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S #20 O , CA 92866 L 3 @a N:\CDD\PLNG\Applications\Design Review\DRC 4890-16 Orange Packing House\DRC Staff Report-DRC 4890-16 Orange Packing House.docx DRCITEM 10 06/17/2020 Vicinity Map 426 W. Almond Avenue DRC No. 4890-16 N s City of Orange Community Development Department ATTACHMENT NO. 1 DRC NO. 4890-16; ORANGE PACKING HOUSE VICINITY MAP June 17, 2020 DRC Meeting THE HISTORIC PACKING HOUSE SITE DEVELOPMENT 426 West Almond Avenue, Orange, California LP3 architecture, Inc. November 17, 2016 ATTACHMENT NO. 2 DRC NO. 4890-16; ORANGE PACKING HOUSE SITE PHOTOGRAPHS June 17, 2020 DRC Meeting VIEW LOOKING NORTH FROM AUTO COURT 10 30-158693 038059 PRIMARY RECORD #: W 426 390-651-05 D - -- B.M. __ 4_2_6 w _# __ -_o_ .... 9_2_8_6_6_ .... --------------------... 422 W. 427-42 9 W. g.3.) & L tr s s) D D LJ D 2 o o 5 (V w.,o#) /ri, ;f '; 1 I *prt (Cite survey prt a h e s e te ".") ty se Rrd (2005). C ct (2005) H R Suvy.AEG (1991) H vy Upte Hg Og Cnty (1982) H Svy . *G c g Sce 1924 D *r n ess *S ecr y Nm ,affiliation,and address) D G ,.Lvy,D. C c 13417 v S a ,C 91423 *9 a ,2005 *0 rvy yp (Describe) R *Attachets:L.J LJ GZJ c Rord []A Red ::J Rd O F Rd O M Rd D Rok Art Record []Art Rd �gp Rd O (): DR 523A (1/95)*q rmatin ATIACHMENT NO. 3 DRC NO. 4890-16; ORANGE PACKING HOUSE HISTORIC RESOURCE SURVEY FORM FOR 426 W. ALMOND AVE. June 17, 2020 DRC Meeting B1. Historic Name:Orange Mutual Citrus Assoc. - Packing House B3. Original Use:IND B4. Present Use:SOC/RELG *B5. Architectural Style:Mediterranean Revival *B6. Construction History:(Construction date, atlerations, and date of alterations)Date of Construction:1924 *B9. Architect or Builder:Unknown Period of Significance:Old Towne: Agriculture & Industry (c. 1880 - 1950) *B10. Significance:Property Type:Packing house (Discuss importance in terms of historical or architectural context as defined by theme, period, and geographic scope. Also address integrity. Continues on Pg.4.) *B8. Related Features:Adjacent railroad Date:Original Location:*B7. Moved? ArchitectureTheme:Area:City of Orange Structural Integrity:Good Condition - No apparent change to original structure. (List attributes and codes) *Date of Evaluation:September, 2005 B11. Additional Resource Attributes: (This space reserved for official comments.) *B14. Evaluator:Robert Chattel B13. Remarks: State of California - The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION BUILDING, STRUCTURE, AND OBJECT RECORD *B12. References: *NRHP Status Code 1D This building originally served as the Orange Mutual Citrus Association, a packing house associated with the citrus industry in Orange. City DIrectory listings include: G.L. Bates as sectretary in 1925 and civil engineer in 1926 and L. Frank Finley, manager in 1927. The current address on the building, 426A W. Almond, was the Second Harvest Food Distribution Center for Orange County, the Society of St. Vincent de Paul until 2007. Between the upper windows was once a painted sign that listed JBL 426 W. Almong Orange, (714) 633-0860. Below was a fainly visible old sign that read: Plating copper, nickel, chrome, industrial, commerical, individual. This structure is an outstanding example of the architectural style. Primary #30-158693 HRI #038059 YesNo Unknown Page 2 of 3 *Resource Name or #:ALMOND_W_426__APN_390-651-05 (Assigned by Recorder) PrehistoricHistoric Both B2. Common Name: Applicable Criteria:AC Orange Daily News. Orange Householder's Guide (1922-1930, 1932, 1940, 1949-1950). City Directory by Streets (1922-1930, 1932) and specific names (1940). Classified Business (1922-1930, 1932). Sanborn Maps (1909, 1922, 1950, 1954). Plat Maps (1915-1920). (Sketch Map with North arrow required.) DPR 523B (1/95)*Required Information Appears eligible both individually and as a district contributor. Appears to be a contributor to a district that appears eligible for local listing or designation: Railroad/Packing House NCA. Opportunities: Status change since 1991 Survey: None. Site Integrity: (Continues on Pg.3.) State of California - The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION CONTINUATION SHEET Description of Photo: Primary #30-158693 HRI #038059 Trinomial ORA Recorded by: Date Recorded:March, 2005 P3a. Description (Continued from Pg.1): ion. A characteristic Mission-like parapet is at the front entry. At the top of the parapet is a brick string course. Below, fenestration incorporates recessed, rectangular windows of which centermost windows have recessed arches. The street elevation has a straight parapet at each end, a Mission style paraet in the center and a Mission tile hood roof between. The mission parapet is decorated with bas relief ornamentation and recessed niches. Two extra string courses band the façade. The main entrance is on the left side of this elevation. It is a rounded arch with rectangular, wood panel door and arched multi- light transom. Above the arch were once the letters: FOOD DISTRIBUTION CENTER SERVING ORANG E COUNTY. The door appears to be a replacement. Two ornmanetal vent in a unique shape and recessed into the wall. This vent is repeated at the right end of the same elevation over a window set in an arch and a secondary door. Across this same elevation are square basement windows and in the center a small basement entry to 426 W. Almond. On the first floor are six wood sash, double-hung windows. Over the first two were the letters SOCIETY OF ST. VINCENT DE PAUL. The center four were set in a recessed rounded arch with filled top. To the right an old sign faintly visable, PLATTING copper, nickel, chrome, industrial, commercial, individual. DPR 523L (11/98)*Required Information UpdateContinuation Page 3 of 3 B6. Construction History (Continued from Pg.2): Lot Acre:0.6982 Principal Building Sqft:63781 Planning Zone:OTMU-15 # of Stories:2 Years Surveyed:1982, 1991, 2005 General Plan:OTMIX-15 # of Units:4 B13. Remarks (Continued from Pg.2): 1991 D. Gest, P. LaValley, D. Matsumoto Chattel Architecture 13417 Ventura Blvd. Sherman Oaks, CA 91423 *Resource Name or #:ALMOND_W_426__APN_390-651-05 (Assigned by Recorder) Listed in National Register:1997 # of Buildings:1 State of California - The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION PRIMARY RECORD Page 1 of *b. USGS 7.5' Quad:Date:T R 1/4 of 1/4 of Sec B.M. d. UTM:mE/mN e. Other Locational Data:Same APN as: 426 W. Almond and 427-429 W. Palmyra. P1. Other Identifier:See B13 Remarks *P2. Location: c. Address:420 Zip:92866 (Give more than one for large and/or linear resources) (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boudnaries. Continues on Pg.3.) ;;; Zone ' and (P2b and P2c or P2d. Attach a location map as necessary.) City:422-W ALMOND Orange *P3a. Description: *P3b. Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) Reconnaissance (Describe) (Cite survey report and other sources, or enter "none.") *Attachments:Continuation Sheet(s)Building, Structure, and Object Record (Name, affiliation, and address) (View, date, accession #) *P6. Date Constructed/ Age and Source: D. Gest, P. LaValley, D. Matsumoto; J. Snow *P7. Owner and Address: *P8: Recorded by: *P10. Survey Type: *P11. Report Citation: DPR 523A (1/95)*Required Information *Resource Name or #:ALMOND_W_420-422__APN_390-651-05 (Assigned by Recorder) *P9. Date Recorded: March, 2005; November, 2009 1925 c Primary #30-158692 HRI #038058 Date: NRHP Status Code 3D Trinomial ORA Other Listings: Review Code:Reviewer: (HP8)--Industrial building Orange *a. County: P5b. Description of Photo: Unrestricted 4.1 Site*P4. Resources Present:Building Object Element of District Other (Isolates, etc.)DistrictStructure Not for Publication District Record Photograph Record Location Map Artifact Record Archaeological Record NONE Linear Feature Record Rock Art RecordMilling Station Record Other (List): Materials:Frame - Stucco or plaster AVE Chattel Architecture 13417 Ventura Blvd. Sherman Oaks, CA 91423 PrehistoricHistoric Both The brick building at 422 W. Almond is built in a Mediterranean style with Mission features and is similar to a larger packing house building next door at 426 W. Almond. It is a long rectangular building with a narrow street elevation with no setback. Rectangular plan with mission parapet front and tile hood across the flat roof. Entry is at center through a recessed porch. House is characteristically sided in stucco. T ,# 2005 Orange County Assessor Records (2005). Chattel Architecture (2005) Historic Resources Survey. AEGIS (1991) Historic Building Inventory Update. Heritage Orange County, Inc. (1982) Orange Historic Survey. *** Property status pending review with the National Register! *** Only 422 W. Almond is the contributing building. 420 W. Almond is the rear, non-historic building. B1. Historic Name:Orange Mutual Citrus Assoc. - Office B3. Original Use:IND B4. Present Use:SOC/RELG *B5. Architectural Style:Mediterranean Revival *B6. Construction History:(Construction date, atlerations, and date of alterations)Date of Construction:1925 *B9. Architect or Builder:Unknown Period of Significance:Old Towne: Agriculture & Industry (c. 1880 - 1950) *B10. Significance:Property Type:Industrial (Discuss importance in terms of historical or architectural context as defined by theme, period, and geographic scope. Also address integrity. Continues on Pg.4.) *B8. Related Features: Date:Original Location:*B7. Moved? ArchitectureTheme:Area:City of Orange Structural Integrity:Good Condition - No apparent change to original structure. (List attributes and codes) *Date of Evaluation:November, 2009 B11. Additional Resource Attributes: (This space reserved for official comments.) *B14. Evaluator:Robert Chattel B13. Remarks: State of California - The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION BUILDING, STRUCTURE, AND OBJECT RECORD *B12. References: *NRHP Status Code 3D This building at 422 W. Almond may have been the office building for the Orange Mutual Citrus Association at 426 W. Almond. There are no records available in the county assessor records. The 1922 Sanborn Map does not show a building at this location; (the library has no maps between 1922 and 1954); the 1954 Sanborn Map shows a building at this location. Primary #30-158692 HRI #038058 c YesNo Unknown Page 2 of 4.1 *Resource Name or #:ALMOND_W_420-422__APN_390-651-05 (Assigned by Recorder) PrehistoricHistoric Both B2. Common Name: Applicable Criteria:AC Orange Daily News. City Directory by Streets and the Classified Business (1922-1930, 1932). Orange Householder's Guide (1940, 1949-1950). Specific names in the Street Directory (1940). Plat Maps (1915- 1920). Sanborn Maps (1909, 1922, 1950, 1954). (Sketch Map with North arrow required.) DPR 523B (1/95)*Required Information Appears eligible both individually and as a district contributor. Appears to be a contributor to a district that appears eligible for local listing or designation: Railroad/Packing House NCA. Opportunities: Status change since 1991 Survey: None. Site Integrity: (Continues on Pg.3.) *** Property status pending review with the National Register! *** State of California - The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION CONTINUATION SHEET Description of Photo: Primary #30-158692 HRI #038058 Trinomial ORA Recorded by: Date Recorded:March, 2005; November, 2009 P3a. Description (Continued from Pg.1): his elevation is clad with plaster and has band at the top of the parapet, crenellated corners, a Mission style parapet in the center and formerly had the letters ST. VINCENT DE PAUL and a short pent Mission tile hood between the parapet and the corners. A central recessed entry is reached by a flight of five stairs with concrete, sloped wing walls. The wall around the entry is decorated with plastered molding trim. The door is recessed about three feet and is a multi-panel with side lights. Centered in the wall on each side of the door is a wood sash, double-hung window, six panes in the top and six in the bottom, with lug sills. Above the window on the left were the letters CATHOLIC DETENTION MINISTRY FRIENDS OUTSIDE. Above the recess, under the parapet are two small vent windows with sills similar to those of the windows. The sides of the building have exposed brick walls on the East with four windows, the west wall is solid brick. This building is a good example of the architectural style. DPR 523L (11/98)*Required Information UpdateContinuation Page 3 of ## B6. Construction History (Continued from Pg.2): Lot Acre: Principal Building Sqft:63781 Planning Zone:OTMU-15 # of Stories:1.5 Years Surveyed:1982, 1991, 2005 General Plan:OTMIX-15 # of Units:2 B13. Remarks (Continued from Pg.2): 1991 D. Gest, P. LaValley, D. Matsumoto; J. Snow Chattel Architecture 13417 Ventura Blvd. Sherman Oaks, CA 91423 *Resource Name or #:ALMOND_W_420-422__APN_390-651-05 (Assigned by Recorder) Listed in National Register:-- # of Buildings:2 *** Property status pending review with the National Register! *** 2012 National Register Amendment: Resource located within Old Towne Orange National Register Historic District boundaries. Recommend District amendment to complete district inventory. Detail: State of California - The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION CONTINUATION SHEET Primary #30-158692 HRI #038058 Trinomial ORA Recorded by: Date Recorded:March, 2005; November, 2009 DPR 523L (11/98)*Required Information Update Page 4.1 of 4.1 D. Gest, P. LaValley, D. Matsumoto; J. Snow Chattel Architecture 13417 Ventura Blvd. Sherman Oaks, CA 91423 *Resource Name or #:ALMOND_W_420-422__APN_390-651-05 (Assigned by Recorder) Continuation Current Status (2011): 5D2 Recommended Action:Amend contributor to NR District Recommended Status (2012):1D (Based upon 2010 Historic Resources Inventory Update) Not previously listed Purpose of Amendment: *** Property status pending review with the National Register! *** State of California - The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION PRIMARY RECORD Page 1 of *b. USGS 7.5' Quad:Date:T R 1/4 of 1/4 of Sec B.M. d. UTM:mE/mN e. Other Locational Data:Same APN as: 422 & 426 W. Almond. P1. Other Identifier:See B13 Remarks *P2. Location: c. Address:427 Zip:92866 (Give more than one for large and/or linear resources) (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boudnaries. Continues on Pg.3.) ;;; Zone ' and (P2b and P2c or P2d. Attach a location map as necessary.) City:429-W PALMYRA Orange *P3a. Description: *P3b. Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) Reconnaissance (Describe) (Cite survey report and other sources, or enter "none.") *Attachments:Continuation Sheet(s)Building, Structure, and Object Record (Name, affiliation, and address) (View, date, accession #) *P6. Date Constructed/ Age and Source: D. Gest, P. LaValley, D. Matsumoto *P7. Owner and Address: *P8: Recorded by: *P10. Survey Type: *P11. Report Citation: DPR 523A (1/95)*Required Information *Resource Name or #:PALMYRA_W_427-429__APN_390-651-05 (Assigned by Recorder) *P9. Date Recorded: April, 2005 1946 Primary # HRI # Date: NRHP Status Code 6Z Trinomial ORA Other Listings: Review Code:Reviewer: Orange *a. County: P5b. Description of Photo: Unrestricted 3 Site*P4. Resources Present:Building Object Element of District Other (Isolates, etc.)DistrictStructure Not for Publication District Record Photograph Record Location Map Artifact Record Archaeological Record NONE Linear Feature Record Rock Art RecordMilling Station Record Other (List): Materials:Frame - Wood & metal siding AVE Chattel Architecture 13417 Ventura Blvd. Sherman Oaks, CA 91423 PrehistoricHistoric Both ,# 2005 Orange County Assessor Records (2005). Chattel Architecture (2005) Historic Resources Survey. AEGIS (1991) Historic Building Inventory Update. Previously known in 1991 survey as: 423 W. Palmyra. B1. Historic Name:Unknown B3. Original Use:IND B4. Present Use:IND *B5. Architectural Style:Industrial *B6. Construction History:(Construction date, atlerations, and date of alterations)Date of Construction:1946 *B9. Architect or Builder:Unknown Period of Significance:Old Towne: Agriculture & Industry (c. 1880 - 1950) *B10. Significance:Property Type:Industrial (Discuss importance in terms of historical or architectural context as defined by theme, period, and geographic scope. Also address integrity. Continues on Pg.4.) *B8. Related Features: Date:Original Location:*B7. Moved? ArchitectureTheme:Area:City of Orange Structural Integrity: (List attributes and codes) *Date of Evaluation:September, 2005 B11. Additional Resource Attributes: (This space reserved for official comments.) *B14. Evaluator:Robert Chattel B13. Remarks: State of California - The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION BUILDING, STRUCTURE, AND OBJECT RECORD *B12. References: *NRHP Status Code 6Z Primary # HRI # YesNo Unknown Page 2 of 3 *Resource Name or #:PALMYRA_W_427-429__APN_390-651-05 (Assigned by Recorder) PrehistoricHistoric Both B2. Common Name: Applicable Criteria:N/A Orange Daily News. (Sketch Map with North arrow required.) DPR 523B (1/95)*Required Information If allowable DOC changed, appears to be a contributor to a district that appears eligible for local listing or designation: Railroad/Packing House NCA. Opportunities: Status change since 1991 Survey: None. Site Integrity: (Continues on Pg.3.) State of California - The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION CONTINUATION SHEET Description of Photo: Primary # HRI # Trinomial ORA Recorded by: Date Recorded:April, 2005 P3a. Description (Continued from Pg.1): DPR 523L (11/98)*Required Information UpdateContinuation Page 3 of 3 B6. Construction History (Continued from Pg.2): Lot Acre: Principal Building Sqft:63781 Planning Zone:OTMU-15 # of Stories:1 Years Surveyed:1991, 2005 General Plan:OTMIX-15 # of Units:2 B13. Remarks (Continued from Pg.2): 1991 D. Gest, P. LaValley, D. Matsumoto Chattel Architecture 13417 Ventura Blvd. Sherman Oaks, CA 91423 *Resource Name or #:PALMYRA_W_427-429__APN_390-651-05 (Assigned by Recorder) Listed in National Register: # of Buildings:2 April 2019 HISTORIC RESOURCES ASSESSMENT ORANGE PACKING HOUSE SITE IMPROVEMENTS CITY OF ORANGE ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA ATTACHMENT NO. 4 DRC NO. 4890-16; ORANGE PACKING HOUSE HISTORIC RESOURCE ASSESSMENT FOR ORANGE PACKING HOUSE SITE IMPROVEMENTS (04/2019) June 17, 2020 DRC Meeting April 2019 HISTORIC RESOURCES ASSESSMENT ORANGE PACKING HOUSE SITE IMPROVEMENTS CITY OF ORANGE ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA Prepared for: LP3 Architecture 158 North Glassell Street, Suite 201 Orange, California 92866 Prepared by: Casey Tibbet, M.A. LSA Associates, Inc. 1500 Iowa Avenue, Suite 200 Riverside, California 92507 (951) 781-9310 LSA Project No. LPR1102 H ISTORIC R ESOURCES A SSESSMENT A PRIL 2 019 O RANGE P ACKING H OUSE S ITE I MPROVEMENTS O RANGE, C ALIFORNIA R:\LPR1102\2018-2019\Report\HRA Rev clean.docx (04/08/19) i MANAGEMENT SUMMARY LSA conducted a historic resources assessment for the Orange Packing House Site Improvements Project located at 426 West Almond Avenue in the City and County of Orange, California. The subject property is approximately 2 acres and is currently developed with a former citrus packing house, a free-standing office, and three ancillary buildings. The proposed project consists of the demolition of one of the ancillary buildings to facilitate additional parking and the addition of a new deck structure on the east side of the former packing house to allow pedestrian access to the building. The City of Orange (City) as Lead Agency for the project required this study as part of the environmental review process to comply with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). The purpose of the study is to provide the City with the necessary information and analysis to determine, as mandated by CEQA, whether the proposed project would cause substantial adverse changes to any historical resources that may exist in or around the project area, namely the packing house and its contributing features and the Old Towne Historic District. To accomplish this, LSA conducted archival research, carried out an intensive-level field survey, and analyzed potential project impacts using the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties (SOIS). The packing house is a contributor to the Old Towne Orange Historic District, which was listed in the National Register of Historic Places (National Register) in 1997. In 2012, the packing house, along with a related detached office building and the conveyor between the packing house and the pre-cooling room, was evaluated as individually eligible for listing in the National Register and the California Register of Historical Resources (California Register) at the local level under Criteria A/1 for its association with the citrus industry and under Criteria C/3 as a significant property type (packing house). The three ancillary buildings were identified as contributing features of secondary importance that are not individually significant. In conjunction with the current project, the City has requested that the storage building proposed for demolition be reevaluated. To accomplish this LSA completed intensive interior and exterior surveys of the shed (previously only an exterior survey had been done) and conducted research focused specifically on the shed, which had not been done before. In addition, the City requested that the proposed deck addition on the east side of the packing house be analyzed to determine whether it would result in any substantial adverse changes to the significance of the historical resource (packing house). As part of this analysis, the history of the existing ramp and deck were researched, since that had not been done previously. As a result of this study, it was determined that the storage building has sustained numerous additions/alterations since it was built in circa 1935. It does not convey an association with any specific part of the citrus packing/industry process and, because of alterations, it is not clear what its historic purpose may have been beyond possibly storage. As such, it does not contribute to the significance of the packing house or the Old Towne Orange Historic District and its demolition would not result in any substantial adverse changes to a historical resource. Therefore, LSA recommends to the City a finding of No Impact regarding the demolition of this building. Research determined that the existing ramp and deck structure on the east side of the packing house date to 1965. Because they do not date to the historical resource’s period of significance (1924–1950), they are not character-defining or contributing features. Furthermore, based on an analysis using the H ISTORIC R ESOURCES A SSESSMENT A PRIL 2 019 O RANGE P ACKING H OUSE S ITE I MPROVEMENTS O RANGE, C ALIFORNIA R:\LPR1102\2018-2019\Report\HRA Rev clean.docx (04/08/19) ii SOIS (Rehabilitation), the proposed deck, canopies, and lighting will not result in any substantial adverse changes to the historical resource (packing house). The proposed deck, canopies, and lighting will be complementary, but clearly modern in appearance and could be removed without impairing the essential form and integrity of the packing house. The other proposed property lighting will have a negligible impact on the historical resource. Therefore, LSA recommends to the City a finding of No Impact with regard to the proposed new construction. No further investigation and no mitigation measures are recommended for the project unless development plans undergo such changes as to include areas not covered by this study. H ISTORIC R ESOURCES A SSESSMENT A PRIL 2 019 O RANGE P ACKING H OUSE S ITE I MPROVEMENTS O RANGE, C ALIFORNIA R:\LPR1102\2018-2019\Report\HRA Rev clean.docx (04/08/19) iii TABLE OF CONTENTS MANAGEMENT SUMMARY ..................................................................................................................... i TABLE OF CONTENTS ............................................................................................................................. iii APPENDICES .................................................................................................................................... iii FIGURES........................................................................................................................................... iv TABLES............................................................................................................................................. iv INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................................................... 1 METHODS ............................................................................................................................................... 4 ARCHIVAL RESEARCH ....................................................................................................................... 4 FIELD SURVEY ................................................................................................................................... 4 RESULTS .................................................................................................................................................. 5 ARCHIVAL RESEARCH ....................................................................................................................... 5 Citrus Industry in Orange (1882–1960s) ................................................................................... 8 The Orange Mutual Citrus Association Packing House ........................................................... 10 Previous Studies ...................................................................................................................... 14 FIELD SURVEY ................................................................................................................................. 14 SIGNIFICANCE EVALUATION ................................................................................................................. 21 DEFINITIONS ................................................................................................................................... 21 California Register of Historical Resources .............................................................................. 21 City of Orange .......................................................................................................................... 22 EVALUATION .................................................................................................................................. 22 IMPACTS ASSESSMENT ......................................................................................................................... 24 CHARACTER-DEFINING FEATURES ................................................................................................. 24 Project Description .................................................................................................................. 25 PROJECT ANALYSIS ......................................................................................................................... 25 Standards for Rehabilitation ................................................................................................... 25 Old Towne Orange Historic District ......................................................................................... 27 RECOMMENDATIONS ........................................................................................................................... 28 REFERENCES ......................................................................................................................................... 29 APPENDICES A: PLANS FOR ALTERATIONS AND ADDITIONS (1965) B: DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION (DPR) 523 FORMS C: PROPOSED PROJECT PLANS (2018) H ISTORIC R ESOURCES A SSESSMENT A PRIL 2 019 O RANGE P ACKING H OUSE S ITE I MPROVEMENTS O RANGE, C ALIFORNIA R:\LPR1102\2018-2019\Report\HRA Rev clean.docx (04/08/19) iv FIGURES Figure 1: Regional and Project Location ................................................................................................. 2 Figure 2: Project Area ............................................................................................................................. 3 Figure 3: Packing house property in 1938 ............................................................................................ 12 Figure 4: Packing house property in 1947 ............................................................................................ 12 Figure 5: Packing house property in 1970 ............................................................................................ 12 Figure 6: 1938 Configuration. Sketch by L. Pomeroy 2019 .................................................................. 13 Figure 7: 1947 Configuration. Sketch by L. Pomeroy 2019 .................................................................. 13 Figure 8: 2019 Configuration. Sketch by L. Pomeroy 2019 .................................................................. 13 Figure 9: Storage shed south and west elevations. View to the northeast (10/16/18). ...................... 