News Release:
Ten California Sites Considered for Designation
The California State Historical Resources Commission Has Judged Nine Nominations For Federal Historic Designation And One For State Designation This Past Weekend.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif.—The California State Historical Resources Commission (Commission) will consider nine nominations for federal historic designation and one nomination for state designation on Friday, February 2. The Commission meeting will be held at 9 a.m. in the Auditorium at the State Resources Building, located at 1416 Ninth Street, Sacramento. Properties being considered at this meeting include two buildings in San Francisco at the national level of significance—Coit Memorial Tower, which exhibited federally funded art through the Public Works of Art Project, and The Women’s Building, which is associated with second wave feminism. Two nominations document additional significance and eligibility for previously listed properties—Lake Norconian Club Historic District and San Francisco Central YMCA.
Properties being considered at the meeting include:
National Register of Historic Places Nominations
Coit Memorial Tower (San Francisco, San Francisco County); Lake Norconian Club Historic District (Norco, Riverside County); Miles C. Bates House (Palm Desert, River-side County); Napa County Infirmary (Napa, Napa County); San Francisco Central YMCA (San Francisco, San Francisco County); The Integratron (Landers, San Bernardino County); The Women’s Building (San Francisco, San Francisco County); Torrey, Joseph and Carrie, House (Long Beach, Los Angeles County); Westminster Presbyterian Church and Cemetery of Tremont (Dixon, Solano County);
California Register of Historical Resources Nominations
Glendale Civic Auditorium (Glendale, Los Angeles County)- The auditorium was designed by J.A. Grundfor with funding from the Works Progress Administration, associated with the growth of Glendale in the late 1930s.
All nominations and photographs of historical buildings under consideration are available here. The National Register of Historic Places is part of a national program that coordinates and supports public and private efforts to identify, evaluate, and protect America’s historic and archaeological resources. The California Register of Historical Resources includes buildings, sites, structures, objects and districts significant in the architectural, engineering, scientific, economic, agricultural, educational, social, political, military or cultural annals of California. California State Parks provides for the health, inspiration and education of the people of California by helping to preserve the state’s extraordinary biological diversity, protecting its most valued natural and cultural resources, and creating opportunities for high quality outdoor recreation. Learn more on the decisions of this hearing at California State Parks website.
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