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Home My WebLink AboutPark Place 20399HISTORIC RESOURCES INVENTORY ( #48) IDENTIFICATION 1. Common name: Saratoga Foothill Club 2. Historic name: Saratoga Foothill Club 3. Street or rural address: 20399 Park Place City: Saratoga 4. Parcel number: 5. Present Owner: City: Saratoga Ownership is: Zip: 95070 County: Santa Clara 397 -22 -031 Saratoga Foothill Club Address: P.O. Box 2233 Zip: 95070 Public: Private: X 6. Present Use: Clubhouse Original Use: Clubhouse DESCRIPTION 7a. Architectural style: Bay Region /Craftsman 7b. Briefly describe the present physical appearance of the site or structure and describe any major alterations from its original condition: This one -story redwood clubhouse is covered by two gabled roofs. The main gable runs lengthwise and forms the entry. A large round multi - paned window is centered in the second gable and is a focal point from both the exterior and interior. The details of this building are subtle. The illusion is one of mass, yet a delicate, fragile look is achieved in the use of heavy timber and glass. The main meeting room has two walls of multi -paned casement windows forming a horizontal facade typical of the period. These windows expand the space and contribute to the delicate look. The deep gabled facias are covered with specially cut and placed redwood shingles. The brackets were designed to fulfill the character and style of the building. The front facade has a trellis covered with wisteria. Many trees and foliage provide a natural feeling for this well- maintained site. 8. Construction date: Estimated: Factual: 1915 -16 9. Architect: Julia Morgan 10. Builder: Unknown 11. Approx. prop. size Frontage: Depth: approx. acreage: .5 12. Date(s) of enclosed photograph(s): 1988 13. Condition: Excellent: X Good: Fair: Deteriorated: No longer in existence: 14. Alterations: 15. Surroundings: (Check more than one if necessary) Open land: Scattered buildings: Densely built -up: X Residential: X Industrial: Commercial: Other: 16. Threats to site: None known: X Private development: Vandalism: Public Works project: Other: 17. Is the structure: On its original site? X Moved? 18. Related features: Zoning: Unknown? SIGNIFICANCE 19. Briefly state historical and /or architectural importance (include dates, events, and persons associated with the site). In 1915 the ladies of the Foothill Study Club solicited contributions from the community for construction of a clubhouse. The property for the building was donated by Mrs. D.C. Bell and Mrs. G.A. Wood, two women who were active in the community. The nationally known architect, Julia Morgan from San Francisco, was engaged to draw the plans. The clubhouse was completed in 1916, and is an excellent example of the Bay Region /Craftsman style. One of Morgan's early designs, it is noteworthy as one of "California's distinguished small redwood buildings." In 1923 the cost to build the structure was $5,200. The Foothill Club has been in continuous use as a women's club, but is also used by the community and individuals for meetings, cultural events and receptions. The Historic American Building Survey of the Dept. of Interior documented the Foothill Club. The building was also listed in the National Register of Historic Places. 20. Main theme of the historic resource: (If more than one is checked, number in order of importance.) Architecture: 1 Arts /Leisure: Economic /Industrial: Exploration /Settlement: Government: Military: Religion: Social /Ed.: 2 21. Sources (List books, documents, surveys, personal interviews and their dates). Santa Clara County Heritage Resource Inventory, 1975 & 1979; F. Cunningham, Saratoga's First Hundred Years, 1967; Sara Holmes Boutelle, Julia Morgan in Saratoga, 1979. 22. Date form prepared: 4/88 By (name): SHPC Organization: City of Saratoga Address: 13777 Fruitvale Ave. City: Saratoga Zip: 95070 Phone: 867 -3438 Locational sketch map (draw and label site and surrounding streets, roads, and prominent landmarks): A :,�, CITY OF SARATOGA PLANNING DEPARTMENT, ° IDENTIFICATION CULTURAL RESOURCES INVENTORY INVENTORY #1 PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN ,31Jgr (date) Street Address Z03gG Par \<. ?tcc,e APN Historic Name 'col mn, Fi c -*h LL _C', LLH— no d U Present Owner 50,ra.-' nao. FOo�1 W eAu-b v Address ?o e0y a,3 J G-ra. (2-14 q �50'"7 0 v Present Use C'.�tLbYvo .tie. Original .Use Ca6l.L!D�`,15� Other Past Uses DESCRIPTION Briefly describe the present physical appearance of the site or structure and describe'any major alterations from its original condition: 0--rv- 0- W �n d ow W h c-k + t5 n eo -00C C�n e_ac�, s i' 6 e Approximate property size: Lot size (in feet) Frontage Depth or approximate acreage /�' 0,6 Condition (check one): F- �ellent ( ) Good ( } Fair (') 'eriorated ( ) No longer in existence.( ) Is the feature: Altered ?,(J Unaltered? ( ) Location sketch map (draw and label site and surrounding streets, roads, and pro- minent landmarks) ,U.b U Threats to site: None known ( ) Private Development ( ) Zoning ( ). Public .Works Project,( ) Vandalism ( ) Other ( ) Primary exterior building material: Stone ( ) Brick ( ) Stucco ( ) Adobe ( ) Wood ( Other ( ) Is the structure: On its original site? ( )' Moved? ( ) Unknown ( ) Year of initial construction This date is: Factual (X) Estimated ( ) Architect (if known) `A W, Builder ( if known) Related features: Barn ( ) Carriage House ( ) Outhouse ( ) Watertower /Tankhouse ( ) Other ( ) SIGNIFICANCE i 'i4 Shed.(s) ( ) Formal garden(s),( ) Windmill r None Briefly state historical and /or architectural importance (include dates, events, and persons associated with the site when known): -XA5 , Y)ig can C.e. (S )?rlvyyi ri C..rCh�-�eLi�ra_I� bL6 Mrs" ID- aC,11 CLnd 01YG, 6, A, wa�d� �r�„�,��ne�.� ��`_., �a w cL ry)0b 191 G C�-nd ly rt C�tt��ct.�� J��r GL l.�t�YV��t 0- .b Source (books, documents, surveys, personal interviews, and their dates): Irv-1u) to Form prepared by: -s lLnA , Date: V1C31%�� San Jose Mercury News ■ Saturday, July 30, 1988 3D Cover Story .Quake brought boom times - for architects _ 5 ! x - AIORGAN, from Page 2D Hess calls her "definitely one of "I personally think it's a great Zealand who had no association ✓- "It's very professional the kind of second - echelon de- piece of architecture. Just orga - with her earlier life. Aware of wgrk, and it has a good deal of signers in the Bay Area tradi- sizing that, getting all the work - being very much alone in her " style_ to it," says Kenneth Card- tion. Bernard Ma beck Willis Y ers all the materials out to the ; world ... Mor` an simply turned g P Y well,, professor emeritus of ar- Polk were the stars. Julia Mor - ' edge of nowhere and in some de- her face to the wall of her small 4 l' chitecture at UC- Berkeley. But, gar was in the second tier. She's cent order, was a tremendous bedroom, closing out the world. 222 he -adds, "it's not as rich and as usually described in histories as feat, the equal of designing - She did not emerge during the imaginative as (the work of) being professional, competent, some huge high -rise m down- H last four years of her life. < r. man more prominent archi- X P diligent, rather than known for g town San Francisco these days." 3's• - When she died in 1957 at the - ` � € ' " tects such as Maybeck and her sparkling design." p age of 85, the Mercury News ...... Frank Lloyd Wright." "But," he adds, "there are ran four paragraphs from the - =; �' He compares the two Berke- one or two buildings which are �� The end is sad. The mterna- Hearst wire service under the _ a i ley - Craftsman -style churches, the equal of most of Maybeck s tional style" — that unadorned , b�dline, "World -Famed Archi- On. an's St. John's Presb eri- M ®rg Yt work and he cites St. Johns lass- and -steel box — eclipsed g P� feet Dies rrt S.F. �► r: � � � • > . an (now the Julia Morgan The- Presbyterian, which he calls "probably the warmth and decoration that "She designed the Los Angeles y ater and Ma beck's Christian _. Y P Y the real highlight of had become Morgan trade- : g Examiner building, re- designed - Science church, and finds May- : her creative career, and its a marks. Fearing that age was he Hearst- building in San Fran- beck's superior: Maybeck s is much richer in wonderful building." What about Hearst Castle? dimming her memory and di- minishing her competence, she " Cisco, and designed Mr. Heanst's - ornament and much richer in its `Its a controversial build - "No closed her office in 1951. homes at San Simeon and Wyn- toon," it said. spatial organization. Julia Mor- ing," Hess says. one knows "When an expedition to her gan's is rather traditional, in a quite what to make of it: Is it a old haunts in Oakland ended in a In death, as in life, she kept Photograph by Richard Barnes. from 'Julia Morgan. Architect' a way, and that's generally true great piece of architecture and mugging and hospitalization, the tasteful company. Having The airy meeting room of Morgan's Oakland YWCA building with her houses, too. They're art, or a compilation of junk harsh realization of her limita- worked half a century at the fine houses, well - planned, but from all over the world? ... So tions was borne in upon her," Merchants Exchange, a building, by Frederick Law Olmsted, the "Morgan" It is only with diffi- they never reach the spatial ex- her work at San Simeon has nev- Boutelle writes. "She returned designed by Daniel Burnham Mountain View in Oakland. culty, Boutelle says, that one citement that Maybeck's do." er been given a real strong eval- to her apartment and. engaged a with Willis Polk, Julia Morgan Her reticence follows her. The " can determine which grave is j,'-Architect and critic Alan nation. nurse- companion from New now lies in a cemetery designed stone on the family plot reads: Julia's. Morgan's fans can create tour from author's list, _7 By David L. Beck superb home, built for Chauncey Mercur News Staff Writer y �,�'� � �* µ :' `?' :" ' i Goodrich in 1920 -21, is on nearby " - La Paloma Avenue, but is not visi- Y WHOLE itch, P ble from the street. says author and " ar- ✓ Asilomar, Pacific Grove, chitectural historian y 1913 -1928. Built as a YWCA confer - Sara Holmes Boutelle, "is to make ence center and now owned by the Julia' Morgan's name recognizable state parks system (albeit run as a - -and to remember the buildings, k G I K • conference center by a private of course concessionaire), Asilomar is a trea- Of course. The search for those - a � z sure house of the Craftsman style. t3' buildings has occupied much of her �_ _ - = See particularly the administration time,since she conceived the pro- building, the dining hall, the cha- ject K1972. It led her to the class- - _ pel, the assembly building and the room - she taught a brief course _ .. -_ lodge, in Julia Morgan at the University - of . California, Santa Cruz — the -- newspaper column and wherever r Perhaps too obvious to mention else she could publicize her search. p » .,..... z�' ' are three other Morgan works: One ontact led to another. & _ ✓ St. Johns Presbyterian Thy result is a 12 -page chrono- _ _ - __ — _ Church, College Avenue at Derby logical list, "inevitably tentative Richard Barnes - Special to the Mercury News Street, Berkeley, 1908 -1910; now and incomplete," at the back of her the Julia Morgan Theater. Com- new, book, "Julia Morgan, Archi- Asilomar Conference Center in Pacific Grove, 1913 -28 pare - Maybeek's First ' Church of tect.1.,The list includes street ad- - Christ, Scientist at 2619 Dwight dresses. whenever possible so that lief Society, partly out of money Berkeley City Club. Be sure to see Way, a few blocks away. you 'can create your own Julia collected in "poor boxes" on the pool. ✓ MacArthur Park restaurant, Morgan tour. In the meantime, steamships. ; - - _ • ; ✓ Oakland YWCA, 1515 Web -" 27 . University St., Palo Alto; built here are some public Morgan ✓ Chinese Community Center, ster St., 1913 -15; pool added 1919. " 1916 -18 as - the YWCA Hostess works. that Boutelle thinks you 965 Clay St., built as a YWCA, Be sure to go upstairs. House at Camp Fremont (in Menlo ought ao see: 1930, and the Residence, also a ✓ Chapel of the Chimes, Cali- ". Park) and later moved. San Jose SAN FRANCISCO: YWCA facility, around the corner forma Crematorium, 4499 Pied- architect Goodwin B. Steinberg . ✓ Zen Center, corner, of, Page _ at 940 Powell St. _ mont Ave., Oakland, 1926 -30; Mor- raves about it: "The weaving, those and Laguna streets, 1921- 22.Origi- ✓ Native Daughters of the gan is buried in Mountain View < trusses, the way that the windows nally.built as the Emanu -El Sister- Golden West, 500 Baker St., 1928; Cemetery, nearby. were worked in the upper levels; hood ,Residence; notice the six- Boutelle loves the bears on the _SOUTH BAY AND-FARTHER the space of the building, the pointed stars in the ironwork in frontdoor. SOUTH: .,. ° charm .., fron£.of the glassed -in loggia. ✓ Saratoga Foothill Women's ✓ And, of course, San Simeon, ;The Heritage, 3400 Laguna EAST BAY: Club,; Park Place, 1915. Morgan 1919 -42. (800) 444 -7275 for reserva- St.,1924 -25. Retirement home built . ✓ Berkeley Women's City Club, also did the small chapel in the tions; don't leave home without for the Ladies Protection and Re- 2315 Durant St., 1929 -30; now the ` Community ` Church next door. A them. ;y _Kenneth 'y' - i . Harney a Graduated. ]payment an gets new look _$ WASHINGTON T WO of the largest -home- mortgage lenders. in the country are heading back tQ the future for their latest, cre- ative loan: It's known as the EQUAL (Easy Qualifying) mort- gage, and its single - digit rates are aimed squarely at the ,thousands o>l buyers signing up for discount adjustables. The big lenders ers are Freddie... Mac (the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation) and Gen- eral Electric Mortgage Securities. Tvgether they expect to pump out AD eye-opening $1 billion worth of EQUAL mortgages through local participating savings and loan as- s6ciations and mortgage bankers ht the next 12 months, starting next week. What makes an EQUAL loan Mk? Could it make sense for you? Here's a -peek . at what Freddie Mac and GE will be bringing to hundreds of local lenders soon. new look 07he EQUAL plan is a variation ` on a mortgage idea that gained Uularity in the early 1980s — a ' gl aduated- payment mortgage ((jPM). Graduated loans are es- sentially fixed--rate mortgages v4th payment discounts built into tke early years, The discounts are raid in agreed-upon increments is later years, . usually in step- by -_,- sp annual jumps. fA. typical GPM in the early. 1480s, for instance, might have grienyou an 11 percent first, sec -, od and even third -year rate, foI J 6. Z4 Architect -- Julia Morgan in a _ photo from _ about 1899. a New York Times .Z a 1: _ f.2,._ -•+' _ _ c _ _ - ;:- f s `� _ — .�.• :s f�T -'` .• _ -,Y �. x 1 _a--_> _- Jr _ 3 73& -- _ — - a - -= " -�_ -r ._ •:. - >:, _ . - .. = _: � = -_ _ y ter- � - __ � � -��. - - - _ = R .ter 7 zz� - 4 At - . _: � '. ...._. -. _.Y- -�-" -- - �...•,.'.- "- _.. -_ .,_ ._, _ :__,.. _ °- - -- - �:. _"s __ °mss - - �° _ t a '. . _�_x__-c -� �_ —�_ Y _v - >�:_ - '. _ - -. �� . � r � ' _.> - - - i _ - -_ - y -: .__ f F Pit- - z = ` - y t Wiz-- — - - _ `- - - -- -- - -- - f , .: �. . - } - - �a�� - - - - - -- -'.- - ri - - - R_ rte_ . �� -�_� � _ .. �_ �_ _ �-3 -- � -- �-� �- `-`� -- - _ - r- 6. d"M win `-' Photographs by Richard Barnes, from 'Julia Morgan, Architect' Morgan's Chapel of the Chimes,. part of an Oakland crematorium, is a model of her use of color, light and space " Master architect they made the old . brass gleam. of Hearst Castle- Today, on the right -hand wall of built the entryway : everything what is now a a but a personal life First Interstate branch, : there By David L. Beck ' hangs a prim por- trait in tribute to _ Mercury News Staff Writer Julia Morgan, Who HEN the Chartered Bank of designed the vast room some 80 London took over a dowdy = : years ago. Under. -W Bank of America outpost in the painting hangs San Francisco's -Merchants Exchange an . explanation. Building, the boys from Britain decided "Julia, wrote the: to give it the imperial treatment. anonymous author,' They pulled down the false ceiling - - assuming a famiil -.' and there,, high above, was a gorgeous rarity that not - =confection of blue, white and gold, even William Ran- flanking a skylight that ran the length of ` dolph Hearst ever`` the long room. They pulled off the false dared, "was Amer- walls `— and there, framed in archways ica's greatest The art of Morgan: details of fine old teak, were the nautical fres- woman architect,: the snaaow . , or Goes that had soothed the seafaring but has received little attention." Mount Shasta, she built a Bavarian souls of the traders who once used the Not; per_ baps, until now. village for the Hearst family. :room. They polished up the marble pil And on a hilltop in Central Califor- lars, 'from base to Ionic capitals, and For 47 years,. the architect de- nia;:where George Hearst used to run ° _ scribed by Hearst. biographer W.A. cattle, she built Hearst Castle for'Y Swanberg as "a tiny woman who wore George's son - "an American struc- B Tour of Morgan's work, Page 3D old- fashioned hats and horn- rimmed See MORGAN, Page 2D glasses " - practiced architecture from` a j n uv a IV Vl Ml n ioaa, u I= 11 wnc, ctn nluyo L.7taLG.7 OxLl .l I a unique opportunitji - . • •.•' F. —..— •••,• • And of course, air conditioning carpets, drapes, wood cabinets,,- sliding �I glass doors, forced air heat mirrored wardrobe doors - all designed with N ., quality construction s Marketed by Atlantic- Pacific 000 Favrrot Exvw.. �9 �L �� HOURS: 12-6 WEEKDAYS On-Site Interior Design Center _ E _ All of the luxuries that usually come only after years of saving can be yours ' „�:,. ®tit uikrctiic National Corp. _ s� 4 0 i 11 -7 WEEKENDS now for only dollars more a month „., ... —,..o X• /sss,oi - - QuLto Rat o ORCHARD . oAA f2F,n.".4c RO. • I °b ' I 1 ALLEY P. 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I h'- rar 0.58AC. 122.23 CITY OF SARATOGA PLANNING DEPARTMENT IDENTIFICATION CULTURAL RESOURCES INVENTORY INVENTORY # PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN %`61 (date) Street Address Zosgcl. pay-�� i�IC o e,, APN 3Cl - Z/- - ()3J Historic Name Present Owner Address oy Present Use 0,�t'u Y�c -A.�s(-I Original.Use 'tL�a�i�O',15 Other Past Uses J npgrPT PTTnN Briefly describe the present physical appearance of the site or structure and describe any major alterations from its original condition: -)d L� c'Jw l�J'rl Y)%) Y) { Ct it C "•� E„ G _�l 'r'�.1.::'i i::rt JJ � I ) °j 1 "1.C' �'� n e(.,t Y Approximate property size: Lot size (in feet) Frontage Depth or approximate acreage �' Q, Condition (check one): FY,�ellent (�) Good ( ) Fair ( ) t.;,eriorated ( ) No longer in existence.( ) Is the feature: Altered ?.(;) Unaltered? ( ) Location sketch map (draw and label site and surrounding streets, roads, and pro- minent landmarks) �6 STATE OF CALIFORNIA - THE RESOURCES AGENCY OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION P.O. BOX 942896 SACRAMENTO, CA 94296 -0001 (916) 653 -6624 FAX (916) 653 -9824 calshpo @ohp.parks.ca.gov June 7, 2004 John Livingstone Heritage Preservation Commission City of Saratoga 13777 Fruitvale Avenue Saratoga, CA 95070 Dear Mr. Livingstone: RE: Historic Preservation Commission Review and Comment on the Nomination to the National Register of Historic Places Saratoga Foothill Club ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER, Governor Pursuant to the Certified Local Government Agreement between this office and your governmental entity, we are providing your historic preservation commission with a sixty -day review and comment period before the State Historical Resources Commission considers this application at its meeting on August 6, 2004, in the Ontario Convention Center, 2000 Convention Center Way, Ontario, CA 91764. This room is accessible to people with disabilities. Please review the enclosed information and send your comments to this office fifteen (15) before the State Historical Resources Commission, in order that the State Historical Resources Commission will have it available during consideration of the property. As a Certified Local Government under the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended, your Commission, after reasonable opportunity for public comment, shall prepare a report as to whether or not such property, in its opinion, meets the criteria for the National Register. Your report should be presented to the Chief Elected Local Official for transmission to the State Historic Preservation Officer. If you have questions or require further information, please contact the National Register Unit at (916) 653 -6624. Supplemental information on the National Register of Historic Places is available at our website at the following address: http: / /ohp.cal- parks.ca. o� v /register Thank you for your assistance in this program. Sincerely, J Milford Wayne Donaldson, FAIA State Historic Preservation Officer Enclosures: NR CLG Commission Nomination, Comment Form 1 i REVIEW AND COMMENT REPORT BY CERTIFIED LOCAL GOVERNMENT HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION ON AN APPLICATION FOR LISTING ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Property Name: Name of Certified Local Government: Category of Significance: Architecture History Archeology Other The Commission recommends the nomination of this property by listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the following comments: The Commission does not recommend this property for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places for the following reasons: Signature of Chairperson of the Historic Preservation Commission Commission Form Date IS � o O U~ ;xi�'a�Y'• � •��y - ±�� 9 CITY July 13, 1988 13777 FRUITVALE AVENUE • SARATOGA. CALIFORNIA 95070 (408) 867 -3438 COUNCIL MEMBERS: Mrs. Peggy Corr, President Saratoga Foothill Club P. O. Box 2233 Saratoga, CA 95070 Dear Mrs. Corr: Karen Anderson Martha Clevenger Joyce Hlava David Moyles Donald Peterson The Saratoga Heritage Preservation Commission is pleased to inform you that we have recently completed the Heritage Resource Inventory of important historic buildings in Saratoga. As one of Saratoga's Designated Heritage Resources ( #HP -1), the Saratoga Foothill Club is automatically included in the Inventory. Enclosed is a list of the entire Inventory and the individual Inventory form for your property which gives information about the building, the property and its history. We would appreciate your review of this form to let us know if there are any changes or additions your wish tQ include. If you have any questions, please direct them to the Commission through Valerie Young, our staff person at City Hall` (867 - 3438). Sincerely, Members of the Heritage Preservation Commission Elizabeth Ansnes Roy Cameron Norm Koepernik Sha Landsness Bar a Voester rren Heid, Chairman HISTORIC RESOURCES INVENTORY ( #48) IDENTIFICATION 1. Common name: Saratoga Foothill Club 2. Historic name: Saratoga Foothill Club 3. Street or rural address: 20399 Park Place City: Saratoga Zip: 95070 County: Santa Clara 4. Parcel number: 397 -22 -031 5. Present Owner: Saratoga Foothill Club Address: P.O. Box 2233 City: Saratoga Zip: 95070 Ownership is: Public: Private: X 6. Present User Clubhouse Original Use: " "Clubhouse DESCRIPTION 7a. Architectural style: Bay Region /Craftsman 7b. Briefly describe the present physical appearance of the site or structure and describe any major alterations from its original condition: This one -story redwood clubhouse is covered by two gabled roofs. The main gable runs lengthwise and forms the entry. A large round multi - paned window is centered in the second gable and is a focal point from both the exterior and interior. The details of this building are subtle. The illusion is one of mass, yet a delicate, fragile look is achieved in the use of heavy timber and glass. The main meeting room has two walls of multi -paned casement windows forming a horizontal facade typical of the period. These windows expand the space and contribute to the delicate look. The deep gabled facias are covered with specially cut and placed redwood shingles. The brackets were designed to fulfill the character and style of the building. The front facade has a trellis covered with wisteria. Many trees and foliage provide a natural feeling for this well- maintained site. (photograph here) 8. Construction date: Estimated: Factual: 1915 -16 9. Architect: Julia Morgan 10. Builder: Unknown 11. Approx. prop. size Frontage: Depth: approx. acreage: .5 12. Date(s) of enclosed photograph(s): 1988 13. Condition: Excellent: X Good: Fair: Deteriorated: No longer in existence: 14. Alterations: 15. Surroundings: (Check more than one if necessary) Open land: Scattered buildings: Densely built -up: X Residential: X Industrial: Commercial: Other: 16. Threats to site: None known: X Private development: Vandalism: Public Works project: Other: 17. Is the structure: On its original site? X Moved? 