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San Mateo Historic Context Statement

This Historic Context Statement provides a comprehensive overview of the City of San Mateo’s development from prehistory to the present. It identifies key themes, periods, and property types that define the city’s built environment. It is intended to serve as a planning document to guide and inform the identification and treatment of historic resources.

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Where is owner consent for properties to be considered as contributing to a historic district addressed? The City Council clearly stated that consent from owners is required.
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Again, individual properties that do not meet integrity criteria would be considered non-contributing properties. Given the prevalence of homes from this period, virtually every home would be considered contributing to a historic district under these criteria.
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I would add "and historic significance" to this statement. Virtually every property built during this period would be eligible to be historic using these criteria for modern constructed homes.
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I disagree with this statement. Contributing properties to a historic district have a requirement to meet integrity thresholds. If they do not meet these criteria, they would be considered non-contributing properties.
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This is a subjective comment about what residential properties "should" maintain over time. As a minimum, this statement needs a qualifier that it only applies to properties that are considered eligible for listing.
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Appears to be referencing the wrong Figure/drawing.
The Baywood Park Company went bankrupt approximately 1935, and the style of homes changed from primarily revival styles, to eclectic and ranch. By 1939, nearly 80% of the infill was ranch. Whether this was the BK, or the change in taste post depression... hard to say. However, by comparison, St. Frances Wood which was built out during the same period remained mostly revival type, until the end of its period of significance.

If more information is needed about the BK, I can furnish copies of the filings. I believe after the Park company dissolved, the rest of the Parrott estate was sold off in pieces, and different developers finished off different portions of the estate.
This number does not make sense, give more context.
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Bayshore Highway was four lanes only until the 1940s, not six.

"...one of the most dangerous roads in the country." A frequent nickname for the road was "Bloody Bayshore."
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The last service on 40 Line was January 15-16, 1949.
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Within San Mateo city limits, after exiting downtown the north-running interurban tracks ran up Ellsworth Ave to Poplar to San Mateo Drive, becoming California Drive, before entering a dedicated right-of-way adjacent to the railroad just north of the Burlingame Station.
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San Mateo High School not extant; demolished and rebuilt 2005.
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Irving F. Morrow (typo)

In addition: Irving Morrow collaborated with his wife, Gertrude Comfort Morrow (also a licensed architect) on architectural work between the years 1925 and 1940. It is reasonable to presume that Gertrude may have been involved in the design of the San Mateo Theater.
St. Cyr Estate, formerly the Howard Estate but AKA the Bowie Estate and also owned in between by Eugene De Sabla Jr. "El Cerrito."
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Figure 38 - 135 Avila Road
I think "propriety" should be "proprietor."
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The Parrott Estate was originally annexed by the town of Hillsborough in 1910, before being de-annexed and joined with San Mateo in 1927, as noted.
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518 Hurlingham also identified as Julia Morgan by researcher Sara Boutelle.

425 Edgewood Road, not Drive?
Possible rephrase: "Antoine Borel donated a downtown lot for the construction of Library Hall, which had entrances on both Main and B Streets. The building featured a meeting hall, reading room and club rooms."

Possibly also worth noting that the true front entrance of Library Hall faced towards Main Street and the train station/plaza where the Cinemark now sits. In the second incarnation of Library Hall, the building remained primarily oriented towards the plaza, and the engine company opened onto B Street.
"The building replaced..." Library Hall replaced Wisnom Hall?
"Avenues" vs "Streets" should be correctly identified. Avenues in the downtown are numbered, Streets were lettered. 2nd, 5th, etc, are Avenues not Streets.
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James Byrnes House at 713 First Avenue, not First Street.
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El Cerrito was adjacent to the hill which gave it its name, not on it.

The Howard home which later became the first Burlingame town hall was moved in 1910, but the name of the estate, "El Cerrito" did not transfer with it, and continued to be used for the later home on the site built by Eugene De Sabla. Would suggest perhaps saying instead "The original Howard home was moved..."
Typo- "this" should be "his"
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The name of William Howard's business partner is spelled with a U in the first sentence and an E in the second; I do not know which is correct (Mullus/Mellus).
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There are three instances across the document where San Francisco has been misspelled as "San Francico".
During the Mexican period, the pueblo which would later become San Francisco was known by the name Yerba Buena.