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Los Angeles Department of City Planning RECOMMENDATION REPORT

CULTURAL HERITAGE COMMISSION CASE NO.: CHC-2019-2307-HCM ENV-2019-2308-CE

HEARING DATE: May 16, 2019 Location: 6400 West Orange Street; TIME: 10:00 AM 655-657 South La Jolla Avenue PLACE : City Hall, Room 1010 Council District: 5 - Koretz 200 N. Spring Street Community Plan Area: Wilshire Los Angeles, CA 90012 Area Planning Commission: Central Neighborhood Council: Mid City West Legal Description: TR 7555, Block 3, Lot 35

PROJECT: Historic-Cultural Monument Application for the ORANGE STREET GATEWAY CHÂTEAUX SOUTH

REQUEST: Declare the property an Historic-Cultural Monument

OWNER: Bahram Eghbali and Esmat Mahmoodi P.O. Box 351404 Los Angeles, CA 90035

APPLICANT: Steven Luftman 1212 South Orlando Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90048

RECOMMENDATION That the Cultural Heritage Commission:

1. Take the property under consideration as an Historic-Cultural Monument per Los Angeles Administrative Code Chapter 9, Division 22, Article 1, Section 22.171.10 because the application and accompanying photo documentation suggest the submittal warrants further investigation.

2. Rename the proposed Monument to Orange Street Gateway Chateau South.

3. Adopt the report findings.

VINCENT P. BERTONI, AICP Director of PlanningN1907

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Ken Bernstein, AICP, Manager Lambert M. Giessinger, Preservation Architect Office of Historic Resources Office of Historic Resources

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Melissa Jones, Planning Assistant Office of Historic Resources

Attachment: Historic-Cultural Monument Application CHC-2019-2307-HCM 6400 West Orange Street; 655-657 South La Jolla Avenue Page 2 of 3

SUMMARY

The Orange Street Gateway Châteaux South is a two-story multi-family residential building located at the southwest corner of South La Jolla Avenue and West Orange Street in the Wilshire-Fairfax area of Los Angeles. The subject property was constructed in 1936 in the Late Chateauesque architectural style for Dr. Joseph Bellin and his wife Marie Bellin by civil engineer Joseph J. Rees. That same year, the Bellins commissioned Rees to design a complementary apartment building in the same architectural style directly across the street at the northwest corner of South La Jolla Avenue and West Orange Street, creating a Chateauesque entryway to Orange Street.

Irregular in plan, the subject property is of wood-frame construction with smooth stucco cladding and has a steeply-pitched, hipped roof with composition shingles and boxed eaves. The building features a dentilled cornice, wrought iron balconettes, and multiple primary entrances to the three individual units that consist of single wood-paneled doors. Quoins decorate the street- facing corners, and a string course encircles the building above both the first and second floors. Fenestration includes diamond paned casement windows, multi-lite wood casement windows, diamond-paned bay windows, and wood double-hung windows. There is a chimney on the east- facing elevation and a turret with a conical roof at the northwest corner of the building. A detached garage sits at the south side of the parcel with access from South La Jolla Avenue. Interior features include coved ceilings, arched passageways, original bathroom tile, and built-in cabinetry.

Joseph J. Rees was born in Bielsk, Poland and completed a civil engineering program in Liverpool, England before immigrating to the United States in 1912. Later, Rees became a licensed civil engineer and maintained an office in downtown Los Angeles. Rees engineered over 100 buildings in the Los Angeles area, including the Sycamore Chateau (1935, HCM #1010), the Fine Arts Cinema in Beverly Hills, and his own family home in Hancock Park. Rees died in Los Angeles in 1943 at the age of 49.

The subject property appears to have undergone minor alterations over the years that include exterior sandblasting in 1979 and the addition of security bars to the windows, the addition of a security door, the addition of wrought iron balconettes, the removal of some roof finials, the replacement of the original shingle roofing, and the replacement of kitchen flooring in some of the units, all at unknown dates.

The citywide historic resources survey, SurveyLA, identified the subject property as eligible for listing under the national, state, and local designation programs as a Contributor to the potential 6th Street-Orange Street Multi-Family Residential Historic District, which is significant as an excellent example of a 1920s to 1950s multi-family residential neighborhood in the Mid-Wilshire area.

CRITERIA

The criterion is the Cultural Heritage Ordinance which defines a historical or cultural monument as any site (including significant trees or other plant life located thereon), building or structure of particular historic or cultural significance to the City of Los Angeles if it meets at least one of the following criteria:

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1. Is identified with important events of national, state, or local history, or exemplifies significant contributions to the broad cultural, economic or social history of the nation, state, city or community; 2. Is associated with the lives of historic personages important to national, state, city, or local history; or 3. Embodies the distinctive characteristics of a style, type, period, or method of construction; or represents a notable work of a master designer, builder, or architect whose individual genius influenced his or her age.

FINDINGS

Based on the facts set forth in the summary and application, the Commission determines that the application is complete and that the property may be significant enough to warrant further investigation as a potential Historic-Cultural Monument. CITY OF LOS ANGELES HISTORIC-CULTURAL MONUMENT NOMINATION FORM

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Orange Street Gateway Châteaux South /6400 West Orange Street Historic-Cultural Monument Nomination Continuation Sheet

A. Property Description Site The property at 6400 W. Orange Street (subject building) contains a multi-family residence comprising the following addresses: 6400 W. Orange St., 655 S. La Jolla Ave., and 657 S. La Jolla Ave. The property occupies a rectangular parcel of 6,250 square feet on the southwest corner of S. La Jolla Ave. and W. Orange St. The subject building has a complimentary twin across Orange St. to the north at 6401 W. Orange St. Both 6400 W. Orange St. and 6401 W. Orange St. are contributors to SurveyLA’s 6th Street-Orange Street Multi-Family Residential Historic District in the Wilshire-Fairfax area of Los Angeles. The two-story apartment building at 6400 W. Orange St. shares a uniform ten-foot setback with the other buildings on Orange St. The property is surrounded by two-story multi-family residences constructed in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s. The neighborhood features its original concrete sidewalks. A regular, rectilinear grid comprises the street pattern within the district. The topography is generally flat. The subject building faces north and east. It is set back 5 feet from the east, and 10 feet from the north property lines and occupies the majority of its parcel. It is primarily accessed by three brick walkways that traverse a garden to the east and north. A detached garage sits at the south side of the parcel with access from La Jolla Ave. Hidden from the street, behind a 15-foot hedge of Texas privet are mature foundation plantings consisting mostly of abelia and Australian brush cherry. Subtropical plants such as a Canary Island pine, Angel’s Trumpet, ficus and various palms are used to accent walkway entrances and frame picture windows. Lush infill plantings of agapanthus and fortnight lily, both originating from South Africa, are mingled with lower-growing Asian lilyturf. These plantings reflect the typical southern California garden of the 1930s, with plants that thrive in our mild climate, but originated elsewhere. Exterior The subject building is two stories high with three apartments. Designed in the Late Chateauesque style, the building features an irregular L-shaped plan with a concrete foundation, and wood-frame construction clad with stucco. The building has a steeply pitched hipped roof of composition shingles with 13 dormer roof vents. The eaves are flared and boxed, with a dentil cornice. There is a corbeled turret with candle-snuffer conical roof and a nautical themed weather vane on the northeast corner. The turret has a narrow diamond-paned window decorated with a quoined surround. The roof has a set of tall pointed finials. Quoins decorate the public-facing corners, and a belt course encircles the public facing sides of the building above both the first and second floors. On the east side of the building, a Chateauesque chimney with an elaborate-final rises above the roof. The north façade has the primary entrance to the 6400 W. Orange apartment. The brick path leads from Orange Street to a brick stoop. The entryway features an aedicule with a segmental pediment supported by pilasters. The pediment has a decorative shield detail and dentils. The wood-paneled door is adorned with its original hardware and eagle-topped knocker with a peephole. Above the door, on the second floor, is a leaded diamond casement window with quoin surround. To the east of the diamond casement window are paired sets of tall wood casement multi-light windows with wrought iron balconettes. On the lower floor to the east of the door is a leaded diamond-paned stained-glass triplex bay window. The bay window has a standing seam metal roof, with dentils and decorative details in the frieze above the window. The east façade features three bays. The north bay extends slightly forward of the central bay, and the south bay is the return of the “L” of the plan. The north bay has a single set of tall wood casement multi-light windows with a wrought iron balconette centered on the upper floor, and the lower floor has two tall single panel multi-light casement windows. On the upper floor of the center bay’s east façade there are two paired sets of tall wood casement multi-light windows with wrought iron balconettes and two small casement windows with quoin surrounds. The first floor of the center bay features the primary entrances to 655 and 657 S. La Jolla Ave. which are accessed via brick paths from La Jolla Ave. The entry to 655 S. La Jolla is covered by a standing seam metal roof supported by a Regency style metal pillar to the north. The roof extends over a multi-light bay picture window to the south. Dentils and diamond details decorate the frieze above the picture window. The door is adorned with its original hardware and eagle-topped knocker with a peephole. The entry to 657 S. La Jolla is under a corbelled balcony; the wood eight-paneled door is adorned with its original highly polished hardware. The south bay on the east façade features a single set of tall wood casement multi-light windows centered on both the upper and lower floors. The window on the lower floor has a Regency style metal balconette and added security bars. On the north façade of the south bay, the return of the “L” has a corbelled balcony on the upper floor. The balcony has four large rectangular fenestrations in its stucco balustrade, each filled with quatrefoil patterned tracery. Access to the balcony is via a set of multi-light wood French doors. Under the balcony is a multi-light triplex picture window with ventable wood casement sides. The picture window has a Regency style metal balconette and added security bars. The south side of the building faces the backyard, and can be divided into two bays. The west bay extends past the east bay and features a corbeled extension on the upper level. The east bay’s upper floor has a tall wood casement multi-light window with a wrought iron balconette; to the west is a pair of small wood framed double-hung sash windows. The lower floor of the east bay features three tall wood casement multi- light windows. The west bay has two wood casement windows on the upper floor and two double-hung windows on the first-floor. The backyard still has the buildings incinerator, inactive 62 years after the backyard burning of trash was banned in Los Angeles.1 The west façade faces the driveway of the neighboring apartment building. As it is not the public face of the building it is less detailed. There are two bays extending west with small wood framed double-hung sash windows for the kitchens of two units on the first floor. The second floor features five tall wood casement multi-light windows. South of the building on La Jolla Ave. is the three-door garage. The garage still features the original wooden plank doors. Interior The subject building’s interior is remarkably intact. Each of the three apartment units has two bedrooms and a bathroom on the second floor. The living room, dining room, kitchen, and half-bath are on the lower floor. The units feature a Tudor arched passageway separating the entry from the living room, and elaborate French styled faux fireplaces and light fixtures. Above the fireplaces are large original multi-paned mirrors, perhaps to evoke a Versailles "hall of mirrors" feeling. The dining rooms feature their original chandeliers. Kitchens have all their original cabinets with scalloped edges, original tile with deco details and hexagon counter tiles. Uniquely, above the sink is a spice cabinet with a floral-patterned etched mirror door. The master bedrooms feature coved ceilings with delicate decorative plaster edging and original crystal chandeliers. There are lancet arched passageways to the dressing areas. Bathrooms feature original tile, sinks, built-in cabinets, and medicine chests with arched and etched mirrors.All the rooms retain their original plaster ceiling molding and baseboards.