18. Related features: Zoning: Unknown? SIGNIFICANCE 19. Briefly state historical and /or architectural importance (include dates, events, and persons associated with the site). In 1915 the ladies of the Foothill Study Club solicited contributions from the community for construction of a clubhouse. The property for the building was donated by Mrs. D.C. Bell and Mrs. G.A. Wood, two women who were active in the community. The nationally known architect, Julia Morgan from San Francisco, was engaged to draw the plans. The clubhouse was completed in 1916, and is an excellent example of the Bay Region /Craftsman style. One of Morgan's early designs, it is noteworthy as one of "California's distinguished small redwood buildings." In 1923 the cost to build the structure was $5,200. The Foothill Club has been in continuous use as a women's club, but is also used by the community and individuals for meetings, cultural events and receptions. The Historic American Building Survey of the Dept. of Interior documented the Foothill Club. The building was also listed in the National Register of Historic Places. 20. Main theme of the historic resource: (If more than one is checked, number in order of importance.) Architecture: 1 Arts /Leisure: Economic /Industrial: Exploration /Settlement: Government: Military: Religion: Social /Ed.: 2 21. Sources (List books, documents, surveys, personal interviews and their dates). Santa Clara County Heritage Resource Inventory, 1975 & 1979; F. Cunningham, Saratoga's First Hundred Years, 1967; Sara Holmes Boutelle, Julia Morgan in Saratoga, 1979. 22. Date form prepared: 4/88 By (name): SHPC Organization: City of Saratoga Address: 13777 Fruitvale Ave. City: Saratoga Zip: 95070 Phone: 867 -3438 Locational sketch map (draw and label site and surrounding streets, roads, and prominent landmarks): A oa^n-r" STATE OF CALIFORNIA — THE RESOURCES AGENCY ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER, Governor OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION P.O. sox 942896 SACRAMENTO, CA 94296 -0001 (916) 653 -6624 Fax: (916) 653 -9824 calshpo@ohp.parks.ca.gov J ^ April 12, 2005 Ann Waltonsmith, Mayor City of Saratoga 13777 Fruitvale Avenue Saratoga, California 95070 Re: Saratoga Foothill Club National Register of Historic Places Dear Mayor Waltonsmith: am pleased to notify you that on February 27, 2005, Saratoga Foothill Club was placed on the National Register of Historic Places. As a result of being placed on the National Register of Historic Places, this property has also been listed in the California Register of Historical Resources, pursuant to Section 4851(a)(2) of the Public Resources Code. Placement on the National Register affords a property the honor of inclusion in the nation's official list of cultural resources worthy of preservation and provides a degree of protection from adverse affects resulting from federally funded or licensed projects. Registration provides a number of incentives for preservation of historic properties, including special building codes to facilitate the restoration of historic structures, and certain tax advantages. There are no restrictions placed upon a private property owner with regard to normal use, maintenance, or sale of a property listed in the National Register. However, a project that may cause substantial adverse changes in the significance of a registered property may require compliance with local ordinances or the California Environmental Quality Act. In addition, registered properties damaged due to a natural disaster may be subject to the provisions of Section 5028 of the Public Resources Code regarding demolition or significant alterations, if imminent threat to life safety does not exist. If you have any questions or require further information, please contact Cynthia Howse of the National Register Unit at (916) 653 -6624. Sinc' rely, Milford Wayne onaldson, FAIA State Historic Pr servation Officer NR Notification of Listing L1 JULIA MORGAN IN SARXfOGA Sara Holmes Boutelle Saratoga Foothill Club h f Saratoga Hlsloncal Muwuin Julia Morgan, Architect Among the many architectural gems which delight visitors to Saratoga and are a source of pride for the residents, there are several buildings designed by an important woman architect, Julia Morgan. The Foothill Club, the Federated Church, a splendid country house and some other more modest dwellings are what we know of tier work in this Santa Clara County town. Julia Morgan, born in 1872 in San Francisco, grew up in Oakland in very comfortable circumstances, the second of five children in a large Victorian house. Gifted in mathe- matics, she early wanted to become an architect. As there was no architectural school in the west, she enrolled in the engineering course at Berkeley. Here she joined the "Theta" sorority, making lifelong friends, several of whom became clients. Here, also, she had the good fortune to encounter Bernard Maybeck, a new teacher of descriptive geometry who had studied at the world center for architectural education, the Ecole des Beaux -Arts in Paris. He encouraged her to persevere in architecture by employing tier when she graduated in 1894, as assistant on his own building projects, and by recommending her to the Beaux -Arts, which had never admitted a woman. The Morgan family agreed to send Julia to Paris to study. Six years in Paris with art - historical trips on the continent combined well with her assiduous pursuit of what was to be learned once she was admitted to the Beaux- ikrts. The work there was all theoretical, all competitive, with an emphasis on fine drawingof clevatirn\, serlic►ns and plans. Reference- was to historical arrurinrcs of signific wttc•. with no interest in donic•stic building, or in fact to doing any real building. The drawings produced were eclectic in character, with models from classical, medieval and Renaissance periods. Eclecticism in architecture depends on a wide knowledge of styles and a sensitive eye -hand ability to see a plan on a site. Miss Morgan was notably successful in the Beaux -Arts design competitions. In addition, she had the opportunity of designing and supx•n'ising the actual construction of a "Grand Salon" for Mrs. Harriet Fearing of New York and Newport, in the town of Fontainebleau near Paris, in 1902. Fresh from tier Paris experience, just turned thirty, Morgan found a place with John Galen Howard, the architect in charge of implementing the new UC Berkeley campus plan. She worked for him on the Hearst Alining Building and on the Greek Theatre, earning respect and c•onunendanon on teeth jobs. There might have been every reason to expect her to continue with Howard in his developing of the campus and the new architectural school for the next twenty years or so, this in spite of his quoted reference to Morgan as "an excellent draftsman whore f have to Fray almost nothing, as it is a rs•0111:11C, Jelin Morg:tr►, however, �s;uUcd ur plat tile• on her o\%•It, with an office•, all "atelier" in her own name. She successfully passed the state certification examinations, and by 1904 had set up her practice in San Francisco. Important early commissions were the Mills College Bell Tower and Library, and the North Star Mille house in Grass Valley. Residences in Berkeley. Oakland and San Francisco kept the firm afloat in those first years. After the 1906 earthquake and fire, architects flourished, as the city had to be rebuilt. Morgan's success in restructuring the Fairmont Hotel led to other significant commissions. The Viavi Building on Pine Street and the Trading Room at the Merchants Exchange were conspicuous examples. In the decade following the fire, the Morgan office was a busy place. Churches and hospitals, additions to Phoebe Hearst's A-facienda" in Pleasanton, important homes in Vallejo, San Rafael, San Anselmo and Piedmont spread her fame beyond the immediate city. The architect's friendship witli Phoebe Apperson Hearst, stemming from that lady's interest in the women students at Berkeley (a decided minority in the 1890's), and their subsequent encounter in Paris, was certainly helpful. Walter Steilberg, longtime associate, pointed out however, that it was among other architects and engineers that word got out about her skills. The network of sorority sisters drew clients to Morgan, too. One especially, Grace Fisher Richards, had become a power in Oakland and the State YWCA Boards. She later moved as a bride to Saratoga. Julia Morgan was entrusted with the design of the YWCA Conference Grounds in Pacific Grove, under- written in large part by Phoebe Hearst. This became Asilomar, still today an important site for conferences and a State Monument. During the same year (1915) the Morgan office completed large YWCA's in Oakland and in San Jose. 1`1111114.1 RradinK ISnulcllr. S.u.1. " Ihr \1'on1.u1 \\'h.. ISu111 San N1111mil.•• Calrftrnon Alorrfhhv, 11. C. &•rkt•It•y, A111il 1976. Luntisurrh, Richard. Julia Morgan..Sorrrr Introductory Notes, &•rk"I"y Arehictrlural Ilrrirag Ass1K•iatinn. 1977. \hrnaN. h"n, The Golden Days of .Sari Simeon. G:ud"n City, 1971 Ri"ss. Suiann", vd., Thr Julin Morgan Archi- fee hrral 11istory 1'ngrr t, Rugional oral I fisurry office% Rancroh Library. U. C. &•rk"h•y. 1976. Su•ilht•1g. Wala•r, ' :loin" Exampl"s r1f the• Work 01' Julia Morg:u1," Ar"hitect and Engineer of Cahfonoa. Not"mlx•r 1918. I'4uu, tiusalla, "d.. 11'ornrrr in Arnerican Alf hem urrr, \\'hiuu•s floss, 1977. Julia Morgan in Saratoga' it was in the first years of this century that clubs became important for women in a way that similar associations for men had developed. These were institutions separate from home or business, where group activities could take place, with facilities for recreation and for ci%gic and educadonal programs. The Foothill Club in Saratoga was chartered as such an institution in 1907. When Julia Morgan was called in to design their building in 1915; according to club records and local newspapers, she offered four possible plans for their site, and brought in the one unanimously chosen for under $5,000. In the 1970's this building was insured for $150,000, hardly the current cost of replacement. The redwood structure with pergolas and gardens is simple and timeless. That it was up -to -date for its period is shown by Morgan's inclusion of a motion picture projection booth in the original blue - prints, with an opposite alcove where a screen could be pulled down for performances. The open timbers remind us of the rafters of a California barn, but there is an urbanity to the detail of doorways and stage which places it among the distinguished small redwood buildings in the state. Across Park Place from the Foothill Club, in the heart of Saratoga, is the Federated Church. Here sorority sister "Hayfield," the Chauncey Goodrich /-louse 1dwvl, c'ar" Grace Fisher Richards may have been instrumental in bringing in Julia Morgan as architect. Morgan gave Saratoga a church of clean, simple design, of poured concrete, Mediter- ranean in feeling. Its open square bell tower, with three arched windows on each side and a tiled roof, presides over Park Place. Behind the pair of massive double doors, the interior, with its fine carved wood altar and pews, is lighted by high narrow windows shielding worshippers from the hot Valley sun. Now much added to, so that the original building is used as a chapel, it still continues to function, as does the Foothill Club, in the F,ank Zwar, Axononietric Drawing, Foothill Club manner anticipated by the architect and by the founders. Set on a gentle slope among orcharc at the edge of town is the country house for the Chauncey Goodrich family of San Francisco. Mrs. Harrie de Saussure Blanding Goodrich had grown up in a Julia Morgan house in Belvedere. The Goodriches had fir: rented a farmhouse in Saratoga to get away from the foggy coastal rigor. They were so pleased by the location and climate that they asked Julia Morgan to build them a summer plac among the fruit trees looking off to th, Santa C RIZ Mountains. This was to be oriented to summer living, with thick walls of concrete, tiled veranda on three sides, a pool close at hand. The bedrooms faced north and the original entrance with large hall wa: to have been on the north side of thr U- shaped plan. Before it was finishec however, the Goodriches had decider that the house had become too impot tant (and too expensive) for just a few months of the year. They affirmo that it was to be their principal residence and Mr. Goodrich is said to have asked Miss Morgan to plan of making the wide door facing the mountains the main enu-ance. This door was at the center of the spaciou verandas extending around three side of the house, verandas which were tc serve as indoor- outdoor rooms for informal eating, relaxing, and as a kind of entrance hall not quite insid the building. The original entrance _ f 4 . hall on the north still led to the stair- case, and gave off to master bedrooms as well as to living room and library. Opposite was a service wing leading from dining room and pantry. French doors opened onto the veranda from each downstairs room. "Hayfield House" is commodious, just one room deep on the first floor, but about thirty rooms in all, with space for some two hundred to gather at a reception or musicale. Upstairs is a large hall sitting room, another library and a sewing room at the south, with bedrooms and connecting baths and sleeping porches provided forchildren and guests. Hospitality and pleasant living is expressed throughout. Sand- blasted redwood and Tiffany plaster on the interiors gave a simple yet elegant atmosphere requiring little care, unpretentious and almost casual, yet ready for the most formal N:nuv r;uLq,�hl Thr Frdrrnlyd Chritcl► n occasion. There arc• collages for staff on the other side of the pool and gardens, although housekeeper Mary McHugh kept an eye on the whole operation from her quarters upstairs for more than fifty years. During the period when Julia Morgan was frequently in Saratoga on these important jobs, she also built several small houses, one for Admiral Reiter and another for Com.' John Sisson Graham. Another "cottage," for which the drawing is in the Bancroft Library, shows the plans with no /client's name, no date and no address except "Saratoga." At the north end of town at the start of the Sunnyvale Road, Miss Morgan built at least one house for`B. Grant Taylor in a grove on the hillside sheltered by a great oak. It is said to have been designed for a music teacher (a relative of Taylor's) with a pleasant music room directly at the sweet entrance so the pupils would not have to go through the rest of the house. The main living room is framed by a pergola, and has a large window that is actually a two- story arched opening which gives a ` formal symmetry to this unpretentious redwood house. Wood panelling throughout the interior has for the most part been painted over, although the dining room is intact. There is another large redwood house on Oak' "Street; one of two built in about 1907 for the same client (Taylor), a banker, which shows some characteristics of Morgan's work, although only hearsay can back the claim. Another small cottage on La.Paloma is similarly lacking in proof. Saratoga was a sophisticated town, architecturally. Other fine houses built there by distinguished San Fran- cisco architects: Willis Polk, the Ctrletts, Gardner Dailey and Walter Steilberg, with several gardens by Tommy Church and the Memorial Arch for World War I by Bruce Porter. Even among other riches, however, Julia Morgan's designs stand out, continuing to fulfill their original roles. She is important as the first woman to be accepted at the Beaux - Arts, as the architect of two great state nnrntnnents. Asilomar and San slincon. She had a Slx'cial art ol, relating the suuclurc to the slit• and at the san►c tin►c to the client's wishes. To this subtle skill, Julia Morgan's Saratoga buildings give ample testimony. Furt/ter Viewing State Monuments Asilomar, Pacific Grove: San Simeon San Francisco The Heritage, 3400 Laguna: University High School, Jackson Sweet: Potrero Hill Com- munity House; The Residence, 940 Powell; London Chat tered Bank; /.en Center. Page & Laguna; Native Daughters of the Golden West Baker Street. Berkeley . Old St..John's C7uuch, College & Dcrby; Carton, university of California; University of C:alilin'nia \ \'onus's C:ym (with Bernard N9ayb ck); Morgan House, 2821 Claremont: Baptist Theological Seminary. Dwight & Hillegas; Berkeley City Club, 2315 Durant. Oakland YWCA, Webster & 15th; MiI1s Cblle;ge Campus; United Presbyterian Church, College near Claremont; King's Daughters Horne, Broadway & 39th. Sacramento Public Market (now the Secretary of State Offi(es); Children's Aid Society Headquarters (fornu•rl). the G(w-the House•). Los Angeles Hollywood Studio Club; Examiner Building Hawaii Honolulu YWCA. Hilo Colunrbarium. Elsewhere North Star Mine house, Grass Vallev; 'The Monday Club, San Luis Obispo; Lolrcro Building, Santa Barbara; The Minerva Club, Santa Maria: 171V Women's Club. Sausalito; YWCA, Fresno; YWCA, Pasadena; YWCA, Riverside; YW(A, Salt lake City; 1'W(A, San Pedro; Veterans Building, Palo Alto. N. II�v�Litw�hl R. Grant Taylor blouse Production Credits Grant from the Soufisseau Academy, San Jose State Founda(ion: design assistance by Nancy I leadalm)lll and 0)61111e Howell Boutelle: Fcwithill Club material from Mclint Oden and the Saratoga I listorical Museum: brochure deign by Fiank %wait. I , F r-/ ORDINANCE NO. HP -1 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SARATOGA DESIGNATING THE PROPERTY KNOWN AS THE SARATOGA FOOTHILL CLUB (APN 397- 22 -31) AS A HERITAGE RESOURCE The City Council of the City of Saratoga hereby ordains as follows: SECTION 1: After careful review and consideration of the report of the Heritage Presetvation Commission, the apblication and supporting materials the City Council has determined that the findings per Exhibit "B" can be made and hereby designates the property known as the Saratoga Foothill Club as a Heritage Resource of the City of Saratoga. SECTION 2: This designation shall become operative and take effect thirty (30) days from its date of passage. This ordinance was regularly introduced and after the waiting time required by law was thereafter passed and adopted this 21stday of March , 19 84 , by the following vote: AYES: Councilmembers Callon, Clevenger, Fanelli, Mallory and Mayor Moyles NOES: None ABSENT :None ABSTAIN: None MAYOR ATTEST: e. CITY CLERK EXHIBIT B REPORT OF FINDINGS 1. The Saratoga Foothill Club has special historical, architectural and aesthetic value as part of the heritage of Saratoga, Santa Clara County and the State of California. 