Historic Resources Survey, Chula Vista, California
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Final HISTORIC RESOURCES SURVEY, CHULA VISTA, CALIFORNIA Prepared for: City of Chula Vista 276 Fourth Avenue Chula Vista, California 91910 Prepared by: Shannon Davis, M.A., RPH Senior Architectural Historian Sarah Stringer-Bowsher, M.A. Senior Historian Jennifer Krintz, M.H.P. Associate Architectural Historian Sinéad Ní Ghabhláin, Ph.D., RPA ASM Affiliates, Inc. 260 S. Los Robles Avenue, Suite 106 Pasadena, California 91101 November 2012 PN 19210 Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter Page MANAGEMENT SUMMARY ................................................................. vi 1. INTRODUCTION .......................................................................... 1 PROJECT DESCRIPTION ........................................................................ 1 METHODOLOGY .................................................................................. 2 Archival Research ................................................................................ 2 Reconnaissance Survey and Data Analysis .................................................. 3 Intensive Survey and Data Analysis ........................................................... 9 ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA ........................................................................ 12 City of Chula Vista Historic Preservation Ordinance ..................................... 12 California Register of Historical Resources Significance Criteria ...................... 13 National Register of Historic Places Significance Criteria ............................... 14 Integrity ........................................................................................... 15 PROJECT PERSONNEL .......................................................................... 16 2. HISTORIC CONTEXT STATEMENT ............................................. 17 COMMUNITY BUILDING: AGRICULTURAL AND RANCHING SETTLERS (1870-1910) .......................................................................................... 17 Economic Development ........................................................................ 17 Architectural History ........................................................................... 20 Community Building Period Architectural Styles .......................................... 20 CITY DEVELOPMENT: AGRICULTURE-CENTERED ECONOMY (1911-1939) . 23 Economic Development ........................................................................ 23 Architectural History ........................................................................... 31 City Development Period Architectural Styles ............................................. 35 CITY MATURATION: FROM AGRICULTURE TO COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND INDUSTRY (1940-1970) ........................................... 42 Economic Development ........................................................................ 42 Architectural History ........................................................................... 50 Community Maturation Period Architectural Styles ...................................... 57 3. SURVEY RESULTS ..................................................................... 71 PROPERTY TYPES AND DISTRIBUTION WITHIN THE SURVEY AREA ........ 71 PATTERNS OF DEVELOPMENT ............................................................. 75 CHARACTERISTIC ARCHITECTURAL STYLES ......................................... 75 4. RECOMMENDATIONS ............................................................... 77 PHASE ONE ........................................................................................ 77 PHASE TWO ........................................................................................ 78 Final Phase Two Report, Chula Vista Historic Resources Survey i Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS (Continued) Chapter Page REFERENCES ................................................................................... 101 APPENDICES .................................................................................... 105 APPENDIX A. Previously Surveyed Resources, 1985 APPENDIX B. Previously Surveyed Resources, 2005 APPENDIX C. Phase One Surveyed Resources APPENDIX D. Resources Recommended for Evaluation in Phase Two APPENDIX E. Phase Two Surveyed Resources APPENDIX F. Historic Resources Eligible for the Chula Vista Local Register of Historical Resources APPENDIX G. DPR Forms APPENDIX H. OHP Status Codes APPENDIX I. Themes/Areas of Significance ii Final Phase Two Report, Chula Vista Historic Resources Survey Table of Contents LIST OF FIGURES Page Figure 1. Phase One survey area map with parcels identified by decade of construction. ................................................................................. 5 Figure 2. Example of Phase One reconnaissance small-scale survey (1:1,000) map, with parcels identified by decade of construction. .................................... 7 Figure 3. Example of Phase Two intensive small-scale survey (1:2,000) map, with only those parcels to be surveyed highlighted. ....................................... 11 Figure 4. Chula Vista, 1894 plat map. ............................................................. 18 Figure 5. Subdivision development in Chula Vista, 1911-1919. City boundary outlined in red. Adapted from Schoenherr 2011. .................................... 24 Figure 6. Subdivision development in Chula Vista, 1920-1929. City boundary outlined in red. Adapted from Schoenherr 2011. .................................... 26 Figure 7. Subdivision development in Chula Vista, 1930-1939. City boundary outlined in red. Adapted from Schoenherr 2011. .................................... 30 Figure 8. Streetscape view of block of modest Craftsman style single family residences, west side of 300 block of Del Mar Avenue. ............................ 32 Figure 9. Streetscape view of block of Craftsman style single family residences, north side of 100 block of Cypress Street. ............................................ 32 Figure 10. Streetscape view of block of Craftsman style single family residences, west side of 600 block of Del Mar Avenue. .......................................... 33 Figure 11. Streetscape view of block of Spanish Colonial Revival style single family residences, west side of the 80 block of Jefferson Avenue. ........................ 33 Figure 12. Streetscape view of block of Spanish Colonial Revival style single family residences, west side of 200 block of Guava. ......................................... 34 Figure 13. Streetscape view of block of Spanish Colonial Revival style single family residences, east side of 200 block of Fig Avenue. ................................... 34 Figure 14. Subdivision development in Chula Vista, 1940. City boundary outlined in red. Adapted from Schoenherr 2011. ............................................... 44 Figure 15. Subdivision development in Chula Vista, 1950. City boundary outlined in red. Adapted from Schoenherr 2011. ............................................... 45 Figure 16. Subdivision development in Chula Vista, 1960. City boundary outlined in red. Adapted from Schoenherr 2011. ............................................... 48 Figure 17. Subdivision development in Chula Vista, 1970. City boundary outlined in red. Adapted from Schoenherr 2011. ............................................... 49 Figure 18. Typical 1940s Minimal Traditional subdivision, east side of 100 block of Fifth Avenue. ............................................................................... 51 Figure 19. Typical 1950s Tract Ranch subdivision, north side of 100 block of East Queen Anne Drive. ........................................................................ 51 Figure 20. Typical 1950s Tract Ranch subdivision, south side of 40 block of El Capitan Drive. .............................................................................. 52 Figure 21. Typical 1950s Tract Ranch subdivision, north side of 30 block of East Palomar Drive. ............................................................................. 52 Final Phase Two Report, Chula Vista Historic Resources Survey iii Table of Contents LIST OF FIGURES (Continued) Page Figure 22. Example of Contemporary Style single family residences, east side of Monserate Avenue. ........................................................................ 53 Figure 23. Example of Tract Ranch development from the 1960s, 1100 block of Nile Avenue. ................................................................................ 53 Figure 24. Example of Tract Ranch development from the 1960s with two-story single family residences, 200 block of East Milan Street. .......................... 54 Figure 25. Example of multiple family residential development, apartment buildings located at 256 Del Mar Avenue. ........................................................ 54 Figure 26. Example of multiple family residential development, duplexes located on the east side of the 700 block of Woodlawn Avenue. ............................... 55 Figure 27. Typical post-war commercial buildings, east side of the 200 block of Third Avenue. .............................................................................. 55 Figure 28. Typical post-war commercial buildings, west side of the 200 block of Third Avenue. .............................................................................. 56 Figure 29. Resources surveyed in Phase One reconnaissance survey. ......................... 73 Figure 30. Resources recommended for Phase Two Evaluation. ............................... 79 Figure 31. Actual resources surveyed in Phase Two evaluation.