§ 16.52.760. The Chancellor Apartments.

Pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 2.63 and with the recommendation of the Planning Commission, the City Council designates the following building as an historical landmark in the City: The Chancellor Apartments.

A.

Location, Description and Reasons for Designation. Located at 1037 East First Street in the City of Long Beach, this is an excellent and impressive example of Georgian Revival architecture, a style used more commonly on single-family houses than for apartments. This style contains classical revival detailing, such as the semicircular portico with columns and entablature, dentils, dormer pedimented roofs, and entry door. The curved fanlight and Queen Anne windows in the dormers are also typical of this style. Nationally, the Colonial Revival style, of which the Georgian tradition is part, was the dominant fashion for homes in the first half of the 20th century. In Southern California it appears less commonly, superseded by locally popular styles such as the Craftsman and the Spanish Colonial Revival. The Chancellor Apartments mix in some local traditions, using a terra cotta tile roof from the Spanish Colonial Revival style.

B.

The Secretary of the Interior's "Standards for Rehabilitation and Guidelines for Rehabilitating Historic Buildings" are incorporated by reference, and shall serve as standards and guidelines for future exterior changes to the building. All exterior changes, whether or not they require a building permit, shall require a certificate of appropriateness from the Cultural Heritage Commission. Any alterations, modifications or repair of the structure shall be consistent with the character-defining architectural features, and shall not adversely affect the historical materials, design or detailing.

(Ord. C-6947 § 3, 1991)