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Item No.:
Meeting llate: 10/04/2004
ITEM T[T1.F.: Consideration of request for designation of 20 Second Avenue.
VIA: Marilyn Ponseggi, Evironmental Review Coordinator
FROM: Lynnette Tessitore-Lopez, Associate Planner
The property owner, Philip Lopez requests that his property at 20 Second Avenue be considered
for inclusion o^ Chula Vista's List of Historic Sites.(Attachment 1) The subject property is
located east of N. Del Mar Avenue, south of C Street and north of Sea Vale Street. (Attachment
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DISCUSSION:
Municiual Code Authoritti
Iu accordance with Section 3.32.070 of the City Of Chula Vista Municipal Code. the decision as
to whether a site should be included on the. Historic site list is made by the City Council, upon
recommendation of the RCC. Section 232.070 states:
"'hhc Commission shall recommend to the City Council the designation of
any site which it has fund to meet the criteria as a historical site. The
Commission shall also recommend if the historical site permit process, as
provided in Section 232.09Q should be imposed on the site."
Past I Iistory
20 Second Avenue, identified as the Rose D. Barrows House, was part of the 1985 City of Chula
Vista Iistoric Resources inventory and is often referred to as the "big yellow house". IIowever,
at that time, the home was not included on the Chula Vista List of Historic Sites. The City Of
Chula Vista Iistoric Resources Inventory prepared in 1985 identifies the home as Colonial
Revival. It is assumed that the home was built around 1927.
Historical Context
After 1900. changing architectural ideas and the availability of new materials began to influence
design in Chula Vista houses. There was a shift from homes built fur functional purposes, like
orchard homes and homes built exclusively for the more wealthy, large Victorians to more
modest homes designed from architectural styles of the past. The resurgence of architcchiral
styles of the past became popular throughout California, as well as in Chula Vista.
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Architecture
This home is a Colonial Revival.
Features of Colonial Revival Architecture are:
• Accentuated front door, normally with decorative crown supported by pilasters
• Most types have a balanced front entryway/door.
• Windows with double hung sashes, typically in adjacent pairs
• Rectangular windows with double-hung sashes
• Paired windows
Features of the site:
According to the Historic Resources Inventory, this house is a Colonial Revival home. The
main section of this home is symmetrical with wings to either side. It has a medium, side
facing gable roof with wide eaves, a boxed cornice and cornice returns. A stepped back two
story section with a side facing gable has been added to the left end. At the right end, a one
story section houses a two car garage. In the main section, an open portico with a curved
underside and Tuscan column at each front corner shelters the entrance. The portico is
centered on the facade. A large brick exterior chimney stands at the right end of the main
section. Other details include, double hung windows, wide horizontal shiplap siding, sidelights
flanking the front door and a fanlight over it. The street facing windows on the second floor
have shutters. Two large picture windows face the street on the ground floor. Building
records indicate the right wing section of the home is an addition. (Attachment 3) The addition
was integrated into the existing structure with the use of similar colors and materials.
Sienificance:
This home would be significant for being one of the few original large 1920's Colonial Revival
homes still remaining in Chula Vista. (Attachment 4)
Permits on File:
• 1980 Permit for interior alterations
• 1981 Permit for a deck in the rear
• 1982 Permit to add a room wlfireplace and a garage.
CONCLUSION:
20 Second Avenue, though modified with the addition of the right wing, appears to retain the
the distinctive characteristics of a type, period or method of construction of Colonial Revival
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architecture. Therefore, staff recommends that the Resource Conservation consider 20 Second
Avenue for inclusion on the Chula Vista Historical Sites List for being one of the few large
Colonial Revival homes still remaining in Chula Vista.
Attachments:
1.) Owner's application for historic designation
2.) Locator Map
3.) historic Resources Inventory
4) Photos of itte Property
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APPLICANT/OWNER INFORMATION
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Phone: ~t.'t'9• ~3`~. 6202_
Secondary Owner Name:
Owner Address:
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Historic Designation
APPLICATION FORM
Case #:
Date Submitted:
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OWNER APPROVAL YS REQUII2ED
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PROPERTY INFORMATION
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Property Address:
Common ra„ie:
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ArchitecturalSryle: CO~Ohi'v~ t`~.u~J~ ~'6G.-dip- ~Z
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HISTORIC/LANDIEZ4RK INFORMATION
Use the reverse side of this form or a separate puce of gaper may be attached for ouestior,s 1-3.
1. Ple=_se describe, in detail, historical aspects of the site or stru~ure as well as any other signincani
factors which may determine the property as a historic siteifandmark (i.e. special zssthetics; cultural,
archr>ctural, or engineering factors; and any dales, events, or persons associated with the Site or
structura). See at~ched established criteria for designation. ,,~~ !~
2. Has the site or structure been altered in any way from its original design? ~U~ % S ~?~7s~ ~~~~ ~`"
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3. Brierly describe the present physical condition of ih=_ property include a rating of poor, fair, good, or
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CHULA VISTA PLANNING AND BUILDING DEPARTMENT
LOCATOR PROJECT Rose Barrows House PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
APPLICANT:
PROJECT
Historic Designation & Mills Act
20 Second Avenue
ADDRESS:
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ta. Alterations: r,or,e anoarent
15. Surroundngs: (Check more than one if necessary) Open land _$cattered buildings
Residential =lndustnal -Commercial -Other.
The early history o_` this house is somewhat obscure. In 1912, J.
H. '•?cColloch owned the property and there was no house on this lot
at that time. The orooerty included 2 l/2 acres and was '.mown as the
S 1;'2 c~ Lot ^, QS 135. .r. 1913, :v. F. Hickory bought the lot and
coas~ructed a sma?.1 house. F:e sold the house in 1920 to Garry Co'_lins
w^o lived at 2i9 Sea Vale Street, just around the corner. In 1921,
cdna Ccllins cwned t`:e hcuse and she sold the property on august 30,
1925 to Rose D. Barrows. :;bout the time Rose and James Barrows
aCOlll red tl?e pdrCe., the as s25sc"'d Vallle OL the 1mprOVemen`~S inCr2d5ed
t2.^.--01d '_ndiCat_nC ~.._ _OnStrllCtlOn Oi a new hOllSe Or ddd1t10RS t0
_he old ,.ne. James _.~Barrows was a tax collector. The ?arrows
`amil•~ who lived here `or a short time sold the ~.ouse on `4arch 29,
_92, to Jessie A. Claus. crank Lynch occulted the house by 1930.
Jessie Claus and later . _>n'.{ Lynch also owned the Wort one-ila1
c= lot s on which _::^,e house at 10 Second Avenue stood. T:-:is house
is cne o' the feta lance Colonial Revival houses is Chula vista. dt
least the main sacticn has 'ew_`
_ alto raft OP.s . Locational sketch map (draw and Iacei site and
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tfi. Threan to site: None known X Private development- Zoning
Pu61ic Works project Other-
17. Is the structure:
t8. Related features:
On its Original site? °
landscap
Moved? Unknown?
SIGNIFICANCE
L. 3r,e41y state hinonpl and/or ardiitec;ural imoortancs (include dates, zvents, and persons associated with the site.)
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