77600 Fernando (Avenida) - George E. Allen House
DPR 523A (09/2013) *Required information
State of California — The Resources Agency
DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION
PRIMARY RECORD
Review Code Reviewer Date
Resource Name: George E. Allen House
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Primary#: P-33-xxx
HRI#: None
Trinomial #: N/A
CRHR Status Code: 6Z
Other Listings: Urbana Survey No. 480
*P3b. Resource Attributes: HP2. Single Family Property
*P4. Resources Present: ¨ Building ý Structure o Object o Site o District o Element of District o Other
P5b. Description of Photo: 77600 Avenida
Fernando_1: View facing northeast of the southern
privacy wall and driveway.
*P6. Date Constructed/Age and Source
ýHistoric: 1949; ParcelQuest
o Prehistoric
o Both
*P7. Owner and Address:
Austen Family Revocable Trust; Denise Austin;
Jeffrey W. Austin
2108 The Strand,
Hermosa Beach, CA 90254
*P8. Recorded by:
Urbana Preservation & Planning, LLC
www.urbanapreservation.com
*P9. Date Recorded: June-July 2022
*P10. Survey Type:
Citywide Survey; Intensive Level
*P3a. Description: The 77600 Avenida Fernando property is a one-story, wood frame single-family residence. It was built in the Spanish
Colonial Revival style with Mediterranean Revival elements. The dwelling faces south from the north side of Avenida Fernando. It features a
U-shaped plan with an asymmetrical façade. The dwelling has a low-pitch hipped roof clad with red clay tiles, with brick masonry chimneys.
The roof has broad, overhanging open eaves with exposed rafter ends and facia boards. An attached garage is located at the west wing of the
residence. Exterior walls are clad with stucco. The fenetration at the front elevation is obscured by a stucco-clad privacy wall that spans the
entire length of the south elevation. However, real estate listing images depict a mixture of steel framed fixed-pane windows, aluminum
sliding windows, vinyl casement windows, wood framed glass doors, and stucco framed arched fixed picture windows across the property.
The majority of the façades are covered with shed roof patios clad with red clay tiles and supported by stone columns. The character defining
features of Spanish Colonial Revival homes that can be seen on the subject property include: asymmetrical façades, clay tile roofing, stucco-
clad walls, exposed beam ends, and arched openings. Mediterranean Revival elements include the porches supported by stone columns and
wrought iron decorative features across the dwelling façades.
P1. Other Identifier: N/A
*P2. Location: o Not for Publication ý Unrestricted
*a. County: Riverside
*b. USGS 7.5' Quad: La Quinta Date: 2021 T ; R ; ¼ of ¼ of Sec ; B.M. __
c. Address: 77600 Avenida Fernando City: La Quinta Zip: 92253
d. UTM Zone: 11S, 563912.85 mE / 3727992.09 mN
e. Other Locational Data: N/A
Neighborhood: Not Associated with a Residential Neighborhood; APN: 658170011
*P11. Report Citation: Urbana Preservation & Planning, LLC. La Quinta Citywide Historical Resources Survey and Context Statement,
2023.
*Attachments: o None ý Location Map ý Continuation Sheet ý Building, Structure, and Object Record
o Archaeological Record o District Record o Linear Feature Record o Milling Station Record o Rock Art
Record o Artifact Record o Photograph Record o Other:
DPR 523B (09/2013) *Required information
State of California — The Resources Agency
DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION
BUILDING, STRUCTURE, AND OBJECT RECORD
Resource Name: George E. Allen House
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(This space reserved for official comments.)
Primary#:
HRI#:
Trinomial #:
CRHR Status Code: 6Z
Other Listings:
Other Listings: Urbana Survey No. 480
B1. Historic Name: N/A
B2. Common Name: George E. Allen House
B3. Original Use: Single-Family Dwelling B4. Present Use: Single-Family Dwelling
*B5. Architectural Style: Spanish Colonial Revival / Mediterranean Revival
B11. Additional Resource Attributes: None Identified
*B12. References: Urbana Preservation & Planning, LLC. La Quinta Citywide Historical
Resources Survey and Context Statement, 2023. See Continuation Sheet for additional
references.
B13. Remarks: None
*B14. Evaluator: Urbana Preservation & Planning, LLC | www.urbanapreservation.com
*Date of Evaluation: December 2022
The 77600 Avenida Fernando property was researched at the City of La Quinta, the La Quinta Historical Society, the La Quinta Public Library,
and via online archives including Coachella Valley Telephone Directories (1946-1957), City of La Quinta building permits, regional newspapers
within the UC Riverside California Digital Newspaper Collection, aerial imagery from ca. 1930s forward, and the Riverside County Assessor's
Office online property search. Results are limited. The property is not listed in available Coachella Valley Telephone Directories. See
Continuation Sheet for significance and integrity conclusions.
