Title
LGBTQ+ Historic Experience Project Final Draft Historic Context and the Historic Building Survey Findings (M24-005)
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FileID
File ID: 2024-1878
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Location
Location: Citywide
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Recommendation
Recommendation: Pass a Motion to accept the LGBTQ+ Historic Experience Project's Historic Context Statement and the Historic Building Survey findings concerning potentially historically significant resources.
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Contact
Contact: Sean de Courcy, Preservation Director, (916) 808-2796, sdecourcy@cityofsacramento.org, Community Development Department
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Presenter
Presenter: Henry Feuss, Preservation Planner, (916) 808-5880, hfeuss@cityofsacramento.org, Community Development Department
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Attachments
Attachments:
1-Description/Analysis
2-Background
3-Final Draft Sacramento LGBTQ+ Historic Context Statement and Property Evaluations
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Description/Analysis
IssueDetail
Issue/Detail: The City of Sacramento's Community Development Department, with funding from the California Office of Historic Preservation, has undertaken a significant initiative to document and evaluate the city's LGBTQ+ historic resources. This project, titled the LGBTQ+ Historic Experience Project, aims to recognize and preserve sites of cultural, social, and political importance to Sacramento's LGBTQ+ community. The project involved comprehensive research, oral history collection, community outreach, and detailed surveys, culminating in a historic context statement (HCS) that outlines key themes, significant individuals, and crucial events shaping the LGBTQ+ experience in Sacramento. The project also included the documentation (survey) of five potential landmark structures and a potential historic district in the Lavender Heights neighborhood.
A supplemental Historic Preservation Fund grant of $5,000, with $5,000 matching funds provided by Preservation Sacramento, helped support a stipend program for individuals who made significant contributions to the project. T...
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