Appendix C

Cultural Resources Report

CULTURAL RESOURCES SURVEY REPORT FOR THE AZUSA INTERMODAL PARKING FACILITY PROJECT, CITY OF AZUSA, LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA

Prepared for

Terry A. Hayes Associates Inc. 8522 National Boulevard, Suite 201 Culver City, California 90232

Prepared by

Samantha Murray, B.A. Steven Treffers, M.A. and Shannon Carmack, B.A.

SWCA Environmental Consultants 150 South Arroyo Parkway, Second Floor Pasadena, California 91105 (626) 240-0587 www.swca.com

U.S. Geologic Survey 7.5-minute Topographic Quadrangle Azusa, California

SWCA Project No. 020342.00

SWCA Cultural Resources Report Database No. 2012-30

February 2013

Cultural Resources Survey Report for the Azusa Intermodal Parking Facility Project, City of Azusa, Los Angeles County, California

SUMMARY

This report provides the results of the cultural resources study for the Azusa Intermodal Parking Facility Project. The City of Azusa proposes to construct an approximately 36-foot-high, three-story parking structure with rooftop parking, with a capacity for 520 vehicles for patrons of the future Gold Line Foothill Extension Azusa Station. The project area consists of 19.82 acres in the City of Azusa, Los Angeles County, California. Specifically, the project area is located at the Azusa Civic Center and is roughly bordered by 9th Street to the north, North Dalton Avenue to the east, East Foothill Avenue to the south, and North Azusa Avenue to the west.

Dates of Investigation: The California Historical Resources Information System records search was conducted by the South Central Coastal Information Center (SCCIC) at California State University, Fullerton and received on May 20, 2011. Cultural resources specialists conducted an intensive-level cultural resource surveys on August 1, 2011, December 14, 2011, and February 13, 2013.

Survey Findings: Nine prior cultural resources studies have been conducted within a 0.5-mile radius of the project area, one of which included portions of the area of potential effects (APE). Research also indicates that 41 previously recorded cultural resources are located within 0.5 mile of the project area. Five are located in the APE. The Azusa Civic Center (19-187045) is listed in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) and the California Register of Historical Resources (CRHR), and the Santa Fe Railroad Depot (19-189205) was determined eligible for the NRHP and is listed in the CRHR; both are considered historic properties under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA). A commercial building located at 124 Santa Fe Avenue was previously determined ineligible for the NRHP; and while the current study found that the property is not eligible for the CRHR, it was determined eligible for local designation under the City of Azusa local municipal code, and therefore considered a historical resource under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) (California Historical Resource Status Code 5S2, see Appendix F). Two residences located at 824 North Alameda Avenue and 845 North Alameda Avenue were also previously determined ineligible for listing in the NRHP and the CRHR. The current study concurred with this finding and determined that neither property was eligible for local designation. Five additional resources were identified during the intensive-level survey: the Azusa Library, the Barnes House, a commercial property at 812 North Azusa Avenue, and industrial buildings at 810 North Alameda Avenue were all found ineligible for the NRHP, the CRHR, or for local designation. The Durrell House was found ineligible for the NRHP and the CRHR, but qualifies for local designation under the City of Azusa local municipal code, and is therefore considered a historical resource under CEQA (California Historical Resource Status Code 5S2, see Appendix F).

No archaeological resources were identified during the intensive-level survey of the project area. A single fragment of aqua-colored glass was identified within the railroad right-of-way (ROW); however, this is an isolated fragment from the body of a vessel with no visible maker’s mark and is therefore non-diagnostic. Modern refuse was observed throughout the entire project area, mostly occurring within the railroad ROW.

Investigation Constraints: The project area is located in an urban setting and has been mostly developed. Ground visibility throughout most of the project area was very poor, at approximately 1 percent, due to the presence of ornamental landscaping, asphalt, concrete, trees, and park/street furniture.

Effects and Mitigation Measures:

Archaeological Resources: Although no archaeological resources were identified during the intensive survey, surface visibility was very poor and it is possible that intact archaeological deposits are present at subsurface levels. Two Native American contacts indicated that the area is sensitive for cultural resources.

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For these reasons, and the fact that no archaeological testing has ever occurred in the project area, the project area should be treated as potentially sensitive for cultural resources. Implementation of mitigation measures CR-1, CR-2 and CR-3, would reduce both direct and cumulative impacts to any previously unrecorded archaeological resources that may be encountered during construction. After mitigation, potential construction and cumulative impacts would not be significant under both the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and CEQA.

Historic Architectural Resources: The project APE contains four significant historic properties and/or historical resources, none of which will be demolished or otherwise affected by the project. The project will involve the construction of a three-story parking structure with rooftop parking that will be located north of Foothill Boulevard, along Alameda Avenue. The four properties are located outside the direct APE, and will not be acquired or require any sort of easement for staging or long-term maintenance. The project will not visually obstruct any historic views or adversely impair the character or quality of any historic properties or historical resources. The proposed project will result in no effects and/or impacts. No further investigation is necessary.

Disposition of Data: This report and any subsequent related reports will be filed with TAHA; SCCIC at California State University, Fullerton; and SWCA Environmental Consultants Inc., (SWCA). All field notes, photographs, and records related to the current study are on file at the SWCA Pasadena, California, office.

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CONTENTS Summary ...... 1 Introduction ...... 1 Project Description ...... 1 Area of Potential Effects (APE) ...... 4 Regulatory Setting ...... 6 Federal ...... 6 National Historic Preservation Act ...... 6 State ...... 7 CEQA ...... 7 Local ...... 8 City of Azusa Municipal Code, Historic Preservation Ordinance ...... 8 Environmental Setting ...... 9 Cultural Setting ...... 10 Prehistoric Overview...... 10 Horizon I–Early Man (ca. 10,000–6,000 B.C.) ...... 10 Horizon II–Milling Stone (6000–3000 B.C.) ...... 10 Horizon III–Intermediate (3000 B.C.–A.D. 500)...... 12 Horizon IV–Late Prehistoric (A.D. 500–Historic Contact) ...... 12 Ethnographic Overview ...... 14 Historic Overview ...... 15 Spanish Period (1769–1822) ...... 15 Mexican Period (1822–1848) ...... 16 American Period (1848–Present) ...... 16 City of Azusa ...... 17 Background Research ...... 18 Literature Search ...... 18 Prior Studies within 0.5 Mile of the APE ...... 18 Previously Recorded Cultural Resources within 0.5 Mile of the Project APE ...... 19 Historic Research ...... 22 Sacred Lands File Search and Initial Native American Coordination ...... 23 Local Historic Group/Local Government Coordination ...... 24 Methods ...... 25 Cultural Resources Survey ...... 25 Archaeological Survey ...... 26 Historic Architectural Survey ...... 26 Results and Impact Considerations ...... 26 Cultural Resources Survey ...... 26

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Archaeological Resources ...... 26 Historic Architectural Resources ...... 28 Significance Evaluations ...... 31 124 East Santa Fe Avenue ...... 31 Azusa City Library ...... 33 Durrell House ...... 34 Barnes House ...... 35 810 North Alameda Avenue ...... 36 824 North Alameda Avenue ...... 37 845 North Alameda Avenue ...... 38 812 North Azusa Avenue ...... 39 Project Impacts and Mitigation Measures ...... 40 Archaeological Resources ...... 40 Archaeological Mitigation Measures ...... 40 Cultural Resource Mitigation Measure-1 (CR-1) ...... 40 Cultural Resource Mitigation Measure -2 (CR-2) ...... 41 Cultural Resource Mitigation Measure -3 (CR-3) ...... 41 Historic Architectural Resources ...... 41 References ...... 43 List of Preparers and Qualifications ...... 51 Shannon Carmack ...... 51 Samantha Murray ...... 51 Steven Treffers ...... 51

APPENDICES Appendix A: South Central Coastal Information Center Bibliography Appendix B: NAHC Sacred Lands File Results and Native American Coordination Appendix C: Previous Historic Documentation Appendix D: California Department of Parks and Recreation Series 523 Forms Appendix E: Correspondence with SHPO Appendix F: California Historical Resource Status Codes

FIGURES Figure 1. Project location...... 2 Figure 2. Project map. Source: TAHA 2012...... 3 Figure 3. Project Area of Potential Effects map ...... 5 Figure 4. Aerial map showing the locations of all known resources within the APE ...... 29

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TABLES Table 1. Previous Cultural Resources Studies within 0.5 Mile of the Project APE ...... 18 Table 2. Previously Recorded Cultural Resources within 0.5 Mile of the Project APE ...... 19 Table 3. Record of Native American Coordination Efforts ...... 23 Table 4. Record of Historic Group/Local Government Coordination Efforts ...... 25 Table 5. Properties Evaluated for NRHP and CRHR Eligibility and Local Designation ...... 31

PHOTOGRAPHS Photograph 1. Overview of Veterans Freedom Park; view to the east...... 27 Photograph 2. Overview of Veterans Freedom Park; view to the north...... 27 Photograph 3. Overview of ATSF ROW; view to the east...... 28 Photograph 4. View of the central plaza of the Azusa Civic Center; view to the north...... 30 Photograph 5. View of the Azusa Auditorium at the Azusa Civic Center; view to the northwest. 30 Photograph 6. Overview of Azusa Santa Fe Depot; view to the southeast...... 31 Photograph 7. Overview of 124 East Santa Fe Avenue; view to the southwest...... 32 Photograph 8. Overview of Azusa City Library; view to the southwest ...... 33 Photograph 9. Overview of Durrell House; view to the north...... 34 Photograph 10. Overview of Barnes House; view to the east...... 36 Photograph 11. Overview of 810 North Alameda Avenue; view to the southeast...... 37 Photograph 12. Overview of 824 North Alameda Avenue; view to the east...... 38 Photograph 13. Overview of 845 North Alameda Avenue; view to the west...... 39 Photograph 14. Overview of 812 North Azusa Avenue; view to the northeast...... 40

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INTRODUCTION

In support of the proposed Azusa Intermodal Parking Facility Project, this cultural resources study includes the results of a records search, coordination with Native American and historic groups, the cultural resources survey, and preparation of a cultural resources survey report. The project is located at the Azusa Civic Center in the City of Azusa, Los Angeles County, California (Figure 1). The project area is roughly bordered 9th Street to the north, North Dalton Avenue to the east, East Foothill Boulevard to the south, and North Azusa Avenue to the west. The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) is the lead agency for the proposed undertaking, and is therefore subject to Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) of 1966, as amended, and its implementing regulation, 36 Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.) Part (§) 800. The study also complies with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), Public Resources Code (PRC) Section 5024.1, Section 15064.5 of the Guidelines, and Sections 21083.2 and 21084.1 of the Statutes of CEQA (Governor’s Office of Planning and Research 1998). PRC Section 5024.1 requires the identification and evaluation of historical resources that may be affected by a proposed project.

Project Description

As defined in 36 CFR 800.16(y), an Undertaking is:

a project, activity, or program funded in whole or in part under the direct or indirect jurisdiction of a Federal agency, including those carried out by or on behalf of a Federal agency; those carried out with Federal financial assistance; and those requiring a Federal permit, license or approval.

The City of Azusa proposes to construct an approximately 36-foot high, three-story parking structure with rooftop parking, with a capacity of up to 650 vehicles for patrons of the future Gold Line Foothill Extension Azusa Station. The project area contains two alternatives in the City of Azusa, Los Angeles County, California. Specifically, the project area is located adjacent to the Atchison Topeka Santa Fe (ATSF) railroad tracks where the future Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension and Alameda Station is scheduled to open in 2018. The first alternative is a 1.3-acre site, located in the Azusa Civic Center which is bordered by the ATSF tracks to the north, North Dalton Avenue to the east, East Foothill Avenue to the south, and North Alameda Avenue to the west. The second alternative is a 1.6-acre site which is roughly bounded by Ninth Street to the north, the ATSF tracks to the south, Alameda Avenue to the east, and the alley between Azusa Avenue and Alameda Avenue to the west (Figure 2).

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Figure 1. Project location.

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Figure 2. Project map. Source: TAHA 2012.

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Area of Potential Effects (APE)

An APE is defined as the geographic area or areas within which an undertaking may directly or indirectly cause changes in the character or use of historic properties (36 CFR 800.16(d)). The proposed project is located in the City of Azusa in a largely commercial/industrial area. As shown in Figure 3, the indirect APE is roughly bounded by 9th Street to the north, East Foothill Boulevard to the south, North Dalton Avenue to the east, and North Azusa Avenue to the west. The direct APE primarily involves portions of Veterans Freedom Park, just north of the City Hall building, and also includes portions of North Alameda Avenue, North Dalton Avenue, and East Santa Fe Avenue. The direct APE boundary represents portions of the project area that will be directly affected by the proposed undertaking, whereas the indirect APE boundary accounts for any additional effects that may result from the proposed undertaking, including construction staging, construction noise, traffic, and alteration of view shed. On December 11, 2011 the California State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) reviewed the original APE and concurred with its boundaries. Concurrence is pending on the revised APE map (Appendix E).

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Figure 3. Project Area of Potential Effects map

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REGULATORY SETTING

This section identifies federal regulations, state legislation, and local statutes, ordinances, and guidelines that govern the identification and treatment of cultural resources and analysis of project-related effects to cultural resources. The lead agency must consider these requirements in making decisions on projects that may affect cultural resources.

Federal

National Historic Preservation Act

The current study was completed under the provisions of the NHPA of 1966, as amended (NHPA; 16 United States Code [USC] 470f). Cultural resources are considered during federal undertakings chiefly under Section 106 of NHPA through one of its implementing regulations, 36 CFR 800 (Protection of Historic Properties), as well as the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). Properties of traditional religious and cultural importance to Native Americans are considered under Section 101(d)(6)(A) of NHPA. Other relevant federal laws include the Archaeological Data Preservation Act of 1974, the American Indian Religious Freedom Act (AIRFA) of 1978, the Archaeological Resources Protection Act (ARPA) of 1979, and the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) of 1989.

Section 106 requires federal agencies to take into account the effects of their undertakings on any district, site, building, structure, or object that is included in or eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) and to afford the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) a reasonable opportunity to comment on such undertakings (36 CFR 800.1). Under Section 106, cultural resources must be identified and evaluated; effects to historic properties are reduced to acceptable levels through mitigation measures or agreements among consulting and interested parties. Historic properties are those resources that are listed in or are eligible for listing in the NRHP per the criteria listed below (36 CFR 60.4; Advisory Council on Historic Preservation 2000).

The quality of significance in American history, architecture, archaeology, engineering and culture is present in districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects that possess integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling and association and that: (A) Are associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of our history; or (B) Are associated with the lives of persons significant in our past; or (C) Embody the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of installation, or that represent the work of a master, or that possess high artistic values, or that represent a significant and distinguishable entity whose components may lack individual distinction; or (D) Have yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important in prehistory or history.

Impacts of a project to significant cultural resources that affect the characteristics of any resource that qualify it for the NRHP are considered a significant effect on the environment. Under 36 CFR 800.5(a)(2), adverse effects on historic properties include, but are not limited to: (i) Physical destruction of or damage to all or part of the property; (ii) Alteration of a property; (iii) Removal of the property from its historic location;

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(iv) Change of the character of the property’s use or of physical features within the property’s setting that contribute to its historic significance; (v) Introduction of visual, atmospheric or audible elements that diminish the integrity of the property’s significant historic features; (vi) Neglect of a property which causes its deterioration; (vii) Transfer, lease, or sale of property out of Federal ownership or control without adequate and legally enforceable restrictions or conditions to ensure long-term preservation of the property’s historic significance.

State

CEQA

CEQA requires a lead agency to determine whether a project may have a significant effect on historical resources (Section 21084.1). If it can be demonstrated that a project will cause damage to a unique archaeological resource, the lead agency may require reasonable efforts be made to permit any or all of these resources to be preserved in place or left in an undisturbed state. To the extent that they cannot be left undisturbed, mitigation measures are required (Section 21083.2[a], [b], and [c]).

Section 21083.2(g) defines a unique archaeological resource as an archaeological artifact, object, or site about which it can be clearly demonstrated that without merely adding to the current body of knowledge, there is a high probability that it meets any of the following criteria: (1) Contains information needed to answer important scientific research questions and that there is a demonstrable public interest in that information; (2) Has a special and particular quality such as being the oldest of its type or the best available example of its type; or (3) Is directly associated with a scientifically recognized important prehistoric or historic event or person.

A historical resource is a resource listed in, or determined to be eligible for listing, in the California Register of Historical Resources (CRHR) (Section 21084.1), a resource included in a local register of historical resources (Section 15064.5[a][2]), or any object, building, structure, site, area, place, record, or manuscript that a lead agency determines to be historically significant (Section 15064.5[a][3]).

PRC Section 5024.1, Section 15064.5 of the CEQA Guidelines, and PRC Sections 21083.2 and 21084.1 were used as the basic guidelines for this cultural resources study. PRC Section 5024.1 requires an evaluation of historical resources to determine their eligibility for listing in the CRHR. The purpose of the register is to maintain listings of the state’s historical resources and to indicate which properties are to be protected from substantial adverse change. The criteria for listing resources on the CRHR were expressly developed to be in accordance with previously established criteria developed for listing in the NRHP, enumerated below.

According to PRC Section 5024.1(c)(1–4), a resource is considered historically significant if it (i) retains “substantial integrity,” and (ii) meets at least one of the following criteria: (1) Is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of California's history and cultural heritage; (2) Is associated with the lives of persons important in our past;

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(3) Embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, region or method of installation, or represents the work of an important creative individual, or possesses high artistic values; or (4) Has yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important in prehistory or history.

Impacts to significant cultural resources that affect the characteristics of any resource that qualify it for the NRHP or adversely alter the significance of a resource listed on or eligible for listing in the CRHR are considered a significant effect on the environment. These impacts could result from “physical demolition, destruction, relocation, or alteration of the resource or its immediate surroundings such that the significance of an historical resource would be materially impaired” (CEQA Guidelines, Section 15064.5 [b][1], 2000). Material impairment is defined as demolition or alteration “in an adverse manner [of] those characteristics of an historical resource that convey its historical significance and that justify its inclusion in, or eligibility for inclusion in, the California Register…” (CEQA Guidelines Section 15064.5[b][2][A]).

Local

City of Azusa Municipal Code, Historic Preservation Ordinance

The City of Azusa Municipal Code (adopted May 17, 2010), Chapter 55, Historic Preservation, provides guidelines for the application, enforcement, and public awareness of the city’s historic preservation regulations, as enforced by the city’s cultural and historic preservation commission. The guiding mission of the cultural and historic preservation commission is as follows:

The protection, appreciation and preservation of the cultural and historic resources of the city shall be the guiding mission and fundamental purpose of the cultural and historic preservation commission. The cultural and historic preservation commission shall work in partnership with other governmental agencies, property owners/residents, the business sector and the community at large to retain and protect those cultural and historic resources which will preserve and enhance the community (Sec. 55-2).

Section 55-41 of the Municipal Code, Designating historic landmarks, historic districts, potential historic landmarks and potential historic districts, provides the following guidelines:

(a) Designation. The commission shall have the responsibility to recommend to the city council the adoption of ordinances and resolutions designating improvements, sites or natural features as historic landmarks, historic districts, potential historic landmarks, and potential historic districts thereby necessitating their preservation, protection, enhancement, rehabilitation or perpetuation. The commission shall prepare and transmit a report in the form of a nomination statement of its recommendation to the council on the historical and architectural significance of the improvement, site or natural feature to be designated.

(b) Designation criteria for historic landmarks, historic districts, potential historic landmarks and potential historic districts. Criteria and standards for the designation of historic landmarks, historic districts, potential historic landmarks and potential historic districts shall include one or more of the following, as applicable: (1) It is identified with persons or events significant in local, regional, state or national history. (2) It is representative of the work of a notable builder, designer, architect or artist. (3) It is at least 50 years old. (4) It is less than 50 years old, however it is of exceptional importance in one or more of the criteria set forth in this section.

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(5) It contributes to the significance of a historic area, being a geographically definable area possessing a concentration of not less than 50 percent of historic or architecturally related grouping of properties that contribute to each other and are unified aesthetically by physical layout or development. (6) It embodies one or more distinctive characteristics of style, type, period design, materials, detail, or craftsmanship. (7) It has a unique location or physical characteristics or represents an established and familiar visual feature of neighborhood, community, or the city. (8) It incorporates elements that help to preserve and protect a historic place or area of historic interest in the city. (9) It has yielded, or may be likely to yield information important in prehistory or history.

ENVIRONMENTAL SETTING

The project APE is located in the City of Azusa in Los Angeles County, California, approximately 1.5 miles south of the Angeles National Forest. The APE is at an elevation of 610–618 feet above mean sea level (amsl). Land use in the surrounding area consists of the ATSF railroad to the north, a public park (Veterans Freedom Park) and library (Azusa Public Library) in the center, the Azusa Civic Center to the south, the Azusa Police Department and several commercial buildings to the west.

The APE is located in the San Gabriel Basin within the Transverse Ranges geologic province. The San Gabriel Basin is a relatively stable triangular lowland bounded to the north by the San Gabriel Mountains, the southeast by the San Jose Hills and Puente Hills, and the southwest by the Repetto Hills and the Montebello Hills. The San Gabriel Basin and Los Angeles Basin occupy a transitional zone between the east-trending Transverse Ranges to the north and the northwest-trending Peninsular Ranges to the south (Yeats 2004). Geological maps of the Azusa quadrangle indicate that the majority of the APE is situated on surficial sediments dating to the Holocene, consisting primarily of quaternary gravel, silt, and sand deposited from stream channels, as well as alluvial fan out-wash from major canyons. The northeastern most portion of the APE is situated on quaternary alluvium from valley areas (Dibblee 1998).

The Rio Hondo and San Gabriel River headwaters begin in the San Gabriel Mountains. Surface water then flows southwest across the San Gabriel Valley and exits through the Whittier Narrows, a gap between the Merced and Puente Hills. Annual precipitation in the basin ranges from approximately 15 to 31 inches, and averages around 19 inches (California Department of Water Resources 2004).

Because the APE is located in a heavily developed urban area, there is no natural plant community. Vegetation found within the APE consists primarily of ornamental landscaping. Fauna observed during the survey included a variety of birds and squirrels. Refer to the undertaking’s biological resources assessment (SWCA 2012) for more detailed information on vegetation communities and wildlife within the project APE.

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CULTURAL SETTING

Prehistoric Overview

Numerous chronological sequences have been devised to aid in understanding cultural changes within southern California. Building on early studies and focusing on data synthesis, Wallace (1955, 1978) developed a prehistoric chronology for the southern California coastal region that is still widely used today and is applicable to near-coastal and many inland areas. Four periods are presented in Wallace’s prehistoric sequence: Early Man, Milling Stone, Intermediate, and Late Prehistoric. Although Wallace’s (1955) synthesis initially lacked chronological precision due to a paucity of absolute dates (Moratto 1984), this situation has been alleviated by the availability of thousands of radiocarbon dates that have been obtained by southern California researchers in the last three decades (Byrd and Raab 2007:217). Several revisions have been made to Wallace’s (1955) synthesis using radiocarbon dates and projectile point assemblages (e.g., Koerper and Drover 1983; Koerper et al. 2002; Mason and Peterson 1994).

Horizon I–Early Man (ca. 10,000–6,000 B.C.)

When Wallace defined the Horizon I (Early Man) period in the mid-1950s, there was little evidence of human presence on the southern California coast prior to 6000 B.C. Archaeological work in the intervening years has identified numerous pre-8000 B.C. sites, both on the mainland coast and the Channel Islands (e.g., Erlandson 1991; Johnson et al. 2002; Moratto 1984; Rick et al. 2002). The earliest accepted dates for occupation are from two of the northern Channel Islands, located off the coast of Santa Barbara. On San Miguel Island, Daisy Cave clearly establishes the presence of people in this area about 10,000 years ago (Erlandson 1991). On Santa Rosa Island, human remains have been dated from the Arlington Springs site to approximately 13,000 years ago (Johnson et al. 2002). Present-day Orange and San Diego counties contain several sites dating to 9,000 to 10,000 years ago (Byrd and Raab 2007; Macko 1998a; Mason and Peterson 1994; Sawyer and Koerper 2006). Known sites dating to the Early Man period are rare in western Riverside County. One exception is the Elsinore site (CA-RIV-2798-B), which has deposits dating as early as 6630 calibrated B.C. (Grenda 1997).