15 Figure 10: Storage shed west elevation. View to the northeast (10/16/18)........................................ 15 Figure 11: Storage shed west elevation. View to the southeast (10/16/18). ...................................... 16 Figure 12: Storage shed north elevation. View to the south (10/16/18). ............................................ 16 Figure 13: Shed interior, northernmost section. View to the south (10/16/18). ................................. 17 Figure 14: Shed interior, north end of the second section. View to the west (10/16/18). .................. 18 Figure 15: Shed interior, second section. View to the south (10/16/18). ............................................ 18 Figure 16: Shed interior, third section. View north into the second section (10/16/18). .................... 19 Figure 17: Detail showing metal and wood flooring (10/16/18). ......................................................... 19 Figure 18: Shed interior, fourth section/south end. View to the north (10/16/18). ........................... 20 TABLES Table A: Census of Crops in Orange County, 1914 ................................................................................. 9 Table B: Citrus Grown in Southern California Counties, 1914.............................................................. 10 Table C: Description of Alterations Based on Aerial Photographs ....................................................... 13 H ISTORIC R ESOURCES A SSESSMENT A PRIL 2 019 O RANGE P ACKING H OUSE S ITE I MPROVEMENTS O RANGE, C ALIFORNIA R:\LPR1102\2018-2019\Report\HRA Rev clean.docx (04/08/19) 1 INTRODUCTION LSA conducted a historic resources assessment for the Orange Packing House Site Improvements Project located at 426 West Almond Avenue (Assessor’s Parcel Number [APN] 390-651-005) in the City and County of Orange, California (Figures 1 and 2). The subject property is approximately 2 acres and is currently developed with a former citrus packing house, a free-standing office, and three ancillary buildings. The proposed project consists of the demolition of one of the ancillary buildings to facilitate additional parking and the addition of a new deck structure on the east side of the former packing house to allow pedestrian access to the building. The City of Orange (City) as Lead Agency for the project required this study as part of the environmental review process to comply with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). The purpose of the study is to provide the City with the necessary information and analysis to determine, as mandated by CEQA, whether the proposed project would cause substantial adverse changes to any historical resources that may exist in or around the project area, namely the packing house and its contributing features and the Old Towne Historic District. To accomplish this, LSA conducted archival research, carried out an intensive-level field survey, and analyzed potential project impacts using the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties (SOIS). ÄÆ22 §¨¦5 ÄÆ57 MAIN STREETCHAPMAN AVENUE ALMOND AVENUE GLASSELL STREETLA VETA AVENUE Orange Packing House Site ImprovementsHistorical Resources Assessment Regional and Project Location I:\LPR1102\Reports\Cultural\fig1_reg_loc.mxd (10/2/2018) SOURCE: USGS 7.5' Quads: Anaheim & Orange, 1981, CA; ESRI Streetmap, 2013. FIGURE 1 0 1000 2000 FEET S!!N Project Location San BernardinoCounty OrangeCounty LosAngelesCounty ÃÃ142 ÃÃ73 ÃÃ261 ÃÃ39ÃÃ19 ÃÃ133 ÃÃ72 ÃÃ90 ÃÃ60 ÃÃ1 ÃÃ71 ÃÃ55 ÃÃ22 ÃÃ57 ÃÃ91 ÃÃ241 Project Location §¨¦105 §¨¦605 §¨¦5 §¨¦405 §¨¦5 Project Vicinity Service Layer Credits: © 2018 MicrosoftCorporation © 2018 DigitalGlobe ©CNES(2018) Distribution Airbus DS LEGEND 426 W. Almond Avenue SOURCE: Bing Aerial, 2014. I:\LPR1102\Reports\Cultural\fig2_project.mxd (10/2/2018) FIGURE 2 Orange Packing House Site ImprovementsHistorical Resources Assessment Project Area 0 75 150 FEET S!!N H ISTORIC R ESOURCES A SSESSMENT A PRIL 2 019 O RANGE P ACKING H OUSE S ITE I MPROVEMENTS O RANGE, C ALIFORNIA R:\LPR1102\2018-2019\Report\HRA Rev clean.docx (04/08/19) 4 METHODS ARCHIVAL RESEARCH Research completed as part of the 2012 evaluation of the property that was completed by LSA was utilized for this study. In addition, LSA completed supplemental archival research focused on the history of the deck and storage building. Sources included, but were not limited to, online sources, published literature in local and regional history, news articles, historic aerial photographs, and historic maps and building plans. A complete list of all references is included at the end of this report. FIELD SURVEY On October 16, 2018, LSA Architectural Historian Casey Tibbet, M.A., conducted the intensive-level architectural survey. During the survey, Ms. Tibbet took numerous photographs of the exterior and interior of the building, as well as context shots. In addition, she made detailed notations regarding the structural and architectural characteristics and current conditions of the building and associated features. H ISTORIC R ESOURCES A SSESSMENT A PRIL 2 019 O RANGE P ACKING H OUSE S ITE I MPROVEMENTS O RANGE, C ALIFORNIA R:\LPR1102\2018-2019\Report\HRA Rev clean.docx (04/08/19) 5 RESULTS ARCHIVAL RESEARCH The history and development of Orange is well documented and several good summaries of its history have been prepared and are readily available. The following narrative contains consolidated sections of a history authored by notable local/regional historian Phil Brigandi for the Orange Public Library (2011). To read it in its entirety and with accompanying photographs, visit http://www.cityoforange.org/localhistory/oldtowne/index.htm. In the 1860s, the vast Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana had been broken up, opening the way for the founding of several new communities. Los Angeles attorneys Alfred Beck Chapman and Andrew Glassell acquired about 9,400 acres of the old Mexican rancho. In 1870 they had several thousand acres near the northern end of the rancho subdivided into large parcels (40, 80, and 160 acres) and placed them on the market. Captain [William T.] Glassell, Andrew’s brother, served as sales agent. Downtown Orange began in the center of the Plaza. In the summer of 1871, Captain William T. Glassell drove a survey stake at the common corners of sections 29, 30, 31, and 32, and laid out a townsite originally known as Richland. In the center, where the two main streets crossed, eight lots were set aside to create a Plaza Square. When the town of Richland was laid out a year later, several factors determined its location. The area was open and generally level, sloping gradually down towards the confluence of Santiago Creek and the Santa Ana River. The stage road from Los Angeles to San Diego passed not too far west of the townsite. But most importantly, it could be irrigated from the Santa Ana River. In order to develop this site, Chapman and Glassell had to buy another large parcel adjoining their lands. In 1871 an irrigation ditch was dug from the river following the natural contour down to the townsite. (Canal Street, behind the Mall of Orange, still marks part of its curving path.) A reservoir was created at the northeast corner of Chapman and Shaffer, and iron pipe laid under the street down to the Plaza. The original Richland townsite was made up of eight city blocks, from Grape Street (now Grand) on the east, to Lemon Street on the west; and from Walnut Avenue (now Maple) on the north to Almond Avenue on the south. Surrounding the townsite were ten-acre plots known as the Richland Farm Lots. The townsite and farm lots covered one square mile. When the community applied for a post office in 1873, they discovered that there was already a town of Richland in Northern California, so the community was renamed Orange. Local legend says the new name was chosen in a poker game, but in fact, it was chosen for its promotional value. Oranges, and other semi-tropical crops, were becoming identified with Southern California, and there was already talk of forming a separate “Orange County.” What’s more, the Glassell family had once lived in Orange County, Virginia, on what they called the Richland plantation. Pioneer Days (1870–1885). The first building in Orange was Captain W.T. Glassell’s home and tract office, which stood on the south side of Chapman Avenue, just west of the Plaza. As the H ISTORIC R ESOURCES A SSESSMENT A PRIL 2 019 O RANGE P ACKING H OUSE S ITE I MPROVEMENTS O RANGE, C ALIFORNIA R:\LPR1102\2018-2019\Report\HRA Rev clean.docx (04/08/19) 6 1870s moved on, a smattering of wooden store buildings went up, most of them along Glassell Street. The first two-story building downtown, the Beach Building, was completed in 1874. In 1875, the Plaza Hotel was built of concrete and adobe. By 1885 a small business district had developed, with several general stores, livery stables, and even a newspaper office. Boom & Bust (1885–1900). In 1886–88, following the arrival of the Santa Fe Railroad, Southern California experienced its most frantic real estate “boom,” and Orange came along for the ride. The first brick building downtown was built in 1885, and several more followed, including the two-story Bank of Orange building (1887), and the three-story Rochester Hotel. Civic improvement was the order of the day. The Plaza was created in 1886, and the original fountain installed in 1887. The first streetlights went in downtown, and residents could ride streetcars to Santa Ana, Tustin, or El Modena. The railroad reached Orange in 1887, and a year later the City incorporated. Many of the farm lots around downtown were subdivided for residential development, and many new streets were opened up. The names of some of Orange’s best known pioneers are preserved in the tract names—Shaffer, Grote, Harwood, Chubb, Lockwood, Gardner, Beach, Kogler, Cauldwell, and Culver. But the “boom” was built on speculation, and it collapsed in 1888. Many of the residential lots sold during the boom were later sold for taxes, and most of the subdivisions reverted to agricultural land. About this same time, a mysterious disease (now known to be aphylloxera) destroyed most of the vineyards that had been the backbone of the local economy. More and more ranchers began to plant oranges, but it would be several years before the trees matured and the local economy revived. Growing Up (1900–1920). Orange’s economy expanded rapidly in the early 20th century, and downtown grew with it. Most of the landmark buildings around the Plaza were built during this period, and residential construction increased, spreading further and further out from the center of town. Instead of single store buildings, downtown businessmen and investors built “blocks” of connected storefronts, with the upper floors often reserved for apartments or meeting rooms. As downtown Orange grew up, residents no longer needed to go to Santa Ana or Anaheim for major shopping. Saturday nights, the streets around the Plaza would be crowded with people, doing their shopping for the week. By the end of the First World War, most of the land around downtown Orange was subdivided for residential neighborhoods. Growing Out (1920–1950). After World War I, businesses began moving further and further west from downtown. State Highway 101 came down West Chapman as far as Main Street, before turning south toward Santa Ana. A little business district developed at the corner. Since it was midway between Orange and Santa Ana, it was dubbed “Orana.” Orange also began to develop an industrial strip along either side of the Santa Fe railroad tracks. Local packing houses had always been close to the railroad, but now they were joined by several manufacturing plants, most notably Anaconda Wire & Cable. In the late 1920s, Orange’s first Planning Commission proposed that all of downtown should be done over in the then-popular Mission Revival style. The buildings on the south side of the H ISTORIC R ESOURCES A SSESSMENT A PRIL 2 019 O RANGE P ACKING H OUSE S ITE I MPROVEMENTS O RANGE, C ALIFORNIA R:\LPR1102\2018-2019\Report\HRA Rev clean.docx (04/08/19) 7 first block of East Chapman Avenue were remodeled in that style in 1928, complete with red tile and stucco arches, but the coming of the Depression put an end to that project. Residential development continued in the downtown area. New homes were built, filling in the vacant lots on many blocks, and the last few downtown subdivisions were laid out in the 1920s. Suburbanization and Decline (1950–1970). After World War II, Southern California began to grow rapidly, and Orange came along for the ride. New retail areas developed, most notably along Tustin Avenue. In the early 1970s, both the Mall of Orange (now called The Village at Orange) and The City Shopping Centre (now the site of The Block at Orange) opened. All of these developments drew businesses away from downtown. In the 1950s, the idea of transforming the Plaza area into a pedestrian mall was first floated, and was widely debated on into the 1960s. In 1965 the City Council went so far as to authorize a feasibility study for a Plaza Mall plan. The idea was still being talked about in 1967, when two young architects proposed a 10-block “Super Plaza” with high-rise apartments all around downtown. Residential development also moved out away from downtown, as many areas that had once been orange groves or farms were subdivided. By the mid-1950s, the first large-scale tract home developments were being built in Orange, and the City began annexing more and more of these outlying areas. Orange’s population grew from just 10,000 in 1950 to over 77,000 in 1970. As the City’s boundaries and population grew, new civic and institutional buildings such as schools, libraries, fire stations, and churches were constructed and many of the older ones were enlarged. Rebirth (1970–Present). The Plaza mall idea had its last gasp in 1969. That same year, Mayor Don E. Smith proposed a “revitalization” of downtown. Not just the Plaza, but the surrounding streets as well. First on the agenda was the Plaza Square. In 1970 the old palm trees in the corners were removed, the streetlights replaced, and new brick sidewalks and planters installed. Phase Two called for moving out onto Chapman Avenue and Glassell Street, but the cost of the Plaza work was higher than expected, and the City Council voted not to spend any more money on the revitalization project. Major retailers continued to abandon downtown in the early 1970s. In their place, antique stores began to fill in the old storefronts, and by the 1980s they were the major commercial force around the Plaza. In more recent years, they have been joined