of development, but does not appear to be particularly significant to the area's development narrative. Archival research did not identify any professional or civic association with prior residents who were particularly notable. The one-story residence at 546 Washington Avenue appears to be individually eligible for the California Register under Criterion 3 (Architecture), as a property that embodies the distinct characteristics of the Spanish Colonial Revival style as designed by Charles Kaiser Sumner, a prominent local architect. Therefore, 546 Washington Avenue appears to be a historic resource for the purposes of CEQA review. July 22, 2020 -28- Packet Pg. 301 Historic Resource Evaluation 5, [16252A.27] VIII. REFERENCES CITED Published Works Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J California Office of Historic Preservation. Technical Assistance Bulletin No. 7: How to Nominate a Resource to the California Register of Historical Resources. Sacramento: California Office of State Publishing, September 4, 2001. California Office of Historic Preservation. Technical Assistance Bulletin No. 8: User's Guide to the California Historical Resource Status Codes & Historic Resources Inventory Directory. Sacramento: California Office of State Publishing. November 2004. Accessed October 22, 2018, http://ohp.parks.ca.gov/pages/1069/fdes/tab8.pdf. CEQA Guidelines. Accessed May 10, 2018. http://resources.ca.gov/ceqa/guidelines/. Dames & Moore, Michael Corbett, and Denise Bradley. "Final Survey Report — Palo Alto Historical Survey Update: August 1997 -August 2000." Prepared for the City of Palo Alto Planning Division, February 2001. Grimmer, Anne E. The Secretary of the Interior's Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties with Guidelines for Preserving, Rehabilitating Restoring and Reconstructing Historic Buildings. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of the Interior, 2017. Accessed October 2019, https: / /www.nps.gov/tps/standards/treatment-guidelines-2017.pdf. McAlester, Virginia Savage. A Field Guide to American Houses. Revised Edition. New York: Knopf, 2015. National Park Service. National Register Bulletin Number 15: How to Apply the National Register Criteria for Evaluation. Washington, D.C.: National Park Service. National Register of Historic Places, Ramona Street Architectural District, Palo Alto, Santa Clara County, California, National Register #86000592. Palo Alto AAUW, ... Gone Tomorrow? 'Neat Cottages" and `I-Iandsome Residences" (Palo Alto: American Association of University Women, 1971, revised 1986). San Francisco Planning Department, San Francisco Preservation Bulletin No. 18 — Residential and Commercial Architectural Periods and Styles in San Francisco (January 2003). Winslow, Ward and Palo Alto Historical Association. Palo Alto: A Centennial History. Palo Alto, CA: Palo Alto Historical Association, 1993. Public Records Building Permit Applications. Palo Alto Development Services. California Historical Resource Information System (CHRIS), Historic Property Data File for Santa Clara County, April 5, 2012. City of Palo Alto. Comprehensive Plan 2030. Adopted by City Council, November 13, 2017. Accessed August 29, 2019, https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/civicax/filebank/documents/62915. City of Palo Alto. Online Parcel Reports. http://199.33.32.49/ParcelReports/ United States Federal Census (1920, 1930, 1940). www.Ancestry.com. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s -Current. www.Ancestry.com. July 22, 2020 -29- Packet Pg. 302 Historic Resource Evaluation 5 [16252A.27] Archival Records Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J Palo Alto Historical Association. Building Permit Index Files. Palo Alto Historical Association. Inventory of Historic Buildings Files. Palo Alto Historical Association. Obituary Collection. Palo Alto Historical Association. Palo Alto City Directories (1924-1978). Palo Alto Historical Association. Photograph Collection http•//archives.pahistory.org/index.php Palo Alto Stanford Heritage, "Charles Kaiser Sumner, Architect: Palo Alto Stanford Heritage 20th Annual Holiday House Tour" [Tout took place on December 9, 2007], on file at the archives of the Palo Alto Historical Association. Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps. Accessed via San Francisco Public Library. University of California, Santa Barbara Library, Special Research Collections. Aerial Photography FrameFinder. https://www.library.ucsb.edu/src/airphotos/aerial-photography-information. Internet Sources Ancestry.com "City of Palo Alto, Santa Clara County," Bay Area Census. Accessed August 27, 2019, http://www.bayareacensus.ca.gov/cides/PaloAlto50.htm. David Rumsey Historic Map Collection. Google Maps. 2019. Palo Alto Stanford Heritage (PAST Heritage), "546 Washington Avenue" Master Index to Houses, https•//www pastheritage org/HousePixT,ists/PixT,istW html Palo Alto Stanford Heritage (PAST Heritage), "Charles Sumner, Architect," 2007, h ttps• / /www pa sth eritage org/Sumner.html July 22, 2020 -30- Packet Pg. 303 Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package PROPERTIES PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED AS ELIGIBLE FOR THE CALIFORNIA REGISTER Properties proposed for designation under Palo Alto Criteria 1, 2, and 5: • Criterion 1 (The structure or site is identified with the lives of historic people or with important events in the city, state, or nation) • Criterion 2 (The structure or site is particularly representative of an architectural style or way of life important to the city, state or nation) • Criterion 5 (The architect or building was important) Address Criteria Category 980 Middlefield Road 1, 2, 5 1 525 University Avenue 1, 2, 5 1 Page &Turnbull 1 170 MAIDEN LANE, 5TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNI Packet Pg. 304 PAGE &TURNBULL 980 MIDDLEFIELD ROAD APN: 120-05-077 HISTORIC RESOURCE EVALUATION Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination &TPackage Date of Evaluation: January 2019 Identified California Register Criteria of Significance: Criterion 3 Identified Period of Significance: 1951 Summary of Significance: 980 Middlefield Road was found significant for its Midcentury Modern design, as a representative midcentury mortuary property type in Palo Alto, and as a distinctive work of the locally prominent architect Leslie I. Nichols. 2023 RECONNAISSANCE SURVEY SUMMARY Alterations Since HRE: Stone wall and landscaping removed or altered; building and stonework painted. Status in 2023: Extant, retains historic integrity. Recommended Revisions to Significance: The property at 980 Middlefield Road is additionally significant for its long-time association with the Roller & Hapgood Mortuary, which was a highly significant local business in Palo Alto. The other mortuary buildings associated with the Roller & Hapgood business in Palo Alto are no longer extant, and the building at 980 Middlefield Road was purpose-built as a funeral home for Roller & Hapgood in 1951, reinforcing its association with the long-standing, local mortuary business. Figure 2: 2023 Reconnaissance Survey photograph. Figure 1: 2019 Historic Resource Evaluation photograph. Imagining change in historic environments through design, research, and technology 170 MAIDEN LANE, 5TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94108 TEL 415 3 JL-✓ Packet Pg. 305 Palo Alto Historic Inventory Designation Page 2 of 2 Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package RECOMMENDATION FOR LISTING IN THE PALO ALTO HISTORIC INVENTORY Palo Alto Historic Inventory Criteria for Designation: • Criterion 1 (The structure or site is identified with the lives of historic people or with important events in the city, state or nation) • Criterion 2 (The structure or site is particularly representative of an architectural style or way of life important to the city, state or nation) • Criterion 5 (The architect or building was important) Statement of Significance: 980 Middlefield Road is significant for its Midcentury Modern design, as a representative midcentury mortuary property type in Palo Alto, as a distinctive work of the locally prominent architect Leslie I. Nichols, and for its association with the long -stranding and prominent local mortuary and funeral home of Roller & Hapgood. Period of Significance: 1951 Palo Alto Historic Inventory Category: Category 1* *Note, this is one of the few properties with significance as an "Exceptional Building" that is a meritorious work of the best architects and an excellent example of Midcentury Modern design in the United States. This project was a pivotal work in the career of the locally significant architect Leslie 1. Nichols, thus elevating the significance of the property. PAGE & TURNBULL 170 MAIDEN LANE, 5TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFOR Packet Pg. 306 I/1 111 VU I LL Y I JUL-,J- , JY Item 2 AttachmentA-January 11, 2024 Nomination Package 980 MIDDLEFIELD ROAD AND 637-45 ADDISON AVENUE HISTORIC RESOURCE EVALUATION PALOALTO,CALIFORNIA [18144] PREPAREDFOR: CITYOF PALOALTO Page & Turnbull imagining change in historic environments through design, research, and technology JANUARY7, 2019 Packet Pg. 307 HistoricResource 980MiddlefieldRoac Evaluation revised TABLE OF CONTENTS Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J nue is I. INTRODUCTION 1 METHODOLOGY 2 SUMMARYOFFINDINGS 3 H. CURRENT HISTORIC STATUS 4 NATIONALREGISTEROFHISTORICPLACES 4 CALIFORNIAREGISTEROFHISTORICAL RESOURCES 4 CALIFORNIAHISTORICALRESO UR CESTAT US CODE 4 PALOALTOHISTORICINVENTORY 4 PALOALTOHISTORICALSUR VEYUPDATE 5 III. ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION 7 SURROUNDINGNEIGHBORHOOD 17 IV. HISTORIC CONTEXT 20 PALOALTOHISTORY 20 ROLLERHAPGOOD& TINNEY 23 SITEHISTORY:980 MIDDLEFIELDROADAND637-45 ADDISONAVENUE 26 CONSTRUCTIONCHRONOLOGY 35 MIDCENTURYMODERNSTYLE 38 ARCHITECTLESLIEL NICHOLS(1894- 1969) 42 V. EVALUATION 47 CALIFORNIAREGISTEROFHISTORICAL RESOURCES 47 CHARACTER-DEFININGFEATURES 49 INTEGRITY 49 VI. CONCLUSION 52 VIII. REFERENCES CITED 53 PUBLISHEDWORKS 53 UNPUBLISHEDRECORDS 54 INTERNETSOURCES 54 January7, 2019 Packet Pg. 308 c. HistoricResource 980MiddlefieldRoac Evaluation revised I. INTRODUCTION Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J This Historic Resource Evaluation (HRE) has been prepared at the request of the City of Palo Alto Planning and Community Environment Department for 980 MiddlefieldRoad (APN 120-05-077) and two associatedrear lots addressed 637-45 Addison Avenue (APN 120-05-052and APN 120-05- 076) in Palo Alto, California(Figure 1 to Figure 2).1 The former mortuarybuildingat 980 MiddlefieldRoad (the subject building)was designedby prominent local architect Lesliel. Nichols and constructed in 1951 by the contracting firm Aro & Okerman. Rodney S. Strauss served as landscapedesigner.980 MiddlefieldRoad is located at the junction of Palo Alto'sUniversitySouth and Community Center neighborhoods, immediatelywest of the MiddlefieldRoad and Addison Avenue intersection. The subject building sits on a square lot; a drivewayextends along the northwest edge of the lot and provides access to the building ' srear northwest facade and the rear lots. The rear lots contain a 1964 caretakerresidence, a garage,a carport, asphalt parking spaces, and a faux turf lawn. ERSITY PARK P. M. 392- M - 19 AVENUE - 0 L 9 z 3.43 A.0 NET 1 77 AVENUE MIDDLEFIELD 30 Figure 1: Assessor Block map. 980 MiddlefieldRoad and rear lots addressed 637-45 Addison Avenue, shaded orange. Source: Santa Clara County Assessor. Edited by Page & Tumbull. 1 Based on the 1949 Sanborn Fire Insurance map, the two lots at 637-45 Addison Avenue previouslyincluded 635 and 657 Addison Avenue as well. These (developed)lots were merged to two lots addressed637-45 Addison Avenue at an unknown date. The rear lots willbe referenced as 637-45 Addison Avenue throughout this report. nue is January7, 2019 -1- Packet Pg. 309 c. Item 2 HistoricResource Evaluation revised 980MiddlefieldRoac Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package Figure 2. Aerialviewof 980 MiddlefieldRoad and rear lots 637-45 Addison Avenue, shaded orange. Source: Google Earth, 2018. Edited by Page & Turnbull. que is The subject buildinghas not been previouslylisted, or found eligiblefor listing,to the National Registerof Historic Places (National Register),CaliforniaRegisterof Historical Resources (California Register),or local City of Palo Alto Historic Inventory, nor is it located within the boundaries of any recorded historic district. METHODOLOGY This Historic Resource Evaluation provides a summaryof previous historical surveys and ratings, a site description, historic context statement, and an evaluationof the property'sindividualeligibility for listingin the CaliforniaRegisterof HistoricalResources. Page & Turnbull prepared this report using research collected at various local repositories, including the Palo Alto RinconadaPublic Library,Palo Alto Historical Association,City of Palo Alto Building Inspection, Ancestry.com,and various other online sources. Page & Turnbull conducted a site visit in June 2018 to reviewthe existingconditions and to photograph the property in order to prepare the descriptions and assessments included in this report. The architecturalfirm Huang Iboshi Architecture,Inc. provided LeslieI. Nichol' soriginal 1951 buildingplans to Page & Turnbull for review. The 1951 plans are appended to this report, along with plans pertainingto alterations of the building and/or property that occurred in 1958, 1965, 1974, 1976, and 1983 (also provided by Huang Iboshi Architecture, Inc.) All photographs were taken by Page & Turnbull in June 2018,unless otherwise noted. January7, 2019 - 2 - Packet Pg. 310 c. HistoricResource 980MiddlefieldRoac Evaluation revised SUMMARYOF FINDINGS Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J nue is Upon evaluationof 980 MiddlefieldRoad and 637-45 Addison Avenue, Page & Turnbull finds the former mortuary building at 980 MiddlefieldRoad to be eligiblefor listingin the CaliforniaRegister of Historical Resources at the locallevelunder Criterion 3 (Architecture)for its MidcenturyModern design, as a representativemidcenturyproperty type, and as a distinctivework of locallyprominent architect LeslieI. Nichols. Thus, the property appears to qualifyas a historic resource for the purposes of reviewunder the CaliforniaEnvironmental QualityAct (CEQA). The ancillarybuildings and landscape features of the two associatedparcels at 637-45 Addison Avenue do not contribute to the mortuary'shistoric significanceor eligibility. January7, 2019 - 3 - Packet Pg. 311 c. HistoricResource 980MiddlefieldRoac Evaluation revised II. CURRENT HISTORIC STATUS Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J The followingsection examines the national, state, and local historicalratings currentlyassignedto 980 MiddlefieldRoad and 637-45 Addison Avenue. NATIONALREGISTEROF HISTORICPLACES The National Registerof Historic Places (National Register)is the nation' smost comprehensive inventory of historic resources. The National Registeris administeredby the National Park Service and includesbuildings,structures, sites, objects, and districts that possess historic, architectural, engineering,archaeological,or cultural significanceat the national, state, or local level. nue is 980 MiddlefieldRoad and 637-45 Addison Avenue are not currently listed in the National Registerof Historic Places individuallyor as part of a registeredhistoric district. CALIFORNIAREGISTEROF HISTORICAL lEe eaiiorni�aRegisterof HistoricalResources(CaliforniaRegister)is an inventory of significant architectural,archaeological,and historicalresources in the State of California.Resources can be listed in the CaliforniaRegisterthrough a number of methods. State HistoricalLandmarks and National Register-listedproperties are automaticallylistedin the CaliforniaRegister.Properties can also be nominated to the CaliforniaRegisterfy local governments, private organizations,or citizens. The evaluativecriteriaused by the CaliforniaRegisterfor determiningeligibilityare closelybased on those developedby the National Park Servicefor the National Registerof Historic Places. 980 MiddlefieldRoad and 637-45 Addison Avenue are not currentlylisted in the CaliforniaRegister of Historical Resources individuallyor as part of a registeredhistoric district. CALIFORNIAHISTORICALRESOURCESTATUSCODE Properties listed by, or under reviewby, the State of CaliforniaOffice of Historic Preservation are assigneda CaliforniaHistoricalResource Status Code (Status Code) between"1" and "7" to establish their historicalsignificancein relation to the National Registerof Historic Places (National Register or NR) or CaliforniaRegisterof Historical Resources (CaliforniaRegisteror CR). Properties with a Status Code of "1" or "2" are either eligiblefor listingin the CaliforniaRegisteror the National Register,or are alreadylisted in one or both of the registers.Properties assignedStatus Codes of "3" or "4" appear to be eligiblefor listingin either register, but normallyrequire more research to support this rating. Properties assigneda Status Code of "5" have typicallybeen determined to be locallysignificantor to have contextual importance. Properties with a Status Code of "6" are not eligiblefor listing in either register.Finally,a Status Code of "7" means that the resource either has not been evaluatedfor the National Registeror the CaliforniaRegister,or needs reevaluation. 980 MiddlefieldRoad and 637-45 Addison Avenue are not listed in the CaliforniaHistorical Resources Information System (CHRIS) database as of 2012. This means the property has not been formallyevaluatedusing CaliforniaHistoricalResource Status Codes and/or the status code has not been submitted to the CaliforniaOffice of Historic Preservation. PALO ALTO HISTORICINVENTORY The City of Palo Alto's Historic Inventory, completed in 1979, lists noteworthy examples of the work of important individualdesignersand architecturaleras and traditions as well as structures whose background is associatedwith important events in the history of the city, state, or nation. The surveythat produced the inventory encompassed approximately500 properties and was largely limitedto areas in and near the historic core of Palo Alto. The inventoryis organizedunder the January7, 2019 - 4 - Packet Pg. 312 c. HistoricResource 980MiddlefieldRoac Evaluation revised followingfour Categories: Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J • Category 1: An "Exceptional Building"of pre-eminent national or state importance. These buildingsare meritorious works of the best architects, outstanding examplesof a specific architecturalstyle, or illustrate stylisticdevelopment of architecture in the United States. These buildingshave had either no exterior modificationsor such minor ones that the overall appearance of the building is in its originalcharacter. • Category 2: A "Major Building" of regional importance. These buildingsare meritorious works of the best architects, outstanding examplesof an architecturalstyle,or illustrate stylisticdevelopment of architecture in the state or region. A major buildingmay have some exterior modifications,but the originalcharacter is retained. nue is • Category 3 or 4: A "Contributing Building"which is a good local example of an architecturalstyle and relates to the character of a neighborhood grouping in scale, materials, proportion or other factors. A contributing buildingmay have had extensiveor permanent changes made to the originaldesign, such as inappropriate additions, extensiveremoval of architecturaldetails,or wooden facades resurfaced in asbestos or stucco. 980 MiddlefieldRoad and 637-45 Addison Avenue are not listed in the Palo Alto Historic Inventory under any category.2 PALO ALTO HISTORICALSURVEYUPDATE Between 1997 and 2000, a comprehensiveupdate to the 1979 Historic Inventory was undertaken by historic preservation firm Dames & Moore. The goal of this update was to identifyadditional properties in Palo Alto that were eligibleto the National Register.This effort began with a reconnaissance survey of approximately6,600 properties constructed prior to 1947. The reconnaissancesurveyproduced two StudyPrioritylists. In January1999,Dames & Moore prepared an interim findings report that listedpreliminaryevaluationsof the National Registerand California Registereligibilityof StudyPriority 1 and 2 properties.3 Approximately600 properties were identified as Study Priority 1, indicatingthey appeared individuallyeligiblefor listingin the National Register under Criterion C (Architecture).Approximately2,700 properties were identifiedas Study Priority 2, representing those properties that did not appear individuallyeligibleto the National Registerunder Criterion C (includingcommon local buildingtype s) but retained high integrity. The reconnaissancesurveywas followedby an intensive-levelsurveyof all StudyPriority 1 properties.4 Historic research was conducted on the owners, architects/builders, and past uses of the Study Priority 1 properties. Research also informed the preparation of historic context statements on topics such as local property types, significanthistoricalthemes, and prolific architects and builders, in order to identifyanypotential significantassociationsof StudyPriority2 properties. 291 properties were found potentiallyeligibleas individualresources to the National Registerand California Register.1,789 further properties were found potentiallyeligibleto the CaliforniaRegisteronly. The surveyupdate effort concluded with CaliforniaDepartment of Parks and Recreation(DPR) 523 forms prepared for those 291 properties that initiallyappeared eligiblefor listingin the National 2 "Palo Alto Historic BuildingsInventory." http://www.pastheritage.org/inventory.html 3 Dames & Moore. "Study Priority 1 and StudyPriority2 Properties: PreliminaryAssessmentsof Eligibility for the National Registeror CaliforniaRegister."Prepared for the City of Palo Alto Planning Division. January 1999. 4 Dames & Moore. "Final SurveyReport — Palo Alto Historical SurveyUpdate: August 1997 -August 2000." Prepared for the City of Palo Alto Planning Division. February 2001. January7, 2019 - 5 - Packet Pg. 313 c. HistoricResource 980MiddlefieldRoac Evaluation revised Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package nue is Register.Of the 291 properties, 165 were ultimatelyfound to be eligibleto the National Register. These DPR 523 forms were submitted to the CaliforniaOffice of Historic Preservation. Becausethe survey focused on determiningNational Registereligibility,the project did not finalizethe preliminaryevaluationsregardingpotential CaliforniaRegistereligibility.The City of Palo Alto did not formallyadopt any findings from the Dames & Moore study. The subject property was not surveyeddue to the fact that 980 MiddlefieldRoad was constructed in 1951, the caretaker' s residence at 637 Addison Avenue was constructed in 1964 (both after 1947), and the building at 645 Addison Avenue was demolishedin 1976. January7, 2019 - 6 - Packet Pg. 314 c. HistoricResource 980MiddlefieldRoac Evaluation revised III. ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J nue is The followingarchitecturaldescription applies to 980 MiddlefieldRoad, located west of the MiddlefieldRoad and Addison Avenue intersection in the Palo Alto. The separate, yet associatedrear lots are described in the "Landscape Features and Outbuildings" section that follows. The 10,000 square -foot subject parcel is situated on flat land. The one-story midcenturybuildingwas constructed in 1951 and features an irregularrectilinearplan. The facades, as described in this report, are outlined in the diagrambelow (Figure 3). The main, double-heightvolume of the buildingis capped with a composite shingle-cladgable roof; the remainder of the building features a multi-levelflat roof (Figure 4). All roof portions feature overhangingeaves with wood paneled soffits. The buildingis primarilyclad in stucco and wood siding;a portion of the primary facade features a sawtooth wall of stone construction. Fenestration includes wood doors, steel-sashwood-frame casement/fixed windows, fixed wood -sash and wood -frame windows, fixed ribbon windows, and fixed clerestory windows. Windows are casement, unless otherwise noted as fixed. as/P, P,aRa Vr QC cbe, rs0tiez G� P� �c a444. a,P Figure 3: 980 MiddlefieldRoad, facades labeled and colored. Source: Google Maps, 2018. January7, 2019 - 7 - 0 Packet Pg. 315 c. HistoricResource Evaluation revised 980MiddlefieldRoac Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package nue is Figure4: 980 MiddlefieldRoad. View west from the intersection of MiddlefieldRoad and Addison Avenue. Primary (Northeast) Facade The primary(northeast) facade fronts MiddlefieldAvenue. The far left (south) portion of the northeast facade consists of a recessed, stuccoed, flat roofed volume containing the primary entrance vestibule (Figure 5 to Figure 6). The recessed primary entrance vestibule features a wood -framed wood door with three punched lites. To the immediateright (northwest) of the wood door is a geometric wood screen with sixteen lites (Figure 7). To the right of the primary entrance vestibule is a southeast-facingvolume with an open gable clad in v -pattern wood siding (Figure 8 to Figure 9). A wood, diamond -shape geometric motif sits centrallywithin the gable.A wood pergola structure shields the lower portion of the southeast-facingplane, which is clad in verticalwood siding, and a stone base planter (Figure 10). The recessed,northeast-facing,stuccoed volume and the southeast- facinggabledvolume form two sides of a sheltered entrance courtyard, to be discussed in the "Landscape Features" section to follow. The main, double-heightvolume of the northeast facade features a stone sawtooth wall (Figure 11). Fixed southeast-facingpartial-heightwindows are located within the sawtooth fins, above sections of verticalwood siding (Figure 12). At the far right (north) portion of the facade is a geometric wood screen that shields an opaque fixed window (Figure 13). January7, 2019 - 8 - Packet Pg. 316 c. HistoricResource Evaluation revised 980MiddlefieldRoau Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package nue is Figure 5. Recessed stuccoed portion of primary facade Figure 6: Recessed stuccoed portion of primaryfacade with recessed entrance vestibule at image right. View with recessed entrance vestibule. southwest. View southwest. Figure 7: Detail of wood -framed wood door with punched lites,and 16-litegeometricwood screen. View southwest. Figure 8. Southeast-facingplane of primary facade. View northwest. Figure 9: Southeast-facingopen gable with v -pattern wood siding, central geometric motif, and mid -volume pergola. Viewwest/northwest. January7, 2019 -9- Packet Pg. 317 c. HistoricResource Evaluation revised Figure 10: Lower portion of southeast-facingplane, with verticalwood siding and integrated stone base planter. Viewnortheast. Figure 12: Stone sawtooth wallwith partial -height fixed windows above wood siding. View northwest. 980MiddlefieldRoau Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package nue is Figure 11: Main sawtooth walledportion of primary facade fronting MiddlefieldAvenue. View southwest. Figure 13: Geometric wood screen shielding opaque fixed window. View southeast. January7, 2019 -10 - Packet Pg. 318 C. HistoricResource Evaluation revised 980MiddlefieldRoac Item 2 AttachmentA-January 11, 2024 Nomination Package Northwest Facade The northwest facade faces an asphalt driveway.The main gabled volume sits at the far left (north) portion of the facade and largelymirrors the southeast-facinggabledplane, except the stone base does not contain an integratedplanter (Figure 14).5 The central portion of the northwest facade features a recessedvestibulewith a deeplycantileveredroof overhang. The stone construction of the double-heightvolumepartiallywraps around into the recessed vestibule,which contains two wood doors (Figure 15 to Figure 16). The right (south) portion of the northwest facade contains a wood singledoor with opaque upper glazingand a lower vent, two paired steel-sashwood-frame casement windows flankedby fixed lites, and a wood singledoor (Figure 16 to Figure 17). Figure 14. Northwest facade. View south. Figure 15. Recessedvestibule clad in stone and stucco, with a wood door leading into the double - height volume. Viewnortheast. Figure 17. Two casement windows flanked by fixed lites, and wood door at image right. View south. Figure 16: Recessedvestibulewith cantileveredroof. Solidwood door at image center, partiallyglazeddoor and paired casement windows at image right. View south. Rear (Southwest) Facade The rear facade features recessedplanes at the far left (north) and far right (south) (Figure 18). The left recessedportion contains a roll -up paneled wood garage door and a northwest-facingplane with a partially-glazedwood door (Figure 19). The central portion of the facade contains two paired metal-sashwood-frame windows flankedby fixed lites, a single casement window, a wood door, and colored glassverticalribbon windows (Figure 20 to Figure 24). The central portion of the facade 5 The southeast-facingplane features a stone base planter, whereas the stone base of the northwest facade does not contain a planter. cue is January7, 2019 -11- Packet Pg. 319 c. HistoricResource Evaluation revised 980MiddlefieldRoac Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package nue is features a multi-levelflat roof. An upper roof volume features twelve fixed clerestorywindows. Above the clerestorywindows,wood screening shields mechanicalunits from view. The right recessedportion of the southwest facade features a sheltered walkwaythat terminates at a wood door with three punched lites (identicalto the primary entrance door at the northeast facade) (Figure 25). Figure 18: Rear southwest facade with recessedportions at the far left (north) and far right (south). Viewnortheast. Figure 19: Roll -up wood paneled garage door and partiallyglazedwood door. View southeast. Figure 20: Two casement windows with outer fixed lites. View east. Figure 21: Singlecasement window. Viewnortheast. Figure 22: Wood door. View northeast. January7, 2019 -12- {c. Packet Pg. 320 HistoricResource Evaluation revised 980MiddlefieldRoac Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package nue is Figure 23: Central portion of southwest facade (imageleft and center) and recessed south portion (image right). View northwest. Figure 24: Detail of colored glassverticalribbon windows. View northeast. Figure 25: Recessedvestibuleat the far right (south) portion of the southwest facade. Viewnortheast. Southeast Facade The southeast facade fronts Addison Avenue (Figure 26). The far left (south) recessedportion of the facade features expansiveglazingabove a brick base. The glazingconsists of a seven-litewood- sash and wood -frame fixed window. A southwest-facingplane contains a tripartite window with a center fixed lite flankedby two metal-sash,wood-frame casement windows (Figure 27). The main portion of the southeast facade contains one five -part window consistingof a center fixed lite flankedby metal-sashcasements and fixed lites (Figure 28). Wood screening above the main portion of the southeast facade shields mechanicalunits from view. January7, 2019 -13 - Packet Pg. 321 c. HistoricResource Evaluation revised 980MiddlefieldRoac Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J Figure 26: Southeast facade. Viewnorthwest. nue is Figure 27: Southeast facade with southwest -facing plane. Viewnortheast. Figure 28: Southeast facade. Viewwest. Landscape Features and Outbuildings The subject building at 980 MiddlefieldRoad fills much of its square lot. The courtyard located at the building' s primary entrance is bounded by partial-heightstone wallswith built-in wood benches (Figure 29 to Figure 30). A large tree is centrallylocatedwithinthe courtyard,bound by geometric - pattern paving and hedging (Figure 31 to Figure 32). Narrow lawn areas located at the southeast and northeast facades contain stepping stones, a low stone wall,and varied trees, shrubs, and hedges (Figure 33 to Figure 34, and Figure 28). An asphalt drivewayfrom MiddlefieldRoad runs along the northwest property line, which is bordered by a wood plank fence (Figure 35 to Figure 36). Rose bushes and topiaries are planted along the main portion of the rear southwest facade (Figure 23). The rear lots are addressed 637-45 Addison Avenue (APN 120-05-052and APN 120-05-076)and contain a rear caretaker's residence, a garage,a carport, parking spaces, and a turf lawn (Figure 37 to Figure 41). The one-story gabled caretakerresidence,the flat -roofed garage,and the shed -roofed carport all feature overhangingwood eaves. The caretakerresidence and garageare stucco clad and the carport is clad in verticalwood siding. January7, 2019 -14 - Packet Pg. 322 c. HistoricResource Evaluation revised Figure 29: Partial-heightstone wallwith wood bench. Viewnorth. Figure 30: Partial-heightstone wall with wood bench. View east. Figure 31: Tree and hedge within courtyard. View southeast. Figure 32: Tree and hedge within courtyard. Note geometric paving. View east towards Middlefield Road and Addison Avenue. Figure 33: Northeast lawn. Viewnorthwest. Figure 34: Low stone wall. View southeast. 980MiddlefieldRoau Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package nue is January7, 2019 -15 - Packet Pg. 323 c. HistoricResource Evaluation revised 980MiddlefieldRoac Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package nue is Figure 35: Drivewayat northwest facade. View southwest. Figure 36: Wood plank fence along the northwest property line. Viewwest. Figure 37: Turf lawn at southwest facade of subject building. View southwest. Figure 38: Carport at far end of turf lawn. View southwest. Figure 39: One-story caretakerresidence at 637-45 Addison Avenue (built 1964). Viewnorthwest. January7, 2019 -16- Packet Pg. 324 c. HistoricResource Evaluation revised 980MiddlefieldRoac Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination nue is Figure 40: Garage outbuilding. View northwest. Figure 41: Garage outbuilding. View north. SURROUNDINGNEIGHBORHOOD Package J The subject property is located at the junction of the UniversitySouth and Community Center neighborhoods in Palo Alto. The remainder of the subject block is entirelyresidential,containing one large apartment complex calledWebster Wood Apartments (Figure 42 to Figure 45). Constructed in 1978, Webster Wood Apartments consists of approximatelytwo dozen one- and two-story multi- unit buildings.There are 56 units in total.6 There are multipleparking areas which include sheltered carports. The subj ect lot appears to contain two buildingswithin the Webster Wood Apartments complex that do not date to 1978: 940 MiddlefieldRoad and 664 Channing Avenue (Figure 46 to Figure 47).7 Southeast of the subject property is Addison Elementary at 650 Addison Avenue, built in 1925 in the Spanish ColonialRevivalstyle(Figure 48). The school takes up the full block bounded by Addison Avenue, MiddlefieldRoad, Lincoln Avenue, and Webster Street. Northeast of the subject property are one story bungalows at 953 MiddlefieldRoad (vernacularstyle,built 1922) and 703 Addison Avenue (Craftsman style,built 1922) (Figure 49 to Figure 50). None of the buildings described above are listed in the Palo Alto Historic BuildingsInventory. 6 "Webster Wood Apartments." https://www.apartmentfinder.com/Califomia/Palo-Alto- Apartments/W ebster-Wood-Apartments. 7 These buildingsare addressed as 940 MiddlefieldRoad and 664 Channing Avenue on Google Maps. Based on Sanborn maps, 664 Channing Avenue dates to at least 1908, and 940 MiddlefieldRoad dates to at least 9149. Sanborn maps indicate that 664 Channing Avenue was addressed 654 Channing Avenue in 1908, 654-56 Channing Avenue in 1924, and 656 Channing Avenue in 1949.940 MiddlefieldRoad was addressed 936 MiddlefieldRoad in 1949. January7, 2019 -17 - Packet Pg. 325 c. HistoricResource Evaluation revised Figure 42: Webster Wood Apartments. Figure 43: Webster Wood Apartments. Figure 44: Webster Wood Apartments. Source: Apartments.com Figure 45: Webster Wood Apartments. Source: Apartments.com Figure 46: 940 MiddlefieldRoad. Figure 47: 664 Charming Avenue. January7, 2019 - I8 - 980MiddlefieldRoau Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package nue is Packet Pg. 326 c. HistoricResource Evaluation revised 980MiddlefieldRoau Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package nue is Figure 48: Addison Elementary School (built 1925), shaded red. Red arrow pointing to 980 MiddlefieldRoad across Addison Avenue. View northwest. Source: Google Maps, 2018. Figure49: 953 MiddlefieldRoad (built 1922). Figure 50: 703 Addison Avenue (built 1922). January7, 2019 -19 - Packet Pg. 327 c. HistoricResource 980MiddlefieldRoac Evaluation revised IV. HISTORIC CONTEXT PALO ALTO HISTORY Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J The earliestknown inhabitants of the current-daylocation of Palo Alto area were the Ohlone people. The region was colonized by Gaspar de Portola in 1769 as part of the Spanish territory of Alta California.The Spanish and Mexicangovernments carved the area into large ranchos, and the land that later became Palo Alto belonged to several of these land grants, includingRancho Corte Madera, Rancho Pastoria de las Borregas,Rancho Rincon de San Francisquito, and Rancho Rinconadadel Arroyo de San Francisquito.8 The Rancho Rinconadadel Arroyo de San Francisquito encompassed more than 2,200 acres and covered all of the originalPalo Alto town site. The northern boundary of the rancho was defined by San Francisquito Creek, while the southwestern boundary was located near El Camino Real, and the southeastern boundary layparallelto the current-dayEmbarcadero Road.9 These land grants were honored in the cession of Californiato the United States during the 1840s,but parcels were subdividedand sold throughout the nineteenth century. The earliesttownship within the current boundaries of Palo Alto was calledMayfield.In 1882, railroad magnate and Californiapolitician,Leland Stanford, purchased 1,000 acres adjacent to Mayfieldto add to his large estate in northwestern Santa Clara County. Stanford'svast holdings became known as the Palo Alto Stock Farm. After Leland and Jane Stanford's teenage son, Leland Jr., died in 1884, the couple chose to create a universityin his honor. The Stanfords wanted a co- educational and non-denominationaluniversity,which contrasted with many contemporary institutions.10 On March 9, 1885, the universitywas founded through an endowment act by the CaliforniaAssemblyand Senate. Using their Stock Farm land, the Stanfords began constructing Leland Stanford Junior University,which ultimatelyopened in 1891. Whilethe universitywas in its planning stages,Leland Stanford considered Mayfieldan appropriate servicetown to support the school's operations. However, the Stanfords believedthat the university' smission and community would be negativelyaffected by the presence of alcohol. 11 With 13 popular saloons then operating in the town, Mayfieldrejectedthe Stanfords' request to go dry. Seekingan alternative, Stanford decided in 1894 to found the town of Palo Alto with help from his friend Timothy Hopkins of the Southern PacificRailroad.Hopkins purchased and subdivided740 acres of the former Rancho Rinconadadel Arroyo de San Francisquito.12 Known as both the Hopkins Tract and UniversityPark, the townsite was bounded by the San Francisquito Creek to the north, the railroadtracks and Stanford Universitycampus to the southwest, and Embarcadero Road to the south (Figure 51). 8 "Palo Alto, California,"Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palo_Alto,_California#cite_note-12. 9 Ward Winslowand the Palo Alto HistoricalAssociation,PaloAlto:A CentennialHistory(Palo Alto Historical Association:Palo Alto, CA, 1993),16-17. 10 "History of Stanford," Stanford University.http://www.stanford.edu/about/history/. 11 "A Flash History of Palo Alto," Quora. http://www.quora.com/How-is-the-historical-city-Mayfield-CA- related-to-Palo-Alto-CA. 12 "ComprehensivePlan," Cityof Palo Alto, section L-3. nue is January7, 2019 - 20 - Packet Pg. 328 c. HistoricResource 980MiddlefieldRoac Evaluation revised UNIVERSITY pJRK +u D 4VI1 QMM1<NTS. Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J Figure 51. Map of the originalPalo Alto townsite. Source: Branner Earth SciencesLibraryand Map Collections,Stanford University. nue is Followingthe Stanford's wishes,Palo Alto was founded as a temperance town where no alcohol could be served. A new train stop was created along UniversityAvenue, and the new town flourished around the younguniversity.Palo Alto grew to be much more prosperous than its southeastern neighbor, Mayfield.Manypeople who were employed at Stanford Universitychose to move to Palo Alto, which was considered the safer and more desirablealternativeof the two towns.13 The residents were mostly middle and working class, with a pocket of Stanford facultymembers clustered in the neighborhood named Professorville.The development of a local streetcar in 1906 and the interurban railwayto San Jose in 1910 facilitatedaccess to jobs outside the city and to the universitycampus, encouragingmore people to move to Palo Alto.14 Mayfieldcontinued its decline, and its residents voted to become a "dry" town in 1904 —although allowedthe MayfieldBreweryto continue operation. However, the town was plaguedby financialissues and could not compete with Palo Alto' s growth. In July 1925,Mayfieldwas officiallyannexed into the city of Palo Alto.15 Palo Alto was one of the first Californiacitiesto establisha City Planning Commission (CPC). In 1917, this advisorycommission considered zoning matters in order to control new development and design within the city. The CPC'spurviewincludedregulationson signage,public landscapingand lighting,and residentialdevelopment. Palo Alto ' sregulations on development have resulted in its relativelylow density and consistent aesthetic. However, zoning controls in the earlypart of the twentieth century contributed to racialsegregationin the city and the exclusionof certain groups from residentialareas. Severalneighborhoods were created with race -based covenants, which persisted until this practice was ruled unconstitutional in 1948.16 13 Matt Bowling,"The Meeting on the Corner: The Beginningof Mayfield' sEnd," Palo Alto History.org, http: //www. paloaltohi story. org/the-beginning-of-mayfie lds-end.php. 14 Dames & Moore, "Final SurveyReport — Palo Alto Historical SurveyUpdate: August 1997-August2000," prepared for the City of Palo Alto Planning Division, February 2001, 1-4. 15 "A Flash History of Palo Alto," Quora. 16 Dames & Moore, "Final SurveyReport," 1-7. January7, 2019 - 21 - Packet Pg. 329 c. HistoricResource 980MiddlefieldRoac Evaluation revised Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package nue is The depression of the 1930s impacted the design,construction, and financing of buildings across the nation. In many areas, there was little to no buildingin the 1930s; however, this was not the case in Palo Alto. WhilePalo Alto did suffer through the Great Depression, new development did not come to a halt. The United States government assisted in providing housing through severalprograms in the 1930s. Architecturaljournals and newspapers showed a substantial amount of construction between 1931 and 1944.800 buildings(includingthe subject building)were built between these years, most before 1941.17 The United States' involvement in World War II brought an influx of militarypersonnel and their familiesto the San Francisco Peninsula. When the war ended, Palo Alto saw rapid growth. Many familieswho had been stationed on the Peninsulaby the militaryor who worked in associated industries chose to stay. Palo Alto ' spopulation more than doubled from 16,774in 1940 to 33,753 in 1953.18 Stanford Universitywas also a steady attraction for residents and development in the city. The citygreatlyexpanded in the late 1940s and 1950s, as new parcels were annexed to house new offices and light industrialuses (Figure 52). As a result of this development, the city evolved somewhat beyond its "collegetown" reputation.19 Palo Alto annexed a vast area of mostly undeveloped land west of the Foothill Expressway (Interstate 280) between 1959 and 1968. This area has remainedprotected open space Small annexations continued into the 1970s. Palo Alto remains closelytied to Stanford University,its largest employer. The technology industry currently dominates other sectors of business, as is the case with most cities within SiliconValley. Figure 52. The expansion of Palo Alto from 1894 to 1952. Source: Branner Earth SciencesLibraryand Map Collections,Stanford University. 17 Dames & Moore Final SurveyReport Update pg. 1-9. 18 "Depression, War, and the Population Boom," Palo Alto MedicalFoundation- Sutter Health, accessed March 24, 2016, http://www.pamf.org/about/pamthistory/depression.html. 19 "ComprehensivePlan," section L-4. January7, 2019 - 22 - Packet Pg. 330 c. HistoricResource 980MiddlefieldRoac Evaluation revised ROLLERHAPGOOD & TINNEY Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J Prior to its closure in 2013, RollerHapgood & Tinney was one of the oldest family-ownedand operated funeral homes on the Peninsula and was the oldest in Palo Alto. The business was establishedin 1899 by Josiah W. Roller, a San Francisco-basedretired cabinet maker who was often calledupon to make coffins before he was hired by the Nathaniel Gray Company (one of the largest undertaker establishments in San Francisco).Promotional materialfor RollerHapgood & Tinney produced in the twentieth century claimsthe company was establishedin 1899. However, it appears as though Josiah Roller did not open his own establishmentin Palo Alto until 1900.20 nue is The PaloAltoTimesreported in January 1900 that Roller, a "wellknown undertaker,"planned to open undertakingparlors in Palo Alto and bring his familyto Palo Alto to reside.21 There appears to have been some resistanceto Roller opening an undertakingparlor in a then-residentialportion of Palo Alto. A petition was circulated,and many opposed Roller'splan out of fear that "such an establishmentwould injure the value of their property."22 Despite the opposition, by August 1900, Roller,"Undertaker and Embalmer," had established an office/residence at 421 Margaret Street, and had opened a mortuary chapel and warerooms at 420 Cowper Street.23 Josiah'sfuneral home business quicklygrew. Some accounts report that Josiah'sson, Arthur Roller, took over the business in 1906 or 1910, but most report that the transfer of ownership occurred in 1912, when Josiah fully retired. Arthur appears to have then partnered with Frank A. Hapgood in 1912, and the business was re -named Roller & Hapgood.24 In 1913, the company secured a Pierce Arrow limousine, "the first fullyequipped automobile hearse on the coast" (Figure 53).25 Even with the limousine,Roller& Hapgood continued to offer regularhorse-drawn service for those uninterested in motorized transport. According to the HistoryofSantaClaraCounty, published in 1922, "Roller & Hapgood enjoy a wide and enviablereputation for the perfection with which they operate their service in behalf of afflictedhumanityand according to the last word of science."26 Figure 53: New and modern ambulance service (ca.1913).Source: Palo Alto Historical Association. 20 PaloAltoDailyNews(June 9, 1905). 21 PaloAlto Times(January23, 1900). 22 PaloAltoLiveOak (February 12, 1900). 23 PaloAlto Times(August 10, 1900). 24 "New of 25 Years Ago (from files of the Times)"PaloAltoTimes(Ju1y27,1912). 25 PaloAlto Times(Januaryl 1, 1913). 26 Eugene T. Sawyer,HistoryofSantaClaraCounty(Los Angeles:Historic Record Co., 1922). January7, 2019 - 23 - Packet Pg. 331 c. HistoricResource 980MiddlefieldRoac Evaluation revised Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package nue is In February 1924, Roller& Hapgood announced plans to construct a funeral home at the southwest corner of Cowper Street and UniversityAvenue.27 The new buildingwas completed by August 1924, at a cost of $35,000.As reported in the PaloAltoTimes, "the most attractive feature of the new funeral home is the chapel, with a seatingcapacityof over 100, where services can be held without removal to a church. The chapel is finished along simple Gothic lines, with stained glass windows and the reverent atmosphere of a church auditorium. A choir loft at the rear provides for the musicians.In addition to the reception rooms, which are attractivelyfurnished in subdued taupe, and the chapel, there are the office and workroom on the main floor, a basement displayroom for caskets and an apartment upstairs for the use of a caretaker."28 In 1946, Arthur Roller's son Willis,and Frank Hapgood's son Robert, became partners and entered the familybusiness. In February 1949, Tom Kearney, former chief of police in Menlo Park, announced his associationwith Roller& Hapgood- his officialrole at the company is unknown, and the firm name remainedunchanged.29 FollowingKearneyjoiningthe company, Roller& Hapgood purchased a Redwood City funeral home calledFranklin & Crowe in late February 1949 and changed the name to Roller,Hapgood & Lorentzen. Articles of incorporation for RollerHapgood & Lorentzen, Inc., were filed in Sacramento to engage in the mortuary business. Directors of the new company were Arthur Roller and Frank A. Hapgood of 481 UniversityAvenue, Palo Alto, and Laura Lorentzen of 926 MiddlefieldRoad, Redwood City.30 The mortuary at 481 UniversityAvenue in Palo Alto remained as Roller& Hapgood. The firm Roller,Hapgood & Lorentzen built the White Oaks Chapel in San Carlos in 1949 (demolished)and the Redwood Chapel in Redwood City, in 1951 (Figure 54); WillisRoller(son of Arthur Roller)and Frank Hapgood sold both of these funeral homes in September 1965.31 In 1950, after having occupied the building at 481 UniversityAvenue since 1924, Roller & Hapgood began planning a new, largermortuary establishmentat 980 MiddlefieldRoad (see section to follow under "Site History").32 In 1952, Arthur Roller was killedby a Southern Pacificpassengertrain in South Palo Alto. In 1960, Arthur Roller'sother son, Robert Roller, and Robert F. Hapgood's son, Walter, also became partners in the business. In 1970, Roller& Hapgood took on two more partners, Keneth C. Welch and Ernest R. Duranti, who had been employeesof the firm since 1953.33 In 1971,a lawsuit asking$375,000in damages was filed againstRoller & Hapgood regardinga payment dispute.34 Also in 1971, a gravediggersstrike occurred, closing all but two cemeteries in San Mateo County and requiring funeral homes like Roller & Hapgood to store bodies.35 Embalmers also went on strike in 1971 for a total of 88 days.36 In September 1971, Roller& Hapgood acquiredtheir oldest competitor, Tinney & Sons Funeral Chape1.37 The new combined business was renamed RollerHapgood & Tinney. The previous Tinney chapel at 555 CollegeAvenue was closed (Figure 55). At the time, Roller& Hapgood was owned by 27 "$20,000Mortuaryto be Builtby Local Firm," PaloAltoTimes(February22, 1924). 28 "New Funeral Home is Completed Here," PaloAlto Times(August5, 1924). 29 "Ex -MP cop joins Roller& Hapgood," PaloAltoTimes(February3, 1949). 30 "ArticlesAre Filed in State Capital for New Mortuary,"PaloAlto Times(February23, 1949). 31 "Funeral Homes sold by area undertakers,"PaloAlto Times(September 2, 1965). 32 "Roller& Hapgood planning mortuary on MiddlefieldRoad," PaloAlto Times(November 28, 1950). 33 "Roller& Hapgood takes 2 outsiders'aspartners."PaloAltoTimes(September9, 1970). 34 "$375,000Pa10 Alto Suit Filed Over Funeral Costs," PaloAltoTimes(February26,1971). 35 "Plenty of room for body storage during strike, morticians say,"PaloAlto Times(June 26, 1971).A second strike occurred later, in 1985. 36 "Embalmers' Strike Settled,"SanFranciscoChronicle(July15,1971). 37 "Roller& Hapgood acquiresa competitor," PaloAlto Times(September8, 1976). Two other remaininglocal competitors were Bishop-Bronzini-Girouard, 744 San Antonio Road, and Palm O'Dell, 935 Industrial Avenue. January7, 2019 - 24 - Packet Pg. 332 c. HistoricResource 980MiddlefieldRoac Evaluation revised Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package Robert Roller,FerrellHapgood (Robert Hapgood's widow),Kenneth Welch, and Ernest Duranti. The Tinney Funeral Home had been started in 1910 by George W. and MayE. Tinny. The firm had been operated by their son, Ray Tinney, until 1947, when his widow, Edith, and their son, Raymond, took over. As reported in the PaloAltoTimes, "decliningpatronage and a trend towards simple funerals had left Tinney a less-than-lucrativeoperation."38 A nationwidetrend saw many funeral homes mergingbecause they could no longer afford to operate independently. By 1999, Deborah Hapgood, fourth generation of the Hapgood familyand great granddaughterof Frank Hapgood, headed the company.39 At the time, the mortuary was still accommodatingmore than 600 funerals a year and remained the largestfuneral home on the Peninsula.40 41 nue is On November 1, 2013, Roller Hapgood & Tinney closed after 114 years of business. At time of RollerHapgood & Tinney'sclosure, only one remainingfuneral home operated in Palo Alto, at Alta Mesa Cemetery(est. 2010, located at 695 Arastradero Road) (Figure 56). Earlier local competitors Bishop Jordan/Bishop-Bronzini-Girouard/Palo Alto Chapel (constructed in 1961, located at 744 San Antonio Road) and Palm O'Dell (constructed in 1960, located at 935 Industrial Avenue) had already closed (Figure 57 to Figure 58).42 Accordingto Ward Winslow,author of PaloAlto:A Centennial History, the shuttering of Palo Alto ' sthird-oldest business left only three local businesses more than 100 years old: Thoits Insurance (1890);Dahl Plumbing (1897);and Millsthe Florist (1903). Figure 54: Redwood Chapel at 847 Woodside Road, Redwood City (built 1951). Source: Google Street View. 38 Ibid. 39 "100 Years Caring For Yours- the Funeral Business in Palo Alto," PAHA (October 3, 1999). 40 Emily Richmond, "Changingviewsabout death over funeral homes' 100 years,"PaloAltoDailyNews (October 1, 1999). 41 MelindaSacks,"Death in the family,"PaloAlto Weekly(November 6, 1991)21. 42 744 San Antonio Road is slated for demolition as part of a proposed hotel development. 935 Industrial Avenue is vacant. January7, 2019 - 25 - Packet Pg. 333 c. HistoricResource 980MiddlefieldRoac Evaluation revised Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package Figure 55: 555 CollegeAvenue (built 1958). Source:Palo Alto Historical Association(photograph undated). Figure 56: Alta Mesa Funeral Home (built 2010). Source:Map Quest. Figure 57: 744 San Antonio Road, Palo Alto (built 1961). Source: 744-750 San Antonio Road Environmental Impact Report (March2017). Figure 58: 935 Industrial Avenue, Palo Alto (built 1960). Source: Google Street View,2017. SITEHISTORY:980 MIDDLEFIELDROAD AND 637-45 ADDISON AVENUE The subject property was first depicted on the 1901 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map, when the block was only minimallydevelopedwith a few single-familyhomes (Figure 59). By 1904, additional homes had been developed at the southern half of the block, and by 1908, the northern half of the block began to be developed, as well (Figure 60 to Figure 61). The 1924 Sanborn map reflects the full development of the subject block, with the exception of the subject site itself(Figure 62). An aerialphotograph taken in 1941 appears to depict a Quonset hut building;research did not uncover additionalinformation about this structure (Figure 63). By December 1942, the Quonset hut had been demolished and the lot appears to have remained vacant until 1951 (Figure 64 to Figure 65). nue is January7, 2019 - 26 - Packet Pg. 334 c. HistoricResource 980MiddlefieldRoac Evaluation revised ^- z M(DDLEFIELD ROAD Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J nue is Figure 59: 1901 Sanborn Map depicting the subject block; approximate location of subject property shaded. Source: Digital Sanborn Maps, San Francisco Public Library. Edited by Page & Turnbull. MIDDLEFIELD ROAD WEBSTER 1 4 Figure 60: 1904 Sanborn Map depictingthe subject block; approximate location of subject property shaded. Source: Digital Sanborn Maps, San Francisco Public Library. Edited by Page & Turnbull. January7, 2019 -27- Packet Pg. 335 c. HistoricResource 980MiddlefieldRoac Evaluation revised al 3 MIDDLEFIELD ro' 1 PS '�' 1 Ir'nI -EII WEBSTER Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package Figure 61: 1908 Sanborn Map depicting the subject block; approximate location of subject property shaded. Source: Digital Sanborn Maps, San Francisco Public Library. Edited by Page & Turnbull. 100 21 �.. e ROAD MIDDLEFIELD E ' ` r I 0 L Lry1 EE 10 .ri L � 4 WEBSTER 243 sQ. as Figure 62: 1924 Sanborn Map depicting the subject block; approximate location of subject property shaded. Source: Digital Sanborn Maps, San Francisco Public Library. Edited by Page & Turnbull. nue is January7, 2019 - 28 - Packet Pg. 336 c. HistoricResource Evaluation revised 980MiddlefieldRoac Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J Figure 63: FairchildAerialSurveysphotograph taken April 16, 1941; approximate location of subject property shaded. Image edited by Page & Turnbull. Source: http://mil.library.ucsb.edu/ap_indexes/FrameFinder/ Figure 64: Aero ServicesCorporation photograph taken December 31, 1942; approximate location of subject property shaded. Image edited by Page & Turnbull. Source: http://mil.library.ucsb.edu/ap_indexes/FrameFinder/ January7, 2019 - 29 - Packet Pg. 337 nue is c. HistoricResource 980MiddlefieldRoac Evaluation revised IE MIDDLEFrELD Jol )C i1 r L E���`LJ Ua ;L._:' . ,t • e94 C g E - . LI P 3�' I it i 1 Ib WEDSTER ROAD 243 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J Figure 65: December 1949 Sanborn Map depicting the subject block; approximate location of subject property shaded. Source: Digital Sanborn Maps, San Francisco Public Library. Edited by Page & Turnbull. In 1950, a permit for a $100,000buildingwas issued for the new Roller& Hapgood mortuary, designedby prominent local architectLesliel. Nichols to be more than double the size of the firm's previous building at 481 UniversityAvenue.43 In February 1951, construction of the subject building at 980 MiddlefieldRoad commenced at the previouslyundeveloped comer lot at MiddlefieldRoad and Addison Avenue.Nichol'soriginalplans depict the building footprint much as it is today, except for later small additions and an enclosed terrace at the southeast/southwest facades (see Construction Chronology section to follow)(Figure 66). An architectural drawing published in the PaloAlto Timesjust prior to the building'sgrand opening also depicts the buildingwith the generally the same footprint it has today; a rear garage(since expanded) is also depicted (Figure 67). The buildingofficiallyopened to the public on December 1, 1951. An advertisementfor the mortuary read: "We have chosen this location awayfrom the congested downtown area, in quiet surroundings, yet readily accessible,as it is on a main thoroughfare...On entering the building, one is greeted with a quiet garden-likeatmosphere created by an indoor patio. The chapel carries out the same feeling.There is also a smallerdrawing-roomchapel for familiesdesiringprivate services.Every effort has been made in planning to provide for the comfort and convenience of the familieswe serve. The entire buildinghas the most modem facilities,is air-conditionedand spacious. Immediatelyadjoiningis a fifty-carparking lot."44 As of late December 1951, the landscapingand paving of a parking lot were not yet complete, but they appear to have been completed shortly thereafter (Figure 68).45 The new buildingwas constructed to accommodate as many as 300 funeral guests. The large chapel, with a vaulted ceilingand exposed beams, sat 180 guests. The stone accent wall of the chapel was sourced from a calciumcarbonate quarry near Santa Cruz.46 43 "Roller& Hapgood planning mortuary on MiddlefieldRoad," PaloAltoTimes(November 28, 1950). as "An Addition of Beautyand Dignity," DailyPaloAlto Tim es(November 29, 1951). 45 "New Mortuary,"SanJoseMercuryNews(December 27, 1951). 46 "RollerHapgood Tinney,"http://www.shoppaloalto.com/rollerhapgoodtinney/?listing.action=about nue is January7, 2019 - 30 - Packet Pg. 338 c. HistoricResource Evaluation revised 980MiddlefieldRoac Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination nue is . r.'•. .rH —.Ti:Y I.Y'I 1•/ � rep. I t' - ass •,. a -4. wr • 0 -- .•T•w'uTi _-'� • • raa•. x'o•1 _sr • •I,f .T 1t Package J Figure 66: Original floor plan of 980 MiddlefieldRoad by LeslieI. Nichols, dated January12,1951. Source:Huang Iboshi Architecture,Inc. January7, 2019 - 31 - Packet Pg. 339 c. HistoricResource Evaluation revised 980MiddlefieldRoac Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package nue is Figure 67: Drawing of subjectbuildingupon its grand opening, view from MiddlefieldRoad and Addison Avenue. Note open terrace at imageleft/rear (to be later enclosed). Source:DailyPaloAlto Times(November 29, 1951). Figure 68: Subjectbuilding,recentlyafter opening, view from MiddlefieldRoad and Addison Avenue looking west. Source: San JoseMercuryNews(December 27, 1951). In 1964, a rear caretaker'sresidence addressed 637 Addison Avenue was constructed at the far west corner of the property (Figure 69). A three -stall carport at the southwest property of 637 Addison Avenue was constructed at an unknown date. A second garagewas constructed next to the 1951 January7, 2019 - 32 - Packet Pg. 340 c. Item 2 HistoricResource Evaluation revised 980MiddlefieldRoac Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J Sue is garage;the two garageswere joined at an unknown date after 1976. In 1976, a residentialbuildingat 645 Addison Avenue was demolished to make way for additional parking spaces to the southwest of the mortuary building. The Palo Alto ArchitecturalReviewBoard approved the demolition on November 2, 1976. The request read: "Remove building, add 8 parking spaces, fence and landscaping...thedwellingto be removed is uninhabitable and the changeswillbe an improvement to the site."47 By 1980, the area southwest of the subject building (currently a turf field) appears to have been fullypaved. Figure 69: CartwrightAerialSurveysphotograph taken April 30, 1965 ; location of subject property shaded. Image edited by Page & Turnbull. Source: http://mil.library.ucsb.edu/ap_indexes/FrameFinder/ The subjectbuildingitselfat 980 MiddlefieldRoad appears to have undergone some exterior alterations between its construction in 1951 and 1974, when mechanicalunits are known to have been installedon the roof. Most notably, the southeast and southwest facades were altered with small additions, fenestration changes, and the enclosure of an open terrace (see Construction Chronology section to follow).An articlepublished in 1981 in the PeninsulaTimesTribunereferences the enclosed terrace in its description of "the wide entrance hallwayframed on one side by an expanse of glass, affording a view of a school across the street, where life is very much in progress."48 Advertisements and published photographs featuring the subjectbuildingreflectno apparent exterior additions or alterations to the primarynortheast facade (Figure 70 to Figure 71). RollerHapgood & Tinney closed in 2010, and in 2013, the subject property was sold to MarissaMayer.49 47 Palo Alto Planning Department Files (NA (93-ARB-19)). 48 "Helping the Livingto Carry On," PeninsulaTimesTribune(May11,1981). 49 "Yahoo CEO buys funeral home," PaloAltoDailyPost(October 29, 2013). January7, 2019 - 33 - Packet Pg. 341 c. Item 2 HistoricResource Evaluation revised 980 MiddlefzeldRocu Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package sue is loor. ROLLER & HAPGOOD & TINNEY FUNERAL DIRECTORS 980 MIDDLEFIELD ROAD PALO ALTO, CA 94301 (415) 328-1360 4 • ti f. rkck `• ftie..�y�• PROUDLY SERVING THE PENINSUL) SINCE 1899 Figure 71: Subjectbuildingin 1991. View northwest. Source:PaloA Ito Weekly(November 6, 1991). Figure 70: Advertisementfor RollerHapgood & Tinney. Viewnorthwest. Source:PeninsulaTimesTribune(February28, 1993). January7, 2019 - 34 - Packet Pg. 342 c. HistoricResource Evaluation revised CONSTRUCTION CHRONOLOGY 980MiddlefieldRoac Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J The followingtable and accompanyingnarrativeprovide a timeline of construction activityat 980 MiddlefieldRoad/637-45 Addison Avenue based on buildingpermit applications filed with the City of Palo Alto BuildingInspection Division, records provided by the Palo Alto Planning Department, and historic newspaperarticles.50 Research did not uncover any originalbuildingpermits. The only permitted exterior alteration of the mortuary building is a reroofing project in 2011. Permitted alterations of the property are limitedto fencing changes. Date Permit # Scope of Work 7/22/1963 NA (76-ZC-14) Change of zoning from R -3-P, R-3 and R-2 to P -C Buildingremoval (645 Addison Avenue) and screen fence for Roller& Hapgood. Plans by John W. Cole, Architect. ArchitecturalReviewBoard approval of new fence at rear cottage (caretakerresidence) Replace redwood shake roof with black composition shingle roof 7/16/1976 NA 1/29/1993 NA (93-ARB-19) 8//12/2011 11-2108 Nichols' 1951 plans, blueprints from 1958, 1965, 1974, 1976, and 1983 (not completed by Nichols), and visual observation indicate that a number of modifications occurred between 1951 and 1974.51 For the purposes of this report, the architecturalfirm Huang Iboshi Architecture,Inc., edited the 1951 floor plan and roof plan to visuallyindicate areas of the buildingthat have been altered (Figure 72 to Figure 73). Alterations include the partialremoval/infill of the originalwindow configuration at the southwest facade and the installationof verticalribbon windows in their place.52 The southwest facade was also altered with an upper roof addition featuringclerestorywindows;a wood - screened mechanicalunit was installedatop the upper roof addition. A singlerear window at the north portion of the southwest facade (facingnorthwest, located near the roll -up garagedoor) was converted to a personnel access door. The southwest facade was additionallyaltered at the south - most buildingcorner, when a small,wraparound portion of covered terrace was enclosed with stucco siding. The majorityof the originalcovered terrace was located at the south portion of the southeast facade, and featured a low brick knee wall. The open-air portion of the terrace (above the brick knee wall) was enclosed with fixedglazingand the originalsouth entrance door was accordinglyshifted south to its current location. The buildingroofline was not altered when the terrace was enclosed. A small addition was constructed at the midpoint of the southeast facade, which involvedexpandingthe interior office spaces (fronting Addison Avenue) in a southwest direction. Mechanicalunits were also installedat the southeast roofline and are shielded from viewby wood screens. It is possible the buildingwas re -stuccoed at an unknown date. If so, it was re -stuccoed in kind. nue is 50 Note that permits were not collectedat Palo Alto BuildingInspection for 637-45 Addison Avenue. However, the Palo Alto Planning Department did provide relevant documents on file for 637-45 Addison Avenue. 51 The 1958 drawingsare for a new garageat the rear of the property. The 1965 drawing is for a site redevelopment project (new parking, other alterations at rear portion of property). The 1974 drawings are for a mechanicalunit to be installedat the upper level southwest facade roof. The 1976 drawingsare for building removal (at rear of property) and a new wood fence. The 1993 drawing is for a new wood/stone fence. 52 This alteration appears to have been associatedwith an interior change of use from the undertaker' sliving room to a second chapel space. January7, 2019 - 35 - Packet Pg. 343 c. HistoricResource Evaluation revised 980MiddlefieldRoac Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination nue is 1 1 s 1? 33' . Y...i .r4`. • «w' •.J' • . • . ,'.r.y a 44+4 -4-4A • e r,zjr .^,OOR P AA, !•7CYarL,rvvr !CA. 120 4. « a 1 Wava000 C, Nx'l( arP7looi.#r.LGIAo6ua. a9a0 R.ro. CgLll' — '� —• ...« Package J L1SLI{ L ■IOIq./ ~IMP Figure 72: Originalbuildingplans dated January12, 1951, by architectLesliel. Nichols. Plans edited by Huang Iboshi Architecture,Inc., with red arrows to indicate general areas of alteration. Page & Turnbull has noted an additionalred arrow should be added to indicate the enclosure of the smallwraparound terrace portion at the far south end of the southwest facade. Source: Courtesy of Huang Iboshi Architecture,Inc. January7, 2019 - 36 - Packet Pg. 344 c•. HistoricResource Evaluation revised 980MiddlefieldRoac UPPER ROOF ADDITION WITH WEST FACING CLERESTORY WINDOWS (BETWEEN 1958-1974) LOWER ROOF INFILL (SOMETIME BETWEEN 1958-1974) Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package nue is HUANG I B 0 5 H 1 ARCH I T E C T U R E 1736 51.1don Sit., :cm Fmn,•5‘o L rfn-ri_ 94,33 T141512i7-7053 F:1415 217-7066 ROOFTOP HVAC ENCLOSURE (1974) ■HVAC/SCREENING (DATE UNKNOWN) Figure 73: Originalbuildingplans dated January12,1951, by architect LeslieI. Nichols. Plans edited by Huang Iboshi Architecture, Inc., with red shading to indicate generalareas of alteration (withkeyby Huang Iboshi Architecture,Inc.). Source:Courtesyof Huang Iboshi Architecture,Inc. January7, 2019 - 37 - Packet Pg. 345 c. HistoricResource 980MiddlefieldRoac Evaluation revised MIDCENTURYMODERN STYLE Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J nue is The followinginformation is excerpted from the City of San Francisco's SanFranciscoModern ArchitectureandLandscapeDesign,1935-1970,HistoricContextStatement(2011).The information below is not San Francisco-specific,but rather, describes general characteristicsof the MidcenturyModern style (1 945- 1 9 65)which can be appliedto buildings in Palo Alto. MidcenturyModem is a term used to describe an expressive,often exuberant stylethat emerged in the decades followingWorld War II. Influenced by the International Styleand the Second Bay Tradition, MidcenturyModern was a casual,more organic and expressivestyle, and was readily appliedto a wide range of property types. Custom -designed houses, residentialtract developments, churches, and commercialbuildingsincorporated MidcenturyModern design. Extant Midcentury Modern storefronts reflect the post-war innovations and changes in Americanretailingin the post- war era. MidcenturyModern is the most common Modern stylebuilt in the San Francisco BayArea from 1945-1965. The style incorporates an array of design elements includingcantileveredoverhangs, projecting eaves, canted windows,proj ecting boxes that enframe the upper stories, stucco siding, the use of bright or contrasting colors, spandrel glass,large expanses of windows, flat or shed roof forms, stacked brick veneer, asymmetricalfacades, and occasionallyverticalwood siding. Historic references or revivalinfluences are notably absent from the MidcenturyModern style. The term MidcenturyModem was generated by the public rather than scholars.53 General character defining features: • Projecting eaves and exposed rafters • Cantileveredoverhangs • Flat, shed or low-pitched gable roof forms • Vaultedroofs and overhangs • Articulatedprimaryfacades • Stucco, wood (often vertical),or corrugated siding • StackedRoman brick or stone often used as accent material • Expressed post and beam construction • Strong right angles and simple cubic forms ■ Projectingverticalelements • Large steel- or wood -framed windows • Canted windows • Painted finish is often stained, earth tone, or brightlycolored • Projectingboxes that enframe the upper stories ■ Atrium or courtyard entryways • Overhangingtrellises,sunshades, and pergolas Character -defining features specificto commercialand institutionalbuildings: • Spandrel glass • Stackedroman brick veneer 53 The RiversideModernism Context Statement provides a similardefinitionfor the sub -style it refers to as "Mid -Century" Modern design. Recent Modern Age context statements developed by Pasadena, San Diego, and Fresno, California,have defined region-specificversions of MidcenturyModem design. Fresno and San Diego deemed their regional versions the Contemporary Style,while Pasadena defined its MidcenturyModern style as the postwar iteration of the International Style. January7, 2019 - 38 - Packet Pg. 346 c. HistoricResource 980MiddlefieldRoac Evaluation revised • Integrated planters • Angled or deeply recessed vestibules • Terrazzo paving • Projecting vertical elements • Metalawningsor canopies (zigzag,corrugatedmetal, or sheet metal) • Smallgeometric tiles set in geometricpatterns • Slightlyprojectingverticalmullions • Jalousiewindows,particularlyat the transom • Base mounted signageor "advertisingfront" lettering • Textileblock screens or metal sheathing.54 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J nue is 980 MiddlefieldRoad features numerous character-definingfeatures of the MidcenturyModern style listed above, including:projecting eaves (throughout building),cantileveredoverhangs (at entrances), flat roof forms, a vaulted roof form (chapel interior, not pictured in this report), an articulated primary facade, wood siding,brick, stone used as accent material, strong right angles and simple cubic forms, projectingverticalelements (sawtoothwall),atrium (interior portion not pictured in this report), courtyard, overhangingpergola, integratedplanter, and deeplyrecessedvestibules.Note the atrium is an indoor/outdoor feature; as such, the interior portion is not addressed in this report. The elevatedatrium roofing, however, is an exterior feature of the building. 980 MiddlefieldRoad sustained later alterations that occurred both within and outside the MidcenturyModern period. Modificationssuch as expansiveglazingat the southeast facade, colored glass ribbon windows at the southwest facade, and the installationof screened rooftop mechanical units were completed in a compatible manner, fitting with the building'sMidcenturyModern design. Midcentury Modern in Palo Alto As described earlierin this report, Palo Alto contained a handful of funeral homes during the mid - twentieth century. These buildings are the same typologyas 980 MiddlefieldRoad and are direct comparisons in terms of understanding the local context of midcenturymortuary buildings in Palo Alto. Of the three known local examples,one is slated for demolition (the former Bishop Jordan Funeral Home) and two have been extensivelyaltered (the former Tinney Funeral Chapel and the Palm O'DellMortuary)(Figure 74 to Figure 77), making980 Middlefieldthe earliestand best remaining example of mid-centurymodern mortuaries in Palo Alto. Figure 74: Historic photograph of Tinney Funeral Chapel at 555 CollegeAvenue, Palo Alto (built 1958-59). Source: Palo Alto HistoricalAssociation(undated photograph, likelyca.1960s). 54 MaryBrown, San Francisco Planning Dept tment, San FranciscoModernArchitectureandLandscapeDesign, 1935- 1970, HistoricContextStatement, Final Draft (12 January2011)189. January7, 2019 - 39 - Packet Pg. 347 c. HistoricResource Evaluation revised 980MiddlefieldRoac Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J nue is Figure 75: 555 CollegeAvenue,Palo Alto (formerlythe Tinney Funeral Chapel, built 1958-59). Source: Google Street View,2017. Figure 76: 935 Industrial Avenue, Palo Alto (formerlythe Palm O'Dell Mortuary, built 1960). Source: Google Street View,2017. Research did not uncover a historic photograph. Figure 77: 744 San Antonio Road, Palo Alto (formerlythe Bishop Jordan Funeral Home, built 1961). Source: 744-750SanAntonio Road Environmental Impact Report (March2017).This buildingis slated for demolition. January7, 2019 -40- Packet Pg. 348 c. HistoricResource 980MiddlefieldRoac Evaluation revised Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J While associatedwith ecclesiasticalarchitecture, as a mortuary 980 MiddlefieldRoad was a commercialbuildingduring its decades of operation. Mortuaries are a distinct subset of commercial architecture,but for the purposes of fullyunderstanding 980 MiddlefieldRoad within its local context of MidcenturyModern design, Page & Turnbull conducted a limited study of both commercialand ecclesiasticalbuildingsin Palo Alto (Figure 78 to Figure 82). While some commercialand ecclesiasticalbuildingsare high-styleexpressionsof the MidcenturyModern style, they were constructed later than 980 MiddlefieldRoad, which retains numerous MidcenturyModern character-definingfeatures and remains a good local example of the style (particularlywhen compared directlyto other MidcenturyModern funeral homes). Further, because 980 Middlefield Road was constructed in 1951, it is one of the earliestMidcenturyModern buildingsin Palo Alto. Figure 78: Edgewood Center at Embarcadero Road and Channing Avenue (built 1956, partiallydemolished 2012). Source: https://www. eichlemetwork.com/blog/dave- weinstein/edgewood-center-eichler-no-more Figure 79: 151 UniversityAve, Palo Alto (built 1964). Source: Google Street View,2017. Figure 81: Grace Lutheran Church at 3149 Waverly, Palo Alto (built 1960s).Source: Google Street View, 2015. Figure 79: Hewlett Packard Labs Buildingat 1501 Page MillRoad, Palo Alto (built 1960). Source: https://www.hpmuseum.net/display_division.php Figure 80: St. Ann's Chapel AnglicanChurch at 541 MelvilleAvenue, Palo Alto (built 1951). Source: Google Street View,2017. nue is Figure 82: First United Methodist Church at 625 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto (built 1961-63).Source: Google Street View,2018. January7, 2019 -41- Packet Pg. 349 c. HistoricResource 980MiddlefieldRoac Evaluation revised Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J ARCHITECTLESLIEI. NICHOLS (1894- 1969) LeslieNichols, a Chicago native, earned his bachelor' sand master's degrees in Architecture at Cornell University.Upon graduatingin 1920, Nichols began practicingwith the firm Gordon and Kaelber in Rochester,New York. While at Gordon and Kaelber, Nichols studied classicalBeauxArts traditions and modern trends in hospital and apartment buildingconstruction. In 1924, Nichols formed a New York City-basedpartnership with his father-in-law,Arthur Gibb. Together, they contributed to the design of the Holland Tunnel. Whileworkingin New York, Nichols won an architecturalcompetition to design a tuberculosishospital. nue is Nichols moved to Palo Alto in 1932 and opened an architecturaloffice the followingyear. He moved to Atherton in the late 1930s and resided at 369 Atherton Avenue. He worked throughout the Midpeninsularegion and primarilydesignedresidences,churches, and commercialbuildings(Figure 83 to Figure 90). He built over 36 houses, severalof which are located on Webster Street, Hamilton Avenue, and Forest Avenue in Palo Alto. His residencesranged in style from French Eclectic/Italian RenaissanceRevival(419 Maple Street),to ColonialRevival(39 Crescent Drive). In the early 1940s,Nichols "undertook a program of specialwork with the U.S. [A]rmy engineers... doingdesigningand postwar planning for a construction industry. In that work he spent considerabletime in the development of kitchens and planned storage."55 After World War II, Nichols successfullymade the transition to Modernism and from residentialand commercialto ecclesiasticaland institutionalprojects. The Roller and Hapgood Mortuary at 980 MiddlefieldRoad was a pivotal project within his portfolio of work. His best-known work of the period is the 1953 Palo Alto City Hall (now the Palo Alto Art Center) across the street from RinconadaPark, which was based on the design of Modern Ranch style houses. When designingthe Palo Alto City Hall building at 1313 Newell Road, Nichols intended for the redwood and brick exterior and shake roof to harmonize with the surrounding residential neighborhood. His plans provided for off-street parking and buried utilitylines. Other amenities included a lunchroom, council chambers with seating for 132, and a drive-inutilitypayment window.56 Interestingly,Nichols' designs between 1955 and 1969 often included a touch of Japanese influence. This can be seen at the subject building and at Nichols' own home at 369 Atherton Avenue (demolished),which featured an exterior wood screen.57 Nichols appears to have worked both independentlyand with partners. In 1946, he partnered with contractor Ross White and formed the architect-contractorfirm of Nichols-White,Inc. The pair constructed the commercialbuildingat 145 Addison Avenue in 1946.58 Ca. 1955, he was Principal of LeslieI. Nichols, Architect.59 Nichols served on the Atherton Planning Commissionuntil 1968 and was a member of the San Mateo County Planning Commission for 25 years, until 1964. He was a fellowof the American Institute of Architects and won severalarchitecturalawards prior to his retirement in 1967. Nichols was referenced in the 2002 Palo Alto City Council report (CMR 272 :02)for the Art Center and 55 "Nichols, Ross, will discuss home planning,"PaloAlto Times(January26, 1945). 56 "The three incarnations of 1313 Newell Road," TheTallTree(October 2016)3. 57 980 MiddlefieldRoad features a crane motif at the interior (not pictured in this report). 58 "Architect firm is putting up its own building,"PaloAltoTimes(January4, 1946). 