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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2/6/2013 - STAFF REPORTS - 1B ��OppALM Sp4 iy Q u a C4</FORN�P CITY COUNCIL STAFF REPORT DATE: February 6, 2013 PUBLIC HEARING SUBJECT: CASE HSPB #87: APPLICATION FOR DESIGNATION OF THE SINGLE FAMILY PROPERTY AT 1320 E. TAMARISK ROAD AS A CLASS 1 HISTORIC SITE FROM: David H. Ready, City Manager BY: The Planning Department SUMMARY Under Section 8.05 of the Palm Springs Municipal Code (Historic Resources), the City Council may designate properties as "Class 1" historic sites. The City's Historic Site Preservation Board (HSPB) has recommended such a designation for the property at 1320 E. Tamarisk Road. The Council will conduct a public hearing and determine if the site should be designated. Class 1 designation would place the building under the guidance of Municipal Code Section 8.05 "Historic Preservation". RECOMMENDATION 1. Open the public hearing and accept public testimony. 2. Adopt Resolution No. : "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF ' THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA DESIGNATING THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1320 E. TAMARISK ROAD AS A HISTORIC SITE, CLASS 1 — HSPB 87" PROJECT DESCRIPTION The property owner, Barbara Black, filed an application requesting the subject property be designated a Class 1 historic site. Such designation would: 1. Place the subject property under the guidance of Municipal Code Section 8.05 2. Require present and subsequent owners to maintain the site consistent with that ordinance, and ITEM NO. I rJ City Council Staff Report February 6,2013 Case HSPB-87; 1320 E.Tamarisk Road Page 2 of 15 3. Grant possible property tax reduction opportunities to the owner under the State of California Mills Act. A full project description, historic assessment report, findings and recommendations can be found in the attached staff reports to the Historic Site Preservation Board dated December 11, 2012. PRIOR ACTIONS On January 8, 2013, the HSPB voted 5 to 0 (Gilmer absent) to recommend that the City Council designate the site at 1320 E. Tamarisk Road, a Class 1 Historic Site in accordance with Municipal Code Section 8.05. HSPB Resolution #87 is attached. ANALYSIS Located on a mid-block lot on the north side of E. Tamarisk Road, between Hermosa Drive and Paseo Anza, the structure is a steel frame, factory-built single family residence erected on site in 1937. The lot is part of the Desert Sands Tract and has an area of about 12,960 square feet; it is nearly square and generally flat. The dwelling has 1,754 sq. ft. of floor area, three bedrooms and two bathrooms. A two-car garage was constructed in 1947, and partially converted to a one-bedroom, one bath guest suite in 1948. The steel post-and-beam framework is clad in compressed asbestos panels, with interior walls of plyboard. Fireproof roofing was replaced with a foam roof in 1991. A swimming pool was added in 1968. The house has an irregular footprint made up of two offset rectangles in plan, with a projecting volume at the main facade corresponding to the living room on the interior. The design, proportion, materials, metal post and beam construction, and overall feeling of this low-slung, linear, single-story residence reflects the Streamline Moderne style and incorporates such characteristic elements as metal-framed ribbon and corner windows, smooth wall finishes, rounded comers, and a flat roof. The original owner was Edmond Lindop (1901-1968), who became an early franchiser of General Houses, Inc. with the goal of becoming a developer. He acquired a tract of land in Palm Springs in 1936 where he hoped to develop a neighborhood of steel houses. A single model was constructed (the present nominated dwelling) but the project was not a success, and the Lindop family used model home as a weekend residence. It sold in 1946 to Charles Stern who owned the house for many years. Stern ordered a compatible two-car garage module from General Houses that was added to the main house in 1947. Since February 1962 the home has been owned by the late architect Michael Black and his wife Barbara. Barbara Black continues to own the home today. Over its 75-year history, the home has been occupied by only two families. The dwelling is a nearly one-of-a-kind and was produced by General Houses, Inc. The first General Houses Steel Home system was designed in 1932 and examples were exhibited at the 1933-34 Chicago World's Fair. In 1937, the first and only Palm Springs 2 v2 City Council Staff Report February 6,2013 Case HSPB-87; 1320 E.Tamarisk Road Page 3 of 15 version was built, and it is one of the three earliest modern homes in Palm Springs and the first, modular, prefabricated steel home in the desert. General Houses, Inc was founded by Howard T. Fisher, FAIA in 1932. The firm designed and erected low-cost, high-quality prefabricated homes using mass production methods that integrated design, manufacturing, and marketing of simple houses in a single package. Fisher's original patented construction system used pressed-steel panels for walls, roofs, and floors, set on a concrete foundation. After the foundation was cured, a crew of unskilled laborers could put house together in about two weeks. General Houses displayed a model home at the 'Century of Progress' World's Fair. It was a sleek, flat-roofed, stylishly furnished steel cottage that attracted thousands of visitors. The system of modular construction drew the attention and support of supplier- partners such as General Electric, Pullman Car & Manufacturing, and Pittsburgh Paint & Glass. However, General Houses could not translate its concept into a successful product in the housing market and the vision of mass-produced, factory-built housing languished until others revived the idea after World War ll. DEFINING HISTORIC CHARACTERISTICS In 1937, the first and only Palm Springs version of General Houses Steel Home system was built; it is one of the three earliest modern homes in Palm Springs and the first modular, prefabricated steel home in the desert. Built as a model home, the subject building, "The Trenton" GH Model # H-14-16-L was the deluxe model with an optional fireplace. It was a 1,754 sq. ft. 3-bedroom', 2- bathroom single family residence. The design, proportion, materials, metal post and beam construction, and overall feeling of this low-slung, linear, single-story residence reflect the Streamline Modeme style and incorporate such characteristic elements as metal-framed ribbon and corner windows, smooth wall finishes, rounded corners, and a flat roof.z Outside walls and interior partitions consist of a series of 35"-wide panels supported between the upright columns of the steel frame. The outer surface of each exterior wall panel consists of an asbestos cement board. Roof and ceiling panels are similar to, but somewhat heavier than the wall panels, and are screwed down onto the horizontal beams of the steel frame. A waterproof, long-wearing membrane, applied in layers, was laid over the roof to assure trouble-free shelter from rain, sun and snow. An attractive coping extends above the surface of the roof at the edges, and roof drains and downspouts carry the water to the ground. ' The home actually has four bedrooms and three baths; one of the two original garage bays was converted to a Guest Suite. 2 The specifications that follow are taken from the brochure for General Houses, Inc. entitled "The House that Science Built". To the extent they are found on the subject property, they are considered defining historic characteristics. 3 03 City Council Staff Report February 6,2013 Case HSPB-87; 1320 E.Tamarisk Road Page 4 of 15 Windows are steel casement that open outward and are furnished complete with hardware. The complete window panel is the same in overall size and thickness as any solid wall panel so that the location of windows may be determined by the owner and placed by the builder within any panel opening without regard to the window locations shown on the plan. Entrance doors were of modern flush design, made of wood in built-up construction 1 Y44" thick, and glazed. Rear entrance doors were recessed panel design, made of build- up wood construction, 1 3/4" thick, with the upper portion glazed. Thresholds were of stainless steel. Exterior connecting doors to garage were similar in design and construction to the front entrance doors, but were not glazed. Screen doors with bronze wire mesh, were provided for front and rear entrances. The outside surface of all wall panels was painted with one coat of special primer and one finish coat of white lead in linseed oil paint. All metal surfaces such as windows and door frames, steel panel battens and coping, were given a coat of special metal primer. In addition, these parts were covered with two finish coats of white lead in linseed oil paint. Exterior doors were given three coats of white lead into the oil paint. A more detailed discussion of the building, its history and its design and manufacture are provided in the attached draft Statement of Historic Significance. REQUIRED FINDINGS As noted above in Background and Setting, Section 8.05.020 of the Municipal Code provides the definition of a historic site: "An historic site is any real property such as: a building, a structure, including but not limited to archways, tiled areas and similar architectural elements, an archaeological excavation or object that is unique or significant because of its location, design, setting, materials, workmanship or aesthetic effect". Seven other qualities are listed therein with the applicant's and staff's analysis provided below: 1. The resource is associated with events that have made a meaningful contribution to the nation, state or community. As described in the following house history, this is the first pre-fabricated modular steel home to be built in Palm Springs. Seventy-five years later, this example of a General Houses, Inc. model home stands as an early example of architectural and mass housing experimentation for architects and builders who continue to seek solutions for contemporary housing issues through the construction of pre-fabricated steel homes. Staff supports this finding. 2. The property is associated with lives of persons who made meaningful contribution to national, state or local history. Although not well-known in Palm Springs, architect Howard T. Fisher is a person of significance in our past. Fisher made a meaningful contribution to national history as an internationally known architect, 4 04 City Council Staff Report February 6,2013 Case HSPB-87; 1320 E.Tamarisk Road Page 5 of 15 famed for his pioneering work designing and marketing prefabricated houses utilizing his skills as a construction materials researcher. Fisher was also a computer technology pioneer. His personal and professional history rises to the level sufficient to qualify the building's eligibility for local listing. Staff supports this finding. 3. The property reflects or exemplifies a particular period of the national, state or local history. The development of mass-produced, factory-built housing received significant public attention in the 1920's and 1930's. According to one source, "By the mid-1930s, homebuyers could choose from nearly three dozen manufacturers featuring a dizzying array of materials-steel, precast concrete, asbestos cement, gypsum, plywood." The house represents the optimism and opportunism of America's early 20th Century industrial leaders who sought to satisfy the growing demand for single family homes. Staff supports this finding. 4. The property embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period or method of construction. The property's "distinctive characteristics" are its form, proportion, structure, plan, style, and especially its materials, the unique details that are a result of its prefabricated, modular method of construction, including the wall and roof panel system, curving roof flashing details, casement windows and surviving original doors. The subject building's appearance is unique in Palm Springs because of those characteristics and is considered the first local prototype of its particular type, period, and method of construction. Staff supports the finding. 5. The property presents the work of a master builder, designer, artist, or architect whose individual genius influenced his age; or that possesses high artistic value. The application does not seek approval under this finding. 6. The property represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components may lack individual distinction. The application does not seek approval under this finding. 7. The property has yielded or may be likely to yield information important to national, state or local history or prehistory. The application does not seek approval under this finding. ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT In accordance with Section 15331 (Historical Resources Restoration/Rehabilitation) of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the proposed designation is categorically exempt from environmental review as the proposed designation meets the conditions outlined for preservation of a historic resource. 5 05 City Council Staff Report February 6,2013 Case HSPB-87; 1320 E.Tamarisk Road Page 6 of 15 NOTIFICATION Pursuant to section 8.05.140 of the Municipal Code of Palm Springs, All property owners within four hundred (400) feet of the subject property have been notified and notice was made in a newspaper of general circulation. As of the writing of this report, staff has not received any inquiries on this matter. I wing, I P Dir r of Plan ' Se David H. Ready City Manager Attachments: 1. Vicinity Map 2. Draft City Council Resolution 3. Resolution #87 of the HSPB 4. HSPB meeting minutes dated December 11, 2012 and January 8, 2013 (draft) 5. HSPB staff report dated December 11, 2012, without attachments 6. HSPB staff memo dated January 8, 2013 7. Applicant's application 8. Resume, Michael Black & Associates 6 06 City Council Staff Report February 6,2013 Case HSPB-87; 1320 E.Tamarisk Road Page 7 of 15 OF Y1ly S� M H Department of Planning Services Vicinity Map W •�4,F00.Y\'• c 5 BUENA VISTA DR I SAN JACINTO WY ACINTi5w9' i � I EL ALA MEDA EL ALAMEDA . .. _. ..-. .. _VERBENAD ---� _ w TAMARISK R i Z —lo VIA ALTA MIRA q - a u0 I � a J 9 — Le end GRANVIA VALMONTE 400'Buffer i ,�—r — I ® Site Parcels � CITY OF PALM SPRINGS DESCRIPTION: To consider designating a CASE NO: HSPB 87 residential property developed with a single family home and accessory structures as a APPLICANT: Barbara Black Class 1 Historic Site at 1320 East Tamarisk Road, Zone R1C, Section 11/T4R4. 7 07 CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION NO. OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, DESIGNATING THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1320 TAMARISK ROAD AS A HISTORIC SITE, CLASS 1 — HSPB 87 WHEREAS, in 1937, the General Houses Inc. Palm Springs Model Home was constructed as designed by the architectural firm of Howard T. Fisher on a flat lot mid- block on East Tamarisk Road between North Hermosa Drive and Paseo de Anza; and WHEREAS, the General Houses Inc, Palm Springs Model Home was the earliest pre- fabricated modular steel home to be constructed in Palm Springs and because it is almost completely intact, save for minor interior alterations; and WHEREAS, the defining characteristics of this pioneering prefabricated steel home include: • Design, proportion and materials; • Metal post and beam panelized construction; • Overall feeling of a low-slung, linear, single-story residence; • Streamline Moderne style; • Metal-framed ribbon and corner windows; and • Smooth wall finishes, rounded corners and flat roof WHEREAS, Chapter 8.05 of the Palm Springs Municipal Code allows for the designation of historic sites; and WHEREAS, the property owner, Eric Ellenbogen, with the Palm Springs Preservation Foundation, has submitted an application for Historic Site Designation for the subject property; and WHEREAS, notice of a public hearing of the Historic Site Preservation Board of the City of Palm Springs to consider designation of the property at 1320 Tamarisk Road, as a historic site was issued in accordance with applicable law; and WHEREAS, on December 11, 2012 and January 8, 2013, the Historic Site Preservation Board conducted a public hearing in accordance with applicable law to consider designation of the property at 1320 Tamarisk Road as a historic site, and at which meeting the Historic Site Preservation Board carefully reviewed and considered all of the evidence in connection with the designation, including but not limited to the staff report, application and historical research, all written and oral testimony presented; and following said hearing voted 5 to 0, with one absence to recommend Class 1 designation of the site as contained in HSPB Resolution No. 87; and 08 City Council Resolution No. Page 2 of 8 WHEREAS, notice of a public hearing of the City Council of the City of Palm Springs to consider designation of the property at 1320 Tamarisk Road, as a historic site was issued in accordance with applicable law; and WHEREAS, on February 6, 2013, the City Council conducted a public hearing in accordance with applicable law to consider designation of the property at 1320 Tamarisk Road as a historic site, and at which meeting the City Council carefully reviewed and considered all of the evidence in connection with the designation, including but not limited to the staff report, application and historical research, all written and oral testimony presented THE CITY COUNCIL HEREBY FINDS AS FOLLOWS: 1. The resource is associated with events that have made a meaningful contribution to the nation, state or community. As described in the following house history, this is the first pre-fabricated modular steel home to be built in Palm Springs. Seventy-five years later, this example of a General Houses, Inc. model home stands as an early example of architectural and mass housing experimentation for architects and builders who continue to seek solutions for contemporary housing issues through the construction of pre- fabricated steel homes. 