San Pedro Historic Districts, Planning Districts and Multi

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San Pedro
Historic Districts, Planning Districts and Multi-Property Resources - July 2012
Districts
Name: 529-537 9th Street Office Building
Description:
Two single-story, multi-unit office buildings facing a central courtyard. Currently occupied by the LA DWP and the Gas
Company.
Significance:
Excellent and rare example of a mid-20th century low-rise commercial office building in San Pedro.
Context 1:
Context:
Other Context, 1850-1980
Sub context:
No Sub-context
Theme:
Design/Construction, 1850-1980
Sub theme:
No SubTheme
Property type:
Commercial
Property sub type:
No Sub-Type
Criteria:
C/3/3
Status code:
3S;3CS;5S3
Reason:
Excellent and rare example of a mid-20th century low-rise commercial office building in San Pedro.
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San Pedro
Name: 764-772 14th Street Bungalow Court
Description:
Composed of two, single-story, two-unit buildings facing a courtyard; one two-story building at the rear.
Significance:
Excellent example of an early 20th century bungalow court in San Pedro.
Context 1:
Context:
Residential Development and Suburbanization, 1850-1980
Sub context:
Multi-Family Residential Development, 1910-1980
Theme:
Multi-Family Residential, 1910-1980
Sub theme:
The Bungalow Court, 1910-1939
Property type:
Residential
Property sub type:
Bungalow Court
Criteria:
C/3/3
Status code:
3S;3CS;5S3
Reason:
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San Pedro
Name: 1213-1223 22nd Street Bungalow Court
Description:
Two three-unit Craftsman buildings facing a narrow courtyard.
Significance:
Context 1:
Context:
Sub context:
Theme:
Sub theme:
Property type:
Residential
Property sub type:
Bungalow Court
Criteria:
C/3/3
Status code:
3S;3CS;5S3
Reason:
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San Pedro
Name: 643-649 23rd Street Bungalow Court
Description:
Four detached duplex bungalows arranged in two rows facing a narrow central courtyard.
Significance:
Context 1:
Context:
Sub context:
Theme:
Sub theme:
Property type:
Residential
Property sub type:
Bungalow Court
Criteria:
C/3/3
Status code:
3S;3CS;5S3
Reason:
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San Pedro
Name: Alma Park
Description:
Neighborhood park located on both sides of 21st Street between Alma and Meyler streets. The topography follows the natural
contours of the canyon. Features include mature trees, pedestrian pathways, stone retaining walls and maintenance shed.
Curved terraces form an amphitheater-like gathering space.
Significance:
Excellent example of an early municipal park in San Pedro. One of four San Pedro parks developed on land donated by early city
pioneer/real estate developer George Huntington Peck, Jr. A native of San Francisco, Peck was a one-time railroad conductor
who is credited with having led the first Southern Pacific train into San Pedro. Remaining in San Pedro, Peck eventually became
a leading city philanthropist and developer. Between 1921 and 1937, Peck donated land for four parks in San Pedro: Peck Park,
Leland Park, Alma Park, and Rena Park. The three latter parks were named after Peck's children. These parks were developed as
part of an initiative to promote San Pedro as a livable “city of homes” in addition to its reputation as a “city of industry.”
Context 1:
Context:
Public and Private Institutional Development, 1850-1980
Sub context:
Government Infrastructure and Services, 1850-1980
Theme:
Municipal Parks, Recreation, and Leisure, 1886-1978
Sub theme:
Municipal Parks, 1904-1931
Property type:
Institutional - Recreation
Property sub type:
Municipal Park
Criteria:
A/1/1&C/3/3
Status code:
3S;3CS;5S3
Reason:
Excellent example of an early municipal park in San Pedro. One of four city parks developed on land
donated by early pioneer/real estate developer George Huntington Peck, Jr. between 1921 and 1937.
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San Pedro
Name: Averill Park
Description:
Neighborhood park located at Weymouth Avenue and 13th Street. The topography follows the natural contours of the canyon.
Features include mature trees, stone footbridge, paved footpaths, stone retaining walls, decorative plantings, and a stepped
water feature with a stream and stone border.
Significance:
Excellent example of an early municipal park in San Pedro; established in 1920 on land donated by the Averill Weymouth
Company.
Context 1:
Context:
Sub context:
Theme:
Sub theme:
Property type:
Property sub type:
Municipal Park
Criteria:
A/1/1&C/3/3
Status code:
3S;3CS;5S3
Reason:
Excellent example of an early municipal park in San Pedro.