1 Michael Holland, "City Archives Show How La Banned Incinerators to Fight Smog," Southern California Pubic Radio, https://www.scpr.org/programs/offramp/2014/03/13/36466/city-archives-show-how-la-banned-incinerators-to-f/.

Differences between the Orange Street Gateway Châteaux While the two Orange Street Gateway Châteaux apartment buildings are substantially similar, they are not exact mirror copies of each other. They differ subtly in design details, size, and layout. Most obvious is the turret; 6400 Orange has a circular turret with a narrow window decorated by quoins, while 6401's turret is octagonal and its narrow window has a simple stucco hood and sill. On the 6400 building, the small casements on the upper floor are decorated with quoined surrounds, while only the window above the entrance door on 6401 Orange is decorated, with a Beaux Arts styled panel above and a whimsical corbel below. The balustrade on 6400 Orange is decorated with quatrefoil patterned tracery, while 6401 has three recessed molded rectangular reliefs. 6400 Orange St., the southern Château, is 195 square feet larger than the northern Château, with a larger bay at the rear of the building that extends to both floors. The larger bay is not an addition, as it can be seen in the 1937 aerial photograph and the 1950 Sanborn map. Alterations The building’s current appearance and alteration permits from the Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety (LADBS) indicate that it has experienced only minor changes to the exterior and interior over time. Only two permits have been issued for the building by LADBS since it was completed and certified for occupancy in 1936: a LADBS permit was issued in 1979 for sandblasting, and permits were issued in 2010 for HVAC and electrical work. Security bars have been added to some windows, a security door was added to one unit, and a security gate has been added to restrict entry to the backyard. Wrought iron balconettes appear to be added, and there is evidence of re-roofing. Two of the four original finals on the roof are missing. On the interior, the flooring in some kitchens have been replaced. Character-Defining Features Exterior • Irregular L-shaped plan • Courtyard made from the void in the “L” of the building plan • Stucco cladding • Steeply pitched hipped roof • Tall pointed finials on roof • Dormer roof vents • Flared and boxed eaves • Chateauesque chimney with elaborate final • Corbeled turret with candle-snuffer conical roof and weather vane • Quoin decorated window surrounds • Quoin decorated corners • Belt course above the first and second floor • Wood casement windows • Leaded diamond-paned stained-glass triplex bay window • Wood multi-light picture windows • Wood double-hung windows • Standing seam metal roof above bay window • Aedicule with a segmental pediment supported by pilasters • Pediment with decorative details and dentils • Hollywood Regency style canopy above a primary entrance • Original paneled-wood entry doors • Original hardware • Protruding balcony supported by corbels • French doors • Tall multi-paned wood casement windows • Diamond-paned casement windows • Garage with original wood plank doors Interior • Tudor arched passageways • Lancet arched passageways • Elaborate French-styled faux fireplaces • Multi-paned mirror above fireplaces • Original French-styled light fixtures on each side of the mirror • Original light fixtures in the living rooms • Original chandeliers in dining rooms • Coved ceilings with delicate decorative plaster edging in master bedrooms. • Original chandeliers in bedrooms • Original tile in bathrooms • Original tile with deco details and hexagon counter tiles in kitchens • Original kitchen cabinetry with scalloped edges • Spice cabinets with floral-patterned etched mirror doors • Original hardwood floors • Original crown molding • Original baseboards

B. Statement of Significance Summary Orange Street Gateway Châteaux South meet the following criteria for designation as a Los Angeles Historic- Cultural Monument (HCM):

It embodies the distinctive characteristics of a style, type, period, or method of construction; or represents a notable work of a master designer, builder, or architect whose individual genius influenced his or her age.

Built in 1936, the multi-family property at 6400 W. Orange St. embodies the distinctive characteristics of Late Chateauesque multi-family residential architecture. The subject property was designed by the prominent local engineer J.J. Rees. The Orange Street Gateway Châteaux South is an excellent example of Late Chateauesque style residential architecture. Paired with the Orange Street Gateway Châteaux North, the Châteaux form a gateway to the 6400 block of the SurveyLA Historic Orange St. neighborhood.

Mid-Wilshire Multi-Family Residential Development Residential development began spreading west from downtown Los Angeles along Wilshire Boulevard at the turn of the 20th century, spurred by early developers Henry Gaylord Wilshire and his brother William Wilshire.2 The property at 6400 W. Orange St. is located within the Wilshire-Fairfax neighborhood of the larger Wilshire area. Residential development in the western portion of the Wilshire area, including the Wilshire-Fairfax neighborhood, began its boom in the 1920s and 1930s. The boom was partly a result of the explosive commercial development of Wilshire’s Miracle Mile, but was also a response to the massive population influx Los Angeles experienced at that time. Wide new streets – Wilshire Boulevard, Olympic Boulevard, Pico Boulevard, and San Vicente Boulevard – opened up farther-flung areas to suburban development. Just as the success of Wilshire Boulevard as a commercial corridor depended largely on the automobile, so did the success of the area’s adjacent residential neighborhoods. The area of the subject property was incorporated as part of the city of Los Angeles with the Fairfax Addition in 1924. SurveyLA 6th Street-Orange Street Multi-Family Residential Historic District3 The subject building is a contributor to the SurveyLA 6th Street-Orange Street Multi-Family Residential Historic District. This district, originally part of Rancho La Brea, was subdivided in 1923 by the California Trust Company. In 1924, real estate developer Hugh Evans was hired to manage the development process. The district was part of a larger area known as the Wilshire-Fairfax Tract, between West 3rd Street to the north, Wilshire Boulevard to the south, Fairfax Avenue to the east and La Cienega Boulevard to the west. Newly-built houses as well as vacant lots were advertised by Evans in The Los Angeles Times between 1924 and 1930. The Wilshire-Fairfax Tract featured street paving, concrete sidewalks and curbs, and ornamental streetlights. While the proximity to streetcar service was used in the early marketing of the Tract,4 the subject property’s neighborhood largely catered to the automobile; detached rear garages and driveways with curb cuts were characteristic of these automobile suburbs. The streetcar servicing the area, Pacific Electric Railway’s Westgate line along San Vicente Boulevard, ended service in 1940. The dominant period of development for the district is 1915 to 1954, and most apartments are constructed in the Spanish Colonial Revival (several with Moorish Revival characteristics) and Mediterranean Revival styles, with some in the French Revival, and Minimal Traditional styles. The subject building’s Late Chateauesque is a variant of French Revival.5

Early Owner and Tenant History The multi-family residence at 6400 W. Orange St. was constructed for owner Dr. Joseph Bellin and his wife Marie Bellin. The original building permits are dated June 23, 1936 and the Certificate of Occupancy was issued on October 2, 1936.

