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Page 67 <br /> <br />Addendum A1 <br /> <br />Historic Designation Criteria <br /> <br />Section 40.6 of the Redwood City Municipal Code states that an improvement may be <br />designated an historic landmark or historic site, and any area may be designated an <br />historic district, if it meets any of the following criteria: <br /> <br />A. It exemplifies or reflects special elements of the City’s cultural, aesthetic or <br />architectural history; or <br /> <br />B. It is identified with persons or events significant in local, State or national history; <br />or <br /> <br />C. It embodies distinctive characteristics of a style, type, period or method of <br />construction, or is a valuable example of the use of indigenous materials or <br />craftsmanship; or <br /> <br />D. It is representative of the notable work of a builder, designer or architect. <br /> <br />The Main Street Historic District Expansion meets Criterion A in reflecting the <br />significance of Main Street as the City’s commercial core well into the twentieth century. <br />As Broadway assumed dominance as the main commercial street by 1940, Main Street <br />took on a new role as an important auto sales and service center as the American <br />culture was becoming dominated by the automobile; this role is especially notable within <br />the proposed expansion area. The expanded District also meets Criterion C in <br />embodying a rich variety of one- and two-part commercial block buildings, a type of <br />building that was first developed during the mid-19th century and which soon became a <br />common feature in American towns and cities. Particularly with retail stores, the <br />configuration of one-part commercial block buildings permitted little embellishment <br />except near the roofline, but by the 1920s – the period during which the significant <br />structures in the District expansion area were built – efforts emerged to make this style <br />more ornamental and visually harmonious with the domestic surroundings. <br /> <br />The significance of the three buildings proposed for individual designation, 847-849 2 <br />Main Street, 935 Main Street, and 1101 Main Street, correspondingly meet Criteria A <br />and C. All three buildings were constructed to house automobile showrooms and <br />demonstrate the evolution to auto sales and service uses that occurred at the southerly <br />end of the city’s once-dominant commercial core along Main Street. The buildings are <br />also good examples of less-imposing, one-part commercial block buildings with <br />storefronts along Main Street, and more utilitarian rear façades with less architectural <br />fenestration due to the necessities of repair shops. <br /> <br />1 Prepared by City Staff, May 2016 <br />2 Now addressed as 847-851 Main Street <br />7.B. - Page 78