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Appendix C Phase I Historical Resource Assessment 5446 West Harold Way Phase I Historical Resource Assessment prepared for Phil Patel 1536 North Western Avenue Los Angeles, California 90027 prepared by Rincon Consultants, Inc. 250 East 1st Street, Suite 301 Los Angeles, California 90012 April 2020 Please cite report as follows: Williams, James, Steven Treffers, and Alexandra Madsen 2020 Phase 1 Historical Resource Assessment of 5446 West Harold Way, Los Angeles, California. Rincon Consultants Project No. 20-09256. Report on file at the South Central Coastal Information Center, California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton, California. Table of Contents Table of Contents Executive Summary ................................................................................................................................1 1 Project Summary ............................................................................................................................2 1.1 Personnel ............................................................................................................................2 2 Regulatory Framework ...................................................................................................................5 2.1 National Register of Historic Places ....................................................................................5 2.2 California Environmental Quality Act ..................................................................................6 2.3 City of Los Angeles ..............................................................................................................6 3 Historic Context ..............................................................................................................................8 3.1 City of Los Angeles ..............................................................................................................8 4 Background Research .................................................................................................................. 12 4.1 Previous Survey Findings and Designations ..................................................................... 12 4.2 SurveyLA Findings ............................................................................................................ 12 4.3 Hollywood Redevelopment Area Historic Resources Surveys (CRA) ............................... 12 4.4 Archival Research ............................................................................................................. 13 5 Methods ....................................................................................................................................... 14 5.1 Field Survey ...................................................................................................................... 14 5.2 Evaluative Frameworks in Los Angeles ............................................................................ 14 6 Results .......................................................................................................................................... 15 6.1 Current Setting ................................................................................................................. 15 6.2 5446 West Harold Way .................................................................................................... 16 7 Analysis ........................................................................................................................................ 24 7.1 Evaluative Framework for Historic Resources in Los Angeles ......................................... 24 7.2 Significance Evaluation .................................................................................................... 25 8 Recommendations ....................................................................................................................... 27 9 References ................................................................................................................................... 28 Tables Table 1 Construction History of 5446 West Harold Way .............................................................. 22 Table 2 Ownership/Occupancy History of 5446 West Harold Way .............................................. 23 Phase I Historical Resource Assessment i Phil Patel 5446 West Harold Way Figures Figure 1 Project Vicinity ....................................................................................................................3 Figure 2 Project Location ..................................................................................................................4 Figure 3 West Harold Way from Intersection with North Western Avenue, Facing West ............ 15 Figure 4 North Western Avenue from Intersection with West Harold Way, Facing Northeast .... 16 Figure 5 5446 West Harold Way, North Elevation, View to the Southeast ................................... 17 Figure 6 5446 West Harold Way, South Elevation, View to the North .......................................... 17 Figure 7 Hamptonia Tract Map, 1915 ............................................................................................ 18 Figure 8 1919 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map Depicting Subject Residence at its Original Location 19 Figure 9 1928 Aerial Photograph of Subject Property and Vicinity ............................................... 20 Figure 10 1950 Sanborn Fire Insurance Company Map ................................................................... 21 Appendices Appendix A Preparers’ Qualifications Appendix B California Department of Parks and Recreation Forms Appendix C Additional Documentation ii Executive Summary Executive Summary Rincon Consultants, Inc. (Rincon) was retained by Phil Patel to conduct a historical resource assessment of a property in the Hollywood Redevelopment Plan Area of the Hollywood Community Plan Area (CPA) of Los Angeles, California. The property at 5446 West Harold Way is comprised of a single assessor parcel (Assessor Parcel Number 5544-022-030) and contains a two-story residential property constructed in 1916 at an adjacent property that was moved onto the subject parcel in 1923. Mr. Patel is considering a proposal to redevelop the subject property, which would require the demolition of the existing residence situated thereon. The purpose of the historical resources assessment is to determine if the subject property is eligible for federal, state, or local designation and can be considered a historical resource for the purposes of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Assessment methods included archival research and an intensive-level survey of the subject property. This evaluation also utilized the methodology and framework currently being employed by the City of Los Angeles Office of Historic Resources (OHR) for its citywide historic resources survey, SurveyLA. All work was prepared in accordance with the CEQA Guidelines and the City of Los Angeles Department of City Planning OHR’s Requirements for Phase 1 Historical Resource Assessment Reports (updated September 2019). Background research revealed the subject property was been subject to previous historic resources survey and evaluation efforts. It was first recorded in Hollywood in 1986 as part of a survey completed for the Hollywood Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA). At that time, it was assigned a status code of 5S3 (appears to be individually eligible for local listing or designation through survey evaluation). A subsequent survey of prepared for the CRA in 2010 recorded the subject property again and assigned it a status code of 6Z (found ineligible for NRHP, CRHR or local designation through survey evaluation). As part of the current historical resources assessment, Rincon recommends the subject property ineligible for listing in the NRHP and the CRHR or for local designation individually or as a contributor to any historic district due to lack of historic and architectural significance. Therefore, the property at 5446 West Harold Way is not considered a historical resource for the purposes of CEQA. Phase I Historical Resource Assessment 1 Phil Patel 5446 West Harold Way 1 Project Summary Rincon Consultants, Inc. (Rincon) was retained by Phil Patel to conduct a historical resource assessment of the property at 5446 West Harold Way (subject property) (Figure 1). Mr. Patel is considering a proposal to redevelop the subject property, which would require the demolition of the existing residence situated thereon. The subject property is located in the Hollywood Redevelopment Plan Area of the Hollywood Community Plan Area (CPA). It is currently developed with a two-story, single-family residence constructed in 1916 at an adjacent property and moved on to the subject parcel in 1923 (Figure 2). The purpose of the historical resource assessment is to determine if the subject property is eligible for federal, state, or local designation and can be considered historical resources for the purposes of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Assessment methods included archival research and an intensive-level survey of the subject properties. This evaluation utilized the methodology and framework the City of Los Angeles Office of Historic Resources (OHR) used for its citywide historic resources survey, SurveyLA. All work was prepared in accordance with the CEQA Guidelines and the City of Los Angeles Department of City Planning OHR’s Requirements for Phase 1 Historical Resource Assessment Reports (updated September 2019). 1.1 Personnel