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San Pedro
Name: Barton Hill Elementary School
Description:
Elementary school campus originally constructed in 1923; remodeled in 1933 in a PWA Moderne style. Consists of three
buildings including an administration/classroom building and two additional classroom buildings, arranged in a U-shape. Named
for Postmaster Alberta Barton.
Significance:
Excellent example of an LAUSD elementary school campus representing the post-1933 Long Beach Earthquake period of school
construction.
Context 1:
Context:
Sub context:
Education, 1876-1980
Theme:
Public Schools and the LAUSD, 1876-1980
Sub theme:
Post-1933 Long Beach Earthquake, 1933-1945
Property type:
Institutional - Education
Property sub type:
Campus - Elementary School
Criteria:
A/1/1&C/3/3
Status code:
3S;3CS;5S3
Reason:
Excellent example of a post-1933 Long Beach Earthquake LAUSD elementary school campus in San
Pedro.
Contributors/Non-Contributors:
Address:
423 N PACIFIC AVE
Type:
Contributor
Year built:
1933
Property type/sub type:
Institutional-Education; Elementary School
Architectural style:
Moderne, PWA; Spanish Colonial Revival
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San Pedro
Address:
423 N PACIFIC AVE
Type:
Contributor
Year built:
1933
Address:
423 N PACIFIC AVE
Type:
Contributor
Year built:
1933
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San Pedro
Name: Fifteenth Street Elementary School
Description:
This district is composed of two Spanish Colonial Revival school buildings. The building at 1521 S. Mesa Street was constructed
in 1929, replacing an earlier school building. In 1935, following the Long Beach earthquake, the building was remodeled, and
the companion building at 1527 S. Mesa was constructed in a similar style.
Significance:
construction. This school was originally established as the Sixteenth Street School; the name was changed in 1909 when San
Pedro was consolidated with Los Angeles, as there was already a Sixteenth Street School in the LAUSD system. This is the oldest
operating school in San Pedro.
Context 1:
Context:
Sub context:
Theme:
Sub theme:
Property type:
Property sub type:
Campus - Elementary School
Criteria:
A/1/1&C/3/3
Status code:
3S;3CS;5S3
Reason:
Excellent example of a post-1933 Long Beach Earthquake LAUSD elementary school campus in San
Pedro.
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San Pedro
Address:
1527 S MESA ST
Type:
Contributor
Year built:
1929
Spanish Colonial Revival
Address:
1527 S MESA ST
Type:
Contributor
Year built:
1935
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San Pedro
Name: 208-212 Grand Avenue Bungalow Court
Description:
Composed of two, two-unit Spanish Colonial Revival buildings facing a narrow central courtyard. Arched, gated entry into
courtyard from the street.
Significance:
Context 1:
Context:
Sub context:
Theme:
Sub theme:
Property type:
Residential
Property sub type:
Bungalow Court
Criteria:
C/3/3
Status code:
3S;3CS;5S3
Reason:
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San Pedro
Name: Leland Park
Description:
Municipal park between Miraflores and Elberon, bisected by Gaffey Street. The topography follows the natural contours of the
canyon. Features include mature trees and paved footpaths. Includes Leland Recreation Center.
Significance:
Excellent example of an early municipal park in San Pedro. One of four San Pedro parks developed on land donated by early
city pioneer/real estate developer George Huntington Peck, Jr. A native of San Francisco, Peck was a one-time railroad
conductor who is credited with having led the first Southern Pacific train into San Pedro. Remaining in San Pedro, Peck
eventually became a leading city philanthropist and developer. Between 1921 and 1937, Peck donated land for four parks in
San Pedro: Peck Park, Leland Park, Alma Park, and Rena Park. The three latter parks were named after Peck's children.
These parks were developed as part of an initiative to promote San Pedro as a livable “city of homes” in addition to its
reputation as a “city of industry.”
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San Pedro
Context 1:
Context:
Sub context:
Theme:
Sub theme:
Property type:
Property sub type:
Municipal Park
Criteria:
A/1/1&C/3/3
Status code:
3S;3CS;5S3
Reason:
Excellent example of an early municipal park in San Pedro. One of four San Pedro parks developed on
land donated by early pioneer/real estate developer George Huntington Peck, Jr. between 1921 and
1937.
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San Pedro
Name: Peck Park
Description:
Sprawling municipal park located in the northern part of San Pedro. The topography follows the natural contours of the canyon.
Features include large groupings of mature trees, wide grassy expanses, stone retaining walls, paved and unpaved trails and
footpaths. The park also includes Hernandez Ranch.
