Title:
Title
(Pass for Publication) Ordinance Listing 1515 4th Street (Nisei VFW Post 8985) as a Landmark on the Sacramento Register of Historic and Cultural Resources (M20-004)
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FileID
File ID: 2020-01446
Location
Location: 1515 4th Street (006-0194-001-0000); District 4
Recommendation:
Recommendation
1) Review an ordinance listing 1515 4th Street (Nisei VFW Post 8985) 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 April 20, 2021.
FileName
Contact: Carson Anderson, Preservation Director, (916) 808-8259; Sean de Courcy, Associate Preservation Planner, (916) 808-2796, Community Development Department
Body
Presenter: None.
Attachments:
1-Description/Analysis
2-Proposed Ordinance
3-Historic Resource Evaluation
4-Public Comments
Description/Analysis
Issue/Detail: In August 2019, the California Office of Historic Preservation (OHP) documented the eligibility of 1515 4th Street (also known as the "Nisei VFW Post 8985") for listing on the National Register of Historic Places. Subsequently, Sacramento Preservation Staff reviewed the documentation (Attachment 2) prepared by the OHP, and concluded the building appeared to meet the eligibility criteria for listing on the Sacramento Register of Historic and Cultural Resources pursuant to the criteria provided in Sacramento City Code section 17.604.210.A.1.a.i for its significant contribution to the broad patterns of the history of the city.
Research for the OHP nomination was performed by State Historian William Burg as part of a project interviewing former residents of Sacramento's Japantown for an exhibit at the California Museum, called "Kokoro". This information was also utilized to create the National Register of Historic Places (National Register) nomination for the Nisei VFW hall, in conjunction with a statewide Multiple Property Document intended...
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