2. The property is associated with lives of persons who made meaningful contribution to national, state or local history. Although not well-known in Palm Springs, architect Howard T. Fisher is a person of significance in our past. Fisher made a meaningful contribution to national history as an internationally known architect, famed for his pioneering work designing and marketing prefabricated houses utilizing his skills as a construction materials researcher. Fisher was also a computer technology pioneer. His personal and professional history rises to the level sufficient to qualify the building's eligibility for local listing. The dwelling was also owned and occupied by Michael Black, an architect and planner who practiced in Palm Springs, the Coachella Valley and throughout California, and whose work included numerous commercial, residential and other projects, as well as community and tribal plans. 3. The property reflects or exemplifies a particular period of the national, state or local history. The development of mass-produced, factory-built housing received significant public attention in the 1920's and 1930's. According to one source, "By the mid- 1930s, homebuyers could choose from nearly three dozen manufacturers featuring a dizzying array of materials-steel, precast concrete, asbestos cement, gypsum, plywood." The house represents the optimism and opportunism of America's early 20th Century industrial leaders who sought to satisfy the growing demand for single family homes. 4. The property embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period or method of construction. 09 City Council Resolution No. Page 3 of 8 The property's "distinctive characteristics" are its form, proportion, structure, plan, style, and especially its materials, the unique details that are a result of its prefabricated, modular method of construction, including the wall and roof panel system, curving roof flashing details, casement windows and surviving original doors. The subject building's appearance is unique in Palm Springs because of those characteristics and is considered the first local prototype of its particular type, period, and method of construction. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that, based upon the foregoing, the City Council does hereby adopt the attached Statement of Historic Significance and designate the entire property located at 1320 Tamarisk Road as a Historic Site, Class 1 subject to the following conditions; 1. The property owner shall permit the City to place a historic marker of the City's choosing at the site. The marker shall be placed in a location visible from the public right-of-way. The owner shall maintain the marker in the location installed and pay for the replacement cost if the plaque is lost, stolen, or otherwise removed from the property. 2. All future modifications of the existing structures, as well as any new buildings shall require HSPB review pursuant Municipal Code Ordinance 8.05.180. 3. No review for maintenance of the parking lot or landscaping shall be required, except that, subject to staff approval, any new landscape materials shall be native or desert-appropriate, including removal of turf, where practical. 4. All requirements of the Palm Springs Zoning Code shall be met. 5. That the City Clerk submit the Council Resolution to the County recorder for recordation within 90 days of the effective date of this resolution. 6. Any alterations or modifications to the exterior approved prior to the designation of this site by the City Council shall be considered legal, non-conforming only as to Section 8.05 of the Palm Springs Municipal Code. ADOPTED this_th day of February , 2013. AYES: NOES: ABSENT: ABSTENTIONS: ATTEST: CITY OF PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA James Thompson City Clerk i0 City Council Resolution No. Page 4 of 8 STATEMENT OF HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE 1320 E. TAMARISK ROAD EXECUTIVE SUMMARY House History: The first General Houses Steel Home system was designed in 1932 and examples were exhibited at the 1933-34 Chicago World's Fair; in 1937 the first and only Palm Springs version was built. Along with the Grace Lewis Miller Residence (1937, Richard Neutra) and the H. C. Davidson Residence, "Merienda" (1936, Webster and Wilson), the GH Model Home is one of the three earliest modern homes in Palm Springs and the first, modular, prefabricated steel home in the desert. General Houses History: Architect Howard T. Fisher, FAIA was a Harvard graduate who organized General Houses, Inc. [GH] in 1932. GH was a pioneering firm in the development of prefabricated housing. The firm designed and erected low-cost, high- quality prefabricated homes using mass production methods that integrated design, manufacturing, and marketing of simple houses in a single package. In 1933, a typical GH steel two-bedroom house cost $4,500. The company's slogan was `A house that's twice as good at half the price.' Fisher's original patented construction system used pressed-steel' panels for walls, roofs, and floors, set on a concrete foundation. After the foundation was cured, a crew of unskilled laborers could put a house together in about two weeks. The company received nationwide publicity in 1932 and the media hailed Fisher's company as the `Next Big Thing.' GH displayed a model home at the `Century of Progress' World's Fair. It was a sleek, flat-roofed, stylishly furnished steel cottage that attracted thousands of visitors. Fisher had devised an ingenious system of modular construction and lined up a syndicate of private investors that became supplier-partners such as GE, Pullman 2, and Pittsburgh Paint & Glass. GH was based upon the belief that these homes could be best be provided by a group of companies that contributed their special products, rather than by a single large manufacturing company. He convinced Charles Allen Liddle, President of Pullman Car & Manufacturing, that GH could become the General Motors of housing. Liddle, with much experience in building steel shelter units — they supplied the pressed steel panels - joined other companies in supplying the components of the GH Steel houses. And the press was in his corner: Fortune and Time, among others, had all but deemed GH the answer to America's housing crisis. In Chicago, so many visitors lined up to see the House of Steel that Fisher begged the fair's managers to let him charge for admission."3 Among the visitor's to the house was Edmund Lindop (1901-1968). He was bom in Chicago, the son of Englishman Frank Raven Lindop who immigrated to the ' The panels are described in the GH brochure as being"asbestos cement board." 2 It is believed that this connection to Pullman Car & Manufacturing Co. gave rise to the erroneous information that the house was built for a member of the Pullman family. 3 GH Marketing Brochure. 1 .i City Council Resolution No. Page 5 of 8 United States and settled in Illinois. By 1925 the younger Lindop had married and was living in Oak Park where he was employed as a Realtor. The ambitious Lindop became an early franchiser of GH with the goal of becoming a developer. Anticipating a recovery in the Florida real estate market (which did not occur until World War II), Lindop relocated his family to Miami in 1932. He soon realized that Florida was not going to be the anticipated land of opportunity. Seeking better development opportunities, he took his dreams and his family to Los Angeles in 1936. Soon thereafter he acquired a tract of land in Palm Springs where he hoped to develop a neighborhood of steel houses. In November 20, 1936 The Desert Sun ran the following article, "Steel House Now Being Erected: "The first of the steel houses manufactured by General House, Inc. to come to California is now being erected in the Desert Sands tract by Edmund F. Lindop, owner of the tract and California distributor for the manufacturers. The new steel house will be completed in three weeks and will then be open for public inspection. It is a large house, having three bedrooms and two baths; of the new modernistic type of architecture which originated in Europe .... General Steel Houses are being erected by the hundreds in the fashionable areas of Eastern cities, Chicago, Cleveland, St. Louis, New York and other places. Mr. Lindop has 50 dealers under him in various parts of the state and all are looking forward to the first house of the company to be erected in California, now being assembled in Palm Springs. Every part of the house is made by mass production in the factory. The steel frame bolted together and compressed asbestos panels on the outside as well as heat and cold resisting fireproof materials for the roof, form a building that is both earthquake proof and fireproof. Inside walls are of plyboard and both inside and outside walls are finished in any color desired. The project was not a success, resulting in the Lindop family's use of the model home as a weekend residence. It finally sold in 1946 to another Los Angelino Charles Stern who owned the house for many years. Stern ordered a compatible two-car garage module from GH that was added to the main house in 1947. Since February 1962 the home has been owned by the late architect Michael Black and his wife Barbara. Barbara Black continues to own the home today. Michael Black was an architect and planner who practiced from the mid-1960's until the early 2000's. Designing both residential and commercial buildings, he expanded his work to include community planning and co-housing. Projects in Palm Springs included the Desert Highland Park Community Center, Ajalon Baptist Church, Morris Guyer Men's Store and the Shearson Hayden Stone building. Several Palm Springs single family residences designed by Mr. Black include the Siegel, Hicks and Asher homes. His work also included commercial and residential projects in southern and northern California. Mr. Black's efforts in community planning include downtown plans for the cities of Cotati, Exeter, Sebastopol and Cloverdale, as well as plans for the Morongo, Pala, Rincon and other tribes. He became active in the "co-housing" movement and lectured extensively on the topic. Mr. Black served on the Palm Springs Citizens Advisory Committee (1973) and the Architectural Review Board (1973-74). Over its 75- year history, the home has been occupied by only two families. 12 City Council Resolution No. Page 6 of 8 Building Description: Built as a model home, the subject building, "The Trenton" GH Model # H-14-16-L was the deluxe model with an optional fireplace. It was a 1,754 sq. ft. 3-bedroom4, 2- bathroom single family residence. The design, proportion, materials, metal post and beam construction, and overall feeling of this low-slung, linear, single-story residence reflects the Streamline Moderne style and incorporates such characteristic elements as metal-framed ribbon and corner windows, smooth wall finishes, rounded corners, and a flat roof. Two offset rectangles in plan, the house has an irregular footprint with a projecting volume at the main facade corresponding to the living room on the interior. On the eastern side of this projected element is the main entrance, sheltered by an entrance hood, which is supported by a wooden structural trellis. A secondary entrance on the western end of the living room is also marked by a hood and trellis. The following specification describing the construction materials for the house is taken from the brochure for General Houses, Inc. entitled `The House that Science Built": "The entire weight of the house is carried on steel columns and beams of copper bearing steel that are bolted to each other and to a heavy concrete foundation to form a rigid support for walls, partitions, ceilings, and roof. Roofs are designed to carry live loads of 40 pounds per square foot. `All outside walls and interior partitions consists of a series of 3F-wide panels supported between the upright columns of the steel frame. Each panel is a complete factory-built unit consisting of a wood frame in which the insulation is suspended and to which the interior and exterior surfaces of the panel are glued under pressure. Panels are wedged securely between the supporting steel columns by steel battens or plates that are bolted to each column. The combined roof and ceiling consists of factory- built panels, similar in construction to the wall panels, but somewhat heavier. They are made edge to edge to cover the entire house and are screwed down onto the horizontal beams of the steel frame of the building with heavy sheet metal screws. The outer surface of each exterior wall panel consists of an asbestos cement board. Asbestos cement is entirely mineral in composition and therefore is highly resistant to damage caused by weather, fire, and vermin. It is so compact that it is virtually airtight and thus stops the entrance of cold drafts from without and leakage of warm air from within. A waterproof, long-wearing surface is laid over the roof and ceiling panels to assure trouble-free shelter from rain, sun and snow. This protective surface consists of a build-up, membrane type roof applied in layers. This type of roofing will give years of service without requiring any attention or "The home actually has four bedrooms and three baths; one of the two original garage bays was converted to a Guest Suite. 13 City Council Resolution No. Page 7 of 8 expense. An attractive coping extends above the surface of the roof at the edges to prevent rain from flowing down over the walls. Roof drains and downspouts carry the water to the ground. "The interior walls, partitions and ceilings are of thick, fir plywood sheets which are an integral part of the panels used in building the house. Each plywood sheet consists of three layers of wood in which the grain of the center layer is at right angles to the grain of the two outside layers. This gives the wood rigidity and strength in a direction in all directions and results of the wall and ceiling which will be permanently smooth. Interior panels are acoustically treated to reduce transmission of sound from room to room. "All windows are steel casement switch that open outward and are furnished complete with hardware. Friction hinges hold windows open in any position. Windows are so hinged that they may be washed from both sides from within the house. Because the complete window panel is exactly the same in overall size and thickness as any solid wall panel the location of windows may be determined by the owner and placed by the builder within any panel opening without regard to the window locations shown on the plan. Each window is equipped with an interior hinged screen with steel frame and bronze wire mesh. "The entrance doors are of modern flush design. They're made of wood in built-up construction 1 %" thick, and glazed. Rear entrance doors are recessed panel design, made of build-up wood construction, 1 %" thick, with the upper portion glazed. Spring bronze weather-stripping keeps out dusty chilly drafts. Thresholds are of stainless steel. Exterior connecting doors to garage are similar in design and construction to the front entrance doors, but are not glazed. Screen doors with bronze wire mesh, are provided for front and rear entrances. Interior doors are of wood, 1 318 inches thick overall, of inset panel design. Doors are supplied for all openings where they are indicated on each plan. "The outside surface of all wall panels is painted with one coat of special primer and one finish coat of white lead in linseed oil paint. All metal surfaces such as windows and door frames, steel panel battens and coping, are given a coat of special metal primer. In addition, these parts are covered with two finish coats of white lead in linseed oil paint. Exterior doors are given three coats of white lead into the oil paint. `All exposed plywood for the interior surfaces of walls and ceilings is given one primer coat. In addition the services received two finish coats of linseed oil paint, except in the closets and cases, which received one finish coat. Interior doors and trims are painted with three coats of lead and oil paint. 14 City Council Resolution No. Page 8 of 8 "All floors, except in the kitchen, bath, closets, garages and utility-storage room, are made ready to receive carpeting or other suitable finish that the owner may decide to purchase. Linoleum covers the kitchen and bathroom floors to provide an attractive, quiet, washable, practical floor covering for these rooms. Closet floors are painted. The garage and utility- storage room floors are cement finish. The garage floor is sloped toward the doors for drainage. "An optional wood-burning fireplace may be installed in this model. It is a prefabricated design, complete with chimney, and efficient in operation. Direct warmth comes from the rise of the open fire. In addition cool air is drawn through a grill at the floor level into an air chamber which surrounds the steel firebox. The air is heated in this chamber and then allowed to merge into the room through grills near the ceiling." A detached two car garage was ordered from GH a year after the house was sold. It was a two-car model 19'1" wide by 19'1"long and originally equipped with two pairs of out-swinging doors. 