59 "LeslieI. Nichols," PCAD. http://pcad.lib.washington.edu/person/5922/ January7, 2019 - 42 - Packet Pg. 350 c. HistoricResource 980MiddlefieldRoac Evaluation revised Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package nue is RinconadaLibraryexpansionas an architect of demonstrated importance.60 The Palo Alto Historical Associationregards Nichols as a widely-acclaimedarchitect. He is also discussedas an architect of note in the Final SurveyReport for the Palo Alto Historical SurveyUpdate by MichaelCorbett and Denise Bradleyof Dames & Moore (February2001).61 In addition to his professionalaccomplishments,Nichols was a founder of the Palo Alto Club, a charter member of the FellowshipForum of Menlo Park, a member of the Palo Alto Rotary Club, a member and president of the AmericanFuchsia Societyand AmericanBadminton Club, an active member of Palo Alto Camera Club, and a member of the Christian ScienceChurch.62 Nichols died in 1967. LeslieI. Nichols' known commissions include, but are not limitedto: Residential 39 Crescent Drive, Palo Alto (1925-27) 419 Maple, Palo Alto (1928-29)63 1407 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto (1933) 553 Center Street, Palo Alto (1934) 1045 Alma Street, Palo Alto (1934) 1230 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto (1934) 470 Santa Rita Avenue, Palo Alto (1935) 570 Chaucer Street, Palo Alto (1934-35) 123 Island Drive, Palo Alto (1935) 2150 Cowper Street, Palo Alto (1936) 2164 Webster Street, Palo Alto (1936) 2020 Webster Street, Palo Alto (1936) 1436 Emerson Street, Palo Alto (1936) 1448 Emerson Street, Palo Alto (1936) 1452 Emerson Street, Palo Alto (1936) 1464 Emerson Street, Palo Alto 91936) 2440 Bryant Street, Palo Alto (1936) 2044 Webster Street, Palo Alto (1936) 2430 South Court, Palo Alto (1936) 2420 Bryant Street, Palo Alto (1936) 2176 Webster Street, Palo Alto (1936) 450 Nevada Street, Palo Alto (1936) 436 Santa Rita Avenue, Palo Alto (1936) 1664 Emerson Street, Palo Alto (1937) 1910 Webster Street, Palo Alto (1937) 450 Santa Rita Avenue, Palo Alto (1937) 220 ChurchillAvenue, Palo Alto (1940, demolished) 1331 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto (1940, demolished) 1729 Cowper Street, Palo Alto (1941) 532 Emerson Street, Palo Alto (1941) 215 LowellAvenue,Palo Alto (1945)64 60 http://www.cityofpaloalto.org/civicax/filebank/documents/5031 61 https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/civicax/filebank/documents/61623 62 "LeslieNichols, noted architect in Midpeninsula,succumbs at 75," PaloAlto Times(December 17, 1969). 63 Nichols designed419 Maple remotely, from New York City. Birge Clark was the on -site architect. The home was commissionedby Nichols' Palo Alto -based parents. 64 Garage and laundry additions only. January7, 2019 - 43 - Packet Pg. 351 c. HistoricResource 980MiddlefieldRoac Evaluation revised 1115 Forest Avenue, Palo Alto (1945, demolished) 1431 WaverlyStreet, Palo Alto (1953)65 369 Atherton Avenue, Atherton (unknown, demolished) Commercial 240 UniversityAvenue, Palo Alto (1936) 616 UniversityAvenue, Palo Alto (193 8) 541 Bryant Street, Palo Alto (1946) 145 Addison Avenue, Palo Alto (1946) 330-44 CaliforniaAvenue,Palo Alto (1946) 643 Emerson Street, Palo Alto (1947) J.C. Penney' sat 300-312 UniversityAvenue, Palo Alto (1948)(demolished) Roller and Hapgood Mortuary at 980 MiddlefieldRoad (1951)66 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J nue is Ecclesiastic First PresbyterianChurch at 979 Santa Cruz Avenue, Menlo Park (1950) First PresbyterianChurch at 1140 Cowper Street, Palo Alto (1955-57) Christian ScienceChurch at 401 UniversityAvenue, Los Altos (unknown) CongregationalChurch (now, Peace United Church) at 900 High Street, Santa Cruz (unknown) Institutional Palo Alto City Hall (now, Palo Alto Art Center) at 1313 Newell Road (1953) Fire Station 6 at 700 Oak Grove, Menlo Park (1953) Fire Station 1 at 300 MiddlefieldRoad, Menlo Park (1955) (appears very altered) Fire Station 2 at 2290 UniversityAvenue, Menlo Park (1956) (demolished) Recreational 1899 Park Boulevard,Palo Alto (1952) Lawn BowlingClub House, Palo Alto (1954)67 65 "Gamble, Edwin and Elizabeth L. House," PCAD. http://pcad.lib.washington.edu/building/16676/. Note that 1431 WaverlyStreet, known as the Gamble House, was constructed ca.1908by Charles Kaiser Sumner and Henry Mather Greene. Nichols is responsible only for a later porch alteration in 1953. 66 Note the mortuary was not associatedwith any particularreligion,and operated as a business. 67 Peter Danner, "A Timeline of the Palo Alto Lawn Bowls Club," https://www.palbc.org/history/. Nichols' designhas since been substantiallyadded on to. January7, 2019 - 44 - Packet Pg. 352 c. HistoricResource Evaluation revised 980MiddlefieldRoac Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination nue is Figure 83: 145 Addison Avenue (built 1946). Source: Google Street View. Figure 84: 330-44Ca1iforniaAvenue,Palo Alto (built 1946). Source: Google Street View. Figure 86: First PresbyterianChurch at 979 Santa Cruz Avenue, Menlo Park (built 1950). Source: Google Street View. Figure 85: 643 Emerson Street, Palo Alto (built 1947). Source: Google Street View. Package J Figure 88: Fire Station 6 at 700 Oak Grove, Menlo Park Figure 89: LawnBowlingClub House, Palo Alto (built 1953). Source: Google Street View. (built 1954). Source: paloaltohistory.org. Figure 87: First PresbyterianChurch at 1140 Cowper Street, Palo Alto (built 1955-57). Source: Google Street View. Figure 88: ChristianScienceChurch at 401 UniversityAvenue, Los Altos (construction date not known). Source: Google Street View. January7, 2019 - 45 - Packet Pg. 353 c. HistoricResource Evaluation revised 980MiddlefieldRoac Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination nue is Figure 89: CongregationalChurch (now, Peace United Church) at 900 High Street, Santa Cruz (construction date not known). Source: Google Maps. Figure 90: Palo Alto CityHall at 1313 Newell Road (now the Palo Alto Art Center) (built 1965). Source: Palo Alto Art Center Foundation. January7, 2019 - 46 - Package J Packet Pg. 354 c. HistoricResource 980MiddlefieldRoac Evaluation revised V. EVALUATION Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J nue is CALIFORNIAREGISTEROF HISTORICAL IfIe CaliiforniaRegisterof Historical Resources (CaliforniaRegister)is an inventory of significant architectural,archaeological,and historicalresources in the State of California.Resources can be listed in the CaliforniaRegisterthrough a number of methods. State HistoricalLandmarks and National Register-listedproperties are automaticallylisted in the CaliforniaRegister.Properties can also be nominated to the CaliforniaRegisterby local governments, private organizations,or citizens. The CaliforniaRegisterof Historical Resources follows nearlyidenticalguidelinesto those used by the National Register,but identifiesthe Criteriafor Evaluationnumerically. In order for a property to be eligiblefor listingin the CaliforniaRegister,it must be found significant at the local, state, or national level,under one or more of the followingcriteria. • Criterion] (Events): Resources that are associatedwith events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of local or regionalhistory,or the culturalheritageof Californiaor the United States. • Criterion2 (Persons): Resources that are associatedwith the lives of persons important to local, California,or national history. • Criterion3 (Architecture): Resources that embody the distinctivecharacteristicsof a type, period, region, or method of construction, or represent the work of a master, or possess high artistic values. • Criterion4 (InformationPotential): Resources or sites that have yieldedor have the potential to yieldinformation important to the prehistory or history of the local area, California,or the nation. The followingsection examines the eligibilityof 980 MiddlefieldRoad/637-45 Addison Avenue for listingin the CaliforniaRegister. Criterion 1 (Events) 980 MiddlefieldRoad/637-45 Addison Avenue does not appear to be individuallysignificantunder Criterion 1 in associationwith historical events important to the history of Palo Alto, the state of California,or the United States. The primary mortuary building at 980 MiddlefieldRoad was constructed in 1951, many decades after Palo Alto ' s incorporation in 1894. The subject property was the last portion of the subject block to be developed. Although RollerHapgood was a very prominent and long-standinglocalbusiness in Palo Alto, the subject property itself does not fully represent the company' slegacy.RollerHapgood(initiallyRollerUndertaking Company and later, RollerHapgood & Tinney)operated out of at least three previous sites before its relocation to 980 MiddlefieldRoad. Further, the firm was not the only business of its kind in Palo Alto; competitors Bishop Jordan/B ishop-Bronzini-Girouard, Palm O'Dell, and Alta Mesa offered similarservicesto the Palo Alto community. As a result, the subject property at 980 MiddlefieldRoad/637-45 Addison Avenue does not appear individuallysignificantunder Criterion 1. Criterion 2 (Persons) The subject property at 980 MiddlefieldRoad/637-45 Addison Avenue was owned and operated by four generations of the Roller and Hapgood families,as well as multiple members of the Tinney family.The property did not experienceturnover in ownership prior until 2013, when it was purchased by Maris saMayer.Although the generationallegacyof the RollerHapgood, and Tinney familiesis notable, no individualsstand out as having made important contributions to local, state, or January7, 2019 - 47 - Packet Pg. 355 c. Item 2 HistoricResource 980MiddlefieldRoac AttachmentA-January nue Evaluation_revised 11, 2024 Nomination is Package national history such that the subject property would be eligiblefor individualsignificanceunder Criterion 2. As a result, the subject property at 980 MiddlefieldRoad/637-45 Addison Avenue does not appear individuallysignificantunder Criterion 2. Criterion 3 (Architecture/Design) 980 MiddlefieldRoad was constructed in 1951 by prominent local architectLesliel. Nichols in the MidcenturyModern style.He has previouslybeen acknowledgedby the City of Palo Alto as an architect of local importance. Nichols is best known for designingthe Palo Alto City Hall at 1313 Newell Road (now the Palo Alto Art Center), but completed dozens of commissionslocallyand throughout the San Francisco Peninsula.WhileNichols focused on residentialand commercial projects in the late 1920s through 1940s,he successfullymade the transition to ecclesiasticaland institutionalprojects in the early1950s. The Roller and Hapgood Mortuary at 980 MiddlefieldRoad was a pivotal project in his portfolio of work. 980 MiddlefieldRoad features many characteristicMidcenturyModern elements, includingprojecting eaves, cantileveredoverhangs, flat roof forms, a vaulted roof form, an articulatedprimaryfacade, wood siding, brick, stone used as accent material, strong right angles and simple cubic forms, projecting vertical elements, atrium, courtyard, overhangingpergola, an integratedplanter, and deeply recessedvestibules.68 Although the subject buildinghas undergone exterior alterations at the southeast and southwest facades, these modificationswere completed in a compatible manner (see Integrity discussionto follow).980 Middlefieldadditionallyappears significantas a midcentury mortuary property type. The subject building exhibits key characteristicsof midcenturymortuary buildings,includingan indoor -outdoor connection and interaction with natural environment (courtyard,atrium, and lawns),straightforwarduse of materials,and exaggeratedroof form. A rear garageat 645 Addison Avenue was constructed in 1951 and was later attached to a second garage, constructed at an unknown date prior to 1976. A rear caretaker'sresidence at 637 Addison Avenue was constructed in 1964. A three-stallcarport at 637 Addison Avenue was constructed at an unknown date prior to 1976. The architect/builder of the rear caretaker' sresidence and garagesis unknown. These outbuildings and carport structure do not appear to contribute to the property's significance. 980 MiddlefieldRoad is significantfor its MidcenturyModern design, as a representativemidcentury mortuary property type in Palo Alto, and as a representativework of prolific local architect Leslie Nichols. Thus, the subject building at 980 MiddlefieldRoad does appear to be eligiblefor individual listingin the CaliforniaRegisterunder Criterion 3. Criterion 4 (Information Potential) The "potential to yieldinformation important to the prehistory or history of California"typically relates to archeologicalresources, rather than built resources. Evaluation of 980 Middlefield Road/637-45 Addison Avenue under Criterion 4 (Information Potential) is beyond the scope of this report. This evaluationdoes not address whether the buildingwould qualifyas a contributor to a potential historic district. A cursory inspection of the surrounding area does not reveal a high concentration of buildingsthat would warrant further study. 68 Note the atrium is an indoor/outdoor feature; as such, the interior portion is not addressed in this report. The elevated atrium roofmg, however, is an exterior feature of the building. January7, 2019 - 48 - Packet Pg. 356 c. HistoricResource 980MiddlefieldRoac Evaluation revised CHARACTER-DEFININGFEATURES Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J nue is For a property to be eligiblefor national or state designationunder one of the significancecriteria, the essentialphysicalelements (or character-definingfeatures)that enable the property to convey its historic identitymust be evident. To be eligible,a property must clearlycontain enough of those characteristics,and these features must also retain a sufficientdegree of integrity.Characteristicscan be expressedin terms such as form, proportion, structure, plan, style, or materials. As an individuallysignificanthistoric resource under Criterion 3 with a period of significanceof 1951 (date of construction), the character-definingfeatures that convey the building'sMidcenturyModern design include: • Form and massing o One-story simple cubic form o Double -height volume o Strong right angles • Exterior wallmaterials o Stucco cladding o Stone walls o Wood siding o Brick wall • Vaulted and multi-levelflat roof forms o Projecting eaves throughout the building o Cantileveredoverhangs at deeplyrecessedentrance vestibules o Elevated atrium roof form • Articulatedprimaryfacade o Sawtooth wall o Geometric wood screens o Overhanging pergola o Integrated planter • Fenestration o Wood doors with punched lites o Fixed windows within sawtooth wall fins o Original fixed/casement paired steel windows • Landscape Features o Courtyard • Low stone wallswith built-in benches • Courtyard tree within geometric-patternopening o Lawns at northeast and southeast facades o Low stone wall at drivewayentrance INTEGRITY In order to qualifyfor listingin any local, state, or national historic register, a property or landscape must possess significanceunder at least one evaluativecriterion as described above and retain integrity.Integrity is defined by the California Office of Historic Preservation as "the authenticityof an historicalresource'sphysicalidentityby the survivalof certain characteristicsthat existingduring January7, 2019 - 49 - Packet Pg. 357 c. HistoricResource 980MiddlefieldRoac Evaluation revised Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package nue is the resource'speriod of significance,"or more simplydefined as "the abilityof a property to convey its significance."69 In order to evaluatewhether 980 MiddlefieldRoad retains sufficientintegrityto convey its historic significance,Page & Turnbull used establishedintegritystandards outlined by the NationalRegister Bulletin:HowtoApplytheNationalRegisterCriteriaforEvaluation. Sevenvariables,or aspects, that define integrityare used to evaluatea resource'sintegrity—location, design, setting, materials,workmanship, feelingand association.A property must stand up under most or all of these aspects in order to retain overallintegrity.If a property does not retain integrity,it can no longer convey its significanceand is therefore not eligiblefor listing in local, state, or national registers. The seven aspects that define integrityare defined as follows: Location is the place where the historic property was constructed. Design is the combination of elements that create the form, plans, space, structure and style of the property. Setting addresses the physicalenvironment of the historic property inclusiveof the landscape and spatial relationships of the building(s). Materialsrefer to the physicalelements that were combined or deposited during a particularperiod of time and in a particularpattern of configurationto form the historic property. Workmanship is the physicalevidence of the crafts of a particularculture or people during any givenperiod in history. Feeling is the property's expression of the aesthetic or historic sense of a particular period of time. Associationis the direct link between an important historic event or person and a historic property. Location: 980 MiddlefieldRoad retains integrityof location because the buildinghas not been moved since its construction. Setting: 980 MiddlefieldRoad retains integrityof setting because the property and the surrounding neighborhood have maintained original spatial relationshipsbetween the buildings and streets. The buildingson MiddlefieldRoad across from the subject property remain strictlyresidentialin use, and Addison Elementary School appears largelyas it did in 1951. Although much of the subject block itself was demolishedto accommodate the Webster Wood Apartments complex, this does not appear to have removed integrityof setting for 980 MiddlefieldRoad, nor has the construction of the rear caretaker' sresidence at 637 Addison Avenue or the demolition of the building645 Addison Avenue. Design: 980 MiddlefieldRoad retains integrityof design. Original and subsequent architecturalplans, physicalevidence,buildingpermit records, and historic photographs indicate the footprint of the buildinghas been minimallyaltered since its construction in 1951. Smalladditions to the footprint 69 CaliforniaOffice of Historic Preservation, TechnicalAssistanceSeriesNo. 7.• HowtoNominatea Resourceto the CaliforniaRegisterofHistoricalResources(Sacramento:CaliforniaOffice of State Publishing,4 September 2001) 11. January7, 2019 - 50 - c. Packet Pg. 358 HistoricResource 980MiddlefieldRoac Evaluation revised Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package nue is occurred at the building' ssouthwest corner: the office spaces fronting Addison Avenue were slightly expanded in a southwest direction; an open terrace bound by a brick knee wallwas enclosed with glazing;and the southwest facade was slightlyexpanded in a southeast direction. These additions comprise a smallpercentage of the overallbuildingarea and were completed in a compatible manner. Alterations to the building ' sfenestration patterns are limitedto the southeast facade and southwest facade. As described above, the originalterrace at the southeast facade was enclosed with glazing;the originalwood door was shifted accordinglyin a southwest direction to its current location. The fenestration pattern at the southwest facade included the removal of originalwindow openings (likely fixed/casement configuration),the insertion of vertical,colored glassribbon windows, and the replacement of an originalwindow with a single,northwest-facingdoor (near the roll -up garage door). Alterations to the roofline of the buildingare similarlylimitedto the southeast and southwest facades. At the southeast facade, wood screening shields mechanicalunits from view. At the southwest facade, an upper-levelroof addition was constructed with twelveclerestorywindows.A mechanicalunit was installedabove the upper-levelroof addition and features wood screening. Despite these alterations, the buildingretains its most important design features and retains overall integrityof design (particularlyat the primary facade). Materials: 980 MiddlefieldRoad retains integrityof materials.Alterationof windows at the southwest and southeast facades between 1951 and 1974 involved the removal of some originalwindow material (steel-frame),replaced with new material (wood -frame fixed windows, and colored glassribbon windows). When the building is viewedas a whole, the impact is minimal. The 1993 removal of redwood shingles at the gable roofed portion does not compromise the building ' sintegrityof design. It is unknown if the building was re - stuccoed, but if so, the originalstucco materialwas replaced in -kind. Such a project is consideredtypicalmaintenanceand does not impact integrity. Workmanship: 980 MiddlefieldRoad retains integrityof workmanship. Most original features of the buildinghave been retained. The physicalevidence of the craft and technologyused in constructing the buildingare still evident. The most significantbuilding features that displayworkmanship include wood screens at primaryfacade, geometric wood motifs at the gableroof, and the stone sawtooth wall. Feeling: 980 MiddlefieldRoad retains integrityof feeling.The building still conveys its identity as an architect-designedMidcenturyModern mortuary building. The subject building's overall aesthetic and historic sense has been retained. Association: 980 MiddlefieldRoad retains integrityof association, as the buildingretains its identity in community memory as a long-standingmortuary in Palo Alto. The fact that the buildinghas not hosted a funeral service in approximatelyfive years does not affect integrity of association. Overall, 980 MiddlefieldRoad retains integrity. January7, 2019 - 51 - Packet Pg. 359 c. HistoricResource 980MiddlefieldRoac Evaluation revised VI. CONCLUSION Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J nue is The former mortuary building at 980 MiddlefieldRoad was constructed in 1951 west of the intersection of MiddlefieldRoad and Addison Avenue in Palo Alto, CA. The buildingis eligiblefor individuallistingin the CaliforniaRegisterat the locallevelof significanceunder Criterion 3 for its MidcenturyModern design, as a representativemidcenturymortuary property type in Palo Alto, and as a distinctivework of locallyprominent architectLeslieNichols. The buildingretains integrity. Thus, 980 MiddlefieldRoad appears to qualifyas a historic resource for the purposes of reviewunder the CaliforniaEnvironmental Quality Act (CEQA). Two associatedrear lots addressed 637-45 Addison Avenue do not contribute to the property's significanceor integrity. January7, 2019 - 52 - Packet Pg. 360 c. HistoricResource 980MiddlefieldRoac Evaluation revised VIII. REFERENCES CITED PUBLISHEDWORKS Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J "100 Years Caring For Yours- the Funeral Business in Palo Alto." PAHA. October 3, 1999. "$20,000Mortuaryto be Builtby Local Firm." PaloAltoTimes. February 22, 1924. "$375,000Pa10 Alto Suit Filed Over Funeral Costs." PaloAltoTimes. February 26, 1971. "An Addition of Beautyand Dignity." DailyPaloAltoTimes. November 29, 1951. "Architect firm is putting up its own building." PaloAlto Times. January4, 1946. "ArticlesAre Filed in State Capital for New Mortuary." PaloAltoTimes. February 23, 1949. Brown, Mary. San Francisco Planning Department, San FranciscoModernArchitectureand Landscape Design,1935-1970,HistoricContextStatement, Final Draft. January12, 2011. CaliforniaOffice of Historic Preservation. TechnicalAssistantSeriesNo. 7, HowtoNominatea Resourceto theCaliforniaRegisterofHistoricResources. Sacramento:CaliforniaOffice of State Publishing,4 DremanfipOturtt1 12 1to'soldest funeral home closes amid high land values,changingtimes."Palo Alto Weekly. November 1, 2013. "Embalmers' Strike Settled." SanFranciscoChronicle. July 15, 1971. "Ex -MP cop joins Roller& Hapgood." PaloAltoTimes. February 3, 1949. Gordon, Jeremy."Mayerpaid $11 millionfor Roller& Hapgood." PaloAltoDailyPost. November 8, 2013. "Helping the Livingto Carry On." PeninsulaTimesTribune. May 11, 1981. "LeslieNichols, noted architect in Midpeninsula,succumbs at 75." PaloAltoTimes. December 17, 1969. "New Funeral Home is Completed Here." PaloAltoTimes. August 5, 1924. "New Mortuary." San JoseMercuryNews. December 27, 1951. "New of 25 Years Ago (from files of the Times)." PaloAltoTimes. July27, 1912. "Plenty of room for body storage during strike, morticians say." PaloAltoTimes. June 26, 1971. Richmond, Emily. "Changing views about death over funeral homes' 100 years." PaloAltoDaily News. October 1, 1999. "Roller& Hapgood acquiresa competitor." PaloAltoTimes. September8, 1976. "Roller& Hapgood planning mortuary on MiddlefieldRoad."PaloAltoTimes. November 28, 1950. nue is January7, 2019 - 53 - Packet Pg. 361 c. HistoricResource 980MiddlefieldRoac Evaluation revised Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J nue is "Roller& Hapgood takes 2 outsiders' as partners." PaloAlto Times. September 9, 1970. Sacks,Melinda."Death in the family." PaloAlto Weekly. November 6, 1991. Sawyer,Eugene T. HistoryofSantaClaraCounty. Los Angeles:Historic Record Co. 1922. "The three incarnations of 1313 Newell Road." TheTallTree. October 2016. Ward, Winslowand the Palo Alto HistoricalAssociation.PaloAIto :A CentennialHistory. Palo Alto HistoricalAssociation:Palo Alto, CA, 1993. "Yahoo CEO buys funeral home." PaloAltoDailyPost. October 29, 2013. UNPUBLISHEDRECORDS Brown,Mary. 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Quora. http://www.quora.com/How-is-the-historical-city-Mayfield- CA-related-to-Palo-Alto-CA. Bowling,Matt. "The Meeting on the Corner: The Beginningof Mayfield'sEnd." Palo Alto History.org. http://www.paloaltohistory.com/the-beginning-of-mayfields-end.php. Danner, Peter. "A Timeline of the Palo Alto Lawn Bowls Club," https://www.palbc.org/history/. "Depression, War, and the Population Boom." Palo Alto MedicalFoundation- Sutter Health. http://www.pam£org/about/pamfhistory/depression.html. "Gamble, Edwin and Elizabeth L. House," PCAD. http://pcad.lib.washington.edu/building/16676/. January7, 2019 - 54 - Packet Pg. 362 c. HistoricResource 980MiddlefieldRoac Evaluation revised Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J nue is "History of Stanford." Stanford University.http://www.stanford.edu/about/history/. "LeslieI. 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Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination PAGE &TURNBULL 525 UNIVERSITY AVENUE APN: 120-03-069 HISTORIC RESOURCE EVALUATION Package Date of Evaluation: December 2020 Identified California Register Criteria of Significance: Criteria 2 (Persons) and 3 (Architecture) Identified Period of Significance: 1966-1976 (Criterion 2); 1966 (Criterion 3) Summary of Significance: 525 University Avenue was found significant for its association with Hare, Brewer & Kelley, a real estate firm in Palo Alto that is considered the most significant real estate developer in Palo Alto and the Peninsula in the mid -twentieth century, and as an exceptional example of Late Modern design by architect of merit Tallie Maule. 2023 RECONNAISSANCE SURVEY SUMMARY Alterations Since HRE: No alterations identified. Status in 2023: Extant, retains historic integrity. Recommended Revisions to Significance: None. Figure 1: 2020 Historic Resource Evaluation photograph. Imagining change in historic environments through design, research, and technology Figure 2: 2023 Reconnaissance Survey photograph. 170 MAIDEN LANE, 5TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94108 TEL 415 3 Packet Pg. 364 Palo Alto Historic Inventory Designation Page 2 of 2 Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package RECOMMENDATION FOR LISTING IN THE PALO ALTO HISTORIC INVENTORY Palo Alto Historic Inventory Criteria for Designation: • Criterion 1 (The structure or site is identified with the lives of historic people or with important events in the city, state or nation) • Criterion 2 (The structure or site is particularly representative of an architectural style or way of life important to the city, state or nation) • Criterion 5 (The architect or building was important) Statement of Significance: 525 University Avenue is significant for its association with Hare, Brewer & Kelley, a real estate firm in Palo Alto that is considered the most significant real estate developer in Palo Alto and the Peninsula in the mid -twentieth century, and as an exceptional example of Late Modern design by architect of merit Tallie Maule. Period of Significance: 1966 Palo Alto Historic Inventory Category: Category 1* *Note, this is one of the few properties with significance as an "Exceptional Building" that is a meritorious work of the best architects and an excellent example of Late Modern design in the United States. PAGE & TURNBULL 170 MAIDEN LANE, 5TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFOR Packet Pg. 365 �I/1 111 VU I LL Y I JUL-,J- , JY PAGE &TURNBULL PALO ALTO OFFICE CENTER 525 UNIVERSITYAVENUE HISTORIC RESOURCE EVALUATION PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA [ 16252A.47] PREPARED FOR: CITYOF PALO ALTOPLANNING & DEVELOPMENTSERVICES December 3, 2020 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package Packet Pg. 366 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Historic Resource Evaluation [16252A.47] TABLE OF CONTENTS Package /enue Palo Alto, CA I. INTRODUCTION 1 Methodology 2 Summary of Findings 3 II. EXISTING HISTORIC STATUS 4 National Register of Historic Places 4 California Register of Historical Resources 4 California Historical Resource Status Codes 4 Palo Alto Historic Inventory 5 Palo Alto Historic Survey Update 5 III. ARCHITECTURALDESCRIPTION 7 Office Tower 7 North Wing 14 South Wing 17 Site Features 19 Surrounding Neighborhood 23 IV. HISTORIC CONTEXT 24 Palo Alto History 24 Downtown North Neighborhood 26 Late Modern Architectural Style 28 Tallie Maule, Architect 31 V. SITE HISTORY 34 Site Development 34 Ownership and Occupant History 45 VI. EVALUATION 52 California Register of Historical Resources 52 Integrity 55 Character -Defining Features 58 VII. CONCLUSION 60 V111. REFERENCES 61 IX. APPENDIX 64 Preparer Qualifications 64 Packet Pg. 367 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Historic Resource Evaluation Palo Alto Office Ce [16252A.47] I. INTRODUCTION Package Jenne Palo Ato, CA This Historic Resource Evaluation (HRE)has been prepared at the request of the City of Palo Alto for the property at 525 University Avenue (APN 120-03-069), known as the Palo Alto Office Center. The subject property is located on 1.36 -acre parcel that extends across approximately two-thirds of a downtown city block, bounded by Tasso Street to the north, University Avenue to the east, Cowper Street to the south, and the commercial property at 530 Lytton Avenue to the west.' The property is located in the Downtown North neighborhood of Palo Alto in a commercial CD -C (P) zoning district (Figure 1). The property includes three buildings: a central 15 -story office tower and two two-story commercial wings that are connected to the tower by elevated pedestrian bridges. The buildings were designed by architect Tallie Maule for local real estate developers Hare, Brewer & Kelley and were completed in 1966 (Figure 2). A three-story underground parking garage is located below a semi-public but privately -owned plaza. Figure 1. City of Palo Alto parcel map. Subject property indicated by blue outline. Source: City of Palo Alto, Online Parcel Reports, 2020. The subject block is oriented northeast of true north, but for the purposes of this report northeast (facing Tasso Street) will be referred to as north, and so on. PAGE & TURNBULL Packet Pg. 368 2020 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Historic Resource Evaluation [16252A.47] Palo Alto Office Ce Package Jenne Palo Ato, CA Figure 2. Bird's-eye view of 525 University Avenue, indicated by red dashed outline. Source: Google Maps, 2020. Edited by Page & Turnbull. Methodology This report follows a standard outline used for Historic Resource Evaluation reports, and provides a summary of the current historic status, a building description, and a historic context for 525 University Avenue. The report includes an evaluation of the property's individual eligibility for listing in the California Register of Historical Resources (California Register). Page & Turnbull prepared this report using research collected at various local repositories, including the Palo Alto Development Services, Palo Alto Historical Association (PAHA), and University of California, Berkeley Environmental Design Archives, as well as online sources including Ancestry.com and Newspapers.com. Key primary sources consulted and cited in this report include Palo Alto building permit applications, city and county directories, and historical newspapers. The UC Berkeley Environmental Design Archives' Tallie Maule Collection contains a substantial amount of material related to the Palo Alto Office Center project, including 60 sheets of construction, various design and site development drawings, documents related to office layout and tenant leasing, clippings and public relations materials, as well as slides and photographs. Page & PAGE & TURNBULL 2 Packet Pg. 369 2020 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Historic Resource Evaluation Palo Alto Office Ce [16252A.47] Package enue Palo A�to, CA Turnbull was able to view reference photos of some of this material, provided through email by the staff at the Environmental Design Archives. However, due to restrictions in place to prevent the transmission of COVID-19 during the course of preparing this report, Page & Turnbull was not able to view all the materials in the collection. All photographs in this report were taken by Page & Turnbull during a site visit in October 2020, unless otherwise noted. Summary of Findings 525 University Avenue is not currently listed on any federal, state, or local register of historic resources. The property is eligible for listing on the California Register of Historical Resources under Criterion 3 (Architecture) as an excellent local example of Late Modernist design by master architect Tallie Maule. PAGE & TURNBULL 3 Packet Pg. 370 2020 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Historic Resource Evaluation Palo Alto Office Ce [16252A.47] II. EXISTING HISTORIC Package Jenne Palo Ato, CA .,T4tl section examines the national, state, and local historic status currently assigned to 525 University Avenue. National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (National Register) is the nation's most comprehensive inventory of historic resources. The National Register is administered by the National Park Service and includes buildings, structures, sites, objects, and districts that possess historic, architectural, engineering, archaeological, or cultural significance at the national, state, or local level. 525 University Avenue is not currently listed in the National Register. California Register of Historical Resources The California Register of Historical Resources (California Register) is an inventory of significant architectural, archaeological, and historical resources in the State of California. Resources can be listed in the California Register through a number of methods. State Historical Landmarks and National Register -listed properties are automatically listed in the California Register. Properties can also be nominated to the California Register by local governments, private organizations, or citizens. The evaluative criteria used by the California Register for determining eligibility are closely based on those developed by the National Park Service for the National Register of Historic Places. 525 University Avenue is not currently listed in the California Register. California Historical Resource Status Codes Properties listed or under review by the State of California Office of Historic Preservation are listed within the Built Environment Resource Directory (BERD)and are assigned a California Historical Resource Status Code (Status Code) of "1" to "7" to establish their historical significance in relation to the National Register of Historic Places (National Register) or California Register of Historical Resources (California Register).2 Properties with a Status Code of "1" or "2" are either eligible for listing in the California Register or the National Register, or are already listed in one or both of the registers. Properties assigned Status Codes of "3" or "4" appear to be eligible for listing in either register, but normally require more research to support this rating. Properties assigned a Status Code of "5"have typically been determined to be locally significant or to have contextual 2 California State Office of Historic Preservation, Built Environment Resource Directory (BERD),Santa Clara County, updated March 2020. PAGE & TURNBULL 4 Packet Pg. 371 2020 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Historic Resource Evaluation Palo Alto Office Ce [16252A.47] Package enue Palo Hato, CA importance. Properties with a Status Code of "6" are not eligible for listing in either register. Finally, a Status Code of "7" means that the resource has not been evaluated for the National Register or the California Register, or needs reevaluation. 525 University Avenue is not currently listed in the BERD database for Santa Clara County with a status code. The most recent update to the BERD database was in March 2020. Palo Alto Historic Inventory The City of Palo Alto's Historic Inventory lists noteworthy examples of the work of important individual designers and architectural eras and traditions as well as structures whose background is associated with important events in the history of the city, state, or nation. The inventory is organized under the following four categories: ■ Category 1: An "Exceptional Building" of pre-eminent national or state importance. These buildings are meritorious works of the best architects, outstanding examples of a specific architectural style, or illustrate stylistic development of architecture in the United States. These buildings have had either no exterior modifications or such minor ones that the overall appearance of the building is in its original character. • Category 2: A "Major Building" of regional importance. These buildings are meritorious works of the best architects, outstanding examples of an architectural style, or illustrate stylistic development of architecture in the state or region. A major building may have some exterior modifications, but the original character is retained. • Category 3 or 4: A "Contributing Building" which is a good local example of an architectural style and relates to the character of a neighborhood grouping in scale, materials, proportion or other factors. A contributing building may have had extensive or permanent changes made to the original design, such as inappropriate additions, extensive removal of architectural details, or wooden facades resurfaced in asbestos or stucco. 525 University Avenue is not currently listed in the City of Palo Alto Historic Inventory. Palo Alto Historic Survey Update Between 1997 and 2000, a comprehensive update to the 1979 Historic Inventory was undertaken by historic preservation firm Dames & Moore.3 The goal of this update was to identify additional properties in Palo Alto that were eligible to the National Register. This effort began with a 3 Dames & Moore, Michael Corbett, and Denise Bradley. "Final Survey Report — Palo Alto Historic Survey Update: August 1997 - August 2000." Prepared for the City of Palo Alto Planning Division, February 2001. PAGE & TURNBULL 5 Packet Pg. 372 2020 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Historic Resource Evaluation Palo Alto Office Ce [16252A.47] Package enue Palo Flo, CA reconnaissance survey of approximately 6,600 properties constructed prior to 1947. The reconnaissance survey produced two Study Priority lists. Approximately 600 properties were identified as Study Priority 1, indicating they appeared individually eligible for listing in the National Register under Criterion C (Architecture). Approximately 2,700 properties were identified as Study Priority 2, representing those properties that did not appear individually eligible to the National Register under Criterion C (including common local building types) but retained high integrity. 4 The reconnaissance survey was followed by an intensive -level survey of all Study Priority 1 and 2 properties. Historic research was conducted on the owners, architects/builders, and past uses of the Study Priority 1 properties. Research also informed the preparation of historic context statements on topics such as local property types, significant historical themes, and prolific architects and builders, in order to identify any potential significant associations of Study Priority 2 properties. In January 1999, Dames & Moore prepared an interim findings report that listed preliminary evaluations of the National Register and California Register eligibility of Study Priority 1 and 2 properties. 291 properties were found potentially eligible as individual resources to the National Register and California Register. 1,789 further properties were found potentially eligible to the California Register only. Because the survey focused on determining National Register eligibility, the project did not finalize the preliminary evaluations regarding potential California Register eligibility. 525 University Avenue is not listed with the Palo Alto Historic Survey Update. 4Ibid., 2-5. PAGE & TURNBULL 6 Packet Pg. 373 2020 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Historic Resource Evaluation Palo Alto Office Ce [16252A.47] III. ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION Package enue Palo A�to, CA The subject property at 525 University Avenue is a through -lot commercial property with a 15 -story office tower, two two-story office wings, and a three-story below -ground parking garage (Figure 3). The three office buildings were completed in 1966 and were designed by Tallie Maule in a Late Modernist style. The buildings are connected by enclosed pedestrian bridges, but are each separately described in the following sections. Figure 3. Aerial view of 525 University Avenue, indicated by red dashed outline. A = Office Tower; B = North Wing; and C= South Wing. Source: Google Maps, 2020. Office Tower The main office tower is a 15 -story reinforced concrete building with a 100 foot by 100 foot square plan, capped by a flat roof (Figure 4). The tower has a tripartite arrangement with a three-story base, cantilevered 11 -story shaft, and a 15th story penthouse with a projecting flat roof on all four sides. A mechanical penthouse with various telecommunications equipment is located on the roof of the 15th floor. Except for the entrances at the ground floor and connection points of the pedestrian PAGE & TURNBULL 7 Packet Pg. 374 2020 Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Historic Resource Evaluation [16252A.47] Palo Alto Office Ce Package Jenne Palo Ato, CA bridges to the adjacent office wings, all four facades of the office tower are identical. As such, rather than describing each facade of the tower, the following description is organized by base, shaft, and penthouse. Figure 4. Main office tower and connected north wing, looking southeast. PAGE & TURNBULL 8 Packet Pg. 375 2020 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Historic Resource Evaluation Palo Alto Office Ce [16252A.47] BASE Package enue Palo Flo, CA The base of the office tower is triple -height and defined by massive, bush -hammered concrete columns. Each column, which has a rectangular footprint, cants outward at the bottom and curves up and projects out at the top (Figure 5). The curved projecting portions of the columns support the cantilevered base of the tower above (Figure 6). The bottom of the overhanging portion of the tower shaft is clad in small dark blue rectangular tiles and features inset can lights. The concrete columns have fillet corner joints. Figure 5. Bush -hammered concrete columns at base of office tower, looking southwest. iftek Figure 6. Curved portion of the columns, supporting the cantilevered shaft of the office tower. Each of the four facades has three window bays separated by a concrete column (Figure 7 and Figure 8). The triple -height windows are set in three centered arched openings. The curve of the arched window openings matches the curve of the cantilevered portion of the projecting concrete columns. The bronze anodized aluminum frame windows have a tripartite arrangement with mirrored glass at the ground floor and second floor mezzanine. A band of black granite panels is located above the ground and second floor glazing, and the arched portions of the windows at the third floor have inset arched divided lites with translucent glazing. PAGE & TURNBULL 9 Packet Pg. 376 2020 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Historic Resource Evaluation [16252A.47] Palo Alto Office Ce Package Figure 7. Base at the east facade of the office tower, looking northwest. Figure 8. Base at the west facade of the office tower, looking east. Jenne Palo Ato, CA Exceptions to the typical fenestration at the ground floor include the lobby entry doors at the center bay of the north and south facades and the second stories above the lobby entrances, where enclosed pedestrian bridges connect to the adjacent north and south wings. At the central window PAGE & TURNBULL 10 Packet Pg. 377 2020 Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Historic Resource Evaluation [16252A.47] Palo Alto Office Ce Package Jenne Palo Ato, CA bay on the west facade, a metal gate is located at the center of the window composition, accessing a mechanical area (Figure 9). At the south facade, a non -original fully glazed exit door is located in the east (right) portion of the westernmost window bay (Figure 10). Figure 10. Non -original exit door at south facade. Figure 9. Metal gate at the center of the west facade, accessing a mechanical area. Interior Lobby The interior lobby of the main office tower is currently the only semi-public interior space in the complex. Accessed from the central bay of the north and south facades, the lobby entrances have fully glazed storefront window systems with two double -doors (Figure 11). The concrete columns of the building are also exposed at the interior of the lobby space (Figure 12). The lobby has a north and south area connected by a hall in front of a bank of elevators. The security desk is located in the hall, facing the elevators, and several ground floor tenant office spaces are accessed off of the north and south portions of the lobby. A non -original curved coved ceiling runs in front of a bank of elevators, connecting the north and south portions of the lobby (Figure 13). The bronze anodized aluminum framed full -height glazed partition walls are original, although portions of the glazing have been frosted or covered with an opaque film. Original, curved T -shape bronze anodized interior door handles reflect the curved shapes of the exterior concrete features (Figure 14). The granite flooring, wood wall panels, light fixtures, and the ceilings are non -original. PAGE & TURNBULL 11 Packet Pg. 378 2020 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Historic Resource Evaluation [16252A.47] Figure 1 1. South lobby entrance, below the enclosed pedestrian bridge, looking northeast. Figure 12. Exposed concrete columns are located in the lobby space. Floor and ceiling materials are non - original. 41t Figure 13. Coved ceiling in front of the elevator bank Figure 14. Ground floor office tenant space, accessed between the north and south portions of the lobby. from the lobby, with shaped bronze anodize aluminum door handles. Palo Alto Office Ce Package Jenne Palo Ato, CA SHAFT The 11 -story shaft of the tower is cantilevered on all four sides, projecting over the base and supported by the curved, exposed concrete columns (Figure 15 and Figure 16). The shaft is identical at all 11 floors, and at each of the four facades. Each floor has 11 window bays at each facade. All of the windows feature fixed bronze anodized aluminum windows with one vertical muntin dividing two vertically oriented "solar bronze glass" lites. At the corners, the windows meet at the corner with a bronze anodized aluminum fillet joint muntin. Each window bay is surrounded by a projecting concrete panel frame, which form vertical channels that extend the full length of the shaft (Figure 17). Between each floor is a projecting overhang with a curved underside, articulating each story and providing shade at the interior. PAGE & TURNBULL 12 Packet Pg. 379 2020 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Historic Resource Evaluation [16252A.47] Palo Alto Office Ce Package Jenne Palo Ato, CA Figure 15. North (left) and west (right) facades of the Figure 16. South (left) and east (right) facades of the office tower shaft, looking southeast down Tasso office tower shaft, looking north up University Street. Avenue. Figure 17. Typical windows at the office tower shaft. PAGE & TURNBULL 13 Packet Pg. 380 2020 Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Historic Resource Evaluation Palo Alto Office Ce [16252A.47] PENTHOUSE Package enue Palo Alto, CA The 15th story of the office building features a penthouse, which is surrounded by an open brick deck on all four sides. Each of the six full height window bays on each of the four facades has a vertically oriented tripartite window or sliding door. A parapet above the 14th story of the tower shaft surrounds the deck at the patio level. The roof of the penthouse has a deep cantilever with vaulted ceilings at each window bay, and the exposed beams project out beyond the roof edge (Figure 18). A metal safety railing has been installed around the perimeter of the penthouse roof, and a rectangular mechanical penthouse with attached telecommunication equipment is located at the center of the penthouse roof (Figure 1 and Figure 3). Figure 18. Cantilevered penthouse roof at the 15th story of the office tower. North Wing The North Wing of the Palo Alto Office Center is a two-story reinforced concrete building with a rectangular footprint, capped by a flat roof (Figure 19 and Figure 20). The Late Modernist style building is characterized by matching, highly regular facades with thin, double -height repeating concrete columns. The base of the North Wing has a curved concrete sill that projects outward at PAGE & TURNBULL 14 Packet Pg. 381 2020 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Historic Resource Evaluation Palo Alto Office Cei. Package enue Palo Alto, CA [16252A.47] the bottom, and the second story is capped by a similarly curved concrete cornice that projects out at the top. Above the cornice is a recessed concrete parapet and railing. Each of the concrete columns that divide the regular window bays extends through the base and cornice. The top of each column is fm -like with a shaped, curved projection at the cornice. Each typical window bay at the North Wing has a bronze anodized aluminum window with a single vertical muntin dividing two lites. The first -story windows are taller than those at the second story, and are separated by black granite panels framed in bronze anodized aluminum. At some bays, signs are mounted at the granite panels. The north and south facades of the North Wing each have 14 window bays, and the east and west facades each have four typical bays. At each of the four corners of the building are half window bays that meet with fillet corner joints (Figure 21). Figure 19. North (left) and west (right) facades of the North Wing, looking southeast. PAGE & TURNBULL 15 Packet Pg. 382 2020 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Historic Resource Evaluation [16252A.47] Palo Alto Office Ce Package enue Palo Flo, CA Figure 20. East and north facades of the North Wing, looking southeast. Figure 21. Curved concrete base and fillet joint corner at windows. The exterior entrances to the North Wing are all located on the south facade of the building. The first bay of the south facade from the west (left) features fixed full -height glazing, and a paired fully glazed door with two transom lites is located at the second bay (Figure 22). The third and fourth bays are clad with granite panels and have no window or door openings. Another paired door is located in the fifth bay, and granite panels clad the second story level (Figure 23). Figure 22. Doorways at south facade of the North Wing, looking northeast. Figure 23. Non -original doors at the fifth bay from the west on the south facade. The 14th bay has a replacement paired glass door with a single glazed transom at the first story (Figure 24). The North Wing is connected to the Office Tower by an enclosed pedestrian bridge at the second story of the 14th bay (Figure 25). The pedestrian bridge has black granite panel cladding below bronze anodized frame windows. The bridge has a cornice and top rail similar to the North Wing. The underside of the bridge is stuccoed with recessed can lights. PAGE & TURNBULL 16 Packet Pg. 383 2020 Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Historic Resource Evaluation [16252A.47] Palo Alto Office Ce Package enue Palo Flo, CA Figure 24. Doorway into North Wing below the enclosed pedestrian bridge. Figure 25. Enclosed pedestrian bridge connecting Office Tower (left) and North Wing (right) at second story. South Wing The South Wing, like the North Wing, of the Palo Alto Office Center is a two-story reinforced concrete building with a rectangular footprint, capped by a flat roof (Figure 26). The Late Modernist style building matches the South Wing in style, design, and materials, but has a wider footprint. The north and south facades of the North Wing each have 14 window bays, and the east and west facades each have six window bays. The window bays at the South Wing generally match the North Wing, except that all of the first -story openings at the east and south facades are clad in black granite panels, including at the southeast corner. Several signs are mounted at the granite panels between the first- and second -story windows. The primary entrance to the South Wing is located at the east facade and features paired, fully glazed doors at the center two bays with narrow outer sidelites and transoms. Above each door is a vertically corrugated metal panel (Figure 27). Figure 26. East facade of the South Wing. Figure 27. Corrugated metal panels over the doors. PAGE & TURNBULL 17 Packet Pg. 384 2020 Item 2 AttachmentA-January 11, 2024 Nomination Figure 28. South facade of the South Wing, looking northwest. Historic Resource Evaluation [16252A.47] Palo Alto Office Ce Package Jenne Palo Ato, CA In addition to all the first -story bays along the south facade, the five westernmost (left) bays are also clad in granite panels at the second story (Figure 28). A light fixture, metal box, and boarded opening are located at the fourth bay from the east (right) at the south facade, and appears to have formerly contained an inset ATM (Figure 29). The west facade has all typical windows and no doorways. Figure 29. Former ATM location at the fourth bay from the east (right) on the south facade. The South Wing is connected to the Office Tower by an enclosed pedestrian bridge at the second story of the second bay, and features a matching design to the bridge at the North Wing (Figure 30). A typical first -story window is located below the bridge at the second bay of the South Wing. Paired, fully glazed doors with a single lite transom are located at the tenth bay of the south facade. Granite panels clad the second floor of the tenth bay, as well as the first and second stories of the 11th and 12th bays. At the 13th bay is a single fully glazed door with a wide sidelite and a single lite transom (Figure 31). Figure 30. Pedestrian bridge at second bay of the south facade. Figure 31. Doorways at the tenth and thirteenth bays of the south facade. PAGE & TURNBULL 18 Packet Pg. 385 2020 Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Historic Resource Evaluation Palo Alto Office Ce [16252A.47] Site Features Package enue Palo Aitto, CA The subject site is characterized by brick paving throughout, and has a hardscaped open area along the sidewalk on University Avenue as well as a rear plaza. The brick has been replaced with granite pavers in front of the two entrances to the Office Tower. A non -original, free-standing metal sign with a granite base sits at the southeast corner of the Office Tower base (Figure 32). A square concrete planter features a free-standing metal sign at the northeast corner of the site (Figure 33). Two generally circular concrete planters with integrated benches and metal signs are located at the southeast comer of the North Wing and the northeast comer of the South Wing (Figure 34). At the southeast comer of the site, near the South Wing, is a square concrete planter with a circular element at the northeast corner featuring a cluster of boulders (Figure 35). Figure 32. Original brick paving (right) and replacement granite paving (left), with free-standing sign at southeast corner of the Office Tower. Figure 33. Concrete planter and sign at the northeast corner of the site. Figure 34. One of two generally circular planters with integrated benches. Figure 35. Square planter with inset circular feature and boulder cluster east of the South Wing. PAGE & TURNBULL 19 Packet Pg. 386 2020 Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Historic Resource Evaluation Palo Alto Office Ce [16252A.47] Package enue Palo Alto, CA Moveable, circular concrete planters are located at various locations along the University Avenue frontage of the site. Rear Plaza The rear plaza is a tiered plaza with mostly brick paving that extends to the west end of the site. The lower level of the plaza features large and small moveable circular concrete planters (Figure 36). The 12 large planters are presently arranged in a grid, with six circular picnic tables staggered between. One large rectangular concrete planter is located west of the North Wing, and two smaller rectangular planters are located west of the South Wing (Figure 37). The planters have specimen trees and ground cover, as well as small shrubs surrounding air vents. Figure 36. Lower level of the rear plaza, featuring brick paving and circular concrete planters. Figure 37. The large concrete planter west of the North Wing. A former fountain is now used as a planter at the center, west end of the lower level (Figure 38). Low concrete walls have red brick caps, and a wall that encloses a staircase at the upper level is clad with blue tile. The staircase is surrounded by a metal railing and leads to the underground parking garage, but is permanently locked (Figure 39). The upper plaza around the stair is enclosed by square wood beams. PAGE & TURNBULL 20 Packet Pg. 387 2020 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Palo Alto Office Ce Package Jenne Palo Ato, CA Historic Resource Evaluation [16252A.47] Figure 38. Former fountain at the lower level of the rear plaza. Figure 39. Upper level staircase to the underground parking garage. I I I inuuinfi.li 1410IIpt '0 Wide brick staircases flank either side of the former fountain. At the upper level of the plaza, between the stairs, there is a concrete building with a square footprint that once housed an elevator accessing the parking garage below. The structure has concrete columns that match the design of those at the North and South Wing. Half of the structure is enclosed with no openings, and the other half is open. The flat roof of the open section has blue tile at the ceiling and is supported by one column (Figure 40 and Figure 41). Figure 40. North side of the elevator structure, looking southeast. Figure 41. South side of the elevator structure, looking northeast. While the area around the elevator structure is brick, much of the upper plaza is paved in scored concrete. A low square planter is located north of the elevator structure, and a variety of low, rectilinear concrete planters are located around the perimeter of the upper plaza (Figure 42). Most of the planters have specimen trees and low shrubs, but several are currently unplanted and only have a layer of mulch. Several concrete benches are located near the edges of the upper plaza PAGE & TURNBULL 21 Packet Pg. 388 2020 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Historic Resource Evaluation [16252A.47] Palo Alto Office Ce Package Jenne Palo Ato, CA (Figure 43). Immediately west of the upper plaza is the driveway of the adjacent property at 530 Lytton Avenue. Figure 42. Low planters along the west edge of the upper plaza, looking southeast toward the adjacent building at 530 Lytton Avenue. Figure 43. Concrete bench at the upper plaza. Parking Garage Below the rear plaza is a three-story underground parking garage that serves both the subject property and the adjacent property at 530 Lytton Avenue. The garage has entrances at Tasso and Cowper streets which lead below the upper plaza of the subject property (Figure 44). The garage is of concrete construction with a waffle slab ceiling, and is generally unfinished as is typical of underground parking garages (Figure 45). Figure 44. Cowper Street entrance to the parking garage, below the upper plaza. Figure 45. Underground parking garage with concrete waffle slab ceiling. PAGE & TURNBULL 22 Packet Pg. 389 2020 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Historic Resource Evaluation Palo Alto Office Ce [16252A.47] Package enue Palo A�to, CA Surrounding Neighborhood The subject property is located in the Downtown North neighborhood, and fronts the commercial corridor of University Avenue (Figure 46). The buildings along University Avenue include retail, hotel, and mixed use buildings that are between one and six stories in height and represent a range of architectural styles and construction eras from the early 20th century to 21st century (Figure 47). Commercial buildings are also located along Cowper and Tasso streets, facing the subject property. Three early 20th century two-story, single family residential buildings are located on the north side of Tasso Street, near Lytton Avenue. Athree-story office building, constructed in 1975, at 530 Lytton Avenue occupies the remainder of the block west of the subject property (Figure 48). West of Lytton Avenue is a residential neighborhood characterized by detached single-family homes and tree -lined streets (Figure 49). Figure 46. Commercial corridor along the east side of Figure 47. Hotel President at the corner of University University Avenue. Avenue and Cowper Street. Figure 49. Tree -line residential street on Lytton Avenue. Figure 48. Commercial building at 530 Lytton Avenue, looking northeast from intersection with Cowper Street. PAGE & TURNBULL 23 Packet Pg. 390 2020 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Historic Resource Evaluation Palo Alto Office Ce [16252A.47] Package enue Palo A�to, CA IV. HISTORIC CONTEXT Palo Alto History The earliest known settlement of the Palo Alto area was by the Ohlone people. The region was colonized in 1769 as part of Alta California. The Spanish and Mexican governments carved the area into large ranchos which contained portions of land that became Palo Alto including Rancho Corte Madera, Rancho Pastoria de las Borregas, Rancho Rincon de San Francisquito, and Rancho Riconada del Arroyo de San Francisquito.5 These land grants were honored in the cession of California to the United States, but parcels were subdivided and sold throughout the nineteenth century. The current city of Palo Alto contains the former township of Mayfield, which was located just southwest of Alma Street, and was established in 1855. Starting in 1876, the railroad magnate and California politician Leland Stanford began to purchase land in the area for his country estate, and in 1882 he purchased an additional 1,000 acres adjacent to Mayfield for his horse farm.6 Stanford's vast holdings became known as the Palo Alto Stock Farm. On March 9, 1885, Stanford University was founded on land of the Palo Alto Stock Farm through an endowment act by the California Assembly and Senate. Figure 50. Detail of "Official Map of Santa Clara, California" by Herrmann Brothers, 1890. Note that University Park on this map is present day Palo Alto. Source: Library of Congress. Ward Winslow and Palo Alto Historical Association, Palo Alto: A Centennial History (Palo Alto, CA: Palo Alto Historical Association, 1993), 12-17. 6 Ibid, 35. PAGE & TURNBULL 24 Packet Pg. 391 2020 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Historic Resource Evaluation Palo Alto Office Ce [16252A.47] Package enue Palo Flo, CA Originally looking to connect Stanford University as a part of the already established town of Mayfield, Stanford asked residents of Mayfield to make the town a temperance town. Their refusal in 1886 caused Stanford to found the town of Palo Alto with aid from his friend, Timothy Hopkins of the Southern Pacific Railroad. Hopkins purchased and subdivided 740 acres of private land, that was known initially as University Park (or the Hopkins Tract) (Figure 50).' This land was bounded by the San Francisquito Creek to the north and the railroad tracks and Stanford University campus to the south. A new train stop was created along University Avenue and the new town flourished in its close connection with the university. University Park, under its new name of Palo Alto, was incorporated in 1894. In its early years, Palo Alto was a temperance town where no alcohol could be served. The residents were mostly middle and working class, with a pocket of University professors clustered in the neighborhood deemed Professorville. The development of a local streetcar in 1906, and the interurban railway to San Jose in 1910, facilitated access to jobs outside the city and to the University, encouraging more people to move to Palo Alto.8 In July 1925, Mayfield was officially annexed and consolidated into the city of Palo Alto.9 Like the rest of the nation, Palo Alto suffered through the Great Depression in the 1930s and did not grow substantially. World War II brought an influx of military personnel and their families to the Peninsula; accordingly, Palo Alto saw rapid growth following the war as many families who had been stationed on the Peninsula by the military, or who worked in associated industries, chose to stay. Palo Alto's population more than doubled from 16,774 in 1940 to 52,287 in 1960.10 Palo Alto's city center greatly expanded in the late 1940s and 1950s, gathering parcels that would house new offices and light industrial uses and lead the city away from its "college town" reputation. Palo Alto annexed a vast area of mostly undeveloped land between 1959 and 1968. This area, west of the Foothill Expressway, has remained protected open space. Small annexations continued into the 1970s, contributing to the discontinuous footprint of the city today. Palo Alto remains closely tied to Stanford University; it is the largest employer in the city. The technology industry dominates other sectors of business, as is the case with most cities within Silicon Valley. Palo Alto consciously maintains its high proportion of open space to development and the suburban feeling and scale of its architecture." 7 City of Palo Alto, Comprehensive Plan 2030 (adopted by City Council, November 13, 2017), 16, accessed online November 30, 2020, https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/civicax/filebank/documents/62915. s Dames & Moore, "Palo Alto Historic Survey Update," 1-4. 9 City of Palo Alto, Comprehensive Plan 2030, 16. 10 "City of Palo Alto, Santa Clara County," Bay Area Census, accessed August 27, 2019, http://www.bayareacensus.ca.gov/cities/PaloAlto50.htm. City of Palo Alto, Comprehensive Plan 2030, 11-20. PAGE & TURNBULL 25 Packet Pg. 392 2020 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Historic Resource Evaluation Palo Alto Office Ce [16252A.47] Package enue Palo Flo, CA Downtown North Neighborhood The current Downtown North neighborhood is located in the northern portion of the original University Park tract platted by Timothy Hopkins. It was the core part of the early city, along with today's University South neighborhood. The neighborhood is bounded by Alma Street to the south, San Francisquito Creek to the west, Middlefield Road to the north, and University Avenue to the east. University Avenue, which has historically been the main commercial corridor in Palo Alto, divides the Downtown North and University South neighborhoods. The 1895 Sanborn Fire Insurance Company map illustrates that stores were located along University Avenue and were particularly concentrated at its southwestern end, near the railroad, where a large lumberyard stood (Figure 51). Residences were scattered along the street just east and west of University Avenue on Hamilton and Lytton Avenues. A few churches, hotels, and boarding houses also stood among many vacant lots. $I r /t 3 347 /3 tor ero a: WEEf7E ' COWPER t"j )ym' R1 4, Jy u k 27 J c3 AUYAtca+,, c,.•.l .f. P. r,..Z 14 LJ 8/ // 0 Figure 51. 1895 Sanborn Fire Insurance Co. map of Palo Alto showing the street layout within the core of the city. The future location of the subject property is marked by the red star. Source: Digital Sanborn Maps, San Francisco Public Library By 1901, Palo Alto had grown beyond its original core. Houses filled in the lots on the blocks around the railroad, while scattered residential development extended up to and beyond Middlefield Road. Institutions, such as schools and Palo Alto's first public library, had been built in the area. As noted earlier, the development of the streetcar in 1906 and later the interurban rail in 1910 along University Avenue helped spur commercial development. The relocation of displaced San Francisco residents following the 1906 earthquake to surrounding towns such as Palo Alto also resulted in increased residential and commercial development. During the first decade of the 20th century, the residential area of Downtown North appears to have been built out with one- and two-story PAGE & TURNBULL 26 Packet Pg. 393 2020 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Historic Resource Evaluation Palo Alto Office Ce [16252A.47] Package enue Palo A�to, CA residences, but as the downtown commercial area prospered and expanded, and the University Avenue corridor became a desirable location for the growth of Palo Alto's commercial interests.12 In the post -World War II period, Palo Alto's population boomed and the city annexed more land, resulting in the construction of additional smaller commercial hubs which dissipated some of the concentration of commercial activity on University Avenue and Downtown North. During this period, some of the commercial development along University Avenue spread out onto perpendicular streets toward Lytton, replacing earlier residential buildings. In 1961, the City of Palo Alto retained the Los Angeles -based architecture and planning firm Charles Luckman Associates to produce a city master plan as well as a "precise plan for the revitalization and development of the University Ave. business district in light of economic and physical conditions, trends and projects."13 According to one account in the San Francisco Examiner, the "Luckman plan was pretty spectacular. It foresaw University Ave., Palo Alto's main business street turned into a mall, replete with boutiques, flower kiosks, double -decked parking buildings, and a couple of submerged cross-arteries."14 In addition to a proposed marina with bayfront luxury apartments, the plan also proposed reusing the recently constructed Palo Alto City Hall and Library as a cultural center. City staff were upset with this latter part of the plan and downtown merchants were unhappy with the fact that their property could be condemned for the improvements. As a result, the City of Palo Alto shelved the Luckman plan and instead officially instituted a previously unadopted 1955 plan, developed by city staff.15 The controversy over the Luckman plan foreshadowed the anti -growth sentiments that burgeoned in Palo Alto throughout the 1960s and early 1970s. Many cities throughout the Bay Area during this period were having conversations about redevelopment, density, height limits, and historic preservation. Fears of "Manhattanization" or urbanization of the suburbs grew in Palo Alto, and "in the 1960s and early '70s, anti -growth "residentialists" took control of the city and scuttled other gargantuan projects in the works —notably, an 18 -story hospital project in 1970 and the twin - towered "Superblock" commercial project the following year. By 1974, a residentialist-dominated city council had put a 50 -foot height restriction on all Palo Alto buildings."16 As a result, the Palo Alto Office Center remains the tallest building in Palo Alto at 237 feet tall; the few other high-rises that 12 The 1924 Sanbom Map shows a variety of uses including a mixture of dwellings, stores, institutional, and light industrial uses. 13 "Luckman to Do Master Plan for Palo Alto," Los Angeles Times, March 19, 1961. 14 "Palo Alto `Plan' Is Tossed Out," San Francisco Examiner, October 1, 1962. 15 "Palo Alto `Plan' Is Tossed Out," San Francisco Examiner, October 1, 1962. 16 Matt Bowling, "Office building sign of another era," Palo Alto Daily News, October 28, 2007. PAGE & TURNBULL 27 Packet Pg. 394 2020 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Historic Resource Evaluation Palo Alto Office Ce [16252A.47] Package enue Palo Alto, CA predate the height limit include Palo Alto Square (3000 El Camino Real) at 143 feet, Channing House (850 Webster Street) at 142 feet, and Palo Alto City Hall (250 Hamilton Avenue) at 122 feet. Late Modern Architectural Style Late Modernism is a broad term that encompasses the varied designs of the 1960s and 1970s within the Modern Movement when backlash against the perceived uniformity and repetitiveness of International Style architecture inspired many architects to explore other architectural forms." Theorist and architectural historian Charles Jencks was one of the first to codify the term "Late Modern" as an architectural style and observed, "There are many ways to characterize Late -Modern architecture and most of them can be reduced to the single notion of exaggeration. Late -Modernism takes Modem architecture to an extreme to overcome its monotony and the public's boredom with it."18 Some architects drew inspiration from historic architectural examples, giving way to New Formalism and eventually Postmodernism. Others pushed the modern aesthetic to new extremes through advancements in technology, engineering, and materials, leading to Brutalism, Expressionism, and High -Tech Structuralism. Still others transformed the glass -and -steel look into taut glass skin and mirror glass designs, or alternatively, incorporated organic materials and shapes for a more natural, wooded aesthetic. Late Modernism essentially hybridized established Modern rationale and functional forms with aspects of the emerging architectural stylistic trends that would gain prominence from the 1960s through the 1980s. Because of this interplay of varied forms within a clearly Modern vocabulary, Late Modernism is difficult to define. This is exacerbated by the number of subgenres like traditional Modernism, New Formalism, Brutalism, and Expressionism that have their own defining characteristics; some Late Modern examples feature elements of these styles in various combinations. Typically, Late Modern commercial, institutional, and government buildings were often monumental in scale, have sculptural qualities within the design, including strong linear elements, pronounced structural components, and interplay of plans or volumes, and comprehensive landscape design in plantings, paving, and features to create a cohesive setting. Some common elements often incorporated into Late Modern buildings include: • Strong geometric forms • Glazed and solid components 17 Kazys Varnelis, "Embracing Late Modern," L.A.Forum, accessed December 2, 2020, http://laforum.org/article/embracing-late- modern/. 18 Charles Jencks, Architecture Today (New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc, Publishers, 1988) cited in "Los Angeles Citywide Historic Context Statement: Architecture and Engineering/LA Modemism/Late Modem, 1966-1990," SurveyLA, prepared for City of Los Angeles, Department of City Planning, Office of Historic Resources (July2020), 2. PAGE & TURNBULL 28 Packet Pg. 395 2020 Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Historic Resource Evaluation Palo Alto Office Ce [16252A.47] • Linear accents ■ Symmetrical and/or modular composition • Integrated structural elements • Industrial materials • Aluminum floor -to -ceiling glazing systems at the ground floor • High quality materials at the ground floor • Colored glazing treatments ■ Flexible interior spaces • Climate controlled environments Package enue Palo Aitto, CA Practitioners of the Late Modern style included celebrated architects of the Modern Movement at the next phase of their careers experimenting with new forms, such as Marcel Breuer, Louis Khan, and William Pereira, as well as those that were trained modernists but eventually rejected orthodox Modernism, such as Philip Johnson and Cesar Pelli. Examples of Late Modernism in the Bay Area include office tower projects such as the Transamerica Pyramid (1972) in San Francisco by Pereira, the Embarcadero Center (1971-82) in San Francisco by John Portman, the Kaiser Center in Oakland by Welton Beckett (1960), and the Ordway Building in Oakland by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (1970) (Figure 52 - Figure 54). Figure 52. Transamerica Pyramid in San Francisco by Figure 53. The Embarcadero Center in San Francisco William Pereira, completed in 1972. by John Poi tman, completed 1971-82. PAGE & TURNBULL 29 Packet Pg. 396 2020 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Historic Resource Evaluation [16252A.47] Palo Alto Office Ce Package Jenne Palo Ato, CA Figure 54. Kaiser Center (center) designed by Welton Beckett in 1960 (center) and Ordway Building (immediately right of Kaiser Center) designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill in 1970. Source: Wikimedia. In Palo Alto, examples of Late Modernist commercial and institutional buildings include the subject property at 525 University Avenue; the adjacent property at 530 Lytton Avenue; the Palo Alto City Hall (250 Hamilton Avenue), designed by Edward Durrell Stone in 1967; the commercial building and round pavilion at 151 University Avenue, built in 1964; and the six -building campus with two 10 -story towers at Palo Alto Square (3000 El Camino Real), designed by Albert Hoover in 1972 (Figure 55 - Figure 58). Figure 55. 530 Lytton Avenue, Palo Alto, completed in 1975. Figure 56. Postcard of Palo Alto City Hall by Edward Durrell Stone, completed in 1967. Source: Flikr.com. PAGE & TURNBULL 30 Packet Pg. 397 2020 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Historic Resource Evaluation [16252A.47] Figure 57. 151 University Avenue, Palo Alto, completed in 1964. Source: LoopNet.com Figure 58. Palo Alto Square, 3000 El Camino Real, designed by Albert Hoover in 1972. Source: Hudson Pacific Properties. Tallie Maule, Architect Palo Alto Office Ce Package Jenne Palo Ato, CA Tallie Burton Maule (1917-1974) was born in Sand Spring, Oklahoma and received his Bachelor of Architecture degree from Oklahoma State University in 1940.19 After serving in the United States Navy in World War II, Maule went on to receive the Lowell Palmer Fellowship and a Master of Fine Arts in architecture at Princeton University in 1948. Maule also received the American Academy in Rome fellowship in 1951 and a Fulbright scholarship. While still a student, Maule began working for the architecture firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, and between 1947 and 1955, worked as an associate in a number of the firm's offices, including New York; Chicago, Oakridge, Tennessee; Tokyo; and then San Francisco. Maule returned to Japan to design pilot projects for a United States Army postwar building program for about four years. Following this stint abroad, Maule moved to San Francisco and opened his own practice, which he ran from 1957 until his death in 1974. Perhaps Maule's longest standing project, and certainly most well-known, was as Chief Architect of Design Coordination for the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Agency from 1966 to 1973. While the BART stations where designed by a variety of architects, Maule oversaw the design and construction of all the stations and had a heavier hand in the design of the Embarcadero Station, which was added into the system later in the planning process, where he worked with the firm Hertzka & Knowles & Associates (Figure 59). Although the BART system initially opened in 1972, Maule died before the Embarcadero BART station was opened and is memorialized in a granite relief portrait by William Cullen in the station (Figure 60).20 The BARTsystem won a 19 Unless otherwise stated, this biography of Tallie Maule is adapted from information in "Tallie Maule (1917-1974)," University of California, Berkeley, Environmental Design Archives, accessed online November 25, 2020, https://archives.ced.berkeley.edu/collections/maule-tallie. 