25B - AGMT - HISTORIC PROPERTY - 118 W 5TH ST

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CONSTRUCTION HISTORY: (Construction data, alterations, and date of alterations) Note: Historically, this building also included the addresses 421 -431 North Sycamore Street, 118 -120 West Fifth July 1922: January 1923: January 26, 1981: December 19, 1981 January 19.1982: February 1, 1982: May 11. 1982: July 15, 1982: Business block. Finish 2 "d floor for business building. Add new mezzanine & bring to code. Tenant improvement, foundation only Seismic remodel. Office partitions in basement. Interior offices. Alter existing 2nd floor offices. 120 West Fifth: April 6, 1984: Roof repair, fire damage repair. June 18. 1985: Seismic, mezzanine additions. August 21, 1985: Rehab building. September 23, 1985: Exterior historic rehab, alter interior. October 5, 1987: Tenant improvement (1" floor), 421 -429 North St January 25, 1927 August 28, 1973: April 25, 1978: May 19,1978: camore Street: Alterations. Interior partitions & openings for Banco del Pueblo. Close door way, install front door. Interior partitions. 415 North Sycamore Street: July 15, 1935: Alterations. 421431 North Sycamore Street: October 30,1978: Remodel restaurant. RELATED FEATURES: (Other important features such as hams, sheds, fences, prominent or unusual trees, or landscape) None DESCRIPTION: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, settings, and boundaries.) This two -story commercial building is located on the southeast comer of Sycamore and Fifth Streets. Of wire -cut brick construction, the building is divided into five equally sized bays on the west (Sycamore Street) elevation and another five bays plus a smaller entry bay on the north (Fifth Street) elevation. A belt course bands the facades between stories while a denticulated frieze, picked out in contrasting color brick, circles the top of the building. Piers with triangular caps define the bay divisions on the upper story. Small pedestals above the piers and raised parapet above the north entry bay characterize the roofline. Each second floor bay contains a pair of one - over -one double -hung sash windows topped by a spandrel panel outlined in contrasting brick. Ground floor bays contain glazed display windows set over solid bulkheads and topped by bands of transom windows. Storefront entries are either recessed, double, glazed doors with transoms or offset single doors. An ornamental terracotta surround articulates the northern entry to the upstairs offices. Damaged by a fire in 1984, the building has been rehabilitated to an appropriate historic appearance. HISTORIC HIGHLIGHTS: The Ramona Building was built in 1922 on the site of the Fashion Stables and Livery (1915) for L. D. Mercereau. W. W. Kays was the architect of the combination retail and office structure, which was constructed at a cost of $45,000. An additional $15,000 was spent in 1923 to finish the building. Early tenants of the building included Remington Typewriters, Federal Finance, and W. C. Nelty Dry Goods. Subsequent occupants included the Shafer Music Company and the Irvine Company (Thomas, 7:22; Les). RESOURCE ATTRIBUTES: (List attributes and codes from Appendix 4 of Instructions for Recording Historical Resources. Office of Historic Preservation.) (HP 6) 1 -3 story Commercial Building Page 2 of 4 un historic mmplwm r di l IS W IRnnuiu WWI 7 10 01 25B -7