5 GH Catalog. Sj1 HSPB RESOLUTION NO. 87 OF THE HISTORIC SITE PRESERVATION BOARD OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL DESIGNATE THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1320 E. TAMARISK ROAD ("GENERAL HOUSES, INC. PALM SPRINGS MODEL HOME") AS A HISTORIC SITE, CLASS 1 — HSPB 87 WHEREAS, in 1937, the General Houses Inc. Palm Springs Model Home was constructed as designed by the architectural firm of Howard T. Fisher on a flat lot mid- block on East Tamarisk Road between North Hermosa Drive and Paseo de Anza; and WHEREAS, the General Houses Inc, Palm Springs Model Home was the earliest pre- fabricated modular steel home to be constructed in Palm Springs and because it is almost completely intact, save for minor interior alterations; and WHEREAS, the defining characteristics of this pioneering prefabricated steel home include: • Design, proportion and materials; • Metal post and beam panelized construction; • Overall feeling of a low-slung, linear, single-story residence; • Streamline Moderne style; • Metal-framed ribbon and corner windows; and • Smooth wall finishes, rounded corners and flat roof WHEREAS, Chapter 8.05 of the Palm Springs Municipal Code allows for the designation of historic sites; and WHEREAS, on October 29, 2012, Barbara Black, owner, initiated an application for Historic Site Designation for the General Houses Inc, Palm Springs Model Home at 1320 E. Tamarisk Road; and WHEREAS, notice of a public hearing of the Historic Site Preservation Board of the City of Palm Springs to consider designation of the property, known as the General Houses Inc., Palm Springs Model Home, as a historic site was issued in accordance with applicable law; and WHEREAS, on December 11, 2012, the Historic Site Preservation Board conducted a public hearing in accordance with applicable law to consider designation of General Houses Inc, Palm Springs Model Home as a historic site; and WHEREAS, the Historic Site Preservation Board has carefully reviewed and considered all of the evidence in connection with the designation, including but not limited to the 16 HSPB Resolution No.87 January 8,2013 1320 E.Tamarisk Road Page 2 of 8 Nomination Application, the staff report, application and historical research, all written and oral testimony presented THE HISTORIC SITE PRESERVATION BOARD HEREBY FINDS AS FOLLOWS: 1. The resource is associated with events that have made a meaningful contribution to the nation, state or community. As described in the following house history, this is the first pre-fabricated modular steel home to be built in Palm Springs. Seventy-five years later, this example of a General Houses, Inc. model home stands as an early example of architectural and mass housing experimentation for architects and builders who continue to seek solutions for contemporary housing issues through the construction of pre-fabricated steel homes. 2. The property is associated with lives of persons who made meaningful contribution to national, state or local history. Although not well-known in Palm Springs, architect Howard T. Fisher is a person of significance in our past. Fisher made a meaningful contribution to national history as an internationally known architect, famed for his pioneering work designing and marketing prefabricated houses utilizing his skills as a construction materials researcher. Fisher was also a computer technology pioneer. His personal and professional history rises to the level sufficient to qualify the building's eligibility for local listing. 3. The property reflects or exemplifies a particular period of the national, state or local history. The development of mass-produced, factory-built housing received significant public attention in the 1920's and 1930's. According to one source, "By the mid-1930s, homebuyers could choose from nearly three dozen manufacturers featuring a dizzying array of materials-steel, precast concrete, asbestos cement, gypsum, plywood." The house represents the optimism and opportunism of America's early 20th Century industrial leaders who sought to satisfy the growing demand for single family homes. 4. The property embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period or method of construction. The property's "distinctive characteristics" are its form, proportion, structure, plan, style, and especially its materials, the unique details that are a result of its prefabricated, modular method of construction, including the wall and roof panel system, curving roof flashing details, casement windows and surviving original doors. The subject building's appearance is unique in Palm Springs because of those characteristics and is considered the first local prototype of its particular type, period, and method of construction. 2 17 HSPB Resolution No.87 January 8,2013 1320 E.Tamarisk Road Page 3 of 8 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that, based upon the foregoing, the Historic Site Preservation Board recommends that the City Council adopt the attached Statement of Historic Significance and designate the dwelling and garage located at 1320 E. Tamarisk Road as a Historic Site, Class 1 subject to the following conditions; 1. The property owner shall permit the City to place a historic marker of the City's choosing at the site. The marker shall be placed in a location visible from the public right-of-way. The owner shall maintain the marker in the location installed and pay for the replacement cost if the plaque is lost, stolen, or otherwise removed from the property. 2. All future modifications of the existing structures, as well as any new buildings shall require HSPB review pursuant Municipal Code Ordinance 8.05.180. 3. No review for maintenance of the parking lot or landscaping shall be required, except that, subject to staff approval, any new landscape materials shall be native or desert-appropriate, including removal of turf, where practical. 4. All requirements of the Palm Springs Zoning Code shall be met. 5. That the City Clerk submit the Council Resolution to the County recorder for recordation within 90 days of the effective date of this resolution. 6. Any alterations or modifications to the exterior approved prior to the designation of this site by the City Council shall be considered legal, non-conforming only as to Section 8.05 of the Palm Springs Municipal Code. ADOPTED this 8th day of January, 2013. AYES: Glenn, McGrew, Ploss, Vice-Chair Grattan, Chair DeLeeuw NOES: none ABSENT: Gilmer ABSTENTIONS: none ATTEST: CITY OF PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA r 4tor . Ewing,of PI n' g Services Historic Site ervation Board Secretary 3 � g HSPB Resolution No. 87 January 8,2013 1320 E.Tamarisk Road Page 4 of 8 STATEMENT OF HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE 1320 E. TAMARISK ROAD EXECUTIVE SUMMARY House History: The first General Houses Steel Home system was designed in 1932 and examples were exhibited at the 1933-34 Chicago World's Fair; in 1937 the first and only Palm Springs version was built. Along with the Grace Lewis Miller Residence (1937, Richard Neutra) and the H. C. Davidson Residence, "Merienda" (1936, Webster and Wilson), the GH Model Home, is one of the three earliest modern homes in Palm Springs and the first, modular, prefabricated steel home in the desert. General Houses History: Architect Howard T. Fisher, FAIA was a Harvard graduate who organized General Houses, Inc. [GH] in 1932. GH was a pioneering firm in the development of prefabricated housing. The firm designed and erected low-cost, high- quality prefabricated homes using mass production methods that integrated design, manufacturing, and marketing of simple houses in a single package. In 1933, a typical GH steel two-bedroom house cost $4,500. The company's slogan was 'A house that's twice as good at half the price.' Fisher's original patented construction system used pressed-steel' panels for walls, roofs, and floors, set on a concrete foundation. After the foundation was cured, a crew of unskilled laborers could put a house together in about two weeks. The company received nationwide publicity in 1932 and the media hailed Fisher's company as the 'Next Big Thing.' GH displayed a model home at the 'Century of Progress' World's Fair. It was a sleek, flat-roofed, stylishly furnished steel cottage that attracted thousands of visitors. Fisher had devised an ingenious system of modular construction and lined up a syndicate of private investors that became supplier-partners such as GE, Pullman 2, and Pittsburgh Paint & Glass. GH was based upon the belief that these homes could be best be provided by a group of companies that contributed their special products, rather than by a single large manufacturing company. He convinced Charles Allen Liddle, President of Pullman Car & Manufacturing, that GH could become the General Motors of housing. Liddle, with much experience in building steel shelter units — they supplied the pressed steel panels - joined other companies in supplying the components of the GH Steel houses. And the press was in his corner: Fortune and Time, among others, had all but deemed GH the answer to America's housing crisis. In Chicago, so many visitors lined up to see the House of Steel that Fisher begged the fair's managers to let him charge for The panels are described in the GH brochure as being"asbestos cement board." 2 It is believed that this connection to Pullman Car & Manufacturing Co. gave rise to the erroneous information that the house was built for a member of the Pullman family. 4 y3 HSPB Resolution No. 87 January 8,2013 1320 E.Tamarisk Road Page 5 of 8 admission."3 Among the visitor's to the house was Edmund Lindop (1901-1968). He was born in Chicago, the son of Englishman Frank Raven Lindop who immigrated to the United States and settled in Illinois. By 1925 the younger Lindop had married and was living in Oak Park where he was employed as a Realtor. The ambitious Lindop became an early franchiser of GH with the goal of becoming a developer. Anticipating a recovery in the Florida real estate market (which did not occur until World War II), Lindop relocated his family to Miami in 1932. He soon realized that Florida was not going to be the anticipated land of opportunity. Seeking better development opportunities, he took his dreams and his family to Los Angeles in 1936. Soon thereafter he acquired a tract of land in Palm Springs where he hoped to develop a neighborhood of steel houses. In November 20, 1936 The Desert Sun ran the following article, "Steel House Now Being Erected: "The first of the steel houses manufactured by General House, Inc. to come to California is now being erected in the Desert Sands tract by Edmund F. Lindop, owner of the tract and California distributor for the manufacturers. The new steel house will be completed in three weeks and will then be open for public inspection. It is a large house, having three bedrooms and two baths; of the new modernistic type of architecture which originated in Europe .... General Steel Houses are being erected by the hundreds in the fashionable areas of Eastern cities, Chicago, Cleveland, St. Louis, New York and other places. Mr. Lindop has 50 dealers under him in various parts of the state and all are looking forward to the first house of the company to be erected in California, now being assembled in Palm Springs. Every part of the house is made by mass production in the factory. The steel frame bolted together and compressed asbestos panels on the outside as well as heat and cold resisting fireproof materials for the roof, form a building that is both earthquake proof and fireproof. Inside walls are of plyboard and both inside and outside walls are finished in any color desired. The project was not a success, resulting in the Lindop family's use of the model home as a weekend residence. It finally sold in 1946 to another Los Angelino Charles Stern who owned the house for many years. Stern ordered a compatible two-car garage module from GH that was added to the main house in 1947. Since February 1962 the home has been owned by the late architect Michael Black and his wife Barbara. Barbara Black continues to own the home today. Michael Black was an architect and planner who practiced from the mid-1960's until the early 2000's. Designing both residential and commercial buildings, he expanded his work to include community planning and co-housing. Projects in Palm Springs included the Desert Highland Park Community Center, Ajalon Baptist Church, Morris Guyer Men's Store and the Shearson Hayden Stone building. Several Palm Springs single family residences designed by Mr. Black include the Siegel, Hicks and Asher homes. His work also included commercial and residential projects in southern and northern California. Mr. Black's efforts in community planning include downtown plans for the cities of Cotati, Exeter, Sebastopol and Cloverdale, as well as plans for the Morongo, 3 GH Marketing Brochure. 5 20 HSPB Resolution No.87 January 8,2013 1320 E.Tamarisk Road Page 6 of 8 Pala, Rincon and other tribes. He became active in the "co-housing" movement and lectured extensively on the topic. Mr. Black served on the Palm Springs Citizens Advisory Committee (1973) and the Architectural Review Board (1973-74). Over its 75-year history, the home has been occupied by only two families. Building Description: Built as a model home, the subject building, 'The Trenton" GH Model # H-14-16-L was the deluxe model with an optional fireplace. It was a 1,754 sq. ft. 3-bedroom4, 2- bathroom single family residence. The design, proportion, materials, metal post and beam construction, and overall feeling of this low-slung, linear, single-story residence reflects the Streamline Moderne style and incorporates such characteristic elements as metal-framed ribbon and corner windows, smooth wall finishes, rounded corners, and a flat roof. Two offset rectangles in plan, the house has an irregular footprint with a projecting volume at the main facade corresponding to the living room on the interior. On the eastern side of this projected element is the main entrance, sheltered by an entrance hood, which is supported by a wooden structural trellis. A secondary entrance on the western end of the living room is also marked by a hood and trellis. The following specification describing the construction materials for the house is taken from the brochure for General Houses, Inc. entitled 'The House that Science Built": "The entire weight of the house is carried on steel columns and beams of copper bearing steel that are bolted to each other and to a heavy concrete foundation to form a rigid support for walls, partitions, ceilings, and roof. Roofs are designed to carry live loads of 40 pounds per square foot. All outside walls and interior partitions consists of a series of 35"-wide panels supported between the upright columns of the steel frame. Each panel is a complete factory-built unit consisting of a wood frame in which the insulation is suspended and to which the interior and exterior surfaces of the panel are glued under pressure. Panels are wedged securely between the supporting steel columns by steel battens or plates that are bolted to each column. The combined roof and ceiling consists of factory- built panels, similar in construction to the wall panels, but somewhat heavier. They are made edge to edge to cover the entire house and are screwed down onto the horizontal beams of the steel frame of the building with heavy sheet metal screws. The outer surface of each exterior wall panel consists of an asbestos cement board. Asbestos cement is entirely mineral in composition and therefore is highly resistant to damage caused by weather, fire, and vermin. It is so compact that it is virtually airtight and The home actually has four bedrooms and three baths; one of the two original garage bays was converted to a Guest Suite. 6 21 HSPB Resolution No. 87 January 8,2013 1320 E.Tamarisk Road Page 7 of 8 thus stops the entrance of cold drafts from without and leakage of warm air from within. "A waterproof, long-wearing surface is laid over the roof and ceiling panels to assure trouble-free shelter from rain, sun and snow. This protective surface consists of a build-up, membrane type roof applied in layers. This type of roofing will give years of service without requiring any attention or expense. An attractive coping extends above the surface of the roof at the edges to prevent rain from flowing down over the walls. Roof drains and downspouts carry the water to the ground. "The interior walls, partitions and ceilings are of thick, fir plywood sheets which are an integral part of the panels used in building the house. Each plywood sheet consists of three layers of wood in which the grain of the center layer is at right angles to the grain of the two outside layers. This gives the wood rigidity and strength in a direction in all directions and results of the wall and ceiling which will be permanently smooth. Interior panels are acoustically treated to reduce transmission of sound from room to room. "All windows are steel casement switch that open outward and are furnished complete with hardware. Friction hinges hold windows open in any position. Windows are so hinged that they may be washed from both sides from within the house. Because the complete window panel is exactly the same in overall size and thickness as any solid wall panel the location of windows may be determined by the owner and placed by the builder within any panel opening without regard to the window locations shown on the plan. Each window is equipped with an interior hinged screen with steel frame and bronze wire mesh. "The entrance doors are of modern flush design. They're made of wood in built-up construction 1 314" thick, and glazed. Rear entrance doors are recessed panel design, made of build-up wood construction, 1 %" thick, with the upper portion glazed. Spring bronze weather-stripping keeps out dusty chilly drafts. Thresholds are of stainless steel. Exterior connecting doors to garage are similar in design and construction to the front entrance doors, but are not glazed. Screen doors with bronze wire mesh, are provided for front and rear entrances. Interior doors are of wood, 1 318 inches thick overall, of inset panel design. Doors are supplied for all openings where they are indicated on each plan. "The outside surface of all wall panels is painted with one coat of special primer and one finish coat of white lead in linseed oil paint. All metal surfaces such as windows and door frames, steel panel battens and coping, are given a coat of special metal primer. In addition, these parts are covered with two finish coats of white lead in linseed oil paint. Exterior doors are given three coats of white lead into the oil paint. 