2. The Saratoga Foothill Club satisfies the criteria set forth in Section 5 of Ordinance No. 66 as indicated in the findings made by the Heritage Preservation Commission attached to Application HP -1. FA 9 li 3- 3/21/84 The Council then recessed for the purpose of a closed session on litigation from 8 :07 to 8:38 p.m. V. PUBLIC HEARING A. Consideration of Request for Rate Increase by Green Valley Disposal Company (continued from 3/7) The public hearing was opened at 8:30 p.m. r Don Carr, 19803 Merribrook Court, asserted that the scale at the landfill did not work, Ii and garbage was being charged by volume, not weight. Mr.Zanardi, of Guadalupe Rubbish, stated that all rubbish was weighed, and that there were two scales. John Haufe, Canyonview Drive, requested that the two free unlimited pickups per.year be reinstated. Dora Grens, 13451 Old Oak Way, stated that she lived in a hard -to -serve area and that she, together with her neighbors, favored the two free unlimited pickups per year. She'also stated that she often took garbage to the dump, and it was not weighed. Bill Sheridan, 19776 Lisa Avenue, stated that many citizens had not came to the public hearing because they believed the Council would pass the proposed temporary 10% rate increase; he asserted that Green Valley would present the Council with an ultimatum and urged the Council not to yield. Lois Cockshaw, Canyon View Drive, objected to the fact that lowland areas could have unlimited pickup. She also urged that an audit be performed. Jesse Jack, attorney representing Green Valley Disposal, reviewed the history of the rate increase request, stating that Green Valley had cooperated extensively with the Rate Review Committee. He noted that the City, in considering a 10% temporary rate increase, had not promised that the requested 34% increase would be granted if an audit indicated that the books were accurate. Mr. Jack expressed the opinion that the City was not negotiating in good faith. He stated that Green Valley could not continue their level of service on the basis of a 10% increase and, moreover, that there might be problems with the other contract cities if Green Valley accepted the 10% increase. He satated that if the 10% increase were offered, Green Valley would discontinue service to Saratoga as of April 20, 1984. If the City were unable .to find a replacement by that date, he said, Green Valley would accommodate the City under certain conditions, among which would be good faith attempts on the part of the City to find a replacement service. Mr. Toppel of the City Attorney's Office disputed Mr. Jack's contention that the City was not negotiating in good faith. He noted that it had been stated clearly at the last study session that the City was providing a temporary increase as a good faith gesture pending the final decision. He pointed out that the franchise agree- ment states that Green Valley can ask for an increase and that the Council is entitled to review the recommendation of the Rate Review Committee to determine whether to approve a change in the rate schedule. The other contract cities, he said, are not entitled to dictate to the Saratoga Council what it should do. He expressed doubt that Green Valley had made an offer to perform an audit which the Rate Review Commit- tee declined, as Mr. Jack had asserted. Mr. Toppel pointed out that the City has not stated that it would deny Green Valley's request; he believed that Green Valley's giving a date of termination of service was not proper under the contract and would be regarded as a breach of contract by the City. The City would take appropriate action to prevent termination, he said. If Green Valley disputed Council action he believed that their remedy was to let a judge decide the issue, not to terminate service. The public hearing was closed at 8:59 p.m Counci] member Callon and Mr. Toppel discussed the wording of the draft resolution, including the type of audit to be done, payment arrangements, and the fact that the 10% increase was to be a temporary increase. Councilnember Callon commented that the Council had stated at the study session that they were willing to consider several measures to increase Green Valley's revenue, such as mandatory service, man- datory curbside service, and increasing commercial rates. She also suggested that 4- 3/21/84 a lien system might be possible to reduce bad debts. She objected to Mr. Jack's statement that the City was not attempting to resolve the problem. -- Councilmember Fanelli suggested that the scope of the audit be left to whoever was hired to perform it, since that person would have the expertise to make that judg- ment. Councilmember Mallory expressed the view that the Council's action in passing a 10% increase would be unreasonable and would show to some degree a lack of good faith. He stated that Saratoga's negotiators had decided that no audit was neces- sary five months ago, and they represented the City. He felt that Green Valley had fully cooperated with the Rate Review Committee, and the City had not contested any specific issues raised by that ccurnittee. He also believed that there was an increase in service, caused in large part by the one can /unlimited structure which the Council had adopted a year ago. Mr. Mallory suggested establishing a businesslike working relationship which would include a rate structure which would charge by cans used plus an unlimited rate, plus pickup when it is appropriate. He also favored accept- ing Green Valley's offer to audit, although he believed if the City was unhappy with Green Valley the City ought to terminate the contract and go to bid. He was not pleased with the process the Council was going through. Councilmember Clevenger felt that it would have been better if the Rate Review Com- mittee had kept the Council informed earlier in the process. She reminded those present, however, that the Council had spent a great deal of time last year in efforts to develop an equitable rate structure, and in good faith they had not expected to be faced with another increase so soon. Under the circumstances, she felt it necessary to gain more information to justify another increase. Mayor Moyles felt it necessary for the Council not to defer the question of the increase to the Rate Review CUiiilittee, but to take the responsibility on them- selves. He disassociated himself completely from Mr. Mallory's remarks concerning the good faith character of the Council's actions. He subscribed to the City Attorney's position concerning the City's legal position. He suggested that the Council take up the resolution as modified concerning the cost of the audit; sched- ule the topic for a study session to determine the scope of the audit; schedule a study session to review the City Attorney's recanmendations in response to Green Valley's canments. Council and City Attorney discussed wording of resolution -and its title. MOYLES / FANELLI MOVED TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 2129 OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SARATOGA APPROVING A TEMPORARY AND INTERIM RATE INCREASE UNDER THE FRANCHISE AGREE- MENT WITH GREEN VALLEY DISPOSAL COMPANY, WITH THE LAST SENTENCE IN PARAGRAPH 2 MODI- FIED TO READ "GREEN VALLEY SHALL BE RESPOSIBLE FOR PAYMENT OF SUCH AUDIT COSTS As MAY BE REQUIRED UNDER THE TERMS OF THE FRANCHISE AGREEMENT, AND THE BALANCE OF ANY COST SHALL BE PAID BY THE CITY:" Passed 4 -1 (Mallory opposed). There was consensus to agendize for the next study session the question of the scope of the Green Valley audit, as well as a closed session on litigation. Mr. Toppel asked Councilmembers for suggestions for auditors who might conduct the audit, since he hoped to avoid the public bid process on this specialized topic. MayorMbyles returned to items preceding public hearings. //C. /ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS (continued) 2. Ordinance Designating Foothill Club as Heritage Resource (second reading) FANELLI /CLEVENGER MOVED TO READ THE ORDINANCE BY TITLE ONLY, WAIVING FURTHER READUC. Passed 5 -0. FANELLI/CLEVENGER MOVED TO ADOPT ORDINANCE HP -1. Passed 5 -0. L 3. Ordinance concerning Enforcement of Code and Ordinance Provisions (second reading) CLEVENGER /MALLORY MOVED TO READ THE ORDINANCE BY TITLE ONLY, WAIVING F=HER READING. Passed 5 -0. CLEVENGER /MALLORY MOVED TO ADOPT ORDINANCE 38.118. Passed 5 -0. -rr Cate Received �2-11f Designation No. —� Meeting Date j Fee (No fee for designation only) CITY OF SARATOGA HERITAGE RESOURCE DESIGNATION /PERMIT APPLICATION FORM I. Identification of Heritage Resource A. Name 1) Common Name Saratoga Foothill Club 21 Historic Name B. Location /Address 20399 Park Place, Saratoga, California C. Assessor's Parcel Number 397_ ?2_nit` D. Usa of Site Club meetings.& ".community social and civic events" 1) Original same E. Present Owner Saratoga Foothill Club (Please attach..documentation of ownership)_ 1) Address P.0'. Box 2233, Sy�ratoga, Calif. 95070 2) Phone Number(408) 867 -3428 3) Public or Private Ownership private 4) Has Owner been Notified of Application? yes II. Purpose of Application :- A. Application for Designation or Permit? designation 1. If application for permit briefly describe proposal and alterations required. B. Application for Heritage_ Landmark, Lane or District? 1. If application for heritage lane or district please attach required petitions (Section 6(a) Ord. No. 66). ri .�+r��, 1� r'�(1•`�L�al1_:4:LK:.,yi ��,..l i; �..n.•. ..�'_�...ie .lr•i il4 ,.r - �. jf- S'araruga Historic-il Musr•mn Saratoga Foothill Club Axonometric Draining, Foothill Club Frank Z.an The Foothill Club in Saratoga was chartered as such an institution in 1907. When Julia Morgan was called. in to design their building in 1915, according to club records and local newspapers, she offered four possible plans for their site, and brought in the one unanimously chosen for under $5,000. In the 1970's this building was insured for $150,000, hardly the current cost of replacement. The redwood structure with pergolas and gardens is simple and timeless. That it was up -to -date for its period is shown by Morgan's inclusion of a motion picture projection booth in the original blue - prints, with an j opposite alcove where a screen could be pulled down for performances. The open timbers remind us of the rafters of a California barn, but there is an urbanity to the detail of doorways and stage which places it among the distinguished small redwood buildings in the state. I III. Description A. Briefly describe the present physical appearance of the site (including major vegetation features) or structure and describe any existing major alterations from its original condition: Redwood structure with pergolas and gardens. The open timbers in the main hall are reminiscent of a California barn.. Main vegetation includes large conifers, wisteria on pergolas, and the low maintenance gardens and patio are sebluded from the street by a high hedge. The building has had no major alterations from its original condition. B. Architectural Style California Craftsman C. Year of Construction 1915 - 1916 / .D. Name of Architect or Builder Julia Morgan, Architect San Francis( E. Approximate property size in feet (please attach legal description if available) 1) Frontage see atlacl+ed 5 ;fie rr,cip 2 ) Depth 3) Approximate Acreage F. Condition of Structure and /or Site (circle one): 1) Excellent 2) Fair 3) Deteriorated G. Is structure altered or unaltered? unaltered H. Secondary structures on site. Describe._ none I. Is this the original site or has the structure been moved? original site J. Photo (Date Taken: L*ation Map y jk G o A Q a X A N (Label site and surrounding streets roads and prominent landmarks) IV. Significance A. Briefly describe historical'and /or architectural importance of the resource (include dates, events and persons associated with the site) : Early design of Julia Morgan. first licensed wnman nrrhitant in California. Noteworthy as one of the distinguished small redwood buildings in California. In 1915 the ladies of the Foothill Study Club-solicited contributions from the community (Attach sheet if more space required)for construction B. List sources used to determine historical value (i.e. books, documents, surveys, persona_l.interviews and their dates): "The Saratoga Foothill C1ub,A History" by Melita Oden (1978) "Saratoga's First Hundred Years" by Florence Cunningham "Julia Morgan in Saratoga" by Sara Holmes Bouielle C. Does this site /structure have a county, state or federal historical landmark designation? Designated historic landmark by Santa Clara County Historical Society in 1975. V. Form submitted by: 1) Name 2, ycpJ eJ - 2) Address,Z�__*7_1.Y/ �i ��c/^cl L� . 1 f 2 -<! Ile- 3) Phone Number 4) or Saratoga Heritage Preservation Commission 0 1 37 A) QUITCLAIM DEED THIS QUITCLAIM DEED, made this day of hay 1939) by CHARLOTTE A. WOOD, a single woman, first party, to SARATOGA FOOTHILL CLUB, a corporation, second ra rty, W I T N E S S E T H: That said first party, in consideration of the sum of One($1.00) Dollars, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, does hereby remise, release and quitclaim unto said second party, forever, all the right, title, interest, claim and demand, both 'at lag• and in equity, as well in possession as in expectancy, of the said first Party of, in and to all those certain lands situate in the County of Santa Clara, State of California, and de- scribed as follows, to -nit: • Parcel No. 1: Beginning at a point on the Northeasterly line of Park Place where the same is intersected by the dividing line be- tween Lots 1 and 2 in Block 2, as delineated and so designated u:;on iiap hereinafter referred to; thence Northeasterly along said dividing line 157.94 feet to the Southwesterly line of an alley, thence Southeasterly along said line of said alley, 6 feet; thence'Southwesterly and parallel with said dividing line to said line of Park Place, thence Northerly along said line of Park Place to the point of beginning and be- ing the Northwesterly 6 feet of Lot 2 in Block 2, as delineated and so designated upon Map entitled, "Amended Map of Saratoga Park Lots, being part'of Quito Rancho at Saratoga, Santa Clara County, California," which said Map was filed August 17, 1904 in the office of the County Recorder of the County of Santa Clara, State of California, in Vol. "0" of Maps, pages 58 and 59. Parcel No. 2: Lot 1 in Block 2 as delineated upon Lap entitled "Amended Map of Saratoga Park Lots, being part of Quito Rancho at Sara- toga, Santa Clara County, California," which said Map was filed August 17, 1904 in the office of the County Recorder of the County of Santa Clara, State of•California, in Vol. "0" of Maps, pages 58 and 59. -1- f a �z QUITCLAIM DEED THIS QUITCLAIM DEED, made this 8th day of 2'ay, 1939, by CLARK P. BELL, a widow, first party, to SARATOGA FOOTHILL CLUB, a corporation, second party, :7 I T N E S S E T H : That said first party, in consideration of the sum of One (51.00) Dollar, the receipt whereof is hereby ' acknowledged, does hereby remise, release and cuitclaim unto•said second party, forever, all the right, title, .interest, claim and demand, both at law and in equity, as well in possession as in expectancy, of the said first party of, in, and to all those certain lands situate in the County of Santa Clara, State of California, and de- scribed as follows, to -r.it: Parcel No. 1: Beginning at a point on the North -' easterly line of Park Place where the same is intersected by the dividing line between Lots 1 and 2 in Block 2, as delineated and so designated upon ?fap hereinafter referred to; thence North- easterly along said dividing line 157.94 feet to the Southwesterly line of an alley, thence South- easterly along said line of said alley, 6 feet; thence Southwesterly and parallel with said di- viding line to said line of Park Place, thence Northerly along said line of Park Place to the point of beginning and being the Northwesterly 6 feet of Lot 2 in Block 2, as delineated and so designated upon Map entitled, "Amended Map of Saratoga Park Lots, being part of Quito Rancho at Saratoga, Santa Clara County, California," which said Nap was filed August 17, 1904 in the office of the County Recorder of the County of Santa Clara, State of California, in Vol. "0" of Naps, pages 58 and 59. Parcel No. 2: Lot 1 in Block 2 as delineated upon hap entitled, "Amended Nap of Saratoga Park Lo-.s, being part of Quito Rancho at Saratoga, Santa Clara County, California," which said Map was filed August 17, 1904 in the office of the County Recorder of the County of Santa Clara, State of California, in Vol. "0" of Maps, pages 58 and 59. -1- I'M P 0 R T A N T Prior to submitting an application for heritage resource designation or permit application to alter such a resource, the following should be read carefully. I, the applicant, understand that by applying for a permit to alter such a resource that the site of this resource will. be subject to the limitations and provisions of Ordinance No. 66. I also agree that these limitations and provisions will be complied with as well as any conditions upon which the application is granted. In witness whereof, I here unto set my hand this day of 19 Signature Print' Name La-r 1 ! T 4a m rn Address I:zl_lQ Phone: Residence ��, 7 _!�S"�- 7 Business !_ 1-e S, S6 t-O)-O Q Fool-hill Club VI. Recommendation of Commission to (circle one): City Council Planning Commission /Community Development Department A. The Herita e Preservation. Commission is fo /against the proposed designation /permit- application. B. Comments: The Saratoga Foothill Club should go down in the history of Saratoga as its first heritage resource designation. 4 HP -1 FINDINGS: 1. The Saratoga Foothill Club exemplifies special elements of the cultural, social, and architectural history.of the City. 2. The Saratoga Foothill Club has -been identified with persons and events significant in local and state history. 3. The Saratoga Foothill Club embodies distinctive characteristics of a style of construction and is a.valuable example of craftsmanship. 4. The Saratoga Foothill Club is representative of the notable design and craft of the architect - Julia Morgan. 5. The Saratoga Foothill Club represents an established and familiar visual feature of the .Park Place neighborhood. 6. The Saratoga Foothill Club is significant to the setting and environment of the area which is one of the oldest neighborhoods of the City of Saratoga and it contributes to the special character of this neighborhood. Sign Chair - Heritage Preservation Commission STATE OF CALIFORNIA - THE RESOURCES AGENCY ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER, Governor OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION P.O. BOX 942896 SACRAMENTO, CA 94296 -0001 (916) 653 -6624 FAX (916) 653 -9824 calshpo @ohp.parks.ca.gov June 7, 2004 Office of the Mayor City of Saratoga 13777 Fruitvale Avenue Saratoga, CA 95070 To Whom It May Concern: RE: Chief Elected Local Official Review and Comment on Nomination to the National Register of Historic Places Saratoga Foothill Club Pursuant to the Certified Local Government Agreement between this office and your governmental entity, we are providing you as the chief elected local official with a sixty -day review and comment period before the State Historical Resources Commission considers this application at its meeting on Friday, August 6, 2004 at the Ontario Convention Center, 2000 Convention Center Way, Ontario, California, 91764. This room is accessible to people with disabilities. Please review the enclosed information and send your comments on the enclosed "Review and Comment Report" form to this office fifteen (15) days before the State Historical Resouces Commission meeting, in order that the State Historical Resources Commission will have it available during consideration of the property. As a Certified Local Government under the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended, the chief elected local official is required to provide comments on the proposed National Register application and to submit the report of the local preservation commission. Your Commission, after reasonable opportunity for public comment, shall prepare a similar report.as to whether or not such property, in its opinion, meets the criteria for the National Register. If you have questions or require further information, please contact the National Register Unit at (916) 653 -6624. Supplemental information on the National Register of Historic Places is available at our website at the following address: http://ohp.cal-parks.ca.p,ov/rep-iste Thank you for your assistance in this program. Sincerely, Milford" Wayne Donaldson, FAIA State Historic Preservation Officer Enclosures: NR CLG Chief Local Nomination, Comment Form REVIEW AND COMMENT REPORT BY CERTIFIED LOCAL GOVERNMENT CHIEF LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIAL ON AN APPLICATION FOR LISTING ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Property Name: S 'C OGA 'SOOT W Ll_ C LU 13 Name of Certified Local Government: C t-C O'F Category of Significance: V Architecture History Archeology Other �ZThe City Council recommends the nomination of this property be listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the following comments: <S-c r2ONG LV U12GC -tt4c 5� 3�C � t�isTO2�C P �sLVP�N— c)K) C0r1-kM\SSl0 `CO _fv� BGov C �Cl-}�S >4PPL \Cf��LO�I, The City Council does not recommend this property for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places for the following reasons: Signature of Chief Local Elected Official City Form Date REVIEW AND COMMENT REPORT BY CERTIFIED LOCAL GOVERNMENT HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION ON AN APPLICATION FOR LISTING ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Property Name: S'PV-P,�-Z Q& N `-0D T 4 A LL L W C3 Name of Certified Local Government: C n --/ O i-- S fitia-LZ O &A Category of Significance: Architecture Other History Archeology V The Commission recommends the nomination of this property by listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the following comments: c� The Commission does not recommend this property for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places for the following reasons: Signature of Chairperson of the Historic Preservation Commission Commission Form /a 2-004 - Dat NPS Form 10 -900 DRAFT OMB 1 :t OCL 1990 g,._ ,... ` • ' _... s i United States Department of the Interior National Park Service 9 FEAR tuU4 National Register of Historic Places fi Registration Form This form is for use in nominating or requesting determinations of eligibility for individual pro .- 'es or _ ..