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Home My WebLink About11-09-2021 Hertitage Preservation Commission Agenda PacketPage 1 of 3 HERITAGE PRESERVATION COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING November 9, 2021 8:30 AM REGULAR MEETING Teleconference/Public Participation Information to Mitigate the Spread of COVID‐19 This meeting will be held entirely by teleconference. All members of the City Council and staff will only participate via the Zoom platform using the process described below. The meeting is being conducted pursuant to recent amendments to the teleconference rules required by the Ralph M. Brown Act allowing teleconferencing during a proclaimed state of emergency when local official have recommended social distancing. The purpose of the amendments is to provide the safest environment for the public, elected officials, and staff while allowing for continued operation of the government and public participation during the COVID-19 pandemic. Members of the public can view and participate in Meeting by: 1. Using the Zoom website https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87151137031 or App (Webinar ID 871 5113 7031) and using the tool to raise their hand in the Zoom platform when directed by the Chair to speak on an agenda item; OR 2. Calling 1.408.638.0968 or 1.669.900.6833, entering the Webinar ID 871 5113 7031 and pressing *9 to raise their hand to speak on an agenda item when directed by the Chair. The public will not be able to participate in the meeting in person. Methods of viewing the meeting will be listed on the meeting agenda. The public will not be able to participate in the meeting in person. In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Governor’s Executive Order, if you need assistance to participate in this meeting due to a disability, please contact the City Clerk at bavrit@saratoga.ca.us or calling 408.868.1216 as soon as possible before the meeting. The City will use its best efforts to provide reasonable accommodations to provide as much accessibility as possible while also maintaining public safety. Page 2 of 3 1. Site Visit(s) a. None 2. Call to Order 3. Roll Call- Annette Stransky, Marie Lopresto, Priya Shastri, Rina Shah, and Sharon Boyce-Bender. 4. Oral Communications Any member of the public may address the Commission about any matter not on the agenda for this meeting for up to three minutes. Commissioners may not comment on the matter but may choose to place the topic on a future agenda. 5. Approval of the October 12, 2021 minutes 10-12-2021 Heritage Preservation Commission Agenda DRAFT MEETING Minutes 6. New Business a. 20280 Saratoga Los Gatos Road MEMO Attachment 1- Report Attachment 2- Plans Attachment 3- DPR b. 13631 Saratoga Avenue MEMO Attachment 1-Historic Resource Evaluation & DPR Attachment 2- DPR Attachment 3- Resolution 7. Staff Comments 8. Old Business a. Heritage Orchard Update (verbal presentation from Orchard Keepers) b. Heritage Preservation Ordinance update • Update from Commissioners c. Project status worksheet Project Status Worksheet 11092021 9. Commission Items 10. Adjournment Page 3 of 3 In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you are a disabled person and you need a disability-related modification or accommodation to participate in this meeting, please contact the City Clerk’s Office at (408) 868-1216 or bavrit@saratoga.ca.us Requests must be made as early as possible and at least one full business day before the start of the meeting. Any recommendation made by the Heritage Preservation Commission may be appealed to the Planning Commission within ten (10) days of the date of the decision. The appeal shall be taken by filing with the Secretary of the Heritage Preservation Commission a written notice and filing fee within ten (10) days of the date of the decision. In accordance with the Ralph M. Brown Act, copies of the staff report, and other materials provided to the Heritage Preservation Commission by City staff in connection with this agenda are available at the office of the Community Development Department Director at 13777 Fruitvale Avenue, Saratoga, California 95070. Any materials distributed by staff after the posting of the agenda are made available for public review at the office of the Director at the time, they are distributed to the Heritage Preservation Commission. CERTIFICATE OF POSTING OF AGENDA I, Nicole Johnson, Senior Planner, for the City of Saratoga, declare that the foregoing agenda for the meeting of the Heritage Preservation Commission was posted and available for public review on November 4, 2021 at the City of Saratoga, 13777 Fruitvale Avenue, Saratoga, CA 95070 and on the City’s website at www.saratoga.ca.us. Page 1 of 2 HERITAGE PRESERVATION COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING DRAFT MINUTES October 12, 2021 8:30 AM REGULAR MEETING 1. Site Visit(s) a. None 2. Call to Order : Vice Chair Stransky called the meeting to order at 8:30 AM 3. Roll Call Present: Chair Rina Shah, Vice Chair Annette Stransky, Sharon Boyce-Bender, Marie Lopresto and Priya Shastri Absent: None Staff: Nicole Johnson, Senior Planner 4. Oral Communications None 5. Approval of the September 14, 2021 minutes SHASTRI/LOPRESTO MOVED TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE SEPTEMBER 14 2021 MEETING. MOTION PASSED. AYES: BOYCE -BENDER, LOPRESTO, SHAH, SHASTRI, STRANSKY. NOES: NONE. ABSTAIN: NONE. ABSENT: NONE 6. New Business a. Heritage Orchard Signage Renee Paquier, Chair of the Parks and Recreation Commission discussed the idea of HPC and PRC Commission working together to come up with language and sign designs for the Heritage Orchard. Commissioner Lopresto discussed the possibility of a bench and informational kiosk , benches similar to W ildwood Park. Paquier discussed in the past, the public was not encouraged to visit the Heritage Orchard. Chair Shah asked if PW is involved with the sign proposal and if they are ok with the commissions to be working on this. 3 Page 2 of 2 Paquier commented that PW is aware, and they are waiting for the recommendation from the commissioners. Chair Shah asked for subcommittee for two HPC members to work with PRC, commissioners Lopresto and Shariati volunteered. 7. Staff Comments a. Heritage Orchard update Nicole Johnson directed the commissioners to review the update provided from Orchard Keepers. 8. Old Business a. Heritage Preservation Ordinance update • Update from Commissioners Chair Shah and Stransky are currently working on providing language, for November. b. P roject status worksheet None 9. Commission Item s a. Marshall Lane Subdivision Nicole Johnson provided an update from the October 6th City Council meeting. 10. Adjournment Vice Chair Stransky adjourned the meeting at 9:10 AM. Minutes respectfully submitted: Nicole Johnson, Senior Planner City of Saratoga 4 Page 1 of 2 MEMORANDUM MEETING DATE: November 9, 2021 TO: Heritage Preservation Commission (HPC) FROM: Nicole Johnson, Senior Planner SUBJECT: Item 6 a -20280 Saratoga Los Gatos Road Solar Panels APPLICATION: HPC21-0010 Property Location: 20280 Saratoga Los Gatos Road Property APN: 517-11-005 Property Owner /Applicant: Bijoy Bose Background: The subject property is listed on the Heritage Resource Inventory as a heritage resource (HP91-01). On March 2, 2021, the owner of the property submitted a request (1) to designate the house at 20280 Saratoga-los Gatos Road as a Historic Landmark and (2) to enter into a Mills Act Agreement with the City. HPC reviewed the proposal and made a recommendation to the City Council. At the April 7 th City Council meeting, the City Council approved the landma rk status and entered into a Mills Act agreement with the pr operty owner. The home is a one-story stucco Mediterranean villa . The original owners and builders of the house on this property are not known. The property was purchased in 1929 by the Peterson family who lived there until 1946. It is believed that this was George P. and Ethna Peterson. The property was later occupied by Dr. George W. Phillips, a minister and early "fire and brimstone" radio preacher in Oakland for KTAB (Tenth Avenue Baptist Church), which later became station KSFO. Dr. Phillips occasionally filled in at the pulpit at the Saratoga Federated Church during the 1940's. The house w as then owned by the Collins and Harkness families. Project De scription: 5 Page 2 of 2 The property owner is proposing to install solar panels on the roof of the main residence. T he owner has provided a n historical evaluation which determined that the solar panels will not have an impact on the historic character of the home. Staff Recommendation: Staff recommends that the HPC consider the applicant’s request for the roof mounted solar panels and recommended approval of the project. Attachments: 1. Archaeological Resource M anagement report dated October 14, 2021 2. Roof plan 3. DPR 6 Archaeological Resource Management Robert R. Cartier, Ph.D. 496 North 5th Street San Jose, CA 95112 Telephone (408) 295-1373 Fax (408) 286-2040 email: armcartier@netscape.net Ms. Bijoy Bose October 14, 2021 20280 Saratoga-Los Gatos Road Saratoga, CA 95070 RE: HISTORIC IMPACT EVALUATION; PROPOSED SOLAR PANEL INSTALLTION AT 20280 SARATOGA-LOS GATOS STREET IN THE CITY OF SARATOGA Dear Mr. Bose, As per your request, our firm carried out an historic impact evaluation of the proposed solar panel installation project at 20280 Saratoga-Los Gatos Road in the City of Saratoga. The structure is not currently listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP), or the California Register of Historical Resources (CRHR). However, the structure is currently listed on the City of Saratoga Heritage Resources Inventory. As described in the historic evaluation of this structure completed by Archaeological Resource Management in February 2021, the structure appears to be potentially eligible for listing in the CRHR. It is potentially eligible under Criterion 2, for its association with the Reverend Dr. George W. Phillips, a locally prominent radio preacher and founder of KTAB radio station, later to become KSFO. It is also potentially eligible under Criterion 3, as an example of the Mediterranean style of architecture with Craftsman elements. Based upon the results of this evaluation, this structure was awarded a Mills Act contract in 2021. The residence at 20280 Saratoga-Los Gatos Road is a single story Mediterranean style residence with Craftsman elements. The structure is set well back from the street behind a full height wall with an iron gate, and is largely obscured from Saratoga-Los Gatos Road. The current proposed project consists of the installation of 38 Panasonic 370W Solar panel modules and association improvements. As currently designed, these panels are clustered on the side and rear facing portions of the roof of the residence, and would not significantly impact the visual historic character of the front facade. The installation itself appears to pose minimal impacts to the historic character of the home. Thus it is determined that the proposed project, as currently designed, does not appear to pose a significant impact to this historic property. Sincerely, Robert Cartier, Ph.D. RC/dj Principal Investigator 7 SITE PLANNSWECustomer NameProperty AddressBijoy Bose20280 Saratoga-Los Gatos Rd,Saratoga, CA 95070, USAModule Numbers38 Panasonic 370W modules38 Enphase IQ7+ MicroinvertersEVEV ChargerSSP(N)225A Service Sub PanelMSP(E)200A Main Service Panelwith 2x100A Main BreakerSaratoga-Los Gatos RdECBEnphase Combiner Box1'-6"3'1'-6"1'-6"1'-6"1'-6"3'1'-6"1'-6"3'3'3'GASMSP(N)SSPECBNOTE: For EV use existing ConduitPV Array7 Panasonic 370 Watt modules 7 Enphase IQ7+ MicroinvertersTilt: 20 DegAzimuth: 135 DegPV Array6 Panasonic 370 Watt modules 6 Enphase IQ7+ MicroinvertersTilt: 2 DegAzimuth: 225 DegPV Array12 Panasonic 370 Watt modules 12 Enphase IQ7+ MicroinvertersTilt: 10 DegAzimuth: 225 DegPV Array13 Panasonic 370 Watt modules13 Enphase IQ7+ MicroinvertersTilt: 20 DegAzimuth: 135 Deg(N)Service Sub PanelEnphase Combiner BoxEV(E)SSP(E)SSPSSPSSP(E)100A Service Sub Panel(E)100A Service Sub PanelEV OutletEVEV OutletDocuSign Envelope ID: A3C279B1-D638-412F-B029-F72BBCA8091010/9/20218 Mount Diablo State of California - The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION PRIMARY RECORD NRHP Status Code 4of Seven Oaks*Resource Name or # HP-91-01 P1. Other identifier: *P2. Location: Santa Clara County*a. County Cupertino*b. USGS 7.5' Quad 1980 Photorevised .8 S.T .2 W.R Saratoga-Los Gatos Rd. c. Address:SaratogaCity 95070Zip 10S d. UTM:(give more than one for large and/or linear resources) Zone mE/mN southwest side of Saratoga-Los Gatos Road southeast of Aloha Avenue. e.Other Locational Data: (e.g., parcel #, directions to resource, elevation, etc., as appropriate) (Assigned by recorder): and (P2b and P2c or P2d. Attach a location map as necessary.) ;; ; This house is not clearly visible from the public right-of-way. City records indicate that it is a one-story stucco Mediterranean villa that is formed of two large gabled bays flanking the central entry wing. The arched front door features multi-paned glass with an arched top; this arch is echoed in a wooden pediment directly above the door, and by an eyebrow gable set into the hipped roof above the pediment. The door is approached by a concrete stoop with a low railing of cement piers connected by an iron railing; the porch is reached by stairs on the right (north) paralleling the front of the house. The left bay of the house contains a tripartite arched French doors similar to the front door. The right bay features three paired units of small-paned casements. There appear to be vents within the gables, which are screened by turned posts curving out to resemble miniature balconies. The house sits in attractive landscaping sloping up from the road and divided diagonally by a wide drive. *P3a. Description: (Describe resource and its major elements, include design, material, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries) HP2. Single family property*P3b. Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) Building Structure Object Site District Element of District Other (Isolates, etc.)*P4. Resources Present: 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): *Attachments: Archives & Architecture: City of Saratoga Statement of Historic Context, 2009. *P11. Report Citation: (Cite survey report and other sources, or enter "none".) View facing south, July 2009. P5b.Description of Photo: (View, date, accession #) Historic Prehistoric Both *P6. Date Constructed/Age and Source: Helen Abruzzini Trust et al 20280 Saratoga-Los Gatos Rd. Saratoga CA 95070 *P7. Owner and Address: Archives & Architecture, LLC PO Box 1332 San Jose, CA 95109 *P8. Recorded By: (Name, affiliation, and address) 10/26/09*P9. Date Recorded: Reconnaissance *P10. Survey Type: (Describe) c1920, 89 years old. * Required InformationDPR 523A (1/95) Not for Publication Unrestricted 1 517-11-005APN# B.M. F. Maggi, L. Dill, & J. Kusz Date Primary # HRI # Trinomial Other Listings Review Code Reviewer Date Page 20280 9 State of California - The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION BUILDING, STRUCTURE, AND OBJECT RECORD 5S3*NRHP/CRHR Status Code Seven OaksResource Name (Assigned by recorder) 4of Seven Oaks B1. Historic Name: 20280 Saratoga-Los Gatos Rd. B2. Common Name: Single family residential B3. Original Use:Single family residentialB4. Present Use: Mediterranean w/Craftsman details*B5. Architectural Style: Constructed circa 1920. *B6. Construction History: (Construction date, alterations, and date of alterations) No Yes Unknown*B7. Moved?n/aDate:n/aOriginal Location: None known. *B8. Related Features: Unknown B9a. Architect:Unknownb. Builder: Architecture and Shelter*B10. Significance: Theme Glen UnaArea: c1920Period of Significance:ResidentialProperty Type:NoneApplicable Criteria: (Discuss importance in terms of historical or architectural context as defined by theme, period and geographic scope. Also address integrity.) Seven Oaks is listed on the Saratoga Heritage Resources Inventory, included as a part of HP-91-01. It qualified under Criteria c and e: c) the property embodies distinctive characteristics of the Mediterranean with Craftsman style, type and period; and e) the property embodies unique physical characteristics that represent an established and familiar visual feature of a neighborhood. Seven Oaks may also be eligible for the California Register of Historical Resources under Criterion (3), as the house may embodies the distinctive characteristics of the Mediterranean Villa house-type within Saratoga's City of Homes period. (Continued on page 4, DPR523L) DPR 523B (1/95)*Required Information B11. Additional Resource Attributes: (list attributes and codes) Saratoga Heritage Preservation Commission, Historic Resources Inventory form, 1989. *B12. References: Listed Heritage ResourceB13. Remarks: Franklin Maggi*B14. Evaluator: October 26, 2009*Date of Evaluation: (Sketch Map with north arrow required.) (This space reserved for official comments.) 