HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem 2C - PresentationItem 2CAlvah and Teresa Hicks Residence
701 North Patencio Road
HSPB #155 – Historic Designation
May 23, 2024
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Project Site & Context
Proposed Review
•Historic Site Designation (Section 8.05.070)
•Property address: 701 N. Patencio Road (APN #505-291-005)
•Zone District: Single-Family Residential Zone (R-1-A)
•General Plan: Estate Residential (ER)
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Historic Documentation
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701 N. Patencio Road (front elevation), 1927Source: Palm Springs Historical Society 701 N. Patencio Road (front elevation)Photograph taken March, 2024
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.
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:
•Overall site design
•U-shaped floor plan with interior courtyard
•Unadorned stucco exterior walls
•The shed-roof massing to the north of the front doors
•Covered front porch with tile roof overhang
•Wooden multi-light casement windows
•Wooden French doors
•Exposed wood rafter tail details
•Terra-cotta clay tile roof
•Rooftop observation tower
•Mature multi-trunk Mesquite tree as part of the site design
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Criteria for Historic Designation
Non-contributing Elements:
•Modified front porch and new entry feature on the
primary façade of the house
•1970s expansion to the primary bedroom on the
south wing of the home and 1980s addition to west
elevation of the detached garage structure
•Perimeter masonry walls, gates, and planters around
the property
•Swimming pool and associated equipment, added in
the 1970s
•Outdoor water features, wooden pergolas, and
exterior shades
•Brick pavers in patio areas and pathways
•S-tile terra cotta roof tiles
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Conclusion
“Alvah and Teresa Hicks Residence” meets Criterion 2, 3, and 5 of the Palm Springs Historic Preservation Ordinance but alterations to the home has impacted the existing integrity, therefore, staff finds the property possesses historic integrity to qualify as a Class 2 (“Historic Merit”) site.
Recommendation
Staff recommends HSPB adopt Resolution #155 and designate the “Alvah and Teresa Hicks Residence” (701 N. Patencio Road) as a Class 2 Historic Site.
Owners’ Position
The current owner submitted the request for historic designation.
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