78100 Tampico (Calle)
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: 78100 Calle Tampico
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Primary#: P-33-xxx
HRI#: None
Trinomial #: N/A
CRHR Status Code: 6Z
Other Listings: Urbana Survey No. 310
*P3b. Resource Attributes: HP6. 1-3 Story Commercial Building
*P4. Resources Present: ¨ Building ý Structure o Object o Site o District o Element of District o Other
P5b. Description of Photo: 78100 Calle
Tampico_1: View facing west of the east (front)
elevation.
*P6. Date Constructed/Age and Source
ýHistoric: 1967; ParcelQuest Assessor Data
o Prehistoric
o Both
*P7. Owner and Address:
Jean Atallah, Rosa Casas Atallah
83961 Caballo Court,
Indio, CA 92203
*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 78100 Calle Tampico property is a one-story wood framed Spanish Colonial Revival commercial building. The
building faces east at the northeast corner of Calle Tampico and Avenida Bermudas. It features a rectangular plan with an asymmetrical
façades. The building has a flat roof with a parapet with a shed roof awning clad in red clay tiles. The top of the parapet is clad in stucco above
the shed roof. The roof has a slight open overhang with exposed rafters. The exterior walls of the commercial building are clad in stucco. The
fenetration consists of an offset entry with a hipped roof canopy and steel and aluminum framed windows and doors. The west entrance has
two steel framed glass doors beneath a shallow hipped roof overhang. Character defining features of Spanish Colonial Revival style buildings
that can be seen on the subject property include the stucco clad exterior walls, exposed rafters, and red tile roofs.
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 Location: o Not for Publication ý Unrestricted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: 78100 Calle Tampico City: La Quinta Zip: 92253
d. UTM Zone: 11S, 564562.2 mE / 3726712.36 mN
e. Other Locational Data: N/A
Neighborhood: The Village; APN: 770020003
*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: 78100 Calle Tampico
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(This space reserved for official comments.)
Primary#:
HRI#:
Trinomial #:
CRHR Status Code: 6Z
Other Listings:
Other Listings: Urbana Survey No. 310
B1. Historic Name: N/A
B2. Common Name: Tampico Meat Market
B3. Original Use: Commercial B4. Present Use: Commercial
*B5. Architectural Style: Spanish Colonial 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 78100 Calle Tampico 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 1967. In 1983, property owner Frances Hack obtained a permit for
the installation of an irrigation system with the work completed by Dateland Construction (Permit No. 0072). In 1985, Hack obtained a permit
to re-roof the pharmacy with the work completed by Denny's Roofing (Permit No. 001923). In 1994, property owner Augustin Martinez
obtained a permit to remodel the building and construct an addition with the work completed by Edward Strelczyk (Permit No. 12769). In
2014, property owner Jean Atallah obtained a permit to remodel the building (Permit No. 14-0402). Aerial photography did not offer any
additional information regarding changes to the property over time. While the form and footprint of the building has not been significantly
modified, two renovation campaigns have removed much of the original building material on the exterior and interior of the store.
*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; Commercial Development, 1934 - 1970s Area: City of La Quinta
Period of Significance: N/A Property Type: Commercial 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. 310
Resource Name: 78100 Calle Tampico
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DPR 523L (09/2013)
Building, Structure, Object Information Continued:
B10. Statement of Significance Continued:
Past owners and occupants include: Charles Messick (1967; Permits), Frances Hack (1983-1985; Permits), Louis Campagna (1986; Permits), Augustin
Martinez (1994; Permits), and Jean Atallah (2014; Permits). The original owner of the property Charles Messick, was a junior high school teacher in
the Indio School District, La Quinta postmaster from 1952 to 1974, an active participant in the La Quinta Sports and Youth Association, president of
the River Post Masters Association, and an executive in the Boy Scouts of America. The Calle Tampico store was previously known as the La Quinta
Pharmacy and Fireside Pharmacy. Frances Hack was a local realtor / businesswoman and former Los Angeles talent scout who moved to La Quinta
in the late 1940s. She was integral to the development of the community during that time. She co-founded the La Quinta Chamber of Commerce,
helped develop the La Quinta Community Park, and was an honorary chairperson at the City of La Quinta Inauguration Ceremony in 1982. She briefly
owned the property in the early 1980s, before selling it.
The commercial building was built in the Spanish Colonial Revival style within the Village Commercial district. The Village was the first area of
commerical development in La Quinta, constructed in tandem with the Cove and the Desert Club by Harry Kiener, Guy Maltby, and S. Charles Lee.
The first two buildings constructed in the Village were a Spanish Colonial Revival style administration building for Harry Kiener at 77855 Avenida
Montezuma (built in 1936) and a two-story Monterey style building directly to the east of Kiener’s building for Guy Maltby and the La Quinta Building
and Lumber Company (built in 1940). The first few commercial buildings constructed in the Village were built in the Spanish Colonial Revival style,
echoing the design standard established by the La Quinta Hotel in 1926. However, no singular architectural style was planned for the commercial
tract. Buildings also adopted related styles, such as the Mediterranean Revival, Mission, and Monterey styles. It took decades for the Cove and Village
to fully develop. Only after the golf resort industry began to rapidly expand in the 1980s, did the Cove become a viable affordable community, and
the Village a steadily growing commercial district. The Village commerical district is significant to the commerical development history of the city.
The subject property was constructed in 1967.
The commercial property is associated with the themes of Commercial Development (1934-1970s) and Residential Development (1934-1970s), but it
does not possess individual documented significance in relation to these themes. While the property is one of the earliest extant shops in La Quinta,
it no longer retains sufficient historic integrity to convey its significance. Therefore, the property is assigned a 6Z status code: Found ineligible for
NRHP, CRHR or Local Register through survey evaluation.
The store 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. It is not individually eligible under Criterion B/2/B, as it is not a significant property associated with Frances
Hack, an influential local figure. It 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 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 building has been substantially
altered and no 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.: 310 Resource Name: 78100 Calle Tampico
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DPR 523L (09/2013)
Building, Structure, Object Information Continued:
Desert Sun, November 30, 1967.
Desert Sun, July 7, 1982.
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.: 310 Resource Name: 78100 Calle Tampico
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