Historic Resource Evaluation for 1513 Madrona Avenue, St. Helena, Napa County
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HISTORIC RESOURCE EVALUATION FOR 1513 MADRONA AVENUE, ST. HELENA, NAPA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA SUBMITTED TO: Mary Sikes Mary Sikes & Associates 1461 Railroad Ave # 200 St Helena, CA 94574 SUBMITTED BY: Brian Matuk, M.S. Senior Architectural Historian [email protected] Evans & De Shazo, Inc 6876 Sebastopol Avenue, Sebastopol, CA 95472 May 21, 2018 707-812-7400 www.evans-deshazo.com Table of Contents INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................................................................... 1 PROJECT DESCRIPTION AND LOCATION.................................................................................................................. 1 REGULATORY SETTING ........................................................................................................................................... 3 CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT ......................................................................................................................... 3 CALIFORNIA REGISTER OF HISTORICAL RESOURCES ................................................................................................................. 4 LOCAL REGULATIONS ....................................................................................................................................................... 4 METHODS .............................................................................................................................................................. 5 HISTORIC SETTING .................................................................................................................................................. 5 MEXICAN PERIOD (1821 – 1848) ..................................................................................................................................... 5 AMERICAN PERIOD (1848 - PRESENT) ................................................................................................................................ 6 DEVELOPMENT OF THE TOWN OF ST. HELENA ....................................................................................................................... 6 CRAFTSMAN ARCHITECTURE (CA. 1905 – 1930) .................................................................................................................. 7 LITERATURE SEARCH AND REVIEW ......................................................................................................................... 8 NWIC RECORD SEARCH AND REVIEW ................................................................................................................................. 8 LOCAL AND ONLINE RESEARCH ........................................................................................................................................... 8 RESULTS OF THE LITERATURE SEARCH AND REVIEW ................................................................................................................ 9 PROPERTY HISTORY ....................................................................................................................................................... 10 HISTORIC ARCHITECTURAL FIELD SURVEY ............................................................................................................ 15 EVALUATION FOR HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE ...................................................................................................... 26 CONCLUSION........................................................................................................................................................ 29 BIBLIOGRAPHY ....................................................................................................................................................... 1 ATTACHMENTS: DPR forms (Appendix A) Evans & De Shazo, Inc. Page II INTRODUCTION Evans & De Shazo, Inc. (EDS) was contracted by Mary Sikes to conduct a Historic Resource Evaluation (HRE) of the property located at 1513 Madrona Avenue, St. Helena, Napa County, California. The property contains a ca. 1918 house and ca. 1960 accessory building that is situated within the 0.33-acre lot known as Assessor’s Parcel Number (APN) 009-270-043-000 (Project Area). Neither the ca. 1918 house nor the ca. 1960 accessory building are currently listed on any local, state, or federal historic inventory. The project entails proposed alterations to the ca. 1918 house (Project) and, as such, the City of St. Helena is requiring an HRE be completed by a qualified professional architectural historian in compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and the City of St. Helena General Plan Historic Resources Element (Chapter 6) to determine if alterations to the ca. 1918 house could impact historical resources. The HRE is based on specific guidelines and evaluation criteria of the California Register of Historical Resources (CRHR) (14 CCR §15064.5 and PRC§ 21084.1) and the City of St. Helena historic preservation policies and ordinances. The HRE was completed by EDS Senior Architectural Historian, Brian Matuk, who holds an M.S. in Historic Preservation and exceeds the Secretary of Interior’s Professional Qualification Standards for Architectural History and History. PROJECT DESCRIPTION AND LOCATION The proposed Project entails exterior alterations to the ca. 1918 house that include changes to the eaves and removal of wood brackets, replacement of existing composite single roofing with standing seam roofing, replacement of existing windows with “industrial-style” metal windows, and replacement of existing railings with an open metal railing. An HRE was required by the City of St. Helena to address potential significant impacts to historical resources under CEQA. The HRE will ensure compliance with CEQA and the City of St. Helena General Plan Historic Resources Element (Chapter 6). The Project Area includes the parcel (APN 009-270-043-000) at 1513 Madrona Avenue, located approximately 75 feet south of Spring Mountain Road and 250 feet northeast of Stockton Street. The Project Area is located on USGS St. Helena 7.5-minute (1960; 1993) quadrangle map within the Mexican-era land grant of Carne de Humana within unsectioned land of Township 8 North, Range 6 West, extended (Figure 1). Evans & De Shazo, Inc. Page 1 Figure 1. Project Area location map. Evans & De Shazo, Inc. Page 2 REGULATORY SETTING Prior to the approval of the proposed Project, the City of St. Helena has determined that the Project must comply with CEQA regulations and guidelines, as well as local City of St. Helena historic preservation policies and ordinances. The following section outlines the regulatory framework for this HRE. California Environmental Quality Act CEQA and the Guidelines for Implementing CEQA (State CEQA Guidelines, Section 15064.5) give direction and guidance for evaluation of properties and the preparation of Initial Studies, Categorical Exemptions, Negative Declarations and Environmental Impact Reports. Pursuant to California State law, the City of St. Helena is legally responsible and accountable for determining the environmental impact of any land use proposal it approves. Cultural resources are aspects of the environment that require identification and assessment for potential significance under CEQA (14 CCR 15064.5 and PRC 21084.1). There are five classes of cultural resources defined by the State Office of Historic Preservation (OHP). These are: • Building: A structure created principally to shelter or assist in carrying out any form of human activity. A “building” may also be used to refer to a historically and functionally related unit, such as a courthouse and jail or a house and barn. • Structure: A construction made for a functional purpose rather than creating human shelter. Examples include mines, bridges, and tunnels. • Object: Construction primarily artistic in nature or relatively small in scale and simply constructed. It may be movable by nature or design or made for a specific setting or environment. Objects should be in a setting appropriate to their significant historic use or character. Examples include fountains, monuments, maritime resources, sculptures and boundary markers. • Site: The location of a significant event. A prehistoric or historic occupation or activity, or a building or structure, whether standing, ruined, or vanished, where the location itself possesses historic, cultural, or archaeological value regardless of the value of any existing building, structure, or object. A site need not be marked by physical remains if it is the location of a prehistoric or historic event and if no buildings, structures, or objects marked it at that time. Examples include trails, designed landscapes, battlefields, habitation sites, Native American ceremonial areas, petroglyphs, and pictographs. • Historic District: Unified geographic entities which contain a concentration of historic buildings, structures, or sites united historically, culturally, or architecturally. According to California Code of Regulations Section 15064.5, cultural resources are historically significant if they are: • Listed in, or eligible for listing in the California Register of Historical Resources (CRHR) (Public Resources Code 5024.1, Title 14 CCR, Section 4850 et. seq.); • Listed in, or eligible for listing in, the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP); • Included in a local register of historical resources, as defined in an historical resource survey meeting Evans & De Shazo, Inc. Page 3 the requirements of Section 5024.1(g)