2 None Primary # HRI # Page 10 State of California - The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION LOCATION MAP 4of DPR 523J (1/95)*Required Information * Map Name:Multiple n.t.s.* Scale:Varies* Date of Map: Seven Oaks*Resource Name or #(Assigned by recorder)3 Primary # HRI # Trinomial Page 11 State of California - The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION CONTINUATION SHEET 4of DPR 523L (1/95)*Required Information (Continued from page 2, DPR523b, B10) Historical Background The original owners and builders of the house on this property are not known. The property was purchased in 1929 by the Peterson family who lived there until 1946. It is believed that this was George P. and Ethna Peterson, who lived in San Jose in the Naglee Park neighborhood in 1930, but who likely relocated to Saratoga-Los Gatos Road shortly after. George was a truck salesman, born about 1882 in Sweden. His California-born wife Ethna was born in 1893, and the Petersons were married in 1919. By 1930, they had one child, Marcia. The property was later occupied by Dr. George W. Phillips, a minister and early "fire and brimstone" radio preacher in Oakland for KTAB (Tenth Avenue Baptist Church), which later became station KSFO. Dr. Phillips occasionally filled in at the pulpit at the Saratoga Federated Church during the 1940's. The house was then owned by the Collins and Harkness families. Integrity The integrity of this property cannot be determined for this survey. George P. and Ethna Peterson * Recorded By F. Maggi, L. Dill, & J. Kusz Seven Oaks*Resource Name or #(Assigned by recorder) Continuation Update10/26/2009* Date Primary # HRI # Trinomial Page 4 12 Page 1 of 2 MEMORANDUM MEETING DATE: November 9, 2021 TO: Heritage Preservation Commission (HPC) FROM: Nicole Johnson, Senior Planner SUBJECT: Item 6 b -13631 Saratoga Avenue (Rawdon Dell Ranch) Consider removing property from Heritage Resource Inventory APPLICATION: HPC21-0011 Property Location: 13631 Saratoga Avenue Property APN: 393-25-029 Property Owner /Applicant: Saint Andrews Parish Saratoga Background: Rawdon Dell Ranch is listed on the Saratoga Heritage Resources Inventory (HRI), included as a part of HP-88-01. It qualified under Criteria a and c: a) the property exemplifies and reflects special elements of the cultural, social, economic, aesthetic, and architectural history of Saratoga; and c) the property embodies distinctive characteristics of the Craftsman style, type and period. The ca. 1916 house is associated with the Craftsman architectural style. The house is clad in a dash stucco finish surrounded by decorative wood trim set in to the stucco at the base of each story. The house has a low-pitched, cross -gable roof with two gabled dormers clad with composite shingles. The side gables and the front dormer gable have a wood lattice vent at their peak. Additionally, the fascia boards have decorative notches at the ends, and each roof gable has exposed decorative beams. The house consists of a mixture of window types, including casement, fixed, and one- over -one, double-hung windows with lugs. The ca. 1985 detached garage is one-and-a -h alf stories . The front-facing gable building rests on a concrete slab foundation. The roof is clad with composite shingles and has notched fascia boards with decorative brackets. The garage is finished with a dash stucco. 13 Page 2 of 2 Project Description: The property has recently been acquired by Saint Andrews Parish Saratoga, who also own the properties adjacent to the subject property. In 2021 the property owner had an Historic Evaluation prepared by Evans and De Shazo, Inc to determine the historical significance of the property. The p roperty, including the house, detached garage, and associated landscape was evaluated to determine the historical integrity of the property. The house was evaluated for its association with Craftsman architecture within a period of significance of ca. 1916, which is the estimated date the house was constructed. The detached garage and landscape are not associated with any architectural style or landscape design. The report concludes that based on the current condition of the now 2.76-acre Property that was once part of the 57 -acres Rawdon Dell Ranch that included associated buildings and fruit orchards, which are no longer extant, thus effecting the integrity of the p roperty to convey local significance related to the ranch, EDS recommend the removal of the p roperty including the house from the City of Saratoga HRI. Staff Recommendation: Based on the findings by Evans and De Shazo, Inc, staff recommends that the HPC find that the property does not meet any of the required criteria to be included on the Heritage Resource Inventory and that the HPC adopt the draft resolution to remove the site from the Heritage Resource Inventory. Attachments: 1. Historic Resource Evaluation and DPR prepared by Evans & DeShazo dated October 1, 2021 2. DPR 3. Resolution 14 Evans & De Shazo, Inc 1141 Gravenstein Highway South, Sebastopol, CA 95472 707-823-7400 www.evans-deshazo.com A HISTORIC RESOURCE EVALUATION FOR THE PROPERTY AT 13631 SARATOGA AVENUE, SARATOGA, SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA SUBMITTED TO: Randy Simmons SUBMITTED BY: Stacey De Shazo, M.A. Principal Architectural Historian And Nicole LaRochelle, B.A. October 1, 2021 15 Historic Resource Evaluation for the Property at 13631 Saratoga Avenue, Saratoga, Santa Clara County, California. Page ii TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................................................1 PROPERTY LOCATION...........................................................................................................................1 REGULATORY SETTING .........................................................................................................................2 CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT .......................................................................................................................... 2 METHODS ............................................................................................................................................3 HISTORICAL SETTING ...........................................................................................................................4 MEXICAN PERIOD (1821 – 1846) ....................................................................................................................................... 4 EARLY AMERICAN PERIOD (1848 – 1880S) ........................................................................................................................... 5 HISTORY OF SARATOGA (1847 - 1970S) ............................................................................................................................... 6 AGRICULTURAL HISTORY (CA. 1850 – CA. 1970S) ................................................................................................................ 11 PROPERTY HISTORY ......................................................................................................................................................... 14 ARCHITECTURAL STYLE....................................................................................................................... 17 CRAFTSMAN ARCHITECTURAL STYLE (1905 - 1930) .............................................................................................................. 17 HISTORIC ARCHITECTURAL SURVEY .................................................................................................... 18 CA. 1916 HOUSE ............................................................................................................................................................ 18 CA. 1985 DETACHED GARAGE ............................................................................................................................................ 29 ASSOCIATED LANDSCAPE .................................................................................................................................................. 31 EVALUATION FOR HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE ..................................................................................... 34 CALIFORNIA REGISTER OF HISTORICAL RESOURCES ................................................................................................................. 34 CRHR EVALUATION......................................................................................................................................................... 35 INTEGRITY ...................................................................................................................................................................... 36 CONCLUSIONS ................................................................................................................................... 36 ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS .................................................................................................... 37 BIBLIOGRAPHY .................................................................................................................................. 38 ATTACHMENTS: Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) 523 forms (Appendix A) 16 Historic Resource Evaluation for the Property at 13631 Saratoga Avenue, Saratoga, Contra Costa County, California. 1 INTRODUCTION Evans & De Shazo, Inc. (EDS) completed a Historic Resource Evaluation (HRE) of the 2.76-acre property at 13631 Saratoga Avenue, Saratoga, Santa Clara County, California, within Assessor Parcel Number (APN) 393- 25-031 (Property). The Property includes a ca. 1916 house, ca. 1985 detached garage, and associated landscape. Currently there is no proposed project but a future project may consist of changes to the Property including changes to the ca. 1916 house, ca. 1985 detached garage, and associated landscape to allow for the future expansion of the Saint Andrew’s Episcopal School, which recently acquired the Property (Project). The Property is not currently listed on the Office of Historic Preservation’s (OHP) Built Environment Resources Directory (BERD); however, the Property was determined eligible for the local City of Saratoga Heritage Resource Inventory (HRI) listing and documented on an HRI form in 1988 (local listing #54)1 and in 2009, the Property was determined still eligible for a local listing (local listing #64),2 and documented on Department of Parks (DPR) 523 forms. The Property was subsequently listed within the Saratoga Heritage Resources Inventory,3 and due to the local listing, it is considered a Historical Resource as defined in Section 15064.5 of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). However, the Property has not been previously evaluated for listing on the California Register of Historical Resources (CRHR); therefore, in compliance with the CEQA, the city of Saratoga requested an HRE to determine if the property is eligible for the CRHR, and provide guidance and recommendations related to potential impacts to historical resources due to the proposed Project. The HRE is based on specific guidelines and evaluation criteria of the CRHR (14 CCR §15064.5 and PRC§ 21084.1). The following HRE was completed by EDS Principal Architectural Historian Stacey De Shazo, M.A., who exceeds the Secretary of the Interior’s qualification standards in Architectural History and History, and Nicole LaRochelle, B.A. (M.S. in-progress). The results of the HRE are herein. PROPERTY LOCATION The Property is located at 13631 Saratoga Avenue, Saratoga, Santa Clara County, California within APN 393- 25-031 (Figure 1). The Property is situated on the northwest side of Saratoga Avenue, approximately 0.62 miles southwest of Highway 85 and 1.16 miles southeast of Saratoga-Los Gatos Road. 1 City of Saratoga, “Historic Resource Inventory (#54)”, Saratoga Historic Preservation Commission, 1988. 2 Archives & Architecture, LLC, Heritage Resources Inventory, Prepared for the City of Saratoga, 2009. 3 Heritage Preservation Commission (HPC) Resolution HP-88-01. 17 Historic Resource Evaluation for the Property at 13631 Saratoga Avenue, Saratoga, Santa Clara County, California. 1 Figure 1. Property location map. 18 Historic Resource Evaluation for the Property at 13631 Saratoga Avenue, Saratoga, Santa Clara County, California. 2 REGULATORY SETTING The CEQA regulations, as they pertain to cultural resources, are outlined below. CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT CEQA and the Guidelines for Implementing CEQA (State CEQA Guidelines § 15064.5) give direction and guidance for evaluating properties, and the preparation of Initial Studies, Categorical Exemptions, Negative Declarations, and Environmental Impact Reports. Pursuant to California State law, the city of Saratoga is legally responsible and accountable for determining the environmental impact of any land use proposal it approves. Cultural resources are aspects of the environment that require identification and assessment for potential significance under CEQA (14 CCR § 15064.5 and PRC § 21084.1). There are five classes of cultural resources defined by the State OHP. These are: • Building: A structure created principally to shelter or assist in carrying out any form of human activity. A “building” may also be used to refer to a historically and functionally related unit, such as a courthouse and jail or a house and barn. • Structure: A construction made for a functional purpose rather than creating human shelter. Examples include mines, bridges, and tunnels. • Object: Construction primarily artistic in nature or relatively small in scale and simply constructed. It may be movable by nature or design or made for a specific setting or environment. Objects should be in a setting appropriate to their significant historic use or character. Examples include fountains, monuments, maritime resources, sculptures, and boundary markers. • Site: The location of a significant event. A prehistoric or historic occupation or activity, or a building or structure, whether standing, ruined, or vanished, where the location itself possesses historic, cultural, or archaeological value regardless of the value of any existing building, structure, or object. A site need not be marked by physical remains if it is the location of a prehistoric or historic event and if no buildings, structures, or objects marked it at that time. Examples include trails, designed landscapes, battlefields, habitation sites, Native American ceremonial areas, petroglyphs, and pictographs. • Historic District: Unified geographic entities which contain a concentration of historic buildings, structures, or sites united historically, culturally, or architecturally. According to CCR § 15064.5, cultural resources are historically significant if they are: (1) A resource listed in or determined to be eligible by the State Historical Resources Commission for listing in the California Register of Historical Resources (PRC §5024.1, 14 CCR § 4850 et seq.). (2) A resource included in a local register of historical resources, as defined in PRC § 5020.1(k) or identified as significant in a historical resource survey meeting the requirements PRC § 5024.1(g), shall be presumed to be historically or culturally significant. Public agencies must treat any such resource as significant unless the preponderance of the evidence demonstrates that it is not historically or culturally significant. 