•.v" districts. See instructions in Guidelines for Completing National Register Forms (National Register Bulletin 16). Complete each item by marking "x" in the appropriate box or by entering the requested information. If an item does not apply to the property being documented enter "N /A" for " not applicable." For functions, styles, materials, and areas of significance, enter only the categories and subcategories listed in the instructions. For additional space use continuation sheets (Form 10- 900a). Type all entries. /��lQQ 3 / ,3 -QQal 1 Name of Prosy Historic Name SARATOGA FOOTHILL CLUB Other names /site number FOOTHILL WOMEN'S CLUBJHE FOOTHILL STUDY CLUB 2 Location street and number 20399 Park Place nLa not for publication city, town Saratoga nia- vicinity state CA code CA county Santa Clara code 85 zip code 95070 3 State/Federal Agency Certification As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended, I hereby certify that this _nomination _ request for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the National Register of Historic Places and meets the procedural and professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60. In my opinion, the property _ meets _ does not meet the National Register criteria. see continuation sheet Signature of certifying official Date State or Federal agency and bureau In..my opinion, the property _ meets _ does not meet the National Register criteria. (_ see continuation sheet for additional comments) Signature of certifying officialJTitle State or Federal agency and bureau Date 4 National Park Service Certification I hereby certify that this property is: _ entered in the National Register _ see continuation sheet _ determined eligible for the National Register _ see continuation sheet _ determined not eligible for the National Register _ see continuation sheet removed from the National Register other, (explain:) Signature of the Keeper Date of Action Saratoga Finnthill Club Santa Clara County CA Name of Property County and State 5 Classification Ownership of Property Category of Property Number of Resources within Property private building(s) Contributing Noncontributing public -local _ district 1 _ 0 buildings public -State _ site public- Federal _ structure object Name of related multiple property listing: n/a 0 0 sites 0 0 structures 0 -0 objects 1 0 Total No. of contributing resources previously listed in the National Register 0 6 Function or Use Fhstoric functions (enter categories from instructions) Current Functions (enter categories from instructions) Women's Clubhouse Clubhouse; Community Meeting Hall; Events Z, Description Architectural Classification (enter categories from instructions) Materials (enter categories from instructions) Craftsman Bungalow Narrative Description foundation concrete walls wood roof shake other n/a X see continuation sheet Saratoga Foothill Club Santa Clara Counts CA Name of Property County and State 8 Statement of Significance Applicable National Register Criteria _A _B X C _D Criteria Considerations (Exceptions) _A _B _C _D _E _F _G Areas of sigli ficance (enter a egories from instructions) Period of Significance Significant Dates e rchitecture 1915 1921.1923.1925. 1936. 1974. 1980x. 2004 (additions, repair. replacement, and restoration of original featured ultural Affiliation n/a Significant Peram Architect/Builder n/a Julia Morgan 1872 -1957 Narrative Statement of Significance. X—see continuation sheet Saratoga Foothill Club Santa Clara County, CA Name of Property County and State 9 Major Bibliographical References Previous documentation on file (NPS) nLa preliminary deternunation of individual listing (36CFR 67) has been requested n(a previously listed in the National Register p1a previously determined eligible by the National Register n/A designated as a National Historic Landmark _X_ recorded by Historic American Buildings Survey #CA -2014 n1a recorded by Historic American Engineering Record # X other Saratoga City Landmark #1 10 graphical Data Acreage of property 7,409 sq., ft or .17 acres UTM References A 10 586120.4123860 Zone Easting Northing X- see continuation sheet Primary location of additional data: X State historic preservation office (NABS documents) WA Other State agency X Federal agency X Local government 1A University WA Other Specify repository: Saratoga City Hall, Library of Congress B_ Zone C D _ Easting Northing see continuation sheet Verbal Bmmdary Description Lot 1 plus 6 feet of Lot 2 in Block 2 - Saratoga Park Subdivision. Bounded on two sides by Park Place with an alley at the rear of the building and a property line fence on the southeast side. Donated in May 1914 by Mrs. George A. Wood and Mrs. Davis C. Bell. Recorded 05- 13 -39. _ see continuation sheet Boundary Justification The nominated property includes the entire parcel historically associated with the Saratoga Foothill Club. see continuation sheet 11 Form Prepared By name /title Beth Wyman, Historian and Saratoga Foothill Club Member since 1999 organization Saratoga Foothill Club date March 22, 2004 street and number 20399 Park Place telephone 408/867 -1195 email Bethwy @aol.com city or town Saratoga state CA zip code 95070 Please note that current Saratoga Foothill Club President for Y2003 -2004 is: Ellen Prandi 20878 Jacks Road Saratoga, CA 95070 phone: 408/867 -5008 email: ellenprandi@aol.com Additional Documentation Included* - Continuation Sheets - Maps including sketch map of property, vicinity map, and USGS map 7.5 series. - Photographs. Black and white photos of the property; photos of other Julia Morgan projects in Saratoga. - Copies of HABS Drawings CA- 2014, 1978. Various elevations of the building. - Informational Newspaper article see continuation sheet Saratoga Foothill Club Santa Clara County, CA Nance of Property County and State NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES - Continuation Sheet Section number 7 Page 1 Describe present and historic physical appearance The Saratoga Foothill Clubhouse, erected 1914 -15, is a modestly scaled redwood building which, because of the bungalow style design and low, horizontal massing, blends in nicely with its residential surroundings. The one - storied shingled structure is distinguished by carved trellises, projecting bracketed bays, and a circular multi -paned rose window set into the principal gable. It was designed by Berkeley architect, Julia Morgan, the first woman to graduate from the School of Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, and Paris' Ecole des Beaux -Arts. She designed more than a thousand buildings in the Bay area during the first half of the 20th century, and is known for her significant contribution to the development of the Bay Area Tradition, a California vernacular of small- scaled wooden structures derived from details of historic styles. The one -story building measures approximately 74' across the front (northwest) facade by 60' deep, with projections at several points around the building. A trellis extends 70' to the sidewalk fronting Park Place on the south west Description-of the Exterior The exterior walls are covered with natural redwood shakes, placed in horizontal bands and alternately exposed 3 "- by -12" and 3" -by 3 -1/2". The roof consists of two gables, set at a right angle to one another. The gable which runs 61 feet northwest - southeast covers the Assembly Room. It is a large wooden and metal truss structure. The second gable runs southwest to northeast and is 48 feet long. The main roofs are covered with three foot shakes, exposed one foot to the weather. The front southwest side entry bays are protected by flat roofs, trimmed with trellis- work around the eaves. Porches: The front entry vestibule projects 7' 4" beyond the northwest facade. It is topped by flat- bracketed bungalow style roof and fronted by flanking wooden benches. Extending out from the southwest (side) rear doorway is a bracketed wooden trellis, creating a naturally protected walkway. A raised porch with a plain redwood railing and balusters fronts the southeast (side) and northeast (rear) doorways. Chimneys: One chimney serves the dining room fireplace and is located on the southeast side of the northeast - soutbwest ridge. A second chimney serves the basement furnace and is located on the northeast side of the intersecting gable. Doorways and Doors: The main entry has double redwood panel doors with an attached carved ornament on each, and a redwood panel overhead with the club's name inscribed. Three additional exterior doors are framed by plain trim and have four to ten light& Windows: Each of the three large Assembly Room openings on the northwest facade are filled with three window sets; each set includes a nine -light window with a three -light transom overhead. Of the three window sets, only one in each opening is operable; the remaining two are fixed. Most of the other windows around the building are grouped in the same manner, with the exception of the windows on the northeast (side) and those in the service and stage room, which are six -light casements. A large circular multi -paned rose window is set in the Assembly Room's northwest gable. In the center is a four -light pivoting window. Description of the Interior - Floor Plan Basement: There is a partial basement under the stage area and a small furnace room extending under the Assembly Room. Access to the basement is through an exterior door at the rear of the dining room bay. Main Floor: The main floor is dominated by the 33' -9" x 40' -3" Assembly Room. Adjoining the Assembly Room on axis to the main entry are three rooms of equal width - the vestibule, the hall, and the dining room. This axis culminates in the projecting bay of the dining room. To the southeast of the entry is a thirty -four foot wide service area, including the kitchen and two pantries, the men's and ladie's dressing and restrooms, and a rear service door. Rooms flank each side of the stage, one to its northeast and two to the southwest. Xsee continuation sheet Saratoga Foothill Club Santa Clara County, CA Name of Property County and State NATIONAL REGISTER OF HLSTORIC PLACES - continuation sheet Section number 7 Page 2 On the southwest is a storage room and the stage room with a side entry. Stairwa With the exception of the three risers leading to the stage, there are no interior stairways. Flooring: Hardwood boarding covers all principal rooms. The vestibule and dressing rooms are carpeted. The kitchen, pantry and lavatories are covered with sheet linoleum. Wall and Ceiling Finish: Redwood paneling extends ten feet up from the baseboard and plaster covers the area between the paneling and ceiling in the principal rooms. In the Assembly Room, redwood strips are laid over plaster to suggest half -timber construction. An additional truss is suggested in the framing above the stage. The stage storage room is unfinished with the ceiling and wall framing exposed. The service rooms are painted plaster. Wallpaper covers the dressing room walls. The Assembly Room ceiling is an exposed wood -and -iron truss with exposed redwood decking. Other rooms are covered with acoustical tiles. Doorways and Doors: The. doors complement the wood paneling pattern in the ball and dining room. An exception to this is the Dutch door to the left of the dining room fireplace. Two sets of accordion doors, with three - and -one -balf doors in each set, are between the dining and assembly rooms. The remaining doors in the principal rooms are glass- paneled French doors, varying in the number and size of the lights. Hardware. Most of the window and door hardware is brass and quite simple in design. Lighting; The Assembly Room is lighted by large cylindrical hanging lamps with incandescent bulbs. Also, flood lights are attached to ceiling trusses. Most of the building is lighted by hanging incandescent fixtures. The service area has fluorescent lighting. The stage has a single row of stationary floodlights. Heating: A central hot air furnace in the basement is connected to floor registers in the main rooms. see continuation sheet Saratoga Foothill Club Santa Clara County. CA Name of Property County and State NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES - Continuation Sheet Section number 8 Page 1 NARRATIVE STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE The Saratoga Foothill Clubhouse was built during a time of burgeoning expansion for community organizations specifically devoted to the advancement of women's educational and social activities. The Foothill Study Club in Saratoga was no exception. It had been founded as a small but serious study group in 1907. When the membership outgrew their local meeting venues, the women decided to build their own clubhouse. The group was incorporated in October, 1914 as the Saratoga Foothill Club in order to begin raising funds for this endeavor. They were fortunate to have two members who generously donated a plot of land and it was no surprise that they chose Julia Morgan as their architect. The 89 year old building remains intact and in excellent condition and the 97 year old Saratoga Foothill Club continues on in uninterrupted existence and has maintained ownership of the clubhouse. The building was designed by famed woman architect, Julia Morgan, and its design embodies the distinctive characteristics of the Bay Area Tradition type of Craftsman/Bungalow construction. It was designated City of Saratoga Historic Landmark #1 in 1988. Historic Persons and Events Connected to the Structure: The Foothill Study Club, the oldest social organization in the City of Saratoga, began in 1907 as a small women's club dedicated to the member's self - improvement through reading and public speaking. Before the present clubhouse was erected in 1915, the women met in private homes. To raise the necessary building funds, the study club merged with a holding company, adopting the name Saratoga Foothill Club. The holding company, which was established prior to the town's incorporation, actually held title to the Town Plaza for thirty -five years. In addition to its use as the home of the Foothill Club, the clubhouse served as Saratoga's first motion picture theater, fulfilling a promise to the townspeople when money was being solicited for the building construction. One of the club's community services included a motion picture committee which rated the content and subject matter of the films selected to be shown. Julia Morgan 1872 -1957 Julia Morgan was one of the most prominent architects in the Bay region during the first half of the twentieth century. She was born in San Francisco in 1872 and spent her childhood in Oakland. Her career as an architecture student is historically as important as her architectural practice. Entering the University of California at Berkeley in 1890, Morgan was the first woman to graduate from the School of Engineering, receiving her degree in 1894. At Berkeley she studied for a year under geometry professor, Bernard Maybeck, the person who most deeply influenced her in her decision to pursue architecture as a profession - - "*Maybeck urged Morgan to apply to Paris' Ecole des Beaux -Arts, despite of the fact that the school did not accept women. Her application was accompanied by a strong recommendation from Maybeck, a former graduate of the school, as well as from other influential sponsors. Without a firm commitment from the school she traveled to Paris, commencing on a year of strenuous entrance examinations, after which she was accepted, and in 1901, Morgan became the first woman to receive a certificate from the Beaux Arts. By the time Morgan returned from Paris and set up an office in San Francisco in 1905, the communities surrounding San Francisco Bay were growing and creating a demand for suburban homes. Along the way, Morgan, California's first licensed woman architect, had attracted two high - profile patrons, William Randolph Hearst and his philanthropist mother, Phoebe Hearst, and her work was in constant demand. This included jobs for the Hearsts at UC Berkeley and at the Hearst Castle in San Simeon, for Mills College, a noted women's educational establishment, for girls' schools, ladies' clubs, hospitals, churches and retirement homes. She designed buildings in most major California cities for the Young Women's Club of America (YWCA). Morgan's biographer, Richard Longstreth, wrote that Morgan believed that "the architect should be a semi - anonymous contributor to a team whose efforts were dictated by people's spiritual needs. . . and that an assertive use of form violated the master - servant relationship between life and architecture." (Julia X-see continuation sheet Saratoga Foothill Club Santa Clara County. CA Name of Property County and State NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES - Continuation Sheet Section number 8 Page 2 Egan Architect 1922). The common ingredient linking the body of her designs together was the architect's use of historical precedent: ancient styles were the resources from which her creative ideas sprang. At the same time, Morgan stated, a building's overall character was not the offspring of its ornamental details. Rather, exterior appearances were a direct expression of the building's interior structural elements. Her buildings were designed from the inside out, with the structural materials as vital, integral parts of the design. So as to avoid composing for visual effect, Morgan always sketched the preliminary drawings with a T- square and triangle, by contrast to the more conventional technique of completing a perspective drawing first. All of the firm's working drawings were completed from her design sketches, and she was the sole contact between the .firm and the client. While her office was organized on the atelier system, in which she served as teacher as well as employer, most of the architects who started with Morgan in the early decades of the century remained with her throughout their careers and, by 1927, six of the fourteen members in Morgan's office were women. For an established profession, this number is remarkable, especially in the years before the Depression in the 1930s, the time when women first began to enter the job market in large numbers. If Morgan did, in fact, possess a philosophy about her work, it was that architecture was a visual art, not a verbal one; the building spoke for itself. Steadfastly adhering to her desire for anonymity, promoting the individual building's identity, Morgan wrote nothing about her life. She granted no personal interviews and, in 1957, just before she died, she destroyed all available records of her practice - sketches, ledgers, notebooks and drawings. Original and Subsequent Owners The Foothill Clubhouse building is located on property which consists of Lot 1 and six feet of Lot 2, in Block 2 of the Saratoga Park subdivision. The land was given to the club in May 1914 by two members, Mrs. George A. Wood and Mrs. Davis C. Bell. The transaction was recorded May 13, 1939 when both women's quit claim deeds were executed. Original Plan and Construction The original set of blueprints drawn by Julia Morgan are in possession of the Foothill Club. The set consists of ten sheets, including the northwest, southwest, southeast and northeast elevations, transverse and cross sections, main floor plan, foundation plan and building details. These sheets were traced and reproduced as measured drawings for the Historic American Building Survey collection. On January 7, 1915, the "Saratoga Record" noted the opening of the new clubhouse, as follows: A low, shingled structure of the bungalow type, its interior shows the soft hue of unstained redwood Particularly to be commended is the well-proportioned stage, which, with its cozy book shelves in the corner and its comparatively small dimensions, can easily be made to represent a most delightful room of almost any character. Opposite the large bay window which floods with the sunlight the roomy and comfortable reception hall, is the motion picture booth.... Also opposite the bay window is the dining room, which is in reality an alcove or wing of the main hall. On this side is the old-fashioned open fireplace, which is perhaps the most attractive feature of the building. Alterations and Additions Since its construction in 1915, the clubhouse has required constant and costly maintenance including replacement of woodwork, oiling of exterior shingles, and replacement of sections damaged by termites and dry rot. The Club's membership has sponsored numerous fund- raising projects to finance the upkeep and alterations, and the Men's Club, organized in 1918, has also provided financial support for many of the building's improvements. 1921 The fireplace in the Assembly Room heated the building until this year when funds were raised for a furnace. The 1921 furnace was replaced in 1955. X,see continuation sheet Saratoga Foothill Club Santa Clara County, CA Name of Property County and State NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES - Continuation Sheet Section number 8 Page 3 1923 A doorway was opened from the dining room into what was the original motion picture booth and, by 1923, had been remodeled as the kitchen pantry. 1925 The kitchen was fueled by wood or coal until March 1925, at which time it was electrified. The present kitchen utilities date from the 1980s. 1936 The major change to the original structure was the addition of space to the stage, stage room, kitchen and men's dressing room. The latter was enlarged to provide a room in which guests could wait during business meetings. Also, the interior pergola which extended across the Assembly Room's northwest side was removed, the dining room was remodeled, and other minor repairs were completed at this time. Julia Morgan drew up the plans for the project early in 1936, and it was finished by November 1936 at a cost of $2,200. 1974 In January, 1974, a windstorm blew in the center section of the circular rose window, breaking six of the original panes. The old rose glass was not replaceable, so crinkle amber glass, obtained from a supply at the adjacent Saratoga Federated Church, also designed by Morgan, was substituted. 