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Workshop Series - 2024
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Part 2
Tools to Assess Historic Resource Significance in Palm Springs
Palm Springs Historic Site Preservation Board Workshop
June 2024
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HISTORIC RESOURCES INVENTORY
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HISTORIC CONTEXTS
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CITY ORDINANCE CRITERIA
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EVALUATION OF SIGNIFICANCE
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•Properties listed in the National Register
Historic Properties in Palm Springs | City of Palm Springs (palmspringsca.gov)
•Properties identified as significant in the citywide survey
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•California OHP Historic Resources Inventory (not online)
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•Developed in 2014-2017 as part of the citywide survey
•Based on the Multiple Property Documentation Approach
–provides a consistent framework for resource identification and evaluation
•Historic contexts organized by development history and period of time
–themes and sub-themes associated with each context
–has property types associated with each context and theme
–includes eligibility standards and registration requirements for property
evaluations
Context: Early Development (1884-1918)
Context: Palm Springs between the Wars (1919-1941)
Theme: Single-family Residential Development between the Wars (1919-1941)
Residential Architecture (1919-1941)
Sub-theme: Single-family Residential Development (1919-1929)
Sub-theme: Depression-era Single-family Residential Development (1930-1941)
Theme: Multi-family Residential Development between the Wars (1919-1941)
Theme: Trailer Park/ Mobile Home Community Development (1917-1944)
Theme: Commercial Development between the Wars (1919-1941)
Sub-theme: Hotel & Resort Development
Sub-theme: Retail & Entertainment Development
Sub-theme: Las Palmas Business Historic District
Sub-theme: Desert Guest Ranches & Western-Themed Resort Activities
Theme: Civic & Institutional Development between the Wars (1919-1941)
Theme: The Influence of the Entertainment Industry (1919-1941)
Context: Palm Springs During the World War II (1939-1945)
Theme: The War Effort in Palm Springs (1939-1945)
Context: Post-World War II Palm Springs (1945-1969)
Theme: Post-World War II Single-family Residential Development (1945-1969)
Postwar Residential Architecture
Sub-theme: Single-family Residential Development (1945-1969)
Sub-theme: Golf Course Single-family Residential Development (1960-1969)
Theme: Post-World War II Multi-family Residential Development (1945-1969)
Theme: Trailer Park/Mobile Home Community Development (1945-1969)
Theme: Post-World War II Commercial Development (1945-1969)
Sub-theme: Hotel & Resort Development (1945-1969)
Sub-theme: Retail & Entertainment Development (1945-1969)
Sub-theme: Las Palmas Business Historic District (1945-1969)
Theme: Post- World War II Civic & Institutional Development between the Wars (1945-1969)
Theme: The Influence of the Entertainment Industry (1945-1969)
Context: Ethnic Minorities in Palm Springs
Theme: Residential Development Associated with Ethnic Minorities (c. 1900-1969)
Theme: Religious, Educational, and Cultural Institutions Associated with Ethnic Minorities
(c. 1917-1969)
Theme: Commercial Development Associated with Ethnic Minorities (c. 1930s-1969)
Context: Architectural Styles and Local Practitioners (1945-1969)
Historic Contexts
Applicable Eligibility Criteria
Integrity Considerations
Registration Requirements
•Establishes importance of
themes/subthemesNarrative Context
Associated Property Type(s)
Theme(s)/Sub Theme(s)
•Required Aspects
•Individual Property
•Historic District
•National Register
•California Register
•City Criteria
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•Related to specific
themes/subthemes
•Organized by chronological
periods
•Specific topics
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•May 1981 City Council adopted Ordinance 1140 that created the Historic
Preservation program, Historic Site Preservation Board (HSPB), and the
review process for alterations.
•Municipal Code Chapter 8.05 Historic Preservation: Article 8.05.010:
This chapter is adopted pursuant to the authority of Government Code
Section 37361 for the purpose of preserving areas and specific buildings in
the city which reflect elements of its cultural, social, economic, political,
architectural and archaeological history.
Establishes designation criteria and integrity standards
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•Multiple layers of significance
•Rarity of resources representing a property type or theme
•Threatened resources
•Comparative analysis
•Underrepresented property types and themes
•Significance to a neighborhood vs. entire city
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Palm Springs ordinance specifically calls for assessment of
integrity following National Register guidelines
How to Apply the National Register Criteria for Evaluation (nps.gov)
National Register 7 Aspects of Integrity:
•Location
•Design
•Materials
•Setting
•Workmanship
•Feeling
•Association
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Significance + Integrity = Class 1 and Historic District Eligibility
A property does not need to retain all 7 aspects of integrity!
Rule of thumb: Resource retains sufficient integrity to convey significance
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Integrity is relative to the why a property is significant:
Significance based on physical attributes
•Architectural significance
•Physical integrity important (design, materials, workmanship)
•Identify essential character-defining features
Significance based on associative qualities
•Strength of the association with social, cultural, or ethnic history
•Physical integrity less important
•Property should convey significance for the association (location, setting,
feeling, association)
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Step 1: Existing Designations and Survey Findings
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Step 2: Relevant Historic Context/Themes
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Step 3: Relevant Eligibility Criteria
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Note: Identify for each context/theme
Post-World War II Commercial Development:
Hotel and Resort Development (1945-1969)
Step 4: Integrity Standards and Considerations
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Note: Identify for each context/theme
Post-World War II Commercial Development:
Hotel and Resort Development (1945-1969)
To be eligible under this theme, a property must:
• date from the period of significance; and
• represent important patterns and trends in commercial development from
this period; or
• represent an excellent or rare example of an architectural style, property
type, or method of construction; or be associated with a significant architect
or designer; and
• display most of the character-defining features of the property type or
style; and
• retain the essential aspects of historic integrity.
To be eligible under this theme, a historic district must:
• retain a majority of the contributors dating from the period of significance;
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• display the original planning features of a commercial enclave or corridor,
including use, setbacks, and other planning features; and
• retain the essential aspects of historic integrity
Step 5: Registration Requirements
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Does the nomination and staff report:
•Identify and state if the property is designated under any program?
•Identify if the property is on the citywide survey?
–Summarize survey findings
•Apply the citywide historic context statement
–Identify all relevant historic contexts and themes?
–Discuss and apply relevant eligibility standards, integrity standards, and registration requirements?
•Comprehensively address the city criteria?
•Assess integrity relative to the applicable city criteria?
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