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Historic-resources board reviews draft report finding 38 Soledad eligible for state and national registers
Summary
City planning staff and preservation consultants presented a draft historic structures report for 38 Soledad Street (known locally as Ara’s Pool Hall), concluding the building is eligible for the National and California registers and recommending restoration of the front facade with rehabilitation of the rear; consultants and commissioners noted it
The Salinas Historic Resources Board on Tuesday heard a presentation of a draft historic structures report for 38 Soledad Street — a building known locally as Ara’s Pool Hall — and heard consultant recommendations for restoration, rehabilitation and additional structural and materials testing.
The consultants told the board the property is eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places and the California Register under the events criterion and the design criterion, and recommended follow-up work to define which historic features can be retained.
Grant Leonard, planning manager, introduced the item and said the report was prepared as part of design work for an affordable housing project. Lindsay Moder, preservation architect and associate at TEF Design, led the presentation and identified the property as historically significant despite its poor condition. Moder said the design team completed the draft report to identify the character-defining features before any adaptive-reuse work…
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