| 16.52.280 The Linden House.
Pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 2.63 and with the
recommendation of the planning commission, the city council designates
the following building as an historical landmark in the city: The Linden
House.
A. Location, Description and Reasons for Designation.
Located at 847 Linden Avenue in the city of Long Beach, this two-story
structure is square in plan with a high hip roof intersected by an offset
gable with a false half timber pediment and segmented attic window with
a cross gable, open to the side. A pediment gable with bas-relief "swag
and seal" projects from a flared siding over the elevated recessed porch
and has cast stone-type block supports and base. There are two elaborate
leaded glass windows on the front facade. A stained glass window with a
segmented transom is on the right side of the house. A leaded glass window
is also located in the dining room bay. There is a recessed balcony on
the second floor with composite Corinthian wood columns. The roof has brackets
and dentils for ornamentation as well as exposed eaves with across bar
linkage. Small dentils also appear on the capitals of the stone columns
supporting the front porch. The attic floor was used as servants' quarters.
Tax records indicate that the Linden House was built in
1907. It is listed in a 1908 city directory and its occupant was listed
as Charles Reed, Building Contractor. His brother, and partner in contracting,
was listed as living next door at 837. In 1911, the directory lists a new
occupant of the house, Cecil A. Sensor, whose occupation was given as real
estate. In 1913, Louisa Sensor was also listed as an occupant of the house.
Beginning some time in the 1920s, the house was occupied by Mrs. Anna McClosky
and Katherina McClosky. In 1933, following the earthquake, a building permit
for $700 in repairs was issued and the contractor was listed as James Reed.
Another building permit, issued in 1951 when asbestos siding was added
to the house, lists William J. Gilson as the owner. The house has the original
gas lights in many rooms.
In summary, the Linden House is
a significant architectural landmark because it is a good representation
of the influence of local craftsmanship on the Queen Anne style of residential
structures.
16.52.290 The Termo Company Building.
Pursuant to the provisions of Chapter
2.63 and with the recommendation of the planning commission, the city council
designates the following building as an historical landmark in the city:
The Termo Company Building.
A. Location, Description and Reasons
for Designation. Located at 3275 Cherry Avenue in the city of Long Beach,
the Termo Company Building represents the importance of the discovery and
production of oil in Long Beach and throughout California. The company
owns and operates oil wells not only in Long Beach but throughout California
and the rest of the United States. It was, in fact, nearly twenty years
after the building was completed that oil was discovered under it and its
surrounding property. Oil, according to Gerald White, is the gold of the
twentieth century in California. And this unique building is the kind of
work space that the leaders of one particular company chose for themselves.
The building's unique architectural character represents the freedom to
make nontraditional choices that success in the oil business gave to certain
entrepreneurs.
Once, the row of oil-related businesses
along Cherry Avenue, mostly south of the Termo Company Building, was a
center of business activity and technological innovation not only for the
oil field on Signal Hill but for many other fields discovered throughout
Southern California after the First World War. At about the same time these
fields were discovered, other entrepreneurs were beginning to produce automobiles
that were within the price range of millions of people. The existence of
that market for gasoline encouraged the rapid exploitation of the recently
discovered oil. Cherry Avenue in Long Beach and adjacent Signal Hill became
an important center for sharing information, experimenting with new technology
and accumulating capital for new projects.
In summary, the Termo Company Building
is an architecturally unique building that represents influence of the
oil business on Long Beach and throughout California.
It tells the story of a significant
part of oil-related businesses and their influence in Long Beach and throughout
California. It represents the affluence that comes to those who are successful
in finding oil and the unbelievable quantity and rapidity with which it
can overwhelm its owners.
16.52.300 The Home Market Building.
Pursuant to the provisions of Chapter
2.63 and with the recommendation of the planning commission the city council
designates the following building as an historical landmark in the city:
The Home Market Building.
A. Location, Description and Reasons
for Designation. Located at 942-948 Daisy Avenue in the city of Long Beach,
the Home Market Building, the structure was built in 1925 as a "Two-Story
Brick Store And Dwelling for F.W. and W.C. Ovelman". The plans were prepared
by the Long Beach architectural and engineering firm of Schilling and Schilling.
It was originally operated as the Home Market with a residence for the
Ovelmans above the market. The building represented a transition in the
area from residential and small, temporary commercial uses to larger permanent
commercial buildings. (It remains the only two-story commercial structure
in the district today.) The firm of Schilling and Schilling later built
the Lafayette Hotel, and were considered the fathers of "modern architecture
applied to commercial buildings in Long Beach."
