Title:
Title
(Pass for Publication) Ordinance Listing 1860 60th Avenue (James Dodd Residence) as a Landmark on the Sacramento Register of Historic and Cultural Resources (M20-006)
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FileID
File ID: 2020-01560
Location
Location: 1860 60th Ave (035-0314-002-0000); District 4
Recommendation:
Recommendation
1) Review an ordinance listing 1860 60th Avenue (James Dodd Residence) as a landmark on the Sacramento Register of Historic and Cultural Resources; and 2) pass for publication the ordinance title per Sacramento City Code section 32(c) for consideration on February 16, 2021.
FileName
Contact: Carson Anderson, Preservation Director, (916) 808-8259, Community Development Department
Body
Presenter: None.
Attachments:
1-Description/Analysis
2-Ordinance
3-Historic Resource Evaluation
4-Public Comments
Description/Analysis
Issue Detail: In 2016-2017, the City of Sacramento received a Certified Local Government grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior to prepare an historic context statement and conduct a city-wide reconnaissance-level survey of Mid-century historic resources. The Mid-century context statement identified master architect James C. Dodd, the first licensed African-American architect in Sacramento, and discusses the significance of his design practice in advancing Mid-century Modernism within the Sacramento region. The property at 1860 60th Avenue was designed by Dodd as his residence during the Mid-Century period and is an excellent example of the architect's residential work.
After conducting intensive-level background research and preparing a historic resource evaluation (Attachment 3), staff concluded the property appears eligible for listing in the Sacramento register pursuant to the criteria provided in Sacramento City Code section 17.604.210.A.1.a.ii (the property is associated with the lives of persons significant in the city's past) and 17.604.210.A.1.a.iv (the property represents the work of an important creat...
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