Monrovia Project Wins Governor’s Historic Preservation Award
By Monrovia Weekly
Published: Saturday, December 19th, 2009
Monrovia’s Wild Rose Historic District has been named a 2009 recipient of the Governor’s Historic Preservation Award.
The honor is presented annually to organizations and public agencies that “demonstrate notable achievements in preserving the heritage of California,” and is jointly sponsored by the California State Office of Historic Preservation and the California State Parks.
Since 1986, just 200 such projects have received the award. Twelve were chosen this year from throughout the state.
Monrovia dedicated its new Wild Rose Historic District in the spring of this year. It is the community’s first Historic District, although Monrovia boasts of more than 125 land-marked historic homes.
The Historic District had been proclaimed by the City Council in late 2008, recognizing the unique character of Wildrose Avenue’s 300 block and its many Craftsman-style homes. The District designation offers special protections offers special protections for the homes, putting them under the purview of the City’s Historic Preservation Commission in return for property tax savings on those structures that contribute to the District’s character and significance.
American Bungalow Magazine has called the District, “the quintessential bungalow neighborhood.” Most of the 17 mores lining the street were designed by the Tifal brothers – Gustave, Charles and William – architects who built nearly 100 Craftsmen homes in Monrovia in the early 20th Century.
Sings on Wildrose Avenue. At both Canyon Boulevard and California Avenue, now identify the Historic District.
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