19 Historic Resource Evaluation for the Property at 13631 Saratoga Avenue, Saratoga, Santa Clara County, California. 3 (3) Any object, building, structure, site, area, place, record, or manuscript which a lead agency determines to be historically significant or significant in the architectural, engineering, scientific, economic, agricultural, educational, social, political, military, or cultural annals of California may be considered to be an historical resource, provided the lead agency's determination is supported by substantial evidence in light of the whole record. Generally, a resource shall be considered by the lead agency to be “historically significant” if the resource meets the criteria for listing on the California Register of Historical Resources (PRC § 5024.1, 14 CCR § 4852), including the following: (A) Is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of California's history and cultural heritage; (B) Is associated with the lives of persons important in our past; (C) Embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, region, or method of construction, or represents the work of an important creative individual, or possesses high artistic values; or (D) Has yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important in prehistory or history. (4) The fact that a resource is not listed in or determined to be eligible for listing in the CRHR, not included in a local register of historical resources pursuant to PRC § 5020.1(k) or identified in a historical resources survey meeting the criteria in PRC § 5024.1(g) does not preclude a lead agency from determining that the resource may be a historical resource as defined in PRC § 5020.1(j) or § 5024.1. METHODS The methods used to complete the HRE included a database search conducted by the Northwest Information enter (NWIC) of the California Historical Information Systems (CHRIS) (NWIC File #21-0322) to obtain and review any previous cultural resources documentation related to the Property, as well as the cultural resource inventories listed below. EDS also conducted extensive online research, including the Santa Clara County Assessor/Recorder Office and the relevant local historical organizations (see list below).4 The client also provided EDS with various documents to assist with the history of the Property. EDS also reviewed digital documents on file with EDS, such as historical maps, Sanborn Fire Insurance Company maps, historical aerial photographs, and other primary source documents. The purpose of the research is to understand the Property history and the history of the surrounding area to assist in the development of a historical context to evaluate the historical significance of the built environment, at least 45 years in age, within the Property. EDS Principal Architectural Historian Stacey De Shazo, M.A. and Nicole LaRochelle, B.S. (M.A. in progress) also completed a historic architectural survey to identify the age, any known architectural style, or form, character-defining features, materials, and alterations of built environment resources within the Property. Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) 523 forms were also completed for the Property (Appendix A). Cultural Resource Inventories 4 Due to COVID 19 restriction, EDS research was limited to online research with the Assessor/Recorder and local repositories 20 Historic Resource Evaluation for the Property at 13631 Saratoga Avenue, Saratoga, Santa Clara County, California. 4 As part of the record search, the following inventories were reviewed: • National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) • California Register of Historical Resources (CRHR) • California Historical Landmarks (CHL) • California Points of Historical Interest (CPHI) • California OHP BERD for Santa Clara County (2020) • City of Saratoga Historic Resource Inventory (2009) Online Research Online research utilized the following sources: • www.newspapers.com • www.ancestry.com • www.calisphere.org (University of California) • http://www.library.ca.gov/ (California State Library) • https://cdnc.ucr.edu/ California Digital Newspaper Collection • http://pcad.lib.washington.edu/ (Pacific Coast Architecture Database [PCAD]) • https://aiahistoricaldirectory.atlassian.net (AIA Historical Directory of American Architects) HISTORICAL SETTING The following historic setting includes a brief history of the city of Saratoga and the surrounding area and a Property specific history. The historic setting serves as the context within which the built environment resources, at least 45 years in age, within the Property were assessed for historical significance. MEXICAN PERIOD (1821 – 1846) In 1821, Mexico declared its independence from Spain and took possession of “Alta California”,5 marking the end of the Spanish period (1769 – 1821) and the beginning of the Mexican period, also referred to as the “rancho” period in Alta California. During this time, extraordinary changes occurred throughout Alta California, as the Mexican government lacked the strong oversight and military rule previously imposed by the Spanish, and as such, there were new opportunities for trade when foreign ships that had previously been held off by Spanish guarded military ports could dock and provide a variety of provisions to local settlers throughout California. These new provisions, including tea, coffee, sugars, spices, and spirits, as well as a variety of manufactured goods, soon made their way into the region; and the taxes on these imported goods became the main source of revenue for the Mexican government in Alta California. Likewise, products produced in Alta California were exported, which bolstered the hide and tallow trade that became the primary 5 Alta California was a polity of New Spain founded in 1769 and became a territory of Mexico after the Mexican War of Independence in 1821. 21 Historic Resource Evaluation for the Property at 13631 Saratoga Avenue, Saratoga, Santa Clara County, California. 5 business activity in Alta California during this time. During this time, the Mexican colonial authorities encouraged the settlement of Alta California by providing large land grants called ranchos to politically prominent persons loyal to the Mexican government and permitting foreigners to settle the land. As a result, the 20 or so ranchos in Alta California during the Spanish period increased to roughly 800 ranchos that varied from 10,000 to 20,000 acres during the Mexican era. During the Mexican period, the Property was located within Rancho Quito. EARLY AMERICAN PERIOD (1848 – 1880s) The beginning of the American Period in California is marked by the end of the Mexican American War (1846- 1848), when the United States (U.S.) took possession of Mexican territories, including California, New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona, in the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo on February 2, 1848. The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo provided resident Mexicans their American citizenship and guaranteed title to ranchos obtained during the Mexican period. However, less than two weeks before the treaty's signing, on January 24, 1848, James Marshall discovered gold at Sutter’s Mill, which marked the start of the California Gold Rush (1848 to 1855). Soon, the excitement of the Gold Rush and the promise of fertile and abundant land brought between 150,000 and 200,000 new settlers to California from all over the U.S. and Scotland, Ireland, England, Germany, and France.6 During this time, many new settlers squatted on land, including Mexican rancho land and unclaimed land. To quickly resolve Mexican rancho land disputes, the U.S. Congress passed the California Land Act of 1851 that established a three-member Public Land Commission (Commission) to determine the validity of prior Spanish and Mexican land grants.7 The act required landowners who claimed title under the former Mexican government to file a claim with the Commission within two years. Although the Commission eventually confirmed most of the original Mexican land grants, the burden was on landowners to prove their title. The cost of litigation forced many rancho owners to sell off their land to newly arriving settlers, including some who had illegally squatted on their land, as well as land speculators and the lawyers hired to defend their land claims in court.8 In 1850, California became a state, and Santa Clara County was one of the original 27 counties created. As required by the Land Act of 1851, a claim for Rancho Quito was filed in 1852 with the Public Land Commission by Manual Alviso, who may have been the son of Juan Ignacio Alviso, although this could not be verified. By the late 1850s, the boundaries of Rancho Quito were contested by José Ramón Arguello, the son of Luis Arguello, who was the first Mexican governor of Alta California, his mother, Maria Soledad Ortega de Arguello, and a business partner named S. M. Mezes. In 1859, Manual Alviso sold a portion of the rancho to Maria Arguello; however, unlike the previous owners of the rancho, Arguello settled on the land and developed what was known as the Quito Farm (Figure 2). In 1866, a portion of the original Rancho Quito was finally patented to Manuel Alviso and the heirs of José Zenon Fernandez, which included Dioniso Fernandez, Francisco Maximo Fernandez, Jose Zenon Fernandez, Manuela Loveto Fernandez, and Petra Enriquez 6 Karen Clay, “Property Rights and Institutions: Congress and the California Land Act 1851”, The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, 59(01):122-142, March 1999. 7 The Spanish government-controlled California land from approximately 1770 to 1821 and the Mexican government - controlled present-day California from 1821 to 1846. 8 Nancy Olmsted. Vanished Waters: A History of San Francisco's Mission Bay, Mission Creek Conservancy, San Francisco, 1986. 22 Historic Resource Evaluation for the Property at 13631 Saratoga Avenue, Saratoga, Santa Clara County, California. 6 Fernandez.9 By the early 1880s, Arguello had planted a vast olive orchard near the present intersection of Quito Road and Saratoga Avenue, southeast of the Village of Saratoga. Arguello eventually planted over eighty acres of olive trees and constructed an olive press and a packing facility to support his agricultural business. Arguello's olive trees did very well, and he produced award-winning olive oil and received significant publicity. In an article in the San Francisco Examiner in 188910, Quito Farm is described as “the most famous plantation of its kind in Central or Northern California” with 8,000 olive trees and 32,00 vines. However, by the late 1880s, as the trees grew in size, it became apparent to Arguello that he had planted his olive trees too close together, and as such, many began to die. As a result, Arguello was forced to remove every other tree to save his orchard. This reduction in trees impacted the viability of his olive oil business, and soon he had removed almost all of the olive trees and replaced them with walnut and apricot trees.11 Figure 2. ca. 1880 photo of “spray rigs” at Quito Ranch in Saratoga with the olive trees in the background (Courtesy of the Campbell Historical Museum12). HISTORY OF SARATOGA (1847 - 1970s) The following history of Saratoga was taken, in part, from the 2009 HRI prepared by Archives and Architecture for the City of Saratoga,13 but is also expanded based on research conducted by EDS. The context below 9 “Report of the Surveyor-General of the State of California from August 1, 1884, To August 1, 1886.” Sacramento State Office. James J. Ayers, Supt. State Printing, 1886. 10 “San Jose,” San Francisco Examiner, 30 June 1889. 11 Timothy Stanley, The Last of the Prune Pickers: A Pre-Silicon Valley Story, Timothy Publishing. 2010. 12 Campbell Historical Museum, https://www.ci.campbell.ca.us/332/Historical-Museum-Ainsley-House, Accessed May 20, 2019. 13 Archives & Architecture, LLC, Heritage Resources Inventory, Prepared for the City of Saratoga, 2009. 23 Historic Resource Evaluation for the Property at 13631 Saratoga Avenue, Saratoga, Santa Clara County, California. 7 provides an overview of the development of the city of Saratoga, including the agricultural development of the areas east and south of the “village” of Saratoga. The village of Saratoga got its start in California’s Early American period in 1847 when William Campbell founded a mill and established a lumbering community called Campbell’s Gap just below what is now known as Long Bridge, located above Saratoga Village along Highway 9. At the time, the lack of roads made it difficult to transport lumber to markets, so in 1850, Martin McCarty leased Campbell's mill and obtained a franchise from the Court of Sessions to build a toll road from the mill down to the small settlement at the mouth of the canyon. A tollgate was erected at the location of present-day 3rd Street and Big Basin Way (formerly Lumber Road). The toll was $3.00 for a two-horse team and $6.00 for a four-horse team. The new road made it easier to transport lumber and encouraged the growth of the timber industry in the area. This same year, Martin, along with his wife Hannah, surveyed, platted, and registered the community of McCartysville.14 The success of the sawmill brought other industries to the area that included a lime quarry, tannery, furniture factory, and paper and flour mills (Error! Reference source not found.) that were key to the growth of the village of Saratoga. On March 13, 1865, the villagers voted to rename the community Saratoga. The name was selected because of the similarity in the mineral content of the water, located at the mineral springs a mile above the village, to that of Congress Springs at Saratoga, New York. By the 1890s, the lumber industry had declined and the village of Saratoga, as well as the surrounding community, had begun to embrace the change from a town supported by the lumber industry to one that focused primarily on agriculture, particularly fruit orchards and vineyards that were a growing industry in Santa Clara Valley. In 1900, the village of Saratoga, in support of the growing agricultural community, held the first Saratoga Blossom Festival (Figure 4). The community of Saratoga got a boost in 1904 with the construction of the Peninsular Interurban railway (Figure 5 and Figure 6), which brought tourists to the area and provided service to locals commuting to nearby towns such as San Jose. Throughout the early 1900s, Saratoga remained a small agricultural community. After the U.S. entered World War II (WWII; 1939 -1945) in 1941, the city of Saratoga obtained small government contracts and continued its pattern of slow growth during the war years. After WWII ended, the small community of Saratoga saw an increase in population with the return of war veterans, and in the 1950s, with the expansion of industries such as Lockheed (opened in 1956), Westinghouse (Sunnyvale Manufacturing Division, opened in 1958), and International Business Machines (IBM) (San Jose Research Laboratory, opened in 1956), Saratoga experienced rapid growth in suburban housing. To attract employees to the flourishing job market, suburban housing tracts in Saratoga offered new homes to veterans with no money down. During this time, the city of San Jose was poised to annex Saratoga, which forced the residents of Saratoga to organize, and in 1956, the Saratoga City Council voted to incorporate. Soon new housing developments replaced what remained of the fruit and nut orchard farms in Saratoga, and rural roads were widened into freeways and expressways. Several roads east of Saratoga Village were widened into boulevards, which were then lined with new commercial businesses, including restaurants and automobile salesrooms.15 14 Some historic maps reference “McCartysville” as “McCarthysville.” 