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Chc-2020-3290-Hcm Env-2020-3291-Ce Los Angeles Department of City Planning RECOMMENDATION REPORT CULTURAL HERITAGE COMMISSION CASE NO.: CHC-2020-3290-HCM ENV-2020-3291-CE HEARING DATE: June 18, 2020 Location: 1554-1560 South St. Andrews Place; TIME: 10:00 AM 2351-2371 West Venice Boulevard PLACE: Teleconference (see Council District: 10 – Wesson agenda for login Community Plan Area: South Los Angeles information) Area Planning Commission: South Los Angeles Neighborhood Council: United Neighborhoods of EXPIRATION DATE: The original 30-day expiration the Historic Arlington Heights, West date of June 20, 2020 per Los Angeles Adams, and Jefferson Park Administrative Code Section 22.171.10(e)1 is Communities tolled, and a revised date will be determined Legal Description: The W.G. Nevin Tract, Block 3, pursuant to the Mayor’s March 21, 2020 Public Lot 9 Order Under City of Los Angeles Emergency Authority re: Tolling of Deadlines Prescribed in the Municipal Code and April 17, 2020 Public Order Under City of Los Angeles Emergency Authority re: Tolling HCIDLA Deadlines and Revising Expiration of Emergency Orders PROJECT: Historic-Cultural Monument Application for the SCHOOL OF EYE EDUCATION REQUEST: Declare the property an Historic-Cultural Monument OWNERS: D and K Con LLC c/o Yeong Sik Kim 6423 Ivarene Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90068 East-West Outreach, Inc. 1554 South St. Andrews Place Los Angeles, CA 90019 APPLICANT: Anna Maria Brooks 1109 4th Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90019 RECOMMENDATION That the Cultural Heritage Commission: 1. Take the property under consideration as an Historic-Cultural Monument per Los Angeles Administrative Code Chapter 9, Division 22, Article 1, Section 22.171.10 because the application and accompanying photo documentation suggest the submittal warrants further investigation. 2. Adopt the report findings. CHC-2020-3290-HCM 1554-1560 South St. Andrews Place; 2351-2371 West Venice Boulevard Page 2 of 4 VINCENT P. BERTONI, AICP Director of PlanningN1907 [SIGNED ORIGINAL IN FILE] [SIGNED ORIGINAL IN FILE] Ken Bernstein, AICP, Principal City Planner Shannon Ryan, Senior City Planner Office of Historic Resources Office of Historic Resources [SIGNED ORIGINAL IN FILE] [SIGNED ORIGINAL IN FILE] Lambert M. Giessinger, Preservation Architect Melissa Jones, City Planning Associate Office of Historic Resources Office of Historic Resources Attachment: Historic-Cultural Monument Application CHC-2020-3290-HCM 1554-1560 South St. Andrews Place; 2351-2371 West Venice Boulevard Page 3 of 4 SUMMARY The School of Eye Education is a five-unit multi-family courtyard apartment building located at the northeast corner of South St. Andrews Place and Venice Boulevard in South Los Angeles. Designed in the Streamline Moderne architectural style by architect Earl D. Stonerod (1889-1971), the property was built in 1936 for educator and health practitioner Margaret Darst Corbett (1889- 1962). Corbett lived and worked at the property until her death in 1962. U-shaped in plan, the subject property is of wood-frame construction with stucco cladding and has a flat roof with a red-tile capped parapet. It consists of two one-story wings with a two-story volume arranged around a central courtyard. The primary, west-facing elevation fronts South St. Andrews Place and features bay windows with multi-lite casement windows on each of the one- story volumes, three bay windows with multi-lite casement windows on the upper floor of the two- story volume, and an incised belt course that wraps the building. Each unit has a private entrance accessed from the courtyard that is topped by a half-circle awning. Fenestration consists of single- lite and multi-lite casement windows, multi-lite bay windows, multi-lite casement ribbon windows, and single-lite double-hung windows. There is an ancillary one-story, wood-frame building at the southeast corner of the parcel. Margaret Darst Corbett was born January 17, 1889 in Boston, Massachusetts. She received her Bachelor of Science from the University of California, Berkeley in 1911, and relocated to Los Angeles with her husband, Daniel, in 1924. After years of seeking medical treatment for Daniel Corbett’s worsening blindness, the couple visited ophthalmologist Dr. William Horatio Bates in New York City and found success with his alternative treatments of eye conditions. After her husband passed away in 1930, Corbett dedicated her life to advocating for the Bates Method of vision therapy. She commissioned the subject property as a live/work site, with a commercial studio called the School of Eye Education. Corbett had several notable clients, including author Aldous Huxley and actresses Irene Rich and Billie Burke. Earl D. Stonerod was born March 6, 1889 in Altoona, Pennsylvania and