7 22 HSPB Resolution No.87 January 8,2013 1320 E.Tamarisk Road Page 8 of 8 `All exposed plywood for the interior surfaces of walls and ceilings is given one primer coat. In addition the services received two finish coats of linseed oil paint, except in the closets and cases, which received one finish coat. Interior doors and trims are painted with three coats of lead and oil paint. "All floors, except in the kitchen, bath, closets, garages and utility-storage room, are made ready to receive carpeting or other suitable finish that the owner may decide to purchase. Linoleum covers the kitchen and bathroom floors to provide an attractive, quiet, washable, practical floor covering for these rooms. Closet floors are painted. The garage and utility- storage room floors are cement finish. The garage floor is sloped toward the,doors for drainage. An optional wood-burning fireplace may be installed in this model. It is a prefabricated design, complete with chimney, and efficient in operation. Direct warmth comes from the rise of the open fire. In addition cool air is drawn through a grill at the floor level into an air chamber which surrounds the steel firebox. The air is heated in this chamber and then allowed to merge into the room through grills near the ceiling." A detached two car garage was ordered from GH a year after the house was sold. It was a two-car model 191" wide by 19'1"long and originally equipped with two pairs of out-swinging doors. e GH Catalog. $ 23 k 0 Historic Site Preservation Board Page 2 of Minutes from the December 11, 2012 Meeting R 5B. Case HSPB 87 - An application by Barbara Black, owner, requesting the Historic .Site Preservation Board recommend to the City Council designation as a Class 1 historic site the single family dwelling at 1320 E Tamarisk Road ("General Houses, Inc. Palm Springs Model Home"). CCU Chair DeLeeuw asked that this item be continued so that a site visit could be arranged for Board members. He asked that a site visit also be arranged for the prior item. The Board discussed previous site visits made by some members and also asked that future applications have site visits scheduled prior to public hearings. Director Ewing presented the staff report. The Board asked about staffs recommendation to include the finding related to periods of history Chair DeLeeuw opened the public hearing: - Ron Marshall, Palm Spring Preservation Foundation, expressed support for the application and noted that the house will be included in a PSPF tour of steel houses. (Board member Grattan arrived.) - Barbara Black, property owner, expressed support for the application, noting that she has occupied the house for 50 years. She welcomed the Board to tour the property. The Board discussed: - Scheduling a site visit, - Adding to the record information about architect Michael Black who owned the property Motion by Grattan; second by Gilmer; vote 5-0-1 (Glenn absent) to continue the matter to the meeting of January 8, 2013, with direction to staff to arrange for site visits prior to the next meeting. 'te Preservation Board recommend to the City Council designation as a Class 1 his ' site the single family dwelling at 611 N. Phillips Road ("Abernathy Residen ' With the arrival of member Grattan, Chair DeLeeuw returned to this item. Board member McGrew re himself and left the room. Director Ewing presented the staff repo he Board discussed including the parking area and landscaping in the designation Chair DeLeeuw opened the public hearing. - Ron Marshall, Palm Spring Preservation Foundation, expr support for the application, noted that the building might be William Cody's residential design, and noted the carport installation as well as the property owners ort. 9 4 4 Historic Site Preservation Board Page 2 of 5 Minutes from the January 8, 2013 Meeting DRAFT otion by Ploss; second by Grattan; vote 5-0-1 (Gilmer absent) To approve the minutes fr November 6, November 13 and December 11, 2012, as amended. 6. PUBLIC H RING: 6A. Case HSP 6 - An application by Eric Ellenbogen, owner, requesting the Historic Site Preserva Board recommend to the City Council designation as a Class 1 historic site the ingle family dwelling at 611 N. Phillips Road ("Abernathy Residence"). Board member McGrew r sed himself and left the room. Director Ewing presented the s report. Board members Glenn, Ploss, Vice-chair Grattan and Chair DeLeeuw repo having visited the site on December 19, 2012 and met with contractor Anthony ce to discuss the features of the site and property. The Board discussed: - The building exterior and gardens; - The loss of mountain views by recent adj nt development; - The effective placement of the roof-mounte lar panels; - The driveway design; - The design and importance of the new carport, avilion, cactus garden and terrazzo surface surrounding and projecting into the l; - Replacement of all windows on the dwelling; - How much of the site should be designated. Motion by Glenn; second by Ploss; vote 4-0-1-1 (McGrew recused, 'Imer absent) To adopt the Statement of Historic Significance and recommend to the Council a Class One historic designation for the entire site, noting that the carport, pa ' 'on and cactus garden do not contribute directly to the property's historic significan yet should be included to provide for future review of any alterations. w 0P6B. Case HSPB 87 - An Application by Barbara Black, owner, requesting the Historic Site Preservation Board recommend to the City Council designation as a Class 1 historic site the single family dwelling at 1320 E Tamarisk Road ("General Houses, Inc. Palm Springs Model Home"). Chair DeLeeuw opened the public hearing. There were no speakers and the public hearing was closed. Board members Ploss, Vice-chair Grattan and Chair DeLeeuw reported having visited the site on December 19, 2012. Chair DeLeeuw met with the owner and also toured the interior. Board member Glenn reported having visited the site on January 3, 2013. Board member McGrew read into the record his research on one of the site's property owners, architect Michael Black. The Board discussed: - The connection between Michael Black, Don Wexler and E. Stewart Williams; 2 5 Historic Site Preservation Board Page 3 of 5 Minutes from the January 8, 2013 Meeting DRAFT - The original and generally unaltered condition of the structure; - The current condition of the site and landscaping Motion by Ploss; second by Grattan; vote 5-0-1 (Gilmer absent) To adopt the Statement of Historic Significance as amended to include additional information about Michael Black and recommend to the City Council a Class One historic designation for the entire site. A. Case HSPB #42 - An application by HelioPower seeking approval to install twenty- eight (28) photovoltaic panels on the rooftop of the existing Class 1 single-family esidence located at 3165 Sunnyview Drive, Zone R-1-C, Section 2. Ass iate Planner David Newell presented the staff report. The Board discussed: project's conformance with the Secretary's Guidelines; The clusion nof Richard Harrison's name in describing the Wexler / Harrison steel F es The (lac f) visibility of the solar installation from street views. Motion by McGre ' second by Glenn; vote 5-0-1 (Gilmer absent) To approve the Certificate of Approv as presented. 7B. Case 3.330 MAA - HSPB 5 - An application by Palm Springs Art Museum seeking approval to remove an ent ay fountain to be replaced with a sculpture and new signage; located at 101 Museu rive, Zone CBD, Section 15. Assistant Planner Glenn Mlaker sented the staff report. Sidney Williams, representing the Palm Springs Art Mu ' um described the project; previous actions related to the sign and fountain area; the ulpture's concept, design and fabrication; and the placement and design of the propo d sign. The Board confirmed with Ms. Williams: - The commission of the sculpture; - The finish of the sculpture and the sign; - The surface mounting of the sign; the width (dept of the sign letters; - The arrangement of the sign in relationship to the Ipture and the museum's new branding strategy; and - The use /function of the existing fountain The Board discussed: - The fountain as a potentially character-defining feature; - The value of the new sculpture in drawing attention to the museum' - The sign placement; and - The esthetic qualities of the sculpture. Motion by McGrew; second by Glenn; vote 4-1-1 (Ploss opposed, Gilmer absent) approve the Certificate of Approval, as presented. �o VALMS.0 CITY OF PALM SPRINGS V N R DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING SERVICES ` 441FOevRN�Q MEMORANDUM '4<IFO Date: January 8, 2013 To: Historic Site Preservation Board From: Director of Planning Services Subject: HSPB 87— 1320 Tamarisk Road —Continued Public Hearing At your meeting of December 11, 2012, the HSPB continued the above item to the meeting of January 8, 2013 so that site visits could be conducted by Board members. No new information has been received by staff to supplement the report previously distributed to the Board. Board members should identify the date and time of any site visits, as well as any communications they may have had regarding the project. The public hearing can be re- opened and the matter decided. Staffs recommendation is unchanged. Attachment: HSPB 87 staff report and exhibits (previously distributed) 27 ?ALM sp4 c+ V N c4`'F001 Historic Site Preservation Board Staff Report Date: December 11, 2012 Case No: HSPB — 87 Application Type: Class 1 Designation Application Location: 1320 E. Tamarisk Road /General Houses, Inc. Palm Springs Model Home Owner/Applicant: Barbara Black Zone: R-1-C / Residential, Single Family APN: 507-255-008 From: Craig A. Ewing, AICP, Director of Planning Services PROJECT DESCRIPTION An application by Barbara Black, owner, to designate the single family dwelling at 1320 E. Tamarisk Road as a Class 1 historic site. Such designation would: 1. Place the subject property under the guidance of Municipal Code Section 8.05 2. Require present and subsequent owners to maintain the buildings consistent with that ordinance, 3. Grant possible property tax reduction opportunities to the owners under the State of California Mills Act. RECOMMENDATION That the Historic Site Preservation Board (HSPB) open a public hearing, received any testimony and adopt the attached draft statement of historic significance and resolution recommending to the City Council a Class 1 historic designation for the property. 28 Historic Site Preservation Board Staff Report December 11,2012 Case HSPB-87; 1320 E.Tamarisk Road Page 2 of 16 PRIOR ACTIONS None. BACKGROUND AND SETTING Definition of an Historic Site. Section 8.05.020 of the Municipal Code provides the definition of a historic site as follows; (a) Historic Site. An historic site is any real property such as: a building, a structure, including but not limited to archways, tiled areas and similar architectural elements; an archaeological excavation or object that is unique or significant because of its location, design, setting, materials, workmanship or aesthetic effect and: 1. That is associated with events that have made a meaningful contribution to the nation, state or community; or 2. That is associated with lives of persons who made meaningful contribution to national, state or local history; or 3. That reflects or exemplifies a particular period of the national, state or local history; or 4. That embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period or method of construction; or 5. That presents the work of a master builder, designer, artist, or architect whose individual genius influenced his age; or that possesses high artistic value; or 6. That represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components may lack individual distinction; or 7. That has yielded or may be likely to yield information important to national, state or local history or prehistory. A Class 1 Historic Site may also qualify for historic designation at the federal, state and/or county level. Designation of Historic Sites. The City Council is authorized to designate Historic Sites. The Historic Site Preservation Board makes recommendations to the City Council that certain sites be designated as Historic Sites in accordance with Section 8.05.135 of the Municipal Code. The Board may initiate studies, surveys and investigations it deems necessary to adequately gather information in consideration of a recommendation. Conditions that apply to Class 1 Historic Sites. According to Section 8.05 of the Municipal Code, the following shall apply to a Class 1 Historic Site: 1. It shall meet the definition of a historic site as outlined in Municipal Code Section 8.05.020. 2 29 Historic Site Preservation Board Staff Report December 11,2012 Case HSPB-87; 1320 E.Tamarisk Road Page 3 of 16 2. An archival file shall be maintained on the property by the City. 3. It may be qualified as 'historic' at the federal, state, and/or county level. 4. The structure/site may not be modified nor objects removed without the approval of the City Council. 5. The use may be limited by the City Council to the extent that it may impair the integrity of the site. 6. A plaque explaining the historic nature of the site will be installed at the site. 7. Compliance with all rules and regulations for Historic Sites and Historic Districts under Article IV of Chapter 8.05 of the Municipal Code shall be required. DESCRIPTION AND ANALYSIS Located on a mid-block lot on the north side of E. Tamarisk Road, between Hermosa Drive and Paseo Anza, the structure is a steel frame, factory-built single family residence erected on site in 1937. The lot is part of the Desert Sands Tract and has an area of about 12,960 square feet; it is nearly square and generally flat. The dwelling has 1,754 sq. ft. of floor area, three bedrooms and two bathrooms. A two-car garage was constructed in 1947, and partially converted to a one-bedroom, one bath guest suite in 1948. The steel post-and-beam framework is clad in compressed asbestos panels, with interior walls of plyboard. Fireproof roofing was replaced with a foam roof in 1991. A swimming pool was added in 1968. The house has an irregular footprint made up of two offset rectangles in plan, with a projecting volume at the main facade corresponding to the living room on the interior. The main entrance is on the eastern side of this projected element and is sheltered by an entrance hood, supported by a wooden structural trellis. A secondary entrance on the western end of the living room is also marked by a hood and trellis. The design, proportion, materials, metal post and beam construction, and overall feeling of this low- slung, linear, single-story residence reflects the Streamline Moderne style and incorporates such characteristic elements as metal-framed ribbon and corner windows, smooth wall finishes, rounded corners, and a flat roof. The original owner was Edmond Lindop (1901-1968), who became an early franchiser of General Houses, Inc. with the goal of becoming a developer. He acquired a tract of land in Palm Springs in 1936 where he hoped to develop a neighborhood of steel houses. A single model was constructed (the present nominated dwelling) but the project was not a success, and the Lindop family used model home as a weekend residence. It sold in 1946 to Charles Stern who owned the house for many years. Stern ordered a compatible two-car garage module from General Houses that was added to the main house in 1947. Since February 1962 the home has been owned by the late architect Michael Black and his wife Barbara. Barbara Black continues to own the home today. Over its 75-year history, the home has been occupied by only two families. The dwelling is a nearly one-of-a-kind reminder of how visionaries in the first half of the 20th century sought to supply housing through America's industrial might. The house was produced by General Houses, Inc. The first General Houses Steel Home system was designed in 1932 and examples were exhibited at the 1933-34 Chicago World's 3 30 Historic Site Preservation Board Staff Report December 11,2012 Case HSPB-87; 1320 E.Tamarisk Road Page 4 of 16 Fair. In 1937, the first and only Palm Springs version was built, and it is one of the three earliest modern homes in Palm Springs and the first, modular, prefabricated steel home in the desert. General Houses, Inc was founded by Howard T. Fisher, FAIA in 1932. General Houses was a pioneering firm in the development of prefabricated housing. The firm designed and erected low-cost, high-quality prefabricated homes using mass production methods that integrated design, manufacturing, and marketing of simple houses in a single package. In 1933, a typical GH steel two-bedroom house cost $4,500. The company's slogan was 'A house that's twice as good at half the price.' Fisher's original patented construction system used pressed-steel panels for walls, roofs, and floors, set on a concrete foundation. After the foundation was cured, a crew of unskilled laborers could put a house together in about two weeks. The company received nationwide publicity in 1932 and the media hailed Fisher's company as the 'Next Big Thing.' General Houses displayed a model home at the 'Century of Progress' World's Fair. It was a sleek, flat-roofed, stylishly furnished steel cottage that attracted thousands of visitors. The system of modular construction drew the attention and support of supplier-partners such as General Electric, Pullman Car & Manufacturing, and Pittsburgh Paint & Glass. However, General Houses could not translate its concept into a successful product in the housing market and the vision of mass-produced, factory-built housing languished until others revived the idea after World War ll. DEFINING HISTORIC CHARACTERISTICS In 1937, the first and only Palm Springs version of General Houses Steel Home system was built; it is one of the three earliest modern homes in Palm Springs and the first modular, prefabricated steel home in the desert. Built as a model home, the subject building, "The Trenton" GH Model # H-14-16-L was the deluxe model with an optional fireplace. It was a 1,754 sq. ft. 3-bedroom', 2- bathroom single family residence. The design, proportion, materials, metal post and beam construction, and overall feeling of this low-slung, linear, single-story residence reflect the Streamline Moderne style and incorporate such characteristic elements as metal-framed ribbon and corner windows, smooth wall finishes, rounded corners, and a flat roof.' Outside walls and interior partitions consist of a series of 35"-wide panels supported between the upright columns of the steel frame. The outer surface of each exterior wall panel consists of an asbestos cement board. Roof and ceiling panels are similar to, but ' The home actually has four bedrooms and three baths, one of the two original garage bays was converted to a Guest Suite. z The specifications that follow are taken from the brochure for General Houses, Inc. entitled"The House that Science Built". To the extent they are found on the subject property, they are considered defining historic characteristics. 