16.52.310 The Farmers and Merchants
Bank Office Tower.
Pursuant to the provisions of Chapter
2.63 and with the recommendation of the planning commission, the city council
designates the following building as an historical landmark in the city:
The Farmers and Merchants Bank Office Tower.
A. Location, Description and Reasons
for Designation. Located at 320 Pine Avenue in the city of Long Beach,
the Farmers and Merchants Bank Office Tower is a ten-story steel and terra
cotta structure, designed by Curlett and Beelman and built in 1923 by the
McNeil Construction Co. The structure was the city's first "skyscraper"
and introduced the modern era of building design to the city. The building
is characterized by classic detail along the top floor and along the second
floor in the form of urns, scrollwork and a shell pattern. Many locally
prominent attorneys, physicians and other professionals occupied offices
in the bank tower, including two of Long Beach's mayors.
16.52.320 The Long Beach Professional
Building.
Pursuant to the provisions of Chapter
2.63 and with the recommendation of the planning commission, the city council
designates the following building as an historical landmark in the city:
The Long Beach Professional Building.
A. Location, description and reasons
for designation. Located at 117 East Eighth Street in the city of Long
Beach, the Long Beach Professional Building, built in 1929, was the first
large office building in Long Beach devoted exclusively to the practice
of medicine. It attracted many well-known physicians and dentists to the
Long Beach area. The building has a classic art-deco style lobby done in
pinks and blacks. The structure itself is an eight-story, two-part vertical
block and is a late example of art deco that introduced elements that became
commonly used in the W.P.A. moderne style of the 1930's.
16.52.330 Bixby Ranch House.
Pursuant to the provisions of Chapter
2.63 and with the recommendation of the planning commission, the city council
designates the following building as an historical landmark in the city:
The Bixby Ranch House.
A. Location, description and reasons
for designation. Located at 11 La Linda Drive in the city of Long Beach,
the Bixby Ranch House is described as Colonial Revival in style and was
designed by the San Francisco firm of Coxhead and Coxhead. The structure
was completed in 1890 after three years of construction. The house was
built for the son of George H. Bixby, oldest son of Jotham Bixby, and served
as the headquarters for the Bixby ranch operations. The house contains
almost seven thousand square feet of living space. The nine bedrooms and
five bathrooms provided adequately for George Bixby's large family: he
and Mrs. Bixby had seven children.
B. General guidelines and standards
for any changes. The "Standards for Rehabilitation and Guidelines for Rehabilitating
Historic Buildings" prepared by the Secretary of the Interior (February,
1978), as amended, are incorporated by reference, and the following additional
guidelines and standards as recommended by the cultural heritage committee
are adopted:
Any alterations, modifications or
repair of the above structure shall be done so in keeping with its historic
character.
16.52.340 The Houser Building.
Pursuant to the provisions of Chapter
2.63 and with the recommendation of the planning commission, the city council
designates the following building as an historical landmark in the city:
The Houser Building.
A. Location, description and reasons
for designation. Located at 2740-46 East Broadway in the city of Long Beach,
the Houser Building is a three-story brick commercial/residential structure
constructed in 1929. The Italianate style building was constructed by W.J.
Essen and designed by architect Joseph Halstead Roberts. Mr. Roberts designed
approximately seventy structures in the City. Although many have been demolished,
several still remain that attest to his talent as an architect. A most
significant example is the St. Regis Apartments, a Long Beach Landmark
by separate ordinance. This particular building represents a good example
of an early neighborhood commercial development. It was constructed for
Mr. John T. Houser, a prominent lawyer in Long Beach. The Houser family
lived behind this structure at 2743 East Second Street. A bridge from the
back of their home connected the structures.
B. General guidelines and standards
for any changes. The "Standards for Rehabilitation and Guidelines for Rehabilitating
Historic Buildings" prepared by the Secretary of the Interior (February,
1978), as amended, are incorporated by reference, and the following additional
guidelines and standards as recommended by the cultural heritage committee
are adopted:
Any alterations, modifications or
repair of the above structure shall be done so in keeping with its historic
character.
16.52.350 The Harriman-Jones Clinic.
Pursuant to the provisions of Chapter
2.63 and with the recommendation of the planning commission, the city council
designates the following building as an historical landmark in the city:
The Harriman-Jones Clinic.