15 Archives & Architecture, LLC, Heritage Resources Inventory, Prepared for the City of Saratoga, 2009. 24 Historic Resource Evaluation for the Property at 13631 Saratoga Avenue, Saratoga, Santa Clara County, California. 8 During the 1960s, Saratoga saw moderate growth, and although local-elected leaders supported maintaining the small-scale character of Saratoga village, they also allowed for areas surrounding Saratoga village to grow at a more rapid pace. As such suburban housing developments, including the Peremont Gardens, one of Saratoga’s largest subdivision projects with 79 new houses, were developed. Through the early 1970s, suburban housing tracts continued to be developed in Saratoga and suburban malls, replacing many of the orchard farms in the area. Figure 3. ca. 1880 photograph of the Saratoga Paper Mill (no longer extant) at Big Basin Way and 6th Street in Saratoga (Courtesy of the Campbell Historical Museum). 16 16 Campbell Historical Museum, accessed August 20, 2021, https://www.ci.campbell.ca.us/332/Historical-Museum- Ainsley-House. 25 Historic Resource Evaluation for the Property at 13631 Saratoga Avenue, Saratoga, Santa Clara County, California. 9 Figure 4. Saratoga Blossom Festival, ca. 1912 (courtesy of the Saratoga Historical Foundation). Figure 5. ca. 1905 photograph of the Interurban Railway on Lumber Street (now Big Basin Way) in Saratoga (courtesy of the City of Saratoga). 26 Historic Resource Evaluation for the Property at 13631 Saratoga Avenue, Saratoga, Santa Clara County, California. 10 Figure 6. ca. 1910 postcard of the Interurban Railway along a trestle in Saratoga (courtesy of San Jose Public Library). 27 Historic Resource Evaluation for the Property at 13631 Saratoga Avenue, Saratoga, Santa Clara County, California. 11 AGRICULTURAL HISTORY (CA. 1850 – CA. 1970s) Beginning as early as the 1850s, Santa Clara Valley, including present-day Saratoga, was one of California’s foremost agricultural regions. By the late 1860s, the Santa Clara Valley was mostly developed with grain crops, with wheat production accounting for 30% of California’s total wheat crop in 1854.17 Throughout the 1870s, the fertile valley remained a wheat and grain capital, as well as a place where the growing wine industry thrived, as many vineyards were planted in the lush soil (the viticultural industry continues to be a part of the Valley’s agricultural base today). However, wheat and grain crops soon proved unable to withstand droughts in the Santa Clara Valley, and by the late 1870s and early 1880s, fruit orchards began replacing the grain crops throughout the valley, marking the beginning of the significant period of orchard farming in this region. By the late nineteenth century, wheat and barley were almost totally abandoned, and orchard crops, such as apricots, plums, prunes, and cherries, became the dominant agricultural crop. Accompanying this rise in orchard development was a need for fruit processing plants, and several canneries and fruit processing facilities soon developed. This was supported by the construction of the Southern Pacific and South Pacific Coast railroads, and rail spurs were constructed at canneries and fruit processing plants to allow for easy loading and transportation of fruit products to cities and states throughout the U.S., as well as ports that also shipped canned fruit overseas. Many Italian immigrants who arrived in the U.S. in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries found their way to California in search of opportunity in the rich agricultural areas and booming cities. Italian immigrants in Saratoga and the larger Santa Clara Valley came from all regions of Italy, bringing different cultures that varied by region or village.18 Historian Frederick W. Marrazzo asserts that Italians were drawn to the Santa Clara Valley in the late nineteenth century because “it reminded them of their villages in Italy” in topography and climate.19 The large availability of land allowed these immigrants to buy property at a fair cost and begin tending it for agriculture—an opportunity that was not possible in Italy.20 Participating in the prevailing agricultural practices of the area, Italian-owned farms often focused on fruit production, such as apricot, cherry, pear, and prunes, as well as wine grapes (Figure 7).21 By the turn of the twentieth century, the fertile land of Santa Clara Valley continued to develop, and agriculture was focused on fruit and walnut orchards (Figure 8 and Figure 9). During this time, the Southern Pacific and South Pacific Coast railroad lines previously built throughout the area continued to facilitate the transport of fruit in various levels of production, from the orchards to the canneries to the consumer. Through the early twentieth century, fruit and nut orchards dominated the landscape around Saratoga and the Santa Clara Valley, with peak fruit production occurring in the 1920s. Increasing land prices and various costs of agriculture put pressure on large landowners to sell their agricultural land for development, and as a result, many orchards around Saratoga were subdivided to allow smaller farmers to cultivate small plots of land - as little as three acres - to serve as “highly specialized ‘fruit ranches’” that only produced one type of fruit.22 17 Archives & Architecture, LLC, Heritage Resources Inventory, Prepared for the City of Saratoga, 2009, 22. 18 Frederick W. Marrazzo, Italians in the Santa Clara Valley (Charleston, S.C.: Arcadia Publishing, 2007) 8. 19 Ibid, 8. 20 Ibid, 28. 21 Ibid, 27, 29, 31. 22 Archives & Architecture, LLC, Heritage Resources Inventory, City of Saratoga, 2009, 26. 28 Historic Resource Evaluation for the Property at 13631 Saratoga Avenue, Saratoga, Santa Clara County, California. 12 During this time, fruit production, fruit canneries, and fruit packing companies were abundant in the area around the Santa Clara Valley, which included 18 canneries, 13 dried-fruit packing houses, and 12 fresh-fruit and vegetable shipping firms that operated during the 1920s and 1930s. After WWII ended and troops returned from the war, agricultural land in the Santa Clara Valley and the town of Saratoga gradually gave way to suburban housing, with residential developments in and around Saratoga expanding outward. The end of WW II in 1945 also ended the heyday of orchard farming in the Santa Clara Valley, as orchards were rapidly removed to accommodate new suburban housing. Farmers around Saratoga lobbied annexation of their land by the city of Saratoga to protect their orchards from encroaching suburban development of San Jose. However, residential development eventually took hold, with the period between 1950 and 1969 signaling an acceleration in the replacement of orchard-covered land with residential subdivisions in the Santa Clara Valley.23 By the early 1970s, suburban development had expanded significantly, and there were relatively few parcels with orchards still in cultivation around Saratoga and the larger Santa Clara Valley. Figure 7. ca. 1910 postcard of a prune orchard in Saratoga (courtesy of the City of Saratoga). 23 Archives & Architecture, LLC, Heritage Resources Inventory, City of Saratoga, 2009, 47. 29 Historic Resource Evaluation for the Property at 13631 Saratoga Avenue, Saratoga, Santa Clara County, California. 13 Figure 8. ca. 1900 photograph of fruit orchards in bloom located near present -day Saratoga (California State Library Digital Collections). Figure 9: ca. 1909 postcard of the Saratoga foothills showing the fruit orchards and agricultural fields (courtesy of the San Jose Public Library, California Room). 30 Historic Resource Evaluation for the Property at 13631 Saratoga Avenue, Saratoga, Santa Clara County, California. 14 PROPERTY HISTORY In 1878, the Property was situated within an approximate 57-acre property owned by John Hinchcliffe Ellsworth. During this time, the property extended from Saratoga Avenue north to Saratoga Creek and northeast to Fruitvale Avenue.24 John Hinchcliffe was born in 1833 in Pudsey, Yorkshire, England. In 1853, John Hinchcliffe and Mary Smith, born in Armley, Yorkshire, England, had a child, John Ellsworth Smith, out of wedlock. In 1857, John Hinchcliffe emigrated from England to the U.S., leaving his son in the care of Mary Smith and her parents.25 He traveled by ship to Panama, eventually making his way to San Francisco, California, where he journeyed east to Placer and Auburn counties, where he worked in the gold mines. In 1878, after some success in mining, John Hinchcliffe moved to Saratoga where he purchased a 52-acre property that he named Rawdon Dell Ranch.26 During this time, it is unclear where John Hinchcliffe’s house was located within the 57-acre ranch; however, it was likely situated outside of the current boundaries of the Property. In 1879, John Hinchcliffe’s brother Simeon and his sister-in-law Jane emigrated from England to the U.S., settling in Saratoga. Simeon invested in the ranch, and at this time, it appears John Hinchcliffe deeded a portion of the 57-acre property to his brother.27 During this time, the property was planted in grain and “Mission grapes”;28 however, by 1880, the brothers had planted an additional 15-acres of grapes and constructed a small winery within the property, and planted the remaining acreage in fruit trees, including prunes, apricots, cherries, and walnuts.29 In ca. 1880, John’s son John Ellsworth Smith, along with his wife Eliza Smith and their four children, emigrated from England to Saratoga. John Ellsworth then worked for his father at the Rawdon Dell Ranch. By the late 1880s, the Rawdon Dell Ranch was thriving, and in 1887, the ranch was producing about 10,000-gallons of wine; however, the majority of the property was planted in fruit trees.30 In 1901, John Hinchcliffe died, and his son John Ellsworth Smith inherited a 32-acre portion of the Rawdon Dell Ranch where in ca. 1916 he constructed the ca. 1916 house within the current 2.76-acres Property. The following table details the ownership of the Property associated with the ca. 1916 house, ca. 1985 detached garage, and associated landscape. 24 Franklin Maggi, L. Dill, & J. Kusz, “Rawdon Dell Ranch”, Department of Parks and Recreation 523 form, Archives & Architecture, LLC, 10/26/2009. 25 Saratoga Historical Foundation, “Saratoga Homes with Names”, published in 2010. 26 According to the Saratoga Historical Foundation, the ranch was named after the town of Rawdon, in Yorkshire, England. 27 Franklin Maggi, L. Dill, & J. Kusz, “Rawdon Dell Ranch”, Department of Parks and Recreation 523 form, Archives & Architecture, LLC, 10/26/2009. 28 Ibid. 29 Saratoga Historical Foundation, 2010. 30 Franklin Maggi, L. Dill, & J. Kusz, “Rawdon Dell Ranch”, Department of Parks and Recreation 523 form, Archives & Architecture, LLC, 10/26/2009. 31 Historic Resource Evaluation for the Property at 13631 Saratoga Avenue, Saratoga, Santa Clara County, California. 15 Table 1. Ownership history of the ca. 1916 house, ca. 1985 detached garage, and associated landscape. 31 Newspapers.com, Lost Gatos Star, January 20, 1939. 32 An unpublished memoir, “An Alaskan Adventure”, written by Frederick James Currier was published in 2018 detailing Fred’s search for gold on the Chena River near Fairbanks, Alaska during Alaska’s gold rush in the late 1890s. 33 Saratoga Historical Foundation, “History Is All Around Us”, November 2018. 34 Ancestry.com, 1930; Census Place: Saratoga, Santa Clara, California; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 0113; FHL microfilm: 2339954. Year Owners Additional Details ca. 1916-1941 Owner: John Ellsworth Smith and Eliza Bilton Smith • John Ellsworth Smith and Eliza Bilton Smith are the first owners of the ca. 1916 house. • John Ellsworth Smith was born in 1853 in Armley, Yorkshire, England . His father was John Hichcliffe Ellswork, and his mother was Mary Smith. John Ellsworth and Eliza married in ca. 1873 and had six children, including Thomas, Fred, Jennie “Jean”, Harry, Mary, and Grace. Thomas, Fred, Harry, and Jean were born in England, and Mary and Grace were born in Santa Clara County. • In ca. 1916, John and Eliza had the ca. 1916 house built within the Property. During the time John lived within the ca. 1916 house, he was an orchardist. • Eliza died in 1939 at the age of 85, and John Ellsworth died in 1941 at 88.31 ca. 1942-1971 Owner: Jennie “Jean” Bilton Smith Currier • The next owner of the ca. 1916 house was Jennie “Jean” Bilton Smith Currier, who was the daughter of John Ellsworth and Eliza Smith. At this time, it seems that after John Ellsworth’s death in 1941, the then 32-acre property had been subdivided and may have been deeded in part to his other five children, reducing the acreage owned by Jean to approximately 10-acres. • Jean was born in 1881 in Rawdon, Yorkshire, England, and immigrated to the U.S. with her parents in 1887. Jean was raised at the Rawdon Dell Ranch and lived most of her life within the ca. 1916 house within the Property. • In 1918, Jean married and Frederick “Fred” James Currier. Fred was born in 1860 in River Falls, Wisconsin. Before marrying Jean, Fred was a gold miner during Alaska’s Gold Rush (1896-1899) during the late 1890s,32 and was previously married to his first wife Abbie, with whom he had five children.33 They moved to Saratoga in the 1904 where they purchased a prune orchard. Abbie died in 1908. After Jean and Fred’s marriage in 1918, they had one child, Amy June Currier, born in 1920 in Saratoga.34 None of Fred’s five children from his previous marriage appear to have lived within the ca. 1916 house. • Jean and Fred lived in the ca. 1916 house for most of their married lives together, but they also lived in Red Bluff, California for a brief time. Fred died in 1935 in Saratoga. 32 Historic Resource Evaluation for the Property at 13631 Saratoga Avenue, Saratoga, Santa Clara County, California. 16 35 Alameda Family Funeral and Cremation, “Amy June Currier Jorgensen”, accessed September 28, 2021, https://www.funeralcremation.com/obituary/amy-june-jorgensen. • In the 1960s, Jean sold a portion of the property to the St. Andrew Episcopal Church (Figure 10). • Jean remained in the ca. 1916 house until her death on December 7, 1971, in San Jose, California, at 90. 