HomeMy WebLinkAboutTriangle Park - Named 1.11-Acre Parkland Surrounding the Mai STATE OF CALIFORNIA—THE NATURAL RESOURCES AGENCY EDMUND G.BROWN,JR.,Governor
OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION
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(916)445-7000 Fax:(916)445-7053
calshpo@parks.ca.gov
www.ohp.parks.ca.gov
September 5, 2012
Flynn City Clerk
City of Hunting Beach
2000 Main Street, 2 d Floor
Huntington Beach, California 95648
RE: Huntington Beach Public Library on Triangle Park Nomination to the
National Register of Historic Places
Dear Property Owner:
The Office of Historic Preservation (OHP) has received a nomination package to consider the
above referenced property for the National Register of Historic Places (National Register). The
National Register is the official list of the Nation's cultural resources worthy of recognition and
preservation. The nomination identifies you as the property's owner of record.
A copy of the nomination is enclosed for your information. OHP will review the nomination for
accuracy and completeness. The current nomination is a preliminary draft subject to change upon
completion of the OHP review. The property will be reviewed in accordance with the eligibility
criteria for the National Register program. If the nomination is complete and the property meets
the National Register criteria, OHP will schedule the nomination for hearing by the State Historical
Resources Commission (Commission). The Commission is a nine member body appointed by the
Governor to evaluate the eligibility of properties for listing on registration programs. The
Commission meets four times a year.
Please review the draft nomination. If you are opposed to the nomination, you are requested to
submit a notarized letter of objection to the above address. Please see the enclosed instructions
on how to support or oppose designation. If the nomination is presented to the Commission for
hearing, this office will notify you of the date and location of the meeting. The meetings are open
to the public and you may attend to present comments. Or, you may wish to submit written
comments directly to OHP fifteen days before the Commission meeting.
Time, date, and location of scheduled Commission meetings are also posted on the OHP website
at www.ohp.parks.ca.gov. Information on the National Register program is also posted on the
website.
Please do not hesitate to contact the Registration Unit at (916) 445-7008 should you have further
questions on the nomination or the National Register program.
Sin y,
LL
Milford Wayne onaldson, FAIA
State Historic reservation Officer
Enclosures: Nomination and How to Object/Support
NPS Form 10-900-a (Rev 8/2002) OMB No. 1024-0018 (Expires 5-31-2012)
United States Department of the Interior Huntington Beach Public Library on
National Park Service Triangle Park ----------------------------
Name of Property
Orange County, California
National Register of Historic Places County and State
Continuation Sheet N/A
Name of multiple listing (if applicable)
Section number 7 Page 2
Triangle Park
The graded, level triangular park is turfed with expanses of lawn bordered by public sidewalks and
segmented in places by concrete walkways. Eight Canary Island date palms (Phoenix canariensis,1924-1925)
with diameters ranging between 26 and 31 inches6 line the perimeter of the lawn.7 Some palms have been lost to
natural attrition and removal, including two in May 2012, and a number of interior palms were removed in 1950 for
the construction of the library-, one original interior palm remains southwest of the library. A number of mature
accent trees are found near and in the library's shrub and flower beds, and scattered across the park's lawns. A
large southern magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora) with a 22-inch diameter faces Pecan Avenue west of the library.
Two palms - queen palm (Syagrus romanzoffianum) 11 inches in diameter, and Mexican fan palm (Washingtonia
robusta) 13 inches in diameter — and an Indian hawthorn "clara" (Rhaphiolepis indica) hedge have been added
(ca. 1990) to the southwest corner near the Pecan Avenue dogleg where a single above-ground wooden utility
pole with down guy bracing cable is found. Six single-trunk Japanese crape myrtles (Lagerstroemia fauen)
ranging from three to six inches in diameter are found on the east between the library and Main Street.
Complementary additions to, planting stock, general landscape improvements, and maintenance have been
completed over the years. A large project in 20048 added four African tulip trees (Spathodea campanulata)
spaced along the southern border of the park near Sixth Street and two multiple-trunk Japanese crape myrtles
(Lagerstroemia fauen) at the park's southeast corner, near the intersection of Main and Sixth Streets. A small
garden (2011) of drought resistant plants partly within and beyond the northern tip of the park is planted with
society garlic (Tulbaghia violacea) toward Acacia and Pecan Avenues and cigar plants (Cuphea ignea) toward
Main Street.9
Improvements associated with a baseball field (1912 to early-1930s), tent city (1921-1923), and
recreational activities like croquet and tennis (ca. 1928-1930s), putting green (1927 to at least 1950),10 and
horseshoes (from about 1931) are no longer extant. Civic Center buildings constructed in and adjacent to the park
from 1922 to 1939 are no longer extant. The southwest corner of the park was returfed and planted with palms,
and the northwest and south edges of the park were redefined, in the 1980s following these buildings' removal
and the realignment of Pecan Avenue and Sixth Street." The Huntington Beach Public Library, which was added
to the park in 1950-1951, is still extant.
The Huntington Beach Public Library
The site-cast, concrete tilt-up Huntington Beach Public Library is situated slightly off-centered in
Triangle Park and faces east. Designed in the postwar International Style, the 9,034-square-foot,13 irregularly-
shaped building is a collection of interconnected, multi-height blocks consisting of the Main Library, a large two-
story mass from which three one-story wings—the Book Stacks &Work Rooms Wing, Children's Wing, and South
Wing — ramble to the west, southwest, and south, respectively.14 Constructed of steel-reinforced concrete on a
8 Caliper measurements on all trees were taken at four feet,six inches above grade.
City of Huntington Beach, Board of Trustees. Minutes.(January 21 and June 9, 1924 and March 16, 1925).
8 TruGreen LandCare. Landscape Enhancement Proposal. Submitted to: City of Huntington Beach,Planting Additions at Main Street Library.
(December 31,2003). Huntington Beach Central Library.
9 For botanical and common plant names,the principal resource was Brenzel, Kathleen Norris,Editor, The New Sunset Western Garden
Book. 9`h ed. New York:Time Home Entertainment, 2012. For a complete landscape inventory,see Sketch Map and Legend,Section 10,
Geographical Data, Pages 5-6.
10 City of Huntington Beach, Board of Trustees. Minutes (September 6, October 3, and November 7, 1927). Huntington Beach City Council.
Minutes. (October 2, 1950).
" Letter,from Daryl D. Smith, Superintendent,Park,Tree and Landscape Division,City of Huntington Beach,to Lois Freeman. (December 12,
1988).City of Huntington Beach,Parks Department.Grant Deed,The Redevelopment Agency of the City of Huntington Beach to Mola
Development Corporation. Instrument No. 89-033713. (January 19, 1989) Orange County Recorder,See Aerial Photograph and Sketch Map,
Section 10,Geographical Data, Pages 2-3.
12 See Figures B-C,Additional Documentation Section.
13 Bauer, Connie and Reed,William G.,Editors. "City of Huntington Beach, California,Historical Notes."(1975):7."Doorway to History."
Huntington Beach Independent(October 11,2001). Huntington Beach Public Library, print screen(January 20,2009).
http//www huntingtonbeachca gov/government/departments/Library/hours location/main street branch.cfm.
14 See Aerial Photograph, Sketch Maps,and Floor Plans, Section 10, Geographical Data, Pages 2-7' Figures B-C,Additional Documentation
Section. Unlabeled Figure B shows all five temporary slabs for the building's site-cast, concrete tilt-up construction, and labeled Figure C
NPS Form 10-900-a (Rev.8/2002) OMB No. 1024-0018 (Expires 5-31-2012)
United States Department of the Interior Huntington Beach Public Library on
National Park Service Triangle Park
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Orange County, California
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primarily three-hinged triangular arch structural support system, each slab foundation supports tilt-up wall panels
and load-bearing columns atop concrete footings. Each mass is topped by concrete slab roof panels, which have
been covered with a white polymer reflective coating (2009) over an asphalt roof. Roof flashings and rain gutters
are copper, and metal downspouts are painted white. The battered, regularly-spaced columns and roof beams,
which form the three-hinged arches, contribute rhythm and articulation of structure both on the exterior and
interior and provide an open floor plan. Elevations are finished with flush corner trim columns, and all exposed
concrete elements have a smooth finish and are painted white. Fenestration consists of 37 original, steel-framed
casement, awning, and hopper windows, and original, exterior doors are a mix of metal-framed glass and flush
metal and wood; windows, flush metal doors, and exterior wrought iron fencing are painted green. The building's
east facade and north elevation, both facing Main Street, are up-lit at night.
Main Library
The main, rectangular mass is two-story in height with its long east-facing fagade aligned as the library's
most narrow setback along Main Street. A combination of symmetrical and asymmetrical elements, wall panels
are of various dimensions to facilitate a mix of solid-to-void configurations that accentuate the elevation, the
dominant north section, the full-height Main Street east entrance, and segregated interior uses. The mass is
topped by a low-pitched roof with wide, overhanging eaves supported by attached, perpendicular, battered
columns, which broaden gradually as they rise vertically.15 The east fagade and rear west elevation are divided
symmetrically by six battered columns into seven equal bays that span 16 feet on center. At the same time, the
off-centered east-facing entry bay, which is void on the west, divides both elevations and the whole two-story
mass into asymmetrical sections with two bays to the left (south) and four bays to the right (north). The recessed,
full-height main entrance bay with approximately three-foot returns is veneered with green marble. An original
1951 dedication plaque, listing City Council and Library Board members as well as the City Librarian, is flush
mounted on the northern return. Centered metal-framed glass double entry doors are slightly larger, compatible
replacements (ca. 1990s), over which original metal letters read, "PUBLIC LIBRARY." The entry is lit by three
lights mounted under the eave; the northernmost light has been replaced (date unknown).16 Each bay of the south
section is lit by horizontally oriented, rectangular 4x10-foot window openings filled with a pair of single-paned,
casement-fixed-casement.tripartite windows. 7 These windows are vertically stacked, one on each floor of the
fagade, and pierce only the second floor of the west elevation. A flush metal door topped by a small metal canopy,
painted white, and a 44-foot .single-paned casement window to the right form a modest rear entry in the
southernmost bay of the west elevation.18 Three bays of the four-bay north section are each pierced by 16-pane,
5x15-foot clerestory windows that fill the space between the eave and battered columns. The clerestory windows
consist of a ribbon of four, four-paned windows in which the two center panes function as a single awning window
and are flanked vertically by fixed panes.19 The unlit northernmost bay is filled with a solid wall panel that
accentuates the north elevation, which is filled with a centered full-height, convex curtain wall of 42 fixed panes.
Each pane measures 28 inches wide and 32 inches high, except the top row of six panes, which are elongated to
match the angle of the low-pitched roof. The curtain wall is thickly framed in concrete on the sides and bottom and
flanked by narrow concrete wall panels. As configured, the window area creates a shallow bay, 32 inches deep,
standing out from the adjacent concrete wall panels.20 The south elevation of the two-story section is comprised of
two unequal concrete wall panels, separated by a flush concrete column. The 20-foot-wide east panel and the 10-
foot-wide west panel respectively accommodate a double and single interior wood door entry to the South Wing.
shows original uses.The Main Library includes the adult reading room, librarian area,foyer, and periodicals.The South Wing is marked
auditorium, lecture room, and storage.One correction should be noted:The Book Stacks&Work Rooms Wing did not include storage as
shown, but contains public restrooms and a hallway leading to the Children's Wing.
15 See Photographs 1-4, 12, Photographs Section.
16 Compare historic and current photographs of the main entry and dedication plaque;Figure E,Additional Documentation Section;
Photographs 5-6,Photographs Section.
77 See Photograph 12,Photographs Section.
'8 For a complete view of the west elevation of the Main Library,see Photographs 7, 15,23, Photographs Section.
79 See Photograph 4, Photographs Section.
20 Compare historic and current photographs of this Main Library north elevation; Figures D,G,Additional Documentation Section; -
Photographs 1, 18,Photographs Section.
NPS Form 10-900-a (Rev.8/2002) OMB No. 1024-0018 (Expires 5-31-2012)
United States Department of the Interior Huntington Beach Public Library on
National Park Service Tria-ngle--- -Park
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National Register of (Historic Places Orange--Co-unty- --,-- al California
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Book Stacks &Work Rooms Wing
The one-story, flat-roofed Book Stacks & Work Rooms Wing extends west toward Pecan Avenue from
between the northernmost and southernmost battered columns on the west elevation of the Main Library;
remaining battered columns are extant on the interior and are notched to accommodate the wing. Fenestration is
compatible with the east elevation of the Main Library. The one-panel, angled, northwest wall is pierced by a pair
of single-paned, casement-fixed-casement tripartite windows, and the three-panel west elevation is lit by nine
windows arranged in three groups of three evenly spaced, single-paned, 18x48" casements that match the
dimensions of the tripartite panes. For the two-panel north and south elevations, a single wood door is found on
the north, while the south is pierced by two single-paned, 18x30" casement windows.21
Children's Wing
The one-story Children's Wing extends southwest from the Book Stacks & Work Rooms Wing. Slightly
taller than the other wings, it mimics the Main Library in miniature. The wing is topped by a low-pitched concrete
slab roof with overhanging eaves supported by smaller battered columns spaced 12 feet on center that separate
the northeast and southwest elevations into four one-panel bays. Not all columns on the northeast elevation are
fully articulated or visible. The furthest northwest column is fully articulated and visible on the exterior and the
furthest southeast column is fully articulated on the interior but hidden in a utility closet in the Book Stacks &Work
Rooms Wing. The middle column meets the plane of the attached northwest wall of the Book Stacks & Work
Rooms Wing, and both the middle and the most southeast columns are only exposed on the exterior above the
height of the Book Stacks & Work Rooms Wing roof. Fenestration is set high to mimic the clerestory windows of
the Main Library. Each bay on the southwest elevation and the northernmost bay on the northeast elevation are
pierced by a 32x60" four-pane sliding hopper window, and a pair is centered on the one-panel southeast
elevation. 2 A single metal and glass door is found on the northeast, and a single, metal door accesses the rear,
southeast elevation. A large triangular bay window is found on the northwest elevation. The angled northerly face
of the bay is extended from the plane of the elevation by a shallow concrete wall and filled with nine panes. Fixed
top and bottom panes flank center sliding awning windows. The approximately 8x10' window is set over brick in
running bond pattern, which also forms the angled, southerly bay wall.23
South Wing
The one-story South Wing extends south from the Main Library and is topped by a low-pitched concrete
slab roof with overhanging eaves supported primarily by flush columns, and a slightly dropped, original flat-roof
portion is found on the west. The south elevation of each section consists of one solid panel. An interior battered
column is found midway between the two-panel east elevation and between a two-panel interior concrete partition
wall, the only interior concrete wall in the library, which separates the flat-roofed portion to the west. Rather than
serving to join two wall panels, these two columns are the only fully interior battered columns in the library and are
attached to the flush wall panel juncture. Also, while part of the roof beam system, these columns are not part of a
three-hinged arch as the battered roof beams of the South Wing are not pinned in the middle. Fenestration
includes a paired tripartite window on the east elevation that matches those on the Main Library as well as two
20x32" single-paned casement windows and a 48x80" casement-fixed-casement tripartite assemblage on the
west elevation. The South Wing is accessed by a single, flush metal door with safety window on the east and a
pair of individual metal doors on the south end of the west elevation. Metal canopies, painted white, shelter both
entries, and a wall-mounted fixture lights the east entrance. A pair of individual doors in the southernmost panel of
the concrete partition wall between the pitched and flat roofed portions is found on the interior.24
Interior& Use
All of the interior partitions except for the concrete wall in the South Wing, including a small second floor
area and staircase, are of conventional, stud construction with lathe and plaster, primarily with smooth painted
21 See Photographs 7-9,23, Photographs Section.
22 See Photographs 11,23-24, Photographs Section.
23 See Photographs 9-11, Photographs Section.
24 See Figures B-C,Additional Documentation Section;Photographs 3, 12, Photographs Section.
NPS Form 10-900-a (Rev.8/2002) OMB No. 1024-0018 (Expires 5-31-2012)
United States Department of the Interior Huntington Beach Public Library on
National Park Service Triangle Park
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finishes. The battered columns that support the overhanging eaves of the Main Library, the Children's Wing, and
the pitched roof portion of the South Wing, which are most narrow at the floor slab and widest at the roofline, are
paired with battered roof beams that are widest at the walls and narrow toward the peaks of the pitched roofs. In
the Main Library and Children's Wing, the combination of these battered columns and beams, including large,
concrete connecting pins at the pitched roofs' apexes, creates three-hinged arches, allowing broad expanses of
column-free interior spaces with high ceilings, as well as resistance to wind and earthquake lateral forces.25 Most
of these battered columns are exposed on the interior in the open connecting space between the Main Library
and the Book Stacks & Work Rooms Wing. Other structural concrete columns and beams are of standard,
rectangular design, providing conventional interior spaces.
Original uses remain largely intact, and. the library retains many original features, including period
fluorescent lighting fixtures, wooden bookshelves, large wooden reading tables, red leather-backed wooden
chairs, and wall clock, as well as a 1914 grandfather clock, donated to the predecessor Carnegie Library and
relocated to this location upon its opening in 1951.26 The library's most distinctive area is the Main Library, which
still functions as the adult reading room and includes the librarian area, foyer, and former periodical room on the
first floor. The green marble interior sill of the north elevation bay window matches the library's main entrance.
The foyer retains its two original, recessed, glass display cases, and the librarian area still contains the circulation
desk, a historically accurate replacement. Periodicals have been moved to the adult reading room, and the former
space for magazines and journals serves in part as another reading room and in part as a used book sales area.
An open stairway next to the librarian area with original wood railings and decorative trim leads to a second floor
storage area. In the Book Stacks & Work Rooms Wing, original book stacks continue in their utilitarian fashion,
and a children's reading area has been added at their south end. The original workrooms house public computer
workstations. A hallway to the Children's Wing and public restrooms fill the space adjoining the librarian area, as
originally designed. The Children's Wing and most of the South Wing, which was once the auditorium and lecture
room with adjoining storage, are leased for other uses.27
Exterior Library Improvements on Triangle Park
Concrete walkways lead from the public sidewalk to the main entrance of the Main Library and the South
Wing from Main Street, and to the Children's Wing from Pecan Avenue. The main entrance is framed by seven
low concrete brick pillars strung with wrought iron fencing (ca. 1950s); a wooden library sign and approximately
40-foot flagpole are north of the entry. A single-lane, asphalt driveway from Pecan Avenue provides vehicle
access to a rear service area and three service entrances in the space between the Children's Wing and South
Wing, which is shielded by a ca. 1950s 6-foot concrete brick wall that matches the main entrance pillars.
Original flower and shrubbery beds surround the library and contain many original and replaced plantings.
Morning glory vines (Ipomoea nil) with six trellises screen the library's service entrances on the southwest, toward
Sixth Street, and hedges of about 95 Texas privets (Ligustrum texanum) in pruned heights of 2-3 feet behind
more than 200 Joan seniors daylilies (Hemerocallis) in heights of 1-3 feet line every other side of the library. In the
corner of one bed at the library's southern-most elevation, a lone, 8-foot-tall Chinese Xylosma (Xylosma
congestum) provides a transition from the morning glories to the hedges. Approximately 20 percent of the Texas
privets and Joan seniors daylilies were replenished in 2004. New additions in 2004 include several eastern
redbuds (Cercis canadensis) and western redbuds (Cercis occidentalis) along the main entrance sidewalk and in
the north and west beds, star magnolia (Magnolia stellata) and saucer magnolia (Magnolia soulangeana) in the
east and north beds, and camellia (Camellia sasanqua) in the north bed.28
2e See Figures A, D, I, K-L, M, 0,Additional Documentation Section;Photographs 3, 11, 13-16, Photographs Section.
21 See Figures M-0,Additional Documentation Section; Photographs 13-17, Photographs Section.
2'Compare the original uses in Figure C,Additional Documentation Section,with the current uses in the Floor Plans,Section 10,
Geographical Data, Page 7.
28 For a complete landscape inventory, see Sketch Map and Legend,Section 10, Geographical Data,Pages 5-6.
NPS Form 10-900-a (Rev 8/2002) OMB No. 1024-0018 (Expires 5-31-2012)
United States Department of the Interior Huntington Beach Public Library on
National Park Service Triangle Park
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National Register of Historic Places Orange County, California
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Integrity
Minor modifications and repairs throughout the decades have supported continued use of the Huntington
Beach Public Library on Triangle Park. A modern forced air heating and ventilation system (ca. 2001) has
replaced an original radiant floor coil system.29 Associated equipment has been screened with white metal
partitions atop the South Wing, and outside ducts have been installed on the roof of the Book Stacks & Work
Rooms Wing. A minor repair to the marble veneer at the main entrance was completed in recent years. New in-
kind or compatible plantings have replaced dying, diseased, or aging trees and shrubs, and the original 1927
sprinkler system has been retrograded at least once in 2004 along with landscape improvements.
The incorporation of the park into a larger Civic Center complex beginning in 1922, which facilitated the
construction of the library, constituted a major change that has been partially restored by the removal of all but the
library and the return to a neighborhood park by the 1980s. Civic Center improvements, including the-adjacent
City Hall (1922-1923) and Memorial Hall (1923), Fire Department Headquarters (1939) partially in the park, and
the converted and expanded Horseshoe Clubhouse (1931) in the southwest corner, which served as a
courthouse and City administrative offices after 1957, are no longer extant. With the removal of all but the library
by 1981 (City Hall demolished late-1970s), the northwest and southwest boundaries of the park were altered
slightly with the creation of a 90-degree dogleg in Pecan Avenue and the reconfiguration of Sixth Street to its
current location.30 In addition, the removal of the Horseshoe Clubhouse from the southwest corner of the park and
the fire station, which sat partially in the park and partly in the path of the realigned Sixth Street near its current
intersection with Main Street, prompted the renovation of these areas of the park, expanding the grassed lawn
and planting new palms.