A. Location, description and reasons
for designation. Located at 211 Cherry Avenue in the city of Long Beach,
the Harriman-Jones Clinic is described as composite period revival - Tuscan/
Roman villa in style. The original 1930 plan was a two-story central entrance
to a reception room and waiting area that was flanked by two interior courtyards.
The northern courtyard was roofed over in 1954. A two-story addition was
built to the west in 1955 and a two-level parking deck was added to the
parcel west of the alley in 1962. The east facade is in its original condition
with a symmetrical portico In Antis. The Tuscan columns support half-round
arches with smooth soffits leading to a stoop with stone benches on either
side. On either side of the portico are pilasters supporting a pediment
with an unornamented Tympanum. The acroteria receive stylized urns. An
extended Escutcheon is mounted on the spandrel above the central arch and
the second-story blocking course. A two-story pilaster is noted at each
of the original four corners of the building and the west corners of the
1954 addition. At the north end of the ground floor of the east facade
is a single bay truncated arch on pilasters with a glazed opening. This
detail returns along the north facade for seven bays. The original balconies
above bays three and four were removed in the seismic retrofitting of 1986.
The 1986 seismic retrofitting was a partial repair for a Grade III building
(Subdivision 80). The original building roof is a terra cotta tile with
a two-foot overhang. The windows are metal casement with fixed shutters.
Dr. Harriman Jones was one of Long
Beach's most prominent physicians. He came to Long Beach in 1902 as one
of the town's first doctors, and became the city's first health officer,
setting up the city's public health regulations. He organized the Long
Beach Hospital (now the site of St. Mary's Hospital), and helped organize
Seaside Hospital where he served as chief of staff for many years. His
concept for the clinic bearing his name was innovative, combining many
medical services under one roof, and setting up a trust fund to provide
medical services for the needy. Dr Jones was the first Fellow of the American
College of Surgeons and a Founding Member of the American Board of Surgery.
The architect, Kenneth Wing, Sr.,
F.A.I.A., had a long and distinguished career spanning sixty years in Long
Beach. He designed the Long Beach Arena, the Southern California Edison
Building, United California Bank, the Physical Education facility at California
State University, Long Beach, the Physical Science facility of University
of California, Irvine, the Nuclear Medicine facility, and the Long Beach
Community Hospital. His designs include the First Baptist Church of Long
Beach, Jordan High School, Luther Burbank School, many homes in the Virginia
Country Club and Bixby Knolls area, and the renovation of the historic
Bixby Ranch in Los Cerritos. He was associated with Allied Architects in
the design of Long Beach City Hall and Library complex, and the Terrace
Theater and Exhibit Center.
The Harriman-Jones Clinic (1930)
was Wing's first major work as an independent architect. He considered
it one of his most important works; his obituary in the Press-Telegram
listed this building second in the long list of his achievements.
This pedestrian-oriented clinic
is located in a neighborhood setting and reflects the Period Revival architecture
of the surrounding streets. It is situated at the intersection of the major
north-south and east-west corridors of Cherry Avenue and Broadway. Its
Italian Renaissance Revival portico, facing the park, has been an important
presence in a residential community for almost sixty years.
In summary, the Harriman-Jones Clinic
exemplifies the development of modern and progressive medical health services
in the city of Long Beach. Dr. Jones founded Long Beach's first hospital
in a small building at 327 Daisy Avenue. The clinic on Cherry Avenue originally
placed a hospital and various medical services under one roof, and offered
health services to the poor. Dr. Jones also founded other hospitals, and
served as the city's first health officer. Thus, this building embodies
the history of modern medicine in the city of Long Beach.
16.52.360 The Breakers Hotel.
Pursuant to the provisions of Chapter
2.63 of the Long Beach Municipal Code and with the recommendation of the
planning commission, the city council designates the following building
as an historical landmark in the city: The Breakers Hotel.
A. Location, description and reasons
for designation. Located at 200 East Ocean Boulevard in the city of Long
Beach, the Breakers Hotel was built in 1925. It contains one hundred seventy-two
thousand square feet and rises thirteen stories with two or more floors
below the bluff including a recessed parking lot. The design is Spanish
Renaissance Revival with a sky room and tower. The plain, stucco walls
with octagonal tile roof at the summit are set off by immense, elaborate
concrete ornamentation over the main recessed entrance. The ornamentation
is classically derived and includes bas-relief mermaid busts and the heads
of Neptune. There are twelfth-floor balconies and vaulted arches onto a
wrought iron fire escape landing. The building has double-hung windows
with large arched windows at the ground floor. It also features a circular
drive with olive trees. The building is a major visual landmark in the
area on a palm-lined boulevard. There is a glass view room at the ninth
floor rear.
