Historic Resources Report EAst Area 1 Specific Plan EIR Santa Paula, California 8 November 2007 Prepared for: P&D Consultants 999 Town & Country Road Orange, CA 92868 Prepared by: Table of Contents 1. Introduction 1 2. Administrative Setting 4 3. Impact Thresholds and Mitigation 6 4. Historical Setting 7 General Historical Context of the Santa Clara Valley Santa Paula Historical Context Agricultural Context Architectural Context, Building Arrangement and Types Agricultural Structures Sites and Field Patterns Teague-McKevett Company and Ranch Charles Collins Teague Charles McKevett and the McKevett Family 5. Potential Historic Resources 18 Table 1: Project Parcels 18 Table 2: Features, Dates of Construction and Photo Numbers 26 6. Eligibility of Historic Resources 27 Significance and Eligibility as a Contributor to a NRHP-eligible Historic District NRHP and CRHR Significance and Eligibility as an Individual Property Integrity Discussion Properties Less Than 50 Years of Age Local Significance and Eligibility: County of Ventura Local Significance and Eligibility: City of Santa Paula Table 3: Summary of Eligibility 30 7. Project Impacts 31 Project Alternatives Alternatives Discussion Cumulative Impacts 8. Mitigation Measures and Residual Impacts 32 Discussion 9. Selected Sources 35 Government Documents Maps 1. Introduction This report was prepared for the purpose of assisting the City of Santa Paula in their compliance with the Cali- fornia Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) as it relates to historic resources, in connection with the adoption of the East Area 1 Specific Plan, located north of State Route 126 and west of Haun Creek adjacent to the City of Santa Paula. [Figure 1] The Specific Plan would permit the development of up to 1,500 dwelling units, 285,000 square feet of commercial uses, 150,000 square feet of light industrial uses, and 375,000 square feet of school and other civic and institutional uses. The plan calls for 134 acres at the northern end of the prop- erty to be retained for open space and commercial avocado cultivation. The Specific Plan envisions the development of a number of neighborhoods and districts that are integrated through complimentary land uses and which are easily accessible and within close proximity to City residents. The Illustrative Plan shown in Figure 2 defines the location and character of the land uses, roadways and an- cillary facilities associated with the proposed Specific Plan. The Specific Plan provides for a variety of dwelling units within the proposed neighborhoods and districts and includes: • Single-family Detached (SFD) – These dwelling units consist of free-standing residential buildings gen- erally built on land larger than the building and containing yards. • Single-family Attached (SFA) - These dwelling units consist of attached residential buildings generally built on land larger than the building and containing yards. These residences generally include town homes, duplexes and triplexes. • Multi-Family (MF) - These dwelling units consist of attached residential buildings generally built on land larger than the building and containing yards. These residences generally include apartment build- ings (four or more units). • Work/Live Units (LWU) – These include a structure designed primarily for nonresidential uses with sec- ondary residential uses above. Work/Live buildings have a separation of occupancy between the non- residential and residential floors. A total of three neighborhoods and two districts are proposed and would include: • Santa Paula Creek Neighborhood • Foothill Neighborhood • Haun Creek Neighborhood • Santa Paula Creek Civic District • East Santa Paula Railroad District A complete description of the proposed neighborhoods and districts is provided in Section 3.0 of the EIR which is being prepared for this project. Table 1 of the EIR section contains a summary of proposed land uses by neighborhood and district within the Specific Plan. The plan proposes the retention and rehabilitation of four historic elements existing on the property within the new development and on their present locations: the Pump House, the Ranch Manager’s Residence, the palm trees flanking Padre Lane and the Packinghouse. According to the Specific Plan, the barn may be re- tained and relocated elsewhere on the property. All other existing improvements and the majority of the agri- cultural features on the project site are proposed to be removed. Historic Resources Report East Area 1 Specific Plan EIR Figure 1. Project Boundaries [Source: P&D Consultants] SAN BUENAVENTURA RESEARCH ASSOCIATES Page 2of 36 Historic Resources Report East Area 1 Specific Plan EIR Figure 2. East Area 1 Illustrative Plan [Source: HDR Town Planning, P&D Consultants] This report assesses the historical and architectural significance of potentially significant historic properties in accordance with the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP), the California Register of Historical Re- sources (CRHR) Criteria for Evaluation, and City of Santa Paula landmark criteria. A determination will be made as to whether adverse environmental impacts on historic resources, as defined by CEQA and the CEQA Guide- lines, may occur as a consequence of the proposed project, and recommend the adoption of mitigation meas- ures, as appropriate. SAN BUENAVENTURA RESEARCH ASSOCIATES Page 3of 36 Historic Resources Report East Area 1 Specific Plan EIR This report was prepared by San Buenaventura Research Associates of Santa Paula, California, Judy Triem, His- torian; and Mitch Stone, Preservation Planner, for P&D Consultants, and is based on a field investigation and research conducted in May through November, 2007. The conclusions contained herein represent the profes- sional opinions of San Buenaventura Research Associates, and are based on the factual data available at the time of its preparation, the application of the appropriate local, state and federal regulations, and best pro- fessional practices. 2. Administrative Setting The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires evaluation of project impacts on historic resources, including properties “listed in, or determined eligible for listing in, the California Register of Historical Re- sources [or] included in a local register of historical resources.” A resource is eligible for listing on the Cali- fornia Register of Historical Resources if it meets any of the criteria for listing, which are: 1. Is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of Califor- nia’s history and cultural heritage; 2. Is associated with the lives of persons important in our past; 3. Embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, region, or method of construction, or rep- resents 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. (PRC §5024.1(c)) By definition, the California Register of Historical Resources also includes all “properties formally determined eligible for, or listed in, the National Register of Historic Places,” and certain specified State Historical Land- marks. The majority of “formal determinations” of NRHP eligibility occur when properties are evaluated by the State Office of Historic Preservation in connection with federal environmental review procedures (Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966). Formal determinations of eligibility also occur when prop- erties are nominated to the NRHP, but are not listed due to owner objection. The criteria for determining eligibility for listing on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) have been developed by the National Park Service. Eligible properties include districts, sites, buildings and structures, A. That are associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of our history; or B. That are associated with the lives of persons significant in our past; or C. That embody the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction or that rep- resent 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. That have yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important in prehistory or history. According to the National Register of Historic Places guidelines, the “essential physical features” of a property must be present for it to convey its significance. Further, in order to qualify for the NRHP, a resource must retain its integrity, or “the ability of a property to convey its significance.” The seven aspects of integrity are: Location (the place where the historic property was constructed or the place where the historic event occurred); Design (the combination of elements that create the form, plan, space, structure, and style of a property); Setting (the physical environment of a historic property); Materials (the physical elements that were combined or deposited during a particular period of time and in a particular SAN BUENAVENTURA RESEARCH ASSOCIATES Page 4of 36 Historic Resources Report East Area 1 Specific Plan EIR pattern or configuration to form a historic property); Workmanship (the physical evidence of the crafts of a particular culture or people during any given period of history or prehistory); Feeling (a property’s expression of the aesthetic or historic sense of a particular period of time), and; Association (the direct link between