1972-2018 Owner: Amy June Currier Jorgenson • Amy June Currier Jorgenson was the next owner of the ca. 1916 house within the Property, which by 1972 appears to have been reduced to approximately 5.0-acres of land. • Amy June was born in 1920 in Saratoga. She attended Saratoga Grammar School, Los Gatos High School, and San Jose State College (in 1972, the college became San Jose State University). She graduated in 1941 with bachelor’s degrees in English and Business. In 1941, she was working for the college as a secretary in the Comptroller's Office. • In 1943, Amy June married college classmate John G. Jorgensen, while he was on leave from U.S. Army. During WWII, John was a 1st Lieutenant (later promoted to Captain) in the U.S. Army 10th Mountain Division, where he served overseas in the battle of the Po Valley and the Apennine Mountains of Italy. During this time, Amy June lived with her mother Jean in the ca. 1916 house within the Property. At the end of WWII, John returned to Saratoga and completed a Master of business administration (MBA) degree at Stanford University.35 • Amy June and John had three children, including Kirke, Locke, and Rilla, raised within the ca. 1916 house. Amy June was an avid volunteer, serving on many boards, including the Parent-Teacher Administration (PTA), Good Government Group of Saratoga, Saratoga Historical Foundation, Friends of Saratoga Libraries, Clerk of the Saratoga Federated Church, and was President of West Valley College Wives Club, Saratoga Foothill Club, Los Gatos Chapter NSDAR, Chapter OO. P.O.E. Sisterhood, Santa Clara Reciprocity Bureau of P.E.O., and Saratoga Federated Church Women's Auxiliary. John was a member of the U.S. Officers Reserve, eventually retiring as a Full Colonel. • Amy died in 2018, and the Property was sold to the St. Andrew Episcopal Church. 33 Historic Resource Evaluation for the Property at 13631 Saratoga Avenue, Saratoga, Santa Clara County, California. 17 Figure 10. 1965 aerial photograph showing the location and of the ca. 1916 house, orchard remnants, and the St. Andrew Episcopal Church northeast of the house within the former Rowdan Dell Ranch property. ARCHITECTURAL STYLE The following section provides a brief understanding of the Craftsman architectural style associated with the ca. 1916 house within the Property. CRAFTSMAN ARCHITECTURAL STYLE (1905 - 1930) The American Craftsman style is the quintessential house style of America. More popular and more replicated than most others, it is the sum of all that America is. It stands for simplicity, excellence, and utility. Simplicity in design, excellence in craftsmanship, and utility in its functionality are elements of this style. Craftsman houses were inspired mainly by two California brothers – Charles Sumner Greene and Henry Mather Greene who practiced together in Pasadena from 1893 to 1914 (i.e., California Craftsman, Craftsman Bungalows, or California Bungalow Craftsman). In about 1903, they began to design simple Craftsman-type bungalows. By 1909, they had designed and executed several exceptional landmark examples. Influenced by the English Arts and Crafts Movement, an interest in oriental wooden architecture, and their early training in the manual arts appear to have led the Greene’s to design and build these intricately detailed buildings. These and similar residences were given extensive publicity in some of the most popular magazines, thus familiarizing the rest of the nation with the style. As a result, a flood of pattern books appeared, offering plans for Craftsman bungalows; some even provided completely pre-cut packages of lumber and detailing to be assembled by local labor. Through these vehicles, the Craftsman house quickly became the most popular and fashionable smaller house in the country.36 36 Virginia McAlester and Lee McAlester, A Field Guild to American Houses, New York, Alfred A. Knopf. Munro-Fraser, J.P. 2013. 34 Historic Resource Evaluation for the Property at 13631 Saratoga Avenue, Saratoga, Santa Clara County, California. 18 Common architectural design features of Craftsman architecture include the following: • Low-pitched roof lines gabled or hipped roof • Deeply overhanging eaves • Decorative half timbering and woodwork • Front or side gable roofs with exposed rafters or decorative brackets under eaves • Front porch beneath extension of the main roof • Tapered, square columns (“battered” columns) supporting the roof • Double-hung windows; 3-over-1 or 6-over-1 double-hung windows • Hand-crafted stone or woodwork • Mixed materials throughout the building HISTORIC ARCHITECTURAL SURVEY On July 20, 2021, EDS Principal Architectural Historian Stacey De Shazo, M.A. and Nicole LaRochelle, B.A. (M.S. in progress), completed a historic architectural survey of the ca. 1916 house, ca. 1985 detached garage, and associated landscape. The following section documents the results of the built architectural survey. CA. 1916 HOUSE The ca. 1916 house is associated with the Craftsman architectural style. The one-and-a-half-story house is situated on a continuous concrete perimeter foundation and a concrete slab foundation spanning two-thirds of the basement with retaining wall and piers. The house is clad in a dash stucco finish surrounded by decorative wood trim set into the stucco at the base of each story. The house has a low-pitched, cross-gable roof with two gabled dormers clad with composite shingles. The side gables and the front dormer gable have a wood lattice vent at their peak. Additionally, the fascia boards have decorative notches at the ends, and each roof gable has exposed decorative beams. Furthermore, there is an interior slope, stucco-clad chimney on the northwest side of the roof. The house consists of a mixture of window types, including casement, fixed, and one-over-one, double-hung windows with lugs. Southeast Elevation (primary façade) The southeast elevation (primary façade) consists of the main entry, accessed by a front entry porch (Figure 11). The front porch has a front-facing gable porch roof supported by battered columns. The battered columns are primarily stucco; however, the base has wood trim and supports false, square, wood columns. Decorative brackets extend from the wood section of the columns to the porch gable (Figure 12). The front entry is centered along the primary facade and consists of an oversized wooden front door with three small, rectangular sidelights in a step pattern. On either side of the door is a ten-light casement window, both of which are protected by wrought iron bars (Figure 13). The front door and sidelight windows are surrounded by thick wood trim that groups these fenestrations together. The centered front porch is flanked by two picture windows, each consisting of a center picture window flanked by one-over-one, double-hung windows covered with wrought iron bars. Both windows have wooden window boxes supported by decorative 35 Historic Resource Evaluation for the Property at 13631 Saratoga Avenue, Saratoga, Santa Clara County, California. 19 brackets, which are the length of the windows (Figure 14). The front-facing gable dormer has three windows, divided by four pilasters, with a series of three central windows, flanked on each side by two single-light casement windows. The series of three central windows consist of two single-light casement windows with a fixed center pane. There is a square casement window on both the southwest and northeast sides of the dormer. Each of these five windows has wrought iron bars installed over the windows (Figure 15). Figure 11. Southeast elevation, facing northwest. 36 Historic Resource Evaluation for the Property at 13631 Saratoga Avenue, Saratoga, Santa Clara County, California. 20 Figure 12. Porch with battered columns, facing west. Figure 13. Front entry, facing northwest. 37 Historic Resource Evaluation for the Property at 13631 Saratoga Avenue, Saratoga, Santa Clara County, California. 21 Figure 14. Picture window with window box, facing northwest. Figure 15. Front gabled dormer, facing north. 38 Historic Resource Evaluation for the Property at 13631 Saratoga Avenue, Saratoga, Santa Clara County, California. 22 Southwest Elevation The southwest elevation consists of a side gable and protruding box bay with a gable roof (Figure 16). The basement level, visible from this elevation, consists of two one-over-one, double-hung windows (Figure 17). While the story above has a series of three wood windows and single-light windows on the north side of the façade (Figure 18). To the south of this is a one-over-one, double-hung window. The protruding box bay has two single-light wood windows. Each of the windows on the main story has wrought iron bars attached to the wood trim. The central roof gable has a centered one-over-one, double-hung wood window. Each of the windows on this elevation has thick wood trim seen throughout the house. Figure 16. Southwest elevation, facing northeast. 39 Historic Resource Evaluation for the Property at 13631 Saratoga Avenue, Saratoga, Santa Clara County, California. 23 Figure 17. One-over-one, double-hung windows along the southwest basement elevation, facing north. Figure 18. Ribbon window on north side of the southwest elevation, facing northeast. 40 Historic Resource Evaluation for the Property at 13631 Saratoga Avenue, Saratoga, Santa Clara County, California. 24 Northwest Elevation The northwest elevation consists of a central canted bay window, a central gable dormer, and egress into the main house and the basement (Figure 19). The basement door is located at the west corner of the elevation and is wood paneled with a single light in the door's upper half, and a metal screen door. To the east of the door is a one-over-one, double-hung wood window. The first story has a ribbon of three single-light wood windows at the west corner; each of these windows has wrought iron bars attached to the wood trim. The elevation has two one-over-one, double-hung, wood windows with a single door between them. The windows have wrought iron bars, while the door has a metal screen door. The door is accessed via a five-step stair that leads to a stoop (Figure 20). The railing is wood with lattice between the posts. A pergola begins with the column supporting the steps and wraps to the east around the northeast elevation. The canted bay window is located in the center of the northwest elevation and has two one-over-one, double-hung, wood windows with a fixed single-light window between them. A dormer is directly above the canted window and is the same width as the canted bay (Figure 21). There is a stucco-clad chimney along the east eave of the dormer (Figure 22). The dormer has a ribbon of four wood casement windows separated with trim. The southwest side of the dormer has a small, one-over-one, double-hung wood window. Figure 19. Northwest elevation, facing southeast. 41 Historic Resource Evaluation for the Property at 13631 Saratoga Avenue, Saratoga, Santa Clara County, California. 25 Figure 20. Back egress with stoop on the east corner, facing south. Figure 21. Northwest elevation, facing south. 42 Historic Resource Evaluation for the Property at 13631 Saratoga Avenue, Saratoga, Santa Clara County, California. 26 Figure 22. Northeast and northwest elevations, showing chimney. Northeast Elevation The northeast elevation consists of the side gable with an entryway and utility access (Figure 23). There is a partial patio covered by a pergola that wraps around the house, from the northwest door and along the entire northeast elevation. The pergola is supported by three faux square columns, two on the northwest side and one on the northeast side, with two battered columns at the southeast corner (Figure 24). These two battered columns are connected with a stucco-finished planter (Figure 25). At the south corner, there is a double French door with metal screen doors and a pair of one-over-one, double-hung, wood windows with wrought iron bars attached to the window trim. To the north of the windows are two wood, louvered vents, one at the basement and the other slightly below the ceiling over the first story. Between the window and the vents is a wood-covered mechanical panel (Figure 26). Centered below the roof gable in the half story are paired, one-over-over, double-hung windows, each with wrought iron bars attached to the window trim. 43 Historic Resource Evaluation for the Property at 13631 Saratoga Avenue, Saratoga, Santa Clara County, California. 27 Figure 23. Northeast elevation, facing southwest. Figure 24. Pergola and patio on northeast elevation. 44 Historic Resource Evaluation for the Property at 13631 Saratoga Avenue, Saratoga, Santa Clara County, California. 28 Figure 25. Battered columns and planter supporting the pergola on the northeast elevation, facing south. Figure 26. Wood covered mechanic panel and vent, facing north. 45 Historic Resource Evaluation for the Property at 13631 Saratoga Avenue, Saratoga, Santa Clara County, California. 29 CA. 1985 DETACHED GARAGE The ca. 1985 detached garage is one-and-a-half stories (Figure 27). The front-facing gable building rests on a concrete slab foundation. The roof is clad with composite shingles and has notched fascia boards with decorative brackets. The garage is finished with a dash stucco. The northwest elevation is the primary elevation and has two single-car aluminum garage doors to the north of a paneled door on the northeast elevation (Figure 28). The remaining elevations do not have any fenestration (Figure 29 and Figure 30). Figure 27. Southeast and northeast elevations, facing west. 46 Historic Resource Evaluation for the Property at 13631 Saratoga Avenue, Saratoga, Santa Clara County, California. 30 Figure 28. Northeast elevation, facing southwest. Figure 29. Northwest elevation, facing southeast. 47 Historic Resource Evaluation for the Property at 13631 Saratoga Avenue, Saratoga, Santa Clara County, California. 31 Figure 30. Southwest elevation, facing northeast. ASSOCIATED LANDSCAPE The associated landscape consists of various large Coast Live Oak trees that frame a gravel driveway that leads from Saratoga Avenue towards the ca. 1916 house and the ca. 1985 detached garage (Figure 31). In front of the ca. 1916 house, there is a concrete birdbath with a squirrel statue in the center, surrounded by a ring of rocks (Figure 32). There is a memorial sign set on a wooden post that states “Rawdon Dell”, along with the names of the past owners of the ca. 1916 house and property, which was installed in front of the ca. 1916 house in ca. 1990, but is currently leaning against a chainlink fence (Figure 33). Along the perimeter of the ca. 1916 house are stacked rocks that create a pathway to the house and delineate the now overgrown garden and what appears to be remnants of fruit trees. At the rear ca. 1916 house, there is a cross-gabled playhouse that mimics elements of the ca. 1916 house. The date of construction of the playhouse appears to be ca. 1980 (Figure 34). 48 Historic Resource Evaluation for the Property at 13631 Saratoga Avenue, Saratoga, Santa Clara County, California. 32 Figure 31. Photograph showing the gravel driveway with Coast Live Oak trees on either side, facing southeast towards Saratoga Avenue. Figure 32. Squirrel birdbath surrounded by a ring of rocks, facing northwest towards the primary façade of the ca. 1916 house. 49 Historic Resource Evaluation for the Property at 13631 Saratoga Avenue, Saratoga, Santa Clara County, California. 33 Figure 33. Sign for "Rawdon Dell," which was the name of the property given by the initial owner , John H. Ellsworth. Figure 34. ca. 1985 cross-gable playhouse situated at the rear of the ca. 1916 house and adjacent to the ca. 1985 detached garage, facing northwest. 50 Historic Resource Evaluation for the Property at 13631 Saratoga Avenue, Saratoga, Santa Clara County, California. 