The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts,sites,buildings,structures,and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic value". A property listed in the National Register,or located within a National Register Historic District,may qualify for tax incentives derived from the total value of expenses incurred in preserving the property.
The Spanish Colonial Revival style is an architectural stylistic movement arising in the early 20th century based on the Spanish colonial architecture of the Spanish colonization of the Americas.
The National Historic Preservation Act is legislation intended to preserve historic and archaeological sites in the United States of America. The act created the National Register of Historic Places,the list of National Historic Landmarks,and the State Historic Preservation Offices.
Irving John Gill,was an American architect,known professionally as Irving J. Gill. He did most of his work in Southern California,especially in San Diego and Los Angeles. He is considered a pioneer of the modern movement in architecture. Twelve of his buildings throughout Southern California are listed on the National Register of Historic Places,and many others are designated as historic by local governments.
Antoine Samuel Predock was an American architect based in Albuquerque,New Mexico. He was the principal of Antoine Predock Architect PC,the studio he founded in 1967.
The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP),an independent United States federal agency,is charged with the mission to promote the preservation of the nation's diverse historic resources. The ACHP advises the President and Congress on national historic preservation policy and also provides a public forum for stakeholders and the public to influence federal agency decisions regarding federal projects and programs that affect historic properties. The ACHP promotes the importance of historic preservation to foster an understanding of the nation's heritage and the contribution that historic preservation can make to contemporary communities,along with their economic and social well-being.
A California Historical Landmark (CHL) is a building,structure,site,or place in the U.S. state of California that has been determined to have statewide historical landmark significance.
The State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) is a state governmental function created by the United States federal government in 1966 under Section 101 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA). The purposes of a SHPO include surveying and recognizing historic properties,reviewing nominations for properties to be included in the National Register of Historic Places,reviewing undertakings for the impact on the properties as well as supporting federal organizations,state and local governments,and private sector. States are responsible for setting up their own SHPO;therefore,each SHPO varies slightly on rules and regulations. To link these differences with the SHPOs,the National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers (NCSHPO) was created as a "point of contact" according to the National Historic Preservation Act.
Hammel,Green and Abrahamson (HGA) is an architecture,engineering,and planning firm that originated in Minnesota. It was founded in 1953 by Minnesotans Dick Hammel and Curt Green.
The history of the National Register of Historic Places began in 1966 when the United States government passed the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA),which created the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). Upon its inception,the U.S. National Park Service (NPS) became the lead agency for the Register. The Register has continued to grow through two reorganizations,one in the 1970s and one in 1980s and in 1978 the NRHP was completely transferred away from the National Park Service,it was again transmitted to the NPS in 1981.
Robert Mosher was an American architect who operated primarily in Southern California. Mosher was a Taliesin apprentice of Frank Lloyd Wright,and a pioneer of the post-war modernist architecture movement in San Diego. He is best known for designing the San Diego-Coronado Bridge,and the University of California,San Diego's John Muir College.
The USC School of Architecture is the architecture school at the University of Southern California. Located in Los Angeles,California,it is one of the university's twenty-two professional schools,offering both undergraduate and graduate degrees in the fields of architecture,building science,landscape architecture and heritage conservation.
Ernest J. Kump Jr.,was an American architect,author,and inventor based in Palo Alto,California. He was widely recognized for his innovations in school planning having designed over 100 public schools in California and 22 community and junior colleges around the world. Kump's most notable projects include Fresno City Hall (1940),the U.S. embassy in Seoul,Korea (1957),and Foothill College in Los Altos,California.
Brenda A. Levin is a Los Angeles-based architect and advocate for historic preservation. A Fellow of the American Institute of Architects (AIA),her major projects include the restoration of iconic L.A. landmarks like the Bradbury Building,the Griffith Observatory,the Wiltern Theatre,City Hall,Grand Central Market,and Dodger Stadium.
Louis John Gill was a San Diego-based architect and the nephew and one-time business partner of another famous San Diego architect,Irving Gill. The San Diego Historical Society calls Louis Gill "one of San Diego's greatest architects".
Alice Ross Carey was an American preservation architect,advocate,and early practitioner of historic preservation,restoration,and reuse.
Carolyn Peterson FAIA is a Texas preservation architect.
Homer T. Delawie,FAIA,was an award-winning modernist architect working (primarily) in San Diego from the late 1950s to the 1990s. He designed numerous public,commercial,and residential projects,including the Bea Evenson Fountain in the Plaza de Panama,Balboa Park,the Coronado Library,the M. Larry Lawrence Jewish Community Center and expansion,the Scripps Miramar Ranch High School,the School of Creative &Performing Arts in South Bay,the San Diego Hospice,and projects for UCSD,the San Diego Zoo,San Diego State University,and Qualcomm.
George C. Sellon was the first state architect of California. He resigned as State Architect on May 1,1909 after the legislature passed a resolution to prevent him from working on his own designs and from bringing in private commissions as State Architect. He went on to form a private architectural practice in Sacramento in 1909,which later became Lionakis.
Henry L. Wright (1904–1999) was an American architect in practice in Los Angeles from 1941 to 1990. From 1962 to 1963 he was president of the American Institute of Architects.