4 31 Historic Site Preservation Board Staff Report December 11,2012 Case HSPB-87; 1320 E.Tamarisk Road Page 5 of 16 somewhat heavier than the wall panels, and are screwed down onto the horizontal beams of the steel frame. A waterproof, long-wearing membrane, applied in layers, was laid over the roof to assure trouble-free shelter from rain, sun and snow. An attractive coping extends above the surface of the roof at the edges, and roof drains and downspouts carry the water to the ground. Windows are steel casement that open outward and are furnished complete with hardware. The complete window panel is the same in overall size and thickness as any solid wall panel so that the location of windows may be determined by the owner and placed by the builder within any panel opening without regard to the window locations shown on the plan. Entrance doors were of modern flush design, made of wood in built-up construction 1 %" thick, and glazed. Rear entrance doors were recessed panel design, made of build- up wood construction, 1 %" thick, with the upper portion glazed. Thresholds were of stainless steel. Exterior connecting doors to garage were similar in design and construction to the front entrance doors, but were not glazed. Screen doors with bronze wire mesh, were provided for front and rear entrances. The outside surface of all wall panels was painted with one coat of special primer and one finish coat of white lead in linseed oil paint. All metal surfaces such as windows and door frames, steel panel battens and coping, were given a coat of special metal primer. In addition, these parts were covered with two finish coats of white lead in linseed oil paint. Exterior doors were given three coats of white lead into the oil paint. A more detailed discussion of the building, its history and its design and manufacture are provided in the attached draft Statement of Historic Significance. REQUIRED FINDINGS As noted above in Background and Setting, Section 8.05.020 of the Municipal Code provides the definition of a historic site: "An historic site is any real property such as: a building; a structure, including but not limited to archways, tiled areas and similar architectural elements; an archaeological excavation or object that is unique or significant because of its location, design, setting, materials, workmanship or aesthetic effect". Seven other qualities are listed therein with the applicant's and staffs analysis provided below: 1. The resource is associated with events that have made a meaningful contribution to the nation, state or community. As described in the following house history, this is the first pre-fabricated modular steel home to be built in Palm Springs. Seventy-five years later, this example of a General Houses, Inc. model home stands as an early example of architectural and mass housing experimentation for architects and builders who continue to seek solutions for contemporary housing issues through the construction of pre-fabricated steel homes. Staff 5 32 Historic Site Preservation Board Staff Report December 11,2012 Case HSPB-87: 1320 E.Tamarisk Road Page 6 of 16 supports this finding. 2. The property is associated with lives of persons who made meaningful contribution to national, state or local history. Although not well-known in Palm Springs, architect Howard T. Fisher is a person of significance in our past. Fisher made a meaningful contribution to national history as an internationally known architect, famed for his pioneering work designing and marketing prefabricated houses utilizing his skills as a construction materials researcher. Fisher was also a computer technology pioneer. His personal and professional history rises to the level sufficient to qualify the building's eligibility for local listing. Staff supports this finding. 3. The property reflects or exemplifies a particular period of the national, state or local history. The development of mass-produced, factory-built housing received significant public attention in the 1920's and 1930's. According to one source, "By the mid-1930s, homebuyers could choose from nearly three dozen manufacturers featuring a dizzying array of materials-steel, precast concrete, asbestos cement, gypsum, plywood." The house represents the optimism and opportunism of America's early 20th Century industrial leaders who sought to satisfy the growing demand for single family homes. Staff supports this finding. 4. The property embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period or method of construction. The property's "distinctive characteristics" are its form, proportion, structure, plan, style, and especially its materials, the unique details that are a result of its prefabricated, modular method of construction, including the wall and roof panel system, curving roof flashing details, casement windows and surviving original doors. The subject building's appearance is unique in Palm Springs because of those characteristics and is considered the first local prototype of its particular type, period, and method of construction. Staff supports the finding. 5. The property presents the work of a master builder, designer, artist, or architect whose individual genius influenced his age; or that possesses high artistic value. The application does not seek approval under this finding. 6. The property represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components may lack individual distinction. The application does not seek approval under this finding. 7. The property has yielded or may be likely to yield information important to national, state or local history or prehistory. The application does not seek approval under this finding. 6 33 Historic Site Preservation Board Staff Report December 11,2012 Case HSPB-8T, 1320 E.Tamarisk Road Page 7 of 16 CONCLUSION Both the original construction of the dwelling and its current condition provide a strong basis for historic designation. Few changes have occurred to the building; however, its grounds have been modified with landscaping and other outdoor features which do not contribute to the site's historic significance. ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT In accordance with Section 15331 (Historical Resources Restoration/Rehabilitation) of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the proposed designation is categorically exempt from environmental review as the proposed designation meets the conditions outlined for preservation of a historic resource. NOTIFICATION Pursuant to section 8.05.140 of the Municipal Code of Palm Springs, All property owners within three hundred (300) feet of the subject property have been noted and notice was made in a newspaper of general circulation. As of the writing of this report, staff has not received any inquiries on this matter. A. ing, AI Di r of Plan d Services ATTACHMENTS 1. Vicinity Map 2. Draft Resolution and Statement of Historical Significance 3. Application and Submitted Documents 4. Building permits 7 J 4 • p • • • �••• GENERAL HOUSES INC., PALM SPRINGS MODEL HOME - 011, YA ,.�, 2 € jd t Y+r die J z,t i , Prepared by Pa+,r' McG;ew,:Histor=r Site Preservation Sward November 2012 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT The owner of the Palm Springs General Houses Model home, Barbara Black has demonstrated a remarkable commitment to the maintenance and preservation of this important piece of Palm Springs Architectural History. She embodies the essence of the stewardship of an historic property and serves as a model for future owners, not only of this house, but of other historic properties in Palm Springs and beyond. A special acknowledgement goes to Barbara Black; her archive of background information made the detail contained in this nomination possible. And, without the care and maintenance with which she protected this home, it's likely it would not have survived. -Patrick McGrew November 2012 36 i EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The subject building is eligible for listing on the local registry under the following three paragraphs of the Planning Code and possesses a high level of integrity and retains the identity for which it is significant. Events 8.05.020 (a) paragraph 1 - Events: Paragraph 1 recognizes properties associated with events or patterns of events or historic trends, As described in the following house history, this is the first pre-fabricated modular steel home to be built in Palm Springs. As such, it qualifies under Code Section 8.05.020 (a) paragraph 1 as an event that has made a meaningful contribution to the community. Today, some seventy-five years later, this example of a GH model home stands as an early example of architectural and mass housing experimentation for architects and builders who continue to seek solutions for contemporary housing issues through the construction of pre-fabricated steel homes. Persons 8.05.020 (a) paragraph 2 - Persons: This paragraph applies to properties associated with individuals whose specific contributions to history can be identified and documented. Persons "significant in our past" refers to individuals whose activities are demonstrably important within a local, State, or national historic context. The criterion is generally restricted to those properties that illustrate a person's important achievements. Although not well-known in Palm Springs, architect Howard T. Fisher is a person of significance in our past. For a brief biography of Fisher, see attachment. In summary, Fisher made a meaningful contribution to national history as an internationally known architect, famed for his pioneering work designing and marketing prefabricated houses utilizing his skills as a construction materials researcher. Fisher was also a computer technology pioneer. His personal and professional history rises to the level sufficient to qualify the building's eligibility for local listing. The building qualifies for listing Class 1 Site on the local registry under Code Section 8.05.020 (a) paragraph 2 Architecture: 8.05.020 (a) paragraph 4: To be eligible under this paragraph, a property must clearly illustrate, through "distinctive characteristics" a pattern of features common to a particular class of resources The property clearly illustrates, through its "distinctive characteristics" a pattern of features common to a modern, pre-fabricated, steel, residential construction. The properties' "Distinctive characteristics" its form, proportion, structure, plan, style, and especially its materials, the unique details that are a result of its prefabricated, modular method of construction, including the wall and roof panel system, curving roof flashing details, casement windows and surviving original doors. The subject building's appearance is unique in Palm Springs because of those characteristics and is considered the first local prototype of its particular type, period, and method of construction. The building qualifies for listing as a Class 1 Site on the local registry under8.05.020 (a) paragraph 4 37 2 k CITY OF PALM SPRINGS Department of Planning Services v. 3200 East Tahquitz Canyon Way, Palm Springs, CA 92262 Telephone: 760-323-8245 - Fax: 760-322-8360 c4ZIFO.Rj Public Works& Engineering - 760-323-8253 Fire Department - 760-323-8187 Building &Safety - 760-323-8242 Building Inspections -760-323-8243 Code Enforcement - 760-778-8434 HISTORIC SITE DESIGNATION The City of Palm Springs allows for the local designation of historic buildings, sites or districts within the City (Section 8.05 of the Palm Springs Municipal Code.) This application packet is to be completed in order to request a historic designation. For additional information, please contact the Department of Planning Services at 760-323-8245 or plannino(a),palmspringsca.aov. APPLICATION The completed application and required materials may be submitted to the Department of Planning Services. The submittal will be given a cursory check and will be accepted for filing only if the basic requirements have been met. A case planner will be assigned to the project and will be responsible for a detailed review of the application and all exhibits to ensure that all required information is adequate and accurate. Incomplete applications due to missing or inadequate information will not be accepted for filing. Applicants may be asked to attend scheduled meetings pertaining to their project. These will include the Historic Site Preservation Board (HSPB) and the City Council. HISTORIC SITE PRESERVATION BOARD IHSPBI Once the application has been determined to be complete, the HSPB will review the application to determine whether the site meets the minimum qualifications for designation pursuant to Chapter 8.05 of the Palm Springs Municipal Code. If such determination is made, a public hearing will be scheduled for a future meeting. A public hearing will be held by the HSPB to receive testimony from all interested persons concerning the Historic Site Designation. The public hearing may be continued from time to time, and upon complete consideration, the HSPB will make a recommendation to the City Council. Notice will be provided as indicated below. CITY COUNCIL After receiving the recommendation of the Historic Site Preservation Board, a public hearing will be held by the City Council to receive testimony from all interested persons concerning the requested Historic Site Designation. The public hearing may be continued from time to time, and upon complete consideration, the City Council will then conditionally approve, deny, or approve the application as submitted.The City Council's decision on the application is final. NOTIFICATION Prior to consideration of the application by the HSPB and the City Council, a notice of public hearing for a Historic Site Designation request will be mailed to all property owners within 400 feet of the subject property a minimum of ten (10) days prior to the hearing dates. 38 3 �O�ppLM Sp4 Office Use Only Date: v m Case No. HSPB No. FF0 Planner: CITY OF PALM SPRINGS Department of Planning Services HISTORIC SITE DESIGNATION APPLICATION TO THE APPLICANT: Your cooperation in completing this application and supplying the information requested will expedite City review of your application. Application submitted will not be considered until all submittal requirements are met. Staff may require additional information depending upon the specific project. Please submit this completed application and any subsequent material to the Department of Planning Services. This form is to be used to nominate individual properties for Class 1 or 2 historic designations, or to nominate the formation of historic districts. Applicants are encouraged to review two bulletins from the US Department of Interior for additional information: • "How to Complete the National Register of Historic Places Registration Form' (National Register Bulletin 16A: htto://www.nps.aov/history/nr/publications/bulletins/nrbl6a[): and • "How to Apply the National Register Criteria for Evaluation" (National Register Bulletin 15; http://www.nl)s.gov/history/nr/publications/bulletins/nrbl5_1. Complete each item by darkening the appropriate box or by entering the information requested. If any item does not apply to the property being documented, enter "N/A" for "not applicable." For functions, architectural classification, materials, and areas of significance, enter only categories and subcategories from the instructions in the Bulletins cited above. 