Ord 1574 - DESIGNATING A STRUCTURE AS HISTORICALLY AND CULTURALLY SIGNIFICANT�l
ORDINANCE NO. 1574
AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS
DESIGNATING A STRUCTURE AS HISTORICALLY AND CULTURALLY SIGNIFICANT
The Town Council of the Town of Los Gatos does ordain as follows:
SECTION I
The following structure is hereby designated historically and culturally
significant:
HD -83 -1 Yung See San Fong House
16660 Cypress Way
A detailed description of the designated structure, the characteristics
which justify designation, and a map showing the location and delineation of
the historic structure, are part of this ordinance.
SECTION II
The property listed is designated to be of historic, architectural, or
aesthetic significance for the reasons listed below:
A. Property: Yung See San Fong House, 16660 Cypress Way
B. Historic Designation No.: HD -83 -1
C. Description of Designation: Structure
D. Description of Characteristics which Justify Designation:
The Yung See San Fong House, "Young's Home in the Heart of the
Hills" was completed in 1917 for Ruth Comfort Mitchell Young, a
writer, and her husband, Sanborn Young, a gentleman farmer,
conservationist and California State Senator. The design of the
house was inspired by a Chinese Play, The Sweetmeat Game, which Mrs.
Young had written. The roofs at Yung See San Fong are constructed
in such a way as to affect Chinese temple roof shapes. Carved wood
decorations were supplied by craftsmen from Chinatown, San
Francisco, or directly from China. The house in an eclectic mixture
of Eastern decorative motifs and Western massing and plan layout.
The house was a notable gathering place for local and international
celebrities in the early Twentieth Century.
E. Description of Particular Features that Should be Preserved in
Addition to Those Covered under Section 4.66.120: None
SECTION III
This ordinance takes effect 30 days after the date it is adopted. Within 15
days after this ordinance is adopted the Town Clerk shall cause it to be published
once in a newspaper of general circulation published and circulated in the Town.
SECTION IV
This ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of the
Town Council of the Town of Los Gatos on March 21 1963 and
adopted by the following vote as an ordinance of the Town of Los Gatos at
a regular meeting of the Town Council on
April 4 , 1963.
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS Joanne Benjamin, Terrence J. Daily, MarLyn
J. Rasmussen and Mayor Brent N. Ventura
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS None
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS Thomas J. Ferrito
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MAYOrC OF TN TOWN OF LOS GATOS
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