34 EVALUATION FOR HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE The Property, including the ca. 1916 house, ca. 1985 detached garage, and associated landscape was evaluated to determine eligibility for listing on the CRHR. The ca. 1916 house was evaluated for its association with Craftsman architecture within a period of significance of ca. 1916, which is the estimated date the house was constructed. The ca. 1985 detached garage and landscape are not associated with any architectural style or landscape design. CALIFORNIA REGISTER OF HISTORICAL RESOURCES The CRHR is an inventory of significant architectural, archaeological, and historical resources in the State of California. Resources can be listed in the CRHR through several methods. State Historical Landmarks and NRHP listed properties are automatically listed in the CRHR. Properties can also be nominated to the CRHR by local governments, private organizations, or citizens. The CRHR follows similar guidelines to those used for the NRHP. One difference is that the CRHR identifies the Criteria for Evaluation numerically instead of alphabetically. Another difference, according to the OHP is that “It is possible that historical resources may not retain sufficient integrity to meet the criteria for listing in the NRHP, but they may still be eligible for listing in the California Register. A resource that has lost its historic character or appearance may still have sufficient integrity for the California Register if it maintains the potential to yield significant scientific or historical information or specific data”.37 To qualify for listing in the CRHR a property must possess significance under one of the four criteria and have historical integrity. The process of determining integrity consists of evaluating seven variables or aspects that include location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling and association. According to the National Register Bulletin: How to Apply the National Register Criteria for Evaluation, these seven characteristics are defined as follows: • Location is the place where the historic property was constructed. • Design is the combination of elements that create the form, plans, space, structure, and style of the property. • Setting addresses the physical environment of the historic property inclusive of the landscape and spatial relationships of the building(s). • Materials refer to the physical elements that were combined or deposited during a particular period of time and in a particular pattern of configuration to form the historic property. • Workmanship is the physical evidence of the crafts of a particular culture or people during any given period in history. • Feeling is the property’s expression of the aesthetic or historic sense of a particular period of time. • Association is the direct link between an important historic event or person and a historic property. The following section examines the individual eligibility of the Property, including the ca. 1916 house, ca. 1985 37 California Office of Historic Preservation Technical Assistance Series #6 California Register and National Register: A Comparison (for purposes of determining eligibility for the California Register). 51 Historic Resource Evaluation for the Property at 13631 Saratoga Avenue, Saratoga, Santa Clara County, California. 35 detached garage, and associated landscape, for listing on the CRHR. CRHR EVALUATION 1. (Event): Is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of California’s history and cultural heritage. 2. The property containing the ca. 1916 house, ca. 1985 garage, and associated landscape was originally planted in prune, apricots, cherry, walnut trees, and grape vines, and was associated with agriculture and fruit farming in Saratoga from the 1880s to the early 1900s. During this time, the current 2.76- acres property was part of the 57-acres Rawdon Dell Ranch. However, only a few remnants of fruit trees remain and there is no pattern of trees in rows as part of an orchard within the current property. In addition, the built environment resources, likely located within the northern section of the 57- acres, including any associated agricultural buildings within the former orchard, are no longer extant. It is likely they were removed in the early 1960s when a portion of the original property was sold St. Andrew Episcopal Church. Today, the property consists of Coast Live Oak trees and possibly very few remnants of fruit trees. As such, the property does not retain integrity to convey significance with agriculture, including fruit farming and viticulture in Saratoga in the later 1800s and early 1900s. Therefore, the Property, including the ca. 1916 house, ca. 1985 detached garage, and associated landscape is not individually eligible for listing in the CRHR under Criterion 1. 3. (Person): Is associated with the lives of persons important in our past. The ownership and occupancy history of the Property containing the ca. 1916 house, ca. 1985 detached garage, and associated landscape was thoroughly researched, and it does not appear to be associated with the lives of persons important in our past. Therefore, the Property containing the ca. 1916 house, ca. 1985 detached garage, and associated landscape is not individually eligible for listing in the CRHR under Criterion 2. 3. (Construction/Architecture): Embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, region, or method of construction, or represents the work of an important creative individual, or possesses high artistic values. The ca. 1916 house is associated with Craftsman architectural style. The ca. 1916 house consists of several elements of this design, including the one-and-a-half story symmetrical square form with a porch over the entry that is supported by battered columns; however, it does not consist of the handcrafted stone and woodwork and mixed materials that are character-defining elements of this style. Therefore, although the ca. 1916 house contains Craftsman architectural details, it is a modest example of the architecture style, and is not a representative example of Craftsman architecture. In addition, it is not the work of a master, nor does it possess high artistic values. The ca. 1985 detached garage is not 45 years of age or older, and so was not evaluated separately under this Criterion. The associated landscape is not associated with any architectural style or landscape design. Therefore, the ca. 1916 house, ca. 1985 detached garage, and associated landscape are not eligible 52 Historic Resource Evaluation for the Property at 13631 Saratoga Avenue, Saratoga, Santa Clara County, California. 36 for listing in the CRHR under Criterion 3. 4. (Information potential): Has yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important in prehistory or history. Criterion 4 most commonly applies to resources that contain or are likely to contain information bearing on an important archaeological research question. While most often applied to archaeological sites, Criterion 4 can also apply to buildings that contain important information. For a building to be eligible under Criterion 4, it must be a principal source of important information, such as exhibiting a local variation on a standard design or construction technique can be eligible if a study can yield important information, such as how local availability of materials or construction expertise affected the evolution of local building development. The ca. 1916 house does not appear to have the ability to convey information about the history of the Craftsman architectural style. Therefore, the ca. 1916 house, ca. 1985 detached garage, and associated landscape within the Property do not appear individually eligible for listing in the CRHR under Criterion 4 as it pertains to the built environment. INTEGRITY For a property to qualify for listing in the CRHR, it must possess significance under one or more of the above listed criteria and have historic integrity. There are seven variables, or aspects, that are used to judge historic integrity, including location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling, and association.38 A resource must possess the aspects of integrity related to the historical theme(s) and period of significance identified for the built-environment resources. National Register Bulletin 15 explains, “only after significance is fully established can you proceed to the issue of integrity.” The Property containing the ca. 1916 house, ca. 1985 detached garage, and associated landscape was not found to be eligible for the CRHR under any criterion. As such, an integrity analysis was not completed. CONCLUSIONS EDS completed an HRE of the Property containing the ca. 1916 house, ca. 1985 detached garage, and associated landscape at 13631 Saratoga Avenue, Saratoga, Santa Clara County within APN 393-25-030 to determine if the Property is eligible for listing on the CRHR (14 CCR §15064.5 and PRC§ 21084.1) and if any future Project would have any adverse impacts on built environment historical resources. The methods used to complete the HRE included research and an intensive level historic architectural survey conducted by EDS Principal Architectural Historian Stacey De Shazo, M.A., who exceeds the Secretary of the Interior’s qualification standards in Architectural History and History. The HRE determined that the Property containing the ca. 1916 house, ca. 1985 detached garage, and associated landscape does not meet the eligibility requirements for listing on the CRHR. However, the Property is locally listed, and as such, the ca. 1916 house is considered a historical resource under CCR § 38 National Park Service, National Register Bulletin: How to Apply the National Register Criteria for Evaluation (Washington, D.C.: United States Department of the Interior, 1997). 53 Historic Resource Evaluation for the Property at 13631 Saratoga Avenue, Saratoga, Santa Clara County, California. 37 15064.5. Therefore, any future proposed project could affect current historical resources. ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS Based on the current condition of the now 2.76-acre Property that was once part of the 57-acres Rawdon Dell Ranch that included associated buildings and fruit orchards, which are no longer extant, thus effecting the integrity of the Property to convey local significance related to the ranch, EDS recommend the removal of the Property including the house from the City of Saratoga HRI. 54 Historic Resource Evaluation for the Property at 13631 Saratoga Avenue, Saratoga, Santa Clara County, California. 38 BIBLIOGRAPHY Alameda Family Funeral and Cremation, “Amy June Currier Jorgensen”, accessed September 28, 2021, https://www.funeralcremation.com/obituary/amy-june-jorgensen. Ancestry.com 1930; Census Place: Saratoga, Santa Clara, California; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 0113; FHL microfilm: 2339954 Archives & Architecture, LLC, Heritage Resources Inventory, Prepared for the City of Saratoga, 2009. 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McAlester, Virginia and Lee McAlester, A Field Guild to American Houses, New York, Alfred A. Knopf. Munro-Fraser, J.P. 2013. Newspapers.com “Mr and Mrs. John Smith Celebrate Golden Wedding,” Lost Gastos Start, October 29, 1925 “Mrs. Eliza Smith”, Lost Gatos Star, January 20, 1939 “Amy June Currier Weds Army Lieutenant J. George Jorgensen in Saratoga Church”, May 28, 1943 “Member of pioneer family dies in convalescent home”, December 10, 1971 Olmsted, Nancy, Vanished Waters: A History of San Francisco's Mission Bay, Mission Creek Conservancy, San Francisco, 1986 Rifkind, Carole, A Field Guide to Contemporary American Architecture. A Dutton Book. New York, NY, 1998. pg. 270-277. Saratoga Historical Foundation “History Is All Around Us”, November 2018 “Saratoga Homes with Names”, published in 2010 Timothy Stanley, The Last of the Prune Pickers: A Pre-Silicon Valley Story, Timothy Publishing. 2010. 55 Historic Resource Evaluation for the Property at 13631 Saratoga Avenue, Saratoga, Santa Clara County, California. 39 Tyler, Norman, Ted Ligibel, and Ilene R. Tyler, Historic Preservation: An Introduction to Its History, Principles, and Practice, New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 2009. U.C. Santa Barbara Library 1939 Aerial photograph of Saratoga. 1948 Aerial photograph of Saratoga. 1965 Aerial photograph of Saratoga. 1980 Aerial photograph of Saratoga. 56 Historic Resource Evaluation for the Property at 13631 Saratoga Avenue, Saratoga, Santa Clara County, California. 40 Appendix A: DPR Forms 57 Page 1 of 19 *Resource Name or #: 13631 Saratoga Avenue P1. Other Identifier: Rawdon Dell Ranch; City of Saratoga HRI #64 (Original HRI #54) DPR 523A (9/2013) *Required information State of California The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # PRIMARY RECORD Trinomial NRHP Status Code 5S1 Other Listing Review Code Reviewer Date *P2. Location:  Not for Publication  Unrestricted *a. County Santa Clara and *b. USGS 7.5' Quad Cupertino Date 1991 T 1S ; R 1W ;  of  of Sec 10N ; MD B.M. c. Address 13631 Saratoga Avenue City Saratoga Zip 94070 d. UTM: Zone 10S , 587173 mE/ 4125397 mN e. Other Locational Data: The resource is located within the 2.76-acre property (APN 393-25-030) at 13631 Saratoga Avenue, Saratoga, Santa Clara County, California. The Property is situated on the northwest side of Saratoga Avenue, approximately 0.62 miles southwest of Highway 85 and 1.16 miles southeast of Saratoga-Los Gatos Road. *P3a. Description: The resource includes a 1916 house and associated landscape. The ca. 1916 house is associated with the Craftsman architectural style. The one-and-a-half-story house is situated on a continuous concrete perimeter foundation and a concrete slab foundation spanning two-thirds of the basement with retaining wall and piers. The house is clad in a dash stucco finish surrounded by decorative wood trim set into the stucco at the base of each story. The house has a low-pitched, cross-gable roof with two gabled dormers clad with composite shingles. (Continued on Continuation Sheet, Page 2) *P3b. Resource Attributes: HP2. Single-family property (1916 house) *P4. Resources Present:  Building  Structure  Object  Site  District  Element of District  Other P5b. Description of Photo: ca. 1916 house, facing northwest. *P6. Date Constructed/Age and Source: Historic  Prehistoric  Both ca. 1916; various sources *P7. Owner and Address: St. Andrew Episcopal Church 13931 Saratoga Avenue, Saratoga, California, 95070 *P8. Recorded by: Stacey De Shazo, M.A., Evans & De Shazo, Inc., 1141 Gravenstein Highway S, Sebastopol, CA 95472 *P9. Date Recorded: 07/20/2021 *P11. Report Citation: Stacey De Shazo and Nicole LaRochelle (2021), Historic Resource Evaluation of the Property located at 13631 Saratoga Avenue, Saratoga, Santa Clara County, California. *Attachments: NONE Location 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. Photograph or Drawing 58 State of California Natural Resources Agency Primary# DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # Trinomial CONTINUATION SHEET Property Name: __13631 Saratoga Avenue; City of Saratoga HRI #64 (Original HRI #54) Page 2 of 17 (Continued from Primary Sheet, page 1) The side gables and the front dormer gable have a wood lattice vent at their peak. Additionally, the fascia boards have decorative notches at the ends, and each roof gable has exposed decorative beams. Furthermore, there is an interior slope, stucco-clad chimney on the northwest side of the roof. The house consists of a mixture of window types, including casement, fixed, and one-over-one, double-hung windows with lugs. Southeast Elevation (primary façade) The southeast elevation (primary façade) consists of the main entry, accessed by a front entry porch. The front porch has a front-facing gable porch roof supported by battered columns. The battered columns are primarily stucco; however, the base has wood trim and supports false, square, wood columns. Decorative brackets extend from the wood section of the columns to the porch gable (Figure 1). The front entry is centered along the primary facade and consists of an oversized wooden front door with three small, rectangular sidelights in a step pattern. On either side of the door is a ten-light casement window, both of which are protected by wrought iron bars (Figure 2). The front door and sidelight windows are surrounded by thick wood trim that groups these fenestrations together. The centered front porch is flanked by two picture windows, each consisting of a center picture window flanked by one-over-one, double-hung windows covered with wrought iron bars. Both windows have wooden window boxes supported by decorative brackets, which are the length of the windows (Figure 3). The front-facing gable dormer has three windows, divided by four pilasters, with a series of three central windows, flanked on each side by two single-light casement windows. The series of three central windows consist of two single-light casement windows with a fixed center pane. There is a square casement window on both the southwest and northeast sides of the dormer. Each of these five windows has wrought iron bars installed over the windows (Figure 4). 