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46135 Washington Street - Point Happy Ranch DPR 523L (09/2013) Identifier: 78480 Highway 111 / 46-135 Washington Street Date Constructed: 1930 UTM Zone: 11S, 565215 mE / 3730361 mN Neighborhood: Plaza at Point Happy - Commercial Center Tract: N/A Owner and Address: SSH Group; 49217 Rock Rose Drive Chiriaco SMT, CA 92201 Updated Description: The Point Happy Ranch was first established as a homestead in the early 1900s. Between 1982 and 1983, a shopping center was constructed along the northern property line of the Point Happy Ranch. The ranch was initially recorded in 1997 by Mellon and Associates with an address of 46135 Washington Street. The buildings observed during the 1997 survey were constructed between the 1930s and the 1960s with a variety of building materials and a collection of different styles. At the time of the 1997 survey, the Point Happy Ranch consisted of several residences and buildings, a stable, and a date palm and citrus grove. The Point Happy Ranch was demolished in 2004 and replaced with a private gated community, the Estates at Point Happy, which began construction in 2005. Following the demolition of all Point Happy Ranch structures, a plaque was installed in the shopping center to reference the property's history. Updated Significance: A prior survey evaluated the property as status code 5D1 - Contributor to a multi-component resource that is listed or designated locally. The property that was initially recorded in 1997 by Mellon and Associates was demolished in ca. 2004 and subsequently replaced in ca. 2005. The historic resource is no longer extant. As such, the property is not eligible for inclusion in the NRHP, CRHR, or Local Register. State of California — The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION CONTINUATION SHEET Primary#: HRI #: None Trinomial: N/A CRHR Status Code: 6Z (demolished) Other Listings: Urbana Survey No. 002 ý Update Resource Name: Point Happy Ranch Page 1 of 2 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: 6Z (Demolished) Other Listings: Urbana Survey No. 002 Resource Name: Point Happy Ranch Page 2 of 2 State of California -- The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION PRIMARY RECORD Other Listings Review Code Page 1 of 8 "Resource Name or #: Point Happy Ranch P1. Other Identifier: Reviewer Primary # HRl # Trinomiol NRNP Status Code. Date *P2. Location: ❑ Not for Publication ❑ Unrestricted a. County Riverside b. USGS 7.5' Quad La Quinta Date 1980 T 055 , R 07E. SE 1I4 of 5W1/4 of sac 19 •• B.M. c. Address 46-135 Washington Street city La Quints zip 92253 d. UTM: (Give more than one for large and/or linear feature) Zone mEl mN e. Other Locational Data: (e.g. parcel #, legal description, directions to resource, elevation, additional UTMs, etc. as appropriate) *P3a. Description: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries.) The Point Happy Ranch consists of several buildings, including a stable with wood -fenced paddock, and a date palm and citrus grove. A group of five structures lies at the property's north end, on either side of a north -south dirt road accessed on Washington Street through an adobe fence with an ornamental iron grille gate. Three small, single -story houses, oriented east -west, line the road's west edge just inside the entrance. Each has a gable roof clad in composition shingles with deeply overhanging eaves and boxed rafters, casement windows evenly distributed on the visible (east and south) elevations, and window vents set in gables of end walls. The southernmost building has a lean-to addition on its southern elevation; its east elevation shows an original wide opening, now partially enclosed with a central double door, indicating original use as a garage. All have stucco walls painted yellow; wood sash is painted brown. South of this trio, on the east side of the dirt road, a one-story, L-shaped building also has a composition shingle clad gable roof with overhanging eaves and boxed rafters. Windows are irregularly spaced and have wood sash painted brown; stucco walls are painted white. (See continuation sheet.) *P3b. Resources Attributes: (List attributes and codes) HP33. Farm/Ranch *P4. Resources Present: ® Building ❑ Structure ❑ Object ❑ Site ❑ District ❑ Element of District ❑ Other (Isolates, etc.) P5b. Description of Photo: (View, date, etc.) *PS. Date Constructed/Age and Sources: ❑ Prehistoric M Historic ❑ Both 1930;City of La Quints General Plan *P7. Owner and Address: Earl R. Kiernan 13362 Newport Avenue, SuiteT Tustin, CA 92680 P --Private *P8. Recorded by:(Name, affiliation, address) Marcy Roth/Pam O'Connor Mellon & Associates Riverside, CA *P9. Date Recorded: -9)/19/1997 P10. Survey Type: (Des cribe) C -Comprehensive _ *P11. Report Citation: (Cite survey report/other sources or "none"} City of La Quinta Historic Context Statement. 1996 _ *Attachments: ❑ NONE ❑ Location Map ❑ Sketch Map M Continuation Sheet ® Building, Structure and Object Record ❑ Archaeological Record ❑ District Record ❑ Linear Feature Record ❑ Milling Station Record ❑ Rock ArtRecord ❑ Artifact Record ❑ Photograph Record ❑ Other: (List) DPR 623A (1195) "Required information State of California -- The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # BUILDING, STRUCTURE, AND OBJECT RECORD Page 2 of 8 ''NRNP Status Code 'Resource Name or #: Point Happy Ranch _ B1. Historic Name: Point Happy Ranch _ B2. B3. •85. Common Name: Original Use: Ranch B4 Architectural Style: Ranch Present Use: C --Commercial *B6. Construction History: !Construction date, alterations, and date of alterations.) Property was first homesteaded at the turn of the century. Present buildings were built from the 1930's to the 1960's. *67. Maned? R No ❑ Yes ❑ Unknown Date: Original Location: *B8. Related Features: Property contains a date palm and citrus grove. 