1980 -90s Sump pumps were installed in the basement and kitchen utilities upgraded 2004 Current work includes repairing a leak in the roof and subsequent replacement of water - stained interior wall paneling History of arat a Villa= State Historic Landmark 435 The original inhabitants of the Saratoga area were Ohlone Indians who lived in the Santa Clara valley for thousands of years before the DeAnza expedition entered Alta California in 1776 and camped nearby. It wasn't until 1847 that an Irish immigrant, William Campbell, built a lumber mill on the banks of Saratoga Creek which became the nucleus of a community called Campbell's Gap. Following the discovery of gold in 1849 and California statehood in 1850, the village was officially surveyed in 1852 and became McCartysville, named for another settler who established a toll road at Lumber and 3rd Streets. This was followed with an official Post Office and churches, a school, the Madronia cemetery and the important development of a vacation resort at Pacific Congress Springs which was renamed Saratoga Springs after a famous New York spa. In 1864 the area residents voted to call the expanding town Saratoga. Fruit ranching . began to replace industry in the 1880s and the entire Santa Clara valley became fondly known as The Valley of Heart's Delight In 1900, Saratoga hosted the first springtime Blossom Festival, an annual event which continued until 1940. The extraordinary natural beauty of Saratoga attracted both vacationers and visitors who built imposing second homes. These structures included Hayfield House designed by architect Julia Morgan and rtlla Montalvo (HASS CA- 2048,1978), the lavish home of James Phelan, a wealthy San Franciscan who became California's first directly elected Senator. Although the fruit industry continued to dominate the local economy until the early 1950s, the post -war years brought an influx of population, a demand for housing, and the demise of the orchards. In 1949, the Village was designated State Historic Landmark 435 with the following description: Saratoga The Anza exploring party passed through the Saratoga area on March 25, 1776. Lumbering in the mountains, which began in 1847 and continued for many years brought the area's first settlers in 1850. Among other industries established were a lime quarry (1850s), grist mill (1854), tannery (1863), paper mill (1868) and pasteboard mill (1870). Pacific Congress Springs was a popular resort from 1866 to 1942. Farmers here pioneered the fruit industry and held Blossom Festivals beginning in 1900 after the end of a drought In order to retain its unique identity, the city was incorporated in 1956. Xsee continuation sheet Saratoga Foothill Club Santa Clara County, CA Name of Property County and City NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES - Continuation Sheet Section number 8 Page 4 History of the Saratoga Foothill Club No history of the Foothill Club building would be complete without an account of the indefatigable women of the Club who have not only persevered as an organization for close to 100 years, and who have remarkably managed to maintain continuous ownership of their Clubhouse. On January 22,1907, twelve local women began meeting as the Foothill Study Club. They were part of a turn -of -the -20th century trend, the organization of strong, active Women's Clubs, which provided a forum for members to exercise their abilities in leadership, education and social policy, long before the women's right to vote was attained in 1920. In 1900 more than two million American women participated in women's clubs which were formed for a variety of reasons including suffrage, temperance, civic improvement, education and philanthropy. The purpose of the Foothill Study Club was to expand horizons for local women by sharing books and lectures and study topics, but the group was concerned with community affairs and public service as well, and, in 1909, they launched a movement to remove unsightly billboards along the Saratoga -Los Gatos Road. In 1910, they lobbied for a. scenic highway through the Saratoga foothills, while, in 1912, the group proposed an ambitious project, a historically - themed Blossom Festival, to be held at the Village Green, the site of the present clubhouse. This event included a parade, speeches, music and pageantry and became an annual affair until 1940. They were pleased to have California Governor Hiram Johnson as an honored guest at the 1914 Festival and, in 1918, Jane Addams, a nationally prominent social worker, the founder of Chicago's Hull House and Nobel Prize winner, spoke in Saratoga during a tour of President Herbert Hoover's Food Conservation Commission. In 1921, the Club joined forces with California's "Save the Redwoods League" urging passage of the Redwood Preservation Bill and, in 1927, the members were instrumental in raising funds for building a community library. The Club's History and Landmarks Committee, founded in 1938, evolved into the Saratoga Historical Foundation. When the Club had expanded to 63 members and outgrown meeting in individual homes; a movement began for the group to build its own clubhouse. The project was given a huge boost when two members donated a building site and, in January, 1915, Miss Julia Morgan, a distinguished architect and the first women to be licensed as an architect in California, was hired to design and supervise the construction of the building. In June 1915, a campaign for funds was launched with a special edition of the local newspaper printed to announce a three day solicitation. This effort was so successful that the proceeds almost covered the entire sum needed for the total cost of the building, $5,059.90, an amount that included Morgan's fee. On May 20, 1920, the women celebrated payment of the final installment due on the clubhouse debt. The Saratoga Foothill Club remains a strong and enduring force within Saratoga's social and cultural community today. With 250 members, programs include speakers on timely subjects, concerts and celebrations, and the Club sponsors and coordinates an annual Memorial Day Celebration which'begins at the Memorial Arch in Blaney Plaza and proceeds to the historical Madronia Cemetery. In addition, the members continue to serve the needy with an extensive holiday food basket project and they provide annual scholarships for outstanding high school students. The building itself is a popular and frequently used venue for weddings and receptions. The Club is looking forward to its 100th year of continuous existence in 2007 with a grand celebration including the following: a) a replication of the historic Blossom Festival b) the purchase and permanent placement of a Blossom Festival themed sculpture in the garden and C) the nomination of the building to the National Register see continuation sheet Saratoga Foothill 1; C• -- Santa Clara County CA Name of Property County and State NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES - Continuation Sheet Section number 9 Page 1 Major Bibliographical References for the Saratoga Foothill Club Boutelle, Sara Holmes, Julia Morgan, Architect. Revised and Updated. Abbeville Press Publishers, New York, 1995. Boutelle, Sara Holmes, Julia Morgan in Saratoga. Grant from Sourisseau Academy, San Jose State University, n.d. Cole, Doris, From Tipi to kyssccraper A History of Women in Architecture, 1973, Cunningham, Charles. The History of the Saratoga Federated Church, 1780 -1963 Saratoga Federated Church, 1963. Damskey, Constance, History of Saratoga, A Resource Guide. Grades 7 and 8. Saratoga Union School District, 1973. Gebhard, David, "Introduction: The Bay Area Tradition," in Bay Area Houses, Sally Woodbridge, ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 1976. Longstreth, Richard W., Julia Morgan, Architect. Berkeley Architectural Heritage Association, 1977. Longstreth, Richard W., On the Edge of the World Four Architects in San Francisco at the Turn of the Century . New York, 1983. Maxwell, Hollye Eugenia, Northern Californian Arts and Crafts Churches and Women's Clubs* A Comparative Analysis A Thesis presented for the Master of Arts Degree, University of Memphis, TN, May, 1995. Oden, Melita, Compiler, The Saratoga Foothill Club, A History of 1978, 70tb Birthday and undated to 1994 -95. Santa Clara County Historic American Buildings Survey in 1977, 1978 1979 and 1980. Robert Bruegmann, Supervisor, 1977; Robert Bruegmann, Supervisor, 1978; Sibyl McCormac Groff, Supervisor, 1979; John White, Supervisor, 1980. Materials includeMeasured Onsite Drawings, Historical Narrative, Photos for 31 buildings. Saratoga, City of, aratoga's Heritage A Survey of Historic Resources Historical Preservation Commission, January 1993. Saratoga, City of, Saratoga Yillage Design Guidelines, January 2, 1991. Torre, Susana, Women in American Architecture, A Historic and Contemporary Perspective, New York, Whitney Library of Design, 1977. Woodbridge, Sally B., "The Bay Area Tradition 1890 - 1918," in Bay Area Houses, Sally Woodbridge, ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 1976. Woodbridge, Sally B., California Architecture Historic American Buildings Survey. Chronicle Books, San Francisco, CA, 1988. List of Structures Designed by Julia Morgan in Saratoga CA Year Built; Structure: Job # 1906 -07 Lucretia Curs B Grant).T_aylor House 14421 Saratoga - Sunnyvale Road, Saratoga not known Building moved on site 2002; restoration 2003) 1915 Saratoga Foothill Women's Club Grace Fisher Richards, Client 20399 Park Place, Saratoga Job #419 1920 -21 Chauncey Goodrich House ffla�field House) (Includes many outbuildings and pool) 20235 La Paloma Avenue, Saratoga Job #508 Original building site subdivided 2000; extensive renovation 2003 1923 Saratoga Federated Community Church 20390 Park Place, Saratoga Job #575 NewWing, December 7,1941; Addition, 1963; New Wing, 2001 see continuation sheet `may. � �� 1 • • ' . � -�,. �.a w „4:•��r` +!r �i , i �i'�•`.•y'3a•. b'. •� +�'�a�r�� , .� %i, Sf.IF. ,� r:r.:;�� "�'•1%� Y' is I � - j� . � "•: _r- ..";... :' >fi;,r''r''r �, '�{� ''�• ''i. --". 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For functions, styles, materials, and areas of significance, enter only the categories and subcategories listed in the instructions. For additional space use continuation sheets (Form 10- 900a). Type all entries. �fL�O�3 �• lyG3 -0017 I Name of Property Historic Name SARATOGA FOOTHILL CLUB Other names /site number FOOTHILL WOMEN'S CLUB;THE FOOTHILL STUDY CLUB street and number 20399 Park Place n/A not for publication city, town Saratoga tta- vicinity state CA code CA county Santa Clara code 85 zip code 95070 3 State/Federal Agency Certification As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended, I hereby certify that this _nomination _ request for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the National Register of Historic Places and meets the procedural and professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60. In my opinion, the property _ meets does not meet the National Register criteria. see continuation sheet Signature of certifying official Date State or Federal agency and bureau In. my opinion, the property _ meets _ does not meet the National Register criteria. (_ see continuation sheet for additional comments) Signature of certifying official/Title Date State or Federal agency and bureau 4 National Park Service Certification I hereby certify that this property is: _ entered in the National Register _ see continuation sheet _ determined eligible for the National Register _ see continuation sheet determined not eligible for the National Register _ see continuation sheet _ removed from the National Register other, (explain:) Signature of the Keeper Date of Action Saratoga Foothill Club Santa Clara County_, CA Name of Property County and State 5. Classification Ownership of Property Category of Property Number of Resources within Property x private building(s) Contributing Noncontributing public -local _ district 1 0 buildings public -State _ site 0 0 sites public- Federal _ structure 0 0 structures object 0 0 objects 1 0 Total Name of related multiple property listing: No. of contributing resources previously n/a listed in the National Register 0 6 Function or Use Historic functions (enter categories from instructions) Current Functions (enter categories from instructions) Women's Clubhouse Clubhouse; Community Meeting Hall; Events I Description Architectural Classification (enter categories from instructions) Materials (enter categories from instructions) Craftsman/Bungalow Narrative Description foundation concrete walls wood roof shake other n/a X see continuation sheet Saratoga Foothill Club Santa Clara County, CA Name of Property County and State S Statement of Significance Applicable National Register Criteria _A _B X C _D Criteria Considerations (Exceptions) _A B _C _D _E _F _G Areas of significance from instructions) Period of Sigaificance Significant Dates Architecture 1915 1921,1923,1925,1936, 1974 1980s,2004 (additions, repair, replacement, and restoration of original featured Cultural Affiliation n/a SignWcant Person Architect/Builder n/a Julia Morgan 1872 -1957 Narrative Statement of Significance. X—see continuation sheet Saratoga Foothill Club Santa Clara County. CA Name of Property County and State 9 Major Bibliographical References Previous documentation on file (NPS) nLa preliminary determination of individual listing (36CFR 67) has been requested ELa previously listed in the National Register n& previously determined eligible by the National Register DIA designated as a National Historic Landmark X recorded by Historic American Buildings Survey #CA -2014 n1a recorded by Historic American Engineering Record # CX other Saratoga City Landmark #1 Y see continuation sheet Primary location of additional data: x State historic preservation office (NABS documents) nn/a Other State agency _X Federal agency _ Local government nLa University nLa Other Specify repository: Saratoga City Hall, Library of Congress 10. Geographical Data Acreage of property 7,409 sq. ft or .17 acres UTM References A 10 586120 4123860 B Zone Easting Northing Zone Easting Northing C D see continuation sheet verbal Bounda_ry Description Lot 1 plus 6 feet of Lot 2 in Block 2 - Saratoga Park Subdivision. Bounded on two sides by Park Place with an alley at the rear of the building and a property line fence on the southeast side. Donated in May 1914 by Mrs. George A. Wood and Mrs. Davis C. Bell. Recorded 05- 13 -39. _ see continuation sheet Boundary Justification The nominated property includes the entire parcel historically associated with the Saratoga Foothill Club. see continuation sheet 11 Form Pro at red By name /title Beth Wyman, Historian and Saratoga Foothill Club Member since 1999 organization Saratoga Foothill Club date March 22, 2004 street and number 20399 Park Place telephone 408/867 -1195 email Bethwy @aol.com city or town Saratoga state CA zip code 95070 Please note that current Saratoga Foothill Club President for Y2003 -2004 is: Ellen Prandi 20878 Jacks Road Saratoga, CA 95070 phone: 408/867 -5008 email: ellenprandi @aol.com Additional Documentation Included - Continuation Sheets - Maps including sketch map of property, vicinity map, and USGS map 7.5 series. - Photographs. Black and white photos of the property; photos of other Julia Morgan projects in Saratoga. - Copies of HABS Drawings CA -2014, 1978. Various elevations of the building. - Informational Newspaper article see continuation sheet Saratoga Foothill Club Santa Clara County, CA Name of Property County and State NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES - Continuation Sheet Section number 8 Page 3 1923 A doorway was opened from the dining room into what was the original motion picture booth and, by 1923, had been remodeled as the kitchen pantry. 1925 The kitchen was fueled by wood or coal until March 1925, at which time it was electrified. The present kitchen utilities date from the 1980s. 1936 The major change to the original structure was the addition of space to the stage, stage room, kitchen and men's dressing room. The latter was enlarged to provide a room in which guests could wait during business meetings. Also, the interior pergola which extended across the Assembly Room's northwest side was removed, the dining room was remodeled, and other minor repairs were completed at this time. Julia Morgan drew up the plans for the project early in 1936, and it was finished by November 1936 at a cost of $2,200. 1974 In January, 1974, a windstorm blew in the center section of the circular rose window, breaking six of the original panes. The old rose glass was not replaceable, so crinkle amber glass, obtained from a supply at the adjacent Saratoga Federated, Church, also designed by Morgan, was substituted. 1980 -90s Sump pumps were installed in the basement and kitchen utilities upgraded 2004 Current work includes repairing a leak in the roof and subsequent replacement of water - stained interior wall paneling History of Saratoga Village State Historic Landmark 435 The original inhabitants of the Saratoga area were Ohlone Indians who lived in the Santa Clara valley for thousands of years before the DeAnza expedition entered Alta California in 1776 and camped nearby. It wasn't until 1847 that an Irish immigrant, William Campbell, built a lumber mill on the banks of Saratoga Creek which became the nucleus of a community called Campbell's Gap. Following the discovery of gold in 1849 and California statehood in 1850, the village was officially surveyed in 1852 and became McCartysville, named for another settler who established a toll road at Lumber and 3rd Streets. This was followed with an official Post Office and churches, a school, the Madronia cemetery and the important development of a vacation resort at Pacific Congress Springs which was renamed Saratoga Springs after a famous New York spa. In 1864 the area residents voted to call the expanding town Saratoga. Fruit ranching began to replace industry in the 1880s and the entire Santa Clara valley became fondly known as The Valley of Heart's Delight. In 1900, Saratoga hosted the first springtime Blossom Festival, an annual event which continued until 1940. The extraordinary natural beauty of Saratoga attracted both vacationers and visitors who built imposing second homes. These structures included Hayfield House designed by architect Julia Morgan and rilla Montalvo txnss CA- 2048,19N, the lavish home of James Phelan, a wealthy San Franciscan who became California's first directly elected Senator. Although the fruit industry continued to dominate the local economy until the early 1950s, the post -war years brought an influx of population, a demand for housing, and the demise of the orchards. In 1949, the Village was designated State Historic Landmark 435 with the following description: a .o a The Anza exploring party passed through the Saratoga area on March 25, 1776. Lumbering in the mountains, which began in 1847 and continued for many years brought the area's first settlers in 1850. Among other industries established were a lime quarry (1850s), grist. mill (1854), tannery (1863), paper mill (1868) and pasteboard mill (1870). Pacific Congress Springs was a popular resort from 1866 to 1942. Farmers here pioneered the fruit industry and held Blossom Festivals beginning in 1900 after the end of a drought. In order to retain its unique identity, the city was incorporated in 1956. see continuation sheet Saratoga Foothill Club Santa Clara County, CA Name of Property County and City NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES - Continuation Sheet Section number 8 Page 4 History of the Saratoga Foothill Club No history of the Foothill Club building would be complete without an account of the indefatigable women of the Club who have not only persevered as an organization for close to 100 years, and who have remarkably managed to maintain continuous ownership of their Clubhouse. On January 22, 1907, twelve local women began meeting as the Foothill Study Club. They were part of a turn -of -the -20th century trend, the organization of strong, active Women's Clubs, which provided a forum for members to exercise their abilities in leadership, education and social policy, long before the women's right to vote was attained in 1920. In 1900 more than two million American women participated in women's clubs which were formed for a variety of reasons including suffrage, temperance, civic improvement, education and philanthropy. The purpose of the Foothill Study Club was to expand horizons for local women by sharing books and lectures and study topics, but the group was concerned with community affairs and public service as well, and, in 1909, they launched a movement to remove unsightly billboards along the Saratoga -Los Gatos Road. In 1910, they lobbied for a scenic highway through the Saratoga foothills, while, in 1912, the group proposed an ambitious project, a historically - themed Blossom Festival, to be held at the Village Green, the site of the present clubhouse. This event included a parade, speeches, music and pageantry and became an annual affair until 1940. They were pleased to have California Governor Hiram Johnson as an honored guest at the 1914 Festival and, in 1918, Jane Addams, a nationally prominent social worker, the founder of Chicago's Hull House and Nobel Prize winner, spoke in Saratoga during a tour of President Herbert Hoover's Food Conservation Commission. In 1921, the Club joined forces with California's "Save the Redwoods League" urging passage of the Redwood Preservation Bill and, in 1927, the members were instrumental in raising funds for building a community library. The Club's History and Landmarks Committee, founded in 1938, evolved into the Saratoga Historical Foundation. When the Club had expanded to 63 members and outgrown meeting in individual homes, a movement began for the group to build its own clubhouse. The project was given a huge boost when two .members donated a building site and, in January, 1915, Miss Julia Morgan, a distinguished architect and the first women to be licensed as an architect in California, was hired to design and supervise the construction of the building. In June 1915, a campaign for funds was launched with a special edition of the local newspaper printed to announce a three day solicitation. This effort was so successful that the proceeds almost covered the entire sum needed for the total cost of the building, $5,059.90, an amount that included Morgan's fee. On May 20, 1920, the women celebrated payment of the final installment due on the clubhouse debt. The Saratoga Foothill Club