Construction was begun on the Breakers
Hotel in 1925. Its developer, Fred B. Dunn, planned a fifteen-story, three
hundred twenty-room hotel at a cost of one hundred thousand dollars. With
W. Jay Burgin as contractor, the hotel opened within a year. Later it was
purchased by Conrad Hilton who made the necessary repairs, added the Sky
Room, and reopened the hotel. After Hilton sold the hotel, it became the
Wilton Hotel until the 1970s when it was converted into a senior citizens'
residence. In 1982 it was reconverted into a hotel and in 1988 is being
changed back again into a senior citizens' residence.
As noted, the Breakers Hotel is
significant in its unique Spanish Renaissance design. It is one of the
largest structures constructed in Long Beach built during the Twenties.
In short, it is a fine example of 1920's resort era architecture. The decoration
that surrounds the entrance is lavish, symbolizing the era and its structures.
The remainder of the building is simple, and its three-dimensional massing
distinguishes it on the Long Beach skyline. The interior of the building,
especially the elegant lobby and lounge which reflect its 1920's resort
era heritage, was refurbished in 1982. On the top of the building is the
Sky Room restaurant decorated in contemporary Art Deco.
B. General guidelines and standards
for any changes. The Secretary of Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation
and Guidelines for Rehabilitating Historic Buildings are hereby incorporated
by reference, and the following additional guidelines and standards as
recommended by the Cultural Heritage Commission are adopted:
1. Any alterations, modifications
or repair of the Breakers Hotel shall be consistent and compatible, in
architectural style and materials, with its historic character.
2. All plans for modifications,
alterations, color changes, or structural additions to the exterior historic
building and its site, including paths, driveways and landscaping, shall
be applied for with a Certificate of Appropriateness.
3. No environmental changes that
deviate from the approved rehabilitation plan shall be allowed unless a
Certificate of Appropriateness has been applied and approved by the cultural
heritage commission.
4. The ground floor lobby contains
historic design elements, significant interior spaces and decorative features
which form part of the building's unique character and should be preserved.
These are original, large-arched windows, spacious proportions, floor-to-ceiling
pillars and decorative cast plaster friezes and capitals. Alterations,
modification, additions and other architectural changes shall be requested
of the cultural heritage commission with a Certificate of Appropriateness.
16.52.370 The Ocean Center Building.
Pursuant to the provisions of Chapter
2.63 of the Long Beach Municipal Code and with the recommendation of the
planning commission, the city council designates the following building
as an historical landmark in the city: The Ocean Center Building.
A. Location, description and reasons
for designation. The Ocean Center Building is located at 110 West Ocean
Boulevard in the city of Long Beach, is an outstanding example of essentially
Spanish design incorporating red tile roofs. It also includes Italian details
such as quoining on all corners. The building was designed to take advantage
of ocean views by being terraced fourteen stories down the bluff. The north
elevation of the building, facing Ocean Boulevard, is thirteen stories
and incorporates a broken pediment and a shield with sea shells and the
face of Neptune over the front entry. There is a balcony at the seventh
floor front under a pediment with brackets. Formal pediments and battlements
decorate all four sides. There is an arcade at the base of the building
under the bluff which was intended to serve visitors to the Pike. The building
is capped by an octagonal tower which originally held a fifty-foot concrete
tower and lantern. A smaller tower decorates the rear of the building.
The building is attractive from all sides, utilizing picturesque massing
and several Mediterranean design features as detailed in the inventory
sheet.
B. It is significant as the first
modern office building on the bluff, rising to the city's height limit
at that time. Following the 1933 Long Beach earthquake, the fifty-foot
concrete tower and lantern, two hundred twenty-eight feet from street level,
were removed in June, 1934. In 1936, the building was renovated and today
the building remains essentially unchanged, and serves as a point of reference
in the Long Beach skyline.
C. General guidelines and standards
for any changes. The Secretary of Interior's Standards and Guidelines for
Rehabilitating Historic Buildings is incorporated by reference, and the
following additional guidelines are adopted by the cultural heritage commission:
1. The building's exterior, its
massing, stepped setbacks, central tower, turrets, parapets and exterior
ornamentation are its most significant elements. Any changes (including
change in color and/or replacement of windows), alterations, additions
or other modifications to the exterior of the building shall require a
Certificate of Appropriateness from the cultural heritage commission.