Huntington Beach Public Library on Triangle Park retains a high degree of integrity. Location and
workmanship remain intact, and minor modifications and improvements have not compromised the design,
materials, setting, feeling, and association of the library. The building's exterior and many interior physical
characteristics and materials, which are virtually unchanged, strongly exhibit important original engineering
techniques, construction methods, and stylistic intent, and a substantial majority of the building's current uses
remain in their initial arrangements. Though the temporary conversion of the block as part of a larger Civic Center
complex has somewhat affected the setting, feeling, association, materials, and design of the neighborhood park,
these aspects of integrity continue to be strongly expressed in the essential triangular shape of the park and in the
historic palms and landscaping that surround the library. The Huntington Beach Public Library on Triangle Park
provides an oasis for the Downtown Core to the south, and buttresses the adjacent early-20th century residential
neighborhood on Main Street to the north.
29"Huntington Beach Library Started."Los Angeles Times(January 28, 1951): E4.
30 1988 Letter, Smith to Freeman. 1989 Grant Deed See Aerial Photograph and Sketch Map, Section 10, Geographical Data,Pages 2-3.
STATE OF CALIFORMA-THE NATURAL RESOURCES AGENCY EDMUND G. BROWN, Governor
OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION
DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION 0
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1. Name of Property
historic name Huntington Beach Public Library on Triangle Park
other names/site number Huntington Beach Public Library on Triangle Park, Main Street Branch Library (since 1975)
2. Location
street & number 525 Main Street N/A not for publication
city or town Huntington Beach N/A vicinity
state California code CA county Orange code 059 zip code 92648
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private X building(s) 1 0 buildings
X public- Local district 1 0 sites
public- State site 0 0 structures
public - Federal structure 0 0 objects
object 2 0 Total
Name of related multiple property listing Number of contributing resources previously
(Enter 'N/A"if property is not part of a multiple property listing) listed in the National Register
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6. Function or Use
Historic Functions Current Functions
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EDUCATION/library EDUCATION/library-@6,700 of 9,034 tot. bldg. SF
LANDSCAPE/park LANDSCAPE/park-1.11 acres, inc. bldg. & paving
SOCIAL/civic-charitable org. tenant @1,500 SF
COMMERCE/TRADE/prof.-office tenant @800 SF
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MODERN MOVEMENT/International Style foundation: CONCRETE
OTHER/city park walls: CONCRETE
GLASS
roof: CONCRETE ASPHALT POLYMER COAT
other: STONE: Marble Veneers
Narrative Description
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if necessary. Begin with a summary paragraph that briefly describes the general characteristics of the property, such as
its location, setting, size, and significant features.)
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Applicable National Register Criteria Areas of Significance
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for National Register listing.)
COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
A Property is associated with events that have made a ARCHITECTURE
significant contribution to the broad patterns of our
history. ENGINEERING
❑ B Property is associated with the lives of persons
significant in our past. INDUSTRY
X
❑ C Property embodies the distinctive characteristics Period of Significance
of a type, period, or method of construction or 1912 to 1951
represents the work of a master, or possesses high
artistic values, or represents a significant
and distinguishable entity whose components lack Significant Dates
individual distinction.
1951
❑ D Property has yielded, or is likely to yield, information 1950
important in prehistory or history.
1912
Criteria Considerations
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Property is: Significant Person
(Complete only if Criterion B is marked above.)
N/A
A Owned by a religious institution or used for religious
purposes.
Cultural Affiliation
B removed from its original location. N/A
C a birthplace or grave.
Architects/Builders
D a cemetery.
McClellan, James Edward "Ted"
E a reconstructed building, object, or structure. MacDonald, Jack Hunt
F a commemorative property. Markwith, Jr., Denver
G less than 50 years old or achieving significance
within the past 50 years.
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Developmental history/additional historic context information (if appropriate)
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9. Major Bibliographical References
Bibliography(Cite the books, articles, and other sources used in preparing this form.)
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Previous documentation on file(NPS): Primary location of additional data:
preliminary determination of individual listing (36 CFR 67 has been _State Historic Preservation Office
requested) _Other State agency
_previously listed in the National Register Federal agency
previously determined eligible by the National Register X Local government
_designated a National Historic Landmark _University
_recorded by Historic American Buildings Survey # _Other
recorded by Historic American Engineering Record# Name of repository: HB Library, HB Clerk,and LA Central Library
recorded by Historic American Landscape Survey#
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name/title Jennifer Mermilliod, M.A., Principal
organization JM Research and Consulting (JMRC) date September 4, 2012
street& number 5110 Magnolia Avenue telephone (951) 233-6897
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Additional Documentation
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® Maps:
A USGS map (7.5 or 15 minute series) indicating the property's location.
USGS Newport Beach Quadrangle, 7.5 Minute Series, Scale 1:24,000, 1965, photorevised 1981.
Sketch maps for historic districts and properties having large acreage or numerous resources. Key all
photographs to this map. Included in Section 10, Geographical Data, Pages 3-6.
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Section 7. Description
Narrative Description
Section 8. Statement of Significance
Period of Significance (Justification)
Statement of Significance Summary Paragraph
Narrative Statement of Significance
Section 9. Major Bibliographical References
Bibliography
Section 10. Geographical Data (including Sketch Maps and Floor Plans)
Additional Documentation Section
Figures Log
Figures: Original Renderings and 14 Historical Photographs
Photographs Section
Photographs Log: 27 Recent Photographs
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or larger. Key all photographs to the sketch map.
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Property Owner:
(Complete this item at the request of the SHPO or FPO,)
Name City of Huntington Beach Attention: Joan L. Flynn, Cit Clerk
street & number 2000 Main Street, Second Floor telephone 714-536-5227 (City Clerk main)
city or town Huntington Beach state CA zip code 92648
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Narrative Description
(Describe the historic and current physical appearance of the property. Explain contributing and
noncontributing resources if necessary. Begin with a summary paragraph that briefly describes the general
characteristics of the property, such as its location, setting, size, and significant features.)
Summary Paragraph
The Huntington Beach Public Library on Triangle Park is located at 525 Main Street, in the City of
Huntington Beach, nearly thirty-five miles southeast of Downtown Los Angeles. Lying just within its northern
border, the property serves as the inland gateway to the Downtown Core, the traditional and historic heart of the
City within the Greater Downtown.' Greater Downtown comprises Huntington Beach's original 3.57 square miles
and contains significant concentrations of designated historic properties including the National Register-listed
Helme-Worthy Store and Residence (1904 and 1880s-moved 1903), Huntington Beach Elementary School
Gymnasium and Plunge (1931), and Newland House (1898),2 as well as many locally designated and eligible
properties.3 Five blocks north of the Pacific Coast Highway, the property is near adjoining beaches and the
Huntington Beach Municipal Pier, surrounded by eclectic residential neighborhoods, and along the mixed-use
Main Street area.4 As a palm-lined neighborhood park with 1.11 acres of turfed expanse and a number of nearly
ninety-year-old palm trees, Triangle Park (1912, remodeled 1924-1925) provides the immediate setting for the
9,034-square-foot Huntington Beach Public Library (1950-1951), a largely unaltered, locally designated City
Landmark. Of site-cast, concrete tilt-up construction, the library was designed in the International Style in the early
post-World War II period of the Modern Movement. The Huntington Beach Public Library on Triangle Park is in
excellent condition and retains a high degree of integrity in the aspects of location, workmanship, materials, and
design. Setting, feeling, and association have been somewhat compromised by the removal (by the early 1980s)
of associated Civic Center buildings, however municipal restoration efforts over the last 30 years have returned
Triangle Park to an authentic mid-1920s period, and the park and library remain as both the earliest and latest
components of the Civic Center.5
Narrative Description
Set among the mixed-use coastal blocks to the south and surrounded by palm-lined, historic street grids
of densely-populated, established residential neighborhoods, the Huntington Beach Public Library on Triangle
Park consists of a public library (1950-1951) atop a 1.11-acre neighborhood park (1912, redesigned 1924-1925).
The park is bounded by Main Street to the east, Sixth Street to the south, and Pecan Avenue to the northwest,
including the 90-degree dogleg of Pecan Avenue to the southwest, and the intersection of Main Street, Acacia
Avenue, and Pecan Avenue to the north.
"Huntington Beach Downtown Specific Plan No. 5."(October 6,2011): 1-1."Huntington Beach Downtown Specific Plan No.5."Program
Environmental Impact Report. (July 20,2009):4-53.
2 Dahms, Kathleen A. Newland House. (October 24, 1985).Marsh, Diann. Helme-Worthy Store and Residence. (March 31, 1987).Milkovich,
Barbara Ann, Huntington Beach Elementary School Gymnasium and Plunge. (December 29, 1994). Registration Forms, National Register of
Historic Places, U.S. Department of Interior, National Park Service.The Downtown Core also contains the Huntington Beach Municipal Pier.
Although the pier was listed as a National Register District in 1989,the City completed a new concrete pier in 1992,which replicated the
historic architectural style and materials of its 1914 predecessor.Whitney-Desautels, Nancy A. Huntington Beach Municipal Pier.(August 24,
1989). Santiago,Joseph D.,City of Huntington Beach,Historic Resources Board. Ebb&Flow, 100 Years of Huntington Beach. Huntington
Beach, CA:City of Huntington Beach,2009:52. Epting,Chris. Huntington Beach Then&Now. San Francisco:Arcadia,2007:26.
s Demcak, Carol R.,Archaeological Resource Management Corp."Report of Cultural Resources Records Search for Downtown Specific Plan,
City of Huntington Beach,Orange County, California."(January 30,2009) 11-12. "Appendix D, Huntington Beach Downtown Specific Plan No.
5."Program Environmental Impact Report. (July 20,2009).
4 See Maps,Section 7, Narrative Description,Pages 7-8.
s See Figures A-O,Additional Documentation Section; Photographs 1-27, Photographs Section.
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Statement of Significance
Period of Significance (justification)
The period of significance for the Huntington Beach Public Library on Triangle Park is 1912 to 1951,
which represents the establishment of Triangle Park (1912) by the Huntington Beach Company, and the
construction and completion of the Huntington Beach Public Library (1950-1951), This period encompasses the
development of the property, both as a neighborhood park and as a component of the City's historic Civic Center
campus in the Downtown Core.
Summary Paragraph (Provide a summary paragraph that includes level of significance and applicable criteria.)
The Huntington Beach Public Library on Triangle Park is associated with events that have made a
significant contribution to broad patterns of the City's local history, in the area of community planning and
development (Criterion A). Established as a recreational park in 1912, just three years after the incorporation of
Huntington Beach, Triangle Park became part of the City's early-20th century Civic Center campus in the
Downtown Core in the 1920s. The park, too, supported the addition and adjacent construction of several
municipal buildings, the last of which, the International Style Huntington Beach Public Library (1950-1951), is still
extant. The Huntington Beach Public Library on Triangle Park sustains an important link to the City's formative
years and early-20t century efforts in community planning and development, which endured to support pioneering
methods in construction and new expressions of postwar Modern architecture in the mid-20th century. On the
state and national level in the areas of architecture, engineering, and industry, the Huntington Beach Public
Library on Triangle Park embodies the principles of postwar Modern design and the distinctive characteristics of
site-cast, concrete tilt-up construction from the early postwar, period, particularly that of public libraries. The
property furthermore represents the work of masters, James Edward "Ted" McClellan, Denver Markwith, Jr., and
Jack Hunt MacDonald, who with a uniquely comprehensive design and building approach, were major
contributors in this method of construction (Criterion C). In general, their contribution in site-cast, concrete tilt-up
construction, and their promotion of efficient and economical techniques, provided an important aid in Southern
California's growth and rise to dominance as a center for manufacturing, distribution, logistics, and trade. This
innovative method was revolutionary in the late 1940s and early 1950s, and has become-an important segment of
the construction industry in the present day. The library's three-hinged arch structural system was unusual for
1950-1951, and hence, the building's design broke new ground in its time as Southern California led the nation in
the initial commercial expansion of site-cast, concrete tilt-up construction immediately following World War II. The
library has been recognized among its peers by construction industry leader, Hugh M. Brooks, Jr., as "an
excellent surviving example of an innovative application of the tilt-up method and the use of cast-in-place and
precast concrete components for that time period.i31 The building also has been endorsed by preservation
professionals, Galvin Preservation Associates, in a recent survey evaluation and finding of eligibility as an
individual property for listing in the National Register of Historic Places.sz
Narrative Statement of Significance (Provide at least one paragraph for each area of significance.)
Criterion A
Created by the Huntington Beach Company (HBC) and so named for its distinctive shape, Triangle Park
was established as a recreational baseball park in June 1912, just three years after the incorporation of
Huntington Beach, and gifted to the public as Block 505 by deed to the City in 1917. As one of the City's first
31 Brooks, Hugh M.,Jr., Civil and Structural Engineer. Interviews and site visit. (2011-2012). Credentials for Hugh Brooks are in footnote 73.
32 Galvin assigned the library the California Historical Resource Status Code of 3S—appears eligible for the National Register of Historic
Places as an individual property through survey evaluation Galvin Preservation Associates."June 2009,City of Huntington Beach, Historic
Context&Survey Report, Final":68,93, 101-102. City of Huntington Beach, Planning Department.
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parks, the site, design, and recreational amenities of Triangle Park reflect an early understanding of, and
subscription to, the importance of community planning.33 Placing Triangle Park near the then-center of the City's
early residential population, adjoining commercial district, and the more visitor-oriented beaches and pier, HBC
and municipal leaders aimed to enhance these areas and contribute to the further design and development of the
adjoining districts. With the park, these planners purposely provided public amenities in a location convenient to
both residents and visitors, to promote social gatherings for the growing populations of residents and visitors that
they sought.
The newly incorporated Huntington Beach, today's Greater Downtown, was comprised of only 3.57
square miles.34 With the ocean on one side, Greater Downtown is located almost entirely on a larger mesa, the
highest ground on the coast between Long Beach and Newport Beach, with lowlands on the remaining three
sides. Once drained of excess water by the 1890s, most neighboring swamps became well suited for farming,
primarily to the north and east. The drained marshlands had a number of competitive advantages — a mild
Mediterranean climate, extensive groundwater supplies for irrigation, flat topography for easy tilling, and nutrient-
rich peat soils. These traits provided the foundation for large-scale agricultural operations, which focused on
several principal crops„ including celery, sugar beets, lima beans, and chili peppers. This area's em�hasis on
table vegetables stood in contrast to the rest of Orange County's contemporaneous orchard agriculture.3
As the largest landowner on the mesa and surrounding areas, the HBC held an unrivaled position in
development of the City and its environs during the early 1900s and much of the 20th century. HBC partners,
including minority owner Henry Edwards Huntington (1850-1927), after whom the company and the City were
named, were familiar with the broad concepts of community planning and development, and laid much of the
community planning infrastructure for Orange County's beach cities in the first decades of the 20th century. Henry
Huntington's local importance predates the City's 1909 incorporation. By 1904, Henry Huntington had joined the
HBC, and that year he brought a line of his Red Car commuter rail service to the Downtown Core, its stop near
the present-day intersection of Main Street and Pacific Coast Highway, five blocks from the library and park's
location. Ultimately stretching across much of Southern California, this trolley system provided daily service, in
about an hour's travel time, from Huntington Beach to downtown Los Angeles via Long Beach. In 1904 as well,
the HBC completed the City's first pier, one thousand feet long, at the same place where it stands in the current
day. In 1907, Henry Huntington added a second Red Car route to the Downtown Core, connecting Huntington
Beach with Santa Ana for rail passengers, in part through a marsh. These Red Cars would remain a prominent
amenity for the City throughout the first half of the 20th century, making their last run in 1962.36 This strategy, of
joining trolley stops with the development of nearby real estate, was not unique to Huntington Beach. Extending
his vast commuter rail service throughout the Los Angeles basin between 1900 and 1920, Henry Huntington
created and expanded the blueprint for the region's modern suburban metropolis. "By 1910 the combined mileage
of the Huntington trolley systems stretched over approximately 1,300 miles of Southern California...a detailed
sketch for the whole Los Angeles that exists today." Often built ahead of demand, these commuter rail lines
served the primary purpose of promoting Henry Huntington's real estate developments. As one of the largest
33"Enormous Enclosure."Huntington Beach News(June 21, 1912): 1. Bargain and Sale Deed, Book 316, Page 383. (August 7, 1917).
Indenture. Book 389, Page 367. (January 28, 1921). (Likely providing some clarification of the 1917 deed.) Block 505. Map of Huntington
Beach, Main Street Section. Miscellaneous Maps. Book 3, Page 43. (September 16, 1904). Orange County Recorder. City of Huntington
Beach,print screen. Lake Park. (January 31,2012). ("Lake Park is the second park developed in Huntington Beach.The land was purchased
in 1912... ") http://www.huntingtonbeachca.gov/residents/parks facilities/parks/Lake Park cfm.
34 See 1942 Map,Section 8,Statement of Significance, Page 18.
"Williams,Scott Phillip Cameron.Agriculture in Huntington Beach, California: 1878-1960. Masters Thesis. California State University at
Fullerton,2000: ii, 17,31,73, 126, 176. Pollak Library, Milkovich, Barbara Ann.A Study of the Impact of the Oil Industry on the Development
of Huntington Beach, California prior to 1930. Masters Thesis. California State University at Long Beach, 1988:36-37, Los Angeles Central
Library,Ahlering, Michael A.,Archaeological Research, Inc."Report of a Scientific Resources Survey and Inventory."City of Huntington
Beach. 1973, 39. Huntington Beach Central Library.
36 Santiago, 7-9,29.Milkovich 1988, 32-33,44-46.Williams, 63-64, City of Huntington Beach, Historic Resources Board Pamphlet."A
Walking Tour of Historic Downtown Huntington Beach,"(2011). Huntington Beach Central Library. Freight rail service between the future
Huntington Beach's nearby farmlands and Santa Ana commenced in 1897. Milkovich, Barbara Ann. Townbuilders of Orange County:A Study
of Four Southern California Cities, 1857-1931. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of California at Riverside, 1995: 56, Huntington Beach Central
Library.
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property owners in the region, his "enterprises made Huntington the city builder most responsible for transforming
the rural Southern California landscape into a major urban center."37
Located along Main Street, Triangle Park is placed among the traditional early-20tt' century street grid,
which still defines the original downtown area. Similar to the planning patterns of suburbs in eastern cities,
western towns in the late-191h and early-20th Centuries also relied on street grids, as did the HBC in the City's
Downtown Core and nearby neighborhoods. These grids originated with Renaissance civic design, and in the
American west had roots as well in Spanish and Mexican town development under the Laws of the Indies.
Generally thought of as a very practical urban design, street grids offered uniform lot layouts and sizes, deep and
narrow for building, with simple boundaries and lot descriptions. In this way, the traditional urban grid had
numerous advantages for residential development and facilitated rapid growth.38
The location and design of Triangle Park reflect the ideas of the then-contemporary City Beautiful
movement and its major predecessor, Frederick Law Olmsted (1822-1903). Recognized as the father of
landscape architecture in the United States, Olmsted introduced comprehensive concepts for city planning, upon
which civic leaders-and new town site developers throughout the country in general, and Huntington Beach
leaders specifically, relied. In its early-20th century heyday, the City Beautiful movement included functional
concerns, such as active recreation, and the earliest incarnation of Triangle Park as a baseball field provides an
example. Also inherent in Triangle Park are other influences of the City Beautiful movement, which identified
public works such as parks and civic centers, even carefully selected and maintained trees, as ".tokens of the
improved environment...because they still provide recreation, relaxation, and repose."39 As such, both the earliest
recreational use and design of Triangle Park, and its later design of graded, grassed lawn and palm trees as part
of the Civic Center complex, grew out of these broad based principles in community planning and development in
the first half of the 20th century.
With the discovery of substantial oil deposits by Standard Oil of California (today Chevron) near the
northern City limits in 1920, Huntington Beach redefined itself as a major oil town.40 The discovery constituted the
largest in California at the time, and new sources tapped in the Greater Downtown in the mid-1920s and mid-
1950s, as well as offshore deposits in the 1930s, added to the City's importance as a major oil supplier in the first
half of the 20th century. The initial boom had a dramatic impact on the local population and landscape,
including Triangle Park. Between 1920 and 1921, the number of residents temporarily exploded from 1,687 to
over 7,000. To house all of these new people, the City permitted the creation of a number of tent cities,41 including
a short-lived complex (1921-1923) on a portion of Triangle Park, which has been described as a Bungalet Court
of small, beaverboard houses known locally as "Cardboard Alley.A2 Shortly after the initial oil boom and the
subsequent sudden inflow of unprecedented resources, the City planned the construction of a Civic Center
campus on Block 405 adjoining Triangle Park's Block 505 in the Downtown Core. The new Civic Center was
established with the construction of City Hall in 1922-1923 and a municipal auditorium in 1923, called Memorial
Hall. Soon after, in 1924-1925, the City enfolded Triangle Park into the new complex, nearly doubling the total site
37 Friedricks,William B."A Metropolitan Entrepreneur Par Excellence: Henry E. Huntington and the Growth of Southern California, 1898-
1927." Business History Review Vol.63, No. 2(Summer 1989):329-355, Friedricks,William B.Henry E. Huntington and the Creation of
Southern California. Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 1992: 7,9, 17, 101,
36 Mermilliod,Jennifer. Grand Boulevard Historic District, Corona, CA.California Office of Historic Preservation, National Register of Historic
Places Registration Form, Nomination. (January 14, 2011): 11.Williams, 183. 1904 Recorded Map. Peterson,Jon A. The Birth of City
Planning in the United States, 1840-1917. Baltimore:Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003: 8-9, 24, 26. Reps,John William. The Forgotten
Frontier:urban planning in the American West before 1890. Columbia University of Missouri Press, 1981: 7. Fisher, Irving D. Frederick Law
Olmsted and the City Planning Movement in the United States.Ann Arbor: UMI Research Press, 1986: 141.