by more restaurants and cafés, and other businesses. During this same era, people began discovering the downtown residential neighborhoods. By the mid-1970s, historic homes began to rise in price as more and more young families abandoned tract housing to live in the bungalows and Mediterraneans of old downtown Orange. In the late 1970s, the plaza idea was revived as a historic preservation project for the area, and in 1979 the City formed an Old Towne Steering Committee to develop a plan for the future of downtown Orange. It was decided to continue the brick sidewalks of 1970 out onto the spoke streets, adding specially designed street furniture. The work on the new streetscapes H ISTORIC R ESOURCES A SSESSMENT A PRIL 2 019 O RANGE P ACKING H OUSE S ITE I MPROVEMENTS O RANGE, C ALIFORNIA R:\LPR1102\2018-2019\Report\HRA Rev clean.docx (04/08/19) 8 for North and South Glassell was done in 1983. Matching brickwork on East and West Chapman followed in 1985. Citrus Industry in Orange (1882–1960s) The identity of Orange is inextricably linked with the cultivation, distribution, and marketing of citrus, especially Valencia oranges and lemons. Although citrus was initially cultivated in California in 1804 by Native Americans under the supervision of Spanish missionaries at the Mission San Gabriel, commercial citriculture did not begin in earnest until after the introduction of the Washington navel orange in 1874. Originally developed in Brazil, the United States Department of Agriculture provided Riverside resident Eliza Tibbets two grafted Washington navel trees to test in the semiarid inland climate. These large seedless oranges had exceptional color and flavor and, moreover, they ripened during winter. Demand took off in the 1880s and cultivation of the Washington navel spread from Riverside to other inland communities (Straight 2011). Valencia oranges dominated the coastal communities in Orange, Los Angeles, and Ventura Counties. Already known as a fertile agricultural area, Orange County farmers grew raisins, walnuts, avocados, lima beans, apricots, sugar beets, celery, tomatoes, and various other crops. The first citrus trees in Orange were planted in front of Captain William Glassell’s tract office sometime after 1871 (Brigandi 2011). In 1873, commercial growers planted the first orange groves. These groves matured within a few years, producing the first marketable crop of oranges in 1876 (Brigandi 2011). Several regional advances catalyzed the industry into growth, including the establishment of the Santa Ana Valley Irrigation Company in 1877, the arrival of the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1877, the introduction of refrigerated rail cars in the 1880s, and technological improvements that made packing and distributing citrus more efficient (Brigandi 2011). The Santa Fe Railroad was constructed through Orange in 1886, leading to the establishment of many industries (including packing houses) along its alignment (Sorrell 2012). Early on in the industry, orange growers had a limited role in the larger agricultural market. Wholesale produce buyers packed, shipped, and marketed the oranges and paid the growers only for the fruit that was successfully delivered and sold. This caused growers to suspect the buyers of cheating them, but until they began uniting in the late 1880s, they were essentially powerless (Jacobs 1994). By 1893, cooperative associations from seven districts (including Orange County) formed the California Fruit Growers Exchange (CFGE). The CFGE eventually became known by its “Sunkist” brand, which was introduced in 1905 (Lawton and Weathers 1989). The Mutual Orange Distributors had their origin in June 1906, when Arthur Gregory, a Redlands citrus, barley, and wheat farmer, met with ten other local growers to discuss the formation of a new cooperative (Los Angeles Times 1906). In the year of its inception, more than 1,500 acres of oranges were controlled by the associations that made up the Mutual Orange Distributors (Ibid.). By the 1920s, several packing houses in Orange County affiliated themselves with the Mutual Orange Distributors, which became the second largest citrus marketing cooperative in California, using the brands “Pure Gold” and “Silver Seal” to compete with the Sunkist brand (Barker 2009). H ISTORIC R ESOURCES A SSESSMENT A PRIL 2 019 O RANGE P ACKING H OUSE S ITE I MPROVEMENTS O RANGE, C ALIFORNIA R:\LPR1102\2018-2019\Report\HRA Rev clean.docx (04/08/19) 9 In 1905–1907, fruit spoilage related to rough packing techniques let to innovations in citrus packing and shipping (Sorrell 2012). Spearheaded by United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) staff scientist G. Harold Powell, improvements included minimal machine handling of the fruit and specialized workers who could wash, inspect, and pack the fruit gently. Powell also insisted that workers be paid by the day rather than by the piece to encourage more thoughtful handling. Powell’s handling of the spoilage issue stimulated further innovation among machinery makers to create more sensitive, interconnected machinery (Foord, Hallaran, and Madrid 1991). Recognizing the value of having a local research institution dedicated to their industry, growers lobbied the State Assembly for the establishment of a publicly-funded research station in Riverside. In 1907, the University of California established the first campus of the Citrus Experiment Station on the eastern slope of Mt. Rubidoux in Riverside (Lawton and Weathers 1989). For the first few years, the Citrus Experiment Station was staffed by one scientist who initially conducted research in soil management and improving citrus varieties (Ibid.). Citrus exchanges such as CFGE and the Mutual Orange Distributors provided a range of benefits to their grower-members. In addition to having consolidated risk and control over the packing and shipping process, growers received legal analysis of pending legislation affecting citriculture, horticultural advice from agricultural scientists, and most importantly, a coordinated marketing campaign for their produce. Membership in exchanges grew steadily over the first quarter of the 20th century. In 1911, the CFGE organized 17 district exchanges with 131 separate packing houses (Sorrell 2012). By 1919, there were 20 district exchanges with 216 associated houses, which packed and shipped more than two-thirds of all California citrus fruits (Tobey and Wetherell 1995). In 1914, the Southern California Panama Expositions Commission created a booklet for distribution at the Panama-California Exposition at San Diego. The booklet contains brief vignettes on established Southern California cities and towns, including Orange. A census of major crops reveals the extent to which Orange was dominated by the citrus industry, in spite of a devastating freeze the previous year (Table A). Table A: Census of Crops in Orange County, 1914 Crop Acreage (bearing and non-bearing) Oranges 10,520 Lemons 2,754 Walnuts 6,040 Apricots 1,266 Raisin Grapes 290 Source: Southern California Panama Expositions Commission 1914. In 1914, in most southern California counties, citrus took up more than half of the agricultural land devoted to fruit trees and vines. However, Orange County had the highest density of citrus farming based on land area (Table B). Six out of every ten fruit trees in Orange County represented a variety of citrus (McGroarty 1914). H ISTORIC R ESOURCES A SSESSMENT A PRIL 2 019 O RANGE P ACKING H OUSE S ITE I MPROVEMENTS O RANGE, C ALIFORNIA R:\LPR1102\2018-2019\Report\HRA Rev clean.docx (04/08/19) 10 Table B: Citrus Grown in Southern California Counties, 1914 County Acreage Devoted to Citrus Percent of Total Land Area Land Area Devoted to Fruit Trees and Vines in 1914 San Bernardino 45,761 0.35% 86,484 (53%) Los Angeles 40,477 1.55% 69,608 (58%) Riverside 24,545 0.45% 46,645 (53%) Orange 13,274 2.62% 22,266 (60%) Ventura 7,155 0.60% 23,037 (31%) San Diego 5,421 0.20% 14,132 (38%) Note: Imperial County’s figures were not included because they counted trees instead of acreage. Source: Southern California Panama Expositions Commission 1914. In the 1920s, citrus acreage continued to rise and more growers affiliated themselves with major cooperatives. By 1921, CFGE-affiliated growers produced more than three-quarters of the citrus in the state, while the Mutual Orange Distributors had gained about 10 percent of the market (Tobey and Wetherell 1995). Most of the remaining growers had affiliations with one of about 38 other cooperatives (Lawton and Weathers 1989). In 1925, Orange County had 44,820 acres planted in citrus, mainly Valencia oranges and lemons, and the shipment that year was valued at $16,017,081 (about $231 million in 2018 dollars) (Sorrell 2012). The value of citrus shipments in the county peaked in 1945 at $63,956,300 (about $922 million in 2018 dollars) before declining in the post-World War II era (Ibid.). By the post-World War II period, increasing diversification in the area’s economy resulted in the destruction of much of Orange County’s vast citrus acreage. As the dependence on agriculture lessened and population pressures increased, groves gave way to urban expansion. Historic maps and photographs illustrate this marked decline in grove properties. The decline was especially precipitous in Orange, where disease killed more than 300,000 trees between 1959 and 1961 (Brigandi 2011). Instead of replanting, as had been done after past calamities, many growers decided to sell their land to eager homebuilders (Ibid.). At the height of the citrus industry in the middle of the 20th century, there were about a dozen packing houses operating in and around Orange. As the industry declined in the latter half of the 20th century, so did the number of operating packing houses. Some were lost to fire, while others have been reused. Due to the inherent strength and open interior of the property type, many packing houses have been adapted for other uses. The Orange Mutual Citrus Association Packing House In 1923, a new cooperative formed in Orange among several prominent citrus growers from Orange and Santa Ana. Called the Orange Mutual Citrus Association (Association), the original directors were H.S. Greenwald, G.W. Struck, George L. Bates, G.A. Shoemaker, and John Bosch. They appointed Lincoln Franklin Finney as their first Association Manager, and affiliated themselves with the Mutual Orange Distributors (Los Angeles Times 1923a). Soon after formation, the new Association announced plans to build a new packing house in Orange valued at $45,000 (Los Angeles Times 1923b). In 1924, the building under construction was reportedly a concrete and hollow clay tile building with “modern H ISTORIC R ESOURCES A SSESSMENT A PRIL 2 019 O RANGE P ACKING H OUSE S ITE I MPROVEMENTS O RANGE, C ALIFORNIA R:\LPR1102\2018-2019\Report\HRA Rev clean.docx (04/08/19) 11 design throughout” which was valued at $60,000 (Los Angeles Times 1924). It was scheduled to be completed by March 1, 1924, before the commencement of that year’s Valencia harvest (Ibid.). After a successful inaugural season and the addition of substantial acreage planted in lemons, the Orange Mutual Citrus Association announced plans to double the size of its packing house. The addition was an 86-foot by 120-foot brick structure with a sawtooth roof, located behind the original building (Sorrell 2012). In the news article announcing the expansion, Association President Fred Struck anticipated that construction would be completed within 45 days, in time to pack lemons in the spring (Ibid.). The addition was intended to increase the production output of the packing house to 1,000 cars annually, though it appears to have taken several years for actual output to reach this new limit (Los Angeles Times 1925). The Association achieved great success in its early years under the management of Lincoln F. Finney. “High marks” for production at the packing house were announced in 1928 and again in 1930 (Sorrell 2012). In 1928, the association shipped 250 cars of Valencia oranges and 50 cars of lemons, paying out about a quarter million dollars to its members for the first two of three pools for the Valencia season (Ibid.). While commenting on these lucrative returns, Finney predicted that the outlook for the following year was rosy and that the Association would ship at least 700 cars (Los Angeles Times 1928). This was due to both growers’ expectations of a particularly large Valencia crop and the fact that the Association added 400 acres to its service area, bringing the total to 2,000 acres (Los Angeles Times 1929). In 1930, the Association broke its own records again with the highest sales receipts in its seven-year history (Sorrell 2012). While the shipment of 337 cars of oranges and 72 cars of lemons was lower than the shipment for the previous year, the Association achieved its highest house average for sales with $5.33 per box of Valencia oranges and $4.14 per box for lemons (Sorrell 2012). Receipts were nearly a million dollars, with much of that going back to the growers (Los Angeles Times 1931a). Capitalizing on its success of the prior year, the Association began construction of a pre-cooling plant in April 1931 (Los Angeles Times 1931b). The building was scheduled for completion by July in time to cool fruit during the hottest part of the Valencia season (Ibid.). The brick and concrete plant was designed by Santa Ana-based architect Jupiter G. Vrydagh and constructed by Adolph G. Schmid. The estimated shipment for 1931 was 600 carloads (Los Angeles Times 1931b). The Great Depression eventually hit the citrus industry in 1933, as demand fell far short of supply and sent prices down sharply (Barker 2009:30). The major growers’ cooperatives, including affiliates of MOD, CFGE, and other smaller marketing associations signed on to a price stabilization agreement (Riverside Daily Press 1933). Association manager Lincoln Finley participated in the agreement, working on the Distribution committee with managers from Highland, Redlands, Los Angeles, Upland, and Monrovia associations (Ibid.). This stabilization agreement appears to have helped for a few years, at least for Orange County, because industry statistics show Valencia receipts rising from a 1933 nadir of $11 million to $20 million in 1934 and staying relatively stable through the mid-1930s, until a devastating freeze in 1937 brought returns back down to $11 million (Barker 2009:30). In the midst of this tough and uncertain economy, the Association built an office just east of its packing house. This small office mimicked the Mission Revival styling of the packing house façade rather than adopting a popular contemporary style. It is not clear exactly when the office was built, but review of H ISTORIC R ESOURCES A SSESSMENT A PRIL 2019 O RANGE P ACKING H OUSE S ITE I MPROVEMENTS O RANGE, C ALIFORNIA R:\LPR1102\2018‐2019\Report\HRA Rev.docx (04/08/19) 12 In the midst of this tough and uncertain economy, the Association built an office just east of its packing house. This small office mimicked the Mission Revival styling of the packing house façade rather than adopting a popular contemporary style. It is not clear exactly when the office was built, but review of aerial photographs suggests that it was between 1935 and 1938 (Barker 2009:45; Aerial Photographs 1938). Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps depict the three phases of the OCMA Packing House development undertaken in 1924, 1925, and 1931, as well as the office and a long garage building that is no longer extant (Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps var.). Two accessory buildings set on the south end of the property were constructed sometime between 1938 and 1946, based on a review of aerial photographs. The storage building that is the focus of this report is present in the 1938 aerial photographs and on the 1950 Sanborn maps, but the shape and size of the building is different from what it is currently (Aerial Photographs 1938, 1947, 1959; Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps var.). By 1947, the building had been expanded to the north and south (Figures 3 and 4; Aerial Photographs 1938 and 1947). In 1970, its configuration was very similar to what it is today, but it did not achieve its current configuration until sometime after 1995 (Figure 5; Aerial Photographs 1970, 1990; Historicaerials.com var.; Table C). Figure 3: Packing house property in 1938 Figure 4: Packing house property in 1947 Figure 5: Packing house property in 1970 H ISTORIC R ESOURCES A SSESSMENT A PRIL 2 019 O RANGE P ACKING H OUSE S ITE I MPROVEMENTS O RANGE, C ALIFORNIA R:\LPR1102\2018-2019\Report\HRA Rev clean.docx (04/08/19) 13 Figure 6: 1938 Configuration. Sketch by L. Pomeroy 2019 Figure 7: 1947 Configuration. Sketch by L. Pomeroy 2019 Figure 8: 2019 Configuration. Sketch by L. Pomeroy 2019 Table C: Description of Alterations Based on Aerial Photographs Date Alteration 1938 Earliest known configuration. T-shaped configuration that appears to consist of four buildings as follows from north to south: a gable-roofed east-west oriented building; a small north-south oriented building (at the northeast corner); a rectangular east-west oriented building; and a rectangular, gable-roofed north-south oriented building. Aerial photographs indicate the building retained this configuration until 1947. 1947 The building was extended to the north and south and the small building at the northeast corner appears to have been removed. 1970 The circa 1947 northern addition and several feet along the entire length of the west side of the building had been removed. 1990 The northwest corner appears to be angled, similar to its current configuration. 1995 A small notch appears to have been removed from the northwest corner. 2002 Between 1995 and 2002, the northwest corner of the building was rounded. There appear to have been no major changes to the building’s configuration since 2002. In 1942, the Association reorganized, changing its name to the Orange Cooperative Citrus Association (Sorrell 2012). The packing house continued operations until it closed in 1965 and plans prepared in late November 1965 reveal that alterations and additions including construction of a new ramp and deck on the east side of the building were proposed on behalf of Newport Divers Supply (LaMonica 1965; Appendix A). Historic aerial photographs from 1959 and 1970 confirm that the ramp was built sometime between those years (Aerial Photographs 1959 and 1970). In the 1960s and 1970s, the OCMA Packing House was occupied by various businesses, including an acrylic window manufacturer and a custom wetsuit designer. The Second Harvest Food Bank moved into the building in 1984 and, H ISTORIC R ESOURCES A SSESSMENT A PRIL 2 019 O RANGE P ACKING H OUSE S ITE I MPROVEMENTS O RANGE, C ALIFORNIA R:\LPR1102\2018-2019\Report\HRA Rev clean.docx (04/08/19) 14 for more than 20 years, the building served as a warehouse for donated food (Orange County Register 2007). Second Harvest Food Bank moved out in 2007, leaving the building vacant until recently (Ibid.). Previous Studies The packing house is a contributor to the Old Towne Historic District, which was listed in the National Register in 1997. In 2005, Chattel Architecture conducted a reconnaissance-level survey of the packing house and evaluated it as eligible for listing in the National Register individually and as a contributor to the Old Towne Historic District (Chattel 2005). In 2012, LSA completed an intensive-level survey of the packing house property in conjunction with a cultural resources assessment for an adaptive reuse of the building as student housing. At that time, in addition to being a contributor to the Old Towne Historic District, the packing house was evaluated as individually eligible for listing in the National Register and California Register at the local level under Criteria A/1 for its association with the City’s citrus industry and under Criteria C/3 as a significant property type (citrus packing house). The packing house and related, freestanding office were identified as primary features while the three ancillary buildings on the property, which were used for equipment storage, culled fruit, and miscellaneous tasks, were identified as contributing features of secondary importance. The intent of identifying these features as secondary, was to allow more flexibility as part of an adaptive reuse plan. With regard to the ancillary structure that is the subject of the current study, the 2012 report stated that it was built “before 1938, but has since been heavily modified” (Sorrell 2012:27). The report also indicates that the original building had a different configuration and may have been associated with the juice factory that was located adjacent to the east (Ibid.; Sorrell 2012:16). In 2017, LSA completed another cultural resources assessment for the subject property. At that time, the proposed project was to adaptively reuse the packing house as several commercial units, including offices, classrooms, a sanctuary for the Friends Church, space for a Cross Fit-company gym, and warehouse space (Bechtel 2017). Demolition of the subject ancillary building was also proposed at that time and LSA indicated that its loss could be mitigated to a level less than significant. FIELD SURVEY During the field survey, the interior and exterior of the storage building were intensively surveyed. The building is located on the northern half of the property adjacent to the east property line. It is roughly L-shaped in plan and rests on a raised concrete foundation. It is surmounted by a very low- pitched gable, shed, and flat roof with narrow eaves and exposed rafter tails. The exterior walls are clad with a combination of corrugated metal, wood panel wainscoting (west side) and skirting (west and north sides), painted wood (below the eave), and plaster. The south elevation has a large, centered bay door and a pedestrian door (Figure 9). The west elevation has four modern windows, two modern pedestrian doors, and three non-original bay doors (Figures 9, 10, and 11). The north elevation has one sliding bay door (Figure 12). The east elevation is not visible. H ISTORIC R ESOURCES A SSESSMENT A PRIL 2 019 O RANGE P ACKING H OUSE S ITE I MPROVEMENTS O RANGE, C ALIFORNIA R:\LPR1102\2018-2019\Report\HRA Rev clean.docx (04/08/19) 15 Figure 9: Storage shed south and west elevations. View to the northeast (10/16/18). Figure 10: Storage shed west elevation. View to the northeast (10/16/18). H ISTORIC R ESOURCES A SSESSMENT A PRIL 2 019 O RANGE P ACKING H OUSE S ITE I MPROVEMENTS O RANGE, C ALIFORNIA R:\LPR1102\2018-2019\Report\HRA Rev clean.docx (04/08/19) 16 Figure 11: Storage shed west elevation. View to the southeast (10/16/18). Figure 12: Storage shed north elevation. View to the south (10/16/18). The interior of the building is divided into four sections. The three northernmost sections have interior connections and are currently used for storage (Figures 13 through 18). These rooms are all full of a wide variety of items including furniture, appliances, and bicycles, but no items that were clearly related to the citrus industry were observed. The northernmost section has a concrete floor and an exposed wood and corrugated metal ceiling. There is a corrugated metal room in the northeast corner H ISTORIC R ESOURCES A SSESSMENT A PRIL 2 019 O RANGE P ACKING H OUSE S ITE I MPROVEMENTS O RANGE, C ALIFORNIA R:\LPR1102\2018-2019\Report\HRA Rev clean.docx (04/08/19) 17 and a hole has been punched through the drywall on the south wall to create an opening to the next room (Figure 13). Figure 13: Shed interior, northernmost section. View to the south (10/16/18). The second section (moving south through the building) has a wood floor, a wood truss ceiling, and wooden steps leading to a pedestrian door in the west elevation (Figures 14 and 15). In some places, the floor is covered with metal panels and drywall was visible in some areas. A large rectangular opening and a wooden ramp provide access from the second section to the third section (Figure 16). This room has a redwood truss ceiling, wood plank, and metal flooring (Figure 17). The southern wall, which prohibits access to the fourth section, is clearly modern. The southernmost section can only be accessed from the exterior and there is a business operating out of it. This section has a small construction office in the southeast corner, a metal floor, a wood truss ceiling, a window and a bay door in the west elevation, and a bay door and a pedestrian door in the south elevation (Figure 18). The building is nondescript and extensively altered and condition and integrity are both low. Nothing associated with the citrus industry was observed during the survey and it does not evoke any specific associations with the citrus industry or a specific period in history. H ISTORIC R ESOURCES A SSESSMENT A PRIL 2 019 O RANGE P ACKING H OUSE S ITE I MPROVEMENTS O RANGE, C ALIFORNIA R:\LPR1102\2018-2019\Report\HRA Rev clean.docx (04/08/19) 18 Figure 14: Shed interior, north end of the second section. View to the west (10/16/18). Figure 15: Shed interior, second section. View to the south (10/16/18). H ISTORIC R ESOURCES A SSESSMENT A PRIL 2 019 O RANGE P ACKING H OUSE S ITE I MPROVEMENTS O RANGE, C ALIFORNIA R:\LPR1102\2018-2019\Report\HRA Rev clean.docx (04/08/19) 19 Figure 16: Shed interior, third section. View north into the second section (10/16/18). Figure 17: Detail showing metal and wood flooring (10/16/18). H ISTORIC R ESOURCES A SSESSMENT A PRIL 2 019 O RANGE P ACKING H OUSE S ITE I MPROVEMENTS O RANGE, C ALIFORNIA R:\LPR1102\2018-2019\Report\HRA Rev clean.docx (04/08/19) 20 Figure 18: Shed interior, fourth section/south end. View to the north (10/16/18). H ISTORIC R ESOURCES A SSESSMENT A PRIL 2 019 O RANGE P ACKING H OUSE S ITE I MPROVEMENTS O RANGE, C ALIFORNIA R:\LPR1102\2018-2019\Report\HRA Rev clean.docx (04/08/19) 21 SIGNIFICANCE EVALUATION Based on the research results discussed above, the following sections present the historical significance evaluation for the ancillary building adjacent to the east property line of the National Register-eligible Orange Mutual Citrus Association Packing House property and the conclusion as to whether it qualifies as a “historical resource” as defined by CEQA. DEFINITIONS CEQA (PRC Chapter 2.6, Section 21083.2 and CCR Title 145, Chapter 3, Article 5, Section 15064.5) calls for the evaluation and recordation of historical resources. The criteria for determining the significance of impacts to historical resources are based on Section 15064.5 of the CEQA Guidelines and Guidelines for the Nomination of Properties to the California Register. Properties eligible for listing in the California Register and subject to review under CEQA are those meeting the criteria for listing in the California Register, National Register, or designation under a local ordinance. California Register of Historical Resources The California Register criteria are based on National Register criteria. For a property to be eligible for inclusion in the California Register, one or more of the following criteria must be met: 1. It is associated with the events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of local or regional history, or the cultural heritage of California or the United States; 2. It is associated with the lives of persons important to local, California, or national history; 3. It embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, region, or method or construction, or represents the work of a master, or possesses high artistic values; and/or 4. It has yielded, or has the potential to yield, information important to the prehistory or history of the local area, California, or the Nation. In addition to meeting one or more of the above criteria, the California Register requires that sufficient time has passed since a resource’s period of significance to “obtain a scholarly perspective on the events or individuals associated with the resource.” Fifty years is used as a general estimate of time needed to develop the perspective to understand the resource’s significance (CCR 4852 [d][2]). The California Register also requires that a resource possess integrity, which is defined as “the authenticity of an historical resource’s physical identity evidenced by the survival of characteristics that existed during the resource’s period of significance” (California Office of Historic Preservation 1999:2). To retain integrity, a resource should have its original location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling, and association. Which of these factors is most important depends on the particular criterion under which the resource is considered eligible for listing (California Office of Historic Preservation 1999). H ISTORIC R ESOURCES A SSESSMENT A PRIL 2 019 O RANGE P ACKING H OUSE S ITE I MPROVEMENTS O RANGE, C ALIFORNIA R:\LPR1102\2018-2019\Report\HRA Rev clean.docx (04/08/19) 22 City of Orange The City of Orange has criteria for evaluating historic districts, but not for evaluating individual resources, such as buildings. Since the property is not a historic district, the local criteria are not being applied. EVALUATION