Recent History
In 2000, nineteen structures, buildings and features were deemed worthy to be listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Currently, the Lake Norconian Club Foundation is working to expand the national register to include US Naval Hospital buildings erected between 1941–1957 and to elevate the entire Lake Norconian Club Historic District to National Landmark status. Further, representatives of the National Trust have visited the site, and there is hope that the former Norconian Clubhouse will be included on the National Trust's 11 Most Endangered buildings list for 2008-2009. Media nationwide has covered the tragic fate of this majestic building, and the hope is it will be saved before it is too late.
In 2004, the main clubhouse was deemed seismically unfit and abandoned. Officially, the state of California has determined to allow one of the great examples of Mission Revival Style architecture to crumble by neglect. The 200,000-square-foot (19,000 m2) building sits behind twenty-foot-high rotting fences. Inside, priceless chandeliers hang from stunning, handpainted ceilings; Catalina floor tile has feral cat droppings and water slowly destroys this one-of-a-kind building.
Rex Clark died on August 31, 1955 and merited an obituary in the Los Angeles Times. He left behind an estate of just over $2,000,000 and is buried in a crypt at Forest Lawn in Glendale, California.
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