CITY OF GLENDALE, CALIFORNIA REPORT TO THE:

Joint D City Council [2J Housing Authority D Successor Agency D Oversight Board 0

November 18, 2014

AGENDA ITEM

Report: 1663 Grandview Avenue - Glendale Register Nomination and Mills Act Application

1) Resolution designating the residential property at 1663 Grandview Avenue on the Glendale Register of Historic Resources and authorize a Mills Act contract between the owner and the City

COUNCIL ACTION

Public Hearing Consent Calendar 0 Action Item 0 Report Only D

ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION Signature

Submitted by: Hassan Haghani, Director of Community Development

Prepared by: Jay Platt, Senior Urban Designer

Approved by: Scott Ochoa, City Manager

Reviewed by: J1 · ~ Timothy Foy •. Deputy Director of Planning and Neighborhood Services _,,.,;Ji"""'-''-"~""d.."""1. ...... J_1~()-· ,,.,..,_...c'---

Alan Loomis, Principal Urban Designer ·7~ f' AL

~chael J. Garcia, City Attorney

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RECOMMENDATION Planning staff recommends that City Council approve the designation of 1663 Grandview Avenue as a historic resource, place it on the Glendale Register of Historic Resources as property number 110 (GR-110), to be known as the Lawson-Stengel House, and authorize a Mills Act contact for the property. Planning staff's recommendation to the City Council is consistent with that of the Historic Preservation Commission.

BACKGROUND/ANALYSIS On September 18, 2014, the Glendale Historic Preservation Commission unanimously adopted (5-0) a motion recommending that the City Council approve the designation of 1663 Grandview Avenue as a historic resource, place it on the Glendale Register of Historic Resources, and authorize a Mills Act contract for the property.

1663 Grandview Avenue is a two-story, single-family residence completed in 1925. The house was built by Morse & Jones. The firm was located in Glendale's Lawson Building, which was owned by the Lawson family, for whom this house was built. The house was designed in the Mediterranean Revival style, possibly by Glendale-based building designer Hobert D. Jones, who may have been the "Jones" in Morse & Jones. (Morse was real estate developer - August Morse of Hermosa Beach.)

The house was first owned by John W. Lawson, former mayor of Glendale and a local real estate, banking, and construction executive, and his wife, Margaret A. Lawson. The Lawsons lived at 1663 Grandview Avenue until 1945, when their daughter Edna and her husband Charles Dillon ("Casey") Stengel moved in and took title to the home.

Architectural Description The Lawson/Stengel house is a two-story Mediterranean Revival residence. It has a hipped tiled roof, smooth stucco walls, and multi-paned French doors and windows. The boxed eaves are supported by scrolled corbels. The windows on the first floor are mostly casement, arranged singly or in pairs, while those on the second floor are mostly double-hung, with multiple panes in the upper sash, some arranged in bands. The porte-cochere that runs under the second story of the house has segmental arched openings on each end. A simple portico with arched openings protects the front porch. It supports a small terrace at the second floor, accessed by French doors and ringed with a wrought iron railing. The arch-headed paneled wood entry door is flanked by detached arched sidelights. The southerly side of the house has a chimney against the wall just west of the porte-cochere, with a small window immediately adjacent to it on the second floor. On the first floor is a large casement opening, each side having fifteen panes.

The rear elevation of the house has a row of four uniformly-spaced narrow windows above a hipped-roof porch which is in the junction of the L between the two wings. A post supports the corner of the porch roof. On the first floor of the wing of the house, to the west of the porch, is an arched window with a fixed pane in the center and a multi-paned casement at each side. An identical window appears around the corner on the west side of the wing. At the north end of the projecting wing is a covered patio with arched openings. The ceiling of the patio serves as the floor of a second-story terrace that has wrought iron railings and an open roof of large notched rafters and crossbeams.

HPC Determination The Commission determined that 1663 Grandview Avenue is eligible for the Glendale Register of Historic Resources under Criterion 2 for its association with Casey Stengel, one of the most

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famous figures in the history of baseball. Casey Stengel's major contribution to American sporting history and popular culture is undoubted. Among the top handful of famous Glendalians, Stengel retained deep ties to the community despite spending large parts of his career in other cities. Period accounts of his career mentioned not only his wife Edna, but also their home on Grandview, signaling its importance to the couple.

Staff believes the house is also significant for its connection with the Lawson family. Patriarch John W. Lawson was mayor of Glendale from April 1955 to April 1957, and in 1957 co-founded Glendale-based Valley National Bank. The bank was a prominent regional institution that operated numerous branches throughout the San Fernando Valley and was one of the local banks that helped fund the area's phenomenal post-WWII growth. Edna Stengel (nee Lawson) and Casey Stengel were both engaged in operations of Valley National Bank, solidifying the family's significance at both the national and local levels.

FISCAL IMPACT Listing historic properties will have no fiscal impact. However, future property tax savings under Mills Act contracts to private owners of listed historic properties would slightly reduce City revenues from the general County tax levy received from each Mills Act property.

ALTERNATIVES Alternative 1: Designate 1663 Grandview Avenue on the Glendale Register of Historic Resources and authorize a Mills Act contract between the owner and the City, finding that the proposed property meets the designation Criterion 2.

Alternative 2: Reject designation of 1663 Grandview Avenue on the Glendale Register of Historic Resources and not authorize a Mills Act contract between the owner and the City, finding that the proposed property does not meet the designation Criterion 2 or any other criteria.

Alternative 3: The City Council may consider any other alternative not proposed by staff.

CAMPAIGN DISCLOSURE In accordance with the City Campaign Finance Ordinance No. 5744, the following are the names and business addresses of the members of the board of directors, the chairperson, CEO, COO, CFO, Subcontractors and any person or entity with more than 10% interest in the company proposed for contract in this Agenda Item Report:

Officers of 1663 Grandview Avenue: Full Name Title Business Address City State Zip

Craig Tessler

EXHIBITS

Exhibit A: Exhibit B: Exhibit C: Exhibit D: Exhibit E:

Trustee of The 1663 Grandview Max Trust Avenue

Historic Preservation Commission Staff Report Photographs of property Owners' Request for Designation Owners' Glendale Register Nomination Owners' Mills Act Application

Glendale CA 91210

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RESOLUTION NO. __ _

A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GLENDALE, CALIFORNIA DESIGNATING THE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY AT 1663 GRANDVIEW AVENUE AS

A HISTORIC RESOURCE TO BE ADDED TO THE GLENDALE REGISTER OF HISTORIC RESOURCES AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A MILLS ACT HISTORICAL PROPERTY CONTRACT WITH THE OWNER

WHEREAS, the City Council has conducted a duly noticed public hearing pursuant to the provisions of Section 15.20.060 of the Glendale Municipal Code; and

WHEREAS, the property owner of record of the property at 1663 Grandview Avenue has given consent to the designation, pursuant to the provisions of Section 15.20.060 of the Glendale Municipal Code, and has requested that their property be designated as a historic resource in the Glendale Register of Historic Resources and considered for a Mills Act contract; and

WHEREAS, the Historic Preservation Commission, at a regularly scheduled meeting on September 18, 2014, recommended designation of the property at 1663 Grandview Avenue to the Glendale Register of Historic Resources and recommended consideration under the Mills Act; and

WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Glendale, pursuant to Sections 15.20.050 and 15.20.060 of the Glendale Historic Preservation Ordinance, finds that the property at 1663 Grandview Avenue meets Criteria 2, association with significant persons, for its association with Casey Stengel, one of the most famous figures in the history of baseball, as well as for its connections with the Lawson family (patriarch John W. Lawson was mayor of Glendale from April 1955 to April 1957, and in 1957 co-founded Glendale-based Valley National Bank).

WHEREAS, the property qualifies for inclusion in the Glendale Register of Historic Resources based on information in the record; and

WHEREAS, the designation and Mills Act contract is exempt from the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Title 14 CCR Section 15331 (preservation of historic resources).

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GLENDALE AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. That the property located at 1663 Grandview Avenue is hereby designated as a historic resource in the Glendale Register of Historic Resources as property number 110 (GR-110) to be known as the "Lawson-Stengel House."

Section 2. That the City Manager is authorized to enter into a Mills Act historical property contract with the property owner of 1663 Grandview Avenue.

This resolution shall become effective immediately after the date of adoption.

Adopted this ___ day of ____________ , 2014.

Mayor

ATTEST:

City Clerk

STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES) SS CITY OF GLENDALE )

I, ARDASHES KASSAKHIAN, City Clerk of the City of Glendale, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. was adopted by the Council of the City of Glendale, California, at a regular meeting held on the day of _____ _ 2014, and that same was adopted by the following vote:

Ayes:

Noes:

Absent:

Abstain:

City Clerk

~ssistant City Attorney

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From:

CITY OF GLENDALE INTERDIVISIONAL COMMUNICATION

STAFF REPORT

September 18, 2014

Historic Preservation Commission

Justin Robertson, Planning Intern

Reviewed:Jay Platt, Planner, Senior Urban Designer

EXHIBIT A

Subject: Reconunendation regarding Glendale Register of Historic Resources nomination and Mills Act Contract for 1663 Grandview A venue

Property Owner: The Max Trust

Property Legal Description: Lot 8 of Tract 3891

INTRODUCTION The owners of the single-family house at 1663 Grandview A venue have requested that their property be considered for local listing on the Glendale Register of Historic Resources. Based on a field visit to the property, information on the property obtained from City records, and the nomination and historic documentation submitted by the owners (Exhibit A), the property appears to be eligible under Criterion 2 as discussed in this staff rcpmt. Therefore, the Planning Division recommends that the Historic Preservation Commission recommend to the City Council that the properly at 1663 Grandview Avenue be designated as a local historic resource and be added to the Glendale Register of Historic Resources. It is also recommended that the property be designated as the "Lawson-Stengel House" to commemorate its notable owners.

The prope1ty owner has also requested to enter into a Mills Act contract with the City of Glendale for the benefit of prope1ty tax savings in exchange for continued preservation of the property. The Planning Division additionally reconunends that the Historic Preservation Commission recommend to the City Council that the City Manager be authorized to enter into a "Mills Act" historical property contract with the property owners under the Section 15.20.070A of the Glendale Municipal Code.

Glendale's Historic Preservation Ordinance establishes the process for designating historic properties locally and outlines the procedure for considering future alteratjons of those officially designated properties, which includes the review role of the Historic Preservation Commission.

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HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE AND ELIGIBILITY OF PROPERTY

Historical Bl1ckgrouml 1663 Grandview A venue is a two-story, single-family residence completed in 1925. The house was built by Morse & Jones. The furn was located in Glendale's Lawson Building, which was owned by the Lawson family, for whom this house was built The house was designed in the Mediterranean Revival style, possibly by Glendale-based building designer Robe1t D. Jones, who may have been the "Jones" in Morse & Jones. (Morse was real estate developer August Morse of Hermosa Beach.)

The house was first owned by Jolm W. Lawson, former Mayor of Glendale and a local real estate, banking, and constrnction executive, and bis wifo Margaret A. Lawson. The Lawsons lived at 1663 Grandview Avenue until 1945, when their daughter Edna and her husband Charles Dillon (" Casey") Stengel moved in and took title of the home.

