Oakland Children’s hOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER HISTORIC RESOURCE EVALUATION PART 1 OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA [13019] Prepared for LSA ASSOCIATES, INC. Page & Turnbull AUGUST 5, 2013 imagining change in historic environments through design, research, and technology FINAL Historic Resource Evaluation Children’s Hospital and Research Center Part I – Final Oakland, California TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS ..................................................................................................... 1 I. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................ 4 A. METHODOLOGY ................................................................................................................................. 6 B. EVALUATION CRITERIA ...................................................................................................................... 6 C. STATUS OF A BUILDING AS A HISTORICAL RESOURCE FOR CEQA ............................................ 9 II. SUMMARY OF DETERMINATION ............................................................................. 11 III. CURRENT HISTORIC STATUS ................................................................................. 14 A. NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES ................................................................................. 14 B. CALIFORNIA REGISTER OF HISTORICAL RESOURCES .................................................................. 14 C. CALIFORNIA HISTORICAL RESOURCE STATUS CODE ................................................................ 15 D. OAKLAND CULTURAL HERITAGE SURVEY ................................................................................... 15 E. CITY OF OAKLAND’S PROTECTED TREE ORDINANCE .............................................................. 18 IV. HISTORIC CONTEXT ................................................................................................ 19 A. HISTORY OF OAKLAND ................................................................................................................... 19 B. TEMESCAL NEIGHBORHOOD HISTORY ........................................................................................ 22 C. CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL .................................................................................................................... 26 V. CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTIONS ................................ 48 A. SITE DESCRIPTION ............................................................................................................................ 48 B. A/B WING (BABY HOSPITAL) (1926, ADDITIONS CA. 1948 AND 1962) ....................................... 49 C. B/C WING (1946, ADDITIONS 1958 AND 1987) ............................................................................. 54 D. BRUCE LYON MEMORIAL RESEARCH CENTER (1958, ADDITION 1972) ................................... 58 E. FORD DIAGNOSTIC AND TREATMENT CENTER (1962, ADDITION 1974) ................................ 60 F. CENTRAL PLANT/WEST SITE PLANT (1979, ADDITION 1987) ..................................................... 61 G. PATIENT TOWER (1982) ................................................................................................................... 62 H. CAFETERIA (1987) ............................................................................................................................. 62 I. THE BRUCE LYON MEMORIAL RESEARCH CENTER ADDITION (1992) ...................................... 63 J. OUTPATIENT CENTER (1993) ........................................................................................................... 64 K. PARKING GARAGE (1993) ................................................................................................................. 64 L. CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION LAB (1993) ..................................................................................... 64 M. HELISTOP (2000) ............................................................................................................................... 65 N. PORTABLE BUILDINGS (VARIOUS DATES) .................................................................................... 65 VI. EVALUATION OF CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL BUILDINGS FOR CALIFORNIA REGISTER ELIGIBILITY ................................................................................................... 67 A. A/B WING (BABY HOSPITAL) EVALUATION ................................................................................... 67 B. B/C WING EVALUATION .................................................................................................................. 73 August 5, 2013 - 1 - Page & Turnbull, Inc. Historic Resource Evaluation Children’s Hospital and Research Center Part I – Final Oakland, California C. EVALUATION OF A/B WING AND B/C WING TOGETHER .......................................................... 78 D. THE BRUCE LYON MEMORIAL RESEARCH CENTER EVALUATION ........................................... 80 E. THE FORD RESEARCH AND DIAGNOSTIC CENTER EVALUATION ............................................ 84 F. EVALUATION OF MAGNOLIA TREE ................................................................................................ 87 G. EVALUATION OF OTHER BUILDINGS ON THE MAIN HOSPITAL SITE ...................................... 87 H. EVALUATION OF THE HOSPITAL COMPLEX AS A HISTORIC DISTRICT ................................... 87 VII. EVALUATION OF CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL FOR ELIGIBILITY AS A CITY OF OAKLAND DESIGNATED HISTORIC PROPERTY ........................................................ 90 A. A/B WING (BABY HOSPITAL) ............................................................................................................ 90 B. THE B/C WING ................................................................................................................................... 94 C. THE A/B WING AND B/C WING TOGETHER ................................................................................. 97 D. THE BRUCE LYON MEMORIAL RESEARCH CENTER .................................................................. 100 E. THE FORD DIAGNOSTIC AND RESEARCH CENTER ................................................................... 103 VIII. EVALUATION OF THE CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL COMPLEX AS A CITY OF OAKLAND LOCAL HISTORIC DISTRICT .................................................................... 106 IX. STATUS OF CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL BUILDINGS AS HISTORICAL RESOURCES UNDER CEQA ................................................................................................................ 107 X. A/B WING (BABY HOSPITAL) CHARACTER-DEFINING FEATURES DIAGRAMS ......................................................................................................................................... 109 CHARACTER DEFINING FEATURES OF THE A/B WING (BABY HOSPITAL) .................................. 109 XI. RESIDENTIAL/COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES EVALUATION ................................ 110 A. 55TH AND DOVER RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT .................................................................................. 110 B. 682 52ND STREET .............................................................................................................................. 111 C. 688 52ND STREET .............................................................................................................................. 114 D. 720 52ND STREET .............................................................................................................................. 117 E. 5203 DOVER STREET ....................................................................................................................... 120 F. 5212-5214 DOVER STREET .............................................................................................................. 123 G. 5225 DOVER STREET....................................................................................................................... 126 H. 665 53RD STREET ............................................................................................................................ 129 I. 671 53RD STREET .............................................................................................................................. 131 J. 675 53RD STREET ................................................................................................................................ 134 K. 677-679 53RD STREET ....................................................................................................................... 137 L. 685-689 53RD STREET ........................................................................................................................ 140 M. 707 53RD STREET .............................................................................................................................. 143 N. 715 53RD STREET .............................................................................................................................. 146 O. 5204 MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. WAY .......................................................................................... 149 XII. CONCLUSION ........................................................................................................ 152 XIII. REFERENCES CITED ............................................................................................. 154 August 5, 2013 - 2 - Page & Turnbull, Inc. Historic Resource Evaluation Children’s Hospital and Research Center Part I – Final Oakland,