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Albert Frey Bel Vista Home: ______1164 N Calle Rolph Palm Springs, CA 92262 City of Palm Springs Department of Planning Services Memorandum Date: February 8, 2016 To: The Historic Site Preservation Board From: Ken Lyon, RA, Associate Planner Subject: Case HSPB #100 –. An application by Todd Hays, owner, for Class 1 historic designation of “The Bel Vista Residence” located at 1164 Calle Rolph. Please find attached the historic resources report date stamped January 7, 2016 from the property owner, Todd Hays requesting Class 1 historic site designation for the subject parcel. Aerial View of Site RECOMMENDATION: 1. Receive the historic resources report and initiate study and investigation pursuant to PSMC 8.05.135 on the subject site in consideration of the Class 1 historic site application submitted by the applicant. 2. Continue the matter to a noticed public hearing of March 9, 2016 and direct staff to arrange site visits for board members to familiarize themselves with the content of the report and the conditions at the site. Attachment: Application and historic resources report date stamped January 7, 2016. 3200 E. Tahquitz Canyon Way, Palm Springs, CA 92262 Tel: (760) 323-8245 Fax: (760) 322-8360 E-mail: [email protected] Albert Frey Bel Vista Home: __________________ 1164 N Calle Rolph Palm Springs, CA 92262 ________________________________________________________ Nomination Application For City of Palm Springs Class 1 Historic Site __________________ Prepared By Todd Hays 2 Bel Vista Home: 1164 N Calle Rolph Class 1 Historic Site Nomination Table of Contents _________________________________________ Executive Summary page 3 Class 1 Historic Site Designation Application Form page 4 Current Site Photos page 9 Site Plan and Historic Context Statement page 11 Statement of Significance page 12 Integrity Analysis page 16 Bibliography page 18 _________________________________________ Appendices page 19-32 I Original floor plan II Original subdivision map(s) III Original permit, showing Culver Nichols as owner IV Reprints: newspaper and magazine V Original CC&Rʼs VII Current site photo VIII Early site photo and interior photos VIIII Original Plans 3 Executive Summary _________________________________________ Significance – The Bel Vista Residence located at 1164 N. Calle Rolph was designed in 1945 by master architect Albert Frey. One of only two remaining near-intact homes of the original 15 homes built in the Bel Vista subdivision, the structure was erected in 1946 on land owned by Sallie Stevens and Culver Nichols. The Nichols, along with Frey, also served as the developers and builders of the subdivision. Additionally, Sallie Stevens and Culver Nichols owned this particular property up until 1954. As an important and largely intact example of an early modern structure, along with its standing as being a part of Palm Springsʼ earliest modern-style subdivisions, the private residence exhibits numerous stylistic markers that place it within the historic context of Palm Springsʼ Post-WWII, early-modern period. Importantly, the home and subdivision represent one of the earliest examples of affordable housing built in Palm Springs and the only built housing tract designed by Albert Frey. Designation Criteria and Research - The Bel Vista Residence has not previously been evaluated for Class 1 Historic Site eligibility. The residence was featured in the April 1951 issue of Architect and Engineer magazine, in a September 1959 issue of Daily Enterprise newspaper featuring an interview with Albert Frey, it appears in Joseph Rosaʼs 1990 book, Albert Frey, Architect, is featured in the Fall 2014 issue of Atomic Ranch magazine and is featured in the draft of the City of Palm Springs 2015 Citywide Historic Context Statement. A brief summary of the evaluation and how the property meets the definitions of a historic site: 8.05.020 (a) paragraph 2, associated with persons who made meaningful contribution: Sallie Stevens and Culver Nichols, two of Palm most important early developers, developed the home and subdivision. 8.05.020 (a) paragraph 3, exemplifies a particular period: The Bel Vista Residence is eligible as a Historic Site under the theme of early Modern architecture because it possesses numerous unique and significant characteristics and attributes. The home exemplifies the description as defined in the 2004 City of Palm Springs Historic Resources Survey, “Emphasizing geometric forms and textures, strong linear qualities, spare ornamentation, outdoor living, and usually of a single story, the homes of this era are readily identifiable. From the 1940s through the 1960s, the residential architecture in the modernist idiom flourished and became integral to the character now strongly identified with Palm Springs.” 8.05.020 (a) paragraph 5, presents the work of a master architect: As the work of architect Albert Frey, it must be considered the work of a “master” architect because of his record of architectural excellence. With its boxlike shape, plain façade and easy access between indoor and outdoor, the home is reflective of an “International Style” modernism created by Le Corbusier, Freyʼs early mentor. The Bel Vista Residence retains nearly all of its original architectural integrity. SUMMARY: This evaluation finds the Bel Vista Residence eligible for listing as a Palm Springs Historic Site under 8.05.020 (a) paragraphs 2, 3 & 5 of the local ordinanceʼs seven criteria. 