2 "Wilshire Historic Districts, Planning Districts and Multi-Property Resources," ed. Los Angeles Department of City Planning, SurveyLA (Los Angeles2015). 3 Ibid. 4 "Wilshire-Fairfax Tract | a Few Snaps," Los Angeles Times, March 29 1925. 5 V. McAlester et al., A Field Guide to American Houses: The Definitive Guide to Identifying and Understanding America's Domestic Architecture (Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2013). The subject lot was one of fourteen that Jackie Coogan’s father purchased for the 13-year-old actor in 1927. In 1938 the Los Angeles Times reported that Jackie’s $100,000 investment in the Wilshire-Fairfax tract was now worth one million dollars.6 The Bellins started investing in the Wilshire-Fairfax neighborhood in January 1936 with the purchase of three recently constructed apartment buildings on Orange Street in the block to the east of the subject building. In April they purchased the lot directly across the street from the subject property, at the northwest corner of Orange and La Jolla, and in May they bought the subject lot. In May and June, J.J. Rees submitted plans for complementary Chateauesque apartment buildings on each of the corner lots, creating a Chateauesque entryway to Orange Street at La Jolla Avenue. Dr. and Mrs. Bellin sold both of the Chateauesque buildings two years later, in 1938. The Bellin family never lived in the subject building, but did live at 6377 Orange St., one of the original buildings they bought in January of 1936. Christine A. Peterson purchased the building in 1938. A 1940 classified ad offered to rent 6400 Orange St. for $60 a month to Gentile Adults.7 The future owners of 6400 Orange St. would be much more accepting. Starting in 1950 the building would be owned by a series of landlords from the Jewish faith reflecting on the broader neighborhood that became a post-war Jewish enclave.8 In 1954 Harvey and Shirley King purchased the building, and moved their family into 657 S. La Jolla. The King family became the longest-term owners of the building. In 1992 Harvey King rented 6400 Orange St. to Marlene McRae and Terry Werner, an interracial couple, telling them "I like you both and I will rent my place to whoever I want, damn the neighbors."9 Jackie Coogan (John Leslie Coogan) (1914 –1984) The purchase of the subject lot was one of many investments made by Jack Coogan Sr., Jackie’s father, for the young actor. Jackie Coogan was an American actor and comedian who began his movie career as a child actor in silent films. Jackie first gained fame playing the title role of Charlie Chaplin's film classic The Kid (1921). His performance made him one of the first child stars in film history. By 1927, when his father made the investment in the Wilshire-Fairfax tract, he was one of the highest paid stars in Hollywood.10 In 1935, 20-year-old Coogan was the sole survivor of a car crash in eastern San Diego County that killed his father, his best friend, and two others. His mother went on to marry the Coogan family’s business manager. Later, when Jackie wanted the $4 million that he had made as a child star, his mother and stepfather refused. Jackie filed suit in 1938, but under California law at the time, he had no rights to the money. The resulting public uproar led to the California Child Actors Bill, also known as the Coogan Act, to protect the earnings of minor actors and to safeguard their earnings until they reach adulthood.11 Coogan went on gain notoriety to a new generation for his portrayal of Uncle Fester in the 1964 television series, The Addams Family.12 List of Tenants 6400 W. Orange St.

1940 George E. McLain — Insurance agent 1941 James E. Bowles and Susie Bowles — Ms. Bowles was an actor and model

6 Kay Campell, "Where Does Their Money Go?," Los Angeles Times, May 8 1938; "Broker Reports Recent Realty Deals $350,000," ibid., October 23 1927. 7 "$60. Leas Stud. 5-Rm., 2bdr.," Los Angeles Times, June 9 1940. 8"Los Angeles Citywide Historic Context Statement Context: Jewish History," SurveyLA (Los Angeles: City of Los Angeles, 2016). 9 (McRae 2019) 10 Barron, James (2 March 1984). "Jackie Coogan, Child Star of Films, dies at 69". The New York Times. NYTimes.com. Retrieved 2013-05-15. 11 Tony Fontana, "Jackie Coogan Biography," IMDb.com, Inc. 12 Ibid. 1948 David Stocker [owner] 1956 Herman Segal 1960 Mrs. Bess Blair 1961 Joseph Lamanna 1967-69 M. Magloff

655 S. La Jolla Ave. 1938 Donald and Elsa Hill—Mr. Hill was the publicity manager of Barker Bros Furniture 1939 Louise McCoy (widow of L.J. McCoy) and her daughter Fern E. McCoy—stenographer 1956 Jonas Beraru 1960-64 Peter de Lima—radio patent salesman 1965 I. Owens 1969 Morris Speevack

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1938 Homer Tyler and Mary Tyler—Mr. Tyler was a manager at Balfour Guthrie & Co [British food producer/wholesaler with large operations in CA 1939 John P Logan and his mother Katherine Logan—Mr. Logan was a salesman for Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company 1955-2007 Harvey King and Shirley King [owners]—Mr. King was a salesman, and a vaudeville performer who performed regularly at the Queen Mary Show Lounge on Ventura Blvd., a transvestite bar13

Ownership14 1924 California Trust Company 1928 Jackie Coogan Productions Inc. (actor–portrayed “The Kid” in Charlie Chaplin films) 1936-May Dr. Joseph J. Bellin and Marie Bellin 1938-May Christine A. Paterson 1944-Dec David & Agnes G. Stocker 1950 Bessie & Helen Levinson 1953 Abraham and Alice V. Factor 1954-Aug Shirley & Harvey King

Late Chateauesque Architecture 1919-1950 (adapted from SurveyLA Citywide Historic Context Statement)15

13 (McRae 2019) 14 "Map Book 5510," ed. Assessor (Los Angeles: Los Angeles County, 1924-1965). 15 GPA Consulting Teresa Grimes and Allison Lyons, "Surveyla Citywide Historic Context Statement," (January 2016). The Chateauesque style of architecture was a Period Revival style loosely based on the monumental architecture of sixteenth century French chateaux in the Loire Valley. The original country estate homes of French aristocrats combined elements of Gothic and Renaissance architecture in heavy masonry construction. As reimagined by architects in the late nineteenth century, Chateauesque involved massive masonry construction and elaborate, expensive detailing. Architect Richard Morris Hunt was closely associated with Chateauesque style during its first wave of popularity in the United States from the 1880s through the 1910s.16 Hunt’s most famous work is the G.W. Vanderbilt estate, The Biltmore, which was constructed in North Carolina between 1888 and 1895. Hunt also designed a New York City mansion for William Vanderbilt on Fifth Avenue.17 The style became a standard for the mansions of the East Coast elite; the grand, impressive homes signified wealth, sophistication, and legitimacy. Chateauesque style buildings, primarily residences, were usually designed by architects trained in Europe, and the style remained relatively rare in western American cities during the nineteenth century.18 Following World War I, Chateauesque style was revived and reimagined in Los Angeles for luxury apartment buildings and large single-family residences. Little stucco castles sprang up all over the city.19 Earlier versions of the style were materially faithful to the original French chateaux and required massive and expensive masonry construction. This was financially infeasible for most multi-family and residential tract developers to imitate.20 Chateauesque style flourished in the 1920s as advances in veneer cladding techniques, growing acceptance of substitute materials such as concrete and cast stone, and First World War veterans’ first-hand experience in Europe created a desire for the style and a financially viable way to achieve it. Designing apartment towers in the Chateauesque style was a social statement and creative architectural solution. The style allowed a freedom in the arrangement of windows and rooms that made the style particularly popular for apartment houses with multiple sizes of apartments arranged over several floors. Lofty spires accentuated the height of a building, creating advertising opportunities and identity in the horizontal city. As a social statement, Chateauesque buildings from the 1920s through 1940s were part of the fantasy image created of Los Angeles. The exclusive, castle-like buildings with crenellated parapets making visual references to fortresses were vertical luxury residential districts. Sometimes called French Eclectic in its 1920s and 1930s interpretations, the Chateauesque style shares many design features with the French Norman style. Chateauesque style buildings of the Period Revival theme are characterized by an eclectic combination of design motifs from medieval, Gothic, and Renaissance era French architecture. In Los Angeles, these designs are realized in materials distressed or treated to look like a more expensive material. Buildings of this style have steeply pitched hipped (and sometimes gabled) complex roof lines with abundant detailing. Vertical elements along the roof include spires, pinnacles, turrets, gables, and shaped chimneys.21 Balconies feature Gothic inspired quatrefoil or arched tracery patterns. Architectural elements are framed with quoins, intended to look like cut stone. Corner turrets mark intersecting planes of the exterior elevations.22 The overall effect creates an imposingly elongated building with decorative follies in every view.

16 Richard Morris Hunt was the first American architect to study at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. 17 This prominent and visible building was described by architect critic Montgomery Schuyler as “an attempt to summarize in one building the history of a most active and fruitful century in the history of architecture, which included the late Gothic of the fifteenth century and the early Renaissance of the sixteenth, and spanned the distance from the minute and complicated modeling of the Palais de Justice at Rouen and the Hotel Cluny at Paris to the romantic classicism of the great chateaux of the Loire.” Whiffen, 142. 18 McAlester, 373; “Chateauesque,” Washington State Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation, Accessed December 20, 2018. https://dahp.wa.gov/historic-preservation/historic-buildings/architectural-style-guide/chateauesque 19 Other early examples of Chateauesque in Los Angeles were located in the city’s central business district. The Baker Block, completed in 1879, was loosely modeled on the Hotel de Ville in Paris. Nearby, the Temple Market Block was also Chateauesque in style. Both buildings were demolished. Gleye, 46-47. 20 McAlester et al., A Field Guide to American Houses: The Definitive Guide to Identifying and Understanding America's Domestic Architecture. 21 Ibid. 22 Ibid. Chateauesque style apartment buildings in Los Angeles were concentrated in Hollywood and Mid-Wilshire areas with scattered single-family residences in the style located throughout the Hollywoodland development.23 Dramatic and complex, the style fell out of favor as austerity and modernism were popularized during World War II. J.J. Rees Engineer (1894-1943) Joseph Rees was born in Bielsk, Poland as Joseph Rzepniewsky. He immigrated to the United States in 1912.24 Rees graduated from a three-year civil engineer program while he and his wife, Eugenia, were living in Liverpool, England, before immigrating to the United States.25 In the United States, Rees became a licensed civil engineer with an office at 253 S. Broadway.26 27 He became a United States citizen while living on Malabar Street in Boyle Heights in 1927. With his daughter he designed and built his own home, just east of Hancock Park, in 1938.28 29 Rees’s daughter— his only child—attended USC, and in 1939 she became the 7th woman to graduate with a degree in architecture. 30 Over 100 buildings designed by Rees have been identified. Often, he worked directly with the developer, contractor or owner, as he did on 6400 and 6401 W. Orange St. On at least four occasions, and most likely more, he worked with architects. In late 1935, working with William Barber, Rees engineered North Sycamore Chateau Los Angeles HCM 1010. With the famous theater designer, B. Marcus Priteca, he did the Fine Arts Cinema in Beverly Hills. With Charles Plummer, of Plummer, Wurdeman, and Becket, he worked on the Hollywood office of the Auto Club (demolished 2002).31 32 33 J.J. Rees designed the Selma Las Palmas Courtyard Apartments, which were recently recommended for Historic-Cultural Monument designation by the Cultural Heritage Commission and the Office of Historic Resources.34 Also with Ben Weingart’s company, Consolidated Hotels Inc., Rees designed at least three other

