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From: Davidson, Doug
Sent: Monday, January 30, 2017 7:36 AM Item:,
To: Bergman, Katelin
Subject: FW: ARCH -2193-2015. 71 Palomar Avenue
Attachments: ARC SLO 0'-27-2017.pdf
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ARC correspondence for tonight's meeting
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CITY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO
JAN 3 0 2017
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
From: Daniel Krieger [
Sent: Friday, January 27, 2017 3:54 PM
To: Davidson, Doug <ddavidson@slocity.org>
Cc: '
Subject: Re: ARCH -2193-2015.71 Palomar Avenue
Dear Doug,
Would you please circulate the attached letter to the members of the ARC prior to Monday's meeting?
Many thanks!
Best wishes,
DanK
Daniel E. Krieger
Professor of History, Emeritus
California Polytechnic State University
San Luis Obispo, CA 93407
Curator, Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa
Past President, California Mission Studies Association/California Missions Foundation
Daniel E. Krieger, Ph.D.
662 Islay
San Luis Obispo,
California 93401
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Re: ARCH -2193-2015. 71 Palomar Avenue
January 27, 2017
Architectural Review Commission
Attn.: Doug Davidson
City of San Luis Obispo
City Hall, 990 Palm Street
San Luis Obispo, California
93401
Dear Architectural Review Commissioners
I regret that I am unable to attend Monday's meeting in person. I was a member of the San Luis Obispo Cultural
Heritage Committee in 1983 when the 1895 Sandford House was placed on the Master List of Historic
Resources. Members of the committee, including myself, contacted the Delta Tau House and surveyed its
condition. We shared our concern for the preservation of the structure with city officials and staff. We were also
concerned that the R-4 zoning would invite its destruction through "creative neglect."
Some community members have tried to create an "alternative facts" narrative relating to including the
Sandford House on the Master List of Historic Resources. This could not have occurred under the nascent CHC's
mandate in the mid -1980's. We were clearly focused on saving the structure irrespective of the site itself.
Thirty-four years later, little has been done to protect this late Victorian treasure. I am writing as a friend of that
resource. The LR Development Group's proposal to relocate and rehabilitate the Sandford House appears to me
the last, best chance for its preservation. While I would prefer to see the structure remain where it stands, the
projected appearance in its new location would enhance the house's "gift to the street."
I believe that the house would survive the short move. I am not an architectural historian but I have worked
actively in historic preservation for more than forty years. I have seen a number of similar structures survive
such moves. Some of these moves have involved what were once rural farm 19th/ early 20th century homes into
our Old Town Neighborhood where they add to the existing, contributing resources.
The planned use of the Sandford House as a community center avoids the dangers shared by many unoccupied
historic homes endangered by vandalism and "squatter" fires.
I am well aware of the controversies surrounding this project. I know that you will want to maintain the
guidelines of the CHC Ordinance in protecting the long term preservation of the Sandford House.
Very truly,
b4 'r ke-,�
Daniel E. Krieger, Ph.D.
Professor of History, Emeritus
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA