Title
Review and Comment: Draft Lavendar Heights Historic District Plan (M23-005)
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FileID
File ID: 2026-00699
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Location
Location: Lavendar Heights Historic District, District 4
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Recommendation
Recommendation: Review, comment, and provide direction.
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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-Draft Lavendar Heights District Plan
3-Lavendar Heights Historic District Survey and Evaluation
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Description/Analysis
IssueDetail
Issue/Detail: As part of the LGBTQ+ Historic Experience Project, the City prepared a historic context statement, conducted extensive archival research and oral history outreach, and completed a comprehensive historic resources survey focused on Sacramento's LGBTQ+ history. This work identified Lavendar Heights as a potentially eligible historic district due to its long-standing role as the cultural, social, political, and service-oriented center of LGBTQ+ life in Sacramento from approximately 1967 to 2000.
The proposed Lavendar Heights historic district encompasses the core blocks surrounding the intersection of 20th and K Streets, an area that supported LGBTQ+-owned and LGBTQ+-serving businesses, community centers, health services, advocacy organizations, religious institutions, and social gathering spaces. While the district does not derive its significance from architectural uniformity, its contributing resources collectively convey the cultural landscape within which Sacramento's LGBTQ+ community organized, supported one another, and advanced civil rights and visibility.
Pursuant to Sacramento City Code section 17.604.300, the designation of a new historic district on the Sacramento register of historic and cu...
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