Casey Stengel was born in Kansas City, Missouri in 1890. He distinguished himself as an athlete while in school, and after stints on a number of fann teams, Stengel was signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1912. After four seasons in Brooklyn and a tour of duty in the U.S. Navy, he went on to play for the Pittsburgh Pirates, the New York Giants, and the Boston Braves. He was known as much for his "colorful antics" as for his athleticism; his personality kept him a fan favorite through good seasons and bad, particularly after "retiring" in 1924 to become a manager. While his fast fi Ileen years as a coach and manager were unsuccessful~ his fortunes changed in 1948 when he joined the New York Yankees. Under his management~

the Yankees won five consecutive World Series, and ultimately a total of seven, along with ten American League championships- the greatest record in baseball history. After a brief retirement during which he returned to Glendale to work at lhe Lawson family 's Valley National Bank, Stengel returned to baseball, serving as manager of the New York Mets from 1962-1965. He finally truly retired to live in Glendale, but continued to serve as a goodwill ambassador for the sport he loved. He was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1966.

Though Edna traveled to be with Casey to some degree, she spent most of her time in Glendale, frequently remodeling the sprawling house 's interior and managing the Lawson and Stengel family businesses, including banks, real estate, and oil investments. Though his long career as a baseball player, manager, and goodwill ambassador took him all over the United States, 1663 Grandview Avenue, and its "palm trees, the swirruning pool, the Oriental furnishings, [and] the playhouse in the garden," was always "awaiting [his] return." Casey Stengel died in Glendale in 197 5 and his wife, incapacitated by a stroke shortly before his passing, died in 1978.

Dr. James C. and Virginia (Ginger) Davis became the owners of the Lawson/Stengel house in November 1978. Title transfened to Che1yl Davis Moore as co-trustee in July 2012; The Max Trust has been the owner of record since November 2012.

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Architectural Description The Lawson/Stengel house is a two-story MediteJTanean Revival residence. It has a hipped tiled roof, smooth stucco walls, and multi-paned French doors and windows. The boxed eaves are supported by scrolled corbels. The windows on the first Door are mostly casement, al1'ahged singly or in pairs, while those on the second floor are mostly double-hung, with multiple panes in the upper sash, some arranged in bands. The p01te-cochere that runs under the second story of the house has segmental arched openings on each end. A simple portico with arched openings protects the front porch. Tt supports a small tefrace at the second floor, accessed by French doors and ringed with a wrought iron railing. The arch-headed paneled wood entry door is flanked by detached arched sidelights. The southerly side of the house has a chimney against the wall just west of the porte-cochere,. with a small window immediately adjacent to it on the second floor. On the first floor is a large casement opening, each side having fifteen panes.

The rear elevation of the house has a row of four uniformly-spaced narrow windows above a hipped-roof porch which is in the junction of the L between the two wings. A post suppmts the comer of the porch roof. On the first floor of the wing of the house, to the west of the porch, ·is an arched window with a fixed pane in the center and a multi-paned casement at each side. An identical window appears around the comer on the west side of the wing. At the notth end of the projecting wing is a covered patio with arched openings. The ceiling of the patio serves as the floor of a second-story tetTace that has wrought iron railings and an open roof of'largc notched rafters and crossbeams.

Altemtions and Integrity The property was altered a number of times over the years. Some of these date to the Lawson and Stengel residencies, but others, including a large two-story addition, are more recent. The house began as a two stmy, nine-room dwelling with garage, with a concrete foundation, wood frame walls, a tile roof, and a single brick chimney. Separate permits were issued for a sun room and a swi1mning pool in 1924 and were likely features added during the course of construction.

A permit for the addition of a bedroom was issued in 1937. This was likely the space noted by the Assessor in 1938 as a 306-square-foot space with a bedroom and a bathroom. By 1951 , Assessor's records show the enclosure of a lanai to make a finished "rumpus room." A den with a fireplace was added in 1956. A new swimming pool was permitted in 1980; three years later a pemut was issued to remodel the tennis court and bathrooms, and to add a workshop to the garage.

In March 2000, a permit was issued for a two-story addition at the rear of the house. A total of 336 square feet were to be added to the first floor for a kitchen and family room and 711 square feet to the second floor for a master suite and enlarged bedroom. Windows and doors tlu·oughout the house were to be changed out, but the openings would remain the same size. H is likely the existing wood windows date to this time. A small addition to the garage was also made at this time.

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Most recently, two pem11ts in April 2013 included the addition of a covered patio and balcony at the rear of the 2000 addition, the constrnction of stucco cJad piers topped with light fixtures adjacent to the walkway from the driveway to the po1tico, and the installation of new wrought iron gate at the po1te cochere and railing at the portico.

Findings ofEligibility After reviewing the nomination submitted by the cmTent owner and its supporting documentation, as well as visiting the site, Planning Division staff concludes that the prope1ty appears to meet Criteria 2 of the eligibility criteria for listing on the Glendale Register of Historic Resources.

Association with Sig11(fica11t Persons [Cdterio11 2] To meet Criterion 2, a property must "be associated with a person, persons, or groups who significantly contributed to the history of the nation, state, region, or city." As one of the most famous figures in the history ofbasebaH, Casey Stengel's major contribution to Ametican spmting histmy and popular culture is undoubted. Among the top handful of famous Glendalians, Stengel retained deep ties to the community despite spending large parts of his career in other cities. Pe1iod accounts of his career mentioned not only his wife Edna, but also their home on Grandview, signaling its impmtance to the couple.

Staff believes the house is also significant for its connection with the Lawson family. Patriarch John W. Lawson was Mayor of Glendale from April 1955 to April 1957, and in 1957 co-founded Glendale-based Valley National Bank. The bank was a prominent regional institution that operated numerous branches throughout the San Femando Va11ey and was one of local banks that helped fund the area 's phenomenal post-WWII growth. Edna Stengel (nee Lawson) and Casey Stengel were both engaged in operations of Valley Nati9nal Bank, solidifying the family's significance at both the national and local levels.

Architectural Sign.(ficance [Criterion 3] To meet Criterion 3, a property must"[ embody] the distinctive and exemplary characteristics of an architectural style, architectural type, pe1iod, or method of constl'uction; or represents a notable work of a master designer, builder or architect whose genius influenced his or her profession; or possesses high attistic values."

1663 Grandview Avenue displays many of the hallmark features of the Meditenanean Revival style, including a smooth stucco exterior finish; low-pitched hipped red tile roof; wide, boxed eaves with carved decorative beam-ends; a prominent entry portico with a flat roof; a po1te cochere; simple but complementa1y wrought ironwork; and multi-light wood windows.

Staff is concemed, however, that the addition of over 1000 square feet at the rear of the house in 2000 significantly altered the building's massing. Built at both the first and second floors, it appears this work subsumed some of the smaller additions built during the Lawson-Stengel ownership, creating a new two-story high mass appended to the original main body of the house. Though the addition is not easily seen from the street, it represents a dramatic change from the earlier configuration. Its design and detailing are also not quite up to the caliber of the original. Specifically, the addition's window-to-wall ratio is somewhat at odds with that

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of the original design, two segmentally-arched windows are awkwardly proportioned, and the cover at the rear door (which is presumed to date to this work) is poorly resolved.

While many properties listed on the Glendale Register feature additions built prior to designation, these are generally more deferential to the original house and are often built closer to the original construction date. Staff believes that the house is a ve1y handsome example of its style when viewed from the street, but that the large addition diminishes its historic and architectural integrity to the degree that it does not qualify for designation under Criterion 3.

Staff Determination Pursuant to Section 15.20.050 of the Glendale Municipal Code, which requires that a prope11y meet at least one of the five criteria for designation, staff has detennined that the property at 1663 Grandview Avenue is eligible for listing in the Glendale Register of Historic Resources based on the above findings.

Recommended Action by the Historic Preservation Commission Staff recommends that the Historic Preservation Commission recommend to the City Council that the property at 1663 Grandview A venue be designated as a historic resource in the Glendale Register of Historic Resources based on the findings identified in the staff determination. Staff also recommends that it be designated as the Lawson-Stengel House.

Staff also suggests that the Historic Preservation Commission recommend that the City Council authorize the City Manager to enter into a Mills Act contract with the property owners for property tax savings.

EXHIBITS Exhibit A: Glendale Register Application and Supporting Documentation Exhibit B: Photographs Exhibit C: Mills Act Application

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EXHIBIT B

1663 Grandview Avenue-photographs

Front fa9ade-East

Front fagade-East

Side courtyard-North

. Side fac;ade-South

Rear fa9ade-West

Rear-West

Garage

Backyard

Backyard

Backyard

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Backyard

Front fa9ade-Detail

Front fac;ade-Detail

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Light fixtures-exterior

June 17, 2014

City of Glendale Depa11ment of Community Development Planning Division 633 East Broadway, Room 103 Glendale, CA 91206 Attn: Director of Community Development

SUBJECT: 1663 Grandview Avenue

Dear Director of Community Development,

EXHIBIT C

Please accept this letter and application packet as our fonnal request for the City of Glendale ·Historic Preservation Commission to recommend to the Glendale City Council that the above referenced prope1ty be fonnally and officially designated an Historic Resource pursuant to Glendale Municipal Code Section 15.20. We understand that once our property is on t11e local register, we are eligible to apply for propetty tax relief for continued preservation of our property unde1· the Mills Act Properly Tax Abatement Program, which will require a separate application. We understand that other incentives may be available to us as a resull of .listing. We also understand that future modifications of our prope1ty may require approval by the Glendale Historic Preservation Commission and will be done according to the City's Design Guidelines and the Secretary oflnterior's Standards for Rehabilitating Historic Buildings.

This letter constitutes our\vdtteu permission as the property>s current owners of record for such designation.

We have enclosed an application, photographs, and information about the property. Please contact llS ifthere are nny questions or you noed additional infonnation.

We can be reached at 310"571 ~4009 (Craig Tessler) and also by email at CTesslcr@cbt"la.com

1663 Grandview A ven\le Glendale, CA 91201 · Attaclunents: Application, photographs, n .. 11orl by The Building Biographer

EXHIBIT D

IDEN'I1FICATION

I. HISTORIC NAME OF PROPOSED RIJSOURCR (if any) _________________ _

2. STREh"I' ADDRESS (include all nddresses nssocinted with the property)

__ 1_6_6;_:3::::..__G_r_·a_n_d_v_i _e_w_ A_v_e_n_u_e ___________ .ZJP CODE 91201

3. ASSESSOR'S PARCEL NO(s) __ __.:__5_6_2_2_-_0_0_1_-_o_o. 2

4. COMPLETE LEGAJ, DESCRTPT!ON (ntlach legal description): TRACT __ 3.L-'8><...9.....,,,.l ____ _

BLOCK LOT(s) _ ____ 8 _________ _ The Max Trust

5. OWNER(s) c/o Craig Tessler Chapman, Bird & Tessler, Inc.

ADDRliSS (ifdiftct~~~m~ve~undy Dr. Suite tft~ Los STATE CA ZIPCODE-2Q025

PHONE 310-571-4009 EMAIL ctessler@c bt-1R~~~l~s 6. PRESENT USE Single-family __ OIUGINALUSE Single-family residence

residence

DcsCl'lbc as much as possible about the histo1·y of the stmcturc. IC is reqnil'ed that copies of nny nrtlcles, informnOon, 01· other supplcmcnh\l'y documentation lo ""l)POt'I this applkatloo. be attached.

