Encino - Tarzana Historic Districts, Planning Districts and Multi-Property Resources 02/26/13

Districts Name: Azalia Drive Residential Historic District Description: The Azalia Drive Residential Historic District is located in the Tarzana area of the San Fernando Valley. The district comprises 15 residences on either side of Azalia Drive, bounded by Palamino Drive to the north and Paseo Nuevo Drive to the south. Azalia Drive has a sloping terrain as it ascends southerly toward the Santa Monica Mountains. The surrounding streets are similar; they are not tightly gridded but rather winding and frequently ending in cul-de-sacs. The district is made up entirely of single-family Contemporary Ranch houses. All of the residences in the district are generally rectangular in plan and consistent in their massing and scale. s are similar, but not identical, in a design that includes a distinctive low pitched front-gable roof with wide, open eaves and central entrance. Of the 15 buildings in the district, 11 are contributors. In addition to the houses, the district is further characterized by the wide street, sidewalks, curbs and streetlamps. The rectangular lots are moderately and evenly sized with consistent setbacks from the street, leaving room for a small front lawn, steps to the main entry door, a garden or landscaping as well as a two-car-width driveway that leads to an attached garage. While there is no apparent consistent street tree plan, various types of mature trees line the edges of many properties. Significance: The Azalia Drive Residential Historic District is significant as containing a concentration of excellent, intact Contemporary Ranch Houses with cohesive designs. The period of significance for this district is 1963-1964 the period of time during which all contributors were built. Of the 15 houses within the district boundaries, 73% are contributors. A tract map for the district was filed with the city in 1962 by the Tarzana Property Company, listed as a partnership between Normandy Properties, Inc. and Hirco, Inc. Research did not reveal a formal tract or subdivision name. The original subdivision extended east to Reseda Boulevard and south to include portions of Pasadero Drive but these areas no longer retain sufficient integrity for historic district eligibility. Page 1 of 123

Context 1: Context: Architecture and Engineering, 1850-1980 Sub context: No Sub-context Theme: Housing the Masses, 1880-1975 Sub theme: Ranch House Neighborhoods, 1938-1975 Property type: Property sub type: Criteria: Status code: Reason: Post-War Suburb Subdivision C/3/3 3S;3CS;5S3 Excellent concentration of Contemporary Ranch house architecture in Tarzana, with the majority of buildings conveying the distinctive features of the style. s/non-s: 4400 N AZALIA DR Year built: 1963 Page 2 of 123

4401 N AZALIA DR Year built: 1963 4409 N AZALIA DR Year built: 1963 4410 N AZALIA DR Year built: 1963 4419 N AZALIA DR Non- Year built: 1963 4420 N AZALIA DR Year built: 1963 4429 N AZALIA DR Non- Year built: 1963 4432 N AZALIA DR Year built: 1963 Page 3 of 123

4441 N AZALIA DR Year built: 1963 4448 N AZALIA DR Non- Year built: 1963 4451 N AZALIA DR Year built: 1963 4456 N AZALIA DR Year built: 1963 4461 N AZALIA DR Year built: 1963 4470 N AZALIA DR Year built: 1964 4471 N AZALIA DR Non- Year built: 1963 Page 4 of 123

Name: Caballero Hills Residential Historic District Description: The Caballero Hills Residential Historic District is located in the Tarzana area of the San Fernando Valley. It consists of 32 residences on three streets Brewster Drive, La Subida Place, and El Abaca Place. The streets are approximately one mile south of Ventura Blvd. and directly west of Reseda Blvd. Of the 32 properties, 26 are contributors. Lot sizes are similarly and moderately sized, with all of the homes elevated from street level by hilly topography. All of the contributors to the district are one story, single-family residences in three Ranch sub-styles: Traditional, Contemporary and Oriental Ranch. All of the house designs maintain consistent low massing and setbacks from the sidewalk with wide, paved driveways leading to attached multiple-car garages. The streets of the Caballero Hills Residential Historic District are typical of those throughout the hills of Tarzana and Encino, with winding streets that frequently end in cul-de-sacs. Other tract features include concrete sidewalks, curbs, street lamps, and underground utilities. Varied mature vegetation lines the edges of lots. Significance: The Caballero Hills Residential Historic District contains an excellent concentration of Ranch style residences. The period of significance for this district is 1958-1962. The subdivision was filed with the city in 1958 by Bid Construction Co., and all of the properties were built between the years of 1958 and 1962. Of the 32 properties, 81% are contributors to the district s significance. The district is part of a larger tract, also called Caballero Hills, which was developed by Adlon Construction Company. The company was founded in 1945 and the president, Woodrow Willard, gained national acclaim for his award-winning housing developments scattered across the southwest United States. The sales office for the Caballero Hills subdivision was located on Brewster Street, within the district boundaries. Combinations of at least 12 floor plans and over 20 exterior styles were offered, including Contemporary, Traditional and Oriental (which were described in marketing literature as Japanese ). All three of these popular architectural styles are represented by the district contributors. The homes at Caballero Hills were marketed for their scenic views of El Caballero Country Club, full amenities including heating and air conditioning, fireplaces, sliding glass walls, all-gas kitchens with dishwashers and garbage disposals, and optional swimming pools. The advertisements also emphasized the convenience of Caballero Hills as being located entirely within Los Angeles city limits as well as near schools, churches and shopping centers. Page 5 of 123

Context 1: Context: Architecture and Engineering, 1850-1980 Sub context: No Sub-context Theme: Housing the Masses, 1880-1975 Sub theme: Ranch House Neighborhoods, 1938-1975 Property type: Post-War Suburb Property sub type: Subdivision Criteria: C/3/3 Status code: 3S;3CS;5S3 Page 6 of 123

Reason: Significant as an excellent concentration of Contemporary Ranch houses in Tarzana. The majority of buildings within the district retain the distinctive features of Ranch house styles. s/non-s: 4600 N BREWSTER DR Non- Year built: 1962 4601 N BREWSTER DR Year built: 1959 4615 N BREWSTER DR Year built: 1959 4616 N BREWSTER DR Year built: 1959 4625 N BREWSTER DR Year built: 1959 4626 N BREWSTER DR Year built: 1959 Page 7 of 123

4635 N BREWSTER DR Year built: 1958 4636 N BREWSTER DR Year built: 1958 4647 N BREWSTER DR Year built: 1958 4648 N BREWSTER DR Year built: 1958 4658 N BREWSTER DR Year built: 1959 4500 N EL ABACA PL Year built: 1962 4505 N EL ABACA PL Year built: 1959 Page 8 of 123

4506 N EL ABACA PL Non- Year built: 1958 4511 N EL ABACA PL Year built: 1958 4512 N EL ABACA PL Non- Year built: 1958 4520 N EL ABACA PL Year built: 1958 4530 N EL ABACA PL Year built: 1962 4600 N LA SUBIDA PL Year built: 1962 4613 N LA SUBIDA PL Year built: 1959 Page 9 of 123

4614 N LA SUBIDA PL Year built: 1959 Architectural style: Ranch, Oriental 4623 N LA SUBIDA PL Non- Year built: 1959 4624 N LA SUBIDA PL Year built: 1960 4633 N LA SUBIDA PL Year built: 1962 4634 N LA SUBIDA PL Year built: 1959 4643 N LA SUBIDA PL Year built: 1959 4644 N LA SUBIDA PL Non- Year built: 1958 Architectural style: Ranch, Cinderella Page 10 of 123

4655 N LA SUBIDA PL Non- Year built: 1959 Architectural style: Other 18663 W ROSITA ST Year built: 1959 Architectural style: Ranch, Oriental 18700 W ROSITA ST Year built: 1959 18708 W ROSITA ST Year built: 1960 18716 W ROSITA ST Year built: 1959 Page 11 of 123

Name: Chardon Circle Residential Historic District Description: The Chardon Circle Residential Historic District is located in the Encino area of the San Fernando Valley. The district is small and includes single-family residences on both sides of Chardon Circle. Its easternmost parcels abut the El Caballero County Club. Of the 28 buildings, 20 are contributors. The street is generally flat, sloping at either end as it meets Lake Encino Drive. Nearly all of the properties within the district are single-family residences arranged on moderately-sized rectangular lots. The residences are situated toward the front of their properties, leaving room for private swimming pools in the rear. Each house has a wide driveway surrounded by landscaping that leads to the attached multiple-car garages or carports. s are one-story Contemporary Ranch houses with varied setbacks from the street. The designs throughout the district vary, as a custom builder constructed each house. The historic district also includes the Lake Encino Racquet Club, built in conjunction with the houses. Aerial photography indicates that there are five tennis courts and a clubhouse within the club. Additional tract features include concrete sidewalks, curbs and streetlamps designed by the General Electric Co. Other utilities were buried underground. Although there is no longer an apparent regular street tree plan, the subdivision was originally planted with pepper and holly trees, some of which remain. Significance: The Chardon Circle Residential Historic District is significant as an excellent concentration of Ranch houses in the Encino area. It contains a particularly notable concentration of Contemporary Ranch houses and some Hollywood Regency style houses. The period of significance has been identified as 1963-1972, the timeframe during which the area was subdivided and the homes were built. Of the 28 properties within the district, 70% are contributors. The Lake Encino tract, of which Chardon Circle is a part, was subdivided in a partnership between Kirst Construction Co. and the Vorheis Trindle Co. The original map was submitted to the city in 1962 and included Lake Encino Drive from the west end of Chardon Circle east to Medley Drive, all of Rodarte Way and portions of Grimes Place and Medley Drive north and east, respectively, of Lake Encino as it curves. These additional sections of the original subdivision no longer retain sufficient integrity for historic district eligibility. The Lake Encino development was planned as a 500-property project built in conjunction with the Lake Encino Racquet Club. The lots were carved out of the mountains and arranged for both privacy and prime views of the nearby Encino Reservoir and El Caballero Country Club. Each house was constructed by a custom builder, which accounts for the variation in styles within the neighborhood. The luxury homes were advertised as being free from smog and close to shopping; accessibility to membership to the nearby racquet club was also a major incentive for buyers. Page 12 of 123

Context 1: Context: Architecture and Engineering, 1850-1980 Sub context: No Sub-context Theme: Housing the Masses, 1880-1975 Sub theme: Ranch House Neighborhoods, 1938-1975 Property type: Property sub type: Criteria: Status code: Reason: Post-War Suburb Subdivision C/3/3 3CS;5S3 Significant as an excellent concentration of Custom Contemporary Ranch houses in Encino, collectively conveying the distinctive features of the style. Not eligible for the National Register at this time because it is not yet 50 years of age or of exceptional importance. s/non-s: 18105 W CHARDON CIR Year built: 1964 Page 13 of 123

