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Planning commission recommends historic landmark designation for Scholey Farmhouse in Springville development
Summary
The Landmark Committee recommended that the City Council designate the Scholey Farmhouse at 650 Edward Scholley Drive as Camarillo's first historic landmark, requiring rehabilitation that complies with the Secretary of the Interior's Standards and conditional files before final Lennar subdivision occupancy.
The Camarillo Landmark Committee on May 6 voted to recommend that City Council designate the Scholey Farmhouse at 650 Edward Scholley Drive as a city historic landmark, a condition of mitigation for the Lennar Homes RPD-195 development.
Rachel Bridal of Rincon Consultants described the farmhouse as a late-19th-century Italianate cottage eligible for landmarking because of its association with Ventura County's agricultural history and its architectural rarity in Camarillo. The committee voted unanimously to forward Resolution PC2025-4 recommending the designation.
The recommendation matters because the Scholey Farmhouse is identified in the project environmental review as an historic resource; the supplemental environmental impact report required mitigation that includes preparing a historic structures report (HSR), rehabilitating the house to Secretary of the Interior standards and landmarking the structure.
Bridal told…
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