The Redman-Hirahara House faces delisting as Historic Place in August

WATSONVILLE, Calif. (KION) - The Redman-Hirahara House's status as a Historic Place could be made history in August.

The house has been in a state of disrepair, with the Santa Cruz Board of Supervisors ready to vote on the delisting on August 5.

A staple of Watsonville, the house entered the National Registry of Historic Places in 2004. The house is named after two prior owners before its current state.

According to the National Registry of Historic Places, James Redman, who had initially requested William Weeks to design the house for his 81-acre orchard. Fumio Hirahara owned the home shortly after in the 1940s, having held ownership when the Hirahara family was sent to internment camps during World War II.

The Hirahara family held that ownership until the mid-1980s.

"It's unfortunate that it has been decaying for decades," said the Santa Cruz County senior planner Matthew Sundt.

If the Board votes to delist the house, the process will begin to take it off the registry.

The current property owner must post a listing in a local publication calling for a buyer to either salvage or relocate the building.