Photograph by Mary Ringhoff and Rafael Fontes, courtesy of Architectural Resources Group
California, Reference number: 100005446
Area of Significance: Architecture, Politics/Government
Period of Significance: 1969
Completed in 1969, the monumental complex is composed of a soaring 17-story office tower connected to two single story wings by a colonnaded pavilion and entry plaza all set within an integrated landscape. The work of master architects Charles Luckman Associates, and landscape architect Robert Herrick Carter, the complex represents an excellent local example of mid-twentieth century New Formalist design, reflecting the guiding principles of the federal government’s 1960s era major building programs. Built during an era of expanding government services the facility served as a pivotal location for federal government activities in post-war Southern California. The landscape components of the site, although altered in certain aspects, remain integral to the overall design of the federal complex, in keeping with the guiding principles of the period’s federal construction programs. The nomination sufficiently describes the physical elements of the plan, even though it does not call them out as independent resources, consistent with the nomination’s approach of viewing the entire campus as a single integrated design.
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Photograph courtesy of Oregon State Historic Preservation Office
Oregon, Reference number: 09000891
Area of Significance: Architecture, Agriculture
Period of Significance: 1881-1914
This nomination, submitted by the Federal Preservation Officer for the Bureau of Land Management, documents a 14.5 acre rural landscape with 14 contributing resources in a well-organized, well-focused manner.
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Last updated: June 14, 2024