Appendix C Cultural Resources Study City of Long Beach Civic Center Project Cultural Resources Study U.S.G.S. Long Beach, CA quadrangle Prepared for: City of Long Beach 333 W. Ocean Boulevard, 7th Floor Long Beach, CA 90802 Prepared by: Rincon Consultants, Inc. 180 N. Ashwood Avenue Ventura, CA 93003 Authors: Shannon Carmack, B.A., and Kevin Hunt, B.A. October 2015 Keywords: USGS Long Beach, CA quadrangle; Los Angeles County; Intensive pedestrian survey; Civic Center, eligible, CRHR, historic district Carmack, S., and Hunt, K. 2015 Cultural Resources Study for the Civic Center Project, Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California. Rincon Consultants Project No. 15-01260. Report on file at the South Central Coastal Information Center, California State University, Fullerton. Civic Center Project Cultural Resources Study Civic Center Project Table of Contents Page Executive Summary ................................................................................................................................... 1 1.0 Introduction .................................................................................................................................... 3 1.1 Project Description ..................................................................................................................... 3 1.2 Personnel ................................................................................................................................... 10 2.0 Regulatory Setting ........................................................................................................................ 10 2.1 California Environmental Quality Act .................................................................................. 10 2.1.1 50 Year Threshold for the CRHR ................................................................................... 11 2.2 City of Long Beach ................................................................................................................... 11 2.2.1 Historic Preservation Element ........................................................................................ 11 2.2.2 Local Designation ............................................................................................................. 12 3.0 Setting ............................................................................................................................................ 14 3.1 Prehistory .................................................................................................................................. 14 3.1.1 Early Man Horizon (ca. 10,000 – 6,000 B.C.) ................................................................. 14 3.1.2 Milling Stone Horizon (6000–3000 B.C.) ....................................................................... 14 3.1.3 Intermediate Horizon (3000 B.C. – A.D. 500) ............................................................... 15 3.1.4 Late Prehistoric Horizon (A.D. 500–Historic Contact)................................................ 15 3.2 Ethnography ............................................................................................................................. 16 3.3 History ....................................................................................................................................... 17 3.3.1 Spanish Period (1769–1822) ............................................................................................ 17 3.3.2 Mexican Period (1822–1848) ........................................................................................... 18 3.3.3 American Period (1848–Present) .................................................................................... 18 3.3.4 Long Beach ........................................................................................................................ 19 3.3.5 Civic Center History ........................................................................................................ 20 4.0 Background Research .................................................................................................................. 22 4.1 California Historical Resources Information System .......................................................... 22 4.1.1 Previously Conducted Cultural Resource Studies ...................................................... 22 4.1.2 Previously Recorded Cultural Resources ..................................................................... 23 4.1.3 Historic Maps.................................................................................................................... 24 4.1.4 Previous Studies within Project Site .............................................................................. 24 4.1.4 Archival Research ............................................................................................................ 25 City of Long Beach i Civic Center Project Cultural Resources Study 4.2 Native American Heritage Commission ............................................................................... 25 5.0 Survey Methods ........................................................................................................................... 26 6.0 Results ............................................................................................................................................ 27 6.1 Long Beach Civic center .......................................................................................................... 27 6.1.1 City Hall-Library Complex ............................................................................................. 29 6.1.2 Courthouse ........................................................................................................................ 34 6.1.3 Public Safety Building ..................................................................................................... 37 6.1.4 Lincoln Park ...................................................................................................................... 38 6.1.5 Parking Garage ................................................................................................................. 40 6.2. Property History ...................................................................................................................... 40 6.3 Evaluations ................................................................................................................................ 51 6.3.1 City Hall-Library Complex ............................................................................................. 53 6.3.2 Courthouse ........................................................................................................................ 54 6.2.4 Public Safety Building ..................................................................................................... 54 6.2.5 Lincoln Park ...................................................................................................................... 55 6.2.6 Parking Garage ................................................................................................................. 55 7.0 Project Impacts and Mitigation Measures ................................................................................ 56 7.1 Archaeological Resources ....................................................................................................... 56 7.1.1 Archaeological Mitigation Measures ............................................................................. 56 7.2 Built Environment/Historic Resources ................................................................................ 57 7.2.1 Built Environment Mitigation Measures ...................................................................... 57 7.3 Level of Significance after Mitigation ................................................................................... 57 8.0 References ..................................................................................................................................... 59 Figures Figure 1. Project Vicinity .......................................................................................................................... 4 Figure 2. Project Location ......................................................................................................................... 5 Figure 3. Project Area ............................................................................................................................... 6 Figure 4. Site Plan ...................................................................................................................................... 7 Figure 5. Resources Surveyed ............................................................................................................... 28 Figure 6. Design Rendering of Public Safety Building. ...................................................................... 41 Figure 7. Proposed Master Plan, 1958. ................................................................................................. 43 Figure 8. View southeast of Public Safety Building, north and west elevations, 1961. ................. 44 Figure 9. View north of south elevation, Public Safety Building, ca. 1960...................................... 44 Figure 10. View northeast of Courthouse and Public Safety Building, 1960. ................................. 45 City of Long Beach ii Civic Center Project Cultural Resources Study Figure 11. View northwest of Courthouse and Public Safety Buildings, 1960. .............................