18107 W CHARDON CIR Non- Year built: 1968 Architectural style: Other 18108 W CHARDON CIR Year built: 1964 Architectural style: Ranch, Regency 18111 W CHARDON CIR Year built: 1963 Property type/sub type: Institutional-Recreation; Other 18116 W CHARDON CIR Year built: 1964 Architectural style: Ranch, Regency 18121 W CHARDON CIR Non- Year built: 1967 18124 W CHARDON CIR Year built: 1970 Architectural style: Ranch, Regency 18125 W CHARDON CIR Non- Year built: 1964 Architectural style: Other Page 14 of 123

18128 W CHARDON CIR Year built: 1964 Architectural style: Ranch, Regency 18129 W CHARDON CIR Year built: 1964 18133 W CHARDON CIR Year built: 1964 18134 W CHARDON CIR Year built: 1965 18137 W CHARDON CIR Year built: 1964 18138 W CHARDON CIR Non- Year built: 1964 Architectural style: Ranch, Regency 18141 W CHARDON CIR Year built: 1964 Page 15 of 123

18144 W CHARDON CIR Year built: 1964 18145 W CHARDON CIR Non- Year built: 1964 18149 W CHARDON CIR Year built: 1967 Architectural style: Hollywood Regency, Late 18150 W CHARDON CIR Year built: 1964 Architectural style: Ranch, Regency 18151 W CHARDON CIR Non- Year built: 1975 Architectural style: Unknown/not visible 18153 W CHARDON CIR Not sure Year built: 1965 Architectural style: Unknown/not visible 18157 W CHARDON CIR Non- Year built: 1965 Page 16 of 123

18159 W CHARDON CIR Year built: 1972 Architectural style: Ranch, Regency 18160 W CHARDON CIR Year built: 1968 Architectural style: Ranch, Regency 18161 W CHARDON CIR Year built: 1964 18163 W CHARDON CIR Year built: 1965 18164 W CHARDON CIR Year built: 1963 18165 W CHARDON CIR Year built: 1967 Page 17 of 123

Name: Encino Woods Residential Historic District Description: The Encino Woods Residential Historic District is located in the Encino area of the San Fernando Valley. The district comprises 109 residences and is bounded by Libbet Park to the north, Edgerton Avenue and Libbet Park to the east, Hayvenhurst Avenue to the west and Moorpark Street to the south. Of the 109 properties, 84 are contributors. The contributing properties in the district are one-story, single-family houses, predominantly in the Traditional and Minimal Ranch styles. They are generally small in scale with horizontal massing and a combination of traditional details including wood and masonry cladding, traditional wood window shutters, exposed rafter tails and gable-end dovecotes. Most contributors have curved driveways leading to attached two-car garages. The rectangular lots are moderately sized and evenly distributed, with little variation in size or shape. The streets in the district and surrounding areas are flat and do not conform to a orthogonal grid; Otsego Street and Noeline Avenue curve where they adjoin, and there are limited outlets from the district to the surrounding main streets, Hayvenhurst Avenue and Moorpark Street. There does not appear to be a cohesive street tree plan, but mature trees line the edges of most properties. Other subdivision features include concrete curbs with no sidewalks. Significance: The Encino Woods Residential Historic District is significant as containing an excellent concentration of Traditional and Minimal Ranch houses in the Encino area. The district retains integrity through original plans, massing, materials and scale as well as the character-defining features that make up each architectural style. The period of significance for the district is 1947 to 1952, the years during which the subdivision was platted and the contributors were built. Of the 109 properties in the district, 77% are contributors. The tract map was filed with the city in 1947 by the Colwell Company and research indicates that the subdivision was called Encino Woods. The development was planned as approximately 100 homes built within a walnut grove. The lots were marketed as each having a mature walnut tree on the property, as well as at least 70-80 feet of street frontage. The homes were built by the George Alexander Co. building firm, and they vary in style from the more predominant Traditional Ranches to some instances of Minimal Traditional and Cape Cod Ranches. The Encino Woods sales office was located at 16461 Ventura (it is no longer extant). The homes were advertised with an emphasis on the builder s use of high quality materials such as fieldstone and redwood siding, rare wood paneling in dens and dining rooms and amenities such as forced air and garbage disposals. Page 18 of 123

Context 1: Context: Architecture and Engineering, 1850-1980 Sub context: No Sub-context Theme: Housing the Masses, 1880-1975 Sub theme: Ranch House Neighborhoods, 1938-1975 Property type: Property sub type: Criteria: Status code: Reason: Post-War Suburb Subdivision C/3/3 3S;3CS;5S3 Significant as an excellent concentration of Traditional Ranch houses in Encino. s retain the distinctive features of the Traditional Ranch style. Page 19 of 123

s/non-s: 4846 N HAYVENHURST AVE Year built: 1950 Architectural style: Ranch, Minimal 4852 N HAYVENHURST AVE Non- Year built: 1950 4860 N HAYVENHURST AVE Year built: 1950 4900 N HAYVENHURST AVE Not sure Year built: 1950 Architectural style: Ranch, Minimal 4908 N HAYVENHURST AVE Year built: 1950 Architectural style: Ranch, Minimal 4914 N HAYVENHURST AVE Year built: 1950 Architectural style: Ranch, Minimal Page 20 of 123

4922 N HAYVENHURST AVE Year built: 1950 4928 N HAYVENHURST AVE Year built: 1950 Architectural style: Ranch, Minimal 4936 N HAYVENHURST AVE Year built: 1950 Architectural style: Ranch, Minimal 4942 N HAYVENHURST AVE Year built: 1950 Architectural style: Ranch, Cape Cod 4950 N HAYVENHURST AVE Year built: 1949 Architectural style: Ranch, Minimal 4956 N HAYVENHURST AVE Not sure Year built: 1949 Architectural style: Ranch, Cape Cod 5000 N HAYVENHURST AVE Year built: 1949 Architectural style: Ranch, Minimal Page 21 of 123

5006 N HAYVENHURST AVE Year built: 1950 Architectural style: Ranch, Minimal 5012 N HAYVENHURST AVE Year built: 1948 Architectural style: Ranch, Minimal 5020 N HAYVENHURST AVE Year built: 1949 Architectural style: Ranch, Minimal 5026 N HAYVENHURST AVE Non- Year built: 1947 Architectural style: Other 5034 N HAYVENHURST AVE Non- Year built: 1972 Architectural style: Other 5040 N HAYVENHURST AVE Non- Year built: 1948 Architectural style: Other 4900 N NOELINE AVE Year built: 1950 Page 22 of 123

4903 N NOELINE AVE Year built: 1950 Architectural style: Ranch, Minimal 4908 N NOELINE AVE Year built: 1951 Architectural style: Ranch, Minimal 4911 N NOELINE AVE Year built: 1948 Architectural style: Ranch, Minimal 4916 N NOELINE AVE Year built: 1948 4919 N NOELINE AVE Year built: 1950 Architectural style: Ranch, Minimal 4922 N NOELINE AVE Year built: 1948 4925 N NOELINE AVE Year built: 1949 Architectural style: Ranch, Minimal Page 23 of 123

4930 N NOELINE AVE Not sure Year built: 1950 Architectural style: Unknown/not visible 4933 N NOELINE AVE Year built: 1949 4938 N NOELINE AVE Non- Year built: 2007 Architectural style: Other 4941 N NOELINE AVE Year built: 1950 Architectural style: Ranch, Cape Cod 4944 N NOELINE AVE Year built: 1948 4947 N NOELINE AVE Year built: 1949 4952 N NOELINE AVE Year built: 1949 Architectural style: Ranch, Minimal Page 24 of 123

4953 N NOELINE AVE Year built: 1948 Architectural style: Ranch, Minimal 4960 N NOELINE AVE Year built: 1949 Architectural style: Ranch, Minimal 4961 N NOELINE AVE Non- Year built: 1963 4967 N NOELINE AVE Non- Year built: 1950 Architectural style: Ranch, Minimal 4968 N NOELINE AVE Non- Year built: 1950 Architectural style: Ranch, Minimal 4973 N NOELINE AVE Year built: 1948 4974 N NOELINE AVE Non- Year built: 1948 Architectural style: Ranch, Minimal Page 25 of 123

4980 N NOELINE AVE Year built: 1950 4981 N NOELINE AVE Non- Year built: 1950 Architectural style: Ranch, Cape Cod 4988 N NOELINE AVE Year built: 1950 4989 N NOELINE AVE Year built: 1952 5000 N NOELINE AVE Year built: 1949 5001 N NOELINE AVE Year built: 1948 5006 N NOELINE AVE Year built: 1948 Architectural style: Minimal Traditional Page 26 of 123

5007 N NOELINE AVE Year built: 1947 5012 N NOELINE AVE Non- Year built: 1949 Architectural style: Ranch, Minimal 5013 N NOELINE AVE Non- Year built: 1950 Architectural style: Ranch, Minimal 5020 N NOELINE AVE Year built: 1947 5021 N NOELINE AVE Year built: 1947 Architectural style: Ranch, Minimal 5026 N NOELINE AVE Year built: 1948 Architectural style: Ranch, Minimal 5027 N NOELINE AVE Year built: 1948 Page 27 of 123

5034 N NOELINE AVE Year built: 1949 5035 N NOELINE AVE Year built: 1948 5040 N NOELINE AVE Year built: 1951 5041 N NOELINE AVE Year built: 1951 5048 N NOELINE AVE Year built: 1948 4900 N ODESSA AVE Year built: 1950 Architectural style: Ranch, Minimal 4903 N ODESSA AVE Year built: 1950 Page 28 of 123

4906 N ODESSA AVE Year built: 1949 Architectural style: Ranch, Cape Cod 4911 N ODESSA AVE Year built: 1948 Architectural style: Ranch, Cape Cod 4914 N ODESSA AVE Non- Year built: 1949 Architectural style: Other 4917 N ODESSA AVE Year built: 1949 Architectural style: Ranch, Minimal 4920 N ODESSA AVE Year built: 1948 4925 N ODESSA AVE Year built: 1949 4928 N ODESSA AVE Year built: 1949 Architectural style: Ranch, Minimal Page 29 of 123

4933 N ODESSA AVE Year built: 1949 Architectural style: Ranch, Minimal 4934 N ODESSA AVE Year built: 1949 Architectural style: Ranch, Minimal 4941 N ODESSA AVE Non- Year built: 1949 4942 N ODESSA AVE Year built: 1949 4947 N ODESSA AVE Year built: 1950 4948 N ODESSA AVE Year built: 1948 4955 N ODESSA AVE Year built: 1951 Architectural style: Ranch, Minimal Page 30 of 123

4956 N ODESSA AVE Year built: 1951 Architectural style: Ranch, Minimal 4961 N ODESSA AVE Year built: 1949 Architectural style: Ranch, Minimal 4969 N ODESSA AVE Year built: 1949 4970 N ODESSA AVE Non- Year built: 1950 Architectural style: Other 4975 N ODESSA AVE Year built: 1950 Architectural style: Ranch, Minimal 4976 N ODESSA AVE Year built: 1950 4981 N ODESSA AVE Year built: 1948 Page 31 of 123