Significance:
Context 1:
Context:
Sub context:
Theme:
Sub theme:
Property type:
Property sub type:
Municipal Park
Criteria:
A/1/1&C/3/3
Status code:
3S;3CS;5S3
Reason:
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San Pedro
Name: Point Fermin Elementary School
Description:
The focal point of the campus, the Administration Building, was designed by Sumner P. Hunt and Silas Burns and constructed in
1917. In 1925, the building was expanded and a new classroom building added. In 1936 both buildings were remodeled
following the Long Beach earthquake.
Significance:
construction.
Context 1:
Context:
Sub context:
Theme:
Sub theme:
Property type:
Property sub type:
Elementary School
Criteria:
A/1/1&C/3/3
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San Pedro
Status code:
3S;3CS;5S3
Reason:
Excellent example of a post-1933 Long Beach Earthquake elementary school campus in San Pedro.
Address:
3333 S KERCKHOFF AVE
Type:
Contributor
Year built:
1917
Address:
3333 S KERCKHOFF AVE
Type:
Contributor
Year built:
1925
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San Pedro
Name: Point Fermin Park
Description:
Linear oceanside park located on a bluff at the southern tip of San Pedro. The park extends from Point Fermin Lighthouse on
the east, westward along Paseo del Mar just south of Fort MacArthur. A low concrete wall with a decorative pattern runs along
the edge of the bluff for much of length of the park. Other features include mature trees, paved pedestrian pathways, light
posts, bandstand, community center, and public toilets. Point Fermin Lighthouse is a designated Historic Cultural-Monument.
Significance:
Excellent example of an early municipal park in San Pedro. The city of Los Angeles acquired the land for Point Fermin Park in
1923 from early city pioneer/real estate developer George Huntington Peck., Jr. A native of San Francisco, Peck was a one-time
railroad conductor who is credited with having led the first Southern Pacific train into San Pedro. Remaining in San Pedro, Peck
eventually became a leading city philanthropist and developer. Between 1921 and 1937, Peck donated land for four additional
parks in San Pedro: Peck Park, Leland Park, Alma Park, and Rena Park. All of these parks were developed as part of an initiative
to promote San Pedro as a livable “city of homes” in addition to its reputation as a “city of industry.”
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San Pedro
Context 1:
Context:
Sub context:
Theme:
Sub theme:
Property type:
Property sub type:
Municipal Park
Criteria:
A/1/1&C/3/3
Status code:
3S;3CS;5S3
Reason:
Excellent example of an early municipal park in San Pedro. Developed on land acquired from early
pioneer/real estate developer George Huntington Peck, Jr.
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San Pedro
Name: Rancho San Pedro Public Housing
Description:
Public housing project located at 275 First Street. Composed of multiple two-story rectangular apartment buildings arranged in
a landscaped setting. Features include superblock site plan, internal street pattern, apartment buildings (four designs), an
administration building, park and children's play areas, landscaping with lawns and mature trees, paved sidewalks, and surface
parking.
Significance:
One of the first ten public housing projects in Los Angeles. Constructed in 1941-1942 and designed by a collaboration of
architects including Reginald D. Johnson, A.C. Zimmerman, H. Roy Kelley, and James R. Friend. Originally used to house defense
industry workers and converted to public housing after World War II.
Context 1:
Context:
Sub context:
Theme:
Sub theme:
Public & Defense Housing, 1939-1945
Property type:
Residential
Property sub type:
Public Housing Complex
Criteria:
A/C; 1/3; 1/3
Status code:
3S;3CS;5S3
Reason:
One of the first ten public housing projects in Los Angeles.
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San Pedro
Name: Rena Park
Description:
Neighborhood park located at Leland and Elberon Streets. Features include mature trees and children's playground.
Significance:
Context 1:
Context:
Sub context:
Theme:
Sub theme:
Property type:
Property sub type:
Municipal Park
Criteria:
A/1/1&C/3/3
Status code:
3S;3CS;5S3
Reason:
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San Pedro
Name: San Pedro Plaza Park
Description:
Linear park located along Beacon Street overlooking the harbor. Features include an allee of palm trees, other mature trees,
paved footpath, and stairs leading to Harbor Boulevard below.
Significance:
Excellent example of an early municipal park in San Pedro. Plaza Park was established in 1889 on land donated by Roman
Sepulveda, an early San Pedro pioneer and land owner; one of San Pedro's oldest parks.
