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Board approves delisting of Redmond‑Hirahara House from county historic inventory; critics say more should be done to save structure
Summary
After finding the 1897 Redmond‑Hirahara House structurally deteriorated and not feasible to restore, the board voted to delist the property from the county inventory and to submit documentation and salvage options as required by code. Local preservation advocates urged postponement and more exploration of restoration.
The Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors voted Aug. 5 to delist the Redmond‑Hirahara House, an 1897 Victorian house in South County designed by William Weeks and listed on the National Register of Historic Places, after county staff and consultants concluded the structure is too deteriorated to be restored.
County planners told the board the structure has been vacant since the mid‑1980s, has suffered decades of deferred maintenance and vandalism, and lacks the funding to achieve the preservation plan once envisioned by a nonprofit foundation. Staff presented a county building official’s inspection…
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