75C - PH - BRISTOL EIR FROM WARNER TO ST. ANDREW

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Bristol Street between McFadden Avenue and Edinger Avenue. The collection at the Sherman Library, 2647 East Coast Highway, Corona Del Mar, California 92625 was examined on 18 July 1985. This library is devoted to Southwestern history and is an excellent collection. Dr. William D. Hendricks, the Director, provided much valuable guidance during the search. The Sherman Library collection provided a great many deatils regarding area history, but nothing of value in assessing the importance of extant structures. The final library resource to be utilized for this survey was the Map Library, University of California, Los Angeles. This collection was examined on 23 July 1985. The earliest located map which depicts an existing Bristol Street in the project area is an 1877 work by J. H. Wildly, a Deputy County Surveyor, and A. J. 5tahlberg, a Civil Engineer, The map is titled, "Map of the County of Los Angeles." This map indicates that three struc- tures existed in 1877 along Bristol Street. Two of these were located on the east side of the street and south of the current Edinger Avenue. The remaining structure was directly across Bristol from the first two build- ings. None of these structures have survived to the present day. It is worthwhile to note that a school existed in the area at this early date. The Dia❑ond Grammar School was located north of Edinger a short distance to the west of the Bristol Street intersection. The United States Coast and Geodetic Survey map of 1901 reveals that seven buildings and a racetrack then existed immediately adjacent to Bris- tol Street. All except one of these buildings were located south of the racetrack, which itself was located just north of Edinger and east of Bristol. None of these buildings have survived to the present day. The United States Army Corps of Engineers map of 1947 indicates that 12 buildings then existed along Bristol Street in the project area. How- ever, the map apparently does not depict buildings below a certain size, since several structures known to exist from the City of Santa Ana records are mt shown. In fact, of the six structures which predate 1947, only the Walker house (1248 West Bishop Street) can be identified on the Corps of Engineers map. It is therefore probable that many other buildings were in existence in 1947 along Bristol Street. 75C -729