4982 N ODESSA AVE Year built: 1950 5000 N ODESSA AVE Year built: 1951 5001 N ODESSA AVE Year built: 1948 Architectural style: Minimal Traditional 5006 N ODESSA AVE Non- Year built: 1951 5007 N ODESSA AVE Year built: 1948 5011 N ODESSA AVE Year built: 1951 5012 N ODESSA AVE Year built: 1948 Architectural style: Ranch, Minimal Page 32 of 123

5020 N ODESSA AVE Year built: 1949 Architectural style: Ranch, Minimal 5021 N ODESSA AVE Year built: 1949 Architectural style: Ranch, Minimal 5026 N ODESSA AVE Year built: 1948 Architectural style: Ranch, Minimal 5027 N ODESSA AVE Non- Year built: 1948 Architectural style: Other 5034 N ODESSA AVE Year built: 1948 Architectural style: Minimal Traditional 5035 N ODESSA AVE Non- Year built: 1949 Architectural style: Other 5040 N ODESSA AVE Non- Year built: 1948 Page 33 of 123

5041 N ODESSA AVE Year built: 1951 16401 W OTSEGO ST Year built: 1950 Architectural style: Ranch, Minimal 16405 W OTSEGO ST Year built: 1951 Architectural style: Ranch, Minimal 16411 W OTSEGO ST Year built: 1947 Architectural style: Ranch, Minimal 16417 W OTSEGO ST Year built: 1947 Architectural style: Ranch, Minimal 16425 W OTSEGO ST Year built: 1948 Architectural style: Ranch, Minimal 16431 W OTSEGO ST Year built: 1948 Architectural style: Ranch, Minimal Page 34 of 123

16439 W OTSEGO ST Year built: 1948 16445 W OTSEGO ST Not sure Year built: 1947 16453 W OTSEGO ST Year built: 1947 Architectural style: Ranch, Minimal 16459 W OTSEGO ST Non- Year built: 1948 Architectural style: Other 16467 W OTSEGO ST Non- Year built: 1947 Architectural style: Other Page 35 of 123

Name: Escalon Drive Residential Historic District Description: The Escalon Drive Residential Historic District is located in the hills of Encino, in the south San Fernando Valley. The district is approximately half a mile long and includes properties on both sides of Escalon Drive, starting at Empanada Place to the north and culminating in two cul-de-sacs (Clemons and Standish Drives) at its southern end. The district contains 98 properties, 78 of which are contributors. Escalon Drive is on a steep incline as it ascends into the Encino hills. All of the properties within the district are single-family residences on evenly-sized rectangular lots. Parcels are narrow and deep; houses are situated close to the street, although individual parcels extend up the steep hillside. A thin strip of landscaping is in front of each house as well as a stairway to the main entry. Most contributors are one and a half or two-story split-level houses with garages and living space at street level and a full or partial width second story above. There are four clear repeating types of houses: a flat roof type, a front-gable roof type, a side-gable roof type and a mansard roof type. The streets of the district are consistent with those in the surrounding area: winding roads that ascend into the hills and frequently end in cul-de-sacs. Street features include concrete sidewalks and streetlamps along one side of the street. There is no consistent street tree plan; however palm trees, pines and cypress are present in the district. Significance: The Escalon Drive Historic District is significant as containing an excellent concentration of Mid-Century Modern tract houses in the Encino area. The district is a relatively rare example of tract houses designed in the Mid-Century Modern style; most subdivisions of the era adhered to a more traditional stylistic vocabulary. They are also significant as the work of noted Modern architect, Dan Saxon Palmer, AIA. The period of significance for this district is 1966, the year during which all of the contributors were constructed. Of the 98 houses in the Escalon District, 80% were identified as contributors. The Escalon Drive Historic District is located in a tract that was subdivided in 1964 by several companies in partnership: Emerald Properties, Inc., Encino Hills Building Co., Security Title Insurance Company and Tenet Investment Co., Inc. The homes were built by the Harlan Lee-Byron Lasky Company. Harlan-Lee-Byron Lasky Company was an award winning firm that gained national recognition for its developments such as Los Feliz Estates and Encino Hills. The houses in Escalon, which was the name of their development, were designed by Dan Saxon Palmer, AIA. Palmer is perhaps best known for his Modern subdivisions in Palm Springs (such as the Sandpiper Condominiums) and the San Fernando Valley subdivisions of Corbin Palms and Eastwood Estates, which he designed while in partnership with William Krisel. Palmer and Krisel appear to have dissolved their partnership in the early 1960s; Palmer designed Escalon shortly after in 1966. The Escalon model home, called The Carefree Home, was decorated by members of the San Fernando Valley group of the American Institute of Interior Design with landscaping by Sid Galper. The houses were presented as a more luxurious version of a tract home, a design with both high style and minimum maintenance, to appeal to a young, sophisticated family. Page 36 of 123

Context 1: Context: Architecture and Engineering, 1850-1980 Sub context: L.A. Modernism, 1919-1980 Theme: Post-War Modernism, 1946-1976 Sub theme: Mid-Century Modernism, 1945-1970 Property type: District Property sub type: No Sub-Type Criteria: C/3/3 Page 37 of 123

Status code: Reason: 3S;3CS;5S3 Significant as an excellent and relatively rare concentration of Mid-Century Modern architecture in a postwar subdivision, designed by noted Modern architect Dan Saxon Palmer, AIA (of the partnership, Palmer and Krisel). The properties respond to their hilly site with split-level planning. s/non-s: 3432 N STANDISH DR 3433 N STANDISH DR 3441 N STANDISH DR 3446 N STANDISH DR 3447 N STANDISH DR 3453 N STANDISH DR Page 38 of 123

3454 N STANDISH DR 3462 N STANDISH DR 3463 N STANDISH DR 17100 W CLEMONS DR Non- Year built: 1977 Architectural style: No style 17101 W CLEMONS DR 17106 W CLEMONS DR Non- Year built: 1971 Architectural style: Other 17110 W CLEMONS DR Non- Architectural style: Other Page 39 of 123

17111 W CLEMONS DR 17118 W CLEMONS DR 17119 W CLEMONS DR 17127 W CLEMONS DR Architectural style: Modern, Late 17130 W CLEMONS DR 17131 W CLEMONS DR 17134 W CLEMONS DR Page 40 of 123

17135 W CLEMONS DR Architectural style: Hollywood Regency, Late 17141 W CLEMONS DR 17146 W CLEMONS DR 17149 W CLEMONS DR 17154 W CLEMONS DR 17155 W CLEMONS DR 17158 W CLEMONS DR Page 41 of 123

17163 W CLEMONS DR 17166 W CLEMONS DR Non- Architectural style: Hollywood Regency, Late 17040 W ESCALON DR Non- 17045 W ESCALON DR 17046 W ESCALON DR Architectural style: Hollywood Regency, Late 17049 W ESCALON DR Non- Year built: 1974 Architectural style: Other 17052 W ESCALON DR Page 42 of 123

17053 W ESCALON DR Architectural style: Hollywood Regency, Late 17056 W ESCALON DR Non- 17059 W ESCALON DR Non- Year built: 1975 Architectural style: Other 17060 W ESCALON DR Non- Architectural style: Hollywood Regency, Late 17063 W ESCALON DR Non- 17064 W ESCALON DR 17067 W ESCALON DR Page 43 of 123

17068 W ESCALON DR Non- 17071 W ESCALON DR 17072 W ESCALON DR Architectural style: Hollywood Regency, Late 17075 W ESCALON DR Non- Year built: 1976 Architectural style: Other 17076 W ESCALON DR 17079 W ESCALON DR 17080 W ESCALON DR Non- Page 44 of 123

17083 W ESCALON DR 17084 W ESCALON DR 17087 W ESCALON DR 17088 W ESCALON DR 17091 W ESCALON DR 17092 W ESCALON DR Non- Architectural style: Other 17095 W ESCALON DR Page 45 of 123

17096 W ESCALON DR 17099 W ESCALON DR Non- Architectural style: Hollywood Regency, Late 17103 W ESCALON DR 17104 W ESCALON DR 17108 W ESCALON DR 17109 W ESCALON DR 17111 W ESCALON DR Page 46 of 123

17112 W ESCALON DR 17116 W ESCALON DR 17117 W ESCALON DR 17120 W ESCALON DR 17121 W ESCALON DR Architectural style: Hollywood Regency, Late 17124 W ESCALON DR 17125 W ESCALON DR Page 47 of 123

17128 W ESCALON DR Non- 17129 W ESCALON DR Architectural style: Hollywood Regency, Late 17132 W ESCALON DR 17133 W ESCALON DR 17136 W ESCALON DR 17137 W ESCALON DR Not sure Architectural style: Unknown/not visible 17139 W ESCALON DR Non- Page 48 of 123

17143 W ESCALON DR 17144 W ESCALON DR Architectural style: Hollywood Regency, Late 17147 W ESCALON DR Non- Architectural style: Other 17148 W ESCALON DR 17151 W ESCALON DR Architectural style: Hollywood Regency, Late 17152 W ESCALON DR Non- 17156 W ESCALON DR Page 49 of 123

17157 W ESCALON DR 17160 W ESCALON DR 17164 W ESCALON DR 17165 W ESCALON DR 17168 W ESCALON DR 17169 W ESCALON DR Architectural style: Hollywood Regency, Late 17172 W ESCALON DR Page 50 of 123

17173 W ESCALON DR 17176 W ESCALON DR 17177 W ESCALON DR 17180 W ESCALON DR 17181 W ESCALON DR 17188 W ESCALON DR 17200 W ESCALON DR Page 51 of 123

17208 W ESCALON DR Page 52 of 123

Name: Hayvenhurst Drive Residential Historic District Description: The Hayvenhurst Drive Residential Historic District is located in the Tarzana area of the San Fernando Valley. The district, which is approximately one half mile long, runs along both sides of Hayvenhurst Drive beginning at the road s dead end, west of Lanai, to Sapphire on the east end. The winding street is on a gentle slope, slightly elevated at its eastern end. A landscaped median runs through the middle of Hayvenhurst Drive separating two one-way lanes that travel in opposite directions. The median is grassy with a regular pattern of small, mature trees. Other tract features include concrete curbs and sidewalks. The district comprises 56 single-family houses, 36 of which are contributors to the district s significance. Most were designed in the Traditional Ranch style. The houses are one-story in height and have varied setbacks from the street on moderately sized lots. Homes built on sloped lots are built at the top of a hill with a deeper setback. Each house has a lawn or garden, a driveway often curving with two access points from the street and an attached garage. Significance: The Hayvenhurst Drive Residential Historic District is significant as containing an excellent concentration of Traditional Ranch houses. The period of significance for district has been delineated as 1953-1957, which is the period of initial development and construction of the contributing resources. In 1952, the property was purchased by the Rolomar Co., and subdivided that same year in a partnership between Rolomar Co. and the Hay Co. Research did not reveal a formal subdivision name. Of the 54 houses, 64% are contributors. The Traditional Ranch style was very popular during this period of development, and the district has a high number of intact examples. The district s contributors retain consistency of massing, scale, design and character-defining features, which include wood and masonry cladding, diamond-pane wood windows, traditional wood window shutters, carved bargeboards, exposed rafter tails and gable-end dovecotes are seen in various combinations on the contributors. Page 53 of 123