Recent data from Horizon I sites indicate that the economy was a diverse mixture of hunting and gathering, with a major emphasis on aquatic resources in many coastal areas (e.g., Jones et al. 2002) and on Pleistocene lakeshores in eastern San Diego County (see Moratto 1984). Although few Clovis-like or Folsom-like fluted points have been found in southern California (e.g., Dillon 2002; Erlandson et al. 1987), it is generally thought that the emphasis on hunting may have been greater during Horizon I than in later periods. Common elements in many sites from this period, for example, include leaf-shaped bifacial projectile points and knives, stemmed or shouldered projectile points, scrapers, engraving tools, and crescents (Wallace 1978). Subsistence patterns shifted around 6000 B.C. coincident with the gradual desiccation associated with the onset of the Altithermal climatic regime, a warm and dry period that lasted for about 3,000 years. After 6000 B.C., a greater emphasis was placed on plant foods and small animals.

Horizon II–Milling Stone (6000–3000 B.C.)

The Milling Stone Horizon of Wallace (1955, 1978) and Encinitas Tradition of Warren (1968) (6000– 3000 B.C.) are characterized by subsistence strategies centered on collecting plant foods and small animals. Food procurement activities included hunting small and large terrestrial mammals, sea mammals, and birds; collecting shellfish and other shore species; near-shore fishing with barbs or gorges; the processing of yucca and agave; and the extensive use of seed and plant products (Kowta 1969). The importance of the seed processing is apparent in the dominance of stone grinding implements in contemporary archaeological assemblages, namely milling stones (metates and slabs) and handstones (manos and mullers). Milling stones occur in large numbers for the first time during this period, and are

10 Cultural Resources Survey Report for the Azusa Intermodal Parking Facility Project, City of Azusa, Los Angeles County, California more numerous still near the end of this period. Recent research indicates that Milling Stone Horizon food procurement strategies varied in both time and space, reflecting divergent responses to variable coastal and inland environmental conditions (Byrd and Raab 2007).

Milling Stone Horizon sites are common in the southern California coastal region between Santa Barbara and San Diego, and at many inland locations, including the Prado Basin in western Riverside County and the Pauma Valley in northeastern San Diego County (e.g., Herring 1968; Langenwalter and Brock 1985; Sawyer and Brock 1999; Sutton 1993; True 1958). Wallace (1955, 1978) and Warren (1968) relied on several key coastal sites to characterize the Milling Stone period and Encinitas Tradition, respectively. These include the Oak Grove Complex in the Santa Barbara region, Little Sycamore in southwestern Ventura County, Topanga Canyon in the Santa Monica Mountains, and La Jolla in San Diego County. The well-known Irvine site (CA-ORA-64) has occupation levels dating between ca. 6000 and 4000 B.C. (Drover et al. 1983; Macko 1998b).

Stone chopping, scraping, and cutting tools made from locally available raw material are abundant in Milling Stone/Encinitas deposits. Less common are projectile points, which are typically large and leaf- shaped, and bone tools such as awls. Items made from shell, including beads, pendants, and abalone dishes, are generally rare. Evidence of weaving or basketry is present at a few sites. Kowta (1969) attributes the presence of numerous scraper-planes in Milling Stone sites to the preparation of agave or yucca for food or fiber. The mortar and pestle, associated with pounding foods such as acorns, were first used during the Milling Stone Horizon (Wallace 1955, 1978; Warren 1968).

Cogged stones and discoidals are diagnostic Milling Stone period artifacts, and most specimens have been found within sites dating between 4000 and 1000 B.C. (Moratto 1984). The cogged stone is a ground stone object with gear-like teeth on its perimeter. Discoidals are similar to cogged stones, differing primarily in their lack of edge modification. Discoidals are found in the archaeological record subsequent to the introduction of the cogged stone. Cogged stones and discoidals are often purposefully buried, and are found mainly in sites along the coastal drainages from southern Ventura County southward, with a few specimens inland at Cajon Pass, and heavily in Orange County (Dixon 1968; Moratto 1984). These artifacts are often interpreted as ritual objects (Eberhart 1961; Dixon 1968), although alternative interpretations (such as gaming stones) have also been put forward (e.g., Moriarty and Broms 1971).

Characteristic mortuary practices of the Milling Stone period or Encinitas Tradition include extended and loosely flexed burials, some with red ochre, and few grave goods such as shell beads and milling stones interred beneath cobble or milling stone cairns. “Killed” milling stones, exhibiting holes, may occur in the cairns. Reburials are common in the Los Angeles County area, with north-oriented flexed burials common in Orange and San Diego counties (Wallace 1955, 1978; Warren 1968).

Koerper and Drover (1983) suggest that Milling Stone period sites represent evidence of migratory hunters and gatherers who used marine resources in the winter and inland resources for the remainder of the year. Subsequent research indicates greater sedentism than previously recognized. Evidence of wattle- and-daub structures and walls has been identified at several sites in the San Joaquin Hills and Newport Coast area (Mason et al. 1991, 1992, 1993; Koerper 1995; Strudwick 2005; Sawyer 2006), while numerous early house pits have been discovered on San Clemente Island (Byrd and Raab 2007). This architectural evidence and seasonality studies suggest semi-permanent residential base camps that were relocated seasonally (de Barros 1996; Koerper et al. 2002; Mason et al. 1997) or permanent villages from which a portion of the population left at certain times of the year to exploit available resources (Cottrell and Del Chario 1981).

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Horizon III–Intermediate (3000 B.C.–A.D. 500)

Following the Milling Stone Horizon, Wallace’s Intermediate Horizon and Warren’s Campbell Tradition in Santa Barbara, Ventura, and parts of Los Angeles Counties, date from approximately 3000 B.C. to A.D. 500 and are characterized by a shift toward a hunting and maritime subsistence strategy, along with a wider use of plant foods. The Campbell Tradition (Warren 1968) incorporates David B. Rogers’ (1929) Hunting Culture and related expressions along the Santa Barbara coast. In the San Diego region, the Encinitas Tradition (Warren 1968) and the La Jolla Culture (Moriarty 1966; Rogers 1939, 1945) persist with little change during this time.

During the Intermediate Horizon and Campbell Tradition, there was a pronounced trend toward greater adaptation to regional or local resources. For example, an increasing variety and abundance of fish, land mammal, and sea mammal remains are found in sites along the California coast during this period. Related chipped stone tools suitable for hunting are more abundant and diversified, and shell fishhooks become part of the tool kit during this period. Larger knives, a variety of flake scrapers, and drill-like implements are common during this period. Projectile points include large side-notched, stemmed, and lanceolate or leaf-shaped forms. Koerper and Drover (1983) consider Gypsum Cave and Elko series points, which have a wide distribution in the Great Basin and Mojave deserts between ca. 2000 B.C. and A.D. 500, to be diagnostic of this period. Bone tools, including awls, were more numerous than in the preceding period, and the use of asphaltum adhesive was common.

Mortars and pestles became more common during this period, gradually replacing manos and metates as the dominant milling equipment. Hopper mortars and stone bowls, including steatite vessels, appeared in the tool kit at this time as well. This shift appears to correlate with the diversification in subsistence resources. Many archaeologists believe this change in milling stones signals a shift away from the processing and consuming of hard seed resources to the increasing importance of the acorn (e.g., Glassow et al. 1988; True 1993). It has been argued that mortars and pestles may have been used initially to process roots (e.g., tubers, bulbs, and corms associated with marshland plants), with acorn processing beginning at a later point in prehistory (Glassow 1997) and continuing to European contact.

Characteristic mortuary practices during the Intermediate Horizon and Campbell Tradition included fully flexed burials, placed facedown or face-up, and oriented toward the north or west (Warren 1968). Red ochre was common, and abalone shell dishes were infrequent. Interments sometimes occurred beneath cairns or broken artifacts. Shell, bone, and stone ornaments, including charmstones, were more common than in the preceding Encinitas Tradition. Some later sites include Olivella shell and steatite beads, mortars with flat bases and flaring sides, and a few small points. The broad distribution of steatite from the Channel Islands and obsidian from distant inland regions, among other items, attest to the growth of trade, particularly during the later part of this period. Recently, Raab and others (Byrd and Raab 2007) have argued that the distribution of Olivella grooved rectangle (OGR) beads marks “a discrete sphere of trade and interaction between the Mojave Desert and the southern Channel Islands.”

Horizon IV–Late Prehistoric (A.D. 500–Historic Contact)

In the Late Prehistoric Horizon (Wallace 1955, 1978), which lasted from the end of the Intermediate (ca. A.D. 500) until European contact, there was an increase in the use of plant food resources in addition to an increase in land and sea mammal hunting. There was a concomitant increase in the diversity and complexity of material culture during the Late Prehistoric, demonstrated by more classes of artifacts. The recovery of a greater number of small, finely chipped projectile points, usually stemless with convex or concave bases, suggests an increased usage of the bow and arrow rather than the atlatl (spear thrower) and dart for hunting. Other items include steatite cooking vessels and containers, the increased presence of smaller bone and shell circular fishhooks, perforated stones, arrow shaft straighteners made of steatite, a

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Many Late Prehistoric sites contain beautiful and complex objects of utility, art, and decoration. Ornaments include drilled whole venus clam (Chione spp.) and drilled abalone (Haliotis spp.). Steatite effigies become more common, with scallop (Pecten spp. and Argopecten spp.) shell rattles common in middens. Mortuary customs are elaborate and include cremation and interment with abundant grave goods. By A.D. 1000, fired clay smoking pipes and ceramic vessels began to appear at some sites (Drover 1971, 1975; Meighan 1954; Warren and True 1984). The scarcity of pottery in coastal and near-coastal sites implies ceramic technology was not well developed in that area, or that ceramics were obtained by trade with neighboring groups to the south and east. The lack of widespread pottery manufacture is usually attributed to the high quality of tightly woven and watertight basketry that functioned in the same capacity as ceramic vessels.

Another feature typical of Late Prehistoric period occupation is an increase in the frequency of obsidian imported from the Obsidian Butte source in Imperial County, California. Obsidian Butte was exploited after ca. A.D. 1000 when it was exposed by the receding waters of Holocene Lake Cahuilla (Wilke 1978). A Late Prehistoric period component of the Elsinore site (CA-RIV-2798-A) produced two flakes that originated from Obsidian Butte (Grenda 1997; Towner et al. 1997). Although about 16 percent of the debitage at the Peppertree site (CA-RIV-463) at Perris Reservoir is obsidian, no sourcing study was done (Wilke 1974). The site contains a late Intermediate to Late Prehistoric period component, and it is assumed that most of the obsidian originated from Obsidian Butte. In the earlier Milling Stone and Intermediate periods, most of the obsidian found at sites within Riverside County came from northern sources, primarily the Coso volcanic field. This appears to be the case within Prado Basin and other interior sites that have yielded obsidian (e.g., Grenda 1995; Taşkiran 1997). The presence of Grimes Canyon (Ventura County) fused shale at southern California archaeological sites is also thought to be typical of the Late Prehistoric period (Demcak 1981; Hall 1988).

During this period, there was an increase in population size accompanied by the advent of larger, more permanent villages (Wallace 1955). Large populations and, in places, high population densities are characteristic, with some coastal and near-coastal settlements containing as many as 1,500 people. Many of the larger settlements were permanent villages in which people resided year-round. The populations of these villages may have also increased seasonally.

In Warren’s (1968) cultural ecological scheme, the period between A.D. 500 and European contact is divided into three regional patterns. The Chumash Tradition is present mainly in the region of Santa Barbara and Ventura counties; the Takic or Numic Tradition is present in the Los Angeles, Orange, and western Riverside counties region; and the Yuman Tradition is present in the San Diego region. The seemingly abrupt changes in material culture, burial practices, and subsistence focus at the beginning of the Late Prehistoric period are thought to be the result of a migration to the coast of peoples from inland desert regions to the east. In addition to the small triangular and triangular side-notched points similar to those found in the desert regions in the Great Basin and Lower Colorado River, Colorado River pottery and the introduction of cremation in the archaeological record are diagnostic of the Yuman Tradition in the San Diego region. This combination certainly suggests a strong influence from the Colorado Desert region.

In Los Angeles, Orange, and western Riverside counties, similar changes (introduction of cremation, pottery, and small triangular arrow points) are thought to be the result of a Takic migration to the coast from inland desert regions. This Takic or Numic Tradition was formerly referred to as the “Shoshonean wedge” or “Shoshonean intrusion” (Warren 1968). This terminology, used originally to describe a Uto- Aztecan language group, is generally no longer used to avoid confusion with ethnohistoric and modern

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Shoshonean groups who spoke Numic languages (Heizer 1978; Shipley 1978). Modern Gabrielino/Tongva, Juaneño, and Luiseño in this region are considered the descendants of the prehistoric Uto-Aztecan, Takic-speaking populations that settled along the California coast during this period or perhaps somewhat earlier.

Ethnographic Overview

The APE is in an area historically occupied by the Gabrielino. The archaeological record indicates that the Gabrielino arrived in the Los Angeles Basin around 500 B.C. Many contemporary Gabrielino identify themselves as descendants of the indigenous people living across the plains of the Los Angeles Basin and adjacent areas and use the native term Tongva to describe themselves (King 1994). This term is used in the remainder of this section to refer to the pre-contact inhabitants of the Los Angeles Basin and their descendents. Surrounding native groups included the Chumash and Tataviam to the northwest, the Serrano and Cahuilla to the northeast, and the Juaneño and Luiseño to the southeast.

The name “Gabrielino” denotes those people who were administered by the Spanish from the San Gabriel Mission, which included people from the Gabrielino area proper as well as other social groups (Bean and Smith 1978; Kroeber 1925). Therefore, in the post-Contact period, the name does not necessarily identify a specific ethnic or tribal group. The names by which Native Americans in southern California identified themselves have, for the most part, been lost. Many modern Gabrielino identify themselves as descendants of the indigenous people living across the plains of the Los Angeles Basin and refer to themselves as the Tongva (King 1990). This term is used in the remainder of this section to refer to the pre-Contact inhabitants of the Los Angeles Basin and their descendants.

Tongva lands encompassed the greater Los Angeles Basin and three Channel Islands, San Clemente, San Nicolas, and Santa Catalina. The Tongva established large, permanent villages in the fertile lowlands along rivers and streams, and in sheltered areas along the coast, stretching from the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains to the Pacific Ocean. A total tribal population has been estimated of at least 5,000 (Bean and Smith 1978), but recent ethnohistoric work suggests a number approaching 10,000 (O’Neil 2002). Houses constructed by the Tongva were large, circular, domed structures made of willow poles thatched with tule that could hold up to 50 people (Bean and Smith 1978). Other structures served as sweathouses, menstrual huts, ceremonial enclosures, and probably communal granaries. Cleared fields for races and games, such as lacrosse and pole throwing, were created adjacent to Tongva villages (McCawley 1996). Archaeological sites composed of villages with various sized structures have been identified.

The Tongva subsistence economy was centered on gathering and hunting. The surrounding environment was rich and varied, and the tribe exploited mountains, foothills, valleys, deserts, riparian, estuarine, and open and rocky coastal eco-niches. Like that of most native Californians, acorns were the staple food (an established industry by the time of the early Intermediate Period). Acorns were supplemented by the roots, leaves, seeds, and fruits of a wide variety of flora (e.g., islay, cactus, yucca, sages, and agave). Fresh water and saltwater fish, shellfish, birds, reptiles, and insects, as well as large and small mammals, were also consumed (Bean and Smith 1978:546; Kroeber 1925; McCawley 1996).

A wide variety of tools and implements were used by the Tongva to gather and collect food resources. These included the bow and arrow, traps, nets, blinds, throwing sticks and slings, spears, harpoons, and hooks. Groups residing near the ocean used oceangoing plank canoes and tule balsa canoes for fishing, travel, and trade between the mainland and the Channel Islands (McCawley 1996).

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Tongva people processed food with a variety of tools, including hammerstones and anvils, mortars and pestles, manos and metates, strainers, leaching baskets and bowls, knives, bone saws, and wooden drying racks. Food was consumed from a variety of vessels. Catalina Island steatite was used to make ollas and cooking vessels (Blackburn 1963; Kroeber 1925; McCawley 1996).

At the time of Spanish contact, the basis of Tongva religious life was the Chinigchinich cult, centered on the last of a series of heroic mythological figures. Chinigchinich gave instruction on laws and institutions, and also taught the people how to dance, the primary religious act for this society. He later withdrew into heaven, where he rewarded the faithful and punished those who disobeyed his laws (Kroeber 1925). The Chinigchinich religion seems to have been relatively new when the Spanish arrived. It was spreading south into the Southern Takic groups even as Christian missions were being built and may represent a mixture of native and Christian belief and practices (McCawley 1996).

Deceased Tongva were either buried or cremated, with inhumation more common on the Channel Islands and the neighboring mainland coast and cremation predominating on the remainder of the coast and in the interior (Harrington 1942; McCawley 1996). Cremation ashes have been found in archaeological contexts buried within stone bowls and in shell dishes (Ashby and Winterbourne 1966), as well as scattered among broken ground stone implements (Cleland et al. 2007). Archaeological data such as these correspond with ethnographic descriptions of an elaborate mourning ceremony that included a wide variety of offerings, including seeds, stone grinding tools, otter skins, baskets, wood tools, shell beads, bone and shell ornaments, and projectile points and knives. Offerings varied with the sex and status of the deceased (Johnston 1962; McCawley 1996; Reid 1926). At the behest of the Spanish missionaries, cremation essentially ceased during the post-Contact period (McCawley 1996).

Historic Overview

Post-Contact history for the state of California is generally divided into three periods: the Spanish Period (1769–1822), Mexican Period (1822–1848), and American Period (1848–present). Although Spanish, Russian, and British explorers visited the area for brief periods between 1529 and 1769, the Spanish Period in California begins with the establishment in 1769 of a settlement at San Diego and the founding of Mission San Diego de Alcalá, the first of 21 missions constructed between 1769 and 1823. Independence from Spain in 1821 marks the beginning of the Mexican Period, and the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848, ending the Mexican-American War, signals the beginning of the American Period when California became a territory of the United States.

Spanish Period (1769–1822)

Spanish explorers made sailing expeditions along the coast of southern California between the mid-1500s and mid-1700s. In search of the legendary Northwest Passage, Juan Rodríquez Cabríllo stopped in 1542 at present-day San Diego Bay. With his crew, Cabríllo explored the shorelines of present Catalina Island as well as San Pedro and Santa Monica Bays. Much of the present California and Oregon coastline was mapped and recorded in the next half-century by Spanish naval officer Sebastián Vizcaíno. Vizcaíno’s crew also landed on Santa Catalina Island and at San Pedro and Santa Monica Bays, giving each location its long-standing name. The Spanish crown laid claim to California based on the surveys conducted by Cabríllo and Vizcaíno (Bancroft 1885; Gumprecht 1999).

More than 200 years passed before Spain began the colonization and inland exploration of Alta California. The 1769 overland expedition by Captain Gaspar de Portolá marks the beginning of California’s Historic period, occurring just after the King of Spain installed the Franciscan Order to direct religious and colonization matters in assigned territories of the Americas. With a band of 64 soldiers, missionaries, Baja (lower) California Native Americans, and Mexican civilians, Portolá established the

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Presidio of San Diego, a fortified military outpost, as the first Spanish settlement in Alta California. In July of 1769, while Portolá was exploring southern California, Franciscan Fr. Junípero Serra founded Mission San Diego de Alcalá at Presidio Hill, the first of the 21 missions that would be established in Alta California by the Spanish and the Franciscan Order between 1769 and 1823.

The Portolá expedition first reached the present-day boundaries of Los Angeles in August 1769, thereby becoming the first Europeans to visit the area. Father Crespi named “the campsite by the river Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Angeles de la Porciúncula” or “Our Lady the Queen of the Angeles of the Porciúncula.” Two years later, Friar Junípero Serra returned to the valley to establish a Catholic mission, the Mission San Gabriel Arcángel, on September 8, 1771 (Kyle 2002).

Mexican Period (1822–1848)

A major emphasis during the Spanish Period in California was the construction of missions and associated presidios to integrate the Native American population into Christianity and communal enterprise. Incentives were also provided to bring settlers to pueblos or towns, but just three pueblos were established during the Spanish Period, only two of which were successful and remain as California cities (San José and Los Angeles). Several factors kept growth within Alta California to a minimum, including the threat of foreign invasion, political dissatisfaction, and unrest among the indigenous population. After more than a decade of intermittent rebellion and warfare, New Spain (Mexico and the California territory) won independence from Spain in 1821. In 1822, the Mexican legislative body in California ended isolationist policies designed to protect the Spanish monopoly on trade, and decreed California ports open to foreign merchants (Dallas 1955).

Extensive land grants were established in the interior during the Mexican Period, in part to increase the population inland from the more settled coastal areas where the Spanish had first concentrated their colonization efforts. Nine ranchos were granted between 1837 and 1846 in the future Orange County (Middlebrook 2005). Among the first ranchos deeded within the future Orange County were Manuel Nieto’s Rancho Las Bolsas (partially in future Los Angeles County), granted by Spanish Governor Pedro Fages in 1784, and the Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana, granted by Governor José Joaquín Arrillaga to José Antonio Yorba and Juan Pablo Peralta in 1810 (Hallan-Gibson 1986). The secularization of the missions following Mexico’s independence from Spain resulted in the subdivision of former mission lands and establishment of many additional ranchos.

During the supremacy of the ranchos (1834–1848), landowners largely focused on the cattle industry and devoted large tracts to grazing. Cattle hides became a primary southern California export, providing a commodity to trade for goods from the east and other areas in the United States and Mexico. The number of nonnative inhabitants increased during this period because of the influx of explorers, trappers, and ranchers associated with the land grants. The rising California population contributed to the introduction and rise of diseases foreign to the Native American population, who had no associated immunities.

American Period (1848–Present)

War in 1846 between Mexico and the United States precipitated the Battle of Chino, a clash between resident Californios and Americans in the San Bernardino area. The Mexican-American War ended with the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848, ushering California into its American Period.

California officially became a state with the Compromise of 1850, which also designated Utah and New Mexico (with present-day Arizona) as U.S. Territories (Waugh 2003). Horticulture and livestock, based primarily on cattle as the currency and staple of the rancho system, continued to dominate the southern California economy through 1850s. The Gold Rush began in 1848, and with the influx of people seeking gold, cattle were no longer desired mainly for their hides but also as a source of meat and other goods.

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During the 1850s cattle boom, rancho vaqueros drove large herds from southern to northern California to feed that region’s burgeoning mining and commercial boom. Cattle were at first driven along major trails or roads such as the Gila Trail or Southern Overland Trail, then were transported by trains when available. The cattle boom ended for southern California as neighbor states and territories drove herds to northern California at reduced prices. Operation of the huge ranchos became increasingly difficult, and droughts severely reduced their productivity (Cleland 1941).

City of Azusa

The first recorded reference to Azusa was made by Father Juan Crespi, in 1769. An engineer with the Portola Expedition on its way north from San Diego, Crespi described the natural landscape in his diary as he passed through Brea Canyon as follows: “the valley is three leagues wide and paralleled by a tall mountain range running east and west.” While he named the area after the patron saint San Miguel Archangel (as was the custom for Spanish missionaries), he also referred to it in his diary as “El Susa.” This name is believed to be a reference to the native Gabrielino people who inhabited the area and had named their community Asuksa-nga (Gudde 1949).