59 State of California Natural Resources Agency Primary# DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # Trinomial CONTINUATION SHEET Property Name: __13631 Saratoga Avenue; City of Saratoga HRI #64 (Original HRI #54) Page 3 of 17 Figure 1. Porch with battered columns, facing west. Figure 2. Front entry, facing northwest. 60 State of California Natural Resources Agency Primary# DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # Trinomial CONTINUATION SHEET Property Name: __13631 Saratoga Avenue; City of Saratoga HRI #64 (Original HRI #54) Page 4 of 17 Figure 3. Picture window with window box, facing northwest. Figure 4. Front gabled dormer, facing north. 61 State of California Natural Resources Agency Primary# DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # Trinomial CONTINUATION SHEET Property Name: __13631 Saratoga Avenue; City of Saratoga HRI #64 (Original HRI #54) Page 5 of 17 Southwest Elevation The southwest elevation consists of a side gable and protruding box bay with a gable roof (Figure 5). The basement level, visible from this elevation, consists of two one-over-one, double-hung windows (Figure 6). The story above has a series of three wood windows and single-light windows on the north side of the façade (Figure 7). To the south of this is a one-over-one, double-hung window. The protruding box bay has two single- light wood windows. Each of the windows on the main story has wrought iron bars attached to the wood trim. The central roof gable has a centered one-over-one, double-hung wood window. Each of the windows on this elevation has thick wood trim seen throughout the house. Figure 5. Southwest elevation, facing northeast. 62 State of California Natural Resources Agency Primary# DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # Trinomial CONTINUATION SHEET Property Name: __13631 Saratoga Avenue; City of Saratoga HRI #64 (Original HRI #54) Page 6 of 17 Figure 6. One-over-one, double-hung windows along the southwest basement elevation, facing north. Figure 7. Ribbon window on north side of the southwest elevation, facing northeast. 63 State of California Natural Resources Agency Primary# DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # Trinomial CONTINUATION SHEET Property Name: __13631 Saratoga Avenue; City of Saratoga HRI #64 (Original HRI #54) Page 7 of 17 Northwest Elevation The northwest elevation consists of a central canted bay window, a central gable dormer, and egress into the main house and the basement (Error! Reference source not found.). The basement door is located at the west corner of the elevation and is wood paneled with a single light in the door's upper half, and a metal screen door. To the east of the door is a one-over-one, double-hung wood window. The first story has a ribbon of three single-light wood windows at the west corner; each of these windows has wrought iron bars attached to the wood trim. The elevation has two one-over-one, double-hung, wood windows with a single door between them. The windows have wrought iron bars, while the door has a metal screen door. The door is accessed via a five-step stair that leads to a stoop (Figure 9). The railing is wood with lattice between the posts. A pergola begins with the column supporting the steps and wraps to the east around the northeast elevation. The canted bay window is located in the center of the northwest elevation and has two one-over- one, double-hung, wood windows with a fixed single-light window between them. A dormer is directly above the canted window and is the same width as the canted bay (Figure 10). There is a stucco-clad chimney along the east eave of the dormer (Figure 11). The dormer has a ribbon of four wood casement windows separated with trim. The southwest side of the dormer has a small, one-over-one, double-hung wood window. Figure 8. Northwest elevation, facing southeast. 64 State of California Natural Resources Agency Primary# DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # Trinomial CONTINUATION SHEET Property Name: __13631 Saratoga Avenue; City of Saratoga HRI #64 (Original HRI #54) Page 8 of 17 Figure 9. Back egress with stoop on the east corner, facing south. Figure 10. Northwest elevation, facing south. 65 State of California Natural Resources Agency Primary# DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # Trinomial CONTINUATION SHEET Property Name: __13631 Saratoga Avenue; City of Saratoga HRI #64 (Original HRI #54) Page 9 of 17 Figure 11. Northeast and northwest elevations, showing chimney. Northeast Elevation The northeast elevation consists of the side gable with an entryway and utility access (Figure 12). There is a partial patio covered by a pergola that wraps around the house, from the northwest door and along the entire northeast elevation. The pergola is supported by three faux square columns, two on the northwest side and one on the northeast side, with two battered columns at the southeast corner (Figure 13). These two battered columns are connected with a stucco-finished planter (Figure 14). At the south corner, there is a double French door with metal screen doors and a pair of one-over-one, double-hung, wood windows with wrought iron bars attached to the window trim. To the north of the windows are two wood, louvered vents, one at the basement and the other slightly below the ceiling over the first story. Between the window and the vents is a wood-covered mechanical panel (Figure 15). Centered below the roof gable in the half story are paired, one-over-over, double-hung windows, each with wrought iron bars attached to the window trim. 66 State of California Natural Resources Agency Primary# DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # Trinomial CONTINUATION SHEET Property Name: __13631 Saratoga Avenue; City of Saratoga HRI #64 (Original HRI #54) Page 10 of 17 Figure 12. Northeast elevation, facing southwest. Figure 13. Pergola and patio on northeast elevation. 67 State of California Natural Resources Agency Primary# DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # Trinomial CONTINUATION SHEET Property Name: __13631 Saratoga Avenue; City of Saratoga HRI #64 (Original HRI #54) Page 11 of 17 Figure 14. Battered columns and planter supporting the pergola on the northeast elevation, facing south. Figure 15. Wood covered mechanic panel and vent, facing north. 68 DPR 523L (Rev. 1/1995)(Word 9/2013) State of California Natural Resources Agency Primary# DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # Trinomial CONTINUATION SHEET Property Name: __13631 Saratoga Avenue Page 12 of 19 ca. 1985 detached garage The ca. 1985 detached garage is one-and-a-half stories (Figure 16). The front-facing gable building rests on a concrete slab foundation. The roof is clad with composite shingles and has notched fascia boards with decorative brackets. The garage is finished with a dash stucco. The northwest elevation is the primary elevation and has two single-car aluminum garage doors to the north of a paneled door on the northeast elevation (Figure 17). The remaining elevations do not have any fenestration (Figure 18 and Figure 19). Figure 16. Southeast and northeast elevations, facing west. 69 DPR 523L (Rev. 1/1995)(Word 9/2013) State of California Natural Resources Agency Primary# DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # Trinomial CONTINUATION SHEET Property Name: __13631 Saratoga Avenue Page 13 of 19 Figure 17. Northeast elevation, facing southwest. 70 DPR 523L (Rev. 1/1995)(Word 9/2013) State of California Natural Resources Agency Primary# DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # Trinomial CONTINUATION SHEET Property Name: __13631 Saratoga Avenue Page 14 of 19 Figure 18. Northwest elevation, facing southeast. Figure 19. Southwest elevation, facing northeast. Associated Landscape The associated landscape consists of various large Coast Live Oak trees that frame a gravel driveway that leads from Saratoga Avenue towards the ca. 1916 house and the ca. 1985 detached garage (Figure 20). In front of the ca. 1916 house, there is a concrete birdbath with a squirrel statue in the center, surrounded by a ring of rocks (Figure 21). There is a memorial sign set on a wooden post that states “Rawdon Dell”, along with the names of the past owners of the ca. 1916 house and property, which was installed in front of the ca. 1916 house in ca. 1990 but is currently leaning against a chain-link fence (Figure 22). Along the perimeter of the ca. 1916 house are stacked rocks that create a pathway to the house and delineate the now overgrown garden and what appears to be remnants of fruit trees. At the rear ca. 1916 house, there is a cross-gabled playhouse that mimics elements of the ca. 1916 house. The date of construction of the playhouse appears to be ca. 1980 (Figure 23). 71 DPR 523L (Rev. 1/1995)(Word 9/2013) State of California Natural Resources Agency Primary# DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # Trinomial CONTINUATION SHEET Property Name: __13631 Saratoga Avenue Page 15 of 19 Figure 20. Photograph showing the gravel driveway with Coast Live Oak trees on either side, facing southeast towards Saratoga Avenue. 72 DPR 523L (Rev. 1/1995)(Word 9/2013) State of California Natural Resources Agency Primary# DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # Trinomial CONTINUATION SHEET Property Name: __13631 Saratoga Avenue Page 16 of 19 Figure 21. Squirrel birdbath surrounded by a ring of rocks, facing northwest towards the primary façade of the ca. 1916 house. Figure 22. Sign for "Rawdon Dell," which was the name of the property given by the initial owner, John H. Ellsworth. Figure 23. ca. 1985 cross-gable playhouse situated at the rear of the ca. 1916 house and adjacent to the ca. 1985 detached garage, facing northwest. 73 DPR 523L (Rev. 1/1995)(Word 9/2013) State of California Natural Resources Agency Primary# DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # Trinomial CONTINUATION SHEET Property Name: __13631 Saratoga Avenue Page 17 of 19 CALIFORNIA REGISTER OF HISTORIC RESOURCES EVALUATION 1. (Event): Is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of California’s history and cultural heritage. The property containing the ca. 1916 house, ca. 1985 garage, and associated landscape was originally planted in prune, apricots, cherry, walnut trees, and grape vines, and was associated with agriculture and fruit farming in Saratoga from the 1880s to the early 1900s. During this time, the current 2.76-acres property was part of the 57-acres Rawdon Dell Ranch. However, only a few remnants of fruit trees remain and there is no pattern of trees in rows as part of an orchard within the current property. In addition, the built environment resources, likely located within the northern section of the 57-acres, including any associated agricultural buildings within the former orchard, are no longer extant. It is likely they were removed in the early 1960s when a portion of the original property was sold St. Andrew Episcopal Church. Today, the property consists of Coast Live Oak trees and possibly very few remnants of fruit trees. As such, the property does not retain integrity to convey significance with agriculture, including fruit farming and viticulture in Saratoga in the later 1800s and early 1900s. Therefore, the property, including the ca. 1916 house, ca. 1985 detached garage, and associated landscape is not individually eligible for listing in the CRHR under Criterion 1. 2. (Person): Is associated with the lives of persons important in our past. The ownership and occupancy history of the property containing the ca. 1916 house, ca. 1985 detached garage, and associated landscape was thoroughly researched, and it does not appear to be associated with the lives of persons important in our past. Therefore, the property containing the ca. 1916 house, ca. 1985 detached garage, and associated landscape is not individually eligible for listing in the CRHR under Criterion 2. 3. (Construction/Architecture): Embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, region, or method of construction, or represents the work of an important creative individual, or possesses high artistic values. The ca. 1916 house is associated with Craftsman architectural style. The ca. 1916 house consists of several elements of this design, including the one-and-a-half story symmetrical square form with a porch over the entry that is supported by battered columns; however, it does not consist of the handcrafted stone and woodwork and mixed materials that are character-defining elements of this style. Therefore, although the ca. 1916 house contains Craftsman architectural details, it is a modest example of the architecture style, and is not a representative example of Craftsman architecture. In addition, it is not the work of a master, nor does it possess high artistic values. 74 DPR 523L (Rev. 1/1995)(Word 9/2013) State of California Natural Resources Agency Primary# DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # Trinomial CONTINUATION SHEET Property Name: __13631 Saratoga Avenue Page 18 of 19 The ca. 1985 detached garage is not 45 years of age or older, and so was not evaluated separately under this Criterion. The associated landscape is not associated with any architectural style or landscape design. Therefore, the ca. 1916 house, ca. 1985 detached garage, and associated landscape are not eligible for listing in the CRHR under Criterion 3. 4. (Information potential): Has yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important in prehistory or history. Criterion 4 most commonly applies to resources that contain or are likely to contain information bearing on an important archaeological research question. While most often applied to archaeological sites, Criterion 4 can also apply to buildings that contain important information. For a building to be eligible under Criterion 4, it must be a principal source of important information, such as exhibiting a local variation on a standard design or construction technique can be eligible if a study can yield important information, such as how local availability of materials or construction expertise affected the evolution of local building development. The ca. 1916 house does not appear to have the ability to convey information about the history of the Craftsman architectural style. Therefore, the ca. 1916 house, ca. 1985 detached garage, and associated landscape within the property do not appear individually eligible for listing in the CRHR under Criterion 4 as it pertains to the built environment. 