20 "BARTStation Bas-relief Honors Architect Maule," AIAJournal (November 1976), 106. PAGE & TURNBULL 31 Packet Pg. 398 2020 Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Historic Resource Evaluation Palo Alto Office Ce [16252A.47] Package enue Palo Alto, CA number of awards, including the top award for design excellence from the United States Housing & Urban Development (HUD) Department in 1968.21 Maule's expertise with transit design and planning also resulted in roles as a consulting architect for the Metropolitan Atlantic Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA)in Atlanta and the Metro in Sao Paolo, Brazil. His other notable projects included the Palo Alto Office Center, Sunnyvale Office Center (c. 1960), and the West Portal Transit Station (c. 1970), which is part of San Francisco's Municipal (Muni) transit system (Figure 61). The archive of Maule's work, held at the University of California, Berkeley Environmental Design Archives, reveals a few residential projects, but the majority of Maule's work was on large scale transportation infrastructure, civic, institutional, and commercial projects. In addition to being a member of the American Institute of Architects, Maule was a member of the Greater San Francisco Chamber of Commerce. Figure 59. Embarcadero BARTstation designed by Tallie Maule and llertzka & Knowles. Source: University of California, Berkeley Environmental Design Archives. 21 "Maule, Tallie Burton," AIAAmerican Architects Directory (1970), 608; and "BARTArchitect Succumbs To Heart Attack," Petaluma Argus-Courier, June 19, 1974. PAGE & TURNBULL 32 Packet Pg. 399 2020 Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Historic Resource Evaluation [16252A.47] Figure 61. Sunnyvale Office Center at 505 West Olive Avenue, Sunnyvale, designed by Tallie Maule. Source: CommercialEdge. Figure 60. Portrait of Tallie Maule by William Cullen in the Embarcadero BARTstation. Source: Felicia Kiesselhorst, bartable.bart.gov. Palo Alto Office Ce Package Jenne Palo Alto, CA PAGE & TURNBULL 33 Packet Pg. 400 2020 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Historic Resource Evaluation Palo Alto Office Ce [16252A.47] V. SITE HISTORY Package enue Palo Aitto, CA Site Development The subject property at 525 University Avenue spans about two-thirds of the city block bounded by University Avenue, Cowper Street, Lytton Avenue, and Tasso Street. This block was about two-thirds developed with one- and two-story wood residential buildings by 1908 and was fully developed except for one lot on University Avenue by 1949 (Figure 62). At the northeast and southwest corners of the blocks were multi -unit apartment buildings. In 1953, the real estate firm of Hare, Brewer & Kelley remodeled the two-story apartment building at 525 University Street to become their new offices.22 The firm, which is discussed in more detail in the following `Ownership and Occupant History' section, grew over the following decade, requiring larger offices. Furthermore, the company saw an investment opportunity in the downtown site on Palo Alto's main commercial thoroughfare and purchased all of the parcels on the block. In 1963, Hare, Brewer, & Kelley moved their offices across the street to 530 University Avenue and physically relocated their former office building to a new location at Hamilton Avenue and Middlefield Road to be leased to new tenants (Figure 63).23 Soon after, some 12 homes, an apartment building, and several small office buildings were demolished to clear the block for redevelopment.24 422 rF .z. w.x+ 438 484 •• 8 Npa 24 ✓07 477 oa.t�% l-43-aWf I1V Figure 62. 1949 Sanborn Map Company fire insurance map showing block bounded by University Ave, Cowper St, Lytton Ave., and Tasso St. Apartment building at northeast corner was later used as offices by Hare, Brewer & Kelley. Source: San Francisco Public Library. Edited by Page & Turnbull. Figure 63. Former office of Hare, Brewer & Kelley, originally located at 525 University Avenue, being relocated to make room for Palo Alto Office Center. Source: "Big moving job," Palo Alto Times, December 31, 1963. 22 "Palo Alto Firm at new offices," Palo Alto Times, November 16, 1953. 23 "Hare, Brewer & Kelley moving to new headquarters," Palo Alto Times, October 25, 1963. 24 "Big moving job," Palo Alto Times, December 31, 1963. PAGE & TURNBULL 34 Packet Pg. 401 2020 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Historic Resource Evaluation Palo Alto Office Ce [16252A.47] Package enue Palo Flo, CA Hare, Brewer & Kelley's venture at 525 University Avenue was originally called the United California Bank Building (or UCB Tower), after the first anchor tenant, but soon became commonly known as the Palo Alto Office Center. Developers like Hare, Brewer & Kelley saw an opportunity to build up Palo Alto as the banking and business center of the Peninsula as Silicon Valley boomed with rapid growth in electronic, aerospace, and biotechnology firms, as well as what one advertisement called "PhD industries," such as publishing firms like Sunset Magazine, insurance companies, and data centers of national companies like Shell 0125 Proximity to Stanford University and Stanford Research Park, the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC),NASA Moffett Field, and transit including highways and airports, was seen as promising for the development of new suburban corporate office space. Hare, Brewer & Kelley hired architect Tallie Maule to design a plan for the full city block, with the architectural brief "to create an `office center' in which the various participating businesses could maintain their identity," including facilities for a bank, the main offices of the client's firm, a men's club, and 120,000 square feet of leasable office space.26 Maule designed a site plan for two high-rise towers, six one- and two-story low-rise buildings, and three levels of underground parking (Figure 64).27 Roof terraces are mentioned in early descriptions of the project and shown in some early concept sketches, but were never implemented (Figure 65). The floor plans for the office tower were designed to be efficient and modular with open plans around a central elevator core for maximum flexibility for office tenants.28 Prior to construction, the design received Progressive Architecture magazine's 1964 Citation of Merit. The jury comment stated, "Though the jury admired nearly all aspects of this building —the disposition and expression of the many necessary elements, the plan, the mechanical system, the architecture of the tower portion —they voiced strong reservations concerning 'the confusion between the arch and the cantilever principle,' evident in the base of the tower."29 35 "Palo Alto: a unique location for modern industry and commerce," Palo Alto Times, December 9, 1966; and David Hoye, "Reaching the heights in Palo Alto," Times Tribune, July 13, 1987. 26 "Citation: United California Bank Building, Palo Alto, California," Progressive Architecture 45, no. 1 (January 1964), 122. 27 Maule worked with structural engineer, Isadore Thompson, and mechanical and electrical engineers, Ackerman & Aronoff. 28 "Space Division," Palo Alto Times, December 9, 1966. 29 "Citation: United California Bank Building, Palo Alto, California," Progressive Architecture 45, no. 1 (January 1964), 122. PAGE & TURNBULL 35 Packet Pg. 402 2020 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Historic Resource Evaluation [16252A.47] Figure 64. Bird's-eye view site plan of the subject property and unrealized additional buildings by Maule. Source: University of California, Berkeley, Environmental Design Archives. Palo Alto Office Ce Package enue Palo A�to, CA Figure 65. Rendering by Maule of unrealized roof terraces. Other design features shown, such as arched concrete columns and precast window screen, were constructed in the final design. Source: University of California, Berkeley, Environmental Design Archives. While the full site plan was never realized, Phase One of the project, including the tower on University Avenue and two flanking low-rise wings were constructed based on a revised design by Maule that excluded roof terraces (Figure 66). Ground -breaking occurred in December 1963 and initial construction in summer of 1964 when 100,000 cubic yards of earth was removed to pour the concrete mat foundation in a 35 -foot -deep hole (Figure 67).3° By September 1966 the garage was open, elevators were working, garage open, and the first two tenants —Shell Oil Company's Data Division and Cupples Company, a manufacturing rep for paper products —moved in with the complex already 45 percent leased.31 The western portion of the block, including portions of the upper terrace of the rear plaza, was left as a concrete slab for future development through at least 1968 before Hare, Brewer & Kelley abandoned hopes of their initial full -block plan (Figure 68). 30 General contractor was Johnson and Mape with Henry C. Beck Co; see, "$8.5 Million Bank Building Underway," The Times, August 12, 1964. 31 "New 15 -story Palo Alto Office Center comes to life," Palo Alto Times, September 26, 1966. PAGE & TURNBULL 36 Packet Pg. 403 2020 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Historic Resource Evaluation [16252A.47] Palo Alto Office Ce Package enue Palo A�to, CA SOLAR 'KONZE, WINDOW GLASS REDUCES BEAT TowER rox vE` ri LATING MACHINERY SKYLINE VIEW STAIRWAYS FOUR NIGH SPEED' EVATOR5 PASSAGEWAY TO INTERIOR PLAZAS (BOTH SIDESI SDC ONE AND TWO STORY BUILDINGS EON RANKS, TITLE COMPANY INVESTMENT BROKER. RESTAURANT. ETC. ail r DRUG STORE'LOFFEE BAR FLORIST ' .... .4,........„ 1 11 r� ' IIII 1!1lk tilts!tilts!ih:.siiittilmail ail __ ----i Li. , , _ 111 1:'' '� '� III •• ti ,. 'I* . . girrt fa in I p_. fill -,, ‘, % It Lie ELIAll Val el, 1 "Mt i 1677T1111— I I Tt T,1 il l r2 1 CBANICAL ROOMS, LEVEL 77',1 014ACCONIST 11 THREE -LEVEL PARKING SSA CARS rL11lliI.>�� �NCST ROOMS WINDOW CASE512NT5 THREE FEET DEEP 2RovIOC SUN CONTROL RAY VIEW MEN 5 LLNCHEON 11.25. TRIAD FLOOR 1 ENCLOSED 11111001: TO WEE D➢ILDING:5 MOTI1510E61 =MANI_ - II. III .1 .dim•MI I 11 NI s• ...•••,... .... _,y.. BARBER 5)101', DOOTIILACN WiALT1I 21.01 11050TY 1110P Figure 66. Section -elevation drawing by Maule of the three constructed buildings at Palo Alto Office Center. Source: University of California, Berkeley, Environmental Design Archives. PAGE & TURNBULL 37 Packet Pg. 404 020 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Historic Resource Evaluation [16252A.47] Palo Alto Office Ce Package Jenne Palo Ato, CA Figure 67. Construction of the Palo Alto Office Center tower base, circa 1965. Source: Palo Alto Historical Association. Figure 68. 1968 aerial photograph of the Palo Alto Office Center. The western half of the site has a pad foundation for future development. Source: Flight CAS -2310, Frame 1-25, May 2, 1968, Cartwright Aerial Surveys, UC Santa Barbara Library FrameFinder. When the Palo Alto Office Center was formally dedicated on December 9, 1966, at 15 stories and 237 feet tall, it was the tallest building between San Francisco -Oakland and Los Angeles (Figure 69).32 The arched, bush -hammered concrete columns of the tower base rise dramatically over the commercial corridor of University Avenue, set against the complimentary low-rise wings and brick paving which provide a more human scale to the complex (Figure 70). The heavy repeating precast concrete panels surrounding the windows were designed by Maule to act as sunscreens at each interior office floor. The visual weight of these panels is tempered by the corner condition at each floor —the comer windows are abutting, without division by a precast panel —creating a visual cantilever effect. Each horizontal precast panel also has a gentle curve which references the dominant visual feature at the base: the arched concrete columns. 32 "Palo Alto Office Area Near Finish," Oakland Tribune, May 22, 1966. PAGE & TURNBULL 38 Packet Pg. 405 2020 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Historic Resource Evaluation [16252A.47] Figure 69. View of the Palo Alto Office Center looking east from the upper terrace of the rear plaza, circa 1966. Source: University of California, Berkeley, Environmental Design Archives. Palo Alto Office Ce Package enue Palo Flo, CA Figure 70. Hare, Brewer & Kelley sign at the base of the Palo Alto Office Center tower, with the South Wing at the left, circa 1966. Source: University of California, Berkeley, Environmental Design Archives. Throughout the design of the Palo Alto Office Center, Maule used features and materials —such as the curve of the three-point arch, brick, and bush -hammered concrete —to create a cohesive design at the exterior and interior of all three buildings. The brick paving at plaza and sidewalk along University Avenue extended into the lobby of the office tower building, and the concrete columns were exposed at the interior (Figure 71). While softer materials such as wood paneling and what appears to be plaster were used at the walls and ceilings of the lobby elevator core, the wall opposite the elevators curved to meet the ceiling with the same arch as the exterior concrete columns. Bronzed handles, oriented like a sideways 'T,' at fully glazed lobby doors were also designed to complement this arched shape. While the facades of each of the two low-rise buildings were designed by Maule to have a very clear, repeating module, there are modules with black granite in place of typical windows, which reflects the interior function of the space —such as interior stairways at the North Wing or secure banking functions at the South Wing (Figure 72). PAGE & TURNBULL 39 Packet Pg. 406 2020 Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Historic Resource Evaluation [16252A.47] Palo Alto Office Ce Package enue Palo Aitto, CA Figure 71. Interior view of the elevator core in the lobby of the office tower, circa 1966. Source: University of California, Berkeley, Environmental Design Archives. Figure 72. South facade of the South Wing, featuring black granite panels at the first floor due to interior banking function, circa 1966. Source: University of California, Berkeley, Environmental Design Archives. Maule also designed interior for the United California Bank branch, located in the low-rise South Wing, which was described by a newspaper article as having a: [...]luxurious interior, which will include such exotic decor as teakwood from Thailand. Total cost for the interior will be around a quarter -million dollars. [...]Tall bronze doors lead from University Avenue into the new branch, where a spacious, quiet mood is enhanced by low, unobstructed teller's counters and a large administrative area carpeted in antique gold. Walls and counters are paneled in solid teak from Thailand, and the columns are also encased in teak. A unique feature inside is the black granite enclosed vault, which reflects the interior granite walls.33 Contrasting with the brick floor of the office tower lobby, the bank appears to have originally featured granite flooring (Figure 73). 33 "Striking Bank Interior Planed," The Times, July 22, 1966. PAGE & TURNBULL 40 Packet Pg. 407 2020 Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Historic Resource Evaluation [16252A.47] Figure 74. South Wing and rear plaza planter, circa 1966. Source: University of California, Berkeley, Environmental Design Archives. Figure 73. Interior view of United California Bank branch in the South Wing, circa 1966. Source: University of California, Berkeley, Environmental Design Archives. Palo Alto Office Ce Package enue Pato A�to, CA The rear plaza was named the "William Michael Kelley Memorial Plaza" in honor of the late president of Hare, Brewer & Kelley, who had been part of the project planning but had died in 1963. 34 The plaza was described at the time of dedication with high praise: The plaza is an area of restful pools, landscaping and contrasting architectural excitement. Walking into the inner court one appreciates the intimate charm of the lower plaza which connects to the upper plaza by a series of broad steps. Together these plaza areas occupy more than half of the city block which is the Office Center. Interest is heightened architecturally by arcades created by second -level overpasses between certain of the buildings. The total effect of the plaza with its many entrances from the street is not unlike that of plazas of beautiful old European cities. The plazas are places of rest, to sit, to see and to enjoy, both from the plaza level and from the surrounding buildings.35 34 "Dedication...Office Center Plaza dedicated to William M. Kelley," Palo Alto Times, December 9, 1966. 35 "Life at the Tower," Palo Alto Times, December 9, 1966. PAGE & TURNBULL 41 Packet Pg. 408 2020 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Historic Resource Evaluation Palo Alto Office Ce [16252A.47] Package Jenne Palo Hto, CA At the upper level of the brick plaza, Maule had also designed a structure to house an elevator accessing the underground parking below, which features columns that match the low-rise buildings. Except for the brick paving immediately around the elevator structure and stair to the parking garage, the upper terrace remained unfinished until likely the early 1970s. Per Hare, Brewer & Kelley's original plans and the site plans designed by Maule, additional low-rise buildings would have been located at the upper terrace, but were ultimately never constructed. Hare, Brewer & Kelley instead divided the western most one-third of the block as a separate parcel for development, and the upper terrace was completed with brick paving and concrete planters to match the lower plaza. However, some users would later complain that the plaza had a wind tunnel effect, making it too chilly to enjoy. Later owner C.M. Capital proposed several schemes in the 1990s that would have addressed this concern and provided additional square footage, including an atrium addition at the rear plaza and a new building that would have engulfed the plaza and site of the two low rise buildings. 36 However, these projects were never realized. Today, the office tower remains Palo Alto's tallest building due to height limits imposed in 1974. CONSTRUCTION CHRONOLOGY The following table provides a timeline of construction activity at 525 University Avenue, based on building permit applications on file with the Palo Alto Development Services. Cancelled, expired, and temporary permits are not included. Permits related to telecommunications installations on the roof are also not included. Date Filed Permit App # Owner ' Applicant Architect/ Designer Description of Work 3/3/1975 C31629 Bud Moore Sign, "Walk up window" and footprints 11/12/1976 P-7625 George Britt, QRS Corporation Install non -illuminated plex. lettering on building. 2/6/1978 78 -UP -4 C.M. Trading Co. La Tour, Inc. Sale of alcoholic beverages — use permit. 3/3/1978 PLN- 603 Hare, Brewer & Kelley Monterey Savings & Loan William Concolino & Associates Approval of signage on Palo Alto Office Center for Monterey Savings & Loan signs to identify 15" floor usage by Monterey Savings on University Ave. 36 Peter Gauvin, "Remodeling ahead for 525 University," Palo Alto Weekly, June 5, 1996; and Peter Gauvin, "High-rise plans fall flat," Palo Alto Weekly, November 15, 1996. PAGE & TURNBULL 42 Packet Pg. 409 2020 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Historic Resource Evaluation [16252A.47] Palo Alto Office Ce Package Jenne Palo Ato, CA Date Filed Permit App # Owner Applicant Architect/ Designer Description of Work 3/15/1978 PLN- 1627 Bayshore Landmark N.Y. La Tour, Inc. Richard Elmore Design Ass. 3 restaurant identification signs on building. 3th story level. 2/17/1981 81-ARB- 41 United Cal. Bank A.I.D.C.O. Approval of installation of an automated teller machine. 3/11/1981 81-ARB- 58 Bayshore Landmark N.Y. W. Heath & Co., First Interstate Bank Replace existing plex faces in existing signs and replace existing plaques with new flat cut out aluminum plaques per plans for signs "Athru F." 9/22/1981 81-ARB- 203 Home Savings George Britt, QRS Corporation Sign approval 2/22/1984 84-ARB- 48 Amcoe Sign Co. Name change on existing free- standing sign: "Bache" to Prudential Bache Securities. 4/16/1985 85-ARB- 94 Home Savings Ad -Art Sign Co. Replace existing signs (2) with new signs — old copy — "Home Savings." New copy — "Home Savings of America" 3/18/1986 86-ARB- 68 Hare Brewer & Kelley Inc. Switzer Construction Inc. Install new glass door and fixed glass sidelight where pair of fixed windows exist. 8/28/1987 87-ARB- 210 Hare Brewer & Kelley Inc. Switzer Construction Inc. Install new glass door and fixed glass sidelight where pair of fixed windows exist. 8/21/1987 87 -UP- 033 C.M. Capital Corporation Raji Azar Sale of beer and wine 3/21/1988 88-ARB- 64 Hare Brewer & Kelley Inc. Gordon Williams Design Review and approval of TSA, Inc. exterior sign proposal of 3/18/88 by the ARB and City of Palo Alto 4/26/1988 88-ARB- 97 Hare Brewer & Kelley Inc. William S. Douglas, Architect Approval of proposed metal frame with marble inset blade style sign, dimensions 6'-6" wide x 1'-6" high x 1'h" deep with the words "Hambrecht & Quist, Second Floor" inscribed in marble with gold leaf applied. Sign to be located on top of concrete tree planter, top of sign at +5'-0" above ground. 8/9/1989 89-ARB- 193 C.M. Capital Corporation C.M. Capital Corporation Change the surface material on the walkways between buildings; install planters and PAGE & TURNBULL 43 Packet Pg. 410 2020 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Historic Resource Evaluation [16252A.47] Palo Alto Office Ce Package Jenne Palo Ato, CA Date Filed Permit A # Pp Owner Applicant Architect/ Desi ner g Description of Work sign monument and glass canopies between buildings 10/10/1989 89-ARB- 253 C.M. Capital Corporation Imperial Savings Installation of automated teller machine in existing exterior storefront wall 8/16/1991 91-ARB- 109 C.M. Capital Corporation Chadwick Hamilton [...]The owner wishes to extend approval of the steel and glass canopy as a separately approved action by the ARB in order to complete this part of the original work at a later time. 10/15/1992 92-ARB- 153 C.M. Capital Corporation C. Homan Design Construct redwood lattice screen at existing air conditioners at 2°a story roof 6/10/1993 93-ARB- 110 C.M. Capital Corporation J.H. Bryant, Brent Crabill Install three fixtures on the exterior of the bank to comply with Senate Bill AB244 which deals with a minimum of light around the ATM 11/01/1995 95-ARB- 228 C.M. Capital Corporation Kevin E. Strong, Strong &Assoc, Inc. Add +/- 3'-6" H. x 8'-0" W. with 6'-0" projection. Front solid valance is 2'-0" H. along Cowper St. near University Ave. 10/10/2000 00-ARB- 147 Ernie Paez Aaron Majors/ Gachina Landscape Management Landscape plan approval 6/26/2003 03-ARB- 57 Insignia / E.S.G. Western Allied Review & approve mechanical plans to modify outside air intake. 04/29/2005 OSPLN- 00154 CBRE Sign Solutions Inc. Non illuminated aluminum letters on aluminum panel attached to building. 7/25/2005 05PLN- 00269 CBRE Sign Solutions Inc. Monument sign. 2/26/2007 07PLN- 00066 Chris Boreta Pro Signs, Inc. New signs in existing wall sign locations — 3 florescent illuminated black aluminum sign cabinets with translucent red & white push through acrylic letters 8/2/2007 07PLN- 00243 PAOC LLC Alan Ford, Barbara Ford Install two (2) sets of internally illuminated letters mounted on backer panel on wall and PAGE & TURNBULL 44 Packet Pg. 411 2020 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Historic Resource Evaluation [16252A.47] Palo Alto Office Ce Package Jenne Palo Ato, CA Date Filed Permit App # Owner Applicant Architect/ Designer Description of Work two (2) internally illuminated window signs. 8/15/2008 0 00000- 00261 Chris Boreta Kevin Mattos, Architect Install safety guard rail at rooftop parapet. 9/16/2008 08PLN- 00000 00292 PAOC, LLC Artsigns Architectural Install signs to the facade of the building. 3/31/2014 14PLN- 00098 Chris Boreta Paul Maynes Replace sign face with new business, Guidebook. Same sign type & construction as previous 6/18/2014 14PLN 00218 PAOC, LLC Juan Gonzalez Adimpact Installation of two (2) building identification signs with Push - Thru copy reading "California Bank & Trust" as per Adimpact drawings 11/7/2014 14PLN- 00441 Stanford Federal Credit Union Indian Ortega Stanford FCU is changing its corporate logo in November 2014. We are requesting permission to change existing logo to the new logo located outside the building. 12/19/2017 17-PLN- 00460 PAOC, LLC Fastsigns Fabricated and installed illuminated Push-thru letters Known alterations that are not clearly stated in the permit table above include replacement of entry doors at various dates, remodel of the ground floor office tower lobby (which could be related to permitted work in 1989 involving the replacement of the floor material at the lobby entrances), and conversion of the fountain at the rear plaza to a planter sometime after 2005. Moveable outdoor furniture, such as benches and round picnic tables have been installed around the site. Early photos show square wood tree planters along Cowper Street, indicating that the movable round concrete planters may not be original to the site (Figure 74). Limited available historic photographs indicate that the planters have likely been replanted over the years. The complex was LEEDcertified in March 2010. Ownership and Occupant History OWNERSHIP HISTORY The subject property was owned and developed by the Palo Alto real estate development company Hare, Brewer & Kelley. In February 1968, just a few years after completion of 525 University Avenue, PAGE & TURNBULL 45 Packet Pg. 412 2020 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Historic Resource Evaluation Palo Alto Office Ce [16252A.47] Package enue Pato Aitto, CA the property was sold to Eldorado Insurance Co. of San Francisco, but Hare, Brewer & Kelley maintained full management and operational control of the complex.37 The sale was made, at least in part, to provide finances for Hare, Brewer & Kelley to pursue construction of a second tower on the site, which never materialized. In late 1976, Eldorado Insurance Co. announced a potential sale to an undisclosed buyer, which may have been C.M. Capital Corporation. 38 A private investment company, C.M. Capital Corporation was established in 1969 in Palo Alto by the Cha family who established the Cha Group of affiliated companies in 1949 with Dr. Cha Chi Ming's China Dyeing Works.39 Since about 2009, the property has been owned by PAOC, LLC. Hare, Brewer & Kelley Established in 1925 as Hare, Brewer, and Clark, the firm was soon joined by William M. Kelley (1895- 1964), who would become president of the re -named firm after he acquired it in 1938.4° Kelley was responsible for growing the subdivision arm of the company, building communities on the Peninsula such as Lindenwood, Crescent Park, Leland Manor, and Atherton Heights, as well as Ladera, a 525 - home community in the hills west of Stanford University that the firm rescued from failure under the original developer.41 Kelley was also instrumental in the development of the Palo Alto Office Center and Mayfield Mall —the first indoor shopping center in Mountain View —and served as chairman of the Palo Alto Planning Commission. The firm's portfolio included projects such as the 620 -acre high-tech office park in Sunnyvale known as Moffett Park. Kelley's two sons, William K. and Ryland, took over the firm after his death in 1964. Ryland was the vice president of the firm during the development of the Palo Alto Office Center. Originally located at 529 Ramona Street, the firm relocated its offices to a remodeled two-story residential building at 525 University Avenue in 1953.42 They then temporarily located their staff of 50 across the street at 530 University Street while their new office tower complex at 525 University Avenue was under construction.43 In the early 1960s, the firm took advantage of the growing Silicon Valley industries and associated residential and commercial development to create its own research and planning department "to supply information for its own developments, but also for outside small and medium-sized business concerns. Hare, Brewer & Kelley believe the department is the only one of its kind on the Peninsula, and certainly the only one which is part of a real estate firm."44 However, by the late 1960s the sentiment of the "residentialist"-leaning City Council was against 37 "Palo Alto Office Center Sold," Palo Alto Times, February 26, 1968. 38 "Buyer found for building," Palo Alto Times, December 21, 1976. 39 "About," CM Capital Corporation, accessed November 30, 2020, https://www.ccapital.com/. 40 "Dedication...Office Center Plaza dedicated to William M. Kelley," Palo Alto Times, December 9, 1966. 41 Sam Whiting, "Rye Kelley, dies at 88, key to developing downtown Palo Alto," SFGate, September 2, 2014. 42 "Palo Alto Firm at new offices," Palo Alto Times, November 16, 1953. 43 "Big moving job," Palo Alto Times, December 31, 1963. 44 Paul Emerson, "Firm creates own area research dept.," Palo Alto Times, January 10, 1963. PAGE & TURNBULL 46 Packet Pg. 413 2020 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Historic Resource Evaluation Palo Alto Office Ce [16252A.47] Package enue Palo Flo, CA large office towers and redevelopment projects, and the Palo Alto Tenants Union staged a number of protests outside of the firm's office in 1970, accusing them and others of "buying up downtown land so new high rise office buildings can be constructed."45 As a result, Hare, Brewer & Kelley were not able to realize several planned projects, including development of the full block on which 525 University Avenue is located with a second tower and additional low-rise buildings, or a "superblock" development known as the "Bryant Street Projects" several blocks south 46 In the late 1970s, the firm relocated again to 305 Lytton Avenue.47 The firm appears to have dissolved in the 2000s, before or soon after the deaths of William K. Kelley in 2007 and Ryland Kelley in 2014.4$ KNOWN OCCUPANT HISTORY Hare, Brewer & Kelley was a tenant of the complex until the late 1970s. Other early tenants included anchor tenant United California Bank, Shell Oil Co.'s data division, and Cupples Co., a manufacturing rep for paper products.49 The complex has always had a variety of financial and professional services office tenants, including real estate, investment, insurance, and computer technology companies. The two-story office buildings have been occupied by bank, restaurant and other retail uses in the past, but are currently occupied by office tenants. A sampling of previous occupants is provided by available Palo Alto City Directories through Ancestry.com in the following table; the first available directory after construction of the subject property is 1969, and the last available directory is from 1979. Year of Occupancy Occupants 1969 • • • • • • • • • • • Hare Brewer & Kelley Golden Shears Barber Shop, Tower Gourmet (restaurant) Bache & Co. (investment securities) Berlitz Schools of Languages United California Bank, Information Systems Design (computer Schneider Brothers Inc. (clearing house) Fymshare Inc. (computer time-sharing) Center Club, International Business Machines Corp. (field eng.) International Business Mach Corp (Data Proc. Div.) Executive Action Inc. (employment agency) Boise Cascade Properties Inc. (real estate) utility) 45 "Angry," San Jose Mercury, July 14, 1970; and "Pickets protest downtown office project," Palo Alto Times, June 22, 1970. 46 "Angry," San Jose Mercury, July 14, 1970; and "Pickets protest downtown office project," Palo Alto Times, June 22, 1970. 47 "Palo Alto firm may move," Palo Alto Times, December 7, 1976. 48 David Boyce, "William Kelley, major Silicon Valley real estate player, dies at 84," The Almanac, August 31, 2007; and Sue Dremann, "Prominent Palo Alto developer Ryland Kelley dies," Palo Alto Weekly, September 2, 2014. 49 "New 15 -story Palo Alto Office Center comes to life," Palo Alto Times, September 26, 1966. PAGE & TURNBULL 47 Packet Pg. 414 2020 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Historic Resource Evaluation [16252A.47] Palo Alto Office Ce Package Jenne Palo Ato, CA • Gruner W. P. (inv.) • Beck Henry C Co. (general contractor) • Schleh Associates Inc. (business analysts) • Babson Denis G (real estate) • Miller John F • Swan B D Inc • Swan Wersen & Associates Inc. (general insurance agency) • IBM Corp • Jacobs Steven Design Associates • Cupples Co. (paper products) • Benedict Advertising Inc, Peddler Press (publ.) • Meyerson & Co Inc (brokers stocks and bonds) • Independent Securities Corp (inv.) • Service Bureau Corp (district office) • Thoits Lehman & Hanna (lawyers) • American Software & Computer (data processing) • Management Science America (computer consulting) • Best & Co (real estate) • Elevator Electric, Executive Suite (telephone answering service) • Hawaiian Insurance & Guarantee Co Ltd, Hemming -Morse & Co (accts.) • Leonard Companies (real estate), Roth Development (real estate) • Teeple Lawrence R Jr (optics consultant) • Hardy Carley Love & Jaffe (lawyers) • Eldorado Insurance Co. (casualty insurance) • Alza Corporation (phar. research) • Peters Colin (lawyer) • Microform Data Systems Inc (microfilming) 1972 • Hare Brewer & Kelley • Golden Shears Barber Shop • Guckenheimer Fine Foods (restaurant) • Bache & Co (investment securities) • Berlitz School of Languages • Equitable Life Assurance Society • United California Bank • Title Insurance & Trust Co. • Urban Arts Foundation • Tymshare Inc (computer time-sharing) • Center Club • International Business Machines (sub office) • International Business Machines Corp (data processing division) • Boise Cascade Recreational Communities Group, Sibley A E (inv.) PAGE & TURNBULL 48 Packet Pg. 415 2020 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Historic Resource Evaluation [16252A.47] Palo Alto Office Ce Package Jenne Palo Ato, CA • Kinghom G F (investments) • Source E D P Inc (professional placement agency) • Schleh Associates Inc (business analysts) • Jacobs Steven Design Inc • Hawley Smith Co. (real estate) • IBM, Cupples Co. (paper products) • Boise Cascade Recreational Communities Group • H&R Block Executive Tax Service • Ware & Freidenrich (lawyers) • Gallott-Benedict Inc • IBM (Basic Systems Center Office) • Thoits Lehman & Hanna (lawyers) • Management Science America (computer consulting) • Best & Co (real estate) • Walton -Hayes Associates (sewage treatment equipment) • Executive Suite (telephone answering service) • Anixter Bosch & Russell (consultants) • Testdata Systems Corp • Domeine Rudolf (real estate) • Driscoll R W (investigator) • Smith FL Machines (envelope machs.) • Clay Roy L & Associates (management consultants) • Transcontinental Communications Corp • F Mr Inc (financial management) • Wiltek Inc. (telecommunications) • Clasco Systems Inc (Computers) • Mill Eug (acct.) • Nelson School (securities training) • Carley Lovel Small & Munro (lawyers) • Eldorado Insurance Co • Peters Colin (lawyer) 1974 • Golden Shears Barber Shop • Guckenheimer Fine Foods (restaurant) • Edmonds Enterprises Ltd (real estate) • Lloyd Hall Investment Co (real estate) • Milmoe Investment Properties (real estate) • Palo Alto Equity & Mortgage Investors Trust • Bache & Co • Equitable Life Assurance Society • United California Bank • Berlitz School of Languages PAGE & TURNBULL 49 Packet Pg. 416 2020 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Historic Resource Evaluation [16252A.47] Palo Alto Office Ce Package Jenne Palo Ato, CA • United Travel Service • Ulrich Peggy Personnel Agency • Hare Brewer & Kelly Inc (real estate) • International Business Machines Corp • Center Club • International Business Machines Corp (data processing) • Boise Cascade Realty Group • Source E D P Inc (professional placement agency) • Schleh Associates Inc (business analysts) • Jacob Steven Design Inc • Rehmus Frederick P (investments) • Inetic Inc • Cupples Co (paper products) • Neely Scott, Ware & Freidenrich (lawyers) • Adams Melbert B (lawyer) • Clay Roy L & Associates (consultant) • Millennium Society Inc (national association for orthodontists) • Bingham Jane J(cap.) • Eldorado Insurance Co • Thoits Lehman & Hanna (lawyers) • Best & Co (real estate) • Walton -Hayes Associates (sewage treatment equipment) • Executive Suite (telephone answering service) • Gewinn Enterprises (inv.) • Hawley Smith Co. (real estate) • Randolph Computer Co (computer sales leasing) • Driscoll R W (investigator) • Smith FL Machines (envelope machs.) • Marion Shovel Co. • Computer Systems of America • Wiltek Inc. (telecommunications) • Keech Edward M (lawyer) • Mills Eug. (acct.) • Nelson School (securities training) • Carley Lovel Small & Munro (lawyers) • Eldorado Insurance Co • Peters Colin (lawyer) 1976 • Golden Shears Barber Shop • Edmonds Enterprises Ltd (real estate) • Bache & Co, Microband • Equitable Life Assurance Society PAGE & TURNBULL 50 Packet Pg. 417 2020 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Historic Resource Evaluation [16252A.47] Palo Alto Office Ce Package Jenne Palo Ato, CA • United California Bank • Berlitz School of Languages • United California Bank (Trust Division) • Ulrich Peggy Personnel Agency • International Business Machines Corp • Center Club • International Business Machines Corp (data processing) • Boise Cascade Realty Group • Eskelund & Olsuka Co (consultant) • Schleh Associates Inc (business analysts) • Jacob Steven Design Inc • Rehmus Frederick P (investments) • Driscoll R W • Cupples Co (paper products) • Argonaut Insurance Co. • Ware & Freidenrich (lawyers) • Adams Melbert B (lawyer) • Smith Smith Co. (real estate) • Millennium Society Inc (national association for orthodontists) • Andrews Jane J(cap.) • Dolan Rea & Nelson Inc (inv. counselors) • Thoits Lehman & Hanna (lawyers) • Eldorado Insurance Co • Best & Co (real estate) • Hopkins & Carley (lawyers) • Peters Colin (lawyer) PAGE & TURNBULL 51 Packet Pg. 418 2020 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Historic Resource Evaluation Palo Alto Office Ce [16252A.47] Package Jenne Palo Ato, CA VI. EVALUATION California Register of Historical Resources The California Register of Historical Resources (California Register) is an inventory of significant architectural, archaeological, and historical resources in the State of California. Resources can be listed in the California Register through a number of methods. State Historical Landmarks and National Register -listed properties are automatically listed in the California Register. Properties can also be nominated to the California Register by local governments, private organizations, or citizens. The evaluative criteria used by the California Register for determining eligibility are closely based on those developed by the National Park Service for the National Register of Historic Places. In order for a property to be eligible for listing in the California Register, it must be found significant under one or more of the following criteria. • Criterion 1 (Events): Resources that are associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of local or regional history, or the cultural heritage of California or the United States. • Criterion 2 (Persons): Resources that are associated with the lives of persons important to local, California, or national history. • Criterion 3 (Architecture): Resources that embody the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, region, or method of construction, or represent the work of a master, or possess high artistic values. • Criterion 4 (Information Potential): Resources or sites that have yielded or have the potential to yield information important to the prehistory or history of the local area, California, or the nation. The following section examines the eligibility of 525 University Avenue for individual listing in the California Register. CRITERION 1 (EVENTS) The Palo Alto Office Center at 525 University Avenue does not appear to be significant under California Register Criterion 1 (Events), which would include resources associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of local or regional history, or the cultural heritage of California or the United States. The complex was built during the post -World War II period when Downtown North and the University Avenue commercial corridor of Palo Alto PAGE & TURNBULL 52 Packet Pg. 419 2020 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Historic Resource Evaluation Palo Alto Office Ce [16252A.47] Package enue Palo Flo, CA experienced substantial amount of redevelopment and commercial infill development. Larger trends in the area during this period also included significant development of corporate office parks. While part of these larger suburban commercial development patterns, the Palo Alto Office Center was not the first of its kind nor is it uniquely representative of this trend such that it could be considered individually eligible under Criterion 1. The subject property was a touchstone in a larger conversation about urban planning, and "residentialist citizens and City Council members pushed for a 50 -foot height limit which was implemented several years after the construction of the Palo Alto Office Center. Likewise, the Palo Alto Office Center was only one of a number of built and planned developments that precipitated this conversation and cannot be singularly credited for the height limit. No significant events are known to have occurred at 525 University Avenue. Therefore, 525 University Avenue is not eligible for listing under Criterion 1. CRITERION 2 (PERSONS) The Palo Alto Office Center at 525 University Avenue does not appear to be significant under California Register Criterion 2 (Persons), as a resource associated with individuals significant locally, to California, or the United States. Office tenants of the Palo Alto Office Center have included numerous financial and professional services firms, technology firms, and attorneys, among others, since it was constructed. While it is possible that one of these tenants employed a person or persons important to local, California, or national history, the building's program as an office tower appears to limit the potential for associative relationships that would be required for the property to be considered significant under Criterion 2 (Persons). However, the Palo Alto Office Center's developer and the office tower's earliest anchor tenant, the real estate development firm of Hare, Brewer & Kelley, does appear to be significant to local history. The firm was one of the largest and most prominent development firms in Palo Alto and the San Francisco Bay Peninsula in the early to mid -20'' century, working on numerous projects from the Mayfield Mall and Moffett Park to numerous residential communities like Lindenwood, Crescent Park, Leland Manor, Ladera, and Atherton Heights. The firm, under the leadership of William M. Kelley until his death in 1964 and subsequently under the leadership of his sons William K. and Ryland Kelley, was a significant force in shaping the commercial and residential development of Palo Alto and the surrounding Peninsula. The firm's most active years were in the post -World War II period through the 1960s, during which time the firm was based at 525 University Avenue —at first in a remodeled apartment building and then in the Palo Alto Office Center, which it developed. Although the firm was only headquartered in the Palo Alto Office Center from 1966, the year of completion, to circa 1976, the firm was associated with the site as early as 1953, and the project was PAGE & TURNBULL 53 Packet Pg. 420 2020 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Historic Resource Evaluation Palo Alto Office Ce [16252A.47] Package enue Palo A�to, CA one of their cornerstone development projects. Therefore, 525 University Avenue appears to be significant under California Register Criterion 2, with a period of significance of 1966 to 1976. CRITERION 3 (ARCHITECTURE) The Palo Alto Office Center at 525 University Avenue appears to be eligible under Criterion 3 (Architecture), which includes resources that embody characteristics of a type, period, region, or method of construction. The property was designed by architect Tallie Maule in the Late Modernist style and was completed in 1966. Maule was a renowned architect in the Bay Area, particularly in his role as Chief Architect of Design Coordination for the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART),and so respected for his work in transportation infrastructure planning design that he was invited to consult on several transit system projects globally. In addition to his award -winning work with BART, Maule's design for the Palo Alto Office Center was awarded the 1964 Citation of Merit by Progressive Architecture, a prominent architecture magazine at the time. As such, the Palo Alto Office Center is considered the work of a local master architect. Furthermore, the complex embodies the characteristics of the Late Modernist style, which is an idiom of the Modern Movement that was prevalent in the 1960s and 1970s. The Palo Alto Office Center exhibits many of the character -defining features typical of Late Modernist design, including a strong geometric form, linear accents, a symmetrical and modular composition, integrated structural elements, strong pattern of solid and void (created by the glazing and precast concrete panels), high quality materials at the ground floor, flexible interior spaces, and a landscaped plaza. In particular, the tripartite composition of the tower and the arched triple -height windows and curved columns with a refined bush -hammer concrete finish at the base exemplify the use of exaggerated scale and reference to simplified classical forms, which are characteristic of Late Modernism. The Palo Alto Office Center is an exceptional example of the Late Modernist style in Palo Alto and the work of master architect Tallie Maule, and is therefore significant under California Register Criterion 3 with a period of significance of 1966, the year of completion. CRITERION 4 (INFORMATION POTENTIAL) The "potential to yield information important to the prehistory or history of California" typically relates to archeological resources, rather than built resources. When California Register Criterion 4 (Information Potential) does relate to built resources, it is relevant for cases when the building itself is the principal source of important construction -related information. The analysis of the property at 525 University Avenue for eligibility under Criterion 4 is beyond the scope of this report. PAGE & TURNBULL 54 Packet Pg. 421 2020 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Historic Resource Evaluation Palo Alto Office Ce [16252A.47] Package Jenne Palo Ato, CA Integrity In order to qualify for listing in any local, state, or national historic register, a property or landscape must possess significance under at least one evaluative criterion as described above and retain integrity. Integrity is defined by the California Office of Historic Preservation as "the authenticity of an historical resource's physical identity evidenced by the survival of characteristics that existed during the resource's period of significance," or more simply defined by the National Park Service as "the ability of a property to convey its significance."5° In order to evaluate whether the subject property retains sufficient integrity to convey its historic significance, Page & Turnbull used established integrity standards outlined by the National Register Bulletin 15: How to Apply the National Register Criteria for Evaluation. Seven variables, or aspects, that define integrity are used to evaluate a resource's integrity location, setting, design, materials, workmanship, feeling, and association. A property must possess most, or all, of these aspects in order to retain overall integrity. If a property does not retain integrity, it can no longer convey its significance and is therefore not eligible for listing in local, state, or national registers. The seven aspects that define integrity are defined as follows: Location is the place where the historic property was constructed or the place where the historic event occurred; Setting addresses the physical environment of the historic property inclusive of the landscape and spatial relationships of the building(s); Design is the combination of elements that create the form, plan, space, structure, and style of the property; Materials refer to the physical elements that were combined or deposited during a particular period of time and in a particular pattern or configuration to form the historic property; Workmanship is the physical evidence of the crafts of a particular culture or people during any given period in history or prehistory; 5o California Office of Historic Preservation, Technical Assistance Series No. 7: How to Nominate a Resource to the California Register of Historical Resources (Sacramento: Califomia Office of State Publishing, 4 September 2001) 11; U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, National Register Bulletin 15: How to Apply the National Register Criteria for Evaluation (Washington, D.C.: National Park Service, 1995) 44. PAGE & TURNBULL 55 Packet Pg. 422 2020 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Historic Resource Evaluation Palo Alto Office Ce [16252A.47] Package enue Palo A�to, CA Feeling is the property's expression of the aesthetic or historic sense of a particular period of time; and Association is the direct link between an important historic event or person and the historic property. LOCATION The subject property retains integrity of location. The complex has remained situated at its location of original construction since 1966. SETTING The subject property retains integrity of setting. The complex was constructed during a period of post -World War IIredevelopment along University Avenue, Palo Alto's downtown commercial corridor. Prior to redevelopment, the block had a number of residential properties, and today there are still residential properties across Tasso Street and along Lytton Avenue. As when the property was constructed, the block continues to be surrounded by a mix of commercial and residential properties, with commercial activity primarily fronting University Avenue or the side streets immediately adjacent. DESIGN The subject property retains integrity of design. No major exterior alterations or additions have been made to the complex. Modest exterior alterations have included replacing exterior doors, adding (and removing) ATM machines, adding two exterior doorways at existing window bays, adding telecommunication equipment and a safety rail to the rooftop mechanical penthouse, and converting the plaza fountain to a planter. Interior alterations have occurred within private tenant office spaces, as well as some alterations to the main lobby of the office tower and the full remodel of the former bank space in the South Wing to an office tenant space. While the former United California Bank was a semi-public space designed by architect Tallie Maule, the loss of the interior features does not substantially diminish the overall design of the complex and, except for replacement doors, does not affect the exterior of the South Wing. The main lobby of the office tower is also a semi-public space and retains its overall design, with entrances below the pedestrian bridges accessing lobby spaces on either side of an elevator core. Although some interior lobby materials have been replaced, as discussed below, the key characteristic feature of the exposed concrete columns remains. The Palo Alto Office Center retains all of its essential Late Modernist design features, including strong geometric form, linear accents, a symmetrical and modular composition, integrated structural elements, strong pattern of solid and void (created by the glazing and precast concrete panels), high quality materials at the ground floor, flexible interior spaces, and PAGE & TURNBULL 56 Packet Pg. 423 2020 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Historic Resource Evaluation Palo Alto Office Ce [16252A.47] Package enue Palo A�to, CA a landscaped plaza. Furthermore, the unique and iconic design features of the Palo Alto Office Center —the arched bush -hammered concrete columns at the office tower and shaped concrete columns at the low-rise wings —remain unaltered. MATERIALS The subject property retains integrity of materials. Minor material alterations include the replacement of sections of brick paving with stone between the tower and the two wings, and at the main lobby of the office tower. The fountain at the rear plaza has been turned into a planter, but the materials that compose the fountain, including the concrete walls and blue tile cladding, remain. The interior materials of the former bank in the South Wing have been replaced and the space converted to an office space, but this alteration does not substantially impact the overall integrity of the complex. The flooring, ceiling and some wall materials have been altered or replaced in the main office tower lobby, but key characteristic materials, such as the exposed bush -hammered concrete columns remain, as do some original door handles and glazed doors and partition walls. Except for the replacement of the exterior doors, which have been replaced with relatively compatible glazed doors, the exterior materials of all three buildings remain unaltered. The doors of the elevator structure at the upper plaza, but all other original materials remain. Characteristic materials of the Late Modernist design, including the bush -hammered concrete columns at the office tower, precast concrete window panels, blue tile at tower shaft soffits, vaulted concrete penthouse roof, shaped concrete columns at the low-rise wings, and the bronze anodized aluminum windows and black granite panels at all three buildings are all intact. WORKMANSHIP The subject property retains integrity of workmanship. The Late Modernist design of the Palo Alto Office Tower utilizes industrial materials and methods, which was characteristic of the Modern Movement. Workmanship is exhibited in the bush -hammer finish of the concrete columns, as well as in details such as the design of the interior lobby door handles, selection of black granite panels, and fillet joint corner details of the columns and corner windows. FEELING The subject property retains integrity of feeling. The Palo Alto Office Center retains integrity of location, setting, design, materials, and workmanship, all of which contribute to its character as a Late Modernist office tower. The architectural style, material palette, siting, and scale of the project with its high-rise tower and low-rise wings around a hardscaped plaza are all recognizable characteristics of 1960s downtown redevelopment projects. PAGE & TURNBULL 57 Packet Pg. 424 2020 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Historic Resource Evaluation Palo Alto Office Ce [16252A.47] ASSOCIATION Package Jenne Palo Ato, CA The subject property retains integrity of association. While the original owners and tenants of the Palo Alto Office Center, Hare, Brewer & Kelley, no longer occupy the complex, turnover in tenants is typical with large-scale office complexes. The complex still retains a clear association with the redevelopment and revitalization efforts in downtown Palo Alto in the post -World War II period, and remains iconic as the tallest building in the city and one of the cited reasons for the later imposed building height restrictions. Overall, the Palo Alto Office Center at 525 University Avenue retains historic integrity. Character -Defining Features For a property to be eligible for national or state designation under criteria related to type, period, or method of construction, the essential physical features (or character -defining features) that enable the property to convey its historic identity must be evident. These distinctive character - defining features are the physical traits that commonly recur in property types and/or architectural styles. To be eligible, a property must clearly contain enough of those characteristics to be considered a true representative of a particular type, period, or method of construction, and these features must also retain a sufficient degree of integrity. Characteristics can be expressed in terms such as form, proportion, structure, plan, style, or materials. The character -defining features of 525 University Avenue include: • 15 -story office tower with square footprint and tripartite composition of base, shaft, and penthouse floor with mechanical rooftop penthouse o Bush -hammered concrete columns with curved projections and fillet comer joints o Three-story, three-point arched window openings along the base, including original bronze anodized aluminum fenestration and black granite panels o Cantilevered shaft with highly regular fenestration composed of projecting precast concrete panels and bronze anodized aluminum windows o Blue tile at soffit of the cantilevered shaft o Recessed 15`h -story penthouse with vaulted, cantilevered roof and fully glazed walls opening onto a brick patio o Two primary entrance locations, each under a pedestrian bridge o Original interior lobby features, including exposed bush -hammered concrete columns and sideways T -shape door handles PAGE & TURNBULL 58 Packet Pg. 425 2020 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Historic Resource Evaluation Palo Alto Office Ce [16252A.47] Package enue Palo Flo, CA • Two flat -roofed two-story wings o Enclosed pedestrian bridges at second floor, connecting to the office tower, including bronze anodized aluminum windows and black granite panels o Highly regular fenestration with fixed, two-lite anodized aluminum windows and black granite panels o Projecting concrete columns with shaped feature at the cornice, with attached rail o Curved concrete base and cornice • Associated landscape features o Brick hardscaping along University Avenue and Cowper and Tasso streets o Terraced rear brick plaza, including broad brick steps o Former elevator structure at upper terrace o Concrete planters and former fountain at lower terrace o Fixed concrete planters along University Avenue. PAGE & TURNBULL 59 Packet Pg. 426 2020 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Historic Resource Evaluation Palo Alto Office Ce [16252A.47] VII. CONCLUSION Package enue Palo Flo, CA The Palo Alto Office Center at 525 University Avenue was completed in 1966 in the Downtown North neighborhood of Palo Alto, along the city's main commercial corridor. The office tower, at 15 stories and 234 feet tall, was the tallest building between San Francisco-Oaldand and Los Angeles at the time of construction and remains the tallest building in Palo Alto. The project was designed by Tallie Maule in the Late Modernist style for the property owners and real estate development firm, Hare, Brewer & Kelley. The firm, which had been originally founded in 1925, had been operating out of a converted apartment building at 525 University Avenue since 1953, before undertaking the massive redevelopment project, which originally encompassed a city block. Hare, Brewer & Kelley was one of the most significant real estate developers in the mid -20th century in Palo Alto and the Peninsula, and the Palo Alto Office Center was their crowning commercial development project. As such, the property has been found to be eligible for the California Register under Criterion 2 (Persons), for association with the firm Hare, Brewer & Kelley, including the leaders of that firm —William M. Kelley and his sons William K. and Ryland Kelley —with a period of significance of 1966 to 1976, the years the firm occupied the offices as their headquarters. Furthermore, the Palo Alto Office Center was an architecture award -wining project by master architect Tallie Maule and is an exceptional example of the Late Modernist style in Palo Alto. As such, the property has also been found to be eligible for the California Register under Criterion 3 (Architecture) with a period of significance of 1966, the year of completion. The property retains all seven aspects of integrity. Therefore, 525 University Avenue is a historic resource for the purposes of CEQA review. PAGE & TURNBULL 60 Packet Pg. 427 2020 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Historic Resource Evaluation Palo Alto Office Ce [16252A.47] VIII. REFERENCES Published Works & Reports Package enue Palo Flo, CA California Office of Historic Preservation. Technical Assistance Bulletin No. 7: How to Nominate a Resource to the California Register of Historical Resources. Sacramento: California Office of State Publishing, September 4, 2001. California Office of Historic Preservation. Technical Assistance Bulletin No. 8: User's Guide to the California Historical Resource Status Codes &Historic Resources Inventory Directory. Sacramento: California Office of State Publishing. November 2004. Accessed October 22, 2018, http://ohp.parks.ca.gov/pages/1069/files/tab8.pdf. Dames & Moore, Michael Corbett, and Denise Bradley. 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PAGE & TURNBULL 63 Packet Pg. 430 2020 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Historic Resource Evaluation Palo Alto Office Ce [16252A.47] Package enue Palo Flo, CA IX. APPENDIX Preparer Qualifications This Historic Resource Evaluation was prepared by Page & Turnbull of San Francisco, California. Page & Turnbull staff responsible for this report include Ruth Todd, FAIA,Principal-in-charge; Christina Dikas, Associate Principal and project manager; and Hannah Simonson, Cultural Resources Planner and primary author, all of whom meet or exceed the Secretary of the Interior's Professional Qualification Standards for Historic Architecture, Architectural History, or History. PAGE & TURNBULL 64 Packet Pg. 431 2020 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J PROPERTIES PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED AS ELIGIBLE FOR THE CALIFORNIA REGISTER Properties proposed for designation under Palo Alto Criterion 2: • Criterion 2 (The structure or site is particularly representative of an architectural style or way of life important to the city, state or nation) Address Criterion Category 2140 Yale Street 2 2 885 College Avenue 2 3 Page & Turnbull 170 MAIDENLANE,5TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO,CALIFORN Packet Pg. 432 PAGE &TURNBULL 2140 YALE STREET APN: 137-01-133 HISTORIC RESOURCE EVALUATION r Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination ���777�+ Package Date of Evaluation: January 2019 Identified California Register Criteria of Significance: Criterion 3 (Architecture) Identified Period of Significance: 1908 Summary of Significance: 2140 Yale Street was found significant as a good and representative example of the square cottage typology with bungalow features within the local context of Palo Alto. 2023 RECONNAISSANCE SURVEY SUMMARY Alterations Since HRE: No alterations identified. Status in 2023: Extant, retains historic integrity. Recommended Revisions to Significance: None. Figure 1: 2019 Historic Resource Evaluation photograph. Figure 2: 2023 Reconnaissance Survey photograph. RECOMMENDATION FOR LISTING IN THE PALO ALTO HISTORIC INVENTORY Palo Alto Historic Inventory Criteria for Designation: Criterion 2 (The structure or site is particularly representative of an architectural style or way of life important to the city, state or nation) Statement of Significance: 2140 Yale Street is significant as a good representative example of the square cottage typology with bungalow features within the local context of Palo Alto. Period of Significance: 1908 Palo Alto Historic Inventory Category: Category 2 Imagining change in historic environments through design, research, and technology 170 MAIDEN LANE, 5TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94108 TEL 415 3 JL-✓ I .Y+ Packet Pg. 433 Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package 2140 YALE STREET HISTORIC RESOURCE EVALUATION PALOALTO,CALIFORNIA [ 16252M] PREPAREDFOR: CITYOF PALOALTO PAGE & TURNBULL JANUARY16, 2019 1 imagining change in historic environments through design, research, and technology Packet Pg. 434 HistoricResource Evaluation [16252M] TABLE OF CONTENTS Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J ,t is I. INTRODUCTION 2 METHODOLOGY 2 II. EXISTING HISTORIC STATUS 3 NATIONALREGISTEROFHISTORICPLACES 3 CALIFORNIAREGISTEROFHISTORICAL RESOURCES 3 CALIFORNIAHISTORICALRESO UR CESTAT US CODE 3 PALOALTOHISTORICINVENTORY 3 DAMES& MOOREPAL OAL TOHISTORICALSUR VEYUPDATE 4 III. BUILDING AND PROPERTY DESCRIPTION 5 SITEFEATURES 8 SURROUNDINGNEIGHBORHOOD 8 IV. HISTORIC CONTEXT 10 PALOALTOHISTORY 10 COLLEGETERRACENEIGHBORHOOD 11 EARL YPALOALTOHOUSING: SQUARECOTTAGESANDBUNGALOWS 13 V. PROJECT SITE HISTORY 15 SITEDEVELOPMENT 15 OWNERSHIPANDOCCUPANTHISTORY 17 VI. EVALUATION 19 CALIFORNIAREGISTEROF HISTORICAL RESOURCES 19 CHARACTER-DEFININGFEATURES 21 INTEGRITY 21 VII. CONCLUSION 24 VIII. REFERENCES CITED 25 Packet Pg. 435 HistoricResource Evaluation [16252M] I. INTRODUCTION Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package This Historic Resource Evaluation (HRE) has been prepared at the request of the City of Palo Alto for the property at 2140 Yale Street (APN 137-01-133),owned by Stanford University,in Palo Alto's College Terrace neighborhood, an R-1(single-familyresidential)zoning district. 2140 Yale Street is located on the south side of Yale Street between Oxford and Collegeavenues.i The subject property is a rectangularlot with dimensions of roughly 50 by 125 feet (Figure 1). The subject property features two buildings,a single-familyresidencebuilt by an unknown builder in 1908, and a detached garage. 2140 Yale Street is not currently listed in the National Registerof Historic Places (National Register) or the CaliforniaRegisterof Historical Resources (CaliforniaRegister).The subject property is also not currently listed on the City of Palo Alto Historic Inventory. 0 Figure 1: City of Palo Alto parcel map. Subject property indicated by red outline. Source: City of Palo Alto, Online Parcel Reports, 2018. METHODOLOGY is This report follows a standard outline used for Historic Resource Evaluation reports, and provides a summary of the current historic status, a building description, and historic context for the buildings at 2140 Yale Street. The report includes an evaluationof the property'sindividualeligibilityfor listing in the CaliforniaRegisterof HistoricalResources. The report does not include an evaluationof its eligibilityfor local designationor as a contributor to a historic district. Page & Turnbull prepared this report using research collected at various local repositories, including the Palo Alto Development Service,Palo Alto HistoricalAssociation,as well as various online sources includingAncestry.com,the CaliforniaDigitalNewspaper Collection, and the Online Archive of California.Key primary sources consulted and cited in this report include Palo Alto buildingpermit applications,city and county directories, and historical newspapers. All photographs in this report were taken by Page & Turnbull during a site visit on December 20, 2018, unless otherwise noted. 1 Based on Sanborn maps and city directories,the subject property appears to have been addressed 341 Yale Street until circa 1920, then addressed 562 Yale Street from 1920-1925,then 540 Yale Street from 1925-1950, before being addressed 2140 Yale Street. For the purposes of this report, the subject buildingwillbe referred to by its current address, 2140 Yale Street. January16, 2019 Packet Pg. 436 1 11 -2- HistoricResource Evaluation [16252M] II. EXISTING HISTORIC STATUS Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J rt is The followingsection examinesthe national, state, and local historicalratings currentlyassignedto 2140 Yale Street. NATIONALREGISTEROF HISTORICPLACES The National Registerof Historic Places (National Register)is the nation' smost comprehensive inventory of historic resources. The National Registeris administeredby the National Park Service and includesbuildings,structures, sites, objects, and districts that possess historic, architectural, engineering,archaeological,or culturalsignificanceat the national, state, or local level. 2140 Yale Street is not listed in the National Registerof Historic Places individually,or as a part of a registeredhistoric district. CALIFORNIAREGISTEROF HISTORICAL ie 8aiifornlSaRegisterof Historical Resources (CaliforniaRegister)is an inventory of significant architectural,archaeological,and historicalresources in the State of California.Resources can be listed in the CaliforniaRegisterthrough a number of methods. State HistoricalLandmarks and National Register-listedproperties are automaticallylisted in the CaliforniaRegister.Properties can also be nominated to the CaliforniaRegisterby local governments, private organizations,or citizens. The evaluativecriteriaused by the CaliforniaRegisterfor determining eligibilityare closelybased on those developedby the National Park Servicefor the National Registerof Historic Places. 2140 Yale Street is not listed in the CaliforniaRegisterof HistoricalResources individually,or as a part of a registeredhistoric district. CALIFORNIAHISTORICALRESOURCESTATUSCODE Property listed or under reviewby the State of CaliforniaOffice of Historic Preservation are assigned a CaliforniaHistoricalResource Status Code (Status Code) of "1" to "7" to establishtheir historical significancein relation to the National Registerof Historic Places (National Registeror NR) or CaliforniaRegisterof HistoricalResources (CaliforniaRegisteror CR). Property with a Status Code of "1" or "2" are either eligiblefor listingin the CaliforniaRegisteror the National Register,or are alreadylistedin one or both of the registers. Property assignedStatus Codes of "3" or "4" appear to be eligiblefor listingin either register,but normallyrequire more research to support this rating. Property assigneda Status Code of "5" have typicallybeen determined to be locallysignificantor to have contextual importance. Property with a Status Code of "6" are not eligiblefor listingin either register.Finally,a Status Code of "7" means that the resource has not been evaluatedfor the National Registeror the CaliforniaRegister,or needs reevaluation. 2140 Yale Street is not listed in the California -1i storic Resources Information System(CHRIS) database with a status code. The most recent update to the CHRIS database for San Francisco County that lists the Status Codes was in Apri12012. PALO ALTO HISTORIC INVENTORY The City of Palo Alto's Historic Inventory lists noteworthy examples of the work of important individualdesignersand architecturaleras and traditions as well as structures whose background is associatedwith important events in the history of the city, state, or nation. The inventory is organizedunder the followingfour Categories: January16, 2019 -3- Packet Pg. 437 11 HistoricResource Evaluation [16252M] • Category 1: An "Exceptional Building"of pre-eminent national or state importance. These buildingsare meritorious works of the best architects, outstanding examples of a specific architectural style, or illustrate stylisticdevelopment of architecture in the United States. These buildingshave had either no exterior modifications or such minor ones that the overall appearance of the buildingis in its originalcharacter. Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package ,t is • Category 2: A "Major Building"of regionalimportance. These buildingsare meritorious works of the best architects, outstanding examplesof an architecturalstyle,or illustrate stylisticdevelopment of architecture in the state or region. A major buildingmay have some exterior modifications,but the originalcharacter is retained. • Category 3 or 4: A "Contributing Building"which is a good local example of an architecturalstyle and relates to the character of a neighborhood grouping in scale, materials, proportion or other factors. A contributingbuildingmayhave had extensiveor permanent changes made to the originaldesign, such as inappropriate additions, extensiveremoval of architecturaldetails,or wooden facades resurfaced in asbestos or stucco. 2140 Yale Street is not listed in the Palo Alto Historic Inventory under any category. DAMES& MOORE PALO ALTO HISTORICALSURVEYUPDATE Between 1997 and 2000, the consultant firm Dames & Moore, contracted by the City of Palo Alto, conducted a surveyupdate which identified,recorded and evaluatedproperties for the National Registerof Historic Places and CaliforniaRegisterof Historical Resources. Office of Historic PreservationDepaitment of Parks and Recreation (DPR) 523 forms were not prepared for all properties. The findings of the surveyare summarizedin Dames & Moore, FinalSurveyReport:Palo AltoHistoricalSurveyUpdate, submitted to City of Palo Alto (February 2001). 2140 Yale Street was found potentiallyeligiblefor the CaliforniaRegister,but not eligiblefor the National Registerduring the Dames & Moore survey.DPR 523 forms were not prepared for 2140 Yale Street. January16, 2019 Packet Pg. 438 11 -4- HistoricResource Evaluation [16252M] III. BUILDING AND PROPERTY DESCRIPTION Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package ,t is 2140 Yale Street is a one-story-over-basementsingle-familyVemacularbungalow (Figure 2). The buildingis located in the CollegeTerrace neighborhood of Palo Alto, which was formerlythe town of Mayfield. Santa Clara County Assessorrecords indicate that the buildingwas constructed in 1908.2 2140 Yale Street is located on a rectangular50-foot by 125-footlot on the south side of Yale Street, between Stanford and Collegeavenues. The subject buildingis set back approximately 15 feet from the sidewalkand features a drivewayalong the east property line. The generallyrectangular-plan wood frame buildingsits on a non-originalconcrete block foundation and has a pyramidhipped roof clad in asphalt shinglesand an interior brick chimney. The roof has overhangingeaves with exposed rafter tails and a simple wood fascia. The residence is clad in wood shinglesand features one -over - one, double -hung wood windows with ogee lugs —hereafter referred to as "typicalwindows." Some of the typicalwindows are original,whileothers are replacementwood windows. The subject building also includes several replacement windows with simulateddividedlites. Figure 2: Site plan with approximate location of parcel boundary in orange. Source: Google Maps, 2019.Edited by Page & Turnbull. Primary (Northeast) Facade The primary(northeast) facade of the subject building faces Yale Street and features an open wood porch at the northeast corner (Figure 3). The entry porch is accessedvia a brick path leadingto a set of wood stairs and is covered by the primaryroof which is supported by a slightlybattered wood column (Figure 4). The porch roof has a wood board soffit with a central, non-originalhanging light fixture (Figure 5). The originalprimary entrance to the residence faces west onto the porch and features a wood paneled door behind a screen door. A second, non-originalfullyglazedwood door with divided lites faces north onto the porch. West of the corner entry porch is a cantilevered projectingbaywith a hipped roof. The bay features four originaltypicalwindows with upper sashes that are smallerthan the lower sashes (Figure 6). 2 City of Palo Alto, Online Parcel Reports, 2018.No originalbuildingpermit is on file at Palo Alto Development Servicesand no originalbuildingpermit index record is on file at the Palo Alto Historical Association. January16, 2019 -5- Packet Pg. 439 11 HistoricResource Evaluation [16252M] Figure 3: Primary southwest. northeast) facade of the main residence, looking Figure 4: Open entry porch at northeast corner of subject building, looking southwest. Figure 5: Non -original light fixture at entry porch. January16, 2019 Figure 6: Projecting bay on primary facade, looking southwest. af.. a�wr��r•r�srba 410 _ Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J rt is Packet Pg. 440 4 ll -6- HistoricResource Evaluation [16252M] Southeast Facade Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package The southeast facade of the subject building faces an asphalt drivewaywhich runs along the property line next to the adjacent property at 2150 Yale Street (Figure 7). The southeast facade features paired replacementtypicalwindows and a singlereplacementtypicalwindow. ,t is Figure 7: Southeast facade, facing driveway and adjacent property at 2150Ya1e Street. Rear (Southwest) Facade The rear (southwest) facade of the subject property faces the rear yard and a detached garage (Figure 8). At the west (left) end of the rear facade is a projectingbay addition capped in a shed roof that extends from the main pyramid hipped roof. The addition is clad in wood drop siding and features a fully-glazeddoor with simulated-dividedlites accessinga smallwood deck with a wood railingand bench. Hung windows with simulated-dividedlites are located to the west (left) of the door and on the east-facingside of the addition. To the east (right) of the addition is a non-original,fixed simulated-divided-litewindow and a typicaloriginalwindow. A second projectingbay addition with a shed roof extending from the main roof is located slightlyeast of the center of the rear facade and does not have any openings. At the east (right) end of the rear facade is a typicalwood replacement window. Betweenthe two projectingbay additions is an exterior wood basement hatch door (Figure 9). Two skylightsare located on the rear (southwest) slope of the main roof. Figure 8: Rear (southwest) facade, looking northeast. Figure 9: Exterior basement hatch at the rear January16, 2019 facade, looking west. Packet Pg. 441 11 - 7 - HistoricResource Evaluation [16252M] Northwest Facade Item 2 AttachmentA-January 11, 2024 Nomination Package The northwest facade of the subject property faces a narrow setback and wood fence along the shared property line with 2130 Yale Street. From north (left) to south (right),the northwest facade features paired typicaloriginalwindows, a singletypicaloriginalwindow, and a non -original fixed simulated-divided-litewindow (Figure 10 and Figure 11). Figure 10: Typical original windows on northwest facade, looking south. Figure 11:Non-original simulated-divided-lite window on northwest facade, looking north. SITEFEATURES At the southwest corner of the subject property is a detached garagewith a gable roof clad in asphalt shingles and horizontal flush wood siding (Figure 12). The garagehas exposed rafter tails and verticalflush wood siding in the gable ends. On the southeast facade of the garageis a metal roll -up door, and on the southeast facade is vertical,three-litewood window. The rear year features an irregularflagstonepatio enclosedby a wood fence (Figure 13). '1 is Figure 12: Detached garage, looking northwest. Figure 13: Rear patio, looking southwest toward detached garage. SURROUNDINGNEIGHBORHOOD The neighborhood immediatelysurrounding 2140 Yale Street, is generallycharacterizedby single- familyresidentialproperties. The subjectbuildingis located a block south of El Camino Real, a major thoroughfare lined with automobile-orientedcommercialproperties. This north end of College Terrace, formerlythe town of Mayfield,began to develop in the first decades of the twentieth century and experiencedmore rapid overall growth between the 1920s and 1950s. The subject property represents one of a handful of extant properties dating to the first decade of the twentieth century in CollegeTerrace. January16, 2019 -8- Packet Pg. 442 11 HistoricResource Evaluation [16252M] Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J rt is Immediatelyadjacentthe subject property at 2130 Yale Street is a Queen Anne cottage built in 1889, which is listed on the Palo Alto Historic Resources Inventory (Figure 14). On the other side of the subject property is a small cottage built in circa 1908 at 2150 Yale Street and a four -unit multi -family residence built in 1950 at 2160-2178Ya1e Street (Figure 15). Many of the residences in the neighborhood built in the 1920s to 1930s are period revivalstyles such as the Spanish Colonial Revivalstylehomes at 2139 and 2145 Yale Street, both built in the early 1920s (Figure 16). Infill development and redevelopmenthas also occurred throughout the neighborhood as with the Neo- Craftsman style homes at 2147 and 2149 Yale Street built in 2010 (Figure 17). Figure 14: 2130YaIe Street, built in 1889, Figure 15: 2150Ya1e Street (center), built in c. immediately adjacent the subject property. 1908,adjacent the subject property, and a multi- family residence at 2160-2178Yale Street (left), built in 1950. Figure 16:2139Ya1e Street (left), built in 1925, and 2145Ya!e Street (right), built in 1920, directly across the street from the subject property. Figure 17: 2147and 2149Ya1e Street, at the corner of Yale Street and College Avenue, two single-family residences built on one lot in 2010. January16, 2019 -9- Packet Pg. 443 4 11 HistoricResource Evaluation [16252M] IV. HISTORIC CONTEXT PALO ALTO HISTORY Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J ,t is The earliestknown settlement of the Palo Alto area was by the Ohlone people. The region was colonized in 1769 as part of Alta California.The Spanish and Mexicangovernments carved the area into large ranchos which contained portions of land that became Palo Alto includingRancho Corte Madera, Rancho Pastoria de las Borregas,Rancho Rincon de San Francisquito, and Rancho Riconada del Arroyo de San Francisquito.3 These land grants were honored in the cession of Californiato the United States,but parcels were subdivided and sold throughout the nineteenth century. The current city of Palo Alto contains the former township of Mayfield,which was located just southwest of Alma Street (Figure 18). In 1882, railroadmagnate and CaliforniapoliticianLeland Stanford purchased 1,000 acres adjacent to Mayfieldto add to his larger estate. Stanford' svast holdings became known as the Palo Alto Stock Farm. On March 9, 1885, Stanford Universitywas founded through an endowment act by the CaliforniaAssemblyand Senate on Palo Alto Stock Farm land. a \ _ ( '411,144'4.4 p: x.tx r, N.i ll " L f ^".