Context 1: Context: Architecture and Engineering, 1850-1980 Sub context: No Sub-context Theme: Housing the Masses, 1880-1975 Sub theme: Ranch House Neighborhoods, 1938-1975 Property type: Property sub type: Criteria: Status code: Reason: Post-War Suburb Neighborhood C/3/3 3S;3CS;5S3 Significant as an excellent concentration of Traditional Ranch style residences. s convey the essential features of the style, and collectively the district retains a distinct sense of place and time. s/non-s: 4074 N BALLINA DR Year built: 1956 Page 54 of 123

4034 N HAYVENHURST DR Non- Year built: 1959 4035 N HAYVENHURST DR Year built: 1956 Architectural style: Ranch, Regency 4042 N HAYVENHURST DR Year built: 1956 4047 N HAYVENHURST DR Non- Year built: 1957 4050 N HAYVENHURST DR Non- Year built: 1956 Architectural style: Other 4053 N HAYVENHURST DR Year built: 1955 4056 N HAYVENHURST DR Not sure Year built: 1961 Page 55 of 123

4061 N HAYVENHURST DR Year built: 1956 4062 N HAYVENHURST DR Year built: 1956 4067 N HAYVENHURST DR Not sure Year built: 1960 Architectural style: Unknown/not visible 4068 N HAYVENHURST DR Year built: 1956 4069 N HAYVENHURST DR Not sure Year built: 1960 Architectural style: Unknown/not visible 4071 N HAYVENHURST DR Year built: 1956 4074 N HAYVENHURST DR Year built: 1957 Page 56 of 123

4077 N HAYVENHURST DR Year built: 1956 4080 N HAYVENHURST DR Year built: 1957 4083 N HAYVENHURST DR Non- Year built: 1957 4086 N HAYVENHURST DR Year built: 1956 4089 N HAYVENHURST DR Year built: 1955 4092 N HAYVENHURST DR Non- Year built: 1952 Architectural style: Other 4095 N HAYVENHURST DR Year built: 1955 Page 57 of 123

4100 N HAYVENHURST DR Year built: 1956 4103 N HAYVENHURST DR Year built: 1956 4108 N HAYVENHURST DR Non- Year built: 1957 4114 N HAYVENHURST DR Year built: 1956 4120 N HAYVENHURST DR Year built: 1956 4121 N HAYVENHURST DR Year built: 1956 4133 N HAYVENHURST DR Year built: 1955 Page 58 of 123

4136 N HAYVENHURST DR Year built: 1956 Architectural style: Ranch, Minimal 4142 N HAYVENHURST DR Year built: 1955 4143 N HAYVENHURST DR Year built: 1953 4148 N HAYVENHURST DR Year built: 1954 4149 N HAYVENHURST DR Not sure Year built: 1954 4152 N HAYVENHURST DR Non- Year built: 1954 Architectural style: Ranch, Regency 4153 N HAYVENHURST DR Non- Year built: 1954 Architectural style: Other Page 59 of 123

4160 N HAYVENHURST DR Year built: 1954 4163 N HAYVENHURST DR Not sure Year built: 1960 4170 N HAYVENHURST DR Year built: 1954 4173 N HAYVENHURST DR Not sure Year built: 1954 4178 N HAYVENHURST DR Year built: 1954 4181 N HAYVENHURST DR Not sure Year built: 1953 4186 N HAYVENHURST DR Year built: 1953 Page 60 of 123

4189 N HAYVENHURST DR Year built: 1954 4194 N HAYVENHURST DR Year built: 1953 4197 N HAYVENHURST DR Year built: 1956 4200 N HAYVENHURST DR Non- Year built: 1953 4201 N HAYVENHURST DR Year built: 1954 4207 N HAYVENHURST DR Year built: 1954 4215 N HAYVENHURST DR Non- Year built: 1953 Page 61 of 123

4221 N HAYVENHURST DR Year built: 1953 4224 N HAYVENHURST DR Non- Year built: 1973 Architectural style: Other 4224 N HAYVENHURST DR Non- Year built: 1998 Architectural style: Other 4229 N HAYVENHURST DR Year built: 1954 4231 N HAYVENHURST DR Year built: 1953 Page 62 of 123

Name: Redwing-Henshaw Residential Historic District Description: The Redwing-Henshaw Residential Historic District is located in the Tarzana area of the San Fernando Valley. The district comprises 37 single-family houses one block south of Ventura Boulevard along two blocks of Redwing and Henshaw streets, bounded by Corbin and Oakdale Avenues to the east and west, respectively. Of the 37 properties in the district, 28 are contributors. The properties on the north side of Redwing Street cross into the adjacent Canoga Park-West Hills-Winnetka- Woodland Park Community Plan Area; the survey results from both areas should be compiled at a later date. The district is made up almost entirely of single-family Traditional Ranch houses. s are all one-story in height with low, wide massing and moderate setbacks on evenly distributed rectangular lots. The houses are generally L-shaped in plan with wood and brick cladding and traditional decorative details such as wood window shutters, exposed rafter tails and gableend dovecotes. Most of the contributing properties also have wide, curving driveways leading to attached garages. The streets in the area follow a loose, orthogonal grid, and the topography is generally flat. Within the district, the streets are very wide with no sidewalks. There is no apparent consistent street tree plan, but various types of vegetation such as palm trees, pines, oaks, cypress and jacaranda line the street from private yards. Significance: The Redwing-Henshaw Residential Historic District is significant as retaining an excellent concentration of Traditional Ranch House architecture. The district retains its original massing, scale and the character defining features that make up the architectural style. The period of significance for this district is 1954 to 1957, the period during which the buildings within the district were constructed. Of the 37 houses within the district, 76% are contributors. The tract was approved in 1955 and developed by Moss Realty and Investment Company. Research did not reveal a formal tract name. The original tract plan extended to Ventura Boulevard to the north and Bothwell Road to the west, but these areas outside the district boundary no longer retain sufficient integrity for historic designation. The houses within the district are all stylistically similar Traditional Ranch houses with generally L-shaped rambling plans, uniform setbacks, a combination of wood and brick cladding and traditional detailing. Page 63 of 123

Context 1: Context: Architecture and Engineering, 1850-1980 Sub context: No Sub-context Theme: Housing the Masses, 1880-1975 Sub theme: Ranch House Neighborhoods, 1938-1975 Property type: Property sub type: Criteria: Status code: Reason: Post-War Suburb Subdivision C/3/3 3S;3CS;5S3 Excellent concentration of Traditional Ranch houses in Tarzana. s retain distinctive characteristics of the style. s/non-s: 5420 N CORBIN AVE Year built: 1956 Page 64 of 123

5429 N CORBIN AVE Year built: 1956 5429 N CORBIN AVE Non- Year built: 1956 5430 N CORBIN AVE Year built: 1955 Architectural style: Ranch, Cinderella 5440 N CORBIN AVE Year built: 1955 Architectural style: Ranch, Cinderella 5450 N CORBIN AVE Not sure Year built: 1955 5451 N CORBIN AVE Year built: 1955 5460 N CORBIN AVE Year built: 1956 Page 65 of 123

5472 N CORBIN AVE Year built: 1955 5430 N OAKDALE AVE Year built: 1955 19709 W HENSHAW ST Year built: 1956 19710 W HENSHAW ST Year built: 1955 19719 W HENSHAW ST Year built: 1955 19722 W HENSHAW ST Year built: 1955 19729 W HENSHAW ST Year built: 1962 Architectural style: Ranch, Regency Page 66 of 123

19732 W HENSHAW ST Year built: 1958 19739 W HENSHAW ST Non- Year built: 1956 19740 W HENSHAW ST Year built: 1955 19800 W HENSHAW ST Year built: 1958 19801 W HENSHAW ST Year built: 1955 19810 W HENSHAW ST Year built: 1959 19811 W HENSHAW ST Year built: 1955 Page 67 of 123

19816 W HENSHAW ST Non- Year built: 1955 19821 W HENSHAW ST Non- Year built: 1956 19831 W HENSHAW ST Year built: 1955 19832 W HENSHAW ST Non- Year built: 1956 19841 W HENSHAW ST Year built: 1955 19704 W REDWING ST Year built: 1955 Architectural style: Ranch, Oriental 19718 W REDWING ST Year built: 1955 Page 68 of 123

19728 W REDWING ST Year built: 1955 19738 W REDWING ST Year built: 1955 19800 W REDWING ST Year built: 1956 19812 W REDWING ST Non- Year built: 1955 19822 W REDWING ST Non- Year built: 1955 Architectural style: Other 19832 W REDWING ST Year built: 1955 19842 W REDWING ST Non- Year built: 1955 Page 69 of 123

19854 W REDWING ST Year built: 1955 Page 70 of 123

Name: Sherman Oaks Circle Historic District Description: The Sherman Oaks Circle Historic District is located in eastern part of Encino, near Sherman Oaks. The district encompasses approximately five blocks south of Ventura Boulevard, to Valley Vista Boulevard. Interstate 405 (San Diego) Freeway and Firmament Avenue create the district boundaries to the east and west, respectively. The district contains 130 properties, of which 89 are contributors. The streets of the district follow an orthogonal grid, with a distinctive roundabout on Sherman Oaks Avenue in the center. The topography of the area is generally flat. Although predominantly comprising single-family residences, there is a small cluster of commercial development on Sherman Oaks Avenue, at the southern part of the district near where it intersects Ventura Boulevard. The rectangular lots are moderately and evenly sized despite the varying sizes of the resources. The houses in the northern portions of the district are generally smaller and one-story with modest setbacks and detached garages, while those in on Sutton Street and Valley Vista Boulevard are larger, often two-story with grander setbacks and attached garages. The houses range in style from Minimal Traditional to Traditional Ranch and Period Revival styles. Other district features include paved concrete sidewalks, curbs and decorative streetlamps. Significance: The Sherman Oaks Circle Historic District is significant as an excellent example of a residential subdivision that reflects both preand post-world War II residential development and architectural styles. The district s period of significance is 1928-1960, the period during which the land was initially subdivided and properties built, with the majority of development taking place in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Of the 130 properties, 68% are contributors. Although the first tract map for the area was filed in 1928, construction in Sherman Oaks Circle did not begin in earnest until the 1940s. In September of 1940, an early tract called Sherman Woods was in the planning stages. Builders were readying to construct approximately 300 houses of various designs, and a small model home at 15474 Dickens Street, built by Byrd Construction Company, was advertised as a picturesque Dutch Farmhouse and intended to attracted buyers attention. With the onset of World War II the following year, construction halted and only a small percentage of the planned homes were built. Development resumed after the conclusion of the war and the majority of properties within the district boundaries were constructed in the late 1940s and 50s. The construction of the 405 freeway in 1968 bisected the district and created its eastern boundary. Despite its long period of development, Sherman Oaks Circle has cohesive scale, setting and distinctive planning features which contribute to a strong sense of place and time. Within the district are several individually significant properties. Among them is 15405 Valley Vista, significant as being the home of Liberace, the flashy entertainer, during the productive period of his career. The house at 15433 Valley Vista is significant as an excellent example of Storybook architecture; the Valley Inn, a restaurant on Sherman Oaks Avenue, represents a long-standing commercial presence in the area. The other individually significant properties in the district, 4525, 4529 and 4526-32 Sherman Oaks Avenue, are excellent examples of Mid-Century Modern commercial architecture. Page 71 of 123

