81891 Avenue 58 (no photo)
DPR 523L (09/2013)
Identifier: Maman-1 Date Constructed: 1928
UTM Zone: 11S, 570980 mE / 3720870 mN
Neighborhood: N/A
Tract: N/A
Owner and Address: Shayan Capital Ventures Falcon T INV; 24933 Ariella Drive, Calabasas CA 91302
Updated Description: The 81891 58th Avenue residence was constructed in approximately 1928 in an adobe homestead in the
Spanish Colonial Revival style. The dwelling on the property was initially recorded by Archaeological Associates in 2006. It was
demolished in ca. 2015 and has not been replaced. The lot is now undeveloped south of Avenue 58 between Monroe Street and
Almonte Drive. The property is now located adjacent to the northeast corner of the private Andalusia Country Club, which began
construction in 2005.
Updated Significance: A prior survey evaluated the property as status code 3CS - Appears eligible for CRHR individually through
survey evaluation. The dwelling on the property that was initially recorded in 2006 by Archaeological Associates was demolished in
ca. 2015. The property has not been replaced and the lot remains vacant. The 2022 evaluation is that the property should instead be
assigned a 6Z status code: Found ineligible for NRHP, CRHR or Local Register through survey evaluation, because the historic
resource is no longer extant.
State of California — The Resources Agency
DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION
CONTINUATION SHEET
Primary#: P-33-14940
HRI #: None
Trinomial: N/A
CRHR Status Code: 6Z (demolished)
Other Listings: Urbana Survey No. 263
ý Update
Resource Name: 81891 58th Avenue
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DPR 523J (09/2013) *Required Information
*Map Name: Indio *Scale: 1:24,000 *Map Date: 2021
State of California — The Resources Agency
DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION
LOCATION MAP
Primary#: P-33-14940
HRI #: None
Trinomial: N/A
CRHR Status Code: 6Z (Demolished)
Other Listings: Urbana Survey No. 263 Resource Name: 81891 58th Avenue
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c. Address 81891 58th Avenue City La Quinta Zip 92253
d. UTM: (GIve more than one lor large and/or linear feature) Zone 11 570980 mE/ 3720870 mN
e. Olher Locallonal Data: (e.9. parcel IF. legal descrlpllon, directions 10 resource. elevation. addil10nal UTMs. etc. as appropriate)
Assessor's Parcel Number: 764-180-003-3. Residence located on the south side of 58th Ave. approx. 650
feet west of the intersection of Monroe Street and 58th Avenue. It was recently annexed from Thermal to
the City of La Quinta.
·P3a. Description: (Describe resource and Us major elemenls. Include design, malerlals. condilion. allerallons. size. seltlng, and boundaries.)
The single-story adobe residence is ell-shaped in plan. The kitchen, dining room, and living room areas
("main house") being located within the long leg of the ell which is oriented east-west. The short leg of the
ell ("west wing") comprises the bedroom area. It extends northward from the west end of the main house.
The entire ell appears to rest on a concrete slab which may also form the pavement of the ell-shaped
porch walkway. The walls clearly comprise solid adobe which I has been covered with black felt ("roofing")
paper and chicken wire, and then skinned or plastered with mortar. The main house and west wing are
covered by low-pitched side gable roofs. Currently, the roofs are clad with tar paper and decorative rock
(limestone). Originally, we believe the foofs were tile. The post and lintel supported porch roofs extend
from the eave of the main and west wing roofs but are slightly lower pitched ill order to maximize head
clearance. An interior cobble chimney is located on the gable at the west end of the main house. This
chinmey serves a large cobblestone fireplace in the west wall of the living room. The architecture of the
front elevations of the residence incorporate classic southern California adobe components (see
continuation sheet).
·P3b. Resource Altrlbules: HP2. Single Family Property; HP44. Adobe building/structure
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~ ,.j, P5b, Description of Photo: (View. date, elc.)
Looking w~st through veranda on
north side of adobe.
·P7. Owner and Address:
Quinta Del Sol. LLC
6541 Hollywood Blvd., Suite 203
Los Angeles, CA 90028
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·P8. Recorded by: (Name, affillallon. address)
Laura S. White
Archaeological Associates
P.O. Box 180
Sun City, CA 92586
·P9. Dale Recorded: 03/19/2006
·P10. survey Type: (DeSCribe)
Intensive Survey
C--Comprehensive Survey
·Pll. Report Citation: (Clle sUNey report/other sources or "none") A Cultural Resources Assessment of IT 33848, a 4.84 acre
-,Qarcellocated at 8189158th Avenue, City of La Quinta, Riv. Co. R & L. White 2006.
·Attachments: 0 NONE 0 Locallon Map 0 SketCh Map fl Contlnuation Sheel . BUilding. Slruclure and Object Aecord
o ArChaeOlogical Record 0 DlslJlcl Record 0 Linear Feature Record 0 Milling Slallon Record 0 Rock Art Record 0 Artifaci Record o Photograph Record 0 Other: (Ust) _
oPR 523A (1/95) ·Requlred Information
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Bl. Historic Name: West Ranch and later the CoftY Ranch
82. Common Name: Desert Bey Ranch
B3 Original Use: Single family residential 84. Present Use: _----"-'R"----'-R'-="es""'i'-=d:.:::e:o.:n~ti""al"'--_
*B5. Architectural Style: some Spanish Colonial Revival elements
*B6. Construction History: (Construction dale. a1tenitions, and date of alterations.)
Office addition added to east end of main house (late 1930s-40s). Similar date for detached garage.
Swimming pool built in 1976. Garage & office remodeled at the same time with large single panes & glass
doors.