7. ARCIDTECTURAL STYLE, INCUDING ARCIDTECTURAL DETAILS AND CHi\llACTllR DEFINING FEATURES. Attnchaddiliomtl pages lfnecessnry. (For resiclcntinl use, please see the Glendale Design Guidelines for Adopted Historic lJistricts, "Sources oflnformation")

Please see attached page

8. YEARBUILT: 1925 SOURCE OF INFORMATION:, ___ B_u_j_.J_.d_i_' n_g_·_p_e_r_m_i_t _____ _

Robert D. Jones (attributed) 9. ORIGINALARCmTECT (if known) ______________________ _

Morse * Jones 10. ORIGINAL DUILDER {if known) _ _______________________ _

11. DA TES OF ENCLOSED PHOTOGRAPHS {sec attached instructions for submitting photographs)... Apri ~----~ 6~~014

I?.. SQUARE FOOTAGE (ifknown) ___ ~_,_2_1_2 ________ _______ _

Rel'fsed 11120/Z 7

7. ARCHITECTURAL STYLE , INCLUDING ARCHITECTURAL DETAILS AND CHARACTER DEFINING FEATURES:

The Lawson/Stengel house is a two-story Italian Period Revival residence. It is basically L-shaped with a hipped tiled roof, smooth stucco walls, and multi-paned french doors and windows. The eaves are open, supported by carved curvilinear beam-ends. The windows on the first floor are mostly casement, arranged singly or in pairs, while those on the second floor are mostly double-hung, with multiple panes in the upper sash, some arranged in bands . The porte-cochere, that runs under the second story of the house, has segmental arched openings on each end. The front door is deeply recessed behind a projecting porch that .has a large main arch flanked by two smaller arches . · The top of the porch serves as a terrace for the two f rench doors above and is ringed by a wrought-iron railing.

The southerly side of the house has a chimney against the wall just west of the porte cochere with a small window immediately adjacent to it on the second floor. On the first floor is a large casement opening, each s:l.de having fifteen panes.

The rear elevation of the house has a row of four uniformly spaced narrow windows above a hipped-roof porch which is in the junction of the L between the two wings . A post supports the corner of the porch roof. On the first floor of the wing of the house, to the west of the porch, is an arched window with a fixed pane :i.n the center and a multi-paned casement at each side. An identical window appears around the corner on the west side of the wing. At the north end of the projecting wing is a covered patio with arched openings. The ceiling of the patio serves as the floor of a second-story terrace which has wrought-iron railings and an open roof of large notched rafters and cross­beams.

At the northeast corner of the house where the two wings join is a sheltered patio accessed from the house by a pair of french doors.

13. ALTflRATIONS AND DATES OF ALTERATIONS (based on building permits, physical analysis, oral information, see attached "Sources oflnformation" for obtaining City building pem1it records, attach additional pages in ne1:essary):

19211--Add sunroom; bu11d swimming pool

1937--Add bedroom ------:19-5-(}--.RemeEJ.-e-l~kBji,..:i:_tT<=CHh'Me*n~--------------------·--

1956--Add den 1980--Bu:i.ld new swimmtng pool

.1983 Build worksho13-j-remodel bathrooms; bll::lld tEmnis court

2000--Build two-story addition at rear of house; change out windows; -----a-~t-eP-g-ar-age; replace HVAC ------·-- - ---

2013--Alter interior; add balcony/patio to rear

14. JS THE STRUCTIJRE (check one): X ON ITS ORIGINAL SITE __ .....cMOVED ___ UNKNOWN

15. LIST NA.Ml!S, OCCUPATIONS, AND TENURE OF ALL PREVIOUS OWNHRS AND OCCUPANTS, IF KNOWN (see attached "Sources oflnfonnatlon" for obtailling prior ownership infom1ttlion):

John W. Lawson, a real estate, banking and construction executive, and his wife Margaret A. Lawson (T925-1945)

Edna (Lawson) Stengel, a business manager, and her husband Charles D. (Casey) Sten·gel, a baseba.1..1. manager (194 5-T9713J

-Dr . James C, and Virginia- .(.G.ingeJ:?) Davis (J 978-20] 2)

The Max Trust (2012- ) ~--------------------~

Revised 1112012 8

18. CRITERIA FOR INCLUSION IN THE GLENDALE REGISTER

Jn order to qualify for inclusion on the Ulendale Register, the proposed resource must meet nt lenst one of the following oriterin. Please explain how the proposed resource meets one or more of the following criteria A proposed resource does not need to meet all criteria In order to qualify for the Glendale Register. However, If the proposed resource meets more than one criterion, please include nil infom1ation in this application. ff a cl'ilerion is inapplicnble, indicate "Not Applicable". Attach additional pages, if necessary. Jdcn!lfy the source from where the information was obtained and provide copies of any supporting information and documentation with this application.

CRITERlONl IS THE PROPOSED ffiSTORIC RESOURCE IDENTIFIED WlTH JMPORTANT EVENTS IN NATIONAL,

STATE, OR CITY HISTORY, OR 'DOES IT EXEMPLIFY SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE BROAD

CULTURAL, POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, SOCfAL, ORHJSTOIUC HERITAGE OF THE NATION, STATE, OR

CJTV? IF SO, PLEASE DESCRIBE:

NIA

CRlTElUON2 JS THE PROPOSED HJSTORIC RESOURCE ASSOCIATED WITII A .PERSON, PERSONS, OR GROUPS WHO.

SlGNJl<'lCANTLY CONTRIBUTED TO THE HISTORY 011 THE NATION, STATE, REGION, OR CITY? IF SO, l'LEASR DF,SCRIDE:

Casey Stengel, the son-in-law of the original owner~ was the

legendary manager of the New Yorlc Y.anlrnes baseball team from

1948 to 1960, winning an unprecedented seven World Ser:tes.

Considered baseball ' s ambassador of' good will, Stengel was inaucted

into t.he-Na.t4Ma-l-Ba-s-e-t>all l:la1l of Fame in 1 966. He lived at

CR1TEIUON3 1633 Grandview for thirty years. DOES THE PROPOSED UISTORIC RESOURCE EMBODY THE DISTINCTIVE AND EXEMPLARY

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1663 GRANDVIEW AVENUE

GLENDALE

Style: Italian Period Revival

Y car of Completion: 1925

Original Building Permit: #12470, issued on October 17, 1924 for a two-story, nine-room dwelling and garage. The house, to measure approximately 32 by 50 feet, would have a concrete foundation, wood-frame walls, a tile roof, and one brick chimney.

A copy of this permit is attached.

Cost to Build: $25,500-a greater-than-average cost for a new house in 1925.

Builder: Morse & Jones, Glendale. The Southwest Builder and Contractor, a weekly journal of the building trade, announced the impending construction of the house by that fim1 in its October 24, 1924 issue. It was described as a two--story, nine-room 32Mby-50-foot dwelling with a tile roof. A copy of this announcement is attached. Morse & Jones was located.in Glendale's Lawson Building, wltlch was owned by the Lawson family for whom they built this house. One of the partners, August Morse, a resident ofHennosa Beach, was known more as a real estate developer than ns a contractor. First appearing in Glendale directories in 1924, the flrm had disappeared by 1929.

Architect: Possibly Robert D. Jones, a Glendale-based building designer, who may have been the "Jones" in Morse & Jones. During the 1920s Jones teamed wi.th Los Angeles builder Sanson Cooper who was responsible for a number oflarge period revival houses in the Hancock Park area. A further search in relevant sections of the Southwest Bui'/der for three months before the construction date of the Grandview Avenue house failed to document an architect's nam~.

Owners: This house has had only two owning families. The first owner was Edna M. Lawsoni who had purchased the vacant parcel in 1922 from James W. Gibson. Title passed to Ina M.

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Lawson in 1924. The following year, Margaret A. Lawson, the mother of Edna M. Lawson and the wife of John W. Lawson, was recorded as owner. Mr. Lawson assumed sole ownership in 1930. A real estate, banking, and construction executive, he lived in the house with Margaret and their adult son John M. ("Jack") Lawson, an engineer. The senior Mr. Lawson (1865-1948) maintained an office in Room #319 of the Lawson Building at 143 North Brand Blvd. His constructionjohs were said to have included the building of film-sets in the early days of movie­making.

In 1945, title was again recorded in the name of Mr. and Mrs. Lawson's daughter Edna, who was now known as Edna M. Stengel. She had become the wife of famed professional baseball player and manager Casey Stengel. (Interestingly, although most biographies of the Stengels indicate the house was a wedding present from Mrs. Stengel's father and that she and her husband moved into it immediately after its completion in 1925, local directories show them only as living in the house beginning inl 945, with Mrs. Stengel's parents John and Margaret Lawson as the residents before that timo. The 1930 census documents that Jolm and Margaret Lawsori, their son John> and a husband~and-wife pair of servants were occupying the house. After Casey and Edna Stengel moved into their home, the Lawson family relocated elsewhere in Glendale.)

Charles Dillon ("Casey") Stengel {1890-1975) was born in Kansas City, Missom·i and attended the local schools, winning fame as an all-around athlete. After playing on a number of farm teams, he was signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1912. "Over the next four seasons his batting, fielding, and colorful antics made Stengel a local favorite." After setvice in the U.S. Navy, Stengel returned to professional ba11, playh1g for a number of teams, including the Pittsburgh Pirates, New York Giants, and Boston Braves before "retiring" in 1924 to become a manager. During his career he l)layed in 1,277 games and three World Series, batted .284, scored 575 mns, drove in 535 runs, and fielded .964.

As a manager, Stengel "gained a reputation as an effective leader and colorful crowd pleaser." In 1932, he was appointed a coach with the Dodgers and two years later became their manager. However, bis first fifteen years as a manager were a disappointment as he w1successfully led a number of teams. But his f011unes changed in 1948, when he was appointed manager of the New York Yankees and they won the World Series the next year. By 1953, he had booome the first person to manage five consecutive World Series witmers and by the end of his twelve--year association with the Yankees, had won a total often American League chatnpionships and seven Wol'ld Series-the greatest record in history. After a short retirement in Glendale where he worked at the bank owned by his wife's family, he returned to baseball as the manager of the New York Mets in 1962. Even though the Mets were to give the worst perfonnance of any National League team since 1899, Stengel's charisma and popularity remained strong. He retired for good in 1965, returning to Glendale where he acted as baseball's ambassador. A beloved legend, Stengel was inducted into the National Baseball Hall.of Fame in 1966.