- i.-•!' .mil Arr. 4 `.I t ..,,,i4 A 1 7� - ` .. ! .i; sf FRS • .F.. .i:"' .n /r �,.', _ _ _ —ate ), . • ._f .4 w (M Figure 18: Detail view of "Santa Clara County Map Number One" by Thompson & West, 1876. Source: David Rumsey Historical Map Collection. In 1894, Stanford founded the town of Palo Alto with aid from his friend Timothy Hopkins of the Southern PacificRailroad,who purchased and subdivided740 acres of private land.4 Known as both the Hopkins Tract and UniversityPark, it was bounded by the San Francisquito Creek to the north and the railroadtracks and Stanford Universitycampus to the south. A new train stop was created along UniversityAvenue and the new town flourished servingthe university.ln its earlyyears,Palo 3 Ward Winslowand Palo Alto HistoricalAssociation,Palo Alto: A CentennialHistory (Palo Alto, CA: Palo Alto HistoricalAssociation,1993),12-17. 4 City of Palo Alto, ComprehensivePlan2030 (adopted by CityCouncil,November 13, 2017),16, accessed January2, 2019, https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/civicax/filebank/documents/62915. January16, 2019 Packet Pg. 444 11 -10- Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package HistoricResource t Evaluation is [16252M] Alto was a temperance town where no alcohol could be served. The residents were mostly middle and working class, with a pocket of Universityprofessors clustered in the neighborhood deemed Professorville.The development of a local streetcar in 1906 and the interurban railwayto San Jose in 1910 facilitatedaccess to jobs outside the city and to the University,encouragingmore people to move to Palo Alto.5 In July 1925, Mayfieldwas officiallyannexed and consolidated into the city of Palo Alto.6 Like the rest of the nation, Palo Alto suffered through the Great Depression in the 1930s and did not grow substantially. World War II brought an influx of militarypersonnel and their familiesto the Peninsula;accordingly,Palo Alto saw rapid growth followingthe war as many familieswho had been stationed on the Peninsulaby the militaryor who worked in associatedindustries chose to stay. Palo Alto'spopulation more than doubled from 16,774in 1940 to 33,753 in 1953.7 Palo Alto's city center greatlyexpanded in the late 1940s and 1950s, gatheringparcels that would house new offices and light industrialuses and lead the city awayfrom its "collegetown" reputation. Palo Alto annexed a vast area of mostly undeveloped land between 1959 and 1968. This area, west of the Foothill Expressway,has remainedprotected open space. Smallannexations continued into the 1970s, contributing to the discontinuous footprint of the city today. Palo Alto remains closelytied to Stanford University;it is the largest employerin the city. The technologyindustry dominates other sectors of business, as is the case with most cities within SiliconValley.Palo Alto consciously maintains its high proportion of open space to development and the suburban feelingand scale of its architecture.8 COLLEGETERRACENEIGHBORHOOD Palo Alto' sCollegeTerrace neighborhood is located to the southeast of the Stanford University campus and was initiallydevelopedin the late 1880s as speculativeresidentialsubdivision.In 1887, farmer and landownerAlexanderGordon acquired 120 acres of land from Peter Spacher and FrederickW. Weisshaar,German immigrantswho had acquired the same tract in 1870; each utilizing 60 acres for farming.9 Prior to Gordon's acquisition,Senator Leland Stanford attempted to acquire the 120-acretract from Spacher and Weisshaar,which was proximal to and surrounded on three sides by his own land holdings, but Spacherand Weisshaarheld out for better offers. In an effort to attract facultyand fraternities from the bourgeoninguniversity,Gordon subdividedthe land he acquired and named his subdivision"Palo Alto," but soon changed the name to CollegeTerrace followinga lawsuitfiledby Leland Stanford (Figure 19).10 5 Dames & Moore, FinalSurveyReport— PaloAltoHistoricalSurveyUpdate:August I 997-August2000 prepared for the Cityof Palo Alto Planning Division (February 2001),1-4. 6 Cityof Palo Alto, ComprehensivePlan2030, 16. "Depression, War, and the Population Boom," Palo Alto MedicalFoundation - Sutter Health, accessed January2, 2019,http://www.pamf.org/about/pamthistory/depression.html. 8 Cityof Palo Alto, ComprehensivePlan2030, 11-20. 9 "CollegeTerrace Sampler,"Palo Alto Stanford Heritage, accessedJanuary2, 2019, http://www.pastheritage.org/Tours/CTer/Collegeterracetour.html; and "WeisshaarPark," City of Palo Alto, accessedJanuary2, 2019. https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/news/displaynews.asp?NewsID=123. 10 Winslow,PaloAlto:A CentennialHistory, 28. January16, 2019 Packet Pg. 445 4 11 -11- HistoricResource Evaluation [16252M] Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package rt is A H MrKr.Hs Figure 19: Map of College Terrace, c. 1900.Approximate location of subject parcel is indicated with or MAP COLLeeE TERR,FieE Mayfield. Santo Glare Go.. CALIFORNIA. S1a -d Univet, 4.y Ground. Iftpntord L,ivees.ty lyr-r:u'3. orange arrow. Source: CollegeTerrace.org. Edited by Page & Turnbull. In 1891, the town of Mayfieldannexed College Terrace, preceding Mayfield' sannexation by Palo Alto in 1925.11 During the neighborhood's foundational years, streets were named for well-known universities. Advertisementsfor CollegeTerrace noted the subdivision' sproximityto Stanford Universityboasting: No other property in the vicinity of this grand Institution of Learning offers better inducements, either for residence or investment, as the beautiful subdivision of College Terrace... containing about 1000 beautiful residence and Businesslots... surrounded on three sides by [StanfordUniversity's]grounds, and is nearer to its buildings than any other land except the University domain itself...Israpidlyincreasingand there are only about 300 leftunsold.12 After the neighborhood's annexation to Mayfield in 1891, associationsto the nearby universityand the potential for its proximityto spur development and investment in the Mayfieldwere well - recognized. Mayfield' sfate, however, was thrown in flux by the growth of Stanford Universityand neighborhoods in Palo Alto, a liquor -free "dry" town that drew the interest of former workers who built the universityas a place to raise families. i3 By the turn of the century, Mayfield' sreputation subsided to one of a less favorable community due to the presence of saloons. In an effort to reclaim the interest of potential new residents, saloons were banned in Mayfieldin 1904.14 In 1905, Mayfield' sBoard of Trade releaseda map circularwhich platted boarding and rooming houses in an effort to attract more student residents. The map was planned to be distributed throughout California. is Over the next decade, Mayfieldcontinued to strugglewith budgetary and infrastructural issues.Between 1918 and 1924, efforts of some of Mayfield' sresidents aimed to positions the town to be annexed by Palo Alto. After being voted down in 1924, annexation was approved in a second 11 Ibid. 12 Advertisement,"Secure a Home in CollegeTerrace," OaklandTribune, November 27, 1891, 2. 13 "The Meetingon the Corner: The Beginningof Mayfield'sEnd," PaloAltoHistory.org,accessedJanuary2, 2019, http://www.paloaltohistory.org/the-beginning-of-mayfields-end.php. 14 ibid. 15 "Trade Board Issues Map," SanFranciscoCall, September4, 1905, 4. January16, 2019 Packet Pg. 446 11 -12- Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package HistoricResource t Evaluation is [16252M] vote in 1925.16 Followingthe annexation of Mayfieldby Palo Alto, duplicated street names were changed, includingthe subject street which was formerlyknown as Palo Alto Avenue. The neighborhood' s grid originallyincluded four smallparks calledBerkeley,Hollywood,Hampton, and Eton. Three of the originalparks remain in similarform and are known as Cameron, Werry, and Weishaar.The fourth park, formerly known as HollywoodPark, adjoins the grounds of College Terrace Library,roughlyone block east of the subject property.17 Basedupon availableSanborn fire insurance maps published in 1904,1908,1925 and 1945, the narrow lots throughout the grid neighborhood platted on earlymaps were of varyingdirnension by the 1920s. The subject lot, located toward the northern extent of the neighborhood, was developed relativelyearly.The neighborhood by the late 1920s featured residences of varyingarchitecturalstyles ranging from early Queen Anne houses dating from the late 1880sto bungalows of the 1910s and 1920s,with select infillingof lots features eclecticrevivalstylehouses. By 1949, most lots had been improved with residences.More recently, Stanford Universityhas acquiredproperties in the neighborhood in an effort to meet demands for housing faculty.As of 2017, the universityhas acquired over 20 properties in CollegeTerrace since the late 1970s.18 EARLYPALO ALTO HOUSING: SQUARECOTTAGESAND BUNGALOWS The Square Cottage is a vernacularbuildingtype identified in the 1997-2000Pa10 Alto Historic Survey,completed by Dames & Moore (Dames & Moore survey),It was one of three properties types identifiedas potentiallyeligiblefor the National Registerusing the MultipleProperty format. According to the survey, Square Cottages were among the predominant forms of detached residences that housed middle- and working-classpeople during the earlydevelopment of Palo Alto, circa 1890 to 1910.It states, They are variouslyornamented with Queen Anne, Colonial Revival,Bungalow,and other stylistic details, but all belong to a single house type. These were the most common houses built in Palo Alto up to about 1910. They were common houses for middle class people in that period.19 The historic context included in the Dames & Moore surveynoted that the earlyhouses in Palo Alto were predominantlyvariations of Square Cottages or Two -Story Square Boxes. The designs for these modest buildingswere not usuallythe product of professional architects;rather local builders would construct a traditionalresidence from a pattern book or published design and modifyvarious architecturalfeatures to personalizethe building.20 The Dames & Moore surveydoes not provide a list of character-definingfeatures, eligibilitycriteria, or integritythresholds for the Square Cottage property type. It does list a series of residences throughout the citythat the survey identifiedas Square Cottages eligiblefor the National Register. While somewhat varied in their plans and architecturalfeatures, they typicallyhave hipped roofs and are one- or one-and-one-halfstories tall. The main entrance is often centered on the primary facade, 16 "The Meeting at the Corner: The Beginningof Mayfield'sEnd," PaloAltoHistory.org. 17 In 1968, Hampton Park was renamed Weisshaarafter earlylandownerFrederic W. Weisshaarwho served as a Mayfieldschool district trustee and the town's first treasurer. See, "WeisshaarPark," City of Palo Alto, accessedJanuary2, 2019, https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/news/displaynews.asp?NewsID=123. 18 Basedupon research of Santa Clara County ClerkRecorder'soffice records, as presented by Palo Alto Online in "Stanford Buys Homes in CollegeTerrace,RaisingQuestions," Palo Alto Online, July21, 2017, accessedJune 27, 2018. https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2017/07/21/stanford-buys-homes-in-college- terrace-raising-questions. 19 Dames & Moore, FinalSurveyReport, 5-3 and 5-4. 20Ibid., 1-2. January16, 2019 Packet Pg. 447 4 11 -13- HistoricResource Evaluation [16252M] and at times is located within a recessedporch with balustrade and columns. This facade also often features an angledbay and/or a proj ectingvolume with its own front-gabledroof. Hipped dormer windows are sometimes found at the front hip of the main roof. Ornamentation and decorative features added to these buildingswere usuallyinspiredby the popular architecturalstyles of the late nineteenth and earlytwentieth centuries,includingQueen Anne, ColonialRevival,and Bungalow. These features, however, were often modest and contributed to the overallvernacularcomposition of the cottage. Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package Whilebungalowsdrew influence from precedents in British colonialBengal(the buildingtype's namesake),they ultimatelyproliferatedin earlytwentieth century Californiaand became associated with suburban development in the state. As described in the Dames & Moore survey: Bungalows are usually described as low, one-story structures with informal floor plans, imageryand materialsassociatedwith simplicityand nature, and porches that made outdoor livingpossible. Much that has been written about bungalowshas been about large houses for wealthy clients. Architects like Greene and Greene designed expensive bungalows whose details conveyed a high degree of craftsmanship and a high valueplaced on the labor of craftsmen in wood, stone, brick, and tile. In contrast to these veryexpensivehomes, most bungalowsin Palo Alto were inexpensivehouses built for middle class clients. [... ] Unlike the high -end houses of Greene & Greene, most bungalows are simpler and cheaper to build than late 19th century houses for comparable clients. A low gabledbungalow roof, even with a dormer, requires a less skilledcarpenter than a "Queen Anne cottage" with an irregularroof plan.21 Many of the examples of Square Cottages in Palo Alto included on the Dames & Moore list of properties potentiallyeligiblefor the National Registerusing the MultipleProperty format have Queen Anne decorative features, such as 817 Kipling Street, while others have Bungalowfeatures such as 411 Lytton Avenue (Figure 20 and Figure 21). I i I ' C �� �n iii ill14���11e111 i., �1 fi Figure 20. Square cottage with Queen Anne Figure 21. Square cottage with Bungalow details, details, located at 817Kipling Street in Palo Alto located at 411Lytton Avenue in Palo Alto, built in built in 1908. Source: Google Street View, 2017. 1900. Source: Google Street View, 2017. ,t is The proliferation of the Square Cottage as a primaryresidentialbuildingtype in earlyPalo Alto has resulted in a large number of these cottages that remain extant. Examples can be found throughout the Palo Alto neighborhoods of UniversityPark, UniversitySouth, Downtown North, and Professorville. 21 Ibid., 6-13 and 6-14. January16, 2019 Packet Pg. 448 4 11 -14- HistoricResource Evaluation [16252M] V. PROJECT SITE HISTORY SITEDEVELOPMENT Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J ,t is Based on Santa Clara County Assessor Records, 2140 Yale Street was constructed in 1908. There is no originalbuildingpermit on file at Palo Alto Development Services,nor is there an original buildingpermit index record on file at the Palo Alto Historical Society.The builder of the property was not uncovered during the course of research. Walter and Eleanor Palamountainare known to have owned the property in 1910, and may have been the property's originalowners.22 The 1908 Sanborn map, the earliestavailableshowingthe subject property, illustratesthe subject property as a one-story, rectangular-planbuildingwith an open corner entry porch and a projectingbay at the front facade (Figure 22).23 A detached garageis shown in the 1925 Sanborn map at the southeast end of the property (Figure 23). 0 „.73- 2 (4 Figure 22: 1908Sanborn fire insurance Figure 23: 1925Sanborn fire insurance survey survey Somali bjednpisipedt zbd&ctthibdahy.oEali3d by tioutorcSubitnetFpropeadly Bulllitetibrarpnge. Edited by Page & Turnbull. Page & Turnbull. The residence and garageappear unaltered in a 1930 aerialphotograph and 1945 Sanborn map (Figure 24 and Figure 25).24 Buildingpermits indicate that the existingdetached garagewas moved from its originallocation to its current location at the southwest corner of the property in 1975. The next year, the kitchen was remodeled, and in 1983 the original cedar shingle roofing was replaced with asphalt shingles. Two smallrear, one-story shed -roof additions were added at an unknown date between 1945 and 2008, and are not indicated in availablepermit applicationson file at Palo Alto Development Services.However, one or both of the additions may have been part of the 1976 kitchen remodel. Accordingto a 1996 permit application,the residence'smud sill foundation was replacedwith a concrete block foundation in 1972, and further braced in 1996. A second kitchen remodel in 2008 included new and replacementwindows in the existingremodel and breakfast room. A second entry door facingnorth onto the porch was added at an unknown date. 22 The earliestavailablerecord is the 1910 Census, which indicates that the Palamountainsowned the subject property, then addressed 341 Yale Street. 23 1908 Sanborn map, Mayfield,sheet 2, volume 1, accessedvia San Francisco Public Library. 24 1925 and 1945 Sanborn maps, Mayfield,sheet 9, volume 1, accessedvia San Francisco Public Library. January16, 2019 Packet Pg. 449 11 -15- HistoricResource Evaluation [16252M] Figure 24: 1930aerial photograph of Mayfield. Subject property indicated by orange arrow. Source: Flight C-1124,Frame 22, Fairchild Aerial Surveys, July 31, 1930.UC Santa Barbara Aerial Photography FrameFinder. Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J ,t is Figure 25: 1945Sanborn fire insurance survey map. Subject property outlined in orange. Source: San Francisco Public Library. Edited by Page & Turnbull. Construction Chronology The followingprovides a timeline of construction activityat 2140 Yale Street, based on building permit applicationson file with Palo Alto Development Services: Permit # Date Owner Architect/ Contractor Description SmallFile Assessment 6325A -B Not indicated on form Not listed Not listed Describes residentialbuildingas built in 1908.Buildingset on concrete and mud sill foundation with wood shinglecladding,and a hipped roof covered with asphalt shingles. Termite repair as per your report dated 7/9/1973 Move existinggarageto new pad behind 2140 Yale A32403 9/28/ 1973 Keyson J & M Termite Control A34465 6/2/1975 Lynn Comeskey M & L Construction A35047 11/6/1975 Lynn Comeskey Owner General termite repair A35520 3/16/1976 Lynn Comeskey Owner Remodel kitchen and cabinets 83-942 10/12/1983 Mrs. Morrissette Responsible Roofmg Re -roof over cedar shingle. 96-1831 6/14/1996 Geller/ Morrissette Earthquake Readiness Charles M. Kinney (general contractor) Brace cripple wallswith plywood; add collar ties to garageroof Notes on plans state: "Original home's foundation has been replaced with new (1972)concrete block foundation with anchor bolts spaced 5' to 6' on center." Plumbing replacement 02-229 1/29/2002 Phil Geller Just Water Heaters 08-2549 10/7/2008 Phil Geller Mosher + Associates Kitchen remodel. January16, 2019 -16- Packet Pg. 450 11 HistoricResource Evaluation [16252M] Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package is Notes on plans state: "Remodel existingkitchen and breakfast room. New windows in kitchen and breakfast room." Install radiant heat to entire house 10-2336 9/10/2010 Phil Geller 0' Dowd Plumbing OWNERSHIPAND OCCUPANT HISTORY The followingtable details the availableownership and occupancyhistory for 2140 Yale Street is based upon listings in city directories for Mayfieldpublished between 1910 and 1914 to 1925; city directories for the City of Palo Alto published between 1926 and 1978; and buildingpermit applications.25 The subject property was located in Mayfield,which was incorporated into Palo Alto in 1925. Date(s) Occupant(s) Occupation (if listed) c.1910-1919 Walter C. Palamountain (owner) Eleanor Palamountain Plumber Dressmaker 1920 No listing 1921-1922 T. C. & Lulu Colby Miss VictoriaKing Auto Salesman Retired 1923-1925 No listing 1926-1927 E. M. Knight 1928-1936 BenjaminF. & Constance Wyman (listedas renters in 1930 Census) Laborer 1936-1945 Mrs. Constance Wyman (listedas renter in 1940 Census) Home Laundry 1946 Charles & Esther Unger Manager,Palo Alto SupplyCo. 1947 Directorynotavailable 1948 Henry W. Harala J. Marie Harala Carpenter 1949 Directorynotavailable 1950 Mrs. GladysD Ogden Stenographer 1951-1952 Directoriesnotavailable 1953-1955 Robert L Luebs Laurel0 Luebs 1956-1957 Mrs. Corinne R. Hinsey Office manager, Westbrook' s 1958-1963 Mrs. CeliaJ. Koehler Office secretary,Heublein Corp. 1964 Directorynotavailable 1965-1966 Vacant 1967-1968 Mrs. Doris T. Fleming Writer 1969-1971 J. H. Shepherd Doris Shepherd 1972-1978 Lynn B. Comeskey(owner) Mac & Lou Construction Co. (also listed at 2410 Yale Street) c.1979 -c.2010 Phil Geller and Diane L. Morrissette(owners) 2010-2017 Directoriesnot 2018 -current b(owned by Stanford University) 25 It should be noted that directorieswere not published in all years. January16, 2019 Packet Pg. 451 11 -17- HistoricResource Evaluation [16252M] Select Owner and Occupant Biographies The followingbiographieshave been researched for longer -term owners and occupants. Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J ,t is WalterC. andEleanorPalamountain:OwnersandOccupants,c. 1910 - MAW Clinton Palamountain(1880-1964)was born in Californiato English parents who were pioneer residents of the Town of Mayfield.Palamountainmarried Eleanor Grace Young (1882-1952) in 1902.26 The couple is listed as owning the subject property, then addressed 341 Yale Street, in the 1910 Census and lived at the property until at least 1918.27 WalterPalamountainwas employed as a plumber, and as late as 1952 a SanMateoTimesarticlenoted that he was partiallyretired while continuing to operate a plumbing service.28 Eleanor Palamountainwas listed as a dressmakerin the 1917-18 city directory,but did not have a listed profession in later records. The couple sold the subject property and moved to Burlingameby the early 1920s,where they appear to have lived until their respective deaths. BenjaminandConstanceWyman: Occupants,1928- BifaminF. Wyman (1853-1936)wasborn in Californiaand married Constance Marie Castro (1872- 1945), also from California,in circa 1889.29 The couple had eight children and were listed as renting the subjectproperty in the 1910 Census. Benjaminwas listed as a night watchman and Constance as a laundress in 1910. Benjamin,listedgenerallyas a "laborer" in later city directories, died in 1936, after which his wife continued to live the subject property until her own death in 1945.3o 26 U•S.,Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current,accessedviaAncestry.com;and California,County Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1849-1980,accessedvia Ancestry.com. 271910 United States Census, accessedvia Ancestry.com. 28 "Palamountains Wed 50 Years,"SanMateoTimes, July 14,1952. 29 1910 United States Census, accessedvia Ancestry.com. 3° California,Death Index, 1940-1997,accessedvia Ancestry.com. January16, 2019 Packet Pg. 452 11 -18- HistoricResource Evaluation [16252M] VI. EVALUATION Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J ,t is CALIFORNIAREGISTEROF HISTORICAL ie ealilfcrnlSaRegisterof Historical Resources (CaliforniaRegister)is an inventory of significant architectural,archaeological,and historicalresources in the State of California.Resources can be listed in the CaliforniaRegisterthrough a number of methods. State Historical Landmarks and National Register-listedproperties are automaticallylistedin the CaliforniaRegister.Properties can also be nominated to the CaliforniaRegisterby local governments, private organizations,or citizens. The evaluativecriteriaused by the CaliforniaRegisterfor determining eligibilityare closelybased on those developedby the National Park Servicefor the National Registerof Historic Places. In order for a property to be eligiblefor listingin the CaliforniaRegister,it must be found significant under one or more of the followingcriteria. ■ Criterion] (Events): Resources that are associatedwith events that have made a significantcontribution to the broad patterns of local or regionalhistory, or the culturalheritageof Californiaor the United States. ▪ Criterion2 (Persons): Resources that are associatedwith the lives of persons important to local, California,or national history. ■ Criterion3 (Architecture): Resources that embody the distinctivecharacteristicsof a type, period, region, or method of construction, or represent the work of a master, or possess high artistic values. ■ Criterion4 (InformationPotential): Resources or sites that have yieldedor have the potential to yieldinformation important to the prehistory or history of the local area, California,or the nation. The following section examines the eligibilityof 2140 Yale Street for individuallistingin the CaliforniaRegister: Criterion 1 (Events) 2140 Yale Street does not appear to be individuallyeligiblefor listingin the CaliforniaRegisterunder Criterion 1 (Events), as the building does not bear associationwith any significantevents nor does it individuallyrepresent the broad patterns of history in Palo Alto, the state, or the nation. 2140 Yale Street was constructed during an earlyphase of development in former Mayfield,spanning the 1890s to 1910s. However, the residence is not the earliesthome or uniquelyrepresentativeof this general developmentperiod, and does not appear to have significantlycontributed to the overall development of College Terrace. As an individualresource, 2140 Yale Street does not appear to be significantin the development of CollegeTerrace or Palo Alto and is not eligiblefor listingin the CaliforniaRegisterunder Criterion 1. Criterion 2 (Persons) 2140 Yale Street does not appear to be individuallyeligiblefor listingin the CaliforniaRegisterunder Criterion 2 (Persons). Very limited information about the property's owners and residents was uncovered during the course of research. The first known owners and occupants of the residence were WalterPalamountain,a plumber, and his wife, Eleanor, a dressmaker. Generally,the building appears to have been rented during the 1920s to 1960s to various working class individualsand families,whose professions included carpenter, home laundress, stenographer, and office manager. January16, 2019 -19- Packet Pg. 453 11 HistoricResource Evaluation [16252M] Except for Benjaminand Constance Wyman,who rented the property from 1928 to 1945, the early residents of the subject property typicallyrented for five years or less. Availabledocumentation on these former owners and occupants does not suggestthat these individualswere particularly significantto local, state, or national history in any waydirectlyassociatedwith the subject building. The longest-termresidents appear were Phil Geller and Diane Morrissettewho appear to have owned and occupied the property from the late 1970s to circa 2010; however sufficienttime has not passed to understand their potential historicalsignificance,if any exists. Thus, 2140 Yale Street does not appear to be individuallyeligiblefor the CaliforniaRegisterunder Criterion 2. Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J ,t is Criterion 3 (Architecture) 2140 Yale Street does appear to be individuallyeligibleunder Criterion 3 (Architecture)at a local level of significance,as a buildingthat embodies the distinct characteristicsof a Square Cottage constructed in Palo Alto. In particular,the subject buildingis very characteristicof a Square Cottage with Bungalowfeatures, and provides a good example of this type within the City of Palo Alto, particularlyin the former Mayfieldneighborhood of CollegeTerrace. The period of significancefor this criterion is 1908, corresponding to the subject building' syear of construction. The Square Cottage was one of the most common residentialbuildingtypologiesfor Palo Alto's middle class residents between the 1890s and 1910, prior to the proliferation of the Craftsman style bungalow in the 1910s and 1920s. Sharinga square plan and massing, Square Cottages were typically constructed by builders rather than architects, and based on pattern books or published designs with some ornamentalmodificationsin Queen Anne, Colonial,or Bungalowstyles.Although one of many examples of a Square Cottage constructed at the turn of the twentieth century, 2140 Yale Street was built during an earlyperiod of development in former Mayfield,prior to annexationby Palo Alto. The subject property provides a good local example of the Square Cottage residentialtypology through characteristicfeatures, form, and materials.2140 Yale Street includes hipped roof forms, overhanging eaves, shingle siding, exposed rafter and purlin tails, an open entrance porch covered by the primaryroof form, and wood -sash windows, all of which are representative elements of a Square Cottage with Bungalowstylefeatures. The building is not associatedwith a particularbuilderbased upon availablescholarship and historic documentation, and thus does not appear to be associated with a master builder or architect. Although the buildingdoes not have ornate architecturaldetails, its overall composition remains highlyindicativeof the typicallymore modest Square Cottage typology. As a good and representative example of the Square Cottage typologywith Bungalowfeatures, a significantresidentialtypologyin Palo Alto and built in an earlyperiod of development in College Terrace, 2140 Yale Street does appear to be individuallyeligiblefor the CaliforniaRegisterunder Criterion 3. Square Cottages contributed to the earlyresidentialdevelopment in Palo Alto and according to the Dames & Moore survey, many remain scattered throughout the city but not in groupings that qualify as historic districts. Although a National Registerof Historic Places MultipleProperty designation was suggestedin the survey,no character-definingfeatures, evaluationcriteria,or integritythresholds were outlined to provide a frameworkfor evaluation.Lackingthis framework, evaluating2140 Yale Street in comparison with all other Square Cottages to determine if it would be a contributor to a potentiallyeligiblediscontiguousNational Registeror CaliforniaRegisterhistoric district is outside the scope of this report. Criterion 4 (Information Potential) 2140 Yale Street does not appear to be individuallyeligibleunder Criterion 4 as a buildingthat has the potential to provide information important to the prehistory or history of the City of Palo Alto, state, or nation. It does not feature construction or material types, or embody engineeringpractices January16, 2019 -20- Packet Pg. 454 11 Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package HistoricResource t Evaluation is [16252M] that would, with additional study, provide important information. Page & Turnbull' sevaluationof this property was limitedto age-eligibleresources above ground and did not involve survey or evaluationof the subject property for the purposes of archaeologicalinformation. CHARACTER-DEFININGFEATURES For a property to be eligiblefor national or state designationunder criteriarelated to type, period, or method of construction, the essentialphysicalfeatures (or character-definingfeatures) that enable the property to convey its historic identitymust be evident. These distinctivecharacter-definingfeatures are the physicaltraits that commonly recur in property types and/or architecturalstyles. To be eligible,a property must clearlycontain enough of those characteristicsto be considered a true representativeof a particulartype, period, or method of construction, and these features must also retain a sufficient degree of integrity. Characteristicscan be expressed in terms such as form, proportion, structure, plan, style, or materials. The character-definingfeatures of 2140 Yale Street include: • One story massing • Hipped roof forms that overhang the buildingfootprint at all sides • Exposed rafters and wood fasciatrim • Recessed,open entrance porch supported by wood column, covered by primaryroof form • One -over one, double -hung wood -sash windows with ogee lugs • Wood shingle siding INTEGRITY In order to qualifyfor listingin any local, state, or national historic register, a property or landscape must possess significanceunder at least one evaluativecriterion as described above and retain integrity.Integrity is defined by the CaliforniaOffice of Historic Preservation as "the authenticityof an historicalresource ' sphysicalidentityby the survival of certain characteristicsthat existingduring the resource'speriod of significance,"or more simplydefined as "the abilityof a property to convey its significance."31 There are establishedintegritystandards outlined by the NationalRegisterBulletin: HowtoApplythe NationalRegisterCriteriaforEvaluation. Sevenvariables,or aspects, that define integrityare used to evaluatea resource' sintegrity—location, setting, design, materials,workmanship, feeling, and association.A property must stand up under most or all of these aspects in order to retain overall integrity.If a property does not retain integrity,it can no longer convey its significanceand is therefore not eligiblefor listingin local, state, or national registers. The seven aspects that define integrityare defined as follows: Location is the place where the historic property was constructed. Setting addresses the physicalenvironment of the historic property inclusiveof the landscape and spatialrelationshipsof the building(s). 31 CaliforniaOffice of Historic Preservation,"TechnicalAssistanceSeriesNo. 7: How to Nominate a Resource to the CaliforniaRegisterof Historical Resources " (Sacramento:CaliforniaOffice of State Publishing, September4, 2001),11. January16, 2019 Packet Pg. 455 11 -21- HistoricResource Evaluation [16252M] Design is the combination of elements that create the form, plans, space, structure, and style of the property. Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J rt is Materialsrefer to the physicalelements that were combined or deposited during a particularperiod of time and in a particularpattern of configurationto form the historic property. Workmanship is the physicalevidence of the crafts of a particular culture or people during any givenperiod in history. Feeling is the property's expression of the aesthetic or historic sense of a particular period of time. Associationis the direct link between an important historic event or person and a historic property. Location 2140 Yale Street retains integrityof location. The subject buildinghas remained situated at its location of originalconstruction since 1908. Setting 2140 Yale Street retains integrityof setting. The CollegeTerrace neighborhood was subdivided for residentialdevelopment in the 1880s, and was largelydeveloped in the first half of the twentieth century. Despite some redevelopment and infilldevelopment, the surrounding area retains its largely residentialcharacter of primarilysingle-familyhomes. Design 2140 Yale Street retains integrityof design. The subject property has undergone severalminor exterior alterations includinga rear deck and two small one-story projecting bay additions at the rear facade, neither of which are visiblefrom the public right of way.Primaryto the design of Square Cottages are their one-story massing, square or rectangularfloor plans, and hipped roofs, whilethey are often modest in terms of decorative details. 2140 Yale Street retains its characteristicBungalow style Square Cottage features such as hipped roof forms, a rectangularplan, one-story massing, overhanging eaves, exposed rafters, an open entrance porch covered by the main roof form, wood fascia, shingle siding and double -hung wood -sash windows with ogee lugs. Materials 2140 Yale Street retains integrityof materials.The subject property has undergone minimal alterations since its original construction in 1908. The roof was reclad with compatible asphalt shingles in 1983. In 2008, several rear windows, including some original and some non-original,were replaced with simulateddivided-litewindows. However, all windows on the primary facade visible from the public right-of-wayare originalwood-sash windows and the main entry door appears to be original.At an unknown date, the secondary entrance door at the front porch was replaced. These minor alterations do not detract from the overall character or design of the residence, and all other character-definingfeatures appear to retain their originalmaterials. Workmanship 2140 Yale Street retains integrityof workmanship. Many of the material choices and design elements provide evidence of earlytwentieth century building craftsmanship for small-scaleresidences.For example,the wood windows with divided-liteupper sashes, the cantileveredprojectingfront bay, wood shingle siding, and exposed rafters are features that representativeof methods of construction and architecturaldetailingin earlytwentieth century bungalows. January16, 2019 -22- Packet Pg. 456 11 HistoricResource Evaluation [16252M] Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J rt is Feeling 2140 Yale Street retains integrityof feeling. The property was originallydesignedas a single-family residence with in a residentialneighborhood near Stanford Universitycampus, and continues to function as such. The property's location, design,materials,and workmanship have been retained such that the complex retains the overall feeling of a twentieth-centuryeducationalbuildingand site. Association 2140 Yale Street retains integrityof association.Due to the fact that the property retains integrityof location, design,materials,workmanship, and feeling,the property is identifiableas single-family residence constructed in the earlytwentieth century. The property retains sufficientintegrityto convey its associationas a Square Cottage with Bungalowfeatures. Therefore, 2140 Yale Street retains integrityto the degree necessaryto appear eligiblefor individual listingin the CaliforniaRegisterunder Criterion 3 (Architecture)with a period of significanceof 1908. January16, 2019 Packet Pg. 457 11 - 23 - HistoricResource Evaluation [16252M] VII. CONCLUSION Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package 2140 Yale Street does appear to qualifyfor individuallistingin the CaliforniaRegisterof Historical Resources. The subject property was not the site of any known historical events, associatedwith any significanttrends in local, state, or national history, or the residence of any persons known to be significantand, therefore, is not eligiblefor listing in the CaliforniaRegisterunder Criterion 1 or 2. The residence, constructed in 1908 by an unknown builder, is a good and representative example of the Square Cottage typologywith Bungalowfeatures within the local context of Palo Alto and retains its character-defmingfeatures such that it has sufficientintegrityto convey this association.The property appears to be significantat the local level for the CaliforniaRegisterunder Criterion 3 with a period of significanceof 1908, corresponding with the date of construction. Therefore, 2140 Yale Street does appear to qualifyas a historic resource for the purposes of CEQA review. January16, 2019 is Packet Pg. 458 4 11 -24- HistoricResource Evaluation [16252M] VIII. 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AccessedJanuary2, 2019. https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/news/displaynews.asp?NewsID=123. January16, 2019 Packet Pg. 460 d 11 -26- PAGE &TURNBULL 885 COLLEGE AVENUE APN: 137-02-002 HISTORIC RESOURCE EVALUATION r Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination ���777�+ Package Date of Evaluation: October 2018 Identified California Register Criteria of Significance: Criterion 3 (Architecture) Identified Period of Significance: 1927 Summary of Significance: 885 College Avenue was found significant for embodying the characteristics of a Craftsman style bungalow and provides an excellent example of the California Bungalow type that was typical of the early twentieth century. 2023 RECONNAISSANCE SURVEY SUMMARY Alterations Since HRE: No alterations identified. Status in 2023: Extant, retains historic integrity. Recommended Revisions to Significance: None. Figure 1: 2018 Historic Resource Evaluation photograph. Figure 2: 2023 Reconnaissance Survey photograph. RECOMMENDATION FOR LISTING IN THE PALO ALTO HISTORIC INVENTORY Palo Alto Historic Inventory Criteria for Designation: Criterion 2 (The structure or site is particularly representative of an architectural style or way of life important to the city, state or nation) Statement of Significance: 885 College Avenue is significant as a good example of a Craftsman style bungalow in Palo Alto, and provides an excellent example of the California Bungalow type that was typical of the early twentieth century. Period of Significance: 1927 Palo Alto Historic Inventory Category: Category 3 Imagining change in historic environments through design, research, and technology 170 MAIDEN LANE, 5TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94108 TEL 415 3 JL-✓ 1 .Yi Packet Pg. 461 State of California i The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION PRIMARY RECORD Other Listings Review Code Primary # HRI # Trinomial Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package NRHP Status Code 3CS Reviewer Page 1 of 111 P1. Other Identifier: Resource name(s) or number (assigned by recorder) 885 College Avenue Date *P2. Location: ❑Not for Publication ❑Unrestricted *b. USGS 7.5' Quad Palo Alto, CA *c. Address 885 College Avenue *a. County Santa Clara Date 2015 City Palo Alto Zip 94306 *e. Other Locational Data. Assessor's Parcel Number 12'47f/87049— 137-02-002 *P3a. Description: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries.) 885 College Avenue is a one -story -over -basement, wood -frame, Craftsman style bungalow constructed in 1927. The single-family dwelling is located in the City of Palo Alto's College Terrace neighborhood. The building is situated on a rectangular lot on the southeast side of College Avenue between Cornell Street (southwest) and Wellesley Street (northeast) (P5a). The building is set on a concrete foundation and has a generally rectangular plan comprised of a primary side -gabled volume (oriented northeast to southwest with a northwest cross gable at the primary facade), and a rear gabled volume (oriented northwest to southeast). The building features a recessed entrance with porch at the primary facade, and a projecting bay at the northeast facade which has a gabled roof set beneath the gabled end above. A brick chimney is attached to the center of this projecting bay; the chimney's stack extends through the cave above and beyond the roofline. The residence is clad with stucco at all facades, and is fenestrated at most locations with double -hung, wood -sash windows with divided -upper lites, ogee lugs, wood frames and projecting wood sills (referred to hereafter as standard windows). Standard windows within the residence typically feature a single-lite lower sash and upper sashes with two to five upper lites. All standard windows appear to be original to the building. Entrances feature wood doors set into wood frames. The building is capped by a side -gabled roof with a prominent cross gable that projects over the primary facade and entrance porch. Allroof planes feature wide overhanging eaves, wood soffits, exposed rafters with chamfered ends, flat wood fascia boards, and asphalt shingle covering. The primary (northwest) facade is oriented to College Avenue. The facade features a recessed northeast bay, which is set beneath a projecting cross gable supported by pyramidal columns forming a covered entrance porch (Figure 1). The porch features a scored concrete floor and concrete steps aligned with the main entrance. The main entrance is roughly centered within the facade and contains a wood door with wood frame and full-length divided-lite glazing. An exterior metal screen door encloses the wood door. To the immediate northeast of the entrance, the northmost bay in the facade contains a tripartite window comprised of a wide five -over -one standard window flanked by narrower two -over -one standard windows (Figure 2). A similar tripartite window is located in the opposite southern bay. Above the entrance porch, the overhanging cross gable features a wood lattice gable vent. (See continuation sheet) *P3b. Resource Attributes: (list attributes and codes) HP2: Single Family Residence *P4. Resources Present: ❑Building ❑Structure ❑Object Site ❑District ❑Element of District ❑Other P5b. Photo: (view and date) View of the primary (northwest) facade of 885 College Avenue. Detached one-story wood -frame garage is pictured in left -background. October 25, 2018. *P6. Date Constructed/Age and Sources: 1927. Property Assessment "Small File" 6262B on file at Palo Alto Development Services. Di historic *P7. Owner and Address: Stanford University Palo Alto, CA 94301 *P8. Recorded by: Page & Tumbull, Inc. 417 Montgomery Street, 8th Floor San Francisco, CA 94104 *P9. Date Recorded: 10/25/2018 *P10. Survey Type: Intensive survey *P11. Report Citation: None *Attachments: ❑None ❑Location Map ❑Sketch Map ❑Continuation Sheet ❑Building, Structure, and Object Record ❑Archaeological Record ❑District Record ❑Linear Feature Record Li Milling Station Record ❑Rock Art Record ❑Artifact Record ❑Photograph Record ❑ Other (list) DPR 523A (9/2013) Packet Pg. 462 *Required information State of California ❑ The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION CONTINUATION SHEET Primary # HRI # Trinomial Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J Page 2 of 11 *Recorded by Page & Turnbull, Inc. "P3a. Description (Continued): Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder) 885 College Avenue *Date October 25, 2018 ❑ Continuation ❑ Update Figure 1: Primary (northwest) facade. Looking southeast. Figure 2: Tripartite window and main entrance at primary facade. Looking southeast. The northeast facade features a secondary entrance with a paneled -wood door with single upper-lite, non -original concrete steps and landing, a non -original wood railing, and adjacent paired three -over -one standard windows; all of which are located toward the rear of the building (Figure 3 and Figure 4). To the west, the projecting portion of the facade features two smaller fixed wood windows; the windows flank the brick chimney previously described. Figure 3: Northeast facade at primary side -gabled volume. Looking northwest. Figure 4: Northeast facade at rear gabled volume. Looking west. The rear (southeast) facade features three standard windows; the south bay contains a three -over -one standard window, the central bay contains paired three -over -one standard windows, and the north bay contains a four -over -one standard window. The gable peak above has a triangular, wood lattice gable vent. A basement access door is located to at the base of the rear facade, near the east corner of the building (Figure 5). The southwest facade is located directly adjacent to the southwest property line. The facade contains four standard windows. An arrangement of two small wood -sash window is placed toward the center of the facade. Standard windows are placed at the west and east corners of the facade (Figure 6 and Figure 7). The front yard of the property features a brick pathway that leads from the street curb to the public sidewalk and continues to the main entrance porch. The rear yard features linear concrete pathways, several hedges and perimeter plantings. The northeast, southeast, and southwest property lines are enclosed by wood fencing. A detached one-story, wood -frame automobile garage is situated to the rear of the residence at the northeast corner of the site and is accessed by a concrete driveway adjacent to the northeast property line (Figure 8). The garage is clad with wood channel siding, features a double -leaf wood door at is southeast (entry) facade, and is capped by a gable roof covered with asphalt shingles. The garage contains a single wood casement window in each of the northeast and southwest facades. These windows contain six lites each. Prior to 2018, the garage featured a shed roof extension along its southwest facade which was removed and replaced by the existing wood pergola ca. 2017-2018.1 Packet Pg. 463 Page & Turnbull determined this alteration through study of satellite images provided by DPR 523L 'OOgh. Laith 11u, 20th State of California ❑ The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION CONTINUATION SHEET Primary # HRI # Trinomial Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J Page 3 of 11 *Recorded by Page & Turnbull, Inc. Figure 5: Rear (southeast) facade. Looking northwest. Figure 6: Three wood -sash windows located toward rear -half of residence along southwest facade. Looking north. Figure 7: Double -hung wood -sash window near front of residence along southwest facade. Looking east. Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder) 885 College Avenue "Date October 25, 2018 ❑ Continuation 1 Update Figure 8: Wood -frame automobile garage and adjacent wood pergola at northeast corner of property within rear yard. Looking northeast. DPR 523L Packet Pg. 464 Item 2 Attachment A - January State of California ElThe Resources Agency Primary # 11, 2024 Nomination DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI# ` Package J BUILDING, STRUCTURE, AND OBJECT RECORD Page 4 of 11 *NRHP Status Code 3CS *Resource Name or # 885 College Avenue B 1. Historic name: 885 College Avenue B2. Common name: 885 College Avenue B3. Original Use: Single -Family Residence B4. Present use: Single -Family Residence *B5. Architectural Style: Craftsman Bungalow *B6. Construction History: (Construction date, alterations, and date of alterations) Based on the subject property's Small File Assessment 6262B, on file at the Palo Alto Development Services, the residence and detached automobile garage at 885 College Avenue were built in 1927. This year of construction is confirmed by an original building permit reference indexed at the Palo Alto Historical Association. No builder or architect associated with the building's origination was identified. Prior to 1927, the site appears to have contained a pre-existing wood -frame dwelling (Figure 9).2 In 1930, aerial photography over Palo Alto captured the subject property. The property featured the subject building, the extant detached garage, and a linear pathway flanked by lawn in the front yard. The rear yard also appeared to feature similar pathways and lawn in similarity to existing conditions (Figure 10). A later aerial from 1941 indicates the property retains similar conditions over the next decade (Figure 11). The earliest Sanborn Map Company map that portrays the subject building is from 1945 and largely reflects the same building footprint that currently exists, including the building's irregular shaped plan with a front porch, and a detached one-story, wood -frame automobile garage at the rear of the site (Figure 12). Building permits on file at the Palo Alto Development Services listed the following alterations to the subject building: Date Permit # Owner Contractor Description 12/11/1981 P-81-798 Katie Kalinich H.P. Hansen and Sons Plumbing work 1/27/1981 12-81-20 Katie Kalnich Shelton Roofmg Roofmg on residence replaced with asphalt shingles and tar and gravel. 7/14/2006 061817E Kathy Maiwald (nee Halinich) Kevin Sweeney, Electrician Replace main electrical panel. Additional alterations observed during the site visit which were not detailed on building permit applications include a poured -in - place concrete landing and steps with a wood picket railing adjacent to the side entrance to the residence, a metal screen door installed at the primary entrance, and removal of a pre-existing roof extension or similar roof structure at the southwest facade of the detached garage which was removed between May and August 2018 (Figure 13 and Figure 14). (See continuation sheet) *B7. Moved? No [Yes [Unknown Date: N/A Original Location: *B8. Related Features: Detached Automobile Garage B9a. Architect: Unknown b. Builder: Unknown *B10. Significance: Theme Residential Architecture Area Palo Alto Period of Significance 1927 Property Type Single -Family Residential Applicable Criteria Criterion 3 (Architecture) Historic Context: (See continuation sheet) B11. Additional Resource Attributes: HP4. Ancillary Building: Detached automobile garage at rear of site *B12. References: N/A B13. Remarks: *B14. Evaluator: Page &Turnbull, Inc. *Date of Evaluation: November 21, 2018 (This space reserved for official comments.) Source: City of Palo Alto, Online Parcel Reports, 2018. Edited by Page & Turnbull. r • � fir'/� .V� �l�l ''.� ��" thi 2 A date or reason for removal of the pre-existing dwelling was unable to be determined and additional online repositories. DPR 523B (9/2013) Packet Pg. 465 wspapers, *Required information State of California Ci The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION CONTINUATION SHEET Primary # HRI # Trinomial Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package Page 5 of 11 *Recorded by Page & Turnbull, Inc. *B6. Construction History (Continued): cr07 Figure 9: Sanborn Map Co.'s 1925 map of subject block face. 885 College Avenue property was occupied by a different one -and -a - half -story residence. s Figure 11: Aerial photograph of subject property (outlined with orange), 1941. Source: UC Santa Barbara Library, FrameFinder. Fairchild Aerial Surveys, Flight C-7065, Frame 80. Edited by Page & Turnbull. Figure 13: Aerial photograph, May 2018. Subject property outlined in orange. Source: Google Earth Pro, 2018. Figure 14: Aerial photograph, August 2018. Subject property outlined in orange. Source: Google Earth Pro, 2018. Resource Name or # 885 College Avenue *Date November 21, 2018 E Continuation ❑ Update Figure 10: Aerial photograph of subject property (outlined in orange), 1930. Source: UC Santa Barbara Library, FrameFinder. Fairchild Aerial Surveys, Flight C-1025, Frame Z-144. CO L L ta 1 21 Re • 7 f r 17 0 �1 Figure 12: Sanborn Map Co.'s 1945 map of subject block face recorded the subject property (outlined in orange) and an adjacent residence to the immediate southeast. DPR 523L Packet Pg. 466 State of California The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION CONTINUATION SHEET Primary HRI # Trinomial Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J Page 6 of 11 Resource Name or # 885 College Avenue *Recorded by Page & Turnbull, Inc. *Date November 21, 2018 u Continuation ❑ Update Historic Context (Continued): Palo Alto History The earliest known settlement of the Palo Alto area was by the Ohlone people. The region was colonized in 1769 as part of Alta California. The Spanish and Mexican governments carved the area into large ranchos which contained portions of land that became Palo Alto including Rancho Corte Madera, Rancho Pastoria de las Borregas, Rancho Rincon de San Francisquito, and Rancho Riconada del Arroyo de San Francisquito.3 These land grants were honored in the cession of California to the United States, but parcels were subdivided and sold throughout the nineteenth century. These land grants were honored in the cession of California to the United States, but parcels were subdivided and sold throughout the nineteenth century. The current city of Palo Alto contains the former township of Mayfield. Mayfield was initially settled in 1853 and its town grid laid out in 1867.4 Following connection to the Southern Pacific Railroad's Coast Division line in 1864, Mayfield developed to the southeast of what became the Stanford University campus, with 900 residents by 1890. In 1882, railroad magnate and California politician Leland Stanford purchased 1,000 acres adjacent to Mayfield to add to his larger estate. Stanford's vast holdings became known as the Palo Alto Stock Farm. On March 9, 1885, Stanford University was founded through an endowment act by the California Assembly and Senate on Palo Alto Stock Farm land. Stanford decided in 1894 to found the town of Palo Alto with aid from his friend Timothy Hopkins of the Southern Pacific Railroad. Hopkins purchased and subdivided 740 acres of private land.5 Known as both the Hopkins Tract and University Park, it was bounded by San Francisquito Creek to the north and the railroad tracks and Stanford University campus to the south. Palo Alto was a temperance town where no alcohol could be served. A new train stop was created along University Avenue and the new town flourished serving the university. The residents were mostly middle and working class, with a pocket of University professors clustered in the neighborhood deemed Professorville. The development of a local streetcar in 1906 and the interurban railway to San Jose in 1910 facilitated access to jobs outside the city and to the University, encouraging more people to move to Palo Alto.6 In July 1925, Mayfield was officially annexed and consolidated into the city of Palo Alto; thus, the land containing the subject property was located within Palo Alto when the subject building was constructed in 1927.' Palo Alto suffered through the Great Depression in the 1930s and did not grow substantially. World War II brought an influx of military personnel and their families to the Peninsula; accordingly, Palo Alto saw rapid growth following the war as many families stationed on the Peninsula by the military or who worked in associated industries stayed. Palo Alto's population more than doubled from 16,774 in 1940 to 33,753 in 1953.$ The city center greatly expanded in the late 1940s and 1950s, gathering parcels that would house new offices and light industrial uses and lead the city away from its "college town" reputation.9 Palo Alto annexed a vast area of mostly undeveloped land between 1959 and 1968. This area, west of the Foothill Expressway, has remained protected open space. Small annexations continued into the 1970s, contributing to the discontinuous footprint of the city today. Palo Alto remains closely tied to Stanford University; it is the largest employer in the city. The technology industry dominates other sectors of business, as is the case with most cities within Silicon Valley. Palo Alto consciously maintains its high proportion of open space to development and the suburban feeling and scale of its architecture. College Terrace Neighborhood Palo Alto's College Terrace neighborhood is located to the southeast of the Stanford University campus and was initially developed in the late 1880s as speculative residential subdivision. In 1887, farmer and landowner Alexander Gordon acquired 120 acres of land from Peter Spacher and Frederick W. Weisshaar, German immigrants who had acquired the same tract in 1870; each utilizing 60 acres for farming.10 Prior to Gordon's acquisition, Senator Leland Stanford attempted to acquire the 120 -acre tract from Spacher and Weisshaar, which was proximal to and surrounded on three sides by his own land holdings, but Spacher and Weisshaar held out for better offers. In an effort to attract faculty and fraternities from the bourgeoning university, Gordon subdivided the land he acquired and named his subdivision "Palo Alto," but soon changed the name to College Terrace following a lawsuit filed by Leland Stanford (Figure 15).11 3 Ward Winslow and the Palo Alto Historical Association, Palo Alto: A Centennial History, (Palo Alto, CA: Palo Alto Historical Association, 1993), 12- 17. 4 San Jose City Directory, 1890, (San Francisco, CA: F.J. Husted, 1890), 487. 5 "Comprehensive Plan," City of Palo Alto, section L-3. 6 Michael Corbett and Denise Bradley, "Palo Alto Historic Survey Update: Final Survey Report," Dames & Moore, 1-4. 7 "AFlash History of Palo Alto," Quora. B "Depression, War, and the Population Boom," Palo Alto Medical Foundation- Sutter Health, website accessed October 25, 2018 from: http://www.pamf.org/about/pamfhistory/depression.html. "Comprehensive Plan," section L-4. 10 "College Terrace Sampler," Palo Alto Stanford Heritage, online, accessed October 25, 2018. http://www.pastheritage.org/Tours/CTer/Collegeterracetour.html; and, "Weisshaar Park," City of Palo Alto, online, accessed November 1, 2018. https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/news/displaynews.asp?NewsID=123. Ward Winslow and the Palo Alto Historical Association, Palo Alto: A Centennial History, (Palo Alto, CA: Palo Alto Historical Association, 1993,) 28. Packet Pg. 467 DPR 523L State of California The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION CONTINUATION SHEET Primary HRI # Trinomial Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J Page 7 of 11 Resource Name or # 885 College Avenue *Recorded by Page & Turnbull, Inc. *Date November 21, 2018 u Continuation ❑ Update M A P or C0LL€ E TERRf1eE Mayfield . Sonto GI... Go.. .01° ty r-ounds J CALIFORNIA. Figure 15: Map of College Terrace, ca. 1900. Approximate location of subject parcel is indicated with orange arrow. Source: College Terrace.org. Edited by Page & Turnbull. In 1891, the town of Mayfield annexed College Terrace, preceding Mayfield's annexation by Palo Alto in 1925.12 During the neighborhood's foundational years, streets were named for well-known universities. Advertisements for College Terrace noted the subdivision's proximity to Stanford University boasting: No other property in the vicinity of this grand Institution of Learning offers better inducements, either for residence or investment, as the beautiful subdivision of College Terrace...containing about 1000 beautiful residence and Business lots...surrounded on three sides by [Stanford University's] grounds, and is nearer to its buildings than any other land except the University domain itself...Is rapidly increasing and there are only about 300 left unsold.13 After the neighborhood's annexation to Mayfield in 1891, associations to the nearby university and the potential for its proximity to spur development and investment in the Mayfield were well -recognized. Mayfield's fate, however, was thrown in flux by the growth of Stanford University and neighborhoods in Palo Alto, a liquor -free "dry" town that drew the interest of former workers who built the university as a place to raise families.14 By the turn of the century, Mayfield's reputation subsided to one of a less favorable community due to the presence of saloons. In an effort to reclaim the interest of potential new residents, saloons were banned in Mayfield in 1904.15 In 1905, Mayfield's Board of Trade released a map circular which platted boarding and rooming houses in an effort to attract more student residents. The map was planned to be distributed throughout Califomia.16 Over the next decade, Mayfield continued to struggle with budgetary and infrastructural issues. Between 1918 and 1924, efforts of some of Mayfield's residents aimed to positions the town to be annexed by Palo Alto. After being voted down in 1924, annexation was approved in a second vote in 1925.17 Following the annexation of Mayfield by Palo Alto, duplicated street names were changed, including the subject street which was formerly known as Palo Alto Avenue. The neighborhood's grid originally included four small parks called Berkeley, Hollywood, Hampton, and Eton. Three of the original parks remain in similar form and are known as Cameron, Werry, and Weishaar. The fourth park, formerly known as Hollywood Park, adjoins the grounds of College Terrace Library, roughly one block east of the subject property.18 Craftsman Bungalow The Craftsman bungalow building typology developed in California in early 1900s, and as historian Virginia Savage McAlester notes, "was the dominant style for smaller houses built throughout the country during the period from about 1905 until the early 12 Ibid. 13 Advertisement, "Secure a Home in College Terrace," Oakland Tribune, November 27, 1891, 2. 14 "The Meeting on the Corner: The Beginning of Mayfield's End," PaloAltoHistory.org, online. Accessed, August 30, 2018. 1s Ibid. 16 "Trade Board Issues Map," San Francisco Call, September 4, 1905, 4. 17 "The Meeting at the Corner: The Beginning of Mayfield's End," PaloAltoHistory.org. 18 In 1968, Hampton Park was renamed Weisshaar after early landowner Frederic W. Weisshaar who served as a Mayfield school district trustee and the town's first treasurer. See, "Weisshaar Park," City of Palo Alto, online, accessed October 25, 2018. https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/news/displaynews.asp?NewsID=123. Packet Pg. 468 DPR 523L State of California The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION CONTINUATION SHEET Primary HRI # Trinomial Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J Page 8 of 11 Resource Name or # 885 College Avenue *Recorded by Page & Turnbull, Inc. *Date November 21, 2018 u Continuation ❑ Update 1920s."19 The bungalow typology retained popularity through the mid -1920s, but fell out of favor by the early 1930s.2° Bungalows rendered in modest interpretations of the Craftsman style were often referred to as "California Bungalows," and provided hybridized examples of the influence of the Arts & Crafts and Prairie styles which gained popularity during the first two decades of the 20th century. 21 In some cases, the typology also took queues from Japanese architecture and Swiss chalets. The term bungalow, however, is derived from the Hindustani word, bangla, meaning low house for travelers with surrounding porches?2 Bungalows were built throughout the United States by builder -contractors between the 1890s and 1920s and were often constructed according to plans provided in plan books or mail order catalogs and monthly journals such as those published by Sears, Roebuck & Co. or Aladdin Homes.23 The popularity of the Bungalow during the early 20th century was evident as it became the first type to be built in quantity by builder -contractors. The bungalow typology was typically rendered in wood -clad, shingle -clad, and stucco -clad variations (such as the subject building) in the Bay Area. Beyond variations in cladding depending on the favored aesthetic of a builder -contractor or prospective owner, bungalows typically featured a front porch (sometimes with a stoop containing a staircase), tapered columns, many windows to provide abundant air circulation, gabled roof forms with wide, overhanging eaves, and exposed roof frame components including purlins, rafters, and beams. Gable vents were also common to the typology. low-pitched gabled roof (occasionally hipped) with wide. unenclosed cave overhang roof rafters usually exposed porcbes, either full. or partial -width, with roof supported by square columns decorative (false) beams or braces under gables columns or piers frequently continue to ground level (without break at level of porch floor) , onmu,nlp one ,n mit h,,11.n rri .a Pugh Figure 16: Craftsman Bungalow diagram. Source: Virginia Savage McAlester's, A Field Guide to American Houses. Ownership and Occupancy Summary The following ownership and occupancy information is based upon listings in Palo Alto City Directories published between 1924 and 1976 and U.S. Federal Census data for censuses completed in 1930 and 1940. Additional ownership information is referenced from building permit applications as available. Date(s) Owner(s) Occupation 1930 John Kalinich Katie Kalinich Mary J. Kalinich Katherine J. Kalinich Laborer at Stanford University None None None 1940 John Kalinich Road work laborer Cannery employee None None Katie Kalinich Mary J. Kalanich (1926-2000) Katherine J. Kalinich 1950 John Kalinich Katie Kalinich Driver, Stanford University None 1955 John Kalinich Katie Kalinich Katherine J. Kalinich Mary J. Kalinich Laborer, Stanford University None Punch operator, Magna Engineering Office clerk, Geo. S. Paddleford 1960 John Kalinich Laborer 19 Virginia Savage McAlester, A Field Guide to American Houses: The Definitive Guide to Identifying and Understanding America's Domestic Architecture, (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2013), 568. 20 Virginia Savage McAlester, A Field Guide to American Houses, 568. 21 Ibid., 578. 22 Lester Walker, American Homes: The Landmark Illustrated Encyclopedia of Domestic Architecture, (New York: Black Dog & Levanthal Publishers, 1996), 186. 23 Walker, 185. See also, Mike Jackson, "Assembly Required: A Brief History of 20th -Century Kit House Designs," Architect, online. Accessed October 24, 2018. https://www.architectmagazine.com/practice/assembly-required-a-brief-histo Packet Pg. 469 DPR 523L State of California The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION CONTINUATION SHEET Primary HRI # Trinomial Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J Page 9 of 11 *Recorded by Page & Turnbull, Inc. Resource Name or # 885 College Avenue *Date November 21, 2018 u Continuation ❑ Update Date(s) Owner(s) Occupation Katie Kalinich Mary J. Kalinich None Office worker 1969 John Kalinich Katie Kalinich Retired Retired 1976 Katie Kalinich (widow) None ca. 1981-2000 Mary J. Kalinich None ca. 2001-2006 Kathy Maiwald None John Kalinich and Katie Kalinich, Owners and Occupants 1927-1986 (Family owned property through ca. 2006) John Kalinich (1894-1970) and Katie Kalinich (1901-1986) were born in Yugoslavia and immigrated to the United States in 1913 and 1922, respectively. John and Katie were married in 1922 and settled in Palo Alto by the mid -1920s.24 In 1927, the Kaliniches listed their address at 1263 College Avenue, roughly four blocks south of the subject property which was constructed toward the end of that year.25 By 1930, the Kalinches relocated to 885 College Avenue, where they appear to have remained resident owners into the 1980s, based upon review of city directories and building permit application records. After immigrating to the U.S., the Kaliniches had two daughters, Mary J. (1926-2000) and Katherine "Kathy" J. (1928-2010), both of whom resided at the subject property in the 1930s and 1940s and were later listed as owners of the property on building permit applications 26 John Kalinich listed his occupation as a laborer at Stanford University ca. 1930 and as a road work laborer ca. 1940. He listed a position as a driver at Stanford University and subsequent work as a laborer at the university between the mid -1950s and early 1960s. In 1940, Katie Kalinich listed employment at an unidentified cannery, but did not list an occupation subsequently.27 Daughters Katherine "Kathy" J. and Mary J. worked as a punch operator and office clerk, respectively, during their residency at the subject property. John and Katie's daughter, Katherine "Kathy" J. married Francis L. Maiwald in 1957.28 The Maiwalds resided at a different properties in Palo Alto and nearby Menlo Park through the early 2000s.29 In 2006, Kathy Maiwald was listed as owner of the subject property on a permit for electrical work. This indicates that the subject property remained under the ownership of the Kalinich family and or Kalinich family relatives for roughly eight decades.3° Statement of Significance: In order for a property to be considered eligible for the California Register of Historical Resources (CRHR), the property must possess significance and retain sufficient integrity to convey that significance. The criteria for designation are: 1. (Events): Associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of local or regional history or the cultural heritage of California or the United States. 2. (Persons): Associated with the lives of persons important to local, California or national history. 3. (Architecture): Embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, region or method of construction or represents the work of a master or possesses high artistic values. 4. (Information Potential): Has yielded, or has the potential to yield, information important to the prehistory or history of the local area, California or the nation. 885 College Avenue does not appear to be individually eligible under Criterion 1 (Events), as the building does not bear association with any significant events nor does it individually represent the broad patterns of history in Palo Alto, the State, or the nation. 885 College Avenue was not among the earliest homes constructed in its respective neighborhood which began development in the late 1890s when located in the Town of Mayfield. The trend of constructing bungalow -type houses was prolific across California between the early 1900s and mid -1920s, and the typology caught on as suburbs developed across the nation contemporaneously. However, 885 College Avenue does not stand out an early or unique individual example within the broader trend of bungalow construction. 24 U.S. Federal Census for 1930. Accessed at Ancestry.com. October 23, 2018. 25 Palo Alto City Directory, 1927. Palo Alto Historical Association. 26 U.S. Federal Census records for 1930 and 1940. Accessed at Ancestry.com. October 23, 2018. 27 As listed in 1940 U.S. Census. 28 "Katherine J. Kalinich," August 26, 1957, Nevada State Health Division, Office of Vital Records. Nevada Marriage Index, 1966-2005. Carson City, Nevada: Nevada State Health Division, Office of Vital Records. Accessed online at Ancestry.com. October 26, 2018. 29 "Deaths: Mary J. Kalinich," Palo Alto online.com, July 5, 2000. Accessed October 26, 2018. https://www.paloaltoonline.com/weekly/morgue/community_pulse/2000_Jul_5.OBITS05.html. 3o See section *B6 Construction History above for building permit details. Packet Pg. 470 DPR 523L State of California The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION CONTINUATION SHEET Primary HRI # Trinomial Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J Page 10 of 11 Resource Name or # 885 College Avenue *Recorded by Page & Turnbull, Inc. *Date November 21, 2018 u Continuation ❑ Update 885 College Avenue does not appear to be individually eligible under Criterion 2 (Persons). The residence appears to have been originally owned and occupied by John and Katie Kalinich, who were first recorded as owner -residents in the 1930 Census. No record of prior owners or residents was found in Palo Alto city directories. The Kalinich family retained ownership of the property through 2006, based upon review of city directories and building permit application records. Although the residence was owned by a single family for a notably long tenure, none of members of the Kalinich family who owned or resided at 885 College Avenue appear to have made significant contributions to the history of Palo Alto, the state, or nation. 885 College Avenue does appear to be individually eligible under Criterion 3 (Architecture) at a local level of significance, as a building that embodies the distinct characteristics of a Craftsman style bungalow constructed in Palo Alto. In particular, the subject building is very characteristic of "California Bungalows" constructed in the California during the early 20th century and provides an excellent example of this type at the local level (within the City of Palo Alto). The period of significance for this criterion is 1927, corresponding to the subject building's year of construction. Although one of many examples of its particular residential typology and style constructed throughout California during the early 20th century, 885 College Avenue is an example constructed during the later stages of its typology's popularity, and provides an excellent local example of the bungalow typology and Craftsman architectural style through characteristic features, form, and materials. 885 College Avenue's gabled roof forms, eaves overhanging the building footprint, covered entrance porch supported by tapered columns, exposed roof beams, exposed rafters/rafter tails, wood fascia gable trim, gable vents, stucco cladding, wood -sash windows with multi-lite upper sashes, and wood doors are common elements of Craftsman style bungalows. Although the building does not feature ornate architectural details, its overall composition remains highly indicative of the Craftsman bungalow type. The building is not associated with a particular builder based upon available scholarship and historic documentation, and thus does not appear to be associated with a master builder or architect. A discussion of the building's integrity is presented below, and is included to confirm that the building retains integrity to the degree necessary to be considered eligible for listing in the California Register. 885 College Avenue does not appear to be individually eligible under Criterion 4 as a building that has the potential to provide information important to the prehistory or history of the City of Palo Alto, state, or nation. It does not feature construction or material types, or embody engineering practices that would, with additional study, provide important information. Page & Turnbull's evaluation of this property was limited to age -eligible resources above ground and did not involve survey or evaluation of the subject property for the purposes of archaeological information. Character -Defining Features For a property to be eligible for national or state designation under criteria related to type, period, or method of construction, the essential physical features (or character -defining features) that enable the property to convey its historic identity must be evident. These distinctive character -defining features are the physical traits that commonly recur in property types and/or architectural styles. To be eligible, a property must clearly contain enough of those characteristics to be considered a true representative of a particular type, period, or method of construction, and these features must also retain a sufficient degree of integrity. Characteristics can be expressed in terms such as form, proportion, structure, plan, style, or materials. The character -defining features of 885 College Avenue include: • One -story -over -basement height • Gently pitched, gabled roof forms with eaves that overhang the building footprint at all sides • Exposed roof beams, rafters/rafter tails, wood soffits, and wood fascia trim • Wood lattice gabled end vents • Recessed entrance porch supported by tapered columns • Double -hung and fixed, wood -sash windows with ogee lugs and divided lites in upper sashes • Stucco cladding at all facades Integrity In order to qualify for listing in any local, state, or national historic register, a property or landscape must possess significance under at least one evaluative criterion as described above and retain integrity. Integrity is defined by the California Office of Historic Preservation as "the authenticity of an historical resource's physical identity by the survival of certain characteristics that existing during the resource's period of significance," or more simply defined as "the ability of a property to convey its significance."31 Page & Turnbull used established integrity standards outlined by the National Register Bulletin: How to Apply the National Register Criteria for Evaluation. Seven variables, or aspects, that define integrity are used to evaluate a resource's integrity —location, setting, design, materials, workmanship, feeling, and association. A property must stand up under most or all of these aspects in order to retain overall integrity. If a property does not retain integrity, it can no longer convey its significance and is therefore not eligible for listing in local, state, or national registers. 