When Luis Arenas was granted 4,500 acres in 1842 by the Mexican Government, the area was officially recorded as Rancho Azusa. Arenas farmed and raised stock on his new land, but sold his holdings after only two years to Henry Dalton, a wealthy landowner and merchant from England. Dalton renamed his new ranch the Azusa Rancho de Dalton and over the following years constructed a winery, distillery, a smokehouse, and a flour mill (even importing the millstones from France). The discovery of gold in nearby San Gabriel Canyon in 1854 resulted in a wave of new settlers to the area and while Dalton allowed them access to his zanja (water ditch) initially, he eventually became concerned over the growing number of people and restricted its usage (Cornejo Jr. 2007).

The resulting water dispute between Dalton and the new settlers led to the intervention of the U.S. Government Land Commission in 1858. The legal battle that followed would end in Dalton losing much of his water rights, land, and fortune as 18,500 acres of his land was opened up to homesteaders. Mounting legal fees eventually forced him to mortgage his remaining land to the Los Angeles County Savings Bank. In 1880, the bank’s founder and manager Jonathan Slauson purchased much of the Rancho Azusa before selling it four years later to the Azusa Land and Water Company (a business venture he and other investors had created) (Cornejo Jr. 2007).

Over the following decades, the town of Azusa began to take form as Slauson as the Azusa Land and Water Company divided and sold lots and graded new streets. Additional water access was soon secured through the construction of a new zanja, the “Covina,” and the region began to prosper from a rapidly expanding agriculture industry. The continued growth of the community eventually led to the construction of the Upper San Gabriel Valley’s first school house in 1868 on land donated by early Azusa pioneer, Larkin Barnes. By the time the city was officially incorporated on December 28, 1898, its population had reached 865.

Bolstered by a thriving agricultural industry, the city of Azusa continued to grow in both size and numbers throughout the early twentieth century. The City’s growing prosperity and its increasing population (which by 1920 was approaching 2,500) was reflected in the construction of numerous new homes, schools, and banks. Other architectural milestones included the construction of Library Park and the Carnegie Library (1910), and the later Azusa City Hall Civic Center (1928). Additionally, the formation of groups like the Azusa Women’s Club, the Azusa Rotary Club, and the Azusa Valley Pioneer helped to create identity for an emerging community (Cornejo Jr. 2007).

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During the 1930s, the continued success of the agricultural industry and the construction of the nearby Morris Dam helped Azusa weather the effects of the Great Depression (Cornejo Jr. 2007). Citrus production remained the focal point of Azusa’s economy until 1940, when a tree disease known as “quick decline” killed nearly all of the region’s trees. However, as the country prepared to enter World War II, the local economy received a boost as the city (like much of Southern California) became heavily involved in the emerging defense industries. Companies like Aerojet and Electroweld Steel brought jobs and people to the area and by 1947, the population had passed 8,500.

Following World War II, Azusa continued its transformation as it left its agricultural past for an industrial future. By the end of the 1950s, 136 industries had made their home in Azusa and had brought the population to just over 20,000 (Cornejo Jr. 2007). City leaders made great efforts to keep up with Azusa’s increasing population, building a new fire station at the Civic Center in 1956, forming a new school district and constructing new schools, developing new shopping centers like the Foothill Shopping Center (1956), and building a new public library in 1959. With events like the renaming of Azusa Pacific University in 1981, Azusa’s modernization would continue over the next forty years.

BACKGROUND RESEARCH

Literature Search

On May 4, 2011, a search was requested of the California Historical Resources Information System (CHRIS) at the SCCIC, located on the campus of California State University, Fullerton. The search included any previously recorded cultural resources and investigations within a 0.5-mile radius of the APE. The CHRIS search also included a review of the NRHP, the CRHR, the California Points of Historical Interest (CPHI) list, the California Historical Landmarks (CHL) list, the Archaeological Determinations of Eligibility (ADOE) list, and the California State Historic Resources Inventory (HRI) list. The records search also included a review of all available historic U.S. Geologic Survey (USGS) 7.5- and 15-minute quadrangle maps. A letter dated May 19, 2011 from the SCCIC summarizing the results of the records search, and a bibliography of prior cultural resources studies is provided in Appendix A of this report.

Prior Studies within 0.5 Mile of the APE

The SCCIC records search identified eight cultural resources studies have previously been conducted within 0.5 mile of the APE (Table 1). None of these included portions of the APE. An additional eight unmapped studies were also conducted within the Azusa quadrangle; however, most of these studies are overview reports encompassing very large areas, and all appear to be located outside of the APE. Appendix A provides a complete bibliography from the SCCIC for all studies listed in Table 1, as well as all unmapped studies. In addition to reviewing previous studies identified by the SCCIC, SWCA also reviewed a 2004 cultural resources study prepared in support of the Gold Line Phase II project, which included portions of the current APE (Myra Frank/Jones and Stokes 2004).

Table 1. Previous Cultural Resources Studies within 0.5 Mile of the Project APE

SCCIC Report Title of Study Author Year Proximity Number to the APE LA-03825 Phase 1 Archaeological Survey of 1.3 Linear Miles for the Maki, M. 1997 Outside Downtown Azusa Revitalization Program, Azusa Avenue (181.5 feet west) Between 9th Street and Paramount Avenue, Azusa, Los Angeles County, California

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Table 1. Previous Cultural Resources Studies within 0.5 Mile of the Project APE

SCCIC Report Title of Study Author Year Proximity Number to the APE LA-03930 Phase I Archaeological Survey of 0.5 Linear Mile Maki, M. 1997 Outside Downtown Azusa Revitalization Program, Azusa Avenue (181.5 ft west) Between 5th and 9th Streets, Azusa, Los Angeles County, California LA-06702 A Critical Review of the LA Conservancy’s Evaluation of the McKenna, J. 2001 Outside Azusa Foothill Drive-in Theatre, Azusa, Los Angeles (1,804 ft east) County, California LA-07234 The Azusa Pacific University’s Azusa Foothill Drive-in McKenna, J. 2004 Outside Theatre on Foothill Blvd. in the City of Azusa, Los Angeles (1,804 ft east) County, California LA-08068 Draft Report: Peer Review of the Monrovia Nursery Project Wlodarski, R. 1996 Outside Cultural Resources Element (0.5 mile northeast) LA-08073 Monrovia Nursery Project Cultural Resources Investigation Farrell, N. 1992 Outside (0.5 mile northeast) LA-08680 Cultural Resources Records Search and Site Visit Results Bonner, W. and 2006 Outside for Cingular Telecommunications Facility Candidate SV- Keasling, J. (1,525 ft west) 0138-01 (Totten Tubes), 500 Danlee Street, Azusa, Los Angeles County, California LA-10442 Condition #55 of the Monrovia Nursery Mitigation Cornejo Jr., J. 2005 Outside Monitoring and Reporting Program and Conditions of (1,525 ft west) Approval — Historic Properties Survey and Effects Report for the Gold Myra 2004 Within Line Phase II Project (Pasadena to Montclair) Los Angeles Frank/Jones & (north portion) and San Bernardino Counties, California Stokes

Previously Recorded Cultural Resources within 0.5 Mile of the Project APE

The SCCIC records search identified 39 previously recorded historic resources within a 0.5-mile radius of the project APE (Table 2). Of this total, three previously recorded resources are located within the project APE. These include the Azusa Civic Center (19-187045), the Azusa Santa Fe Railroad Depot (19- 189205) and a commercial building located at 124 Santa Fe Avenue. No prehistoric cultural resources were identified in the records search. Following review of the 2004 Gold Line Phase II cultural resources study, two additional historic resources (824 North Alameda Avenue and 845 North Alameda Avenue) were also identified within the APE.

Table 2. Previously Recorded Cultural Resources within 0.5 Mile of the Project APE

Primary Trinomial Resource Description California Recorded by Proximity to APE Number Historical and Year Resource Status Codes* 19-002777 — Historic: Covina Canal 6Z Alexandrowicz, J. Outside and Bell, T. 1999; (0.5 mile northeast) Hunt, K. 2006; Bradford, I. 2006 19-003802 — Historic: Azusa Ditch Unevaluated Bradford, I. 2006 Outside (1,214 ft northeast)

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Table 2. Previously Recorded Cultural Resources within 0.5 Mile of the Project APE

Primary Trinomial Resource Description California Recorded by Proximity to APE Number Historical and Year Resource Status Codes* 19-187045 — Historic: Azusa Civic Center: NRHP District Azizi, M. 2001 Within  Eight light posts 1D (southern portion)  Central (Administration) 6X Building 1D  West Wing (City Hall) 6X Building 1S  Fountain  East Wing (Auditorium) Building 19-189205 — Historic: Azusa Santa Fe 2S2 Carlisle, A. 2004; Within Railroad Depot Tasso, Y. 2002 (northwest portion) — — Historic: Azusa First Baptist 6Y DOE 1998; Outside Church HUD 1998 (1,608 ft southwest) — — Historic: 100 E. Foothill 6Y DOE 1998; Outside Boulevard Building HUD 1998 (164 ft west) — — Historic: Bank of America 6Y DOE 1998; Outside Building HUD 1998 (adjacent to the south) — — Historic: Azusa Foothill 7J 2001 Outside Drive-in Theatre (1,804 ft east) — — Historic: 619 N. Alameda 6Y DOE 1998; Outside Avenue Building HUD 1998 (509 ft south) — — Historic: 625 N. Alameda 6Y DOE 1998; Outside Avenue Building HUD 1998 (443 ft south) — — Historic: 627 N. Alameda 6Y DOE 1998; Outside Avenue Building HUD 1998 (400 ft south) — — Historic: 1005 N. Alameda 6Y HUD 1993 Outside Avenue Building (1,280 ft north) — — Historic: 1020 N. Alameda 6U HUD 2003 Outside Avenue Building (430 m north) — — Historic: 610 N. Angeleno 6U HUD 2008 Outside Avenue Building (1,411 ft southwest) — — Historic: 922 N. Angeleno 6U DOE 2002; Outside Avenue Building HUD 2002 (1,181 ft northwest) — — Historic: 507 N. Azusa Avenue 6Y DOE 1998; Outside Building HUD 1998 (1,312 ft southwest) — — Historic: Azusa Water 6Y DOE 1998; Outside Company Building HUD 1998; (509 ft southwest) HUD 1988 — — Historic: 619 N. Azusa Avenue 6Y HUD 1988 Outside Building (560 ft southwest) — — Historic: 621 N. Azusa Avenue 6Y HUD 1988 Outside Building (475 ft southwest) — — Historic: Odd Fellows Building 2S2 DOE 1998; Outside HUD 1998; (460 ft southwest) HUD 1988

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Table 2. Previously Recorded Cultural Resources within 0.5 Mile of the Project APE

Primary Trinomial Resource Description California Recorded by Proximity to APE Number Historical and Year Resource Status Codes* — — Historic: 628 N. Azusa Avenue 6Y DOE 1998; Outside Building HUD 1998 (525 ft southwest) — — Historic: 630 N. Azusa Avenue 6Y DOE 1998; Outside Building HUD 1998 (510 ft southwest) — — Historic: 631 N. Azusa Avenue 2 HUD 1988 Outside Building (510 ft southwest) — — Historic: 634 N. Azusa Avenue 6Y DOE 1998; Outside Building HUD 1998 (500 ft southwest) — — Historic: 635 N. Azusa Avenue 6Y HUD 1988 Outside Building (400 ft southwest) — — Historic: 638 N. Azusa Avenue 6Y DOE 1998; Outside Building HUD 1998 (475 ft southwest) — — Historic: Wells Fargo Bank 2S2 DOE 1998; Outside Building HUD 1998; (165 ft west) HUD 1989 — — Historic: 706 N. Azusa Avenue 6U HUD 2004 Outside Building (165 ft southwest) — — Historic: 1047 N. Azusa 6U HUD 2003 Outside Avenue Building (1,790 ft north) — — Historic: 418 N. Dalton Avenue 6Y HUD 1993 Outside Building (1,755 ft south) — — Historic: 543 N. Dalton Avenue 6Y HUD 1993 Outside Building (820 ft south) — — Historic: 725 N. Pasadena 6Y HUD 1993 Outside Avenue Building (450 ft east) — — Historic: 329 N. San Gabriel 6U HUD 2008 Outside Avenue Building (2,400 ft southwest) — — Historic: 522 N. San Gabriel 6U HUD 2003 Outside Avenue Building (1,180 ft southwest) — — Historic: 1017 N. San Gabriel 6Y HUD 1993 Outside Avenue Building (1,700 ft northwest) — — Historic: 1134 N. San Gabriel 6Y HUD 1993 Outside Avenue Building (0.5 mile northwest) — — Historic: 343 N. Soldano 6U DOE 2002; Outside Avenue Building HUD 2002 (0.5 mile southeast) — — Historic: 124 Santa Fe Avenue 6Y DOE 1998; Within Building HUD 1998 (west portion) — — Historic: 529 W. 5th Street 6Y DOE 1997; Outside Building HUD 1997 (2,300 ft southwest) — — Historic: 824 N. Alameda 6Y Greenwood, D. Within Avenue Building 2004 (north portion) — — Historic: 845 N. Alameda 6Y Greenwood, D. Within Avenue Building 2004 (north portion) *Status Codes listed in Appendix F

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The Azusa Civic Center is an NRHP-listed property. The property qualified for inclusion in the NRHP under Criterion A for its historic association with the development of the City of Azusa, including the significant role it played in the city’s early growth, progress, and community life. The building was designed in Spanish Colonial Revival style and has a period of significance that begins with its construction in 1928 through 1950. The NRHP nomination identifies three contributing resources (Azusa Auditorium, Azusa City Hall, and eight historic light posts) and two non-contributing resources (the Administration Building and fountain).1 The boundary of the historic property includes the Azusa Historic Core, which is bound by Dalton Avenue to the east, Alameda Avenue on the west, Foothill Boulevard on the south and the North Plaza, which is between the Library building and the Central (Administration) building. The Historic Core is explained as “consisting of the East Wing, West Wing, the Central Building and the open space (the landscaped front lawn and South Plaza) which is between the Civic Center buildings and Foothill Boulevard.” The Azusa Civic Center was listed in the NRHP on February 21, 2002 (NRIS Reference No. 02000034). A copy of the nomination form is provided in Appendix C.

The Azusa Santa Fe Railroad Depot was determined eligible for inclusion in the NRHP in 1998 under Criterion A for its significant contributions to the broad patterns of local history, and is currently listed in the CRHR. The original railroad depot was built in 1887, but was reconstructed in 1946 in Moderne style. Consultation letters from SHPO (HUD971124B and HUD971211Z) and the City of Azusa Community Development Department (January 22, 2004) regarding the depot and other properties near the APE are provided in Appendix C.

The property at 124 Santa Fe Avenue was determined ineligible for the NRHP in 1998. The property was assigned a status code in the HRI of 6Y, indicating that it has not been evaluated for CRHR or local listing (Appendix F). Consultation letters from the SHPO (HUD971124B and HUD971211Z) regarding the property are provided in Appendix C. The SCCIC records search did not locate Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) forms for the property.

Two residences located at 824 North Alameda Avenue and 845 Alameda Avenue were previously determined ineligible for listing in the NRHP and the CRHR in 2004 as part of Gold Line Phase II cultural resources study. At that time, both were recorded on DPR forms (included in Appendix C of this report) and improperly assigned a status code of 6Y, which as mentioned above, indicates a property was not evaluated for the CRHR.

Historic Research

Archival research was carried out between August and December 2011. Research methodology focused on review of a variety of primary and secondary source materials relating to the history and development of the project APE. Sources included but were not limited to historic maps, aerial photographs, and written histories of the area. The following repositories, publications, and individuals were contacted to identify known historical land uses and the locations of research materials pertinent to the project area:  County of Los Angeles Assessor records  City of Azusa  Los Angeles Times Index, ProQuest Database, Los Angeles Public Library, City of Los Angeles  California Index and various publications, Los Angeles Public Library, City of Los Angeles  Aerial photographs

1 The HRI (Table 2) lists the light posts and City Hall as contributors to a district, with the Auditorium as individually eligible for listing in the NRHP. However, the Civic Center is one large connected building with different wings, suggesting that it is a property and not a district of multiple contributing and noncontributing buildings. Further, the NRHP nomination form and Keeper identify it as a property and not a historic district.

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 Sanborn Fire Insurance Company maps  U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) maps  Other sources, as noted

Review of Historic Maps

In addition to reviewing previously conducted studies and previously recorded site records, the APE was examined on historic maps provided by the SCCIC. The 1894 Pomona 15-minute USGS California Quadrangle map shows that the APE was already well developed, as illustrated by an organized grid of paved roads and the ATSF Southern California Division railroad segment located just north of the current APE. Numerous buildings and structures are also plotted throughout the area. The Azusa Ditch and Covina Canal are also shown running north-south, just east of the APE. Neighboring areas exhibit much less development, with fewer buildings and structures plotted. Monrovia and Duarte to the west and Glendora and Alosta to the east were also well underway at this time. The 1904 Pomona 15-minute USGS California Quadrangle map shows evidence of continued steady growth and development in and around the APE, with more buildings and structures plotted.

Sacred Lands File Search and Initial Native American Coordination

A Native American coordination was initiated for this project on May 4, 2011. As part of the process of identifying cultural resources in or near the APE, the NAHC was contacted to request a review of the Sacred Lands File (SLF). The NAHC faxed a response on May 6, 2011 (Appendix B), and stated that Native American cultural resources were not identified within 0.5 mile of the APE, but noted that it is always possible for cultural resources to be unearthed during construction activities. The NAHC also provided a contact list of nine Native American individuals or tribal organizations that may have knowledge of cultural resources in or near the APE. Letters were prepared and mailed to each of the NAHC-listed contacts on May 12, 2011, requesting information regarding any Native American cultural resources in or immediately adjacent to the APE.

Two responses were received regarding the coordination letters. The record of telephone conversation and e-mail for these responses are included in Appendix B of this report:  On May 17, 2011, Anthony Morales of the Gabrieleno/Tongva San Gabriel Band of Mission Indians stated that he considers the City of Azusa to be highly sensitive for Native American resources because Foothill Boulevard was once a heavily traveled Native American route. He added that the APE’s close proximity to the Angeles National Forest and various local streams adds to the area’s overall sensitivity for Native American resources. Mr. Morales strongly recommends both archaeological and Native American monitoring during all ground-disturbing activities resulting from the proposed undertaking.  On June 11, 2011, Andrew Salas of the Gabrieleno Band of Mission Indians of the Los Angeles Basin stated via e-mail that the proposed project is located in a highly culturally sensitive area, and as such, he requested that one of his experienced and certified Native American monitors be present on-site during all ground-disturbing activities.

Two follow-up phone calls/e-mails were made to the remaining seven Native American contacts on July 29, 2010, and August 5, 2011. No additional responses have been received to date. A complete record of Native American coordination to date is provided in Table 3.

Table 3. Record of Native American Coordination Efforts

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Results of NAHC-provided Contact Coordination Efforts Coordination Efforts

Gabrielino Tongva Tribe 5/13/11: Letter sent via U.S. Mail. No response to date. 1875 Century Park East, Suite 1500 7/29/11: Follow-up call: Mr. Acuna stated that he Los Angeles, California 90067 did not receive the letter. 7/29/11: E-mailed letter: Mr. Acuna confirmed Contact: Bernie Acuna receipt of letter. Ti’At Society/Inter-Tribal Council of Pimu 5/13/11: Letter sent via U.S. Mail. No response to date. 6515 E. Seaside Walk, #C 7/29/11: Left voicemail. Long Beach, California 90903 8/5/11: Left voicemail.

Contact: Cindi M. Alvitre Los Angeles City/County Native American 5/13/11: Letter sent via U.S. Mail. No response to date. Indian Commission 7/29/11: Left voicemail. 3175 W. 6th Street, Room 403 8/5/11: Left voicemail. Los Angeles, California 90020 (323) 460-5632

Contact: Rob Andrade, Director Gabrielino-Tongva Tribe 5/13/11: Letter sent via U.S. Mail. No response to date. 1875 Century Park East, Suite 1500 7/29/11: Left voicemail on cell and home. Los Angeles, California 90067 8/5/11: Left voicemail on cell and home.

Contact: Linda Candelaria Gabrieleno Tongva Indians of California 5/13/11: Letter sent via U.S. Mail. No response to date. Tribal Council 7/29/11: Left voicemail. P.O. Box 490 8/5/11: Left voicemail. Bellflower, California 90707

Contact: Robert F. Dorame Gabrielino Tongva Nation 5/13/11: Letter sent via U.S. Mail. No response to date. P.O. Box 86908 7/29/11: Telephoned: Mr. Dunlap stated that he Los Angeles, California 90086 had not had a chance to look over the letter, but he intended to respond. A second copy of the Contact: Sam Dunlap letter was sent to Mr. Dunlap via e-mail. 8/5/11: Left voicemail. Gabrieleno/Tongva San Gabriel Band of 5/13/11: Letter sent via U.S. Mail. 5/17/11: Mr. Morales Mission responded via telephone and P.O. Box 693 stated that he strongly San Gabriel, California 91778 recommends both archaeological and Native Contact: Anthony Morales American monitoring during ground-disturbing activities. Tongva Ancestral Territorial Tribal Nation 5/13/11: Letter sent via e-mail. No response to date. 7/28/11: Left voicemail. Contact: John Tommy Rosas 8/5/11: Left voicemail. Shoshoneon Gabrieleno Band of Mission 5/13/11: Letter sent via U.S. Mail. 6/12/11: Mr. Salas responded Indians via e-mail and requested that P.O. Box 393 one of their Native American Covina, California 91723 monitors be present on-site during all ground-disturbing Contact: Andy Salas activities.

Local Historic Group/Local Government Coordination

As part of the process of identifying historic resources in or near the APE, letters were prepared and mailed to four local historic groups/local governments on May 12, 2011, requesting information on potential or known historic resources in and around the project APE (Appendix B).

One response was received regarding the coordination letters via e-mail. The e-mail for this response is included in Appendix C of this report.

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 On June 28, 2011, Susan Cole, Liaison for the City of Azusa Planning Division Cultural and Historic Preservation Commission stated ia e-mail that there is a city-listed potential landmark house on Alameda Avenue just south of Gold Line ROW in Veterans Freedom Park.

Follow-up phone calls/e-mails were made to the remaining three historic group contacts on July 28, 2011 and August 5, 2011. A complete record of historic group/government coordination to date is provided in Table 4.

Table 4. Record of Historic Group/Local Government Coordination Efforts

Historic Group/Local Results of Coordination Efforts Government Contact Coordination Efforts

Azusa Historical Society 5/13/11: Letter sent via U.S. Mail. No response to date. P.O. Box 972 5/16/11: Letter returned as “attempted unable to Los Angeles, California 90078 forward.” 5/25/11: Telephoned the City of Azusa for contact Contact: Karen Shomber information and was provided with a phone number for Karen Shomber at (626) 334-1382. Left voicemail. 7/28/11: Left voicemail. City of Azusa 5/13/11: Letter sent via U.S. Mail. 6/28/11: Ms. Cole responded Planning Division Cultural and Historic via e-mail and stated that Preservation Commission there is a city-listed potential 213 E. Foothill Boulevard landmark house on Alameda Azusa, California 91702 Avenue just south of Gold Line right of way in Veterans Contact: Susan Cole, Liaison Freedom Park. Historical Society of Southern California 5/13/11: Letter sent via U.S. Mail. No response to date. P.O. Box 93487 7/28/11: Left message with receptionist. Pasadena, California 91109 8/5/11: Telephoned: receptionist stated that Ms. (323) 460-5632 Adler did receive letter.

Contact: Patricia Adler-Ingram, Ph.D., Executive Director Los Angeles Conservancy 5/13/11: Letter sent via U.S. Mail. No response to date. 523 W. Sixth Street, Suite 826 7/28/11: Left voicemail. Los Angeles, California 90014 8/5/11: Left voicemail.

Contact: Adrian Scott Fine, Director of Advocacy

METHODS

Cultural Resources Survey

An intensive-level pedestrian survey of the project area was conducted on August 1, 2011, December 14, 2011, and February 13, 2013 following expansion of the APE, to identify and record any archaeological or historic architectural resources (i.e., buildings, structures, objects, landscapes) that may exist in the project area. The initial survey area included all of Veterans Freedom Park, the Azusa Civic Center, and all parcels located on the west side of Alameda Avenue between the ATSF Railroad to the north and Foothill Boulevard to the south. Following the expansion of the APE north to 9th Street, the survey area was enlarged to include all parcels on the east side of Azusa Avenue, and the east and west sides of Alameda Avenue (Figure 2).

