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4 Architectural descriptions within this report were written based on these notes and photographs. Historical research was conducted by Franklin Maggi and Archives&Architecture, LLC staff member Jessica Kusz and included visits to major repositories of local historical source material. These repositories included the Pleasanton Public Library. This report was prepared utilizing the methodology recommended by the National Park Service, as outlined in National Register Bulletin 15: How to Apply the National Register Criteria for Evaluation, Preservation Briefs #17-Architectural Character: Ident/ing the Visual Aspects of Historic Buildings as an Aid to Preserving Their Character(1988), and #35 - Understanding Old Buildings: The Process of Architectural Investigation(1994). 1.3 Survey Status The building at 205 Neal St. was previously surveyed in 2003 by Architectural Resources Group as a part of a city-wide survey of historic resources, prepared for the Pleasanton Downtown Specific Plan. The property is not listed on any local, state, or national registers of historic properties. The 2003 DPR523 recording is provided as an attachment to this report. 2.0. EVALUATION 2.1 National Register of Historic Places The National Park Service considers the quality of significance in American history, architecture, archeology, engineering,and culture that are present in districts, sites, buildings, structures,and objects that possess integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling, and association, and are evaluated for the National Register according to the following criteria: Criterion A that are associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of our history; or Criterion B that are associated with the lives of persons significant in our past; or Criterion C that embody the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction, or that represents the work of a master, or that possesses high artistic values, or that represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components may lack individual distinction; or Criterion D that have yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important in prehistory or history. Properties that are listed on or formally determined eligible for the National Register are automatically listed on the California Register. 2.2 California Register of Historical Resources. The significance criteria for the California Register of Historical Resources are similar to those used for determining eligibility for the National Register of Historic Places(see Section 4.4), but oriented to document the unique history of Califomia. The California Register includes properties listed in or formally declared eligible for the National Register, California State Landmarks above#770, certain Points of Historical Interest, and properties listed by application and acceptance by the California