39 Wilson,William H. The City Beautiful Movement. Baltimore:Johns Hopkins University Press, 1989: 1-2, 4, 9-10, 13, 17-18,20,29. Peterson,
1. Hall,Lee. Olmsted's America:An "Unpractical Man"and his Vision of Civilization. Boston: Little Brown, 1995: 2,
41 Milkovich 1988, 5.Standard Oil of California, Chevron's predecessor, purchased roughly a two-thirds interest in the HBC in the early 1920s.
Chevron acquired the rest of the HBC in 1987. Heywood, Mike. Century of Service:A History of Huntington Beach. Huntington Beach,CA:
Kiwanis Foundation of Huntington Beach, 2008:65. Berkman, Leslie."Chevron Completes Huntington Beach Co.Deal."Los Angeles Times
February 12, 1987): Business 4.Chevron. http://www.chevron.com/about/history/1947/.
' Santiago, 15, 17, 21,32.Williams, 120-126. City of Huntington Beach, History. http://www.huntingtonbeachca.gov/about/history/.
42 Bauer and Reed, 5-6.
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area of the campus, and implemented a new design. In these years, the park was graded and leveled, and
planted with grass and rows of palm trees. The tent city was displaced by the new civic use,43 but recreational
activities persisted into the Civic Center period. These leisure uses included baseball (1912 to early-1930s),
croquet and tennis (ca. 1928-1930s), a putting green (1927 to at least 1950),44 and horseshoes (from about 1931
to ca. 1950s). The Horseshoe Clubhouse was added in 1931 near the southwest corner of the park, and in 1939 a
Fire Department Headquarters building was constructed partly in the park and partly across the current location of
Sixth Street near its intersection with Main Street. Administrative and finance offices were moved into Memorial
Hall, which also began to host City Council meetings A final addition to the park and Civic Center campus was
made from about November 1950 to September 1951, with the construction of the Huntington Beach Public
Library.45
The influence of at least one early community leader bridged the gap from the establishment of Triangle
Park to its incorporation into a Civic Center campus to the construction of the Huntington Beach Public Library. A
"founding father" of Huntington Beach, Thomas B. Talbert (1878-1968) was "[o]ne of the best known and most
colorful of all Southern California pioneers...." Beginning in 1909, Talbert sat on the Orange County Board of
Supervisors for eighteen years, serving as Chairman for all but two of those years, and in 1922, he was elected
President of the State Supervisors Association of California. Locally, Talbert served on the City Council over two
spans, in 1933-1948 and 1950-1956, during which time he served as Mayor twice in 1934-1936 and 1942-1946.
Talbert was named "Man of the Half Century" by the Chamber of Commerce in 1950, and the 1951 library
dedication plague mounted next to the main entrance lists Thomas B. Talbert as one of the City Council Members
from that year. s
Thus, the selection of Triangle Park as the location of the new library was clearly another conscientious
effort in community planning in the postwar period that followed earlier, established traditions. A highly visible
gateway to the Downtown Core, in the late 1940s and early 1950s, the park was located near the middle of the
City's population, with the vast majority of people still living in the original Greater Downtown area. With the
Downtown Core's adjoining business district, and as a part of the Civic Center campus, the library's site was
convenient and accessible to residents and visitors. The selection also followed in the City's tradition, then almost
fifty years old, of placing its public libraries in or near the Downtown Core.
All five of the library's predecessors, dating back to 1907, were located within five blocks of Triangle Park.
The idea for a local library had started in 1905 with the Board of Trade, today's Chamber of Commerce, and
beginning in 1907, the HBC provided a traveling library in its offices on Ocean Avenue (now part of Pacific Coast
Highway) near Main Street. This traveling library contained 50 books, borrowed for three months at a time from
Sacramento's state library. In 1909, the Women's Club of Huntington Beach formed the Public Library
Association, forerunner to today's very active Friends of the Huntington Beach Public Library. Creating a new
storefront library with used furniture and 338 books, the association settled at the corner of Walnut Avenue and
Main Street. That same year, the newly incorporated City assumed the library's administration and appointed its
first Library Board, a group that still oversees the City's library system today, and had moved the library to the
corner of Walnut Avenue and Third Street by 1911. In 1913, a new Carnegie Library was constructed with the
43 City of Huntington Beach,Board of Trustees. Minutes. (February 5, 1923).
44 City of Huntington Beach,Board of Trustees. Minutes. (September 6, October 3, and November 7, 1927). Huntington Beach City Council.
Minutes. (October 2, 1950).
45 See Sketch Map, Section 10, Geographical Data, Page 3. Blocks 405 and 505, 1904 Recorded Map City of Huntington Beach, Board of
Trustees. Minutes. (January 21 and June 9, 1924 and March 16, 1925). Bauer and Reed, 6-7. Epting 2007, 31. Epting, Chris. Huntington
Beach, California, Images of America. Chicago:Arcadia,2001: 36. "Fire Station Work to Start at Beach."Los Angeles Times(March 2, 1939):
15. "Special Council Session Monday to Settle Bids."Huntington Beach News(October 5, 1950):3. "New Public Library Formally Opens Sun."
Huntington Beach News(September 27, 1951): 1,
48 See Photograph 6, Photographs Section.Talbert,Thomas B. My Sixty Years in California. Huntington Beach, CA: Huntington Beach News
Press, 1952: Forward by James Farquhar, Editor, Huntington Beach News. Santiago,24-25. Barton, E.R. "The Talbert Family of Huntington
Beach,CA."Orange County California Genealogical Society Quarterly Vol. 23, No. 2(June 1986): 55-57. Marsh, Diann. Huntington Beach:
the gem of the South Coast Encinitas, CA: Heritage Media, 1999: 66,Wentworth,Alicia, Huntington Beach Official City Historian, Retired City
Clerk. "City of Huntington Beach Miscellaneous Historical Data."(1997): 14, 19-20.
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help of a $10,000 grant from the Carnegie Corporation. The land was provided by the HBC at the corner of
Walnut Avenue and Eighth Street. From 1886 to 1917, monies from the Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919) late-1800s
steel industry fortune built 1,679 public library buildings in the United States. Following a common Carnegie style,
the two-level Huntington Beach building's architecture was Classical Revival. With 2,800 books, this "permanent
library was dedicated May 7, 1914, and became a popular meeting place for local groups.A7 From 1928 to 1931,
the City also operated a public reading room on the 200 block of Main Street, Huntington Beach's first branch
library. The Carnegie Library was the central facility for the entire City until it closed in 1951, succeeded in this
role by the library on Triangle Park. "The magnificent 1913 Carnegie Library was burned for practice by the fire
department in 1965.i48
With 30,000 to 40,000 books,49 the Huntington Beach Public Library on Triangle Park went on to serve as
the principal library in Huntington Beach for nearly 25 years, from its construction in 1950-1951 until 1975. In that
year, a new, larger Central Library opened at a site well outside of Greater Downtown, about three miles farther
inland, in Central Park on Talbert Avenue. Known as the Main Street Branch Library since 1975, the library
remains the largest of the City's four branches and continues to offer residents and visitors approximately 30,000
volumes. Indeed, the Huntington Beach library system stands out as one of the largest book collections of any
City library system in Orange County, with over 400,000 total volumes.50 In addition to his support through the
HBC for Huntington Beach's library program, during the highly ambitious development of another institution in the
region, Henry Huntington in 1919 committed to contribute his personal collections, establish the endowment, and
donate the buildings and their park-like grounds for the world-renowned Huntington Library, Art Collections, and
Botanical Gardens in San Marino, California. The Huntington Library opened in 1928, as one of the first public art
galleries in Southern California.51
Henry Huntington, the HBC, and City Leaders had early and continued commitments to community
planning and development, including their dedication to local education and philanthropy. These devotions are
apparent in the evolution of the Huntington Beach Public Library on Triangle Park amid a changing landscape.
Huntington Beach had been a much smaller community, in both geography and population, with a booming oil
production industry atop a stable late-19`h century agro-economic base. In stark contrast, the latter postwar
period, from the late 1950s to 1980, saw a major expansion of the City limits, followed by a population explosion
and substantial shifts in economy and industry. In these years, Huntington Beach finally grew into its role as an
important tourist destination, and hosts a recently estimated sixteen million annual visitors today.52
Between 1910 and 1940, with no change in land area, the City's permanent population had grown slowly
from 815 to 3,738, a multiple of 4.5 in those 30 years, with a brief, temporary oil-boom spike to 7,000 in the early
1920s.5. The City made small annexations in 1945 and 1949, expanding its total area from 3.57 to 4.71 square
miles, an increase of 32 percent, and a series of eleven annexations from 1957 to 1960 increased the City's land
area five-fold to roughly 25 square miles. By 1974, Huntington Beach had nearly reached its current total of about
47 Milkovich 1988, 48, 71-72. Historic Resources Board Pamphlet. Epting 2001, 12. Heywood,54-55."Plans Accepted:Carnegie Corporation
Approves Designs for Huntington Beach Public Library-Maintenance Assured."Los Angeles Times(August 10, 1913):VI8. Bauer and Reed,
18-20. Person,Jerry, Huntington Beach Official City Historian. "Another chapter in the history of the library."Huntington Beach Independent
(October 30, 1997).Carnegie Libraries of California. http//www carnegie-libraries org/california/huntingtonbeach html.Epting 2007,94.Van
Slyck,Abigail A.Free to All:Carnegie Libraries&American Culture, 1890-1920. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1995:xix,28-29, 125-
159, 217.
48 Santiago,40.
49 Video. "Hopeful Journey:A"Brief History of the Huntington Beach Public Library."(1996).Huntington Beach Central Library. (1948,31,000
books, Carnegie Library). "New Public Library Formally Opens Sun."Huntington Beach News(September 27, 1951): 1 (1951, 35,000 books).
Bauer and Reed, 7(1951,40,000 books).
so Huntington Beach Public Library and Cultural Center. Fact Sheet for Fiscal Year 2009/2010.
57 Starr, Kevin. Material Dreams, Southern California Through the 1920s. New York:Oxford University Press, 1990: 336. Pomeroy,Elizabeth.
The Huntington:Library Art Gallery Botanical Gardens. New York: Scala/Philip Wilson, 1983: 15-17. Pomfret,John E. The Henry E.
Huntington Library and Art Gallery, From Its Beginnings to 1969. San Marino, CA:The Huntington Library, 1969: 68. Santiago,8.
52 http//www huntingtonbeachca gov/business/demographics/index cfm?cross=true&deparment=About&sub=demographics. Huntington
Beach Chamber of Commerce. Brochure. "Community Overview."(2011) 16, 18,20.http://en.calameo.com/read/000059092c39f75ab2f4f.
53 Williams, 169. Santiago, 15.
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28 square miles.54 With the 1940s annexations adding nearly a third to Huntington Beach's geographic size, the
population went up by a commensurate 1.4 times in this decade, to 5,258 in 1950. Initially, the City's rapid
annexations from 1957 to 1960 had a relatively modest impact on population. Despite the five-fold increase in
land area over ten years, Huntington Beach's population barely doubled to 11,492 in 1960 as the annexed
"agricultural hinterlands had low population densities...."ss
The rural-agrarian period in Huntington Beach lasted for around eighty years, ending in the 1960s, "when
increasing urbanization pressures led to the conversion of farmland to suburban tract housing" and vast areas
were consumed by the improvement of local and regional transportation with the construction of Interstate 405.
Huntington Beach's growth exploded In the 20 years after 1960. Real estate developers remade the City and its
expanded geography, largely as a bedroom community, which became a substantial base for major aerospace
firms as well as recreation and tourist based companies. "The housing boom of the 1960s would increase the
population of Huntington Beach by 100,000 people in the span of a decade." This number produced a growth rate
of more than ten times, reaching 116,400 residents in 1970. The changes in the 1970s were also huge, a nearly
50 percent increase in population, another 55,800 new people, for 172,200 total in 1980. Through this period,
Huntington Beach was the fastest growing city in the U.S. for several years. In contrast, population "growth since
1980 has been slow as the city approaches built-out status...." The increase in the last 306plus years was just
over 30,000, with a recent estimate near 205,000, less than 20 percent growth over this times
In response to a growing population and changing needs in this latter postwar period, the 1931
Horseshoe Clubhouse was expanded and converted for Civic Center use as a municipal courthouse, a 1957
completion, with one more addition for administrative offices in the late 1960s.57 Eventually, anew Civic Center
complex was constructed in 1974, with International Style influenced architecture, roughly one mile inland from
the Downtown Core and still on Main Street, which prompted the decline of the historic campus.58 City Hall was
demolished in the late 1970s, and Memorial Hall, the Horseshoe Clubhouse, and Fire Department Headquarters
were removed in the early 1980s. About 1990, Block 405 was redeveloped privately as townhomes, residential
condominiums, and retail space. To make way for this new construction, Pecan Avenue was reconfigured with a
90-degree dogleg, and Sixth Street was shifted to its current placement, as the northwest and south borders of
the park. Related portions of the park were returned to lawn and replanted with palm trees.59
Still at its prominent historic location, Triangle Park retains its distinctive 1912 shape and preserves the
mid-1920s redesign, expanses of turf, and eight original palm trees as well as the final, 1950-1951 Civic Center
54 Williams, 17, 163-166.Wentworth,49. Bauer and Reed, 7. See Annexations Map, Section 8,Statement of Significance, Page 19,City of
Huntington Beach General Plan, Community Development Chapter,Land Use Element, II-LU-1, Historic and Cultural Resources Element, II-
HCR-2. http://www.huntingtonbeachca gov/government/departments/Planninq/qp/index.cfm.
55 Williams, 168-169.
16 Williams, ii,2, 17, 161-163, 166-170, 172-174, 183.Santiago,36-38,42.General Plan Amendment No. 10-002. Infrastructure and
Community Services Chapter, Recreation and Community Services Element, III-RCS-6. Huntington Beach City Council.Agenda and Minutes.
(October 18,2010). (Approved 4-0). Huntington Beach today has land uses that are 65%residential, 9%industrial,7%commercial, 10%open
space, 8%other, and 1%mixed use.With a total labor force of over 122,000,the City has only 60,000+jobs. Hence, at least half of employed
residents work outside of the City,making it largely a bedroom community. City of Huntington Beach, Demographics.
http://www.huntingtonbeachca.gov/business/demographics/index.cfm?cross=true&department=About&sib=demographics. Huntington Beach
Chamber of Commerce. Brochure, 19, 21.
57 Talbert,Thomas B., Honorary Editor-in-Chief. The Historical Volume and Reference Works, Volume 111, Orange County.Whittier,CA:
Historical Publishing, 1963: 225-226, Huntington Beach City Council. Minutes. (January 21, 1957). Bauer and Reed, 7.
58 Santiago,42. Bauer and Reed, 2, 8-9.
59 Epting 2007, 31. Schedule for Demolition of Old Civic Center Site. Inter-Department Communication.From: James W. Palin, Director
Development Services;To: Paul Cook, Director Public Works. (May 4, 1981). Huntington Beach City Council. Minutes. (July 6, 1981). 1988
Letter,Smith to Freeman. (Regarding realignments of Pecan Avenue and Sixth Street). 1989 Grant Deed. In the Additional Documentation,
the most recent, 1965, USGS map, including its photo revisions from 1981, is outdated and incorrectly shows all four of the demolished,
historic Civic Center buildings Moreover,the map's building footprint sizes are substantially out of scale for the library(shown smaller than it
is),for the demolished Fire Headquarters(shown smaller than it was),and for the demolished Horseshoe Clubhouse(shown much larger than
it was,even with its expansions). Last,this outdated map does not reflect accurately the current borders of Triangle Park,specifically the
realignments of Pecan Avenue and Sixth Street, completed by ca. 1990. See Aerial Photograph and Sketch Map, Section 10. Geographical
Data, Pages 2-3, Photographs 20,25, 27, Photographs Section.
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library addition. Thus, the Huntington Beach Public Library on Triangle Park sustains an important link to the
City's formative years, and its evolution evidences the early and steadfast commitment to community planning
and development.
Criterion C
Public libraries in the postwar era differed substantially from the traditional, classically inspired Carnegie
and period revival libraries of the first half of the 20th century, and the 1950-1951 Huntington Beach Public Library
on Triangle Park reflects the then-contemporary ideas for libraries across the country. The design of postwar
American libraries was heavily influenced by the American Library Association, the foremost organization for
librarians in the country since the 19th century. As the United States emerged from the war years, Ralph A.
Ulveling (1902-1980), President of the American Library Association in 1945-1946 and Director of the Detroit
Public Library, had a leading influence on library design. During the nationwide library construction boom in the
late 1940s and early 1950s, a 1948 book entitled, A National Plan for Library Service, was published by the
association, and a 1952 article in the Architectural Record, was written by Ulveling and his colleague, Charles'M.
Mohrhardt (1904-1990), Associate Director of the.Detroit Public Library. This book and article summarized
budding concepts for the modern library and prominent midcentury thought about library location and design. A
National Plan for Library Service also set out a number of essential principles for library buildings, including easy
access for patrons and a functional design as a modern educational center.
Postwar library design adopted the principle that form should follow function, which was embraced in the
modern period. Many planning concepts and design features were borrowed from the convenience of postwar
retail stores. New buildings tended to be box-like and have little superficial ornamentation. In part to avoid wasting
money, aesthetic beauty was a secondary goal to the primary purpose of providing operational effectiveness in a
pleasant environment. Planners considered a long building expanse along prominent street frontage useful and
encouraged exterior nighttime accent lighting for principal fagades to maintain an approachable connection and
image with the public. In contrast to the large, formal, ornamental entry stairway of the City's 1913-1914 Carnegie
Library, a common design for its earlier time, the midcentury trend was for entrances to be level with and near the
sidewalk. By removing the physical barrier of the exterior entry staircase, a psychological barrier was also
removed, achieving the overall objective of making libraries less formal, more approachable, and easier to use.
To create an inviting appearance, library entrance doors were often glass, and display spaces near the entrance
helped make library buildings friendlier for patrons. In addition to such storefront-like elements, postwar libraries
commonly used residential qualities to help patrons feel comfortable. Elements of the one-story, sprawling Ranch
house form that dominated residential suburbs in the postwar period found their way into library design,
particularly where libraries were closest to residential neighborhoods. Midcentury library planners also promoted
the importance of open floor plans and an attractive reading room on the main floor, surrounded by open-shelf
stacks organized into subjects. As one aspect of abundant windows and lots of natural light, designers
encouraged the use of a generous glass wall near the street. Such a large window blurred the lines between
interior and exterior, providing a spacious interior perspective and an inviting view to passersby.
Further representing their views on functionality, early postwar library planners provided very specific
utilitarian recommendations. Such considerations included single-story, level floor plans, the use of fluorescent
lighting, the consolidation of workrooms into one portion of the building, the placement of the librarian's desk near
the entrance as a control point for the public areas, and even the placement of the public restroom doors within
sight of this circulation desk. Likely influenced by the postwar baby boom, a significant location for the children's
library, with its own distinct book collections and its own separate entrance was also encouraged. Similarly, the
postwar trends for library buildings emphasized their educational role, including the importance of a function
room, for meetings, conferences, discussion groups, film forums, and story times. A desire to achieve maximum
functionality and educational benefit caused library planners to make connections between building-specific
design and community planning principles. Site was considered the first of the "essential principles in planning
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library buildings," and a location "where people naturally converge" was prescribed in order that the library might
serve the largest number of patrons possible.so
These modern concepts for library design put forth by Ulveling and the American Library Association,
which became widely accepted across the country by planners, builders, and architects, are embodied in the
Huntington Beach Public Library on Triangle Park and expressed in its location, setting, materials, construction,
design, and architectural style. A sprawling collection of unadorned, mostly one-story concrete boxlike masses,
the library is both compatible in scale with the adjacent residential neighborhood and a prominent, yet accessible,
part of the streetscape, referencing the earlier Civic Center campus. On the east fapade and north elevation, the
library provides major expanses along the Main Street arterial, which are up-lighted at night. The two-story Main
Library houses an adult reading room on the main floor off the entry with a full-height glass curtain wall and open-
shelf stacks organized by subjects both in this reading room and in the adjacent Book Stacks & Work Rooms
Wing. A separate Children's Wing with both interior access and a separate rear entrance provided a distinct
collection for young patrons, and the library was designed with a sizable auditorium and lecture room with
adjoining storage space, presumably to support the convenient use of the event area. The library features an
open floor plan, double glass doors, and a pedestrian-level main entry directly off the Main Street sidewalk,
including a pair of interior glass cases in the foyer for the retail-like display of books and other media. The
circulation desk is deliberately placed near the entrance and within view of the restrooms, and the interior still is lit
primarily with fluorescent fixtures.s'
With high construction costs immediately after the war, planners, builders, and architects sought out new
cost- and time-saving building methods and materials. Ideas for streamlining construction, reducing costs, and
maximizing production flowed from many sources, including postwar community design principles advocated by
planners; efficient methods and materials supported by Federal programs; new inventions and improvements on
previous systems by engineers and builders; and the stylistic application of Modern aesthetic principles by
architects. New uses for concrete, the advent of post-and-beam and the improvement of other structural systems,
and new methods in pre-fabricated and modular construction emerged — and converged — to meet the
unprecedented demand in a distinctly different way. In addition to strongly representing the postwar library
property type, the Huntington Beach Public Library on Triangle Park is a distinct example of the first major wave
of postwar buildings that used site-cast, concrete tilt-up construction in Southern California and in the country.