1. Property Information Historic Name: General Housing Inc., Palm Springs Model Home Other names: General Houses Model# H-14-16-L Address: 1320 Tamarisk Road Assessor parcel number: 507255008 Owner's name: Barbara Black Owner's Address: 1320 Tamarisk Road, Palm Springs, CA 92262 Telephone: 760 799 6773 e-mail address: babsblackmail(ccDvahoo.com 30 4 2. Classifications Ownership of Property. Check as many boxes as apply. ■ Private ❑ Public- Local ❑ Public- State ❑ Public- Federal Category of Property. Check only one box. ■ Building(s) ❑ District ■ Site ❑ Structure ❑ Object Number of Resources within Property. TOTAL must include at least One (1) in Contributing Column. Contributing Non- Contributing 1 Buildings 1 Sites Structures Objects 2 Total If the building or site is part of a larger group of properties, enter the name of the multiple-property group; otherwise enter"N/A". 3. Use or Function Historic Use or Function: Model Home/Single-family Residence Current Use or Function: Single-family Residence 4. Description Architect: Howard T. Fisher, FAIA Construction Date and Source: 1937, Riverside County Assessor's Records (Designed in 1932). Architectural Classification: Streamline Moderne Construction Materials: The foundation is reinforced concrete, as is the floor slab. The roof is a three-ply built up roof over prefabricated roof panels. The walls are factory-built, insulated wood panels, faced with asbestos cement board. Other exterior materials include wood trellises at each entry. 5 40 5, Fill all boxes that qualify the property for listing Events ■ (1) Property is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of our history. Persons ■ (2) Property is associated with the lives of persons significant in our past. Architecture ❑ (3) That reflects or exemplifies a particular period of national, State or local history, or ■ (4) Embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction, or ❑ (5) Represents the work of a master, or possesses high artistic values, or ❑ (6) Represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components lack individual distinction. Archeology ❑ (7) Property has yielded, or is likely to yield information important In prehistory or history. Criteria Considerations(Check all the boxes that apply.) ❑ owned by a religious institution or used for religious purposes o removed from its original location. ❑ a birthplace or ❑ a grave or cemetery. ❑a reconstructed building,object,or structure ❑a commemorative property. ❑ less than 50 years of age or achieved significance within the past 50 years. 6. Statement of Significance Attach an explanation of any of the numbered criteria selected in Section 5 (above). ■ Significant Event (Complete if Criterion f is marked above) ■ Significant Person (Complete if Criterion 2 is marked above) ■ Significant Architecture (Complete for each of Criteria 3, 4, 5 and/or 6 marked above) ❑ Significant Archeologically (Complete if Criterion 7 is marked above) 6 41 7. Integrity Analysis _ INTERGRITY STATEMENT: Alterations to this building have been restricted to the interior, including changes to the Mechanical Room, Bathroom, Kitchen and closets. Changes to the exterior including changing the paint color from the standard issue white to the current taupe. A two-car garage module was added in 1947, and subsequently altered to convert one automobile bay to a Guest Suite; the current Garage door is not original. Even with the minor alterations cited above, the residence still retains a high degree of integrity: the location, setting, design, materials, workmanship, feeling and association appear to remain unchanged since the building was constructed. The property retains the identity for which it is significant. It has been well maintained and is in excellent condition. Additionally, the site benefits from mature vegetation and handsome landscaping that enhances the setting and reflects the period of development before street paving and sidewalks were installed. As cited in the 2004 Citywide Survey: "This house appears to meet the level of significance for individual National Register of Historic Places or California Register of Historical Resources eligibility at the local level.' Although the subject property need not be compared with similar properties, it is informative to note that preservation battles have been waged in an attempt to preserve some of the few GH homes that still survive. Although a GH home built for Adalai Stevenson has been demolished, as has the Bowers Residence in Cambridge, MA, the Winslow Ames Residence at Connecticut College survives and has been the focus of rehabilitation efforts for years. The college donated $100,000 towards the rehabilitation, and the still-somewhat derelict building has been listed on the National Register. By comparison, the GH Palm Springs house has always been privately maintained. 8. Bibliography Attach a list of all books, articles, and other sources cited or used in preparing this application. Also, identify any previous surveys that cite the subject property, or any other documentation that may be on file. See Appendix I. 9. Geographical Data Acreage of Property: .3 acre Property Boundary Description: APN: 507255008-0 Lot 3 MB 018/074 Desert Sands Tract ' 2004 Citywide Survey 7 42 10. Prepared By: Name/title: Patrick McGrew, Historic Site Preservation Board Member Organization: Palm Springs Historic Site Preservation Board Street address: c/o Palm Springs City Hall, 3200 East Tahquitz Canyon Way City: Palm Springs State: California Zip: 92262 Telephone: (760) 416-7819 E-mail address: patrickmcgrew2@gmail.com 11. Required Documentation Submit the following items with the completed application form. Do not mount any exhibits on a board. 1. Attachment Sheets. Include all supplemental information based on application form (above). 2. Maps: For Historic Districts, include a sketch map identifying the proposed districts boundaries. 3. Photographs: Eight (8) sets of color photographs showing each elevation of the property and its surroundings. 4. Non-owner's Notarized Signature: If the applicant is not the owner, a notarized affidavit shall be provided (see following page). 5. Site Plan: One 1/8" to 1/4" scale drawing of the site, and eight reduction copies (8 '/: x 11 inches) The site plan shall show all of the following: Property boundaries, north arrow and scale, all existing buildings, structures, mechanical equipment, landscape materials, fences, walls, sidewalks, driveways, parking areas showing location of parking spaces, and signs. Indicate the square footage and use of each building and the date(s)of construction. 6. Public Hearing Labels: Three (3) sets of typed self-adhesive labels of all property owners, lessees, and sub-lessees of record. The labels shall include the Assessor's parcel number, owner's name and mailing address of each property with §0 feet from the exterior limits of the subject property. Additionally, all Assessor Parcel Maps clearly indicating the 400-foot radius and a certified letter from a title company licensed to conduct business in Riverside County, California shall be submitted. 8 43 BARBARA BLACK 1320 EAST TAMARISK ROAD PALM SPRINGS, CA. 92262 760-322-5151 babsblackmail@vahoo.com October 26, 2012 Director of Planning Services City of Palm Springs 3200 E.Tahquitz Canyon Way Palm Springs, Ca. 92262 RE: 1320 Tamarisk Road, Palm Springs, Ca. 92262 To Whom It May Concern, Please accept this letter as my authorization for Patrick McGrew from the Palm Springs Historic Site Preservation Board to act as my agent in matters regarding a Class 1 Historic Site designation of the General Houses Inc., Model Home located at the address above. It was the first steel prefab home built in Palm Springs in 1937. Howard Fisher was the architect. I have occupied this home since 1962. The home has been toured by a number of groups including the Hammer Museum and Palm Springs Modern Committee and will be included in a Steel Home tour during Modernism Week, 2013. If you have any questions regarding the property I direct you to Patrick McGrew, who may be reached at oatrickmcgrew2@gmail.com . Sincerely, Barbara Black Property Owner cc: Patrick McGrew 44 Statement of Significance - House History: The first General Houses Steel Home system was designed in 1932 and examples were exhibited at the 1933-34 Chicago World's Fair; in 1937 the first and only Palm Springs version was built. Along with the Grace Lewis Miller Residence (1937, Richard Neutra) and the H. C. Davidson Residence, "Merienda" (1936, Webster and Wilson), the GH Model Home is one of the three earliest modern homes in Palm Springs and the first, modular, prefabricated steel home in the desert. "General Housing History: Architect Howard T. Fisher, FAIA was a Harvard graduate who organized General Housing, Inc. [GH] in 1932. GH was a pioneering firm in the development of prefabricated housing. The firm designed and erected low-cost, high-quality prefabricated homes using mass production methods that integrated design, manufacturing, and marketing of simple houses in a single package. In 1933, a typical GH steel two-bedroom house cost $4,500. The company's slogan was 'A house that's twice as good at half the price.' Fisher's original patented construction system used pressed-stee12 panels for walls, roofs, and floors, set on a concrete foundation. After the foundation was cured, a crew of unskilled laborers could put a house together in about two weeks. The company received nationwide publicity in 1932 and the media hailed Fisher's company as the 'Next Big Thing.' GH displayed a model home at the 'Century of Progress' World's Fair. It was a sleek, flat-roofed, stylishly furnished steel cottage that attracted thousands of visitors. "Fisher had devised an ingenious system of modular construction and lined up a syndicate of private investors that became supplier-partners such as GE, Pullman3, and Pittsburgh Paint & Glass. GH was based upon the belief that these homes could be best be provided by a group of companies that contributed their special products, rather than by a single large manufacturing company. He convinced Charles Allen Liddle, President of Pullman Car & Manufacturing, that GH could become the General Motors of housing. Liddle, with much experience in building steel shelter units — they supplied the pressed steel panels - joined other companies in supplying the components of the GH Steel houses. "And the press was in his corner: Fortune and Time, among others, had all but deemed GH the answer to America's housing crisis. In Chicago, so many visitors lined up to see the House of Steel that Fisher begged the fair's managers to let him charge for admission."' Among the visitor's to the house was Edmund Lindop (1901-1968). He was born in Chicago, the son of Englishman Frank Raven Lindop who immigrated to the United States and settled in Illinois. By 1925 the younger Lindop had married and was living in Oak Park where he was employed as a Realtor. 2 The panels are described in the GH brochure as being "asbestos cement board." 3 It is believed that this connection to Pullman Car& Manufacturing Co. gave rise to the erroneous information that the house was built for a member of the Pullman family. 4 GH Marketing Brochure. 10 45 The ambitious Lindop became an early franchiser of GH with the goal of becoming a developer. Anticipating a recovery in the Florida real estate market (which did not occur until World War II), Lindop relocated his family to Miami in 1932. He soon realized that Florida was not going to be the anticipated land of opportunity. Seeking better development opportunities, he took his dreams and his family to Los Angeles in 1936. Soon thereafter he acquired a tract of land in Palm Springs where he hoped to develop a neighborhood of steel houses. In November 20, 1936 The Desert Sun ran the following article, "Steel House Now Being Erected: "The first of the steel houses manufactured by General House, Inc. to come to California is now being erected in the Desert Sands tract by Edmund F. Lindop, owner of the tract and California distributor for the manufacturers. The new steel house will be completed in three weeks and will then be open for public inspection. It is a large house, having three bedrooms and two baths; of the new modernistic type of architecture which originated in Europe .... General Steel Houses are being erected by the hundreds in the fashionable areas of Eastern cities, Chicago, Cleveland, St. Louis, New York and other places. Mr. Lindop has 50 dealers under him in various parts of the state and all are looking forward to the first house of the company to be erected in California, now being assembled in Palm Springs. Every part of the house is made by mass production in the factory. The steel frame bolted together and compressed asbestos panels on the outside as well as heat and cold resisting fireproof materials for the roof, form a building that is both earthquake proof and fireproof. Inside walls are of plyboard and both inside and outside walls are finished in any color desired." The project was not a success, resulting in the Lindop family's use of the model home as a weekend residence. It finally sold in 1946 to another Los Angelino Charles Stern who owned the house for many years. Stern ordered a compatible two-car garage module from GH that was added to the main house in 1947. Since February 1962 the home has been owned by the late architect Michael Black and his wife Barbara. Barbara Black continues to own the home today. Over its 75-year history, the home has been occupied by only two families. Building Description: Built as a model home, the subject building, "The Trenton" GH Model # H-14-16-L was the deluxe model with an optional fireplace. It was a 1,754 sq. ft. 3-bedroom5, 2-bathroom single family residence. The design, proportion, materials, metal post and beam construction, and overall feeling of this low-slung, linear, single-story residence reflects the Streamline Moderne style and incorporates such characteristic elements as metal-framed ribbon and corner windows, smooth wall finishes, rounded corners, and a flat roof. Two offset rectangles in plan, the house has an irregular footprint with a projecting volume at the main facade corresponding to the living room on the interior. On the eastern side of this projected element is the main entrance, sheltered by an 5 The home actually has four bedrooms and three baths; one of the two original garage bays was converted to a Guest Suite. 11 46 entrance hood, which is supported by a wooden structural trellis. A secondary entrance on the western end of the living room is also marked by a hood and trellis. The following specification describing the construction materials for the house is taken from the brochure for General Houses, Inc. entitled "The House that Science Built". `The entire weight of the house is carried on steel columns and beams of copper bearing steel that are bolted to each other and to a heavy concrete foundation to form a rigid support for walls, partitions, ceilings, and roof. Roofs are designed to carry live loads of 40 pounds per square foot. "All outside walls and interior partitions consists of a series of 35"-wide panels supported between the upright columns of the steel frame. Each panel is a complete factory-built unit consisting of a wood frame in which the insulation is suspended and to which the interior and exterior surfaces of the panel are glued under pressure. Panels are wedged securely between the supporting steel columns by steel battens or plates that are bolted to each column. The combined roof and ceiling consists of factory-built panels, similar in construction to the wall panels, but somewhat heavier. They are made edge to edge to cover the entire house and are screwed down onto the horizontal beams of the steel frame of the building with heavy sheet metal screws. The outer surface of each exterior wall panel consists of an asbestos cement board. Asbestos cement is entirely mineral in composition and therefore is highly resistant to damage caused by weather, fire, and vermin. It is so compact that it is virtually airtight and thus stops the entrance of cold drafts from without and leakage of warm air from within. "A waterproof, long-wearing surface is laid over the roof and ceiling panels to assure trouble-free shelter from rain, sun and snow. This protective surface consists of a build-up, membrane type roof applied in layers. This type of roofing will give years of service without requiring any attention or expense. An attractive coping extends above the surface of the roof at the edges to prevent rain from flowing down over the walls. Roof drains and downspouts carry the water to the ground. `The interior walls, partitions and ceilings are of thick, fir plywood sheets which are an integral part of the panels used in building the house. Each plywood sheet consists of three layers of wood in which the grain of the center layer is at right angles to the grain of the two outside layers. This gives the wood rigidity and strength in a direction in all directions and results of the wall and ceiling which will be permanently smooth. Interior panels are acoustically treated to reduce transmission of sound from room to room. "All windows are steel casement switch that open outward and are furnished complete with hardware. Friction hinges hold windows open in any position. Windows are so hinged that they may be washed from both sides from within the house. Because