There’s a new development in what’s to become of the long-abandoned and deteriorating Red Roost and Red Rest historic beach cottages overlooking La Jolla Cove.A new proposal has emerged to demolish the historic Red Rest Cottage and re-roof its adjacent Red Roost Cottage at 1179 and 1187 Coast Blvd. in La Jolla.In response, La Jolla Historical Society filed an appeal on June 16, contending the loss of the 1894 cottages would harm the integrity of the La Jolla Park Coastal Historic District, an 8-acre, 2.5-mile coastal stretch designated to the National Register of Historic Places. The appeal contests the application for permits to “re-roof and secure the unoccupied Red Roost dwelling to prevent further deterioration and to demolish and remove the remains of the unoccupied Red Rest dwelling, which was previously destroyed by fire.”The razing and re-roofing proposal has also drawn the ire of Save Our Heritage Organisation, a historic preservation nonprofit that has fought various owners – and various plans – proposed over the years to redevelop the disheveled historic cottages, making them more aesthetic — and useful — in upscale La Jolla.There have been numerous proposals over the years to restore and reinvigorate both La Jolla beach cottages. That includes the last redevelopment proposal in 2022, which called for “historic restoration and reconstruction of two existing cottages for commercial use, and a new four-story condominium structure with eight units.”Responding to Times of San Diego about the status of the beach cottages and the latest proposal to raze/re-roof them, city spokesman Peter Kelly said: “There have been a number of code enforcement actions over the years, as well as several project proposals that have included repair and adaptive reuse of the cottages. Unfortunately, the Red Rest experienced a fire in October 2020 and suffered significant damage.”Kelly said an application was submitted in November 2021 to rehabilitate both cottages and construct eight condos, noting the preparation of a Historic Structures Report was required to evaluate the cottages, determining the extent of damage to them and loss of historic materials and features. Whether or not the cottages could be salvaged and restored was at issue. A treatment plan was also proposed for both cottages.Kelly concluded that the report showed the Red Roost retained much of its historic materials and features and recommended steps to secure the building so that it could be saved and restored/adaptively reused in the future. The report also concluded that the fire caused extensive damage to the Red Rest, resulting in nearly the complete loss of historic materials and features. “Only 30 percent of the cottage remained, and much of that is significantly damaged,” the report said.Kelly added that the cottage project’s scope has since been modified to “remove the construction of the eight new condos and focus instead on the stabilization of the Red Roost and removal of the Red Rest.” Kelly added, “The project will secure the Red Roost and methodically disassemble, catalog, and store the Red Roost in a weatherized location on-site for future reconstruction or use in the restoration of the Red Roost. The project proposes to secure the Red Roost consistent with the treatment plan laid out in the Historic Structures Report and therefore, will not adversely impact the historic resource. This was the basis for the determination that the project is categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).”La Jolla Historical Society spokesperson and architect Laura DuCharme Conboy said the organization heard about the cottage demolition proposal “three days before the deadline to appeal.” She noted, “We can’t enforce any laws. But we can use our voice. So we appealed.”Adding the decision to appeal was something of a no-brainer, DuCharme Conboy pointed out the properties’ “new buyers were fully aware the two cottages were on the National Register of Historic Places,” and that there was therefore an obligation “not to demolish one of them,” but rather “to protect and maintain them.”Of the cottages’ importance, DuCharme Conboy said: “They’re over 125 years old. You can’t look at an old picture of La Jolla, or that area, without seeing them.”Save Our Heritage Organisation has been involved for decades in trying to protect the Red Roost and Red Rest cottages. Executive director, Bruce Coons, spoke of the potential for turning the dilapidated beach cottages into something truly remarkable.“They are progenitors of the early California Beach Cottage with single-wall construction,” Coons said of their rare architecture. Of their treatment over the years, he added, “I’ve never seen a more aggressive case of demolition by neglect.”
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