The City of Sacramento’s Preservation Director has received a request for a preliminary determination on the eligibility of three (3) structures (addresses below) for their listing in the California Register of Historical Resources (California Register) and the Sacramento Register of Historic & Cultural Resources (Sacramento Register.)
1616 – 21st Street;
1620 – 21st Street;
1624 – 21st Street.
1616 – 21st Street;
1620 – 21st Street;
1624 – 21st Street.
DRAFT evaluations from the city’s consultants on the properties are available below.
Note the consultants DRAFTS have recommended that the properties are not eligible, but with an “eligibility status code” for all three buildings as “6L” vs. “6Z”. These codes correspond to the following:
California Historical Resource Status Code
If you have any information that would aid in this review, or that you feel the consultants or Preservation Director should be aware of relative to these properties history or eligibility for listing in either the California Register or the Sacramento Register, either individually or possibly as a district, please provide your comments to Meredith Gress, Preservation Intern by 8am, Wednesday, August 17th.
Note, below are the eligibility criteria for both the California and Sacramento Registers, FYI:
CALIFORNIA REGISTER OF HISTORICAL RESOURCES:
Criteria for Designation
SACRAMENTO REGISTER OF HISTORIC & CULTURAL RESOURCES:
17.604.210 Criteria and requirements for listing on, and deletion from, the Sacramento register.
The criteria and requirements for listing on, or deletion from, the Sacramento register as a landmark, historic district or contributing resource are as follows:
A. Listing on the Sacramento register--Landmarks. A nominated resource shall be listed on the Sacramento register as a landmark if the city council finds, after holding the hearing required by this chapter, that all of the requirements set forth below are satisfied:
1. Requirements.
a. The nominated resource meets one or more of the following criteria:
i. It is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of the history of the city, the region, the state or the nation;
ii. It is associated with the lives of persons significant in the city’s past;
iii. It embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period or method of construction;
iv. It represents the work of an important creative individual or master;
v. It possesses high artistic values; or
vi. It has yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important in the prehistory or history of the city, the region, the state or the nation;
b. The nominated resource has integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship and association. Integrity shall be judged with reference to the particular criterion or criteria specified in subsection A.1.a of this section;
c. The nominated resource has significant historic or architectural worth, and its designation as a landmark is reasonable, appropriate and necessary to promote, protect and further the goals and purposes of this chapter.
2. Factors to be considered. In determining whether to list a nominated resource on the Sacramento register as a landmark, the factors below shall be considered.
a. A structure removed from its original location is eligible if it is significant primarily for its architectural value or it is the most important surviving structure associated with a historic person or event.
b. A birthplace or grave is eligible if it is that of a historical figure of outstanding importance and there is no other appropriate site or structure directly associated with his or her productive life.
c. A reconstructed building is eligible if the reconstruction is historically accurate, if the structure is presented in a dignified manner as part of a restoration master plan, and if no other original structure survives that has the same association.
d. Properties that are primarily commemorative in intent are eligible if design, age, tradition, or symbolic value invests such properties with their own historical significance.
e. Properties achieving significance within the past 50 years are eligible if such properties are of exceptional importance.
B. Listing on the Sacramento register--Historic districts. A geographic area nominated as a historic district shall be listed on the Sacramento register as a historic district if the city council finds, after holding the hearing required by this chapter, that all of the requirements set forth below are satisfied:
1. Requirements.
a. The area is a geographically definable area; or
b. The area possesses either:
i. A significant concentration or continuity of buildings unified by: (A) past events or (B) aesthetically by plan or physical development; or
ii. The area is associated with an event, person, or period significant or important to city history; or
c. The designation of the geographic area as a historic district is reasonable, appropriate and necessary to protect, promote and further the goals and purposes of this chapter and is not inconsistent with other goals and policies of the city.
2. Factors to be considered. In determining whether to list a geographic area on the Sacramento register as a historic district, the following factors shall be considered:
a. A historic district should have integrity of design, setting, materials, workmanship and association;
b. The collective historic value of the buildings and structures in a historic district taken together may be greater than the historic value of each individual building or structure.
C. Listing on the Sacramento register--Contributing resources. A nominated resource shall be listed on the Sacramento register as a contributing resource if the council finds, after holding the hearing required by this chapter, that all of the following requirements are satisfied:
1. The nominated resource is within a historic district;
2. The nominated resource either embodies the significant features and characteristics of the historic district or adds to the historical associations, historical architectural qualities or archaeological values identified for the historic district;
3. The nominated resource was present during the period of historical significance of the historic district and relates to the documented historical significance of the historic district;
4.. The nominated resource either possesses historic integrity or is capable of yielding important information about the period of historical significance of the historic district; and
5. The nominated resource has important historic or architectural worth, and its designation as a contributing resource is reasonable, appropriate and necessary to protect, promote and further the goals and purposes of this chapter.