Context 1: Context: Residential Development and Suburbanization, 1850-1980 Sub context: No Sub-context Theme: Post-War Suburbanization, 1938-1975 Page 72 of 123

Sub theme: Suburban Planning and Development, 1938-1975 Property type: Property sub type: Criteria: Status code: Reason: Post-War Suburb Subdivision(s) A/1/1 3S;3CS;5S3 Excellent example of a suburban residential development in the San Fernando Valley that reflects planning and design features of both the pre- and post-world War II eras. Although subdivided in 1928, the vast majority of buildings were constructed in the 1940s and 50s, reflective of the pause in residential development during the Great Depression and the massive building boom of the postwar period. The tract was bisected by the construction of the 405 freeway in 1968. s/non-s: 4400 N FIRMAMENT AVE Year built: 1948 Architectural style: American Colonial Revival 15350 Greenleaf Ave Year built: 1952 Architectural style: Ranch, American Colonial 4404 N SHERMAN OAKS AVE Not sure Year built: 1951 Architectural style: American Colonial Revival 4480 N SHERMAN OAKS AVE Year built: 1951 Architectural style: Ranch, Minimal 4504 N SHERMAN OAKS AVE Year built: 1952 Page 73 of 123

4508 N SHERMAN OAKS AVE Year built: 1951 4509 N SHERMAN OAKS AVE Non- Year built: 1949 Architectural style: Minimal Traditional 4512 N SHERMAN OAKS AVE Non- Year built: 1954 Architectural style: Minimal Traditional 4517 N SHERMAN OAKS AVE Year built: 1953 Architectural style: Ranch, Minimal 4521 N SHERMAN OAKS AVE Non- Year built: 1973 Property type/sub type: Commercial-Office; Low Rise Architectural style: Other 4525 N SHERMAN OAKS AVE Year built: 1960 Property type/sub type: Commercial-Office; Low Rise 4529 N SHERMAN OAKS AVE Year built: 1950 Property type/sub type: Commercial-Office; Low Rise Page 74 of 123

4553 N SHERMAN OAKS AVE Year built: 1946 Architectural style: Minimal Traditional 4554 N SHERMAN OAKS AVE Non- Year built: 1946 Property type/sub type: Commercial-Mixed; Mixed Use - Commercial/Office/Residential Architectural style: Other 4558 N SHERMAN OAKS AVE Non- Year built: 1948 Property type/sub type: Commercial-Office; Low Rise Architectural style: American Colonial Revival 4559 N SHERMAN OAKS AVE Year built: 1946 Property type/sub type: Commercial-Food Service; Restaurant/Tavern Architectural style: Commercial, Vernacular 4560 N SHERMAN OAKS AVE Year built: 1953 Property type/sub type: Commercial-Office; Low Rise ; American Colonial Revival 4565 N SHERMAN OAKS AVE Non- Year built: 1961 Property type/sub type: Commercial-Office; Low Rise Architectural style: Other 4420 N SHERMAN OAKS CIR Year built: 1952 Page 75 of 123

4421 N SHERMAN OAKS CIR Year built: 1952 Architectural style: Ranch, Minimal 4422 N SHERMAN OAKS CIR Non- Year built: 1950 4423 N SHERMAN OAKS CIR Year built: 1950 4423 N SHERMAN OAKS CIR Year built: 1952 4428 N SHERMAN OAKS CIR Year built: 1946 4429 N SHERMAN OAKS CIR Non- Year built: 1946 Architectural style: Other 4450 N SHERMAN OAKS CIR Year built: 1968 Page 76 of 123

4451 N SHERMAN OAKS CIR Year built: 1953 Architectural style: American Colonial Revival 4455 N SHERMAN OAKS CIR Year built: 1950 4458 N SHERMAN OAKS CIR Non- Year built: 1968 Architectural style: Minimal Traditional 4461 N SHERMAN OAKS CIR Year built: 1946 Architectural style: Ranch, Minimal 4462 N SHERMAN OAKS CIR Year built: 1952 4466 N SHERMAN OAKS CIR Year built: 1952 4468 N SHERMAN OAKS CIR Non- Year built: 1951 Page 77 of 123

4470 N SHERMAN OAKS CIR Year built: 1952 4475 N SHERMAN OAKS CIR Year built: 1953 Architectural style: American Colonial Revival 4479 N SHERMAN OAKS CIR Non- Year built: 1948 4483 N SHERMAN OAKS CIR Year built: 1956 15372 W DICKENS ST Non- Year built: 1948 Property type/sub type: Residential-Multi Family; Apartment House Architectural style: No style 15374 W DICKENS ST Year built: 1950 Property type/sub type: Commercial-Retail; Retail Store 15418 W DICKENS ST Year built: 1941 Architectural style: Minimal Traditional Page 78 of 123

15419 W DICKENS ST Year built: 1950 Architectural style: Minimal Traditional 15424 W DICKENS ST Year built: 1941 Architectural style: Minimal Traditional 15425 W DICKENS ST Non- Year built: 1949 Architectural style: Minimal Traditional 15430 W DICKENS ST Year built: 1941 Architectural style: Minimal Traditional 15431 W DICKENS ST Non- Year built: 1941 Architectural style: Minimal Traditional 15434 W DICKENS ST Year built: 1928 Architectural style: Spanish Colonial Revival 15437 W DICKENS ST Non- Year built: 1948 Architectural style: Minimal Traditional Page 79 of 123

15440 W DICKENS ST Year built: 1946 Architectural style: Minimal Traditional 15443 W DICKENS ST Year built: 1950 Architectural style: Minimal Traditional 15446 W DICKENS ST Year built: 1946 Architectural style: Minimal Traditional 15449 W DICKENS ST Year built: 1942 15452 W DICKENS ST Non- Year built: 1947 Architectural style: Other 15456 W DICKENS ST Non- Year built: 1942 Architectural style: Minimal Traditional 15459 W DICKENS ST Non- Year built: 1942 Architectural style: Other Page 80 of 123

15462 W DICKENS ST Year built: 1928 Architectural style: Spanish Colonial Revival 15465 W DICKENS ST Year built: 1946 Architectural style: Minimal Traditional 15468 W DICKENS ST Year built: 1947 Architectural style: Ranch, Minimal 15471 W DICKENS ST Non- Year built: 1948 Architectural style: Minimal Traditional 15474 W DICKENS ST Year built: 1940 Architectural style: Minimal Traditional 15477 W DICKENS ST Year built: 1946 Architectural style: Minimal Traditional 15480 W DICKENS ST Year built: 1951 Page 81 of 123

15483 W DICKENS ST Year built: 1950 Architectural style: Minimal Traditional 15349 W GREENLEAF ST Year built: 1941 Architectural style: Ranch, Minimal 15419 W GREENLEAF ST Year built: 1933 Architectural style: Minimal Traditional 15424 W GREENLEAF ST Non- Year built: 1954 15429 W GREENLEAF ST Non- Year built: 1941 Architectural style: Ranch, Cape Cod 15430 W GREENLEAF ST Year built: 1941 Architectural style: Minimal Traditional 15433 W GREENLEAF ST Year built: 1946 Architectural style: Minimal Traditional Page 82 of 123

15436 W GREENLEAF ST Year built: 1941 Architectural style: Minimal Traditional 15441 W GREENLEAF ST Year built: 1947 Architectural style: Ranch, Minimal 15447 W GREENLEAF ST Year built: 1946 Architectural style: Minimal Traditional 15448 W GREENLEAF ST Non- Year built: 1928 Architectural style: Spanish Colonial Revival 15452 W GREENLEAF ST Year built: 1950 15453 W GREENLEAF ST Not sure Year built: 1947 Architectural style: Minimal Traditional 15457 W GREENLEAF ST Year built: 1941 Architectural style: Minimal Traditional Page 83 of 123

15458 W GREENLEAF ST Non- Year built: 1942 Architectural style: Other 15464 W GREENLEAF ST Year built: 1941 Architectural style: Minimal Traditional 15469 W GREENLEAF ST Non- Year built: 2006 Architectural style: Other 15470 W GREENLEAF ST Non- Year built: 1941 Architectural style: Other 15475 W GREENLEAF ST Non- Year built: 1941 Architectural style: Minimal Traditional 15353 W SUTTON ST Not sure Year built: 1952 Architectural style: Unknown/not visible 15354 W SUTTON ST Year built: 1955 Page 84 of 123

15359 W SUTTON ST Year built: 1950 Architectural style: Minimal Traditional 15362 W SUTTON ST Year built: 1930 Architectural style: Spanish Colonial Revival 15404 W SUTTON ST Year built: 1928 Architectural style: Tudor Revival 15405 W SUTTON ST Year built: 1952 15408 W SUTTON ST Year built: 1946 Architectural style: American Colonial Revival 15411 W SUTTON ST Year built: 1951 15417 W SUTTON ST Year built: 1948 Page 85 of 123

15418 W SUTTON ST Year built: 1928 Architectural style: Spanish Colonial Revival 15422 W SUTTON ST Year built: 1948 Architectural style: American Colonial Revival 15423 W SUTTON ST Year built: 1954 Architectural style: Minimal Traditional 15429 W SUTTON ST Year built: 1952 15430 W SUTTON ST Year built: 1947 Architectural style: American Colonial Revival 15434 W SUTTON ST Year built: 1950 ; Tudor Revival 15435 W SUTTON ST Year built: 1950 Page 86 of 123

15438 W SUTTON ST Year built: 1928 Architectural style: French Revival (Norman) 15441 W SUTTON ST Year built: 1948 Architectural style: American Colonial Revival 15447 W SUTTON ST Year built: 1949 Architectural style: American Colonial Revival; Ranch, Traditional 15448 W SUTTON ST Year built: 1951 15453 W SUTTON ST Non- Year built: 1983 Architectural style: Other 15461 W SUTTON ST Non- Year built: 1952 Architectural style: American Colonial Revival 15373 W VALLEY VISTA BLVD Year built: 1954 Page 87 of 123

15376 W VALLEY VISTA BLVD Non- Year built: 1976 Architectural style: Other 15400 W VALLEY VISTA BLVD Year built: 1956 15412 W VALLEY VISTA BLVD Year built: 1942 Architectural style: American Colonial Revival 15413 W VALLEY VISTA BLVD Year built: 1953 Architectural style: Ranch, Regency 15419 W VALLEY VISTA BLVD Year built: 1950 15426 W VALLEY VISTA BLVD Year built: 1929 Architectural style: Spanish Colonial Revival 15427 W VALLEY VISTA BLVD Year built: 1953 Page 88 of 123