Mrs. Stengel (1894-1978), the fonner Edna Lawson, a native of Michigan, had been a ftlm actress and an accountant before she married her husband in 1923. They would have no

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surviving children. After her marriaget Mrs. Stengel continued in management roles in her family's businesses. At her death she left an estate of$3 million. Additional biographical infotmation about Mr. and Mrs. Stengel is attached, including excerpts from two books that describe life in their Glendale home. In spite of all Casey's time away managing baseball teams, "the house, the palm trees. the swimming pool, the Odental furnishings, the playhouse in the garden were all there awaiting [his] return,,,

Dr. James C. and Virginia (Ginger) Davis became the owners of the Lawson/Stengel house in November 1978. Title transferred toSheryl Davis Moot'e as co-trustee in July2012.

The Max Trust has been the owner since November 2012.

Other Building Permits: A permit was issued in November 1924 to add a 16-by~24-foot sun mom to the house at a cost of $800. C. A. Scott was identified as tbe contractor. It would have a concrete floor and a tile roof. That same month; the construction of a 24-by-45-foot concrete swimming pool was pcnnittedt to cost $1,200. C. A. Scott was again the builder.

In September 1937, a permit was issued for the addition of a 16-by-18-foot bedroom. The owner would act as his own contractor for this job, valued at $500.

The kitchen was to be remodeled with new cabinets, plaster, paintt and appliances in November l 950. The owner was to act as his own contractor. The cost was estimated at $1,500.

In April 1956, an 1 l-by-16-foot den was to be added to the house at a cost of$1,500. It was to have a composition roof and a b1ick fireplace, John Pagluiso of Glendale was the contractor.

Construction of a new 20-by-38-foot, 30,000-gallon-capacity swimming pool was p~1mitted in February 1980. Floyd M. Johnston of La Canada was the builder of this $9,880 project.

A tennis court and bathrooms were to be remodeled and a workshop added, according to a pemlit issued in December 1983. Depco was the designer; the contractor was James G. Bellard & Sons of Glendale. Tlte cost was estimated at $30,000.

A pcnnit was issued in March 2000 for a two-story addition at the rear of the house. A total of 336 square feet were to be added to the first floor for a kitchen and family room and 711 square feet to the second floor for a master suite and enlarged bedroom. Interior remodeling on the first floor would include a new pantry, powder room, and laundry area. Windows and doors tltroughout the house were to be changed out, but the openings would remain the same size. Cynthia Bennett & Associates of South Pasadena was to be the designer/builder for this $120,000 project.

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Also that month, a pem1it was issued to add 21 square feet to a portion of the garage and convert a storage area to parking space. The cost was estimat<:d at $5,000. Cynthia Bennett was again the builder.

The HV AC system was replaced in April 2000.

Two pennits were issued in April 2013 to undertake a total of$68,000 in alterations to the house. The work was to include: adding a balcony/patio to the rear of tne house, remodeling both floors, removing and replacing plaste1\ rewiring, and replacing wall insulation. The architect was Vargas Design of North Hollywood and the contractor was Bo L. Jellllings of Glendale.

Copies of some of these permits are attached.

(Note: Permits for very minor alterations, such as water heater replacement, are not included. A1so not included are permits missing from the flle or whose microfilmed or digital copies are indecipherable and not otherwise recorded or described in Assessor's records.)

Assessor's Records: The Los Angeles County Assessor first visited the property on September 15. 1925 and recorded a newly-completed single residence with a concrete foundation, walls of "button,. plaster over metal lath, a flat and hipped tile and composition roof, and plain plaster trim. Heat was pmvided by a fireplace, a false mantel, and a gas furnace. There were ten "special'•-quality plumbing fixtures (later increased to fourteen). Lighting fixtures were rated both "good,, and "special." Interior finishes included plaster with a Tiffany fmish and plain woodwork. Three rooms were finished in mahogany. The house had seven hardwood floors. A refrigerator was built-in. ·

The Assessor estimated the square footage at 3,048. On the first floor were tlu-ee living rooms .(one was probably a dining room) and a tiled kitchen. The second floor contained four bedrooms ·and two tiled bathrooms. There was also a basement that measured t 2 by t 4 feet and was 8 feet deep. A detached garage, measuring 20 by 28 feet, had a hipped tiled roof, plaster walls, three plumbing fixtures, and a finished interior. AUached to the side of the garnge was a 9-by-20-foot space containing "living rooms." Also on the property were a 44-by·22"foot swimming pooJ, a 50-by-100-foot tennis court surrounded by a fence, and a 16-by~24-foot lanai that had a hipped tiled roof and was open on all sides.

The Assessor retu.med on February 25, 1938 to record the addition of a 306-square-foot ~pace to a comer of the residence, containing a bedroom and a bathroom. It had a concrete fow1dation, stucco walls, a flat composition rnof, plastered interior, and tlu·ee plumbing fixtures. Constmction quality was rated 0 specia1!'

On September 26, 1951, the Assessor noted that the old lanai had been enclosed to make a ''rumpus room." It had a concrete floor, stucco walls, a hipped tiled roof, and slee1 sash. Its

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interior was finished with plaster, interior stucco, and knotty pine, and it hnd a fireplace. Outside the structure was an 11-by-19~foot split-rock porch.

The Assessor re-visited the property on December 20, 195 I to record the modernized kitchen that had new tile, linoleum, cabinets, sink and dishwasher.

1n 1956, the Assessor recorded the addition to the house of a 1 O-by-18-foot den with a fireplace and paneled wans.

The Assessor has continued to keep the building record up-to-date. He now shows several additions to the rear comer of the house, a newer swimming pool and spa, and the 1983 addition of a 14-by-20-foot workshop to one end of the garage with a concrete-slab foundation, stucco walls, and a hiJlped tile roof. He also noted that the old living quarters on the other end of the garage has been conveLted into a laundry room around 1983. A small addition at the rear of the garage housed pool equipment. In June 1984, the Assessor also commented that there is a "long front lawn, beautifully landscaped with roses, etc."

The Los Angeles County Assessor currently estimates the square footage of the house at 4,212 with five bedrooms and five bathrooms. Copies oftbe 2012 Assessor's building records are attached.

Significance: The Lawson/Stengel house is potentially eligible for listing on a local inventory of significant properties due to its fine design, good state of preservation, its association with Casey Stengel, and its contribution to the architectural and historical context of the Grandview Avenue neighborhood.

Architectul'al Description: The Lawson/Stengel house is a two-story Italian Period Revival residence. It is basically L~shaped with a hipped tiled l'oof, smooth stucco walJs, and multi-paned french doors and windows. The eaves are open, supported by carved curvilinear beam-ends. The windows on the first floor are mostly casement, arranged singly or in pairs, while those on the second floor are mostly double·hung, with multiple panes in tho upper sash, some arranged in bands. The porte-cochere, that runs wider the second story of the house, has segmental arched openings on each end. The front door is deeply recessed behind a projecting porch that has a large main arch flanked by two smaller arches. The top of the porch serves as a terrace for the two french doors above and is ringed by a wrought·iron railing. The rear elevation of the house has a band of four double~lmng windows on its northerly end, below which is a recessed porch. To lhe south of this porch is an off·centcr arched window with a fixed pane in the center and a multi-paned casement at each side. Also at the real' of the house, in the junction of the L betwee11 the two wings, is a porch with a double shed-like tile roof supported by posts and pilasters. Above this is a row of four very mmow casement windows.

Sources: City of Glendale, Building Department Los Angeles County Assessor (Sylmar district office and Los Angeles archives) Los Angeles Public Library

American National Biograp/1y, vol. 20 (1999). Dmso, Joseph. Casey: The Life and Legend of Charles Dillon Stengel.

Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Prentice-Hall, 1967. Felker, Clay. Casey Stengel's Secret. New York, Walker & Co., 1961. Gebhard. David and Robert Winter. An Architectural Guidebook to Los Angeles.

Salt Lake City, Gibbs-Smith, 2003. McAlester, Virginia and Lee. A Field Guide to American Houses.

New York, Knopf, 1984.

City Directories: 1924-

Los Angeles Times: September 30, 1975; October 7, 1975; Febrnary 4, 1978 Southwest Builder and Contractor: October 24, 1924

Internet Resources, including Califomia Index, Califomia Death Index,

Tim Gregory

Gale Biography Master Index, Ancestry.com, and Historic Los Angeles Times Database.

The Building Biographer 400 East California Blvd., #3 Pasaden~ CA 91106·3763 626-792~ 7465 timurcgoiv@sbcglobal.net www. buildjngbiographer .i:ont

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STENGEL, Casey <30 July 1890-29 Sept. 1975), base~ btl.11 player t1nd mnnager, was born Charles Dillon Stengel in Kansas City, Missouri, the sou of Louis Stengel, an insurance agent and Inter a street sprinkler company owner, and Jconlc Jordnn. TI1e younge.~t of three children, Stengel grew up in a middJe~lass fami­ly and gradu11tcd from the Garfield Grammar School in 1906. A versatile athlete, the left-hooded Stengel plAyed basketball, football, and baseball at Central High School, and he was a pitcher on the baseball team that won the 1909 Missouri state high school chwnpionship.

The following spring the 19-year-old Stengel quit hlgh ~chool to play professional baseball with the Kan~ sas City Blues of the American Association. ~1heBlues converted Stengel to outfield play and assigned him in 1910 to Kankakee, lllinois, of the Northern Associa­tion, then to Shelbyville, Kentucky, then to the M11ys­viUe, Kentuck~·, team of the lowe.l'-class Blue Grass League, where he batted an unimpressive .233. (Ove1·-

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----------· ... -. . .. -· -·-·- --··-· . all, his baning aYerage with the three clubs was .236.) 'l lult winter Stengel entei:ed the Western Dental Col­lege of Kansas City, but hnhe spring ofl911 be joined the Aurora, Illinois, team of the Wisconsin-Illinois League and led the leag\le ii) batting and stolen bnses. That imprcss)ve performance moved the Brooklyn Dodgers of the NntionaJ League to purchase Stengel's contract and to ossign him to the Montgomery, Ala­bama., team of the Southern Association. After batting .290. witJ1 Montgomery, Stengel joined t1ie Dodgers late m the 1912 season, and in nn auspicious debut he struck four hits and stole two hases in his first game and fuushed the season with a .316 battillg average in 17 games.

As a fledgling major leaguer in 1913, the 5'8W', 175-pound Stengel, who wns nicknamed "Casey" for his Kansas City origin, demanded and received a 52,100 CQruract. That season Stengel hit the first home run at :Brooklyn's new Bbbets Field and batted .272 overall. Over the next fou.r seasons his baning, field­ing, aud colorful o.ntics mode Stengel a local favorlte. Stepgel's "baseball lnstinct.s" also drew praise from sportswl'iters, one commenting that he was "spec~cu­lar even when doing nothing in particular." In 1914 Stengel.battc<l .316 and led the league with a .404 on­base percenmge. 'I\vo years later his enthusiastic Jead­ership and clutch hitting helped Brooklyn win a close race and land its first National League pennant since 1900; Stengel's .364 batting Also led Brooklyn's losing effort ln the 1916 World Serie~.