*B6. Construction History: The subject property was constructed in 1949. In 1987, property owner William L. Puget obtained a permit
to remodel the dwelling; the work was completed by T.A. Kennedy Construction (Permit No. 002631). In 1991, Puget obtained a permit to
erect a 9 ft block wall; the work was completed by HRA Construction (Permit No. 9498). In 2001, Puget obtained a permit to reroute a gas line
for pool equipment; the work was completed by Maple Lead Plumbing (Permit No. 0109-088). In 2001, Puget obtained a permit to construct a
1160 sf. open trellis patio cover and retaining walls (Permit No. 0109-234). Available aerial photography indicate that additions have been
added to the original dwelling since its initial construction, notably during the 1980s, when the west wing was extended northward. Most, if
not all, original windows and doors have been replaced and the essential form of the residence has changed over time.
*B7. Moved? ý No o Yes o Unknown Date: N/A Original Location: N/A
*B8. Related Features: None
B9a. Architect: Not Identified b. Builder: Not Identified
*B10. Significance:
Theme: Residential Development, 1934 – 1970s; Recreation and Leisure, 1926 - 1970s Area: City of La Quinta
Period of Significance: N/A Property Type: Residential Applicable Criteria: NRHP / CRHR / Local ineligible
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#: None
HRI #: None
Trinomial: N/A
CRHR Status Code: 6Z
Other Listings: Urbana Survey No. 480
Resource Name: George E. Allen House
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George E. Allen
House
DPR 523L (09/2013)
Primary Record Information Continued:
77600 Avenida Fernando_2: View facing north of the southern privacy wall, driveway, and gateway.
State of California — The Resources Agency
DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION
CONTINUATION SHEET
Primary#: P-33-xxx
HRI #: None
Trinomial: N/A
CRHR Status Code: 6Z
Other Listings: Urbana Survey No.: 480 Resource Name: George E. Allen House
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DPR 523L (09/2013)
Building, Structure, Object Information Continued:
B10. Statement of Significance Continued:
Past owners and occupants include: George E. Allen (1949; Permits), Celia Sue Ashworth (1982; Desert Sun), and William L. Puget (1987-2001;
Permits). The property was originally owned and built for George E. Allen (1896-1973), a lawyer and confidant of several presidents going back to
Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman. Allen was closest to President Dwight D. Eisenhower, a friendship which started in World War II. After the
war and during Eisenhower’s presidency, Allen was one of a small group of businessmen known as “Ike’s millionaires” who advised the president and
accompanied him on vacations. The New York Times noted in Allen’s obituary that “White House announcements on Presidential vacation schedules
would often note that the President plans to stay at the home of an old friend, George E. Allen, at La Qunita, Calif.”
The dwelling is associated with the themes of Residential Development (1934-1970s) and Recreation and Leisure (1926-1970s), being located in
adjacent to the La Quinta Hotel and La Quinta's first private country club, the La Quinta Country Club. However, the George Allen House is located
outside any planned residential subdivisions and is not asociated with a specific La Quinta neighborhood. It also is a private residence outside the
boundaries of the La Quinta Hotel (Resort & Club). Therefore, the property does not possess individual documented significance in relation to these
themes. The home is associated with George Allen, but it does not meet the thresholds of integrity necessary for individual designation. The property
is assigned a 6Z status code: Found ineligible for NRHP, CRHR or Local Register through survey evaluation.
The dwelling is not 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. The dwelling is not individually eligible under Criterion B/2/B. While it is associated with George E.
Allen, a significant national political and business figure, it does not meet the integrity thresholds for significance under this criterion because the
dwelling only retains integrity of location, setting, and association. The dwelling is not individually eligible under Criterion C/3/C, as it does not embody
the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction; and it is 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 is not individually eligible under Local Register Criterion A, as it was not found to exemplify a special element of the City of La Quinta. The
dwelling has been substantially altered and not longer maintains integrity from the historic period.
B10. References Continued:
Riverside County Assessor Records; City of La Quinta Building Permit Records; La Quinta Historical Society Research Collection; Coachella Valley
Telephone Directories (1946-1957); California Digital Newspaper Collection, University of California Riverside; Digital Newspaper Collection,
Genealogybank.com; Digital Newspaper Collection, Newspapers.com; Digital Collection, Ancestry.com; Online Historic Aerial Photographs, Historic
Aerials.com; University California Santa Barbara Online Historic Aerial Collection; U.S. Department of the Interior Earth Explorer Historic Aerial
Collection; La Quinta Design and Development Department, City of La Quinta Historic Context Statement, 2011; and La Quinta Historical Society,
Images of America: La Quinta, 2020.
State of California — The Resources Agency
DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION
CONTINUATION SHEET
Primary#: P-33-xxx
HRI #: None
Trinomial: N/A
CRHR Status Code: 6Z
Other Listings: Urbana Survey No.: 480 Resource Name: George E. Allen House
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DPR 523L (09/2013)
Building, Structure, Object Information Continued:
Desert Sun, October 6, 1982.
Desert Sun, January 18, 2020.
State of California — The Resources Agency
DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION
CONTINUATION SHEET
Primary#: P-33-xxx
HRI #: None
Trinomial: N/A
CRHR Status Code: 6Z
Other Listings: Urbana Survey No.: 480 Resource Name: George E. Allen House
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