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Z-7 CITY OF GLENDALE INTERDEPARTMENTAL COMMUNICATION Building Address: 346 Riverdale Drive Packet #: 55 Date Surveyed: May 25, 2007 Name of Surveyor: Manuel A. Valenzuela III Parcel number 5696-013-17 consists of 0.28 acres and includes two buildings. The building address is 346 Riverdale Drive. It is located on the south side of Riverdale Drive and faces north. This property is a single-family residence and one church building with a front lawn and ivy, two trees flanking the façade and an outdoor sign for the church. The primary building is a single-family residence that was constructed in 1910 in the Bungalow Craftsman style. It is located on the northern portion of the parcel. It is a one-story, squared building. The principal façade is symmetrical. It is constructed out of wood and sits on a concrete foundation. The exterior is clad in horizontal weather-boarding wood siding. It is covered by a low pitched, side gabled roof sheathed with composition shingles. The building has a wide overhang with open eaves, exposed rafters, wood lattice attic vents under each gable peak and false beams added under gables. The roof has one medium sized shed dormer located on the northern portion of the roof. The building also has one stone chimney located on the east elevation. There is also one concrete porch located along the façade. It consists of a full width front porch under the primary roof. The porch is supported by stone columns that extend to ground level with stone banisters. The main entrance is located on the front porch and consists of a large wood door. An entry on the east elevation consists of a wood door with one light. There are four windows on the primary elevation. They are asymmetrically spaced and consist of a ribbon of three wood sash windows topped with a wood sash diamond-patterned multi-paned design, located on the eastern portion of the façade. A wood sash window topped with a wood sash diamond-patterned multi-paned design is located on the western portion of the façade. The windows have wide surrounds. Other windows throughout the house consist of wood casement windows with a diamond-patterned multi-paned design and wood sash double hung windows with one over one panes. Landscaping elements include a front lawn and ivy and two trees flanking the front façade. Other features include an outdoor sign for the church, a concrete driveway along the east property line and a concrete pedestrian walkway leading from the sidewalk to the front porch. An addition was made to the rear (south) side of the building in 1970. It consists of a cement block classroom building of indeterminate size. The secondary building is a church building constructed in circa 1960s. It is located in the southern portion of the parcel and faces north. It is a one-story, rectangular building. The principal façade is asymmetrical. It is constructed out of wood and sits on a concrete foundation. It is covered by a ATTACHMENT ONE low pitched, front gabled roof. The main entrance is located on the eastern portion of the façade and consists of two contemporary wood doors. There are windows under the front gable. The Craftsman style was popular from 1900 to 1925 in Southern California. Typical character defining features of the Craftsman style include: the use of natural materials such as wood and stone; a low-pitched, gabled roof (occasionally hipped) with wide, open eave overhangs and exposed rafters; decorative (false) beams or braces commonly added under gables; either full- or partial-width porches with the roof supported by tapered square columns or pedestals frequently extend to ground level (without a break at level of porch floor); and horizontally arranged windows with wide wood window surrounds, multi-light windows and extended lintels. This Craftsman building exhibits an exterior clad in horizontal wood siding, a low pitched side gabled roof with wide open eave overhangs, decorative beams added under gables, a full width front porch with the roof supported by stone columns and banisters that extend to ground level and horizontally arranged windows with upper diamond-patterned multi-paned design, wide wood window surrounds and a stone chimney. The condition of the building is good. Alterations to the primary building include the removal of decorative vents on the front dormer and the shortened chimney. 5