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San Pedro
Context 1:
Context:
Sub context:
Theme:
Sub theme:
Property type:
Property sub type:
Municipal Park
Criteria:
A/1/1&C/3/3
Status code:
3S;3CS;5S3
Reason:
Excellent example of an early municipal park in San Pedro.
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San Pedro
Name: 220-234 Sepulveda Street Bungalow Court
Description:
Seven detached American Colonial Revival units arranged in a U-formation around a central courtyard.
Significance:
Context 1:
Context:
Sub context:
Theme:
Sub theme:
Property type:
Residential
Property sub type:
Bungalow Court
Criteria:
C/3/3
Status code:
3S;3CS;5S3
Reason:
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San Pedro
Name: 675-705 Shepard Street Bungalow Court
Description:
Nine Craftsman detached bungalows arranged in a grid pattern, occupying three parcels.
Significance:
Context 1:
Context:
Sub context:
Theme:
Sub theme:
Property type:
Residential
Property sub type:
Bungalow Court
Criteria:
C/3/3
Status code:
3S;3CS;5S3
Reason:
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San Pedro
Name: Westmont Gardens
Description:
Large-scale townhouse development, composed of over 100 residential buildings on approximately fifteen blocks. Residential
buildings are two stories and feature steeply-pitched gable and shed roofs with composite shakes, vertical board-and-batten
wood siding on primary elevations with stucco cladding on some secondary elevations, second-story overhangs, aluminum
sliding windows, and wood paneled doors. Features of the development include a curvilinear internal street pattern, uniform
setbacks, mature landscaping and street trees, globe lights on wooden posts, courtyards, clubhouses, swimming pools, and
detached garage buildings.
Significance:
Westmont Gardens; large-scale townhouse development; constructed in phases between 1975 and 1983 by developer Urban
West Communities; no architect has been identified; site planning by Urban West Communities; landscape architecture by Dave
Simon. In 1977, the project was the winner of the Los Angeles Beautiful Award from LA Beautiful Inc., and the Award for Better
Living from the American Wood Council. Excellent and highly intact example of a 1970s townhouse development. However,
insufficient time has passed to determine its significance.
Context 1:
Context:
Other Context, 1850-1980
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San Pedro
Sub context:
No Sub-context
Theme:
Event or Series of Events, 1850-1980
Sub theme:
No SubTheme
Property type:
Residential
Property sub type:
District
Criteria:
A/1/1
Status code:
QQQ
Reason:
Excellent and highly intact example of a 1970s townhouse development. However, insufficient time has
passed to determine its significance.
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San Pedro
Name: Weymouth Corners Commercial Planning District
Description:
The Weymouth Corners Commercial Planning District is composed of a single block of 8th Street, between Weymouth and
Averill avenues, in the western portion of San Pedro. This linear district contains approximately 13 buildings constructed
primarily between the mid-1940s and the mid-1950s, situated along both sides of the street. Individual buildings are exclusively
commercial, from one to two stories in height, and set at the sidewalk. Original buildings are primarily designed in the MidCentury Modern style, often displaying simple rectangular volumes, smooth stucco surfaces, and large expanses of glass. Many
feature large display windows, canopies and awnings, as well as neon signs, some of which appear to be original. Other features
of the district include concrete sidewalks, mature street trees, and diagonal street parking, all of which contribute to the
pedestrian character of the district.
Significance:
The Weymouth Corners Commercial Planning District is significant as a collection of neighborhood-serving commercial retail
development from the 1940s and 1950s in a largely residential area of San Pedro. The original buildings display an overall
consistency of scale, style, and pedestrian orientation. Additionally, many of the existing tenants remain neighborhood retail
businesses that cater to the surrounding residential community, including a flower shop, bakery, dental office, music store, and
watch repair shop. However, the integrity and cohesion of the district as a whole has been compromised by alterations to
original storefronts, as well as recent infill development that spans multiple parcels, resulting in several intrusions that are
incompatible in style and scale. For these reasons, the area does not qualify for listing as a historic district; however, it may
warrant special consideration for local planning purposes.
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San Pedro
Context 1:
Context:
Commercial Development, 1850-1980
Sub context:
No Sub-context
Theme:
Neighborhood Commercial Development, 1875-1960
Sub theme:
Neighborhood Commercial Centers, 1875-1960
Property type:
Neighborhood/Village Commercial Center
Property sub type:
No Sub-Type
Criteria:
A/1/1
Status code:
6LQ
Reason:
Although most improvements in the Weymouth Corners Commercial Planning District date to the
1950s, subsequent alterations to a number of the buildings have compromised the district's integrity.
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