HomeMy WebLinkAbout1121 Linda Vista_Presentation_20240604The Harriet Van Horn Residence1121 Linda Vista Road
HSPB #157 - Historic Site Designation
June 4, 2024
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Project Site & Context
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Proposed Review
•Historic Site Designation (Section 8.05.070)
• Property address: 1121 Linda Vista Road (APN #507-132-001)
•Zone District: Single Family Residential (R-1-C)
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Street view 1121 Linda Vista Road, 1949. Source: Palm Springs Villager
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Existing Site Conditions
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
•Low-slung one-story configuration with horizontal massing and splayed L-shaped
building footprint
•Two main building volumes separated by inset entryway beneath a rectangular
canopy
•Unadorned stucco walls and stucco cladding with continuous slightly projecting
relief along the roofline at exterior walls
•Flat roofline with wide overhanging eaves
•Flat-stacked Arizona sandstone chimneys projecting above the roofline at the
north and west elevations
•Fenestration patterns consisting of rectangular fixed and casement steel-frame
windows at all elevations
•Rectangular Swimming pool
•Flat-stacked Arizona sandstone wall, east of inset entryway at north elevation
•Low flat-stacked Arizona sandstone planters at north and south elevations
•Vertical cylindrical poles used as accents framing the north elevation of the
western volume
•Low concrete wall separating the front yard from the sidewalk
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Criteria for Historic Designation
Non-contributing Elements:
•Concrete entry pathway
•Hedges installed along the street-facing front
façade
•Enclosed carport with garage door east of the
sandstone chimney on the north elevation
•Sliding glass door on the rear elevation
•Privacy wall that terminates into the corner of the
west façade
•Spa attached to the swimming pool
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South Elevation of 1121 Linda Vista Road, 2024Source: Chattel, Inc.
Conclusion
This is a City-initiated application for historic designation. Based on the Historic Resources Report (HRR), staff finds the property at 1121 Linda Vista Road meets criterion 3 and 5 for historic designation and all of the integrity findings listed in Section 8.05.070.C.1.b in its current condition, therefore, recommends Class 1 (Landmark) designation.
Recommendation
Staff recommends HSPB adopt Resolution #157 and designate the “Harriet Van Horn Residence” (1121 Linda Vista Road) as a Class 1 (Landmark) site.
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