31 California Office of Historic Preservation, Technical Assistance Series No. 7: How to Nominate a Resource to the California Register of Historical Resources, (Sacramento: California Office of State Publishing, 4 September 2001), 11. Packet Pg. 471 DPR 523L State of California The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION CONTINUATION SHEET Primary HRI # Trinomial Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J Page 11 of 11 Resource Name or # 885 College Avenue *Recorded by Page & Turnbull, Inc. *Date November 21, 2018 u Continuation ❑ Update 885 College Avenue remains situated at its original 1927 location and continues to be located within neighborhood defined by residential uses, as well as commercial uses along El Camino Real to the north. The subject property itself has retained its setting as the subject residential building retains its spatial relationship with the street front, the detached wood -frame garage at the southeast corner of the its site, and continues to feature an open front yard, and rear yard area, as well as a driveway adjacent to the northeast property line. The building's overall design has sustained minimal alterations and retains its overall form inclusive of height, footprint, exterior cladding, fenestration, and exterior wood trim. Additional features including gable vents, a scored - concrete porch, and original double -hung wood -sash windows evidence period craftsmanship. The building maintains the feeling of a Craftsman bungalow through its retention of massing, gabled roofs with overhanging eaves and expose beams and rafters. Thus, 885 College Avenue retains association as a building which embodies the distinct characteristics of a Craftsman style, bungalow - type residence in Palo Alto. Therefore, 885 College Avenue retains integrity to the degree necessary to appear eligible for individual listing in the California Register under Criterion 3 (Architecture) with a period of significance of 1927. Packet Pg. 472 DPR 523L Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J PROPERTIES PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED AS ELIGIBLE FOR THE CALIFORNIA REGISTER Properties proposed for designation under Palo Alto Criterion 5: • Criterion 5 (The architect or building was important) Address Criterion Category 1145 Lincoln Avenue 5 3 Page & Turnbull 170 MAIDENLANE,5TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO,CALIFORN Packet Pg. 473 PAGE &TURNBULL 1145 LINCOLN AVENUE APN: 003-19-059 HISTORIC RESOURCE EVALUATION Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package Date of Evaluation: July 2018 Identified California Register Criteria of Significance: Criterion 3 (Architecture) Identified Period of Significance: 1946 Summary of Significance: 1145 Lincoln Avenue was found significant as a distinct example of a modernist residence designed and constructed by the noted Palo Alto -based builder and designer William F. Klay. 2023 RECONNAISSANCE SURVEY SUMMARY Alterations Since HRE: Second -story addition was constructed since evaluation; project was found compliant with the Secretary of the Interior's Standards and therefore the building has retained its historic significance. Status in 2023: Extant, altered with addition but retains historic integrity. Recommended Revisions to Significance: None. Figure 1: 2018 Historic Resource Evaluation photograph. Figure 2: 2023 Reconnaissance Survey photograph. RECOMMENDATION FOR LISTING IN THE PALO ALTO HISTORIC INVENTORY Palo Alto Historic Inventory Criteria for Designation: Criterion 5 (The architect or building was important) Statement of Significance: 1145 Lincoln Avenue is significant as a distinct example of a modernist residence designed and constructed by the noted Palo Alto -based builder and designer William F. Imagining change in historic environments through design, research, and technology 170 MAIDEN LANE,5TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO,CALIFORNIA94108 TEL415 3 Packet Pg. 474 Palo Alto Historic Inventory Designation Page 2 of 2 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J Klay. Despite a second -floor addition, the original design by Klay remains legible and the building retains its historic significance. Period of Significance: 1946 Palo Alto Historic Inventory Category: Category 3* *Note, Due to the recent alterations and addition, the subject property is best suited to Category 3 as a good local example of an architectural style relating to the character of a neighborhood grouping in scale, materials, proportion, or other factors. PAGE & TIJRNBULL 170 MAIDEN LANE,STH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO,CALIFO Packet Pg. 475 State of California The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # 11, 2024 Nomination PRIMARY RECORD Trinomial \ Package J NRHP Status Code 3CS Item 2 Attachment A -January Other Listings Review Code Reviewer Page 1 of 9 P1. Other Identifier: N/A Date Resource name(s) or number (assigned by recorder) 1145 Lincoln Avenue *P2. Location: ❑Not for Publication ❑x Unrestricted *a. County Santa Clara *b. USGS 7.5' Quad Palo Alto, CA Date 2015 *c. Address 1145 Lincoln Avenue City Palo Alto Zip 94301 *e. Other Locational Data: Assessor's Parcel Number 003-019-059 *P3a. Description: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries.) 1145 Lincoln Avenue is a one-story, wood -frame residence set on a concrete foundation, designed and built in 1946 by Palo Alto - based building contractor William F. Klay. 1145 Lincoln Avenue is located in the Crescent Park neighborhood of Palo Alto and appears to have incorporated portions of a ca. 1898 Queen Anne style residence which stood at 535 High Street in downtown Palo Alto until 1945. In 1945, 535 High Street was razed and relocated to the subject site by William F. Klay. The residence is situated at the center of its rectangular parcel on the west side of Lincoln Avenue, between Forest Avenue (south) and Hamilton Avenue (north). The residence occupies nearly the full width of its parcel, with lawn areas placed in yards to the north and south of the residence which are surrounded by a brick property wall that extends upward to meet the roofline of the building at each corner. A paved driveway extending west off Lincoln Avenue runs along the property's north property line and dead -ends to west of the subject property, providing vehicular and pedestrian access to several neighboring properties to the west. Wood gates are located at the east property wall and adjacent to the north property wall at the residence's northeast and northwest comers, providing access to the east side yard. (P5a. and Figure 1). (See Continuation Sheet) *P3b. Resource Attributes: (list attributes and codes) HP2: Single Family Residence *P4. Resources Present: E Building DI Structure ID Object ❑Site ❑District ❑Element of District ❑Other P5a. Photo P5b. Photo: (view and date) View of east facade from public sidewalk along west side of Lincoln Avenue; looking southwest. June 28, 2018. *P6. Date Constructed/Age and Sources: Original building permit application, Palo Alto Times, March 26, 1946, Building permit reference on file at Palo Alto Historical Association. ❑x historic *P7. Owner and Address: Robert and Susan Craft 1 145 Lincoln Avenue Palo Alto, CA 94301 *P8. Recorded by: Page & Turnbull, Inc. 417 Montgomery Street, 8t1, Floor San Francisco, CA 94104 *P9. Date Recorded: 6/28/2018 *P10. Survey Type: Reconnaissance survey *P11. Report Citation: None *Attachments: ❑None ❑Location Map El Sketch Map ❑x Continuation Sheet 11Building, Structure, and Object Record ❑Archaeological Record ❑District Record ❑Linear Feature Record ❑Milling Station Record ❑Rock Art Record ❑Artifact Record ❑Photograph Record 0 Other (list) DPR 523A (9/2013) Packet Pg. 476 *Required information Item 2 Attachment A - January State of California The Resources Agency Primary # 11, 2024 Nomination DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION URI # CONTINUATION SHEET Trinomial Package j Page 2 of 9 Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder) 1940 Webster Street *Recorded by Page &Turnbull, Inc. *Date March 23, 2017 ❑x Continuation 0 Update *P3a. Description (Continued): The residence features a C -Plan with an open-air carport for two vehicles at the north facade which is accessed by the driveway extending west off Lincoln Avenue; the carport is placed within the opening of the C. The building's flat roof extends over the car port, creating the illusion of a rectangular plan building when viewed from above. The flat roof features slightly overhanging eaves with wood soffits, and painted wood fascia. The exterior is faced with stone veneer at all facades and fenestration consists of wood windows with a variety of glazing types. The east facade faces Lincoln Avenue and features from south to north: a paneled wood door with square opening and iron grill at the southeast corner of the building (provide access to south yard); a tripartite window comprised of three single rectangular lites (vinyl or similar awning installed over window); a paired window with a grid of prismatic glass blocks adjacent to two rectangular lites; and a larger floor -to -ceiling plate glass window with a large rectangular lite divided by a mullion form two narrow rectangular lites (vinyl or similar awning installed over window) (Figure 1). The south facade is divided into three bays and is largely obscured from street view by the south property wall (Figure 2). The westernmost bay features a tripartite plate glass window with a large central single lite flanked by two narrow rectangular lites on each side. The central bay is wider and contains the main entrance with a wood door with plate glazing set beneath a transom. The door is flanked with plate glass, two adjacent lites to the south, and a single plate glass window to north. The plate glass window is flanked two rectangular lites. The easternmost bay is the narrowest and features a slightly narrower plate glass window with an adjacent glazed door set beneath a transom. A retractable awning is installed at the cornice line of the south facade. The east facade is flanked on the north and south ends by facade wall extensions containing wood doors connecting the side yard and north facade area to the rear (west yard). A tripartite plate glass window with single central lite flanked by two rectangular lites on each side is placed at the northwest corner of the building. A paired window with a grid of glass blocks similar to the east facade is located directly south. The south half of the facade is not fenestrated. The north facade is visible from the driveway parallel to the north property line. The facade contains a wide central bay which is recessed into the building's footprint and contains a car port for two automobiles. The interior of the carport is clad with stone veneer matching all facades (Figure 3). Figure 1: Stone veneer typical of all facades of building, paneled -wood door, tripartite window, and paired window with grid of block glass at east facade. Looking west. Figure 2: Brick wall at south property line. Looking northwest. Figure 3: Brick property wall near northeast corner of property and north facade with carport at north facade. Looking west. Packet Pg. 477 DPR 523L State of California The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI# BUILDING, STRUCTURE, AND OBJECT RECORD Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J Page 3 of 9 *Resource Name or # 1145 Lincoln Avenue *NRHP Status Code 3CS B 1. Historic name: 1145 Lincoln Avenue B2. Common name: 1145 Lincoln Avenue B3. Original Use: Single -Family Residence B4. Present use: Single -Family Residence *B5. Architectural Style: Builder -Contractor Modern *B6. Construction History: (Construction date, alterations, and date of alterations) (See Continuation Sheet) *B7. Moved? ❑No EJYes 0 Unknown Date: ca. 1945 Original Location: 535 High Street, Palo Alto, CA (ca.1895-1945) *B8. Related Features: N/A B9a. Architect: N/A b. Builder: William F. Klay, Building Contractor *B10. Significance: Theme Residential Architecture Area Palo Alto Period of Significance 1946 Property Type Single -Family Residential Applicable Criteria: Criterion 3 (Architecture) Palo Alto History The earliest known settlement of the Palo Alto area was by the Ohlone people. The region was colonized in 1769 as part of Alto California. The Spanish and Mexican governments carved the area into large ranchos which contained portions of land that became Palo Alto including Rancho Corte Madera, Rancho Pastoria de las Borregas, Rancho Rincon de San Francisquito, and Rancho Riconada del Arroyo de San Francisquito.' These land grants were honored in the cession of California to the United States, but parcels were subdivided and sold throughout the nineteenth century. The current city of Palo Alto contains the former township of Mayfield. In 1882, railroad magnate and California politician Leland Stanford purchased 1,000 acres adjacent to Mayfield to add to his larger estate. Stanford's vast holdings became known as the Palo Alto Stock Farm. On March 9, 1885, Stanford University was founded through an endowment act by the California Assembly and Senate on Palo Alto Stock Farm land. Stanford decided in 1894 to found the town of Palo Alto with aid from his friend Timothy Hopkins of the Southern Pacific Railroad. Hopkins purchased and subdivided 740 acres of private land.2 Known as both the Hopkins Tract and University Park, it was bounded by the San Francisquito Creek to the north and the railroad tracks and Stanford University campus to the south. Palo Alto was a temperance town where no alcohol could be served. A new train stop was created along University Avenue and the new town flourished serving the university. The residents were mostly middle and working class, with a pocket of University professors clustered in the neighborhood deemed Professorville. The development of a local streetcar in 1906 and the interurban railway to San Jose in 1910 facilitated access to jobs outside the city and to the University, encouraging more people to move to Palo Alto.3 In July 1925, Mayfield was officially annexed and consolidated into the city of Palo Alto.4 (See Continuation Sheets) B11. Additional Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) *B12. References: See footnotes B13. Remarks: *B14. Evaluator: Page & Turnbull, Inc. *Date of Evaluation: July 9, 2018 (This space reserved for official comments.) Source: City of Palo Alto GIS, Online. Accessed July 9, 2018. Subject parcel outlined in red. ' "Palo Alto, California," Wikipedia, accessed July 9, 2018, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palo_Alto,_California#cite_note-12. 2 "Comprehensive Plan," City of Palo Alto, section L-3. 3 Michael Corbett and Denise Bradley, "Palo Alto Historic Survey Update: Final Survey Report," Dames & Moore, 1-4. 4 "AFlash History of Palo Alto," Quora. DPR 523B (9/2013) information Packet Pg. 478 State of California The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION CONTINUATION SHEET Primary # HRI # Trinomial Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J Page 4 of 9 *Recorded by Page & Turnbull, Inc. *Date July 13, 2018 IX Continuation ❑ Update Resource Name or # 1145 Lincoln Avenue *B6. Construction History (Continued): 1145 Lincoln Avenue is located in the Crescent Park neighborhood of Palo Alto and appears to have incorporated portions of a ca. 1898 Queen Anne style residence which stood at 535 High Street in downtown Palo Alto until 1945. In 1945, 535 High Street was razed and relocated to the subject site by William F. Klay. 5 The following table lists building permit applications or references to building permit applications filed for the subject property on file at Palo Alto Development Services or recorded in the building permit index card collection at Palo Alto Historical Association. Date Permit Application Number/Source Owner Contractor Work 9/1/1944 Correspondence between William F. Klay and Palo Alto Board of Public Works. On file at Palo Alto Building Department under subject property. William F. Klay Unknown Request to relocate an existing building at 535 High Street to 1145 Lincoln Avenue. Klay noted in correspondence that building would be modernized at the interior and exterior after relocation. 3/20/1945 Palo Alto Times building permit reference on file at Palo Alto Historical Association Not given but presumably William F. Klay at time of relocation. See correspondence referenced in row above. Not indicated Relocated existing building at 535 High Street to 1145 Lincoln Avenue. 9/28/1971 A302111 Elmstead Frans Termite Control Stall shower termite repair. 4/21/1972 A30711 Elmstead E. Barker, contractor Kitchen and bathroom remodel. Appears to be limited to interior work only. 1/5/1981 P-81-3 Byron Wilder Neptune Pool Service Install hot tub. 1/16/1997 97-137 Joanne Taylor Randy Feriante, Contractor Spray foam applied to portions of tar and gravel roof. 1/6/2002 1145 Lincoln Avenue, small file Joanne Taylor Palo Alto Heating & Air, Inc. Replace sewer line. 2/24/2012 1145 Lincoln Avenue, small file Joanne Taylor Thomas H. Fisher, Craig Plumbing Co. Contractor Install 1" galvanized steel gas line from meter to boiler and water heater. 10/16/2016 Plans on file at Palo Alto Building Department Susan and Rob Craft Young & Borlik Architects, Inc. Remodel. Only interior work involving alteration of partitions. Existing skylights visible at roof were added and joists adjacent to skylights were sistered. 5 Building Permit references on file at Palo Alto Historical Association. Construction of 535 High Street, 1894-1895 by J.W. Welts. Residence razed 1945, Palo Alto Times, March 20, 1945. Correspondence between to the Palo Alto Board of Public Works and William F. Klay dated September 1, 1944 on file at Palo Alto Building Department shows Klay requested to relocate 535 High Street to 1145 Lincoln Avenue, and noted the residence would be modernized at the interior and exterior. Thus, despite the stark contrast in appearance of each residence, the relocation and redesign of portions of 535 High Street into the subject building is supported by multiple sources. DPR 523L Packet Pg. 479 State of California The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION CONTINUATION SHEET Primary # HRI # Trinomial Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J Page 5 of 9 *Recorded by Page & Turnbull, Inc. 1 49 .5.35 47 .as 46 44 Figure 4: 535 High Street recorded on Sanborn Map Co.'s 1901 fire insurance survey map. Source: San Francisco Public Library. Edited by Page & Turnbull. Resource Name or # 1145 Lincoln Avenue *Date July 13, 2018 IX Continuation 0 Update nv, //jf.5- 4/0/ 347 L 1.4 Figure 6: 1924 Sanborn fire insurance survey map indicates the subject site was vacant prior to 1945. Source: San Francisco Public Library. Edited by Page & Turnbull. Figure 7: 1949 Sanborn fire insurance survey map. Source: San Francisco Public Library. Edited by Page & Turnbull. .SAS 1 o' (�[r •Coictoi IL *r• 5m2fl. �, COME*. hot. .,62-Mnif$1,000 MX I II r 4� C. # a Hugo RAYS J l &RN0. Roots re k`•• k ti 1ti 4 4 L SERVICE =� / x 4i 9 . GQ W 4 a 1 4 CCA' lhvur i OS t - Tl4 I , JJii5 AM. /it Z Al 1.1. i 'r4/ ' !Al.. • S4' . -. ' r Figure 5: 535 High Street recorded on Sanborn Map Co.'s 1924 fire insurance survey map, that last to record the property before the formerly residential building was relocated and redesigned at 1145 Lincoln Avenue in 1949. Source: San Francisco Public Library. Edited by Page & Turnbull. o.hfer7 A'4tS //41 .1 *B. 10 Significance (Continued): Like the rest of the nation, Palo Alto suffered through the Great Depression in the 1930s and did not grow substantially. World War II brought an influx of military personnel and their families to the Peninsula; accordingly, Palo Alto saw rapid growth following the war as many families who had been stationed on the Peninsula by the military or who worked in associated industries chose to stay. Palo Alto's population more than doubled from 16,774 in 1940 to 33,753 in 1953.6 The city center greatly expanded in the late 1940s and 1950s, gathering parcels that would house new offices and light industrial uses and lead the city away from its "college town" reputation.' Palo Alto annexed a vast area of mostly undeveloped land between 1959 and 1968. This area, west of the Foothill Expressway, has remained protected open space. Small annexations continued into the 1970s, contributing to the discontinuous footprint of the city today. Palo Alto remains closely tied to Stanford University; it is the largest employer in the city. The technology industry dominates other sectors of business, as is the case with most cities within Silicon Valley. Palo Alto consciously maintains its high proportion of open space to development and the suburban feeling and scale of its architecture. Crescent Park Neighborhood The Crescent Park neighborhood was originally part of the 2,230 -acre Rancho Rincon de San Francisquito. Ownership of the rancho was later divided and in 1864, a parcel of 47.5 acres was purchased by physician and Palo Alto pioneer Dr. William Newell. Crescent Park subdivisions I, II, and III were platted and developed between the early 1920s and late 1940s. The Crescent Park and Southgate subdivisions were created in 1923. As noted by historians Michael Corbett and Denise Bradley: [Crescent Park consisted off lots ranging in size from standard suburban lots to large "villalots" and developed with single family houses, usually with detached garages. Houses were designed in a mix of styles, 6 "Depression, War, and the Population Boom," Palo Alto Medical Foundation- Sutter Health, website accessed 11 June 2013 from: http://www.pamf.org/about/pammistory/depression.html. "Comprehensive Plan," section L-4. DPR 523L Packet Pg. 480 State of California The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION CONTINUATION SHEET Primary # HRI # Trinomial Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J Page 6 of 9 Resource Name or # 1145 Lincoln Avenue *Recorded by Page & Turnbull, Inc. *Date July 13, 2018 IX Continuation 0 Update predominantly Spanish or Mediterranean Revival, Monterey Revival, Colonial Revival, and various period revival styles including Tudor and Norman. The most prolific designers were probably Joseph L. Stewart, a San Francisco architect, and Harry H. Dabinett, a Palo Alto builder. Most of the leading architects in Palo Alto were also represented, including Birge and David Clark, Leslie Nichols, Charles K. Sumner, and John K. Branner.8 Zoning controls were at their height in Palo Alto and these two neighborhoods were seen as efforts by local leaders and the real estate industry to exclude minority groups from an elite neighborhood.9 Crescent Park was modeled after the St. Francis Wood neighborhood in San Francisco, which had been designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr. and John Galen Howard.1° Curvilinear streets and the more conscious arrangement of buildings on a lot contributed to the pristine aesthetic of the neighborhood. An automobile garage was a standard feature of houses in Crescent Park, whereas elsewhere in Palo Alto they were later additions. The subject property was one such property which was originally developed with a detached automobile garage during the early stages of Crescent Park's subdivision and development. Many homes were built to reflect the regional influence of Spanish architecture and were described as villa -type residences in early newspaper articles which provided updates on who was buying and building in the neighborhood. By June of 1924, Place, Brewer & Clark, developer of Crescent Park, announced that the final paving program for the neighborhood was started, while water, sewer, and gas service mains were being laid.11 These early infrastructural improvements included connection to the subject property and two additional residences that appeared on Palm Street on the 1924 Sanborn map. By 1928, the firm of Hare, Brewer & Clark announced the subdivision of Crescent Park, Addition no. 1, a 31 -acre tract designed with the automobile accessibility and villa site characteristics in mind.12 The subject property is located toward the south extent of the Crescent Park neighborhood. Its construction in 1946 post-dates the neighborhood's primary period of development which occurred in the 1920s and 1930s. By 1949, the villa lots placed along curvilinear and cul-de-sac streets in Crescent Park neared complete development according to the updated 1949 Sanborn map. Ownership and Occupancy Summary The following lists owners and residents of 1145 Lincoln Avenue based upon listings in Palo Alto city directories, and names listed on building permit applications. Year(s) Owner(s) Occupant(s) Occupation(s) 1946 - ca. 1960 Emil F. and Kathryn Klay Same Emil F. Klay, Masonry contractor 1962-1965 Helen F. Eichrodt Same Unknown 1969-1974 Gracella R. Anderson Henry A. Eimstad (or Elmstead) Gracella R. Anderson Henry A. Eimstad Dorothy M. Eimstad Retired (widow of Robert V. Anderson, former research associate at Stanford University) Engineer at Philco-Ford 1981 Byron Wilder Same Unknown 1997-2015 Joanne Taylor Same Unknown 2016 -Present Susan and Rob Craft Same Unknown 1145 Lincoln Avenue was first owned and occupied by Emil F. "Doc" Klay (1880-1972) and his wife Kathryn (spelled Katya or Kate in some sources) Klay (1891-1964). The Klays resided at the subject building between 1947 and 1960. After the Klays' ownership and occupancy, several individuals were listed as owners or occupants of the building for shorter periods including: Helen F. Eichrodt (1895-1971) (owner -resident 1962-1965); Mrs. Gracella R. Anderson (1898-1984) and Henry A. Eimstad (1920-2014) as owner -residents ca. 1970-1972. The most recent owner of long tenure was Joanne Taylor (1940-2015) who appears to have owned and resided at the property between ca. 1997 and ca. 2015. Emil F. "Doc" Klay (1880-1972) and Kathryn Klay (1891-1964), Original Owners/Residents, 1947-1960 Emil F. "Doc" Klay was born in Switzerland in 1880 and immigrated to the United States with his parents Abraham and Marian Kneiss Klay, along with several siblings, to Richland County, Ohio, in the 1880s. Klay, along with his brother William F. Klay, and father Abraham, relocated to Modesto, CA in 1920 and pursued careers related to building trades. By 1924, Emil Klay relocated to Palo Alto and appears to have worked with his brother, William, according to William's obituary. Emil Klay listed his occupation as a brick contractor, stone mason, or masonry contractor at various points throughout the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s. In comparison to his brother William Klay, very limited information is available regarding the career of Emil Klay as a masonry contractor. 8 Michael Corbett and Denise Bradley, "Palo Alto Historic Survey Update: Final Survey Report," Dames &Moore, 4-7 and 4-8. 9 Corbett and Bradley, "Palo Alto Historic Survey Update," 1-7. 1° Ibid. "Street Work Has Started," Palo Alto Times, June 21, 1924. 12 "Crescent Park Addition WillBe Developed," Palo Alto Times, December 1, 1928. DPR 523L Packet Pg. 481 State of California The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION CONTINUATION SHEET Primary # HRI # Trinomial Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J Page 7 of 9 Resource Name or # 1145 Lincoln Avenue *Recorded by Page & Turnbull, Inc. *Date July 13, 2018 x❑ Continuation ❑ Update As noted in his brother William F. Klay's obituary, Emil and his father Abraham worked with William in building construction. Thus, it is possible that the brothers worked together on several projects, particularly those dealing with the construction of their respective personal residences at 540 Seale Avenue and 1145 Lincoln Avenue which were built just one year apart and feature similar exterior materials and a similar carport design. Emil Klay's training in masonry may have been utilized in designing/constructing the subject building's property walls, or perhaps in designing or applying stone veneer surfaces to the exteriors of the aforementioned residences. Additional historic evidence to confirm such was not recovered through research for this evaluation. Klay's wife Katherine was born in Texas according to the 1940 U.S. Census, but did not list occupations in available city directories or censuses. Katherine had married Emil prior to their ownership and occupancy of 1145 Lincoln Avenue. Additional information regarding the life of Kathryn Klay was unable to be recovered from available repositories and archival sources. Original Designer -Builder William `Bill "Frederick Klay (1897-1997), Building Contractor — Designer and Builder of Residence, 1946 William F. Klay was born in Richland County, Ohio, to Abraham and Marian Kneiss Klay, who immigrated to the United States from Switzerland in the 1880s.13 William was the youngest of nine children and sought education in building construction and mechanical engineering through correspondence courses in addition to working for the Miller Tire and Rubber Co. and the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. in Ohio, where he worked in roles as a draftsman and chief fraftsman, respectively.14 Klay served in the U.S. Army during World War I and returned to Ohio to work for the Cleveland Automatic Screw Co. as a tool designer.15 In 1920, William relocated to Modesto, California with his father Abraham and brother Emil F. Klay and went into the building business with his father and brother. In 1922, William relocated to Palo Alto and worked in association with local builder Frank Cain for a short period.16 By 1923, Klay established his own construction business and continued practice into the 1950s. Regarding Klay's career in Palo Alto, late Palo Alto City Historian Guy C. Miller noted: ...practically all his work has been of his own design and planning, and the homes which he has erected are all exceptionally distinctive, and a large percentage of them have been of stone and brick...It is noteworthy that even during the depression of the thirties, Mr. Klay continued active in building, and persuaded numerous people to build during very low building cost prevailing...During the height of his activities he had as many as sixty homes being constructed at the same time. While he is [as of 1952] practically retired from actual building, he still continues his designing work, principally for other builders.17 Over the course of three decades spent in building construction, Klay established a reputation as a builder of fine homes in Palo Alto including his own personal residences at 137 Primrose Way and 540 Seale Avenue and the subject building, a former cottage which Klay acquired and relocated from 535 High Street in 1945 and redesigned for his brother Emil at 1145 Lincoln Avenue in 1946. In the case of 1145 Lincoln Street and 540 Seale Avenue, stone veneer exterior cladding were utilized and evidence Klay's apparently routine use of such materials and may have also including work by his brother Emil, a stone mason and brick contractor. Klay's obituaries noted that much of the builder's work was of his own design and commonly featured stone and brick.18 The following Palo Alto commissions designed and constructed by William Klay are referenced from Palo Alto Stanford Heritage's online historic buildings inventory and building permit references from the Palo Alto Times on file at the Palo Alto Historical Association. ■ 1931 — 780 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, Spanish Colonial Revival style residence (Figure 4) • 1934 — 1266 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, Tudor Revival style residence (Figure 5) • 1937 — 450 N. California Avenue, Palo Alto, Streamline/Late Moderne style residence (Figure 6) • 1945 — 540 Seale Avenue, Palo Alto, Modern style residence (Personal Residence of William F. Klay) (Figure 7) ■ 1946 — 1145 Lincoln Avenue, Palo Alto, Modern style residence (personal residence of Klay's brother and sister-in-law) 13 "William"Bill"Frederick Klay: local builder," Palo Alto Weekly, March 5, 1997. 14 Guy C. Miller, Palo Alto Community Book, (Palo Alto, CA: 1952), 272-273. 15 "Obituaries: William Klay, 100, builder behind California Avenue district," Palo Alto Daily News, February 26, 1997. 16 "William`Bill"Frederick Klay: local builder," Palo Alto Weekly, March 5, 1997. 17 Guy C. Miller, Palo Alto Community Book, (Palo Alto, CA: 1952), 272-273. 18 Ibid. See also, "Obituaries: William Klay, 100, builder behind California Avenue district," 12..1.. ,Ili.. rl..: /.. 67 1/. 1 an/ DPR 523L Packet Pg. 482 State of California The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION CONTINUATION SHEET Primary # HRI # Trinomial Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J Page 8 of 9 *Recorded by Page & Turnbull, Inc. Figure 8: 780 Hamilton Avenue, built 1931. Source: Palo Alto Stanford Heritage, online, 2012. Figure 9: 1266 Hamilton Avenue, built 1934. Source: Palo Alto Stanford Heritage, online, 2015. Figure 10: 450 N. California Avenue, built 1937. Source: Google Street View, December 2017. Resource Name or # 1145 Lincoln Avenue *Date July 13, 2018 x❑ Continuation 0 Update Figure 11: 540 Seale Avenue, built 1945. Source: Google Street View, December 2017. Following his retirement from building in the early 1950s, Klay pursued commercial property management in the Palo Alto's College Terrace area and owned several properties in the California Avenue district through the late 1980s. Klay also founded the California Avenue Development Association. Outside of his professional work, Klay was a member and president of the Palo Alto Lions Club, the Palo Alto Elks Lodge, and the American Legion.19 Statement of Significance Evaluation: Criteria 1 (Events): 1145 Lincoln Avenue does not appear to be individually eligible under Criterion 1 (Events), as the building does not bear association with any significant events nor does it appear to have contributed to the broad patterns of history in Palo Alto, the State, or the nation. 1145 Lincoln Avenue was not among the earliest homes constructed in the Crescent Park neighborhood which began development in the early 1920s, while the building does not individually represent any patterns of historic development in Palo Alto, the State, or nation. Criteria 2 (Persons): 1145 Lincoln Avenue does not appear to be individually eligible under Criterion 2 (Persons). The residence was originally owned and occupied by masonry contractor/stone mason Emil Klay and his wife Kathryn. Emil Klay, an older brother of the subject building's designer and builder, William F. Klay, appears to have been an active masonry contractor in the Palo Alto area prior to and during his ownership and residency at 1145 Lincoln Avenue, however, there is not sufficient historic evidence to suggest that Klay or his wife were particularly significant to local, state, or national history. Additional owners and occupants were not found to have had a significance to local, state, or national history with association to the subject building. Criteria 3 (Architecture): 1145 Lincoln Avenue appears to be individually eligible under Criterion 3 (Architecture) as a distinct example of a modernist residence designed and constructed by noted Palo Alto -based building contractor William F. Klay. Although 1145 Lincoln Street is a residence of modest scale and massing, and appears to have incorporated minimal portions of a building relocated from 535 High Street in 1945, its design appears to provide a relatively distinct example of the work of William F. Klay, who often incorporated masonry and brick materials into the exterior design of the residences he constructed. In the case of 19 Ibid. DPR 523L Packet Pg. 483 State of California The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION CONTINUATION SHEET Primary # HRI # Trinomial Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J Page 9 of 9 Resource Name or # 1145 Lincoln Avenue *Recorded by Page & Turnbull, Inc. *Date July 13, 2018 IX Continuation 0 Update the subject property, designed for Klay's brother and masonry contractor Emil Klay and his wife Kathryn, the builder's aesthetic is evident in the exterior cladding and masonry materials utilized at the site. Klay's career appears to have reached its prime in the 1930s and 1940s, when the builder erected at least 60 buildings in Palo Alto including his own modern personal residence at 540 Seale Avenue (1945) and 1145 Lincoln Avenue (1946). Known examples of Klay's work indicate he followed trends in architectural style between the early 1920s, when he designed at least one Spanish Colonial Revival residence, into the 1930s when he designed several Tudor Revival style homes and a Streamline/Late Moderne style residence, and into the 1940s when his modernized personal residence and the subject building were completed. Although extensive scholarship on Klay's career has not been completed relative to prominent architects who were often commissioned to design homes in Palo Alto contemporaneously, Klay's impact as a builder -contractor is evident in the known examples which remain extant. Thus, Klay appears to be among the masters of his trade during the three decades he practiced in Palo Alto. Therefore, 1145 Lincoln Avenue appears to be eligible under Criterion 3 (Architecture) for its association with designer William F Klay. The period of significance for this criterion is 1946, corresponding the building's year of original construction. Criteria 4 (Information Potential): 1145 Lincoln Avenue was not evaluated under Criterion 4 (Information Potential) as this criterion is typically reserved for archaeological sites. Character -Defining Features The character -defining features of 1145 Lincoln Avenue include: ■ One-story height and rectangular massing ■ C -Plan with recessed carport at north facade • Original wood -frame windows and varied glazing consisting of glass block, divided lite, and plate glass configurations • Flat roof with slightly overhanging eaves and modest fascia detail • Brick property walls which connect to corners of building ■ Stone veneer exterior cladding ■ Modest exterior details including wood fascia, wood window frames Integrity 1145 Lincoln Avenue remains situated at its original 1946 location and continues to be located within an entirely residential setting in Palo Alto's Crescent Park neighborhood. The addition of a jacuzzi at the southwest corner of the property has not heavily impacted the setting of the subject building itself. The building's overall design has been retained since the building's completion. The building's exterior retains original wood -frame windows with a variety of glazing patterns including block glass and plate glass, while the building's distinct stone veneer remains in place at the exterior. The brick property wall enclosing the east and west side yards remains intact as well. The building's overall form and massing has been retained. Alterations to the roof to install two skylights have not impacted the roof's flat form, and remain obscured from view at the street. The retention of original materials enables the building to evidence period workmanship, particularly through the masonry materials and wood windows that typify many modernist residences, and are particularly associated with the designer -builder's work. The building retains the feeling of a modernist residence through retention of its design, location, and setting, while it continues to embody the work of William F. Klay. Thus, 1145 Lincoln Avenue retains association with its builder William F. Klay. Packet Pg. 484 DPR 523L Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J PROPERTIES CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION OR THE SITE OF AN APPROVED PROPOSED PROJECT Properties proposed for designation under Palo Alto Criteria 2 and 3: • Criterion 2 (The structure or site is particularly representative of an architectural style or way of life important to the city, state or nation) • Criterion 3 (The structure or site is an example of a type of building which was once common, but is now rare) Address Criteria Category 321 California Avenue 2, 3 2 Page & Turnbull 170 MAIDENLANE,5TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO,CALIFORN Packet Pg. 485 PAGE &TURNBULL 321 CALIFORNIA AVENUE APN: 124-33-001 1997-2001 SURVEY UPDATE SUMMARY Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination ���777�+ Package Identified National Register Criteria of Significance: Criteria A (Events) and C (Architecture) Identified Period of Significance: 1938-1950 Summary of Significance: 321 California Avenue was found significant under Criterion A as representative of the transition from small grocery stores to supermarkets, and under Criterion C as an excellent example of the supermarket typology that incorporated automobile needs and changing shopping trends. 2023 RECONNAISSANCE SURVEY SUMMARY Alterations Since 2001: Proposed project and rehabilitation at the subject property is underway. Status in 2023: The proposed project was found substantially compliant with the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation. Therefore, the building will retain its historic integrity. Recommended Revisions to Significance: None. Figure 1: 1997-2001 Survey Update photograph. Figure 2: 2023 Reconnaissance Survey photogr,Li�LrL. RECOMMENDATION FOR LISTING IN THE PALO ALTO HISTORIC INVENTORY Palo Alto Historic Inventory Criteria for Designation: • Criterion 2 (The structure or site is particularly representative of an architectural style or way of life important to the city, state or nation) • Criterion 3 (The structure or site is an example of a type of building which was once common, but is now rare) Imagining change in historic environments through design, research, and technology 170 MAIDEN LANE, 5TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94108 TEL 415 3 JL-✓ Packet Pg. 486 Palo Alto Historic Inventory Designation Page 2 of 2 Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package Statement of Significance: 321 California Avenue is an excellent and rare surviving example of the early supermarket typology that incorporated the growing needs of the automobile and reflected changing shopping trends. Period of Significance: 1938-1950 Palo Alto Historic Inventory Category: Category 2 PAGE & TURNBULL 170 MAIDEN LANE, 5TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFOR Packet Pg. 487 N., ILL YIJ- JUL-J,JY State of California — The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION PRIMARY RECORD Item 2 Primary # Attachment A - January HRI # 11, 2024 Nomination Trinomial Package NRHP Status Code 3S Other Listings Review Code Reviewer Date Page ofd *Resource Name or #: (Assigned by recorder) 321 California Ave P1. Other Identifier: 321 California Ave P2. Location: o Not for Publication El Unrestricted *a: County Santa Clara and (P2c,P2e, and P2b or P2d. Attach Location Map as necessary.) *b. USGS 7.5' Quad Palo Alto, CA Date 1991 T _; R _Y4 of _'/. of Sec : S.M. c. Address 321 California Ave City Palo Alto Zip 94306 d. UTM: (Give more than one for large and or linear resources) Zone _; mEI mN *e. Other Locational Data: (e.g., parcel #, directions to resource, elevation, etc., as appropriate) APN 124 33 001 *P3a. Description: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries) The building at 321 California is a one-story reinforced concrete structure with a flat roof. The roof is hidden by parapet walls.. The structure consists of concrete post and beams. A cantilevered marquee shades the storefront and the first bay on the side facing the parking lot. The marquee on the side was part of the drive-in feature. The plate glass storefront windows are supported by a low bulkhead wall clad in glazed tile. By a few simple devices, this building was ornamented in the Moderne style — vertical ribs above horizontal bands cast in the parapet and horizontal bands on the edge of the marquee. This is a rectangular building in plan, measuring 45 by 90 feet. *P3b Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) HP6 1-3 story commercial building *P4. Resources Present: a Building ❑ Structure ❑ Object n Site ❑ District ❑ Element of District ❑ Other (isolates, etc.) b. P5b. Description of Photo: (View, date, accession #1 321 California Ave; view southeast;. 09121199: by B. Vahey; roll BRV-85, neg. #25 *P6. Date Constructed/Age and Source: ra Historic ❑ Prehistoric 0 Both 1938: Palo Alto Times *P7. Owner and Address: Edwards Co. DH&MA 99 25th Ave San Francisco CA 94121 *P8. Recorded by: (Name, affiliation, and address) Michael Corbett, Dames & Moore 221 Main Street, Suite 600 San Francisco, CA 94105 *P9. Date Recorded: May 11. 2000 *P10. Survey Type: (Describe) Intensive P11. Report Citation*: (Cite survey report and other sources, or enter "none".) Palo Alto Historic Survey Update (Corbett and Bradley for Dames & Moore, 20001 *Attachments: 0 NONE 0 Location Map 0 Sketch Map ® Continuation Sheet ® Building, Structure and Object Record o Archaeological Record ❑ District Record 0 Linear Feature Record 0 Mill rd o Artifact Record ❑ Photograph Record o Other (List) Packet Pg. 488 DPR 523A (1 95)/ CAL1321.'F1 *Required information. Item 2 State of California — The Resources Agency Primary # Attachment A - January DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # 11, 2024 Nomination BUILDING, STRUCTURE, AND OBJECT RECORD ` Package Page of 4 *NRHP Status Code 3S *Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder) 321 California Ave B1. Historic Name: Super Drive -In Market B2. Common Name: B3. Original Use: B4. Present Use: 1-3 story commercial buildino "B5. Architectural Style: Moderne "B6. Construction History: (Construction date, alterations, and date of alterations) 1938: Built (Palo Alto Times) 1961: Interior remodel 1969: Addition of cardroom and bathroom to rear *B7. Moved? ra No o Yes 0 Unknown Date: Original Location: "B8. Related Features: B9a. Architect: W,H. Ellison (engineer) b, Builder: J,S. Malloch "B10. Significance: Theme A: Development of Palo Alto; C: Supermarket buildino type Area Palo Alto Period of Significance 1938-1950 Property Type Residential (Discuss importance in terms Df historical or arch,tectural context as defined by theme, period, and geographic scope. Also address Integrav Applicable Criteria A and C History Site: The commercial property at 321 California Avenue is located on one of the unnumbered blocks of the Paul Subdivision. The lot was long the location of the Occidental Hotel, the footprint of which still appeared on the Sanborn map of 1925, identified as a lodging house. The parcel is currently bordered on the east by an alley that did not appear on the Sanborn map of 1945. Structure: The Palo Alto Times, of 16 November 1938, recorded a building permit issued for a store at 321 California. The Daily Pacific Builder of 18 November 1938 noted the same project. This notice identified the owner, D.H. Edwards; the structural designer, an engineer named W.H. Ellison; and the builder, J.S. Malloch, who was Ellison's partner. The cost was estimated at $11,600. )J.S. Malloch apparently worked as a designer as well and is credited with "one of the best Moderne apartment buildings" in San Francisco ISchwarzer, p. 381, at 1360 Montgomery Street in 1937.) A short article in the Mayfield Citizen, of 11 November 1938, said that it was Safeway Grocers who were building a "Super Drive -In Market" with the corner area (at California and 2nd) reserved for drive-in facilities. The assessment record noted a $15,000 interior remodel in 1961 and the addition of a card room and bathrooms at the rear of the building in 1969. See continuation sheet B11. Additional Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) *B12. References: See continuation sheet. B13. Remarks: "B14. Evaluator: Michael Corbett Date of Evaluation: May 11, 2000 (This space reserved for official comments) (Sketch map with north arrow required) Packet Pg. 489 DPR 5239 (11951 CALI321.F1 *Required Information State of California — The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRllTrinomiai CONTINUATION SHEET Page_;, of_4_ Resource Identifier: 321 C lifgrnia. Ave Recorded by Michael Corbett/Steve Hardy Ihistorvl *Date Mav 11, 2000 s Continuation 0 Update Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J History (continued) Use: In 1938, Safeway Grocers built 321 California Avenue as a "Super -Market" — a new building type. It was described as one of the most modern and convenient markets on the Peninsula. In 1950, the store was demoted from "super -market" to "market" in the advertisements of its new owners. In 1961, after extensive interior alterations, the property began its career as a restaurant which it has remained in one form or another to the present. Evaluation The building at 321 California Avenue appears eligible for the NRHP under criteria A and C at the local level of significance. The period of significance runs from 1938, when it was built, to 1950, when Safeway moved to a larger building. Under criterion A, this represents a dramatic shift of retailing in general and in grocery retailing in particular — accommodating an increasingly automobile based society. It is also an early example of a major chain — Safeway. Under criterion C, this building is significant as an early example in Palo Alto of a new building type — the supermarket, which was larger than earlier food stores and was designed to facilitate automobiles. This building is a rare example of a once common type, a supermarket, to retain its original character. References California Office of Historic Preservation. Instructions for Nominating Historical Resources to the California Register of Historic Resources. Sacramento, CA. August 1997. Daily Pacific Builder. 18 November 1938. Mayfield Citizen. 11 November 1938. Pacific Constructor. 26 November 1938. Palo Alto City Directory. 1938-1962. Palo Alto Historic Survey Update. Property File. Palo Alto Times. 16 November 1938, 3 April 1950. Palo Alto Times -Tribune. 19 October 1979, 1 November 1985. Palo Alto Weekly. 10 February 1991. Sanborn Map Company. Insurance Maps of Palo Alto. New York: 1924; revisions to 1949. Santa Clara County. Tax Assessor. Assessment Record. 1949, 1962, 1968. Schwarzer, Mitchell. Architecture & Design: A Selective Guide to the Best -Designed Buildings, Interiors, and Public Spaces in San Francisco and the Bay Area. San Francisco: The Understanding Business, 1998. United States Department of the interior, National Park Service. National Register Bulletin 75: How to Apply the National Register Criteria for Evaluation. Woodbridge, Sally B. and John M. Woodbridge. San Francisco Architecture. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1992. Packet Pg. 490 DPR 5231 (1/95) CAI -1321.F1 *Required Information State of California - The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION LOCATION MAP Item 2 Primary* Attachment A -January HRi# 11, 2024 Nomination Trinomial -._ Package Page of 'Resource Name or 11 (Assigned by recorder) 321 California Ave 'Map Name: Palo Alto Planning Deot. GIS 'Scale: 1":801 'Date of Map: 1999 CPR 523J (1195) Packet Pg. 491 Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package PROPERTIES CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION OR THE SITE OF AN APPROVED PROPOSED PROJECT Properties proposed for designation under Palo Alto Criteria 2 and 5: • Criterion 2 (The structure or site is particularly representative of an architectural style or way of life important to the city, state or nation) • Criterion 5 (The architect or building was important) Address Criteria Category 550 Santa Rita Avenue 2, 5 2 Page & Turnbull 170 MAIDENLANE,5TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO,CALIFORN Packet Pg. 492 PAGE &TURNBULL 550 SANTA RITA AVENUE APN: 124-04-035 HISTORIC RESOURCE EVALUATION Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination ���777�+ Package Date of Evaluation: February 2022 Identified California Register Criteria of Significance: Criterion 3 (Architecture) Identified Period of Significance: 1936 Summary of Significance: 550 Santa Rita Avenue was found significant as an excellent example of the Tudor Revival style and as the work of William F. Klay, a notable builder -contractor in Palo Alto. 2023 RECONNAISSANCE SURVEY SUMMARY Alterations Since HRE: No alterations identified; however, a proposed project for an addition has been approved for construction. The project has been found to be substantially compliant with the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation. Status in 2023: Extant, retains historic integrity. Recommended Revisions to Significance: None. Figure 1: 2022 Historic Resource Evaluation photograph. Figure 2: 2023 Reconnaissance Survey photograph. RECOMMENDATION FOR LISTING IN THE PALO ALTO HISTORIC INVENTORY Palo Alto Historic Inventory Criteria for Designation: • Criterion 2 (The structure or site is particularly representative of an architectural style or way of life important to the city, state or nation) • Criterion 5 (The architect or building was important) Statement of Significance: 550 Santa Rita Avenue is significant as an excellent example of the Tudor Revival style and as the work of William F. Klay, a notable builder -contractor in Palo Alto. Period of Significance: 1936 Palo Alto Historic Inventory Category: Category 2 Imagining change in historic environments through design, research, and technology 170 MAIDEN LANE, 5TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94108 TEL 415 3 JL ✓IJ.f Packet Pg. 493 PAGE &TURNBULL 550 SANTARITAAVENUE HISTORICRESOURCE EVALUATION PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA [16252A.83] FEBRUARYS, 2022 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package Packet Pg. 494 Historic Resource Evaluation 550 Project Number 16252A.83 TABLEOF CONTENTS Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package Alto I. INTRODUCTION 1 Methodology 2 Summary of Findings 2 II. EXISTINGHISTORICSTATUS 3 III. ARCHITECTURALDESCRIPTION 6 Exterior 6 Primary (Northwest) Facade 7 Southwest Facade 7 Rear (Southeast) Facade 9 Northeast Facade 9 Site Features 11 Surrounding Neighborhood 13 IV. HISTORIC CONTEXT 15 Palo Alto History 15 Seale Addition Neighborhood 17 Sherman Subdivision 19 V. SITE HISTORY 20 Site Development 20 Construction Chronology 26 Ownership and Occupant History 27 Select Owner and Occupant Biographies 27 Tudor Revival Architectural Style 29 William F. Klay, Builder -Contractor 30 VI. EVALUATION 34 VII. CONCLUSION 42 VIII.REFERENCES 43 IX.APPENDICES Appendix A — Alteration History, 1973-2021, prepared by former owner Alice Mansell Appendix B — Preparer Qualifications Packet Pg. 495 Historic Resource Evaluation 550 Project Number 16252A.83 I. INTRODUCTION Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J Alto This Historic Resource Evaluation (HRE)has been prepared at the request of the City of Palo Alto for the residential property at 550 Santa Rita Avenue (APN 124-04-035) on Block 79 of the Sherman Subdivision with the Seale Addition neighborhood.' The subject property is located on the southeast side of Santa Rita Avenue between Cowper Street (southwest) and Webster Street (northeast), and immediately north of the intersection of Tasso Street and Santa Rita Avenue in an R-1 (Residential single-family) zoning district. The parcel is a rectangular lot of approximately 6,780 -square -feet and contains the single-family residence (Figure 1).2 The residence was built in 1936 by builder - contractor William F. Klay for owner Ethel N. Brown.3 Figure 1: Current parcel map with 550 Santa Rita Avenue outlined in black. Source: Palo Alto Online Parcel Report. Edited by Page & Turnbull. 1 The Seale Addition neighborhood is sometimes referred to as "Old Palo Alto" in present-day real estate marketing. This report will refer to the neighborhood based upon its historic association to lands once owned by the Seale family, which served as the basis for study of the neighborhood during the Dames & Moore Survey Update in 1997-2001. 2 City of Palo Alto Property Information, online. Accessed January 12, 2022. https://xmap.cityofpaloalto.org/parcelreports/. 3 Reference to the original permit filed for construction of the residence is on file at Palo Alto Historical Association. PAGE & TURNBULL 1 February 9, 2022 Packet Pg. 496 Historic Resource Evaluation 550 Project Number 16252A.83 METHODOLOGY Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J Alto This report follows the outline used for Historic Resource Evaluation (HRE)reports, and provides a summary of the current historic status, a building description, and historic context for the building at 550 Santa Rita Avenue. The report includes an evaluation of the property's individual eligibility for listing in the California Register of Historical Resources (California Register). Page & Turnbull prepared this report using research collected at various local repositories, including records of the Palo Alto Development Services Center shared by City staff and documentation on file at Palo Alto Historical Association (PAHA),as well as various online sources including Ancestry.com, Newspapers.com, Palo Alto Stanford Heritage (PAST),and University of California Santa Barbara's FrameFinder aerial photograph database. Key primary sources consulted and cited in this report include Palo Alto building permit applications, city and county directories, and historical newspapers. All photographs in this report were taken by Page & Turnbull during a site visit on January 11, 2022, unless otherwise noted. SUMMARYOF FINDINGS 550 Santa Rita Avenue appears to be individually eligible under California Register of Historical Resources Criterion 3 (Architecture). The residence provides a distinct representation of the Tudor Revival style and is significant as an example of the work of William F. Klay, a significant builder - contractor in Palo Alto. PAGE & TURNBULL 2 February 9, 2022 Packet Pg. 497 Historic Resource Evaluation 550 Project Number 16252A.83 II. EXISTINGHISTORIC STATUS Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J Alto The following section examines the national, state, and local historic status currently assigned to the residential property at 550 Santa Rita Avenue. National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (National Register) is the nation's most comprehensive inventory of historic resources. The National Register is administered by the National Park Service and includes buildings, structures, sites, objects, and districts that possess historic, architectural, engineering, archaeological, or cultural significance at the national, state, or local level. 550 Santa Rita Avenue is not currently listed in the National Register. California Register of Historical Resources The California Register of Historical Resources (California Register) is an inventory of significant architectural, archaeological, and historical resources in the State of California. Resources can be listed in the California Register through a number of methods. State Historical Landmarks and National Register -listed properties are automatically listed in the California Register. Properties can also be nominated to the California Register by local governments, private organizations, or citizens. The evaluative criteria used by the California Register for determining eligibility are closely based on those developed by the National Park Service for the National Register of Historic Places. 550 Santa Rita Avenue is not currently listed in the California Register. California Historical Resource Status Codes Properties listed or under review by the State of California Office of Historic Preservation are listed within the Built Environment Resource Directory (BERD)and are assigned a California Historical Resource Status Code (Status Code) of "1"to "7" to establish their historical significance in relation to the National Register of Historic Places (National Register) or California Register of Historical Resources (California Register).4 Properties with a Status Code of "1" or "2" are either eligible for listing in the California Register or the National Register, or are already listed in one or both of the registers. Properties assigned Status Codes of "3" or "4" appear to be eligible for listing in either register, but normally require more research to support this rating. Properties assigned a Status ° California State Office of Historic Preservation, Built Environment Resource Directory (BERD),Santa Clara County, updated March 2020. PAGE & TURNBULL 3 February 9, 2022 Packet Pg. 498 Historic Resource Evaluation 550 Project Number 16252A.83 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J Alto Code of "5" have typically been determined to be locally significant or to have contextual importance. Properties with a Status Code of "6" are not eligible for listing in either register. Finally, a Status Code of "7" means that the resource has not been evaluated for the National Register or the California Register, or needs reevaluation. The subject property is not currently listed in the BERD database for Santa Clara County with a status code. The most recent update to the BERD database was in March 2020. Palo Alto Historic Inventory The City of Palo Alto's Historic Inventory lists noteworthy examples of the work of important individual designers and architectural eras and traditions as well as structures whose background is associated with important events in the history of the city, state, or nation. The inventory is organized under the following four Categories: Category 1: An "Exceptional Building" of pre-eminent national or state importance. These buildings are meritorious works of the best architects, outstanding examples of a specific architectural style, or illustrate stylistic development of architecture in the United States. These buildings have had either no exterior modifications or such minor ones that the overall appearance of the building is in its original character. Category 2: A "Major Building" of regional importance. These buildings are meritorious works of the best architects, outstanding examples of an architectural style, or illustrate stylistic development of architecture in the state or region. A major building may have some exterior modifications, but the original character is retained. Category 3 or 4: A "Contributing Building" which is a good local example of an architectural style and relates to the character of a neighborhood grouping in scale, materials, proportion or other factors. A contributing building may have had extensive or permanent changes made to the original design, such as inappropriate additions, extensive removal of architectural details, or wooden facades resurfaced in asbestos or stucco. 550 Santa Rita Avenue is not listed in the Palo Alto Historic Inventory. When the inventory was initially prepared in 1979, the subject property was not yet 50 years old. PAGE & TURNBULL 4 February 9, 2022 Packet Pg. 499 Historic Resource Evaluation 550 Project Number 16252A.83 Palo Alto Historical Survey Update Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J Alto Between 1997 and 2000, a comprehensive update to the 1979 Historic Inventory was undertaken by historic preservation firm Dames & Moore. The goal of this update was to identify additional properties in Palo Alto that were eligible to the National Register. This effort began with a reconnaissance survey of approximately 6,600 properties constructed prior to 1947. The reconnaissance survey produced two Study Priority lists. Approximately 600 properties were identified as Study Priority 1, indicating they appeared individually eligible for listing in the National Register under Criterion C (Architecture). Approximately 2,700 properties were identified as Study Priority 2, representing those properties that did not appear individually eligible to the National Register under Criterion C (including common local building types) but retained high integrity. 550 Santa Rita Avenue was among those categorized as Study Priority 2. The reconnaissance survey was followed by an intensive -level survey of all Study Priority 1 and 2 properties. Historic research was conducted on the owners, architects/builders, and past uses of the Study Priority 1 properties. Research also informed the preparation of historic context statements on topics such as local property types, significant historical themes, and prolific architects and builders, in order to identify any potential significant associations of Study Priority 2 properties. In January 1999, Dames & Moore prepared an interim findings report that listed preliminary evaluations of the National Register and California Register eligibility of Study Priority 1 and 2 properties. The report properties were found 291 properties to be potentially eligible as individual resources to the National Register and California Register. An additional 1,789 properties were found potentially eligible to the California Register only. The survey update effort concluded with California Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) 523 forms prepared for those 291 properties that initially appeared eligible for listing in the National Register. Of the 291 properties, 165 were ultimately found to be eligible to the National Register. These DPR 523 forms were submitted to the California Office of Historic Preservation. Because the survey focused on determining National Register eligibility, the project did not finalize the preliminary evaluations regarding potential California Register eligibility. 550 Santa Rita Avenue was identified as a Study Priority 2 property by Dames & Moore for the Palo Historical Survey Update in January 1999. A DPR 523 form was not prepared the property, and the finding of potential California Register eligibility under Criterion 3 (Architecture) was not finalized through a full historic evaluation. PAGE & TURNBULL 5 February 9, 2022 Packet Pg. 500 Historic Resource Evaluation 550 Project Number 16252A.83 III. ARCHITECTURALDESCRIPTION EXTERIOR Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package Alto 550 Santa Rita Avenue is a one -and -one-half story, Tudor Revival style single-family residence constructed by builder -contractor William F. Klay in 1936 (Figure 2). The residence has a rectangular footprint, concrete foundation, and is formed from a primary one -and -a -half story section with a gable roof with secondary hipped and gabled, one-story sections extending from it. The building features a projecting hip -roofed section at the front containing a two -car attached garage, and a non -original gabled addition at the rear. Roofs are covered with wood shakes and are trimmed with wood fascia boards that taper to a wider width near their ends. The exterior is covered with stucco, half-timbering (stucco between wood beams), and red brick on portions of the primary and rear facades. The side porch, where the main entrance is located, and the rear porch feature wood posts with a hand-hewn appearance. Fenestration consists of a mix of original wood casement windows with divided lites and projecting brick sills, and replacement windows with wood frames and divided lites, or wood frames and diamond -shaped leaded glass. Additional architectural features include dovecotes and gable vents at the primary facade, a recessed side entrance at the northeast facade, rear porch, a tall brick chimney with a non -original corbelled crown on the rear facade, and gabled dormers on the southwest side of the main roof. Figure 2: Current aerial view of 550 Santa Rita Avenue (outlined in white). Source: Bing Maps, 2021. PAGE & TURNBULL 6 February 9, 2022 Packet Pg. 501 Historic Resource Evaluation 550 Project Number 16252A.83 Primary (Northwest) Facade Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package Alto The primary facade features a two -car attached garage at the first story. The garage is capped by a gable -on -hip roof with dovecotes set within a stuccoed gable peak. The garage doors are made of tongue -and -groove wood boards with a central square column dividing the bays. A wood header spans across both doors, with rafter end detailing visible beneath the soffit above. These rafter ends continue along the recessed, brick -clad portion of the primary facade to the west. This portion of the facade contains a paired casement window with leaded glass and continues seamlessly to the west beyond the building footprint to form a brick wall with wood gate that encloses the side yard. The gate is a replacement that replicates the original. The half story above features a half-timbered gabled end with an eight-lite window and a narrow gable vent with chevrons (Figure 3). Figure 3: Primary facade viewed from Santa Rita Avenue, looking southeast. Southwest Facade The southwest facade features a casement window with leaded glass and a smaller replacement wood window with diamond muntins near the front of the property (Figure 4). The center of the first story contains a side entrance with a three -panel wood door; the upper panel has glass divided by interlaced wood muntins. This entrance is set beneath an eave extension that is supported by wood posts (Figure 5). Further toward the rear of the house, the facade contains a wood window with a paired casement and adjacent fixed sash. The second story features two gabled dormers, each with stucco walls and six-lite wood windows. The southernmost dormer features a stuccoed extension that continues to the rear facade and contains a small wood window with interlaced muntins; the dormer's smaller wood window appears to be original, while its extension to the rear facade was increased in 1989 by about 3'6"(Figure 6). PAGE & TURNBULL 7 February 9, 2022 Packet Pg. 502 Historic Resource Evaluation Project Number 16252A.83 Figure 4: Leaded glass window at the northwest end of the southwest facade. Figure 5: Side entrance at the southwest facade. PAGE & TURNBULL 550 Figure 6: Oblique view of the southwest facade, looking north. Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package Alto 8 February 9, 2022 Packet Pg. 503 Historic Resource Evaluation 550 Project Number 16252A.83 Rear (Southeast) Facade Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J Alto The rear facade features a covered porch and an adjacent rear gabled addition at the first story (Figure 7). The porch floor is paved with brick, and the inner walls and ceiling are stuccoed. The porch's inner wall features a brick chimney base at center, which is flanked by 10-lite wood doors. The chimney's stack projects through the porch roof and extends to a point above the roof, with a decorative diamond motif and a corbelled crown. The porch's side wall, which accesses the rear addition, also features a 10-lite wood door. The rear addition has a three-lite wood window that faces southwest, and a non -original bow window on its southeast side. This window is set below a fanlight -shaped vent in the addition's gabled end, which appears to replicate an original gable vent in the rear gabled end of the main roof (Figure 8). The second story of the rear facade features two replacement wood windows; the window opening located directly adjacent to the chimney appears to be original, while the one further to the right (east) was inserted in 1973, when a rooftop addition was completed. Figure 7: Rear facade, looking north. Figure 8: Non -original bow window and rear addition, looking northwest. Northeast Facade The northeast facade features a casement window with a wide center sash and operable outer sash in the wall of the rear addition (Figure 9). Moving toward the middle of the facade, a projecting bay with a tripartite leaded glass window projects from the first story. A double window with leaded glass is located to the right of this projecting bay, directly adjacent to a recessed side entrance porch. The entrance porch contains a two -panel wood door with a single lite in its upper half, and a wood window with leaded privacy glass (Figure 10 and Figure 11). PAGE & TURNBULL 9 February 9, 2022 Packet Pg. 504 Historic Resource Evaluation Project Number 16252A.83 Figure 10: Projecting bay and central portion of the northeast facade, looking north. Figure 9: Looking west toward the northeast facade from the rear of the property. 550 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package Figure 11: Recessed entrance and adjacent windows, looking southwest. Another identical door is placed in the opposite wall of the recess. At this point the first story projects outward, where the rear wall of the garage is located. The second story is the result of a 1973 addition that replaced the original gabled roofline to accommodate a taller roof along the second story. The second story has two four-lite wood windows: one near the rear of the addition and one near the front, with a single-lite wood window at center. PAGE & TURNBULL Alto 10 February 9, 2022 Packet Pg. 505 Historic Resource Evaluation 550 Project Number 16252A.83 SITE FEATURES Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package Alto The site includes front, side, and rear yard areas. The front yard features an asphalt driveway aligned with the built-in garage near the north end of the property. A wood gate within a brick wall accesses a brick pathway that circulates to the rear yard, immediately to the northeast of the garage. The remainder of the yard is landscaped with a mix of mulch, grass, and brick pathway, which are arranged in generally concentric rings, with the brick pathway leading to the brick wall and gate that accesses the side yard. In addition to grass, ground covering plantings, small specimen trees of deciduous and coniferous types, and one large mature coniferous tree near the junction of the garage and brick wall comprise the landscape. The brick pathway circulating through the front yard was added after 1973, according to the account of a past owner (Figure 12). Figure 12: Front yard, looking east. The yard to the southwest of the residence was originally developed as a shared space between 550 Santa Rita Avenue and the neighboring residence at 534 Santa Rita Avenue, which were both commissioned by Ethel Brown and built by William F. Klay. As of this evaluation, this yard area is separated by a wood fence, near the front of each residence, with hedges framing pathways circulating along the sides of each residence (Figure 13). The brick pathways are laid in a basketweave pattern (Figure 14). The rearmost portion of the yard is open between the two neighboring properties (Figure 15). The rear yard is primarily lawn area, with gray stone separating the lawn from the rear porch. The rear east corner of the property features stepping stones and mulched ground, as well as an in -ground spa (Figure 16). The northeast side yard features another section of brick pathway that runs along the length of the northeast facade, to the aforementioned gate adjacent to the garage at the front of the property (Figure 17 and Figure 18). PAGE & TURNBULL 11 February 9, 2022 Packet Pg. 506 Historic Resource Evaluation Project Number 16252A.83 Figure 13: Pathway and hedges leading from the brick property wall to rear yard, looking northwest. Figure 14: Basketweave brick paving in front of the side entrance, looking northeast. Figure 15: Residence at 534 Santa Rita Avenue, viewed from the side yard, looking west. Figure 16: Rear east comer of the site, neighboring property's garage at left, looking southeast. Figure 17: Side yard adjacent to the northeast facade, looking southeast. Figure 18: Brick pathway and gate to the immediate northeast of the garage, looking northwest. PAGE & TURNBULL 12 550 Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package Alto February 9, 2022 Packet Pg. 507 Historic Resource Evaluation 550 Project Number 16252A.83 SURROUNDING Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J Alto 'Tht ' cMdcfi l99Prhood is entirely residential, with houses ranging in height from one to two stories. Most residences are capped by hip or gable roofs, or a combination the two, such as the roof at 550 Santa Rita Avenue. This portion of the Seale Addition neighborhood remained partially developed in the 1920 and early 1930s. During the 1930s and 1940s, the area was further developed with several subdivisions. The most common architectural styles in the neighborhood can be categorized under the Period Revival trend that referenced earlier Old -World styles to create picturesque houses during the late 1920s and 1930s. Several residences including 514, 524, 534, 550, and 560 Santa Rita Avenue exhibit elements common to such Period Revival designs such as stucco cladding, complex roof forms, large divided lite windows, prominent chimneys, and in some cases dovecotes and half-timbering (Figure 19). Figure 19: String of three residences at 560, 550, and 534 Santa Rita Avenue (left to right) designed in Period Revival styles, looking east. 514, 550, and 560 Santa Rita Avenue exhibit elements of the Tudor Revival style, a popular subset of the Period Revival style (Figure 20 and Figure 21). PAGE & TURNBULL 13 February 9, 2022 Packet Pg. 508 Historic Resource Evaluation Project Number 16252A.83 Figure 20: Period Revival style residence at 524 Santa Rita Avenue, looking southeast. Figure 21: Tudor Revival style residence at 514 Santa Rita Avenue, looking southeast. PAGE & TURNBULL 14 550 Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package Alto February 9, 2022 Packet Pg. 509 Historic Resource Evaluation 550 Project Number 16252A.83 Iii. HISTORIC CONTEXT PALOALTOHISTORY Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J Alto The earliest known settlement of the Palo Alto area was by the Ohlone people. The region was colonized in 1769 as part of Alta California. The Spanish and Mexican governments carved the area into large ranchos which contained portions of land that became Palo Alto including Rancho Corte Madera, Rancho Pastoria de las Borregas, Rancho Rincon de San Francisquito, and Rancho Riconada del Arroyo de San Francisquito.5 These land grants were honored in the cession of California to the United States, but parcels were subdivided and sold throughout the nineteenth century. Figure 22: Detail of "Official Map of Santa Clara, California" by Herrmann Brothers, 1890. Source: Library of Congress. The current city of Palo Alto contains the former township of Mayfield, which was located just southwest of Alma Street, and was established in 1855 (Figure 22). Starting in 1876, the railroad magnate and California politician Leland Stanford began to purchase land in the area for his country estate, and in 1882 he purchased an additional 1,000 acres adjacent to Mayfield for his horse farm.6 Stanford's vast holdings became known as the Palo Alto Stock Farm. On March 9, 1885, Stanford University was founded on land of the Palo Alto Stock Farm through an endowment act by the California Assembly and Senate. Originally looking to connect Stanford University as a part of the already established town of Mayfield, Stanford asked residents of Mayfield to make the town a 5 Ward Winslow and Palo Alto Historical Association, Palo Alto: A Centennial History (Palo Alto, CA: Palo Alto Historical Association, 1993), 12-17. 61bid, 35. PAGE & TURNBULL 15 February 9, 2022 Packet Pg. 510 Historic Resource Evaluation 550 Project Number 16252A.83 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J Alto temperance town. Their refusal in 1886 caused Stanford to found the town of Palo Alto with aid from his friend, Timothy Hopkins of the Southern Pacific Railroad. Hopkins purchased and subdivided 740 acres of private land, that was known initially as University Park (or the Hopkins Tract).' This land was bounded by the San Francisquito Creek to the north and the railroad tracks and Stanford University campus to the south. A new train stop was created along University Avenue and the new town flourished in its close connection with the university. University Park, under its new name of Palo Alto, was incorporated in 1894. In its early years, Palo Alto was a temperance town where no alcohol could be served. The residents were mostly middle and working class, with a pocket of University professors clustered in the neighborhood deemed Professorville. The development of a local streetcar in 1906, and the interurban railway to San Jose in 1910, facilitated access to jobs outside the city and to the University, encouraging more people to move to Palo Alto.8 In July 1925, Mayfield was officially annexed and consolidated into the city of Palo Alto.9 Like the rest of the nation, Palo Alto suffered through the Great Depression in the 1930s and did not grow substantially. World War II brought an influx of military personnel and their families to the Peninsula; accordingly, Palo Alto saw rapid growth following the war as many families who had been stationed on the Peninsula by the military, or who worked in associated industries, chose to stay. Palo Alto's population more than doubled from 16,774 in 1940 to 52,287 in 1960.10 Palo Alto's city center greatly expanded in the late 1940s and 1950s, gathering parcels that would house new offices and light industrial uses and lead the city away from its "college town" reputation. Palo Alto annexed a vast area of mostly undeveloped land between 1959 and 1968. This area, west of the Foothill Expressway, has remained protected open space. Small annexations continued into the 1970s, contributing to the discontinuous footprint of the city today. Palo Alto remains closely tied to Stanford University; it is the largest employer in the city. The technology industry dominates other sectors of business, as is the case with most cities within Silicon Valley. Palo Alto consciously maintains its high proportion of open space to development and the suburban feeling and scale of its architecture." 7 City of Palo Alto, Comprehensive Plan 2030 (adopted by City Council, November 13, 2017), 16, accessed August 29, 2019, https://www. cityofpaloalto. org/civicax/filebank/documents/62915. 8 Dames & Moore, "Palo Alto Historic Survey Update," 1-4. 9 City of Palo Alto, Comprehensive Plan 2030, 16. 