Reconnaissance Survey and Context Statement for a Portion of the Northside, City of Riverside, Riverside County, California, September 2005

JM Research and Consulting; Mermilliod, Jennifer

From executive summary: "From October 2004 to September 2005, JM Research and Consulting (JMRC) performed a reconnaissance-level survey of a portion of the Northside in the City of Riverside, Riverside County, California, and developed a historic context statement, which constituted Phase I of a larger project to intensively survey the area. The survey area is partially located within the Downtown Redevelopment Project Area and is bounded by the south side of Strong Street to the north, the north side of First Street to the south, the east side of Randall Drive/Fairmount Boulevard to the west, and SR-91/I-215 to the east, encompassing approximately 425 acres of mixed use land. The survey area is located within Sections 13, 14, 23, and 24, T2S, R5W, S.B.B.M... The surveyed portion of the Northside represents several types of property use and a variety of periods of development from the late 19th century to the modern period. City staff estimated that of the approximately 800 properties within the project area, some would be individually significant, while many would be significant within the context of historic districts. In order to accomplish the goals and objectives of the project, and in accordance with the Scope of Work provided by the City of Riverside, JMRC conducted a systematic field survey of the project area to identify the boundaries of potential historic districts and individual historic resources. Site-specific research, including building permits and Assessor’s records; research on the history and development of the Northside; and the conduction of three formal oral history interviews with long-time Northside residents assisted in the identification of significant properties and areas within the survey boundaries and aided the development of the historic context statement, which provided a framework within which to identify potentially eligible districts and properties and to apply the criteria for evaluation." Funding was provided in part by a 2004 Historic Preservation Fund grant to the City of Riverside (project number CA-04-30) administered by the California State Historic Preservation Office (grant number 41-10-21944) and the State, Tribal, and Local Plans and Grants Division, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior. Riverside, California is a Certified Local Government.

Reconnaissance Survey and Context Statement for a Portion of the Northside, City of Riverside, Riverside County, California, September 2005

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