At its next regular meeting Wednesday, the Ukiah City Council will consider approving the requested demolition of the former Curry’s Furniture building on East Perkins Street.
According to the staff report prepared for the June 18 meeting, the building’s owner, listed as the Pinoleville Pomo Nation, applied in April of 2025 for a permit to demolish the building at 214 East Perkins Street, which is nearly 80 years old.
“According to documentation provided by the Mendocino County Assessor and the Historical Society of Mendocino County, the building was constructed in 1947,” the staff report explains. “The Historical Society further reported through their research that the building served as a warehouse for Montgomery Ward and was later occupied by the Pioneer Company beginning in 1954, at which time some remodeling may have occurred. Pioneer operated at the location until 1989, selling furniture, propane, appliances, and fuel oils. After Pioneer closed, Curry’s Furniture became the primary tenant.”
Because the structure is more than 50 years old, staff further explain that “the demolition request falls under the review process outlined in Ukiah City Code,” and while the building remains “largely unchanged since 1954, it is not considered a significant or rare example of mid-century commercial architecture. Specifically, it does not exhibit gabled or hipped rooflines, transom windows, decorative brickwork, or stylistic elements found in other eligible resources, such as Craftsman, Classical, or Modern designs. Instead, the flat-roofed building reflects a utilitarian commercial form, with no ornamental detailing or documented architectural evolution.”
At the most recent meeting of the Ukiah Planning Commission on June 11, Community Development Director Craig Schlatter was asked about the potential sale of the building.
“We generally don’t give any information, and don’t usually know the deals, of Real Estate transactions, as those are mostly confidential,” Schlatter said. “But we can report that the Demolition Review Committee reviewed the item, because the building is more than 50 years old, and recommended (the demolition) for approval, and it is headed to the City Council (June 18) for a final decision.”
When asked by Commissioner Mark Hilliker if he could provide any names of “interested parties for construction of the site,” Schlatter said “there’s no site development permit or use permit at this time.”
When the demolition request was considered by the Demolition Review Committee at its May 22 meeting, city staff report that the committee “unanimously recommended approval,” explaining that “Chief Building Official Matt Keizer noted that in recent years, multiple tenant improvement inquiries had stalled due to the extensive upgrades required, including fire sprinklers, accessibility compliance, and structural hardening. He described the building as “dead building stock,” no longer viable for effective or efficient reuse, before moving to recommend approval of the demolition permit to the City Council.”
Given that the Ukiah Library is located next door to the building, staff from the Mendocino County Library System submitted public comment requesting that any “asbestos removal be carefully monitored, (and) we also recommend that the demolition take place on a Monday when the Library is closed and there will be much less foot and car traffic on the street around the Curry’s building.”
The City Council meeting is scheduled to begin at 5:15 p.m. June 18 at both the City Council Chambers located at 300 Seminary Avenue, and on Zoom. To participate or view the virtual meeting, go to the following link: us06web.zoom.us/j/83364415614
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