15430 W VALLEY VISTA BLVD Year built: 1964 Architectural style: American Colonial Revival 15433 W VALLEY VISTA BLVD Year built: 1929 Architectural style: Storybook 15439 W VALLEY VISTA BLVD Non- Year built: 1952 Architectural style: American Colonial Revival 15440 W VALLEY VISTA BLVD Year built: 1941 Architectural style: Tudor Revival 15446 W VALLEY VISTA BLVD Year built: 1942 Architectural style: Ranch, American Colonial 15449 W VALLEY VISTA BLVD Non- Year built: 1946 Architectural style: Other 15457 W VALLEY VISTA BLVD Year built: 1951 Architectural style: Ranch, American Colonial Page 89 of 123

15434 W VARDEN ST Year built: 1947 Architectural style: Ranch, Minimal 15435 W VARDEN ST Non- Year built: 2005 Architectural style: Other 15440 W VARDEN ST Non- Year built: 1948 Architectural style: Minimal Traditional 15441 W VARDEN ST Year built: 1928 Architectural style: Minimal Traditional; Spanish Colonial Revival 15445 W VARDEN ST Non- Year built: 2008 Architectural style: Other 15446 W VARDEN ST Year built: 1941 Architectural style: Minimal Traditional 15451 W VARDEN ST Non- Year built: 1947 Architectural style: Other Page 90 of 123

15452 W VARDEN ST Year built: 1928 Architectural style: Spanish Colonial Revival 15457 W VARDEN ST Year built: 1941 Architectural style: Minimal Traditional 15458 W VARDEN ST Non- Year built: 1977 Architectural style: Other 15463 W VARDEN ST Year built: 1942 Architectural style: Minimal Traditional 15464 W VARDEN ST Non- Year built: 1947 Architectural style: Minimal Traditional 15469 W VARDEN ST Non- Year built: 2010 Architectural style: Other Page 91 of 123

Name: Shirley - Winifred Residential Historic District Description: The Shirley - Winifred Residential Historic District is located in the Tarzana area of the San Fernando Valley. It is a small district comprising two adjacent cul-de-sacs, Shirley Court and Winifred Street, south of Ventura Boulevard and north of Wells Drive. Of the 15 properties, 13 are contributors to the district. All of the buildings within the district are one-story, Traditional Ranch single-family residences with consistent low, wide massing and uniform, moderate setbacks. The houses are generally rectangular with the widest façade facing the street. The topography of the area is on a slight slope, leading south into the Santa Monica Mountains. The streets of the area are curvilinear and many, including those in the district, culminate in cul-de-sacs. In addition to its built features, the district is further characterized by its wide streets without sidewalks and the landscapes of individual properties, such as manicured lawns or gardens in front yards. There does not appear to be a consistent street tree plan, although there are many varied mature trees lining the street on the individual properties. Significance: The Shirley and Winifred Residential Historic District is significant as an excellent concentration of Traditional Ranch style houses. Buildings within the district retain their original plans, massing, size and character-defining features of the architectural style. The houses are all similar in design while not being identical, with a combination of wood and masonry cladding and traditional decorative elements such as diamond-pane wood windows, shutters, carved bargeboards and dovecotes. The historic district s period of significance has been identified as 1955, which is the year that all of the buildings within the district were constructed. Of the 15 houses, 85% are contributors to the district. The small tract was subdivided by the A.D. Chisolm Company, Inc. in 1955. Research did not reveal a formal tract or subdivision name. Page 92 of 123

Context 1: Context: Architecture and Engineering, 1850-1980 Sub context: No Sub-context Theme: Housing the Masses, 1880-1975 Sub theme: Ranch House Neighborhoods, 1938-1975 Property type: Property sub type: Criteria: Status code: Reason: Post-War Suburb Subdivision C/3/3 3S;3CS;5S3 Significant as an excellent concentration of Traditional Ranch houses, collectively conveying high quality design and distinctive features of the style. Page 93 of 123

s/non-s: 19500 W SHIRLEY CT Year built: 1955 19501 W SHIRLEY CT Year built: 1955 19512 W SHIRLEY CT Year built: 1955 19515 W SHIRLEY CT Year built: 1955 19524 W SHIRLEY CT Non- Year built: 2002 Architectural style: Other 19525 W SHIRLEY CT Non- Year built: 1955 Architectural style: Other Page 94 of 123

19532 W SHIRLEY CT Year built: 1955 19500 W WINIFRED ST Year built: 1955 19501 W WINIFRED ST Year built: 1955 19512 W WINIFRED ST Year built: 1955 19515 W WINIFRED ST Year built: 1955 19524 W WINIFRED ST Year built: 1955 19525 W WINIFRED ST Year built: 1955 Page 95 of 123

19532 W WINIFRED ST Year built: 1955 19535 W WINIFRED ST Year built: 1955 Page 96 of 123

Name: Valley Wood Road Residential Historic District Description: The Valley Wood Road Residential Historic District is located in the Encino hills, in the San Fernando Valley. The district is relatively small, consisting of 29 properties on both sides of Valley Wood Road. The road runs on an east-west axis and curves to the north at both ends to meet Meadow Crest Road. The streets of the surrounding area are narrow and winding as they ascend southerly into the Santa Monica Mountain range. The hilly topography creates a variation in setbacks of individual properties. Of the 29 properties, 25 are contributors. All of the buildings within the district are single-family residences. The contributing properties are one-story or split-level Traditional or Contemporary Ranch in style. Each property is on a moderately sized, evenly divided lot with a driveway leading to an attached garage as well as a lawn, garden or landscaping. The tract does not feature paved sidewalks or streetlamps. There does not appear to be a regular street-tree plan, but there are a number of mature trees predominantly oaks, evergreens and palms. Significance: The Valley Wood Road Residential Historic District is significant as a concentration of Ranch houses in the Encino area. It contains a notable collection of intact Contemporary and Traditional Ranch houses. The period of significance for this district is 1955 to 1968, which is the period during which all of the buildings within the district were constructed. Of the 29 properties, 86% are contributors. The tract was subdivided in 1955; research did not reveal a formal subdivision name. The homes within the subdivision retain the distinctive features of the Traditional Ranch and Contemporary Ranch styles and, despite slight stylistic variation, have cohesive massing, setbacks and scale, which contribute to a distinct sense of place and time. The hilly topography and lush landscaping of the district further contributes to its character. Page 97 of 123

Context 1: Context: Architecture and Engineering, 1850-1980 Sub context: No Sub-context Theme: Housing the Masses, 1880-1975 Sub theme: Ranch House Neighborhoods, 1938-1975 Property type: Property sub type: Criteria: Status code: Reason: Post-War Suburb Neighborhood C/3/3 3S;3CS;5S3 Significant concentration of Contemporary and Traditional Ranch residences in the Encino hills. s retain the distinctive features of the various Ranch substyles, contributing to an overall sense of place and time. s/non-s: 3581 N VALLEY HOME ROAD Not sure Year built: 1956 15928 W MEADOWCREST ROAD Year built: 1956 15926 W VALLEY WOOD ROAD Page 98 of 123

Year built: 1964 15935 W VALLEY WOOD ROAD Non- Year built: 1959 15936 W VALLEY WOOD ROAD Year built: 1955 15945 W VALLEY WOOD ROAD Year built: 1957 15946 W VALLEY WOOD ROAD Year built: 1957 15960 W VALLEY WOOD ROAD Year built: 1957 15963 W VALLEY WOOD ROAD Year built: 1956 Page 99 of 123

15973 W VALLEY WOOD ROAD Year built: 1957 15980 W VALLEY WOOD ROAD Not sure Year built: 1957 15985 W VALLEY WOOD ROAD Year built: 1958 16000 W VALLEY WOOD ROAD Year built: 1957 16005 W VALLEY WOOD ROAD Not sure Year built: 1956 16010 W VALLEY WOOD ROAD Year built: 1957 16015 W VALLEY WOOD ROAD Page 100 of 123

Year built: 1958 16020 W VALLEY WOOD ROAD Year built: 1962 16025 W VALLEY WOOD ROAD Year built: 1956 16030 W VALLEY WOOD ROAD Year built: 1957 16035 W VALLEY WOOD ROAD Year built: 1957 16040 W VALLEY WOOD ROAD Year built: 1957 16043 W VALLEY WOOD ROAD Year built: 1957 16050 W VALLEY WOOD ROAD Page 101 of 123

Year built: 1958 16053 W VALLEY WOOD ROAD Year built: 1956 16060 W VALLEY WOOD ROAD Year built: 1968 16067 W VALLEY WOOD ROAD Year built: 1959 16070 W VALLEY WOOD ROAD Year built: 1957 16080 W VALLEY WOOD ROAD Year built: 1957 16100 W VALLEY WOOD ROAD Year built: 1956 Page 102 of 123

Name: Bothwell Ranch Description: Bothwell Ranch is intact 13-acre citrus orchard located in the Tarzana area of the San Fernando Valley. Its address is 5300 N. Oakdale Avenue. The orchard is located on the corner of Collier Street and Oakdale Avenue, across the street from the Collier Street Elementary School (recently re-named the CHIME Institute s Schwarzenegger Community School), approximately one half mile south of Ventura Boulevard. Today, Bothwell Ranch covers approximately 13 acres of flat land, surrounded by high wire fencing. Within the boundaries of the ranch are gravel paths and rows of regularly-planted orange trees. There are several buildings within the orchard, including a house and what appear to be multiple garages or ancillary shed buildings. These buildings are not clearly visible or accessible from the public right of way. Significance: As one of the last remaining commercial citrus orchards in the San Fernando Valley, Bothwell Ranch is significant as representing the once vast agriculture of the San Fernando Valley. Other ranches were driven out of the area by rising land value during the housing boom after World War II. Without enough land to farm or raise livestock, farmers were unable to continue making a viable living. The Bothwell Ranch was purchased in 1926 by Lindley Bothwell. At that time, the citrus orchard was about six years old and covered 100 acres. The period of significance for the ranch begins in 1926, the date of its initial purchase by the Bothwell family for commercial ranching purposes. Ann Bothwell continues to operate the ranch to the present day. Lindley Bothwell, who received a degree in agriculture from Oregon State University in 1926, came to own or manage over 30 ranches across southern California. He also started a business that provided technical assistance to other growers, but research did not reveal the name of this company. Page 103 of 123

Context 1: Context: Industrial Development, 1850-1980 Sub context: No Sub-context Theme: Agricultural Roots, 1850-1965 Sub theme: Cash Crops for Export, 1870-1945 Property type: Property sub type: Criteria: Status code: Reason: Grove/Orchard No Sub-Type A/1/1 3S;3CS;5S3 Significant as one of the last remaining family-owned commercial citrus groves in the San Fernando Valley. Remains in continuous operation by the same family in the present day. Page 104 of 123