139a. Architect: Unknown b. Builder: Unknown ;1310. Significance: Theme Agriculture Area La Ouinta _ Period of Significance 1900-1965 Property Type Ranch Applicable Criteria N/A (Discuss importance in terms of historical or architectural context as defined by theme, period, and geographic scope. Also address integrity.) The Point Happy Ranch was homesteaded by Norman "Happy" Lundbeck at the turn of the century. A ane -room elementary schoolhouse was built on the property in 1916, primarily to serve the children living on the ranch. A few years later, the school was relocated to Indian Wells; the Point Happy Ranch school building has not survived. In 1922 the ranch was purchased by Chauncy D. Clarke, who also acquired several adjoining parcels totaling 135 acres. Clarke named the property the Point Happy Date Gardens, and planted a large portion with Deglet Noor date palm trees. The ranch became famous for its lavish gardens and the Arabian horses bred by Clarke, as well as for date production. After Mr. Clarke's death in 1926, his wife, Mrs. Marie Clarke, continued to live on the ranch, where she was known as "Madame Happy." At her death in 1948, Mrs. Clarke left the ranch to Claremont College, which in turn sold off parts of the ranch to various developers and investors. The date garden was later sold to William DuPont, Jr., of the renowned DuPont family, who built a home in the Santa Rosa Mountains overlooking the property and in 1965 built a Mediterranean -style house for 1930's tennis champion Alice Marble to the southwest of the palm grove. After Mr. DuPont died in late 1965, portions of the remaining ranch were sold off to subdividers. The Point Happy Ranch is currently owned by Dr. Earl R. Kiernan of Tustin, CA. In addition to its historic associations, the Point Happy Ranch has potential significance as a local cultural landscape. B1 1 . Additional Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) HP3. Multiple Family Property 'B12. References: Fred Rice, "Point Happy Ranch, La Quinta, California." Leslie Mori uand, City of La Quinta Historic Context Statement, 1996. Patricia Mastick Young, "History of Coachella Valley Cove Communities. " 1313. Remarks: 4B14. Evaluator: Palm O'Connor Date of Evaluation: 09/01/1997 DPR 5238 (1195) *Required information State of California -- The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # CONTINUATION SHEET Trinomial Page 3 of 8 *Recorded by Marcy RothlPaxn O'Connor *nate 10/19/1997 ® Continuation o Update "Resource Narne or #: Point Happy Ranch P3a. (Cont.) Just south of these structures and west of the dirt road is a rectangular, east -west oriented carport with a gabled roof of wood and corrugated metal, overhanging eaves and boxed rafters. Corrugated metal and stucco walls enclose a small area at the eastern end, with irregularly placed door and window openings on the east and north facades. Farther south, on the west side of the road, is a stable of rectangular plan, oriented east -west, 1 112 stories high, with painted brown board and batten siding and a steeply pitched roof clad in unpainted corrugated tin. North and south elevations each have two Dutch doors at the west end; east and west elevations have large central openings at the ground level and windows set in the gables of the end walls. A wooden fence encloses paddocks immediately next to the north and south elevations. A small shed of corrugated metal sits south of the stable. South of the stable and a few feet east of the dirt road is a 2 -story house of irregular plan, oriented east -west, with a gable roof covered with composite shingles and stucco walls painted white with black wood sash trim. A later addition wraps around the northwest corner at the first story, with continuous window band on the western elevation. Still farther south, on the east side of the dirt road is a one-story, "U" -shaped Mediterrean style house with gabled, red the -clad roof and stucco walls, the house apparently built in 1965 by William DuPont, Jr. for tennis champion Alice Marble. ❑PR 523L ( 1195) *Required information State of California -- The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # CONTINUATION SHEET Trinomial Page 4 of 8 •Recorded by Marcy Roth/Pam O'Connor *Date 10/19/1997 ®Continuation ❑ update •Resource Name or #: Point H=y Ranch Point Happy Ranch, date palm grove DPR 5238 0195) *Required information State of California -- The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # CONTINUATION SHEET Trinomial Page of 8 *Recorded by Marcy Roth/Pam O'Connor *Date 10/19/1997 im Continuation ❑ Update *Resource Name or #: Point Happy Ranch Point Happy Ranch, corral and nista DPR 523L 0/95) "Required inforrnation State of California -- The Resources Agency Primary # T DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # CONTINUATION SHEET Trinomial Page 6 of 8 *Recorded by Marcy Roth/Parn O'Connor *I]ate 10/1911997 M Continuation E] Update *Resource Name or #: PointHaWyRanch Point Happy Ranch, Mediterranean style house SPR 523L (1195) •Required information State of California -- The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # CONTINUATION SHEET Trinomial Page 7 of 8 "Recorded by Marcy Roth/Pain O'Connor •Date 10/19/1997 M Continuation ❑ Update "Resource Name or #: Point Happy Ranch Point Happy Ranch, stable DPR 523L (1195) *Required information State of California -- The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # CONTINUATION SHEET TrinomW Page 8 of 8 *Recorded by Marcy Roth/Pam O'Connor *Date 14/19/1997 ® Continuation ❑ update 'Resource Dame or #: Point Happy Ranch Point Happy Ranch, staff quarters DPR 523L 11195) *Required information uii , { Mi• 'fe R if I lu 1 � :1IT W r.l� . yyy •4 •�. . 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