*B1. Moved? IliI No 0 Yes 0 Unknown Dale: Original Location: _
*B8. Related Features:
Detached garage with low gabled roof has been converted into a studio. It has a rock roof and a stuccoed
exterior. Original windows are casements. Sliding glass doors on north elevation are modem (1976).
Bga Architect: b. Builder: _
*Bl0. Significance: Theme Early Residential Development . Area ----"La=:-Q-':""um""'·>;-t~a~------------
Period of Significance late 1920s Property Type Single family residential Applicable Criteria _-----:C~ _
(Discuss importance in terms of historical or architectural context as defined by theme, period, and geographic scope. Also address integrity.)
The West adobe was built in a date palm grove as part of Mr. Allan Rau's early development concept of
"date palm estates." The Mexican/Spanish flavor of the adobe was intended to enhance the lifestyle Rau
was promoting. Thus the adobe and its grounds represent an early attempt to develop small, rural estates
that were intended to be used during the winter months. When placed within the context of early
residential development in the La Quinta area, the subject property might fairly be characterized as the
ground floor. The West adobe also occupies an important position in the history of southern California
residential adobe construction, most of which took place in the 19th century. With its classic floor plan
and dominant veranda, the adobe is purely traditional in appearance. Yet it incorporates 20th century
improvements over traditional construction methods and the value of these cannot be overestimated (e.g.
concrete floor, plastered exterior). Arguably, the West adobe is representative of the [mal stage of
traditional adobe construction in southern California. Finally, there is some reason to believe that the
adobe may be a rare surviving example of a once plentiful series of local adobe residences built during the
teens and twenties of the 20th century. Today, most of the adobes in the region have either decayed away
or been removed for modem development. The fact that the West adobe is in very good condition and
stands within its original date palm setting is, in itself, suggestive of the structure's historical significance.
For these reasons the adobe appears eligible for the CRHR under Criterion C.
Bll. .Addilional Resource Altributes: (Ust aJlributes and cOdes) RP44. Adobe building/structure
*B12. References:
Riverside County Assessor's Office
Marlou Rau Belgea (2006:pers. com.). Daughter of
Allan Rau-date grove developer
813. Remarks:
Threats: Impending development would result in the
destruction of the aoobe.
*B14. Evaluator: David M. Van Horn
Date of Evaluation: 02/25/2006
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(Description-Continued)
These include post-and-lintel colonnaded porches and multiple entries around a central veranda.
An unusual feature of the West adobe, however, is that its posts and lintels have all been plastered.
The original north elevation wall encloses two rooms, a long narrow kitchen pantry area on the
east and a living room on the west. Each room has its own exterior entry consisting of a lO-pane
glass door for the kitchen and a single pane glass door with security screen for the living room. A
tripartite set of three-pane wood casement sashes near the center of the facade of the main wing
sets the tone for standard fenestration throughout the adobe. Casement windows such as these
were very popular in the 20th century teens and twenties in southern California. Other original
fenestration on the facade consists of a pair of horizontal three-pane wood casement sashes east of
the kitchen door and a pair of vertical casements west of the living room entry. The east elevation
of the north wing also fronts on the veranda. It contain$ a single offset, multi-pane glass door entry
into the bedroom area and a single vertical three-pane casement sash window north of the entry.
This area of the adobe has an especially Spanish Colonial Revival flavor due to the narrow
enbrasured casement window and inclined buttress-like end of the veranda wall which meets the
northeast comer of the west wing. All original enterior entries and fenestration in the adobe share
one feature in common. This consists of an inverted, splayed timber lintel over each opening.
Traditional adobe timber lintels usually have squared ends.
The rear (south) elevation of the main house is simple. The rear entry is offset and has a modem
door. A single leaf vertical casement is placed east of the door and two similar windows are more
or less evenly spaced across the expanse to the west of the door. The westernmost casement is
currently covered by a lattice. The west elevation is also simple. The gabled end of the main
house originally had two vertical single leaf casement windows similar to those found elsewhere in
the house. One of these sashes has been replaced with a single fixed pane. The rear of the west
wing (west elevation) contains two single sash vertical openings one of which is filled with a single
leaf casement. The other opening has been replaced with an aluminum double hung sash. The
north elevation of the west wing has a central, single leaf casement below the gable peak. All of
these windows are surmounted by inverted, splayed timber lintels.
A small office addition has been added to the east end of the main house (date unknown). It also
stands on a concrete slab but its construction is probably stucco frame. The stucco matches the
plaster on the original adobe pretty well although the joint between the two is easily detected. The
addition is covered by a low-pitched rock shed roof extending the full breath of the east gable of
the main house. The office facade, which fronts on the swimming pool area, consists of a central
pair of aluminum frame sliding doors flanked by two pairs of 3/4 length sliding glass windows to
either side. These windows are believed to represent remodeling of the office dating to the time
when the swimming pool was built (1976). A large exterior air conditioner is mounted on top of
the shed roof. The adobe's landscaped veranda is the focal point of the structure. It is enclosed on
three sides: the main house on the south, the west wing on the west, and the veranda wall on the
north. A fourth wall may have existed on the east at one time but only the footing remains. The
footing, which consists of a concrete strip, separates two patterns of brick and tile paving.
Landscaping in the veranda consist of cobble rock bordered rectangular beds of succulents
adjacent to the porch and a bougainvillea and olive tree behind a concrete curbing.
The adobe was constructed by S.V. West, a physician from the Los Angeles area, as a winter
retreat. Although the architect is unknown, it is believed that the residence was constructed in
1928. Dr. West married Marie Montagne West in 1916 and had two children: Gage Montaine
West and Jane "Virginia" Marie West. After the death of Dr. West, Marie Montagne West
married Albert L. Coffy.
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