23 Many notable examples of the style are located outside of the city boundaries in West Hollywood along Sunset Boulevard and Crescent Heights. 24 "United States Census, 1930," Joseph Rees in household of Robert Mclaughlin, Los Angeles (Districts 0501-0750), Los Angeles, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 737, sheet 20A, line 19, family 428, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 164; FHL microfilm 2,339,899. 25"Certified Copy of Declaration Joseph Rees," ed. U.S. Department of Labor, Declaration of Intention (Los Angeles: United States of America, 1923). 26 "United States Census, 1940," database with images, Joseph J Rees, Councilmanic District 4, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Township, Los Angeles, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 60-273, sheet 7A, line 11, family 159, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 400. 27 "Civil Engineers Licenses Issued Prior to 1/1/82," ed. Board for Professional Engineers Department of Consumer Affairs, Land Surveyors, Geologists (Sacrmento, CA). 28 Los Angeles City Directory 1925, Los Angeles City Directory (Los Angeles, California: Los Angeles Directory Company, 1925). 29 City of Los Angeles, Department of Building and Safety, Application for the Erection of a Building, 5455 Clinton St., Permit No. 23225, July 25, 1936 30 "Women in Architecture @ Usc / Female Graduates in Architecture, 1910s-1950s," University of Southern California, http://libguides.usc.edu/women_architecture_usc. 31 City of Beverly Hills, Department of Buildings, Application for the Erection of a Building, 8554-66 Wilshire Blvd., Permit No. 14227, March 10, 1936 32 Charles J. Fisher, "Historic-Cultural Monument Application," ed. Office of Historic Resources Planning (Los Angeles: City of Los Angeles, 2011). 33 City of Los Angeles, Department of Building and Safety, Application for the Erection of a Building, 6902 Sunset Blvd., Permit No. 17065, June 7, 1938 34 Charles J. Fisher, "Historic-Cultural Monument Application for the Selma Las Palmas Courtyard Apartments," ed. Department of City Planning Office of Historic Resources (Los Angeles: City of Los Angeles, 2018). large rental housing projects including a $500,000 project consisting of 22 buildings in the Washington Gardens area.35 I have identified three buildings that Mr. Rees designed for the Helms Bakery company, including their North Hollywood distribution center that SurveyLA deemed an individual historic resource.36 Joseph J. Rees was only 49 when he died of cancer in 1943.37

Period of Significance The period of significance for 6400 W. Orange St. 6400 W. Orange St. is defined as 1936, reflecting the year of the building’s construction, for its significance as an excellent example of a Late Chateauesque apartment building. Integrity In addition to meeting the eligibility criteria, 6400 W. Orange St. is almost completely unaltered and retains a high degree of integrity. Historic integrity is the ability of a property to convey its significance and is defined as the “authenticity of a property’s historic identity, evidenced by the survival of physical characteristics that existed during the property’s prehistoric or historic period.”38 The aspects of integrity, as defined by the National Park Service, are location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling and association. • Location: The subject property is in its original location and therefore retains this aspect of integrity. • Design: The subject property retains almost all of its character-defining features from its period of construction, and therefore is able to convey its historic significance as a Late Chateauesque apartment building. The exterior remains unchanged from its original construction, and the interior remains as constructed in 1936. • Setting: The property is located in the Wilshire-Fairfax tract of Los Angeles where it was built in 1936. • Materials: The subject property retains the majority of its materials from the time of its construction. • Workmanship: The subject property’s original workmanship is still evident through its overall construction method and materials. The property was designed by the prominent local civil engineer, J.J. Rees. As such, the property retains its integrity of workmanship. • Feeling: The property retains its essential character-defining features and appearance from its historical period. • Association: The subject property has been in continuous use as a multi-family residence since its construction in 1936. As it retains its original appearance, it is clearly recognizable as a Late Chateauesque multi-family residential building, and is directly linked with this period of development in the city. Therefore, it retains integrity of association.

35 "Rental-Home Projcet Built," Los Angeles Times, July 21 1940. 36 "North Hollywood - Valley Village Individual Resources ", ed. Department of City Planning Office of Historic Resources (Los Angeles: City of Los Angeles, 2013). (McRae 2019) 37 "California Death Index, 1940-1997," Rzepinewski in entry for Joseph Joseph Rees, 11 Nov 1943; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento. 38 U.S. Department of the Interior, National Register Bulletin 16A: How to Complete the National Register Registration Form (Washington D.C.: National Park Service, 1997), 4. Bibliography Los Angeles Almanac. http://www.laalmanac.com/history/. Los Angeles County Department of Public Works. Tract Maps. http://dpw.lacounty.gov/smpm/landrecords/TractMaps.aspx. NETROnline. NETR Online Historic Aerials. http://www.historicaerials.com. Sanborn Fire Insurance Company. “Los Angeles, California, Venice District.” Volume 059, Sheet 95, 1950. U.S. Bureau of the Census. Census of the United States, 1910, 1920, 1930, 1940. U.S. Department of the Interior. National Register Bulletin 16A: How to Complete the National Register Registration Form. Washington D.C.: National Park Service, 1997. "$60. Leas Stud. 5-Rm., 2bdr.". Los Angeles Times, June 9 1940, 1.

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Exhibit 1. Parcel Proﬁle Report Exhibit 2. Maps Exhibit 3. Satellite Photograph Exhibit 4. Original Building Permits Exhibit 5. Tract 9721 Duplexes Exhibit 6. SurveyLA Exhibit 7. Photographs Exhibit 8. Historic references

Items Attached Exhibit 1. Parcel Proﬁle Report Exhibit 2. Maps Exhibit 3. Satellite Photograph Exhibit 4. Building Permits Exhibit 5. Ownership History Exhibit 6. Photographs Exhibit 7. Historic References Exhibit 8. SurveyLA Exhibit 1. Parcel Proﬁle Report City of Los Angeles Department of City Planning

4/18/2019 PARCEL PROFILE REPORT PROPERTY ADDRESSES Address/Legal Information 6400 W ORANGE ST PIN Number 135B173 781 655 S LA JOLLA AVE Lot/Parcel Area (Calculated) 6,250.0 (sq ft) 657 S LA JOLLA AVE Thomas Brothers Grid PAGE 633 - GRID A2 Assessor Parcel No. (APN) 5510023047 ZIP CODES Tract TR 7555 90048 Map Reference M B 80-51/53 (SHTS 1-3) Block 3 RECENT ACTIVITY Lot 35 CHC-2019-2307-HCM Arb (Lot Cut Reference) None CPC-2018-3731-GPA-ZC-HD-CDO Map Sheet 135B173 ENV-2019-2308-CE Jurisdictional Information PAR-2018-4339-TOC Community Plan Area Wilshire Area Planning Commission Central CASE NUMBERS Neighborhood Council Mid City West CPC-2018-3731-GPA-ZC-HD-CDO Council District CD 5 - Paul Koretz CPC-19XX-19232 Census Tract # 2147.00 CPC-1986-823-GPC LADBS District Office Los Angeles Metro ORD-183497 Planning and Zoning Information ORD-165331-SA2246 Special Notes None ORD-133522 Zoning [Q]R3-1-O DIR-2018-5142-TOC Zoning Information (ZI) ZI-2452 Transit Priority Area in the City of Los Angeles ENV-2018-5143-EAF General Plan Land Use Medium Residential ENV-2018-3732-EIR General Plan Note(s) Yes Hillside Area (Zoning Code) No Specific Plan Area None Subarea None Special Land Use / Zoning None Design Review Board No Historic Preservation Review No Historic Preservation Overlay Zone None Other Historic Designations None Other Historic Survey Information None Mills Act Contract None CDO: Community Design Overlay None CPIO: Community Plan Imp. Overlay None Subarea None CUGU: Clean Up-Green Up None HCR: Hillside Construction Regulation No NSO: Neighborhood Stabilization Overlay No POD: Pedestrian Oriented Districts None RFA: Residential Floor Area District None RIO: River Implementation Overlay No SN: Sign District No Streetscape No Adaptive Reuse Incentive Area None Affordable Housing Linkage Fee

