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Blankenhorn/Gilmore Residence
1850 Smoke Tree Lane
HSPB #148 – Historic Designation
November 9, 2023
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Project Site
& Context
Proposed Review
•Historic Site Designation
(Section 8.05.070)
•Property address: 1850 Smoke Tree Lane
(APN #510-104-002, 510-104-006, 510-105-002)
•Zone District: Single-Family Residential Zone
(R-1-A)
•General Plan: Estate Residential (ER)
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Historic
Documentation
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Blankenhorn/Gilmore Residence
Source: Huntington Library,
Maynard Parke.
Date: unknown
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Municipal Code Section 8.05.070.C.1.a
Criteria for the Designation of Class 1 Historic Resources
The site, structure, building or object exhibits exceptional historic significance and meets one or more of
the criteria listed below:
Criterion i: The resource is associated with events that have made a meaningful contribution to the nation,
state or community;
Criterion ii: The resource is associated with the lives of persons who made a meaningful contribution to
national, state or local history;
Criterion iii: The resource reflects or exemplifies a particular period of national, state or local history;
Criterion iv: The resource embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period or method of
construction;
Criterion v: The resource presents the work of a master builder, designer, artist, or architect whose
individual genius influenced his age, or that possesses high artistic value;
Criterion vi: The resource represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components may lack
individual distinction, as used in evaluating applications for designation of historic districts, for parcels on
which more than one entity exists; or
Criterion vii: The resource has yielded or may be likely to yield information important to national, state or
local history or prehistory.
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Criteria for
Historic Designation
Municipal Code Section 8.05.070.C.1.b
Analysis of Integrity
•Location
•Design
•Setting
•Materials
•Workmanship
•Feeling
•Association
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Criteria for
Historic Designation
Character Defining Features
•One-story ranch home with an emphasis on horizontality
•Low pitched wood shake roof
•Board-and-batten wood siding
•Deep roof eaves with extended roof rafters
•Covered front porch, patios and arcades
•Two shed roofs on either side of the low-pitched gable roof of the original home
•Masonry chimney along the roof ridge of the low-pitched visible on the west facade
•Irregular/rambling floor plan
•Steel-framed windows
•Natural desert setting
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Conclusion
Blankenhorn/Gilmore Residence meets the definition of a historic resource based on Criterion 2, 3, and
5 of the Palm Springs Historic Preservation Ordinance. The property possesses historic integrity to
qualify as a Class 1 (“Landmark”) site.
Recommendation
Both Staff and HSPB recommend the City Council adopt Resolution #148 to designate the
“Blankenhorn/Gilmore Residence” (1850 Smoke Tree Lane) as a Class 1 Site.
Owners’ Position
The current owner submitted the request for historic designation.
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