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Archaeological Survey

Intensive-level archaeological survey methods consisted of a pedestrian survey in parallel transects spaced no more than 10 m apart over the entire project area. Archaeologists used aerial photographs and maps to document the location of any resources encountered during the survey. Within each transect, the ground surface was examined for prehistoric artifacts (e.g., flaked stone tools, tool-making debris, stone milling tools, ceramics, fire-affected rock), soil discoloration that might indicate the presence of a cultural midden, soil depressions, features indicative of the current or former presence of structures or buildings (e.g., standing exterior walls, post holes, foundations), and historic artifacts (e.g., metal, glass, ceramics). Any ground disturbance was visually inspected, such as burrows, cut banks, and drainages for exposed subsurface materials.

Historic Architectural Survey

The intensive-level survey of the built environment included an examination of all buildings, structures, and objects located in the APE. Notes and photographs of each property were taken to detail alterations, improvements, conditions, and setting. All fieldwork was documented using field notes, digital photography, close-scale field maps and aerial photographs. Photographs of the project area were taken with a Sony Cyber-shot digital camera with 12.1 megapixels and 4x optical zoom.

As part of the historic architectural survey, building permit research was conducted for historic properties identified in the APE during the survey. This research consisted of a visit to the Community Development Department at Azusa City Hall and a review of all microfiche of building permits, certificates of occupancy, plan drawings, and any other pertinent information on file with the City of Azusa. The primary purpose of this research was to confirm the buildings’ dates of construction, dates and types of exterior alterations, and the history of previous ownership. All information obtained was incorporated/considered during the process of evaluating the four properties for NRHP, CRHR, and local level eligibility.

RESULTS AND IMPACT CONSIDERATIONS

Cultural Resources Survey

Archaeological Resources

No archaeological resources were identified during the intensive-level survey of the project area. Because the project area is located in an urban setting and has been mostly developed, close attention was paid to areas of exposed sediment (i.e., along the ATSF Railroad ROW). Ground visibility throughout most of the project area was very poor, at approximately 1 percent, due to the presence of ornamental landscaping, asphalt, concrete, trees, and park/street furniture (Photographs 1 and 2). Ground visibility along the ATSF ROW (Photograph 3) was much improved at approximately 90 percent, with visibility partially constrained by the presence of railroad infrastructure (i.e., tracks and ties), ballast, and patches of dry vegetation. A single fragment of aqua-colored glass was identified within the railroad ROW; however, this is an isolated fragment from the body of a vessel with no visible maker’s mark and is therefore non-diagnostic. Modern refuse was observed throughout the entire project area, with most refuse present within the railroad ROW.

The negative archaeological resources survey results for the current study, as well as the lack of previously recorded archaeological sites in overlapping and adjacent areas, is a reflection of the fact that the area was urbanized long before having been surveyed by archaeologists. Therefore, its sensitivity for

26 Cultural Resources Survey Report for the Azusa Intermodal Parking Facility Project, City of Azusa, Los Angeles County, California encountering belowground archaeological resources is difficult to gauge. Based on the concerns of local Native American groups regarding the potential for cultural resources in the immediate vicinity, and the knowledge that Holocene-age alluvial deposits are present below the APE, the project should be considered potentially sensitive for archaeological resources.

Photograph 1. Overview of Veterans Freedom Park; view to the east.

Photograph 2. Overview of Veterans Freedom Park; view to the north.

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Photograph 3. Overview of ATSF ROW; view to the east.

Historic Architectural Resources

The following eight historic period architectural resources were identified, recorded, and evaluated as a result of the intensive-level field survey: the building located at 124 East Santa Fe Avenue, the Durrell House (Azusa Historical Museum), the Barnes House (Azusa Sister City Committee building), the Azusa City Library, the commercial property located at 812 North Azusa Avenue, the industrial property located at 810 North Alameda Avenue, and the residences located at 824 North Alameda Avenue and 845 North Alameda Avenue. The complete set of DPR forms prepared for all seven properties can be found in Appendix D of this report.

The previously documented Azusa Civic Center (Photographs 4 and 5) and the Azusa Santa Fe Depot (Photograph 6) do not require further evaluation because they were previously determined eligible or listed in the NRHP and are considered historic properties under Section 106 of the NHPA and Historical Resources under CEQA (Appendix C). Other architectural resources identified in the APE include the Azusa Police Department building, miscellaneous structures and features in Veterans Freedom Park, and three properties located north of the ATSF railroad. These elements were not recorded or evaluated as part of this study because archival research and visual observation confirmed they were constructed less than 45 years ago (Figure 3 and Table 5).

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Figure 4. Aerial map showing the locations of all known resources within the APE

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Photograph 4. View of the central plaza of the Azusa Civic Center; view to the north.

Photograph 5. View of the Azusa Auditorium at the Azusa Civic Center; view to the northwest.

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Photograph 6. Overview of Azusa Santa Fe Depot; view to the southeast.

Significance Evaluations

Table 5. Properties Evaluated for NRHP and CRHR Eligibility and Local Designation

NRHP/CRHR APN Street Address Current Name Historic Name Built Year Eligibility

8608026023 124 E. Santa Fe Ave. The Bashful Butler Depot Livery and Stable ca. 1899 5S2

8608027900 729 N. Dalton Ave. Azusa City Library Azusa Library 1959 6Z

8608027904 N/A Azusa Historical Museum Durrell Residence 1923 5S2

8608027904 N/A Azusa-Zacatecas Sister Barnes House ca. 1885-98 6Z City Committee

8608027907 810 N, Alameda Ave. N/A N/A 1946 6Z

8608027005 824 N. Alameda Ave. N/A N/A 1897 6Z

8608025018 845 N. Alameda Ave. N/A N/A 1926 6Z

8608025905/ 812 North Azusa Ave. NA Johnny’s Auto Body 1967 6Z 8608025906

124 East Santa Fe Avenue

Constructed circa 1899, the Commercial, Vernacular-style building at 124 East Santa Fe Avenue (Photograph 7) is a one- and two-story masonry building located immediately northwest of the Azusa Civic Center. The building is one of the earliest extant buildings in the area and initially housed Depot

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Livery and Feed, a stable sold by Ben M. Follows to Alfred A. Beaty in 1901, which provided recreational stagecoach rides into the nearby San Gabriel Canyon (Los Angeles Times 1901 and 1946). In 1923, the Azusa Volunteer Fire Department appears to have moved from its previous location at the northeast corner of North Alameda Avenue and East Center Street (now East Foothill Boulevard) into the northern one-story portion of the subject property. During this time, BL SM Auto Repair was located in the southern two-story portion and was one of many such businesses operating in the Civic Center area. When the fire department moved to a new location adjacent to City Hall in 1946, the subject property was purchased by Nicholas Abdelnour, who initially planned on adapting the building for use as a light manufacturing facility (Los Angeles Times 1946). However, in the following decade, ownership of the building would transfer to Charles Miller in 1947, Harry Pon in 1948, and Hugh V. Miller by 1956. During this time, alterations, including the modification of the primary (north) elevation into a storefront and the infill of numerous windows, were undertaken to accommodate a mix of commercial, residential, and storage functions within the subject property. Miller owned the building for at least the next three decades and made parapet repairs in 1956, added an additional exit in 1982, and completed earthquake hazard reduction compliance in 1989. As of 2011, a number of windows have been replaced with single- hung and sliding vinyl windows, and the building functions as a storage and kitchen facility for the Bashful Butler catering company.

The building has undergone numerous alterations and no longer retains sufficient integrity. It is not eligible for listing in the NRHP or CRHR individually or as a contributor to a historic district. The building is not eligible under Criteria C/3 for its architecture and is not eligible under Criteria A/1 for its associations with events or B/2 for its associations with the important persons. No evidence was discovered to warrant consideration under Criterion D/4. While the building is not eligible for listing on the NRHP or CRHR, it does appear eligible for local designation under the City of Azusa local municipal code, and therefore is considered a historical resource under CEQA (California Historical Resource Status Code 5S2, see Appendix F).

Photograph 7. Overview of 124 East Santa Fe Avenue; view to the southwest.

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Azusa City Library

Built in 1959, the Azusa City Library (Photograph 8) is a single-story educational building designed in a Mid-Century Modern-style by Benjamin S. Parker, a Bradbury-based architect who was also responsible for a number of other buildings in Azusa, including the First Presbyterian Church (1950) and the Azusa Recreation Building (1956) (Bowker 1962). It was constructed for $250,000 by local contractor Herman Rempel to replace the adjacent Carnegie Library (built 1910, demolished in 1975) and expand Azusa’s existing Civic Center, which was listed on the NRHP in 2002, for its association with the development of the City of Azusa (Los Angeles Times 1959; National Register Information System Ref. #02000034). In 1970, Ward Helman designed an addition of approximately 2,400 square feet that was constructed by 1972, enlarging the bookstack areas and providing a unified location for audio-visual materials (Los Angeles Times 1970). The building has continually functioned as a library since its construction. No consequential information was discovered about any of the architects or builders.

Although the Azusa City Library retains requisite integrity and is recognizable to its original appearance, it is not eligible for listing in the National or California Registers individually or as a contributor to a historic district. The building is not directly associated with important events or any persons significant in our past (Criteria A/1 or B/2). The building is an unremarkable example of a Mid-Century Modern style institutional building. It is not the work of a master and does not possess high artistic value (Criteria C/3). There is no reason to believe that it may yield important information about prehistory or history (Criteria D/4). Although the building was constructed in the Azusa Civic Center, it was previously found to be a non-contributing resource. It is located outside the current NRHP-listed property boundary and was constructed outside the period of significance (1928–1950). The survey found no information to warrant an expansion of the existing historic Civic Center boundary or period of significance.

Photograph 8. Overview of Azusa City Library; view to the southwest

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Durrell House

The Durrell House (or Azusa Historical Museum) (Photograph 9) is a single-family Vernacular house that was built in 1923 for approximately $10,000 and was originally located at 575 Center Street (present-day Foothill Boulevard) and included an ancillary, detached garage at the rear of the property (Corenjo Jr. 2007). The property was developed by Moses Thompson Durrell (1863–1938), a local citrus grower, and one-time director of the Azusa Agricultural Water Company and Mayor of Azusa (Los Angeles Times 1938). The Durrell family would reside in the house until 1950 when it became a fraternity house for the California Polytechnic University, Pomona. In 1987 Durrell’s daughter Bernice donated the house to the City of Azusa to be used as a permanent museum and home to the Azusa Historical Society. Following the relocation of the house to its current location that same year, the chimney on the east elevation was removed and a restoration of the first floor was completed for $220,000 (Farrington 1990). Although the museum was formally dedicated on May 13, 1989, it was not until two years later that restoration work on the second floor (including the replacement of hardwood floors) was complete. Since September 15, 1991, the house has acted as the Azusa Historical Museum and continues to be the home of the Azusa Historical Society.

The Durrell House has been moved to its current location which significantly reduced its integrity of location, setting, and association. The property is not eligible for listing in the NRHP, under any of the significance criteria (A-D). It is not eligible for listing in the CRHR under any significance criteria as it is not associated with significant events or people (Criteria 1 and 2) is not a remarkable work of architecture (Criterion 3) and does not appear to yield information important to history (Criterion 4). The building is located outside of the NRHP-listed Azusa Civic Center property boundary, and the survey found no information to warrant an expansion of this boundary. Although the building is not eligible for listing on the NRHP or CRHR, it does appear eligible for local designation under the City of Azusa local municipal code, and therefore is considered a historical resource under CEQA (California Historical Resource Status Code 5S2, see Appendix F).

Photograph 9. Overview of Durrell House; view to the north.

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Barnes House

The Barnes House (Photograph 10) is a single-family Vernacular residence constructed circa 1885–1898, which, according to Azusa Historical Society President Jeffrey Cornejo Jr., was initially the residence of William P. Barnes and was previously located on the east side of North Dalton Avenue, across the street from its current location in Veterans Freedom Park. Barnes, who appears to have lived at a variety of locations throughout the City of Azusa, was a local real estate and land broker and the son of Larkin Barnes, an early Azusa pioneer (Los Angeles Times 1936). Although it is unclear exactly where the subject property was originally located, early Sanborn Fire Insurance maps show a residential building with a similar footprint situated directly across the street at 804 North Dalton Avenue. Archival research was unable to produce any consequential information about any residents at this address, or any other residential buildings along the east side of Dalton Avenue between East Foothill Boulevard to the south and the ATSF railway to the north. Although this section of North Dalton Avenue remained primarily residential in character until the 1940s, many of the buildings were demolished in the decades following World War II as the surrounding area was redeveloped for additional civic and commercial uses. The subject property would be relocated to its current location in 1987, and become the headquarters of the Azusa Sister City Committee, an organization formed in 1966 to create goodwill between the City of Azusa and Zacatecas, Zacatecas, Mexico (Cornejo Jr. 2007; Azusa Sister City Committee 2011). Following the relocation of the building, a number of changes appear to have been undertaken to accommodate its new function, including the addition of a room and a barrel, fabric awning on the east elevation, the removal of a portion of the roof for the installation of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) equipment, and the removal and replacement of windows and doors.

Because the Barnes House has been moved, the integrity of its location, setting, and association have been lost and it is ineligible for National Register and California Register listing under Criteria A/1, B/2, C/3, or D/4. The building is located outside of the NRHP-listed Azusa Civic Center property boundary, and the survey found no information to warrant an expansion of this boundary. In addition to its relocation, the subject property has numerous alterations that have resulted in a significant loss of integrity in its design, materials, and workmanship; and as a result, it does not appear eligible for listing as a historic landmark or as a contributor to a potential historic district in the City of Azusa.

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Photograph 10. Overview of Barnes House; view to the east.

810 North Alameda Avenue

810 North Alameda Avenue contains two Quonset-hut-style buildings that were constructed between 1946 and 1947 (Photograph 11), and were initially used to manufacture fertilizer by the Soluble Plant Nutrients Company. First introduced in 1941 as the U.S. Navy prepared for the growing possibility of war, the multi-purpose Quonset hut was designed by engineers and architects of the George Fuller Construction Company as a prefabricated, portable structure capable of being shipped in pieces and quickly set up by untrained personnel (Thomas 2003). By the end of World War II, an estimated 150,000 units had been constructed worldwide and a number of companies were developing their own version of the Quonset hut for both the military and civilians alike. Across the country, new and surplus Quonset huts similar to the subject property helped answer the post-World War II building demand, and were used for a variety of residential, commercial, and industrial needs. The Soluble Plant Nutrients Company (which appears to have been headquartered nearby at 846 North Azusa Avenue) was one of many businesses to use Quonset huts for industrial purposes, constructing the larger building in 1946 and the adjacent smaller unit the following year. By 1956, the subject property was owned by G.M. Dillon of Heatronics, Inc., converting the smaller building into an office and using the larger unit for manufacturing associated with heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning equipment (City of Azusa; Los Angeles Times 1957). The property was owned by Randall P. Simmons by 1981, and Alberto V. Luis by 1991, both of whom used the buildings as a warehouse and wood mill for furniture construction (City of Azusa). Since this time, the building has been abandoned and currently appears to be vacant.

The subject property is not associated with important events and does not appear eligible for listing on the National or California registers under Criteria A/1. Archival research did not find the activities of G.M. Dillon, Randall P. Simmons, or Alberto V. Luis to be demonstrably important within the local, California, or national context and as a result, the subject property does not appear eligible for the NRHP or CRHR under Criteria B/2 for its associations with any persons significant in our past. The subject property is one of many Quonset huts in the Los Angeles region and it does not appear eligible for listing in the NRHP or

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CRHR under Criteria C/3 for its architectural associations. No evidence was discovered to warrant consideration under Criteria D/4. In addition, the property does not appear eligible as a contributor to a larger historic district because there is not a significant concentration of buildings united historically by physical development. For the same reasons as listed above, the property does not appear eligible for local designation.

Photograph 11. Overview of 810 North Alameda Avenue; view to the southeast.

824 North Alameda Avenue

Situated north of the ATSF Railroad, the building located at 824 North Alameda Avenue is one-story, single family residence designed in a Folk Victorian style and built in 1897 (Photograph 12). Limited information regarding the property indicates the owner, Orlando Streshley, undertook a $75.00 improvement to the building in 1904. The building was initially evaluated for historical significance in January 2004 as part of the Gold Line Phase II cultural resource study. At that time, it was found not eligible for listing in the NRHP or CRHR due to a lack of important historical associations. Since the property was last evaluated in 2004, it has been significantly altered through the construction of an addition to the primary (west) elevation. The new construction doubled the size of the residence, employing similar design and materials to extend west from the original façade. This alteration has seriously affected the integrity of the building’s original design, workmanship, and feeling, and therefore it remains ineligible for listing in the NRHP or CRHR. Due to this loss of integrity, the building also does not appear eligible for local designation under the City of Azusa local municipal code.

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Photograph 12. Overview of 824 North Alameda Avenue; view to the east.

845 North Alameda Avenue

The building located at 845 North Alameda Street is a multi-story, single-family residence. Since it was initially constructed in 1926 (Photograph 13), the building has undergone numerous alterations, including the application of rough-textured stucco to the exterior, installation of vinyl windows, and the construction of a two-story addition at the rear (west) of the building. Initially evaluated for historical significance as part of the 2004 Gold Line Phase II cultural resources study, the building was found not eligible for listing in the NRHP or CRHR due to a lack of integrity of materials, design, workmanship, association, and feeling. Since that time, there do not appear to be any significant visible alterations, and the property remains ineligible for listing in the NRHP or CRHR. Due to this loss of integrity, the building also does not appear eligible for local designation under the City of Azusa local municipal code.

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Photograph 13. Overview of 845 North Alameda Avenue; view to the west.

812 North Azusa Avenue

Initially constructed in 1967, the building located at 812 North Azusa Avenue is a former auto body and towing facility that was previously known as Johnny’s Auto Body and Tow (Photograph 14). It was built John R. Cortez (1927-2008), a native of Los Angeles County who founded the business ten years earlier at an unknown location in Azusa San Gabriel Valley Tribune 2007). Johnny’s Auto Body was one of many businesses included in the commercial development of the post-World War II-era, and most likely due to the city’s continued growth, relocated to the newly constructed building at 812 North Azusa Avnue in 1967. Cortez operated the business over the following two decades, constructing a spray paint booth in 1986 and expanding his business to include towing services at an unknown date. By 1991, the subject property was owned by Luis Hernandez, who appears to have also operated an auto body repair business (City of Azusa). The property has been vacant for an undetermined amount of time.

In considering the property’s historical significance, it was one of many auto body repair and towing facilities located in Azusa, and does not appear eligible for listing in the National or California registers under Criteria A/1 for its associations with historic events. Archival research did not determine the activities of John Cortez or Luis Hernandez as demonstrably important, and therefore the subject property does not appear eligible for the National or California register under Criteria B/2 for its associations with significant individuals. The vernacular Modern/utilitarian style of the property is fairly common and does not possess any distinctive styling or features to warrant consideration for architectural significance, and does not appear eligible for the National or California registers under Criterion C/3. No evidence was discovered to warrant consideration under Criterion D/4. In addition, the property is also not eligible as a contributor to a larger historic district as it does not contribute to a unified entity. For the same reasons as listed above, the property does not appear eligible for local designation.

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Photograph 14. Overview of 812 North Azusa Avenue; view to the northeast.

Project Impacts and Mitigation Measures

Archaeological Resources

Although no archaeological resources were identified during the intensive-level field survey, surface visibility was very poor and geologic mapping by Dibblee (1998) indicates that the APE is immediately underlain by younger Quaternary alluvial deposits of Holocene age, which may contain archaeological resources. For these reasons, and the fact that no archaeological testing or monitoring has ever occurred in the project area, it should be treated as potentially sensitive for archaeological resources.

Archaeological Mitigation Measures

Implementation of the following mitigation measures should occur in the event that unanticipated belowground cultural resources are identified during construction activities. These measures would reduce the level of impacts to less than significant.

Cultural Resource Mitigation Measure-1 (CR-1)

Ground-disturbing activities will occur throughout portions of the APE. These include construction of a parking structure, bus bays, and charging stations. Because there are areas in and around the APE that are potentially sensitive for archaeological resources, it is recommended that a qualified archaeologist be present to monitor ground-disturbing activities under the direction of a qualified principal investigator: an archaeologist who meets the Secretary of the Interior’s professional qualification standards (National Park Service 1983). The timing and duration of the monitoring should be chosen by the principal investigator, whose decision should be informed by the apparent sensitivity of the underlying sediments in the project area once they are exposed.

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Prior to initiation of ground-disturbing activities, it is further recommended that the archaeological monitor conduct a brief awareness training session for all construction workers and supervisory personnel. The training could be held in conjunction with the project’s initial on-site safety meeting, and should explain the importance of and legal basis for the protection of significant archaeological resources. Each worker would also learn the proper procedures to follow in the event that cultural resources or human remains/burials are uncovered during ground-disturbing activities. These procedures include work curtailment or redirection and the immediate contact of the site supervisor and the archaeological monitor. It is recommended that this worker education session include visual images of artifacts that might be found in the project vicinity, and that the session take place on-site immediately prior to the start of ground-disturbing activities. Cultural Resource Mitigation Measure -2 (CR-2)

In the event that archaeological resources (artifacts or features) are exposed during ground-disturbing activities, an archaeologist who meets the Secretary of the Interior’s professional qualification standards (National Park Service 1983) shall be retained. Construction activities (e.g., grading, grubbing, vegetation clearing) in the immediate vicinity of the discovery shall be halted while the resources are evaluated for significance. Construction activities could continue in other areas. If the discovery proves to be significant, additional work, such as data recovery excavation, may be warranted and would be discussed in consultation with the lead agency. Prehistoric materials in the project area might include flaked or ground stone tools, tool-making debris, pottery, culturally modified animal bone, fire-affected rock, or soil darkened by cultural activities (midden). Historic materials might include building or railroad remains, metal, glass, ceramic artifacts, or other debris greater than 45 years old. Cultural Resource Mitigation Measure -3 (CR-3)

The discovery of human remains is always a possibility during construction activities; State of California Health and Safety Code Section 7050.5 addresses this topic. This code section states that no further disturbance shall occur until the Los Angeles County coroner has made a determination of origin and disposition pursuant to PRC Section 5097.98. The county coroner must be notified of the find immediately. If the human remains are determined to be prehistoric, the coroner will notify the Native American Heritage Commission, which will determine and notify a most likely descendant (MLD). The MLD shall complete the inspection of the site within 48 hours of notification, and may recommend scientific removal and nondestructive analysis of human remains and items associated with Native American burials. Historic Architectural Resources

The project APE contains four significant historic resources, none of which will be demolished as a result of the project. As currently proposed, the project will involve the construction of a three-story parking structure with rooftop parking to be located north of Foothill Boulevard, along Alameda Avenue. The four historic resources are located outside the direct APE, and would not be acquired or require any sort of easement for staging or long-term maintenance. The Azusa Civic Center is listed in the NRHP and the CRHR; therefore, it is considered a historic property under Section 106 and a historical resource under CEQA. The construction of a new three-story parking structure adjacent to the Civic Center will not alter its existing setting, visually obstruct its historic view, or adversely impair the character or quality of the property. The building faces south toward Foothill Boulevard, away from the new parking structure, and is situated in a mixed-use setting, surrounded by commercial, institutional, and industrial properties. Therefore, the project will result in no effects or impacts to the Azusa Civic Center.

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The Railroad Depot is eligible for the NRHP and is listed in the CRHR; therefore it is considered a historic property under Section 106 and a historical resource under CEQA. The construction of a new three-story parking structure will not alter the existing setting of the depot, visually obstruct its historic view, or adversely impair the character or quality of the building. The building faces north, away from the new parking structure, approximately ten feet from the project area, and is surrounded by various commercial and industrial properties. Therefore, the project will result in no effects or impacts to the Railroad Depot.