This report is subject to the terms and conditions as set forth on the website. For more details, please refer to the terms and conditions at zimas.lacity.org (*) - APN Area is provided "as is" from the Los Angeles County's Public Works, Flood Control, Benefit Assessment.

zimas.lacity.org | planning.lacity.org Residential Market Area Medium-High Non-Residential Market Area High Transit Oriented Communities (TOC) Tier 3 CRA - Community Redevelopment Agency None Central City Parking No Downtown Parking No Building Line None 500 Ft School Zone No 500 Ft Park Zone No Assessor Information Assessor Parcel No. (APN) 5510023047 Ownership (Assessor) Owner1 EGHBALI,BAHRAM AND Owner2 MAHMOODI,ESMAT Address 0 PO BOX 351404 LOS ANGELES CA 90035 Ownership (Bureau of Engineering, Land Records) Owner EGHBALI, BAHRAM MAHMOODI, ESMAT Address

APN Area (Co. Public Works)* 0.143 (ac) Use Code 0300 - Residential - Three Units (Any Combination) - 4 Stories or Less Assessed Land Val. $808,083 Assessed Improvement Val. $346,318 Last Owner Change 08/15/2008 Last Sale Amount $1,000,010 Tax Rate Area 67 Deed Ref No. (City Clerk) 261490 1519012 1481112 1472767 1169013 Building 1 Year Built 1936 Building Class D65 Number of Units 3 Number of Bedrooms 7 Number of Bathrooms 5 Building Square Footage 4,496.0 (sq ft) Building 2 No data for building 2 Building 3 No data for building 3 Building 4 No data for building 4 Building 5 No data for building 5 Additional Information Airport Hazard None Coastal Zone None Farmland Area Not Mapped Urban Agriculture Incentive Zone YES Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone No Fire District No. 1 No Flood Zone None Watercourse No Hazardous Waste / Border Zone Properties No Methane Hazard Site Methane Zone

zimas.lacity.org | planning.lacity.org High Wind Velocity Areas No Special Grading Area (BOE Basic Grid Map A- No 13372) Oil Wells None Seismic Hazards Active Fault Near-Source Zone Nearest Fault (Distance in km) 2.58589272 Nearest Fault (Name) Newport - Inglewood Fault Zone (Onshore) Region Transverse Ranges and Los Angeles Basin Fault Type B Slip Rate (mm/year) 1.00000000 Slip Geometry Right Lateral - Strike Slip Slip Type Poorly Constrained Down Dip Width (km) 13.00000000 Rupture Top 0.00000000 Rupture Bottom 13.00000000 Dip Angle (degrees) 90.00000000 Maximum Magnitude 7.10000000 Alquist-Priolo Fault Zone No Landslide No Liquefaction No Preliminary Fault Rupture Study Area No Tsunami Inundation Zone No Economic Development Areas Business Improvement District None Opportunity Zone No Promise Zone None Renewal Community No Revitalization Zone None State Enterprise Zone None Targeted Neighborhood Initiative None Housing Direct all Inquiries to Housing+Community Investment Department Telephone (866) 557-7368 Website http://hcidla.lacity.org Rent Stabilization Ordinance (RSO) Yes Ellis Act Property No Public Safety Police Information Bureau West Division / Station Wilshire Reporting District 732 Fire Information Bureau South Batallion 18 District / Fire Station 61 Red Flag Restricted Parking No

zimas.lacity.org | planning.lacity.org CASE SUMMARIES Note: Information for case summaries is retrieved from the Planning Department's Plan Case Tracking System (PCTS) database. Case Number: CPC-2018-3731-GPA-ZC-HD-CDO Required Action(s): CDO-COMMUNITY DESIGN OVERLAY DISTRICT GPA-GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT HD-HEIGHT DISTRICT ZC-ZONE CHANGE Project Descriptions(s): GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT, ZONE CHANGE, HEIGHT DISTRICT, COMMUNITY DESIGN OVERLAY AMENDMENTS Case Number: CPC-19XX-19232 Required Action(s): Data Not Available Project Descriptions(s): Case Number: CPC-1986-823-GPC Required Action(s): GPC-GENERAL PLAN/ZONING CONSISTENCY (AB283) Project Descriptions(s): AB-283 PROGRAM - GENERAL PLAN/ZONE CONSISTENCY - WILSHIRE AREA- COMMUNITY WIDE ZONE CHANGES AND COMMUNITY PLAN CHANGES TO BRING THE ZONING INTO CONSISTENCY WITH THE COMMUNITY PLAN. INCLUDES CHANGES OF HEIGHT AS NEEDED. REQUIRED BY COURT AS PART OF SETTLEMENT IN THE HILLSIDE FEDERATION LAWSUIT Case Number: DIR-2018-5142-TOC Required Action(s): TOC-TRANSIT ORIENTED COMMUNITIES Project Descriptions(s): PURSUANT TO LAMC 12.22.A.31, APPLICANT REQUEST APPROVAL FOR A TOC TIER 3 PROJECT CONSISTING OF THE DEMOLITION OF THREE UNITS AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF 9 MARKET RATE AND 2 VERY LOW UNITS. UTILIZING ALL BASE INCENTIVES (DENSITY INCREASE, PARKING REDUCTION AND FAR INCREASE ) AND 3 ADDITIONAL INCENTIVES: 1. REAR AND FRONT REDUCTIONS 2. HEIGHT INCREASE 3. 2 SIDE YARD REDUCTIONS. Case Number: ENV-2018-5143-EAF Required Action(s): EAF-ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT Project Descriptions(s): PURSUANT TO LAMC 12.22.A.31, APPLICANT REQUEST APPROVAL FOR A TOC TIER 3 PROJECT CONSISTING OF THE DEMOLITION OF THREE UNITS AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF 9 MARKET RATE AND 2 VERY LOW UNITS. UTILIZING ALL BASE INCENTIVES (DENSITY INCREASE, PARKING REDUCTION AND FAR INCREASE ) AND 3 ADDITIONAL INCENTIVES: 1. REAR AND FRONT REDUCTIONS 2. HEIGHT INCREASE 3. 2 SIDE YARD REDUCTIONS. Case Number: ENV-2018-3732-EIR Required Action(s): EIR-ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT Project Descriptions(s): GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT, ZONE CHANGE, HEIGHT DISTRICT, COMMUNITY DESIGN OVERLAY AMENDMENTS

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Address: 6400 W ORANGE ST Tract: TR 7555 Zoning: [Q]R3-1-O APN: 5510023047 Block: 3 General Plan: Medium Residential PIN #: 135B173 781 Lot: 35 Arb: None

Streets Copyright (c) Thomas Brothers Maps, Inc. Exhibit 2. Maps

Exhibit 2a. Tract Maps Exhibit 2b. Sanborn Maps Exhibit 2a. Tract Maps

Te magenta mark indicate lot 35 block 3, the location of 6400 W. Orange St. Te magenta mark indicate lot 35 block 3, the location of 6400 W. Orange St. Exhibit 2b. Sanborn Maps Sanborn Map, Los Angeles 1950, Sheet 2240 Te magenta mark the subject property. Te yellow mark 6401 Orange St, Orange Street Gateway Châteaux North. Sanborn Map, Los Angeles 1926, Sheet 2240 Te magenta mark the subject property’s lot. Te yellow mark 6401 Orange St, Orange Street Gateway Châteaux North. Exhibit 3. Satellite Photograph View north. Te magenta mark the subject property. Te yellow mark 6401 Orange St, Orange Street Gateway Châteaux North. (Google 2019) Exhibit 4. Building Permits

Exhibit 4a. Original Building Permits Exhibit 4b. Modern Permits Exhibit 4a. Original Building Permits

Exhibit 4b. Modern Permits

Exhibit 5. Ownership History

Exhibit 5a. County Assessor Map Book No. 7555 1924-1931 Exhibit 5b. County Assessor Map Book No. 7555 1931-1938 Exhibit 5c. County Assessor Map Book No. 7555 1938-1946 Exhibit 5d. County Assessor Map Book No. 7555 1946-1950 Exhibit 5e. County Assessor Map Book No. 7555 1951-1955 Exhibit 5a. County Assessor Map Book No. 7555 1924-1931 California Trust Co. to Jackie Coogan Productions Te magenta mark the subject property. Te magenta mark lot 35 block 3, the location of 6400 W. Orange St.