remains a strong and enduring force within Saratoga's social and cultural community today. With 250 members, programs include speakers on timely subjects, concerts and celebrations, and the Club sponsors and coordinates an annual Memorial Day Celebration which begins at the Memorial Arch in - Blaney Plaza and proceeds to the historical Madronia Cemetery. In addition, the members continue to serve the needy with an extensive holiday food basket project and they provide annual scholarships for outstanding high school students. The building itself is a popular and frequently used venue for weddings and receptions. The Club is looking forward to its 100th year of continuous existence in 2007 with a grand celebration including the following: a) a replication of the historic Blossom Festival b) the purchase and permanent placement of a Blossom Festival themed sculpture in the garden and C) the nomination of the building to the National Register- see continuation sheet Saratoga Foothill Club Santa Clara County, CA Name of Property County and State NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES - Continuation Sheet Section number 8 Page 1 NARRATIVE STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE The Saratoga Foothill Clubhouse was built during a time of burgeoning expansion for community organizations specifically devoted to the advancement of women's educational and social activities. The Foothill Study Club in Saratoga was no exception. It had been founded as a small but serious study group in 1907. When the membership outgrew their local meeting venues, the women decided to build their own clubhouse. The group was incorporated in October, 1914 as the Saratoga Foothill Club in order to begin raising funds for this endeavor. They were fortunate to have two members who generously donated a plot of land and it was no surprise that they chose Julia Morgan as their architect. The 89 year old building remains intact and in excellent condition and the 97 year old Saratoga Foothill Club continues on in uninterrupted existence and has maintained ownership of the clubhouse. The building was designed by famed woman architect, Julia Morgan, and its design embodies the distinctive characteristics of the Bay Area Tradition type of Craftsman/Bungalow construction. It was designated City of Saratoga Historic Landmark #1 in 1988. Historic Persons and Events Connected to the Structure: The Foothill Study Club, the oldest social organization in the City of Saratoga, began in 1907 as a small women's club dedicated to the member's self - improvement through reading and public speaking. Before the present clubhouse was erected in 1915, the women met in private homes. To raise the necessary building funds, the study club merged with a holding company, adopting the name Saratoga Foothill Club. The holding company, which was established prior to the town's incorporation, actually held title to the Town Plaza for thirty -five years. In addition to its use as the home of the Foothill Club, the clubhouse served as Saratoga's first motion picture theater, fulfilling a promise to the townspeople when money was being solicited for the building construction. One of the club's community services included a motion picture committee which rated the content and subject matter of the films selected to be shown. Julia Morgan 1872 -1957 Julia Morgan was one of the most prominent architects in the Bay region during the first half of the twentieth century. She was born in San Francisco in 1872 and spent her childhood in Oakland. Her career as an architecture student is historically as important as her architectural practice. Entering the University of California at Berkeley in 1890, Morgan was the first woman to graduate from the School of Engineering, receiving her degree in 1894. At Berkeley she studied for a year under geometry professor, Bernard Maybeck, the person who most deeply influenced her in her decision to pursue architecture as a profession - and-Maybeck urged Morgan to apply to Paris' Ecole des Beaux -Arts, despite of the fact that the school did not accept women. Her application was accompanied by a strong recommendation from Maybeck, a former graduate of the school, as well as from other influential sponsors. Without a firm commitment from the school she traveled to Paris, commencing on a year of strenuous entrance examinations, after which she was accepted, and in 1901, Morgan became the first woman to receive a certificate from the Beaux Arts. By the time Morgan returned from Paris and set up an office in San Francisco in 1905, the communities surrounding San Francisco Bay were growing and creating a demand for suburban homes. Along the way, Morgan, California's first licensed woman architect, had attracted two high - profile patrons, William Randolph Hearst and his philanthropist mother, Phoebe Hearst, and her work was in constant demand. This included jobs for the Hearsts at UC Berkeley and at the Hearst Castle in San Simeon, for Mills College, a noted women's educational establishment, for girls' schools, ladies' clubs, hospitals, churches and retirement homes. She designed buildings in most major California cities for the Young Women's Club of America (YWCA). Morgan's biographer, Richard Longstreth, wrote that Morgan believed that "the architect should be a semi- anonymous contributor to a team whose efforts were dictated by people's spiritual needs ... and that an assertive use of form violated the master -servant relationship between life and architecture." (Julia X—see continuation sheet a Saratoga Foothill Club Santa Clara County, CA Name of Property County and State NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES - Continuation Sheet Section number 8 Page 2 Morgan, Architect 1922). The common ingredient linking the body of her designs together was the architect's use of historical precedent: ancient styles were the resources from which her creative ideas sprang. At the same time, Morgan stated, a building's overall character was not the offspring of its ornamental details. Rather, exterior appearances were a direct expression of the building's interior structural elements. Her buildings were designed from the inside out, with the structural materials as vital, integral parts of the design. So as to avoid composing for visual effect, Morgan always sketched the preliminary drawings with a T- square and triangle, by contrast to the more conventional technique of completing a perspective drawing first. All of the firm's working drawings were completed from her design sketches, and she was the sole contact between the firm and the client. While her office was organized on the atelier system, in which she served as teacher as well as employer, most of the architects who started with Morgan in the early decades of the century remained with her throughout their careers and, by 1927, six of the fourteen members in Morgan's office were women. For an established profession, this number is remarkable, especially in the ,years before the Depression in the 1930s, the time when women first began to enter the job market in large numbers. If Morgan did, in fact, possess a philosophy about her work, it was that architecture was a visual art, not a verbal one; the building spoke for itself. Steadfastly adhering to her desire for anonymity, promoting the - individual building's identity, Morgan wrote nothing about her life. She granted no personal interviews and, in 1957, just before she died, she destroyed all available records of her practice - sketches, ledgers, notebooks and drawings. Original and Subsequent Owners The Foothill Clubhouse building is located on property which consists of Lot 1 and six feet of Lot 2, in Block 2 of the Saratoga Park subdivision. The land was given to the club in May 1914 by two members, Mrs. George A. Wood and Mrs. Davis C. Bell. The transaction was recorded May .13, 1939 when both women's quit claim deeds were executed. Original Plan and Construction The original set of blueprints drawn by Julia Morgan are in possession of the Foothill Club. The set consists of ten sheets, including the northwest, southwest, southeast and northeast elevations, transverse and cross sections, main floor plan, foundation plan and building details. These sheets were traced and reproduced as measured drawings for the Historic American Building Survey collection. On January 7, 1915, the "Saratoga Record" noted the opening of the new clubhouse, as follows: A low, shingled structure of the bungalow type, its interior shows the soft hue of unstained redwood Particularly to be commended is the well-proportioned stage, which, with its cozy book shelves in the corner and its comparatively small dimensions, can easily be made to represent a most delightful room of almost any character. Opposite the large bay window which floods with the sunlight the roomy and comfortable reception hall, is the motion picture booth.... Also opposite the bay window is the dining room, which is in reality an alcove or wing of the main hall. On this side is the old fashioned open fireplace, which is perhaps the most attractive feature of the building. Alterations and Additions Since its construction in 1915, the clubhouse has required constant and costly maintenance including replacement of woodwork, oiling of exterior shingles, and replacement of sections damaged by termites and dry rot. The Club's membership has sponsored numerous fund- raising projects to finance the upkeep and alterations, and the Men's Club, organized in 1918, has also provided'financial support for many of the building's improvements. 1921 The fireplace in the Assembly Room heated the building until this year when funds were raised for a furnace. The 1921 furnace was replaced in 1955. X—see continuation sheet Saratoga Foothill Club Santa Clara County, CA Name of Property County and State NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES - Continuation Sheet Section number 7 Page 1 Describe present and historic physical appearance. The Saratoga Foothill Clubhouse, erected 1914 -15, is a modestly scaled redwood building which, because of the bungalow style design and. low, horizontal massing, blends in nicely with its residential surroundings. The one - storied shingled structure is distinguished by carved trellises, projecting bracketed bays, and a circular multi -paned rose window set into the principal gable. It*was designed by Berkeley architect, Julia Morgan, the first woman to graduate from the School of Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, and Paris' Ecole des Beaux -Arts. She designed more than a thousand buildings in the Bay area during the first half of the 20th century, and is known for her significant contribution to the development of the Bay Area Tradition, a California vernacular of small -scaled wooden structures derived from details of historic styles. The one -story building measures approximately 74' across the front (northwest) facade by 60' deep, with projections at several points around the building. A trellis extends 70' to the sidewalk fronting Park Place on the south west. Description of the Exterior The exterior walls are covered with natural redwood shakes, placed in horizontal bands and alternately exposed 3"- by -12" and 3" -by 3 -1/2". The roof consists of two gables, set at a right angle to one another. The gable which runs 61 feet northwest - southeast covers the Assembly Room. It is a large wooden and metal truss structure. The second gable runs southwest to northeast and is 48 feet long. The main roofs are covered with three foot shakes, exposed one foot to the weather. The front southwest side entry bays are protected by flat roofs, trimmed with trellis - work around the eaves. Porches: The front entry vestibule projects 7' -4" beyond the northwest facade. It is topped by flat - bracketed bungalow style roof and fronted by flanking wooden benches. Extending out from the southwest (side) rear doorway is a bracketed wooden trellis, creating a naturally protected walkway. A raised porch with a plain redwood railing and balusters fronts the southeast (side) and northeast (rear) doorways. Chimneys: One chimney serves the dining room fireplace and is located on the southeast side of the northeast - soutbwest ridge. A second chimney serves the basement furnace and is located on the northeast side of the intersecting gable. Doorways and Doors: The main entry has double redwood panel doors with an attached carved ornament on each, and a redwood panel overhead with the club's name inscribed. Three additional exterior doors are framed by plain trim and have four to ten lights. Windows : Each of the three large Assembly Room openings on the northwest facade are filled with three window sets; each set includes a nine -light window with a three -light transom overhead. Of the three window sets, only one in each opening is operable; the remaining two are fixed. Most of the other windows around the building are grouped in the same manner, with the exception of the windows on the northeast (side) and those in the service and stage room, which are six -light casements. A large circular multi -paned rose window is set in the Assembly Room's northwest gable. In the center is a four -light pivoting window. f the Interior - Fl Basement: There is a partial basement under the stage area and a small furnace room extending under the Assembly Room. Access to the basement is through an exterior door at the rear of the dining room bay. Main Floor: The main floor is dominated by the 33' -9" x 40' -3" Assembly Room. Adjoining the Assembly Room on axis to the main entry are three rooms of equal width - the vestibule, the hall, and the dining room. .This axis culminates in the projecting bay of the dining room. To the southeast of the entry is a thirty -four foot wide service area, including the kitchen and two pantries, the men's and ladie's dressing and restrooms, and a rear service door. Rooms flank each side of the stage, one to its northeast and two to the southwest. X—see continuation sheet Saratoga Foothill Club Santa Clara County, CA Name of Property County and State NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES - continuation sheet Section number 7 Page 2 On the southwest is a storage room and the stage room with a side entry. Stairways: With the exception of the three risers leading to the stage, there are no interior stairways. FjQodngL_Hardwood boarding covers all principal rooms. The vestibule and dressing rooms are carpeted. The kitchen, pantry and lavatories are covered with sheet linoleum. Wall and Ceiling Finish: Redwood paneling extends ten feet up from the baseboard and plaster covers the area between the paneling and ceiling in the principal rooms. In the Assembly Room, redwood strips are laid over plaster to suggest half -timber construction. An additional truss is suggested in the framing above the stage. The stage storage room is unfinished with the ceiling and wall framing exposed. The service rooms are painted plaster. Wallpaper covers the dressing room walls. The Assembly Room ceiling is an exposed wood - and -iron truss with exposed redwood decking. Other rooms are covered with acoustical tiles. Doorways and Doors: The doors complement the wood paneling pattern in the ball and dining room. An exception to this is the Dutch door to the left of the dining room fireplace. Two sets of accordion doors, with three - and - one -half doors in each set, are between the dining and assembly rooms. The remaining doors in the principal rooms are glass- paneled French doors, varying in the number and size of the lights. Hardware: Most of the window and door hardware is brass and quite simple in design. Lighting: The Assembly Room is lighted by large cylindrical hanging lamps with incandescent bulbs. Also, flood lights are attached to ceiling trusses. Most of the building is lighted by hanging incandescent fixtures.. The service area has fluorescent lighting. The stage has a single row of stationary floodlights. Heating: A central hot air furnace in the basement is connected to floor registers in the main rooms. see continuation sheet Saratoga Foothill Club Santa Clara County, CA Name of Property County and State' NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES - Continuation Sheet Section number 9 Page 1 Major Bibliographical References for the Saratoga Foothill Club Boutelle, Sara Holmes, Julia Morgan, Architect. Revised and Updated. Abbeville Press Publishers, New York, 1995. Boutelle, Sara Holmes, Julia Morgan in Saratoga. Grant from Sourisseau Academy, San Jose State University, n.d. Cole, Doris, From Tipi to Skyscraper. A History of Women in Architecture, 1973 Cunningham, Charles. The History of the Saratoga Federated Church, 1780 -1963 Saratoga Federated Church, 1963. Damskey, Constance, Histou of Saratoga. A Resource Guide, Grades 7 and 8. Saratoga Union School District, 1973. Gebhard, David, "Introduction: The Bay Area Tradition," in Bay Area Houses, Sally Woodbridge, ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 1976. Longstreth, Richard. W., Julia Morgan, Architect. Berkeley Architectural Heritage Association, 1977. Longstreth, Richard W., On the Edge of the World. Four Architects in San Francisco at the Turn of the Century. New York, 1983. Maxwell, Hollye Eugenia, Northern Californian Arts and Crafts Churches and Women's Clubs* A Compar ative Analysis. A Thesis presented for the Master of Arts Degree, University of Memphis, TN, May, 1995. Oden, Melita, Compiler, The Saratoga_ Foothill Club A History to 1978, 70th Birthday and undated to 1994 -95. Santa Clara County Historic American Buildings Survey in 1977, 1978 1979 and 1980 Robert Bruegmann, Supervisor, 1977; Robert Bruegmann, Supervisor, 1978; Sibyl McCormac Groff, Supervisor, 1979; John White, Supervisor, 1980. Materials include Measured Onsite Drawings, Historical Narrative, Photos for 31 buildings. Saratoga, City of, Saratoga's Heritage A Survey of Historic Resources Historical Preservation Commission, January 1993. Saratoga, City of, Saratoga Village Design Guidelines, January 2, 1991. Torre, Susana, Women in American Architecture A Historic and Contemporary Perspective, New York, Whitney Library of Design, 1977. Woodbridge, Sally B., "The Bay Area Tradition 1890- 1918," in Bay Area Houses, Sally Woodbridge, ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 1976. Woodbridge, Sally B., California Architecture Historic American Buildings Survey Chronicle Books, San Francisco, CA, 1988. List of Structures Designed by Julia Morgan i a Saratoga, CA Year Built: Structure: Job # 1906 -07 Lucretia (Mrs B Grant) Taylor House 14421 Saratoga - Sunnyvale Road, Saratoga not known Building moved on site 2002; restoration 2003) 1915 Saratoga Foothill Women's Club, Grace Fisher Richards, Client 20399 Park Place, Saratoga Job #419 1920 -21 Chauncey Goodrich House (Hayfield House) (Includes many outbuildings and pool) 20235 La Paloma Avenue, Saratoga Job #508 Original building site subdivided 2000; extensive renovation 2003 1923 Saratoga Federated Community Church 20390 Park Place, Saratoga Job #575 NewWing, December 7,1941; Addition, 1963; New Wing, 2001 see continuation sheet is �? 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The interest in community affairs was maintained as evidenced in the Christmas basket distribution, Memorial Day observance, American Heritage Award, support of youth groups and the Saratoga Historical Foundation. Occasional'mini- meetings and mini -tours to places and events of interest were enjoyed by the membership. The by -laws were updated and reprinted in 1.981._ An outstanding honor came in 1978 when a team from the Historic American Buildings Survey of the Department of the Interior selected our clubhouse for study. The original Julia Morgan architectural drawings were borrowed and copied for deposit in the National Archives in Washington, D.C., and the team also,was given a copy of this history of the club. The result was the listing of the Saratoga Foothill Club in the National Register of Historic Places- _7� mayor — imrovement to the clubhouse occurred in the 1979 -1980 year when an automatic sprinkler system was installed throughout the interior and on sections of the exterior roof. Although very expen- sive, $14,085, it was agreed that this was the best procedure to minimize damage to our precious build- ing in case of fire. To help defray the cost, fund- raisers were held which included a "Pale Pachyderm Sale" that netted more than $3,500. Other improve- ments in these years included installation of a third sump pump in the basement, the addition of railings on the stairs to the stage, and new flood lights for the stage. The alteration of the vesti- bule of the men's room to include cabinets for linen storage was also accomplished. In 1982 two members, Mrs. Joseph Caldwell and Miss Elsie Smith, were added to the roll of Golden Members. Another milestone was the club's 75th anniversary, celebrated with a Diamond Jubilee Luncheon on May 25, 1982. 57 a OVA mollelwankili oft I dos. JF7 - xI- '41 V, 14 oft I dos. JF7 - xI- '41 V, araT.oga INC °a rfti. OL KIP •� � '': ENS r'"` awr+t �, .� yr +�s,.9I� �� °° t' Y '�� L�,�'l. loop w / • i k 'aid s � �° � � f V t `�eCy' .t•-.: � �t►^�`. .. v. t � a wa• s+"SSRd" Y_, r x Y ~ g v- ! t•.{ tea w: - 'Si.N.` ^.nrt �;Q •6 1; F t � l Not +% . � e•Y.o'° ..r. .. °i g¢,pvs' x -.tYt. S. �,y w.ti. �.t � l'4 �t y, ++ M `. �$Y raj 4vy ' • e a c�? 3 s`:w r ,.,, t`,:- '.a�p,.. •r. Y. . '.yf�.�.'s� t E �� ,. �� aP �a r�D F`XsA��e•�. -,° .•i • tr @lac♦ �:a 7. �X s.� t+' �C °°iS''t��,a � -mot ,.q 4`'..y.,a Wu- P -eac�- NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Nomination Form submitted for The Saratoga Foothill Clubhouse 20399 Park Place Saratoga, CA 95070 October S, 2004 Table of Contents_ Registration Form Continuation Sheets Additional Documentation Maps Photographs Historic American Building Survey Drawings Informational News Article NIPS Form 10-900 (Oct.1990) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Registration Form OMB No. 10240018 This form is for use in nominating or requesting determinations for individual properties and districts. See instructions in How to Complete the National Register of Historic Places Registration Form (National Register Bulletin 16A). Complete each item by marking "x" in the appropriate box or by entering the information requested. If any item does not apply to the property being documented, enter "N /A" for "not applicable" For functions, architectural classification, materials, and areas of significance, enter only categories and subcategories from the instructions. Place additional entries and narrative items on continuation sheets (NPS Form 10- 900a). Use a typewriter, word processor, or computer, to complete all items. 