The commercial building at 124 Santa Fe Avenue and the Durrell House are both locally eligible buildings that are considered historical resources under CEQA. Construction of a new parking structure will not obstruct the viewshed or impact the setting of the building at 124 Santa Fe Avenue, because it is located approximately a half-block from the proposed parking structure and is surrounded by similar one- to four-story buildings. Although the Durrell House is oriented to the south, and will face toward the parking structure, the building was moved to its current location; therefore, its setting has already been diminished. Neither of these historical resources would be impacted as a result of the project.

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LIST OF PREPARERS AND QUALIFICATIONS

Shannon Carmack

Architectural Historian Shannon Carmack served as project manager and lead author on this report. Ms. Carmack meets the qualifications as an architectural historian and historian under the Secretary of the Interior’s Professional Qualification Standards. Ms. Carmack has a B.A. in History from California State University Long Beach and more than 12 years of professional experience as an architectural historian and historian, conducting historic resource surveys and evaluations in California, in compliance with NEPA and CEQA. This work includes various built environment assessments for numerous transit agencies to fulfill NEPA, Section 106, and CEQA requirements.

Samantha Murray

Cultural Resources Specialist Samantha Murray conducted the field survey and authored this report. Ms. Murray meets the qualifications as an architectural historian under the Secretary of the Interior’s Professional Qualification Standards (36 CFR Part 61). Ms. Murray has a B.A. in Anthropology from California State University Northridge and more than seven years of professional experience in architectural history and archaeology, conducting cultural resource surveys and evaluations in California, in compliance with NEPA, Section 106 and CEQA.

Steven Treffers

Architectural Historian Steven Treffers conducted the field survey, Section 106 consultation and evaluated the architectural resources in this report. Mr. Treffers meets the Secretary of the Interior’s Professional Qualification Standards in Architectural History, having recently graduated from the University of Southern California with a Masters Degree in Historic Preservation, and having completed over two years of work experience in historic preservation throughout the West. He has conducted field surveys, historic research and prepared technical reports in compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act, the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), and numerous local ordinances.

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Appendix A

South Central Coastal Information Center Bibliography

Appendix B

NAHC Sacred Lands File Results and Native American Coordination

May 13, 2011

Gabrielino-Tongva Tribe Sent Via U.S. Mail Bernie Acuna 1875 Century Park East, #1500 Los Angeles, CA 90067

RE: Cultural Resources Survey for the Foothill Transit Azusa Park and Ride Project Project, City of Azusa, Los Angeles County, California

Dear Mr. Acuna,

SWCA Environmental Consultants (SWCA) has been retained to perform cultural resources services in accordance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA), the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), and the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) for the Foothill Transit Park and Ride Project (proposed project).

The project area is located on North Alameda Avenue between Foothill Boulevard and the Gold Line Right-of-Way (ROW). A portion of the proposed project would also be located on the grounds of the Veterans Freedom Park, north of City Hall, in the City of Azusa, Los Angeles County, California. The study area falls within the USGS 7.5-minute Azusa, California quadrangle, within Township 1 North, Range 10 West, in an unsectioned portion of the Azusa (Dalton) Land Grant (see enclosed project location map). The proposed project entails construction of a four-story parking structure, as well as bus bays and electric charging stations for patrons of the future Gold Line Foothill Extension Azusa Station.

As part of the process of identifying cultural resources issues for this project, SWCA contacted the Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC) and requested a Sacred Lands File (SLF) search and a list of Native American individuals and/or tribal organizations that may have knowledge of cultural resources in or near the project area. The NAHC SLF search did not identify any Native American cultural resources within a one-half mile radius of the proposed project area. The NAHC recommended that we consult with you directly regarding your knowledge of the presence of cultural resources that may be impacted by this project.

If you have knowledge of any cultural resources that may exist within or near the project area, please contact me via telephone at (626) 240-0587 Ext. 108; or via email at [email protected]; or in writing at the above address at your earliest convenience. Thank you for your assistance.

Sincerely,

Samantha Murray Assistant Project Manager, Cultural Resources Enclosure: Project Location Map

May 13, 2011

Cindi M. Alvitre, Chairwoman-Manisar Sent Via U.S. Mail Ti’At Society/Inter-Tribal Council of Pimu 6515 E. Seaside Walk, #C Long Beach, CA 90803

RE: Cultural Resources Survey for the Foothill Transit Azusa Park and Ride Project Project, City of Azusa, Los Angeles County, California

Dear Ms. Alvitre,

SWCA Environmental Consultants (SWCA) has been retained to perform cultural resources services in accordance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA), the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), and the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) for the Foothill Transit Park and Ride Project (proposed project).

The project area is located on North Alameda Avenue between Foothill Boulevard and the Gold Line Right-of-Way (ROW). A portion of the proposed project would also be located on the grounds of the Veterans Freedom Park, north of City Hall, in the City of Azusa, Los Angeles County, California. The study area falls within the USGS 7.5-minute Azusa, California quadrangle, within Township 1 North, Range 10 West, in an unsectioned portion of the Azusa (Dalton) Land Grant (see enclosed project location map). The proposed project entails construction of a four-story parking structure, as well as bus bays and electric charging stations for patrons of the future Gold Line Foothill Extension Azusa Station.

As part of the process of identifying cultural resources issues for this project, SWCA contacted the Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC) and requested a Sacred Lands File (SLF) search and a list of Native American individuals and/or tribal organizations that may have knowledge of cultural resources in or near the project area. The NAHC SLF search did not identify any Native American cultural resources within a one-half mile radius of the proposed project area. The NAHC recommended that we consult with you directly regarding your knowledge of the presence of cultural resources that may be impacted by this project.

If you have knowledge of any cultural resources that may exist within or near the project area, please contact me via telephone at (626) 240-0587 Ext. 108; or via email at [email protected]; or in writing at the above address at your earliest convenience. Thank you for your assistance.

Sincerely,

Samantha Murray Assistant Project Manager, Cultural Resources Enclosure: Project Location Map

May 13, 2011

Ron Andrade, Director Sent Via U.S. Mail Los Angeles City/County Native American Indian Commission 3175 West 6th Street, Room 403 Los Angeles, CA 90020

RE: Cultural Resources Survey for the Foothill Transit Azusa Park and Ride Project Project, City of Azusa, Los Angeles County, California

Dear Mr. Andrade:

SWCA Environmental Consultants (SWCA) has been retained to perform cultural resources services in accordance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA), the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), and the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) for the Foothill Transit Park and Ride Project (proposed project).

The project area is located on North Alameda Avenue between Foothill Boulevard and the Gold Line Right-of-Way (ROW). A portion of the proposed project would also be located on the grounds of the Veterans Freedom Park, north of City Hall, in the City of Azusa, Los Angeles County, California. The study area falls within the USGS 7.5-minute Azusa, California quadrangle, within Township 1 North, Range 10 West, in an unsectioned portion of the Azusa (Dalton) Land Grant (see enclosed project location map). The proposed project entails construction of a four-story parking structure, as well as bus bays and electric charging stations for patrons of the future Gold Line Foothill Extension Azusa Station.

As part of the process of identifying cultural resources issues for this project, SWCA contacted the Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC) and requested a Sacred Lands File (SLF) search and a list of Native American individuals and/or tribal organizations that may have knowledge of cultural resources in or near the project area. The NAHC SLF search did not identify any Native American cultural resources within a one-half mile radius of the proposed project area. The NAHC recommended that we consult with you directly regarding your knowledge of the presence of cultural resources that may be impacted by this project.

If you have knowledge of any cultural resources that may exist within or near the project area, please contact me via telephone at (626) 240-0587 Ext. 108; or via email at [email protected]; or in writing at the above address at your earliest convenience. Thank you for your assistance.

Sincerely,

Samantha Murray Assistant Project Manager, Cultural Resources Enclosure: Project Location Map

May 13, 2011

Gabrielino-Tongva Tribe Sent Via U.S. Mail Linda Candelaria 1875 Century Park East, #1500 Los Angeles, CA 90067

RE: Cultural Resources Survey for the Foothill Transit Azusa Park and Ride Project Project, City of Azusa, Los Angeles County, California

Dear Ms. Candelaria,

SWCA Environmental Consultants (SWCA) has been retained to perform cultural resources services in accordance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA), the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), and the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) for the Foothill Transit Park and Ride Project (proposed project).

The project area is located on North Alameda Avenue between Foothill Boulevard and the Gold Line Right-of-Way (ROW). A portion of the proposed project would also be located on the grounds of the Veterans Freedom Park, north of City Hall, in the City of Azusa, Los Angeles County, California. The study area falls within the USGS 7.5-minute Azusa, California quadrangle, within Township 1 North, Range 10 West, in an unsectioned portion of the Azusa (Dalton) Land Grant (see enclosed project location map). The proposed project entails construction of a four-story parking structure, as well as bus bays and electric charging stations for patrons of the future Gold Line Foothill Extension Azusa Station.

As part of the process of identifying cultural resources issues for this project, SWCA contacted the Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC) and requested a Sacred Lands File (SLF) search and a list of Native American individuals and/or tribal organizations that may have knowledge of cultural resources in or near the project area. The NAHC SLF search did not identify any Native American cultural resources within a one-half mile radius of the proposed project area. The NAHC recommended that we consult with you directly regarding your knowledge of the presence of cultural resources that may be impacted by this project.

If you have knowledge of any cultural resources that may exist within or near the project area, please contact me via telephone at (626) 240-0587 Ext. 108; or via email at [email protected]; or in writing at the above address at your earliest convenience. Thank you for your assistance.

Sincerely,

Samantha Murray Assistant Project Manager, Cultural Resources Enclosure: Project Location Map

May 13, 2011

Gabrieleno Tongva Indians of California Tribal Council Sent Via U.S. Mail Robert F. Dorame, Tribal Chair/Cultural Resources P.O. Box 490 Bellflower, CA 90707

RE: Cultural Resources Survey for the Foothill Transit Azusa Park and Ride Project Project, City of Azusa, Los Angeles County, California

Dear Mr. Dorame,

SWCA Environmental Consultants (SWCA) has been retained to perform cultural resources services in accordance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA), the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), and the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) for the Foothill Transit Park and Ride Project (proposed project).

The project area is located on North Alameda Avenue between Foothill Boulevard and the Gold Line Right-of-Way (ROW). A portion of the proposed project would also be located on the grounds of the Veterans Freedom Park, north of City Hall, in the City of Azusa, Los Angeles County, California. The study area falls within the USGS 7.5-minute Azusa, California quadrangle, within Township 1 North, Range 10 West, in an unsectioned portion of the Azusa (Dalton) Land Grant (see enclosed project location map). The proposed project entails construction of a four-story parking structure, as well as bus bays and electric charging stations for patrons of the future Gold Line Foothill Extension Azusa Station.

As part of the process of identifying cultural resources issues for this project, SWCA contacted the Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC) and requested a Sacred Lands File (SLF) search and a list of Native American individuals and/or tribal organizations that may have knowledge of cultural resources in or near the project area. The NAHC SLF search did not identify any Native American cultural resources within a one-half mile radius of the proposed project area. The NAHC recommended that we consult with you directly regarding your knowledge of the presence of cultural resources that may be impacted by this project.

If you have knowledge of any cultural resources that may exist within or near the project area, please contact me via telephone at (626) 240-0587 Ext. 108; or via email at [email protected]; or in writing at the above address at your earliest convenience. Thank you for your assistance.

Sincerely,

Samantha Murray Assistant Project Manager, Cultural Resources Enclosure: Project Location Map

May 13, 2011

Gabrieleno Tongva Nation Sent Via U.S. Mail Sam Dunlap, Chairperson P.O. Box 86908 Los Angeles, CA 90086

RE: Cultural Resources Survey for the Foothill Transit Azusa Park and Ride Project Project, City of Azusa, Los Angeles County, California

Dear Mr. Dunlap,

SWCA Environmental Consultants (SWCA) has been retained to perform cultural resources services in accordance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA), the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), and the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) for the Foothill Transit Park and Ride Project (proposed project).

The project area is located on North Alameda Avenue between Foothill Boulevard and the Gold Line Right-of-Way (ROW). A portion of the proposed project would also be located on the grounds of the Veterans Freedom Park, north of City Hall, in the City of Azusa, Los Angeles County, California. The study area falls within the USGS 7.5-minute Azusa, California quadrangle, within Township 1 North, Range 10 West, in an unsectioned portion of the Azusa (Dalton) Land Grant (see enclosed project location map). The proposed project entails construction of a four-story parking structure, as well as bus bays and electric charging stations for patrons of the future Gold Line Foothill Extension Azusa Station.

As part of the process of identifying cultural resources issues for this project, SWCA contacted the Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC) and requested a Sacred Lands File (SLF) search and a list of Native American individuals and/or tribal organizations that may have knowledge of cultural resources in or near the project area. The NAHC SLF search did not identify any Native American cultural resources within a one-half mile radius of the proposed project area. The NAHC recommended that we consult with you directly regarding your knowledge of the presence of cultural resources that may be impacted by this project.

If you have knowledge of any cultural resources that may exist within or near the project area, please contact me via telephone at (626) 240-0587 Ext. 108; or via email at [email protected]; or in writing at the above address at your earliest convenience. Thank you for your assistance.

Sincerely,

Samantha Murray Assistant Project Manager, Cultural Resources Enclosure: Project Location Map

May 12, 2011

Gabrieleno/Tongva San Gabriel Band of Mission Indians Sent Via U.S. Mail Anthony Morales, Chairperson P.O. Box 693 San Gabriel, CA 91778

RE: Cultural Resources Survey for the Foothill Transit Azusa Park and Ride Project Project, City of Azusa, Los Angeles County, California

Dear Mr. Morales,

SWCA Environmental Consultants (SWCA) has been retained to perform cultural resources services in accordance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA), the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), and the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) for the Foothill Transit Park and Ride Project (proposed project).

The project area is located on North Alameda Avenue between Foothill Boulevard and the Gold Line Right-of-Way (ROW). A portion of the proposed project would also be located on the grounds of the Veterans Freedom Park, north of City Hall, in the City of Azusa, Los Angeles County, California. The study area falls within the USGS 7.5-minute Azusa, California quadrangle, within Township 1 North, Range 10 West, in an unsectioned portion of the Azusa (Dalton) Land Grant (see enclosed project location map). The proposed project entails construction of a four-story parking structure, as well as bus bays and electric charging stations for patrons of the future Gold Line Foothill Extension Azusa Station.

As part of the process of identifying cultural resources issues for this project, SWCA contacted the Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC) and requested a Sacred Lands File (SLF) search and a list of Native American individuals and/or tribal organizations that may have knowledge of cultural resources in or near the project area. The NAHC SLF search did not identify any Native American cultural resources within a one-half mile radius of the proposed project area. The NAHC recommended that we consult with you directly regarding your knowledge of the presence of cultural resources that may be impacted by this project.

If you have knowledge of any cultural resources that may exist within or near the project area, please contact me via telephone at (626) 240-0587 Ext. 108; or via email at [email protected]; or in writing at the above address at your earliest convenience. Thank you for your assistance.

Sincerely,

Samantha Murray Assistant Project Manager, Cultural Resources Enclosure: Project Location Map

May 12, 2011

Tongva Ancestral Territorial Tribal Nation Sent Via E-Mail John Tommy Rosas, Tribal Administrator [email protected]

RE: Cultural Resources Survey for the Foothill Transit Azusa Park and Ride Project Project, City of Azusa, Los Angeles County, California

Dear Mr. Rosas:

SWCA Environmental Consultants (SWCA) has been retained to perform cultural resources services in accordance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA), the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), and the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) for the Foothill Transit Park and Ride Project (proposed project).

The project area is located on North Alameda Avenue between Foothill Boulevard and the Gold Line Right-of-Way (ROW). A portion of the proposed project would also be located on the grounds of the Veterans Freedom Park, north of City Hall, in the City of Azusa, Los Angeles County, California. The study area falls within the USGS 7.5-minute Azusa, California quadrangle, within Township 1 North, Range 10 West, in an unsectioned portion of the Azusa (Dalton) Land Grant (see enclosed project location map). The proposed project entails construction of a four-story parking structure, as well as bus bays and electric charging stations for patrons of the future Gold Line Foothill Extension Azusa Station.

As part of the process of identifying cultural resources issues for this project, SWCA contacted the Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC) and requested a Sacred Lands File (SLF) search and a list of Native American individuals and/or tribal organizations that may have knowledge of cultural resources in or near the project area. The NAHC SLF search did not identify any Native American cultural resources within a one-half mile radius of the proposed project area. The NAHC recommended that we consult with you directly regarding your knowledge of the presence of cultural resources that may be impacted by this project.

If you have knowledge of any cultural resources that may exist within or near the project area, please contact me via telephone at (626) 240-0587 Ext. 108; or via email at [email protected]; or in writing at the above address at your earliest convenience. Thank you for your assistance.

Sincerely,

Samantha Murray Assistant Project Manager, Cultural Resources Enclosure: Project Location Map

May 12, 2011

Shoshoneon Gabrieleno Band of Mission Indians Sent Via U.S. Mail Andy Salas, Chairperson P.O. Box 393 Covina, CA 91723

RE: Cultural Resources Survey for the Foothill Transit Azusa Park and Ride Project Project, City of Azusa, Los Angeles County, California

Dear Mr. Salas,

SWCA Environmental Consultants (SWCA) has been retained to perform cultural resources services in accordance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA), the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), and the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) for the Foothill Transit Park and Ride Project (proposed project).

The project area is located on North Alameda Avenue between Foothill Boulevard and the Gold Line Right-of-Way (ROW). A portion of the proposed project would also be located on the grounds of the Veterans Freedom Park, north of City Hall, in the City of Azusa, Los Angeles County, California. The study area falls within the USGS 7.5-minute Azusa, California quadrangle, within Township 1 North, Range 10 West, in an unsectioned portion of the Azusa (Dalton) Land Grant (see enclosed project location map). The proposed project entails construction of a four-story parking structure, as well as bus bays and electric charging stations for patrons of the future Gold Line Foothill Extension Azusa Station.

As part of the process of identifying cultural resources issues for this project, SWCA contacted the Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC) and requested a Sacred Lands File (SLF) search and a list of Native American individuals and/or tribal organizations that may have knowledge of cultural resources in or near the project area. The NAHC SLF search did not identify any Native American cultural resources within a one-half mile radius of the proposed project area. The NAHC recommended that we consult with you directly regarding your knowledge of the presence of cultural resources that may be impacted by this project.

If you have knowledge of any cultural resources that may exist within or near the project area, please contact me via telephone at (626) 240-0587 Ext. 108; or via email at [email protected]; or in writing at the above address at your earliest convenience. Thank you for your assistance.

Sincerely,

Samantha Murray Assistant Project Manager, Cultural Resources Enclosure: Project Location Map Telephone Conversation Record:

Anthony Morales called on Tuesday 5/17/11 at 9:45 AM, spoke with Samantha Murray

Mr. Morales considers everything in around the City of Azusa to be highly sensitive for Native American resources. Foothill Blvd. was once heavily traveled, and many of the streams on present-day maps were once large running streams with villages located all around them. The forest is also located very close by, and there are a lot of once heavily traveled routes throughout this area.

Mr. Morales strongly recommends both archaeological and Native American monitoring during any ground disturbing activities. From: [email protected] To: Sam Murray; Christina Swildall Subject: Foothill Transit Azusa Park Date: Sunday, June 12, 2011 1:31:40 AM

Dear Samantha Murray ,

This email is in response to your letter dated May 12 , 2011 in regards to the above subject project. The proposed project is within a highly culturally sensitive area and in order to protect our resources we're requesting one of our experienced & certified Native American monitors to be on site during all ground disturbance .In all cases, when the NAHC states there are “no records of sacred sites” in the subject area; they always refer the contractors back to the Native American Tribes whose tribal territory the project area is in. This is due to the fact, that the NAHC is only aware of general information on each California NA Tribe they are NOT the “experts” on our Tribe. Our Elder Committee & Tribal Historians are the experts and is the reason why the NAHC will always refer contractors to the local tribes. Thank you Andrew Salas ( Tribal Chairman of the Gabrieleno Band of Mission Indians of the LA Basin)

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May 13, 2011

Patricia Adler-Ingram, Ph.D., Executive Director Sent Via U.S. Mail Historical Society of Southern California P.O. Box 93487 Pasadena, CA 91109

RE: Foothill Transit Azusa Park and Ride Project, City of Azusa, Los Angeles County, California Dear Ms. Adler-Ingram: SWCA Environmental Consultants (SWCA) has been retained to conduct cultural resources surveys for the Foothill Transit Azusa Park and Ride Project in the City of Azusa, Los Angeles County, California. Specifically, the project area is located on North Alameda Avenue between Foothill Boulevard and the Gold Line Right-of-Way (ROW). A portion of the proposed project would also be located on the grounds of the Veterans Freedom Park, north of City Hall. The project area is depicted on an unsectioned portion of the Azusa 7.5’ U.S. Geological Survey Quadrangle at Township 1 North, Range 10 West (see enclosed Project Location Map). The purpose of this letter is to request your input on potential or known historic resources or other cultural resources in the project area. We have checked previously identified sources of information on historic resources including the Historic Property Data File for Los Angeles County, maintained at the South Central Coastal Information Center at California State University, Fullerton. As part of our survey effort, we will be evaluating any properties that may be affected by the proposed project for listing in the National Register of Historic Places and the California Register of Historical Resources. A Cultural Resources Technical Report is being prepared by our staff. However, we acknowledge that some areas and properties may contain values not readily apparent and would appreciate any information you can provide. Please notify us in writing, if you have information on potential or identified historical resources within the project study area by no later than close of business, Tuesday, May 31, 2011. Please contact me with any applicable comments: • Phone: (626) 240-0587 • Fax: (626) 240-0607 • E-mail: [email protected] • Street address: 150 S. Arroyo Parkway, 2nd Floor, Pasadena, CA 91105 Thank you, in advance, for your cooperation and participation. Sincerely,

Samantha Murray Assistant Project Manager, Cultural Resources Enclosure: Project Location Map

May 13, 2011

Current President Sent Via U.S. Mail Azusa Historical Society P.O. Box 972 Los Angeles, CA 90078

RE: Foothill Transit Azusa Park and Ride Project, City of Azusa, Los Angeles County, California Dear Current President: SWCA Environmental Consultants (SWCA) has been retained to conduct cultural resources surveys for the Foothill Transit Azusa Park and Ride Project in the City of Azusa, Los Angeles County, California. Specifically, the project area is located on North Alameda Avenue between Foothill Boulevard and the Gold Line Right-of-Way (ROW). A portion of the proposed project would also be located on the grounds of the Veterans Freedom Park, north of City Hall. The project area is depicted on an unsectioned portion of the Azusa 7.5’ U.S. Geological Survey Quadrangle at Township 1 North, Range 10 West (see enclosed Project Location Map). The purpose of this letter is to request your input on potential or known historic resources or other cultural resources in the project area. We have checked previously identified sources of information on historic resources including the Historic Property Data File for Los Angeles County, maintained at the South Central Coastal Information Center at California State University, Fullerton. As part of our survey effort, we will be evaluating any properties that may be affected by the proposed project for listing in the National Register of Historic Places and the California Register of Historical Resources. A Cultural Resources Technical Report is being prepared by our staff. However, we acknowledge that some areas and properties may contain values not readily apparent and would appreciate any information you can provide. Please notify us in writing, if you have information on potential or identified historical resources within the project study area by no later than close of business, Tuesday, May 31, 2011. Please contact me with any applicable comments: • Phone: (626) 240-0587 • Fax: (626) 240-0607 • E-mail: [email protected] • Street address: 150 S. Arroyo Parkway, 2nd Floor, Pasadena, CA 91105 Thank you, in advance, for your cooperation and participation. Sincerely,

Samantha Murray Assistant Project Manager, Cultural Resources Enclosure: Project Location Map