Exhibit 5b. County Assessor Map Book No. 7555 1931-1938 Jackie Coogan Productions to Joseph J. Bellin

Exhibit 5c. County Assessor Map Book No. 7555 1938-1946 Bellin to Peterson 5-10-1938 Peterson to Stocker 12-2-1944

Exhibit 5d. County Assessor Map Book No. 7555 1946-1950 Stocker to Levinson 1950

Exhibit 5e. County Assessor Map Book No. 7555 1950-1955 Levinson to Factor 11-11-1952 Factor to King 8-31-1954

Exhibit 6. Photographs

Exhibit 6a. Exteriors, Street Facing—North and East Elevations Exhibit 6b. Exteriors, Rear—South Elevation Exhibit 6c. Exteriors, West Elevation Exhibit 6c. Interiors Exhibit 6d. Historic Photos

Exhibit 6a. Exteriors, Street Facing—North and East Elevations Primary (north) elevation of 6400 W. Orange St. View, south. (Google Street View 2009)

Primary (east) elevation of 6400 W. Orange St. View, west. (Google Street View 2009) Primary (north) elevation of 6400 W. Orange St. View, southeast. (Lufman 2019) Entrance to 6400 W. Orange St. View, south. (Lufman 2019) Entrance to 6400 W. Orange St. Te entryway features an aedicule with a segmental pediment supported by pilasters. View, south. (Lufman 2019) North elevation. Leaded diamond-paned stained-glass triplex bay window, standing seam metal roof, and dentils and decorative details in the frieze above the window. (Lufman 2019) Northeast corner turret is topped by a candle-snufer conical roof and a nautical themed weather vane. Te turret’s leaded diamond-paned window has a quoin surround. (Lufman 2019) Northeast corner. View southwest. (Lufman 2019) View southwest. (Lufman 2019)

View northwest. (Lufman 2019) Entry to 655 S. La Jolla Ave. View west. (Lufman 2019)

Entry to 655 S. La Jolla Ave. View southwest. (Lufman 2019) Entry to 657 S. La Jolla Ave. View southwest. (Lufman 2019) Entry to 657 S. La Jolla Ave. View west. (Lufman 2019) All the doors have their original hardware and peepholes. Te numbers, entry light-fxtures and mail slots are also as built in 1936. (Lufman 2019) When built in 1936, it was three blocks from the streetcar line on San Vicente, but it was developed as a modern automobile suburb with the three garages facing La Jolla Ave. Te garages still have their original plank doors. View northwest. (Lufman 2019) Exhibit 6b. Exteriors, Rear—South Elevation, and back yard View northwest. (Lufman 2019)

Rear of building. Te west bay extends past the east bay and features a corbeled extension on the upper level. View west. (Lufman 2019) Rear of building. View north. (Lufman 2019)

Trash incinerator, 62 years afer the backyard burning of trash was banned in Los Angeles. View south. (Lufman 2019) Exhibit 6c. Exteriors, West Elevation West elevation, view southeast. (Lufman 2019) Exhibit 6d. Interiors In each apartment, a Tudor arched passageway separates the entry from the living room. (Lufman 2019)

Entry to 6400 Orange St. (Lufman 2019) Stairs to the bedrooms. (Lufman 2019)

Tudor arched passageway from the living room. (Lufman 2019) Living room’s French styled faux freplaces and light fxtures. Te original large original multi-pained mirror. (Lufman 2019) Original details are extant, including ceiling molding and mail slot grill. (Lufman 2019) Dining rooms retain their original chandeliers, molding and tall casement windows. (Lufman 2019) Kitchens retain tile with deco details and hexagon counter tiles, cabinetry scalloped edges and mirrored door spice cabinet above sink. (Lufman 2019) Te master bedrooms feature coved ceilings with delicate decorative plaster edging, and original crystal chandeliers. Lancet arched passageways lead to the dressing areas. (Lufman 2019) Bathrooms feature original tile, sinks, built-in cabinets, and medicine chests with arched and etched mirrors. (Lufman 2019) Exhibit 6e. Orange Street Gateway Châteaux North and South Orange Street Gateway Châteaux: south, to the lef, north to the right. View northwest. (Lufman 2018)

Orange Street Gateway Châteaux: south in the background, north in the foreground. View south. (Lufman 2018) Exhibit 6e. SurveyLA’s 6th Street-Orange Street Multi-Family Residential Historic District 6400 block of Orange St. Te SurveyLA 6th Street-Orange Street Multi-Family Residential Historic District features apartments constructed in Spanish Colonial Revival and Mediterranean Revival styles (several with Moorish Revival characteristics), with some in the French Revival, and Minimal Traditional styles. Te dominant period of development for the district is 1915 to 1954. (Lufman 2018) Exhibit 6d. Historic Photographs ORANGE ST

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April 30, 1937, less than one year afer the Orange Street Gateway Châteaux were built. Te magenta outline shows 6400 Orange St., the yellow mark 6401 Orange St. Exhibit 8. Historic References

Exhibit 8a. Wilshire-Fairfax Tract Exhibit 8b. Jackie Coogan Wilshire-Fairfax Investments Exhibit 8c. J.J. Rees, Engineer Exhibit 8a. Wilshire-Fairfax Tract Display Ad 109 -- No Title Los Angeles Times (1923-1995); Apr 13, 1924; ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Los Angeles Times pg. D6

Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. LATimes 1924-04-13 Evans-Ferguson Corp Wilshire-Fairfax Tr Ad. Display Ad 94 -- No Title Los Angeles Times (1923-1995); Jul 20, 1924; ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Los Angeles Times pg. D6

Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission.

LATimes 1924-07-20 Wilshire-Fairfax ad Evans-Ferguson. 1929 Wilshire Blvd. and Fairfax Ave. Hugh Evans’ (of Evans-Ferguson) real estate ofce. View Northeast. Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. LATimes 1924-07-27 Community Development: Wilshire-Fairfax Tract Page 2 Display Ad 97 -- No Title Los Angeles Times (1923-1995); Mar 29, 1925; ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Los Angeles Times pg. F3

LATimes 1925-03-29 Evans-Lee Corp. Wilshire-Fairfax Tract, near streetcar transportation. Advertisement

Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. LATimes 1934-04-15 6439 Orange St. Advertisement for a repossessed building, two years before the Bellin’s built the subject building on the same block.

LATimes 1930-01-05 Hugh Evans banquet Article. Classified Ad 9 -- No Title Los Angeles Times (1923-1995); Jun 9, 1940; ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Los Angeles Times pg. B8

LATimes 1940-06-09 6400 Orange classifed. In this era, the owners of 6400 Orange would not rent to Jews. Exhibit 8b. Jackie Coogan Wilshire-Fairfax Investments Broker Reports Recent Realty Deals $350,000 Los Angeles Times (1923-1995); Oct 23, 1927; ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Los Angeles Times pg. E2

Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission.

LATimes 1927-10-23 Jackie Coogan buys 14 lots in Wilshire-Fairfax. where DOES THEIR MONEY GO? Campbell, Kay Los Angeles Times (1923-1995); May 8, 1938; ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Los Angeles Times pg. H5

Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. Exhibit 8c. J.J. Rees Engineer 1940 J.J. Rees at Consolidated Hotels’ Washington Gardens apartment project. Te project included 22 buildings with about 200 units of moderately-priced apartments. It was the largest of at least three projects Rees designed for Ben Weingart’s company. (Rees-Cailliet family archives 1940)

Te Washington Gardens project today at approximately the same location. (Google 2019) LATimes 1940-07-16 Washington Gardens was the largest of at least three projects that Rees designed for Ben Weingart’s Consolidated Hotels, Inc. LATimes 1934-05-06 6231-33 Orange St Duplex, a block away from the subject property. Te earliest Rees building documented

CONSTRUCTION OF EIGHT APARTMENT-HOUSES DUE: PROJECTS TO REPRESENT ... Los Angeles Times (1923-1995); Aug 16, 1936; ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Los Angeles Times pg. E1

Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. LATimes 1938-06-12 Te Hollywood Auto Club Building (top illustration) Rees engineered with architect Charles Plummer, of Plummer Wurdeman and Becket.

Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. Santa Barbara News Press, 1939-07-31 Helms bakery buildings attributed to J.J. Rees and his daughter Tamara Rees. Rees designed at least three buildings for the Helms company, in North Hollywood, Santa Barbara, and San Bernardino. Citizen-News (Hollywood) 1940-06-10 Tamara Rees, 1st USC female graduate from USC in 10 years. J.J. Rees worked with his daughter from 1939 until his death in 1943. Joseph J. Rees’ frst listing in the Los Angeles City Directory in 1925. His wife Eugenia is listed as an Artist. Joseph J. Rees Naturalization card. J.J. Rees buildings

date Address Architect / Owner Notes Photo 1934-05-07 6231-33 W Orange St JJ Rees engineer Duplex G. Broudy -Owner $8700 (Cost as list- Securities Construction ed on the building Co- Contractor permit)

1935-07-22 1173-75 S Hayworth Ave Surety Bld’g and Finance Duplex Co Inc - 1015 S La Ciene- ga -Owner

1935-08-28 1165 S Hayworth Ave Surety Bld’g and Finance Duplex Co Inc - 1015 S La Ciene- ga -Owner

1935-12-19 350 N. Sycamore Ave William Barber - architect Publix Construction Apartments JJ Rees - engineer and Investment Co. LTD HCM #1010

1936-02-07 5915-17-19 Pico JD Bell - 8686 Beverly Stores/Garage Blvd

1936-03-09 6431 W Orange St Hazel A. Murphy 1165 S $9500 Hayworth 3 townhouse apts contractor John M Cameron 822 S Robin- son Blvd 1936-03-09 6427 W Orange St Hazel A. Murphy 1165 S $9500 Hayworth 3 townhouse apts contractor John M Cameron 822 S Robin- son Blvd date Address Architect / Owner Notes Photo 1936-04-24 116 N Orlando Av John Y Stephan - owner / endangered Contractor

1936-04-28 106 N Kings Rd. John M Cameron - owner 110 N Kings Rd. E H Marshrey - owner 110 N Kings Rd. JJ Rees - engineer John M Cameron - contractor E H Marshrey - contractor 110 N Kings Rd. Mary Marshrey

1936-05-07 6401 W Orange St Mrs. Marie Bellin $10000 1122 E Pine Ave, 3 townhouse apts Compton contractor WR Wright (crossed out) NONE 1936-05-08 106 S Kings Rd. Sam Aidlin - Owner Home to cartoon pioneer Rudolf Ising and his wife, starlet, Maxine Jennings

