Spencer's Addition Historic Context Statement and Survey Report, Napa, California

Page and Turnball

From introduction: "The Spencer’s Addition Historic Context Statement & Survey Report is a component of Heritage Napa, a project undertaken by the City of Napa and funded by a grant from the California Office of Historic Preservation. The historic context statement was prepared in conjunction with an intensive-level survey of Spencer’s Addition, a residential neighborhood near the center of the City of Napa. This document presents the history of the Spencer’s Addition survey area from pre-history to the present, and details the findings of the intensive-level architectural survey. The document identifies important periods, events, themes and patterns of development, and provides a foundation on which to base the assessment and evaluation of the area’s historic properties. Spencer’s Addition is located along the Alphabet Streets near the center of the city, just south of Napa Union High School. The roughly rectangular survey area is bounded by wide boulevards and natural features: Lincoln Avenue to the north, Jefferson Street to the east, Napa Creek to the south, and California Boulevard to the west. This includes the original Spencer’s Addition plat, as well as adjacent streets which exhibit similar development patterns. The Spencer’s Addition survey area primarily contains residential resources constructed between 1890 and 1941, although a large postwar subdivision called Glenwood Gardens (1950-1954) is also located within the survey area boundaries. The Spencer’s Addition Historic Context Statement & Survey Report identifies development patterns and significant properties in the area. The document is organized as follows: Section II. Existing Surveys, Studies and Reports summarizes previous historic resource survey work in Spencer’s Addition. Section III. Guidelines for Evaluation provides a definition of each of the major property types found in the survey area (residential, commercial, and industrial), and guidelines to evaluate the significance and integrity of these properties. Section IV. Historic Context includes a narrative of the area’s developmental history. This history is broken into eight periods which are defined by events, themes, and development trends. Property types associated with each of the eight periods are identified and analyzed. Analysis includes an architectural description, a list of character-defining features, an evaluation of historic significance, and a summary of integrity considerations. Section V. Survey Report & Recommendations includes a summary of the intensive-level architectural survey results, recommendations for follow-up work regarding treatment of historic properties, and a discussion of how the survey results should be integrated into the city’s Historic Resources Inventory (HRI) and design review process." Funding was provided in part by a 2009 Historic Preservation Fund grant to the City of Napa (project number CA-09-45) administered by the California State Historic Preservation Office (grant number 06-09-21810) and the State, Tribal, and Local Plans and Grants Division, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior. Napa, California is a Certified Local Government.

Spencer's Addition Historic Context Statement and Survey Report, Napa, California

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