52155 Eisenhower Drive
DPR 523L (09/2013)
Identifier: 773225018 Date Constructed: 1937
UTM Zone: 11S, 564121 mE; 3725742 mN
Neighborhood: The Cove
Tract: Santa Carmelita Unit No 11; Recorded January 31, 1935, MB 18/75
Owner and Address: Dorothy A. Jamieson, Jed M. Babbitt; 52155 Eisenhower Drive, La Quinta CA 92253
Updated Description: The 52155 Eisenhower Drive property was constructed in 1937 in the La Quinta Cove neighborhood. The
two-story residence was constructed in the Spanish Colonial Revival style with Monterey influences. The building has a rectangular
plan with a low-pitched side-gable roof clad in red tiles. Exterior walls are clad in stucco. The east elevation has a balcony with french
doors. At the front elevation, first floor there is a multi-panel door. During the prior 1997 and the current survey, the residence was
partially obscured by heavy vegetation. There does not appear to have been any significant alterations to the subject property since
the previous survey. The red roof tiles, the stucco facade, the multi-pane casement windows, and french doors at the balcony are all
extant.
Updated Significance: This dwelling is a contributor to the La Quinta Cove Thematic Historic District which is considered eligible
under Local Criterion B (events) for its association with the Residential Development theme. The Cove district is also considered
eligible under Local Register Criterion A (special element) as the first residential subdivision within the boundaries of the city
constructed with Spanish Revival style homes and eligible under Local Register Criterion E as a geographically definable area
possessing a concentration of buildings, structures, and improvements linked historically. The dwelling retains a sufficient level of
integrity from the 1935 to 1950 period of significance for individual designation. The district is not formally designated, and the
property is assigned a 5B status code: Locally significant both individually (listed, eligible, or appears eligible) and as contributor to a
multi-component resource like a district that is locally listed, designated, determined eligible, or appears eligible through survey
evaluation.
The dwelling has not been found individually eligible under NRHP/CRHR/Local Criterion A/1/B, as it has not been associated with
significant events or patterns of events in local, regional, state, or national history; not individually eligible under Criterion B/2/B, as it
has not been identified as having an association with an important person; and not individually eligible under Criterion D/4/D, as
further study of the dwelling would not appear to yield information which could be considered important in local, regional, state, or
national history. Additionally, the property was not found to be individually eligible under Local Register Criterion A, as it was not
found to exemplify a special element of the City of La Quinta.
This property individually embodies the distinctive characteristics of a Spanish Colonial Revival style “casita” bungalow built in the
Cove during the 1930s is considered individually significant under Local Criterion C/3/C for embodying the distinctive characteristics
of a type, period, or method of construction. As the dwelling has not been substantially altered, this dwelling maintains integrity
from the historic period.
State of California — The Resources Agency
DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION
CONTINUATION SHEET
Primary#:
HRI #: None
Trinomial: N/A
CRHR Status Code: 5B
Other Listings: Urbana Survey No. 131
ý Update
Resource Name: 52155 Eisenhower Drive
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DPR 523L (09/2013)
52155 Eisenhower Drive_1: View southwest of the front (east) elevation.
52155 Eisenhower Drive_2: View northwest of the front (east) elevation.
State of California — The Resources Agency
DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION
CONTINUATION SHEET
Primary#:
HRI #: None
Trinomial: N/A
CRHR Status Code: 5B
Urbana Survey No: 131 Resource Name: 52155 Eisenhower Drive
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DPR 523J (09/2013) *Required Information
*Map Name: La Quinta *Scale: 1:24,000 *Map Date: 2021
State of California — The Resources Agency
DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION
LOCATION MAP
Primary#:
HRI #: None
Trinomial: N/A
CRHR Status Code: 5B
Other Listings: Urbana Survey No. 131 Resource Name: 52155 Eisenhower Drive
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