national register nomination for boulevard park historic

Chapter 3
FINDINGS AND INTERPRETATIONS
Boulevard Park is already a designated historic district of the city of Sacramento.
This designation was a result of a 1976 historic resources survey undertaken by the city
of Sacramento after the creation of the city’s first historic preservation ordinance in 1975.
This survey identified fifteen suggested historic districts within the boundaries of
Sacramento’s original 1849 city grid, including Boulevard Park. 55 . The city of
Sacramento formally adopted Boulevard Park as a historic district in 1985. 56
As defined by the 1976 survey, the district’s significance derives from its
predominant architectural styles, Craftsman and Colonial Revival, with a period of
significance of 1905-1915. This context mentions landscape features, including the
boulevard strips, setbacks and trees, but with little detail. The district includes large areas
to the east of the Boulevard Park development that were outside the original
development, including many buildings constructed prior to 1905. A list of contributors
and non-contributors to the district is not included, but the survey included individual
forms for approximately 60 buildings within the city district. No social history context or
development history is included in the significance statement. While the 1976 districts
provided the initial framework for Sacramento’s historic preservation program, and
helped to limit demolition of historic buildings in the central city, criteria for designation
55
City of Sacramento, “Sacramento Residential Survey,” (Charles Hall Page & Associates, January 1976)
p. 20
56
City of Sacramento, “Sacramento Register of Historic & Cultural Resources,” (City of Sacramento:
Sacramento September 2010) p. 128
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