In summary, the project area is developed with the OMCA Packing House, a detached office building, and three ancillary structures. The packing house, along with the office building and the conveyor between the packing house and the pre-cooling room, was evaluated as individually eligible for listing in the National Register and the California Register at the local level under Criteria A/1 for its association with the citrus industry and under Criteria C/3 as a significant property type (packing house). The three ancillary buildings, including the subject storage building, were identified as contributing features of secondary importance that are not individually significant. Research completed as part of this study found that portions of the storage building were constructed during the period of significance (1924–1950), but that the current configuration was not achieved until sometime after 1970. In addition, the building has sustained numerous alterations (windows, doors, and interior changes) and does not reflect its original purpose, use, or a particular time period. Under Criterion 1, the storage building is associated with the OMCA Packing House, which is historically significant for its association with the citrus industry in Orange. However, the storage building has sustained interior and exterior alterations that have impaired its ability to convey its original use or purpose. Aside from its proximity to the packing house, there is nothing to indicate that it was associated with the citrus industry. Therefore, it is not individually significant under this criterion and because it is not able to clearly convey an association with the citrus industry or its role in the operations of the packing house, it does not contribute to the significance of the packing house or the Old Towne Historic District. Under Criterion 2, no historically significant persons were identified in association with the packing house or the storage building. Therefore, the storage building is not individually significant under this criterion and does not contribute to the significance of the packing house or the Old Towne Historic District. Under Criterion 3, the storage building is nondescript and has sustained interior and exterior alterations. It does not embody the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, region, or method or construction. It does not represent the work of a master or possesses high artistic values. There is no indication from its appearance or construction what specific purpose it may have served in conjunction with the packing house/citrus industry. It is not individually significant under this criterion and does not contribute to the significance of the packing house or the Old Towne Historic District. Under Criterion 4, the storage building was constructed in the early to mid-20th century using common methods and materials and does not have the potential to yield information important to the prehistory or history of the local area, California, or the Nation. Therefore, it is not individually significant under this criterion and does not contribute to the significance of the packing house or the Old Towne Historic District. H ISTORIC R ESOURCES A SSESSMENT A PRIL 2 019 O RANGE P ACKING H OUSE S ITE I MPROVEMENTS O RANGE, C ALIFORNIA R:\LPR1102\2018-2019\Report\HRA Rev clean.docx (04/08/19) 23 For these reasons, the storage building does not meet the criteria for listing in the California Register individually and does not contribute to the significance of the packing house or the Old Towne Historic District. Related Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) 523 forms can be found in Appendix B. H ISTORIC R ESOURCES A SSESSMENT A PRIL 2 019 O RANGE P ACKING H OUSE S ITE I MPROVEMENTS O RANGE, C ALIFORNIA R:\LPR1102\2018-2019\Report\HRA Rev clean.docx (04/08/19) 24 IMPACTS ASSESSMENT As discussed earlier in this report, the former packing house was previously determined eligible for listing in the National Register and California Register at the local under Criteria A/1 for its association with the citrus industry and under Criteria C/3 as a significant property type (packing house). Therefore, it is a historical resource under CEQA and the potential project impacts to it must be analyzed. CEQA establishes that “a project that may cause a substantial adverse change in the significance of a historical resource is a project that may have a significant effect on the environment” (PRC §21084.1). “Substantial adverse change,” according to PRC §5020.1(q), “means demolition, destruction, relocation, or alteration such that the significance of a historical resource would be impaired.” CHARACTER-DEFINING FEATURES “Every old building is unique, with its own identity and its own distinctive character. Character refers to all those visual aspects and physical features that comprise the appearance of every historic building” and includes “the overall shape of the building, its materials, craftsmanship, decorative details, interior spaces and features, as well as the various aspects of its site and environment” (Nelson 1988:1). It is important to identify character-defining features of a historical resource because the alteration or removal of these features could result in substantial adverse changes to the significance of the resource. The character-defining features of the packing house are listed below. To the extent feasible, each of these features should be preserved. • An open production space; • Loading docks on all sides of the building; • Industrial daylighting from the wood-truss sawtooth roof; • A full basement with a cold storage room and ventilation; • A pre-cooling plant with icing dock and closed conveyor passage; • Location near extant railroad side tracks; • Historic loading bays on the east and west façades; • The historic freight elevator; • Fire-resistant construction, such as hollow corrugated metal doors and brick walls; • The Mission Revival-style front façade; • An associated Mission Revival-style office building; and • The two accessory structures in the southern part of the property. H ISTORIC R ESOURCES A SSESSMENT A PRIL 2 019 O RANGE P ACKING H OUSE S ITE I MPROVEMENTS O RANGE, C ALIFORNIA R:\LPR1102\2018-2019\Report\HRA Rev clean.docx (04/08/19) 25 Project Description The proposed project consists of demolishing the storage building to facilitate installation of additional parking and constructing a new deck on the east side of the packing house to provide access to the tenant spaces (refer to Appendix C for plans). Because the storage building is not a historical resource, it is not addressed further in this section. The deck improvements consist of the following: • Remove existing metal railing and temporary deck, stairs, and ramp. • Construct a new exterior concrete and steel deck with required stairs and accessible lift. The deck will rest on caissons and a concrete wall. The caissons are proposed to be drilled into the ground at regular intervals approximately 24 to 36 inches from the east wall of the packing house. Caissons will also be drilled into the existing paved area near the concrete curbing along the ramp. Slow speed auguring, as opposed to pile driving, will be used for the caisson holes in order to minimize potential impacts to the existing building. A concrete wall will be constructed on top of the caissons on the east side of the deck. Concrete walls will also be constructed along the south side of the deck and along a small portion of the north side. Horizontal metal railings will be installed along the perimeter of the deck. • Construct shade canopies above each entrance. The proposed flat metal canopies will be attached to the brick wall of the packing house by bolts and cables. Plans indicate that the attachments will be made in a manner that, if removed, would not impair the essential form and integrity of the building. • Install exterior lighting pursuant to the requirements of the police department. Three new light packs similar to the existing two will be added to the east elevation of the packing house. Two smaller light packs will be installed on the south elevation of the packing house and one light pack will be installed on each of the ancillary buildings. In addition, two pole lights are proposed for the rear parking area, one at the south end of the packing house and one directly across the parking lot at the south eastern ancillary building. Lighting will be designed and installed in a manner that limits light spillage onto adjacent properties. • Colors and materials are specified as natural red brick, stainless steel rails, natural concrete, beige doors (existing), and black fascia on the canopies. PROJECT ANALYSIS The Secretary of the Interior’s Standards (SOIS) for the Treatment of Historic Properties are typically used to analyze potential project impacts to historical resources. The historical resource in this case is the former packing house with the above-listed character-defining and contributing features. Projects that meet the SOIS are considered to be mitigated to a level that is less than significant. The SOIS are divided into four categories: preservation, restoration, rehabilitation, and reconstruction. Because the former packing house has already been adaptively reused and the proposed project simply facilitates that reuse, application of the Standards for Rehabilitation is most appropriate. Standards for Rehabilitation 1. A property shall be used for its historic purpose or be placed in a new use that requires minimal change to its distinctive materials, features, spaces, and spatial relationships. H ISTORIC R ESOURCES A SSESSMENT A PRIL 2 019 O RANGE P ACKING H OUSE S ITE I MPROVEMENTS O RANGE, C ALIFORNIA R:\LPR1102\2018-2019\Report\HRA Rev clean.docx (04/08/19) 26 Not applicable. No change to the use of the property is proposed in conjunction with this project. Therefore, the project is in compliance with this Standard. 2. The historic character of a property shall be retained and preserved. The removal of distinctive materials or alteration of features, spaces, and spatial relationships that characterize a property will be avoided. The historic character of the exterior of the packing house, which includes brick walls and metal doors, will be retained and preserved. Construction of the new deck and canopies will not result in any significant changes to the features, spaces, or spatial relationships that characterize the property. In addition, installation of the light packs on the packing house and ancillary buildings will not result in more than minimal alteration to the wall surfaces. The proposed parking lot lighting will not significantly change the space or the spatial relationships that characterize the property. Therefore, the project is in compliance with this Standard. 3. Each property will be recognized as a physical record of its time, place, and use. Changes that create a false sense of historical development, such as adding conjectural features or elements from other historic properties, will not be undertaken. No elements that change the place or use of the packing house or that create a false sense of its historical development are proposed. The new deck and canopies will complement the industrial flavor of the packing house but are designed in a manner that identifies them as modern elements. The proposed parking lot and wall lighting, although somewhat generic and temporally ambiguous in appearance, is such a minor feature that it will not create a false sense of history. Therefore, the project is in compliance with this Standard. 4. Changes to a property that have acquired historic significance in their own right will be retained and preserved. Although the existing ramp and deck date to the historic period, they do not date to the resource’s period of significance (1924–1950) and are not character-defining features or historically significant in their own right. There are no other historic-period alterations that have gained historical significance. Therefore, the project is in compliance with this Standard. 5. Distinctive materials, features, finishes, and construction techniques or examples of craftsmanship that characterize a property will be preserved. The distinctive materials, features, finishes, and construction techniques that characterize the packing house will not be altered by the proposed project. The new deck will not be attached to the building and the proposed lighting as well as the bolt and cable attachments for the canopies are designed to have minimal effect on the wall surfaces. Therefore, the project is in compliance with this Standard. 6. Deteriorated historic features will be repaired rather than replaced. Where the severity of deterioration requires replacement of a distinctive feature, the new feature will match the old in design, color, texture, and where possible, materials. Replacement of missing features will be substantiated by documentary and physical evidence. Not applicable. H ISTORIC R ESOURCES A SSESSMENT A PRIL 2 019 O RANGE P ACKING H OUSE S ITE I MPROVEMENTS O RANGE, C ALIFORNIA R:\LPR1102\2018-2019\Report\HRA Rev clean.docx (04/08/19) 27 7. Chemical or physical treatments, if appropriate, will be undertaken using the gentlest means possible. Treatments that cause damage to historic materials will not be used. Not applicable. 8. Archeological resources will be protected and preserved in place. If such resources must be disturbed, mitigation measures will be undertaken. The project area has been extensively disturbed by previous construction activities, including excavation for the building and ramp. Therefore, sensitivity for archaeological resources within the project area is extremely low and no mitigation measures are recommended. 9. New additions, exterior alterations, or related new construction will not destroy historic materials, features, and spatial relationships that characterize the property. The new work shall be differentiated from the old and will be compatible with the historic materials, features, size, scale and proportion, and massing to protect the integrity of the property and its environment. The proposed canopies are an exterior alteration and their bolt and cable attachment system will minimally alter, but not destroy, the exterior brick wall surface. The proposed deck will not be attached to the packing house and, therefore, will not destroy any of its historic materials or features. Spatially, it will be similar to the existing non-contributing improvements. The deck and canopies will be clearly modern in terms of appearance and complementary to the historic property in terms of materials, size, scale, and proportion. As discussed previously, the potential impact associated with the proposed exterior lighting is negligible. Therefore, the project is in compliance with this Standard. 