1. Name of Property historic name SaratoRa FootM1 Club other names /site number Foothill Women's Club; The Foothill Study Club 2. Location street & number 20399 Park Place ❑ not for publication city or town Saratoga ❑ vicinity state California code CA county Santa Clara code 085 zip code 95070 3. State /Federal Agency Certification As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act of 1986, as amended, I hereby certify that this ❑ nomination ❑ request for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the National Register of Historic Places and meets the procedural and professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60. In my opinion, the property ❑ meets ❑ does not meet the National Register Criteria. I recommend that this property be considered significant ❑ nationally ❑ statewide ❑ locally. ( ❑ See continuation sheet for additional comments.) Signature.of certifying official/Title Date California Office of Historic Preservation In my opinion, the property ❑ meets ❑ does not meet the National Register criteria. (❑ See continuation sheet for additional comments.) Signature of commenting or other official Date State or Federal agency and bureau 4. National Park Service Certification I hereby certify that this property is: Signature of the Keeper Date of Action ❑ entered in the National Register ❑ See continuation sheet. ❑ determined eligible for the .National Register ❑ See continuation sheet. ❑ determined not eligible for the National Register ❑ removed from the National Register ❑ other (explain): Saratoga Foothill Club Name of Property Santa Clara County, California County and State 6. Classification Ownership of Property Category of Property Number of Resources within Property (Check as many boxes as apply) (Check only one box) (Do not include previously listed resources in the count.) x❑ private 0 building(s) Contributing Noncontributing ❑ public -local ❑ district 1 buildings ❑ public -State ❑ site sites ❑ public - Federal ❑ structure structures ❑ object objects 1 0 Total Name of related multiple property listing Number of contributing resources previously listed (Enter "NIA" if property is not part of a multiple property listing.) in the National Register n/a n/a 6. Function or Use Historic Functions Current Functions (Enter categories from instructions) (Enter categories from instructions) Social: Clubhouse Social: Clubhouse Meeting Hall 7. Description Architectural Classification Materials (Enter categories from instructions) (Enter categories from instructions) Craftsman/Bungalow foundation Concrete roof Wood - Shake walls Wood other Narrative Description (Describe the historic and current condition of the property on one or more continuation sheets.) SEE CONTINUATION SHEETS Saratoga Foothill Club Santa Clara County, California United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 7 Page 1 NARRA'T'IVE DESCRIPTION The Saratoga Foothill Clubhouse, designed by California architect, Julia Morgan, was erected in 1915 at 20399 Park Place in what was then Saratoga Village in Santa Clara County, California. It is a modestly - scaled redwood building whose bungalow -style design and low, horizontal massing, blends nicely with a well- established residential neighborhood and it complements another Morgan- designed structure located directly across the street, the 1923 Saratoga Federated Church Chapel. The Clubhouse is sited inside the 90 degree angle curve of Park Place, a city street. The one -story shingled structure with its courtyard and landscaping occupies the entire site, a slightly sloping 7,409 square foot city lot. An imposing 40' tall pine tree sets off the entrance with two original highback redwood benches. An original pergola surrounds the two sides of the building which face the street. A spacious 33' 9" x 40' 3" Assembly Room has large windows on two sides and opens onto an attractive enclosed courtyard. A 70' trellis extends from a side door of the building into the courtyard and out to the street. The building and courtyard are obscured from the street by a 5' tall hedge. A service alley runs behind the kitchen area. At the back of the building there is a fenced property boundary. The grounds were first landscaped in April 1918. A sidewalk was laid in 1966 and, in 1975, the southeast side garden was converted to a patio with slabs of aggregate divided by bricks and enclosed by a low ground cover. The building remains in its original configuration except for a 1936 kitchen addition on the alley side. The rooms inside include a vestibule, a hall, a dining room, an assembly room, a stage and two stage dressing rooms, a kitchen and storage area, and a mens' and a ladies' restrooms. The original interior finishes are intact and continue to emanate the comfortable ambiance created by the architect. A 1936 expansion of the kitchen and a restroom modified the building's footprint by adding a 6' x 54' rectangle (324 sq. ft.) to the building on the alley side. See Photo Number 4. Morgan drew up plans for the renovation project in early 1936 and the project was finished by November of that year at a cost of $2,200. No plans were found for this project and the alteration was so skillfully completed that it is nearly indiscernible on the exterior. Inside, there is a clear difference in construction, i. e. painted plaster with no wood paneling or ceiling trusses. At the same time, the interior stage area was expanded and the anteroom adjacent to the stage was expanded by 8'. An interior pergola, shown on the original plans, HABS Sheet 10 of 10, CA201.4, 1978, which apparently extended across the Assembly Room's northwest side, was also removed, the dining room was remodeled, and other minor repairs were done. An early photo of the building shows no landscaping. Today the garden is contained within a large quarter circle, extending around the building's side and rear and the original 70' trellis extends the length of the garden to the sidewalk. The one -story building measures 74' across the front facade by 60' deep, with projections at several points around the building. Saratoga Foothill Club Santa Clara County United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 7 Page 2 Description of the Exterior The front (nw) entrance is on Park Place. The side facing the courtyard (sw -se) is also on Park Place. The stage is at the back or fence side (se -ne) and the kitchen/restroom addition runs along the alley (ne -nw). The exterior walls are covered with natural redwood shakes, placed in horizontal bands and alternately exposed 3"- by -12" and 3" -by 3 -1/2 ". The roof consists of two gables, set at a right angle to one another. The gable which runs 61 feet northwest - southeast covers the Assembly Room. It is a large wooden and metal truss structure. The second gable runs southwest to northeast and is 48 feet long. The main roofs are covered with three foot shakes, exposed one foot. The front and side entry bays are protected by flat roofs, trimmed with trellis -work around the eaves. Porches: The entry vestibule projects T -4" beyond the front facade. It is topped by flat - bracketed bungalow style roof and fronted by flanking wooden benches. Extending out from the side rear doorway is a bracketed wooden trellis, creating a protected walkway. Two raised porches with plain redwood railing and balusters are located at the back and alley doorways. Chimneys: One chimney serves the dining room fireplace. A second chimney serves the basement furnace. Doorways and Doors: The main entry has double redwood panel doors with an attached carved ornament on each. The club's name is inscribed on a redwood panel overhead. There are three additional exterior doors. Windows: A large circular multi -paned rose window is set in the Assembly Room's northwest gable. In the center is a four -light pivoting window. Each of the three large Assembly Room openings on the front facade are filled with three window sets; each set includes a nine -light window with a three light transom overhead. Of the three window sets, only one in each opening is operable; the remaining two are fixed. Most of the other windows around the building are grouped in the same manner, with the exception of the windows on the alley side and those in the service and stage room which are six -light casements. Description of the Interior - Floor Plan Basement: A partial basement is under the stage area and a small furnace room extends under the Assembly Room. Access to the basement is through an exterior door at the rear of the dining room bay. Main Floor: The main floor is dominated by the spacious Assembly Room. Adjoining the Assembly Room are three rooms of equal width - the vestibule, the hall, and the dining room. These culminate in the projecting bay of the dining room. The service area includes the men's and lady's dressing and restrooms, the kitchen and two pantries. Flanking this are a storage room and a stage room with a side entry. Stairways: Three risers leading to the stage is the only interior stairway. Floorings Hardwood boarding covers all principal rooms. The vestibule and dressing rooms are carpeted. The kitchen, pantry and lavatories are covered with sheet linoleum. Saratoga Foothill Club Santa Clara County, California United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 7 Page 3 Wall and Ceiling Finish: In the principal rooms, redwood paneling extends ten feet up from the baseboard and plaster covers the area between the paneling and ceiling. In the Assembly Room, redwood strips are laid over plaster to suggest half - timber construction. An additional truss is suggested in the framing above the stage. The stage storage room is unfinished with ceiling and wall framing exposed. The service rooms are painted plaster. Wallpaper covers the dressing room walls. The Assembly Room ceiling is an exposed wood - and -iron truss with exposed redwood decking. Other rooms are covered with acoustical tiles. Doorways and Doors: The doors complement the wood paneling pattern in the hall and dining room. An exception to this is the Dutch door to the left of the dining room fireplace. Two sets of accordion doors, with three -and- one -half doors in each set, are between the dining and assembly rooms. The remaining doors in the principal rooms are glass- paneled French doors, varying in the number and size of the lights. Hardware: Most of the window and door hardware is brass and quite simple in design. Lighting: The Assembly Room is lighted by large cylindrical hanging lamps with incandescent bulbs. Floor lights are attached to ceiling trusses. Most lighting is hanging incandescent fixtures. Service area has fluorescent lighting. The stage has a single row of stationary floodlights. Heating: A central hot air furnace in the basement is connected to floor registers in rooms. Description of Alterations and Additions Since its construction in 1915, the Clubhouse has required constant and costly maintenance including replacement of woodwork, oiling of exterior shingles, replacement of sections damaged by termites and dry rot and four roof replacements. The Club's membership has sponsored numerous fund - raising projects to finance the upkeep and alterations. 1918 Grounds landscaped. 1921 The fireplace in the Dining Room heated the building until this year when funds were raised for a furnace. The 1921 furnace was replaced in 1955. 1922 A 6' strip of land was purchased from the adjacent property owner on the back side. 1923 A doorway was opened from the dining room into what was the original motion picture booth and remodeled as the kitchen pantry. 1925 The kitchen was fueled by wood or coal until March 1925, at which time it was electrified. The present kitchen utilities date from the 1980s. 1927 New curb and gutter installed on the street side. 1936 The only change to the footprint of the original structure has been the addition of space to the kitchen and kitchen storage. The men's dressing room was also slightly enlarged to provide a room in which guests could wait during business meetings. 1948 New roof installed. 1949 Garden renovated. 1955 New furnace installed. 1966 Garden renovated, a new walkway installed and the road around the clubhouse repaved. Saratoga Foothill Club Santa Clara County. California United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 7 Page 4 1974 In January, 1974, a windstorm blew through the center section of the circular rose window, breaking six of the original panes. The old rose glass was not replaceable, so crinkle amber glass was substituted. This was obtained from a supply at the Saratoga Federated Church, located across the street from Foothill Club. Two new furnaces installed. 1975 Renovation of the garden to the current courtyard design with aggregate and benches. 1980s -90s Sump pumps positioned in the basement, kitchen utilities upgraded and an automatic sprinkler system installed throughout the interior and on sections of the exterior roof. 1985 A new roof which was installed improperly by a contractor immediately began to leak. The building was covered with plastic for months as members hastily collected funds for a replacement roof. Legal action was initiated against the contractor and the Club eventually received a substantial settlement for the damage incurred. 2004 Current work includes repairing a leak in the roof and subsequent replacement of water - stained interior wall paneling. Saratoga Foothill Club Santa Clara County, California Name of Property County and State 8. Statement of Significance Applicable National Register Criteria Areas of Significance (Mark 'k" in one or more boxes for the criteria qualifying the property (Enter categories from instructions) for National Register listing) SOCIAL HISTORY x❑ A Property is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of our history. ❑ B Property is associated with the lives of persons significant in our past. NC Property embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction or represents the work of a master, or possesses high artistic values, or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components lack individual distinction. ❑ D Property has yielded, or is likely to yield information important in prehistory or history. Criteria Considerations (Mark "X" in all the boxes that apply.) Property is: ❑ A owned by a religious institution or used for religious purposes. ❑ B removed from its original location. ❑ C a birthplace or a grave. ❑ D a cemetery. ❑ E a reconstructed building, object, or structure. ❑ F a commemorative property. ❑ G less than 50 years of age or achieved significance within the past 50 years. Narrative Statement of Significance (Explain the significance of the property on one or more continuation sheets.) ARCHITECTURE Period of Significance SOCIAL HISTORY 1915 - 1954 ARCHITECTURE 1915 Significant Dates n/a Significant Person (Complete if Criterion B is marked above) n/a Cultural Affiliation Architect/Builder Morgan, Julia 9. Major Bibliographical References (Cite the books, articles, and other sources used in preparing this form on one or more continuation sheets.) Previous documentation on file (NPS): ❑ preliminary determination of individual listing (36 CFR 67) has been requested. ❑ previously listed in the National Register ❑ previously determined eligible by the National Register ❑ designated a National Historic Landmark recorded by Historic American Buildings Survey # CA -2014 ❑ recorded by Historic American Engineering Record # Primary Location of Additional Data 0 State Historic Preservation Office ❑ Other State agency Federal agency D Local government ❑ University ❑ Other Name of repository: Saratoga Historical Museum Saratoga Foothill Club Santa Clara County, California United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 8 Page 1 NARRATIVE STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE We propose that the Saratoga Foothill Club meets National Register criteria in two areas - under Criterion A, SOCIAL HISTORY and under Criterion C, ARCHITECTURE. Summary Paragraphs The Saratoga Foothill Club is historically significant under Criterion A — Social History for the importance the Club has played in the civic and cultural life of Saratoga. The Foothill Club, first organized in 1907, is the oldest social organization in the city and has been a cohesive element that kept an active group of women together to promote the welfare of the Saratoga community. The founders of the Club, part of a turn of the 20th century trend of strong, dynamic Women's Clubs, were as concerned about their community as they were about expanding their own horizons. Their stated goal was "to foster and encourage intellectual and civic activities within the club and in the community" and the time periods for the women's movement and the organization of the Club coincide. The period of significance for the Saratoga Foothill Club in its original configuration as a women's study group probably concluded after World War U. Therefore, for the purposes of this application, we have ended the period of significance in 1954, based on the National Register's policy of not listing events that have occurred in the last fifty years. The Foothill Clubhouse, erected in 1915, is significant under Criterion C — Architecture because it was designed by famed California architect, Julia Morgan. Morgan's stature among women architects is indisputable as the first licensed female architect in the state, the first woman graduate in engineering at UC Berkeley and the first female architecture graduate of the prestigious Ecole des Beaux Art in Paris. The Saratoga Foothill Club was Morgan's first commission for a private Women's Club and only one of two during her professional life. The other was the 1918 Sausalito Women's Clubhouse. The emerging prominence of women as social contributors in communities was a turning point in American history and it coincided with Morgan's career. Morgan understood women's organizations and shared their determination to improve the lives of those less fortunate. Through high - profile clients such as Phoebe Hearst and by means of her University connections, Morgan was well - connected to the women's network in California. In addition, she was inspired by the Bay Area School, a group of architects who endorsed the use of natural materials, created light within structures, and used informal plans that connected the outside of a building with the interior. Morgan's Saratoga design reflected this new attitude in architecture. As a result of these influences, the Saratoga Foothill Clubhouse is a California -style structure that was designed by a woman, built by women, for use by women and represents Morgan's lifelong commitment to women's aspirations. It also denotes her professional dedication to beaux -arts values and exemplifies her profound understanding of the California landscape. The 89 year old Clubhouse remains structurally intact, is still managed and maintained by its original owners, and continues to be in constant use by the community. It is a powerful testament to Morgan's legacy. Saratoga Foothill Club Santa Clara County, California United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 8 Page 2 Social History Narrative — CIVIC ACCOMPLISHMENTS As early as 1909, the Foothill Study Club launched a movement to remove unsightly billboards along Saratoga -Los Gatos Road. Since many of the billboards advertised a certain brand of butter, thirty Club members took direct action by boycotting, that brand until the signs were removed. In 1910, the women lobbied for a scenic highway through the Saratoga foothills. Although that initial effort failed, the highway was eventually protected and is now County Scenic Highway 9. In the same year, the Club voted to seek removal of an objectionable curtain at the Victory Theater in San Jose which displayed a large colored picture of a nude woman. This effort was successful and a new curtain was subsequently installed. California Governor Hiram Johnson was an honored guest at the famed Blossom Festival in 1914. He supported national prohibition, one of the Club's continuing causes. In 1917, the women endorsed the resolution of the San Jose Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) in support of an amendment to the U. S. Constitution prohibiting the manufacture or sale of intoxicating liquors for beverage purposes. Although later repealed, this became the 18th Amendment to the Constitution adopted in 1919. In 1917, the Club initiated a community Memorial Day celebration which continues today and is still managed and coordinated by the Foothill Club. The ceremonies begin at the Memorial Arch in Blaney Plaza and proceed to the historical Madronia Cemetery for a patriotic program that features important speakers and involves children in all of the local schools and youth organizations. In 1921, the Club joined forces with California's &nv the Redwoods League urging passage of the Redwood Preservation Bill. This was an early conservation endeavor that became the basis of later successful efforts to purchase open space and to create county parklands. In 1922, the Saratoga Investment Company had formed to improve the visual and physical entrance to the Village. They achieved their goal with the creation of Blaney Park and wanted to dissolve the company and turn over title. Since the town was not yet incorporated, the Foothill Club held the deed in trust for Blaney Park until the City of Saratoga was incorporated 34 years later. During WW11, the Clubhouse was a center of civic related activity. On December 12, 1941, less than a week after the United States declared war, the 31st Field Artillery, Headquarters Division, was quartered in the