HISTORIC RESOURCE ASSESSMENT PHASE 1 REPORT Odd Fellows Building 82-96 E. Santa Clara Street San Jose, CA 95113 Prepared for: Cloud Kitchens 777 S. Figueroa Street Los Angeles, CA 90017 Prepared by: Chattel, Inc. | Historic Preservation Consultants 13417 Ventura Boulevard Sherman Oaks, CA 91423 July 2019 82-96 E. SANTA CLARA STREET HISTORIC RESOURCE ASSESSMENT – PHASE 1 THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK. CHATTEL, INC. | HISTORIC PRESERVATION CONSULTANTS 1 82-96 E. SANTA CLARA STREET HISTORIC RESOURCE ASSESSMENT – PHASE 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Introduction and Executive Summary ............................................................................ 4 II Methodology ...................................................................................................................... 6 III. Qualifications .................................................................................................................... 7 IV. Regulatory Setting ............................................................................................................ 8 National Register of Historic Places ................................................................................... 8 California Register of Historical Resources ........................................................................ 9 City of San Jose ................................................................................................................ 10 California Environmental Quality Act ................................................................................ 11 V. Description ....................................................................................................................... 12 Physical Description .......................................................................................................... 12 Alterations ......................................................................................................................... 14 Available Permit and Alteration History .............................................................................. 16 Character-Defining Features ............................................................................................ 18 VI. Historic Contexts ............................................................................................................. 19 Adolph Pfister ..................................................................................................................... 19 James Hagan ..................................................................................................................... 19 San Jose’s Free Public Library System ............................................................................. 20 Garden City Lodge No. 142, Independent Order of Odd Fellows ..................................... 21 Jacob Lenzen & Son, Architects ......................................................................................... 21 Italianate Style in Commercial Buildings ........................................................................... 22 Cast Iron Construction ....................................................................................................... 23 History of the Subject Property .......................................................................................... 24 VII. Historic Resource Assessment ..................................................................................... 27 National Register-listed San Jose Downtown Commercial District ................................... 27 San Jose Historic Landmark No. 80 .................................................................................. 28 Integrity ............................................................................................................................... 30 VIII. Conclusion ....................................................................................................................... 32 IX. Bibliography .................................................................................................................... 33 X. Attachments Attachment A: Maps Attachment B: Historic Images Attachment C: Contemporary Images Attachment D: Select Building Permits Attachment E: Newspaper Articles Attachment F: Designation and Survey Forms CHATTEL, INC. | HISTORIC PRESERVATION CONSULTANTS 2 82-96 E. SANTA CLARA STREET HISTORIC RESOURCE ASSESSMENT – PHASE 1 THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK. CHATTEL, INC. | HISTORIC PRESERVATION CONSULTANTS 3 82-96 E. SANTA CLARA STREET HISTORIC RESOURCE ASSESSMENT – PHASE 1 I. INTRODUCTION AND EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This report provides a Historic Resource Assessment (HRA, Phase 1) for the property located at 82-96 E. Santa Clara Street in San Jose, California (Assessor Parcel No. 467-22-149, subject property), and confirms eligibility of the subject property as a historic resource. The proposed project would adaptively reuse an existing commercial building as a mixed-use office and kitchen space for food entrepreneurs (proposed project). The subject property is comprised of two commercial buildings located on E. Santa Clara Street between S. 3rd Street and S. 2nd Street, both constructed between 1870 and 1885. The Hagan Building at 82-86 E. Santa Clara Street is a two-story rectangular building constructed circa 1870 and designed by an unknown architect (west portion). The Odd Fellows Building at 88-96 E. Santa Clara Street is a three-story rectangular building constructed circa 1885 and designed by Jacob Lenzen & Son, Architects (east portion). Collectively, the subject property is comprised of both the east and west portions in the Italianate style with cast iron facades. The subject property1 was listed as City of San Jose (City) Historic Landmark No. 80 in 1980, and was listed in the National Register of Historic Places (National Register) in 1983 as a contributor to the San Jose Downtown Commercial District (District). As the subject property is separately listed in a local register, it has presumptive significance as a historical resource. As the District is listed in the National Register, it is also automatically listed in the California Register of Historical Resources (California Register). Thus, the subject property and the District are historical resources under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). The subject property is significant as a district contributor for representing downtown commercial architecture of the 1870s and 1880s in San Jose. Additionally, the subject property is individually significant for its association with important persons San Jose Mayor Adolph Pfister and business owner James Hagan; for its association with early history of the City as the oldest remaining building of the City’s free public library system; for its association with an important social organization as Garden City Lodge No. 142 of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF); as one of the few remaining buildings associated with Jacob Lenzen & Son, Architects; as a notable example of Italianate architecture; and as a representative example of materials and methods of construction no longer in common use, including brick and cast iron. This HRA is based on written guidance provided by the National Park Service (NPS) for evaluating historic properties, including National Register Bulletin #15, How to Apply the National Register Criteria for Evaluation. Because there is limited guidance on application of California Register and local designation criteria, the evaluation utilizes NPS guidance for the National Register. For the reasons presented in this report, the subject property and District are historical resources under CEQA. This finding is the result of the following evidence: site-specific and contextual research in primary sources, including that obtained from the Santa Clara County (County) Assessor and the City, and historic maps and aerials; as well as secondary sources, including archival research, and consultation with the design and applicant team. Application of criteria of significance within the appropriate historic contexts, and direct observations of the subject property made on a site visit conducted on February 19, 2019 by professionals meeting the Secretary of the Interior’s Professional Qualification Standards also informed this HRA. 1 Local and federal designations of the “Odd Fellows Building” at the subject property includes both the Hagan Building (west portion) and the Odd Fellows Building (east portion). CHATTEL, INC. | HISTORIC PRESERVATION CONSULTANTS 4 82-96 E. SANTA CLARA STREET HISTORIC RESOURCE ASSESSMENT – PHASE 1 The proposed project would adaptively reuse an existing commercial building as a mixed-use office and kitchen space for food entrepreneurs (proposed project). Consideration of the proposed project involves discretionary review by the City. The proposed project would be evaluated for conformance to the Secretary’s Standards for the Treatment of Historical Properties (Secretary’s Standards) to determine whether it would result in a substantial adverse change to the historical resources. Under CEQA, a project that conforms to the Secretary’s Standards generally results in a less than significant impact, and would not materially alter in an adverse manner those physical characteristics of an historical resource that convey its historical significance. A Conformance Review and Impacts Analysis (Phase 2) would be submitted to the City that includes an evaluation of potential proposed project impacts, as well as an analysis on how the proposed