10. New additions and adjacent or related new construction will be undertaken in such a manner that if removed in the future, the essential form and integrity of the historic property and its environment would be unimpaired. The proposed new deck, canopies, and lighting could be removed in the future in a manner that would preserve the essential form and integrity of the packing house and its contributing features with negligible impairment to the packing house building and only minor impairment to the immediate environment. Therefore, the proposed project is in compliance with this Standard. Old Towne Orange Historic District As previously discussed, the packing house property is within the Old Towne Orange Historic District and is a contributor to that District. Therefore, changes to the packing house have the potential to result in impacts to the Historic District. However, the foregoing analysis indicates the proposed project is in compliance with the SOIS and will not impair the historic significance of the packing house. Based on that conclusion, it follows that project will also not impair the significance of the Historic District. For that reason, no further discussion regarding the District is warranted. H ISTORIC R ESOURCES A SSESSMENT A PRIL 2 019 O RANGE P ACKING H OUSE S ITE I MPROVEMENTS O RANGE, C ALIFORNIA R:\LPR1102\2018-2019\Report\HRA Rev clean.docx (04/08/19) 28 RECOMMENDATIONS As a result of this study, it was determined that the storage building has sustained numerous additions/alterations since it was built in circa 1935. It does not convey an association with any specific part of the citrus packing/industry process and because of alterations it is not clear what its historic purpose may have been beyond possibly storage. As such, it does not contribute to the significance of the packing house or the Old Towne Orange Historic District and its demolition would not result in any substantial adverse changes to a historical resource. Therefore, LSA recommends to the City a finding of No Impact regarding the demolition of this building. Research determined that the existing ramp and deck structure on the east side of the packing house date to 1965. Because they do not date to the historical resource’s period of significance (1924–1950), they are not character-defining or contributing features. Furthermore, based on an analysis using the SOIS (Rehabilitation), the proposed deck, canopies, and lighting will not result in any substantial adverse changes to the historical resource (packing house). The proposed deck, canopies, and lighting will be complementary, but clearly modern in appearance and could be removed without impairing the essential form and integrity of the packing house. The other proposed property lighting will have a negligible impact on the historical resource. Therefore, LSA recommends to the City a finding of No Impact with regard to the proposed new construction. No further investigation and no mitigation measures are recommended for the project unless development plans undergo such changes as to include areas not covered by this study. 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Tobey, Ronald, and Charles Wetherell 1995 “The Citrus Industry and the Revolution of Corporate Capitalism in Southern California, 1887–1944.” In California History, Vol. 74, No. 1, Spring 1995. H ISTORIC R ESOURCES A SSESSMENT A PRIL 2 019 O RANGE P ACKING H OUSE S ITE I MPROVEMENTS O RANGE, C ALIFORNIA R:\LPR1102\2018-2019\Report\HRA Rev clean.docx (04/08/19) APPENDIX A PLANS FOR ALTERATIONS AND ADDITIONS (1965) H ISTORIC R ESOURCES A SSESSMENT A PRIL 2 019 O RANGE P ACKING H OUSE S ITE I MPROVEMENTS O RANGE, C ALIFORNIA R:\LPR1102\2018-2019\Report\HRA Rev clean.docx (04/08/19) APPENDIX B DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION (DPR) 523 FORMS DPR 523A (1/95) *Required information State of California  The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # PRIMARY RECORD Trinomial NRHP Status Code 6Z Other Listings Review Code Reviewer Date Page 1 of 4 Resource Name or #: 426 West Almond Street P1. Other Identifier: Storage shed *P2. Location:  Not for Publication  Unrestricted *a. County: Orange and (P2b and P2c or P2d. Attach a Location Map as necessary.) *b. USGS 7.5' Quad: Orange, CA Date: 1964 PR 1981 ; S.B.B.M. c. Address: 426 West Almond Street City: Orange Zip: 92866 d. UTM: Zone: 11; mE/ mN (G.P.S.) e. Other Locational Data: (e.g., parcel #, directions to resource, elevation, etc., as appropriate) APN: 390-651-05 *P3a. Description: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries) This one-story vernacular building shares the property with the former Orange Mutual Citrus Association Packing House and related features including a small office building, two other ancillary buildings, and parking areas. In 2012 as part of an adaptive reuse project, the packing house was evaluated as eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places and this storage shed was included as a contributing feature (refer to related report for more detail). The packing house is also a contributor to the National Register-listed Old Towne Orange Historic District. This shed is being reevaluated as part of a new project. The building is located on the northern half of the property adjacent to the east property line. It is roughly L-shaped in plan and rests on a raised concrete foundation. It is surmounted by a very low-pitched gable, shed, and flat roof with narrow eaves and exposed rafter tails. The exterior walls are clad with a combination of corrugated metal, wood panel wainscoting (west side) and skirting (west and north sides), painted wood (below the eave), and plaster. The south elevation has a large, centered bay door and a pedestrian door. The west elevation has four modern windows, two modern pedestrian doors, and three non-original bay doors. The north elevation has one sliding bay door. The east elevation is not visible. The interior of the building is divided into four sections. The three northernmost sections have interior connections and are currently used for storage. The southernmost section can only be accessed from the exterior and includes a small construction office related to an existing business operation (refer to the related report for more detail). The building’s condition and integrity are both low. *P3b. Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) HP4-Ancillary building *P4. Resources Present: Building Structure Object Site District Element of District Other (Isolates, etc.) P5b. Description of Photo: (View, date, accession #) North elevation, view to the south (10/16/18) *P6. Date Constructed/Age and Sources: Historic Prehistoric Both Circa 1935 *P7. Owner and Address: LP3 Architecture 158 N. Glassell Street, Suite 201 Orange, California 92866 *P8. Recorded by: (Name, affiliation, and address) Casey Tibbet, M.A. LSA Associates, Inc. 1500 Iowa Avenue, Suite 200 Riverside, California 92507 *P9. Date Recorded: October 2018 *P10. Survey Type: (Describe): Intensive-level CEQA compliance *P11. Report Citation: (Cite survey report and other sources, or enter "none.") Historic Resources Assessment, Orange Packing House Site Improvements, City of Orange, Orange County, CA. Prepared by LSA Associates, Inc. November 2018. *Attachments: NONE Location Map Sketch Map Continuation Sheet Building, Structure, and Object Record Archaeological Record District Record Linear Feature Record Milling Station Record Rock Art Record Artifact Record Photograph Record  Other (List): P5a. Photo or Drawing (Photo required for buildings, structures, and objects.) (For additional photographs refer to the related report.) DPR 523B (1/95) *Required information State of California  The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI# BUILDING, STRUCTURE, AND OBJECT RECORD Page 2 of 4 *NRHP Status Code 6Z *Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder) 426 West Almond Street B1. Historic Name: B2. Common Name: B3. Original Use: Unknown B4. Present Use: storage and office *B5. Architectural Style: Vernacular *B6. Construction History: (Construction date, alterations, and date of alterations) No original building permits for this structure were found. Based on Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps and historic aerial photographs, the building appears to have been constructed around 1935 and has sustained numerous alterations/ reconfigurations since then. Its current configuration dates to sometime after 1970 (Aerial Photographs; Historicaerials.com var.; and Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps var.). *B7. Moved? No Yes Unknown Date: Original Location: *B8. Related Features: Former Orange Mutual Citrus Association (OMCA) packing house, a small office building, two other ancillary buildings, and parking areas. B9a. Architect: Unknown b. Builder: Unknown *B10. Significance: Theme: Agriculture; Industry Area: City of Orange Period of Significance: circa 1935–1950 Property Type: Ancillary building Applicable Criteria: NA (Discuss importance in terms of historical or architectural context as defined by theme, period, and geographic scope. Also address integrity.) This circa 1935 altered vernacular shed does not meet the criteria for listing in the California Register of Historical Resources (California Register). It is not a contributor to the National Register-eligible OMCA Packing House or the National Register-listed Old Towne Orange Historic District. It is not a historical resource for purposes of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Historic Context. Refer to the related report. Significance Evaluation. In compliance with CEQA, the building is being evaluated under the California Register criteria. The City of Orange has criteria for evaluating historic districts, but not for evaluating individual resources, such as buildings. Since the property is not a historic district, the local criteria are not being applied. Under Criterion 1, the storage building is associated with the OMCA Packing House, which is historically significant for its association with the citrus industry in Orange. However, the storage building has sustained interior and exterior alterations that have impaired its ability to convey its original use or purpose. Aside from its proximity to the packing house, there is nothing to indicate that it was associated with the citrus industry. Therefore, it is not individually significant under this criterion and because it is not able to clearly convey an association with the citrus industry or its role in the operations of the packing house, it does not contribute to the significance of the packing house or the Old Towne Historic District. (See Continuation Sheet) B11. Additional Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) *B12. References: Aerial Photographs 1938 On file at the Orange County Archives. 1959 Viewed online in 2012 and 2018 at the Orange County Geomatics website: https://www.ocgis.com/ocpw/historicalimagery/index.html 1970 Viewed online in 2012 and 2018 at the Orange County Geomatics website: https://www.ocgis.com/ocpw/historicalimagery/index.html Historicaerials.com Var. Accessed online in October 2018 at: https://www.historicaerials.com/viewer See Continuation Sheet B13. Remarks: *B14. Evaluator: Casey Tibbet, M.A., LSA Associates, Inc., 1500 Iowa Avenue, Suite 200, Riverside, California 92507 *Date of Evaluation: November 2018 (This space reserved for official comments.) (Sketch Map with north arrow required.) Refer to Location Map DPR 523B-Test (8/94) State of California - The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION CONTINUATION SHEET Primary # HRI # Trinomial Page 3 of 4 *Resource Name or #: (Assigned by recorder) 426 West Almond Street *Recorded by LSA Associates, Inc. *Date: November 2018 X Continuation Update *B10. Significance: (continued from page 2) Under Criterion 2, no historically significant persons were identified in association with the packing house or the storage building. Therefore, the storage building is not individually significant under this criterion and does not contribute to the significance of the packing house or the Old Towne Historic District. Under Criterion 3, the storage building is nondescript and has sustained interior and exterior alterations. It does not embody the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, region, or method or construction. It does not represent the work of a master or possesses high artistic values. There is no indication from its appearance or construction what specific purpose it may have served in conjunction with the packing house/citrus industry. It is not individually significant under this criterion and does not contribute to the significance of the packing house or the Old Towne Historic District. Under Criterion 4, the storage building was constructed in the early to mid-20th century using common methods and materials and does not have the potential to yield information important to the prehistory or history of the local area, California, or the Nation. Therefore, it is not individually significant under this criterion and does not contribute to the significance of the packing house or the Old Towne Historic District. *B12. References: (continued from page 2) Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps Var. Maps for the City of Orange accessed online in October 2018 via the Los Angeles Public Library website: https://www.lapl.org/collections-resources/research-and-homework#S ÄÆ22 §¨¦5 ÄÆ57 ALMOND AVENUE CHAPMAN AVENUE MAIN STREETLA VETA AVENUE GLASSELL STREETI:\LPR1102\Reports\Cultural\DPRlocation.mxd (10/2/2018)DPR 523J (1/95)*Required Information Page 4 of 4 *Map Name: *Scale: 1:24000 *Date of Map: 1981; 2016 *Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder) 426 West Almond Avenue Primary # HRI # Trinomial State of California - Resource AgencyDEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATIONLOCATION MAP PALMYRA AVENUE ALMOND AVENUE APN: 390-651-05426 West Almond Avenue USGS 7.5' Quad, Anaheim & Orange; Google Earth DPR 523A (1/95) *Required information State of California ⎯ The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # PRIMARY RECORD Trinomial NRHP Status Code 1D/3S/3CS Other Listings Review Code Reviewer Date Page 1 of 2 Resource Name or #: 426 West Almond Street P1. Other Identifier: Orange Mutual Citrus Association (OMCA) packing house *P2. Location: Not for Publication ⌧ Unrestricted *a. County: Orange and (P2b and P2c or P2d. Attach a Location Map as necessary.) *b. USGS 7.5' Quad: Orange, CA Date: 1964 PR 1981 T ; R ; ¼ of ¼ of Sec ; S.B.B.M. c. Address: 426 West Almond Street City: Orange Zip: 92866 d. UTM: Zone: 11; mE/ mN (G.P.S.) e. Other Locational Data: (e.g., parcel #, directions to resource, elevation, etc., as appropriate) APN: 390-651-05 *P3a. Description: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries) The OMCA packing house consists of five buildings on an industrial site bordered by Almond Street to the north, Palmyra Street to the south, and the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad tracks on the east and west. The main building includes a 90-foot by 220-foot brick and concrete packing house and an 80-foot by 110-foot pre-cooling plant built in phases in 1924, 1925, and 1931. A circa 1936 one-story 40-foot by 40-foot wood-framed office is located east of the packing house. These two buildings have a Mission Revival style façade covered in plaster. There are three associated buildings in the rear of the site that are utilitarian wood-frame buildings that were historically used for storage and miscellaneous activities. The north-facing façade of the OMCA packing house has a Mission Revival style stepped central parapet with a centered niche, flanked by shorter parapets topped with red tile (Figure 8). At each end of the façade sits a rectangular volume that is slightly taller and projects beyond the main façade by about a foot. The eastern end houses the primary street entrance to the packing house, and is characterized by an oversize panel door and divided transom set within an arched opening decorated with a cast stone surround and a crest over the door. The rest of the façade is characterized by two painted stringcourses (one spanning the entire façade and another only across the center section) and evenly-spaced window openings fit with wood-frame double-hung windows. The four center openings have blind arches that may have once had glazing. The basement level is partially visible on the façade as well, with rectangular windows set at ground level and an entrance to the basement set into the center of the façade, sheltered by a metal awning. Some of the windows have been boarded up. (For a more detailed description refer to the related report.) *P3b. Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) HP8-Industrial building *P4. Resources Present: ⌧Building Structure Object Site District ⌧Element of District Other (Isolates, etc.) P5b. Description of Photo: (View, date, accession #) Facades of office and packing house, view to the southwest (12/19/11) *P6. Date Constructed/Age and Sources: ⌧Historic Prehistoric Both 1924 *P7. Owner and Address: Ruth Ann Runnells-La Monica Arva Lou LaMonica Moss Lyle Gordon Shelton and Sharon Marie Shelton *P8. Recorded by: (Name, affiliation, and address) Tanya Sorrell, M.A. LSA Associates, Inc. 1500 Iowa Avenue, Suite 200 Riverside, CA 92507 *P9. Date Recorded: 12/2011 *P10. Survey Type: (Describe): Intensive-level CEQA compliance *P11. Report Citation: (Cite survey report and other sources, or enter "none.") Historical Resources Assessment, Orange Mutual Citrus Association Packing House, City of Orange, Orange County, CA. Prepared by LSA Associates, Inc. February 2012. *Attachments: NONE Location Map Sketch Map Continuation Sheet ⌧Building, Structure, and Object Record Archaeological Record District Record Linear Feature Record Milling Station Record Rock Art Record Artifact Record Photograph Record Other (List): P5a. Photo or Drawing (Photo required for buildings, structures, and objects.) DPR 523B (1/95) *Required information State of California ⎯ The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI# BUILDING, STRUCTURE, AND OBJECT RECORD Page 2 of 2 *NRHP Status Code 1D/3S/3CS *Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder) 426 West Almond Street B1. Historic Name: Orange Mutual Citrus Association (OMCA) packing house B2. Common Name: B3. Original Use: Packing house B4. Present Use: Vacant *B5. Architectural Style: Mission Revival *B6. Construction History: (Construction date, alterations, and date of alterations) 1924 – original packing house 1925 - brick addition behind the original packing house 1931 - pre-cooling plant constructed behind the 1925 addition Between 1935-1938 - one-story wood frame office building constructed east of the packing house Between 1938-1946 - two accessory buildings constructed at the south end of the property *B7. Moved? ⌧No Yes Unknown Date: Original Location: *B8. Related Features: Two accessory structures and a small office. B9a. Architect: Unknown b. Builder: Unknown *B10. Significance: Theme: Agriculture; Industry Area: City of Orange Period of Significance: 1924-1950 Property Type: Packing house Applicable Criteria: NA (Discuss importance in terms of historical or architectural context as defined by theme, period, and geographic scope. Also address integrity.) The OMCA packing house is a contributor to the Old Towne Orange Historic District, which was listed in the National Register in 1997. The OMCA packing house also appears individually eligible for listing in the National and California Registers under Criteria A/1 at the local level because it is closely associated with the City’s most character-defining industry of the 20th century—the cultivation, packing, marketing, and shipment of citrus to regional, national, and international markets. From early on, citriculture was key to the economic prosperity of the community, providing the wealth required to develop the city’s fine homes, cultural institutions, and infrastructure. It also contributed to the allure of Orange (and southern California in general) as an idyllic place full of “liquid sunshine” in the form of juicy oranges. The OMCA packing house also appears eligible under Criteria C/3 as a significant property type because it is one of only a few remaining citrus packing houses in Orange and retains sufficient integrity to convey its association with the period of significance (1924–1950). At the height of the citrus industry, there were four packing houses lining the Santa Fe Railroad tracks in Orange and about a dozen more in surrounding communities. Three of the four packing houses remain in Orange and are contributors to the Old Towne Historic District. Character-defining features for the property type include an open interior plan, industrial daylight design (usually monitor or sawtooth truss roof), loading bays, adjacent rail lines, a full basement for fruit ripening, and a pre-cooling plant. The OMCA packing house possesses these as well as other physical features that clearly identify it as a historic-period packing house. Other significant features of the OMCA packing house include an office building and a conveyor between the packing house and the pre-cooling room. The ancillary buildings on the site, which were used for equipment storage, culled fruit, and miscellaneous tasks, were built within the period of significance but are of secondary significance in the overall historical interpretation of the site. (Refer to the related report for more detailed information.) B11. Additional Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) *B12. References: Historical Resources Assessment, Orange Mutual Citrus Association Packing House, City of Orange, Orange County, CA. Prepared by LSA Associates, Inc. February 2012. B13. Remarks: *B14. Evaluator: Tanya Sorrell, M.A., LSA Associates, Inc., 1500 Iowa Avenue, Suite 200, Riverside, CA 92507 *Date of Evaluation: December 2011 (This space reserved for official comments.) (Sketch Map with north arrow required.) State of California - The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION PRIMARY RECORD Page 1 of Date:T R 1/4 of 1/4 of Sec B.M. d. UTM:mE/mN e. Other Locational Data: P1. Other Identifier: *P2. Location: c. Address:426 Zip:92866 (Give more than one fr large and/or linear resourc (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boudnaries) ;;; Zone ' and (P2b and P2c or P2d. Attach a location map as necessary.) City-W ALMOND Orange *P3a. Description: *P3b. Resource Attributes:(List attributes and codes) Reconnaissance (Describe) (Cite survey report and other sources, or enter "none.") *Attachments:Continuation Sheet(s)Building, Structure, and Object Record (Name, affiliation, and address (View, date, accession #) *P6. Date Constructed/ Age and Source: D. Gest, P. LaValley, D. Matsumoto *P7. Owner and Address: *P8: Recorded by: *P10. Survey Type: *P11. Report Citation: Orange County Assesor Records. (2005). Chattel Architecture. (2005). Historic Resources Survey. AEGIS. (1991). Historic Building Inventory Update. Heritage Orange County, Inc. (1982). Orange Historic Survey. Orange Daily News DPR 523A (1/95)*Required Information *Resource Name or #:ALMOND_W_426__APN_390-651-05(Assigned by Recorder) *P9. Date Recorded: March 2005 1924 Primary # HRI # Date: NRHP Status Code 1D Trinomial Other Listings: Review Code:Reviewer: HP8 Orange County Historic Property Data File (HPD#) Orange *a. County: 2005P5b. Description of Photo: Unristricted 3 Site*P4. Resources Present:Building Object Element of District Other (Isolates, etc.)DistrictStructure Not for Publication District Record Photograph Record Location Map Artifact Record Archaeological Record NONE Linear Feature Record Rock Art RecordMilling Station Recor Other (List): Materials:Masonry - Brick & stucco or plaster siding AV Chattel Architecture 13417 Ventura Blvd. Sherman Oaks, CA 91423 PrehistoricHistoric Both A large, rectangular plan industrial building located adjacent to the railroad tracks incorporates brick with plaster on the sides and a front facade with Mission influences. Visible on the side walls is the poured concerete foundation and the red brick walls. In the foundation are square windows to the basement *b. USGS 7.5' Quad: Status change since previous survey: None. Same APN as: 422 W. Almond and 427-429 W. Palmyra. Appears eligible both individually and as a district contributor. B1. Historic Name:Orange Mutual Citrus Assoc B3. Original Use:B4. Present Use:IND *B5. Architectural Style:Mediterranean Revival B2. Common Name: *B6. Construction History:(Construction date, atlerations, and date of alterations)Date of Construction:1924 *B9. Architect or Builder:Unknown Period of Significance:Old Towne: Agriculture & Industry (c. 1880 - 1950) *B10. Significance:Property Type:Building (Discuss importance in terms of historical or architectural context as defined by theme, period, and geographic scope. Also address integrity.) *B8. Related Features: Date:Original Location:*B7. Moved? ArchitectureTheme:Area:City of Orange Site Integrity: Structural Integrity:Good - No apparent change to original structure (List attributes and codes) *Date of Evaluation:March 2005 B11. Additional Resource Attributes: (This space reserved for official comments.) *B14. Evaluator:D. Gest, P. LaValley, D. Matsumoto B13. Remarks: State of California - The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION BUILDING, STRUCTURE, AND OBJECT RECORD DPR 523B (1/95)*Required Information *B12. References: Orange County Assesor Records. Chattel Architecture. (2005). Historic Resources Survey. AEGIS. (1991). Historic Building Inventory Update. Heritage Orange County, Inc.(1982). Orange Historic Survey. Orange Daily News. *NRHP Status Code:1D (Sketch Map with North arrow required.) Opportunities:Contributor to Railroad/Packing House NCA. This building originally served as the Orange Mutual Citrus Association, a packing house associated with the citrus industry in Orange. The current address on the building, 426A W. Almond, was the Second Harvest Food Distribution Center for Orange County, the Society of St. Vincent de Paul until 2007. Between the upper windows was once a painted sign that listed JBL 426 W. Almong Orange, (714) 633-0860. Below was a fainly visible old sign that read: PLATING copper, nickel, chrome, industrial, commerical, individual. Primary # HRI # Applicable Criteria:N/A YesNo Unknown Page 2 of 3 (Sketch Map with north arrow required *Resource Name or #:ALMOND_W_426__APN_390-651-05(Assigned by Recorder) PrehistoricHistoric Both Landscaping: State of California - The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION CONTINUATION SHEET Primary # HRI # Trinomial Recorded by:Date Recorded:March 2005 P3a. Description (Cont.): . In the brick walls are windows and wood loading doors. The building has a flat roof with a taller center section. A characteristic Mission-like parapet is at the front entry. At the top of the parapet is a brick string course. Below, fenestration incorporates recessed, rectangular windows of which centermost windows have recessed arches. The street elevation has a straight parapet at each end, a Mission style paraet in the center and a Mission tile hood roof between. The mission parapet is decorated with bas relief ornamentation and recessed niches. Two extra string courses band the façade. The main entrance is on the left side of this elevation. It is a rounded arch with rectangular, wood panel door and arched multi-light transom. Above the arch were once the letters: FOOD DISTRIBUTION CENTER SERVING ORANG E COUNTY. The door appears to be a replacement. Two ornmanetal vent in a unique shape and recessed into the wall. This vent is repeated at the right end of the same elevation over a window set in an arch and a secondary door. Across this same elevation are square basement windows and in the center a small basement entry to 426 W. Almond. On the first floor are six wood sash, double-hung windows. Over the first two were the letters SOCIETY OF ST. VINCENT DE PAUL. The center four were set in a recessed rounded arch with filled top. DPR 523L (11/98)*Required Information UpdateContinuation Page 3 of 3 B6. Construction History (Cont.): Lot Acre:0.6982 Building Sqft:63781 Planning Zone:M-1 # Stories:2 Previously Surveyed:1991 Unit Addr: # of Units:4 B13. Remarks (Cont.): 1991 Related Features: D. Gest, P. LaValley, D. Matsumoto Chattel Architecture 13417 Ventura Blvd. Sherman Oaks, CA 91423 *Resource Name or #:ALMOND_W_426__APN_390-651-05(Assigned by Recorder) Description of Photo: H ISTORIC R ESOURCES A SSESSMENT A PRIL 2 019 O RANGE P ACKING H OUSE S ITE I MPROVEMENTS O RANGE, C ALIFORNIA R:\LPR1102\2018-2019\Report\HRA Rev clean.docx (04/08/19) APPENDIX C PROPOSED PROJECT PLANS (2018) ATTACHMENT NO. 5 DRC NO. 4890-16; ORANGE PACKING HOUSE PROJECT PLANS (DATED 06/09/20) June 17, 2020 DRC Meeting