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Appendix B Individual Resources 090418.Xlsx 2018 Historic Resources Inventory Update ‐ Individual Resources 2010 Current Main Address Alternate Address Year Built Year Built Source per Research Architect Builder Resource Name District Architectural Style Statement of Significance Status Code Status Code The Arcadia Terrace Entrance Pylon, located at the western terminus of Arcadia Terrace, appears eligible for local listing as a Foot of the staircase at Santa Monica Landmark. The pylon was one of several tract features installed circa 1910 as a way to catalyze property sales in the Appian Way and Arcadia c. 1910 Historic LA Times Arcadia Terrace Entrance Pylon Not applicable 5S3 adjacent subdivision. It is associated with broad patterns of residential development, and efforts to improve and develop this area Terrace of the city in the early twentieth century. Today it stands out as a rare, remnant feature associated with this early period of growth. The Colorado Avenue Viaduct appears eligible for listing as a Santa Monica Landmark. Constructed in 1939, it is a rare remaining Colorado Avenue between example of public infrastructure associated with the pre‐World War II period. It is also notable for its engineering and aesthetic Ocean Avenue and the Santa 1939 Colorado Avenue Viaduct (Santa Monica Pier Bridge) Not applicable 5S3 value. The viaduct was constructed as part of the Colorado Grade Separation Project, a comprehensive transportation plan Monica Pier partially funded by the Public Works Administration (PWA) program between 1939 and 1940. Its construction was intended to ease congestion and facilitate better access to the Santa Monica Pier The Main Street Viaduct appears eligible for listing as a Santa Monica Landmark. Constructed circa 1925, the viaduct is a rare Main St and Santa Monica remaining example of public infrastructure associated with the pre‐World War II period. It is also notable for its engineering and 1925 Visual estimate; Sanborn maps Main Street Viaduct Not applicable 5S3 5S3 Freeway (Interstate 10) aesthetic value. The viaduct was constructed over what was originally a Pacific Electric Railway streetcar line, and was subsequently incorporated into the route of the Santa Monica Freeway upon its construction in the 1960s. The Olympic Tunnel/McClure Tunnel appears eligible for listing as a Santa Monica Landmark. The tunnel is a rare remaining Western terminus of Santa example of vehicular infrastructure associated with the pre‐World War II period. Constructed in 1936, it was intended to ease the Monica Freeway (Interstate flow of traffic through Santa Monica’s central business district and played an important role in the development of a coastal 1936 Historic LA Times Olympic Tunnel (McClure Tunnel) Not applicable 5S3 10), beneath Ocean Ave and highway (now known as the Pacific Coast Highway). It is also notable for its engineering and aesthetic value. Originally known as Colorado Ave the Olympic Tunnel, it was re‐named in 1969 to commemorate Robert McClure, longtime editor of the Santa Monica Outlook newspaper. West corner of 5th St and Pre‐1912 Oregon Avenue Sidewalk Sign West 5S1; 5D3 5S1 The Oregon Avenue Sidewalk Sign West is designated as a Santa Monica Landmark. Santa Monica Blvd The Pickering Mansion Gate appears eligible for listing as a Santa Monica Landmark. The gate is significant for conveying patterns Northern corner of San of residential development that shaped the North of Montana neighborhood of Santa Monica in the early decades of the twentieth Vicente Boulevard and c. 1927 Building permit Pickering Mansion Gate Not applicable 5S3 century. It is a remnant feature of the Pickering Mansion, which was constructed in 1927 for wealthy lumberman William A. Foxtail Drive Pickering at 1051 San Vicente Boulevard. The mansion was demolished in 1960, and the site is now the location of Foxtail Drive. The San Vicente Boulevard Median appears eligible for listing as a Santa Monica Landmark. The median is significant for its Bisecting San Vicente association with postwar civic improvement projects in the City of Santa Monica. San Vicente Boulevard was originally graded in Boulevard between 26th 1945 San Vicente Boulevard Median Not applicable 5S3 1905 for Pacific Electric's Westgate streetcar line. The tracks were removed circa 1942 and the median planted with grass for Street and Ocean Avenue horseback riding. Coral trees were planted along the median, which continues along San Vicente Boulevard in the City of Los Angeles, in the late 1940s. 315 10th St 1912 De Witt Creveling (owner) Aeroplane Bungalow 5S1 5S1 315 10th Street (Aeroplane Bungalow) is designated as a Santa Monica Landmark. 444 10th Street was previously identified as eligible for listing as a Santa Monica Structure of Merit. However, the building has 444 10th St Not applicable 5S3* 6Z since been demolished. 454 10th Street appears eligible for listing as a Santa Monica Landmark. The property is an excellent example of Craftsman architecture as applied to a single‐family residence. Constructed in 1913, it exhibits distinctive characteristics that are associated 454 10th St 1913 William Bosbyshell Craftsman 5S3 5S3 with the style as expressed by its form, massing, composition, and architectural details. It is also significant for conveying patterns of residential development that shaped the North of Montana neighborhood of Santa Monica in the early decades of the twentieth century. 738 10th Street appears eligible for listing as a Santa Monica Landmark. The property is an excellent example of Spanish Colonial Revival/Churrigueresque architecture as applied to a commercial building. Constructed in 1927, it exhibits distinctive 738 10th St 931 Montana Ave 1927 J.B. Jones (sp?) J.B. Jones (sp?) Spanish Colonial Revival 5S3* 5S3 characteristics that are associated with the style as expressed by its form, massing, composition, and architectural details. It is also significant for representing early patterns of commercial development that shaped Santa Monica’s commercial landscape prior to World War II. 815 10th Street appears eligible for listing as a Santa Monica Landmark. The property is an excellent example of a 1920s fourplex, exhibiting distinctive characteristics that are associated with the property type. Fourplexes were designed to emulate the appearance of single‐family dwellings and are similar with respect to scale, massing, and configuration. They were an important 815 10th St 1928 Spanish Colonial Revival 5S3* 5S3 type of multi‐family housing prior to World War II that accommodated greater density and complemented the character of Santa Monica's early neighborhoods. Constructed in 1928, the property is also significant for conveying patterns of multi‐family residential development that shaped the Wilshire Montana neighborhood of Santa Monica in the early decades of the twentieth century. 844 10th Street appears eligible for local listing as a Santa Monica Landmark. The property is an excellent example of a 1930s one‐ story court, exhibiting distinctive characteristics that are associated with the property type as expressed by its form, scale, 844 10th St 1939 E. Cummins Streamline Moderne 5B* 5S3 massing, and orientation around a shared landscape. One‐story courts are a derivative of courtyard housing, an important type of multi‐family housing that responded to Santa Monica’s housing needs, took advantage of its temperate climate, and provided residents with access to outdoor space. 847 10th Street appears eligible for listing as a Santa Monica Landmark. The property is an excellent example of Craftsman architecture as applied to a single‐family residence. Constructed in 1919, it exhibits distinctive characteristics that are associated 847 10th St 1919 E.L. Randall Craftsman 5S3* 5S3 with the style as expressed by its form, massing, composition, and architectural details. It is also significant for conveying patterns of residential development that shaped the Wilshire Montana neighborhood of Santa Monica in the early decades of the twentieth century. 918 10th Street appears eligible for listing as a Santa Monica Landmark. The property is an excellent example of a 1920s duplex, exhibiting distinctive characteristics that are associated with the property type. Duplexes were designed to emulate the appearance of single‐family dwellings and are similar with respect to scale, massing, and configuration. They were an important 918 10th St 1927 Allen H. Stumpf Spanish Colonial Revival 5S3* 5S3 type of multi‐family housing prior to World War II that accommodated greater density and complemented the character of Santa monica’s early neighborhoods. Constructed in 1927, the property is also significant for conveying patterns of multi‐family residential development that shaped the Wilshire Montana neighborhood of Santa Monica in the early decades of the twentieth century. 946‐948 10th Street appears eligible for listing as a Santa Monica Landmark. The property is an excellent example of a 1920s duplex, exhibiting distinctive characteristics that are associated with the property type. Duplexes were designed to emulate the appearance of single‐family dwellings and are similar with respect to scale, massing, and configuration. They were an important 946 10th St 946‐948 10th St 1923 Spanish Colonial Revival 5S3* 5S3 type of multi‐family housing prior to World War II that accommodated greater density and complemented the character of Santa monica’s early neighborhoods. Constructed in 1923, the property is also significant for conveying patterns of multi‐family residential development
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