75 Page 19 of 19 *Resource Name or # 13631 Saratoga Avenue ________ *Map Name: USGS 7.5’ Cupertino Quadrangle *Scale: 1:24,000 *Date of map: _1991_ DPR 523J (Rev. 1/1995)(Word 9/2013) * Required information State of California Natural Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI# LOCATION MAP Trinomial 76 Mount Diablo State of California - The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION PRIMARY RECORD NRHP Status Code 4of Rawdon Dell Ranch*Resource Name or # HP-88-01 P1. Other identifier: *P2. Location: Santa Clara County*a. County Cupertino*b. USGS 7.5' Quad 1980 Photorevised .8 S.T .1 W.R Saratoga Ave. c. Address:SaratogaCity 95070Zip 10S d. UTM:(give more than one for large and/or linear resources) Zone mE/mN northwest side of Saratoga Avenue northeaset of Crestbrook Drive. e.Other Locational Data: (e.g., parcel #, directions to resource, elevation, etc., as appropriate) (Assigned by recorder): and (P2b and P2c or P2d. Attach a location map as necessary.) ;; ; This one-and-one-half-story house is a symmetrical Craftsman bungalow from the beginning of the twentieth century. The exterior is stucco with wood trim; wood sash are double hung, including traditional focal windows with fixed central windows and window boxes. A wide gable dormer punctuates the side-gabled roofline, mirroring the one-story gabled front porch below. The heavy porch posts rest on tapered stucco pedestals that enclose the concrete front stoop. The house has flared bargeboards with notched ends; these are supported on knee braces. According to City records, a significant landscape feature is the pair of date palms flanking the entrance on Saratoga Avenue and the mature live valley oak in the center of the gravel drive that leads to the house. *P3a. Description: (Describe resource and its major elements, include design, material, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries) HP2. Single family property*P3b. Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) Building Structure Object Site District Element of District Other (Isolates, etc.)*P4. Resources Present: 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): *Attachments: Archives & Architecture: City of Saratoga Statement of Historic Context, 2009. *P11. Report Citation: (Cite survey report and other sources, or enter "none".) View facing northwest, July 2009. P5b.Description of Photo: (View, date, accession #) Historic Prehistoric Both *P6. Date Constructed/Age and Source: Amy June Jorgensen 13631 Saratoga Ave. Saratoga CA 95070 *P7. Owner and Address: Archives & Architecture, LLC PO Box 1332 San Jose, CA 95109 *P8. Recorded By: (Name, affiliation, and address) 10/26/09*P9. Date Recorded: Reconnaissance *P10. Survey Type: (Describe) 1916, 93 years old. * Required InformationDPR 523A (1/95) Not for Publication Unrestricted 1 393-25-031APN# B.M. F. Maggi, L. Dill, & J. Kusz Date Primary # HRI # Trinomial Other Listings Review Code Reviewer Date Page 13631 77 State of California - The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION BUILDING, STRUCTURE, AND OBJECT RECORD 3CS*NRHP/CRHR Status Code Rawdon Dell RanchResource Name (Assigned by recorder) 4of John and Eliza Smith House B1. Historic Name: 13631 Saratoga Ave. - Jorgensen House B2. Common Name: Single family residential B3. Original Use:Single family residentialB4. Present Use: Craftsman*B5. Architectural Style: Constructed about 1915 when part of a 32-acre ranch. Wrought iron bars have been attached to side windows. *B6. Construction History: (Construction date, alterations, and date of alterations) No Yes Unknown*B7. Moved?n/aDate:n/aOriginal Location: Detached garage to the rear and accessory shed *B8. Related Features: Unknown B9a. Architect:Henry Bridgesb. Builder: Architecture*B10. Significance: Theme Heritage LaneArea: 1916Period of Significance:ResidentialProperty Type:(3)Applicable Criteria: (Discuss importance in terms of historical or architectural context as defined by theme, period and geographic scope. Also address integrity.) Rawdon Dell Ranch is listed on the Saratoga Heritage Resources Inventory, included as a part of HP-88-01. It qualified under Criteria a and c: a) the property exemplifies and reflects special elements of the cultural, social, economic, aesthetic, and architectural history of Saratoga; and c) the property embodies distinctive characteristics of the Craftsman style, type and period. Rawdon Dell Ranch appears eligible for the California Register of Historical Resources under Criterion (3), as the house embodies the distinctive characteristics of the Craftsman house- type within Saratoga's City of Homes period. (Continued on page 4, DPR523L) DPR 523B (1/95)*Required Information B11. Additional Resource Attributes: (list attributes and codes) Foote, H. Pen Pictures from the Garden of the World, 1888. Saratoga Heritage Preservation Commission, Historic Resources Inventory form, 1988. *B12. References: Listed Heritage ResourceB13. Remarks: Franklin Maggi*B14. Evaluator: October 26, 2009*Date of Evaluation: (Sketch Map with north arrow required.) (This space reserved for official comments.) 2 None Primary # HRI # Page 78 State of California - The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION LOCATION MAP 4of DPR 523J (1/95)*Required Information * Map Name:Multiple n.t.s.* Scale:Varies* Date of Map: Rawdon Dell Ranch*Resource Name or #(Assigned by recorder)3 Primary # HRI # Trinomial Page 79 State of California - The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION CONTINUATION SHEET 4of DPR 523L (1/95)*Required Information (Continued from page 2, DPR523b, B10) Historical Background This property is the remaining portion of a much large ranch purchased by John Hinsley Ellsworth in 1878 from the original Quito land grant. John Ellsworth had emigrated to the United States from England in 1857. He came to California in 1859, and apparently came to Santa Clara Valley from Virginia City in 1878 when he purchased property near Saratoga. A year later his younger brother and sister-in-law Simeon and Jane (Craven) Ellsworth joined him and acquired interest in the property. The original property consisted of a large triangular parcel 57-acres in size northwest of Saratoga Creek, including land between Saratoga Creek and Saratoga Avenue from about Fruitvale Avenue southwest to about Las Casitas Court. The early property was cleared and initially developed and by the early 1880s the brothers had planted about 15 acres of grapes and other acreage in orchards. At the time John Ellsworth purchased the property in 1878, there was about an acre of Mission grapes, perhaps planted during the rancho period. By 1887 the Ellsworth brothers were producing about 10,000 gallons of wine. By 1903 the land had been split between the brothers, the subject property within the John Ellsworth portion. By 1914 this 32-acre portion of the original property was owned by John and Eliza John Smith. It was during this ownership period that the Smith's apparently built the house now known as Rawdon Dell, the name referring to Rawdon, England from where John and Eliza had emigrated. In more recent times the property was subdivided, portions now developed for housing and a school. The current owner provided information in teh 1980s that she is a descendant of the original owners, the family line including Ellsworth-Smith-Currier-Jorgensen families that have lived on the property. Integrity The house retains its architectural design, workmanship and materials, as well as a compatible setting and original location, and the property continues to embody the historical associations and feelings of this residence. * Recorded By F. Maggi, L. Dill, & J. Kusz Rawdon Dell Ranch*Resource Name or #(Assigned by recorder) Continuation Update10/26/2009* Date Primary # HRI # Trinomial Page 4 80 Page 1 of 2 RESOLUTION No. HP-21-007 RESOLUTION OF THE HERITAGE PRESERVATION COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SARATOGA FOR APPLICATION HPC21-0011 TO UPDATE THE HERITAGE RESOURCE INVENTORY BY REMOVING THE PROPERTY AT 13631 SARATOGA AVENUE FROM THE INVENTORY WHEREAS, the Heritage Preservation Commission was established by the City Council in 1982 to assist with and encourage the preservation of Saratoga’s heritage resources, and WHEREAS, one of the Commission’s primary duties, as established in Section 13.10.040(a) of the City Code is to update the Heritage Resource Inventory, and WHEREAS, in 1988, the Heritage Preservation Commission determined that the property at 13631 Saratoga Avenue met criteria (a) and (c) as established by Section 13.15.010 of Saratoga’s Municipal Code, to include in the Heritage Resource Inventory. WHEREAS, on November 9, 2021, the Heritage Preservation Commission held a duly noticed public meeting on the subject matter, and considered new evidence presented by the property owner, and other interested parties. NOW THEREFORE, the Heritage Preservation Commission of the City of Saratoga hereby finds, determines and resolves as follows: Section 1: The recitals set forth above are true and correct and incorporated herein by reference. Section 2: The Heritage Preservation Commission has determined, Based on the evidence provided by Evans & De Shazo, Inc, noted in the DPR prepared for the site, dated October 1, 2019, the HPC has determined that the property the current condition of the now 2.76- acre Property that was once part of the 57-acres Rawdon Dell Ranch that included associated buildings and fruit orchards, which are no longer extant, thus effecting the integrity of the property to convey local significance related to the ranch. Section 3: The Heritage Preservation Commission hereby approves HPC21-0011 to remove the property at 13631 Saratoga Avenue from the Heritage Resource Inventory. 81 Page 2 of 2 PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Heritage Preservation Commission of the City of Saratoga on this 9th day of November 2021 by the following vote: AYES: NOES: ABSENT: ABSTAIN: Annette Stransky Vice Chair, Heritage Preservation Commission Attest: Nicole Johnson Secretary, Heritage Preservation Commission 82 Project Status Worksheet APN/Location Address Staff/Commissioner Assigned Status 503 24 087 3rd Street 20640 Stransky Owner working on obtianing documents 389 05 013 DeHavilland 19222 Lopresto/Shastri Staff sent 45 day letter on9/24/21 (ends 11/8/21) 389 04 017 DeHavilland 19223 Lopresto/Shastri Staff sent 45 day letter on9/24/21 (ends 11/8/21) 389 05 011 DeHavilland 19246 Shah 397 23 040 Lutheria Way 14321 Stransky 397 22 040 Orchard Road 20290 Stransky 503 48 045 Congress Springs Rd 22000 (Quarry)Shah Loading Structure 397 23 021 La Paloma Ave 20295 Stransky Stransky is working with the owner 503 23 008 Marion Rd 20602 Boyce-Bender 517 20 019 Montalvo Road 14900 Stransky 389 26 021 Montpere Way 18530 Boyce-Bender 397 30 053 Saratoga Ave 13650 (Library)Stransky Hold 397 30 047 Saratoga Ave 13718 (Sacred Heart)Lopresto Owner Requested to Hold 397 31 003 Saratoga Ave 14285 Lopresto 397 31 004 Saratoga Ave 14301 Lopresto 517 11 004 Saratoga-Los Gatos Road 20318 Stransky Owner Requested to Hold 397 16 055 14120 Shadow Oaks - Tree Stransky 397 42 002 14250 Douglas Lane Stransky Memorial Park 517 12 036 14766 Oak St- Madronia Cemetery 397 30 053 13650 Saratoga Ave-Heritage Orchard November 4, 2021 Harvest Day 2022 TBD May 2022 Johnson TBD Johnson HPC members are reviewing Staff Ongoing Potenital Heritage Resource Inventory Candidates Other Historic Landmarks Point of Interest Markers (POI) Heritage Plaques/Signage Events Budget Other Blossom Festival 2022 State of the City 2021 Arbor Day 2022 Preservation Month 2022 Approved 11,600.00 11,600.00Balance Saratoga Ave Heritage Lane Inventory Village Inventory Heritage Lane Ord. Amendment Heritage Resource Inventory Ord. Amendment Grover House Development Update Page 1 of 3 11/2/2021 83 Project Status Worksheet Ongoing Ongoing Community Outreach via Social Media Training Page 2 of 3 11/2/2021 84 Historic Resource Inventory Year/Fiscal Year Notes Added 18500 Montpere Way 2015 19277 Shubert Dr 2017-2018 Lutheria Way Entrance Posts 14200 & 14221 Lutheria Way 2018-2019 13601 Saratoga Av St Andrew's 2018-2019 19461 DeHavilland Drive 2019-2020 Entrance Planter 19152 DeHavilland Drive 2019-2020 Entrance Planter 19174 DeHavviland Drive 2021-2022 Eichler Home 20390 Park Place 2019-2020 Saratoga Federated Church Bell 19201 Shubert Drive 2019-2020 Entrance Planter 19401 Shubert Drive 2019-2020 Entrance Planter 18485 Montpere Way 2019-2020 Home 20331 Orchard Road 2019-2020 Peck House 20450 Saratoga-Los Gatos Road 2020-2021 Historical Park 20450 Saratoga-Los Gatos Road 2020-2021 Interurban Stop Discontinued 19365 Allendale 2017 Owner did not want house on Inventory 20328 Orchard Road 2019 (Stransky)Letter sent for 45 day comment period. Period up on January 14th. On January 2, 2019, staff was informed that the 20350 Orchard Road 2019 (Stransky)Letter sent for 45 day comment period. Period up on January 14th. Owner has contacted City and is hesitant about being 14220 Elva Ave - Russian Church 2019 (Stransky)Letter sent for 45 day comment period. Period up on January 14th. Church responded that they do not want to be included Landmarks Added 15320 Peach Hill Road 2020-2021 Landmark and Mills Act Carey House 20331 Orchard Road 2019-2020 Landmark and Mills Act Peck House 19277 Shubert Dr 2020-2021 Landmark and Mills Act Kenji Matsuda House Discontinued 20021 Bella Vista 2014 Lack of owner consent 14501-14503 Big Basin Way 2014 Lack of owner consent plus not eligible as it lacks sufficient integrity to its original design 14251 Fruitvale 2014 Lack of owner consent 14519 Big Basin Way 2014 Lack of owner consent 14413-14415 Big Basin Way (20640 Third St)2014 Lack of owner consent plus not eligible as it lacks sufficient integrity to its original design 14495 Big Basin Way 2014 Lack of owner consent plus not eligible as it lacks sufficient integrity to its original design 14754 Pierce Rd 2014 Lack of owner consent Old Grandview Ranch 2015 Owner did not want house as a landmark Heritage Tree Inventory Added Palm Trees - Yerba Santa Court 2017-2018 Point of Interest Markers Installed Theater of the Glade Site Point of Interest Marker 2017-2018 Saratoga Ave/Saratoga-Los Gatos Road Blossom Festival Point of Interest Marker 2017-2018 Saratoga Ave/Saratoga-Los Gatos Road Ohlone Indians 2019/2020 Wildwood Park Saloons 2019/2020 within the road right of way adjacent to 14535 Big Basin Way Saratoga Paper Mill 2019/2020 within the road right of way adjacent to 14650 Big Basin Way Caledonia Pasteboard Mill 2019/2020 Wildwood Park Approved Big Basin Way near the Buy and Save Market McCartysville Big Basin Way where Bank of America is located-the parking lot is Immigrating to CA Quito Road El Quito Olive Farm Saratoga-Los Gatos Road Glen Una Ranch Big Basin Way and Third St Saratoga Vitaphone Other Village Design Guidelines 2019 City Council meeting scheduled Approved by CC 8/21/19 Memorial Arch 2019/2020 Completed February 2020 Completed Feb 2020 Heritage Orchard Master Plan Update 2020/2021 City Council Approved by CC 12/02/20 Publications Heritage Tree Guidebook 2017 FAQ's Historic Preservation 2017 FAQ's Heritage Trees 2017 FAQ's Mills Act 2017-2018 FAQ's Landmarks 2017-2018 Training Federal Fiscal Year Webinar CA Modern Architecture 2017/2018 Webinar Identifying and Treating Historic Wood 2018/2019 Webinar Examples in Sourcing and Repairing California's Historic 2018/2019 Deep Dive into the Secretory of Interior Standards 2019/2020 2/20/2020-Shah, Nugent & Johnson Eichler Home Tour 2019/2020 85