Demolished 7/2018

1936-05-11 8554 Wilshire Beverly Hills JOwner - J. De Bell A classic Zigzag Mod- Fine Arts Theater Architect - B. Marcus erne theatre designed Priteca by the architect of J.J. Rees--Eng De Bell; many Pantages venues. Joseph A. B. Marcus Priteca Contractor - J. De Bell (December 23, 1889 – October 1, 1971)

1936-06-23 6400 W Orange St Mrs. Marie Ballin 1112 $10000 W Pine (1122 E Pine Ave, 3 townhouse apts Compton) contractor WR Wright 1936-08-20 827 S Hobart Aetna $74,500 apartment 833 S Hobart Clarence J. Smale -Archi- 2 buildings tect 1936-09-04 848-50 S Kenmore Alfred Hedberg -owner - 850-52 S Kenmore 1016 Point View 2 buildings JJ Rees - engineer Robert B Hedberg - Con- tractor (35030)

Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. date Address Architect / Owner Notes Photo 1936-10-13 8668-70 1/2 W OLYMPIC A. Rothenberg -owner - Streamline Moderne BLVD 2162 Talmadge apt building. Each with $12,500 JJ Rees - engineer 4 units. 8672-76 1/2 W OLYMPIC A. Rothenberg - Contrac- BLVD (mirror of 8668) tor

1936-11-12 102-04 N Sweetzer M. Appel - owner Demolished -streamline modern - JJ Rees - engineer Rand Construction - contractor

1936-11-12 1056-60 S Ogden Dr JOHN M CAMERON $13000 OWNER JJ Rees - Engineer John M Cameron- Con- tractor

1936-11-27 1048-50 Orange Grove Morris Chapman - Owner $10000 Ave JJ Rees - Engineer Rand Construction Co - Contractor

1936-12-01 128 N Flores St Fred T. and Mary C Allers - owner JJ Rees - engineer

1936-12-16 1203 La Jolla Ave Edgar L Strauss - owner In S. Carthay HPOZ 835 S Holt Steven Luftman’s JJ Rees - engineer Home Harry L Kirkman - Con- tractor date Address Architect / Owner Notes Photo 1937-01-11 106-10 1/2 S Sweetzer Glendon Corporation - moved to Ave owner 3337 1/2 Wilshire 5604 Compton Ave JJ Rees - engineer 112-16 S Sweetzer Ave Rand Construction - Con- 2 building tractor

1937-01-19 1050-1052 S Genesee Ave JOHN M CAMERON $12500 OWNER JJ Rees - Engineer John M Cameron- Con- tractor

1937-03-31 465 N. Vista Wm R Irwin-owner 3 family apt.

1937-05-15 1207 S Orlando Ave 4 family apt tudor S. Carthay HPOZ $12,000 Rosa Veit -owner - 120 S LaBrea JJ Rees - engineer

1937-08-09 1204 S Orlando Av Louis S Strauss - owner S. Carthay HPOZ 112 S LaBrea JJ Rees - engineer A H Lewes - Contractor

1937-09-30 128 N Flores St Fred T. and Mary C Allers - owner JJ Rees - engineer

1937-09-30 1027 S Cochran Ave John M. Cameron - owner Miracle Mile HPOZ 529 Maple dr. John Cameron 23, oil 1937LA32367 producer Cameron Reﬁn- ing co date Address Architect / Owner Notes Photo 1937-09-23 1021 S Cochran Ave John M. Cameron - owner Miracle Mile HPOZ 529 Maple dr.

1937-10-04 2347 N. Hillhurst Avenue G. W. Lupton, owner. 1580 B.P. 32683, 10/04/37 Queens Road. 2s Residence, 1-family, No architect listed. 8-room, 47 X 53 X 26’, J. J. Rees, engineer. (1100) $10,500 Ernst Off, contractor. (34316) 1258 N. Highland

1937-10-18 1965-1969 N. Palmerston Rose Darragh - owner 2s Spanish triplex Place No architect listed. 5589-014-031 1937 JJ Rees - engineer [5.09, 50916A] Ernst Off - contractor. Three units: Tract (34316) 1258 N. Highland. 09633, Lot 28. Block 1. -LFIA Historic Survey Vol- 90027. Sanborn 1028A ume 5 M-P streets.pdf R-4. $9,350

1938-03-31 1960-1964 N. Alexandria 4 family apt $12,000 Avenue Rosa Veit -owner - 120 S LFIA Historic Survey LaBrea Volume 1 A-B JJ Rees - engineer

1938-03-31 6446 W Orange St Ray L. Hommes 6521 $12000 Wilshire Blvd 3 townhouse apts contractor RL Hommes Lic#39458

1938-04-07 1058-60 S Genesee Nick Kalas - owner

Spiros G. Ponty - contractor date Address Architect / Owner Notes Photo 1938-05-17 5962-64 W SAN VICENTE Robert B Hedberg -owner $12000 - 1016 Point View JJ Rees - engineer

1938-05-17 5968-70 W SAN VICENTE Robert B Hedberg -owner $12000 - 1016 Point View JJ Rees - engineer

1938-05-23 5958-60 1/2 W SAN Robert B Hedberg -owner Apt building 4 families VICENTE - 1016 Point View JJ Rees - engineer $12000 Robert B Hedberg - Con- tractor (35030)

1938-05-23 5954-56 1/2 W SAN Robert B Hedberg -owner VICENTE - 1016 Point View Apt building 4 families JJ Rees - engineer

5958-60 1/2 W SAN VICENTE

1938-06-15 1031-37 S Genesee Robert B Hedberg - Con- $12,000 tractor (35030)

1938-06-07 6902-10 Sunset Blvd. Charles Plummer (P947) See HollywoodHistori- Auto Club Building architect of Plummer calSurveyFormsS.pdf Wurdeman and Beckett LATimes 1938-06-12 JJ Rees eng (demolished 2002) $15000 date Address Architect / Owner Notes Photo 1938-06-14 1020-26 S Ogden dr Robert B Hedberg -owner Apt building 4 families - 1016 Point View $12000 JJ Rees - engineer Robert B Hedberg - Con- tractor (35030)

1938-06-15 1031-37 S Genesee Robert B Hedberg -owner Apt building 4 families - 1016 Point View JJ Rees - engineer $12000 Robert B Hedberg - Con- tractor (35030)

1938-07-28 370Norton at Clinton Owner - JJ Rees $4750 (5030 Elmwood Ave, Certiﬁed Architect Rees home became Clinton)- Licensed Engineer - JJ designed by daughter Rees Tamara Olga Rees Cailliet 02 Jan 1918-10 Feb 1983 Bachelor in Architec- ture, 1940 USC 1938-06-01 6168-70 W Olympic A Rothenberg -owner - $14500 2162 Talmage

1938-06-01 6164-68 W Olympic A Rothenberg -owner - $14500 2162 Talmage

1938-08-16 428 -430 N Genesee John V. Stepeen - owner 1938LA26009 date Address Architect / Owner Notes Photo 1938-08-26 1900 N. Alexandria A. Rothenberg -owner - Five units: 7-bedroom, Avenue 2162 Talmadge 6-bath, 5789 sq/ft. JJ Rees - engineer 90027. Sanborn 1028A. A. Rothenberg - Contrac- Tract 09633, Lot 15. tor Block 1. N.W. corner of Franklin Ave.

1938 1957-1961 N. Kenmore B. F. Warner, owner. 6509 13607, 05/10/38, Avenue W. 6th St. RELOC No architect listed. 2s Triplex, 3-families, J. J. Rees, engineer. (1100) 21-room, 61 X 42 X No contractor listed. 24’, $12,000 LFIA Historic Survey Volume 4 H-L streets

1938 1122 N Gower St engineer J.J. Rees. The courtyard apartment contractor Harry Horow- that includes a mirror 1128-32 N. Gower St itz of 128 N. Ridgwood building located on Place the adjacent parcel. In 2 buildings 1128-1132 N. Gower to 1937, owner Lewis Strass of 2-story, 6-family, 1409 N. Gower. 26-room apartment building $20,000 LA Building Permit No. 21171-72 1939-1941 7th Avenue between They were developed by Jefferson Park HPOZ Adams Boulevard and two owners: Coral V. and A particularly notable 27th Street. Doris Funderburg, and concentration of mul- The earlier phase build- Charles Angle. All were tiple-family residences ings cluster on the east designed by architect J.J. from this period in side of the street and Rees and constructed Jefferson Park’s devel- include the buildings at by National Builders, opment is found along 3536 W. Adams Boule- Inc., National Builders 7th Avenue between vard, and 2608, 2612, of California, or Califor- Adams Boulevard and 2616, 2624, 2628, 2628, nia Builders (likely all 27th Street. The 7th 2632, and 2640 7th iterations of the same Avenue grouping was Avenue. corporate entity). constructed in two -Jefferson_Park_Histo- phases: one in 1939-41 ry_0.pdf ARG 2009 and the other in 1946. 1939-01-24 2640 7th Ave Owner - C.H. Angle $12,000 Certiﬁed Architect - none Apt building 4 families Licensed Engineer - JJ Rees Contractor - National Builders Inc. date Address Architect / Owner Notes Photo 1939-04-04 1433-37 S Genesee Owner Elmer A Rendell $18,000 3958 Tuglewood blvd Contractor W.H. Coulter 9060 W Pico

1939-05-11 1535-55 N Las Palmas Aetna Construction Com- Selma Las Palmas Ave & 6700-18 Selma Ave pany (owner builder) Courtyard Apartments for Ben Weingart’s company, Consolidated Hotels Recommended for an Inc. HCM by CHC and OHR

