REPORT TO THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION
August 26, 2024
FROM: ASHLEY ATKINSON, Assistant Director
Planning and Development Department
BY: LISHA CHEN, Historic Preservation Specialist
Planning and Development Department
SUBJECT
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Consideration of the Property Owner's Request to Recommend City Council Designation of the following Property to the Local Register of Historic Resources and Adoption of Findings Pursuant to FMC 12-1607 & FMC 12-1609.
1. 1235 N Arthur Avenue (APN 45016209)
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the Historic Preservation Commission recommend to the City Council the designation of the following property to the Local Register of Historic Resources.
* 1235 N Arthur Avenue (45016209)
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
An application was submitted by the property owner to designate the property located at 1235 N Arthur Avenue (Assessor Parcel Number 45016209) as a local Historic Resource.
The house along with the garage at 1235 N Arthur Avenue were evaluated and found eligible for local registration under Fresno Municipal Code Sec. 12-1607 Criteria a(i), (ii), and (iii). The home is associated with significant events and persons, and embodies distinctive architectural characteristics of its period.
BACKGROUND
1235 N. Arthur Avenue
The property at 1235 N Arthur Avenue is in the Tower District of the City of Fresno. Set on the north side of West Olive Avenue and the west side of North Arthur Avenue, the property consists of a 0.22-acre rectangular parcel with a one-story single-family residence and a garage set back in the parcel.
It was constructed in 1921, a time when Fresno's population and economy were rapidly expanding. The city's population doubled from 12,470 in 1900 to 24,892 in 1910 and in response to this growth, in 1916 the Fresno City Board of Trustees established the city's first planning commission to manage and guide further development. Arthur Avenue was constructed during the 1920s, a period marked b...
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