2. The entryway and lobby corridor
contain important historic design and material features that should be
maintained and preserved without alteration. These are: the marble terrazzo
floor, painted entryway ceiling, marble walls and wainscot and mahogany
wood panels. Modifications for maintenance and restoration shall be approved.
Other modifications and replacement of existing features shall require
a Certificate of Appropriateness.
3. Users of the office space above
the public lobby are encouraged to retain the original "antique" architectural
components, such as original mahogany doors, because the retention of these
features adds considerable value to the entire building.
4. Original exterior site features,
such as the large palm tree in front, the front lawn, and exterior stairs
with railings, are to be maintained. Applications for modifications and
replacement shall require a Certificate of Appropriateness.
16.52.380 The Adelaide M. Tichenor
House.
Pursuant to the provisions of Chapter
2.63 and with the recommendation of the planning commission, the city council
designates the following building as an historical landmark in the city:
The Adelaide Tichenor House.
A. Location, description and reasons
for designation. Located at 852 East Ocean Boulevard in the city of Long
Beach, the Adelaide M. Tichenor House was designed by noted architects
Charles and Henry Greene. This craftsman bungalow is situated on a bluff
overlooking the Pacific Ocean and Long Beach Harbor. The "U"-shaped plan
was developed with a two-story central base facing the ocean; two low-pitched,
one-story wings extend rearward toward Ocean Boulevard from such side of
the central base and once forming an intimate, protective terrace.
Built in 1904, this structure is
one of three Greene and Greene designed homes built in Long Beach. Most
noted for their grand "ultimate bungalows" of 1907-1909, the Tichenor House
is of major importance as it created a significant turning point in the
Greene's career. It was the first house for which they designed all the
interior furnishings (most of which were removed in a 1953 remodeling),
creating a totally integrated work of art.
The Tichenor House, more than any
other house, marked a significant turning point in the evolution of the
Greene's own architectural vocabulary. The design shows explicit Japanese
influence and is more "Oriental" than any other Greene and Greene houses.
Mrs. Tichenor had similar interest in oriental design, fine craftsmanship
and decorative arts. She gave Charles and Henry Greene the opportunity
and latitude to fully demonstrate their own new personal vocabulary, in
terms of totality of work involving plan form structure, materials and
detail.
The primary entrance into the home
was originally from the bluff side, while a Torii gate fully roofed in
tile formed a ceremonial entrance from Ocean Boulevard into an oriental
garden. The mutual interest in the Orient of both client and architects
led to the selection of green tiles for the roof, an arched bridge over
the pond in the garden, and the ceremonial roofed gateway.
16.52.400 The Crest Apartments.
Pursuant to the provisions of Chapter
2.63 and with the recommendation of the planning commission, the city council
designates the following building as an historical landmark in the city:
The Crest Apartments.
A. Location, description and reasons
for designation. Located at 321 Chestnut Avenue in the city of Long Beach,
the Crest Apartments building is a two-story, brick-faced apartment house
with a flat roof. This structure is notable for the ornamentation on the
facade. It is symmetrical, with a recessed entrance in the center. Flat,
highly decorated pilasters with a similarly decorated cap surround the
entrance. Above the cap is a stone crest supported by two carved figures
and other ornamentation. All windows are surrounded by firebrick which
contrasts sharply with the brick facade. French doors and windows highlight
the ground floor; double-hung sash windows the upper floor. Ornamental
iron miniature balconies adorn the upper windows, and large balconies the
lower windows. The foundation is concrete, and the roofing material is
composition.
The structure is unusually rich
in architectural ornamentation, and decorative elaboration of brick are
rarely seen on small-scale apartments of this type. The facade is an excellent
example of classical revival/Beaux-Arts design typical of that period.
B. General guidelines and standards
for any changes. The "Standards for Rehabilitation and Guidelines for Rehabilitating
Historic Buildings" prepared by the Secretary of the Interior (Revised,
1983), as amended, are incorporated by reference, and the following additional
guidelines and standards as recommended by the cultural heritage commission
are adopted:
Any alterations, modifications or
repair of the above structure shall be done so in keeping with its historic
character, and any alteration, modifications or changes shall follow the
Secretary of Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation and Guidelines for
Rehabilitating Historic Buildings.
No environmental changes shall be
permitted to the exterior of the building unless a Certificate of Appropriateness
has been applied for and approved by the cultural heritage commission or
by the city planning commission, upon appeal, authorizing such environmental
changes. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to restrict internal modifications
to the building not visible externally. (Ord. C-6643 § 2, 1989).
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