Northside - City of Riverside

City staff estimated that of the approximately 800 properties within the project area,
some would be individually significant, while many would be significant within the
context of historic districts. In order to accomplish the goals and objectives of the
project, and in accordance with the Scope of Work provided by the City of Riverside,
JMRC conducted a systematic field survey of the project area to identify the
boundaries of potential historic districts and individual historic resources. Sitespecific
research, including building permits and Assessor’s records; research on the
history and development of the Northside; and the conduction of three formal oral
history interviews with long-time Northside residents assisted in the identification
of significant properties and areas within the survey boundaries and aided the
development of the historic context statement, which provided a framework within
which to identify potentially eligible districts and properties and to apply the criteria
for evaluation.
II.
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
Jennifer Mermilliod, Principal, who meets the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for
Professional Qualifications, was responsible for completing every component of the
survey project and producing project deliverables. Ms. Mermilliod has her
Bachelor’s Degree in History and her Master’s Degree in Historic Preservation from
the University of California, Riverside, and has four years experience in the field. In
addition, she completed an internship at the City of Riverside, where she remained
employed for two years before organizing her own consulting business. Projects
completed while with the City of Riverside and under JMRC have provided
experience in the production and management of large-scale survey projects such as
the 2003-04 CLG grant-funded project – the Palm Heights Historic District Intensive
Survey and Context Statement.
III.
OBJECTIVES
The primary objective was to complete Phase I of a larger intensive-level study of
the survey area and included identifying potential historic districts, identifying and
documenting up to 100 individually significant properties that appear eligible for
individual designation, and developing a historic context statement with which to
identify associated property types and characteristics and to base the future
evaluation of individual resources and potential districts. Potential districts and
individually significant properties were to be evaluated according to established
national, state, and local designation criteria. The established 50-year threshold for
significance was only a guiding measure for evaluation; the parameters of
development and character of architectural design, as developed in the historic
context statement, defined the period of significance of potential districts and
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