May 13, 2011

Susan Cole Sent Via U.S. Mail City of Azusa Planning Division-Cultural and Historic Preservation Commission 213 E. Foothill Blvd. Azusa, CA 91702

RE: Foothill Transit Azusa Park and Ride Project, City of Azusa, Los Angeles County, California Dear Ms. Cole: SWCA Environmental Consultants (SWCA) has been retained to conduct cultural resources surveys for the Foothill Transit Azusa Park and Ride Project in the City of Azusa, Los Angeles County, California. Specifically, the project area is located on North Alameda Avenue between Foothill Boulevard and the Gold Line Right-of-Way (ROW). A portion of the proposed project would also be located on the grounds of the Veterans Freedom Park, north of City Hall. The project area is depicted on an unsectioned portion of the Azusa 7.5’ U.S. Geological Survey Quadrangle at Township 1 North, Range 10 West (see enclosed Project Location Map). The purpose of this letter is to request your input on potential or known historic resources or other cultural resources in the project area. We have checked previously identified sources of information on historic resources including the Historic Property Data File for Los Angeles County, maintained at the South Central Coastal Information Center at California State University, Fullerton. As part of our survey effort, we will be evaluating any properties that may be affected by the proposed project for listing in the National Register of Historic Places and the California Register of Historical Resources. A Cultural Resources Technical Report is being prepared by our staff. However, we acknowledge that some areas and properties may contain values not readily apparent and would appreciate any information you can provide. Please notify us in writing, if you have information on potential or identified historical resources within the project study area by no later than close of business, Tuesday, May 31, 2011. Please contact me with any applicable comments: • Phone: (626) 240-0587 • Fax: (626) 240-0607 • E-mail: [email protected] • Street address: 150 S. Arroyo Parkway, 2nd Floor, Pasadena, CA 91105 Thank you, in advance, for your cooperation and participation. Sincerely,

Samantha Murray Assistant Project Manager, Cultural Resources Enclosure: Project Location Map

May 13, 2011

Acting Director of Advocacy Sent Via U.S. Mail Los Angeles Conservancy 523 W. Sixth Street, Suite 826 Los Angeles, CA 90014

RE: Foothill Transit Azusa Park and Ride Project, City of Azusa, Los Angeles County, California Dear Acting Director of Advocacy: SWCA Environmental Consultants (SWCA) has been retained to conduct cultural resources surveys for the Foothill Transit Azusa Park and Ride Project in the City of Azusa, Los Angeles County, California. Specifically, the project area is located on North Alameda Avenue between Foothill Boulevard and the Gold Line Right-of-Way (ROW). A portion of the proposed project would also be located on the grounds of the Veterans Freedom Park, north of City Hall. The project area is depicted on an unsectioned portion of the Azusa 7.5’ U.S. Geological Survey Quadrangle at Township 1 North, Range 10 West (see enclosed Project Location Map). The purpose of this letter is to request your input on potential or known historic resources or other cultural resources in the project area. We have checked previously identified sources of information on historic resources including the Historic Property Data File for Los Angeles County, maintained at the South Central Coastal Information Center at California State University, Fullerton. As part of our survey effort, we will be evaluating any properties that may be affected by the proposed project for listing in the National Register of Historic Places and the California Register of Historical Resources. A Cultural Resources Technical Report is being prepared by our staff. However, we acknowledge that some areas and properties may contain values not readily apparent and would appreciate any information you can provide. Please notify us in writing, if you have information on potential or identified historical resources within the project study area by no later than close of business, Tuesday, May 31, 2011. Please contact me with any applicable comments: • Phone: (626) 240-0587 • Fax: (626) 240-0607 • E-mail: [email protected] • Street address: 150 S. Arroyo Parkway, 2nd Floor, Pasadena, CA 91105 Thank you, in advance, for your cooperation and participation. Sincerely,

Samantha Murray Assistant Project Manager, Cultural Resources Enclosure: Project Location Map From: Susan Cole To: Sam Murray Cc: Conal McNamara; Tito Haes Subject: Azusa Foothill Transit Park & Ride Project Date: Tuesday, June 28, 2011 4:59:37 PM

Good afternoon. Re your 5/13/11 letter regarding a cultural resources survey for the Foothill Transit Azusa Park and Ride Project, there is a city-listed potential historic landmark house currently located just south of the Gold Line right-of-way, on Alameda Avenue, in the Veterans Freedom Park.

Please feel free to contact me if you have any further questions. Sincerely, Susan Cole

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Page _1 of - 2 * Resource Name or #: Azusa Santa Fe Railroad Depot — r P1. Other Identifier: 800 N. Azusa Avenue — P2. Location: Not for Publication sf Unrestricted a. County Los Ageies b. USGS7.WQuad Date ,_T;R ;.,,,,,,,,, 1/4of II4ofSec B.M. Zip 91702 - c. Address 129 F. Santa Fe Avenue City Azusa

d. UTM: (Gve more than one ‘or .arge and/or linear feature) Zone • mE! mN jj e. Other Locational Data: (e.g. parcel 4, legal description, directions to resource, elevation, additional UTMs, etc. as app Above address is from 1929 San Born Map. RANCI-lO AZUSA FINALLY CONFIRMED 10 HENRY DALTON POR OF SD RO LOT 6,5, BLOCK N; APN 8608-015-801

P3a. Description: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries.) The currentAzusa Santa Fe Railroad Depot is a one-story building that is Moderne in style; it is rectangular in plan with a flat roof that terminates in a parapet. The exterior wall are stucco, enhanced by thur horizontal incised bands extend horizontally around the lower portion r - at mid-level and terminate in a flat banded parapet. Wooden “bumpers” of the elevations. A covered ticket window projects from thc track side elevation. Applied signage denotes the station as “Azusa”. The building is vacant at the present time

• P3b. Resource Attributes: (List at:rbutes and ccdes) HP)? Railroad depot D’s solates * P4. Resources Present: flu 0 ‘g Strctjre Ob ec Esie EDis nc — Elerent of rc JO her etc P5b. Descripior ot Photo. (View. cae. elc.) P5a. Photograph or Drawing (Pbmcorapb recuired for ojildigs. svucL-es. and objeds)

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I 946TR W/ Experian * P7. Owner and Address: LACMTA One Gateway Plaza Los Angeles, CA 90012

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* P8. Recorded by: (Name! affiliation! address) Alma Carlisle Myra Frank & AssoeiJones & Stokes 811 \V. Seventh St.. Suite 899

Los Aeie!es. CA 9001 ------•P9 Date Recorded: 252004 * PlO. Survey Type: (Describe)

Intensive Survey Effort - Section 106 Compliance P--Proiect Review

• P11. Report Citation: (Cite survey report/other sources or “rone”) Gold Line Phae 11 -- -

Historic Property Survey and Effects Report. January 2004 Letters from the SHPO citing the evaluation codes. - * Attachments: JNONE ELocaton Map ESketch Map ]Continuation Sheet Li Building. Structure, and Dbieot Record L. LlArchaeologcal Record flnistnct Record LZLinear Feature Record 1-Milling Station Record flRock Art Record DArtifact Record flPhotograph Record (List)Ol-IP Single Property Prtntout DPR 523A (1/95) * Required Information -- ______

19-189205 State of California --The Resources Agency Primary #______DEPARTMENTOF PARKSAND RECREATION HR# BUILDING, i uçT E, p_pjçr -______1’ - Page - 2 - of 2 NRHP Status Code 252 - Resource Name or #: Azusa Santa Fe Railroad Depot 81. Histc’:c\ame: Azusa SantFeRikQpdDepct,__ 82. Conmon Name 83. Origia Lse: Railroad Depot 34. P’eset Use: Vacant, boardejun

* 85. Architectural Style: Moderne r • B6. Construction History: (Construction da:e, alterat:crs and cate of aite-alions.) The Santa Fe Station was completed in 1946. Construction on the station began before World War H, but was halted due to the war. The station was completed after World War 11ended.

* B7. Moved? .‘No [JYes Unknown Date: Original Location: 88. Related Features: Santa Fe Railroad tracksge and parking.

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Pedcd of Sign;f:cance 1940s Property Type ADpIicable Criteda (3iscuss .po..arCe in :errns 0’ osicr.ca. Cr arcnl:ec:ya! cortex: as seined oj nee. penCe. and geocrasnic scopeS A Sc acdress :egr ty The original Azusa Santa Fe Rai!road Depot was erected in 1887 and previoLisly surveyed in 1998. It was determined to be 2S2 or eligibe for listing in the National Register. This btiilding is also listed in the California Register. No DPR font was available from the OFIP. I-Iist.Res. DOE-15-98-0009-0000. 2S2, 0I/!6..998: Proj.Renv. I. FItJD9YI 124B, 252. 01/16/1998. The present building was included in a 1945 Azusa survey and it was deemed historic based on the criteria that it is associated with events that have made a sitrnificant contribution to the broad of local and regional history and the cultural heritage of California. The Depot is included on the City of Potential Historic Landmarks”. The building appears to be eligible for listing on the Azusa’spattern “List of Cesignated California Register of Historical Resources Linder criterion I.

811. Aec [ora .Resc-ce Attributes: (List athoules and codes): 812. References: (‘::y ef Az,.sa. DPRand L3SORRccors, Vara Jasso.January 19r:-2.

City of Azusa, ComnlLlnlrv Development Department, Susan CoIc, Associate Planner, January 22, 2004

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5TA7E.CALWORN1A — NE RE9OURCE AGENCY PET! WiLSON. Goy.n,c, OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION DEPARTMENT OF PARKS ANDRECREATION P.O. BOX 942B6 SACRAMflO942S6-OQOl (918) 853.6824 FAX:(978) 8534624 January 16, 1998

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Geoffrey Siebens, Unit SupeTvisor Community Development Block Grant Division Community Development Commission County of Los Angeles 2 Coral Circle MONTEREY PARK CA 91755

Dear Mr. Siebens:

RE. DOWNTOWN AZUSA REVITALIZATION PROGRAM, STREETSCAPE PROJ ECTIAS79OI -97

Thank you for requesting my review of the undertaking requested above.

According to the srjbjtal by your consultant, ENSR Consulting and Engineering, the area of potential effects for this undertaking includes three historic properties: the Santa Fe Railroad Depol, east of Ar.isa Avenue, south of railroad tracks: 623 N. Azusa

Avenue; and 700 N. Azusa Avenue. I concur in your determination that these properties are eligible for incldsion in the National Register of Historic Places at the local levei of significance.

I have reviewed the design for the improvements, and) concur in your determination, pursuant to 36 CFR 800.5, that the undertaking will not affect historic properties. However, your agency may have additional responsibilities under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act set forth at 36 CR Part 800.

Your consideration of historic properties in the project planning process is appreciated. If you have questions. please do not hesitate to contack staff hrntorian Lucinda Woodward at (916) 653-9116.

Sincerely,

Cherilyn WideN State Historic Pr&;ervation Officer 19-189205

The canton City — Gateway to the American Dream City of Azusa Community Development Department 213 E. Foothill Boulevard Azusa,CA 91702

January 22, 2004

David Greenwood Myra L. Frank & Associates, Inc. 811 West 7th Street, #800 Los Angeles, CA 90017

Dear Mr. Greenwood;

Thank you for your inquiry regarding historical properties in the City of Azusa within the project area of the proposed Metro Goidline. A comparison of the Area of Potential Effects (AEP) map, page 6/16, and the City of Azusa’s List of Designated Potential Historic Landmarks shows that there are two designated properties within the AEP boundaries. 800 North Azusa is the historic train depot (Santa Fe Avenue between Azusa Avenue and Alameda Avenue) and 836/840 North Soldano Avenue (southeast corner of Soldano Avenue and Ninth Street) is a historic citrus packinghouse. Both of the properties are significant based on the criteria that they are associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of local and regional history and the cultural heritage of California.

If you have any further questions, please contact me at 626-812-5226 or [email protected].

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Laura Cangas Community Development Commission County of Los Angeles 2 Coral circle MONTEREY PARK CA 91755

Dear Ms. Carigas:

RE; DOWNTOWNAZLJSAREVITALIZATIONPROGRAM/PROJECT NO. P97901-97

ENSR, the Community Development Commission’s hhtoricaI consultant, has forwarded the above referenced undertaking to my office on behnlf of the CDC for review and comment pursuant to Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act and its implementing reglations found at 36 CFR Part 800.

The undertaking is a downtown Azusa revitalization priject. Aspects of the project include the acqui;ition and demolition of real property, including 507, 617, 628, 630-32, 634, and 638 N. Azusa Avenue, 619, 625, and 627 N. Alameda Avenue, and 100-112- 152 E. Foothill Boulevard; commercial rehabilitation; streetscape improvements: and parking facility imjprovements. Within the area of potential effects defined by ENSR, I concur with the conclusion reached by ENSR that the Santa Fe Railroad Depot, east of Azusa Avenue, south of railroad tracks; 623 N. Azusa Avenue; and 700 N. Azusa Avenue are eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places. I further concur with the conclusion reached by ENSR that the following properties are not eligible forinclusin in the National Register: ENSR-1H; ENSR-2H; 124 Santa Fe Avenue; First Baptist Church of Azusa, northwest corner of Fourth Street and Azusa Avenue; Bank of America, 152 E. Foothill Boulevard; 100-112 E. Foothill Boulevard; 619, 625, 627 N. Alameda Avenue; 507 N. Azusa Avenue; 617 N. Azusa Avenue; 628 N. Azusa Avenue; 630-632 N. Azusa Avenue; 634 N. Azusa Avenue; and 638 N. Azusa Avenue.

Ifyou have questions, please do not hesitate to contact staff historian Lucinda Woodward at (913) 653-9116.

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Cherilyn Widell State Historic Preservation Officer Architect: Address: HISTORIC

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Appendix D

State of California Department of Parks and Recreation Series 523 Forms

State of California ⎯ The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # PRIMARY RECORD Trinomial NRHP Status Code 5S2 Other Listings Review Code Reviewer Date Page 1 of 3 *Resource Name or #: 124 East Santa Fe Avenue P1. Other Identifier: *P2. Location: Not for Publication ⌧ Unrestricted *a. County: Los Angeles and (P2b and P2c or P2d. Attach a Location Map as necessary.) *b. USGS 7.5' Quad: Azusa Date: 1966 (PR 1981) T R ¼ of ¼ of Sec. Unsectioned B.M. S.B. c. Address: 124 East Santa Fe Avenue City: Azusa Zip: 91702 d. UTM: Zone: ; mE/ mN (G.P.S.) e. Other Locational Data: (e.g., parcel #, directions to resource, elevation, etc., as appropriate) Elevation: APN 8608-026-023

*P3a. Description: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries) The subject property is a one- and two-story masonry building designed in a Commercial, Vernacular-style located directly to the west of the Azusa Civic Center. Built ca. 1899 for use as a stable and livery, it is rectangular in plan and features a flat roof at the northern one-story portion, and a moderately pitched gable roof at the two-story southern portion that is surrounded by a short parapet along the east and west elevations and a stepped corbel at the south elevation. The building is clad in running-bond brick with non-orignal star patterned wall anchors; except for the north façade of the second story portion, which is clad in stucco. The primary (north) elevation features a small false front with horizontal, concrete plain and ornamented bands, and a storefront that was the result of an alteration from the late-1940s, which includes in-kind brick infill and a glass door and transom flanked by two large picture windows. Other entrances include a large, rolling metal door and a wood-paneled door on the east elevation, and a large sliding metal door and wood paneled door on the west elevation. Most window openings on the first floor have been infilled with in-kind brick and are framed by a double or triple rowlock arch lintels; those on the second floor feature square openings and have been replaced with vinly sliding and single-hung windows. The building is located mid-block on a level parcel on the south side of East Santa Fe Avenue and can be accessed via a parking lot to the west, through the main entrance to the north, and via an alley to the east. Located mid-block on a level parcel, the building is on the south side of East Santa Fe Avenue and is bordered to west by an alley that connects to East Foothill Bolevard to the south. *P3b. Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) HP4, Acillary Building, HP6. Commercial Building 3 stories or Under, HP9. Public Utility Building *P4. Resources Present: ⌧Building Structure Object Site District Element of District Other (Isolates, etc.) View, date, accession #) P5b. Description of Photo: ( View southwest, December 14, 2011, Photograph 8926.jpg *P6. Date Constructed/Age and Sources: ⌧ Historic Prehistoric Both ca. 1899, Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps *P7. Owner and Address:

*P8. Recorded by: (Name, affiliation, and address) S. Treffers and S. Murray SWCA Environmental Consultants 150 S. Arroyo Parkway, 2nd Floor Pasadena, CA 91105 *P9. Date Recorded: August 1, 2011

*P10. Survey Type: (Describe) Intensive

*P11. Report Citation: (Cite survey report and other sources, or enter "none.") Cultural Resources Survey Report for the Foothill Transit Azusa Park and Ride Project, City of Azusa, Los Angeles County, California ( SWCA Environmental Consultants 2011). *Attachments: NONE ⌧ Location Map Sketch Map Continuation Sheet ⌧Building, Structure, and Object Record Archaeological Record District Record Linear Feature Record Milling Station Record Rock Art Record Artifact Record Photograph Record Other (List):

DPR 523A (1/95) *Required information State of California ⎯ The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI# LOCATION MAP Trinomial Page 2 of 3 *Resource Name or #: 124 East Santa Fe Avenue

*Map Name: Azusa, California *Scale: 1:24,000 *Date of Map: 1995

DPR 523J (1/95) *Required information State of California ⎯ The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI# BUILDING, STRUCTURE, AND OBJECT RECORD Page 3 of 3 *NRHP Status Code 5S2 *Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder) 124 East Santa Fe Avenue B1. Historic Name: Depot Stable and Livery B2. Common Name: B3. Original Use: stable and livery B4. Present Use: catering company *B5. Architectural Style: Commercial Vernacular *B6. Construction History: (Construction date, alterations, and date of alterations) Built ca. 1899 (Sanborn). Alterations: modification of primary (north) elevation into a storefront (1949, BP #3435); parapet repairs (1956, BP #1336); addition of second exit (1982, BP #6224A); earthquake hazard reduction compliance (1989, BP #9529A). *B7. Moved? No ⌧Yes Unknown Date: N/A Original Location: N/A *B8. Related Features: B9a. Architect: Unknown b. Builder: Unknown *B10. Significance: Theme: Commercial and Institutional Development Area: City of Azusa Period of Significance: 1899-1946 Property Type: Commercial Applicable Criteria: n/a Constructed circa 1899, the subject property is one- and two-story brick building located on East Santa Fe Avenue immediately northwest of the Azusa Civic Center. The building is one of the earliest extant buildings in the area and initially housed Depot Livery and Feed, a stable sold by Ben M Follows to Alfred A. Beaty in 1901, which provided recreational stage coach rides into the nearby San Gabriel Canyon (24 October 1901, 25 October 1946 Los Angeles Times). In 1923, the Azusa Volunteer Fire Department appears to have moved from its previous location at the northeast corner of North Alameda Avenue and East Center Street (now East Foothill Boulevard) into the northern one-story portion of the subject property. During this time, BL SM Auto Repair was located in the southern two-story portion and was one of many such businesses operating in the Civic Center area (Sanborn). When the Fire Department moved to a new location adjacent to City Hall in 1946, the subject property was purchased by Nicholas Abdelnour who initially planned on adapting the building for use as a light manufacturing facility (25 October 1946 Los Angeles Times). However in the following decade, ownership of the building would transfer to Charles Miller in 1947, Harry Pon in 1948, and Hugh V. Miller by 1956. During this time alterations, including the modification of the primary (north) elevation into a storefront and the infill of numerous windows were undertaken to accommodate a mix of commercial, residential, and storage functions within the subject property. Miller would continue to own the building for at least the next three decades and would make parapet repairs in 1956, add an additional exit in 1982, and complete earthquake hazard reduction compliance in 1989. As of 2011, a number of windows have been replaced with single-hung and sliding vinyl windows and the building functions as a storage and kitchen facility for the Bashful Butler catering company. The subject property has undergone numerous alterations and no longer retains sufficient integrity. It is not eligible for listing in the National or California Registers individually or as a contributor to a historic district. The building is not eligible for listing in the National or California registers under Criterion C or 3 for its architecture and is not eligible under Criteria A/1 for its associations with events or B/2 for its associations with the important persons. No evidence was discovered to warrant consideration under Criterion D/4. The property does appear eligible for local designation; in the City of Azusa’s 2004 General Plan, Chapter 3, The Built Environment, the property is listed as a potential historic landmark. Because the property represents an established familiar feature of the city, it appears to satisfy the criteria (Sketch Map with north arrow required.) for listing as a cultural-historic landmark within the City of Azusa.

B11. Additional Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) *B12. References: City of Azusa Building Permits, Various. On file City of Azusa Building and Planning Section. “Boy’s Dream of Very Own Firehouse Fades,” Los Angeles Times, October 25, 1946, A2. “San Dimas,” Los Angeles Times, October 24, 1901, 15. Sanborn Fire Insurance Company. Various. On file, City of Los Angeles Public Library. B13. Remarks: *B14. Evaluator: S. Treffers

(This space reserved for official comments.)

*Date of Evaluation: August 1, 2011

DPR 523B (1/95) *Required information

State of California ⎯ The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # PRIMARY RECORD Trinomial NRHP Status Code 6Z Other Listings Review Code Reviewer Date Page 1 of 3 *Resource Name or #: Azusa City Library P1. Other Identifier: 729 North Dalton Avenue *P2. Location: Not for Publication ⌧ Unrestricted *a. County: Los Angeles and (P2b and P2c or P2d. Attach a Location Map as necessary.) *b. USGS 7.5' Quad: Azusa Date: 1966 (PR 1981) T R ¼ of ¼ of Sec. Unsectioned B.M. S.B. c. Address: 729 North Dalton Avenue City: Azusa Zip: 91702 d. UTM: Zone: ; mE/ mN (G.P.S.) e. Other Locational Data: (e.g., parcel #, directions to resource, elevation, etc., as appropriate) Elevation: APN 8608-027-900.

*P3a. Description: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries) The subject property is a one-story, educational building, designed in Mid-Century Modern-style. The building is rectangular in plan with a flat roof with overhanging open-eaves and exposed rafters and features a wood brise soleil, which extends horizontally from the building along the east elevation. Exterior walls are clad in panels of large travertine tiles, as well as painted brick and stucco and there is a random rubble base, which separates from the building at the northern portion of the east façade to form a large planter box. Covered by the extending roof, the front entrance is set into the building and is accessed via mechanically operated, sliding-glass doors. The windows are primarily large, fixed, single-pane windows, separated by aluminum mullions. North of the front entrance, metal letters attached to the building read, “Azusa Public Library” and a central concrete walkway leads to stairs and a wheelchair ramp at the front entrance. The building is set back from the sidewalk and is surrounded by a park that is landscaped with grass and numerous trees and is located mid-block between East 9th Street and Foothill Boulevard on a level parcel. Alterations to the property include an addition to the rear of the building (1971-1972).

*P3b. Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) HP15. Educational Building *P4. Resources Present: ⌧Building Structure Object Site District Element of District Other (Isolates, etc.) View, date, accession #) P5b. Description of Photo: ( View southwest, August 1, 2011, Photograph 1803.jpg *P6. Date Constructed/Age and Sources: ⌧ Historic Prehistoric Both 1959, Los Angeles Times *P7. Owner and Address: City of Azusa

*P8. Recorded by: (Name, affiliation, and address) S. Treffers and S. Murray SWCA Environmental Consultants 150 S. Arroyo Parkway, 2nd Floor Pasadena, CA 91105

*P9. Date Recorded: August 1, 2011 *P10. Survey Type: (Describe) Intensive

*P11. Report Citation: (Cite survey report and other sources, or enter "none.") Cultural Resources Survey Report for the Foothill Transit Azusa Park and Ride Project, City of Azusa, Los Angeles County, California (SWCA Environmental Consultants 2011). *Attachments: NONE ⌧ Location Map Sketch Map Continuation Sheet ⌧Building, Structure, and Object Record Archaeological Record District Record Linear Feature Record Milling Station Record Rock Art Record Artifact Record Photograph Record Other (List):

DPR 523A (1/95) *Required information State of California ⎯ The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI# LOCATION MAP Trinomial Page 2 of 3 *Resource Name or #: Azusa City Library

*Map Name: Azusa, California *Scale: 1:24,000 *Date of Map: 1995

DPR 523J (1/95) *Required information State of California ⎯ The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI# BUILDING, STRUCTURE, AND OBJECT RECORD Page 3 of 3 *NRHP Status Code 6Z *Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder) Azusa City Library B1. Historic Name: Azusa City Library B2. Common Name: Azusa City Library B3. Original Use: educational B4. Present Use: educational *B5. Architectural Style: Mid-Century Modern *B6. Construction History: (Construction date, alterations, and date of alterations) Built in 1959 (Los Angeles Times). Rear addition completed 1971-1972 (Los Angeles Times, Historicaerials.com).