10 "City of Palo Alto, Santa Clara County," Bay Area Census, accessed August 27, 2019, http://www.bayareacensus.ca.gov/cities/PaloAlto50.htm. " City of Palo Alto, Comprehensive Plan 2030, 11-20. PAGE & TURNBULL 16 February 9, 2022 Packet Pg. 511 Historic Resource Evaluation 550 Project Number 16252A.83 SEALEADDITION Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J Alto 1 Prl;'failhddiWJhlSl PPntext of the Seale Addition is excerpted from Dames & Moore's Final Survey Report: Palo Alto Historical Survey Update: That part of Palo Alto known as the Seale Addition consists of several subdivisions of the old Seale Ranch in an area bound by Embarcadero Road, Middlefield Road, Oregon Avenue, and Alma Street, excluding several blocks in the west and southwest parts of this area (Figure 23). The first and largest of these subdivisions, in 1898, occupied only a portion of the ranch. This was followed by subdivisions of additional ranch land and by re -subdivisions of portions of the original subdivision. The 1949 Map of the City of Palo Alto, prepared by the City Engineer, showed these several Seale Ranch subdivisions with ambiguous boundaries. Some of the subdivisions were separately labeled, including Seale Ranch Subdivision No. 8, indicating the number of subdivisions that took place. Altogether, the Seale Addition was referred to as "South Palo Alto" until after World War II when the newly developed area across Oregon Expressway, which was located further south, came to be called South Palo Alto. [...] When the Seale Addition was first laid out, it was outside the Palo Alto city limits on unincorporated county land. The area was annexed to Palo Alto in 1917 followed by improvements in utilities and services including a streetcar line on Waverley Street. [Historian -Writer] Roland Davis has described the progress of development in the Seale Addition as follows: "43 houses were built from 1898 to 1911 and 52 houses were built from 1912 to 1923, followed by more rapid development in the 1920s." Substantial development continued in the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s, at which time the area was completely built up. The result of this pattern of development is a neighborhood that consists of a mix of houses of different decades and different styles. It may be that in the future, the entire neighborhood will appear eligible for the NRHP. For now, an area at the center of the neighborhood that contains a predominance of houses built between 1900 and 1940, deserves study as a potential historic district. Portions of this neighborhood have particularly rich concentrations of well -designed houses. Among these are the 200 to 600 blocks of Coleridge and the cross blocks of Bryant, Waverley, and Emerson streets, and the blocks of Cowper and Waverley streets between Seale and California avenues. These areas are characterized by Spanish Colonial, Mediterranean, Monterey, and Period Revival style houses for upper middle class residents. PAGE & TURNBULL 17 February 9, 2022 Packet Pg. 512 Historic Resource Evaluation Project Number 16252A.83 550 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J The Seale Addition represents an expansion of the earlier neighborhood across Embarcadero Road called Professorville in its physical character. However, the population of this neighborhood was different than Professorville—by the time development of the Seale Addition was well underway, Stanford University had begun to provide housing for faculty on campus land, so that Stanford professors never constituted a large group in this neighborhood. The Seale Addition is also the earliest important example of several Palo Alto subdivisions with development restrictions designed to create an elite residential area.12 Alto Figure 23: The Seale Tract in "South Palo Alto," in an advertisement for developable land, 1905. Looking west. Note, the street grid has changed since 1905 as the blocks depicted on this illustration were in some cases further subdivided or cut through with additional streets. The dashed red line approximates the border of the Seale Addition. Source: Stanford University Special Collections. Edited by Page & Turnbull. 12 Dames & Moore, Final Survey Report: Palo Alto Historical Survey Update, 4-29 and 4-30. See also, Paula Boghosian and John Beach, Historical and Architectural Resources of the City of Palo Alto: Inventory and Report, Prepared by Historic Environment Consultants for the City of Palo Alto, 1979; J.F.Byxbee, Palo Alto City Engineer, Map of the City of Palo Alto, 1949. Roland C. Davis, A Summary History of the Early Development of Palo Alto's "Seale Addition": An Account of How the First "South Palo Alto" Became Part of the Present "Old Palo Alto," Prepared for the Palo Alto Historic Building Survey. July 1998. Overland Monthly, Advertisement, September 1904. Ward Winslow and the Palo Alto Historical Association, Palo Alto: A Centennial History, Palo Alto: Palo Alto Historical Association, 1993. PAGE & TURNBULL 18 February 9, 2022 Packet Pg. 513 Historic Resource Evaluation 550 Project Number 16252A.83 SHERMANSUBDIVISION Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package Alto The area that would contain the subject property is labeled as a part of the Sherman Subdivision within the Seale Addition in a 1926 map of the City of Palo Alto (Figure 24). Research did not reveal a date of recordation for the Sherman Subdivision, but available maps indicate it was created between 1908 and 1926. The subdivision appears to have been created from a larger tract within the Seale Addition neighborhood, as the area was subdivided multiple times during its historic development. As of 1926, the Sherman Subdivision contained only a portion of the area of the existing 500 -block of Santa Rita Avenue. At the time, the street ended at the grounds of the West Coast Military Academy.13 The academy is labeled on a 1930 map prepared for Stanford University (Figure 25). By 1938, the land once occupied by military academy was redeveloped for residential purposes. Figure 24: Map of the City of Palo Alto, 1926. The red arrow indicates the approximate future location of the subject building. Source: Stanford University Special Collections, original map printed by Slonaker's Printing House. Edited by Page & Turnbull. Figure 25: Maps illustrating the former West Coast Military Academy site and the future site of the subject property (identified with a red arrow), 1930. Source: Stanford University Special Collections, A Stanford Atlas. Edited by Page & Turnbull. 13"546 Washington Avenue," Historic Property Inventory Files, Palo Alto Historical Association. PAGE & TURNBULL 19 February 9, 2022 Packet Pg. 514 Historic Resource Evaluation 550 Project Number 16252A.83 V. SITE HISTORY SITE DEVELOPMENT Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J Alto In early February 1936, Palo Alto -based builder -contractor William F. Klay was hired by the property owner, Ethel N. Brown, to construct a residence on a vacant lot at 550 Santa Rita Avenue, as published in the Palo Alto Times.14 Less than three weeks later, another notice was published, identifying Klay as the contracted builder for a residence on the neighboring property at 534 Santa Rita Avenue for owner R.L. Richards, the husband of Ethel N. Brown's daughter, Leola.15 Each property shared a central yard area and front yard, with 550 Santa Rita Avenue designed in the Tudor Revival style and 534 Santa Rita designed in a more generic Period Revival style. Klay's hiring by Brown and Richards came during a busy period of construction along the subject block face that also included permitting for 514 Santa Rita Avenue (F.J. Simpson, builder) by September 1936 and construction of 564 Santa Rita Avenue (Frank Armstrong, builder) in the fall of 1935.16 Ethel N. Brown, a manager at the Palo Alto grocer Fuller & Sons, and her daughter Ruth, who listed her occupation in 1936 as a householder, moved to 550 Santa Rita Avenue later in 1936, according to voter registration records. The earliest available documentation of the property is provided by an aerial photograph taken in 1941 (Figure 27). The photograph shows the residence situated on its lot, with similar front and rear yard setbacks. The front of the property featured a driveway and adjacent lawn. A curved pathway led from the driveway to the brick wall enclosing the side yard and continued to the side entrance. Another curved pathway extended from the side entrance to the rear porch. The rear yard appears to have been a lawn, with plantings along the rear property line. An additional pathway was located along the northeast property line. The building itself featured a very similar footprint as is present as of this evaluation; however, an exception included the northeast side of the main gable roof, which featured a dormer that was later replaced to accommodate a rooftop addition in 1973. The rear facade would also be altered later with the existing rear addition with bay window. 14 Notice of contract published in the Palo Alto Times, February 10, 1936. 1s Notice of contract published in the Palo Alto Times, February 27, 1936. 16 Construction dates are approximate and based upon building permit documentation on file at the Palo Alto Historical Association. PAGE & TURNBULL 20 February 9, 2022 Packet Pg. 515 Historic Resource Evaluation Project Number 16252A.83 550 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package Figure 26: Aerial photograph capturing 550 Santa Rita Avenue, 1941. Ared dashed line surrounds the subject property. Source: UC Santa Barbara Special Collections, Flight C-7065. Edited by Page & Turnbull. Between 1947 and 1953, the Sanborn Map Company completed updated fire insurance maps of Palo Alto properties. The 1953 map shown below illustrates the footprint and height of the residence at 550 Santa Rita Avenue during these years. Identifiable features include the built-in garage, rear porch, and original rear wing next to the porch (Figure 28). 6.11-2--' SANTA R ITA 1 1 Figure 27: Sanborn Map Co.'s 1953 map of Palo Alto, with 550 Santa Rita Avenue outlined in red. Source: San Francisco Public Library, FIMO maps collection. Edited by Page & Turnbull. PAGE & TURNBULL 21 Alto February 9, 2022 Packet Pg. 516 Historic Resource Evaluation Project Number 16252A.83 550 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package Ethel and Ruth Brown remained residents of 550 Santa Rita Avenue until 1967, at which time Ethel moved to the property next door at 534 Santa Rita Avenue. In 1961, Ethel had an in -ground pool built in the rear yard. The pool appears in a 1965 aerial photograph, which indicates the rear yard lawn was replaced by concrete or similar paving materials around the pool perimeter (Figure 29). Figure 28: Aerial photograph capturing 550 Santa Rita Avenue, 1965. A red dashed line surrounds the subject property. Source: UC Santa Barbara Special Collections, Cartwright Aerial Surveys, Flight 65. Edited by Page & Turnbull. Alto In 1966, local contractor P.J. Meredith was contracted to complete residential repairs; however, documentation of the scope of these repairs was not found. In 1968, the property was acquired by its second owners, Lee and Marjorie Troutman. The Troutmans completed minor plumbing work in 1968 and sold the property to Roger and Carolyn Mansell in 1973. Members of the Mansell family owned the property until its recent sale in late 2021. During the Mansells' ownership, several alterations were completed. In 1973, the Mansells constructed an addition on the northeast side of the main roof, which resulted in removal of an original dormer window and an increase in the roof's overall height (Figure 30 and Figure 31). PAGE & TURNBULL 22 February 9, 2022 Packet Pg. 517 Historic Resource Evaluation Project Number 16252A.83 Figure 29: Site plan of 550 Santa Rita Avenue illustrating conditions prior to the 1973 addition. Source: Palo Alto Development Services Center. PAGE & TURNBULL 550 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J F R'. 'o N 7- Z L E V s3 i t !Y Figure 30: Elevation drawing with the 1973 rooftop addition shaded red. Source: Palo Alto Development Services Center. Edited by Page & Turnbull. Alto 23 February 9, 2022 Packet Pg. 518 Historic Resource Evaluation 550 Project Number 16252A.83 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J Alto In 1989, a dining room and bedroom renovation was completed, which altered the original rear wing and resulted in the existing rear addition with a bow window. The second -story addition constructed in 1973 was also extended rearward by roughly 3'6". Plans from the 1989 project indicate that the original chimney was removed above the gable roof line and was reconstructed. Thus, the existing chimney's decorative diamond motif and corbelled crown are not original features. The wood vent at the peak of the main gable and at the rear addition are noted as being re -used in the 1989 project, which indicates that they were likely original features from the 1936 construction. A preexisting window at the second story of the 1973 addition was re -used, while a new window was inserted to the immediate right of the chimney. The new windows were installed with brick sills matching those found at preexisting windows (Figure 32). —ao.rt rah* s, S%,., 19a La- Foe /1 EAST ELEVATION f1ORTR ELEVATION 4 8317°i`i eLevAtroN Figure 31: Elevations prepared by Marc Robinson Associates Architecture and Planning, 1989. Source: On file at the Palo Alto Development Services Center. PAGE & TURNBULL 24 February 9, 2022 Packet Pg. 519 Historic Resource Evaluation 550 Project Number 16252A.83 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J Reroofing with similar wood shakes was completed in 2006. The in -ground pool installed in 1961 was replaced with a new in -ground spa with a smaller footprint in the rear yard in 2006. Alto The additional alteration history provided below is excerpted from an alteration history compiled by former owner and occupant Alice Mansell. It was provided to the current owner at the time of the sale of the building in 2021, and through email correspondence with Page & Turnbull in January 2022. The following changes occurred at unspecified dates between 1973 and 2021. A copy of the correspondence is provided in the appendix of this report. • Original windows in the kitchen were replaced with leaded glass windows made by Franciscan Glass of Mountain View, California • Original windows at the first -floor bedrooms were replaced with diamond -pane windows with slightly opaque glass • The front gate leading to the main entrance on the southwest facade had decorative birds cemented to the top of the brick wall on either side of the gate • The original front gates to the front door and the kitchen (northeast facade) were both replaced after the original wood had deteriorated. The style and thickness of each current gate is extremely close to the originals, but for the metal latch on the gate to the front door which had its metal latch style changed slightly to be thicker for strength. • A brick walkway was added from the sidewalk to the existing brick pathway from the driveway to the front gate. Other brickwork was added at planting areas on either side of the garage and along the driveway. Brickwork was also added to the parking strip by the street. The brown basalt rocks in the front yard were from a previous 550 Santa Rita owner's garden as well as some large agapanthus plants, which with the liquidambar [also known as sweetgum or gum] street trees are the only front yard plants remaining from 1973. • The Mansell family removed the kidney -shaped pool and concrete pad installed in 1961 and installed a lawn, tumbled stone pavers, a tanbark area, and new plants. The Mansell family also added a new brick pathway between the front door and the backyard. PAGE & TURNBULL 25 February 9, 2022 Packet Pg. 520 Historic Resource Evaluation 550 Project Number 16252A.83 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J Alto • The window over the kitchen sink was pushed out with decorative corbels installed below and a small roof added above. Leaded stained glass windows were installed in the kitchen to replace the orignial plain glass wood windows. Construction Chronology The following table provides a timeline of construction activity at 550 Santa Rita Avenue, based on building permit applications on file with the Palo Alto Development Services Center. Cancelled and expired permits are not included. Date 1 Permit App. # Owner ■ Contractor I Work Completed 2/10/1936 Notice published in the Palo Alto Times'? Ethel N. Brown William F. Klay Construction of a residence at 550 Santa Rita Avenue 9/14/1961 21118 Ethel Brown [not listed] Pool installation 2/3/1966 25469 Ethel Brown P.J. Meredith Residential repair amounting to $2,400 11/15/1968 23746 Lee Troutman Lee Troutman Minor plumbing work 9/20/1973 32365 Roger and Carolyn Mansell Davenport and Knoblauch, Inc. Addition to 2nd floor bedrooms and bath 6/26/1989 89-620 Roger and Carolyn Mansell Peninsula Home Improvements Renovation of dining room and bedroom1S 10/12/2006 06-2735 Roger and Carolyn Mansell All Seasons Roofing Services Remove existing shake roof and install new wood shake roof 12/5/2006 06-3173 Roger and Carolyn Mansell Corby Gould Build new spa 8/15/2011 11-2126 Carolyn Mansell Rescue Rooter Sewer Repair 17 Building permit index card, on file at Palo Alto Historical Association. '8 No permit included in available records; information taken from plan on file with Palo Alto Development Services. PAGE & TURNBULL 26 February 9, 2022 Packet Pg. 521 Historic Resource Evaluation Project Number 16252A.83 OWNERSHIPANDOCCUPANTHISTORY The following table provides a summary of the Avenue, beginning with the year of construction, building permit and plan records on file at Palo 550 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package ownership and occupant history of 550 Santa Rita compiled from available Palo Alto city directories, Alto Development Services Center, U.S. Federal Census data from 1940, historic newspapers, and archival information at the Palo Alto Historical Association. Alto Owners (in bold) and Occupants Occupation 1936-1967 Ethel N. Brown 1936-38: Ruth Brown (daughter) Manager, Fuller & Co. (grocery store) 1968-1973 Lee Troutman Marjorie H. Troutman (wife) Economist, Goodkin Research Not listed 1973-2021 Roger Mansell Carolyn Mansell (wife) Catherine Mansell (daughter) Alice Mansell (daughter, owner ca. 2020-21) Businessman (retired ca.1990), researcher Realtor Author Attorney Select Owner and Occupant Biographies ETHELN. BROWN Ethel Nancy Brown (1883-1977) was born Ethel N. Vandevoort in Centerville (since incorporated into Fremont), Alameda County in 1877. Information about Ethel's childhood, beyond her having grown up on a farm was not found. Census data indicates that Ethel married George N. Brown (1881-1927) ca. 1905, shortly after she began residing in San Jose. By 1910, the Browns settled in Palo Alto, where they raised two daughters and resided for the remainder of their lives. By 1910, George began working as a salesman at the Palo Alto grocer, Fuller & Co., an occupation he continued until his death in 1927. In the same year George died, Ethel began working at the grocer Fuller & Co. as a manager. Ethel's younger daughter, Ruth G. Brown (later Ruth G. Mitchell) (1913-2009) resided with her at 160 Waverly Street in Palo Alto between ca. 1920 and 1936, and relocated with her mother to 550 Santa Rita Avenue in 1936. Ruth moved out of her mother's house after 1938. Ethel's older daughter, Leola Ethelyn Richards (1907-2000), and her husband Robert Legrande (R.L.)Richards (1904-1985), an employee of Fuller & Co. grocery, moved into the neighboring residence at 534 Santa Rita Avenue in the same year, and do not appear to have ever resided at 550 Santa Rita Avenue. In 1967, Ethel relocated to 534 Santa Rita Avenue, and remained a resident of that property until her death in 1977. PAGE & TURNBULL 27 February 9, 2022 Packet Pg. 522 Historic Resource Evaluation 550 Project Number 16252A.83 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J Alto RRMO GERMAN S E LLAND CAROLYN Roger ansell (1935-2010) and Carolyn M. Mansell (1937-2019) were owners of the subject property between 1973 and 2019. Roger Mansell was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1935 and attended Brown University. Mansell was commissioned to the United States Army Artillery and completed military service in Korea and Fort Bliss, Texas.19 Carolyn Mayo Mansell was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1937. Carolyn's father, Dr. Frank R. Mayo, was an internationally recognized polymer chemist who worked at the University of Chicago prior to working for the Stanford Research Institute (SRI)in Menlo Park, California for three decades. While attending Brown University, Carolyn earned a bachelors degree in history, met, and later married, engineering student, Roger Mansell.. Their first daughter, Catherine, was born in Texas in 1961, where Roger was stationed at Fort Bliss. Their second daughter, Alice, was born in 1963 after the couple had settled in Sunnyvale, California, in the same region where Carolyn's parents had settled given Dr. Frank R. Mayo's position at SRI. Roger Mansell entered into the printing sales business and retired in the early 1990s. It was at this time that Roger's focus shifted fully into research related to documentation of allied prisoners of war (POW) of the Japanese and founded the Center for Research of Allied POWs Under the Japanese. Mansell's work resulted in compilation of a database of over 90,000 POWs.2° Carolyn M. Mansell entered the real estate industry in 1972, when she began working for Wright & Co. After finding success, she founded her own practice, Mansell & Co., in 1984. An obituary published in the Los Altos Town Crier notes that Carolyn was the first agent in the area to print marketing brochures and was among early adopters of interior staging and seller -financing deals. At the time of her death in 2019, Mansell's company was the oldest female -owned real estate company in Silicon Valley. Carolyn M. Mansell was joined in business by her daughter, Alice Mansell, who served as a broker for Mansell & Co. Following Carolyn's death in 2019, Alice owned the subject property until 2021. L9 "Roger Mansell," U.S. Naval Institute Website, no date, accessed online, January 25, 2022. https://www.usni.org/people/roger-mansell. 20 Roger Mansell's database remains available on the website www.mansell.com. PAGE & TURNBULL 28 February 9, 2022 Packet Pg. 523 Historic Resource Evaluation 550 Project Number 16252A.83 TUDORREVIVALARCHITECTURAL Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J Alto "flhbYeSiknce at 550 Santa Rita Avenue is designed in the Tudor Revival style. At the beginning of the twentieth century, the United States saw rapid developments in industry and the economy that led to an unprecedented quality and increased pace of life for most Americans.21 These advances also prompted a keen nostalgia for the perceived virtues of the past, "traditional" architecture, and handcrafted construction, and catapulted into popularity the Arts & Crafts movement and architectural styles such as the Colonial, Italian Renaissance, Georgian, and Tudor revival styles. Considered more broadly under the umbrella of the Period Revival, such houses offered modern comforts and convenience, along with the reassuring details of earlier times: "We are [...]finding the new through the old," wrote architect and critic Aymar Embury in 1917.22 The Tudor Revival style first appeared in the U.S. in the 1880s, but it did not come into vogue until the twentieth century. The style initially developed as an expression of patriotism, elitism, and practicality.23 It served as a link with the country's colonial past and provided Anglo-Americans a way to distinguish themselves from the contemporary waves of immigrants. "The half-timber houses of England [...]were conceived and wrought out by our own progenitors; they are our architectural heritage, our homesteads, and hold an important place in our building history," wrote architect and author Allen W. Jackson in 1912.24 In addition to its association with heritage, the style's costly materials and handcrafted details suggested the prosperity and aristocracy of medieval England. Finally, the asymmetrical designs of Tudor homes had a practical dimension. Rambling floor plans allowed for adaptation to uneven sites, garage additions, and the orientation of rooms to capture views. For consumers who wanted to flaunt American roots and wealth in large homes with modern amenities, the Tudor Revival style was a compelling choice. The Tudor Revival style appeared on more modest houses from 1900 to 1920, but the style's distinctive steeply pitched roofs, cross gables, tall narrow windows, large clustered chimney stacks, and decorative half-timbering were not widespread until after World War I.25 At that time, new masonry veneering techniques allowed the brick and stone exteriors of English prototypes to be imitated at a lower cost that made Tudor Revival houses available to the mass market and second in popularity only to the Colonial Revival style in the growing middle-class suburbs. 2' Carole. Rifkind, A Field Guide to American Architecture, (New York: Plume Books, 1980), 98. 22 Aymar Embury II, "The House Livable," The Countryside Magazine and Suburban Life 24, (The Marsh Publishing Company, 1917), 63. 23 Lee Goff, Tudor Style: Tudor Revival Houses in American from 1890 to the Present, (New York: Universe Publishing, 2002), 10-11. 24 Ibid. 25 Virginia Savage McAlester, A Field Guide to American Houses, (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992), 385. PAGE & TURNBULL 29 February 9, 2022 Packet Pg. 524 Historic Resource Evaluation 550 Project Number 16252A.83 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J Alto The 1920s was the heyday of the Tudor Revival style, as large-scale developers looked to provide the impression of permanence and prosperity. In 1929, Popular Mechanics advocated for Colonial Revival houses with an argument that also applied to other revival styles: "Styles in houses come and go like styles in cars. [...]It pays to build in a style as liquid in public approval as a Liberty bond at a bank." The Tudor Revival style appeared less frequently in the 1930s, as the Depression quashed architectural embellishments, but it was revived in modified form in the 1970s and 1980s. Although most commonly used for residential buildings, the Tudor Revival style can also be found on civic and institutional buildings. Character -defining features of Tudor Revival Style buildings can include, but are not limited to: • A steeply pitched gable roof • Tall, narrow windows • Dormer windows • Massive chimney, often of brick that stands out against stucco half-timbered exteriros • A front and/or entry porch with a round or Tudor arch opening • Flared eaves and eave extensions • Oriel bay windows • Windows glazed with diamond panes or leaded glass • Exteriors of brick, stucco, and/or half-timbering WrIILLTIRA�MrrF. nKRLAY,BUILDER- l�ahf�ft�b�a� TB�i>'1Zler-contractor William F. Klay (1897-1997) was born in Richland County, Ohio, to Abraham and Marian Kneiss Klay, who immigrated to the United States from Switzerland in the 1880s.26 William was the youngest of nine children and sought education in building construction and mechanical engineering through correspondence courses in addition to working for the Miller Tire and Rubber Co. and the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. in Ohio, as a draftsman and chief draftsman, respectively.27 Klay served in the U.S. Army during World War I and returned to Ohio to work for the Cleveland Automatic Screw Co. as a tool designer.28 In 1920, William relocated to Modesto, California with his father Abraham and brother Emil F. Klay and went into the building business with his father and brother. 26 "William `Bill"Frederick Klay: local builder," Palo Alto Weekly, March 5, 1997. 27 Guy C. Miller, Palo Alto Community Book, (Palo Alto, CA: 1952), 272-273. 28 "Obituaries: William Klay, 100, builder behind California Avenue district," Palo Alto Daily News, February 26, 1997. PAGE & TURNBULL 30 February 9, 2022 Packet Pg. 525 Historic Resource Evaluation 550 Project Number 16252A.83 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J Alto In 1922, William relocated to Palo Alto and worked in association with local builder Frank Cain for a short period.29 By 1923, Klay established his own construction business and continued to practice into the 1950s. Regarding Klay's career in Palo Alto, late Palo Alto City Historian Guy C. Miller noted: [....] practically all his work has been of his own design and planning, and the homes which he has erected are all exceptionally distinctive, and a large percentage of them have been of stone and brick...It is noteworthy that even during the depression of the thirties, Mr. Klay continued active in building, and persuaded numerous people to build during [a period when] very low building cost[s were] prevailing...During the height of his activities he had as many as sixty homes being constructed at the same time. While he is [as of 1952] practically retired from actual building, he still continues his designing work, principally for other builders.3° Over the course of three decades spent in building construction, Klay established a reputation as a builder of distinctive homes in Palo Alto, including his own personal residences at 137 Primrose Way and 540 Seale Avenue, and a home for his brother, Emil, at 1145 Lincoln Avenue. In the case of the Klay brothers' personal residences, stone veneer exterior cladding was utilized, evidencing William Klay's apparently routine use of such materials, and may have also included work by his brother Emil, a stone mason and brick contractor. Like Miller's statement above, Klay's obituaries noted that much of the builder's work was of his own design and commonly featured stone and brick.31 Following his retirement from building in the early 1950s, Klay pursued commercial property management in Palo Alto's College Terrace area and owned several properties in the California Avenue district through the late 1980s. Klay also founded the California Avenue Development Association. Outside of his professional work, Klay was a member and president of the Palo Alto Lions Club, the Palo Alto Elks Lodge, and the American Legion.32 In 1999, Klay was identified among prominent historic builders in Palo Alto by Dames & Moore in the historic resource inventory survey update report.33 29 "William `Bill"Frederick Klay: local builder," Palo Alto Weekly, March 5, 1997. 39 Guy C. Miller, Palo Alto Community Book, (Palo Alto, CA:1952), 272-273. 31 Ibid. See also, "Obituaries: William Klay, 100, builder behind California Avenue district," Palo Alto Daily News, February 26, 1997. 32 Ibid. 33 Dames & Moore, 6-63. PAGE & TURNBULL 31 February 9, 2022 Packet Pg. 526 Historic Resource Evaluation Project Number 16252A.83 550 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J Alto The following Palo Alto commissions designed and constructed by William Klay are referenced from Palo Alto Stanford Heritage's online historic buildings inventory and building permit references from the Palo Alto Times on file at the Palo Alto Historical Association. Ratings relating to Palo Alto Historic Resource Inventory (HRI) status and eligibility to other historic registers are provided, as available. Address Style Year Historic Status Other notes 780 Hamilton Avenue Spanish Colonial Revival 1931 HRI Category 3) n/a 2340 Tasso Street Eclectic/Tudor Revival 1933 Eligible for California Register, HRE prepared in 2020 by Page & Turnbull n/a 1266 Hamilton Avenue Tudor Revival 1934 HRI Category 4 n/a 534 and 550 Santa Rita Avenue Separate Period Revival and Tudor Revival style residences built concurrently 1936 Not yet evaluated for CR eligibility Both determined potentially eligible for CR during the Dames & Moore Survey update. 450 N. California Avenue Streamline/La to Moderne 1937 HRI Category 2 n/a 540 Seale Avenue Modern 1945 Not yet evaluated for CR eligibility. Personal residence of William F. Klay 1145 Lincoln Avenue Modern Eligible for California Register, HRE prepared in 2018 by Page & Turnbull Personal residence of Klay's brother and sister-in-law PAGE & TURNBULL 32 February 9, 2022 Packet Pg. 527 Historic Resource Evaluation Project Number 16252A.83 Figure 32: 780 Hamilton Avenue, built 1931. Source: Google Street View, October 2020. 550 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J Figure 33: 1266 Hamilton Avenue, built 1934. Source: Google Street View, June 2021. Figure 34: 450 N. California Avenue, built 1937. Source: Google Street View, January 2020. Figure 35: Former residence of Emil Klay at 1145 Lincoln Avenue, built 1946. Source: Google Street View, October 2021. Figure 36: Former personal residence of William F. Klay at 540 Seale Avenue, built in 1945. Source: Google Street View, February 2019. PAGE & TURNBULL 33 Alto February 9, 2022 Packet Pg. 528 Historic Resource Evaluation 550 Project Number 16252A.83 VI. EVALUATION CALIFORNIAREGISTEROF HISTORICAL Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J Alto iht iifdrhlg gister of Historical Resources (California Register) is an inventory of significant architectural, archaeological, and historical resources in the State of California. Resources can be listed in the California Register through a number of methods. State Historical Landmarks and National Register -listed properties are automatically listed in the California Register. Properties can also be nominated to the California Register by local governments, private organizations, or citizens. The evaluative criteria used by the California Register for determining eligibility are closely based on those developed by the National Park Service for the National Register of Historic Places. In order for a property to be eligible for listing in the California Register, it must be found significant under one or more of the following criteria. Criterion 1 (Events): Resources that are associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of local or regional history, or the cultural heritage of California or the United States. Criterion 2 (Persons): Resources that are associated with the lives of persons important to local, California, or national history. Criterion 3 (Architecture): Resources that embody the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, region, or method of construction, or represent the work of a master, or possess high artistic values. Criterion 4 (Information Potential): Resources or sites that have yielded or have the potential to yield information important to the prehistory or history of the local area, California, or the nation. The following section examines the eligibility of 550 Santa Rita Avenue for individual listing in the California Register. PAGE & TURNBULL 34 February 9, 2022 Packet Pg. 529 Historic Resource Evaluation 550 Project Number 16252A.83 Criterion 1 (Events) Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J Alto 550 Santa Rita Avenue does not appear to be individually significant under Criterion 1. The subject property was originally developed in 1936, as the neighborhoods in the area now known as the Seale Addition, between Embarcadero Road and the Oregon Expressway, was developed in a series of subdivisions during the first half of the twentieth century. Development of the Seale Addition began in the early 1900s and continued into the 1920s, with development tapering off during the Great Depression. 550 Santa Rita Avenue is located within the Sherman Subdivision, a smaller subdivision in the southeastern region of the Seale Addition area that was developed between the late 1920s and late 1930s. Very limited information was found relating to this subdivision, while the development of the subject property in its own right does not stand out in local, state, or national history. 550 Santa Rita Avenue does not individually represent the broader pattern of residential development that occurred across Palo Alto during the early twentieth century, and it is not known as the location of any singular events significant to history. Criterion 2 (Persons) 550 Santa Rita Avenue does not appear to be individually significant under Criterion 2. The property's original owner, Ethel N. Brown, was a longtime Palo Alto resident who lived in Palo Alto from ca. 1910 and 1977. She resided at the subject building between 1936 and 1966 and its neighbor at 534 Santa Rita Avenue, built for Brown's daughter, between 1968 and 1977. Brown began working as a manager for the Palo Alto -based grocer, Fuller & Co., ca. 1927, and continued to work for the grocer into the 1950s. Brown's career as a merchant for Fuller & Co. does not appear to be historically significant. Brown's daughter, Ruth, resided at the subject property between 1936 and 1938. Very little information beyond her lifespan and relocation from the property in 1938 was found. Subsequent owners Roger and Carolyn Mansell were the owner -occupants of longest tenure at 550 Santa Rita Avenue. The Mansells acquired the property in 1972 and renovated portions of the residence, including a rooftop addition in 1973, rear additions and chimney reconstruction in 1989, and replacement of several windows with stylistically compatible leaded glass between 1973 and 2021. During their ownership, Roger and Carolyn found success in their respective fields, Roger in the print sales industry and Carolyn as a real estate agent who established Mansell & Co., which was the Bay Area's oldest women -owned real estate business at the time of Carolyn's death in 2019. In Roger Mansell's retirement, which began in the 1990s, he became deeply involved in research relating to prisoners of war (POW) and was responsible for establishing a POW database derived from his research of various collections, including those of the National Archives in Washington, D.C. PAGE & TURNBULL 35 February 9, 2022 Packet Pg. 530 Historic Resource Evaluation 550 Project Number 16252A.83 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J Alto Both Roger and Carolyn were successful individuals, but their professional achievements were not directly associated with their primary residence. Carolyn's career in real estate was tied to the many properties she brought to market, rather than her personal residence. Similarly, Roger's valuable archival research and database are not associated with his personal residence. Criterion 3 (Architecture) 550 Santa Rita Avenue appears to be individually significant under Criterion 3 as a residence that embodies the distinctive characteristics of the Tudor Revival style and that represents an important example of the work of builder -contractor William F. Klay. The period of significance under this criterion is 1936, representing the year the residence was built by Klay. It was a relatively late entry into the trend of Tudor Revival style construction in the United States. Although not an early example of the style's use, the residence does appear to be among the earliest constructed and likely designed by Klay, whose career took off in the 1930s with many commissions in Palo Alto, and in particular the Seale Addition. Klay is not known to have favored a particular style, with his early residential projects applying Tudor Revival, Streamline Moderne, and other Period Revival styles in various sizes and forms. Klay's houses in many cases incorporated a mix of wood, stone, and brick, which were common elements of the Tudor Revival style and likely materials that Klay was most experienced with using. Klay is identified among prominent design professionals in Palo Alto's history in the Dames & Moore historic resources survey of 1999-2000, and several residences designed by Klay have been listed on the Palo Alto Historic Resources Inventory or have been found eligible for listing on the California Register. Klay, therefore, rises to the level of master builder at the local level. In terms of embodying distinct characteristics of Tudor Revival design, the residence at 550 Santa Rita Avenue features one -and -a -half stories that were originally capped by a steep gabled roof covered in wood shakes, with secondary hip roofs and eave extensions. The main roof still features a gabled form and retains wood trim with molded fascia, a wood chevron attic vent, a half-timbered gabled end, and a mix of brick and stucco cladding. The residence also features wood posts and columns with a rustic, hand-hewn appearance, common to houses designed in Period Revival styles. Additional original features such as the garage's gable peak with dovecotes, paneled wood doors, and wood casement windows of a variety of dimensions embody Tudor Revival style design. Regarding the concept of high artistic values, National Register Bulletin 15 states that "a property is eligible for its high artistic values if it so fully articulates a particular concept of design that it expresses an aesthetic ideal. A property is not eligible, however, if it does not express aesthetic PAGE & TURNBULL 36 February 9, 2022 Packet Pg. 531 Historic Resource Evaluation 550 Project Number 16252A.83 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J ideals or design concepts more fully than other properties of its type."34 Although 550 Santa Rita Avenue provides a very good local example of Tudor Revival style residential design, it does not appear to provide such an aesthetically idealistic example of the Tudor Revival style, given several very high -style examples in Palo Alto, that it can be considered to possess high artistic values. Nonetheless, 550 Santa Rita Avenue appears to be individually significant under Criterion 3 as a property that embodies distinct characteristics of the Tudor Revival style and represents an important example of the work of master builder William F. Klay. Criterion 4 (Information Potential) Alto The "potential to yield information important to the prehistory or history of California" typically relates to archeological resources, rather than built resources. When California Register Criterion 4 (Information Potential) does relate to built resources, it is relevant for cases when the building itself is the principal source of important construction -related information. The analysis of the property at 550 Santa Rita Avenue for eligibility under Criterion 4 is beyond the scope of this report. INTEGRITY In order to qualify for listing in any local, state, or national historic register, a property or landscape must possess significance under at least one evaluative criterion as described above and retain integrity. Integrity is defined by the California Office of Historic Preservation as "the authenticity of an historical resource's physical identity evidenced by the survival of characteristics that existed during the resource's period of significance," or more simply defined by the National Park Service as "the ability of a property to convey its significance."35 Integrity standards are outlined by the National Register Bulletin: How to Apply the National Register Criteria for Evaluation to evaluate whether the subject property retains sufficient integrity to convey its historic significance. Seven variables, or aspects, that define integrity are used to evaluate a resource's integrity —location, setting, design, materials, workmanship, feeling, and association. A property must possess most, or all, of these aspects in order to retain overall integrity. If a property 34 Unites States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, National Register Bulletin 15, (Washington, D.C.: Revised for Internet, 1995), 20. 35 California Office of Historic Preservation, Technical Assistance Series No. 7: How to Nominate a Resource to the California Register of Historical Resources (Sacramento: California Office of State Publishing, 4 September 2001) 11; U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, National Register Bulletin 15: How to Apply the National Register Criteria for Evaluation (Washington, D.C.: National Park Service, 1995) 44. PAGE & TURNBULL 37 February 9, 2022 Packet Pg. 532 Historic Resource Evaluation 550 Project Number 16252A.83 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J does not retain integrity, it can no longer convey its significance and is therefore not eligible for listing in local, state, or national registers. The seven aspects that define integrity are defined as follows: Location is the place where the historic property was constructed or the place where the historic event occurred; Setting addresses the physical environment of the historic property inclusive of the landscape and spatial relationships of the building(s); Alto Design is the combination of elements that create the form, plan, space, structure, and style of the property; Materials refer to the physical elements that were combined or deposited during a particular period of time and in a particular pattern or configuration to form the historic property; Workmanship is the physical evidence of the crafts of a particular culture or people during any given period in history or prehistory; Feeling is the property's expression of the aesthetic or historic sense of a particular period of time; and Association is the direct link between an important historic event or person and the historic property. LOCATION 550 Santa Rita Avenue retains integrity of location. The subject building has remained situated at its location of original construction since 1936. SETTING 550 Santa Rita Avenue retains integrity of setting. The subject building was constructed during the ongoing development of the Sherman Subdivision and the greater Seale Addition neighborhood. As of this evaluation, the property remains situated in an entirely residential area, and the immediate vicinity is comprised of many residences built in the 1920s to the 1930s, including a string of four residences on the 500 block of Santa Rita Avenue, among them 550 Santa Rita Avenue. The PAGE & TURNBULL 38 February 9, 2022 Packet Pg. 533 Historic Resource Evaluation 550 Project Number 16252A.83 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J residence retains its original setback from the street with a driveway leading directly to its garage, and its relationship to the neighboring residence at 534 Santa Rita Avenue remains very similar to when both properties were built in 1936 by the same builder. Changes to the rear yard and construction of a rear addition in 1989 have not significantly diminished the characteristics of the site that present a freestanding, single-family home with an attached garage. DESIGN Alto 550 Santa Rita Avenue retains integrity of design. Alterations to the exterior of the residence occurred beginning in 1973 with the construction of an addition on the northeast side of the main gable roof. This resulted in alteration of the gable's pitch on one side of the roof, and removal of an original dormer. This addition, as well as an original rear wing, were expanded roughly 3'6"rearward in 1989, and the original brick chimney was reconstructed. Several original wood windows have been replaced with leaded glass windows since 1973, but are in most cases placed in original locations. Overall, the residence's essential form has not been significantly changed, particularly when viewing the property from the northwest on Santa Rita Avenue, which provides the widest view of the building. Alterations to the northeast facade and the rear facade are marginally visible to not visible from the street. The residence's form, materiality, fenestration pattern, and key Tudor Revival style features such as half-timbering, brick, dovecotes, and its irregular massing have been retained, which upholds the original design to a large degree. MATERIALS 550 Santa Rita Avenue retains integrity of materials. Alterations to the subject building have largely utilized compatible materials, replacing wood windows, wood gates, a brick chimney, and even wood shakes on the roof in -kind. The residence's material palette consists of brick wall cladding and entrance landings, wood shakes, roof trim, porch columns, most windows, stucco cladding, and half- timbering at the front gabled end. Overall, the building's integrity of materials is high. WORKMANSHIP 550 Santa Rita Avenue retains integrity of workmanship. The most important materials that evidence workmanship include the brick cladding and site wall extending off the primary facade, wood beams with a hewn finish at the garage, side entrance, and rear porch, half-timbering at the front gable end, and wood windows and doors that enclose original openings at each facade. Since 1973, several wood casement windows with divided lites were replaced in their original openings with leaded glass windows. This reduced the number of original windows, but did not entirely remove evidence of the types, dimensions, or locations of original windows. The original chimney at the rear PAGE & TURNBULL 39 February 9, 2022 Packet Pg. 534 Historic Resource Evaluation 550 Project Number 16252A.83 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J Alto facade was replaced in 1989 to comply with seismic code, a a fairly common alteration to residences in areas of seismic sensitivity. Given the original chimney's location at the rear facade and marginal visibility from the street, its loss does not significantly diminish workmanship. The additions to the building were executed in a generally compatible form and do not result in the loss of very prominent features beyond raising of one eave of the main gable roof. FEELING 550 Santa Rita Avenue retains integrity of feeling. The residence's design exhibits the stylistic qualities of the Tudor Revival style, and retains materials in wood, brick, and stucco that were employed in William F. Klay's original construction. Alterations to the building have not diminished its ability to communicate the aesthetic or historic sense of 1930s era construction. ASSOCIATION 550 Santa Rita Avenue retains integrity of association. The residence's design has not been significantly altered since 1936. Changes to its roof in 1973 and expansion of the original rear wing and the rearmost portion of the second story in 1989 have not diminished the residence's form or materiality to a significant degree. Although some evidence of period workmanship has been lost, due to the replacement of original windows in several locations, the original fenestration pattern is largely intact with several original wood windows, brick sills, and original wood doors, and the residence retains a form, materiality, and details such as dovecotes, brick cladding, and facade wall extension, half-timbering, chevron attic vent, and an attached garage that are representative of William F. Klay's 1936 design. Overall, 550 Santa Rita Avenue retains all seven aspects of integrity, which supports its eligibility to the California Register as a property that appears to be individually eligible under Criterion 3 (Architecture). CHARACTER -DEFINING V‘,44ATTLYSto be eligible for national or state designation under criteria related to type, period, or method of construction, the essential physical features (or character -defining features) that enable the property to convey its historic identity must be evident. These distinctive character - defining features are the physical traits that commonly recur in property types and/or architectural styles. To be eligible, a property must clearly contain enough of those characteristics to be considered a true representative of a particular type, period, or method of construction, and these PAGE & TURNBULL 40 February 9, 2022 Packet Pg. 535 Historic Resource Evaluation 550 Project Number 16252A.83 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J Alto features must also retain a sufficient degree of integrity. Characteristics can be expressed in terms such as form, proportion, structure, plan, style, or materials. In the case of 550 Santa Rita Avenue, character -defining features are those which represent the property's architectural significance as a representative of the Tudor Revival style and as a work of master builder -contractor William F. Klay, built in 1936. The character -defining features of 550 Santa Rita Avenue include, but are not limited to: • Massing and height: o One -and -a -half stories with attached one-story garage • Roof: o Primary gable roof and gable -on -hip roof over garage o Wood shakes on roof surfaces • Wall cladding: o Stucco exterior cladding o Brick cladding at the primary facade and the facade wall extension o Half-timbering at the front gabled end • Windows: o Original dormers on the southwest eave of the main gable roof o Original wood casement windows and original window locations with brick sills o Original window fenestration locations at the primary and southwest facades (containing compatible replacement windows) • Entrances and doors: o Primary entrance porch at the southwest facade, set beneath a sloped eave extension, featuring a brick landing and paneled wood door o Wood garage doors and header • Ornamental details: o Dovecote detail at the garage's gable peak o Chevron attic vent o Wood posts with a hewn appearance at primary entrance porch at southwest facade o Beams featuring a hand-hewn finish at rear porch o Wood gates between brick walls PAGE & TURNBULL 41 February 9, 2022 Packet Pg. 536 Historic Resource Evaluation 550 Project Number 16252A.83 VII. CONCLUSION Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J Alto 550 Santa Rita Avenue is a residential property in Palo Alto's Seale Addition neighborhood. The property contains a Tudor Revival style residence constructed in 1936 for owner Ethel N. Brown by local builder -contractor William F. Klay. The subject property was developed during the early period of Klay's career as a solo builder -contractor in Palo Alto, and during the Great Depression when development in the City and Seale Addition area ebbed from its earlier growth between the 1900s and 1920s. The property does not appear to be significant in association with historic patterns of development or a specific historic event, nor for association with individuals who made significant contributions to history. Under California Register Criterion 3 (Architecture), 550 Santa Rita Street appears to be individually eligible as a distinct representation of the Tudor Revival style and as an example of the work of Klay, a significant builder -contractor in Palo Alto. PAGE & TURNBULL 42 February 9, 2022 Packet Pg. 537 Historic Resource Evaluation 550 Project Number 16252A.83 VIII. REFERENCES Published Works & Reports Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J Alto California Office of Historic Preservation. Built Environment Resource Directory (BERD), Santa Clara County. March 2020. California Office of Historic Preservation. Technical Assistance Bulletin No. 7: How to Nominate a Resource to the California Register of Historical Resources. Sacramento: California Office of State Publishing, September 4, 2001. California Office of Historic Preservation. Technical Assistance Bulletin No. 8: User's Guide to the California Historical Resource Status Codes & Historic Resources Inventory Directory. Sacramento: California Office of State Publishing. November 2004. Accessed October 22, 2018, http://ohp.parks.ca.gov/pages/1069/files/tab8.pdf. City of Palo Alto, Comprehensive Plan 2030. Adopted by City Council, November 13, 2017. Boghosian, Paula and John Beach. Historical and Architectural Resources of the City of Palo Alto: Inventory and Report. Prepared by Historic Environment Consultants for the City of Palo Alto, 1979. Byxbee, J.F. Palo Alto City Engineer, Map of the City of Palo Alto, 1949. Davis, Roland C. "A Summary History of the Early Development of Palo Alto's `Seale Addition': An Account of How the First `South Palo Alto' Became Part of the Present 'Old Palo Alto'," Prepared for the Palo Alto Historic Building Survey. July 1998. Goff, Lee. Tudor Style: Tudor Revival Houses in American from 1890 to the Present. New York: Universe Publishing, 2002. McAlester, Virginia Savage. A Field Guide to American Houses. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2013. Miller, Guy C. Palo Alto Community Book. Palo Alto, CA:1952. Rifkind, Carole. A Field Guide to American Architecture. New York: Plume Books, 1980. Winslow, Ward and Palo Alto Historical Association. Palo Alto: A Centennial History. Palo Alto, CA: Palo Alto Historical Association, 1993. CEQA Guidelines. Accessed May 10, 2018. http://resources.ca.gov/cega/guidelines/. Newspapers & Periodicals Embury 11, Aymar. "The House Livable." The Countryside Magazine and Suburban Life 24. The Marsh Publishing Company, 1917. "Obituaries: William Klay, 100, builder behind California Avenue district." Palo Alto Daily News. February 26, 1997. PAGE & TURNBULL 43 February 9, 2022 Packet Pg. 538 Historic Resource Evaluation 550 Project Number 16252A.83 "William `Bill"Frederick Klay: local builder." Palo Alto Weekly. March 5, 1997. Notice of contract published in the Palo Alto Times, February 10, 1936. Notice of contract published in the Palo Alto Times, February 27, 1936. Overland Monthly, September 1904. Public Records City of Palo Alto Building Records. Palo Alto Development Services Center. Archival Records Collections of Palo Alto Historical Association. Internet Sources City of Palo Alto Property Information, online. Accessed January 12, 2022. https://xmap.cityofpaloalto.org/parcelreports/. Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J Palo Alto Historical Association (PAHA).http://www.pahistory.org/. Palo Alto Stanford (PAST)Heritage. http://www.Pastheritage.org. "Roger Mansell." U.S. Naval Institute Website. No date, accessed online, January 25, 2022. https://www.usni.org/people/roger-mansell. PAGE & TURNBULL Alto 44 February 9, 2022 Packet Pg. 539 Historic Resource Evaluation Project Number 16252A.83 IX. APPENDICES 550 Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package APPENDIXA- ALTERATIONHISTORY,1973-2021, PREPAREDBY FORMER OWNERALICEMANSELL Here is a list of improvements the Mansell Family did between 1973 - 2021 to 550 Santa Rita Avenue, Palo Alto which are visible to the street: 1. Roof was popped up on the side of the house facing Middlefield Road. A strip of angled wood trim shows the rough location of the original roof line. Two low narrow windows were added on that side of the house's 2d floor and the original central window's dormer roof for the 2d floor bathroom was removed. The original clear glass window in that bathroom was changed to diamond pane slightly opaque glass. 2. Plain glass windows in the kitchen (but for the old exterior kitchen door) were changed to leaded stained glass made at Franciscan Glass in Mountain View. 3. 1st floor front bedroom's original clear glass windows were replaced with diamond pane slightly opaque glass. 4. Front gate to the front door had decorative birds cemented onto the top of the brick wall on either side of the gate. 5. The original front gates to the front door and the kitchen were both replaced after the original wood had deteriorated. The style and thickness of each current gate is extremely close to the originals but for the metal latch on the gate to the front door which had its metal latch style changed slightly to be thicker for strength. 6. A brick walkway was added from the sidewalk to the existing brick pathway from the driveway to the front gate. Other brickwork was added to the ground at planting areas on either side of the garage and along the driveway. Brickwork was also added to the parking strip by the street. FWIW: the brown basalt rocks in the front yard were from a previous 550 Santa Rita owner's garden as well as some large agapanthus plants which with the liquidamber street tree are the only front yard plants remaining here from 1973 7. New sewer access points were added in the driveway and by the sidewalk when the original sewer lateral was replaced. 8. tf needed, I can provide a list of other exterior changes the Mansell Family did to the house which are not visible from the street. Sincerely, Alice Alice Mansell California Bar #178801 DRE #01837013 Mansell & Co. 342 State Street, Suite 4 Los Altos, CA 9402 PAGE & TURNBULL Alto February 9, 2022 Packet Pg. 540 Historic Resource Evaluation 550 Project Number 16252A.83 From: Alice Mansell To: Josh Bevan Subject Fwd: 550 Santa Rita historic evaluation Date: Monday, January 24, 2022 2:00:29 PM Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package Below is the information you requested from me today about exterior changes not visible to the street. -AJM For exterior changes not easily visible to the street done between 1973 - present by the Mansell Family at 550 Santa Rita Avenue. Palo Alto 1. Entrance: Modern deadbolt added to front door. (All the original circa 1936 exterior doors' hardware was made by the blacksmith in Palo Alto. including a new set made in 1973/4 when an interior bedroom door was added upstairs. Only one camellia bush remains in the entrance Barden here from 1973. There used to be a line of them. Existing box hedges were there in 1973. 2. Original and existing entrance brick walkway used to end at a large concrete pad surrounding a kidney shaped pool. A swimming pool and concrete pad were installed by the original owner sometime. we think, after WW2. Mansell Family removed the pool and the entire concrete pad to install a lawn. and added new brickwork around the lawn. tumbled stone pavers. a tanbark area. in -ground spa. and new plants. Mansell Family added a new brick pathway between the front door and the backyard. 3. Where the spa is today there used to be a large magnolia and large loquat tree in 1973. 4. Mansell Family added wooden doors with metal garden gates under a wooden arch by the rear fence as a garden folly. 5. Low grapestake fence on the neighbor's property (564 Santa Rita) connected to their garage and the rear fence is a replacement circa 2007 of a higher redwood plank fence to match the grapestack fencing by the 550 Santa Rita front door which was here in 1973 and restored around 2019. 6. November 2021 an elm from 564 Santa Rita fell on 550 Santa Rita and destroyed (a second) garden folly installed by the Mansells (shutters and a mirror on a brick plinth in concrete) which has been mostly removed. The only part of that folly left in place today is the partially demolished plinth and part of one wooden structural member. partially demolished when the neighbor's contractor got "too enthusiastic" on 1/13/2022 removing parts of the damaged garage at 564 Santa Rita. (N.B. I think that brick and concrete plinth and its very strong wooden supports for its mirror and shutters prevented a great deal of possible damage to the 550 Santa Rita roof from that fallen tree because much if the tree trunk was prevented from falling on the ground by that garden folly's lucky placement. 7. Chimney was rebuilt after the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake replacing a very plain and shorter chimney with a taller one with a diamond brick detail and a much fancier top. The City Alto PAGE & TURNBULL February 9, 2022 Packet Pg. 541 Historic Resource Evaluation 550 Project Number 16252A.83 Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package had red -tagged the chimney after the earthquake due to exterior cracking but on rebuild it was discovered there was not a single crack inside the chimney. 8. Dining room extension included installing a brand new window to face the porch. Then large and flat window facing the spa was made bowed and an internal low shelf below it was added. Dining room window facing 564 Santa Rita was moved to the new center of the room. Interior glazed tile window stills in living and dining rooms changed to stone. 9. Window over kitchen sink was pushed out with decorative corbels installed below and a small roof added above. Leaded stained glass windows installed in the kitchen to replace the original plain glass wood windows that had been there before. 10. Side yard off kitchen in 1973 had large flagstones as stepping stones with a lot of dirt between them inning all the way to the driveway which the Mansells removed and placed closely together near the spa heater and added bricks for a new patio. service area. and walkway to the driveway. 11. Ground floor bathroom window in 1973 was a plain clear glass wood window the Mansell Family replaced with a leaded glass diamond pane opaque glass window. 12. The garage door to the kitchen porch might not have had a window in 1973. I recall there being a solid door there in 1973. 13. Mansell Family installed new exterior wall light fixtures for the kitchen and rear porches. front door. and the front gate. plus replaced an old mailbox by the front door. Alice J. Mansell 550 Santa Rita Avenue. Palo Alto 1/24/2022 Alto PAGE & TURNBULL February 9, 2022 Packet Pg. 542 Historic Resource Evaluation 550 Project Number 16252A.83 APPENDIXB - PREPARER Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J Alto T tip bk`c4II E'daluation was prepared by Page & Turnbull of San Francisco, California. Page & Turnbull staff responsible for this report include: Ruth Todd, FAIA,Principal-in-charge; Christina Dikas, Associate Principal; Josh Bevan, AICP, Cultural Resources Planner, primary author; and Barrett Reiter, Cultural Resources Planner, author, all of whom meet or exceed the Secretary of the Interior's Professional Qualification Standards for Historic Architecture, Architectural History, or History. PAGE & TURNBULL February 9, 2022 Packet Pg. 543 Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package PROPERTIES CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION OR THE SITE OF AN APPROVED PROPOSED PROJECT Properties proposed for designation under Palo Alto Criterion 3: • Criterion 3 (The structure or site is an example of a type of building which was once common, but is now rare) 1082 College Avenue Page & Turnbull 170 MAIDENLANE,5TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO,CALIFORN Packet Pg. 544 PAGE &TURNBULL 1082 COLLEGE AVENUE APN: 137-03-036 1997-2001 SURVEY UPDATE SUMMARY Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package &T Identified National Register Criteria of Significance: Criterion A (Events) Identified Period of Significance: 1906-1925 Summary of Significance: 1082 College Avenue was found significant under Criterion A for its association with a significant period of growth in the former town of Mayfield. 2023 RECONNAISSANCE SURVEY SUMMARY Alterations Since 2001: Large addition currently under construction. Status in 2023: The proposed project was found substantially compliant with the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation. Therefore, the building will retain its historic integrity. Recommended Revisions to Significance: The period of significance is revised to 1906, the year of the building's construction. The significance statement is revised to focus on the architectural significance of the building as early residence in the former town of Mayfield. Figure 1: 1997-2001 Survey Update photograph. Figure 2: 2023 Reconnaissance Survey photograph. RECOMMENDATION FOR LISTING IN THE PALO ALTO HISTORIC INVENTORY Palo Alto Historic Inventory Criteria for Designation: Criterion 3 (The structure or site is an example of a type of building which was once common, but is now rare) Statement of Significance: 1082 College Avenue is significant as an early example of a residential building located within the former town of Mayfield with a vernacular design with elements of vernacular farmhouse design. Period of Significance: 1906 Palo Alto Historic Inventory Category: Category 3 Imagining change in historic environments through design, research, and technology 170 MAIDEN LANE, 5TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94108 TEL 415 3 JL-✓ Packet Pg. 545 State of California — The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION Primary # HRI # PRIMARY RECORD Trinomial Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package NRHP Status Code 3$ Other Listings Review Code Reviewer Date Page 1 of 5 *Resource Name or #: (Assigned by recorder) 1080 College Ave P1. Other Identifier: 1080 College Ave P2. Location: 0 Not for Publication s Unrestricted *a: County Santa Clara and (P2c,P2e, and P2b or P2d. Attach Location Map as necessary.) *b. USGS 7.5' Quad Palo Alto, CA Date 1991 T • R • Y. of '1 of Sec B.M. c. Address 1080 College Ave City Palo Alto Zip 94306 d. UTM: (Give more than one for large and/or linear resources) Zone _ mE/ mN *e. Other Locational Data: (e.g., parcel #, directions to resource, elevation, etc., as appropriate) APN 137 03 036 *P3a. Description: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries) The following description addresses the building in terms of its structure, plan, and appearance. The structure and plan are described using three sources of information (1949 Assessment Record prepared by the Tax Assessor, Sanborn maps, and current survey information — photographs, Field Notes form, and site visits from 1998 and 1999). The description of the structure and plan is presented for two phases in the building's history. The building is presented as it was built, or as it was at the earliest time warranted by the information available. Secorid the building is presented as it has changed, up to the present (1999). This house at 1080 College is a stud -frame structure which in 1949 had a concrete wall foundation. The frame is clad on the exterior in three -lap siding with shingles in the gables. As built, the house was covered by a high gable roof with a large cross - gabled wall dormer. An addition on the northeast side has a low hip roof. Inside, there are pine floors and plaster walls. In 1949, there was a gas floor furnace. Fenestration includes casement windows. See continuation sheet *P3b Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) HP2 Single family property *P4. Resources Present: a Building ❑ Structure 0 Object ❑ Site 0 District ❑ Element of District ❑ Other (isolates, etc.) P5b. Description of Photo: (View, date, accession #) 1080 College Ave; view northwest; 09121199; by B. Vahev; roll BRV-86, neq #14 *P6. Date Constructed/Age and Source: s Historic ❑ Prehistoric 0 Both 1906; Metroscan *P7. Owner and Address: Bruce & Frances Perry 826 Richardson Ct Palo Alto CA 94303 P8. Recorded by: (Name, affiliation, and address) Michael Corbett. Dames & Moore 221 Main Street, Suite 600 San Francisco, CA 94105 "P9. Date Recorded: December 15, 1999 P10. Survey Type: (Describe) Intensive P11. Report Citation*: (Cite survey report and other sources, or enter "none".) Palo Alto Historic Survey Update (Corbett and Bradley for Dames & Moore. 2000) *Attachments: ❑ NONE s Location Map 0 Sketch Map s Continuation Sheet a Riiildinrg, Structure and Ohi nt Record 0 Archaeological Record 0 District Record ❑ Linear Feature Record 0 Millir 0 Artifact Record 0 Photograph Record 0 Other (List) DPR 523A (1195)/ COLL1080.F1 Packet Pg. 546 d *Required information. State of California — The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION CONTINUATION SHEET Primary # HRI/Trinomial Page 2 of 5 Resource Identifier: 1080 College Ave Recorded by Michael Corbett *Date December 15, 1999 0 Continuation o Update Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package Description (continued) In plan, this house was built as a rectangular one and one-half story structure with the roof overhanging a small square corner porch. Between 1908 and 1924, an addition along the northeast side created a square ground floor. In 1949, the Tax Assessor identified a living room, dining room, bedroom, bath, and kitchen on the ground floor. Upstairs there appear to have been two bedrooms, a bath, and a kitchen (the notation on the Tax Assessor's card was unclear). The arrangement of the rooms is not known. In appearance, this house has attributes of a Craftsman Bungalow including casement windows, shingled dormers, overhanging eaves with exposed rafters, and a square porch post. These embellishments establish a strong presence for this small, inexpensive building. The pre -1924 addition is clad in the same siding as the original but looks like an addition. Packet Pg. 547 DPR 523L (1/95) COLL1080.F1 *Required Information Item 2 State of California — The Resources Agency Primary # Attachment A - January DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # 11, 2024 Nomination BUILDING, STRUCTURE, AND OBJECT RECORD ` Package Page 3 of 5 *NRHP Status Code 3S *Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder) 1080 College Ave B1. Historic Name: B2. Common Name: B3. Original Use: B4. Present Use: Single family property *B5. Architectural Style: Craftsman Bungalow *B6. Construction History: (Construction date, alterations, and date of alterations) 1906: Built (Metroscan) ca. 1908-1924: Extension *B7. Moved? ® No ❑ Yes ❑ Unknown Date: Original Location: *B8. Related Features: B9a. Architect: b. Builder: unknown *B10. Significance: Theme Mayfield development Area Palo Alto Period of Significance 1906-1925 Property Type Residential Applicable Criteria A (Discuss importance in terms of historical or architectural context as defined by theme, period, and geographic scope. Also address integrity.) History Site: The Sanborn map of 1908 shows the house now numbered 1080 College to have been one of three dwellings and two sheds built on what was at the time a single property composed of five 25 by 115 foot lots of Block No. 27 (nos. 1 to 5) in College Terrace. The 1924 Sanborn map shows that by that time one of those parcels (no. 5) had been sold off. The other houses and sheds had been demolished and a new house had been built behind this house on Oberlin Street. The situation remained the same at the time of the Sanborn map of 1949. Since then two more of the 25 by 115 foot parcels have been sold off and developed, leaving 1080 College on a 50 by 115 foot lot at the north corner of College and Oberlin. Structure: The Santa Clara MetroScan dates the house at 1080 College to 1906, and it is on the 1908 Sanborn map of Mayfield. No reference has been found in contemporary newspapers or directories that would give the name of the original owner or builder. There is nothing about the house to indicate the involvement of an architect. The footprint on the 1908 Sanborn is rectangular while on the 1924 Sanborn it is square. There was no further change at the time of the 1945 Sanborn. It can be deduced, however, that the single story extension at the side of the house was added to the original one and a half story structure at some time between 1908 and 1924. The Assessor's records have no evidence of other significant alteration, but it was changed from a single family residence into a duplex about 1945. See continuation sheet B11. Additional Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) *B12. References: See continuation sheet. B13. Remarks: *B14. Evaluator: Michael Corbett Date of Evaluation: December 15, 1999 (This space reserved for official comments) (Sketch map with north arrow required) DPR 523B 11!95) COLL108D.F1 Packet Pg. 548 *Required Information State of California — The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION CONTINUATION SHEET Primary # HRI/Trinomial Page 4 of 5 Resource Identifier: 1080 College Ave Recorded by Michael Corbett/Steve Hardy {history) *Date December 15, 1999 ® Continuation ❑ Update Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package History (continued) Use: According to the record in the Palo Alto City Directory, 1080 was a single family residence where working men (e.g., hod carrier, gardener, well borer, electrician, shipyard worker) and their families lived. In about 1945, the house was divided into a duplex and after that change the occupants were identified in the directories as an artist, students, research assistants, instructors and teachers. Evaluation This small house at 1080 College appears eligible for the NRHP under criterion A at the local level of significance for the period 1906-1925. It represents an important period of growth and development in Mayfield following incorporation and the subsequent control of liquor sales. Since it was built about 1908, this house has been inexpensive rental housing — first for one household and after 1945 for two households. This building might also have significance in other areas, such as small cottages and cheap housing in College Terrace, that future research may reveal. Census information from 1910-1920 may also contribute useful information. References California Office of Historic Preservation. Instructions for Nominating Historical Resources to the California Register of Historic Resources. Sacramento, CA. August 1997. Palo Alto City Directory. 1917/18-1957. Palo Alto Historic Survey Update. Property File. Palo Alto Times. 31 January 1902, 11 December 1944, 4 October 1949, 6 November 1951, 26 February 1955, 21 August 1968, 11 November 1974. Peninsula Times Tribune. 15 January 1980. Sanborn Map Company. Insurance Map of Mayfield. New York: 1908. Sanborn Map Company. Insurance Maps of Palo Alto. New York: 1924; revisions to 1945. Santa Clara County. Tax Assessor. Assessment Record. 1949. United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service. National Register Bulletin 15: How to Apply the National f?egister Criteria for Evaluation. Winslow, Ward and the Palo Alto Historical Association. Palo Alto: A Centennial History. Palo Alto: Palo Alto Historical Association, 1993. Packet Pg. 549 DPR 523L (1/95) COLL1080.F1 *Required Information State of California — The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION LOCATION MAP Primary # HRI# Trinomial Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package Page 5 of 5 "Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder) 1080 Co leas Ave 'Map Name: Pala Alto Plannipo Dent. GIS 'Scale: 1" :80' 137-3-55 137-3-43 +�' Q / 137.3-56 137-3-65 DPR 523J (1/95) 1080-1082 College Ave 137-03-036 *Date of Map: 1999 Th document is a graphic roporantation only or beat watt* source. TM CAy d Palo Alb aeon no nspn,sbiliy for any anon. . 137-3-92 137-4-71 *Required Information Packet Pg. 550 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J PROPERTIES CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION OR THE SITE OF AN APPROVED PROPOSED PROJECT Properties proposed for designation under Palo Alto Criterion 2: • Criterion 2 (The structure or site is particularly representative of an architectural style or way of life important to the city, state or nation) Address Criterion Category 759 Homer Avenue 2 3 Page & Turnbull 170 MAIDENLANE,5TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO,CALIFORN11 Packet Pg. 551 PAGE &TURNBULL 759 HOMER AVENUE APN: 003-32-033 HISTORIC RESOURCE EVALUATION Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination &TPackage Date of Evaluation: December 2020 Identified California Register Criteria of Significance: Criterion 3 (Architecture) Identified Period of Significance: 1929 Summary of Significance: 759 Homer Avenue was found significant as an excellent example of a Tudor Revival style residence constructed for a middle-class family within the Crescent Park neighborhood. 2023 RECONNAISSANCE SURVEY SUMMARY Alterations Since HRE: No alterations identified; however, a proposed project for a second -story addition has been approved for construction. The project has been found to be substantially compliant with the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation. Status in 2023: Extant, retains historic integrity. Recommended Revisions to Significance: None. Figure 1: 2020 Historic Resource Evaluation photograph. Figure 2: 2023 Reconnaissance Survey photograph. RECOMMENDATION FOR LISTING IN THE PALO ALTO HISTORIC INVENTORY Palo Alto Historic Inventory Criteria for Designation: Criterion 2 (The structure or site is particularly representative of an architectural style or way of life important to the city, state or nation) Statement of Significance: 759 Homer Avenue is significant as an excellent example of a Tudor Revival style residence constructed for a middle-class family within the Crescent Park neighborhood. Period of Significance: 1929 Imagining change in historic environments through design, research, and technology 170 MAIDEN LANE, 5TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94108 TEL 415 3 JL-✓ Packet Pg. 552 Palo Alto Historic Inventory Designation Page 2 of 2 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Package J Palo Alto Historic Inventory Category: Category 3* *Note, Due to the changes proposed by the approved project at this site, the subject property is best suited to Category 3 as a good local example of an architectural style relating to the character of a neighborhood grouping in scale, materials, proportion, or other factors PAGE & TURNBULL 170 MAIDEN LANE, 5TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFOR Packet Pg. 553 PAGE&TURNBULL 759 AND 763 HOMER AVENUE HISTORIC RESOURCE EVALUATION PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA [16252A.49] PREPAREDFOR CITYOF PALO ALTO DECEMBER8, 2020 DRAFT Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Historic Resource Evaluation - Draft Project Number 16252A.49 TABLE OF CONTENTS Package jenue Palo Alto, CA I. INTRODUCTION Methodology 2 Summary of Findings 3 II. EXISTING HISTORIC STATUS 4 National Register of Historic Places 4 California Register of Historical Resources 4 California Historical Resource Status Codes 4 Palo Alto Historic Inventory 5 Palo Alto Historic Survey Update 5 III. ARCHITECTURALDESCRIPTION 7 Main Residence (759 Homer Avenue) 7 Rear Cottage (763 Homer Avenue) 11 Garage Building 13 Garden Shed 14 Surrounding Neighborhood 15 1 IV. HISTORIC CONTEXT 16 Palo Alto History 16 Crescent Park Neighborhood 18 Tudor Revival Style 20 Architect/Designer attribution 21 Early Palo Alto Housing: Square Cottages and Bungalows 22 V. SITE HISTORY Site Development 25 Construction Chronology 25 Ownership and Occupant History 28 25 VI. EVALUATION 32 California Register of Historical Resources 32 Integrity 35 Character -Defining Features 38 VII. CONCLUSION 39 VIII. REFERENCES 40 Packet Pg. 555 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Historic Resource Evaluation — Draft Project Number 16252A.49 I. INTRODUCTION Package jenue Palo Alto, CA This Historic Resource Evaluation (HRE)has been prepared at the request of the City of Palo Alto for the property at 759-763 Homer Avenue (APN 003-32-033). The subject property is located on a 7,500 -square -foot parcel along the north side of Homer Avenue between Guinda Street and Middlefield Road in the Crescent Park neighborhood of Palo Alto (Figure 1).l This area is zoned as residential single-family (R-1). The property includes four freestanding buildings —a main residence at the front of the parcel (addressed as 759 Homer Avenue), a rear cottage (addressed as 763 Homer Avenue), a two -car garage building, and a freestanding garden shed at the northwest corner of the property —which were built in the 1920s for owner -occupant and carpenter Carl S. Swanson and his wife Augusta Swanson (Figure 2). I3fi Figure 1: City of Palo Alto parcel map. Subject property at 759-763 Homer Avenue indicated by blue outline. Note that buildings are incorrectly numbered, and the garden shed is not present on the parcel map. Source: City of Palo Alto, Online Parcel Reports, 2020. 