clubhouse during the billeting of soldiers in Saratoga. Although the ladies were assured that the building would be left in perfect order, it wasn't. After two and one half months of military occupancy, the floors needed to be refinished, the stage repaired and a major cleaning of the kitchen and bathrooms was required. However, the women were dedicated to war work and often assisted the soldiers who were bivouacked in Saratoga. They regularly provided hospital kits and donated thousands of articles to the war relief and to the Red Cross. In 1949 the Foothill Club was solidly on record in favor of having a proposed State Highway bypass the town (today's Highway 85). Although this is outside the period of significance, it is important to mention that the first woman elected to the Saratoga City Council was Foothill Club member, Peggy Corr, appointed to City Saratoga Foothill Club Santa Clara County, California United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 8 Page 3 Council in 1976 and then elected for two terms. She was one of the early women office holders in a County renowned as The Feminist Capital of the World from 1975 -1985 because so many local women were elected to office during those years. Social History Narrative - EDUCATIONAL ACCONTLISHMENTS In 1912, the group proposed an ambitious project, a California history- themed Blossom Festiwl. This event included an elaborate parade with portrayals of Native Americans, Mission Padres, Mexican rancheros and Gold Rush miners. Sarah Brown, daughter of famed abolitionist, John Brown, was a Saratoga resident and a Club member who proudly led the parade in a covered wagon pulled by oxen. Other themes were chosen for subsequent years. Speeches, music and pageantry always followed the parade and these events were first held at the Saratoga Elementary School grounds on Oak Street, then moved to the Village Green, the site of the present Clubhouse. After the Clubhouse structure was built in 1915, the Festival moved to the Glen, a natural amphitheater leading from Saratoga Avenue to Saratoga Creek. The Blossom Festiml was a regionally acclaimed affair for 28 years, until 1940. Throughout the entire period, the Club remained a Festival co- sponsor with the Saratoga Improvement Club. Lillian Fontaine, mother of actresses Joan Fontaine and Olivia de Havilland, was a Foothill Club member and both of her daughters often starred in Blossom Festivul performances directed by their mother. In 1934, Kathleen Norris, a resident and well -known author, became a Club member and allowed her play, "Victoria," to be performed in May of 1935. From 1917 to 1920, the club hosted a weekly movie night at the building. A projection booth was part of Morgan's original design and a Club committee reviewed the content of the films to be shown. In 1927 the Club members worked hard to raise funds for the construction of a community library building. Having lobbied the County Supervisors to establish a county library system, they were finally successful in 1914. However, the location of the Saratoga branch shifted from place to place around town until the new building, completely funded by community donations and designed by a well -known architect, Eldridge Spencer, was completed. The Club's History and Landmarks Committee was founded in 1938 under the leadership of Florence Cunningham. This group recorded the history of Saratoga and amassed a priceless collection of historical records, artifacts, photos and memorabilia. After Cunningham's death in 1965, the committee incorporated as the Saratoga Historical Foundation, an organization that was instrumental in saving.two structures from demolition and moving them to a new site. These buildings currently house the Saratoga Historical Museum whose holdings include the Foothill Club collection. Saratoga Foothill Club Santa Clara County. California United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 8 Page 4 Social History Narrative - PHILANTHROPIC ACCOMPLISHMENTS Beginning in 1931 in conjunction with the Community Chest, and continuing until the present -day, the Club has annually served needy families in the community with hundreds of holiday food baskets. From 1950 to the present, the Club has annually provided scholarships for as many as half a dozen outstanding high school students. The Saratoga Foothill Club continues to be a strong and enduring force within Sdratoga's social, civic and cultural community. From the beginning, the Club's annual schedule of events has included programs of broad interest on timely subjects that were open to the public. The current schedule lists monthly public lectures and the Clubhouse facility is always available for public and private use. In the last five years Club members have been active members of important community planning committees for several projects that impacted the Clubhouse property. These included construction of a new Saratoga Fire Station whose property is across the street, an addition to the Saratoga Federated Church - also across the street, and a controversial housing development adjacent to Foothill Club property. In addition, Foothill Club members participate in almost every community endeavor. These include serving on city commissions, the successful passage of a library bond issue, and working with non -profit organizations on large -scale events such as the two day Saratoga Art Show in the spring and a week -long, multi - cultural program called Building Bridges. The women continue to fulfill their original goal to foster and encourage intellectual and civic activities within the club and in the community. Today, in 2004, the 250 members of the Saratoga Foothill Club look forward to observing a century of continuous existence in 2007. Their plans include a grand celebration with a replication of the historic Blossom Festival, the purchase and permanent placement of a Blossom Festival - themed sculpture in the courtyard, and the nomination of the building to the National Register. Saratoga Foothill Club Santa Clara County, California United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 8 Page 5 Architecture The Saratoga women's club, founded in 1907 as the Foothill Study Club, began raising funds to build their own Clubhouse in 1914. They were fortunate to have two members who generously donated a plot of land and it was no surprise that they chose Julia Morgan to design and supervise the construction of their building, the Saratoga Foothill Clubhouse. Morgan was a close friend of the Club's president, Grace Fisher Richards, her sorority sister at UC Berkeley. The Saratoga Foothill Clubhouse embodies the distinctive characteristics of the Craftsman- Bungalow style of architecture during the early twentieth century in California. It is representative of the work of master architect, Julia Morgan, and of the Bay Area School of the Arts and Crafts Movement. It displays Morgan's usual concern for context in the informal design of the rustic shingled building with a welcoming entry and lobby area. Her designs for buildings of benevolent organizations were remarkable for their well- worked out plans and quiet dignity. The simple building seems as right for its site and purpose today as when it was built. Within Morgan's body of work, the building is a unique design of non - residential architecture and is a distinguishable entity in the City of Saratoga. It is one of two of Morgan's designs that have been documented by the Historic American Building Survey.. In addition, Morgan planned many projects for women clients, designing and building an extraordinary variety of institutions commissioned bywonwA for use bywomer; with much of the work performed by women. Of the 480 Morgan projects listed in Boutelle's Julia Morgan, Architect, 1995, from 1896 to 1946, more than one third were for women clients or for women's organizations. These include Mill's College, girls' schools, ladies' clubs and YWCA buildings in most of California's major cities, as well as numerous residential projects for women clients who were listed as "Mrs." During this period, women's organizations were. establishing headquarters and building hospitals and orphanages for children. Concurrently, the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) and the Emanu -el Sisterhood for Jewish women both played important roles for young women who crowded into cities for relatively low - paying factory and office jobs. Even more impressive is the fact that Morgan also hired women professionals. By 1927, six of her fourteen employees were women, a remarkable number for an established business. All of these activities were a daring departure for any architect at that period of time in history. Although few of Morgan's completed projects match the grandeur and scope of William Randolph Hearst's San Simeon estate, and so many are deliberately understated by the unassuming designer herself, when considered together, as a group, the projects firmly establish the growing force of women -led organizations using women professionals for projects intended for women. By 1915, Morgan was established in her vocation, having completed work at UC Berkeley and at Mills College, taken on dozens of residential commissions and worked with institutional groups such as churches, schools and the YWCA. That the 89 year old Saratoga Foothill Clubhouse remains structurally intact, is still managed by its original owners, and remains in continuous use by the community is a testament to the Morgan legacy. The Saratoga Foothill Clubhouse was designated Saratoga Landmark No. 1 in 1988. Saratoga Foothill Club Santa Clara County, California United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 8 Page 6 Original Plans and Construction The original set of blueprints drawn by Julia Morgan is in possession of the Foothill Club. The specific origin of the design is not known but the building resembles several other known projects. The unique rose window is very similar to the one in the 1898 Berkeley Unitarian Church designed by A. C. Schweinfurth, an early member of the Bay Area School, but there is no record of such an influence on Morgan's Saratoga building. The set of blueprints consists of ten sheets, including the northwest, southwest, southeast and northeast elevations, transverse and cross sections, main floor plan, foundation plan and building details. These sheets were reproduced as measured drawings for the Historic American Building Survey (NABS) collection in 1978. HABS teams studied and submitted reports for 32 historic buildings in Santa Clara County from 1977 to 1980. Their report on the bungalow as a uniquely California building type was a first, and the fact that the Saratoga Foothill Clubhouse was included in their study demonstrates their regard for its national•significance. On January 7, 1915, the Saratoga Record noted the opening of the new clubhouse as follows: A low, shingled structure of the bungalow type, its interior shows the soft hue of unstained redwood. Particularly to be commended is the well-proportioned stage, which, with its cozy book shelves in the corner and its comparatively small dimensions, can easily be made to represent a most delighNl room of almost any character. Opposite the large bay window which floods with sunlight the roomy and comfortable reception hall, is the motion picture booth. ... Also opposite the bay window is the dining room, which is in reality an alcove or wing of the main hall. The old-fashioned open fireplace in the dining room is perhaps the most attractive feature of the building. Saratoga Foothill Club Santa Clara County, California United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 9 Page 1 Major Bibliographical References for the Saratoga Foothill Club: Boutelle, Sara Holmes, Julia Morgan, Architect. Revised and Updated. Abbeville Press Publishers, New York, 1995. Boutelle, Sara Holmes, Julia Morgan in Saratoga. Grant from Sourisseau Academy, San Jose State University, n.d. Cole, Doris, From Tipi to S scraper. A History of Women in Architecture, 1973. Cunningham, Charles. The History of the Saratoga Federated Church, 1780 -1963. Saratoga Federated Church, 1963. Damskey, Constance, History of Saratoga. A Resource Guide, Grades 7 and 8. Saratoga Union School District, 1973. Gebhard, David, "Introduction: The Bay Area Tradition," in Bay Area Houses, Sally Woodbridge, ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 1976. Longstreth, Richard W., Julia Morgan, Architect. Berkeley Architectural Heritage Association, 1977. Longstreth, Richard W., On the Edge of the World. Four Architects in San Francisco at the Turn of the Century. New York, 1983. Maxwell, Hollye Eugenia, Northern Californian Arts and Crafts Churches and Women's Clubs: A Comparative Analysis. A Thesis presented for the Master of Arts Degree, University of Memphis, TN, May, 1995. Oden, Melita, Compiler, The Saratoga Foothill Club. A History to 1978, 70th Birthday, and updated to 1994 -95. Santa Clara County Historic American Buildings Survey in 1977, 1978 1979 and 1980. Robert Bruegmann, Supervisor, 1977; Robert Bruegmann, Supervisor, 1978; Sibyl McCormac Groff, Supervisor, 1979; John White, Supervisor, 1980. Materials include Measured Onsite Drawings, Historical Narrative, 31Photos Saratoga, City of, Saratoga Foothill Club Files, 1984 - present. Saratoga, City of, Saratoga's Heritage. A Survey of Historic Resources. Historical Preservation Commission, January 1993. Saratoga, City of, Saratoga Village Design Guidelines, January 2, 1991. Torre, Susana, Women in American Architecture. A Historic and Contemporary Perspective. New York, Whitney Library of Design, 1977. Woodbridge, Sally B., "The Bay Area Tradition 1890 - 1918," in Bay Area Houses, Sally Woodbridge, ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 1976. Woodbridge, Sally B., California Architecture. Historic American Buildings Survey_ Chronicle Books, San Francisco, CA, 1988. Consultants: Espinosa, Gary. Longtime resident, professional appraiser, co- manager, Foothill Clubhouse, Halberstadt, April. Professional Historian and Curator, Saratoga Historical Foundation/Museum. Heid, Warren, AIA. Professional architect, longtime Saratoga resident, member of Saratoga HPC. Livingstone, John, Saratoga City Planner and HPC Liaison. Maggi, Franklin, Architectural Historian Saratoga Foothill Club Name of roperty 10. Geographical Data Acreage of Property 7,409 sq. ft. or .17 acres UTM References (Place additional UTM references on a continuation sheet) Zone Easting Northing 1 10S 586032 4124030 2 4 Santa Clara County, California County and State Zone Easting Northing ❑ See continuation sheet. Verbal Boundary Description (Describe the boundaries of the property on a continuation sheet.) Boundary Justification (Explain why the boundaries were selected on a continuation sheet.) 11. Form Prepared By name /title Beth Wyman, Historian organization Saratoga Foothill Club date July 20, 2004 street & number 12231 Fredericksburg Drive telephone (408) 867 -1195 city or town Saratoga state CA zip code 95070 Submit the following items with the completed form Continuation Sheets Maps A USGS map (7.5 or 15 minute series) indicating the property's location. A Sketch map for historic districts and properties having large acreage or numerous resources. Photographs Representative black and white photographs of the property. Additional items (Check with the SHPO or FPO for any additional items) Copies of HABS drawings CA -2014, 1978. Various elevations of the building rroperty owner omp e e this item at e request of e SHFU or name Saratoga Foothill Club street & number 20399 Park Place telephone (408) 867 -5008 city or town Saratoga state CA zip code 95070 Paperwork Reduction Act Statement: This information is being collected for applications to the National Register of Historic Places to nominate properties a benefit in accordance with the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.). Estimated Burden Statement: Public reporting burden for this form is estimated to average 18.1 hours per response including the time for reviewing instructions, gathering and maintaining data, and completing and reviewing the form. Direct comments regarding this burden estimate or any aspect of this form to the Chief, Administrative Services Division, National Park Service, P.O. Box 37127, Washington, DC 20013 -7127; and the Office of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reductions Project (1024 - 0018), Washington, DC 20503. Saratoga Foothill Club Santa Clara County, California United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 10 Page 1 Verbal Boundary Description The property is located on the northwest - southwest side of Park Place, bounded on two sides by Park Place with an alley at the rear of the building and a property line fence on the southeast - southwest side. The present parcel consists of Lot 1 and six feet of Lot 2 in Block 2 of the Saratoga Park subdivision. The land in Lot 1 was given to the Club in May 1914 by two members, Mrs. George A. Wood and Mrs. Davis C. Bell. The 6' strip of land in Lot 2 was purchased in 1922 to provide better access to the cellar. The entire parcel was recorded on May 8, 1939 when both Wood and Bell executed quit claim deeds. Boundary Justification The nominated property includes the entire parcel historically associated with the Saratoga Foothill Club. �i��C�i O�i9 �pDT� /� CG�� i1/r� G�,�r�� CoU� %�, c�9 THIS PROJECT WAS UNDERTAKEN BY THE HISTORIC AMERICAN BUILDINGS SORVEY JN COOPERATION WITH THE COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA. UNDER THE- DIRECTION OF JOHN POPELM CHIEF OF HABS, AND KEN ANDERSON, PRINCW ARCHrr6CT, THE PROJECT WAS COMPLETED DURING THE SUMP Of 1978 AT THE HABS FIELD OFFICE, SARATOGA, CALIFORNIA, BY ROBERT BRUEGMANN, PROJECT SUPERVISOR (UNIVERSITY Of ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO CIRCLE); JACK SCHAFER,.PROJECT FOREMAN ROBERT E CL4RKE, ASSISTANT FOREMAN; AND STUDENT ARCHITECTS BARBARA FRIEDMAN (UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA); JULIA MINOR (YALE UNIVERSITY), AND JOHN MURPHY (TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY). om f THIS SHINGLED REDWOOD BUILDING WAS DESIGNED BY ARCHITECT ' JULIA MORGAN IN 1915 TO HOUSE THE SARATOGA FOOTHILL CLUB. THE ORGANIZATION WAS FOUNDED IN 1907 AS THE FOOT - FILL STUDY CLUB AND CONSISTED OF A SMALL GROUP OF LOCAL WHO.MET N THE HOMES OF MEMBERS FOR SELF IMPROVEMENT THROUGH READING AND PUBLIC SPEAKING. A RAPID INCREASE N MEMBERSHIP SOON MADE POSSIBLE THE OF _CONSTRUCTION THE PRESENT BULDINQ ONE OF SEVERAL WOMEN'S CLUBHOUSES DESIGNED BY JULIA MORGAN. IT IS AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF HER STRAIGHTFORWARD BUT CAREFULLY DETAILED WORK AT THIS PERIOD. SA- RATOGA FOOTHILL. CLUB o s SITE PLAN/ROOF PLAN WWRS 111M e S m V'o Y =C 0., 4 LL 7Q� 3O» Q� Saratoga Foothill Club, Saratoga (1914- 1915). A modestly scaled redwood building, its Bungalow style and low, horizontal character blend in with the residential surroundings. The Saratoga Foothill Club was designed by renowned California archi- tect, Julia Morgan, who is perhpas best known for Hearst Castle in San Simeon. SECTION- ASSEMBLY ROOM TOWARD DINING ROOM .SECTION. -AS EMBLY ROOM TOWARQ BAY WINDOW r : s Kl£RS I �SF m: �a ;0= ep, 9 ;Qo i0 a� N Y s FE is Eo S f ONE 4'', i11- ANIMISM loll] H 11. I. — �'�- 11.11 1 �� p �� r�1 �u�t ��I��sa,! .SECTION. -AS EMBLY ROOM TOWARQ BAY WINDOW r : s Kl£RS I �SF m: �a ;0= ep, 9 ;Qo i0 a� N Y s FE is Eo S f Saratoga Foothill. Club, Saratogra (1914- 1915). A modestly scaled redwood building, its Bungalow style and low, horizontal character blend in with the residential surroundings. The Saratoga Foothill Club was designed by renowned California archi- tect, Julia Morgan, who is perhpas best known for Hearst Castle in San Simeon. r. Saratoga Foothill Club Santa Clara County, CA Name of Property Comity and State NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES - Photographs, page 1 Number 1: Saratoga Foothill Club 20399 Park Place Saratoga, CA 95070 Santa Clara County, CA Photographer: Beth Wyman Date: June 14, 2004 Negative @: 12231 Fredericksburg .Drive Saratoga, CA 95070 Saratoga Foothill Club Entrance - NW elevation - Looking SE. Shows original high back benches, Assembly Room windows & nw -ne pergola. Number 2: Saratoga Foothill Club 20399 Park Place Saratoga, CA 95070 Santa Clara County, CA Photographer: Gabriel Ibarra Date: 2003 Negative@ 2553 Borax Drive Santa Clara, CA 95051 Saratoga Foothill Club Front Facade - NW to SW elevation - Looking SE. Number 3: Saratoga Foothill Club 20399 Park Place Saratoga, CA 95070 Santa Clara County, CA Photographer: Gabriel lbarra Date: 2003 Negative@: 2553 Borax Drive Santa Clara, CA 95051 Saratoga Foothill Club Courtyard and 70' Trellis - Looking NE. Trellis extends from SE side of building, through the courtyard and to the street. Number 4: Saratoga Foothill Club 20399 Park Place Saratoga, CA 95070 Santa Clara County, CA Photographer: Date: June 14, 2004 Negative@: 12231 Fredericksburg Drive Saratoga, CA 95070 Saratoga Foothill Club Alley elevation - Looking NE Shows 1936 Julia Morgan - designed kitchen /dressing room alteration. Original building was enlarged by a 6' x 54' addition. Number 5: Saratoga Foothill Club 20399 Park Place Saratoga, CA 95070 Santa Clara County, CA Photographer: Unknown Date: Unknown Negative@ 12231 Fredericksburg Drive Saratoga, CA 95070 Saratoga Foothill Club building. Looking East. Early day photo - before landscaping was installed in 1918. Saratoga Foothill Club, Santa Clara County, California Name of Property Cotuity and State NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES - Photographs, page 2 Number 6: Saratoga Foothill Club 20399 Park Place Saratoga, CA 95070 Santa Clara County Photographer: Jane Lidz, Historic American Building Survey Date: 1978 Negative@: U. S. Library of Congress Saratoga Foothill Club Front Facade - Looking East Number 7: Saratoga Foothill Club 20399 Park Place Saratoga, CA 95070 Santa Clara County Photographer: Jane Lidz, Historic American Building Survey Date: 1978 Negative @: U. S. Library of Congress Saratoga Foothill Club Front Facade, Rose Window. 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