Historic Wintersburg Preservation Task Force

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Wintersburg Japanese Presbyterian Mission, 1910

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Charles M. and Yukiko Furuta in front of their
Wintersburg home, circa 1912

The Historic Wintersburg Preservation Task Force is a City Council ad hoc committee dedicated to exploring the historic preservation alternatives for the Historic Wintersburg site (Warner-Nichols).

The Historic Wintersburg property is located at the southeast corner of Warner (once Wintersburg) Avenue and Nichols Lane. The five-acre property includes the 1912 home of Charles Mitsuji and Yukiko Furuta, as well as the farm's barn (circa 1909-1912); the Wintersburg Japanese Presbyterian Mission (1909-1910); the Manse (clergy member home, 1910); and the Wintersburg Japanese Presbyterian Church (1934). This property represents the sole remaining parcel in Huntington Beach owned by a Japanese family prior to the Alien Land Law of 1913 (overturned by Proposition 13 in 1956).

The Historic Wintersburg structures are proposed for demolition by the current property owner, for which a Draft Focused Environmental Impact Report (draft FEIR) was released in fall 2012 for public review. The focus of the draft FEIR is the property's cultural and historic resources. There was a 45-day public review and comment period for the draft FEIR--for which a response to public comments is pending--prior to its review by the planning commission in March / April 2013. Under consideration are historic preservation on site and relocation of the historic structures, as guided by the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) process.

LEARN MORE about Historic Wintersburg and the Historic Wintersburg Preservation Task Force at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Historic-Wintersburg-Preservation-Task-Force/433990979985360

DONATE to the dedicated fund for Historic Wintersburg preservation:

BY MAIL:

Historic Wintersburg Preservation Fund
City of Huntington Beach
2000 Main Street
Huntington Beach, CA 92648
ATTN: Laurie Frymire

Please address check to "Historic Wintersburg Preservation Fund."

ONLINE:

Click on the donation button (upper right corner, under Wintersburg Japanese Presbyterian Mission photograph.

Donations to the Historic Wintersburg Preservation Fund are solely for the purpose of historic preservation for the Wintersburg project. Donations may be deductible as a charitable donation, per IRS Code, 26 U.S.C.170(c)(1).