Although concrete, and even site-cast, tilt-up construction, had been used before the war, five major
technological advances from the latter 19th century to the first half of the 20th century culminated in the postwar
period to boost this method of construction to commercial success. These five advances were Portland cement,
steel reinforced concrete, portable arc-welding machines operating with AC electricity, ready-mixed concrete, and
high capacity, mobile truck cranes, capable of highway travel.
First patented in England in 1824 by Joseph Aspdin (1779-1855), Portland cement by the late 1800s had
grown to wide acceptance for its use in making concrete. Concrete is a building material composition that also
includes water, chemical additives, and aggregates, such as gravel and sand. Poured in a plastic condition, it then
cures through a process called hydration, by which the cement and water combine chemically with the
aggregates. Concrete becomes stone-like after it has solidified and hardened. Portland cement was important for
6°Street,Johanna. "San Francisco Public Library North Beach Branch"California Office of Historic Preservation. National Register of Historic
Places Registration Form, Nomination. (August 31,2010): Section 7, Pages 2-3, 5-7. Ellsworth, Ralph E. "Library Architecture and Buildings."
The Library Quarterly Vol. 25 No. 1 (January 1955):66-75.Joeckel, Carleton B. and Winslow,Amy,A National Plan for Library Service.
Chicago:American Library Association, 1948: 126-128, 169. Mohrhardt,Charles M. and Ulveling, Ralph A. "Public Libraries."Architectural
Record Vol. 112,No.6(December 1952): 149-172.Thomison, Dennis.A History of the American Library Association, 1876-1972. Chicago:
American Library Association, 1978: 254,258.The idea that small town libraries"belonged in a park like setting"dated back at least to around
1900, during the heyday of the Carnegie libraries.Van Slyck, 143.
6' See Figures A-O,Additional Documentation Section, Photographs 1-2,4-5, 10-11, 13-16, 19-20, Photographs Section.
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concrete in a few ways. It was stronger than other cements and could carry a large proportion of aggregates.
Compared to lime mortars, and as a manufactured material, Portland cement was simple to make and to use.s2
Toward the end of the 19th century, as well, reinforced concrete began to.gain some usage in California.
Contractors incorporated steel reinforcement bars, or rebar, to give the concrete added strength. In the early 20th
century, the adoption of reinforced concrete accelerated rapidly throughout the country. A leading pioneer in
reinforced concrete, and a major contributor to its popularization, hailed from California: Ernest L. Ransome
(1852-1917) of San Francisco. By 1914, reinforced concrete, with poured-in-place construction as its method, was
"second only to structural steel as a major building material." Employing this technique, builders cast the concrete
in upright, vertical forms in its final building position at the construction site.63
In the early 20th century, several builders experimented with site-cast, concrete tilt-up construction. One of
the first, Robert Hunter Aiken (1859-1925) of Winthrop, Illinois, received a U.S. patent for his "tilt-table" method in
1908. In a 1909 article, Aiken explained his technique of constructing the reinforced concrete walls for the building
on a structural platform, then rotating or tilting it upward by means of specially designed mechanical jacks, setting
the panels in their final positions. Using this methodology, by the time of the publication, Aiken had erected fifteen
buildings in five states. At least two of his early buildings are still extant.64 Although other early inventors
experimented with similar systems, Aiken's work garnered the most attention, and shortly after the patent was
issued, a Southern California firm, the Aiken Reinforced Concrete Company, purchased patented machinery from
Aiken and secured the exclusive rights to use the Aiken system,in this region. In 1910, the company received a
number of contracts. But the firm eventually went bankrupt, after sustaining losses on a "car barn" in Los Angeles.
A contemporaneous article in the Southwest Contractor and Manufacturer noted that, "a large number of
companies had been formed to use the Aiken method, but that most of these also had failed...." Other creative
builders continued to experiment with variations of Aiken's method or new techniques, and tilt-up buildings were
constructed in limited numbers in the first half of the 20th century.6s
62 Courland, Robert. Concrete Planet.Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books,2011: 184. Bennett, Bob. "The Development of Portland Cement."
The Building Conservation Directory. (2005). http Hwww buildingconservation.com/articles/prtindcmnt/prtindcmnt.htm.
63 Collins,Frank Thomas. Manual of Precast Concrete Construction. P ed. San Gabriel, CA:The Author, 1953: 1.Southern Regional Library
Facility, University of California at Los Angeles. "Tilt-Up Concrete Construction Guide."American Concrete Institute Committee 551 Report.
(June 15,2005). http://www.concrete.org/pu bsInewpu bs/551105 2pager.pdf. Karlstrom, Paul J., Editor. On the Edge of America, California
Modernist Art 1900-1950. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1996: 139-153;Gebhard, David."Wood Studs,Stucco,and Concrete.
Native and Imported Images."Dunham, Clarence W. The Theory and Practice of Reinforced Concrete. P ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1953:
1. Courland,220-233.
64 Aiken, Robert, "Monolithic Concrete Wall Buildings—Methods,Construction, and Cost."Proceedings of the American Concrete Institute Vol.
5(1909): 83-105; reprint ed. Concrete—International Design&Construction Vol. 2, No.4(April 1980):24-30, University of Southern
California,School of Architecture, Building Science Program. Concrete in California. Los Angeles: Carpenters/Contractors Cooperation
Committee of Southern California, 1990:20-29;Hatheway,Roger and Chase,John."Irving Gill and the Aiken System."Aiken's Camp Perry
Commissary Building (1908), Port Clinton, Ohio,and his Memorial United Methodist Church (1909-1910),Zion, Illinois, both remain intact
today. Dayton Superior. Brochure. (May 2008): 3. [Dayton Superior is a major supplier to the site-cast,concrete tilt-up industry.]
http://wvvw.daytonsuperior.com/Artifacts/DS Tilt-Up HB.pdf.Memorial United Methodist Church.
httr)s:Hsites.qoogle.com/a/mumczion.org/memorialumc/historv/3.
Ham theway and Chase, 23-24.The group of early inventors had a number of members,with some of the more significant American
contributors discussed below. In 1902, Ernest L.Ransome(1852-1917)of San Francisco obtained a U.S. patent for a"unit system"of
construction,in which precast, steel-reinforced concrete elements were joined together with poured-in-place,steel-reinforced concrete
members during the building process.This system included a tilt-up form of construction:The contractor could cast the concrete member flat
on the ground,and then lift it into permanent position with a crane or derrick.Builders actually used Ransome's system for more projects than
Aiken's method,as it was superior from an engineering perspective.Hatheway and Chase, 27.After the turn of the century, as well,the
famous inventor Thomas Edison experimented for a number of years with site-cast, concrete tilt-up construction. Using this method,Edison
created an entire village of buildings to house his lab technicians in New Jersey.A number of these structures are still standing today. Ibanez,
Ulric,Sheu, Bill,and Mo, Y.L."Structural Behavior of Anchored Plates in Tilt-up Construction."(August 2010). University of Houston, Civil&
Environmental Engineering. http://www.eqr.uh.edu/structurallab/UI%2OPresentation.pd CON/STEEL[major design firm for site-cast, concrete
tilt-up construction]. http://www,consteel.com.Additionally,"Thomas Fellows developed a variation of the Aiken system in Los Angeles in 1910
and used it to construct a low-cost demonstration house. Fellows had the modular wall units cast horizontally on the ground; afterward, they
were lifted into place by a mechanical crane."Once set, Fellows connected the wall units with steel rods and bolts,and.then grout. Karlstrom,
Gebhard, 148. In 1941, the W.P.Neil Company constructed 36 ammunition warehouses in Hawthorne, Nevada for the United States Navy,
using site-cast,concrete tilt-up construction. Collins,Frank Thomas.Manual of Tilt Up Construction. 6th ed. Berkeley, CA: Know How
Publications, 1965: 14.
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Aside from these isolated earlier projects, the concept of site-cast, concrete tilt-up construction remained
relatively stagnant until after World War ll. Even though its move from vertical, in-place forms to horizontal, on-
the-ground forms had identified many potential cost-saving advantages, additional technological advances were
needed for this method to attain commercial success. In the mid-1930s, Allen C. Mulder, of Miller Electric
Company in Appleton, Wisconsin, had invented a portable welder that could operate with AC electricity, making
feasible the use of these welding machines at remote construction sites.66 For site-cast, concrete tilt-up
construction, portable on-site welders would allow builders to employ weld plates in connecting concrete
elements, adding this new, simple, economical option as a dry joinery technique.
Completing the construction method's commercial viability, ready-mixed concrete and high capacity,
mobile truck cranes capable of highway travel were the last breakthroughs, first becoming broadly available in
Southern California in the latter 1940s. In the time immediately following the war, ready-mixed concrete began its
growth to common use in building construction. With ready-mixed, a central batcher plant pre-mixed the concrete,
before pouring it into mixers mounted on truck bodies, which continued to mix the concrete during delivery trips to
construction sites. At the sites, these trucks poured the ready-mixed concrete into forms for foundations, footings,
walls, and other concrete elements, already prepared by the builders. Ready-mixed concrete was the best
alternative for projects where space was limited and there was little room for mixing equipment and aggregate
stockpiles. Moreover, given the postwar building booms in many urban areas, ready-mixed concrete attained
sufficient economies of scale to create competitive cost advantages over concrete mixed at job sites.67
In the late 1940s, as well, high capacity, mobile truck cranes became available. These cranes could travel
on highways, giving them access to distant construction sites. Cranes with capacities of at least 15 to 20 tons
were a minimum requirement to lift and place site-cast concrete panels and elements, and in the Los Angeles
area, cranes with capacities up to 50 tons came into use by the early 1950s, Thus, at the time the Huntington
Beach Public Library on Triangle Park was constructed in 1950-1951, these high capacity, mobile truck cranes
were a relatively new technological and engineering breakthrough.68
With these last achievements, the new efficiencies imagined by Aiken and others in the early 201h century,
which stemmed primarily from savings in labor and, secondarily, materials, were finally made possible and
realized in the postwar period. Since then, on comparable projects for which either method was suitable, the costs
of labor and forms, and the time required for completion, have been significantly less for site-cast, concrete tilt-up
than for poured-in-place concrete construction. For example, in 1949 site-cast, concrete tilt-up wall panels were
quoted at $0.75 per square foot, brick,wall construction at $1.10, and standard, poured-in-place concrete wall
construction at $1.35 to $1.50. These cost advantages flow from a few different sources, Poured-in-place
concrete requires its forms to be erected vertically, and the forms typically cannot be used a second time. Tilt-up
saves time in setting window frames, door frames, and rebar, "because they are laid out on the floor before the
concrete is poured." Laborers need to trowel separately poured-in-place walls after removing the forms while tilt-
up walls are finished on the ground, with little or no finishing required after their erection. Tilt-up concrete panels,
as well, do not need to be plastered to obtain a smooth, even surface, completely free of form marks.69
"'Miller Electric Company. http://www.miIlerweIds.com/about/1930.htm I Miller is"the world's largest manufacturer of arc welding and cutting
equipment."Gases and Welding Distributors Association http://www.weldingandgasestoday.org/index.php/2005/06/tools-of-the trade/.
67 Dunham,48. Portland Cement Association, Cement&Concrete Basics, How Concrete is Made, Ready-mixed concrete,
http://www.cement org/basics/concreteproducts readymix asp. Founded in 1916,the Portland Cement Association is a major industry
organization for cement and concrete companies. Syverson, Chad."Markets, Ready-Mixed Concrete"Journal of Economic Perspectives Vol.
22, No. 1 (Winter 2008):217-233.
sa Brooks, Hugh, The Tilt-Up Design and Construction Manual. 5"ed.Mt.Vernon, IA:Tilt-Up Concrete Association,2000: 1-3.Collins, Frank
Thomas. "Precastructual (Tilt-Up)Concrete."Southwest Builder and Contractor Vol. 118, No. 8(August 24, 1951): 16-19, 64. Collins,Frank
Thomas. "Erection of Precastructural Concrete."Southwest Builder and Contractorvol. 118,No. 17(October 26, 1951): 50-52,54,56, 58, 79,
as Brooks interviews and site visit, credentials at footnote 73."Tilt-up System of Concrete Construction Proves Profitable."American Builder
Vol.71, No. 6(June 1949): 118-120. "Precasting Slabs at Site of Erection" Concrete Vol. 57, No.8(August 1949): 14-15("One of the newer
adaptations of the'tilt-up'system of precast slab construction has been devised by Buttress and McClellan, Inc., industrial building contractors
of Los Angeles, Calif.").
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As the method attained its initial commercial successes in Southern California shortly following World War
II, the region took the lead in this construction method before its eventual ubiquitous nationwide expansion in the
second half of the 20th century as a major segment of the construction industry. In the late 1940s and early 1950s,
site-cast, concrete tilt-up construction exploded in popularity. "Its use spread from Southern California, which is
generally considered its birthplace, across the Sunbelt states." Estimated annual total dollar volumes in the U.S.
skyrocketed for this method of construction, from $10 million in 1947 to $500 million in 1952.70 To put these
numbers in perspective, the construction cost for the Huntington Beach Public Library on Triangle Park in 1950-
1951 was $140'000.71 Most early tilt-up buildings were warehouses and factories with.long windowless walls that
dotted the industrial landscape with minimalistic, squat grey boxes in the years around 1950. Today, according to
the Tilt-Up Concrete Association, site-cast, concrete tilt-up construction accounts for over 15 percent of all
industrial and warehouse buildings, ranging between 5,000 and 1.5 million square feet, and may be used for
nearly any type of building. Recently, on an annual basis, contractors have employed this method to construct as
many as 10,000 new buildings, enclosing as much as 650 million square feet.72
Despite the earlier use of site-cast, concrete tilt-up construction, the technique was still novel at the time
the Huntington Beach Public Library on Triangle Park was constructed in the early postwar period. Notably, the
library was designed and built several years before the 1958 publication of the first major reference book on site-
cast, concrete tilt-up construction, Frank Thomas Collins' Building with Tilt Up.
All of the library's exterior walls are site-cast, concrete panels created by constructing wooden forms on
site, and then setting steel reinforcing bar "rebar" grids into the forms before filling the forms with ready-mixed
concrete. Similarly, the library's foundation is comprised of steel-reinforced, concrete floor slabs. All of the
building's columns, their footings, and the roof beams are steel-reinforced, site-cast concrete, and the whole roof
structure of the library is also composed of steel-reinforced, concrete panels. Concrete panels were pre-sized and
configured to accommodate standardized rectilinear, metal-framed openings for windows and doors in a repeated
pattern. A mobile truck crane with cables was used to "tilt-up" or lift the pre-cast concrete wall panels, roof panels,
columns, and beams into their permanent places. The concrete wall panels were permanently secured together
with concrete columns or stitch (in-fill) joints, which were poured, grouted, or gunited (sprayed concrete) into
place, called wet joinery. As well, it is likely that at least some concrete members were attached using dry joinery,
steel weld plates welded on site using a portable, AC-powered, arc-welding machine, and steel rods and bolts.
These distinctive characteristics of site-cast, concrete tilt-up construction represent advanced technological
methods still in their commercial infancy at the time of the library's construction.
The Huntington Beach Public Library on Triangle Park was designed by an exceptional construction firm,
Buttress & McClellan, Inc. (B&M), a leading, if not the foremost, pioneer of the still-novel, site-cast, concrete tilt-up
construction technique in Southern California in the late 1940s and early 1950s.73 Their method of comprehensive
70 Brooks 2000, 1-3, 1-4, Collins August 24, 1951, 17, Collins 1965, 9.
71 Marsh 1999, 123.Person October 30, 1997.
72 Brooks 2000, 1-4.Tilt-Up Concrete Association,Tilt-Up Construction,Basics. http:Uwww.tilt-up.orgl.
73 Brooks 2000, 1-3, 1-4. Brooks interviews and site visit. Collins 1965, 9. For Mr. Brooks and Mr. Collins'credentials, see below.This
discussion of the library's construction methods has three major sources: Buttress&McClellan's U.S. Patent,a series of emails and interviews
in 2011 and 2012, including a library site visit,with Hugh M. Brooks,Jr.,Civil and Structural Engineer, Newport Beach, CA,and three 1951
magazine articles by Frank Thomas Collins in Southwest Builder and Contractor. October 26, 1951.August 24, 1951."Joinery of
Precastructural Concrete."Vol. 118, No. 13(September 28, 1951). 24-26, 28, 52. U.S. Patent Office, Patent Number 2,531,576,filed March
25, 1948, granted November 28, 1950,invalidated 1954, Method of Casting Concrete Building Elements,James Ed McClellan, Los Angeles,
California, and Jack H. MacDonald, Glendale, California, assignors to Buttress&McClellan, Inc., Los Angeles, California,a corporation of
California. In a test case for royalties in 1954, a Federal District Court in Los Angeles invalidated this patent,concluding that similar techniques
also had been in use by others and, as such,the methods were in the public domain.Collins 1965, 14. Over the course of Hugh Brooks'
career, he has been one of the major authorities on site-cast,concrete tilt-up construction. Between 1951 and 2002, Mr. Brooks designed over
one thousand projects,�rimarily using this construction method. He is the author of five editions of his seminal work, The Tilt-Up Design and
Construction Manual. 5' ed. Mt.Vernon, IA:Tilt-Up Concrete Association, 2000.The Tilt-Up Concrete Association(TCA)since has acquired
the rights to this book from Mr. Brooks.As one of the founders of the TCA in 1986, Mr. Brooks received the TCA's first annual Peter Courtois
Memorial Award in 1996.The TCA is the international trade association for this type of construction.Tilt-Up Concrete Association,About the
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design through the systemic involvement of a partner architectural firm, McClellan, MacDonald & Markwith
(MM&M), appears to have been as novel as site-cast, concrete tilt-up construction itself in the early 1950s:
"Buttress & McClellan occupied a very unique situation in the construction industry at that time.
They were the pioneer developers of precast construction. That is what is commonly known as
[tilt-up].... Buttress & McClellan was engaged in selling 'package' or 'turnkey' construction jobs,
mostly precast industrial plants.... They did not function on any jobs unless they made the
drawings and did the construction as a package deal.... Such a 'package' or'turnkey'job required
[B&M] to furnish all of the engineering and architectural services, supply all labor and material
and deliver a completed structure for an agreed price.... These package jobs comprised the
whole business of[B&M] at that time....1174
To provide this package service, B&M was structured, and functioned, as a fully integrated resource for industrial,
commercial, municipal, and institutional clients. The interrelated firms of B&M and MM&M had more than 25
employees, combined, at their peak and included architects, designers, engineers, and experienced in-house
construction crews. The firms even had research and survey services to aid in site selection, a property
department to facilitate property purchases, and a mechanical department to provide complete industrial building
layouts and plans.75
Though founded by both Howard P. Buttress (1883-1964), who had presumably retired by 1950, and
James Edward "Ted" McClellan (1886-1968), it is McClellan who is credited as having "pioneered the tilt-up
method of wall construction...."76 A principal of both B&M and MM&M, McClellan was joined by Denver Markwith,
Jr. (1914-2008) in 1949, who had graduated from the University of Southern California with a degree in
architecture in 1937. The remaining principal of the joint builder-architect team was architect Jack Hunt
MacDonald (1911-1983), who became associated with B&M at least by 1948. McClellan retired from B&M in
1966, and Markwith became the company's president in 1959, changing the firm's name to Buttress, McClellan &
Markwith, Inc. Markwith remained with the company until his retirement in 1986, at which time the owners
dissolved the firm. In his retirement, Markwith was active in historic preservation in Southern California, serving on
the board of the Historical Society of Southern California from 1984 to at least 1990 and serving as its vice
president in 1990.
With a history spanning most of the 20'h century, Buttress & McClellan (1910-1986) and their affiliates
operated for more than 75 years in the west, mainly in California, Arizona, Oregon, and Washington, primarily
TCA. http://www.tilt-up.orq/.The TCA presents this award each year during the World of Concrete,the only yearly international conference
"dedicated to the commercial concrete and masonry construction industries,"which dates back to 1975.World of Concrete.
http://www.worldofconcrete com. Mr. Brooks also has been a member of the American Concrete Institute (ACI)Committee 551,which
publishes the ACI's Tilt-Up Concrete Construction Guide.Started in 1904,the ACI"is one of the world's leading authorities on concrete
technology."American Concrete Institute. http://www.concrete.org/MEMBERS/MEM INFO.HTM. During the early postwar period,the leading
authority on site-cast, concrete tilt-up construction was Frank Thomas Collins,A.B.,M.E.,of San Gabriel, CA(1916-2004). Mr. Collins did not
publish his first major work on this subject until 1958, Building with Tilt Up,although previously he had self-published an earlier version of this
book and self-published multiple editions of another related reference book,Manua/of Precast Concrete Construction. Brooks Interviews and
site visit. Collins 1953.Subsequent to 1958, Mr. Collins published similar books,two editions of Design of Tilt Up Buildings and six editions of
the Manual of Tilt Up Construction,selling over 40,000 copies of all of his reference books. In 1997, Mr. Collins received the second annual
Peter Courtois Memorial Award from the TCA,for his outstanding contributions to this industry. Collins, Frank Thomas.Building with Tilt-Up.