After the 1917 season., in which he batted .257 and led the Dodgers in runs scored 1md mm; batted in, Stengel was traded to the Pittsburgh Pitatet. He played only 39 games for the Pirates in 1918 before joining 1he U.S. Navy nod spending the rest of the year directing the baseball program ot the Brookly.n Navy Yard. Rejoilling the Pirates in 1919, Stengel wns batting .293 after 89 grunes when he was traded ti> the X.~adelphia Phillies. Hampered by leg and back ail­mentt;· Stengel postponed his debut with the Phillies until 1920 when he bntted .292 in129 games. The fol­lowing season, nfter batting .305 in 24 &ames, Stengel was ttaded lo the New York Giants.

Still hobbled by sol'c legs, the 31-ycar.-old Stengel appeared in only 18 games with the 1921 Giants, but he gained valuable insights by observing managel' John McGraw's tllctic& that included platooning his players and S<.'Ouling riv11l ph1yera. A<J a pllltooned out­fielder, Stengel played fewer than 200 games over the 1922 and 1923 seasons, but he notched his bcstoffcn-

. sive marks by batting .368 aud .339 with an on-base percentage of better than .400. Stee1gel's hitting dur­ing those seasons helped tl1e GJants win two league championships, and his .400 hitting contributed to the Gi11J1ts' victory in the J 922 World Series.

'Ir11ded to the Bosten Braves Jn November 1923, Stengel batted .280 in 131 games. Jn August of that year he married Edna Lawson, a film actress and daughter of a Califomin banker and building contrac-­tor. The next season, after J1c batted only .077 through May, Stengel's 14-year major le.1gue playing care<:r

ended. Stengel played in l,277 gAn'les> batted .284, World Series victories in 1956 and 1958. By then Sten­scored 575 runs> drove in 535 runs, and fielded .964. gel, who was dubbed "the Old Professor" by report­l•~ three World Series appearances Stengel botted an ers, was a national celebrityj with stories of his "leg­ovcrall .393. end" appearing in books and major magazines. Jn

Stengel's more illustrious career as a baseball manw 1958 Stengel embellished his legend when he ap­ager begnn in 1925 when he served as playing manager peared before a congressional subcommittee that was of the Worcester, Massachusetts, team of the Eastern probing m11jor league bas~ball's antitrust exemption. League. In 1926 his mentor McGraw helped him be- He regaled the panel with one of his humorous, mm­come managet of the Toledo, 011io, club of the Amcri- bUng discourses that reporters had takcu to calHog· can Association. For six seasons Stengel managed "Stengelese." Toledo, during which time hls team won the 1927 After the Yankees lost the 1959 pennnnt race, Sten­American Association title and he gained 11 reputation gel again led the team to victory in 1960 but lost a sev­as an elfective leader and colorful crowd pleaser. en-game World Series stn1ggle to Pittsburgh. Five

In 1932 Stengel's reputation led tQ his appointment days after that loss, Yankees owner Dan Tupping as a coach with the Dodgers. After coaching for two staged a "resignation" ceremony in which Stengel was se11~'<>nN, he succeeded Max Carey as the team mnnog- dismissed and awarded a ~1611>000 bonus. With 10 er. Dut Stengel's fitst stint as a major l~gue manager American League championshjps and seven World proved inauspicious; from 1934 to 1936 his team won Series victories in his 12 sea~ons as Ya11kee manager, just 208 games while losing 251. Notwithstanding his . the 70..year-old Stengel's reputation in mn;or league crowd-pleas!t1g antics nnd his etlective development~ .. ba:>.eP.~U was assured. But aft.er rerurning ro f'.alifomia young players, Stengel was fired nnd WRS ocmally paid and worlk.lng nt llls w.ife•s bank, Stengel accepted an not to manage in 1937. Stengel's second mtlnagerlal offer from George Weiss, who had become general stint, a slx-yt:ar term with the Booton Bocs tl1at began manager ~f the Notional League's expansion New in 1938 afrer Stengel invested 343,000 in that fman- York Mets, to become the new team's manager. dally straitened tc11n1, was alRo ineffective. After post- Jn 1962 Stengel mannged the Mets, a tea.in of cast­ing n wirming season in 19.38, Stengel's team 1-ecorded offs and rookies, to a 4(}-120 recol'd> the worst per­five consecutive losing ~sons. In 1943 a ne~ B~ston formance by a National League team since 1899. Over owner purchased Stengel s stock shares and d1sm1ssed the next two seasons the Mets also finished last, hut him 11s team manager. Stengel's charisma and the very ineptitude of his team

During the rears 1944-1948 Stcn~el successfully enabled the 1964 Mets, playing at their newly estab­mana~ed tl.te Mil~Vll;ukee and Kansas C1ty team~ of t~e lished Shea Stadium, to outdraw the champion Yan­Amcucan A~so~1auon and the Ooklnnd,_ Caltf~rma, kees by more than 400,000 fans. The following year, team of the 1 acific C.Oast League. A turnmg pmnt ln after breaking a hip in a fall Stengel announced his Stengel's fortunes came in. 1948. when ~s Oakla~d final retirement at an elabora;e ceremony. team '~~n the league champ1onsh1p and _h1s succcs~ m ln retirement Sterigel functioned as a baseball am­dcvtlopmg yo\lng players promp~ed ~orge ,Weiss, bassador. From 1966 to 1974 he attended every World tht: general manager o~ the Amcncan League, s New Series and every Mets' spring training camp, and he York Yankees, to appoint Stengel as the l.ei\m s men- frequently delivered speeches in his inimitable "Sten­ager. . . gelese" style. In 1966 he was voted into the National

The apptimtm~nt of tl1e 58-year old Stengel a~ !11.an- Baseball Hall of Fame> which he <lescdbed as "e.11 ager of baseba11 s most famous terun drew cnuci.sm 8.ITIJl7.iog thing." Stengel died at Memorial Hospit~I in from many observers, but an Oakland writer predlct: Glendale. An elnborate funeral fullowed, and it was ed that he would be an excellent bench manager. For announ ed that he left an estate of SSW. 000 When his his part Stengel declared, "I've ne~er had so many wife die~ in 19'/8 she left an estate of~ mllllon. The good players before .... I've been hited to wln, and l 1 h d hi Im 1.hink I will." During the 1949 season Stengel's adroit coupe a no c en. platoon.mg of players overcame n msli of injuries as he drove the Yankees to a one .. gome victory in the Ameri-¢an League pennant ~ce and to a World Sel'ies victo-ry. For his achievement Stengel was voted ml\111\ger of the year by the Baseball Writers Association.

During the years 195(}-1953 Stengel'sYankees won four more league champion$hips and World Series ti­tles, making Stengel the first to mannge five oonsecu­tive World Series wjlUlers. In pr11i~ing his rival, Cleve­land manager Al Lopez cited Stengel's platooning mctlcs and his innovative use of a preseason lnstmc­tion11l school for developing young players.

In 1954 Lopez's Cleveland team ended Stengel's victory skein, but Stengel's Yankees rebounded to win the next four American Lea~e pennants and added

---• The Nalional BaselYdll Libr11fy, Coopecsfown, N.Y., hus extensive clipping files on Steni:el's life. His uutoblogroplty ls Caszy at cite Bat: The Sto1y llf My li/8 i11 Baseball, with Harry 1: Paxton (1962). Among several biogrnphies of Stengel, Robert Creamer, Sungel: /;tis life at1d 11't11es (1984), is out­SUUldlng. Others include Joscpl\ Durso, Cas4)1: 1714 lifa aml !Agtnd of Cl1arks Dillvn Stengel (1967); Fronk Grnham, Jr., Cas•.v Stmgol: Hit Half Cent111Y i11 811Jcha/I (1958); Norman Macl'...ean, CastJ.V Stmgel: A Biogtaplui (1971); and Chotles s. Verml, Case,y S~11gd: llPs•(wll/'s Qreaust Mn11ager (J978). Stengel's managerial ~rcer is inch1ded wirJl other baseball managers In Chntles B. Cleveland, Bastlxl/l's G11atesiManog­ers (1950); William Heuman, f"1111w1u yPucht..r (1968); 'l~m Meany, T11t Magnffi&4nt Yaukttt (1957); Edwin Pope, Base­ball's GTtattst Manng1n (1960); Ray Roblnsou, Jlaseball's Mos1 Oo/Qr/111 Manogm (1970); and Harold Rosenthnl, Bass-

~all's Bes~ Mrmogel's (1%1). Stengel's pmonality Is dcpic:ted m Frederick G. Lieb, Co111eaio1is 011d Pm11Ju1m of Btmball (1958); andHaroldI..iss, IJar1bt1ll'sZouiutSU1~(1911). Sten­gel'$ place lo the hisiory of major league baseball is in David Q. Voigt, AmeriC1111.8rueball vols. 2 ruid 3 (1983); s.nd his r«· ords RS player and manager ase in Jolu) 1l1om and J"erc Pel­met, eds., Total Baseball, 3d ed. (1993). J\moug the best ani­clcs on Stengel's life arc Arthur Daley, ''The Philosophy of Casey Stengel;' N,t111 Yom 1T111u Mag~i111, 26 July 1953, pp. l~ff; J. I<. Hu1chins, "(',asey at the Bar," Snutrdll)l.Rwiew of !-ttmiture, 15 Apr. 1967, pp. 29JT; Gilbert Millstein, "Mus­ings of a Dugout Socrates," New York 1T111es Mag02i11c 26 Aug. 1962, pp. 171f; "1nat Mnn," 7'1'111e, 3 O~'t. 1950,'pp. 51H>i; "Stengelese Sampler," Sports 11/ustmtttl, Z3 nee. 1974, pp. 54-55. An obitUIU')' is in the N4w Yo>'k 11'mcs, 1 Oct. 1975.

DA\l'JD Q. VOIGT

Edna Lawron was one of those fearsome combinations~ beauti­ful but smart. She was a tall, willowy brunette accountant when she met Casey Stengel at a baseball game in 1923, and he was playing right :field for John McGraw's Giants. They we.re married on August 18 t.'!ie following year, and then Edna followed base­ball teams around the circuits of a dozen l~aues for 41 years while the fommes of Casey and his teams flucroated wildly.

Her thinking, though, never strayed far from their home at 1663 Grandview Avenue in Gl~dale, California, md she prac­tically commuted from it to baseball games all over the country. So, whether the year was l925 and Worcester was in third place in the Eastern L~aue under' a rookie manager or whether it was 19S5 and the New York Ywees were in first place under a patri­arch-the house, the palm trees, the swimming pool, the Oriental furnishings, the playhouse in the garden were all there awaiting the return of Charles Dillon StengeL

It all started on a lcind of blind date at the Polo Grounds. She had gone to the game with Mrs. Emil Meusel, the wife of the ball player best known as Irish Meusel, who .in fact was of Alsatian. descent and who had played with Stengel in Philadelphia as well as in New York. Casey was one of the few bachelors in the lineup-the ''team bachelor," in some ways-and when McGraw removed him from the lineup in the seventh inning in order to

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send in Jimmy O'Connell for defensive pUI?oses, he changed Sten-gel's life. -O'Conn~ was sent m because of "mat f eoce," Edna said years

latet\ refe.rrmg to the difficult carom shot:S that bounced off. the short right-field fence m ti:e Polo Grou~ds and that made· right .field an obstacle course at tn:nes for 2 pair of legs as uncertain as Casey>s had become. Anyway, when O'Connell went in, Stengel · went out. He went stnright to the clubhouse, showered, dressed I <ID;d then. appeared in the box-seat section reserved for the players' · Wlves and guests, whc;re Edna Lawson was sitting with Mrs. Meusel. ~ ·~our went out to dinner after the game, and that was the be-gmmng of that. · '. "Just think," he would say 40 years farer, "if I hadn't been ;=~ o~t of that game, Edna .might>ve wound up with somebody

'-· 'Edna, m fact, almost did wind up with somebody else, since she .had .~ '~derstmding" at the time with a you.na doctor. But she · w~n:irl _up with Casey, and from the first day b~e the gyroscope .. ·of ~ Jife. He was already 34 years old and had led the life of a galloping n~d. But Edna wasted no rime proviiling him with a !3ase ?f operanons that he never relinquished.