the complete window panel is exactly the same in overall size and thickness as any solid wall panel the location of windows may be determined by 12 47 the owner and placed by the builder within any panel opening without regard to the window locations shown on the plan. Each window is equipped with an interior hinged screen with steel frame and bronze wire mesh. "The entrance doors are of modern flush design. They're made of wood in built-up construction 1 3/4" thick, and glazed. Rear entrance doors are recessed panel design, made of build-up wood construction, 1 %" thick, with the upper portion glazed. Spring bronze weather-stripping keeps out dusty chilly drafts. Thresholds are of stainless steel. Exterior connecting doors to garage are similar in design and construction to the front entrance doors, but are not glazed. Screen doors with bronze wire mesh, are provided for front and rear entrances. Interior doors are of wood, 1 3/8 inches thick overall, of inset panel design. Doors are supplied for all openings where they are indicated on each plan. "The outside surface of all wall panels is painted with one coat of special primer and one finish coat of white lead in linseed oil paint. All metal surfaces such as windows and door frames, steel panel battens and coping, are given a coat of special metal primer. In addition, these parts are covered with two finish coats of white lead in linseed oil paint. Exterior doors are given three coats of white lead into the oil paint. "All exposed plywood for the interior surfaces of walls and ceilings is given one primer coat. In addition the services received two finish coats of linseed oil paint, except in the closets and cases, which received one finish coat. Interior doors and trims are painted with three coats of lead and oil paint. "All floors, except in the kitchen, bath, closets, garages and utility-storage room, are made ready to receive carpeting or other suitable finish that the owner may decide to purchase. Linoleum covers the kitchen and bathroom floors to provide an attractive, quiet, washable, practical floor covering for these rooms. Closet floors are painted. The garage and utility-storage room floors are cement finish. The garage floor is sloped toward the doors for drainage. "An optional wood-burning fireplace may be installed in this model. It is a prefabricated design, complete with chimney, and efficient in operation. Direct warmth comes from the rise of the open fire. In addition cool air is drawn through a grill at the floor level into an air chamber which surrounds the steel firebox. The air is heated in this chamber and then allowed to merge into the room through grills near the ceiling."6 A detached two car garage was ordered from GH a year after the house was sold. It was a two-car model 19'1" wide by 191"long and originally equipped with two pairs of out-swinging doors. 6 GH catalog. 13 48 EVALUATION for CLASS 1 ELIGIBILITY UNDER PALM SPRINGS CRITERIA: Events 8.05.020 (a) paragraph 1 - Events: Paragraph 1 recognizes properties associated with events or patterns of events or historic trends, As described in the following house history, this is the first pre-fabricated modular steel home to be built in Palm Springs. As such, it qualifies under Code Section 8.05.020 (a) paragraph 1 as an event that has made a meaningful contribution to the community. Today, some seventy-five years later, this example of a GH model home stands as an early example of architectural and mass housing experimentation for architects and builders who continue to seek solutions for contemporary housing issues through the construction of pre-fabricated steel homes. Persons 8.05.020 (a) paragraph 2 - Persons: This paragraph applies to properties associated with individuals whose specific contributions to history can be identified and documented. Persons "significant in our past" refers to individuals whose activities are demonstrably important within a local, State, or national historic context. The criterion is generally restricted to those properties that illustrate a person's important achievements. Although not well-known in Palm Springs, architect Howard T. Fisher is a person of significance in our past. For a brief biography of Fisher, see attachment. In summary, Fisher made a meaningful contribution to national history as an internationally known architect, famed for his pioneering work designing and marketing prefabricated houses utilizing his skills as a construction materials researcher. Fisher was also a computer technology pioneer. His personal and professional history rises to the level sufficient to qualify the building's eligibility for local listing. The building qualifies for listing Class 1 Site on the local registry under Code Section 8.05.020 (a) paragraph 2 Architecture: 8.05.020 (a) paragraph 4: To be eligible under this paragraph, a property must clearly illustrate, through "distinctive characteristics" a pattern of features common to a particular class of resources The property clearly illustrates, through its "distinctive characteristics" a pattern of features common to a modern, pre-fabricated steel residential construction. The properties' "Distinctive characteristics" are its form, proportion, structure, plan, style, and especially its materials, the unique details that are a result of its prefabricated, modular method of construction, including the wall and roof panel system, curving roof flashing details, casement windows and surviving original doors. The subject building's appearance is unique in Palm Springs because of those characteristics and is considered the first local prototype of its particular type, period, and method of construction. The building qualifies for listing as a Class 1 Site on the local registry under 8.05.020 (a) paragraph 4 14 49 Appendix 1: Abbreviated Bibliography Alfred, Bruce,with Harold Sandbank,A History of Prefabrication. John B. Pierce Foundation, New York, 1943. (Reprints from Architectural Forum, December 1942) Architectural Resources Group, 2004 Citywide Survey. Unpublished Manuscript, San Francisco:2004. Arthur, E.A.,"Mass Production Homes Out."Los Angeles Times, September 4, 1932. -------- "Fabricated Homes Discussed."Los Angeles Times, September 11, 1932, Page 17. Blum, Betty J. "Interview with E. Todd Wheeler." Chicago Architect's Oral History Project: Art Institute of Chicago:2003. "Chicago in Tomorrows House?"Pencil Points, 14:245-251, June 1933. Cooper, Lee,"Progress is Made in Prefabrication. New York Times, March 10, 1935. "E. F. Lindop Invites You To Inspect Palm Springs Newest Model Home!" The Desert Sun, March 15, 1937. Fisher, Howard T.,Who's Who in America, Volume 30(1958-59,38 h. 39"&40" Editions). Marquis Publishing Co.,Chicago: 1979. Fisher, Howard T., New elements of house design.Architectural Rec.,v.66, p. 397-414, Nov.'29; illustrated. "Fisher, Howard T., Obituary"- New York Times,January 25, 1979. "General Houses, Inc., Chicago."Architectural Record,January 1934,Vol. 15, No. 1, p 18-19 "General Houses." Time Magazine, Monday, July 4, 1932. "General Houses Officials to Inspect Steel House.' The Desert Sun, March 5, 1937. "General Steel House Open for Inspection." The Desert Sun, Undated. Kelly, Burnham, The Construction of Houses, A Study by the albeit Farwell Bemis Foundation of the Prefabrication Industry in the United States. Massachusetts Institute of technology: Cambridge: 1951. "Lindop Steel House." The Desert Sun, Friday, December 11, 1936. Mason,Joseph B., History of Housing in the U. S. 1930-1980. Gulf Publishing, Houston: 1982. "New House Is In Desert Sands Subdivision. "The Desert Sun, Friday,January 4, 1937. "Quantity Production Reaches the Homes Builder."Business Week, New York City, New York March 26, 1930, p.25-26 'Steel House Now Being Erected' The Desert Sun, Friday, November 20, 1936. "The House That Science Built."General Houses Brochure, 1934. Vanderbilt, Tom, "The Metropolis Observed: Preservation: This Old House, a piece of prefab history in Massachusetts must find a new site—or else will be demolished."Metropolis Magazine:April 2005. Websites: McGrew, Patrick. "Palm Springs Architecture Blog." httpY/palmsprin(]sarchitecture blogspot com/2010/01/pullman-residence-1937-architect html McGrew. Patrick. Artbound KCET: May 24,2012: Steel Modern:A History of Steel Houses in Palm Springs. http�/lwww kcet org/arts/artbound/counties/riverside/steel-modem-a-history-of-steel-houses-in-oalm- springs.html Modernism Week 2012:"Steel Modern After all These Years Tour." http://www.psoreservationfoundation.orc/modemism 2013.html 15 50 Appendix II Biography: Howard Taylor Fisher, FAIA Howard T. Fisher (1904-1979) was born in Hibbard Woods, IL, the son of Walter Lowrie Fisher, one of Chicago's leading attorneys and Secretary of the Interior under President Taft. He was brought up in Chicago and was a graduate of the Asheville School (Asheville, North Carolina) in 1922 and of Harvard College in 1926. After attending the Harvard Graduate School of Design, he practiced architecture and city planning in the Chicago area, becoming well-known in the field of prefabricated housing and efficient building methods. He was among many architects influenced by the push for mass production suggested by the slogan "houses like Fords." He founded the modestly successful General Houses, Inc., hoping it would become the "GM" of the shelter industry.'" Fisher was listed in Who's Who in America and was internationally known as an architect and building materials research specialist. He was consulting architect to the United Nations, as well as to the town of Kermia on the island of Cyprus; the Morton Arboretum near Chicago; and the Structural Clay Products Research Foundation. Fisher's firm was widely known for its pioneering work in prefabricated houses and shopping centers, and it also specialized in institutional and industrial projects. In later years the firm was active internationally, executing projects in Burma, Cyprus, Columbia, Canada and the South Pacific. Additionally, Fisher taught or lectured at many institutions of higher education, including Harvard, McGill (Montreal, Quebec), Northwestern University, the University of Kansas, the Ecole des Beaux-Arts at Montreal, Lake Forest (Illinois) College, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Institute of Design in Chicago, and others. The firm maintained offices in both Chicago and New York. From 1957 to 1964 Fisher began a second career while serving on the faculty of Northwestern University where he developed SYNAP, a computer program that makes maps of statistical information such as census data. Returning to Cambridge in 1965, Fisher was appointed professor of the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University where he was the founder and first director of the laboratory for computer graphics. Here he also held the post of professor of city and regional planning and subsequently that of research professor of cartography. He remained active after retirement and served as editor of the Harvard Papers in Theoretical Cartography, a series of publications to which he was also a principal contributor. As an enthusiastic sailor, he and his small boat were a familiar site to others in the area who also enjoyed the Lamprey River in the Great Bay. 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[avo E' 5..e 5;C#r,SP 21 56 Appendix VI: Historic Consultant Qualifications Professional Qualifications Standards: The Code of Federal Regulations, 36 CFR Part 61 defines the minimum education and experience required to perform historic preservation identification, evaluation, registration, and treatment activities. The minimum professional qualifications in architecture are a professional degree in architecture plus at least two years full-time experience in architecture; or a State license to practice architecture. Patrick McGrew received his Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Oklahoma in 1965. He has been actively engaged in the architectural profession, specializing in historic preservation, since then. McGrew has been a licensed architect in the State of California since 1970, as well as a holder of the NCARB (national licensing) certificate. He possesses an in-depth knowledge of all procedures and standards utilized in the identification, evaluation, registration, and treatment of historic properties as evidenced by his lengthy career the depth and breadth of his accumulated architectural/historical knowledge. He places a high value on the objectivity and completeness of his written works. He has many years' experience in research, writing, practicing and teaching architecture with academic and historical agencies and institutions. He has made a substantial contribution through the research and publication of a body of scholarly work in the field of California architectural history. His experience includes the preparation of numerous historic research reports, National Register nominations, and San Francisco and Palm Springs historic site nominations, as well as the preparation of plans and specifications for architectural preservation projects. He regulates his firm through the use of ethics standards developed by the Society of Architectural Historians. Patrick McGrew's knowledge and reputation in the field of historic preservation provided the basis for his public service as the long-time President of San Francisco's Landmarks Preservation Advisory Board, which extended over an eighteen year period beginning in 1978 when he was first appointed by then-Mayor George Moscone; he served the next ten years under Mayor Dianne Feinstein. Although he served less than a year under Mayor Art Agnos, it was Agnos who declared November 17, 1991 "Landmarks of San Francisco Day"to honor the publication of McGrew's first book, Landmarks of San Francisco (Harry Abrams, New York, 1991). Reappointed in 1992 by Mayor Frank Jordan, McGrew served four more years on San Francisco's Landmarks Board. McGrew's second book, Landmarks of Los Angeles was published by Abrams in 1994. His acknowledgment by government and/or regulatory agencies, combined with Mr. McGrew's impressive list of publications on California's historic architecture, is a testament to his proficiency as a leading expert in California architectural history. He is a member of the Society of Architectural Historians, and has received many awards for his work during a distinguished career. In 1995, his book The Historic Houses of Presidio Terrace, received an award of honor from the California Heritage Council. Upon the occasion of Mr. McGrew's induction into the "City Club of San Francisco's Wall of Honor", Mayor Willie Brown declared November 30, 2003 as"Patrick McGrew Day" in San Francisco, and a Commendation from the United States Senate was presented in recognition of McGrew's "distinguished career and outstanding contributions to the City of San Francisco." Patrick McGrew moved to Palm Springs, California in 2005. Recently McGrew has presented lectures on architects William F. Cody and Hugh Kaptur for the Palm Springs Art Museums'Architecture and Design Council. In January 2010, he completed a monograph entitled Donald Wexler, Architect and this year saw the publication of his Desert Spanish: the Early Architecture of Palm Springs both published by the Palm Springs Preservation Foundation. Previous Class 1 Nominations prepared by McGrew include the Kocher-Samson Building; the Oasis Commercial Building; The (Town & Country) Center; the Sidney Notes / Kirvin Satterwhite Residence; the Marius and Rachael de Brabant Residence; the Royal Hawaiian Estates Historic District; the Dr. Hugh Stephens Residence, the Frank Sinatra Residence and many others. McGrew was PSModCom's 2011 Preservationist of the Year. He currently writes about Palm Springs Architecture for Los Angeles Public Television station KCET's Artbound project. Memberships and Affiliations: Patrick McGrew is the Chairman of the:Architecture&Design Council of the Palm Springs Art Museum; a Board Member of the Palm Springs Preservation Foundation and a Board Member, Palm Springs Historic Site Preservation Board. Additionally, he maintains memberships in the Palm Springs Historical Society; the Society of Architectural Historians, Southern California Chapter; the California Preservation Foundation;and the National Trust for Historic Preservation 22 57 1/2/13 Resume-Michael Black&Associates RESUME MICHAEL BLACK&ASSOCIATES Corrnmiiy Planning/Architecture P.O.Box 1938 Sebastopol,CA 95473 (707)829-9319 Registration State of Caffirnia C4827 PLANNING AND ARCHITECTURAL ACIWMES Michael Black has been providing a wide range of architectural and planning services on a wide variety ofprojects since 1968.The services have included comprehensive planning programs,consensus-based citizen participatory cornnna»ty planning(both urban and rural);architectural programing,design,arterim design/space plammng,and comnm*orgnimg/facnlitataug. Planning projects include Downtown Specific Plans for revitalization,comprehensive planning for Native American Conannties,park planning, and CoHousing conmvoities.These plain»ng programs,which are aft comprehensive in nature,retied heavily upon extensive comnuuty participation which incorporates an'Environmenrtal Modeling"process that is designed to achieve consensus.The HUD 701 Planning Program for the Morongo Indian Reservation was referred to as a'Model Project"by HUD.The convrnity plan for the Ocean Park neighborhood in Santa Monica,CA was referred to as a Model Neighborhood Plan by the Mayor of Santa Monica,and the Downtown Specific Plan for Exeter,CA recently received the"Outstanding Planning Award-Small Jurisdiction"from the California Chapter ofthe American PWifi ng Association,Central Section- The architectural design approach relies on strong chen t ugmt and sensitivity to environmental,social,cultural,psychological,economic and functional issues.Consequently,the design of each building reflects the uniqueness of each situation Architectural projects include various types of housing including CoHousing,financial fie tie' s,community and cultural facilities,religious bmldrngs,hotels,restaurants and medical facilities. Clients inclde the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development;The Bureau of Indian Affairs;Catifnmia Indian Reservations; the Cities of Palm Springs,Sebastopol,Cloverdale,Cotati and Exeter CA;The Pain Springs Unified School District;Bank ofAmerica; Pomona Fist Federal Savings and Loan;Shearson,Hayden,Store Stock BrokerageMvesiment Fan;High and Spring Resort Hotel;Para Los Naas Day Care,Skid Row,Los Angeles;and two Cohousmg communities. TEACHINGILECTURING EXPERIENCE 2001 Presenter at the National Cobousing Conference in Berkeley,CA 1997 Presenter at the California Conference of the American Planning Association in Patin Spring,CA re:Consensus Based Planning 1996 Presenter at the California CoHousing Conference in Sacramento,CA. 1995 Presenter at the 2nd North American CoHousing Conference in Boulder,CA re:Working With Professionals 1995 Conducted a one day workshop on downtown specific plans,citizen participation and consensus building at the Planning&Zoning Institute m New Brunswick,NJ sponsored by the American Pluming Association&the American Institude of Certified Planners. 