2"d ed. Eugene,OR:Know How Publications, 1958. Collins 1965, Preface,Tilt-Up Concrete Association. Peter Courtois Memorial Award.
http://www.tilt-up.org/awards/professional/courtois php.
"Thomas v. Buttress&McClellan, Inc., 141 Cal.App. 2d 812, 297 P.2d 768(1956)(the court ruled in B&M's favor in this dispute over
employee sales compensation for a 1952 project in Southern California(not the library)). Los Angeles Central Library.
75 American Builder, 118-120. Smullins,Joan,widow of engineer Raymond Lee Smullins(1918-2010),who joined B&M in 1950,and was a
partner through 1986. Interviews. (2011). Based on these resources,this nomination treats MM&M and B&M's design and construction
activities as joint endeavors.
76 Obituary. "J. McClellan; Construction Firm Founder."Los Angeles Times(April 25, 1968): B8, OC_A16. Howard Buttress was sixty-seven in
1950. Given his age, it is probable that he had retired before B&M started work on the library. Buttress definitely had retired by February 1952,
which was just prior to his turning sixty-nine."Settlement Made in Paternity Case."Los Angeles Times(February 29, 1952): 16.
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from offices on Beverly Boulevard in Los Angeles." The firm was most prolific in Southern California's industrial,
commercial, municipal, and institutional building markets, especially after World War II, and principally in site-cast,
concrete tilt-up construction. The Los Angeles Times reported on many of their projects, and nearly 150
periodicals, books, and internet resources reference McClellan, MacDonald, or Markwith, or their firms' projects.'$
While far from an exhaustive listing, some of their more noteworthy projects included:
1. The first integrated mass-production plant for guided missiles, which comprised 1.2 million square feet of
concrete buildings on 140 acres in Pomona, CA, and employed several thousand people, was engineered
and constructed by B&M in the early 1950s.
2. Three office, research, and development buildings in Santa Monica for the Rand Corporation engineered
and built by MacDonald's firms in the 1950s. Rand was a major military contractor, whose Cold War era
work in one of these buildings included research for the U.S. Air Force on defenses against nuclear
attacks. Another of the buildings (37,000 square feet) housed one of the largest computers in the world at
the time (26,000 square feet), built by International Business Machines (IBM) for air defense systems.
3. A 720,000-square-foot metals plant in Cucamonga, California, built by MacDonald in the late 1960s.
4. A 220,000-square-foot warehouse for Owens-Illinois Glass Company, designed and constructed by
MacDonald's firms, with site-cast, concrete tilt-up construction, in the mid-1950s, in the Los Angeles
Central Manufacturing District.
5. 155,000 square feet of warehouse and office space for Radio Corporation of America (RCA Victor),
designed and built by MacDonald's firms, with site-cast, concrete tilt-up construction, in the mid-1950s, in
the Los Angeles Central Manufacturing District.
6. An 113,200-square-foot research and development center for computers and electronics equipment,
occupied by a division of International Telephone & Telegraph Corporation (ITT), designed and
constructed by MacDonald's firms in the mid-1950s, in Los Angeles, with site-cast, concrete tilt-up
construction.
7. An 110,000-square-foot Paper Mate factory (1956-1957) in Santa Monica, engineered and constructed by
MacDonald's firms, with site-cast, concrete tilt-up construction.
8. A 100,000-square-foot office, research, and development building in Glendale, CA, designed and built by
Buttress, McClellan & Markwith, in 1983, for a computer manufacturer, Librascope, a predecessor
company to a Lockheed Martin division.
9. A 92,460-square-foot television factory addition for Packard-Bell, built by B&M, in the early 1950s, in Los
Angeles, using site-cast, concrete tilt-up construction.
10. An 84,000-square-foot warehouse addition, for the Johns-Manville Company, in Corona, CA, designed by
MacDonald, in 1960,
11. A 63,1 00-square-foot office and distribution center, for American Cyanamid Company, in Los Angeles,
designed by MM&M, and constructed by B&M, in the early 1950s.
12. San Bernardino Community Hospital, constructed by B&M in 1958, with over 58,000 square feet.
13. A 50,000-square-foot aircraft parts manufacturing facility, designed and built by MacDonald's firms, in the
mid-1950s, in Downey, CA.
14. A 50,000-square-foot office building, for Union Carbide & Carbon Company, engineered and constructed
by MacDonald's firms, in the mid-1950s, in Los Angeles.
15. A 30,000-square-foot building, housing the Los Angeles Grain Exchange, designed and constructed by
MacDonald's firms, with site-cast, concrete tilt-up construction, in the late 1950s.
77"Denver Markwith President of Industrial Firm."Los Angeles Times(June 7, 1959):A20, Markwith,Marjorie,widow of Denver Markwith,Jr.
interviews. (2011). U.S. Patent Number 2,531,576.McClellan Obituary. Smullins Interviews. Historical Society of Southern California.
Newsletter. "Meet Director Denver Markwith." The Southern Californian Vol.2, No. 3(Fall 1990): 1. Los Angeles Central Library.
78 Brooks 2000, 1-3.Collins 1965,9. Collins 1953,3.Architectural Record Buildings for Industry. New York: F.W. Dodge, 1957:64-65, 68-69.
Hanson, Joyce A., Earp, Suzie, and Shanks, Erin. Community Hospital of San Bernardino, Charleston:Arcadia,2009: 8,25-26_Clark County
Historical Museum.Wolf Supply Co. plant Vancouver,WA. http://content.wsulibs.wsu.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/cchm photo/id/1 057/rec/1.
USC Early Childhood Training Center. http//fmsmaps2.usc.edu/mapquide2OlO/USC/php/facilities.php?OBJ KEYS=52. Given the large
number of Los Angeles Times features, and those of trade journals and other periodicals on McClellan,MacDonald, or Markwith,or their firms,
this nomination does not cite all of these references in Section 9, Major Bibliographical References, Bibliography.
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16. A 28,000-square-foot aircraft factory, the first one in San Bernardino, built by B&M in 1941.
17. An 11,000-square-foot restaurant and art gallery, in Santa Monica, built by MacDonald in 1960. This
project won a merit award from the American Institute of Architects (AIA), Southern California chapter.
18, Model Home for the 1948 Los Angeles Home and Building Exposition, designed in California Style or
Ranch Style, by Markwith and Lee B. Kline.
19, California Ranch Style home of Denver Markwith, Jr. and Marjorie Markwith, 1947, located in the Silver
Lake neighborhood of Los Angeles,
20. The Claremont Colleges business offices, concrete construction, designed primarily by McClellan &
Markwith, and constructed by B&M, in the late 1950s.
21. A truck terminal for one of the longest freight handling systems in the west designed and built by
MacDonald's firms in the late 1950s in Los Angeles.
22. University of Southern California, Early Childhood Training Center, designed in 1973 by Buttress,
McClellan & Markwith.79
Other major clients included Bank of America, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, New York Life Insurance
Company, Travelers Insurance Company, Occidental Life Insurance Company, Archer-Daniels-Midland
Company, Stanley Works, the City of Los Angeles (multiple projects), Warner-Lambert Pharmaceutical Company,
Pacific Telephone, Sears, Roebuck & Company, F.W. Woolworth, and Smart& Final.80
Unlike the long-term partnerships forged between McClellan and Markwith, MacDonald was associated
with MM&M only until 1953. In that year, he formed an architectural and engineering firm with Cejay Parsons,
which was headquartered in Beverly Hills, as well as the separate, Jack H. MacDonald Construction Company,
Inc.81 MacDonald went on to become a regional leader in his own right. His firms designed and built many
projects for a sizeable developer, John M. Stahl of Beverly Hills. By 1957, John Stahl "[had] been winning national
recognition with his series of big industrial-building programs in California, especially Southern California and
elsewhere in the Southwest.... 8 In 1957, too, MacDonald's firms designed and constructed a six-story office
building in Los Angeles that was a structural achievement. The building featured a glass fagade that was "the first
79"Pomona Plant Work Starts Next Month: Guided Missiles Factory Will Employ Thousands."Los Angeles Times(July 15, 1951): 36."Major
Electronics Projects Planned:Two Extensive New Developments Will Further This Area's Industry."LosAnge/es Times(January 15, 1956):
E1. Cohan, Charles C., Real Estate Editor. "Great Electronics Project Started: Site of$14,500,000 Computer in this Region Is Announced."
Los Angeles Times(February 24, 1957) F1. Cohan, Charles C., Real Estate Editor. "Major Electronics Program Grows: $50,000,000 Project
Will Have Big $2,500,000 Final Structure."Los Angeles Times(June 9, 1957): G1. "New Construction,$1.5 Million Metals Plant Under Way."
Los Angeles Times(July 28, 1968): N19. `Big Structure to be Used by Glass Company."Los Angeles Times(March 13, 1955): El. "Big
Structures Here Scheduled for RCA Use."LosAnge/es Times(July 10, 1955): El."Extensive New Program's 1st Unit to Rise."LosAnge/es
Times(July 29, 1956): E1. "Big Project Planned for Beach City: Factory&Office Unit Will Further Extensive Center."LosAnge/es Times
(October 21, 1956): E1. Librascope. Newsletter."New Building for Librascope." The Librazette Line. (February 25, 1983). Los Angeles Central
Library. "New Factory Unit Slated for Television Company."Los Angeles Times(December 7, 1952): E8. "Industrial Firm Addition Studied."
Los Angeles Times(March 20, 1960): F2. "Consolidated Offices and Warehouse Building."Architectural Record Vol. 111, No.2(February
1952): 186-187. Hanson, Earp, and Shanks,8,25-26."In Downey."Los Angeles Times(July 1, 1956):D23. "New$1,000,000 Industrial Unit
Expansion Set."Los Angeles Times(September 23, 1956): E1."New Structure Scheduled for Grain Exchange."Los Angeles Times(March
16, 1958): F1. "The Spreading Aircraft Industry—Morrow." Western Industry Vol. 6, No.5(May 1941): 1, 7-10. "Restaurant-Art Gallery in
Santa Monica Open."Los Angeles Times(October 23, 1960): M11. Zimmer,Virginia."Los Angeles Home—1948 Model."Los Angeles Times
(June 13, 1948): F3. Howard, Lee."Simplicity."Los Angeles Times(March 9, 1947): F3. "Business Unit at College Open."Los Angeles Times
(November 22, 1959): F8. "$2,000,000 Terminal Set for Truck Firm."Los Angeles Times(November 30, 1958): G11. USC Early Childhood
Training Center. http//fmsmaps2 use edu/mapgujde2010/USC/php/facilities php?OBJ KEYS=52.
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"Third Building Announced in Series of Five"Los Angeles Times(January 23, 1955):A9. "In Beverly Hills."Los Angeles Times(June 15,
1958): F20. "First Building of Two New Fresno Projects Readied."Los Angeles Times(September 16, 1956): E23. "Completed."Los Angeles
Times(April 12, 1959): F14."Two-Story Precast Panels for Factory."Architectural Record Vol. 133, No. 1 (January 1963): 167. "New Western
Office of Firm Completed."Los Angeles Times(August 10, 1958): F19, "Orcutt Playground Opens Indoor Recreation Today."Los Angeles
Times(September 18, 1950):Al (one of multiple reported projects for the City of Los Angeles)."Drug Firm Expands Warehouse Facilities."
Los Angeles Times(November 1, 1959): G18. "Pacific Telephone Builds Storage Center."Los Angeles Times(February 20, 1966): 112.
"Services Unit Near Completion."Los Angeles Times(August 2, 1959): F7. "Barnsdall Park Shops Started."Los Angeles Times(April 5,
1964): M10 "Warehouse and Offices for Wholesale Grocer."Architectural Record Vol. 114, No.2(August 1953) 168-169.
81 "Warehouse and Offices for Wholesale Grocer."Architectural Record Vol. 114, No 2(August 1953) 168-169. "Consolidation of Two
Architectural Firms Announced."Los Angeles Times(September 6, 1953): 20.
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such cantilever glass wall in Southern California, eliminating entirely the need for intermediate spandrels.i83
MacDonald's work, just a few short years after he left MM&M, evidences the quality of his contributions to the
design and construction of the Huntington Beach Public Library on Triangle Park.
Clearly substantial designers and builders in Southern California after World War ll, the pioneering work
of McClellan, MacDonald, and Markwith in site-cast, concrete tilt-up construction, including the promotion of this
method's reduced costs and rapid completions, provided an instrumental role in the region's growth to national
prominence in at least two areas of industry. First, Southern California during this time became a major
manufacturing center; especially in the aerospace and electronics arenas. Second, the,region also was growing
into an important warehouse, distribution, and logistics location. In this second area, Southern California's timely
response to the country's needs for expanded trade, and the region's access to affordable, newly constructed
warehouses, helped secure the dominant positions of the Port of Los Angeles and the Port of Long Beach in the
postwar period, which today are the two busiest ports in the country.84
The Huntington Beach Public Library on Triangle Park is an artistic achievement, among the finest of
postwar institutional examples, grounded in its site-cast, concrete tilt-up structure and further expressed in its
functional space and architectural elements. Designed in the postwar International Style, which has also recently
come to be known as the "Mid-Century Modern Style," the library features a rambling collection of rectangular,
box-like masses, one of which dominates the building as the two-story Main Library. The three-hinged arch
structural support system, formed by the battered, concrete exterior columns and battered, concrete interior roof
beams, which are joined by a round concrete pin in the center, are strongly articulated in the Main Library and the
Children's Wing. This structural system supports the widely overhanging eaves and provides resistance to lateral
force from wind and seismic activity, while allowing broad expanses of open, column-free vaulted interior space, a
distinctive characteristic of the International Style. Other character-defining features include stark simplicity and
absence of ornament, exposed structural elements, smoothly finished and uniform wall surfaces, and flush, metal
fixed casement, clerestory, and curtain wall windows often patterned and with minimum exterior reveals.85 The
north elevation of the two-story Main Library is dominated by a full-height, convex curtain-wall window framed in a
32" bay between a pair of rectangular concrete columns. The Children's Wing has a modified and much reduced
version of the curtain wall in a brick bay on its northwest elevation.86 With the International Style, the library
referenced the institutional attributes of the adjoining Civic Center buildings. The qualities of the interconnected
one-story wings sprawling from the prominent two-story mass, and of the low-pitched roofs with overhanging
eaves, reflect elements of the Ranch form, which also effectively allowed the library to both stand out from, and
blend in with, the scale and character of its setting.
The International Style emerged in the Southern California region in the decades before World War ll. A
seminal treatise was first published under the title, The International Style: Architecture Since 1922, Later noting
that the Style lasted into the 1950s, authors Henry-Russell Hitchcock (1903-1987) and Philip Johnson (1906-
2005) provided a number of core concepts for this school, which the library's architects and builders aptly
expressed. Hitchcock and Johnson wrote about the Style's "dependence on the intrinsic elegance of materials,
technical perfection, [and]...use of standardized parts." The authors might have cited the library's three-hinged
arch system to illustrate another feature, articulation of structure: "The supports in skeleton construction are
normally and typically spaced at equal distances in order that strains may be equalized.... Thus most buildings
have an underlying regular rhythm which is clearly seen....,87 The library's three-hinged arches, which define its
most prominent spaces and articulate the Main Street fagade, have just such a completely visible, uniform rhythm.
83"6-Story Structure Set for Miracle Mile Area."Los Angeles Times(January 6, 1957): F1.
84 White, Ronald D. "Cargo traffic jumps at ports."Los Angeles Times(April 14, 2012): B2.
"Whiffen, Marcus.American Architecture Since 1780:A Guide to the Styles. Cambridge: M.I.T Press, 1969: 241. Blumenson,John J.-G.
Identifying American Architecture,A Pictorial Guide to Styles and Terms, 1600-1945. 2nd ed. Nashville:American Association for State and
Local History; New York: Norton, 1981: 75. Poppeliers,John C.,Chambers,S.Allen,Jr.,and Schwartz, Nancy B. What Style Is It?A Guide to
American Architecture.Washington, D.C.: Preservation Press, 1983:92,
"See Figures D, G,J,Additional Documentation Section; Photographs 1, 10-11, 18, Photographs Section.
87 Hitchcock, Henry-Russell and Johnson, Philip. The International Style. New York: Norton, 1995: 15,20, 23,29,51, 70, Hitchcock and
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Three leading Southern California architects defined the International Style, two of whom also briefly
experimented with Aiken's site-case, concrete tilt-up construction method in the first decades of the 20th century.
The work of Irving John "Jack" Gill (1870-1936), active in the region during the late 1800s and early 1900s, was
influenced by Southern California's concrete industrial and utilitarian buildings from the turn of the century. Gill's
most notable examples of site-cast, concrete tilt-up construction include the Women's Club (1912-1914) and the
Scripps Recreation Center (1913-1915), both in La Jolla, and two Los Angeles residences, the Banning House
(1911-1913) and the Dodge House (1914-1916, demolished 1970). The Women's Club is, and the Dodge House
was, listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Gill's acknowledged masterpiece, the Dodge House, which
featured a major two-story section and a sizable one-story wing, "spread out in ranch-like fashion."88 As he
employed it in the Dodge House, solid, steel-reinforced concrete was one of Gill's favored materials, not only in
the walls, but also in the foundations and roofs. Despite these design successes, Gill eventually failed with his
site-cast, concrete tilt-up construction firm, "like all earlier efforts using the Aiken method."89 By 1930, Rudolph
Michael Schindler (1887-1953) joined Gill as another architect who had helped drive "California directly into the
International Style camp."90 Following Gill's lead, Schindler used site-cast, concrete tilt-up wall panels for his
famous Schindler House (1921-1922) in West Hollywood, very near the Dodge House's location, and listed on the
National Register of Historic Places. But again like Gill, Schindler soon abandoned this construction method;
stucco-skin designs characterized most of Schindler's projects.91 Another leading Southern California architect,
Richard Joseph Neutra (1892-1970) "was without doubt the most influential Los Angeles Modernist architect from
the late 1920s until his death in 1970." Neutra and Schindler's 1920s Lovell Houses in Hollywood Hills and
Newport Beach, respectively, which each feature a significant two-story mass with a full-height, curtain-wall
window, "are the greatest monuments of the early International Style Modern in Southern California" and, in fact,
are listed in the National Register of Historic Places. As an example of Neutra's stature, the Museum of Modern
Art in 1932 included his Lovell House in the.Museum's first and seminal architectural exhibit in New York City,
Modern Architecture- International Exhibition, with curators Henry-Russell Hitchcock and Philip Johnson.92
The International Style was redefined after the war, modified in the 1950s and 1960s to accommodate the
postwar need for efficiency and affordability. The Style continued to be characterized by geometric form, smooth
wall surfaces, and the absence of exterior detailing, which defined the prewar International Style. Evolving in the
postwar period, the Style presented more solid wall surfaces; large expanses of glass often expressed in full-
height curtain windows and clerestory windows; open interior spaces; flat or low-pitched roofs with overhanging
eaves and cantilevered canopies; and even clearer expression of structure and materials. In keeping with the
Johnson published the initial version in 1932,when they were curators of Modern Architecture: International Exhibition.
BB McCoy, Esther.Five California Architects. New York: Reinhold, 1960: 79, 97. Hines,Thomas S.Architecture of the Sun, Los Angeles
Modernism 1900-1970. New York: Rizzoli, 2010:64. Herbert, Ray "Wreckers Demolish Old Dodge House in Surprise Move."Los Angeles
Times(February 10, 1970):3."[Richard] Neutra correctly predicted that if the Dodge House were demolished, it would be'an international
scandal."'Hines,Thomas S. Irving Gill and the Architecture of Reform. New York: Monacelli,2000: 254-255, 260, LeBlanc,Sydney.20"'
Century American Architecture:A Traveler's Guide to 220 Key Buildings. 2nd ed. New York:Whitney Library of Design, 1996:24. Henderson,
John D.The La Jolla Women's Club. (November 5, 1974). Registration Form, National Register of Historic Places, U.S.Department of Interior,
National Park Service.
B9 Hatheway and Chase, 26.Hines 2000, 199-201, McCoy 1960, 95."As A House Of Cards Is Made."Los Angeles Times(March 19, 1916):
112. Head,Jeffrey."Dodge House in West Hollywood:All that's left is the architect's genius and a cautionary tale."Los Angeles Times(July
16, 2011): E.8. Gill purchased site-cast, concrete tilt-up construction equipment used"without great success"by the U.S. Government during
the Spanish-American War(1898). In 1912, his firm also bought the patent rights to the Aiken system in Southern California;the first licensee
in this region,the Aiken Reinforced Concrete Company,went bankrupt. McCoy 1960, 75. Hatheway and Chase,23-24.
