City of Los Angeles, Department of City Planning Office of Historic Resources JULY 2017 VOLUME 11, ISSUE 3 SurveyLA Releases Findings for Northeast Los Angeles Communities Throughout SurveyLA, we have been featuring in this Florence Crittenton Home, 234 E. Avenue 33 (1915), newsletter some of the most “interesting finds” in each significant as the long-time location of a home con- Community Plan Area. As the survey wrapped up, the structed to provide assistance to young pregnant wom- survey teams completed their documentation one of the en. The national Florence Crittenton Mission was largest and most resource-rich Community Plan Areas founded in New York in the 1890s and expanded to Los of the city, Northeast Los Angeles. In this issue, we Angeles in 1902. This Glassell Park facility, designed in highlight some of the findings from several Northeast the Mediterranean Revival style, provided this service LA communities, including High- until 2007, when it was convert- land Park, Mount Washington, ed to the Los Angeles Leader- Glassell Park, El Sereno, Hermon, ship Academy. Rose Hills and Lincoln Heights. This survey did not re-evaluate the 37 N. Ave. 25 (1913), a rare nearly 4,000 properties already in- example of a shotgun house in cluded within the Highland Park- Lincoln Heights, with unusual Garvanza Historic Preservation fish-scale shingle decorative ele- Overlay Zone (HPOZ). ments. For the interesting finds from the Ezra Scattergood Residence, Eagle Rock, Atwater Village, and 4521 N. Berkshire, a 1913 Glassell Park portions of Northeast 2419 N. Sichel Street, Lincoln Heights Craftsman home in El Sereno L.A., see the April 2017 issue, and that is significant as the resi- to review additional information on these survey find- dence of Ezra F. Scattergood, chief electrical engineer ings, click here. and general manager of the Bureau of Los Angeles Aq- ueduct Power (later the Los Angeles Department of 2419 N. Sichel St. (1887), representing some of the Water and Power), who was instrumental in the comple- earliest development in Lincoln Heights and an excellent tion of the Owens Aqueduct and the Hoover Dam-Los example of Eastlake residential architecture. (Continued on page 2) HPOZ Ordinance Amendments Take Effect The Los Angeles City Council has adopt- The following changes were made to Inside This Issue: ed amendments to the Historic Preserva- the HPOZ Ordinance: tion Overlay Zone (HPOZ Ordinance), which became effective on June 17, 2017. 1. Allow for a Board to serve multi- SurveyLA Receives L.A. ple HPOZs Conservancy Award 3 The HPOZ Ordinance, contained in Section 12.20.3 of the Los Angeles Mu- The current ordinance requires that each Uncovering Historic Figueroa nicipal Code (LAMC), includes proce- HPOZ have its own five-member Board in Highland Park 5 dures for the establishment of an HPOZ, to assist the City in reviewing proposed adoption of a Preservation Plan, and the projects within the district. Based on the LA’s Newest Historic- review of projects. With 35 current community interest in sharing a Board in Cultural Monuments 7 HPOZs and many future HPOZs ex- a number of current HPOZs, the amend- pected to be adopted, the Department of ment allows for the joint administration City Planning in 2016 reviewed the ordi- of two or more HPOZs by a single, sev- nance and proposed changes to many of en-member Board. its procedures and process thresholds to provide more effective implementation. (Continued on page 4) Page 2 Volume 11, Issue 3 SurveyLA Releases Findings for Northeast Los Angeles Communities (Continued from Page 1) 3378 N. Griffin Ave. (1907), a rare re- maining example of early mixed-use Angeles power transmission line project. development located along a former streetcar line in Lincoln Heights. Tonto Apartments, 2919 N. Broadway (1927), an intact 1920s apartment house, 4538 and 4540 with a neon blade sign, originally built E. Huntington and owned by author Zane Grey and his Dr. North, (1923 and 1922), two rare, wife Lina Elise Grey. intact examples in Rose Hills of a wood- en commercial storefront, of which only 801 W. Chest- a few examples survive citywide. nut Ave. (1922), an excellent and rare example of an arroyo stone house in San Carlos Theater, 2901 Main St., Garvanza. (1926), a Spanish Colonial Revival/ Churrigueresque theater in Lincoln 3465 N. Divi- Heights designed by notable theater ar- sion St. (1906), an excellent example of chitect Lewis A. Smith and owned and Vernacular Victorian residential with operated by West Coast Theatres, Inc. Queen Anne elements, representing some (later Fox-West Coast Theaters). The of the earliest development in Glassell theater's 1,100- person capacity auditorium is still present be- Park. hind the storefronts facing N. Main Street and Griffin. Farmdale