1994 Presenter on downtown revitalization-Central Vallery Planning Conference- Visalia,CA 1985 Lecturer on Cohousmg and Greenbelt Vintages to various cities in present CA 1982 Conference Coordinator,Lecturer:Semmuar on Culnaally Appropriate Economics for Native American Connamties,sponsored by the Native American Studies Center, University of New Mexico. 1982 Guest Lecturer,University of Melbourne,Australia 1982 Guest Lecturer,Cal Poly,San Luis Obispo Urban Lab 58 fle:///C:/Users/Barbara/Downloads/resume(7).html 1/5 1/2113 Resume-Michael Black&Associates 1981 Guest Lecturer,University of Southern California,School of Architecture 1976-1983 Southern California Institute ofArchrtecnre(SCI-ARC),Santa Monica,California -Professor of Architecture,tenured -Director of Community Design Studio 1975 Lecturer,Native American Legal Seminar,University ofNew Mexico,sponsored by the National Institute for Law and Poverty 1966-1967 Co➢ege of the Desert,Patin Desert,California Taught courses:Construction Estimating and Detailing and Environmental Design LIST OF PROJECTS: PLANNING ACTIVITIES • Master Plam Civic Center/Park,City of Cotati,CA • Master Plan facilitation,Pack L*Care Community,Santa Rosa • Downtown Specific Plan,City of Exeter,CA • Downtown Specific Plan,City of Sebastopol,CA • Downtown Specific Plan,City of Cloverdale,CA • Neighborhood Plan,Ocean Park Neighborhood,City of Santa Monica,CA • Morongo Indian Reservation,CA • Pala Indian Reservation,CA • Bishop Indian Reservation,CA • Fort Independence Indian Reservation,CA • Big Pine Indian Reservation,CA • Lone Pine Indian Reservation,CA • Rincon Indian Reservation,CA • Sherwood Valley Rancheria,CA COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONAL ACTIVITIES Participated in the organization of the following. • Morongo Indian Reservation Planning Committee • Pala Indian Reservation Planning Committee • Rincon Indian Reservation Planning Committee • An Mission Lilian Housing Authority • The United American Indian Council(UAIC);an organization that was instrumental in creating the Los Angeles City/County Native American Commission • The Oak Grove conference for the Los Angeles Urban Native American It was attended by over 90%of the Native American Organizations in the Los Angeles area. • Architects,Designers and Planners for Social Responsibility,Los Angeles • Napa Valley Ecumenical Housing St.Helena,CA • Two Acre Wood CoHousi ng,Sebastopol,CA COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES 2001-Member ofSnstainable Sebastopol 2000-2001 Member of Sustainable Sonoma County 1989-1992 Member of City of Sebastopol Downtown Task Force 1988-1992 Sebastopol City Planning Commission 1987-1991 Member of the Board of Directors of Westem Sonoma County Rural Alliance 1987-1990 Member of the 101 Corridor Comm ruty Advisory Group 1986-1993 Member of the Sebastopol Downtown Association 1986-Present Member of the Sebastopol Chamber of Commerce;serves on the Economic CJ 9 Development Committee file:///C:/Users/Barbara/Dovmloads/resume(7).html 215 1/2113 Resume-Michael Black&Associates 1981-1983 Member of the OPCO(Ocean Park Conrmmity Organization)Planning Conatni tee-a neigbborhood-based planning effort 1979 Member of the Physical Conarndtee for the Los Angeles Bicentennial- A Representative of SciArc 1973-1974 Member ofthe Architectural Co ranittee of the City ofPahn Springs,California 1973 Member of Citizens Advisory Committee for studying future growth,City of Palm Springs 1972-1974 Member of the Architectural Conn rMee of the City of Desert Hot Springs, California 1967-1979 Member of the Board of Directors of the Maki Museum Morongo Indian Reservation,California ARCHITECTURAL PROGRAMMING,PLANNING,DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION RELATED SERVICES(built projects): OFFICES • Hicks Office Center;Palm Springs,CA FINANCIAL • Pomona First Federal Savings&Loan;Yucca Valley,CA • Bank of America;Hernk CA • Bank of America;Desert Hot Springs,CA • Pomona First Federal Savings and Loan Office Building;Patin Desert,CA • Shearson Hayden Stone;Patin Springs,CA INDUSTRIAL • Williams Industrial Park;Palm Springs,CA MUNICIPAL/CULTURAL • Pob Grounds Site Development Projects;Patin Springs,CA • Desert Highland Park Conmurnity/Youth Center;Palm Springs,CA • Paiute/Shoshone Cuku-,d Center;Bishop Indian Reservation,CA • Maki Museum;Morongo Indian Reservation,CA • Town Plaza;Cloverdale,CA COMMERCIAL • Copperfields Books;Sebastopol,CA • Copperfields Book;Santa Rosa,CA • Morris Guyer Men's Store;Palm Springs,CA • Pahn Canyon Curio Shop;Agua Caliente Reservation,CA • Where in the World Gallery;Sebastsopol,CA RELIGIOUS HOTELS/RESORTS • Huckleberry Springs;Monte Rio,CA • Highland Springs Hotel;Restaurant/Convention Facilities,Roor s;Beaurront,CA • Calvary Baptist Church;Beamnont,CA • Ajalon Baptist Climb,Pahn Springs,CA HEALTH • High Desert Hospital Expansion;Yucca Valley,CA• Morongo Indian Health Clinic;Morongo Indian Reservation,CA 60 • Health Inteffation Center.Santa Monica.CA file:///C:/Users/Barbara/Downloads/resume(7).html 3/5 1/2/13 Resume-Michael Black&Associates • Office for Dr.Peter Lowenberg Los Angeles,CA • Office for Dr.Joshua HoHs;Los Angeles,CA • Office for Dr.Sanaol Eisenstein;Beverly Hills,CA EDUCATION • Discovery Center;Santa Rosa,CA • Learning Skills Laboratory;Los Angeles,CA • Multi-purpose Building-Rancho Mirage Elementary School;Rancho Mirage,CA DAYCARE • Para Los Ninos-Skid Row,Los Angeles,CA HOUSING • Barret Apartments- 14 units;Palm Springs,CA • Moore Residence;Palm Spring,CA • Ferber Residence;Lake Arrowhead,CA • Tamarisk West Condominiums-24 units;Pahn Spring,CA • Strube-Ginson Residence;Los Angeles,CA • Slavkin Residence;Los Angeles,CA • Oppenheimer Residence;Palm Spring,CA • Edna Root Residence;Palm Spring,CA • Siegel Residence;Palm Sprung,CA • Hicks Residence;Palm Springs,CA • Asher Residence;Palm Spring,CA • Desert Village-90 unit Planned Developrrent;Rancho Mirage,CA • Burg Residence;Palm Spring,CA • Loewenberg Residence;Pahn Sptmgs,CA • Hoffs Residence;Los Angeles,CA • Bhrzn Residence;Forestville,CA • Steve French Residence;Sebastopol,CA • Ciulli/Packer Residence;Guemeville,CA • Mvnkle Residence;Sebastopol,CA • Rettanghouse Residence;Heakisburg,CA • Richard Lang/Lisa Walters Residence,Mendocino,CA • Karma Black Residence;Pahn Spring,CA • Valley Oaks Village-28 unit Cohousing,Chico,CA • Two Acre Wood- 14 milt Cohousmg,Sebastopol,CA SPECIAL NEEDS HOUSING • Tuun Est-Drug Rehabilitation Facility For 52 Residents;Venice,CA • Grant Street-A Shared Housing Duplex For Residents With Emotional Problems and Mental Disabilities,Santa Rosa,CA • Sunrise I And 11-Shared Housing For Retarded Citizens,Marro County,CA INTERIOR DESIGN • Dr.Lowenberg office,Los Angeles,CA • Dr.Eisenstein office,Los Angeles,CA • Highland Spring Hotel,Beurmnt,CA • Ferber Residence;Los Angeles,CA • Health Integration Center;Santa Monica,CA • Slavkin Residence;Los Angeles,CA • Pomona Fist Federal Saving&Loan;Yucca Valley,CA • Pomona First Federal Saving&Loan;Palm Desert,CA • CoppufieldsBooks;Sebastopol,CA • Copperfields Book;Santa Rosa,CA • Shearson Hayden Stone;Palm Springs,CA • Morris Guyer Mods Store;Palm Spring,CA • Where in the World Gallery;Sebastsopol,CA 61 • Karim Black Residence;Palm Spring,CA file:///C:/tlsers/Barbara/Downloads/resume(7).h1ml 415 1/2/13 Resume-Michael Black&Associates • Multi-purpose Budding-Rancho Mirage Elementary School;Rancho Mirage,CA • Discovery Center,Santa Rosa,CA • Pomona Fast Federal Savings&Loan;Palm Desert,CA • Paiute-Shoshone Cukural Center,Bishop Indian Reservation,CA RECOGNITION 2003 Edna Root Residence placed on the Historic Register of the City of Palm Springs. 1995 Outstanding Planning Award for Comprehensive Planning-Small Jurisdiction for the Exeter Downtown Specific Plan from the Caldormria Chapter American Planning Association Central Section 1985 Exbbi ion at the Helen Lindhurst Gallery University of Southern Calm nia- Group Show 1983 Mention in'The Right-Brain Experience"by Marike Zpenek,McGraw Hill 1982 Architecture Exhibited-Group Show,Ba msdal Gallery;Los Angeles,CA 1978 Tenured Professorship in Architectural Design at the Southern Caldbnria InstiNte of Architecture 1974 One-ran Show consisting of architecture,drawings,paintings,and poetry- De Anza College;Cupertino,CA 1971 Article in Time Magazine regarding Ferber residence in Arrowhead,CA;and Slavkm residence in Los Angeles,CA 1971 Ferber Residence,ALA Cakfomia Inland Chapter Citation 1971 Asher Residence,AIA Cafffomia Inland Chapter Citation 1971 Pomona 1st Federal Savings&Loan,Yucca Valley Branch; AIA California Inland Chapter Citation 1970 Article in Los Angeles Magazine regarding Slavkin residence in Los Angeles,CA Resume Copyright©2003-2008 Michael Black&Associates 62 file:///C:/Llsers/Barbara/Downloads/resume(7).html 5/5 CITY OF PALM SPRINGS PUBLIC HEARING NOTIFICATION City Council Meeting Date: February 6, 2013 Subject: HSPB 87 (1320 Tamarisk Road) AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION I, Kathie Hart, Chief Deputy City Clerk, of the City of Palm Springs, California, do hereby certify that a copy of the attached Notice of Public Hearing was published in the Desert Sun on January 26, 2013. 1 declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. 1c�� Kathie Hart, CMC Chief Deputy City Clerk AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING I, Kathie Hart, Chief Deputy City Clerk, of the City of Palm Springs, California, do hereby certify that a copy of the attached Notice of Public Hearing was posted at City Hall, 3200 E. Tahquitz Canyon Drive, on the exterior legal notice posting board, and in the Office of the City Clerk and on January 24, 2013. 1 declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. 1L"aA& Kathie Hart, CMC Chief Deputy City Clerk AFFIDAVIT OF MAILING 1, Kathie Hart, Chief Deputy City Clerk, of the City of Palm Springs, California, do hereby certify that a copy of the attached Notice of Public Hearing was mailed to each and every person on the attached list on January 23, 2013, in a sealed envelope, with postage prepaid, and depositing same in the U.S. Mail at Palm Springs, California. (76 notices) I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Kathie Hart, CMC Chief Deputy City Clerk 63 The Desert Sun Certificate of Publication 750 N Gene Autry Trail �. Palm Springs,CA 92262 760-778-4578/Fax 760-778-4731 2013 J!;" 30 Ph 3= 13 State Of California Ill C;T Y C! ',,'. County of Riverside No 0151 NOTICE OOF PUBLIC HEARING TY OF P PB RNOB - Advertiser: PROP DESIGNATION OF THE REBIBlNCE AT 152111 TAMARISK ROAD CITY OF PALM SPRINGS/LEGALS ABA CLASS 1 HISTORIC SRO AND QA TICE C EIISP 97 EXEMPTION FROM CEOA PO BOX 2743 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the C1 Camdl of SM City of Palm Sorinm Cel"s,will hold a PALM SPRINGS CA 922632 PublkHearing atM Faftar Coo,.m.2D13.i 7M Clg Cou Il meetl a at 0: .m.n TarFu�Canyon Way Palm ISppringa. 3200 East The of the hee isr000nalderalepml- 2000356672 ro desor.M of to p Historic roperty Boardreaeoreflon with a eYiple farnll'horns ens a�aeory res as a daea fl HleaMc Bia:.arse at i320 Tamanak Road,APN 507-2%-M. I am over the age of 18 years old, a citizen of the United }'"'f i i i A -r Slates and not a party to, or have interest in this matter. I f .,Gx hereby certify that the attached advertisement appeared 'j- glaa`..'- t ' in said newspaper (set in type not smaller than non panel) t In each and entire issue of said newspaper and not in any supplement thereof on the following dates,to wit: -- 411-�� fi 4 � je Newspaper: .The Desert Sun 1/26/2013 .— ENVIRONMENTAL IDETERMINATION: TWO ra euent to Section 15331 m(Hlgaloal Resource ReNoraBorGAehaMllMtlonl of tl»California ErwA rmmeenal Owllly Act(CEOA),whereas s the pm CaI�epedd deBiW meets the carltlMorm maSpnext mlfon awafflaable far historic review In the Plemtrw I acknowledge that I am a principal clerk of the printer of SerAM Depamnm6 City Hall, 920D Eael The Desert Sun, printed and published weekly in the City T 112 Canym Way,Palm Springs betweert the boon of 3:00 a.m.ro 11:00 a.m.end 2:00 p.m.ro of Palm Springs, County of Riverside, Stale r California. Rog m.,M P Saw Undalyl The Desert Sun was adjudicated a newspaper of general - REVn ROJ�Eaomha documents regarding a ng circulation on March 24,. 1988 by the Superior Court of the Halt cl ene hours kSr,�sdla revew et CRy Hag 2:00 . . hound a.m. d y th a.m. County of Riverside, State of California Case No. and 2:00 p.m. ro tkOD m., Monday mnwoh 191236. Ta y PIaeM Ilte OSlce N tln CAr Clark szf-82w revi Aewyou warm Bn rt ached- Wa an nbrenlb these documents. CO M 4 ON THIS APPLICATION: Reaooiree I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true ro aria notice mays w dtM Wm- P tY P 1 ry 9 n9 Hearing anNar in helora 1M and correct. 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www.3m.com/labels 1-800-395-1223 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING CITY COUNCIL CITY OF PALM SPRINGS PROPOSED DESIGNATION OF THE RESIDENCE AT 1320 TAMARISK ROAD AS A CLASS 1 HISTORIC SITE AND NOTICE OF EXEMPTION FROM CEQA CASE HSPB 87 1320 TAMARISK ROAD NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Palm Springs, California, will hold a Public Hearing at its meeting of February 6, 2013. The City Council meeting begins at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber at City Hall, 3200 East Tahquitz Canyon Way, Palm Springs. The purpose of the hearing is to consider a recommendation of the Historic Site Preservation Board to designate a residential property developed with a single family home and accessory structures as a Class 1 Historic Site located at 1320 Tamarisk Road, APN 507-255-008. ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION: This request is categorically exempt from review pursuant to Section 15331 (Historical Resource Restoration/Rehabilitation) of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), whereas the proposed designation meets the conditions outlined for preservation of a historic resource. The application is available for public review in the Planning Services Department, City Hall, 3200 East Tahquitz Canyon Way, Palm Springs, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday through Thursday. REVIEW OF PROJECT INFORMATION: The staff report and other supporting documents regarding this project are available for public review at City Hall between the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday through Thursday. Please contact the Office of the City Clerk at (760) 323-8204 if you would like to schedule an appointment to review these documents. COMMENT ON THIS APPLICATION: Response to this notice may be made verbally at the Public Hearing and/or in writing before the hearing. Written comments may be made to the City Council by letter (for mail or hand delivery) to: James Thompson, City Clerk 3200 East Tahquitz Canyon Way Palm Springs, CA 92262 Any challenge of the proposed project in court may be limited to raising only those issues raised at the Public Hearing described in this Notice or in written correspondence delivered to the City Clerk at, or prior to, the City Council hearing. (Government Code Section 65009[b][2]). An opportunity will be given at said hearing for all interested persons to be heard. Questions regarding this case may be directed to Craig A. Ewing, AICP, Director of Planning Services at (760) 323-8245. Si necesita ayuda con esta carta, porfavor Ilame a la Ciudad de Palm Springs y puede hablar con Nadine Fieger telefono (760) 323-8245. times Thompson, City Clerk 64 N Department of Planning Services W E c, U Vicinity Map s BUENA VISTA DR � I LL I � i I I I i SAN JACINTO WY i CIN MED- ------ EL REA _��—L.------ _ EL ALAMEDA ---�-�-1— — - -- --- —, I E ; —Al VERBENA D ------------------ 0 N O u.l TAMARISK R. u� � N O Q Z LU VIA ALTA MIRA Q = ,Lu ,Q 0 L 1 W J � Legend -- Q 400'Buffer GRANVIA VALMONTE Site Parcels i I CITY OF PALM SPRINGS CASE NO: HSPB 87 DESCRIPTION: To consider designating a residential property developed with a single family APPLICANT: Barbara Black home and accessory structures as a Class 1 Historic Site at 1320 East Tamarisk Road, Zone R1C, Section 11/T4R4. b