90 Gebhard, David and Winter, Robert. Los Angeles,An Architectural Guide. Salt Lake City: Gibbs Smith, 1994:xvii. Gebhard, David and Von
Breton, Harriett.Architecture in California 1868-1968,An Exhibition. Santa Barbara, CA: Standard Printing of Santa Barbara, 1968:21,
91 Concrete in California, 5-11; Smith, Kathryn. "Chicago-Los Angeles The Concrete Connection."Gebhard, David. Schindler. New York:
Viking, 1972:47-51, 64-66. Smith, Kathryn. Schindler House. New York: Harry N.Abrams, 2001: 18. Museum of Contemporary Art, Los
Angeles, Smith, Elizabeth A.T. and Darling, Michael, Editors. The Architecture of R.M. Schindler. New York: Harry N.Abrams,2001: 12-85;
Smith, Elizabeth A.T."R.M. Schindler:An Architecture of Invention and Intuition."McCoy, Esther R.M.Schindler House. (July 14, 1971).
Registration Form, National Register of Historic Places, U.S. Department of Interior, National Park Service, McCoy 1960, 171.
"Gebhard and Winter, xxi, 172. Gebhard 1972,80-89,McCoy, Esther. Lovell House. (October 14, 1971). McCoy, Esther. Lovell Beach
House. (February 5, 1974). Registration Forms, National Register of Historic Places, U.S. Department of Interior, National Park Service. Khan,
Hassan-Uddin. International Style, Modernist Architecture from 1925 to 1965. Koln, Germany; New York:Taschen, 1998:8, 65, 104-107.
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International Style's philosophy, B&M and MM&M embraced industrialized, mass production techniques,
particularly in the library's method of site-cast, concrete tilt-up construction and design. This approach subscribed
to the International Style's machine aesthetic, which maintained that the logic of design decisions comes from
building function. Gill, Schindler, and Neutra's time and context in Southern California were nearly as important as
their many significant projects. "[I]n the edenic Los Angeles of the early twentieth century, one of the effects of
architectural modernity was to enliven and urbanize a serene, but sleepy, paradise. Even as the area evolved
ambivalently into a modern megalopolis, modernist architecture in verdant Los Angeles would continue to suggest
what historian Leo Marx called the 'machine in the garden,."93 Similar to the work of their forebears and peers, the
builders and architects' design of the 1950-1951 Huntington Beach Public Library also provided an interesting
contrast to its setting. Consciously or unconsciously, B&M and MM&M executed Leo Marx' idea of the"machine in
the garden" with the modernistic design of the library in the setting of Triangle Park.
The principal works of Gill, Schindler, and Neutra defined the International Style, influenced the postwar
iteration of the Style, which has also been dubbed "Mid-Century Modern", and shaped the evolution of modern
architecture in the region. McClellan, MacDonald, and Markwith were no doubt influenced in general, as many
were, by the stylistic advances of these leaders, which also may have specifically informed some of their own
designs. The International Style was a dominant school for more than another decade after World War II, and
Southern California's famous examples from this school of architecture make the International Style especially
significant in this part of the country. The International Style particularly appealed to postwar library design. A
number of important libraries from the 20th century used the International Style. These include Burnham Hoyt's
Denver Public Library (1955); Philip Johnson's Boston Public Library addition (1964-1973) to the historic central
library; Ludwig Mies van der Rohe's Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library (1968-1972), Washington, D.C.'s
central library; Skidmore, Owings and Merrill's Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library (1960-1963) at Yale
University; and Louis I. Kahn's Library at Phillips Exeter Academy (1967-1972). The Denver Library is listed on
the National Register of Historic Places and the Exeter Library is the largest secondary school library in the world.
Finally, the Huntington Beach Central Library (1972-1975) was designed in the International Style by Dion Neutra,
Richard Neutra's son and partner, following his death in 1970.94
The final design of the Huntington Beach Public Library on Triangle Park evidences a high degree of
design intent that broke new ground in its time. The unique B&M and MM&M planner-builder-architect team
formed by McClellan, MacDonald, and Markwith effected the integration of structure and design, form and
function, in such a way as to epitomize the principles of the Modern era. Hugh M. Brooks, Jr., today one of the
leading authorities on site-cast, concrete tilt-up construction during the second half of the 20th century, has
recognized that the three-hinged arch structural system formed by the concrete battered columns, the concrete
battered roof beams, and the concrete round connecting pins, was a creative, pioneering architectural and
engineering application unusual for 1950-1951. According to Brooks, with the vast majority of peer buildings in
site-cast, concrete tilt-up construction for warehouse and industrial use, the library may be unique for the early
postwar period in its application of this method of construction as a means to distinguish the building's_
architectural features. Brooks further asserts that the library "is an excellent surviving example of an innovative
application of the tilt-up method and the use of cast-in-place and precast concrete components for that time
period."95 As well, the library recently has been found eligible for listing as an individual property in the National
Register of Historic Places in a survey evaluation by Galvin Preservation Associates.96
sa Hines 2010, 16. Guillen, Mauro F. Taylorized Beauty of the Mechanical:Scientific Management and the Rise of Modernist Architecture.
Princeton:Princeton University Press,2006 1,35, 149, 156.
94 Wheaton, Ron and Paglia, Michael. Denver Public Library. (November 15, 1990).Registration Form, National Register of Historic Places,
U.S.Department of Interior, National Park Service. Boston Public Library. http://www,bpl.org/central/iohnson.htm. District of Columbia Central
Library. http://www.dclibrary.org/nodef741.Yale University Beinecke Library. http://iookuparchitecture.com/historyearlymodern.htm#Beinecke.
Phillips Exeter Academy Library. http://www,exeter.edu/libraries/553 4376.aspx. Bauer and Reed,20-22.
95 Brooks Interviews and site visit,credentials at footnote 73.
96 Galvin assigned the library the California Historical Resource Status Code of 3S—appears eligible for the National Register of Historic
Places as an individual property through survey evaluation. Galvin Preservation Associates."June 2009, City of Huntington Beach, Historic
Context&Survey Report, Final":68,93, 101-102.City of Huntington Beach, Planning Department.
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Phone Interviews: October 13 and December 29, 2011
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Geographical Data
Acreage of Property 1.11 acres
LITM Reference
11 407,450 mE 3,724,930 mN
Zone Easting Northing
Verbal Boundary Description (Describe the boundaries of the property.)
The property's boundary follows the lines highlighted on the attached City of Huntington Beach aerial
photograph of Triangle Park.97 The three following Sketch Maps each trace the park's borders from a single
enlargement of this City aerial photograph.98 The City's boundary lines generally follow the grass border of the
park, along its abutting City streets, Main Street to the east, the intersection of Main Street, Acacia Avenue, and
Pecan, Avenue to the north, Pecan Avenue to the northwest, the 90-degree dogleg of Pecan Avenue to the
southwest, and Sixth Street to the south. The property is identified by the Orange County Assessor as its Parcel
Number 024-135-01.99
Boundary Justification (Explain why the boundaries were selected.)
The selected parcel represents a historic right-triangular form that Triangle Park has maintained
continuously since the time of its creation in 1912. In that year, the Huntington Beach Company named the park,
"because of its shape, Triangle Park."100 Triangle Park's bounding public roadways, Main Street, Sixth Street,
Pecan Avenue, and Acacia Avenue, all are older than the park, dating back at least to 1904.101 The parcel exactly
matches the boundaries that the City of Huntington Beach today uses officially to define the park, as shown in the
attached City aerial photograph of Triangle Park.102 This parcel comprises a substantial majority of the area of the
original 1912 Triangle Park, which the Huntington Beach Company gifted to the public as Block 505 by deed to the
City in 1917,103 For a comparison of Triangle Park's boundaries in 1912 with the park's boundaries in the present
day, see the overlay of the 1904 Block 505, in the first of the following Sketch Maps.loa This 1904 Block 505
overlay comes from public records of the Huntington Beach City Attorney.105
97 See Aerial Photograph, Section 10, Geographical Data, Page 2. Request for Council Action. From Fred Wilson, Huntington Beach City
Manager,Attachment#1 (June 20, 2011).At this June 20, 2011 Meeting,the City Council reconfirmed Triangle Park's historic name, by a
vote of 6 to 1. Huntington Beach City Council.Agenda and Minutes. (June 20, 2011).
98 See Sketch Maps, Section 10, Geographical Data, Pages 3-5.
99 Lawyers Title Insurance Corporation to the City of Huntington Beach. Preliminary Report for property located at 525 Main Street,
Huntington Beach, CA, Exhibit"A", File No. 11678640, (June 10,2009). Huntington Beach City Attorney.
100"Enormous Enclosure."Huntington Beach News(June 21, 1912): 1.
101 Blocks 405 and 505, 1904 Recorded Map. The first of the following Sketch Maps, Section 10, Geographical Data, Page 3,shows that
Sixth Street and Pecan Avenue's original locations have been modified.The City made these changes by ca. 1990. 1988 Letter, Smith to
Freeman. 1989 Grant Deed
t02 See Aerial Photograph, Section 10, Geographical Data, Page 2.
103 Bargain and Sale Deed. Book 316, Page 383. (August 7, 1917). Indenture. Book 389, Page 367. (January 28, 1921). (Likely providing
some clarification of the 1917 deed). Block 505, 1904 Recorded Map. Orange County Recorder.
104 Sketch Map, Section 10, Geographical Data, Page 3
105 Aerial photograph of the library and park, including overlay of the original 1904 Block 505. (July 1,2009). Huntington Beach City Attorney.
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Sketch Map— Landscape Features— Legend
X Concrete sidewalks
Brick sidewalk
1 Concrete-brick, painted-white wall, six feet in height, shields paved service entrances area, ca. 1950s
2 Eight Canary Island date palms (Phoenix canariensis, 1924-1925), 26 to 31 inches in diameter
3 One queen palm (Syagrus romanzoffianum, ca. 1990), 11 inches in diameter
4 One Mexican fan palm (Washingtonia robusta, ca. 1990), 13 inches in diameter
5 One southern magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora), 22 inches in diameter
6 Six single-trunk Japanese crape myrtles (Lagerstroemia fauen), three to six inches in diameter
7 Five Chinese pistaches (Pistacia chinensis), three to five inches in diameter
8 Indian hawthorn "clara" (Rhaphiolepis indica, ca. 1990), hedge, two feet in height
9 Morning glories (Ipomoea nil), with six trellises, along concrete-brick, painted-white wall, six feet in height
10 Approximately 95 Texas privets (Ligustrum texanum, 15 added 2004), hedges, two to three feet in height
11 Approximately 200 Joan seniors daylilies (Hemerocallis, 59 added 2004), one to three feet in height
12 One Chinese xylosma (Xylosma congestum), eight feet in height
13 Four African tulip trees (Spathodea campanulata, 2004), seven to eleven inches in diameter
14 Two multiple-trunk Japanese crape myrtles (Lagerstroemia faueri, 2004), three- and four-inch diameters
15 Three eastern redbuds (Cercis Canadensis, 2004), four to five inches in diameter
16 Four western redbuds (Cercis occidentalis, 2004), three to four inches in diameter
17 Four star magnolias (Magnolia stellata, 2004), eight to nine feet in height
18 Two saucer magnolias (Magnolia soulangeana, 2004), twelve feet in height
19 Eight camellias (Camellia sasanqua, 2004), two to four feet in height
20 Thirteen society garlic (Tulbaghia violacea, 2011), one foot in height
21 Cigar plants (Cuphea ignea, 2011), two feet in height
22 Olympic stars (Aloe rauhii, 2011), one foot in height
23 Red carpet roses (Rosa x noare, 2011), one to two feet in height
24 Mexican petunias (Ruellia brittoniana, 2011), two feet in height
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Figures:
Figures Loq: 15 Figures, One Original Pair of Renderings and 14 Historical Photographs
Source Orange County Archives, 211 West Santa Ana Blvd, Rm. 101, Santa Ana, CA 92701
Locations: Huntington Beach Central Library, 7111 Talbert Avenue, Huntington Beach, CA 92648
Huntington Beach City Clerk, 2000 Main Street, 2no Floor, Huntington Beach, CA 92648
Figure A CA_OrangeCounty_Huntington Beach PublicLibraryonTrianglePark_Figure_A
Public Library Building for City of Huntington Beach
Type: Black and white renderings by McClellan, MacDonald & Markwith, Architects
Date: 1950
Source: Orange County Archives
Figure B CA_OrangeCounty_Huntington Beach PublicLi bra ryonTrianglePark_Figure_B
Library foundations during construction, park surrounding areas
Type: Black and white photograph, view north-northeast
Date: December 30, 1950
Source: Orange County Archives
Figure C CA_OrangeCounty_Huntington Beach PublicLibraryonTrianglePark_Figure_C
Library foundations (labeled) during construction, park surrounding areas
Type: Black and white photograph, view north-northeast
Date: December 30, 1950
Source: Orange County Archives
Figure D CA_OrangeCounty_Huntington Beach PublicLibraryonTrianglePark_Figure_D
Main Library north elevation, east facade, park north and east areas
Type: Black and white photograph, view south-southwest
Date: ca. 1950s
Source: Huntington Beach City Clerk
Figure E CA_OrangeCounty_Huntington Beach PublicLibraryonTrianglePark_Figure_E
Main Library entrance
Type: Black and white photograph, view west
Date: ca. 1950s
Source: Huntington Beach City Clerk
Figure F CA_0rangeCounty_Huntington Beach PublicLibraryonTrianglePark_Figure_F
Main Library entrance, east facade and park area
Type: Black and white photograph, view southwest
Date: ca. 1950s
Source: Huntington Beach City Clerk
Figure G CA_OrangeCounty_Huntington Beach PublicLibraryonTrianglePark_Figure_G
Main Library north elevation and park area
Type: Black and white photograph, view south
Date: ca. 1960
Source: Huntington Beach City Clerk
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Figure H CA Ora ngeCounty_Huntington Beach PublicLibraryonTrianglePark_Figure_H
Main Library entrance, east fagade and park area
Type: Black and white photograph, view west
Date: ca. 1980
Source: Huntington Beach City Clerk
Figure I CA_Ora ngeCounty_Huntington Beach PublicLibraryonTrianglePark_Figure_I
South Wing, Main Library, east fagades and park area
Type: Black and white photograph, view northwest
Date: ca. 1980
Source: Huntington Beach City Clerk
Figure J CA_OrangeCounty_Huntington Beach PublicLibraryonTrianglePark_Figure_J
Main Library west elevation and park area, Book Stacks & Work Rooms Wing, Children's Wing
Type: Black and white photograph, view east
Date: ca. 1980
Source. Huntington Beach City Clerk
Figure K CA—Ora ngeCounty_Huntington Beach PublicLibraryonTrianglePark_Figure_K
Main Library east fagade, north elevation, park east and north areas
Type: Color photograph, view southwest
Date: ca. 1990
Source: Huntington Beach Central Library
Figure L CA-0 ra ngeCo u nty_H u nti ngton Beach P u blicLi braryonTriang lePark_Fig u re—L
Main Library east fagade and park area
Type: Color photograph, view northwest
Date: ca. 1990
Source: Huntington Beach Central Library
Figure M CA_OrangeCounty_Huntington Beach PublicLibraryonTrianglePark_Figure_M
Main Library adult reading room
Type: Black and white photograph, view south
Date: ca. 1951
Source: Huntington Beach City Clerk
Figure N CA_OrangeCounty_Huntington Beach PublicLibraryonTrianglePark_Figure_N
Main Library foyer and adult reading room
Type: Black and white photograph, view north
Date: ca. 1950s
Source: Huntington Beach City Clerk
Figure O CA—Ora ngeCounty_Huntington Beach PublicLibraryonTrianglePark_Figure_O
Main Library adult reading room, Book Stacks & Work Rooms Wing
Type: Color photograph, view southwest
Date: ca. 1990
Source: Huntington Beach Central Library
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Photographs:
Submit clear and descriptive photographs. The size of each image must be 1600x1200 pixels at 300 ppi (pixels
per inch) or larger. Key all photographs to the sketch map.
Name of Property: Huntington Beach Public Library on Triangle Park
City or Vicinity: Huntington Beach
County: Orange
State: California
Photographer: Richardson Gray
Photograph Dates: December 2011 to February 2012
Location of Originals: 5110 Magnolia Avenue, Riverside, CA 92506
Number of Photos: 27
Descriptions of Photographs and numbers:
1 of 27 CA_OrangeCounty_Huntington Beach PublicLibraryonTrianglePark_0001
Main Library east fapade, north elevation, park northeast area, camera facing southwest
2 of 27 CA_OrangeCounty_Huntington Beach PublicLibraryonTrianglePark_0002
Main Library east fapade and park area, Main Street, camera facing west-southwest
3 of 27 CA_O rang eCounty_Huntington Beach PublicLibraryonTrianglePark_0003
South Wing, Main Library, east fapades and park area, camera facing north-northwest
4 of 27 CA_OrangeCounty_Huntington Beach PublicLi bra ryonTrianglePark_0004
Main Library entrance, east fapade and park area, camera facing southwest
5 of 27 CA_OrangeCounty_Huntington Beach PublicLi bra ryonTriangle Park_0005
Main Library entrance, east fapade, camera facing west-southwest
6 of 27 CA_OrangeCounty_Huntington Beach PublicLi bra ryonTrianglePark_0006
1951 library dedication plaque, Main Library entrance, exterior side wall, camera facing north
7 of 27 CA_O rang eCounty_Huntington Beach PublicLibraryonTrianglePark_0007
Main Library, Book Stacks & Work Rooms Wing, north elevations, camera facing southeast
8 of 27 CA_Ora ngeCounty_Huntington Beach PublicLi bra ryonTrianglePark_0008
Books Stacks &Work Rooms Wing north, west elevations, camera facing south-southeast
9 of 27 CA_0 rang eCounty_Huntington Beach PublicLi bra ryonTrianglePark_0009
Books Stacks &Work Rooms Wing, Children's Wing, camera facing south-southeast
10 of 27 CA_O rang eCounty_Huntington Beach PublicLibraryonTrianglePark_0010
Children's Wing northeast, northwest elevations, camera facing southeast
11 of 27 CA_O rang eCounty_Huntington Beach PublicLibraryonTrianglePark_0011
Children's Wing northwest, southwest elevations, camera facing east-northeast
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12 of 27 CA_Ora ngeCounty_Huntington Beach PublicLibraryonTri angle Park_0012
South Wing, Main Library, east fapades and park area, camera facing north-northwest
13 of 27 CA Ora ngeCounty_Huntington Beach PublicLibraryonTrianglePark_0013
Main Library adult reading room, camera facing north
14 of 27 CA_Ora ngeCounty_HuntingtonBeachPublicLibraryonTrianglePark_0014
Book Stacks &Work Rooms Wing, Main Library adult reading room, camera facing northwest
15 of 27 CA_OrangeCounty_Huntington Beach PublicLibraryonTrianglePark_0015
Main Library adult reading room, Book Stacks &Work Rooms Wing, camera facing southwest
16 of 27 CA—Ora ngeCou nty—H u nti ngton Beach P u bli cLibraryonTria ng leP ark—0016
Main Library adult reading room, circulation desk (middle), camera acing south
17 of 27 CA_OrangeCounty_Huntington Beach PublicLibraryonTrianglePark_0017
Grandfather clock, Main Library adult reading room, camera facing west
18 of 27 CA_OrangeCounty_HuntingtonBeachPublicLibraryonTrianglePark_0018
Main Library north elevation and park area, Pecan Avenue, camera facing south-southwest
19 of 27 CA_OrangeCounty_Huntington Beach PublicLibraryonTrianglePark_0019
Main Library north elevation and park area, camera facing south-southwest
20 of 27 CA—Ora ngeCounty_Hunting ton Beach PublicLibraryonTriangleP ark_0020
South Wing, Main Library, east fapades, Main & Sixth Streets, camera facing northwest
21 of 27 CA_OrangeCounty_HuntingtonBeachPublicLibraryonTrianglePark_0021
Children's Wing southwest elevation and park area, Pecan Avenue, camera facing northeast
22 of 27 CA_OrangeCounty_Huntington Beach PublicLibraryonTriangle Park_0022
Children's Wing southwest elevation and park area, Sixth Street, camera facing east-northeast
23 of 27 CA_OrangeCounty_Hunting ton Beach PublicLibraryonTriangle Park_0023
Children's Wing southwest elevation, Main Library west elevation, camera facing north-northeast
24 of 27 CA_OrangeCounty_Huntington Beach PublicLibraryonTrianglePark_0024
Children's Wing southwest elevation, South Wing south elevation, camera facing north
25 of 27 CA_OrangeCounty_Huntington Beach PublicLi bra ryonTrianglePark_0025
South Wing, Main Library, south elevations, Sixth & Main Streets, camera facing north-northeast
26 of 27 CA_OrangeCounty_Huntington Beach PublicLi bra ryonTrianglePark_0026
Park northwest area, Pecan Avenue, camera facing northeast
27 of 27 CA_OrangeCounty_Huntington Beach PublicLibraryonTrianglePark_0027
Park southwest area, Sixth Street, camera facing east-southeast
Council/Agency Meeting Held:_ /
Deferred/Continued to:
' A pro ed ❑ di ionall A proved ❑ Denied Cit er ' ignature
Council Meeting Date: June 20, 2011 Department ID Number: CS11-011
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH
REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION
SUBMITTED TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
SUBMITTED BY: Fred A. Wilson, City Manager
PREPARED BY: Paul Emery, Deputy City Manager/Interim Community Services
Director
SUBJECT: Approve Naming Recommendation for 1.11-Acre Parkland
Surrounding the Main Street Library
Statement of Issue: There is a need for City Council to approve the recommended name
for the 1.11-acre parkland surrounding the Main Street Library.