School, 2839 N. Eastern 936 W. Mt. Washington Dr. (1966), an Ave. (1899), one of the oldest remain- excellent example of Mid-Century Mod- ing schoolhouses in Los Angeles ern residential architecture in Mount County, originally constructed on Ran- Washington, designed by noted architect cho Rosa Castilla, a large tract owned Conrad Buff III. by a Basque farmer, in 1899; it was named Farmdale School, part of the 4510 N. Sunnycrest Dr., (1967), an Farmdale School District, which later would be absorbed into excellent example of Mid-Century Mod- the LAUSD. The schoolhouse was later relocated to its current ern residential architecture in Glassell site on the campus of El Sereno Middle School and then reha- Park, designed by Los Angeles architect bilitated and rededicated as a museum in 1976. Raul F. Garduno. Garduno worked for architect William Krisel before opening Paul Sprunck Art Studio and Resi- his own office, specializing in Modernist dence, 4213 E. Glenmuir Ave. (1922), an post-and-beam designs and challenging hillside sites. excellent example of Storybook style resi- dential architecture in Mount Washing- Victory Park Bowling Green View- ton, built in stages between 1922 and ing Terraces (1932), a significant and 1927 for motion picture artist/art direc- unique masonry terrace complex in tor Paul G. Sprunck. Hermon Park constructed for the 1932 Olympic Games, one of the very few Hermon Free Methodist Church extant resources built for the 1932 (1952), 5718 N. Monterey Rd., a Mid- Games; the terraces were a viewing area Century Modern building that is signif- for lawn bowling (the associated bowling greens have been re- icant for its association with the Free moved). Methodist Church, members of which founded the community of Hermon. 4039 E. San Rafael Ave., (1955), an The congregation has been in continuous operation at this loca- excellent example of Mid-Century Mod- tion since 1905; its original church was replaced by the current ern residential architecture in Mount building in 1952. (Continued on Page 6) Page 3 VOLUME 11, ISSUE 3 SurveyLA Receives L.A. Conservancy Award It takes a village – or, at least, much of the Los Angeles profes- sulting sional historic preservation community – to complete a massive citywide historic resources survey. SurveyLA, the Los Angeles Second Row (from left): Mary Ringhoff, ARG; Ken Breisch, Historic Resources Survey Project, was honored with the Los USC Heritage Conservation Program; Trudi Sandmeier, USC Angeles Conservancy Chairman’s Award at the Conservancy’s Heritage Conservation Program; Christina Park, OHR and for- annual Preservation Awards luncheon in May. The event pro- merly ARG; Kathleen Gaines, GCI; Carrie Chasteen, Sapphos vided a unique opportunity for a significant portion of the pro- Environmental; Marie Campbell, Sapphos Environmental; ject team to gather in one place for a photo, below. The OHR Amanda Yoder Duane, GPA and former OHR intern; Robby thanks each of these valued partners – in addition to over 200 Aranguren, HRG and former OHR intern; Heather Goers, volunteers and interns, the Department of City Planning’s Sys- HRG; Casey Tibbet, LSA Associates tems and GIS staff, and the numerous other skilled preservation professionals – who made SurveyLA such a success! Back Row (from left): Nels Youngborg, Chattel, Inc., formerly OHR staff; Sara Delgadillo Cruz, OHR; Christine Lazzaretto, Front Row (from left): Christy McAvoy, Historic Resources HRG; Shane Swerdlow, formerly Chattel, Inc.; Andrew Group (HRG); Katie Horak, Architectural Resources Group Goodrich, ARG and former OHR intern; Daniel Ellroi, (ARG); Kari Fowler, HRG; Vince Bertoni, Director of Planning; NorthSouth GIS; Mickie Torres-Gil, ARG, former OHR intern; Los Angeles Department of City Planning; Tim Whalen, Direc- Daniel Paul, ICF; Flora Chou, Page and Turnbull; Paul Travis, tor, Getty Conservation Institute (GCI); Ken Bernstein, Depart- HRG; John Lesak, Page and Turnbull; Gail Ostergren, GCI; ment of City Planning Office of Historic Resources (OHR); Annabel Enriquez, GCI; Alison Dalgity, GCI; Jenna Snow, for- Janet Hansen, OHR; Kathryn Welch Howe, KWH Associates merly Chattel, Inc.; Stephen Schafer, Schaf Photo; David Myers, and former survey project lead, GCI; Teresa Grimes, GPA Con- GCI Photo courtesy of Larry Underhill Page 4 Volume 11, Issue 3 HPOZ Ordinance Amendments Take Effect (Continued from page 1) cern by replacing the flat 250 sq. ft. threshold with a proportion- al approach: non-visible additions and new construction that 2. Clarify the procedures for the technical correction of a result in a less than 20% increase of the building coverage may historic resources survey be processed as Major Conforming Work. The construction of accessory structures and the demolition of accessory