1939-07-31 South Santa Barbara Helms Bakery Corp. Santa Barbara News Factory Press article JJ Rees Engineer

1939-09-09 223 South Mt. Vernon ave, Bakker & Robinson, San The San Bernardino San Bernardino Bernardino contractors County Sun from San Concrete and reinforced Article reads “designed Bernardino, California · steel structure, occupying by J. J. Rees, Los Angeles Page 11 an 80 by 112-foot site. architect.” $18,000 San Bernardi- no distributing branch of the Southern Cali- fornia bakeries. Helms Bakery

1940-02-27 924-934 S Hobart Aetna Construction 16 unit building Company (owner builder) $40,000 Ben Weingart’s company, demolished Consolidated Hotels Inc., 1940-03-29 1050-52 S. Curson Ave Robert B Hedberg -owner - 1016 Point View JJ Rees - engineer date Address Architect / Owner Notes Photo 1940-03-29 1054-62 S. Curson Ave Robert B Hedberg -owner - 1016 Point View JJ Rees - engineer

1940-03-04 1723-1835 S WESTMORE- Consolidated Hotels Inc./ Washington Gardens LAND AVE Aetna, Ben Weingart apartments for Con- 1725-1835 S ORCHARD solidated Hotels Inc./ AVE Aetna 200 units. 22 buildings $500,000

1940-07-05 118 S Flores St Rosa Veit -owner - 120 S 4 family apt building LaBrea streamline $20,000 122 S Flores St JJ Rees - engineer George Alexander - Con- 2 buildings 2 buildings tractor (59671)

1940-07-18 4700-10 W. Ambrose C. H. Angle -owner - 124 2s minimal Traditional Avenue S. La Brea Ave. apartment 5589- Alternate address: 2075 JJ Rees - engineer 022-001 1940 [5.06, N. Vermont Av 90027 California National Build- 50613] Tract 03907, Lot 19. er - Contractor (40376) Sanborn 1098A. Also as 124 S. La Brea Ave. 5 buildings? 20752077 N. Vermont Ave. Corner lot.

1940-10-09 119 S Sweetzer Ave Rosa Veit -owner - 1947 4 family apt building 42nd st. streamline JJ Rees - engineer George Alexander - Con- Demolished 2008 tractor (59671) 1940-11-12 1036-40 Orange Grove A Rothenberg - Owner/ $16000 Ave Contractor 2165 Talimadg

1941-01-16 4037-4041 W. Los Feliz 2s Colonial inﬂuence Boulevard 6-apartment 5592- 023-009 1940 [8.01, 80119] -LFIA Historic Survey Volume 4 H-L streets date Address Architect / Owner Notes Photo 1941-01-16 1231 S ORANGE GROVE Securities Const Co 6 unit apt building AVE -owner $18,000 H William Greene - Ar- chitect JJ Rees - Engineer (crossed off) Mark Viner - Contractor

1941-01-26 1606 Lyman Pl J.E. Realty Co - Owner Contract awarded 1301 Wilshire 5 wood stucco apart- 5 buildings JJ Rees - engineer ment buildings Aetna Construction 621 S $183,900 Witmer St Between Hollywood Blvd and Prospect Ave and Lyman Pl -Ironworker, Volume 40 International Associa- tion of Bridge, Structur- al and Ornamental Iron Workers., 1940

1941-06-25 4306-08 W. Los Feliz Blvd California National Build- 2s Colonial 8-apart- er, contractor., 124 S. La ment 5591-002-008 4310-12 W. Los Feliz Blvd Brea Av. 1941 [8.01] Twin to 4310. 2 buildings Apartment and hotel rooms -LFIA Historic Survey Volume 4 H-L streets

1941-06-25 1782 Orchid Ave Apt and A Rothenberg - owner 19 hotel rooms JJ Rees - engineer A Rothenberg - Contrac- 2 buildings tor

1941-08-07 11044 Burbank Blvd J.J. Rees - Listed as owner Survey LA individual Helms Distribution Center resources JJ Rees Engineer The Helms Bakery Distribution Center is a food processing facility that was constructed con- current with the initial growth of residential development in the area. Exhibit 8. SurveyLA Wilshire Historic Districts, Planning Districts and Multi-Property Resources – 01/26/15

Name: 6th Street-Orange Street Multi-Family Residential Historic District

Description: The 6th Street-Orange Street Multi-Family Residential Historic District is a historic district in the Beverly-Fairfax neighborhood of Los Angeles. The district consists of 221 parcels containing two-story, multi-family residences along West 6th Street and West Orange Street, between South San Vicente Boulevard and South Fairfax Avenue. A regular, rectilinear grid comprises the street pattern within the district. The topography of the district is generally flat, but some of the front lawns of the properties are sloped. Both streets maintain original concrete sidewalks and uniform setbacks; the setbacks along 6th Street are deeper. Driveways with curb cuts, detached garages, front lawns and walkways are characteristics of the district. While 6th Street predominantly consists of duplexes, Orange Street mostly contains fourplexes. Historically developed as a single tract, the district has original sidewalks and a mix of mature street trees (predominantly sycamores on 6th Street; more of mix on Orange Street). Of the 221 parcels, 196 are contributors and 25 are non-contributors to the district.

The dominant period of development for the district is 1915 to 1954, and most apartments are constructed in the Spanish Colonial Revival (several with Moorish Revival characteristics) and Mediterranean Revival styles, with some in the French Revival and Minimal Traditional styles. Common features include clay tile roofing, arched entryways and exterior staircases. Significance: The 6th Street-Orange Street Multi-Family Residential Historic District is an excellent example of a 1920s to 1950s multi- family residential neighborhood in the Mid-Wilshire area, as well as an excellent concentration of Period Revival residential architecture. The district retains original tract and automobile-related features, including concrete sidewalks, driveways with curb cuts and detached garages. Residences within the district retain their original plans, massing, scale and character- defining features predominantly of the Spanish Colonial Revival and Mediterranean Revival styles. Several houses were designed by Horatio W. Bishop, supervising architect of the nearby Carthay Circle residential development (a Los Angeles Historic Preservation Overlay Zone). Of the district’s 221 residences, 89% contribute to its significance.

This district, originally part of Rancho La Brea, was subdivided in 1923 by the California Trust Company. In 1924, real estate developer Hugh Evans was hired to manage the development process. The district was part of a larger area known as the Wilshire-Fairfax Tract, between West 3rd Street to the north, Wilshire Boulevard to the south, Fairfax Avenue to the east and La Cienega Boulevard to the west. Newly-built houses as well as vacant lots were advertised by Evans in The Los Angeles Times between 1924 and 1930. The Wilshire-Fairfax Tract featured street paving, concrete sidewalks and curbs, and ornamental streetlights; its proximity to streetcar lines was also marketed. The period of significance for the historic district is 1915 to 1954, which captures its major period of development and the time during which most of its buildings were constructed.

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Context 1: Context: Architecture and Engineering, 1850-1980 Sub context: No Sub-context Theme: Housing the Masses, 1880-1975 Sub theme: Period Revival Multi-Family Residential Neighborhoods, 1918-1942 Property type: Residential-Multi Family Property sub type: Multi-Family District Criteria: C/3/3 Status code: 3S;3CS;5S3 Reason: Excellent example of a 1920s to 1950s Period Revival neighborhood containing almost all multi-family residences, in the Spanish Colonial Revival, French Revival, Mediterranean Revival and Minimal Traditional styles. Contributors exhibit the essential character-defining features of the styles.

Context 2: Context: Residential Development and Suburbanization, 1850-1980 Sub context: Multi-Family Residential Development, 1910-1980 Theme: Multi-Family Residential, 1910-1980 Sub theme: Multi-Family Residential District, 1910-1980 Property type: Residential-Multi Family Property sub type: Multi-Family District Criteria: C/3/3 Status code: 3S;3CS;5S3

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Primary Address: 652 S CRESCENT HEIGHTS BLVD Other Address: 654 S CRESCENT HEIGHTS BLVD 656 S CRESCENT HEIGHTS BLVD 656 1/2 S CRESCENT HEIGHTS BLVD 658 S CRESCENT HEIGHTS BLVD 658 1/2 S CRESCENT HEIGHTS BLVD 660 S CRESCENT HEIGHTS BLVD 662 S CRESCENT HEIGHTS BLVD Type: Non-Contributor Year built: 0 Property type/sub type: Other; Parking Lot Architectural style: Not Applicable

Primary Address: 618 S LA JOLLA AVE Other Address: 620 S LA JOLLA AVE 622 S LA JOLLA AVE Type: Contributor Year built: 1936 Property type/sub type: Residential-Multi Family; Apartment House Architectural style: Minimal Traditional

Primary Address: 621 S LA JOLLA AVE Other Address: 623 S LA JOLLA AVE 6401 W ORANGE ST Type: Contributor Year built: 1936 Property type/sub type: Residential-Multi Family; Apartment House Architectural style: Chateauesque, Late

Primary Address: 655 S LA JOLLA AVE Other Address: 657 S LA JOLLA AVE 6400 W ORANGE ST Type: Contributor Year built: 1936 Property type/sub type: Residential-Multi Family; Apartment House Architectural style: Chateauesque, Late

Primary Address: 6115 W ORANGE ST Type: Contributor Year built: 1929 Property type/sub type: Residential-Multi Family; Apartment House

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