Name: Braemar Country Club Description: The Braemar Country Club is located in the Tarzana area of the San Fernando Valley. The district is very large, covering over 200 acres of land. The district is bounded by Reseda Boulevard to the east, Pasadero Drive to the north and is enclosed by parcels containing single-family housing to the south and west. The area is hilly, ascending southerly into the Santa Monica Mountains. Aerial photographs suggest that there is one large building (likely the main clubhouse), twenty tennis courts, two pools and one ancillary building within the district, and research indicates that there are currently two golf courses at Braemar. However, the country club is private and surveyors could not enter the property to verify this information. Significance: The Braemar Country Club may be significant as an excellent example of a private recreational facility in the San Fernando Valley, developed in the post-world War II period as the population of the area boomed. The period of significance begins in 1961, the year research indicates that the club was originally opened as Deauville Country Club. It was renamed Braemar Country Club around 1971. Research did not reveal the specific reason for the renaming, although it could possibly be related to a housing development called Braemar, built nearby at that time. Homebuyers were offered memberships to the country club. Surveyors were not able to enter the property in order evaluate the integrity of its landscape and features. Therefore, further analysis is necessary before a determination of eligibility can be made. Page 105 of 123

Context 1: Context: Public and Private Institutional Development, 1850-1980 Sub context: Private Recreation, 1880-1980 Theme: Private Recreation Facilities, 1880-1980 Sub theme: Country Clubs, 1880-1980 Property type: Property sub type: Criteria: Status code: Reason: Institutional - Recreation Country Club A/1/1 QQQ Research indicates that this property was built in 1959 and may be significant as an example of a country club/clubhouse. However, the property and associated building are not visible from the street and therefore could not be evaluated. Context 2: Context: Architecture and Engineering, 1850-1980 Sub context: No Sub-context Theme: The Ranch House, 1930-1975 Sub theme: Commercial and Institutional Ranch House Style, 1930-1975 Property type: Property sub type: Criteria: Status code: Reason: Institutional No Sub-Type A/1/1 QQQ Research indicates that Braemar Country Club clubhouse may represent an excellent example of the Custom Contemporary Ranch style as applied to an institutional building. However, the building is not visible from the public right-of-way and its integrity could not be evaluated. Page 106 of 123

Name: CHIME Institute s Schwarzenegger Community School Description: Collier Street Elementary School (now known as the CHIME Institute s Schwarzenegger Community School) is located in the Tarzana area of the San Fernando Valley, at 19722 West Collier Street. The campus is bounded by Collier Street on the north, Corbin Avenue to the east, Jumilla Avenue to the west and parcels containing single-family residences to the south. The campus is moderately sized, covering approximately seven acres of land, which is similar in size to other elementary school campuses in the area. The campus contains five permanent buildings, which appear to include an auditorium, administration building and classroom buildings. The buildings are clustered at the north end of the lot, with recreation areas comprising the southern portion of the property. A few temporary modular structures are located on the property, south of the permanent buildings. The recreation area is asphalt-paved with one small section of playground equipment; a grassy area at the south end of the campus includes a running track. Mature trees border the school property and surround the permanent buildings. The campus is enclosed with a non-original chain link fence. The permanent school buildings were designed in the International Style. They are predominantly clad in Roman-bond brick and feature bands of window and flat roofs with wide overhangs. Significance: Collier Street Elementary School (CHIME Institute s Schwarzenegger Community School) is an excellent example of a post-world War II Los Angeles Unified School District campus. It reflects LAUSD school-planning and design concepts of the postwar period Page 107 of 123

and the increase of facilities to accommodate postwar growth in the San Fernando Valley. The period of significance for Collier Street Elementary School is 1960, the year that research indicates it opened. The school was originally scheduled to open in September of 1960, but was delayed until later that year due to a plasterer s strike. Responding to the incredible need for new public school facilities in the rapidly-growing city in the post-world War II era, voters passed three bond measures in 1946, 1952 and 1955 for the city s schools. Money went to new construction, improvements to existing facilities, and purchase of land for future construction. The 1955 bond measure in particular aided the expansion of LAUSD facilities in the San Fernando Valley; 38 new Valley campuses (26 elementary schools, six junior high schools and two high schools) were funded by this measure, including Collier Street Elementary School. The new schools followed contemporary ideas in building for learning, which placed emphasis on fresh air, natural light, and the use of color. Collier Street Elementary School is exemplary of these design concepts with its single-story buildings designed in a simple, International style; access to outdoor space from every classroom; exterior corridors for circulation; and copious outdoor space dedicated to recreation. Context 1: Page 108 of 123

Context: Public and Private Institutional Development, 1850-1980 Sub context: Education, 1876-1980 Theme: Public Schools and the LAUSD, 1876-1980 Sub theme: Post WWII Schools, 1946-1966 Property type: Property sub type: Criteria: Status code: Reason: Institutional - Education Elementary School A/1/1&C/3/3 3S;3CS;5S3 Excellent example of a post-world War II Los Angeles Unified School District elementary campus, reflecting LAUSD school planning and design concepts of the postwar period and the increase in facilities to accommodate growth in the San Fernando Valley. Name: El Caballero County Club Description: The El Caballero Country Club is located in the Tarzana area of the San Fernando Valley. The country club is large, spanning over 100 acres, and bounded by Avenida Oriente to the north, St. Moritz Drive to the south and Reseda Boulevard to the west. The eastern side of the property is partially enclosed by Nestle Avenue and parcels containing single family houses. The topography of the area is gently sloping, ascending southerly into the hills. Aerial photographs suggest that there is a large building (likely the main clubhouse), two smaller structures (one near the tennis courts, the other near the pool), several small ancillary buildings and an 18-hole golf course within the boundaries. Because the country club is private property, surveyors could not enter the property to further evaluate its various components. Significance: The El Caballero Country Club may be significant as an excellent example of a private recreational facility constructed in the early period of Tarzana s development. The country club was initially developed by Edgar Rice Burroughs, author of Tarzan, on land once owned by General Harrison Gray Otis. Otis was a long-time publisher of the Los Angeles Times during the late 1800s and early 1900s. Research indicates that Burroughs estate was on this property but aerial photography suggests that the house is no longer extant. Because this is a private club, surveyors were not able to enter the property to confirm. The golf course was designed by a prominent Southern California golf course architect, William P. Bell, Sr. The country club opened in 1925, the year the district s period of significance begins. In the 1950s, the country club was reopened by new owner Bernie Shapiro. Shapiro wanted to create a country club where everyone was welcome, after being refused membership at other golf clubs in Los Angeles for being Jewish. Therefore El Caballero has potential significance as playing an important role in race, religion and gender equality in private institutional development in Los Angeles. Surveyors were not able to enter the property in order evaluate the integrity of the property. Therefore, further analysis is necessary before a determination of eligibility can be made. Page 109 of 123

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Context 1: Context: Public and Private Institutional Development, 1850-1980 Sub context: Private Recreation, 1880-1980 Theme: Private Recreation Facilities, 1880-1980 Sub theme: Country Clubs, 1880-1980 Property type: Property sub type: Criteria: Status code: Reason: Institutional - Recreation Country Club A/1/1 QQQ Research indicates that this property was developed by Tarzana developer and author, Edgar Rice Burroughs, as the El Caballero Country Club. It may be significant as an excellent example of a private recreation facility dating to the early period of Tarzana's development. However, the property is not visible from the street and therefore its integrity could not be evaluated. Context 2: Context: Other Context, 1850-1980 Sub context: No Sub-context Theme: Event or Series of Events, 1850-1980 Sub theme: Property type: Property sub type: Criteria: Status code: Reason: No SubTheme Institutional District A/1/1 QQQ Though originally opened in the 1920s by Edgar Rice Burroughs, the El Caballero Country Club was reopened in 1957 by Bernie Shapiro with the guidelines that anyone could become a member, regardless of race, gender or religious belief. This was groundbreaking for a country club at the time, as many still excluded non-white and non-christian members. Surveyors were unable to enter the property to conduct an evaluation. Page 111 of 123

Name: Encino Park Description: Encino Park is located in the Encino area of the San Fernando Valley. It is bounded by Addison Street and Ventura Boulevard to the north and south, respectively, and Paso Robles and Genesta Avenues to the east and west, respectively. The park is moderately sized, covering approximately five acres of flat land. The majority of the park comprises open green space with a canopy of mature oak trees. Built features include a one-story Spanish Colonial Revival style clubhouse completed in 1927, a picnic area with permanent grills and tables, two tennis courts, basketball hoops, playground equipment, benches and walkways. It appears that most elements of the park, except for the addition of playground equipment and basketball hoops, date to its period of significance, which has been identified as 1926-1941. Many mature trees including live oaks, pine, cedar, palms and others Significance: Encino Park is significant as an early municipal park in the Encino area, dating to the early 1920s. As such, it predates much of the development in the area, which did not begin in earnest until the 1930s and post-world War II period. The period of significance for the park is 1926-1941. By the beginning of World War II, it appears that the park was largely developed with the features (clubhouse, tennis courts, etc.) that exist today. The land was donated to the Los Angeles Parks Commission in 1926 by W.H. Hay, a local real estate dealer, for a comfort station along Ventura Boulevard. The park was one of the first to be built as a result of public outcry for the need of community recreation in the area. The park was opened to the public in 1928 once the clubhouse was built and the landscaping planted. Upon its opening, the park also contained an old storage drain that was converted into an artificial stream with waterfalls. The water feature has since been removed. Based on historic aerial photographs, two tennis courts and a play area remain in their same locations today. The clubhouse was used historically by women s clubs and other small local clubs for meetings; it currently houses the California Traditional Music Society, a non-profit organization. Page 112 of 123

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 Recreational Facilities, 1932-1978 Property type: Property sub type: Criteria: Status code: Reason: Institutional - Recreation Municipal Recreational Facility A/1/1 & C/3/3 3S;3CS;5S3 Significant as an early municipal park in Encino, dating to the early 1920s. As such, it pre-dates most of the residential and commercial development of the area and is a remnant of Encino's early history. Page 113 of 123