4 5 6 7 8 9 Western Elevation Southern Elevation 10 Eastern Elevation Northern Elevation 11 Site Plan Historic Context _________________________________________ The Early Modern Period (roughly 1925 to 1960) in Palm Springs is considered to have begun with construction of the areaʼs first “modern” structure, Rudolph M. Schindlerʼs Paul and Betty Popenoe Cabin in 1922 (demolished) followed closely in 1925 by the Oasis Hotel designed by Lloyd Wright (mostly demolished), The Ship of the Desert in 1936 by Millard Sheets, the Kocher-Samson building in 1934 by A. Lawrence Kocher and Albert Frey — Freyʼs first building in Palm Springs, Richard Neutraʼs Grace Lewis Miller House in 1937 and the John Porter Clark House in 1939. Prior to this period, there was a wide range of architectural styles throughout the residential neighborhoods of Palm Springs – from adobe and Mexican hacienda to ranch, craftsman and Prairie Style. Thus, Palm Springs had proven itself as fertile ground for innovative residential architecture…yet only in the form of unique, one-of-a-kind single family homes. Such would not be the case for too much longer. It was following WWII that Palm Springsʼ economy began to prosper through tourism — driven in part by the elite of Hollywood. Hollywood celebrities discovered the desert oasis and patronized its hotels, nightclubs and restaurants. Celebrity-seeking tourists soon followed, transforming Palm Springs from a sleepy village into a more cosmopolitan environment that saw the construction of schools, hospitals, an airport and other important public projects. 12 Palm Springs also became an economical destination for the many service men and women returning from the war. It was during the war that Albert Frey designed Bel Vista — what would become the first modern-style subdivisions built in the City of Palm Springs, and the Cityʼs first affordable housing tract. Not built until after the war, due largely to cost issues, construction of Bel Vista began with financial assistance from the Home Owners Loan Corporation. Built of standard wood frame construction with wood lath and stucco, Bel Vista was originally designed as war workersʼ housing. Since the government subsidized its construction, it had to follow specific design guidelines. Fifteen one-family units were constructed with one typical plan. Rotating and flipping the plan on each lot, thereby allowing various sides to face the street, achieved a variation in their appearance. In addition, each house was given individual identity by using different setbacks. A unique aspect of the plan is that each house has many entrances, through both private and communal spaces. The Bel Vista plan is almost identical to one of Freyʼs Farmhouse designs for the United States Department of Agriculture of 1934; that project, like Bel Vista, sought to provide economical housing. (source: Joseph Rosa, “Albert Frey, Architect.”) So was born the first modern, affordable housing tract in Palm Springs. Statement of Significance _________________________________________ Criterion 2: (associated with lives of persons who made meaningful contribution to national, state or local history.) The Calle Rolph Residence was designed by architect Albert Frey and erected by a developer/builder team of Frey and Sallie Stevens and Culver Nichols. First Owners and Builders: Sallie Stevens and Culver Nichols The first owners of 1164 N Calle Rolph were Sallie Stevens (1908-1982) and Culver Nichols (1905-1995) — two of Palm Springsʼ most prominent and influential real estate owners and developers. Culver Nichols, one of the original members of the committee formed in 1936 to study the incorporation of Palm Springs, was the first President of the Palm Springs Chamber of Commerce in 1940. Sallie Stevens Nichols is the daughter of Prescott T. Stevens — one of the early founders and real estate developers of Palm Springs. John Porter Clark is credited with introducing Frey to the Nicholsʼ. After graduating from Cornell, Clark returned to Pasadena where he apprenticed with Garrett Van Pelt, in the architectural firm of Van Pelt and Lind. While working in Pasadena, Clark met Sallie and Culver Nichols, a Pasadena Realtor, who encouraged him to relocate to Palm Springs. It was this introduction to the Nicholsʼ, and their subsequent introduction to Albert Frey, that would not only lead to Freyʼs work on the Bel Vista project but eventually his work on the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway Valley Station which still stands today at the entrance to Palm Springs. 13 Additional Owners Primary records show the chain of ownership for 1164 North Calle Rolph as follows: Date Owner(s) January 11, 1945 Sallie Stevens and Culver Nichols June 25, 1954 Herbert Garnets September 10, 1954 Herbert Garnets and Kate Garnets (his mother) October 21, 1957 Mary A. Tweedy October 2, 1962 Mary A.
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