Financial lmpact: N/A
Recommended Action: Motion to:
Approve naming the park surrounding the Main Street Library "Triangle Park," as
recommended by the Community Services Commission.
Alternative Action(s):
Do not approve naming the park surrounding the Main Street Library "Triangle Park" and
refer the issue back to the Community Services Commission.
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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION
MEETING DATE: 6/20/2011 DEPARTMENT ID NUMBER: CS11-011
Analysis: As part of the General Plan update approved by City Council on October 18,
2010, the 1.11-acre parkland surrounding the Main Street Library was added to city's park
inventory and indentified officially as a city park (Attachment #1). Per Resolution 2004-90,
the naming of city parks must be approved by both the Community Services Commission
and City Council (Attachment #2). The Community Services Commission therefore referred
the naming of the park to the Park Naming & Memorials Committee. The Park Naming &
Memorials Committee then held a public meeting on March 29, 2011, to discuss naming
options and to receive public input on officially naming the park. The Committee made their
recommendation to the Community Services Commission on May 11, 2011. Meeting notices
for both the March 29 and May 11 meetings were sent to properties within 1,000 feet of the
park, published in the local newspaper, posted on the city website and sent to interested
parties.
Based upon the policies in Resolution 2004-90, the majority of city parks have been named
after adjacent schools, property donors, or past mayors. These policies are identified in
Sections 2, 3 and 4, or the resolution and read as follows:
2. The parks adjacent to schools be named the same as the school.
3. That if an entire park or sizable portion of a park which is not adjacent to a school is
donated by an individual or family, it may be named after the donor.
4. That if the park is neither adjacent to a school nor donated, all or in part, it may be
named after past Huntington Beach mayors who are no longer members of the City
Council ("former mayors"). In addition, other individuals, including past council
members, or other names may be proposed. The names of these persons may be
considered when their unique contributions have had a City, state or national impact,
are marked by excellence and are worthy of honor.
Other parks such as Carr and Baca Park have been named after former residents for their
significant contributions (Congressional Medal of Honor recipients), and others such as
Discovery Well Park have been named after a significant event or landmark in the city.
Based upon the support expressed through public comments and through written
communication, the Park Naming and Memorials Committee made recommendation to the
Community Services Commission that the park be named "Triangle Park." Public support of
the name is based upon the area being referred to as such in old newspaper articles and city
documents (Attachment #3). And while the area was never officially adopted as parkland or
officially named, supporters feel there is justification to consider the name based upon
historical reference.
Throughout the park naming process, "Triangle Park" has received significant support
however staff also received several written communications recommending that the park be
named after Violet ("Vi") Cowden. Vi Cowden was a long time Huntington Beach resident
and an active volunteer with several community organizations. She was a former employee
with the Huntington Beach City School District and retired in 1983. Vi was also one of the
1,074 Women's Air Force Service Pilots (WASP) that served the country during World War ll.
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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION
MEETING DATE: 6/20/2011 DEPARTMENT ID NUMBER: CS11-011
As a tribute to their service, Vi and other WASP members were granted veteran status in
1977 and received the Congressional Medal of Honor in 2009. Violet Cowden passed away
at the age of 93 on April 10, 2011. The Committee and Commission also received written
communication from Mayor Carchio requesting their consideration in naming the park after
former President and Governor of California, Ronald Reagan. The following table indicates
the number of written communications and recommendations received by the Commission
and staff:
Triangle Violet Former Ronald
Park Cowden Mayor Reagan Other Total
115 37 2 1 10 165
Pursuant to the policies in Resolution 2004-90, historical reference and public support of the
name — the Commission approved the Committee's recommendation to officially name the
1.11-acre park as "Triangle Park" and is recommending approval by the City Council.
Environmental Status: N/A
Strategic Plan Goal: Improve Internal and External Communication
Attachment(s):
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1. Park Location Map
2. Resolution 2004-90
3, Historic Chronology/Public Comments
4. Park Naming and Memorials Committee Meeting Minutes
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RESOLUTION NO. 2 a 0 4-9 a
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF HUNTINGTON BEACH ESTABLISHING ITS POLICY
FOR THE NAMING OF CITY PARKS, PARK FEATURES AND
COMMUNITY FACILITIES AND REPEALING CONFLICTING RESOLUTIONS
WHEREAS, the City has established a vigorous program to provide suitable park and
recreation areas for its residents; and,
It is desirable that appropriate names be selected for the City's parks and that the City
recognize donations of park/pier furniture and/or park play equipment, and that a policy be
adopted by the City Council to accomplish this purpose,
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach does hereby
resolve as follows:
l. That the policies contained in this resolution shall be instituted for the naming of
the City's parks, park features and community facilities, and to recognize donations of park/pier
furniture and park/play equipment.
2. That parks adjacent to schools be named the same as the school.
3. That if an entire park or sizable portion of a park which is not adjacent to a school
is donated by an individual or family, it may be named after the donor.
4. That if the park is neither adjacent to a school nor donated,all or in part, it may be
named after past Huntington Beach mayors who are no longer members of the City Council
("former mayors"). In addition, other individuals, including past council members; or other
names may be proposed_ The names of these persons may be considered when their unique
contributions have had a City, state or national impact, are marked by excellence and are worthy
of honor.
5. That in addition to parks, other community facilities such as lakes, park features
of Huntington Central Park, structures (other than restrooms and benches), groves of trees,
walkways, playing fields, group camp and picnic sites, gardens, play equipment areas, meadows,
amphitheaters, vistas, bridges and wildlife refuges may be named after former mayors to honor
them for their service to the City.
6. . That if park or pier furniture such as picnic tables, benches, trash cans, or play
equipment is donated by an individual, civic organization, family or business, the donor may
receive recognition by having the name of a person, family or business placed on the donation.
Examples: (a) A donation in memory of a relative could be given to the City for a pier_bench
with the following options:
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Resolution No. 20114-`1U
1. The name only, including the year;
2. In honor of (individual's name), including the year;
3. In memory of (individual's name), including the year.
(b) a modular piece of play equipment and a park bench could be funded by a donation from a
company with the bench placed immediately adjacent to a new tot lot with the inscription"This
tot lot is donated to the City of Huntington Beach by Company."
7. That if a business or other entity offers to pay the City in exchange for the City
naming a facility or park after the business, then the City may enter into an agreement for the
same. The agreement must be prepared by the City Attorney and approved by the City Council.
S. That only one park, park feature or community facility shall be named for an
individual.
9. That all recommendations for parkipier memorial naming shall have the
concurrence of the Community Services Commission and the City Council.
10. That Resolution No.2001-64 and all other resolutions in conflict herewith are
hereby repealed.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach at a
regular meeting thereof held on the 15th day of November , 2004.
Mayor
REVIEWED AND APPROVED: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
' City A ministrator 7� O Y City ttorney 1..ej
INITIATED AND APPROVED:
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Item 13. - 6 11B -300-
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss:
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH )
1, JOAN L. FLYNN the duly appointed, qualified City Clerk of the
City of Huntington Beach, and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of said City,
do hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City Council of the
City of Huntington Beach is seven; that the foregoing resolution was passed
and adopted by the affirmative vote of at least a majority of all the members of
said City Council at an regular meeting.thereof held on the 15th clay of
November, 2004 by the following vote:
AYES: Sullivan, Coerper, Hardy, Boardman, Cook, Winchell
NOES: Green
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
City ffrk and ex-officio CI of the
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Huntington Rearh California
ATTACHMENT #3
Mary Adams Urashima
Community Services Commission March 23, 2011
City of Huntington Beach
2000 Main Street
Huntington Beach, CA 92648
Transmitted via email to Dave Dominguez, March 23, 2011
RE: The naming of Triangle Park (Block 505), Main Street, Huntington Beach
Members of the Commission:
I recommend retaining the historic name, Triangle Park, for Triangle Park.
I have included with this letter, excerpts from a historical chronology of Triangle Park and
downtown historic issues from the City archives. The documents included city council minutes
(originally referred to as the board of trustees)and city publications, all found on the City website
archive records search.
The first references to the park as"triangular park"and then"triangle park"were only several
years after the park was deeded to the City in 1917. The name was continually used from that
point, in City minutes and documents, as well as by residents.
This is one of our oldest City parks in the oldest part of town, and its name should reflect the
history of Huntington Beach. Designating it with a name that does not have local significance or
that is political in nature is, in effect, erasing history.
You will note in the chronology, the number of times the local community has risen to the effort to
preserve the park and library, as part of the historic downtown. Let's respect the history of
Huntington Beach and, once and for all, confirm the name as Triangle Park.
Thank you,
Mary Adams Urashima
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Triangle Park Historic Chronology
1917
Block 505 deeded to the City of Huntington Beach by the Huntington Beach Company
for use as a public park.
Ordinance 229 accepted the grant of Blocks 405 and 505 from the Huntington Beach
Company. "Part of the park property was used as a tent hotel complex for the
accommodation of persons unable to find housing." (Historical Notes, 1975)
1921
Block 405 and 505 (old Civic Center blocks) deeded to City;no language specifically
removing public park land deed restriction.
"On July 5, 1921, a lease contract was signed with R.E. Wright who constructed small
beaverboard houses and rented them for$30 and$35 a month of which $8 a year went to
the City. Bungalet Court, more commonly known as "Cardboard Alley"was located on
the triangular piece of land where the Horseshoe Clubhouse was later built."(Historical
Notes, 1975)
1922
Construction began on the Civic Center—consisting of city hall and auditorium
adjacent to the triangular park. The City's civic center remained at this site for 51
years.
1924
City instructs street superintendent to have Block 505 leveled and graded. (January)
City trustees discuss "matter of tree planting and improvement"at Block 505. Trustees
referred this to the City park committee. (May)
City trustees review "sketch of a proposed plan for tree planting on Block 505"which
was approved and referred to the Street and Park committee "with authority to act".
(June)
1925
City trustees discuss letter from H.S. Hancock "advocating the use of Block 505 for a
recreation park, suggesting tennis, croquet, and handball courts as being a very
desirable form of amusement. The letter was discussed with considerable interest..."
(February 2, 1925 Board of Trustees minutes)
City trustees vote to have Block 505 "seeded to grass." (March 16, 1925 Board of
Trustees minutes)
City trustees correct financial entry for"paving Fifth Street and lighting Sixth Street
adjacent to Block 505 which is the park site in the rear of city hall." (June)
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1926
City trustees "invite citizens to discuss the future location of the bandstand' including
"triangular park in block 505." (April)
City trustees discuss improvements at Block 505, including"tennis rack, horseshoe,
croquet ground, checker boards and other playground equipment." Referred to City park
committee. (July)
1930
The Horseshoe Club filed a request with the City for"improvements of horseshoe
grounds at triangle park."(Novemberl7, 1930)
1931
"The Horseshoe Club was constructed...on the north east corner of Triangle Park, it was
used by several clubs for meetings until 1942...During the war, the American Red Cross
set up headquarters in the building where they gave first aid and volunteers rolled
bandages." (Historical Notes, 1975)
1932
Council discusses "donating"a site of the required size to the U.S. Post Office
Department on Block 505 for a post office.
"Janitor service to be performed once daily by the Triangle Park gardener"for the
Horseshoe Club. (April 25, 1932 city council minutes)
1933
City council discusses selling"for a cash consideration of at least$8500"Block 505 to
the federal government for a post office. Council divided about eliminating public park.
Some want the post office closer to the businesses (note: this was in the developed area at
the present-day post office location). One trustee says he has polled most of the
community and that the"heavy tax payers"want the post office at the park site. Council
agrees to communicate offer to sell site to federal government. (February)
1942
Boy Scouts ask to use Horseshoe Club building at T riangle Park at least one evening
each week. (October 5, 1942 city council minutes)
1946
"Councilman Hawes recommended that the B-17 owned by the City be placed somewhere
near the City airport instead of Triangle Park on account of the many difficulties in
transporting the plane to the center of the City. The matter was referred to the Streets
and Parks Committee for their recommendation." (May 20, 1946 city council minutes)
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Clive Adams, Huntington Beach Red Cross chairman, requests use of the Horseshoe Club
building at Triangle Park. (April 15, 1946 city council minutes)
1948
Library Board of Trustees asks city council to consider a new library building in the civic
center(Old Civic Center) "as their survey indicates the facilities in the present building
are inadequate to handle increased use by the public."(July 7, 1948 city council minutes)
"Councilman Langenbeck, Chairman of the Streets and Parks Committee, reported that it
was the recommendation of that committee that the children be permitted to play in the
City parks." (November 15, 1948 city council minutes)
1949
Construction process for the Main Street library—delayed by World War 11—initiates.
1950
The City Council receives bids for"the construction of public library building."
(October 2, 1950 city council minutes)
Huntington Beach Fire Department requests "permission to retain the putting greens
located on the side of the old horseshoe court at 6`h and Magnolia" (Triangle Park)and
refers to the putting greens now being managed by the Recreation Department. (October
2, 1950 city council minutes)
1951
"When the current Main Street facility (library), consisting of 9.000 square feet, was
completed in 1951, it was celebrated for its size and its design...The 1951 structure
opened with 40,000 volumes with a budget of$40,000. The marble fa(ade at the
entrance was a real attraction. The walls were pre-cast, reinforced concrete sections.
The ceiling was acoustical and the heating was provided by radiant pipes embedded in
the floor. The large picture window at the north east end of the building displayed
various artwork several times a year...The attractive park site remains a fine setting for
the building."
(Historical Notes, 1975)
1969
"People for Parks" formed to campaign for bond measure to support both large and
neighborhood parks. "Knowing the majority of citizens really were in favor of more
parks the group proceeded to flood the community with information." A grant
application for matching funds was submitted to HUD in May and the bond measure
passed in June. The city's open space project was "used by HUD in connection with
budget hearings to illustrate to Congress that these were the type ofgrant applications it
would like to receive."
1972
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City conducts survey of paleontological, archaeological and historical physical resources
'from prehistoric times to 1920." In 1985, the Historical Society notes the 1972 survey
did not include the downtown area and had a"narrow scope." "Interestingly enough,
although a number of representative structures were available for investigation in the
downtown, the study does not seem to have considered this area." (July 8, 1985
Historical Society letter to Mayor Ruth Bailey)
1978
City obtains appraisal of library and park area of Block 505 from Locke Land Services
and instructs appraiser to"appraise the property as if it is vacant and available for
development." The "land only"appraisal is $870,000.
Council reviews Old Civic Center site proposals. "The existing 9,180 square foot Main
Street Branch Library on the site will remain..."
1979
Old Civic Center Specific Plan proposes zone change,but retains library; proposes effort
to revitalize without conflicting with"stable residential uses surrounding the site".
CDBG funds budgeted for demolition of old civic center buildings "excluding the
library"(inter department communication from Acting Planning Director James Palin,
June 11, 1979). Plans include exterior improvement and re-landscaping existing branch
library. 9146. Permitted uses are"1) libraries, 2)senior citizen centers, 3)public outdoor
recreation uses, 4)uses attendant to the above."9146.2 Same. Pre existing uses: "...shall
be exempt from the regulations imposed under this specific plan."
Ordinance 2410 adds new Article 914, creating Old Civic Center Specific Plan(9/11/79).
Pre existing use of library exempt from specific plan and listed as a permitted use, along
with"senior citizen centers" and"outdoor recreation."
1980
Ordinance 2410 adds new Article 914, creating Old Civic Center Specific Plan(9/11/79).
Pre existing use of library exempt from specific plan and listed as the first permitted use,
along with"senior citizen centers"and"outdoor recreation." Ordinance passed and
adopted in January 1980.
Coastal Commission Pcrn it application for Old Civic Center Specific Plan 79-1 excludes
Main Street Branch Library: "the existing 9,180 square foot Main Street Branch Library
will remain...cosmetic improvements are planned to enhance the structure. The building
is one story with a mezzanine and has a site coverage of 48 percent."(June 1980)
1985
Huntington Beach Historical Society requests a historic resources survey"be undertaken
at once, before the city loses touch with its history." The Society notes the 1972 survey
did not include the downtown area and had a"narrow scope." "Interestingly enough,
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although a number of representative structures were available for investigation in the
downtown, the study does not seem to have considered this area." (July 8, 1985 letter
from Historic Society to Mayor Ruth Bailey)
City staff recommends historic resources survey with special emphasis on the downtown
area, in conjunction with the Historical Society's "Huntington Beach Heritage
Committee." (July 12, 1985 Request for council action)
1986
Council reviews Main—Pier Precise Use Master Plan which includes an Old Town
Historical Area near the post office and a proposed convention center. A redevelopment
zone, the plan proposes relocation of residents in the area. Council discusses formation
of Downtown Citizens Advisory Committee.
301h Street Architects conducts historical survey of downtown, setting up an office in the
Main Street library with the historical resources board. Historic Resources Board
presents report recommending preservation "to encourage incorporation of outstanding
reminders of the City's past within the redesigned downtown. The inclusion of these
reminders of the past will help residents understand the history of their community and
generate a heightened sense of pride in their home town."
1988
City Council directs enforcement of seismic compliance in downtown area. Residents
ask Council"not to use a heavy hammer" in dealing with the problem and describe
downtown's"historic value." (January 25, 1988 City Council minutes)
Historical Society requests of the city council "that something be done in order to assure
the community that the results of the Historical Resources Survey be reported prior to the
demolition of any more potentially historic structures."(Request for council action,
February 10, 1986)
State Office of Historic Preservation tours downtown and concludes a"Register-eligible
district does exist downtown". State Historic Resources Inventory coordinator, Donald
Napoli, states"the City is in an excellent position to conserve and enhance this important
historic resource as part of its e forts to develop an attrcctive commercial area
downtown." State raises concerns re: downtown redevelopment effort and compliance
with CEQA. (Letter, May 13, 1988)
City Historic Resources Board recommends hiring new consultant to review 1986 survey
and State Office of Preservation recommendations. Board recommends defining the
boundaries of a historic district as a"first priority for revitalizing downtown Huntington
Beach." (Letter to Mayor John Erskine, June 20, 1988)
Johnson Heumann Research Associates "concurs with the judgment"of the State Office
of Historic Preservation that "a potential National Register of Historic Places district
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does exist" in the downtown. (November 2, 1998 letter to Community Development
department)
1989
Johnson Heumann Research Associates historical survey of downtown recommends
preservation of downtown post office. Report recommends sites of greatest architectural
or historical significance, including post office(316 Olive Street)and old city hall (218-
220 Fifth Street). The historical survey found"556 pre-1946 structures in the Downtown
Study Area. Of these, 103 are considered potential landmarks and another 115 are
located within potential historic districts."
1993
City budget proposed closing Main Street and Banning branch libraries. This was
protested by residents and the high school Model United Nations program,which had a
program research library housed at the Main Street library. The Council voted
unanimously to remove the branch library closure from the budget.
1994
Cultural Master Plan report states, "In a community that has changed so profoundly over
the past 20 years, it is important to develop, nourish, and retain a sense of the
community's history and cultural identity." (Cultural Master Plan for Huntington Beach
Final Report, October 1994)
2001
City budget proposed closing Main Street branch library. Residents protested at city
council budget sessions. The council voted unanimously to remove the branch library
closure from the budget. (September 4, 2001 city council minutes)
2010
Ninety-three years after the land was deeded to the City for public park use,Triangle
Park is added to the City of Huntington Beach list of parks at the October 18, 2010, city
council meeting. The historic park surrounding the historic Main Street Library—known
to the community as Triangle Park—is designated as an official city park.
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PARK NAMING COMMENTS SUMMARY FOR 525 MAIN STREET
Name Triangle Violet Former Other
Park Cowden Mayor
Community Services Commission Meeting March 9,2011
1 Mayor Joe Carchio Via memo to CSC-Ronald Reagan Park X
2 Councilmember Joe Shaw Via memo to CSC-Former Mayor X
3 Gloria Alvarez Via Email and Public Speaker-Triangle X
4 Barbara Haynes Via Public Speaker-Triangle X
5 Diane Ryan Via Public Speaker-Triangle X
6 Sam Heritage Via Email-Triangle X
7 Mary Adams Urashima Via Email-Triangle X
8 Susie Worthy Via Public Speaker-Triangle X
Park Naming&Memorials Committee Meeting 03.29.11
9 Ken Skolyan Via Email 3/24/11 -Triangle X
10 Lee Salkowitz Via Email 3/24/11 -Triangle X
11 David Rice Via Email 3/24/11 -Triangle X
12 Merle Moshiri Via Email 3/24/11 -Triangle X
13 Shaikh Sarmad Via Email 3/24/11 -Triangle X
14 Tim Geddes Via Email 3/24/11 -Triangle X
15 Janet Hayden Via Email 3/24/11 -Triangle unless someone did X X
something specifically for HB
16 Cynthia Coats Via email 3/24/11 Not opposed to new name but is X
opposed to Ronald Reagan Park
Via Email 3/24/11 -Name it Triangle and dedicate it to
17 Bill Borden all former mayors. Have Gavel Walk of Fame with One X X
Star for every former mayor of city.