*B7. Moved? ⌧ No Yes Unknown Date: N/A Original Location: N/A *B8. Related Features: B9a. Architect: Benjamin S. Parker b. Builder: Herman Rempel *B10. Significance: Theme: Civic/Institutional Development Area: City of Azusa Period of Significance: 1959 Property Type: Library Applicable Criteria: n/a

Built in 1959, the subject property contains a single-story, educational building which was built by local contractor Herman Rempel for a cost of $250,000 (5 April 1959 Los Angeles Times). The building was designed by Benjamin S. Parker, a Bradbury based architect who was also responsible for a number of other buildings in Azusa including the First Presbyterian Church (1950) and the Azusa Recreation Building (1956) (Bowker 1962). The library was constructed to replace the adjacent Carnegie Library (built 1910, demolished 1975) and expand Azusa’s existing Civic Center, which was listed on the National Register in 2002, for its association with the development of the City of Azusa (National Register Information System Ref. #02000034). In 1970, Ward Helman designed an addition of approximately 2,400 square feet that was constructed by 1972, enlarging the bookstack areas and providing a unified location for audio-visual materials (20 September 1970 Los Angeles Times). The building has continually functioned as a library since its construction. No consequential information was discovered about any of the architects or builders. While the subject property retains requisite integrity and is recognizable to its original appearance, it is not eligible for listing in the National or California Registers individually or as a contributor to a historic district. The building is not directly associated with important events or any persons significant in our past (Criteria A/1 or B/2). The building is an unremarkable example of a Mid-Century Modern style institutional building. It is not the work of a master and does not possess high artistic value (Criteria C/3). There is no reason to believe that it may yield important information about prehistory or history (Criteria D/4). Although the (Sketch Map with north arrow required.) building was constructed in the Azuza Civic Center, it was previously

found to be a non-contributing resource. It is located outside the current National Register-listed property boundary and was constructed outside the period of significance (1928-1950). The survey found no information to warrant an expansion of the existing historic Civic Center boundary or period of significance.

B11. Additional Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) *B12. References: Historicaerials.com, “Azusa, CA aerial, 1965 and 1972 ”in Historicaerials.com at http://www.historicaerials.com, accessed on August 1, 2011. “Azusa to Hail Book Week Opening With Dedication of New Library.” Los Angeles Times, April 5, 1959, SG8. “Library Work Plans Ordered.” Los Angeles Times, September 20, 1970, SG_A2. R.R. Bowker, LLC. American Institute of Architects Directory, Second Edition, 1962. B13. Remarks:

(This space reserved for official comments.) *B14. Evaluator: S. Treffers *Date of Evaluation: August 1, 2011

DPR 523B (1/95) *Required information

State of California ⎯ The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # PRIMARY RECORD Trinomial NRHP Status Code 5S2 Other Listings Review Code Reviewer Date Page 1 of 3 *Resource Name or #: Durrell House P1. Other Identifier: Azusa Historical Museum *P2. Location: Not for Publication ⌧ Unrestricted *a. County: Los Angeles and (P2b and P2c or P2d. Attach a Location Map as necessary.) *b. USGS 7.5' Quad: Azusa Date: 1995 T R ¼ of ¼ of Sec. Unsectioned B.M. S.B. c. Address: 729 North Dalton Avenue City: Azusa Zip: 91702 d. UTM: Zone: ; mE/ mN (G.P.S.) e. Other Locational Data: (e.g., parcel #, directions to resource, elevation, etc., as appropriate) Elevation: APN 8608-027-901; 8608-027-903; 8608-027-904

*P3a. Description: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries) The subject property is a two-story, Vernacular single family house. The building is rectangular in plan with an ancillary room projecting from the northeast corner of the building. The primary, side-gabled roof is moderately pitched with short, overhanging open-eaves and exposed rafters. The intersecting, side-gabled roof of the ancillary room is also moderately pitched with overhanging open eaves and exposed rafters, but features an extended, secondary roof along the north façade which creates a small porch that is accessed via a door on the second floor. Both roofs are sheathed in rounded, clay tile. Exterior walls are clad in wood, shiplap siding. There is an exterior gable-wall brick chimney located on the west elevation. The front entrance is set atop a concrete stoop with straight steps and a wheelchair ramp to the north running horizontal to the building. It is covered by an entry porch with a triangular pediment that is supported by simple wooden columns. The pediment is clad in shiplap siding with exposed rafters and beams and its roof is sheathed in rounded, clay tile. The front door is a wood paneled door with sidelights on both sides. Most windows on the building are wood-framed, double-hung, multi-pane windows, except for the windows above the entry porch which are tall, narrow casement windows with small panes set in a geometric pattern. Above the first floor windows on the primary façade are short awnings with exposed rafters and sheathed in rounded, clay tile. This structure can be accessed via a small concrete path running through the park in which the building is located. The property is landscaped with shrubs and a palm tree and shares a concrete courtyard with the building to the east. The property is located on a level parcel at the northwest corner of Veterans Freedom Park and is bordered by a small parking lot to the west and train tracks to the north. Alterations to the building include the removal of a chimney on the eastern façade of the building (1987).

*P3b. Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) HP2. Single family property, HP15. Educational Building *P4. Resources Present: ⌧Building Structure Object Site District Element of District Other (Isolates, etc.) View, date, accession #) P5b. Description of Photo: ( View north, August 1, 2011, Photograph 1743.jpg *P6. Date Constructed/Age and Sources: ⌧ Historic Prehistoric Both 1923, Los Angeles Times *P7. Owner and Address:

*P8. Recorded by: (Name, affiliation, and address) S. Treffers and S. Murray SWCA Environmental Consultants 150 S. Arroyo Parkway, 2nd Floor Pasadena, CA 91105 *P9. Date Recorded: August 1, 2011 *P10. Survey Type: (Describe) Intensive

*P11. Report Citation: (Cite survey report and other sources, or enter "none.") Cultural Resources Survey Report for the Foothill Transit Azusa Park and Ride Project, City of Azusa, Los Angeles County, California ( SWCA Environmental Consultants 2011). *Attachments: NONE ⌧ Location Map Sketch Map Continuation Sheet ⌧Building, Structure, and Object Record Archaeological Record District Record Linear Feature Record Milling Station Record Rock Art Record Artifact Record Photograph Record Other (List):

DPR 523A (1/95) *Required information State of California ⎯ The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI# LOCATION MAP Trinomial Page 2 of 3 *Resource Name or #: Durrell House

*Map Name: Azusa, California *Scale: 1:24,000 *Date of Map: 1995

DPR 523J (1/95) *Required information State of California ⎯ The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI# BUILDING, STRUCTURE, AND OBJECT RECORD Page 3 of 3 *NRHP Status Code 5S2 *Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder) Durrell House B1. Historic Name: Durrell House B2. Common Name: Azusa Historical Museum; Azusa Historical Society B3. Original Use: residence B4. Present Use: museum *B5. Architectural Style: Vernacular *B6. Construction History: (Construction date, alterations, and date of alterations) Built in 1923 (Farrington 1990). Known alterations include: property moved from 575 Center Street to Veterans Freedom Park (1987); original detached garage structure not relocated to current location (1987); chimney moved from (present-day) east elevation to (present-day) west elevation (1987); first floor refurbished, hardwood floors replaced (1987); exterior walls repainted (unknown).. *B7. Moved? No ⌧Yes Unknown Date: 1987 Original Location: 575 East Center Street (present-day Foothill Boulevard), Azusa, California. *B8. Related Features: B9a. Architect: Unknown b. Builder: Moses T. Durrell (San Gabriel Valley Examiner) *B10. Significance: Theme: Residential Development Area: City of Azusa Period of Significance: 1923-1950 Property Type: Residence Applicable Criteria: n/a The Azusa Historical Museum (or Durrell House) was built in 1923 for a cost of approximately $10,000 and was originally located at 575 Center Street (present-day Foothill Boulevard) and included an ancillary, detached garage at the rear of the property (Corenjo Jr. 2007). The property was developed by Moses Thompson Durrell (1863-1938), a local citrus grower, and one time director of the Azusa Agricultural Water Company and Mayor of Azusa (24 November 1938 Los Angeles Times). The Durrell family would reside in the house until 1950 when it became a fraternity house for the California Polytechnic University, Pomona. In 1987 Durrell’s daughter, Bernice Durrell, donated the house to the City of Azusa to be used as a permanent museum and home of the Azusa Historical Society. Following the relocation of the house to its current location that same year, the chimney on the east elevation was removed and a restoration of the first floor was completed for a total cost of $220,000 (25 March 1990 Los Angeles Times). While the museum was formally dedicated on May 13, 1989, it was not until two years later that restoration work on the second floor (including the replacement of hardwood floors) would be completed. Since September 15, 1991, the house has acted as the Azusa Historical Museum and continues to be the home of the Azusa Historical Society. In the City of Azusa’s 2004 General Plan, Chapter 3, The Built Environment, the Durrell House is listed as a potential historic landmark. The General Plan also calls for the enhancement and possible expansion of the museum as part of “strengthening the Civic Center area” (pg. 3-23), and states that the city should work with the historical society to “improve and maintain the museum as an integral part of historical interpretation and understanding” and “ensure that the museum reflects cultural diversity and the multiple layers of Azusa’s history” (pg. 3-105). Because the subject property has been moved, the integrity of its location, setting, and association have been lost and it is ineligible for National Register and California Register listing under Criteria A/1, B/2, C/3, or D/4. The subject property is located outside of the National Register-listed Azusa Civic Center property boundary, and the survey found no information to warrant an expansion of this boundary. However, because the subject property has been identified by the City of Azusa as a potential historic landmark, and because it incorporates elements that help to preserve and protect a historic place in the city, it appears to satisfy the criteria for listing as a historic landmark within the City of Azusa. B11. Additional Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) (Sketch Map with north arrow required.)

*B12. References: Community Development Department. Gateway to the American Dream: Azusa General Plan. City of Azusa, April 2004. Cornejo Jr., Jefferey Lawrence. Azusa. Charleston: Arcadia Publishing, 2007: 71. Farrington, Elena. “Historical Society Waits in Wings for New Home to Be Renovated.” Los Angeles Times, March 25, 1990. “Former Mayor of Azusa Dies.” Los Angeles Times, November 24, 1938, 18. Rosales, Jorge V. “Azusa Historical Society Celebrates 45th Anniversary.” San Gabriel Valley Examiner, November 25 – December 2, 2009, A2. B13. Remarks:

(This space reserved for official comments.)

*B14. Evaluator: S. Treffers *Date of Evaluation: January 4, 2011

DPR 523B (1/95) *Required information

State of California ⎯ The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # PRIMARY RECORD Trinomial NRHP Status Code 6Z Other Listings Review Code Reviewer Date Page 1 of 3 *Resource Name or #: Barnes House P1. Other Identifier: Azusa Sister City Committee *P2. Location: Not for Publication ⌧ Unrestricted *a. County: Los Angeles and (P2b and P2c or P2d. Attach a Location Map as necessary.) *b. USGS 7.5' Quad: Azusa Date: 1966 (PR 1981) T R ¼ of ¼ of Sec. Unsectioned B.M. S.B. c. Address: 795 North Dalton Avenue City: Azusa Zip: 91702 d. UTM: Zone: ; mE/ mN (G.P.S.) e. Other Locational Data: (e.g., parcel #, directions to resource, elevation, etc., as appropriate) Elevation: APN 8608-027-901; 8608-027-903; 8608-027-904

*P3a. Description: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries) The subject property is a one-story, single family Vernacular residence. The building is rectangular in plan with a moderate- pitched, cross-gabled, deck roof with short, overhanging eaves. There is a projecting room at the primary façade with a hipped, lean-to roof. The roof is sheathed in composition asphalt shingles. There is an interior, ridge brick chimney located at the southwest gable and a visible heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) unit located on the roof. Exterior walls are clad in shiplap wood siding, with an octagonal, wall surface pattern at each of the gables. The front entrance is set atop a concrete stoop with straight steps and is covered by a fabric, barrel awning. The rear entrance is covered by a shed roof and is set atop a concrete stoop with straight steps, joined to the south by a concrete wheelchair ramp. Doors at both entrances are four-paneled with fanlights. Windows on the building are double-hung and fixed light, vinyl windows. The building is accessed via a small concrete path running through the park in which the building is located. The property is landscaped with shrubs and a palm tree and shares a concrete courtyard with the building to the east. The property is located on a level parcel at the northeast corner of Veterans Freedom Park and is bordered by a small parking lot to the east and train tracks to the north. Alterations to the property include the addition of a room and a barrel, fabric awning to the east elevation, removal of a portion of the roof for the installation of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) equipment, and the removal and replacement of doors and windows (dates unknown).

*P3b. Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) HP2. Single family property, HP13. Social Hall *P4. Resources Present: ⌧Building Structure Object Site District Element of District Other (Isolates, etc.) View, date, accession #) P5b. Description of Photo: ( View west, August 11, 2011, Photograph 1756.jpg *P6. Date Constructed/Age and Sources: ⌧ Historic Prehistoric Both c. 1885-98, plaque on property, Cornejo Jr. *P7. Owner and Address:

*P8. Recorded by: (Name, affiliation, and address) S. Treffers and S. Murray SWCA Environmental Consultants 150 S. Arroyo Parkway, 2nd Floor Pasadena, CA 91105 *P9. Date Recorded: August 1, 2011 *P10. Survey Type: (Describe) Intensive

*P11. Report Citation: (Cite survey report and other sources, or enter "none.") Cultural Resources Survey Report for the Foothill Transit Azusa Park and Ride Project, City of Azusa, Los Angeles County, California ( SWCA Environmental Consultants 2011). *Attachments: NONE ⌧ Location Map Sketch Map Continuation Sheet ⌧Building, Structure, and Object Record Archaeological Record District Record Linear Feature Record Milling Station Record Rock Art Record Artifact Record Photograph Record Other (List):

DPR 523A (1/95) *Required information State of California ⎯ The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI# LOCATION MAP Trinomial Page 2 of 3 *Resource Name or #: Barnes House

*Map Name: Azusa, California *Scale: 1:24,000 *Date of Map: 1995

DPR 523J (1/95) *Required information State of California ⎯ The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI# BUILDING, STRUCTURE, AND OBJECT RECORD Page 3 of 3 *NRHP Status Code 6Z *Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder) Barnes House B1. Historic Name: B2. Common Name: Barnes House; Azusa Sister City Committee B3. Original Use: residential B4. Present Use: office *B5. Architectural Style: Minimal Traditional *B6. Construction History: (Construction date, alterations, and date of alterations) Built ca. 1885-98 (plaque on property; Cornejo Jr.). Alterations: addition of the front room and a barrel fabric awning; removal of a portion of the roof; installation of vinyl windows; and the replacement of doors (dates unknown). *B7. Moved? No ⌧Yes Unknown Date: 1987 Original Location: N/A *B8. Related Features: B9a. Architect: Unknown b. Builder: Unknown *B10. Significance: Theme: Residential Development Area: City of Azusa Period of Significance: 1885-1898 Property Type: Residence Applicable Criteria: n/a According to president of the Azusa Historical Society, Jeffrey Cornejo Jr., the subject property was initially the residence of William P. Barnes and was previously located on the east side of North Dalton Avenue, across the street from its current location in Veteran’s Freedom Park. Barnes, who appears to have lived at a variety of locations throughout the City of Azusa, was a local real estate and land broker and the son of Larkin Barnes, an early Azusa pioneer (4 October 1936 Los Angeles Times). Though it is unclear exactly where the subject property was originally located, early Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps show a residential building with a similar footprint situated directly across the street at 804 North Dalton Avenue. Archival research was unable to determine any consequential information about any residents at this address, or any other residential buildings along the east side of Dalton Avenue between East Foothill Boulevard to the south and the Atchison Topeka Santa Fe (ATSF) railway to the north. While this section of North Dalton Avenue remained primarily residential in character until the 1940s, many of the buildings were demolished in the decades following World War II as the surrounding area was redeveloped for additional civic and commercial uses. The subject property would be relocated to its current location in 1987 and become the headquarters of the Azusa Sister City Committee, an organization formed in 1966 with the purpose of creating goodwill between the City of Azusa and Zacatecas, Zacatecas, Mexico (Cornejo Jr 2007; Azusa Sister City Committee). Following the relocation of the building, a number of changes appear to have been undertaken to accommodate this new function including the addition of a room and a barrel, fabric awning on the east elevation, the removal of a portion of the roof for the installation of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) equipment, and the removal and replacement of windows and doors. Because the subject property has been moved, the integrity of its location, setting, and association have been lost and it is ineligible for National Register and California Register listing under Criteria A/1, B/2, C/3, or D/4. The subject property is located outside of the National Register-listed Azusa Civic Center property boundary, and the survey found no information to warrant an expansion of this boundary. In addition to its relocation, the subject property has numerous alterations that have resulted in a significant loss of integrity in its design, materials, and workmanship; and as a result, does not appear eligible for listing as a historic landmark or as a contributor to a potential historic district within the City of Azusa. B11. Additional Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) *B12. References: (Sketch Map with north arrow required.) “W. Penn Barnes, Leading Azusa Valley Pioneer, Dies.” Los Angeles Times

October 4, 1936, B15.

Cornejo Jr., Jeffrey. Personal Communication with Steven Treffers. 2011. Sanborn Fire Insurance Company. Various. On file, City of Los Angeles Public Library. Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census. Online, http://www.ancestry.com, accessed August 24, 2011. Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census. Online, http://www.ancestry.com, accessed August 24, 2011. Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census. Online, http://www.ancestry.com, accessed August 24, 2011. Azusa Sister City Committee. “Azusa Sister City Committee.” Online, http://azusasistercity.org, accessed August 24, 2011. B13. Remarks: *B14. Evaluator: S. Treffers

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*Date of Evaluation: August 1, 2011

DPR 523B (1/95) *Required information

State of California  The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # PRIMARY RECORD Trinomial NRHP Status Code Other Listings Review Code Reviewer Date Page 1 of 3 *Resource Name or #: 810 North Alameda Avenue

P1. Other Identifier: *P2. Location:  Not for Publication  Unrestricted *a. County: Los Angeles and (P2b and P2c or P2d. Attach a Location Map as necessary.) *b. USGS 7.5' Quad: Azusa, CA Date: 1995 T 1 N; R 10 W; ¼ of ¼ of Sec ; M.D. B.M. c. Address: 810 North Alameda Avenue City: Azusa Zip: 91702 d. UTM: Zone: 11; 416480 mE/ 3777660 mN (G.P.S.) e. Other Locational Data: (e.g., parcel #, directions to resource, elevation, etc., as appropriate) Elevation: 625 ft. APN# 8608-027-907

*P3a. Description: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries) The subject property consists of two Quonset hut buildings located just north of the Azusa Civic Center at 810 North Alameda Avenue that were initially used for fertilizer manufacturing. Constructed in two phases, the larger 40 x 160-foot building to the west built first in 1946, with the smaller 40 x 160 foot building to the east completed the following year. Both buildings are rectangular in plan with a semi-cylrindical shape that is characteristic of their Quonset hut design, and are constructed of a structural system (most likely steel) sheathed in corrugated metal sheets. Access is granted to both via large, vertical wooden board doors on the north and south elevations, with additional fenestration that includes metal vents and windows, all of which have been covered with plywood. The subject property appears to be currently vacant, as evidenced by the boarded windows and the trash and salvage materials that fill the parking lot to the north. Despite its deteriorated appearance, there appears to be no significant exterior alteriations to either of the buildings.

*P3b. Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) HP8. Industrial Property *P4. Resources Present: Building Structure Object Site District Element of District Other (Isolates, etc.) P5b. Description of Photo: (View, P5a. Photo or Drawing (Photo required for buildings, structures, and objects.) date, accession #) View southeast, Photograph 2731.jpg, February 13, 2013

*P6. Date Constructed/Age and Sources: Historic Prehistoric Both 1946-47 (City of Azusa).