.: The base was in Glendale, where she had been raised while her . fathc;.r, a building con~ctor, had constrncted some of the early .mone sets, Glendale bemg one of the early capitals of silent films. As a schoolgirl in the seventh grade, she and her classmates would stop to ~ch scenes being shot while on their way home from school lft~r,. ~ an 18-year-ol~ she began to get into the act, so .:o spea,k; as did 0th.er people in the town who were being trotted m as extr.i.s.

"I was a good dancer," she :recalled, "so they put me in western dan~hall scenes. Once I knocl""ed over the whole set. Nobody made much money in those days. Th.e most I ever <rot was 85 ·dollars a wc;ek. &--t I acted with l.fillian Gish and H~t Gibson and other starS. I guess I photographed well, but it wasn't for me."

Jn.1924, her father built something else, not far from the movie sets be used to build: a house. And Casey and Edna moved into it as a wedding present and settled down.

It was a big rwo-story house on a street lined with palm trees., a street th.at sloped upwarli to the foothills of the Sierras. And

wherever Casey .roamed around his acres for the next half-century -to the :Hower gardens. the tennis colll't", the pool out back, the ormge and lemon trees-he could look over his shonlde.r and see a majestic gray moon.tam peak looming up a conple of miles away.

:Better yet, wherever he roamed outside the acres-New York, Florida, Japan-he could know that E.dna was worryi..ng less about batting averages than about: the windsto..rms that occasionally blew dust all over their living-room drapes.

The only thing missing was children. a fact that enconraged Casey to dote on teen-aged baseball players after he had ecome a manager or on the h~des -Of Edna's .relatives who lived eru:by .. Her brother Jack and cousin Margaret lived in houses not£ away, and "Uncle ~y'' became the paterfamilias of a booming, travel- · ing,. entcrprisjng clan of Lawsons.

TIµiving, too. ·When Casey later invested in some oil-w prop­erti~ along with Al Lopez, Randy Moore and severnl. oth r base-­ball /cronies, they literally struck oil and the cash started t'o fl.ow. ~en Edna's family set up a bank in Glendale, more cash flowed %en til.ey .invested in real estate, they found Glendale expanding ~4 their dividends multiplied, too.

· · ; The strength of the Stenge1s' life together, though, rested not so much on their taSte for the good Iif e, nor their increasing ability to finance .it, nor the riot of advenmre that they seemed to incite from the start; it was more the fact that each thonght the other was a card, and each was right.

Casey, Jor example, liked to sit by his wife's el.bow at home, in hotel lobbies, in railroad stations oz in airport terminals and make impertinent asides as she described the •windstorms, rainstorms and

~e:. forest £res that created household emergencies ~ack ~~ Glen- I For one thing, Edna was a tireless interior decorator wh always

was remodeling the hoose into "Chinese rooms" and oth exotic styles with imported Japanese beds and the like. For anoth thing, he could tweak her with the impunity of a man who fully ppreci­ateS a woman's business skill and often lets the world khow it. After all, she had been a professional accoUiltant and actre:Ss when they met, and she revived her skills later by managing apartment­house properties and serving as chairman of the board of the com-pany that operated their bank's hea.dqnarrers building. j

"Tell 'em wout the time yon played with Hom Gibson," he wonld say, interrupting her a: a serious moment.

Or, while she was .relating a plan to save both an in.stlrance com­pany and herself some money by caching the family silverware in the swimming pool to protect it from dust ,f.D.d fire, he would aSk off the back ofhis hand in a stage whisper: "What good silver? Do we own any?" .

He conceded, tho~ob, that an ill wind might blow some good in Glendale. He used to have a room in the house, he said, that was·so flawless that Mrs. Stengel in exasperation finaJ.J.y gave it to ·~s0me relation." So now, he went on, he was stUck with a Chinese .room and· a Japanese bed, inspired by a. baseball junket to the Far E~i .. . . ~·~at Japanese bed of mine,» he said,_ "the one that took two

. yea.vs to build-it had to be so perfect-I 'Wl.Sh the Storm would blow ·that thing away." : · Edna "vas undismayed by his flippancy. "One advmtage," she

. ~~ed with a sly grin, "is that Casey doesn't have to look for bis . room ~y more. He just looks for the Chinese room." • • ·· ·Even duriiig the baseball season when he would leave this Cali­. .fornia ~ for eight months, she would try to keep one foot in Glendale· while following the baseball trail herself. One reason Was that nobody could keep up Casey's whirlwind pace, anywgy­up at dawn; meals ta!ren on the ron; long afternoons and, later,

: long evenings in stadiums; drin1cing '\\.ith the GiantS or Braves or Toledo Mud.hens or "my writers" until 2 or 3 A.M.

. Another reason was that her roots were deep in Glendale, and 1 she simply liked ·it there. When the bank ·was established, she sold I mast of the stock for it and enlisted the most depositors. She also . rang doorbells and made speeches to help her brother in his cam-

1 p~an. for mayor of Glendale and, she said a trifle triumph2lltly, l "of. course he won." :

·. Whel;l she £nally would hit the baseball trails with Casey, though, · she traveled in full plumage and rivaled him for energy md zest. She had a rich, smart, expensive wardrobe and the long, lean figure t0 g9 with it. She indulged herself in dramatically ornate hal:S. Her jewelry was US!Ially glitrering, and she was as vivacions and

. QE:.rspoken_in a_~h voice as Casey was in a low voice.

- ln a wp.rd, Edna kept the books. She even preferred this type of adm.inist:rative duty to some of the more prosaic honsehold chores, like cooking. .

"I never really liked to cook," she said, looking back on the early years of their marriage. "I was never what you would call a. good cook. Oh, I could cook, all right; but not really well. And yet we 21.w.~ys seemed to have great crowds of people aro~d, so rd have to· cook. We'd plan a quiet Sunday at hom~ with maybe my brother or some other close member of the family, but before

. ~ong oi:her people would start tQ drop by the house. The J?sh

. Men~Is lived up the street and they would show up, ~nd, I i:n:ght npt even have enough to go around, really. Casey didn: t mmd; ·huov~~ crowds. But I worried."

'one thing that irritated Casey constantly was the fact mat his comfort and wealth were taken for granted., carelessly and anony­mously as thouah he had not labored mightily to achieve borb.

''People alw~ say I'm rich and the direcror of a bank/' he said after he had reached a State of considerable affinence, "but they never say which bank." ,

Well, it was ~e Valley National B~ with J~1

hn E. Lawson chairman. of the board and trustee of the Laws n Estate, and . Charles D. ''Casey" Stengel vice president. The · office was · OD North Br.me! Boclevard m die heart of Glend e, and Stengel 1 I could be reached there in the off-season through a~elephone num- ' ber with the appropriate exchange cf POpular 6.

He wasn't exactly a captain of .finance; seve years after it had opened. in 1957, the ban.le listed depositS of . 9 million dol­lars, and the following year edged closer co 22 million. But he was at least a lieutenant, and by September of 1964 the Valley National Bank had a "Toluca Lake Office" in Nonh Holl.ywood and Cssey donned a yellow helm.ct to break ground for a new main-bank building in a spacious lot adjoining rh.e headquarters.

. "We might even strike oil," he said as he dug a golden spade ~o the ground. ·

He was .finishing his third season as manager of the MetS at that . time and the team had just ended a weekend series in Los Angeles.

Monday was an off-day, and while the rest of the team flew up to San Francisco to open a series with the Giants on Tuesday, Stengel peeled oif to spend a day at home with Edna, their mementoes md their little business empire.

The' gwcmd~breaki:og was accomplished with :fall :ffoarishes.. · Cameramen had ~een alerted, baseball ~ters traveling with the club had been .invited and a small army of businessmen, contractors and .relatives frooi Glendale stood by. watching as Casey ttied to 1Dpl a shovel-full of dirt: alongside a cement parking lot.

Then the whole cavalcade drove off to a cer~-nonial luncheon at ·a restaurant, where Jack Lawson acted as master of ceremonies ~d Casey acted as Casey. Lead pencils shaped like little baseball bats were passed out 2long with matchbooks inscribed "Valley .National Bank." Then Stengel packed a couple of dozen writers . and. friends into more cars for a guided tonr of the area before Jea~g the ca:rav:m to 1663 Grandview to spend the .rest of his

: ~off-clay" with Edna in the big house at the foot of the mountain • . · There, he climbed into what might best be descn"bed as an Orlen­~ cabana outfit, and "With a lordly sweep of his hand told bis guests i:Q. a l6ud voice to ''have a good time for yourselves.'' He settled

·into a chair on the manicured lawn alongside the swi..mming pool, · not far from old grandsta?ld seats from the Polo Grounds in­

. ·scribed . ''E~" and "Casey"; directed a band of caterers who soon· arrived to set up a steak dinner for 40, an(J, a :fugitive from the circus world of baseball for 24 hcrnrs, surrotlllded himself with

.. the best: 0£ both worlds in his own backyard. Inside the house, Edna cheerfully showed off the family heir­

looms-gilded Loui~e Slugger bats from each of the I 0 Yankee teams that had won pennants, glasses monogrammed with. the y an­kee top bat symbol in red, white and blue, and hundreds of photo­graphs.

"Look," she cried, as thongh discovering something, "here's one of Casey and King George." ' ·

Sure enough, there was Stengel the outfielder lined up shoulder: ro shoulder with his touring teammates and other b~ players .in the winter of 1924 while George V, magn:Uicently bewhiskered and bearded, passed along the line sh2.kin.g hands. Out of cam.era I range that day stood Edna herself, a bride of three months ~er j a de~yed honeymoon with a tra_y:eling baseball troupe. __ .. "' I

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-M·:::i~, Casey has "written" his biogrOpl;;, ,.;-;j, ~ ·g1;~st -wdtcr, after having sold the rights lo the Saturday Evening Post fo1: $150,000. He hns also recovered from a had hack wllich kept him in bed almoi;t a month, and sits much by the pool of liis luxudous Glendale home. His wife Edna, firmly convinced tllllt no w'if c should he fol'ced Lo listen to nothing hut baseball tS\lk for . fou1· decades, 11opes Casey will stay home. But when~ ever she looks up at t11e ceiling in he1· living room she sees the <lent where Caaey's right s11oe landecl one night while demon­strating the fine points of the game with his usual enthusiasm.

