Vergil,

Thank you for an informative reply regarding the NPS view on facadectomy, as
this is directly relevant to the case last night. The buiding in question was
designed by a local master architect, Lillian Rice, for the Rancho Santa Fe
community and has been widely published in promotional literature as a "row
house." The Santa Fe Railroad bought this property and hired master architect
Richard Requa to design Southern California style (Spanish Colonial, Eclectic, and
Southwest combination styles) buildings around a small commercial center and
then they created a charter that the State of California adopted making this a
unique community with a semi-public governing board. Rice understudied from
Requa and rose to her own level of competance. Buildings designed by Rice are
on the National Register and are "collected" eagerely by people wishing to own
historic homes. The local government staff brought this before the County of
San Diego, Historic Sites Board, to see if they feel gutting the building would
constitute an adverse effect. I know how the board reacted, but wanted to see
how HISTARCH would react. Yours is well reasoned and interesting.

Ron May
Legacy 106, Inc.