For comment or more information, please contact:
Meredith Gress
Preservation Intern
City of Sacramento
PBIntern@cityofsacramento.org
(916) 808-2022
Note the consultants DRAFTS have recommended that the properties are not eligible, but with an “eligibility status code” for all three buildings as “6L” vs. “6Z”. These codes correspond to the following:
California Historical Resource Status Code
- 6 – Not Eligible for Listing or Designation as specified:
- 6L – Determined e=ineligible for local listing or designation through local government review process; may warrant special consideration in local planning.
- 6Z – Found ineligible for NR, CR or Local designation through survey evaluation.
If you have any information that would aid in this review, or that you feel the consultants or Preservation Director should be aware of relative to these properties history or eligibility for listing in either the California Register or the Sacramento Register, either individually or possibly as a district, please provide your comments to Meredith Gress, Preservation Intern by 8am, Wednesday, August 17th.
Note, below are the eligibility criteria for both the California and Sacramento Registers, FYI:
CALIFORNIA REGISTER OF HISTORICAL RESOURCES:
Criteria for Designation
- Associated with 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 (Criterion 1).
- Associated with the lives of persons important to local, California or national history (Criterion 2).
- Embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, region or method of construction or represents the work of a master or possesses high artistic values (Criterion 3).
- Has yielded, or has the potential to yield, information important to the prehistory or history of the local area, California or the nation (Criterion 4).
SACRAMENTO REGISTER OF HISTORIC & CULTURAL RESOURCES:
17.604.210 Criteria and requirements for listing on, and deletion from, the Sacramento register.
The criteria and requirements for listing on, or deletion from, the Sacramento register as a landmark, historic district or contributing resource are as follows:
A. Listing on the Sacramento register--Landmarks. A nominated resource shall be listed on the Sacramento register as a landmark if the city council finds, after holding the hearing required by this chapter, that all of the requirements set forth below are satisfied:
1. Requirements.
a. The nominated resource meets one or more of the following criteria:
i. It is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of the history of the city, the region, the state or the nation;
ii. It is associated with the lives of persons significant in the city’s past;
iii. It embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period or method of construction;
iv. It represents the work of an important creative individual or master;
v. It possesses high artistic values; or
vi. It has yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important in the prehistory or history of the city, the region, the state or the nation;
b. The nominated resource has integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship and association. Integrity shall be judged with reference to the particular criterion or criteria specified in subsection A.1.a of this section;
c. The nominated resource has significant historic or architectural worth, and its designation as a landmark is reasonable, appropriate and necessary to promote, protect and further the goals and purposes of this chapter.
2. Factors to be considered. In determining whether to list a nominated resource on the Sacramento register as a landmark, the factors below shall be considered.
a. A structure removed from its original location is eligible if it is significant primarily for its architectural value or it is the most important surviving structure associated with a historic person or event.
b. A birthplace or grave is eligible if it is that of a historical figure of outstanding importance and there is no other appropriate site or structure directly associated with his or her productive life.
c. A reconstructed building is eligible if the reconstruction is historically accurate, if the structure is presented in a dignified manner as part of a restoration master plan, and if no other original structure survives that has the same association.
d. Properties that are primarily commemorative in intent are eligible if design, age, tradition, or symbolic value invests such properties with their own historical significance.
e. Properties achieving significance within the past 50 years are eligible if such properties are of exceptional importance.
B. Listing on the Sacramento register--Historic districts. A geographic area nominated as a historic district shall be listed on the Sacramento register as a historic district if the city council finds, after holding the hearing required by this chapter, that all of the requirements set forth below are satisfied:
1. Requirements.
a. The area is a geographically definable area; or
b. The area possesses either:
i. A significant concentration or continuity of buildings unified by: (A) past events or (B) aesthetically by plan or physical development; or
ii. The area is associated with an event, person, or period significant or important to city history; or
c. The designation of the geographic area as a historic district is reasonable, appropriate and necessary to protect, promote and further the goals and purposes of this chapter and is not inconsistent with other goals and policies of the city.
2. Factors to be considered. In determining whether to list a geographic area on the Sacramento register as a historic district, the following factors shall be considered:
a. A historic district should have integrity of design, setting, materials, workmanship and association;
b. The collective historic value of the buildings and structures in a historic district taken together may be greater than the historic value of each individual building or structure.
C. Listing on the Sacramento register--Contributing resources. A nominated resource shall be listed on the Sacramento register as a contributing resource if the council finds, after holding the hearing required by this chapter, that all of the following requirements are satisfied:
1. The nominated resource is within a historic district;
2. The nominated resource either embodies the significant features and characteristics of the historic district or adds to the historical associations, historical architectural qualities or archaeological values identified for the historic district;
3. The nominated resource was present during the period of historical significance of the historic district and relates to the documented historical significance of the historic district;
4.. The nominated resource either possesses historic integrity or is capable of yielding important information about the period of historical significance of the historic district; and
5. The nominated resource has important historic or architectural worth, and its designation as a contributing resource is reasonable, appropriate and necessary to protect, promote and further the goals and purposes of this chapter.
For comment or more information, please contact:
Meredith Gress
Preservation Intern
City of Sacramento
PBIntern@cityofsacramento.org
(916) 808-2022
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