It's ha•·d to conceive of Casey, alive aud kicking, off a hall field.

Casey and Edna toast each other at b~seball motif bar in their home.

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Casey Stengel, Baseball Great, Dies of Cancel': Incomplete Source Thackrey, Ted · Los Angeles Time~· ( 1923-Current File); Sep 30, 1975; ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Los Angeles Times (1881-1988) pg. 5

Casey Stengel, Baseball Great, Dies of Cancer

BY TED THACKREY JR.

Casey Stengel. the grand old man who won a niche in baseball's Hall of Fame and a place in the hearts o( millions of fans around the world, died late Monday. He was 85.

Stengel died at 10:58 p.m. at Glen.­dale Memorial Hospital. where he was admitted two weeks ago for what was then described as a serie; of routine tesl.S.

The seriousness or his condition first was disclosed Monday when Rod Dedeaux. coach of the USC baseball team and a longtime Stengel friend. said doctors diagnosed Stengel's con­dition as malignant sarcoma. a cancer of the lymph glands. The disease was centered in his abdomen.

Stengel was married in 1924. He is survived by his wife. Edna, who has been a rest home patient since suffer .. ing a stroke several months ago. They had no children.

Famed for his splintered syntax. Stengel was one of America's most recognizable personalities. his trade·

mark a form of nonstop chatter with a style all its own, which came to be known a$ "Stengelese."

A grizzled, crowd-pleasing warrior,

Please Turn to Pace 18. Col. 1

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than third pface-'lnC (or all but t WO oI those years. t!>e mig.~iy Bronx ma­chine plowed its ~ to tl:e pennz..'tt.

And sav~ of thoS:e ~ts kd !O World Ser.cs championships.

Yet.. for :ill chat. it was !or a te3ltl or bci:n l¢seis that ~el sa;-ed his love.

ln !960. after a.5'2SD1lin wbict.his twi: bad WQll the pelllla!"~­but lost the series to ~ l'ittSbuith

Pinus. the Ya.'lkfes" maoagemel"..t ~ty fired Stei:gel.

"Too old." tbeY e:cpl.ained. ~ wzs 70. 3lld another ?!Ian

mjght ll2Ve acttiXed tlle vt?dict. :Btlt less tha:i a year Jacr. ll~ was

hired (not ~ut appcopriate ran. fare} by thenewly fomiedNewYork Met.s.

Acd this tlcle S!esigel bad found "bis" team.

nie ~less ciq:ar.sion club r.~~cr mana~ U> get OUt. or tllc: Ie~guc ~· lar during $1.~el's fa-c seasons 3S

rnanai;cr-. :sur.. 10 tl:e embarrassment or the Yanlcees wh~ home "tun" the newcoroetS in..,aded. the lmprob­~ M«s and their stiJl.r:iore-im­probable manag~r steadily racked uy more auenc!ance -anc fan loyally­th:ln 1heir s11ccess!ul Ar.2.erican. ~cousits.

Kuhn Remembers Stengel as G1·eat Communicator Rosenzwejg, David Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File); Oct 7> l975; ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Los Angeles Times ( 188 L-1988)

Kuhn·· Remembers. Stengel as Great Communicator ,

BYDAVIDROSENZWEIG · nnws StJIH Wrlt•.. •

Casey Stengel WDS eulogized Mon­day as an American folk hero whose legacy will survive ''as lorig as little bOys play the game of baSCball and as long as thJs cynical age has some room in its heart for laughter ...

"He was baseball's Puck,, He spoofed us and he taught tis not to take ourselve$ so serioUsly," baseball commissioner BoWie Kuhn f.Old some 500 mourners who came to pay last ~ts at Fores~ Lawn Memorial.: Park in Glendale,.

"I doubt," Kuhn salcl, "there w8s a man more Joved by the American people than Casey, not just because he was a great humorist and made us laugh but also because of h1s ability to communtcate.11

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Notwithstanding his amazing pen .. chant for clrcumlocutfon. otherwise known as Stengelese, he had no trou ... ble making himselt unders~ood

among "kings JlJld bankere, oilmen and congressmen and guys sitting at the counter in all·nlght diners," lfuhn said. . . .

Stengel, who ·spent more than· a half contuey in · baseball both as a player and manager, died Oct. 3 or cancer. He was 85.

Stengel waa remembered by his longtime friend, USC baseball coach Rod Dedeaux, who described Stengel 8$ a conswnmate teacher.

"'The 01' Perf~r' ls an apt name,0 Dedeaux said. ''Casey saw himself as a teacher~ That's what he loved doing most. That was the· S&. cret of his greatness.

"He wanted to develop men of character and ambition and he did. '

11To know Casey was to know you could never forget him. He was quite a man. He was amazing ...

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EDNA STENGEL, CASEY'S WIDOW, IS DEAD AT 83 Los Angeles Times ( 1923-Current File),· Feb 4, 1978; ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Los Angeles Times (1881-1988) pg. Dl

EDNA STENGEL, CASEY'S WIDOW, IS DEAD AT 83

E<ina Stengel. widow of Hall of Fame baseball manager casey Sten .. gel, died Friday in Glendale foil owing a lengthy illness. She was 83.

casey Stengel died in 1975 and even then his widow was too ill to al· tend the funeral. She had suffered a stroke several months before. The Stenge1s were married in 1924 and had always made their home in Glen­dale.

Funeral services are pending. The Stengcls had no children and

Casey had been deeply saddened by his wife's illness. He credited her with getting him into the banking business, which helped make him a millionaire.

Stengers New York Yankees of 1949·00 won 10 American League pennants and seven World Scri~s tit­les~ After that, he became manager and later a vice president of the ex­pansion New York Mets.

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Af'Pl.ICABLF; THERE'l'O.

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EXHIBIT E

MILLS ACT CONTRACT Miiis Act Property Tax Reduction Contracts are only available for owners of properties listed on the Gl.endale Register of Historic Resources. Applications can be processed concurrently with Glendale Register nominations or Independently for properties already listed on the Register. Contact the Historic Preservation Planner at (818) 548·2140 for Information about the Miiis Act fee or any other issues.

Case No. ------

The deadline for submitting an application for a Mills Act contract is July 31st to ensure recordatlon by December 31st. Applications will be accepted after that date, but the Planning Division cannot guarantee that the contract will be recorded by year's end.

Note: Glendale's Miiis Act program policy is expected to change in 2013/14. Contact the Preservation Planner at the number noted above to discuss the changes being considered before submitting your appllcatlon.

Please PRINT or TYPE all Information

o~e June 17, 2014

1. Property Owner(s) _____ T_h_e_M_a_x_T_ .. r_u_s_t _________________ _

2. Property Address (include all addresses associated with the property)

___ _..1'""'6'""6'-3.___,.G,_,,.r_,,a~n..,,d,__,v'-"1..,e .... w~A .... v....,e=n=u=e..__ ____________ Zip Code _ _ 90210

5622-001-002 4. Assessor's Parcel Number(s) --------------------~----

5. Complete Legal Description (MUST attach a copy of Grant Deed/Exhibit A containing Legal Description)

Tract ____ 3_8_9_1 __________ _

Block -----------------

lot(s} ___ ~8 ___________ _

4. Owner Information The Max Trust c/o Craig Tessler

Mailing Address (if different from above) --~Ch ......... a"""pm_a_n.;..., ~B_ir~d~&_T_e_s~s_l_e~r-'-,~I~n_c~·-----1990 s. Bundy Dr., Suite 200

City Los Angeles State CA Zip Code 90025

Phone.~_3_l_0_-_5_7_1_-_11_0_0_9 ___ EMAIL. __ c_t_e_s_s_1_e_r_@_c_b_t_-_1_a_._co_m _________ _

. Mills Act Contract Application (revised I 0/20 I 0)

5. Is the property listed on the Glendale Register of Historic Resources? Yes __ _ No __ x __

If yes, Date Listed _____ If not, date scheduled to be on HPC's agenda

6. Work Plan. List any proposed or anticipated work that will be done to the property over the next ten years. For exampl~: 2011 - new roof; 2011 - upgrade electrical. (Attach a separate page, If necessary)

No work anticipated

All Property Owners MUST Sign This Application:

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3.

Craig 'l'essler 'l'he Max Trust

me - Please Print

Lee Kirk

P•oauz••••Pr1n1

Property orner7Signature/s

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FOR STAFF USE ONLY

Property Owner's Name - Please Print

Property Owner's Signature/s

Date

Date received h1 Permit Services Center ___ _ , Received by_,___ Date Stamp

Fee paid __ •. _. ·- Receipt No. _ __ _

Miiis Act Contract Application (revised I 0120 I 0) 2

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RECORDING 1i_i;:qu;.;sreo BY: North American .JilfJ

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Mr. Craig Tessler 1990 South Bundy Drive Los Angeles, CA 90025

Title Order No.: 1191083

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THIS SPACE FOR RECORDER'S USE ONLY: Escrow No.: 102828·KH

GRANT DEED

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[XJ computed on full value of property conveyed, or [ ] computed on full value less value of liens or encumbrances remaining at time of sale. [ ] Unincorporated area [X} City of Glendale AND

FOR A ~ALUABLE CONSIDERATION, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged,

Susanne D. White and Sheryl D. Pavis-Moore, Successor Trustees of the James C. Davis and Virginia Davis Trust under Trust Agreement dated March 12, 1986

.... . •:. hereby GRANT(s} to:

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Craig Tessler, Trustee .ot The _Max Trust dated September 9, 2009

the real property in the City of Glendale, Collnty of Los Angeles, State of California, described as: Lot 8 of Tract No. 3891, in the City of Gle11dale, County of Los Angeles, State of California, as per Map recorded in Book 47, Page 91 of Maps, in the Office of the County Recorder of said County. Also l<nown as: 1663 Grandview Avenue, Glendale, CA 91201 AP/I: 5622-001 -002

DATED October 10, 2012 STATE OF CtlFORNIA COUNTY OJ C'S. An1~k5 On tPc-.l</!7rr fi!', ~Ii. before me, _f '1.A1 . :£,.. .. lm p>vi

A~olary Public n and for said State personally appeared .S',,t~"lnl1(:. tvl-.1'k-

Susanne D. White and Sheryl D. Davls··Moore, Successor Trustees of the James C. Davis and Virginia Davis Trust under Trust Agreement dated March 12, 1986

BY: _,Ll.J£.la~"-"'~.!.!:::..;}_:..:...£· fiU_ tfc­usanne D. White, Successor Trustee who proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be

the person(s) whose name(s) is/are subscribed to the within _ instrument and acknowledged to me that he/she/they BY: SIGNED IN COUNTERPART

.·:-. executed the same In his/her/their authorized capadty(ies), Sheryl D. Davis-Moore, Successor Trustee and that by his/her/their signature(s) on the Instrument the person(s), or the entity upon behalf of which the person(s) r~<l\r&.r!l.~~.!J,,&~ acted, executed the Instrument. . '···"'- . JOHN M. S/1LMON I cortlry under PENAL TY OF PERJURY under the laws of the Slate ~ • ; ,_... ~ Commission # 18821 no of Californl.!! that the foregoing paragraph Is true and coffcct. ~ 1~ . ~~ Notary Public - California ~ WITNESS my hand and official seal. z '·W Los Angeles County ~ . " .... -._~ 1 w·· My Comm. Expires Mar 11 , 2014 t

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TJtle Ordor No.: 1191083 THIS SPACC: FOR RECORDER'S USE ONLY·

Escrow No.: 102828·1<H GRANT DEED

THE UNDERSIGNED GRANTOR(S) DECLARE(S) DOCUMENTARY TRANSFER TAX Is NOT F0R ·BUBLIC RECORD

[X} computed on full value of property conveyed, or [ ) computed on full value less value of liens or encumbrances remaining at time of sale. I ] Unincorporated area (X) City of Glendale AND

FOR A ¥ALUABLE CONSIDERATION, receipt of which Is hereby acknowledged,

Susanne D. White and Sheryl D. Davis-Moore, Successor Trustees of the James C. Davis and Virginia Davis Trust under Trust Agreement dated March 12, 1986

here~·/GRANT(s) to: .. \ ....

