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Wednesday afternoon, the city's Historic Resources Committee will consider whether the property at 1352 Lighthouse Ave. is eligible for historic determination.

Completed by a hired historic consultant, the assessment determines whether a resource is historic by using criteria from the National Park Service’s National Register of Historic Places, the California Register of Historic Resources and Pacific Grove’s Historic Preservation Ordinance. At the time, both the General Services Administration and the California State Historic Preservation Office decided the property was not eligible for the national register. Even so, Anton said she and the committee have received numerous written requests calling for the site’s inclusion on the historic inventory. The 49-page document cites four exhibits detailing why the purchased property is not eligible for listing on Pacific Grove’s Historic Resources Inventory. In the case of the property at 1352 Lighthouse Ave., however, it was COAST that fought to bring the item on the Historic Resource Committee’s agenda earlier this summer. Finally, conclusions listed are subsequently corroborated by findings from the Historic Resource Associates’ assessment of the property. To help regulate the appraisal of potential resources, there’s a city-sanctioned set of guidelines for historic assessments. Proponents of the property’s historic significance have also argued that the property’s location – situated in a part of Pacific Grove deemed archaeologically sensitive – is another reason to place it on the city’s Historic Resources Inventory. The process for distinction begins with a simple prerequisite: the property up for consideration must be at least 50 years old but of undetermined historic status (Pacific Grove’s NOAA building is 70 years old). The city’s seven-member Historic Resources Committee likewise plays a role in evaluating and preserving structures. Months later, in a letter sent to The Monterey Herald, the General Services Administration confirmed that the property closed on June 6 and that its title had been transferred to the new owners, Yuncheng Huang and Tianzhi Chu. Huang and Chu are a mother and son duo from the East Coast.