*P7. Owner and Address: Unknown

*P8. Recorded by: (Name, affiliation, and address) Sam Murray SWCA Environmental Consultants 150 S. Arroyo Pkwy., 2nd Flr. Pasadena, CA 91105

*P9. Date Recorded: 02/13/2013 *P10. Survey Type: (Describe) Intensive

*P11. Report Citation: (Cite survey report and other sources, or enter "none.") Cultural Resources Survey Report for the Foothill Transit Azusa Park and Ride Project, City of Azusa, Los Angeles County, California (SWCA Environmental Consultants 2013). *Attachments: NONE Location Map Sketch Map Continuation Sheet Building, Structure, and Object Record Archaeological Record District Record Linear Feature Record Milling Station Record Rock Art Record Artifact Record Photograph Record  Other (List): DPR 523A (1/95) *Required information State of California  The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI# LOCATION MAP Trinomial Page 2 of 3 *Resource Name or #: 810 North Alameda Avenue

*Map Name: Azusa/Baldwin Park *Scale: 1:24,000 *Date of Map: 2013

DPR 523J (1/95) *Required information State of California  The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI# BUILDING, STRUCTURE, AND OBJECT RECORD Page 3 of 3 *NRHP Status Code 6Z *Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder) 810 North Alameda Avenue B1. Historic Name: Soluble Plant Nutrients Company B2. Common Name: N/A B3. Original Use: Fertilizer Manufacturing B4. Present Use: Vacant *B5. Architectural Style: Utilitarian – Quonset hut *B6. Construction History: (Construction date, alterations, and date of alterations) Larger building to west constructed in 1946; smaller building to east built in 1947 (City of Azusa). *B7. Moved? No Yes Unknown Date: Original Location: *B8. Related Features: B9a. Architect: Unknown b. Builder: Unknown *B10. Significance: Theme: Commercial/Agricultural Development Area: Azusa Period of Significance: 1946-1968 Property Type: Industrial/Quonset hut Applicable Criteria: N/A (Discuss importance in terms of historical or architectural context as defined by theme, period, and geographic scope. Also address integrity.) The subject property contains two Quonset-hut-style buildings that were constructed between 1946 and 1947, and were initially used to manufacture fertilizer by the Soluble Plant Nutrients Company. First introduced in 1941 as the Navy prepared for the growing possibility of war, the multi-purpose Quonset hut was designed by engineers and architects of the George Fuller Construction Company as a prefabricated, portable structure capable of being shipped in pieces and quickly set up by untrained personnel (Thomas 2003). By the end of World War II, and estimated 150,000 units had been constructed worldwide and a number of companies were developing their own version of the Quonset hut for both the military and civilians alike. Across the country, new and surplus Quonset huts similar to the subject property helped answer the post-World War II building demand, and were used for a variety of residential, commercial, and industrial needs. The Soluble Plant Nutrients Company (which appears to have been headquartered nearby at 846 North Azusa Avenue) was one of many businesses to use Quonset huts for industrial purposes, constructing the larger building in 1946 and the adjacent smaller unit the following year. By 1956, the subject property was owned by G.M. Dillon of Heatronics, Inc., converting the smaller building into an office and using the larger unit for manufacturing associated with heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning equipment (City of Azusa; Los Angeles Times 1957). The property was owned by Randall P. Simmons by 1981, and Alberto V. Luis by 1991, both of whom used the buildings as a warehouse and wood mill for furniture construction (City of Azusa). Since this time, the building has been abandoned and currently appears to be vacant. The subject property is not associated with important events and does not appear eligible for listing on the National or California registers under Criteria A/1. Archival research did not find the activities of G.M. Dillon, Randall P. Simmons, or Alberto V. Luis to be demonstrably important within the local, California, or national context and as a result, the subject property does not appear eligible for the National or California registers under Criteria B/2 for its associations with any persons significant in our past. The subject property is one of many Quonset huts in the Los Angeles region and it does not appear eligible for listing in the National or California registers under Criteria C/3 for its architectural associations. No evidence was discovered to warrant consideration under Criteria D/4. In addition, the property does not appear eligible as a contributor to a larger historic district because there is not a significant concentration of buildings united historically by physical development. For the same reasons as listed above, the property does not appear eligible for local designation. B11. Additional Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) *B12. References: City of Azusa Building Permits, Various. On file City of Azusa, Building and Planning Section. (Sketch Map with north arrow required.) “York Snorkel Air Conditioner – Display Ad 174.” Los Angeles Times, May 26, 1957, J30. Thomas, Adam. Soldiers of the Sword, Soldiers of the Ploughshare: Quonset Huts in the Fort Collins Urban Growth Area. A Historical Context and Survey Report submitted to the Advance Planning Department, Fort Collins Colorado. Historitecture, Estes Park, Colorado, 2003. B13. Remarks: *B14. Evaluator: Sam Murray and Steven Treffers *Date of Evaluation: February 21, 2013

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DPR 523B (1/95) *Required information

State of California  The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # PRIMARY RECORD Trinomial NRHP Status Code Other Listings Review Code Reviewer Date Page 1 of 3 *Resource Name or #: 812 North Azusa Avenue

P1. Other Identifier: *P2. Location:  Not for Publication  Unrestricted *a. County: Los Angeles and (P2b and P2c or P2d. Attach a Location Map as necessary.) *b. USGS 7.5' Quad: Azusa, CA Date: 1995 T 1 N; R 10 W; ¼ of ¼ of Sec ; M.D. B.M. c. Address: 812 North Azusa Avenue City: Azusa Zip: 91702 d. UTM: Zone: 11 ; 416379 mE/ 3777634 mN (G.P.S.) e. Other Locational Data: (e.g., parcel #, directions to resource, elevation, etc., as appropriate) Elevation: 624 ft. APN# 8608-025-905; 8608-025-906

*P3a. Description: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries) The subject property is a former auto body repair and towing facility that is located at 812 North Azusa Avenue. Constructed in 1967 in a vernacular Modern/utilitarian style, the primary one-story portion of the facility is rectangular in plan, approximately 30 x 130 feet, and features a flat roof with an accentuated fascia. The building is sheathed in rough-textured stucco. Primary access to the building is granted via a metal-framed glass door set underneath a wood and textured CMU pergola, which appears to be a later addition (date unknown). Other fenestration includes aluminum sliding windows covered by metal security bars and four, rolling metal garage doors on the south elevation, characteristic of the building’s function as an auto body facility. Attached to the back (east) of the building is a spray paint booth that was constructed in 1986. The extended-single story booth is sheathed in corrugated metal sheets and features a minimally-pitched gable roof that steps down to the east. Similar to the primary portion of the building, the booth has large metal rolling doors on the south elevation. An L-shaped parking lot surrounds the building to the south, east, and northeast, and is enclosed by a metal fence. While the property is currently vacant and in otherwise good condition, additions such as the spray paint booth and pergola have affected the integrity of the building’s design, materials, workmanship, and feeling.

*P3b. Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) HP6. 1-3 Story Commercial Building *P4. Resources Present: Building Structure Object Site District Element of District Other (Isolates, etc.) P5b. Description of Photo: (View, P5a. Photo or Drawing (Photo required for buildings, structures, and objects.) date, accession #) View northeast, Photograph 2707.jpg, February 13, 2013

*P6. Date Constructed/Age and Sources: Historic Prehistoric Both 1967 (City of Azusa)

*P7. Owner and Address: Unknown

*P8. Recorded by: (Name, affiliation, and address) Sam Murray SWCA Environmental Consultants 150 S. Arroyo Pkwy., 2nd Flr. Pasadena, CA 91105

*P9. Date Recorded: 02/13/2013 *P10. Survey Type: (Describe) Intensive

*P11. Report Citation: (Cite survey report and other sources, or enter "none.") Cultural Resources Survey Report for the Foothill Transit Azusa Park and Ride Project, City of Azusa, Los Angeles County, California (SWCA Environmental Consultants 2013). *Attachments: NONE Location Map Sketch Map Continuation Sheet Building, Structure, and Object Record Archaeological Record District Record Linear Feature Record Milling Station Record Rock Art Record Artifact Record Photograph Record  Other (List): DPR 523A (1/95) *Required information State of California  The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI# LOCATION MAP Trinomial Page 2 of 3 *Resource Name or #: 812 North Azusa Avenue

*Map Name: Azusa/Baldwin Park *Scale: 1:24,000 *Date of Map: 2013

DPR 523J (1/95) *Required information State of California  The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI# BUILDING, STRUCTURE, AND OBJECT RECORD Page 3 of 3 *NRHP Status Code 6Z *Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder)

B1. Historic Name: Johnny’s Auto Body B2. Common Name: Johnny’s Auto Body; Johnny’s Auto Body and Tow B3. Original Use: Auto Body Repair & Towing Facility B4. Present Use: Vacant *B5. Architectural Style: Vernacular Modern/Utilitarian *B6. Construction History: (Construction date, alterations, and date of alterations) Primary building constructed in 1967 (City of Azusa); spray paint booth constructed in 1986 (City of Azusa); entry pergola constructed (date unknown).

*B7. Moved? No Yes Unknown Date: Original Location: *B8. Related Features: B9a. Architect: Unknown b. Builder: Unknown *B10. Significance: Theme: Commercial Development Area: Azusa Period of Significance: 1967-1968 Property Type: Auto Body and Towing Facility Applicable Criteria: N/A (Discuss importance in terms of historical or architectural context as defined by theme, period, and geographic scope. Also address integrity.) Currently vacant, the subject property was constructed in 1967 to house Johnny’s Auto Body for John R. Cortez (1927-2008), a native of Los Angeles County (San Gabriel Valley Tribune 2007). Cortez founded the business ten years earlier at an unknown location in Azusa, during a period of immense growth for the city. In the years following World War II, Azusa transformed from an agricultural community to and industrial city, with the arrival of 136 new companies and nearly 12,000 residents by the end of the 1950s (Cornejo Jr. 2007). Johnny’s Auto Body was one of many businesses included in the commercial development that resulted from this population influx, and most likely due to this continued growth, relocated to the newly constructed subject property in 1967. Cortez operated the business over the following two decades, constructing a spray paint booth in 1986 and expanding his business to include towing services at an unknown date. By 1991, the subject property was owned by Luis Hernandez, who appears to have also operated an auto body repair business (City of Azusa). The property has been vacant for an undetermined amount of time.

In considering the property’s historical significance, it was one of many auto body repair and towing facilities located in Azusa, and does not appear eligible for listing in the National or California registers under Criteria A/1 for its associations with historic events. Archival research did not determine the activities of John Cortez or Luis Hernandez as demonstrably important, and therefore the subject property does not appear eligible for the National or California register under Criteria B/2 for its associations with significant individuals. The vernacular Modern/utilitarian style of the property is fairly common and does not possess any distinctive styling or features to warrant consideration for architectural significance, and does not appear eligible for the National or California registers under Criterion C/3. No evidence was discovered to warrant consideration under Criterion D/4. In addition, the property is also not eligible as a contributor to a larger historic district as it does not contribute to a unified entity. For the same reasons as listed above, the property does not appear eligible for local designation.

B11. Additional Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) (Sketch Map with north arrow required.)

*B12. References: City of Azusa Building Permits, Various. On file City of Azusa, Building and Planning Section. Cornejo, Jeffery L. Jr. Azusa. Arcadia Publishing, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. 2007. “John Richard Cortez – Obituary.” San Gabriel Valley Tribune, August 6, 2008. B13. Remarks: *B14. Evaluator: Sam Murray and Steven Treffers *Date of Evaluation: February 27, 2013

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DPR 523B (1/95) *Required information

State of California  The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI# CONTINUATION SHEET Trinomial Page 1 of 1 *Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder) 824 N. Alameda Avenue

*Recorded by: Sam Murray *Date:  Continuation  Update B10. Significance: 824 North Alameda Avenue was initially evaluated for historical significance in January 2004. At that time, it was found not eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) or California Register of Historic Resources (CRHR) due to a lack of important historical associations. Since the property was last evaluated in 2004, it has been significantly altered through the construction of an addition to the primary (west) elevation. The new construction doubled the size of the residence, employing similar design and materials to extend west from the original façade. This alteration has seriously affected the integrity of the building’s original design, workmanship, and feeling, and therefore it remains ineligible for listing in the NRHP or CRHR. Due to this loss of integrity, the building also does not appear eligible for local designation under the City of Azusa local municipal code.

P5b. Description of Photo: (View date, accession #) View to the east, February 13, 2013, Photograph 2733.jpg

P9. Date Recorded: February 2013 B14. Evaluator: Sam Murray and Steven Treffers, SWCA Inc. 150 South Arroyo Parkway, 2nd Floor, Pasadena, CA

DPR 523L (1/95) *Required information State of California - The Resources Agency Primary #------_c____------__----_--- DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HR#~ --_c____----- ~---- Trinomial_~-~------~------­ PRIMARY RECORD CHRC Status Code 6Y Pending SHPO concurrence Other Listings -----__------Review Code -- Reviewer Date

Page _1_ of _2_ • Resource Name or #: 824 N. Alameda Avenue P1. Other Identifier: _ • P2. Location: D Not for Publication ~ Unrestricted a. County ...,L"'o""s'-'A'--""n"'g"'e"'le!o

• P3a. Description: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, selling, and boundaries.) The Folk Victorian style, one-story, single family residence located at 824 N. Alameda Avenue was built in 1897. The roofis multi-gabled and clad in composition shingles. The windows are one-over-one, wooden sash windows, \vith the exception ofone window having been replaced with a vinyl window. The exterior walls are clad in wooden siding. The entrance is at grade, and accessed via a small covered porch. The base ofthe porch appears to have been altered with the addition ofa concrete slab.

• P3b. Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) HP2 Single family property • P4. Resources Present: ~Building DStructure o Object DSite o District P5a. Photograph or Drawing (Photograph required for buildings, structures, and objects)

Dcr 0190 • P6. Date Constructed/Age and Sources: DPrehistoric ~Historic DBoth

1897 TRW/Experian • P7. Owner and Address: Roberto Arzate . 824 N Alameda Ave Azusa Ca 91702-2505 P--Private • PS. Recorded by: (Name, affiliation, address) David Greenwood Myra Frank & Assoc /Tones & Stokes 811 W. Seventh St., Suite 800 Los.Angeles, CA 90017 • P9. Date Recorded: --'11.o/2...7u./-"'0c::!4 _ • P10. Survey Type: (Describe) Intensive Survey Effort Section 106 Compliance L':::::=::::=::::=::::=::::=::::==::::=:::::=::::=::::=::::=::::=::::=::::=::::======:::::=::::==:::::::::::=~ ~P_----""P--""r-",o.uie=c",-t-"CR.."ew.v.....,ie"-'w'-'-- _ • PH. Report Citation: (Cite survey report/other sources or "none") --"G"'-o~I""d'-cL~in"_'e"---"--P-'-'h""a""'s=e--"I~I _ Historic Property Survey and Effects Report. January 2004 * Attachments: DNONE DLocalion Map DSketch Map DContinuation Sheet ~Building, Structure, and Object Record DArchaeological Record DDistricl Record o Linear Feature Record DMiliing Station Record DRock Art Record DArtifact Record D~~~rn~R&o~ Do~~ ~~ _

DPR 523A (1/95) • Required Information Stat~ of California':"'TtJll.Resources Agency Primary "-c-~-._---...,--,----...,--,----_---_..------DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HR # _-'-' ---'...-----'------'-'---'--- BUILDING, STRUCTURE, AND OBJECT RECORD Page _2_ of _2_ • NRHP Status Code 6YPending SHPO concurrence • Resource Name or #: 824 N. Alameda Avenue 81. Historic Name: Orlando Streshley House 82. Common Name 824 N. Alameda Avenue 83. Original Use: Single Family Residential 84. Present Use: Single Family Residence • 85. Architectural Style: ...F.."o'-"-lk"'--'V'-'i"'c"'to"'r'-"'ia""'n"- _ • 86. Construction History: (Construction date, alterations, and date of alterations.) The building was constructed in 1897. Alterations include one window replaced with a vinyl window.

• 87. Moved? DNo DYes ~Unknown Date: Original Location: _ • 88. Related Features:

89a. Architect: b. Builder: _ • 810. Significance: Theme Residential Architecture Area .LA.>dz""us""""'a~ _ Period of Significance 1897 PropertyType Single Family Home Applicable Criteria LNlL/LA...... _ (Discuss importance in terms of historical or architectural context as defined by theme, period, and geographic scope. Also address integrity.) The Los Angeles County Tax Assessors Improvement records for this property show an improvement of$75.00 in 1904, the earliest year for which information is available, for the owner Orlando Streshley. Research does not indicate Orlando Streshley was an historically important person. No important historic events are known to have occurred at this site. Therefore, the building is not eligible for the National Register or the California Register under criterion A and B, or 1 and 2 respectively. The residence at 824 N. Alameda Avenue is a Folk Victorian style house. With the exception ofone window replaced with a press-on muntin type, the building retains integrity ofdesign and materials. However, it is a typical example ofits type and there are other higher quality examples in the greater metropolitan Los Angeles area. In addition, it lacks architectural distinction, quality and historic character. Therefore it does not appear eligible for the National Register under Criterion C or the California Register under Criterion 3.

B11, Additional Resource Attributes: (list attributes and codes): ----r======; * 812. References: (Sketch map with north arrow required) TRWIExperian

Los Angeles County Assessor's Book 1061/2, Page 10, 1904-1912

813. Remarks:

• 814. Evaluator: David Greenwood Date of Evaluation: lL27/04 (This space reserved for official comments.)

State of California  The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI# CONTINUATION SHEET Trinomial Page 1 of 1 *Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder) 824 N. Alameda Avenue

*Recorded by: Sam Murray *Date: February 13, 2013  Continuation  Update B10. Significance: 845 North Alameda Avenue was initially evaluated for historical significance in January 2004. At that time, it was found not eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) or California Register of Historic Resources (CRHR) due to a lack of integrity of materials, design, workmanship, association, and feeling . Since the property was last evaluated in 2004, there do not appear to be any significant visible alterations, and the property remains ineligible for listing in the NRHP or CRHR. Due to this loss of integrity, the building also does not appear eligible for local designation under the City of Azusa local municipal code.

P5b. Description of Photo: (View date, accession #) View to the west, February 13, 2013, Photograph 2730.jpg

P9. Date Recorded: Febraury 2013 B14. Evaluator: Sam Murray and Steven Treffers, SWCA Inc. 150 South Arroyo Parkway, 2nd Floor, Pasadena, CA

DPR 523L (1/95) *Required information State of California - The Resources Age~cy Primary #~_--'-,._~~ . DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HR # _-2 ..•. _.•. __

Trinomial ~ _ PRIMARY RECORD CHRC Status Code 6Y Pending SHPO concurrence Other Listings _ Review Code Reviewer Date ~'_ Page _1_ of _2_ • Resource Name or#: 845 N. Alameda Avenue P1. Other Identifier: ------• P2. Location: DNotfor Publication ~Unrestricted a. County~L""o"-'s'__'A~n!..Eg""e"'le"'s"__ _ b. USGS 7.5' Quad Date T__;R__; _ 1/4 of_1/4 of Sec_; 8.M. c. Address 845 N Alameda A venue City Azuza Zip 9 I 70..2..- d. UTM: (Give more than one for large and/or linear feature) Zone , mE/ mN e. Other Locational Data: (e.g. parcel #, legal description, directions to resource, elevation, additional UTMs, etc. as app AZUZA EX ABANDONED E/W LOTS 3 AND 4 BLOCK 20

• P3a. Description: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries.) The building at 845 N. Alameda is a multi- story single family residential building. The building has been altered, and is no longer representative ofa single style ofarchitecture. The roof is multi-gabled, and clad in composition shingles. The exterior walls are clad in rough textured stucco. All ofthe windows have been replaced with vinyl windows with press-on muntins. A two-story addition has been added to the rear ofthe building. The addition has a hipped roofand is clad in composition shingles.

• P3b. Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) HP3 Multifamily propertY • P4. Resources Present: ~Building o Structure o Object DSite ODistrict P5a. Photograph or Drawing (Photograph required for buildings, structures, and objects)

ocp 0186 • P6. Date Constructed/Age and Sources: o Prehistoric ~ Historic 0 Both

I 926 : 1992 TRW Experian • P7. Owner and Address: Lucio & Caroline Cruz 1500 N. San Gabriel Canyon Road Azusa. CA 91702 P--Private • P8. Recorded by: (Name, affiliation, address) David Greenwood Myra Frank & Assoc /Tones & Stokes 811 W. Seventh St., Suite 800 Los Angeles, CA 90017 • P9. Date Recorded: ~1.w/2....7LLI_"0-'4 _ • P10. Survey Type: (Describe) Intensive Survey Effort Section 106 Compliance L::======::J""-P_---'-P'-'r.."o'-'-i""ec".,t'-'R'-"""ev-'-'i.."e'-"w-'-- _ • P11. Report Citation: (Cite survey report/other sources or "none") --,G"-o""l,-"d,-L"",-",in",e~P...,h""a"",se",-",I,,,--I _ Historic PropertY Survey and Effects Report. January 2004 * Attachments: ONONE o Location Map oSketch Map DContinuation Sheet ~Building, Structure, and Object Record DArchaeological Record 0 District Record 0 Linear Feature Record 0 Milling Station Record DRock Art Record OArtifact Record o Photograph Record o Other: (List) _ DPR 523A (1/95) • Required Information State of California- The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HR# BUILDING, STRUCTURE, AND OaJECT RECORD Page _2_ of _2_ • NRHP Status Code 6YPending SHPO concurrence • Resource Name or#: 845 N. Alameda Avenue B1. Historic Name: Residence for Bibiana Sarinano B2. Common Name -:-:- ---: ~------B3. Original Use: Single Family Residential B4. Present Use: .!,DL!ul,!Jp~lll

B9a. Architect: b. Builder: _ * 810. Signi.ficance: Theme Residential Architecture Area r.A~z~uh;s,ga~ _ Period of Significance 1926 Property Type Multi Family Res. Applicable Criteria ~N:!L/L;A"-- _ (Discuss importance in terms of historical or architectural context as defined by theme, period, and geographic scope. Also address integrity.) The building located at 845 N. Alameda Avenue has been significantly altered and no longer is representative ofan architecture style. Because ofmajor alterations, the building lacks integrity ofmaterials, design, workmanship, association and feeling. In order to be eligible for the National Register or the California Register, a building must not only be significant under the criteria, but it must possess integrity. Because ofthe loss ofintegrity and lack of overriding significance, the building does not appear to be eligible for listing in the National Register ofHistoric Places or the California Register ofHistorical Resources under any criteria.

B11. Additional Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes): ----r======:======; * 812. References: (Sketch map with north arrow required) TRWIExperian

Los Angeles County Assessor's Book 704, Page 10, 1927-1934

B13. Remarks:

* 814. Evaluator: David Greenwood Date of Evaluation: 1/27/04 (This space reserved for official comments.)

Appendix E

Correspondence with SHPO

Appendix F

California Historical Resource Status Codes

California Historical Resource Status Codes

1 Properties listed in the National Register (NR) or the California Register (CR) 1D Contributor to a district or multiple resource property listed in NR by the Keeper. Listed in the CR. 1S Individual property listed in NR by the Keeper. Listed in the CR.

1CD Listed in the CR as a contributor to a district or multiple resource property by the SHRC 1CS Listed in the CR as individual property by the SHRC. 1CL Automatically listed in the California Register – Includes State Historical Landmarks 770 and above and Points of Historical Interest nominated after December 1997 and recommended for listing by the SHRC.

2 Properties determined eligible for listing in the National Register (NR) or the California Register (CR) 2B Determined eligible for NR as an individual property and as a contributor to an eligible district in a federal regulatory process. Listed in the CR. 2D Contributor to a district determined eligible for NR by the Keeper. Listed in the CR. 2D2 Contributor to a district determined eligible for NR by consensus through Section 106 process. Listed in the CR. 2D3 Contributor to a district determined eligible for NR by Part I Tax Certification. Listed in the CR. 2D4 Contributor to a district determined eligible for NR pursuant to Section 106 without review by SHPO. Listed in the CR. 2S Individual property determined eligible for NR by the Keeper. Listed in the CR. 2S2 Individual property determined eligible for NR by a consensus through Section 106 process. Listed in the CR. 2S3 Individual property determined eligible for NR by Part I Tax Certification. Listed in the CR. 2S4 Individual property determined eligible for NR pursuant to Section 106 without review by SHPO. Listed in the CR.

2CB Determined eligible for CR as an individual property and as a contributor to an eligible district by the SHRC. 2CD Contributor to a district determined eligible for listing in the CR by the SHRC. 2CS Individual property determined eligible for listing in the CR by the SHRC.

3 Appears eligible for National Register (NR) or California Register (CR) through Survey Evaluation 3B Appears eligible for NR both individually and as a contributor to a NR eligible district through survey evaluation. 3D Appears eligible for NR as a contributor to a NR eligible district through survey evaluation. 3S Appears eligible for NR as an individual property through survey evaluation.

3CB Appears eligible for CR both individually and as a contributor to a CR eligible district through a survey evaluation. 3CD Appears eligible for CR as a contributor to a CR eligible district through a survey evaluation. 3CS Appears eligible for CR as an individual property through survey evaluation.

4 Appears eligible for National Register (NR) or California Register (CR) through other evaluation 4CM Master List - State Owned Properties – PRC §5024.

5 Properties Recognized as Historically Significant by Local Government 5D1 Contributor to a district that is listed or designated locally. 5D2 Contributor to a district that is eligible for local listing or designation. 5D3 Appears to be a contributor to a district that appears eligible for local listing or designation through survey evaluation.

5S1 Individual property that is listed or designated locally. 5S2 Individual property that is eligible for local listing or designation. 5S3 Appears to be individually eligible for local listing or designation through survey evaluation.

5B Locally significant both individually (listed, eligible, or appears eligible) and as a contributor to a district that is locally listed, designated, determined eligible or appears eligible through survey evaluation.

6 Not Eligible for Listing or Designation as specified 6C Determined ineligible for or removed from California Register by SHRC. 6J Landmarks or Points of Interest found ineligible for designation by SHRC. 6L Determined ineligible for local listing or designation through local government review process; may warrant special consideration in local planning. 6T Determined ineligible for NR through Part I Tax Certification process. 6U Determined ineligible for NR pursuant to Section 106 without review by SHPO. 6W Removed from NR by the Keeper. 6X Determined ineligible for the NR by SHRC or Keeper. 6Y Determined ineligible for NR by consensus through Section 106 process – Not evaluated for CR or Local Listing. 6Z Found ineligible for NR, CR or Local designation through survey evaluation.

7 Not Evaluated for National Register (NR) or California Register (CR) or Needs Revaluation 7J Received by OHP for evaluation or action but not yet evaluated. 7K Resubmitted to OHP for action but not reevaluated. 7L State Historical Landmarks 1-769 and Points of Historical Interest designated prior to January 1998 – Needs to be reevaluated using current standards. 7M Submitted to OHP but not evaluated - referred to NPS. 7N Needs to be reevaluated (Formerly NR Status Code 4) 7N1 Needs to be reevaluated (Formerly NR SC4) – may become eligible for NR w/restoration or when meets other specific conditions. 7R Identified in Reconnaissance Level Survey: Not evaluated. 7W Submitted to OHP for action – withdrawn. 12/8/2003