HomeMy WebLinkAbout5/18/2020 Item 3, Russom, RRM Design Group PresentationCHC HEARING - CONTINUANCE
1. RESULTS OF LAST MEETING - DE-LIST PART OF BUILDING
2. THE ORIGINAL ARCHITECT/DEVELOPER
3. MORE INFO ABOUT THE REMODEL / RETROFIT
4. WHAT STANDARDS WERE USED?
5. NEXT STEPS
ARTIST REPRESENTATION OF COMPLETE 1904 BUILDING
WARDEN
BUILDING HIGUERA JOHNSON BLOCK
HIGUERA JOHNSON BLOCK
JOHNSON
BUILDING
ORG. PED.
PASEO
778 HIGUERA
RECOMMEND FOR DELISTING PROVIDE MORE INFO
782 HIGUERA 786 HIGUERA 790 HIGUERA
CURRENT STATUS AS SERIES OF FACADES
THE ORIGINAL ARCHITECT - HILAMON SPENCER LAIRD
THE ORIGINAL DEVELOPER - CHARLES H. JOHNSON
• IMPORTANCE OF CORNER
BUILDING
• CHORRO WING DE-LISTED
(OR NEVER LISTED)
• ANTICIPATED CHANGE AND
GROWTH
CHANGE
OVER
TIME
ARTIST REPRESENTATION OF 1904 BUILDING
WARDEN
BUILDING
JOHNSON BLOCK JOHNSON
BUILDING
ORG. PED.
PASEO
778 HIGUERA 782 HIGUERA 786 HIGUERA 790 HIGUERA
ORIGINAL ELEMENTS THAT REMAIN
PORTION THAT MIGHT STILL BE ORIGINAL MATERIAL/FINISH
PORTION THAT MIGHT STILL BE ORIGINAL MATERIAL/FINISH
ORIGINAL ELEMENTS THAT REMAIN
WHAT STANDARDS?
SECRETARY OF THE
INTERIOR’S STANDARDS:
• BROUGHT UP AT LAST HEARING
• WOULD NOT HAVE QUALIFIED
AT TIME OF LISTING
• WOULD NOT QUALIFY NOW
WHAT STANDARDS - LOCAL GUIDANCE
SAN LUIS OBISPO CRITERIA:
• HISTORIC CONTEXT STATEMENT
• HISTORIC PRESERVATION PROGRAM GUIDELINES
• HISTORIC PRESERVATION ORDINANCE
WHAT STANDARDS -
SLO CONTEXT
STATEMENT
• SLO HAS NUMEROUS, BETTER EXAMPLES
OF EARLY 20TH CENTURY COMMER-
CIAL DEVELOPMENT
• NOT A PHYSICAL SIGNIFICANCE
• THERE IS NO REMAINING INTEGRITY
WHAT STANDARDS - PRESERVATION ORDINANCE
• REMOVAL IS ACCEPTABLE, AND SHOULD BE DONE IF CRITERIA IS NO LONGER ACHIEVED
• STRUCTURE DOES NOT ALIGN WITH ORIGINAL BUILDING
• ASSOCIATION MORE WITH REMODELS THAN ORIGINAL ARCHITECT AND DEVELOPER
SAN LUIS OBISPO:
• BROUGHT UP AT LAST HEARING
• WOULD NOT HAVE QUALIFIED
AT TIME OF LISTING
• WOULD NOT QUALIFY NOW
WHAT STANDARDS -
HISTORIC PRESERVATION PROGRAM GUIDELINES
• “RECONSTRUCTION”
WHILE LOOKS GREAT,
WAS NOT BASED ON
HISTORIC PLANS, PHOTOS
OR DRAWINGS
• NOT A MINOR VARIATION
• WAS NOT ACCURATELY
RECREATED
NEXT STEPS
• AGREE WITH STATE OF EXISTING BUILDING
• WE HEARD YOU LIKE IT - SO DO WE.
• KNOW THAT FUTURE PROJECTS WILL
COME BACK
• BASE TONIGHT’S RECOMMENDATION ON
WHAT WE KNOW, AND NOT SPECULA-
TION
PORTION THAT MIGHT STILL BE ORIGINAL MATERIAL/FINISH
BOB PAVLIK