18 Kim Kramer Via Email 3/24/11 -Triangle X
19 Nancy Meeks Via Email 3/24/11 -Triangle X
20 Milt Dardis Via Email 3/24/11 -Triangle X
22 Betsy Roth Via Email 3/24/11 -Triangle X
23 Rosalind Freeman Via Email'3/24/11 -Triangle X
24 Marinka Horack Via Email 3/24/11 -Triangle X
25 Dave& Lori Courdy Via Email 3/24/11 -Triangle X
26 Jerry Logan Via Email 3/24/11 -Triangle X
26 Janet Logan Via Email 3/24/11 -Triangle X
27 Rana Sabeh Via Email 3/24/11 -Triangle X
28 Tim Geddes Via Email 3/25/11 -Triange-2nd comment
29 Diane Amendola Via Email 3/25/11 -Triangle X
30 Lois Vackar Via Email 3/25/11 -Triangle-not Reagan X
31 Susan Schwartz Via Email 3/25/11 -Triangle X
32 Gabriel Ramon Via Email 3/25/11 -Triangle X
33 Ron Propas Via Email 3/25/11 -Triangle X
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PARK NAMING COMMENTS SUMMARY FOR 525 MAIN STREET
Name Triangle Violet Former Other
Park Cowden Mayor
34 Marcia& Michael Curran Via Email 3/25/11 -Triangle X
35 Mary Adams Urashima Via Email 3/25111 -Additional Comment GPA No. 10-
002
36 Richardson Gray Via Email 3/25/11 -Per General Plan-Triangle GPA X
No. 10-002
37 Ms. S. Via Email 3/25/11 -Triangle X
38 Lisa Sullivan Via Email 3/25/11 -Triangle-not Reagan X
39 Lori Young Via Email 3/25/11 -Triangle X
40 Robert Sternberg Via Email 3/25/11 -Triangle X
41 Anthony Orenzo Via Email-Against naming-replace library with X
theater/playhouse
42 Mary Ellen Houseal Via Email 3/28/11 -Triangle X
43 Chris&Suzanne Hart Via Email 3/28/11 -Triangle X
44 Alison Goldenberg Via Email 3/28/11 -Triangle X
45 Richardson Gray Vial U.S. Mail-2009 Petition signed by 7,000 residents
-Triangle Park-2nd Comment
46 Karen&Herb Niles Via Email 3/28/11 -Triangle X
47 Joseph da Silva Via Email 3/28/11 -Triangle X
48 Kim Kramer Via Email 3/28/11 -Triangle-2nd comment
,9 Norm Westwell Via Email 3/28/11 -Proposes renaming the area to X
Socialist Square
50 Matt Dohman&Francesca Via Email 3/28/11 -Triangle X
DeNatale
51 Theresa Cocco Via Email 3/28/11 -Triangle X
52 Paul Edward Via Email 3/28/11 -Triangle X
53 Sue Wilkinson Via Email 3/28/11 -Triangle X
54 Lisa Sharlin Klein Via Email 3/28/11 -Triangle X
55 Bruce Wareh Via Email 3/28/11 -Triangle X
56 Susan Dodd Via Email 3/28/11 -Triangle X
57 Eileen Murphy Via Finail 3/28/11 -Triangle X
58 Dina Alvarez Via Email 3/28/11 -Triangle X
59 Fred&Alex Crim Via Email 3/28/11 -Triangle X
60 John Theriault Via Email 3/28/11 -Triangle X
61 Carrie Thomas Via Email 3/28/11 -Keep Triangle, however, if names X X
are considered: Grace Winchell
62 Evelyn Bernadou Via Email 3/28/11 -Triangle X
63 Deann McDaniel Via Email 3/28/11 -Triangle X
64 Alan Ray Via Email 3/28/11 -Triangle X
q5 Burnel Patterson Via Email 3/28/11 -Triangle X
.,6 Susan Worthy Via Hand Delivery 3/28/11 -Triangle-2nd Comment
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PARK NAMING COMMENTS SUMMARY FOR 525 MAIN STREET
Name Triangle Violet Former Other
Park Cowden Mayor
67 Kari Hawkey Via Email 3/29111 -Triangle X
68 Richard Tanguy Via Email 3/29/11 -Triangle X
69 Patick Hudson Via Email 3/29/11 -Triangle or consider Alice Park in X X
memoriam of Alice's Restaurant in Central Park
70 John Miles Via Email 3/29/11 -Triangle X
71 Marianne& David Merito Via Email 3/29/11 -Triangle X
72 David Bonaventura Via Email 3/29/11 -Triangle X
73 Robert McMahon Via Email 3/29/11 -Triangle X
74 Chuck Hausen Via Email 3/29/11 -Triangle X
75 Jack&Lenore Kirkorn Via Email 3/29/11 -Triangle X
76 Blair Farley Via Email 3/29/11 -Triangle X
77 Nancy Roth Via Email 3/29/11 -Triangle X
78 Dean&Mary Boddy Via Email 3/29/11 -Triangle X
79 David Rice Via Email 3/29/11 -Triangle HB Neighbors representing
2,000 local residents-2nd comment
80 Sharon&Terry Crowther Via Email 3/29/11 -Triangle X
81 Lois Freeman Via Email 3/29/11 -Triangle X
82 Jerri Johnson Via Email 3/29/11 -Triangle X
Hand Delivered at 3/29/11 PN Meeting if historically
83 Councilmember Joe Shaw committee agrees with Triangle ok, otherwise oldest X X
living former Mayor Don MacAllister
Note: All referenced Written Comments Delivered to 72 2 7
Parks Naming&Memorial Committee at 3/29/11 Meeting
Additional Written Comments Received Triangle FormerOther
Park Mayor
84 Historic Resources Board Hand Delivered at 3.29.11 Meeting X
85 John A. Hendricks Via Email 3/30/11 -Triangle X
86 Robert& Midge Castro Via Email 3!20/11 -Triangle or HB Historical Park X X
8t Paul Cross Via Email 3/30/11 -Triangle X
4 1
Community Services Commission May 11,2011 Triangle Violet FormerOther
Park Cowden Mayor
88 Angela Rainsberger, President Via Email 04/28/11 -HB Tomorrow's Position-Triangle X
HB Tomorrow Park
89 Cindy Cross, Executive Director Via Email 04/28/11 -Vi Cowden-decorated WWII X
HB 3/1 Marine Foundation Pilot&active in the community
90 Tim Geddes Via Email 04/28/11 -Triangle-2nd Response
91 Suzie and Bob Smith Via Email 04/28/11 -Triangle X
92 Diane Amendola Via Email 4/29/11 -Triangle-2nd Response
93 Dave Sullivan Via Email 04/30/11 -Vi Cowden X
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PARK NAMING COMMENTS SUMMARY FOR 525 MAIN STREET
Name Triangle Violet Former Other
Park Cowden Mayor
94 Peggy Wiemann Via Email 4/30/11 -Vi Cowden X
95 Col. B. B.Yarborough, USMC Via Email 4/30/11 -Vi Cowden X
Retired
96 John Jones, 1 st Vice Cmdr- Via Email 4/30111 -Vi Cowden X
American Legion Post 133
97 Natalie Kotsch Via Email 4/30/11 -Vi Cowden X
98 Mark Cohen Via Email 4/30/11 -Vi Cowden X
99 Denise Benner Via Email 4/30/11 -Triangle Park X
100 Connie Pedenko Via Email 5/1/11 -Vi Cowden X
101 Martha King Via Email 5/1/11 -Walter Johnson-former City X
Librarian
102 Karen Gabelhouse Via Email 5/1/11 -Vi Cowden X
Via Email 05/01/11 -Vi Cowden, Delbert"Bud"
103 Karen Pedersen X X
Higgins, Memorial Hall, Henry Huntington(Favorite)
104 Floyd Phillips Via Email 5/1/11 -Vi Cowden X
105 Mickey Pitre, Service Officer HB Via Email 05/02/11 -Vi Cowden X
American Legions Post 133
106 Carol Settimo Via Email 05/02/11 -Vi Cowden X
108 Conrad Neumann,Jr.,Adjutant, Via Email 5/2/11 -Vi Cowden X
VFW Post 11548
.J7 Conrad Neumann,Jr. Via Email 05/02/11 -Vi Cowden 2nd Comment
109 Dennis-Brewbakers Via Email 5/2/11 -Violet Cowden X
110 Richardson Gray Via U.S. Mail-letter dated 4/27/11 -Triangle (3rd
comment)
111 Duane Zellmer Via Email 5/2/11 -Vi Cowden X
112 Mr. & Mrs. Robert R. Davis Via Email 5/2/11 -Vi Cowden X
113 Shirley W. Orlando Via Email 5/3/11 -Vi Cowden X
114 Tina Bauer Via Email 05/02/11 -Vi Cowden X
115 Robert Pepper _ Via Email 5/3/11 -Vi Cowden X
1 1,6 Bonnie Copeland Via Email 5/3/11 -Vi Cowden X
117 Fred&Alice Cross Via Email 5/3111 -Vi Cowden X
118 Dale Dunn Via Email 5/3/11 -Vi Cowden X
119 Linda Hahn Via Email 513/11 -Vi Cowden X
120 Anita Coyoli-Cullen Via Email 5/4/11 -Vi Cowden X
121 Jeff Heileson Via Email 5/4/11 -Vi Cowden X
122 Eilene Hayes Via Email 5/4/11 -Vi Cowden X
123 Dixie Merrill Via Email 5/4/11 -Vi Cowden X
124 Kay Rosoff Via Email 5/4/11 -Vi Cowden X
'5 Guy Adams Via Email 5/4/11 -Vi Cowden X
126 Alice Fowlie Via Email 5/4/11 -Vi Cowden X
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PARK NAMING COMMENTS SUMMARY FOR 525 MAIN STREET
Name Triangle Violet Former Other
Park Cowden Mayor
127 T. Lowitz Via Email 5/4/11 -Vi Cowden X
128 Carol Welch Via Email 5/5/11 -Vi Cowden X
129 Tina Bauer Via Email 5/6/11 -Vi Cowden-2nd Comment
130 Sherry Avenatti Via Email 5/6/11 X
131 Pat Nagel Via Email 5/7/11 X
132 Richard Tanguy Vail Email 5/9/11 -Triangle-2nd Comment
133 Jack and Lenore Kirkorn Via Email 5/9111 -Triangle-2nd Comment
134 Marguerite Galich Via Email 5/9/11 -Triangle X
135 Bill and Elaine Parker Via Email 5/9/11 -Triangle X
136 Laura Holdenwhite Via Email 5/9/11 -Triangle X
137 Janet Logan Via Email 5/9/11 -Triangle-2nd Comment
138 Ralph Bauer Via Email 5/9/11 -Triangle or Adopted Policy X X
139 Ralph Palomares Jr. Via Email 5/9/11 -Triangle X
140 Chuck Hausen Via Email 5/9/11 -Triangle-2nd Comment
141 Ruthe Gorman Via Email 5/9/11 -Triangle X
142 Mary Jo Baretich Via Email 5/9/11 -Triangle X
143 Ursula Hartunian Via Email 519/11 -Triangle X
144 Paul Edward Via Email 5/9/11 -Triangle-2nd Comment
145 Kathy and Gene Bryant Via Email 5/9/11 -Triangle X
146 Robert Truitt Via Email 5/9/11 -Triangle X
147 Kristi Peckham Via Email 5/8/11 -Triangle X
148 Lucy Crabtree Via Email 5/9/11 -Triangle X
149 Roger& Marti Clark Via Email 5/9/11 -Triangle X
150 Kim Kramer Via Email 5/8/11 -Triangle-3rd Comment
151 Douglas Port Via Email 5/8/11 -Triangle X
152 John Hendricks Via Email 5/9/11 -Triangle-2nd Comment
153 Lisa Daniels Via Email 5/8/11 -Triangle X
154 Perna Johnson Via Email 5/8/11 -Triangle X
155 John Palomares Via Email 5/9/11 -Triangle X
156 Chris MacDonald Via Email 5/9/11 -Triangle X
157 Shelly Leeson Via Email 5/9/11 -Triangle X
158 R. H. Schnur Via Email 5/9/11 -Triangle X
159 Paul Howard Via Email 5/8/11 -Triangle? X
160 Ron Propas Via Email 5/9/11 -Triangle-2nd Comment
161 T. Sherry Via Email 5/9/11 -Triangle X
162 Alex Helmer Via Email 5/10/11 -Triangle X
163 Rana Sabeh Via Email 05/10/11 -Triangle-2nd Comment
164 Evelyn Bernadou Via Email 05/10/11 -Triangle-2nd Comment
165 Susan Schwartz Via Email 05/10/11 -Triangle-2nd Comment
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PARK NAMING COMMENTS SUMMARY FOR 525 MAIN STREET
Name Triangle Violet Former Other
Park Cowden Mayor
166 Cindi Mackie Via Email 05/10/11 -Triangle X
167 Marianne Merito Via Email 05/10/11 -Triangle-2nd Comment
168 Shefali Pandya Via Email 05/10/11 -Triangle X
169 Nancy Meeks Via Email 05/10/11 -Triangle-2nd Comment
170 Nancy Phillips Via Email 05/10/11 -Triangle X
171 Fred Crim Via Email 05/10/11 -Triangle-2nd Comment
172 Robert S Via Email 05/10/11 -Triangle X
173 Dean and Mary Boddy Via Email 05/10/11 -Triangle-2nd Comment
174 Mary Durham Via Email 05/10/11 -Vi Cowden X
175 Steve Schultz Via Email 05/10/11 -Triangle X
176 Judy Diaz Via Email 05/10/11 -Triangle X
177 Mary Ellen Housel Via Email 05/10/11 -Triangle-2nd Comment
178 Robert K. Sternberg Via Email 05/10/11 -Triangle-2nd Comment
179 Gloria Alvarez Via Email 5/10/11 -Letter re: HB Downtown Residents
Association Support for Triangle Park
180 Gloria Alvarez Via Email 5/10/11 -For CSC Meeting-Triangle
181 Don Lowe Via Email 5/10/11 -Triangle X
182 Suzanne Hart Via Email 5/10/11 -Triangle-2nd Comment
'3 Kat Nazionale Via Email 5/10/11 -Triangle X
184 Karen Cornell Via Email 5/10/11 -Vi Cowden X
185 Chris Hart Via Email 5/10/11 -Triangle-2nd Comment
186 Mike Curran Via Email 5/10/11 -Triangle X
187 Eileen Murphy Via Email 5/10111 -Triangle-2nd Comment
188 Alison Goldenberg Via Email 05/11/11 -Triangle-2nd Comment
189 Judy Pierpoint Via Email 05/11/11 -Triangle X
190 Elaine Montgomery Via Email 05/11/11 -Triangle X
191 Mary Urashima Via Email 05/11/11 -Triangle-3rd Comment
192 Dave&Lori Courdy Via Email 05/11/11 -Triangle-2nd Comment
193 Gabriel Stubin Via Email 05/11/11 -Triangle- X
194 Aaltje van Krieken Via Email 05/11/11 -Triangle X
39 37 0 3
Triangle Violet Former Other
Park Cowden Mayor
Subtotal All Comments as of 5111/11 115 37 2 11
Total Comments (1 comment per person) 165
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ATTACHMENT #4
City of Huntington Beach
hdCommunity Services Commission
PARK NAMING AND MEMORIALS COMMITTEE
rtu TINGTON BEACH MEETING SUMMARY
5:00 p.m., Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Civic Center, Council Chambers
Huntington Beach, CA 92648
Committee Members Present: David Hubbard; Susie Jones, Dan Moss;
Nick Tomaino
Committee Members Absent: Albert Gasparian (excused); Jay Kreitz (ex
officio - excused)
Staff Present: David Dominguez; Mary Loadsman
The meeting was called to order at 5:02 p.m.
Election of Committee Chair— Moss moved to nominate Nick Tomaino as Committee
Chair and Jones seconded the motion. Tomaino accepted the nomination. There being
no further nominations the motion passed unanimously.
Park Naming of Newland Residential Neighborhood Park -
Dominguez gave a brief overview of the Park Naming and Memorials process and the
need to officially name the 1.11-acre turf area surrounding the Main Street Library since
it is now included in the City's Park Inventory and designated as a Public Park in the
General Plan. Dominguez highlighted sections of Resolution No. 2004-90 including the
criteria for naming parks after a person or event of significance to the community . He
also stated that as part of the process, the naming of any park would require the
concurrence of both the Community Services Commission and City Council.
Dominguez noted that once the committee has heard the public comments and
reviewed the naming options, that their recommended action or actions would be
brought back to Commission for the May 11, 2011 meeting. Once the Community
Services Commission has had an opportunity to review the recommendation(s) and
listened to public comments that the park naming item would be recommended to City
Council.
Dominguez reported the city's park inventory currently consists of 73 parks with the
majority of parks named after former Huntington Beach mayors or adjacent school
properties. He reviewed each of the 13 parks not named as a former mayor/adjacent
school criteria as follows: Huntington Central Park, Lake Park, Discovery Well Park,
Edison Park, Murdy Park, Baca Park, Carr Park, Prince Park, Bluff Top Park, Farquhar
Park, Worthy Park, Davenport and Trinidad beach parks. Dominguez made note that
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March 29, 2011 Meeting
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some parks were named after Congressional Medal of Honor individuals, historical
relevance, donated property, or relevance to its location.
He explained public meeting notifications were sent to properties 1,000 feet from the
park boundary and interested parties. He reviewed the written comments received,
noting 76 responses requested Triangle Park due to historical reference, 1 response for
oldest former mayor still living, and 5 other park name options had been received
including Mayor Carchio's recommendation to name the area Ronald Regan Park.
Public Comments —
Diane Ryan, a Huntington Beach resident, spoke as a representative of the Historic
Resources Board (HRB). She has served 8 years on the HRB, with 2 years as Chair
and has taught a class on the History of Huntington Beach at Orange Coast College.
She noted the parkland has been referred to by residents as "Triangle Park" due to its
shape, as well as the historical reference in newspapers and city documents as far back
as 1926. She submitted a Letter of Recommendation from the HRB to name the area
"Triangle Park".
Richardson Gray, a Huntington Beach resident, lives across from the park. He noted
that public participation in the Downtown Specific Plan supported naming the area
"Triangle Park" due to its historical value.
Tim Geddes, a Huntington Beach resident, opposes naming the park, "Ronald Regan
Park". He supports naming the area "Triangle Park", due to its deep historic roots in the
community.
Gloria Alvarez, a Huntington Beach resident and member of the Downtown Residents
Association, thanked the Commission for first accepting the park into the parkland
inventory at the September meeting where she spoke in support, and again at the
March 9, 2011 for referring the parkland to the Park Naming & Memorials Committee.
She noted that City public records reflect the area as the second oldest park in
Huntington Beach. She pointed out written historical references referring to the area as
"Triangle Park" due to its shape, and city documents that she submitted for distribution
to the Committee and Commission. She supports naming the area "Triangle Park" due
to its historic significance.
Angela Rainsber-ger, a Huntington Beach resident and member of Huntington Beach
Residents (HBR), a non-profit organization with 2,000 members, asked the Committee if
they had received the letter from the HBR President, David Rice. She was here to
reiterate the organization supports naming the area "Triangle Park" due to its historic
significance.
Dave Sullivan, a Huntington Beach resident and former Mayor, commented the original
park name may have fallen through the cracks in the system. He noted the Main Street
Library should be on the historical register and disagrees with naming the area "Triangle
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Park". He is in favor of naming the park after former California Governor and former
United States President, Ronald Regan. He supports having the City conduct an on-
line vote of the public for the park naming for this area
There being no further comments, Tomaino called for questions or comments from
committee members.
Moss commented that this situation in particular has been a struggle between the
resolution and public sentiment. He is supportive of the historic value the area has as
Triangle Parke
Hubbard agreed that public comment for historic value is prevalent from the written
comments and speakers, and is also concerned with following proper protocol.
Tomaino noted politics aside, that parks have historically been named after former
mayors or adjacent schools. He pointed out that there have been parks named for
other circumstances as noted in the presentation, and that the shape of the parkland is
like a triangle. Tomaino added the benefit of having the area recognized as parkland
would ensure keeping valued open space available to residents and that with the
parkland status, it has protection under the City Charter subject to the vote of the
people. He noted it is one of Huntington Beach's oldest parks and that likely, there will
not be many new parks built in the future.
Hubbard expressed his appreciation for the process, that listening to the community and
residents is valuable. He noted the area is one of the oldest parks in the city with a 99
year history and that it is important to consider its historic value.
Motion:
Moved by Moss, seconded by Hubbard, to recommend naming the 1.11 acre
parkland surrounding the Main Street Library as Triangle Park.
Motion passed unanimously.
There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 5:40 p.m.
Submitted by:
David C. Dominguez
Secretary
Community Services Commission
By: Mary Loadsman, Recording Secretary
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Esparza, Patty
From: Flynn, Joan
Sent: Monday, June 20, 2011 3:02 PM
To: Esparza, Patty
Subject: FW: TRIANGLE PARK RECEIVED EROO, �
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JOAN L,FLYNN,CITY CLERK
Frown: Eileen Murphy [mailto:murphyeileen555@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday,June 20, 2011 2:48 PM
To: Flynn,Joan
Subject:TRIANGLE PARK
Joan: Could you please see the City Council get's this recommendation
Agenda item Council meeting 6/20 Re: Triangle Park
I think it would be wonderful to name it after Vi Cowden who did so much for the City and
the Country.
She was a Congressional Medal of Honor winner for her service to the Country as a
Woman Air Service Pilot (WASP) , She worked for the HB School Board. She had her
own china painting shop in HB. As a Board member for the Bolsa Chica Land Trust she
cleaned the Beach for five months every year for nine years.
She holds the record for being the oldest person to jump from a plane from 23,000 feet in
a tandem parachute with a Golden Knight (an elite Army unit) when she was 90 years old.
She recently passed away at 94 years young.
She served our country and our city with great devotion
Eileen Murphy
201 21 st Street
HB CA 92648
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