Craig Tessler, Trustee of The Max Trust dated September 9, 2009 . '

the real property in the City of Glendale, County of Los Angeles, State of California, described as: Lot 8 of Tract No. 3891, in the City of Glendale, County of Los Angeles, State of California, as per Map recorded In Book 47, Page 91 of Maps, in the Office of the County Recorder of said County. Also Known as: 1663 Grandview Avenue, Glendale, CA 91201 AP#: 5622-001-002

DATED October 10, 2012 STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OJ t.c>> Al?~~k,.>, _ _ _____ _ On ~/v~r If; Z<?/ i before me, S ah n A/I • >::t l m eP YI ,

A~otary Public In and for said Stale personally appeared S,;,,_$.,,111t: 0. fv~t'k- -·- - - - - -

who proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to· be the person(s) whose name(s) is/are subscribed to lhe within instrumenl and acknowledged to me that he/she/they

· ''r. executed !he same in his/her/their authorized capaclty(les}, and Iha! by his/her/their slgnature(s} on the lnslrument lhe person(s}, or lhe enfily upon behalf of which the person(s) acted, executed the Instrument. I certify under PENAL TY OF PERJURY under Ille laws of the Stale or Calirornl~ thal tho foregoing paragraph Is true and correct. WITNESS my hand and official seal. ...

Susanne D. White and Sheryl D. Davis-Moore, Successor Trustees of the James C. Davis and Virginia Davis Trust under Trust Agreement dated March 12, 1986

BY: J ,1.,j~ ~. tU ttu- . ~ D. White, Successor Trustee

BY: SIGNED IN COUNTERPART Sheryl D. Davis-Moore, Successor Trustee

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Escrow No.: 102828-KH

GRANT DEED

THE UNDERSIGNED GRANTOR(S) OECLARE(S) DOCUMENTARY TRANSFER TAX Is NOT FOR ·DUBLIC RECORD

[XJ computed on full value of property conveyed, or ( J computed on full value less value of liens or encumbrances remaining at time of sale. [ ] Unincorporated area (XJ City of Glendale AND

FOR A Y,ALUABLE CONSIDERATION, receipt of which Is hereby acknowledged,

Susanne D. White and Sheryl D. Davis-Moore, Successor Trustees of the James C. Davis and Virginia Davis Trust under Trust Agreement dated March 12, 1986

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hereby GRANT(s) to: ,, '- ..

Craig Tessler, Trustee of The Max Trust <lated September 9, 2009 . '

the real property in the City of Glendale, County of Los Angeles, State of California, described as: Lot 8 of Tract No. 3891, in the City of Gle11dale, County of Los Angeles, State of California, as per Map recorded In Book 47, Page 91 of Maps, in the Office of the County Recorder of said County. Also l<nown as: 1663 Grandview Avenue, Glendale, CA 91201 AP#: 5622-001-002

DATED Octobor 10, .2012 STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OJ ?O'> AYl'J~fe.5 ---On t%-~<1e1r -(;ff. ~i before me, S ;1 • :s;., /m.,.,vt ·- _ _ , A}.Jotary Publlc In and for said State personally appeared ,S,'.,.t..f"ln11e:. 0, lv,/'l (k-

who proved to me on the basis or satisfactory evidence lo be lhe person(s) whose name(s) is/ate subscribed to the within

Susanne D. White and Sheryl D. Davis-Moore, Successor Trustees of the James C. Davis and Virginia Davis Trust under Trust Agreement dated March 12, 1986

BY: lt,,/Jr,,4...,_-<.,,: ~. f/J:IP tfu- -·-iQusanne D. White, Successor Trustee

instrument and acknowledged to me that ho/she/they BY: SIGNED IN COUNTERPART ''r-. executed the same In his/her/their authorized capaclly(ies), Sheryl D. Davis-Moore-, -S--uc_c_e-ss_o_r..,...T-ru-s-tee

and that by his/her/their signaturc(s} on the instrument the person(s), or the entity Up(;m behalf Of Which lhe person(s) r~G\-,~~~~ acted, executed the Instrument. ~~~. JOHN M. SALMON I cortify under PENAL TY OF PERJURY under the laws of the Stale _ ~f~~ Commission ti 1882100 of Californi11 that the foregoing paragraph Is true and correct. ~ ~".'"~~{&'\! Notary Public • California ~ WITNESS my hand and offlclat seal. z ~fu# Los Angeles County ~ ·~ ~· l <il' ,. .. M}1 Comm. ExplrcsMar11,201.!!

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[XJ computed on full value of property conveyed, or [ ] computed on full value less value of liens or encumbrances remaining at time of sale. [ ] Unincorporated area (X] City of Glendale AND

FOR A ¥ALUABLE CONSIDERATION, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged,

Susanne D. White and Sheryl D. Davis-Moore, Successor Trustees of the James C. Davis and Virginia Davis Trust under Trust Agreement dated March 12, 1986

here~·~··GRANT(s) to: -.\ . ..

Craig Tessler, Truste"e of The Max Trust dated Septembe1: 9, 2009 . '

the real properly in the City of Glendale, Cot1nty of Los Angeles, State of California, described as: lot 8 of Tract No. 3891, in the City of Glel")dale, County of Los Angeles, State of California, as per Map recorded in Book 47, Page 91 of Maps, in the Office of the County Recorder of said County. Afso Known as: 1663 Grandview Avenue, Glendale, CA 91201 AP#: 5622-001-002

DATED October 10, 2012 STATE OF CA~IFORNIA

COUNTY oy ?.~> An'l~""---------On ~,tv~r lt!,Jd.L.~ic......... ______ __ _ before me, _..X;,h_>::J Ad, £..,. /.1r7 p>vt •

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who proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the person(s) whose name(s) is/are subscribed to the within

Susanne D. White and Sheryl D. Davis-Moore, Successor Trustees of the James C. Davis and Virginia Davis Trust under Trust Agreement dated March 12, 1986

BY~~.(.,. J. /i/t.J;, /tu usanne D. White, Successor Trustee

instrument and acknowledged lo me that he/she/they BY: SIGNED IN COUNTERPART .. .... executed the same in his/her/their authorized capaCllyQes), Sheryl D. Davis-Moore, Successor Trustee

and that by his/her/their slgnature(s) on the Instrument lhe person(s), or the entity up1;>n behalf of which the person(s) r~~,~~~~A.A.~ acted, executed the Instrument. ~'.~ JOHN M. SALMON I certify under PENAL TY Or PERJURY under the laws of the State ~ ;.;f~~~~· Commission # I 882180 or Californl~ that tho foregoing paragraph Is true end correct. ~ t_'.=<lf<l,:;; Notary Public • California ~ WITNcSS my hand and o1flciul seal. z ~~,, ~7 Los Angeles County ~ ... ~ ~ • ·" · My Comm. Expl1es M~r 11. 2014 t

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GRANT DEED

THE UNDERSIGNED GRANTOR(S) DECLARE(S) DOCUMENTARY TRANSFER TAX Is PAID ON DEED RECORDING CONCURRENTLY HEREWITH

[X] computed on full value of property conveyed, or ( ] computed on full value less value of liens or encumbrances remaining at time of sale. [ ) Unincorporated a,rea [X] City of Glendale AND

FOR A VALUABLE CONSIDERATION, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged,

Susanne D. White and Sheryl O. Davis-Moore, Successor Trustees of the James C. Davis and Virginia Davis Trust under Trust Agreement dated March 12, 1986

hereby GRANT(s) to:

Craig Tessler, Trustee of The Max Trust dated September 9, 2009

the real property in the City of Glendale, County of Los Angeles, State of California, described as: Lot 8 of Tract No. 3891, in the City of Glendale, County of Los Angeles, State of California, as per Map recorded in Book 47, Page 91 of Maps, in the Office of the County Recorder of said County. Also Known as: 1663 Grandview Avenue, Glendale, CA 91201 AP#; 5622-001-002

DATED October 10, 2012 STATE OF CALIFORNIA ~ ,.... "Susanne D. White and Sheryl D. Davi~-Moore, COUNTY OF t..e>5 /\IJ.'IC?-~ ~ Successor Trustees of the James C. Davis and Virginia On &C,TOCl(f..11 II, wrz O · T t d T tA before me, ~~He~ fi:/rl.}~ c.~ av1s rus un er rus greement dated March 12,

A Notary Public in and for said State personally appeared 1986

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NOT FOR PUBLIC RECORD

STATEMENT OF TAX DUE AND REQUEST THAT TAX DECLARATION NOT BE RECORDED (Revenue and Taxation Code Section 11932)

Date Recorded: ------------

To: Registrar-Recorder/County Cieri<

Request is hereby made in accordance with the provisions of Revenue and Taxation Code Section 11932 that the amount of documentary transfer tax due not be shown on the original document which names: Susanne D. Whitu ond Sheryl D. Yr00·ro, S\1ccer;aor Ttusteoa of the JoqtJ {;. Davie ehd V1r9Juib Davis i.·ruot undor Trunr.

_11g_rd_•w_ •• . n_t_d•_«_d_"•_rc_11 __ 12_,_1_9e_6 -------------as one of the grantors/lessors

and

_c_ralg_T_OG-Glo_r,_Tn_1st-ee_of_Th_e ~-la_x T-nJ-51 d_at_'Jd_Se_pl_em_be_ro_,2_00_9 --------· as one Of the grantees/lessees

The undersigned declares:

DOCUMENTARY TRANSFER TAX IS $__;_$2..:...,0_90_.o_o ______ _

_L_ Computed on full value of property conveyed, or

__ Computed on full value less llens and encumbrances remaining at tim ~~I

__ Unincorporated area __ City of c; l '1:../\/ (J '"'l ( '--(. 'Lr<..P

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Print Name of Declarant: _K'-r"'"'ls"-'-te'-'-1"'""'1 ~-'-la=r.;.;.tw.;.;_ic""'"k'--------

NOTE; After the permanent record is made, this form will be affixed to the conveying document and returned with It.