Name: Encino Village Planning District Description: The Encino Village Residential Planning District is located in the Encino area of the San Fernando Valley. The district is bounded by Oxnard Street and Burbank Boulevard to the north and south, respectively, and Wish and Louise Avenues to the east and west, respectively. Within this large district are 438 properties, all of which are single-family residences. The residences are arranged on evenly-sized rectangular lots with moderate setbacks, leaving room for a modest lawn and driveway. All of the original buildings within the planning district are small tract houses that are consistent in size and massing. There are several variations on four types of home designs throughout the tract described in promotional materials as moderns, transitionals, ranches and Colonials. The streets of the district create two concentric halves, mirrored north and south of Hatteras Street. The district is enclosed by a concrete block wall or wooden fence on all boundaries with four openings for exits, two on Hatteras Street and two on Aldea Avenue, creating a sense of a quiet, enclosed community. Other district features include street lamps, concrete sidewalks and a generally consistent pattern of street trees, including ash, magnolia and sweet-gum trees. Significance: The Encino Village Residential Planning District is a cohesive, post-war tract development designed by noted architect Martin Stern, Jr. Although Encino Village retains much of its original tract features and its buildings collectively retain their overall massing and scale, many of its individual buildings have been altered which has had an impact on the integrity of the district. Common alterations include updating exterior wall cladding or roofing with incompatible materials, addition of vinyl windows and the replacement of primary and garage doors. Overall, these alterations have impacted the integrity of the district in such a way that it does not appear to be eligible for historic district designation. However, it may warrant special consideration in the local planning process. Encino Village was built on land that once housed RKO Studios Encino Ranch, a backlot location where a number of RKO Pictures were filmed including It s A Wonderful Life. The land was sold in 1954 and construction began on Encino Village in 1955. Special pricing was offered to veterans at less than half the down payment asked from non-veterans. Martin Stern, Jr., was a prolific residential architect in Los Angeles during the postwar period. He is perhaps best known for his work in Las Vegas, Nevada, where he designed popular hotel/casinos such as the original MGM Grand and The International, which is now the Las Vegas Hilton. Page 114 of 123

Context 1: Context: Architecture and Engineering, 1850-1980 Sub context: No Sub-context Theme: Housing the Masses, 1880-1975 Page 115 of 123

Sub theme: Ranch House Neighborhoods, 1938-1975 Property type: Property sub type: Criteria: Status code: Reason: Post-War Suburb Subdivision C/3/3 6LQ Good example of a postwar residential subdivision by noted architect Martin Stern. However, due to extensive alterations throughout the district (typically a combination of altered windows, wall cladding, front door and/or garage door) the district does not retain sufficient integrity for historic district eligibility. However, it may merit special consideration in the planning process due to intact overall scale, massing and planning features. Page 116 of 123

Name: Gaspar de Portola Middle School Description: Gaspar de Portola Middle School is located in the Tarzana area of the San Fernando Valley. The school is located at the corner of Linnet Street and Crebs Avenue. The campus is bounded by Linnet and Canasta Streets to the north and south respectively, Yolanda Street to the east and parcels containing single-family residences to the west. The campus is large, covering approximately 20 acres. The campus comprises sixteen permanent buildings arranged in a complex site plan that alternates indoor and outdoor space. All buildings are connected by a network of covered exterior walkways. The buildings are clustered in the northern section of the property, with paved and grassy areas dedicated to recreation at the southern end of the property. There are two small surface parking lots on campus: one at the northeast corner of the property and the other at its northwest corner. There are several small, temporary structures on campus. Mature trees surround the parking lot and interior courtyard and are scattered throughout the campus. The majority of the school is now enclosed by a high chain-link fence. The school buildings were designed in the International style. Its buildings are finished with stucco and feature flat roofs and ribbon windows. Classroom doors open to exterior covered walkways and breezeways between buildings. Other outdoor features include the grassy courtyard in the center of the campus and sheltered outdoor lunch benches. Significance: Gaspar de Portola Middle School is an excellent example of a post-world War II Los Angeles Unified School District middle school campus, reflecting LAUSD school planning and design concepts of the postwar period and the increase of facilities to accommodate postwar growth in the San Fernando Valley. The period of significance for the school is 1960, the year it opened. Responding to the incredible need for new public school facilities in the rapidly-growing city in the post-world War II era, voters passed three bond measures in 1946, 1952 and 1955 for the city s schools. Money went to new construction, improvements to existing facilities, and purchase of land for future construction. The 1955 bond measure in particular aided the expansion of LAUSD facilities in the San Fernando Valley; 38 new Valley campuses (26 elementary schools, six middle schools and two high schools) were funded by this measure, including Gaspar de Portola Middle School. The new schools followed contemporary ideas in building for learning, which placed emphasis on fresh air, natural light, and the use of color. Gaspar de Portola Middle School is exemplary of these design concepts with its single-story buildings designed in a simple, International style, with large expanses of operable windows on classroom buildings; access to outdoor space from every classroom; exterior corridors for circulation; and copious outdoor space dedicated to recreation. Page 117 of 123

Context 1: Context: Public and Private Institutional Development, 1850-1980 Sub context: Education, 1876-1980 Theme: Public Schools and the LAUSD, 1876-1980 Sub theme: Post WWII Schools, 1946-1966 Property type: Property sub type: Criteria: Status code: Reason: Institutional - Education Middle School A/1/1&C/3/3 3S;3CS;5S3 Excellent example of a post-world War II LAUSD middle school campus, reflecting LAUSD planning and design concepts of the postwar period and the increase in facilities to accommodate postwar growth in the San Fernando Valley. Page 118 of 123

Name: Melody Acres Residential Planning District Description: The Melody Acres Residential Planning District is located in the Tarzana area of the San Fernando Valley. The district, which is approximately a quarter square mile in size, is comprised of 313 parcels and bounded by Topham Street and the US Route 101 Ventura Freeway to the north and south and Tampa and Corbin Avenues to the east and west, respectively. The area has a flat topography and the streets are loosely gridded like those in the surrounding areas, aside from Oxnard Street and Shirley Avenue, which curve around properties near the center of the district. The lot sizes within the district are relatively large, restricted to a minimum of half an acre in size since its early development, with the majority of properties deeply set back from the street. The earliest residences were built in the 1920s and 1930s, but the build dates throughout the neighborhood vary considerably, as do the sizes and styles of the houses. Most residences are surrounded by retaining walls or perimeter fences of varying types and styles, and while there is no consistent street tree plan, a wide variety of mature vegetation, including cypress, palm and willow trees, are present along the edges of the lots. The quiet interior streets of the district, maintained by the residents themselves as opposed to the city, are narrower than those within the surrounding neighborhoods. In addition, the lots are not separated from the streets by curbs or sidewalks, contributing to the rustic feeling of the area despite its proximity to busy freeways. Common alterations to original residences include the replacement of original doors and windows and the refinishing of exterior cladding with stucco. Several original residences have been demolished and replaced with new buildings. In addition, many of the properties have been enclosed with large fences or walls, and citrus and other trees have been replaced with new buildings, tennis courts and pools, which have diminished the overall agricultural feel of the neighborhood. Significance: The Melody Acres Residential Planning District is an early agricultural residential development in Tarzana. Melody Acres was originally developed in 1924, the year a subdivision map was filed with the city, and has retained its agricultural zoning to the present day, which enables residents to keep horses and livestock on their properties. Lots are a minimum of a half-acre in size, and a lack of curbs, sidewalks and gutters augments the rustic feel of the neighborhood. Although the district is one of few residential developments in the San Fernando Valley that retains its agricultural zoning, much of the association with its early history has been lost due to alterations to individual properties. Several original residences have been demolished and replaced with new, much larger houses, and many property owners have filled their large lots with swimming pools, tennis courts and additional buildings, which has diminished the overall agricultural feel of the neighborhood. These modifications, as well as alterations to individual buildings, have affected the overall integrity of the district. For these reasons, Melody Acres does not appear to retain sufficient integrity for historic district designation; however, it may merit special consideration for local planning purposes. Page 119 of 123

Context 1: Context: Other Context, 1850-1980 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: 6LQ Page 120 of 123

Reason: Merits special consideration in local planning due to unique pattern of development and landscape features, even though the district as a whole does not retain sufficient integrity for historic district eligibility. Page 121 of 123

Name: Sepulveda Basin Recreation Area Description: The Sepulveda Basin Recreation Area is located in the Encino community of the San Fernando Valley. The district is large, spanning nearly three square miles of land, and is generally bounded by Victory Boulevard to the north, the 101 Ventura Freeway to the south, the 405 San Diego Freeway to the east and White Oak Avenue and Balboa Boulevard to the west. The Los Angeles River runs diagonally through the middle of the recreation area, ending in the Sepulveda Dam at the southeast corner of the district. There are few public streets that traverse the district. Burbank Boulevard runs generally east-west near the southern edge of the recreation area and Balboa Boulevard and Woodley Avenue run north-south. The recreation area is made up of a large number of recreation facilities, including three golf courses (the Encino Golf Course, Balboa Golf Course and Woodley Lakes Golf Course), the Balboa and Hjelte Sports Centers, four parks (Anthony C. Beilenson/Lake Balboa Park, Sherman Oaks Castle Park, Woodley Park and the Sepulveda Garden Center), a Japanese Garden, several little league baseball diamonds, tennis courts, a model airplane field, wildlife refuge, cricket fields, archery ranges and the Encino Velodrome. The Donald C. Tillman Water Reclamation Plant and Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Reserve are also within the district. Significance: The Sepulveda Basin Recreation Center is significant as one of the largest municipal recreation centers in Los Angeles, second in size to Griffith Park. It was planned and constructed to serve the San Fernando Valley s recreational needs, providing not only a wide variety of recreational facilities but also large expanses of native vegetation. The period of significance has been identified as 1951-1984, which begins with the date that the basin was obtained by the City for park purposes and ends with the opening of the Japanese Garden, the most recent significant component of the recreation area to have been constructed. The Sepulveda Basin Recreation Center, over 2,000 acres in all, was constructed by the Army Corps of Engineers in the 1930s and completed in 1941 as a measure of flood control for the San Fernando Valley. In 1951, the city received a no-cost, longterm lease on the land and plans were immediately set in motion to create a recreation area, a use that would also maintain the function of the land as a flood-control basin that had been designated to protect the Valley from seasonal and 100-year floods. After limited initial park development, including the construction of two 18-hole golf course, the lease was renegotiated, including some minimal reallocation of land, with the Army Corps in 1966. At that time, the president of the City s Recreation and Parks Commission described the Sepulveda Basin as second only to Griffith Park in significance for city recreation. Along with two other parks in the San Fernando Valley, Hansen Dam and Knapp Ranch Parks, development of the Sepulveda Basin was to be financed with money from the 1964 State Recreation and Parks Bond Fund. The Army Corps of Engineers limited the City s development of the recreation area to non-permanent structures, in order to maintain its primary purpose as a flood-control basin. As a result, grander plans, such as a stadium and a theater, were never realized. Additionally, the Army Corps demanded that more general public, non-fee recreational facilities be planned for the basin. By 1968, continual revisions to the City s plans for the basin included both a water reclamation plant, partially intended to serve the watering needs of the park, and a landscaped Japanese Garden. Page 122 of 123

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 Recreational Facilities, 1932-1978 Property type: Property sub type: Criteria: Status code: Reason: Institutional - Recreation Municipal Recreational Facility A/1/1 & C/3/3 3S;3CS;5S3 Excellent example of large-scale municipal recreational facility (second largest in Los Angeles), constructed to meet the needs of the San Fernando Valley's expansive growth in the mid-20th century while maintaining a strong sense of open, naturally vegetative landscape. Page 123 of 123