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, 7B' Page 28 ;. The California Register Criteria for Evaluation The California Register of Historic Places is the official list of properties, structures, districts, and objects significant at the local, state or national level. California Register properties must have significance under one of the four following criteria. .. 1) Associateq, .-yvith events that have made a significant contribution to broad patterns of local or regiOllal history, or cultural heritage of California of the United States; o 2) Associated with the lives of persons important to the local, California or national history .. 3) Embodies the distinctive characteristics of a design-type, period, region, or method or construction, or represents the work of a master, or possesses high artistic value; or '" 4) Yields important infonnation about prehistory or history of the local area, California or the nation. The City of Redwood City Historic Preservation Orilinance Criteria for Evaluation The City of Redwood City considers a property a historic landmark if it meets the following criteria: A. It exemplifies or reflects special elements of the City's cultural, aesthetic or architectural history; or B. It is identified with persons or events significant in local, State or national history; or C. It embodies distinctive characteristics of a style, type, period or method of construction, or is a valuable example of the use of indigenous materials or craftsmanship; or D. It is representative of the notable work of a builder, designer or architect. COrd. No. 1815, 9 1,3-10-1980) The property contains a single family dwelling in the Craftsman style. It is one story with a hipped roof and intersecting twin front gables and a centered entry porch. Each gable end has knee brackets, chisel point bargeboard, attic vent and a three-part window with 6-over-l wood sash window flanked by original 9-over-l wood sash windows. The entry porch as been enclosed, however, the enclosure is not a character defining feature. Low steps and solid rail lead to the entry porch. The side addition "sun room" has three-part, 6-over-6 wood sash windows on the front and side. Remaining windows are original 6-over-l w~od sashes. The residence is sided with shiplap wood siding at the water table and painted wood shingles on the upper elevations. There is a brick chimney with corbel chimney top. A rear porch was screened-in and a deck added at a later date, however, the residence retains a high level of integrity. A free-standing garage at the rear of the parcel is deteriorated. The residence is sited on a comer parcel with a sod lawn with mature trees and plantings, and concrete walkways. In 1902, cement magnate William J. Dingee purchased the Mark Hopkins estate but lost the residence in the 1906 earthquake. Mark Hopkins, Leland Stanford, Collis P. Huntington, and Charles Crocker were the "Big Four" of the Transcontinental Railroad fame. Cutting his loses after the earthquake Dingee divided his estate and sold over 600 acres to William. H Crocker (also owner of several cement companies) in 1908. 2