1 The subject block is oriented northwest of true north, but for the purposes of this report northwest will be referred to as north, and so on. Therefore, the primary facade of 759 Homer Avenue will be referred to as the south facade, etc. PAGE & TURNBULL 1 Packet Pg. 556 2020 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Historic Resource Evaluation — Draft Project Number 16252A.49 Figure 2. Bird's-eye view of the property at 759-763 Homer Avenue, indicated by red dashed outline. Source: Google Maps, 2020. METHODOLOGY Package jenue Palo Alto, CA This report follows a standard outline used for Historic Resource Evaluation reports, and provides a summary of the current historic status, a building description for all four structures located on the property, and a historic context for the development of the subject property. The report includes an evaluation of the property's individual eligibility for listing in the California Register of Historical Resources (California Register). Page & Turnbull prepared this report using research collected at various local repositories, including the Palo Alto Development Services and the Palo Alto Historical Association (PAHA),as well as online sources including Palo Alto Stanford (PAST)Heritage, Ancestry.com, and Newspapers.com. Key primary sources consulted and cited in this report include Palo Alto building permit applications, city and county directories, and historical newspapers. Allphotographs in this report were taken by Page & Turnbull during a site visit in October 2020, unless otherwise noted. PAGE &TURNBULL 2 Packet Pg. 557 2020 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Historic Resource Evaluation — Draft Project Number 16252A.49 SUMMARY OF FINDINGS Package jenue Palo Alto, CA This Historic Resource Evaluation finds that the main residence at 759 Homer Avenue appears to be eligible for the California Register under Criterion 3 (Architecture) as an excellent example of a Tudor Revival style residence erected in 1929 for a middle-class family in the Crescent Park neighborhood of Palo Alto. While the rear cottage at 763 Homer Avenue is a good example of cottage or bungalow construction, it does not rise to a level of significance such that it would be individually eligible for the California Register. Therefore, the other three buildings on the subject property —the rear cottage at 763 Homer Avenue, the freestanding garage building, and the garden shed —do not appear to be eligible for the California Register. PAGE &TURNBULL 3 Packet Pg. 558 2020 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Historic Resource Evaluation — Draft Project Number 16252A.49 II. EXISTING HISTORIC STATUS Package jenue Palo Alto, CA The following section examines the national, state, and local historic status currently assigned to 759 and 763 Homer Avenue. NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES The National Register of Historic Places (National Register) is the nation's most comprehensive inventory of historic resources. The National Register is administered by the National Park Service and includes buildings, structures, sites, objects, and districts that possess historic, architectural, engineering, archaeological, or cultural significance at the national, state, or local level. 759 and 763 Homer Avenue are not currently listed in the National Register. CALIFORNIA REGISTER OF HISTORICAL RESOURCES The California Register of Historical Resources (California Register) is an inventory of significant architectural, archaeological, and historical resources in the State of California. Resources can be listed in the California Register through a number of methods. State Historical Landmarks and National Register -listed properties are automatically listed in the California Register. Properties can also be nominated to the California Register by local governments, private organizations, or citizens. The evaluative criteria used by the California Register for determining eligibility are closely based on those developed by the National Park Service for the National Register of Historic Places. 759 and 763 Homer Avenue are not currently listed in the California Register. CALIFORNIA HISTORICAL RESOURCE STATUS CODES Properties listed or under review by the State of California Office of Historic Preservation are listed within the Built Environment Resource Directory (BERD)and are assigned a California Historical Resource Status Code (Status Code) of "1" to "7" to establish their historical significance in relation to the National Register of Historic Places (National Register) or California Register of Historical Resources (California Register).2 Properties with a Status Code of "1" or "2" are either eligible for listing in the California Register or the National Register, or are already listed in one or both of the registers. Properties assigned Status Codes of "3" or "4" appear to be eligible for listing in either register, but normally require more research to support this rating. Properties assigned a Status Code of "5" have typically been determined to be locally significant or to have contextual 2 California Office of Historic Preservation, Built Environment Resource Directory (BERD),Santa Clara County, updated March 2020. PAGE&TURNBULL 4 Packet Pg. 559 2020 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Historic Resource Evaluation — Draft Project Number 16252A.49 Package venue Palo Alto, CA importance. Properties with a Status Code of "6" are not eligible for listing in either register. Finally, a Status Code of "7" means that the resource has not been evaluated for the National Register or the California Register, or needs reevaluation. 759 and 763 Homer Avenue are not currently listed in the BERD database for Santa Clara County with a status code. The most recent update to the BERD database was in March 2020. PALO ALTO HISTORIC INVENTORY The City of Palo Alto's Historic Inventory lists noteworthy examples of the work of important individual designers and architectural eras and traditions as well as structures whose background is associated with important events in the history of the city, state, or nation. The inventory is organized under the following categories: Category 1: An "Exceptional Building" of pre-eminent national or state importance. These buildings are meritorious works of the best architects, outstanding examples of a specific architectural style, or illustrate stylistic development of architecture in the United States. These buildings have had either no exterior modifications or such minor ones that the overall appearance of the building is in its original character. Category 2: A "Major Building" of regional importance. These buildings are meritorious works of the best architects, outstanding examples of an architectural style, or illustrate stylistic development of architecture in the state or region. A major building may have some exterior modifications, but the original character is retained. Category 3 or 4: A "Contributing Building" which is a good local example of an architectural style and relates to the character of a neighborhood grouping in scale, materials, proportion or other factors. A contributing building may have had extensive or permanent changes made to the original design, such as inappropriate additions, extensive removal of architectural details, or wooden facades resurfaced in asbestos or stucco. 759 and 763 Homer Avenue are not currently listed in the City of Palo Alto Historic Inventory. PALO ALTO HISTORIC SURVEY UPDATE Between 1997 and 2000, a comprehensive update to the 1979 Historic Inventory was undertaken by historic preservation firm Dames & Moore.3 The goal of this update was to identify additional properties in Palo Alto that were eligible to the National Register. This effort began with a 3 Dames & Moore, Michael Corbett, and Denise Bradley. "Final Survey Report — Palo Alto Historic Survey Update: August 1997 - August 2000." Prepared for the City of Palo Alto Planning Division, February 2001. PAGE&TURNBULL 5 Packet Pg. 560 2020 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Historic Resource Evaluation — Draft Project Number 16252A.49 Package venue Palo Alto, CA reconnaissance survey of approximately 6,600 properties constructed prior to 1947. The reconnaissance survey produced two Study Priority lists. Approximately 600 properties were identified as Study Priority 1, indicating they appeared individually eligible for listing in the National Register under Criterion C (Architecture). Approximately 2,700 properties were identified as Study Priority 2, representing those properties that did not appear individually eligible to the National Register under Criterion C (including common local building types) but retained high integrity. 4 The reconnaissance survey was followed by an intensive -level survey of all Study Priority 1 and 2 properties. Historic research was conducted on the owners, architects/builders, and past uses of the Study Priority 1 properties. Research also informed the preparation of historic context statements on topics such as local property types, significant historical themes, and prolific architects and builders, in order to identify any potential significant associations of Study Priority 2 properties. In January 1999, Dames & Moore prepared an interim findings report that listed preliminary evaluations of the National Register and California Register eligibility of Study Priority 1 and 2 properties. 291 properties were found potentially eligible as individual resources to the National Register and California Register. 1,789 further properties were found potentially eligible to the California Register only. Because the survey focused on determining National Register eligibility, the project did not finalize the preliminary evaluations regarding potential California Register eligibility. 759 Homer Avenue is listed with the Palo Alto Historic Survey Update as a Study Priority 2 property and was deemed potentially eligible for the California Register for its architecture under Criterion 3. 763 Homer Avenue is not listed in the Palo Alto Historic Survey Update. 4Ibid., 2-5. PAGE &TURNBULL 6 Packet Pg. 561 2020 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Historic Resource Evaluation — Draft Project Number 16252A.49 III. ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION Package jenue Palo Alto, CA The subject parcel at 759-763 Homer Avenue contains four wood -frame buildings that include a main residence (759 Homer Avenue), a rear cottage (763 Homer Avenue), a two -car garage, and a small garden shed (Figure 3). The front garden is landscaped with grass, mature trees and plantings, and a curved brick path. A gravel driveway is located along the western property line. The rear of the parcel contains some plantings and trees but consists largely of a brick patio and gravel surface treatment. A paved walkway runs along the eastern property line between the main residence and the wood fence along the east property line. Figure 3: Site plan of 759-763 Homer Avenue. North is to the lower right. Source: Compass Real Estate, 2020. MAIN RESIDENCE (759 HOMER AVENUE) The main residence at 759 Homer Avenue is a one-story building designed in the Tudor Revival style with textured stucco cladding with wood moldings, frames, and cross -beam details, and features a compound roof form with a hipped roof and multiple gables (Figure 4). All gables and rooflines feature a molded trim cornice along shallow eaves, and all gables feature a cornice return. The roof is clad in composite shingles. The building is largely rectangular in plan, with a slightly offset primary facade which steps to the west and a rear addition that extends from the northeast corner of the building. Typical fenestration for the main residence consists of six -over -one double -hung wood sash windows with ogee lugs along all secondary facades. This window type will be referred to as a "typical window" in regard to the main residence. All additional window types at the main residence are also wood sash windows. Primary (South) Facade The primary facade is asymmetrical and features two gable ends. The west gable end projects forward from the facade and contains a large arrangement of fixed, casement, and transom PAGE &TURNBULL 7 Packet Pg. 562 2020 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Historic Resource Evaluation — Draft Project Number 16252A.49 Package jenue Palo Alto, CA windows within a decorative wood crossbeam design. Beneath the window arrangement are vertical half timbering and a wood window box on decorative wood brackets. Over the windows are a decorative band of four octagonally shaped designs under half timbering with vertical and curved elements. The gable roofline and cornice return are asymmetrical along the west gable. The east gable end contains a round arched louvered vent within its gable peak and is centered over the primary residential entrance door which is recessed within a round arch with a stepped molded surround. The entrance door is a wood round -arched door with a small round -arched window. Three brick steps lead to the entrance and a simple metal handrail is located at the west side of the entrance. Tiled house numbers and a metal wall -mounted lamp are located to the west of the entrance. Similar to the asymmetry of the west gable, the east gable ends at the roofline along its west end but extends lower along its east side. The far east end of the primary facade is recessed with both an east -facing wall with a six-lite casement window and a south -facing wall with an eight- lite fixed wood frame window. Figure 4: Primary facade of 759 Homer Avenue. Looking northwest. PAGE&TURNBULL 8 Packet Pg. 563 2020 Historic Resource Evaluation — Draft Project Number 16252A.49 Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package 1enue Palo Alto, CA West Facade The west facade of 759 Homer Avenue features a gable end that projects slightly from the main volume of the building at its south end (Figure 5). This gable end features a centrally placed stucco clad chimney with six-lite casement windows to either side. The remaining length of the south facade consists of the main volume of the building with a variety of window openings and a rear addition with a single typical window and a recessed porch that leads to a rear entrance (see rear facade, below) (Figure 6 and Figure 7). The openings along the main length of the south facade consist of a pair of fixed eight-lite wood sash windows with eight-lite casement windows on either side, two vertically stacked louvered vents, and two pairs of typical windows with a two-lite basement window beneath the northern -most pair of windows. All operable windows have screens. Figure 6: Main volume of main residence along west facade. looking southeast. Figure 7: West facade of rear addition of main residence. Looking east. Figure 5: South end of west facade of main residence. Looking southeast. Rear (North) Facade The rear facade of 759 Homer Avenue features an asymmetrical gable end at the rear addition and the gable roof of the main volume of the residence is visible beyond it; both gables have a louvered vent below their gable peaks (Figure 8). The north -facing wall within the recessed porch provides access to a partially glazed wood panel door and a screen door, and a four -over -one double -hung window (Figure 9). A two-lite basement window is located to the right of the concrete stairs to the rear entrance. PAGE & TURNBULL 9 Packet Pg. 564 2020 Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Historic Resource Evaluation — Draft Project Number 16252A.49 Figure 8: North facade of main residence. Looking south. Package ?enue Palo Alto, CA Figure 9: Oblique view of north - facing facade of main volume of 759 Homer Avenue. Looking southeast. East Facade The east facade of the main residence features a gable end at its south end containing a pair of typical windows and a louvered vent within its gable peak (Figure 10). The remaining length of the facade contains seven typical windows (Figure 11). Figure 11: Oblique view of east facade of main residence from rear of building, looking south. Figure 10: Oblique view of east facade of main residence. Looking north. Note: portion at left is included under description of primary facade. PAGE & TURNBULL 10 Packet Pg. 565 2020 Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Historic Resource Evaluation — Draft Project Number 16252A.49 REAR COTTAGE (763 HOMER AVENUE) Package jenue Palo Alto, CA The rear cottage (historically addressed as 763 Homer Avenue) is a one-story wood -frame building clad in painted v -groove siding, and features a low gable roof clad in composite shingles (Figure 12). Wide eaves have a wood paneled soffit, exposed rafter tails along the north and south facades, and an undecorated fascia panel along all sides. The building is rectangular in plan and features a projecting entrance porch at the center of its primary facade with a shed roof on decorative brackets and porch supports. Typical fenestration for the rear cottage consists of four -over -one asymmetrically divided double -hung sash with ogee lugs; these will be referred to as "typical windows" for the following building description. Most windows are covered with screens. Figure 12: Primary facade of rear cottage. Looking north. The primary facade of the rear cottage is symmetrical with two typical windows at either side of the central residential entrance and entrance porch. The primary entrance features a divided-lite fully glazed wood panel door and a screen door. The entrance porch has a concrete pad floor with a single concrete step and square post porch supports with a decorative cross beam supporting decorative brackets beneath the wood paneled roof (Figure 13). The west facade of the cottage is symmetrical, with two evenly spaced typical windows and a vertically louvered vent within the gable peak (Figure 14). PAGE&TURNBULL 11 Packet Pg. 566 2020 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Historic Resource Evaluation — Draft Project Number 16252A.49 Package jenue Palo Alto, CA Figure 13: Detail of porch along primary facade of Figure 14: Oblique view of rear cottage showing the rear cottage. Looking northeast. west facade of the cottage at left. Looking northeast. The rear (north) facade of the cottage has a number of openings grouped at the east end. From left to right these include a wood paneled rear door with a screened section, two louvered vents stacked vertically to the right of the rear door, and two small one -over -one wood sash double -hung windows with ogee lugs (Figure 15 and Figure 16). Wood steps lead to the rear door. Figure 15: Oblique view of rear cottage showing rear facade at left. Looking southeast. Figure 16: Detail of openings along east end of rear facade of rear cottage. Looking south. The east facade has a typical window at the south end and a pair of casement windows at the north end (Figure 17). A vertically louvered vent is located at the gable peak (Figure 18). PAGE &TURNBULL 12 Packet Pg. 567 2020 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Historic Resource Evaluation — Draft Project Number 16252A.49 Figure 18: Detail of gable end of east facade of rear cottage, looking west. Figure 17: Oblique view of east facade of rear cottage. Looking slightly southwest. GARAGE BUILDING Package venue Palo Alto, CA The two -car garage is located along the western property line and is aligned with the rear of the main residence. It consists of a wood frame building with painted horizontal v -groove siding and a gable roof clad in wood shakes. A replacement roll -up garage door fills the width of the south facade and a metal perforated vent is located under the gable peak (Figure 19). A single -leaf wood paneled door is located at the north end of the east facade (Figure 20). Figure 19: South (primary) facade of garage building. Looking north. Figure 20: East facade of garage building. Looking west. PAGE & TURNBULL 13 Packet Pg. 568 2020 Historic Resource Evaluation — Draft Project Number 16252A.49 Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package 1enue Palo Alto, CA Two six-lite fixed windows are evenly spaced along the north facade with a perforated vent under the gable peak (Figure 21). The west facade, which is adjacent to the western property line, has no openings (Figure 22). Figure 21: North facade of garage building. Looking south. Figure 22: Oblique view of west facade of garage near west property line. Looking south. GARDEN SHED The garden shed — located at the northwest corner of the property — is a wood frame building with painted vertical flush wood siding and a shallow gable roof with shallow eaves (Figure 23 and Figure 24). Openings consist of a single fixed window at the west end of the south facade and a pair of double -leaf doors at the east facade. The north and west facades are built close to the property line and do not have any additional openings. Figure 23: Obique view of garden shed showing south facade (left) and east facade (right). Looking northwest. Figure 24: East facade of rear garden shed. Looking west. PAGE &TURNBULL 14 Packet Pg. 569 2020 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Historic Resource Evaluation — Draft Project Number 16252A.49 SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD Package venue Palo Alto, CA The surrounding neighborhood is characterized by single-family residential buildings that are largely one to two stories and have a detached garage. Buildings in the neighborhood appear to date from the 1920s to the 2000s. The architecture of the older housing stock includes styles popular in the early decades of the twentieth century such as Spanish Colonial Revival, Craftsman, and Colonial Revival styles (Figure 26 and Figure 27). Some properties that were constructed in the late nineteenth century survive, including 760 Homer Avenue, which was constructed in 1894 in the Queen Anne style (Figure 25). Additionally, some Minimal Traditional style, Ranch style, and contemporary infill development has occurred since the neighborhood's primary period of development in the 1920s through the 1930s (Figure 28). All of the buildings are set back from the street behind front yards with lawns, trees, and shrubbery. lttkntltadi l lriitii98i. 11111 1 igure 25: 760 Homer Avenue. Looking south. Figure 26: 762 Homer Avenue. Looking southeast. Figure 27: 757 Homer Avenue. Looking northeast. Figure 28: 741 Homer Avenue. Looking northwest. PAGE & TURNBULL 15 Packet Pg. 570 2020 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Historic Resource Evaluation — Draft Project Number 16252A.49 IV. HISTORIC CONTEXT PALO ALTO HISTORY Package jenue Palo Alto, CA The earliest known settlement of the Palo Alto area was by the Ohlone people. The region was colonized in 1769 as part of Alta California. The Spanish and Mexican governments carved the area into large ranchos which contained portions of land that became Palo Alto including Rancho Corte Madera, Rancho Pastoria de las Borregas, Rancho Rincon de San Francisquito, and Rancho Riconada del Arroyo de San Francisquito.5 These land grants were honored in the cession of California to the United States, but parcels were subdivided and sold throughout the nineteenth century. The current city of Palo Alto contains the former township of Mayfield, which was located just southwest of Alma Street, and was established in 1855. Starting in 1876, the railroad magnate and California politician Leland Stanford began to purchase land in the area for his country estate, and in 1882 he purchased an additional 1,000 acres adjacent to Mayfield for his horse farm.6 Stanford's vast holdings became known as the Palo Alto Stock Farm. On March 9, 1885, Stanford University was founded on land of the Palo Alto Stock Farm through an endowment act by the California Assembly and Senate. Originally looking to connect Stanford University as a part of the already established town of Mayfield, Stanford asked residents of Mayfield to make the town a temperance town. Their refusal in 1886 caused Stanford to found the town of Palo Alto with aid from his friend, Timothy Hopkins of the Southern Pacific Railroad. Hopkins purchased and subdivided 740 acres of private land, that was known initially as University Park (or the Hopkins Tract) (Figure 29).' This land was bounded by the San Francisquito Creek to the north and the railroad tracks and Stanford University campus to the south. A new train stop was created along University Avenue and the new town flourished in its close connection with the university. University Park, under its new name of Palo Alto, was incorporated in 1894. In its early years, Palo Alto was a temperance town where no alcohol could be served. The residents were mostly middle and working class, with a pocket of University professors clustered in the neighborhood deemed Professorville. The development of a local streetcar in 1906, and the interurban railway to San Jose in 1910, facilitated access to jobs outside the city and to the 5 Ward Winslow and Palo Alto Historical Association, Palo Alto: ACentennial History (Palo Alto, CA: Palo Alto Historical Association, 1993), 12-17. 61bid, 35. 7 City of Palo Alto, Comprehensive Plan 2030 (adopted by City Council, November 13, 2017), 16, accessed November 10, 2020, https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/civicax/filebank/documents/62915. PAGE & TURNBULL 16 Packet Pg. 571 2020 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Historic Resource Evaluation — Draft Project Number 16252A.49 Package venue Palo Alto, CA University, encouraging more people to move to Palo Alto.8 In July 1925, Mayfield was officially annexed and consolidated into the city of Palo Alto.9 Figure 29: Detail of "Official Map of Santa Clara, California" by Herrmann Brothers, 1890. Note that University Park on this map is present day Palo Alto. Source: Library of Congress. Like the rest of the nation, Palo Alto suffered through the Great Depression in the 1930s and did not grow substantially. World War II brought an influx of military personnel and their families to the Peninsula; accordingly, Palo Alto saw rapid growth following the war as many families who had been stationed on the Peninsula by the military, or who worked in associated industries, chose to stay. Palo Alto's population more than doubled from 16,774 in 1940 to 52,287 in 1960.1° Palo Alto's city center greatly expanded in the late 1940s and 1950s, gathering parcels that would house new offices and light industrial uses and lead the city away from its "college town" reputation. Palo Alto annexed a vast area of mostly undeveloped land between 1959 and 1968. This area, west of the Foothill Expressway, has remained protected open space. Small annexations continued into the 1970s, contributing to the discontinuous footprint of the city today. Palo Alto remains closely tied to Stanford University; it is the largest employer in the city. The technology industry dominates 8 Dames & Moore, 1-4. 9 City of Palo Alto, Comprehensive Plan 2030, 16. i° "City of Palo Alto, Santa Clara County," Bay Area Census, accessed November 10, 2020, http://www.bayareacensus.ca.gov/cities/PaloAlto50.htm. PAGE & TURNBULL 17 Packet Pg. 572 2020 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Historic Resource Evaluation — Draft Project Number 16252A.49 Package jenue Palo Alto, CA other sectors of business, as is the case with most cities within Silicon Valley. Palo Alto consciously maintains its high proportion of open space to development and the suburban feeling and scale of its architecture." CRESCENT PARK NEIGHBORHOOD The Crescent Park neighborhood was originally part of the 2,230 -acre Rancho Rincon de San Francisquito. Ownership of the rancho was later divided and, in 1864, a parcel of 47.5 acres was purchased by physician and Palo Alto pioneer Dr. William Newell. Today, Crescent Park includes both portions of the original 1894 University Park, platted by Timothy Hopkins for Leland Stanford, as well as the later Crescent Park Subdivisions I, H, and III, which were platted and developed between the early 1920s and late 1940s (Figure 30). Due to the incorporation of both Palo Alto's early grid system and the preference for curvilinear streets popular in 1920s subdivisions, Crescent Park has a different character along its western and eastern halves. THEQ a OF fry I i ND 5TRNfDRD JR UNIVERSITY. Figure 30: Map of the original town of Palo Alto. Bosqui Engineering Company, 1890. Crescent Park neighborhood outlined in orange, arrow points to location of subject property. Source: Branner Earth Sciences Library and Map Collections, Stanford University. Edited by Page & Turnbull. " City of Palo Alto, Comprehensive Plan 2030, 11-20. PAGE &TURNBULL 18 Packet Pg. 573 2020 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Historic Resource Evaluation — Draft Project Number 16252A.49 As noted by historians Michael Corbett and Denise Bradley: Package jenue Palo Alto, CA [Crescent Park consisted off lots ranging in size from standard suburban lots to large "villa lots" and developed with single family houses, usually with detached garages. Houses were designed in a mix of styles, predominantly Spanish or Mediterranean Revival, Monterey Revival, Colonial Revival, and various period revival styles including Tudor and Norman. The most prolific designers were probably Joseph L. Stewart, a San Francisco architect, and Harry H. Dabinett, a Palo Alto builder. Most of the leading architects in Palo Alto were also represented, including Birge and David Clark, Leslie Nichols, Charles K. Sumner, and John K. Branner.12 From the 1910s to 1930s, zoning controls were at their height in Palo Alto and the Crescent Park neighborhood —and the contemporary Southgate neighborhood development —were seen as efforts by local leaders and the real estate industry to exclude minority groups from an elite neighborhood.13 At its eastern half, Crescent Park was modeled after the St. Francis Wood neighborhood in San Francisco, which had been designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr. and John Galen Howard.14 Curvilinear streets and the conscious arrangement of buildings on each lot contributed to the pristine aesthetic of the neighborhood. By June of 1924, the firm Place, Brewer & Clark, developer of Crescent Park, announced that the final paving program for the neighborhood was started, while water, sewer, and gas service mains were being laid. It was at this time that the rear cottage on the subject property was erected. By 1928, the firm of Hare, Brewer & Clark announced the subdivision of Crescent Park, Addition no. 1, a 31 -acre tract designed with automobile accessibility and villa site characteristics in mind. While larger houses are found at the "villa lots" along the curvilinear streets of the later Crescent Park subdivisions, the overall neighborhood of Crescent Park reflects the popularity of the early twentieth century revival styles in its architecture. Examples of the Spanish Colonial Revival style predominate, but the Tudor, Norman, Colonial, and Monterey Revival styles are also present throughout the neighborhood. Areas closer to Middlefield Road and downtown Palo Alto, which were the first areas of Crescent Park to develop, feature more examples of Victorian -era styles, such as the Queen Anne. This is visible in the variety of architectural styles along the subject block. The subject property was developed within the primary period of development of Crescent Park, first with the construction of the rear cottage (763 Homer Avenue) in 1924 as the neighborhood's 12 Dames & Moore, 4-7 and 4-8. 13 Ibid., 1-7. 14 Ibid. PAGE & TURNBULL 19 Packet Pg. 574 2020 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Historic Resource Evaluation — Draft Project Number 16252A.49 Package venue Palo Alto, CA infrastructure was installed, and then with the construction of the larger Tudor Revival style residence (759 Homer avenue) and detached garage in 1929 as the neighborhood became more fully developed. By the 1940s, the Crescent Park neighborhood was largely built out. TUDOR REVIVAL STYLE The Tudor Revival style first appeared in the United States in the 1880s, but it did not come into vogue until the twentieth century. The style initially developed as an expression of patriotism, elitism, and practicality.15 It served as a link with the colonial past of the United States. and provided Anglo-Americans a way to distinguish themselves from the contemporary waves of immigrants. "The half-timber houses of England...were conceived and wrought out by our own progenitors; they are our architectural heritage, our homesteads, and hold an important place in our building history," wrote architect and author Allen W. Jackson in 1912.16 In addition to its association with heritage, the style's costly materials and handcrafted details suggested the prosperity and aristocracy of medieval England. Finally, the asymmetrical designs of Tudor homes had a practical dimension. Rambling floor plans allowed for adaptation to uneven sites, garage additions, and the orientation of rooms to capture views. For consumers who wanted to flaunt American roots and wealth in large homes with modern amenities, the Tudor Revival style was a compelling choice. The Tudor Revival style appeared on some more modest houses from 1900 to 1920, but the style' s distinctive steeply pitched roofs, cross gables, tall narrow windows, large clustered chimney stacks, and decorative half-timbering were not widespread until after World War I.17 At that time, new masonry veneering techniques allowed the brick and stone exteriors of English prototypes to be imitated at a lower cost that made Tudor Revival style houses available to the mass market and second in popularity only to the Colonial Revival style in the growing middle-class suburbs.18 The 1920s was the heyday of the Tudor Revival style, as large-scale developers looked to provide the impression of permanence and prosperity. The Tudor Revival style infrequently appeared in the 1930s, as the Depression quashed architectural embellishments, but it was revived in modified form in the 1970s and 1980s. The main residence at 759 Homer Avenue demonstrates the Tudor Revival style as adapted to smaller middle-class homes in the 1920s. Its asymmetrically massed primary facade with multiple front gables and general cross -gable plan demonstrates several decorative elements that define the Tudor Revival style, including its decorative half timbering, its round -arched residential entrance within a gable peak, its large arrangement of multi-lite windows, and its stucco cladding with wood 15 Lee Goff, Tudor Style: Tudor Revival Houses in American from 1890 to the Present (New York: Universe Publishing, 2002), 10-11. 18 Mid, 26. 17 Virginia Savage McAlester, AField Guide to American Houses (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2013), 455. 18 Ibid. PAGE & TURNBULL 20 Packet Pg. 575 2020 Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Historic Resource Evaluation — Draft Project Number 16252A.49 Package venue Palo Alto, CA details including a simple molded cornice. The subject building is largely undecorated along its secondary facades, which demonstrates an economical approach to the building's design. The main residence at 759 Homer Avenue is an example of the Tudor Revival style as adapted to middle-class residences of the 1920s, and while lacking the stylistic profusion of high -style examples, shows the ability to effectively adapt the Tudor Revival style to a more modest scale. ARCHITECT/DESIGNER ATTRIBUTION At this time, no architect has been credited with the design of 759 Homer Avenue. Additional study of the Palo Alto Times around the building's period of construction may allow for an attribution to be discovered.19 The connection between owner -occupant Carl Swanson and local San Francisco Bay Area architect Charles Kaiser Sumner (see Brief Owner and Occupant Biographies, which follows), suggests a possible connection between Sumner and this building. However, as no records survive from Sumner's architectural office, his involvement in the design of 759 Homer Avenue, and even the nature of the professional relationship between Sumner and Swanson, cannot be substantiated. The interior of the residence does show a number of features that are often found in Sumner - designed buildings, including the use of a decorative encaustic tile on the fireplace, the inclusion of a large number of built-in features, and the presence of wrought -iron decorative features.2° While the presence of these elements could assist in an attribution to Sumner, the features could also have been additions by Carl Swanson if he worked in Sumner's office, became familiar with these design touches, and chose to incorporate them into his home. Figure 31: 530 East Crescent Drive, designed by Charles K. Sumner in 1926. Source: Palo Alto Stanford Heritage. Figure 32: 548 East Crescent Drive, designed by Charles K. Sumner in 1928. Source: Palo Alto Stanford Heritage. 19 Past editions of the Palo Alto Times are held at Palo Alto's Rinconada Library which remains closed to researchers due to the ongoing response to the spread of Covid-19 in 2020. 20 "Charles Sumner, Architect," Palo Alto Stanford Heritage, 2007, https://www.pastheritage.org/Sumner.html PAGE & TURNBULL 21 Packet Pg. 576 2020 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Historic Resource Evaluation — Draft Project Number 16252A.49 Package jenue Palo Alto, CA While the connection between Carl Swanson and Charles K. Sumner will remain unknown unless additional research sources are discovered, it is worth noting that Sumner was known to have built other residences in the Crescent Park neighborhood, and at least three surviving houses along East Crescent Drive were designed in the Tudor Revival style in the 1920s. These buildings -530 East Crescent Drive (built 1926), 541 East Crescent Drive (1928), and 548 East Crescent Drive (1928) —are contemporary to the subject building. Although they were constructed for an upper middle-class clientele and are of a larger size, they demonstrate the presence of examples of the Tudor Revival in the area and are examples of Sumner's familiarity with the Tudor Revival style (Figure 31 and Figure 32).21 EARLY PALO ALTO HOUSING: SQUARE COTTAGES AND BUNGALOWS The rear cottage at 763 Homer Avenue was constructed as economical residential housing for the Swanson family, and the following discussion relates to patterns of early residential housing in Palo Alto. The square cottage and bungalow are related vernacular building types that were identified in the 1997-2000 update to the Palo Alto Historical Survey, completed by Dames & Moore. According to the results of the survey, the square cottage and the bungalow were among the predominant forms of detached residences that housed middle- and working-class people during the early development of Palo Alto, ca. 1890-1910.22 These buildings are often one-story, with wood -frame construction, simple roof forms, and rectilinear floor plans with projecting wings and additions. Bay windows, dormers, and porches are often integrated into the primary facades, with some stylistic detailing and minimal ornamentation along the porch supports and eaves. The designs for these modest buildings were not usually the product of professional architects; rather, local builders constructed traditional residences and modified various architectural features to personalize each building. The buildings are often clad in standard wood clapboard, drop board, or shingle siding. The Dames and Moore survey identifies the "square cottage" as one of the most common typologies found in Palo Alto, and lists a series of residences throughout the city that match its characteristics. While somewhat varied in their plans and architectural features, they typically have hipped roofs and are one- or one -and -one-half stories tall. The main entrance is often centered on the primary facade, and at times is located within a recessed porch with balustrade and columns. This facade also often features an angled bay and/or a projecting volume with its own front -gabled roof; a variation also referred to as a Queen Anne style cottage (Figure 33 and Figure 34). Hipped dormer windows are sometimes found at the front hip of the main roof. Ornamentation and decorative 21 Ibid. 22 Dames & Moore, 5-3 to 5-4. PAGE & TURNBULL 22 Packet Pg. 577 2020 Historic Resource Evaluation — Draft Project Number 16252A.49 Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package 1enue Palo Alto, CA features added to these buildings were usually inspired by the popular architectural styles of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, including Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, and Craftsman. These features, however, were often modest and contributed to the overall vernacular composition of the cottage. Figure 33: Square cottage with classical and Queen Anne details, at 518 Byron Street, Palo Alto. Source: Google Maps. Figure 34: Square cottage with Queen Anne details, at 817 Kipling Street, Palo Alto. Source: Google Maps. Bungalows comprise another vernacular house type in Palo Alto that is similar in scale and form to the square cottage, but represent a development in architectural style beyond the Victorian -era features that were more common to the "square cottage." While bungalows drew influence from precedents in British colonial Bengal (the building type's namesake), they ultimately proliferated in early -twentieth-century California and became associated with suburban development in the state.23 As described in the Dames and Moore survey: Bungalows are usually described as low, one-story structures with informal floor plans, imagery and materials associated with simplicity and nature, and porches that made outdoor living possible. Much that has been written about bungalows has been about large houses for wealthy clients. Architects like Greene and Greene designed expensive bungalows whose details conveyed a high degree of craftsmanship and a high value placed on the labor of craftsmen in wood, stone, brick, and tile. In contrast to these very expensive homes, most bungalows in Palo Alto were inexpensive houses built for middle class clients. [...]Unlike the high -end houses of Greene & Greene, most bungalows are simpler and cheaper to build than late 1 9th century houses for comparable clients. A low gabled bungalow roof, even with a dormer, requires a less skilled carpenter than a "Queen Anne cottage" with an irregular roof plan.24 23 Robert Winter, The California Bungalow, (Santa Monica, California: Hennessey + Ingalls, 1980), 19. 24 Dames & Moore, 6-13 to 6-14. PAGE & TURNBULL 23 Packet Pg. 578 2020 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Historic Resource Evaluation — Draft Project Number 16252A.49 Package jenue Palo Alto, CA Bungalow designs were published and circulated widely in pattern books, known as "Bungalow books," allowing builders to purchase plans, and in some cases entire kits of the appropriate materials, that allowed them to construct the homes with minimal help. Geographer Richard Walker has thus called the California bungalow "Nile purest embodiment of the democracy of shelter."25 One of the earliest and most influential bungalow books, Fred T. Hodgson's Practical Bungalows and Cottages, was published in 1906 and contained over one hundred bungalow designs that suited a range of tastes and means. 26 In their book American Vernacular Buildings and Interiors, 1870-1960, Herbert Gottfried and Jan Jennings describe the more modest bungalows as belonging to the "classical bungalow" type. As Gottfried and Jennings note, classical bungalows were constructed across the United States and were characterized by wood frame construction, hipped roofs, generally low scale, and the absence of Victorian ornament. As opposed to the angled bays and scrolled features like brackets seen on Palo Alto's square cottages, for instance, bungalows frequently had boxed bays and exposed rafter tails underneath their broad eaves. The hipped roofs could be more steeply pitched in northern areas in order to shed snow but were lower pitched in warmer climates such as in Southern California. Very often, the front facade featured a porch that was contained within the main roof form of the residence. Full -width porches featured evenly spaced rows of Tuscan columns to support the front eave; a variation included a recessed, or "cutaway," porch that filled half of the front facade. The main entrance to the house was frequently positioned at the center of the front facade, aligned with a hipped dormer centered on the roof slope.27 The rear cottage (763 Homer Avenue) was developed as one of the "classical bungalows" erected as modest and affordable housing, as discussed by Gottfried and Jennings. The building features a rectilinear plan, low pitched gable roof, centrally placed primary entrance, and minimal decorative flourishes, all signaling the building's purpose in providing inexpensive and likely immediate housing that may have even been largely constructed by owner Carl Swanson, as he was a carpenter by trade. 763 Homer Avenue does not demonstrate any of the features of the "square cottages" as described by Dames & Moore and lacks the more decorative Victorian -era features that are commonly found on the square cottage typology. Additionally, 763 Homer Avenue was not erected until 1924, which is outside the period of significance associated with the square cottage type which dates from circa 1890-1910. As a classical bungalow, the building is a good example of many features of the type and remains largely unaltered since its original construction. 25 Richard Walker. "Landscape and City Life: Four Ecologies of Residence in the San Francisco Bay Area." Ecumene 2, no. 1 (1995): 33-64. Accessed December 1, 2020. http://www,jstor.org/stable/44251744. 26 Fred T. Hodgson, Practical Bungalows and Cottages for Town and Country (Chicago: Frederick J. Drake & Company, 1906), 4. 22 Herbert Gottfried and Jan Jennings, American Vernacular Buildings and Interiors, 1870-1960 (New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2009), 193-196. PAGE & TURNBULL 24 Packet Pg. 579 2020 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Historic Resource Evaluation — Draft Project Number 16252A.49 V. SITE HISTORY SITE DEVELOPMENT Package jenue Palo Alto, CA Prior to the erection of the rear cottage at 763 Homer Avenue, the property was undeveloped. A 1908 Sanborn Map Company map shows that the surrounding blocks were only partially developed, and only three residences and two stable buildings had been constructed on the subject block (Figure 35). Many of the existing residences shown on the 1908 Sanborn Map Company map had a stable building located at the rear of their property (stables are marked with an "X"),It was not until the 1920s that the surrounding blocks began to develop more quickly. dP� d0 61 ROAD Cadnv 1308� PALO ALTO CAL 1 1 7 EO Q , 3 uJ O Figure 35: Sanborn Map Company map \ GUINDA E ,, /1 I .78 a '.•v°w Pte/' o ° a v b . x_L - �I • Sins oy Net. w m of Palo Alto, 1908. Page 3. The future location • u MIDDLEFIELD •, of the subject property is outlined in red. Source: San Francisco Public Library. Edited by Page & Turnbull. CONSTRUCTION CHRONOLOGY By the time a 1924 Sanborn Map Company map was published in 1924, the rear cottage had been built (Figure 36). Although the rear cottage subsequently was addressed as 763 Homer Avenue, prior to the erection of the existing main residence on the subject property, the rear cottage was known as 759 Homer Avenue. Records on file at the Palo Alto Historical Association (PAHA)include the Building Permit Index which contains records of early permit information (pre -1950) transcribed by researchers from past editions of the Palo Alto Times. In regard to this property, PAHA'sBuilding PAGE & TURNBULL 25 Packet Pg. 580 2020 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Historic Resource Evaluation — Draft Project Number 16252A.49 Package Permit Index collection lists an October 1924 permit for 759 Homer Avenue by owner Carl Swanson.28 i tY[ et- L �� ._ - 1 Pi: , 7 , ti ) t . a US z, i if _co f2 E1 venue Palo Alto, CA ee; e i .:C3 .Wx! jAr,P 8% 3 MIDDLEFIELD Figure 36: Sanborn Map Company map of Palo Alto, December 1924. Page 32. The subject property is outlined in dashed red line. Source: San Francisco Public Library. Edited by Page & Turnbull. The main residence and the garage building on the site were completed in 1929, according to the City of Palo Alto Assessment Record.29 This is supported by both Palo Alto City Directory listings from the late 1920s which list only one address at this property, and the 1930 United States Census which lists both 759 and 763 Homer Avenue for the first time.30 Available records in PAHA'sBuilding Permit Index also list Carl Swanson as the owner and builder of a building at 755 Homer Avenue in December 1928.31 This is likely the record for the construction of the main residence at 759 Homer Avenue, as Swanson is not known to have owned the adjacent property to the west at 755-757 Homer Avenue, and the address was likely transcribed in error. 28 Building Permit Index, "759 Homer Avenue," Palo Alto Historical Association. References the Palo Alto Times (October 18, 1924). 29 "City of Palo Alto Assessment Record: 759 Homer Avenue," on file at Palo Alto Development Services. 30 1930 United States Census. Accessed via Ancestry.com 31 Building Permit Index, "755 Homer Avenue," Palo Alto Historical Association. References the Palo Alto Times (December 12, 1928). PAGE & TURNBULL 26 Packet Pg. 581 2020 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Historic Resource Evaluation — Draft Project Number 16252A.49 Package jenue Palo Alto, CA The subject property presents a somewhat atypical development pattern for the neighborhood as the rear cottage was built first in 1924, and then five years later — likely after amassing some savings for a larger home — the Swansons erected the main residence. Most Crescent Park residents appear to have been able to afford a simpler construction process where their residence was constructed on an undeveloped lot and completed prior to their relocation to the property. While the construction of an initial rear cottage is a significant development pattern in other areas of Palo Alto, the Crescent Park neighborhood was developed more in line with suburban development patterns, and few nearby properties show a similar development trend to the subject property. The subject property is visible in a 1941 aerial photograph by Fairchild Aerial Surveys, and appears much as it does today with all four structures on the site, including the first visual confirmation that the garden shed at the northwest corner of the property was present on the site (Figure 37). Figure 37: Aerial photograph of the subject property in April 1941. Fairchild Aerial Surveys, Flight c-7065, Frame 42. Dashed red line shows approximate parcel boundary. Source: University of California Santa Barbara FrameFinder. Edited by Page & Turnbull. Table 1, includes known construction and alteration activities undertaken at the subject property and includes permits on file at Palo Alto Development Services and material from PAHA'sBuilding Permit Index. PAGE & TURNBULL 27 Packet Pg. 582 2020 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Historic Resource Evaluation — Draft Project Number 16252A.49 Package venue Palo Alto, CA Table 1. Permit History for Subject Property Building Permit # Date Owner Architect / Contractor Description Rear Cottage (No. 763) 1924 Carl Swanson Construction of rear cottage32 Main Residence (No. 759) and garage 1929 Carl Swanson Carl Swanson Construction of residence33 N/A 1963 Carl Swanson Abate unsafe condition of an abandoned foundation and excavation. Resolved 1966. Main residence (No. 759) B84-482 5/15/1984 John "Jack" F. Ernes Jr. and Linnea Ernes Robert D. Corbett Add bathroom addition at rear Main Residence (No. 759) 08-2556 10/6/2008 John Graves Stevenson's Roofing Co. Remove existing composite roofing to sheathing, install composite shingles. The only known alterations to the subject property included in the permit record on file with Palo Alto Development Services consist of the construction of the rear bathroom addition in 1984 and reroofing of the main residence in 2008. The rear bathroom addition, completed for Jack and Linnea Ernes (the son-in-law and daughter of the Swansons), expanded the width of the rear wing of the main residence to the west, created the recessed rear entrance porch to allow access to the rear door, and altered the form of the gable end along the north facade. It is not visible from the primary facade. The re -roofing of the main residence in 2008 replaced the existing composite roofmg in kind. Overall, few alterations have been made to the subject property since the 1920s. OWNERSHIP AND OCCUPANT HISTORY Ownership and Occupancy History of 759 and 763 Homer Avenue The tables below provide a summary of the ownership and occupancy history of the main residence 759 Homer Avenue (Table 2) and the occupancy history of the rear cottage at 763 Homer Avenue 32 Building Permit Index, "759 Homer Avenue," Palo Alto Historical Association. References the Palo Alto Times (October 18, 1924). 33 "City of Palo Alto Assessment Record: 759 Homer Avenue," on file at Palo Alto Development Services. This appears to confirm that the record for 755 Homer Avenue on file in PAHA'sBuilding Permit Index, which lists the owner and builder as Carl S. Swanson, is likely a transcription error. "755 Homer Avenue," Palo Alto Historical Association. References the Palo Alto Times (December 12, 1928). PAGE & TURNBULL 28 Packet Pg. 583 2020 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Historic Resource Evaluation — Draft Project Number 16252A.49 Package (Table 3), beginning with their respective years of construction. Ownership and occupancy information was compiled from building permit applications, city directories, and historic newspapers. venue Palo Alto, CA Table 2. Owner and Occupant History for main residence at 759 Homer Avenue (known owners in bold) Date(s) Occupant(s) / owner(s), if known Occupation 1929-1978 Carl S. Swanson Augusta Swanson Carl A. Swanson (son) Linnea Swanson (daughter) Carpenter Caterer Circa 1978-1990 John "Jack" F. Ernes, Jr. Linnea (Swanson) Ernes Not listed Not listed Circa 1990-2018 John Graves (non -occupant) John "Jack"F. Ernes, Jr. Linnea (Swanson) Ernes Not listed Not listed Not listed Table 3. Occupant History for rear cottage at 763 Homer Avenue Date(s) Occupant(s) Occupation 1924-1929 Carl S. Swanson Augusta Swanson Carl A. Swanson (son) Linnea Swanson (daughter) 1930-1931 Max Thomas Verda Thomas Marylyn Thomas (daughter) Anna Batcheles (mother-in-law) Joie Batcheles (sister-in-law) Not listed Housewife None None None 1932-1934 Elmer A. Tarien Restaurant Proprietor 1935-1942 Dietrich N. Bodenstein Elizabeth Bodenstein Evalina Bodenstein (daughter) Research associate, Stanford University, School of Biology Housewife 1944 Ernest E. Brown Velma M. (Mitchell) Brown Sheetmetal worker Not listed 1945 [no directory available] 1946 Sarah Eldridge Not listed 1947 [no directory available] 1948 —circa 1978 John "Jack" F. Ernes, Jr. Linnea J. Ernes Not listed Not listed PAGE & TURNBULL 29 Packet Pg. 584 2020 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Historic Resource Evaluation — Draft Project Number 16252A.49 Package venue Palo Alto, CA The subject property was developed for Carl S. Swanson and his wife Augusta Swanson. The rear cottage was constructed in 1924 and housed the Swanson family until the completion of the main residence in 1929. The Swansons remained at 759 Homer Avenue until 1978, with the death of Augusta Swanson. During their time living in the main residence, they rented out the rear cottage to a number of families and individuals from 1930 until 1948, when the Swanson's daughter Linnea and son-in-law Jack Ernes, Jr. moved into the rear cottage. Following Augusta Swanson's death in 1978, the property then passed to the Linnea and John "Jack" Ernes, Jr. who had lived in the rear cottage since 1948 and likely moved into the main residence around 1978. The Erneses were living at 759 Homer Avenue when the small rear bathroom addition was completed in 1984. From approximately 1990 to 2018, John and Linnea Ernes continued to reside at 759 Homer Avenue, although the property was owned by John Graves (who may have acted as a trustee). Graves, who did not live at the subject property, had a home nearby on Homer Avenue. Since 2018, the property has been transferred twice and has been in the possession of the current owner since October 2020. Brief Occupant and Owner Biographies Carl S. Swanson and Augusta Swanson Carl Sigfrid Swanson and Augusta Ceralda Swanson were both Swedish immigrants who came to the United States in 1910. Carl was born in 1887 in Forslov, Sweden, while Augusta was born in 1891 in Barkakra, Sweden. It is unknown whether they were acquainted prior to living in the United States, but in April 1916 they were married in Berkeley, California.34 At the time of the 1920 United States Federal census, the Swansons were residing in Palo Alto with their ten -month -old son Carl Alvin Swanson. At this time, Carl S, Swanson was employed as a chauffeur for a private family.35 In the early 1920s, the Swansons briefly returned to Sweden so that they could officially reenter the United States and apply for permanent residency. They returned to Palo Alto in late 1923 and appear to have purchased the subject property shortly afterwards. Their second child, Linnea Josephine, was born in 1926. Carl S. Swanson was a carpenter by trade and it is likely that he constructed the rear cottage on the subject property in 1924 (Figure 38). He was a member of the Carpenters Union, Local No. 1280 of Mountain View. Archival research uncovered little information about his career; however, Swanson's draft registration in World War II lists Charles K. Sumner as his employer.36 Charles K. Sumner was a significant San Francisco Bay Area architect who resided in Palo Alto from 1916 until his death in 34 "Carl Sidfrid Swanson," United States Naturalization Records, accessed via Ancestry.com 3s United States Federal Census, 1920. 36 "Carl S. Swanson," World War IIDraft Registration, 1942, Accessed via Ancestry.com. PAGE & TURNBULL 30 Packet Pg. 585 2020 Historic Resource Evaluation — Draft Project Number 16252A.49 Item 2 Attachment A -January 11, 2024 Nomination Package 1enue Palo Alto, CA 1948, and ran his architectural office out of San Francisco.37 The relationship between Sumner and Swanson is likely to remain unknown as there are no known surviving records from the Sumner architectural office. Swanson may have been a member of staff, a part-time employee hired for specific construction projects, or may have been working for Sumner for only a short period of time in the 1940s. Carl Swanson passed away in 1968 at the age of 81 after a short illness. arAiVeilAag4ototeloyz--- Figure 38: Carl S. Swanson m 1931. Source: United States Naturalization Records. Augusta Swanson was known — along with her husband — to have been a charter member of the First Lutheran Church of Palo Alto. Her obituary in 1978 stated that she had lived in Palo Alto since 1911, and had worked as a caterer. Little else was uncovered about her personal and professional achievements through archival research. 37 "Charles Sumner, Architect," Palo Alto Stanford Heritage, 2007, https://www.pastheritage.org/Sumner.html PAGE&TURNBULL 31 Packet Pg. 586 2020 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Historic Resource Evaluation — Draft Project Number 16252A.49 Package venue Palo Alto, CA VI. EVALUATION CALIFORNIA REGISTER OF HISTORICAL RESOURCES The California Register of Historical Resources (California Register) is an inventory of significant architectural, archaeological, and historical resources in the State of California. Resources can be listed in the California Register through a number of methods. State Historical Landmarks and National Register -listed properties are automatically listed in the California Register. Properties can also be nominated to the California Register by local governments, private organizations, or citizens. The evaluative criteria used by the California Register for determining eligibility are closely based on those developed by the National Park Service for the National Register of Historic Places. In order for a property to be eligible for listing in the California Register, it must be found significant under one or more of the following criteria. • Criterion 1 (Events): Resources that are associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of local or regional history, or the cultural heritage of California or the United States. • Criterion 2 (Persons): Resources that are associated with the lives of persons important to local, California, or national history. • Criterion 3 (Architecture): Resources that embody the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, region, or method of construction, or represent the work of a master, or possess high artistic values. • Criterion 4 (Information Potential): Resources or sites that have yielded or have the potential to yield information important to the prehistory or history of the local area, California, or the nation. The following section examines the eligibility of the main residence at 759 Homer Avenue and the rear cottage addressed as 763 Homer Avenue for individual listing in the California Register. Criterion 1 (Events) The main residence at 759 Homer Avenue and the rear cottage at 763 Homer Avenue do not appear to be individually eligible, either separately or together as a single property, for listing in the California Register under Criterion 1 (Events), as neither building appears to bear association with any significant events nor broad patterns of history in Palo Alto, the state, or the nation. The main residence and the rear cottage are two of many residences constructed in the Crescent Park PAGE &TURNBULL 32 Packet Pg. 587 2020 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Historic Resource Evaluation — Draft Project Number 16252A.49 Package venue Palo Alto, CA neighborhood during a period of rapid development which occurred in the 1920s and 1930s, and neither building is individually associated with or demonstrative of Crescent Park's development patterns. The Crescent Park neighborhood was developed generally as a series of subdivisions where houses were erected on an individual basis and contained single-family homes with freestanding garages. While the construction of an original rear cottage is a significant development pattern in other areas of Palo Alto, the Crescent Park neighborhood was developed more in line with suburban development patterns, and few nearby properties show a similar development trend to the subject property. Therefore, neither building at 759 or 763 Homer Avenue, nor the property as a whole, appear to be significant for their role in local development trends. Additionally, no significant events were found to have occurred at either the main residence or the rear cottage. Criterion 2 (Persons) The main residence at 759 Homer Avenue and the rear cottage at 763 Homer Avenue do not appear to be individually eligible, either separately or together as a single property, for listing in the California Register under Criterion 2 (Persons). Available documentation on the former owners and occupants of the subject property does not suggest that these individuals were particularly significant to local, state, or national history in any way directly associated with the subject property. The original owners and occupants of both the main residence and the rear cottage, Carl and Augusta Swanson, resided at the property from circa 1924 to 1978. The Swansons were both immigrants from Sweden, who settled in Palo Alto in 1924 and had the rear cottage and then the main residence constructed in 1924 and 1929, respectively. Both Carl and Augusta were active in their community, but neither appear to have had a significant impact such that the main residence at 759 Homer Avenue would be considered individually eligible under Criterion 2. The subsequent owners have owned the property since 1978 — within the last fifty years — and therefore not enough historical distance has passed to be able to adequately assess their contributions. The rear cottage at 763 Homer Avenue has been a rental property since the Swansons erected the main residence and moved out of the rear cottage in 1929. A number of families and individuals have rented the building, and initial archival research into the occupants of 763 Homer Avenue did not uncover any substantial connection between the professional or personal accomplishments of the residents that would be connected to the rear cottage such that it would be individually eligible for the California Register under Criterion 2. PAGE &TURNBULL 33 Packet Pg. 588 2020 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Historic Resource Evaluation — Draft Project Number 16252A.49 Package jenue Palo Alto, CA Criterion 3 (Architecture) The main residence at 759 Homer Avenue appears to be individually eligible for listing in the California Register under Criterion 3 (Architecture) at a local level of significance, as a building that embodies the distinct characteristics of a Tudor Revival style residence. The subject building is characteristic of a Tudor Revival style design as employed for a modest middle-class residence, and provides a good example of this type within the City of Palo Alto, particularly in the Crescent Park neighborhood. The period of significance for this criterion is 1929, corresponding to the subject building's year of construction. The Tudor Revival style was popular during the 1920s and 1930s nationally, as well as in Crescent Park when the neighborhood was experiencing rapid development. The building was constructed by owner and carpenter Carl S. Swanson, who was later known to have been employed in the office of Charles Kaiser Sumner, a notable San Francisco Bay Area architect who resided in Palo Alto. Although the connection between Sumner and the subject property will likely remain unknown and may be limited to the influence of this well-known architect on Swanson, the building's effective use of the Tudor Revival style as adapted to a small-scale residence, and the use of tile, wrought iron, and built-in features on the interior, indicate Sumner's design influence. However, outside of this possible connection to Charles Kaiser Sumner, the building provides an excellent local example of Tudor Revival style residential design through characteristic features, form, and materials. The building remains unaltered at the primary facade since its construction in 1929. Characteristic features of Tudor Revival design represented at 759 Homer Avenue include its stucco and decorative half-timber cladding; its asymmetrical massing and cross -gable form; its multiple gables along the primary facade; its wood brackets and window box; its large arrangement of multi-lite casement and transom windows along the primary facade; and its asymmetrically placed, recessed, round -arched entrance within a gable end. As a good and representative example of the Tudor Revival style, a significant residential style that is characteristic of the formative development period of the Crescent Park neighborhood during the 1920s and 1930s, the main residence at 759 Homer Avenue appears to be individually eligible for the California Register under Criterion 3 (Architecture) at a local level of significance. The rear cottage at 763 Homer Avenue does not appear to be individually eligible for the California Register under Criterion 3 (Architecture). Constructed in 1924 as the first building on a previously undeveloped parcel, the rear cottage at 763 Homer Avenue was erected to meet the immediate need for housing of the Swanson family. As a classical bungalow type, the building is a modest and simply decorated rectilinear cottage that expresses many of the typical features of this economically erected vernacular housing type. The rear cottage is not an example of the more decorative "square cottage" — a significant housing type of early Palo Alto as identified by Dames & Moore — and its PAGE & TURNBULL 34 Packet Pg. 589 2020 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Historic Resource Evaluation — Draft Project Number 16252A.49 Package jenue Palo Alto, CA construction in 1924 is over a decade after the period identified by Dames & Moore as significant for Palo Alto's early housing. While the building is a good and unaltered example of a rear cottage, it does not appear to be the first or last building of this type, was not designed by a prominent architect, and as a modest cottage residence it does not display high artistic values and craftmanship found in other similar local cottages that have previously been found eligible for the California Register for their architecture. Therefore, the rear cottage, and the property as a whole (including the garage builsing and garden shed), does not appear to be individually eligible for the California Register under Criterion 3. Criterion 4 (Information Potential) The "potential to yield information important to the prehistory or history of California" typically relates to archeological resources, rather than built resources. When California Register Criterion 4 (Information Potential) does relate to built resources, it is relevant for cases when the building itself is the principal source of important construction -related information. The analysis of the property at 759-763 Homer Avenue for eligibility under Criterion 4 is beyond the scope of this report. As a Contributor to a Historic District Although previous scholarship by Dames & Moore related to the 2001 survey of Palo Alto has indicated the potential for a historic district within the Crescent Park neighborhood, Dames & Moore specifically identified the areas of Crescent Park subdivisions I, II, and II, which are located to the northeast of the area of the subject property.38 As of the time of this evaluation, a historic district has not been designated in the immediate area of the subject property or within the larger area of Crescent Park. Therefore, the subject property does not currently contribute to an eligible or designated historic district. The main residence or the rear cottage may be eligible as a contributor to an historic district, but the evaluation of a potential district is outside the scope of this report. INTEGRITY In order to qualify for listing in any local, state, or national historic register, a property or landscape must possess significance under at least one evaluative criterion as described above and retain integrity. Integrity is defined by the California Office of Historic Preservation as "the authenticity of an historical resource's physical identity evidenced by the survival of characteristics that existed 38 Dames & Moore, 4-8. Dames & Moore suggests the area bounded by San Francisquito Creek, Chaucer Street, Hamilton Avenue, Center Drive, Dana Avenue, and Newell Road as a possible historic district. PAGE & TURNBULL 35 Packet Pg. 590 2020 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Historic Resource Evaluation — Draft Project Number 16252A.49 Package venue Palo Alto, CA during the resource's period of significance," or more simply defined by the National Park Service as "the ability of a property to convey its significance."39 In order to evaluate whether the subject property retains sufficient integrity to convey its historic significance, Page & Turnbull used established integrity standards outlined by the National Register Bulletin 15: How to Apply the National Register Criteria for Evaluation. Seven variables, or aspects, that define integrity are used to evaluate a resource's integrity —location, setting, design, materials, workmanship, feeling, and association.40 A property must possess most, or all, of these aspects in order to retain overall integrity. If a property does not retain integrity, it can no longer convey its significance and is therefore not eligible for listing in local, state, or national registers. The seven aspects that define integrity are defined as follows: Location is the place where the historic property was constructed or the place where the historic event occurred; Setting addresses the physical environment of the historic property inclusive of the landscape and spatial relationships of the building(s); Design is the combination of elements that create the form, plan, space, structure, and style of the property; Materials refer to the physical elements that were combined or deposited during a particular period of time and in a particular pattern or configuration to form the historic property; Workmanship is the physical evidence of the crafts of a particular culture or people during any given period in history or prehistory; Feeling is the property's expression of the aesthetic or historic sense of a particular period of time; and Association is the direct link between an important historic event or person and the historic property. 39 California Office of Historic Preservation, Technical Assistance Series No. 7: How to Nominate a Resource to the California Register of Historical Resources (Sacramento: California Office of State Publishing, 4 September 2001) 11 40 U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, National Register Bulletin 15: How to Apply the National Register Criteria for Evaluation (Washington, D.C.: National Park Service, 1995) 44. PAGE & TURNBULL 36 Packet Pg. 591 2020 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Historic Resource Evaluation — Draft Project Number 16252A.49 LOCATION Package jenue Palo Alto, CA 759 Homer Avenue retains integrity of location. The main residence has remained situated at its location of original construction since 1929. SETTING 759 Homer Avenue retains integrity of setting. The main residence continues to be located within the entirely residential neighborhood of Crescent Park. The building retains its freestanding quality, with separation between it and the other buildings on the property. It retains its connection to its neighboring buildings through a consistent setback along the block with front gardens. DESIGN 759 Horner Avenue retains integrity of design. The main residence has undergone minimal alteration since its construction in 1929. The building's massing and overall form have remained unchanged, and alterations to the building are limited to a minor addition along the rear facade that is not visible from the street. The original design of the residence remains intact and the materials, decoration, craftsmanship, and massing of the building have remained largely unchanged since 1929. Therefore, the building retains integrity of design. MATERIALS 759 Homer Avenue retains integrity of materials. The main residence retains its original stucco cladding with half-timber decoration along the primary facade, its wood decorative features which include brackets and a window box, its large arrangement of original multi-lite wood sash windows, and its round -arched entrance door with round -arched window at the primary residential entrance. The roof cladding of the subject building has been replaced; however, the original material of the roof is not known and the existing composition shingle roofing does not negatively impact the Tudor Revival style design of the primary facade. WORKMANSHIP 759 Homer Avenue retains integrity of workmanship. Features providing evidence of period workmanship and construction methods include stucco cladding and half-timber decoration, original wood sash windows, wood brackets and window box, the molded stucco surround at the primary residential entrance, the round -arched wood residential entrance door, and the use of a simple wood cornice with cornice return along gable ends. These features remain extant and demonstrate the building's Tudor Revival style. PAGE & TURNBULL 37 Packet Pg. 592 2020 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Historic Resource Evaluation — Draft Project Number 16252A.49 FEELING Package venue Palo Alto, CA 759 Homer Avenue retains integrity of feeling. The main residence retains the feeling of a late 1920s single-family residence as its design, materiality, and workmanship remain highly representative of the Tudor Revival style. ASSOCIATION 759 Homer Avenue retains integrity of association. The main residence is not considered significant for its association with a period of development, an event, or a past owner or occupant. Its association instead is with the Tudor Revival style, and this association continues to be represented through its retention of its architectural characteristics. Therefore, the main residence at 759 Homer Avenue retains all seven aspects of integrity such that it conveys its significance under Criterion 3 (Architecture) of the California Register, with a period of significance of 1929. CHARACTER -DEFINING FEATURES For a property to be eligible for national or state designation under criteria related to type, period, or method of construction, the essential physical features (or character -defining features) that enable the property to convey its historic identity must be evident. These distinctive character - defining features are the physical traits that commonly recur in property types and/or architectural styles. To be eligible, a property must clearly contain enough of those characteristics to be considered a true representative of a particular type, period, or method of construction, and these features must also retain a sufficient degree of integrity. Characteristics can be expressed in terms such as form, proportion, structure, plan, style, or materials. The character -defining features of the main residence at 759 Homer Avenue consist of those features which date to the building's period of significance, which is 1929, the year in which the building was completed. These features include, but are not limited to: • stucco and decorative half-timber cladding • asymmetrical massing and cross -gable form with multiple gables along the primary facade • wood brackets and window box • large arrangement of multi-lite casement and transom windows along the primary facade • asymmetrically placed, recessed residential entrance with a molded stucco round -arched surround within a gable end • gable ends feature asymmetrically placed cornice returns • round -arched wood entrance door with round -arched window • original wood sash windows PAGE &TURNBULL 38 Packet Pg. 593 2020 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Historic Resource Evaluation — Draft Project Number 16252A.49 VII. CONCLUSION Package venue Palo Alto, CA The property at 759-763 Homer Avenue was developed by Carl and Augusta Swanson in 1924 with the erection of the rear cottage (763 Homer Avenue) and then the completion of a main residence (759 Homer Avenue) in the Tudor Revival style in 1929, during the primary period of development o the Crescent Park neighborhood in Palo Alto. The Swansons resided at the subject property —first living in the rear cottage and then moving to the main residence once it was completed —from 1924 until 1978. They were the longest owner -occupants of the main residence and rented the rear cottage to tenants and family members. The rear cottage at 763 Homer Avenue does not appear to be eligible for the California Register under any criteria, as it is a late example of the cottage type in Palo Alto that is more commonly associated with early residential construction in Palo Alto during the period from circa 1890-1910. Additionally, the cottage is a modest design of a vernacular building type that lacks the more decorative features of other bungalows and square cottages in Palo Alto that have previously been determined eligible for the California Register for their architectural design. The main residence at 759 Homer Avenue appears to be eligible for the California Register under Criterion 3 (Architecture) with a period of significance of 1929, which corresponds to the year in which the building was completed. The main residence is an excellent example of the Tudor Revival style as adapted to a modest middle-class residence and demonstrates the characteristics of the style through its original stucco cladding with half-timber decoration along the primary facade, its wood decorative features which include brackets and a window box, its large arrangement of original multi-lite wood sash windows, and its round -arched entrance door with round -arched window at the primary residential entrance. The main residence remains largely unaltered and retains its integrity as a late 1920s example of the popular Tudor Revival style in the Crescent Park neighborhood of Palo Alto. Therefore, the main residence at 759 Homer Avenue appears individually eligible for listing in the California Register, while the rear cottage (763 Homer Avenue), the freestanding garage, and the garden shed are non-contributing buildings on the property. As a result, the main residence at 759 Homer Avenue appears to be a historic resource for the purposes of CEQA review. PAGE &TURNBULL 39 Packet Pg. 594 2020 Item 2 Attachment A - January 11, 2024 Nomination Historic Resource Evaluation — Draft Project Number 16252A.49 Package venue Palo Alto, CA VIII. REFERENCES Building Permit Index. "759 Homer Avenue." Palo Alto Historical Association. California Office of Historic Preservation. Built Environment Resource Directory (BERD). Santa Clara County. Updated March 2020. California Office of Historic Preservation. Technical Assistance Bulletin No. 7: How to Nominate a Resource to the California Register of Historical Resources. Sacramento: California Office of State Publishing, September 4, 2001. "Charles Sumner, Architect," Palo Alto Stanford Heritage, 2007, Accessed November 30, 2020, https://www.pastheritage.org/Sumner.html "City of Palo Alto Assessment Record: 759 Homer Avenue," on file at Palo Alto Development Services. City of Palo Alto. Comprehensive Plan 2030 (adopted by City Council, November 13, 2017). Accessed November 10, 2020, https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/civicax/filebank/documents/62915. "City of Palo Alto, Santa Clara County." Bay Area Census. Accessed November 10, 2020. http://www.bayareacensus.ca.gov/cities/PaloAlto50.htm. Dames & Moore, Michael Corbett, and Denise Bradley. "Final Survey Report — Palo Alto Historic Survey Update: August 1997 -August 2000." Prepared for the City of Palo Alto Planning Division, February 2001. Goff, Lee. Tudor Style: Tudor Revival Houses in American from 1890 to the Present. New York: Universe Publishing, 2002. Gottfried, Herbert and Jan Jennings. American Vernacular Buildings and Interiors, 1870-1960. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2009. Hodgson, Fred T. Practical Bungalows and Cottages for Town and Country. Chicago: Frederick J. Drake & Company, 1906. McAlester, Virginia Savage. AField Guide to American Houses. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2013. Obituary Collection. Palo Alto Historical Association. United States Federal Census, 1910, 1920, 1930, 1940. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, National Register Bulletin 15: How to Apply the National Register Criteria for Evaluation. Washington, D.C.: National Park Service, 1995. Walker, Richard. "Landscape and City Life: Four Ecologies of Residence in the San Francisco Bay Area." Ecumene 2, no. 1 (1995): 33-64. Accessed December 1, 2020. http://www.jstor.org/stable/44251744. Winslow, Ward and Palo Alto Historical Association. Palo Alto: ACentennial History. Palo Alto, CA: Palo Alto Historical Association, 1993. Winter, Robert. The California Bungalow. Santa Monica, California: Hennessey + Ingalls, 1980. PAGE & TURNBULL 40 Packet Pg. 595 2020 Item 2 Attachment B - 330 Cowper St PAGE &TURNBULL IP&T 330 COWPER STREET APN: 120-14-059 1997-2001 SURVEY UPDATE SUMMARY Identified National Register Criteria of Significance: Criterion A (Events) Identified Period of Significance: 1904-1948 Summary of Significance: 330 Cowper Street was found significant under Criterion A as the residence of Frank and Mamie Hellems, who were notable Black residents of Palo Alto. 2023 RECONNAISSANCE SURVEY SUMMARY Alterations Since 2001: No alterations identified. Status in 2023: Extant, retains historic integrity. Recommended Revisions to Significance: The period of significance is revised to reflect the years that Frank and Mamie Hellems resided at the subject building, 1930 to 1948. Figure 1: 1997-2001 Survey Update photograph. Figure 2: 2023 Reconnaissance Survey photograph. RECOMMENDATION FOR LISTING IN THE PALO ALTO HISTORIC INVENTORY Palo Alto Historic Inventory Criteria for Designation: Criterion 1 (The structure or site is identified with the lives of historic people or with important events in the city, state or nation) Statement of Significance: 330 Cowper Street is significant as a residence lived in by a notable Black family who were both active in the Black community of Palo Alto during a period of significant growth; and were rare Black residents in the city at a time when de jure and de facto segregation limited the ability of Blacks to reside within Palo Alto. 330 Cowper Street was constructed prior to the adoption of restrictive covenants (based on race and religion) and was located outside of the Imagining change in historic environments through design, research, and technology 170 MAIDEN LANE, 5TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94108 TEL 415 3 JL-✓ Packet Pg. 596 Item 2 Attachment B - 330 Cowper St Palo Alto Historic Inventory Designation Page 2 of 2 previously established small zone along Fife Avenue where Black families were allowed to rent property. Period of Significance: 1930-1948 Palo Alto Historic Inventory Category: Category 2 PAGE & TURNBULL 170 MAIDEN LANE, 5TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFOR Packet Pg. 597 N., ILL YIJ- JUL-J,JY State of California -- The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION PRIMARY RECORD Primary # HRI # Item 2 Attachment B - 330 Cowper St Trinomial NRHP Status Code 3S Other Listings...... . Review Code Reviewer Date Page 1 of 6 *Resource Name or #: (Assigned by recorder) 330 Cowper St P1. Other Identifier: 330 Cowper St P2. Location: ❑ Not for Publication ® Unrestricted *a: County Santa Clara and (P2c,P2e, and P2b or P2d. Attach Location Map as necessary.) *b. USGS 7.5' Quad Palo Alto. CA Date 1991 T ; R _'A of _'l. of Sec . B.M. c. Address 330 Cowper St City Palo Alto Zip 94301 d. UTM: (Give more than one for large and/or linear resources) Zone _; mE/ mN *e. Other Locational Data: (e.g., parcel #, directions to resource, elevation, etc., as appropriate) APN 120 14 059 *P3a. Description: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries) The following description addresses the building in terms of its structure, plan, and appearance. The structure and plan are described using three sources of information (1949 Assessment Record prepared by the Tax Assessor, Sanborn maps, and current survey information — photographs, Field Notes form, and site visits from 1998 and 1999). The description of the structure and plan is presented for two phases in the building's history. The building is presented as it was built, or as it was at the earliest time warranted by the information available. Secorid the building is presented as it has changed, up to the present (1999). This house, at 330 Cowper, is located on a mid -block lot on the southwest side of Cowper between Lytton and Everett. The lot measures 50 by 1121/2 feet, a standard suburban lot size for its time. This house was built about two blocks from the downtown commercial area and was built at a time a streetcar was planned for University Avenue. Thus, the house was located in close proximity to services, places of employment, and transportation. See continuation sheet *P3b Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) HP2 Single family property *P4. Resources Present: ® Building ❑ Structure 0 Object 0 Site ❑ District 0 Element of District 0 Other (isolates, etc.) P5b. Description of Photo: (View, date, accession #) 330 Cowper St: view southwest: 09/13/99• by B. Vahev; roll BRV-77, neg #22 *P6. Date Constructed/Age and Source: ® Historic o Prehistoric 0 Both 1904: Palo Alto Times *P7. Owner and Address: Edwin May 330 Cowper St Palo Alto CA 94301 *P8. Recorded by: (Name, affiliation, and address) Michael Corbett, Dames & Moore 221 Main Street. Suite 600 San Francisco. CA 94105 *P9. Date Recorded: January 11. 2000 *P10. Survey Type: (Describe) Intensive P11. Report Citation*: (Cite survey report and other sources, or enter "none".) Palo Alto Historic Survey Update 'Corbett and Bradley for Dames & Moore, 2000) *Attachments: 0 NONE ® Location Map ❑ Sketch Map ® Continuation Sleet ® Ruilding, Stnintiire and nhje. t Record ❑ Archaeological Record 0 District Record 0 Linear Feature Record 0 Milli o Artifact Record ❑ Photograph Record 0 Other (List) Packet Pg. 598 DPR 523A (1/95)/ COWP330.F1 *Required information. State of California — The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION Item 2 Primary # Attachment B - 330 HRUTrinomial Cowper St CONTINUATION SHEET Page 2 of 6 Resource Identifier: 330 Cowper St Recorded by Michael Corbett *Date January 11, 2000 @ Continuation 0 Update Description (continued) As built, this was a small rectangular house with an unimproved basement and no useable attic. According to the Tax Assessor's card which was recorded in 1949, there were seven rooms in the house: living room, dining room, two bedrooms, one bathroom, a kitchen, and a service porch. The organization of these rooms is unknown, but the central front door suggests either a central hallway inside with rooms on either side, or a more open plan without a hallway. Pattern book plans for similar houses commonly show either the living room or a bedroom behind the bay window. Prior to 1986, the attic was finished for additional living space, with new rooms at either end of the house, divided by a central bathroom and staircase. The present owners state that dormers were added prior to their purchase of the property in 1987, and this would have occurred when the attic was finished. Changes on the main floor include the removal of partitions and new windows opening onto the front porch. As built, this was a one-story house. Today, it could be described as a 11/2 story house with a raised basement. Although plans approved by the building department show the changes as an expansion of the main house, MetroScan and the current owner say there are now two units. Although all these changes appear to have occurred in the 1980s, they are little different from changes made in many houses of the same type and the same period — but made much earlier in the 1910s -1940s. These changes were made with the intention of maintaining the historic character of the house. This is a wood frame structure, originally built on a foundation of "piers," according to the Tax Assessor. This usually means wood posts resting on footings of wood, brick, stone, or concrete. An almost illegible hand-written notation on the Tax Assessor's card says "house settling, poor interior." A house that settles is consistent with a foundation of wood posts which frequently results in an interior with cracked plaster walls. The stud frame is clad in two -lap siding nailed directly to the studs without sheathing. The interior walls were originally plastered and the floors were pine. In 1949, heating was provided by a gas floor furnace. In appearance, this is a common early Palo Alto house type. Its character is dominated by the shape of the house — a rectangular box with a hip roof that covers the house and a half porch and projecting bay at the front. Stylistic features are associated with the Colonial Revival, including the narrow, textured siding and symmetry of the design. The design and its details probably came from a pattern book. Packet Pg. 599 DPR 523L 11/95) COWP33b.F1 *Required Information State of California — The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION Primary # HRI # Item 2 Attachment B - 330 Cowper St BUILDING, •STRUCTURE, AND OBJECT RECORD Page 3 of 6 *NRHP Status Code 3S *Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder) 330 Cowper St B1. Historic Name: B2. Common Name: B3. Original Use: B4. Present Use: Single family property *B5. Architectural Style: *86. Construction History: (Construction date, alterations, and date of alterations) 1904: Built (Palo Alto Times) post 1949: Foundation raised, addition of basement apartment, new stairway, new second floor, rear re- designed *B7. Moved? fa No 0 Yes 0 Unknown Date: Original Location: *B8. Related Features: B9a. Architect: b. Builder: unknown *B10. Significance: Theme Patterns of development in Palo Alto Area Palo Alto Period of Significance 1904-1948 Property Type Residential Applicable Criteria A (Discuss importance in terms of historical or architectural context as defined by theme, period, and geographic scope. Also address integrity.) History Site: The residence at 330 Cowper occupies a 50 by 1121/2 foot lot in what was numbered Block 31 in the original plan of Palo Alto. The present building was preceded on the lot by a small, one-story, wood dwelling set against the back boundary. This building may have been built by the property owner to serve as temporary housing while the current house went up. It was replaced by a stable, shown on the 1904 Sanborn map at the same time the house was first shown. The 1924 and 1949 Sanborn maps show the stable converted to a garage. Structure: The Palo Alto Times published on 1 January 1904, a notice of a new residence at 330 Cowper that identified Mrs. M.A. McCaw as the original owner. The Palo Alto City Directory first lists the address in the edition dated January 1904. The house must have been completed (or nearly completed) and occupied in late 1903. It first appears on the series of Sanborn maps in 1904. Its footprint remains unchanged on the maps of 1924 and 1949. According to a communication from the current owner to the Palo Alto municipal authorities, the house was raised 1 % feet off its foundation and a new apartment put in the basement, dormers were added to the roof, interior walls were knocked out to make a kitchen, a new stairway was put in the middle of the house to lead to a new second floor, and the rear of the house was redesigned. Though the assessors' records bear little evidence of such extensive changes, the owner's information appears to be correct. See continuation sheet B11. Additional Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) *B12. References: See continuation sheet. B13. Remarks: *B14. Evaluator: Michael Corbett Date of Evaluation: January 11, 2000 (This space reserved for official comments) (Sketch map with north arrow required) Packet Pg. 600 DPR 5239 (1/95) COWP330.F1 *Required Information Item 2 State of California — The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION CONTINUATION SHEET Primary # Attachment B - 330 HRI/Trinomial Cowper St Page 4 of 6 Resource Identifier: 330 Cowper St Recorded by Michael Corbett/Steve Hardy (history) `Date January 11, 2000 0 Continuation ❑ Update History (continued) Use: Arthur and Malvine McCaw were the first owners and occupants of the house at 330 Cowper. Mrs. McCaw is identified by the City Directory as a housewife and Mr. McCaw variously as laborer, street sweeper and coachman. In 1912, he established himself as an independent express man. An advertisement in the Palo Alto Times in 1912 for the "Independent Express and Transfer Co., A.H. McCaw, Manager, 330 Cowper Street" announced the following services: "Trunks inside city limits" moved for 25 cents, and storage. Telephone numbers at McCaw's residence and at Smith's cyclery suggest an affiliation with the cyclery — perhaps for quick delivery of small packages. Presumably trunks were delivered by wagon, pulled by a horse kept in the stable behind the house. The McCaws remained at the address until 1927. In 1930, Frank D. and Mamie Hill Hellems moved into the house and remained there until 1948 when Mrs. Hellems died in March and Mr. Hellems followed her in August. The Hellems were active in the African American community of Palo Alto in the 1930s -1940s and are among the few black individuals who can be associated with houses that are still standing in Palo Alto. According to a 1948 obituary in the Palo Alto Times, Mamie Hellems "was a native of Mississippi but had lived in Palo Alto since 1915. Mrs. Hellems was a member of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church and the Pride of the Peninsula chapter 36, Order of the Eastern Star." Frank Hellems was born in Rhode Island, served in the Spanish American War, moved to Palo Alto in 1912, and was employed as a printer and pressman at the Stanford University Press for 30 years. According to his 1948 obituary in the Palo Alto Times, "Among fraternal organizations to which Mr. Hellems belonged were Community Lodge 43, F&AM, Prince Hall Affiliation; Pride of Peninsula Eastern Star, Royal Arch, Consistory 25; and Menlik Temple Order of Mystic Shrine." Context: Blacks in Palo Alto While a history of the black population in Palo Alto has not been written, some information has been gathered that may help to place the Hellems years at 330 Cowper in context. There were not many blacks in Palo Alto in the early years, and those that were here mostly lived in the downtown areas of Mayfield and Palo Alto, and along Fife Avenue in Palo Alto. In 1920, there were more than 80 black residents, according to the Colored Citizens Club, who helped defeat a proposal in that year by the Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce to establish segregated residential districts. In 1924-1925, the construction of the AME Zion Church on Ramona Street, established a center for black community life that retained its preeminence until after World War 11. In the mid -1920s according to Winslow (p. 288), "An influx of new settlers swelled the congregation" of the AME Zion Church, and therefore also the black population of Palo Alto. This happened at a time when segregation efforts took a different route. While a city ordinance to establish segregated districts failed in 1920, after 1925, new subdivisions were established with race covenants that excluded non -whites. According to Winslow, the standard language in these covenants were as follows, "No person not wholly of the white Caucasian race shall use or occupy such property or any part thereof unless such person or persons are employed as servants by an occupant of some portion of the property." Before World War II, the principal employers of blacks in the area appear to have been Stanford University and the Southern Pacific Railroad. Among the few details known about black residents in Palo Alto's early years, several from Mayfield worked as janitors at Stanford, and some residents of the 1100 block of Fife Avenue in Palo Alto worked in the Stanford laundry. According to Winslow, "J.R. 'Jerry' Harrison, a World War I Army veteran, and his wife Ruth came in 1922 and after renting for a time bought a Fife Avenue tot and put up a 27 -piece 'beginners house' he bought used for $250." Harrison worked for Southern Pacific as a redcap. During World War II, war -related jobs resulted in a near doubling of the black population with a disproportionately small growth in available housing. Between 1925 and 1948, "more than a dozen" (Winslow p. 292) subdivisions in Palo Alto were set up with race covenants. In 1948, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that these covenants were not enforceable. In that year, efforts were undertaken by the Palo Alto Fair Play Committee to establish a subdivision open to all races. The result was the Lawrence Tract, begun in 1950 west of the intersection of Colorado Avenue and Greer Road for "negro, caucasian, and oriental families." One result of the race covenants was to channel population growth of minorities in those parts of town not covered by race covenants. Because the covenants applied only to certain subdivisions established after 1925, they did not apply to the original plats of Palo Alto or Mayfield, or to additions and subdivisions created up to 1925 (e.g., Seale, Boyce, and Alba Park additions). Thus, blacks and other minorities moved into older parts of town and did not move into new neighborhoods. Packet Pg. 601 DPR 523L (1/95) COWP330.F1 "Required Information State of California -- The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION CONTINUATION SHEET Primary # HRIITrinomial Item 2 Attachment B - 330 Cowper St Page 5 of 6 Resource Identifier: 330 Cowper St Recorded by Michael Corbett *Date January 11. 2000 ® Continuation 0 Update Evaluation This house appears to be eligible for the NRHP under criterion A at the local level of significance. The period of significance is 1904 to 1948. The house represents early patterns of development in Palo Alto. It was built in the original grid of the city near the streetcar at the time the streetcar was planned. In addition, it is associated with the pre -World War II history of African Americans in Palo Alto and is a rare example of a house known to have such associations. The house was the residence from 1930-1948 of Frank and Mamie Hellems who were active in Palo Alto's black community in that period. The house also possesses significance under criterion C as an example of an early Palo Alto building type. However, in relation to criterion C, alterations raise questions about its integrity , and no claim is made here for its eligibility under criterion C. When integrity is assessed in relation to criterion A, there may be more room for alterations than under criterion C. Integrity is measured in relation to the nature of significance. According to National Register Bulletin 15 (p. 46) "A property that is significant for its historic association is eligible if it retains the essential physical features that made up its character or appearance during the period of its association with the important historical pattern." The essential character of this house is conveyed by its boxy shape and its hip roof covering a half porch and projecting bay. The house has had many changes but the changes are typical of those made to many other houses of its type and the changes do not alter the basic image of the house. The house retains integrity and is eligible for the NRHP. References California Office of Historic Preservation. Instructions for Nominating Historical Resources to the California Register of Historic Resources. Sacramento, CA. August 1997. Harper, Tracy. Black People in Palo Alto. Draft historic context statement prepared for Palo Alto Historic Building Survey. 1999. Palo Alto City Directory. 1906-1950. Palo Alto Historic Survey Update. Property File. Palo Alto Times. 1 January 1904, 20 December 1912, 11 March 1948, 9 August 1948. Palo Alto Times. "Interracial Housing Subdivision: Construction Starts on First Home of 23 -unit Colorado Ave Project. 23 February 1950. Sanborn Map Company. Insurance Maps of Palo Alto. New York: 1901. Sanborn Map Company. Insurance Maps of Palo Alto. New York: 1904. Sanborn Map Company. Insurance Maps of Palo Alto. New York: 1924. Sanborn Map Company. Insurance Maps of Palo Alto. New York: 1924; revisions to 1949. Santa Clara County. Tax Assessor. Assessment Record. 1949. Seymour, Audrey. "FW: Proposed Historic Preservation Law," e-mail to Ed Gawf et al., February 1999. Shafran. Shafran Residence, architectural plans for additions and alterations to 330 Cowper Street. September 3, 1986. United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service. National Register Bulletin 15: How to Apply the National Register Criteria for Evaluation. Winslow, Ward and the Palo Alto Historical Association. Palo Alto: A Centennial History. Palo Alto: Palo Alto Historical Association, 1993. Packet Pg. 602 DPR 523L (1195) COWP330.F1 "Required Information State of California — The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION Primary* NRI# Item 2 Attachment B - 330 Cowper St ,LOCATION MAP Trinomial Page of �_ *Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder) 330 Cowper St *Map Name: Palo Alto Plannina Dept. GIS *Scale: 1":80' *Date of Map: 1999 120-10-3 \ v. 120-10-4 120-10-5 120-10-6 120-10- 120-10-25 120-10-7 120-10-13 120-10-8 120-10-14 120-10.9 120-10-10 20-10-11 120.14-104 120-14-105 12014.106 120-14-107 120-14-108 1220-14.109 DPR 523J (1/95) Thb document b s graphic r. wou eMbn any d Wu seatabs'Dumas. TM C4{44,140 MO mumps no raspormtBiy for sly stun *Required Information Packet Pg. 603 PAGE &TURNBULL 365 HAWTHORNE AVENUE APN: 120-12-061 1997-2001 SURVEY UPDATE SUMMARY Item 2 Attachment C - 365 Hawthorne Ave Identified National Register Criteria of Significance: Criterion C (Architecture) Identified Period of Significance: 1906-1956 Summary of Significance: 365 Hawthorne Avenue was found eligible under Criterion C as an example of an important local building type, the square Colonial Revival cottage, that was built by Clarence E. Henry, a local builder, as his personal residence. 2023 RECONNAISSANCE SURVEY SUMMARY Alterations Since 2001: Sensitive second -floor addition with dormers on south and west (rear) slopes of roof. No other alterations visible. Status in 2023: Extant, retains historic integrity. Recommended Revisions to Significance: The period of significance has been revised to be 1906, the year of the building's construction. Figure 1: 1997-2001 Survey Update photograph. Figure 2: 2023 Reconnaissance Survey photograph. RECOMMENDATION FOR LISTING IN THE PALO ALTO HISTORIC INVENTORY Palo Alto Historic Inventory Criteria for Designation: • Criterion 3 (The structure or site is an example of a type of building which was once common, but is now rare) • Criterion 5 (The architect or building was important) Statement of Significance: The subject building is an excellent example of a local and early housing type and a meritorious example of design by a notable local builder Clarence E. Henry, who designed and constructed the home for his family. Period of Significance: 1906 Palo Alto Historic Inventory Category: Category 2 Imagining change in historic environments through design, research, and technology 170 MAIDEN LANE, 5TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94108 TEL 415 3 J 1 JY Packet Pg. 604 Item 2 State of California — The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION PRIMARY RECORD Primary # Attachment C - 365 HRI # Hawthorne Ave J Trinomial NRHP Status Code 3S Other Listings . Review Code . . Reviewer Date Page 1 of 5 *Resource Name or #: (Assigned by recorder) 365 Hawthorne Ave P1. Other Identifier: 365 Hawthorne Ave P2. Location: ❑ Not for Publication ® Unrestricted *a: County Santa Clara and (P2c,P2e, and P2b or P2d. Attach Location Map as necessary.) *b. USGS 7.5' Quad Palo Alto, CA Date 1991 T • R •_%4 of _%+ of Sec : B.M. c. Address 365 Hawthorne Ave City Palo Alto Zip 94301 d. UTM: (Give more than one for large and/or linear resources) Zone _: mE/ mN *e. Other Locational Data: (e.g., parcel #, directions to resource, elevation, etc., as appropriate) APN 120 12 017 *P3a. Description: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries) The following description addresses the building in terms of its structure, plan, and appearance. The structure and plan are described using three sources of information (1949 Assessment Record prepared by the Tax Assessor, Sanborn maps, and current survey information — photographs, Field Notes form, and site visits from 1998 and 1999). The description of the structure and plan is presented for two phases in the building's history. The building is presented as it was built, or as it was at the earliest time warranted by the information available. Second the building is presented as it has changed, up to the present (1999). The house at 365 Hawthorne is located on a mid -block lot on the northwest side of Hawthorne Avenue between Bryant and Waverley streets. It is located on a 50 -by -50 -foot lot, a typically -sized suburban lot for its day. Built in 1906, the house first appears on the 1924 Sanborn map with a small wood garage on the southwest side of the lot behind the house. The garage measures 19 by 22 feet. It is of single -wall construction with a concrete floor, a wall foundation, and a hip roof. See continuation sheet *P3b Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) HP2 Sinole family property *P4. Resources Present: a Building ❑ Structure a Object 0 Site 0 District 0 Element of District ❑ Other (isolates, etc.) P5b. Description of Photo: (View, date, accession #) 365 Hawthorne Ave; view northwest: 09/13/99: by B. Vahev: roll BRV-77, nea #3 'P6. Date Constructed/Age and Source: ® Historic ❑ Prehistoric 0 Both 1906: Palo Alto Times *P7. Owner and Address: Laura Doyle 365 Hawthorne Ave Palo Alto CA 94301 *P8. Recorded by: (Name, affiliation, and address) Michael Corbett, Dames & Moore 221 Main Street, Suite 600 San Francisco. CA 94105 *P9. Date Recorded: Mav 19. 2000 *P10. Survey Type: (Describe) Intensive P11. Report Citation*: (Cite survey report and other sources, or enter "none".) Palo Alto Historic Survey Update (Corbett and Bradley for Dames & Moore. 2000) *Attachments: 0 NONE el Location Map ❑ Sketch Map ® Continuation Sleet ® Building, Stricture and Ohj t Record ❑ Archaeological Record ❑ District Record 0 Linear Feature Record ❑ Milli Packet Pg. 605 fd ❑ Artifact Record 0 Photograph Record 0 Other (List) DPR 523A (1/95)1 HAWT365.F1 'Required information. State of California — The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRIITrinomial CONTINUATION SHEET Item 2 Attachment C - 365 Hawthorne Ave Page 2 of 5 Resource Identifier: 365 Hawthorne Ave Recorded by Michael Corbett *Date Mav 19, 2000 ® Continuation ❑ Update Description (continued) The house is a square cottage in plan with a projecting wing and a hip roof that covers the house, the projecting wing, and the porch that runs across the rest of the front of the house. In 1949, the Tax Assessor recorded a living room, dining room, three bedrooms, a bath, kitchen, and service porch. The central door recalls houses where such a door leads to a central corridor. However, the internal arrangement of rooms is unknown. This house is a one-story, stud frame house on a foundation of concrete walls. It has a partial, unfinished basement, and a low attic space that is not large enough for habitation. The frame is clad in two -lap or three -lap siding. The house is covered by a hip roof with paneled soffits and a matching hip roofed dormer. Fenestration is a mix of double -hung and casement windows, with a glass paneled front door. In 1949, the Tax Assessor recorded two, gas floor furnaces, and a fireplace. Interior floors are pine, and the walls are plastered. In plan and appearance, this house is a square cottage whose low, broad profile is associated with bungalows. The symmetry of the overall character, established by the hip roof and matching dormer, the round porch columns, the paneled soffits, and the narrow textured siding are associated with the Colonial Revival style. Packet Pg. 606 DPR 523L (1/95) HAWT365.F1 *Required Information State of California — The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION Primary # HRI #, Item 2 Attachment C - 365 Hawthorne Ave BUILDING, STRUCTURE, AND OBJECT RECORD Page 3 of 5 *NRHP Status Code 3S *Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder) 365 Hawthorne Ave B1. Historic Name: B2. Common Name: B3. Original Use: B4. Present Use: Single family property *B5. Architectural Style: Colonial Revival *B6. Construction History: (Construction date, alterations, and date of alterations) 1906: Built (Palo Alto Times) *B7. Moved? ® No 0 Yes 0 Unknown Date: Original Location: 'B8. Related Features: garage B9a. Architect: b. Builder: Clarence E. Henry *B10. Significance: Theme Colonial Revival Bungalow Area Palo Alto Period of Significance 1906-1956 Property Type Residential Applicable Criteria C (Discuss importance in terms of historical or architectural context as defined by theme, period, and geographic scope. Also address integrity.) History Site: The Plat of the Town of Palo Alto ca. 1894 shows Block 17 yet to be subdivided into parcels and with no buildings on it. The Map of the City of Palo Alto ca. 1915 shows the lot at 365 Hawthorne with its present borders. Structure: The Palo Alto Times printed, on 5 January 1906, a building permit notice that reported that a new residence was to go up at 365 Hawthorne for Clarence E. and Edith Ellis Henry. In an obituary published in the same newspaper, on 15 March 1946, it was reported that Mr. Henry, a carpenter, had built this house himself and that he lived there until his death. Neither the Assessor's records nor a comparison of the Sanborn maps of 1924 and 1949 give any evidence of alteration or addition. Use: The Palo Alto City Directory first listed the address in 1906 at which time Clarence and Edith Henry were the occupants. Edith Henry was remembered in her obituary in 1956 as a civic leader, active in the Order of the Eastern Star, the Republican Party, and many other groups. She was also a well-known teacher at Harker's School from 1946-1956. According to obituaries, Mr. Henry's mother, Mrs. Juliette Henry (Palo Alto Times 21 September 1928), and sister, Inez E. Henry (Palo Alto Times 5 February 1924), were also residents of the house until their deaths. Clarence Henry lived in the house he had built in 1906 until he died in 1946, and his wife remained there until she died in 1956. The house passed to the couple's only daughter, Laura Marie Henry (later Laura M. Doyle). See continuation sheet B11. Additional Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) *B12. References: See continuation sheet. B13. Remarks: *B14. Evaluator: Michael Corbett Date of Evaluation: May 19. 2000 (This space reserved for official comments) (Sketch map with north arrow required) Packet Pg. 607 DPR 523B (1195) HAWT365.F1 'Required Information State of California — The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION Primary # HRI/Trinamial CONTINUATION SHEET Item 2 Attachment C - 365 Hawthorne Ave J Page 4 of 5 Resource Identifier: 365 Hawthorne Ave Recorded by Michael Corbett/Steve Hardy (history) *Date Mav 19, 2000 ® Continuation 0 Update Evaluation This house at 365 Hawthorne appears eligible for the NRHP under criterion C at the local level for the period 1906 to 1956. Under criterion C, the building is significant as an example of an important local building type — defined alternately as a square cottage with a projecting wing and as a Colonial Revival bungalow. This house is especially interesting because it was built by a local carpenter who lived in it, along with his family for their entire lives. It is still owned by descendants of the family. References California Office of Historic Preservation. Instructions for Nominating Historical Resources to the California Register of Historic Resources. Sacramento, CA. August 1997. Palo Alto City Directory. 1906-1953. Palo Alto Historic Survey Update. Property File. Palo Alto Times. 5 January 1906, 5 February 1924, 21 September 1928, 16 March 1946, 12 September 1956. Sanborn Map Company. Insurance Maps of Palo Alto. New York: 1924. Sanborn Map Company. Insurance Maps of Palo Alto. New York: 1924; revisions to 1949. Santa Clara County. Tax Assessor. Assessment Record. 1949, 1962, 1967. United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service. National Register Bulletin 15: How to Apply the National Register Criteria for Evaluation. Packet Pg. 608 DPR 523L (1/95) HAVVT365.F1 *Required Information State of California — The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION Primary #1 HRl# Item 2 Attachment C - 365 Hawthorne Ave LOCATION MAP Trinomial Page _a— of ___ *Map Name: Palo Alto Planning Dept. GIS *Scale: 1":80' *Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder) 365 Hawthorne Ave *Date of Map: 1999 DPR 523J (1/95) This document leaped/11c eepe+uruuen ads of bssl sealable mums. The Gs d Palo Ago muses no nspon ty far ari won. 'Required Information Packet Pg. 609 Item 3 Staff Report CITY OF PALO ALTO Historic Resources Board Staff Report From: Planning and Development Services Director Lead Department: Planning and Development Services Meeting Date: January 11, 2024 Report #: 2401-2485 TITLE Discussion of Expectations in Advance of the January 25, 2024 HRB Meeting Regarding Making Recommendations Following Receipt of Objection Letters RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends that the Historic Resources Board (HRB) discuss expectations for the January 25, 2024 HRB meeting to: (a) Establish a protocol for the January 25, 2024 HRB meeting, when the HRB will receive a presentation of properties found eligible for the National Register, California Register, and local inventory, but for which staff received owners' objections prior to the January 25, 2024 HRB hearing (b) Acknowledge the HRB's ability to affirm the continuing eligibility of properties for the local inventory based on the local criteria set forth in the nomination memos, and (c) Affirm that the HRB would not recommend that Council place properties on the local historic inventory 'over the expressed objections of property owners'. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This report is to support the HRB's effort to discuss protocol for the January 25, 2024 HRB meeting regarding potential actions on nominations of properties to the local inventory, for which staff received owners' objections prior to the January 25, 2024 hearing. The staff report for the meeting of December 14, 2023 item #3 provides more background and is viewable here: https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/files/assets/public/v/1/agendas-minutes-reports/agendas- minutes/historic-resources-board/2023/hrb-12.14-protocols.pdf AUTHOR/TITLE: Amy French, Chief Planning Official Item No. 3. Page 1 of 1 Packet Pg. 610 Item 4 Staff Report CITY OF PALO ALTO Historic Resources Board Staff Report From: Planning and Development Services Director Lead Department: Planning and Development Services Meeting Date: January 11, 2024 Report #: 2312-2340 TITLE Approval of Historic Resources Board Draft Minutes of November 9, 2023 RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends the Historic Resources Board (HRB) adopt the attached meeting minutes. BACKGROUND Attached are minutes for the following meeting(s): • November 9, 2023 ATTACHMENTS Attachment A: HRB 11.09 Minutes AUTHOR/TITLE: Amy French, Chief Planning Official Item No. 4. Page 1 of 1 Packet Pg. 611 Item 4 Attachment A - HRB 11.09 Minutes CITY OF PALO ALTO Call to Order/Roll Call HISTORIC RESOURCES BOARD MEETING DRAFT MINUTES: November 9, 2023 Council Chamber & Virtual Zoom 8:30 A.M. Present: Chair Alisa Eagleston-Cieslewicz; Vice Chair Samantha Rohman; Board Members Caroline Willis; Michael Makinen, and Margaret Wimmer, and Christian Pease Absent: Board Member Gogo Heinrich Agenda Changes, Additions and Deletions Public Comment Philip Roberts, Vice President, Palo Alto Stanford Heritage, spoke to the Board on behalf of his organization as well as himself and his wife. He said he and his wife own a house built in 1899, and are currently undergoing a remodel to increase the size of the house to accommodate space requirements of their children. Their house is not listed on any historic register. He and his wife feel that much of the value, charm and character of their surroundings are held in things that have persevered over time, whether buildings or neighborhoods, things that remind them of the beginnings of their community and its progress to the present, and things that remind them of notable past citizens or recognized architects. Respect for the value of their historical heritage is why they have chosen to preserve the architectural style and materials natural to their house when it was built. He said they have the same concerns as all homeowners probably have, about someone else deciding to subject their house to restrictions imposed by being listed. He said this is why they wanted to suggest that the HRB recommend amendments to the Code that make being added to the Historic Resources Inventory completely voluntary. Also, the existing advantages would need to be incentivized to directly educate and involve the homeowners and give them substantial property tax rebates to maintain their historical homes, and make them proud to be part of their heritage. John Kelley stated that he wished to associate himself with the prior comments of Mr. Roberts. He felt the most important thing the Board could do at their next properly noticed meeting would be to establish an action item whereby the Board makes a recommendation to the City Council that the Historic Ordinance be amended. The amendment he wished to speak to would simply say that no property in Palo Alto goes on the historic registry without the permission and consent of the owner of the property. He said this would dispel much of the public concern about what is happening in the process and it would rejuvenate the consideration of historic properties in Palo Alto generally. He agreed with Mr. Roberts that there should be a separate action item to promote very substantial and well -considered incentives for people to be listed voluntarily on the registry. He reiterated that, without the consent of the owners, no property should go on the registry. Benjamin DiCicco said that he grew up in Palo Alto, and moved back a few months ago. His family has owned a nationally and locally Category 1 property on University Avenue, gateway to Stanford. He said he was reading about the Board's potentially proposed Mills Act program, and is very interested in seeing this move forward through the HRB and City Council. He asked the Board to let him know if he can help or get involved in any way. He said they have enjoyed their stay in Palo Alto and want to continue looking at the program and the restoration of properties that are influential in the community and nationally. City of Palo Alto Packet Pg. 612 e1 Item 4 Attachment A - HRB 11.09 Minutes Tom Gallagher seconded the remarks of the first two speakers. He owns a house at 1011 Fulton Street, one of the properties under the Board's consideration. He would like to see a comprehensive list of the restrictions that accompany a house being added to the historic inventory. He currently has no idea what it would mean, whether it means an owner cannot change the exterior appearance from the front or the back. He said if the City would generate a document that explained the restrictions applicable to such residences [in the Historic Ordinance] and the City's building code, it would be very helpful. Amnon Levy stated that he owns a property on Copper. He wanted to echo the first two speakers and said he thinks it a very good idea to have the homeowner participate in a process and to have some sort of clause that would allow a homeowner to voice their opinion at a hearing, but also to have a measure of either approval or interest. He hoped the City Council would take this into consideration. It could be an experiment to see how many homeowners out of the list are interested. It may be a small portion of the group that would not want to participate, and they could potentially make everyone happy by allowing them not to register. City Official Reports 1. Historic Resources Board Schedule of Meetings and Assignments Ms. French advised that the regularly -scheduled meetings will be held as published, coming up on December 14th, January 11 and 25. They had also talked about having the next quarterly evening meeting either at the end of January or early February. With the meeting of January 25th as a target for some of the properties that were on the current agenda, she thought that the quarterly meeting would definitely be in February. Action Items 2. Recommendations on Nominations of Eligible Historic Resources to the City's Historic Resources Inventory Resulting from the 2023 Historic Reconnaissance Survey Ms. French explained that this was the first hearing date for the Historic Resources Board on the inventory nominations for properties identified in the 1997 to 2000 historic survey, those identified as eligible for the National Register that are on file with the State of California's Office of Historic Preservation. She introduced Barrett Reiter and Isabel Castellano, consultants with Page and Turnbull and M -Group. She shared the Comprehensive Plan of the City of Palo Alto Land Use Element adopted in late 2017, including goal L-7. L7.1.1. speaks to updating and maintaining the City's historic resource inventory to include historic resources that are eligible for local, state and federal listing. Historic resources may consist of a single building or structure, or a district. A second program, L7.1.2. is to reassess the Historic Preservation Ordinance to ensure its effectiveness and the maintenance and preservation of historic resources, particularly in the University Avenue/Downtown area. These are two adopted goals of the City Council. In the past the HRB has talked about and shared their work plan with the Council. Both programs appear on the HRB's work plan. The first of those is to review the previously -determined eligible resources for their eligibility for the local register and to seek nominations to that inventory. The latter goal is planned for the second half, in 2024, and one concern has been identified, which is that the Ordinance does not say what to do if a property owner objects to having their home placed on the inventory. Addressing this through a potential change in the Ordinance is identified as a need. Ms. French noted that after the staff presentation, public comment would be received from members present for Item 2. Since Board Member Willis is an owner of a property eligible for the National Register, she would need to leave the room while that property was being reviewed and action taken. Action taken would consist of a recommendation to City Council. It would not include placement of any property on the inventory at that time. Following that, Board Member Willis would return and resume participation in the group considerations. Ms. French shared a slide indicating the number of objection letters that had been received as of the previous night. The properties of those that have sent letters would be pulled out of the group that the HRB was currently considering. There will be a meeting on January 25th to review and understand the reasons for the objections, to compile them, and talk about incentives, et cetera. Ms. French pointed out that, although not stated in the City's Code this way, the State of California's process, which provides an City of Palo Alto Packet Pg. 613 ,.,ye2 Item 4 Attachment A - HRB 11.09 Minutes example protocol for Palo Alto, states that consent of owner is not required for nomination; however a resource cannot be listed over an owner's objection. The committee looking at the properties can formally determine that a property is eligible for the California Register if the owner objects. Ms. French explained that they are not at this stage, because the properties in question have already been determined eligible for the National Register. The current task is to looking at the protocol as the example, the path, for going to Council in the spring. Ms. French said she has had questions at the community meeting about how many single-family residential properties are on the list. Although she has not received all of the data back from staff, so far 12 of the objections are for property zoned Rl. This is of interest in the media because there is an impression that the catalyst for this is the SB9 state law that would allow single-family zoned properties to subdivide and put four homes on a property, and that if it is listed on the register, that is not an option. She reiterated that the impetus for the project is not SB9, but is the Comprehensive Plan policies and programs, which happen to coincide with the passage of that particular state law. Chair Eagleston-Cieslewicz invited comments from the public, with a reminder of the three -minute time limit in fairness to all participants. Don Jackson noted that the Council record demonstrates that the Council's primary motivation for the review to update the historic inventory was to prevent such properties from utilizing an SB-9 authorized subdivision. Given this, he said he has asked staff what percentage of eligible residential properties are subject to SB-9, and he has not yet received an answer. He said he undertook the effort to find out for himself. He said he figured out that 37 percent of the eligible properties are not zoned R1 and are thus ineligible for SB-9. He asked in light of this why these properties are still being considered for inclusion. He proposed that at a minimum, all SB-9 ineligible properties be removed from consideration unless the property owner explicitly requests their inclusion. He said, as a former commissioner on the Utilities Advisory Commission, he had learned a lot about the City's de -carbonization and sustainability goals, of which he is a strong proponent. He said in order to practice what he preaches, he voluntarily undertook the electrification of his own home, which is finally complete after over three years. The City's existing permitting process accounted for about one year of delay to the projects. He said he strenuously objects to adding any additional reviews, consultations or limitations to the permitting process, which would be the inevitable consequence of a historic designation of his property. One element of his home's electrification was the addition of PV panels which necessitated a roof replacement. One of the best roof materials to support solar panels is standing seam metal. A historic designation may complicate and obstruct a homeowner's PV panel and/or roofing options. He said in a recent email staff state that there are some cases where there may be discussion for the best location of solar panels from an aesthetic and historic perspective. These additional restrictions on historic homes are in conflict with the City's decarbonization goals. In a catch -22 situation, although his home now has a metal roof and front yard -facing solar panels, these restricted on historic home features do not disqualify his home from historic designation. He said property owner choice is crucial. If an owner favors inclusion on the historic register it is their right, but the current nomination and review process is unfair, burdensome and stressful to owners that object to their property's inclusion. The involuntary inclusion of an owner's property on an inventory against their objection creates a ticking time bomb of uncertainty and stress with no current mechanism to opt of the multi -month ordeal. He asked the Board to define a process where a property owner can opt out of future designation efforts without need for additional hearings or review. Dan Marshall said he just returned from a long vacation and business overseas and found the two mailers, one for his home and one for 751 Channing. He agreed with the first two public commentors and thinks it ought to be a homeowner decision. He also agreed with Mr. Jackson in that it will take time to work through the process. He said they have lived in Palo Alto for around 30 years and have put a substantial amount of money into their home. They have plans to remodel, and to put an ADU in the back. They have tried to maintain the architectural look of the house in the process. However, he feels that there should be another way to approach it. He stated that this came out of nowhere. He said they had some issues 15 years ago when they remodeled. He said at that point he wondered if he needed a lawyer or to talk to someone first. He commented that he wasn't sure what his property rights are, and that he therefore objects to having his property, 538 Churchill, on the list. He informed the Board that he didn't have time to write a letter since he just returned a couple days ago, so he wanted to voice his objection. City of Palo Alto Packet Pg. 614 e3 Item 4 Attachment A - HRB 11.09 Minutes Perry Irvine noted that one could look out the window and see his building at 635 Bryant. He said he had prepared and distributed a letter the prior night and that he, too, had been on vacation and just learned about this situation a few days ago. He has not had the time to study all of the details of the process. He said when bought the building in 1987, it was because they wanted to have some control over their destiny when the owners of 525 University, where their law offices were at the time, booted them out without notice. He said they were not bad tenants, but [the owners] rented the place to someone else. Mr. Irvine said they then bought their building. He said it 1987 it was in terrible shape. Another lawyer and Stanford University had owned it. After buying it, they fixed it up. It had been badly remodeled in the 1950s. He believed that Edward Durel Stone had designed it and had his office in it at one time. Mr. Irvine said they discovered that there were of lot of beautiful things inside. The contractor hired a craftsman who basically replicated the original design, and they have maintained it ever since for some 36 years. At the time they bought the building they chose not to seek any historic status. He said he knows there are tax breaks, but they want to pay their taxes. At one time they were told there were limitations on the color owners could paint a building in Downtown, and they did not want such limitations. He invited Board members to come and see what they did without any incentives or restrictions imposed by the City or the County other than normal planning restrictions. He respectfully requested that the Board not include 635 Bryant in the inventory because they intend to keep it the way it is. He added that the only other two people that offered to buy the building in 1987 were commercial developers who were probably going to tear it down. But he did not tear it down. Carrie Jeffries gave the Board background as to her experience in Palo Alto. In 2018, they bought a beautiful house at 975 Hamilton Avenue. Having driven by the house for 20 years, she fell in love with it and had every intention of keeping it true to its character. She said when they bought it and started renovating it was when they found out that it had been deemed historically significant. During the purchase process there was no designation of it that they found or that had been communicated to them by the current owner, or by the title. They first heard that it was historically significant when they went to start the renovation. She assumed it was deemed as such in 1999. She noted that the write-up on her house indicated that the project was not finalized, so there was some designation given to it, but as homeowners, they did not understand that when they bought the house. She said, in good faith and because they loved the house, they worked with the Historic Review Board. It made the process longer and more expensive, but they wanted to retain the nature of the house, so they did not fight the process but instead believed in working in partnership with their community. She said their wish is for their stately, old house to remain stately and old, but updated. She thought it interesting that the house could have had the designation, requiring them to jump through hoops, which they did so willing, but now it does not feel like they still have the same good -faith relationship with the City in this process. She said that, understanding fully what they might get out of having their house deemed historic, she said did not really want to do this, because it locks it down in time. She said she begged of the Board to take a partnership approach to this project and be forthcoming about what residents of these beautiful old homes might get out of partnering with the City, as opposed to moving forward with the current process which could include being put on a list if you're on vacation or not well-informed. She hope they could move forward and have people who want to be on the register be excited about it, and others who wish to step away from it for their own reasons have that opportunity. Darlene Yaplee commented that so far she has visited 80 eligible homes, including those in the group of 66 to be considered. She has spoken with many homeowners, some of whom have directly expressed drawbacks of City staff reviews and restrictions on major alterations. She said the homeowners love their homes and have great appreciation for their historical character, and that is not the issue. The issue is whether or not they want to be part of the City's program. She noted that some homeowners are happy to be listed with the understood implications. Others are not. Homeowner choice should satisfy both groups. She said they wanted opt -in, which is the policy of neighboring community, Mountain View, Section 36.54.70, which directs that the application will be processed only if the owner agrees in writing to such designation. Ms. Yaplee referred to a Palo Alto Week/yarticle in which an HRB member pushed back against the idea voiced by several residents that a historical designation may lower property values. Ms. Yaplee noted a comment by an HRB at a previous meeting and said she talked to some realtors trying to get their perspective on what it means to have a house that's listed on an inventory in terms of salability. The realtors have said it narrows the buying pool and it is seen as a negative thing. She shared points from a City of Palo Alto Packet Pg. 615 e4 Item 4 Attachment A - HRB 11.09 Minutes letter sent from a realtor, Micheal Dreyfus, and 11 real estate agents to the HRB and City Council the previous night. The letter suggested that in Palo Alto a historical classification can reduce a property's value by 10 to 20 percent and that, while historic restrictions preserve a property's existing condition, the preservation may come at considerable financial cost to the owner. Jan Gabus, owner of 243-245 Webster, stated that he does want 243 to be in the historic register, but 245 is the "shack in the back," and he hoped to change it to an architecturally appropriate ADU. John Bard said he has been an active participant in this process, attending several HRB meetings and also the reconnaissance survey. His property at 947 Waverly is on the list as an eligible property. He has submitted a letter to have it withdrawn from consideration, so he assumed they would be back in January as well. He thanked the Board for the opportunity to share input and reiterated some of his points from past meetings. He feels that the incentives for being on the list are not sufficient to for most residential properties to take the risk of being on the list and being subject to restrictions yet to be defined or identified. Also, there is also a sense that the restrictions will also lead to a loss of property value. He appreciates the Board's desire to protect the historic properties. He noted that most owners have expressed the love of their properties for the historic character and value that has for them, but to list them as a mandated process does not sit well with many of them, including him and his wife. He urged the Board to take a second look at how to move forward. He felt the people who want their property listed on the inventory should have that ability in this cycle, but the homeowners that do not should have a process for withdrawing from the list to make sure their property is not moved into the inventory. He also hope the Board would do a better job of defining the incentives as well as creating new ones, like the Mills Act. He added that he did not have faith that the Mills Act will pass, so holding it out as a potential incentive would be risky. Maureen Bard agreed with Mr. Bard and most of the previous speakers. She said no one feels good about being volunteered to be on the list and being forced to be no it. She said she treasures historic homes but does not think it fair for the City to expect a select number of them to bear the financial and regulatory burden of maintaining the city's heritage without their consent. She said the selection process seems to be somewhat inequitable and capricious. Hers will be one of only two houses designated on their block, despite the fact that quite a few are over 100 years old. Also, there are several multi -family dwellings which have fewer restrictions than they do. She said they potentially could be surrounded by modern development, thus de -valuing their particular property. She referred to a "cute Victorian behind CVS" and said they don't want to be that property and they know that no one would want to pay market rates for a cute historic home in a neighborhood surrounded by others that are much larger. She said the state and national listings do not list properties against homeowners' objections. She said she had talked to Ms. French who reminded her that each property is individual and they should talk to her to find out what benefits there are for them. She asked, who knows better than the individual homeowner the challenges there would be to being on the listing? She felt that owners should have a right to have their homes removed if they prefer. With no other public speakers to be heard, Ms. French indicated that, unless there was a desire for the Board Members to comment, they could begin discussing the first list of properties. Board Member Willis addressed the speakers and said she knew they all came with somewhat negative feedback. She said the part that sticks with her is how positive it was. She said it is lovely to hear that most indicated how much they enjoy their historic property. Mayor Lydia Kou asked what the process is going forward. Ms. French explained that the recommendation was that, on the lists of property groups to be considered, to indicate which ones have submitted a letter of objection. Those would be pulled out of the day's consideration and they would be targeted for a January 25th meeting. By that time they will be able to compile the many comments and reasons, which is rich information to include in their report for the January 25th meeting. Regarding the other properties for which they have not received an objection letter, the Board would be free to consider the recommended category for the inventory and prepare to vote and provide a recommendation to Council. She added that there will still be an opportunity for those property owners to submit an objection letter, all the way up until City Council addresses them, which is the only body that can actually place a property on the inventory. That would be tentatively in the spring of 2024. There will be three more meetings: December 14th, January 11th, January 25th, as well as potentially an evening meeting in February. City of Palo Alto Packet Pg. 616 ,�.ye5 Item 4 Attachment A - HRB 11.09 Minutes Mayor Kou referred to the comment about Mountain View's regulations, and asked if the Board has seen other examples from other cities. Ms. French responded that the Board as a group has not studied examples of other cities. They know a little bit about Mountain View. They created their register in 2005. They allowed owners to de -list within six months afterwards. It required the owners to speak up, as opposed to inviting anyone who wanted to be the inventory to speak up. Mayor Kou wondered if it would be worthwhile for the Board to look at ideas about regulations in other cities. Ms. French agreed it would be a good idea to obtain information on other cities, some of which have been very successful, such as Pasadena and San Diego, and who have many historic resources. Board Member Willis noted that other Board members have individually looked at other city ordinances. Chair Eagleston-Cieslewicz added that they do look at processes for the state register in particular. With no further public comments, Chair Eagleston-Cieslewicz led the Board to begin discussion of the properties. [Board Member Willis recused herself] The Board reviewed the property at 731 Emerson. Nomination memos and DPRs were provided in the Board's packet. Ms. French advised any attendee property owners that if they have not seen their forms, she is happy to email them, or the paper packet was available for them to look at. Photos of 731 Emerson were shared. Chair Eagleston-Cieslewicz noted for reference that for the larger groups they would be speaking to the group collectively. Ms. Reiter provided explanation of the way the nomination forms had been assembled. The first portion is one or two pages created by Page and Turnbull, followed by the original DPR created in 1997-2001, which is the previous documentation for which the property was found eligible for the National Register. The first two pages reference this documentation. In some cases there is a HRE, Historic Resource Evaluation, appended. Barrett Reiter spoke to the nomination of 731 Emerson and gave a brief explanation of the materials included and presented for each of the nominations. The first section summarized the reasons that the property was found significant. For 731 Emerson, the 2023 reconnaissance survey referenced when the photo was taken and it was determined whether any alterations had been made since 2001. They then made a recommended revision to the significance, whether they found that one of the previously -identified criteria didn't really apply or fit the Palo Alto criteria very well, or if there were any best practice updates. She said one of the things they have seen with many properties is that often the original surveyors — Dames and Moore — would provide a date range for the period of significance. Ms. Reiter said they had moved away from this practice and will often assign a single year, which helps property owners understand what time period their property is significant for, and if there is a question about an original feature or an alternation, it helps hone in on that. The third section is the recommendation for listing in the Palo Alto Historic Inventory, including the criteria that the property is listed under, corresponding to the previous National Register Criteria and including a statement of significance summarizing the significance of the property. Ms. Reiter noted that 731 Emerson is an early and notable example of the Queen Anne style that was built by an important local builder, H.L. Upham. It was recommended for a Category 2 listing. Ms. French suggested that for each group of properties to note concurrence with the recommended category as well as the nomination for Council consideration of placement non the inventory. Motion by Chair Eagleston-Cieslewicz to advance 731 Emerson to consideration by Council under the category recommended. Seconded by Board Member Rohman, the motion passed (5-0-1). [Board Member Willis rejoined the meeting] Ms. French provided an overview of the properties grouped by criteria for designation. City of Palo Alto Packet Pg. 617 ,�.ye6 Item 4 Attachment A - HRB 11.09 Minutes Chair Eagleston-Cieslewicz referenced the verbal objections shared earlier in the meeting and asked if it was possible to remove those properties. Ms. French indicated that properties marked with asterisks on the slides were those for which objection emails or letters had been received. She pointed out that they are looking at the local register nominations, and not to remove eligibility for the National Register, which is different from listing on a register. She reiterated that January 25th would be the target date to discuss all of the properties for which they have received objections. Ms. French presented 243 Webster. The property was not in the original eligible properties, but was more recently identified as potentially eligible and recently found eligible. The owner had expressed interest in being placed on the inventory, so his property was included for consideration at this meeting. It was recommended as a Category 2. The owner had indicated that the front house on the property is the one that is historic, whereas the "shack in the back" is a planned project for an ADU. Chair Willis disclosed that she has looked at this property with the owner. Motion by Board Member Pease to consider the property at 243 Webster. Seconded by Chair Eagleston- Cieslewicz, the motion passed (6-0) by roll call vote. Ms. French noted that the next stage for this particular property, because of the owner's high interest, can be moved forward to the Council on its own path as opposed to waiting until spring of next year. Chair Eagleston-Cieslewicz thought this was a good idea. There were no objections. Ms. French presented two city -owned properties — 201 Alma Street and the Cistern and Pump House — located near Hale Street along Palo Alto Avenue. Conversations with City staff regarding these two properties indicated no objection to placing them on the inventory. Board Member Willis remarked that, long overdue, she was very happy to see this happening. Motion by Chair Eagleston-Cieslewicz to move the two properties to City Council consideration under the categories recommended. Seconded by Board Member Pease, the motion passed (6-0) by roll call vote. Ms. French presented 10 private properties eligible under Criterion 2 and 5. Two properties had asterisks. She explained that each time an objection was received she has looked up the zoning of the property, and this is indicated next to the address in the table in each case. The remaining properties were all under Category 2. Motion by Board Member Rohman to advance the 10 properties to City Council for consideration, with the exception of 1056 University Avenue, 385 Waverly Street and 731 Emerson. Seconded by Board Member Pease, the motion passed (6-0) by roll call vote. Ms. French reiterated that the properties on the screen have been nominated to the City's register. Action would not take place until Council reviews them, and letters and conversations are welcomed up until that time. Ms. French presented the list of private properties proposed for designation under Palo Alto Criterion 2. There were formerly 25 properties in this group, of number of which now have asterisks. Criteria 2, she explained, denotes properties particularly representative of an architectural style or way of life important to the city, state or nation. The zones were noted for each of the asterisked properties. Ms. Reiter pointed out that all of the properties in this list, with the exception of one, were Category 2; 669 Channing is a Category 3 recommendation. Motion by Chair Eagleston-Cieslewicz to advance the properties without homeowner objection to Council consideration under the categories listed. Seconded by Board Member Wimmer, the motion passed (6-0) by roll call vote. Ms. French presented the next list consisting of five properties proposed for designation under Palo Alto Criteria 2 and 6, two of which were asterisked to indicate objections. She reminded the attendees that if anyone in each of the groups had a property on the list and would like to come to and speak to this particular group they were welcome to do so. City of Palo Alto Packet Pg. 618 e7 Item 4 Attachment A - HRB 11.09 Minutes Ms. Reiter added that all in this group are recommended under Category 2. Motion by Board Member Rohman to advance the properties with the exception of 162 Bryant and 1590 California Avenue to City Council. Seconded by Chair Eagleston-Cieslewicz, the motion passed (6-0) by roll call vote. Ms. French presented the next group of five properties, excluding three with objections, under Criteria 2, 5 and 6. Ms. Reiter added that all were recommended under Category 2. Motion by Board Member Pease to advance 541 Bryant and 680 Homer Avenue to Council. Chair Eagleston-Cieslewicz asked for clarification whether there was a registered objection on 541 Bryant. Board Member Willis thought this was the one referenced by one of the public commenters. Ms. French noted that this was 635 Bryant. The motion was seconded by Board Member Rohman. The motion passed (6-0) by roll call vote. Ms. French presented the next group, five properties, excluding one objection, recommended under Criterion 2 and 3. Ms. Reiter noted that 904 Bryant is recommended as a Category 2 and the remaining three on Cornell and Webster Streets are Category 3. Motion by Chair Eagleston-Cieslewicz to advance all of the properties with the exception of 630 Lincoln Avenue to consideration by Council under the recommended categories. Seconded by Board Member Rohman, the motion passed (6-0) by roll call vote. Ms. French presented the next group, four properties, excluding three objections for designation under Palo Alto Criterion 3, Category 3, for the local inventory. Motion by Board Member Pease to advance 815 Kipling Street to the Council. Seconded by Board Member Rohman, the motion passed (6-0) by roll call vote. Ms. French noted that in the next group there were two properties, with objections to both, and she would be adding the asterisk to 538 Churchill. The next group consisted of two private properties presented under Criteria 1, 2 and 5, both recommended as Category 1. Board Member Willis commented that she was happy to see the Stanford Hospital building on the list, since it is a landmark in town and they did a very nice job renovating and preserving it. Motion by Chair Eagleston-Cieslewicz to advance the two properties be advanced to consideration by Council under the recommended categories. Seconded by Board Member Pease, the motion passed (6-0) by roll call vote. Ms. French presented the next group, two properties under Criteria 1 and 6. She said they had spoken with a representative of the owner of the Alta Vista Cemetery, who was in attendance. Category 2 was recommended for this property. Marilyn Talbot, General Manager and Corporate Officer for the property, spoke and noted that the property name is Alta Mesa Cemetery, not Alta Vista. She said there are some statements in the documents are inaccurate and need to be corrected. She said she has been there for 43 years and knows much of the history of the cemetery. She said she did not understand the limitations that the process would put on the property and was not sure of the reason for it. She said she would communicate with Ms. French to learn more. Board Member Rohman asked if she wished to object to advancing the property. Ms. Talbot chose to object until such time as she could learn more. Ms. Reiter added that if there are inaccuracies they would like to fix them before moving forward. City of Palo Alto Packet Pg. 619 e8 Item 4 Attachment A - HRB 11.09 Minutes Motion by Chair Eagleston-Cieslewicz to advance 720 Waverly Street to Council consideration under the Category 2 recommendation. Seconded by Board Member Pease, the motion passed (6-0) by roll call vote. Ms. French presented the next group, two properties recommended under Criteria 4 and 6, for Category 2. Motion by Board Member Pease to advance the two properties to Council for consideration. Seconded by Board Member Willis, the motion passed (6-0) by roll call vote. Ms. French presented the property at 212 Emerson proposed for designation under Criteria 2 and 4, recommended for Category 2. Motion by Chair Eagleston-Cieslewicz to advance 212 Emerson Street to Council consideration under Category 2. Seconded by Board Member Wimmer, the motion passed (6-0) by roll call vote. Ms. French presented the property at 555 Forest proposed for designation under Criteria 1, 5 and 6, nominated for Category 2. Motion by Chair Eagleston-Cieslewicz to 555 Forest Avenue to consideration by Council under Category 2 recommendation. Seconded by Board Member Rohman, the motion passed (6-0) by roll call vote. Ms. French noted that an objection letter had been received for the property at 334 High, so it would not be considered at that meeting. She presented the property at 437 Kipling, proposed for designation under Criteria 1, 2 and 4, recommended for Category 2. Motion by Chair Eagleston-Cieslewicz to advance 437 Kipling to consideration by Council under Category 2. Seconded by Board Member Rohman, the motion passed (6-0) by roll call vote. Ms. French announced that this was end of the groups to be considered at the meeting. The properties for which objection letters had been received would be recognized as such and will be discussed on January 25th unless a different alternative is proposed. Approval of Minutes 3. Approval of Historic Resources Board Draft Minutes of August 24, 2023 Motion by Board Member Wimmer to approve the minutes of the August 24th meeting as corrected. Seconded by Chair Eagleston-Cieslewicz, the motion passed unanimously by voice vote. 4. Approval of Historic Resources Board Draft Minutes of September 14, 2023 Motion by Chair Eagleston-Cieslewicz to approve the minutes of the September 14, 2023, meeting. Seconded by Board Member Pease, the motion passed unanimously by voice vote. 5. Approval of Historic Resources Board Draft Minutes of October 12, 2023 Motion by Chair Eagleston-Cieslewicz to approved the minutes of the October 12, 2023, as corrected. Seconded by Board Member Wimmer, the motion passed unanimously by voice vote. Board Member Questions, Comments , Announcements or Future Meetings and Agendas Board Member Wimmer questioned in regard to homeowners that have expressed an interest in not having their property on the list, whether a new category could be created for those properties, so that in the event that one of them changed hands or was sold to a new homeowner who would then like to list the property on the historic register, that the opportunity would not be missed. She wondered if those properties might remain on the deemed potentially eligible list, or whether, once an owner stated they were not interested, they would no longer be considered in the future. Ms. French responded that the only categories available on the inventory are Categories 1, 2, 3 and 4 per the Ordinance. She advised them to stop using the phrase "potentially eligible," because these are basically unevaluated properties. The eligible properties deemed eligible for National Register in the year 2000 and sent to the State for their database are eligible forever for National Register unless they are torn down or compromised and called to their attention. The other list that is not changing is potentially eligible for the California Register, and they have also identified properties that are eligible for the local register through the current process, not on a register, but simply eligible. There is nothing in the Ordinance describing "deemed eligible" properties. However, the record is there for people to find. City of Palo Alto Packet Pg. 620 e9 Item 4 Attachment A - HRB 11.09 Minutes Board Member Wimmer asked, as an example, if after this process someone would look up the parcel report of their property, where it says, "Historic Category listing," whether there would some sort of note attached. Ms. French said it would not change from what is shown currently. If it is still eligible for the National Register, it will still be noted, because that hasn't changed, even if Council does not place them on the local inventory. It will still be eligible for the National Register unless something changes on the property that renders it no longer eligible. Board Member Wimmer asked for clarification that if the homeowner declines to move their property forward, it does not change that fact about the property. Ms. French said this was correct. Chair Eagleston-Cieslewicz invited any other questions or comments. Board Member Pease asked if it would be possible to agendize for the December 14th meeting consideration of making a recommendation to the Council that the local Ordinance be amended to conform with that of the National and California laws that a property cannot be added to an inventory over the objections of an owner. Ms. French said her advice, if they were to bring this onto the already busy agenda for December 14th, was to prepare some sort of memo recommending a protocol that the Council follow and that the HRB would like to follow. She did not believe they could turn around an ordinance change with all of the vetting and outreach that has to happen for that. Board Member Pease clarified that he would like to consider making a recommendation to Council at that meeting. Whatever is required to amend the current ordinance, not initiate a new ordinance, on that question. He wished to discuss this and vote on whether they are going to recommend this to the Council. Chair Eagleston-Cieslewicz thought it would still require the EIR process, a formal amendment, but they could make a recommendation to Council in terms of how they handle it without a formal amendment. Board Member Pease said he was just asking for an upfront decision that the Board is going to recommend that. Ms. French said the Board could certainly provide a recommendation to Council in any way. When it involved an actual ordinance change, however, it is a legislative change and subject to the California Environmental Quality Act, so it takes work on the back end before bringing it forward to the group. Board Member Rohman suggested perhaps at the January 25th meeting, while hearing the objections, they could formally vote to recommend that Council not designate any properties to the inventory that have an owner objection. Chair Eagleston-Cieslewicz asked if would be possible to have a memo drafted to that effect that could be relayed to the Council. Ms. French felt it was important to document what they have heard through verbal statements in the community meetings and hearings. Staff has been on record as having stated that this is the protocol of the State. She thought it would be correct to develop a protocol that the HRB could form moving forward on the nominations, since the Ordinance is silent on this issue. They could also prepare a recommendation that Council direct staff to prepare a change to the Ordinance itself that clearly states this formally and legally. [An unidentified attendee commented inaudibly. Ms. French advised the conversation on the topic would end because it is not agendized.] Adjournment Motion by Chair Eagleston-Cieslewicz to adjourn. Seconded by Board Member Rohman, the motion carried unanimously by voice vote. City of Palo Alto Packet Pg. 621 10