Springville (Camarillo) SCHOLLE FARMSTEAD
Historic Scholle farmstead, Photo circa 2013.
2023 Update: The Conservancy was able to lobby for preservation on site. In order to preserve the integrity of location for the Scholle farmhouse, it is slated to be preserved within the Springville development project. The house will be repositioned about 400 feet from its original location next to the park in the project. The house will be rehabilitated by the developer and eventually sold as a single family home.
2010 Aerial view of Scholle Historic Farmstead District on Springville Road, Camarillo, CA. (before development of property)
Photo: Scholle Farmhouse, view toward 101 Freeway from farm district outbuildings. Photo by Robert Silva, 2010.
The November 2009 historic assessment clearly established historic significance of the house. There are however some issues with the 2019 Daly and Associates historic evaluation; what is less clear is the significance of the outbuildings that represent the Scholle farmstead/district. The Daly and Associates report is missing relevant facts about the Scholle family. The local Pleasant Valley Historic Society has an archive of Scholle information but was not contacted. The San Buenaventura Conservanacy has an extensive photo archive (some seen here but not included) of the property but was not contacted. The local agricultural history book Beans, Beets, and Babies by author and historian Jeff Maulhardt has a whole chapter on the Scholle/Maulhardt family along with photos and maps that were not referenced in the November 2019 report. as do the local biography books and the Ventura Museum Quarterly on local agriculture in the 19th century.
The report does not include construction dates for the buildings in the farm district and does not include a period of significance matrix with which to determine district contributors and non-contributors.
The Conservancy believes that there is a fair argument that the outbuildings associated with the Scholle family constitute a rural farmstead district much like the recently identified Hardison Farmstead district in Santa Paula that was also determined eligible for the NRHP.
Photo: Scholle Farmhouse west facade, 2010. Photo by Robert A. Silva.
Front Porch. 2010 interior view of Historic Scholle House. Photo by Robert A. Silva
Built-in cabinets in the living room of the. Historic Scholle House. 2010 photo by Robert A. Silva
ACTION ITEM: VENTURA SAVINGS AND LOAN BUILDING 250 S MILLS
Threatened: Ventura Savings & Loan Building. (Threat: 2017-2020)
250 South Mills Road, Ventura CA.
Built: 1965
Architect: William Pereira
9. Scope of work March 2017: TENANT IMPROVEMENT TO LOWER/GARAGE LEVEL OF 2 STORY BUILDING. SEE ELEVATIONS. INTERIOR STAIR CONNECTING UPPER/ GROUND FLOOR LEVEL WITH LOWER LEVEL TO BE REMOVED. STAIR OPENING TO BE INFILLED. UPPER AND LOWER LEVELS TO BE STRUCTURALLY REINFORCED. FUTURE TENANT IMPROVEMENT FOR UPPER LEVEL NOT INCLUDED UNDER THIS SCOPE OF WORK OR PERMIT. ALL EXTERIOR STAIRS ARE TO REMAIN. NEW EXTERIOR ELEVATOR TO BE PROVIDED. LOWER LEVEL TENANT IMPROVEMENT INCLUDES TWO EXISTING SUITES WITHIN UNDERGROUND PARKING.
William Leonard Pereira (1909-1985)
Born April 25, 1909 in Chicago, Illinois.
Graduated from School of Architecture, University of Illinois
Formed partnership with Charles Luckman called Pereira & Luckman in 1950s
Dissolved Pereira & Luckman in 1959 to form William L. Pereira & Associates.
In September 1963 is Time Magazine “Man of the Year”.
Dies age 76 in 1985, Los Angeles.
Pereira's Notable Projects
Armour and Company Exhibit Building, World’s Fair, Chicago, Ill., 1931
Esquire Theater, Chicago, Ill., 1933
Motion Picture Country House, Woodland, Hills, CA., 1942
Beverly Hills J. W. Robinson’s department store, 1952
Camp Pendleton Master Plan, Oceanside, 1954
Disneyland Hotel, Anaheim, 1958
International Business Machines (IBM) Corp. Headquarters, Los Angeles, 1958
Los Angeles International Airport, Theme Building and other elements, Los Angeles1958
Marineland of the Pacific, Palos Verdes, 1958
University of California, Master Plan, Santa Barbara, 1958
City of Newport Beach Master Plan, 1960
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1964
University of California, Irvine, 1965
Transamerica pyramid tower, San Francisco, 1972
William Pereira helped define emerging social values of post WWII through his designs of every imaginable building type and embraced what we would call today “new urbanist” philosophies.
He was most noted for his futuristic designs of landmark buildings such as the Transamerica Pyramid in San Francisco. He developed an unmistakable style of architecture, which came to define the look of mid-20th century America. His buildings and building complexes usually projected a grand presence, heavyset in appearance and often sitting atop “pedestals” that were themselves an integral part of the building.
He was a master planner of communities and business complexes that included Camp Pendleton Master Plan, Northrop Aricraft Master Plan, University of California Master Plan, the Irvine Ranch Master Plan, the Newport Beach Master Plan, and Santa Catalina Island Master Plan, to name only a few. He is a recognized master architect and planner that had a significant impact on shaping the built environment and identity of California in the middle of the 20th Century.
1993 Photo of Imperial Savings (Formerly Ventura savings & Loan, 1965)
Mission Statement
The Conservancy works to increase public awareness of irreplaceable historic places and cultural sites, to disseminate information useful in the preservation of structures and neighborhoods, to prevent needless demolition, to champion adaptive reuse and promote the preservation and enhancement of historic and cultural resources in Ventura and surrounding areas.
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