received his architectural education from Carnegie Technical Schools (now Carnegie Mellon University) in Pittsburgh. He designed several residences in Pennsylvania before relocating to Los Angeles in the 1910s, where he worked as a draftsman in the office of Myron Hunt. Stonerod later worked in the office of Walker & Eisen before starting his own practice. He constructed several residences in Los Angeles before moving to Oregon to retire. Stonerod died in 1971 in Roseburg, Oregon at age 82. The subject property has experienced some alterations that include the construction of an ancillary building, the conversion of a storeroom to a living room, and the addition of some windows in 1945; the demolition of the garage in 1965; restuccoing and balcony repair in 2005; an interior remodel in 2014; and the expansion of one of the bay windows on the upper floor of the two-story volume and window replacements at unknown dates. SurveyLA, the citywide historic resources survey, identified the subject property as individually eligible for listing under the national, state, and local designation programs as an excellent example of a Streamline Moderne courtyard apartment building exhibiting high quality of design through distinctive features, and an excellent example of a 1930s courtyard apartment building, with a U-shaped plan and intact landscaping and hardscaping. CHC-2020-3290-HCM 1554-1560 South St. Andrews Place; 2351-2371 West Venice Boulevard Page 4 of 4 CRITERIA The criterion is the Cultural Heritage Ordinance which defines a historical or cultural monument as any site (including significant trees or other plant life located thereon), building or structure of particular historic or cultural significance to the City of Los Angeles if it meets at least one of the following criteria: 1. Is identified with important events of national, state, or local history, or exemplifies significant contributions to the broad cultural, economic or social history of the nation, state, city or community; 2. Is associated with the lives of historic personages important to national, state, city, or local history; or 3. Embodies the distinctive characteristics of a style, type, period, or method of construction; or represents a notable work of a master designer, builder, or architect whose individual genius influenced his or her age. FINDINGS Based on the facts set forth in the summary and application, the Commission determines that the application is complete and that the property may be significant enough to warrant further investigation as a potential Historic-Cultural Monument. BACKGROUND On May 21, 2020, the Director of Planning determined that the application for the proposed designation of the subject property as Historic-Cultural Monument was complete. The original 30- day expiration date of June 20, 2020 per Los Angeles Administrative Code Section 22.171.10(e)1 is tolled, and a revised date will be determined pursuant to the Mayor’s March 21, 2020 Public Order Under City of Los Angeles Emergency Authority re: Tolling of Deadlines Prescribed in the Municipal Code and April 17, 2020 Public Order Under City of Los Angeles Emergency Authority re: Tolling HCIDLA Deadlines and Revising Expiration of Emergency Orders. CITY OF LOS ANGELES HISTORIC-CULTURAL MONUMENT NOMINATION FORM 1. PROPERTY IDENTIFICATION Proposed Monument Name: Other Associated Names: Street Address: Zip: Council District: RanGe of Addresses on Property: Community Name: Assessor Parcel Number: Tract: Block: Lot: Proposed Monument Natural Site/Open Space Property Type: Building Structure Object Feature 2. CONSTRUCTION HISTORY & CURRENT STATUS Year built: Factual E Threatened? Architect/Designer: Contractor: Original Use: Present Use: Is the Proposed Monument on its Original Site? Yes Un 3. STYLE & MATERIALS Architectural Style: Stories: Plan Shape: FEATURE PRIMARY SECONDARY CONSTRUCTION Type: Type: CLADDING Material: Material: Type: Type: ROOF Material: Material: Type: Type: WINDOWS Material: Material: ENTRY Style: Style: DOOR Type: Type: CITY OF LOS ANGELES HISTORIC-CULTURAL MONUMENT NOMINATION FORM 4. ALTERATION HISTORY 5. EXISTING HISTORIC RESOURCE IDENTIFICATION wn) ListRegiststc ListfRegiststcRrces rve strrrve 6. APPLICABLE HISTORIC-CULTURAL MONUMENT CRITERIA 1. Is identified with important events of national, state, or local history, or exemplifies significant contributions to the broad cultural, economic or social history of the nation, state, city or community. 2. associated the lives of historic personages important to national, state, city, or local history. 3. distinctive characteristics of a style, type, period, or method of construction; or represents a notable work of a master designer, builder, or architect whose individual genius influenced his or her age. CITY OF LOS ANGELES HISTORIC-CULTURAL
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