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HomeMy WebLinkAbout060925_Template-WilkesHouse_2010NBush.pdfState of California ⎯ The Resources Agency Primary #______________________________________________ DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI #__________________________________________________ PRIMARY RECORD Trinomial______________________________________________ NRHP Status Code_____________________________________ Other Listings_____________________________________________________________________ Review Code________ Reviewer________________________ Date_______________ Page _1_ of _3_ Resource name(s) or number (assigned by recorder) Wilkes House P1. Other Identifier: *P2. Location: Not for Publication Unrestricted *a. County Orange County *b. USGS 7.5’ Quad TCA0054 Date: *c. Address 2010-2010 ½ North Bush Street City Santa Ana Zip 92706 *e. Other Locational Data: Assessor’s Parcel Number 003-113-09 *P3a. Description: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries.) This two-story, clapboard-sided Craftsman bungalow is dominated by a medium-pitched, side-gabled roof that is intersected by an overscaled, front-gabled dormer. Square in plan, the residence has a partial-length porch recessed into the southeast corner of the façade. A single, square post, sheathed in clapboard, supports plain beams that run the length and width of the porch. Carved wooden pieces are attached to the beams as a decorative accent. Roof and dormer gables end in plain, narrow bargeboards, with notched rafter tails and triangular knee-braces visible in the eaves. Decorative wooden elements consisting of a pendant and pinnacle adorn the apexes of the main and dormer gables. The horizontal axis is emphasized by a molded wood belt course, which separates the first and second stories; another belt course marks the division between the upper story and attic in the dormer. Horizontal louver attic vents are centered above one-over-one double-hung sash windows on the upper story. Tripartite window groupings on the façade and south elevation as well as other windows are primarily one-over-one double-hung sash. A square bay with a shed roof projects from the south elevation of the residence. Other than the conversion of the house into a duplex, and the addition of a second entry to the porch, alterations are minor and include a non-original fence and gate fronting the property and metal window screens. The house is substantially intact and in good condition. *P3b. Resource Attributes: (list attributes and codes) HP2. Single-family Property *P4. Resources Present: Building Structure Object Site District Element of District Other P5b. Photo: (view and date) South and east elevations August 2006 *P6. Date Constructed/Age and Sources: historic 1913/City of Santa Ana Database *P7. Owner and Address: Paulo Roberto Rosa 2010 North Bush Street Santa Ana, CA 92706 *P8. Recorded by: L. Heumann and D. Howell-Ardila Sapphos Environmental, Inc. 133 Martin Alley Pasadena, California 91105 *P9. Date Recorded: September 25, 2006 *P10. Survey Type: Intensive Survey Update *P11. Report Citation: (Cite survey report and other sources, or enter “none”) None. *Attachments: None Location Map Sketch Map Continuation Sheet Building, Structure, and Object Record Archaeological Record District Record Linear Feature Record Milling Station Record Rock Art Record Artifact Record Photograph Record Other (list) P5a. Photo State of California ⎯ The Resources Agency Primary # __________________________________________________ DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # _____________________________________________________ CONTINUATION SHEET Trinomial __________________________________________________ Page 2 of 4 Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder) *Recorded by Planning Department – City and County of San Francisco *Date ⌧ Continuation Update DPR 523L DPR 523A (1/95) *Required information State of California ⎯ The Resources Agency Primary #__________________________________________ DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI#______________________________________________ BUILDING, STRUCTURE, AND OBJECT RECORD Page 2 of 3 *CHR Status Code_5S1__________________________ *Resource Name or #: Wilkes House B1. Historic Name: Wilkes House B2. Common Name: Same B3. Original Use: Single-family Residence B4. Present Use: Multiple-family Residence *B5. Architectural Style: Craftsman Bungalow *B6. Construction History: (Construction date, alterations, and date of alterations): Constructed in 1913 May 1922. Unspecified alterations, $150. January 9, 1928. Double garage added, $100. August 26, 1937. Alterations and stairway, $70. July 27, 1990. Repair to second unit, $500. July 27, 1990. Repair duplex, $3,500. May 25, 1993. Reroof, $2,500. *B7. Moved? No Yes Unknown Date:______ Original Location:_ ____________________ *B8. Related Features: None. B9a. Architect: Unknown b. Builder: Unknown *B10. Significance: Theme Residential Architecture Area Santa Ana Period of Significance: Circa 1900-1938 Property Type: Commercial Applicable Criteria: NR: C; CR: 3 (Discuss importance in terms of historical or architectural context as defined by theme, period, and geographic scope. Also address integrity) The Wilkes House is architecturally significant as a highly intact and representative example of a Craftsman bungalow constructed in the Santa Ana Triangle neighborhood during its primary period of development, the first quarter of the twentieth century. City of Santa Ana records indicate a construction date of 1913. When the residence first appears in city directories in 1912/1913, the owner was listed as Joseph A. Wilkes, a rancher, who lived in the house with his wife Laura, and residents Fred Wilkes (rancher), Miss Josephine Wilkes (teacher), and Miss Mary Wilkes (student). By 1920, occupancy of the home shifted to Miss Eunice Bauer, a teacher at McKinley School. Residents changed several more times over the course of the 1930s. By 1940, the residence had split into a duplex; city directories show the owner of 2010 N. Bush as Milton F. Gray, who lived in the house with his wife Lucy. The residence also served as the office for the Long Beach Press-Telegram, for which Gray worked as an agent. The owner of 2010 ½ North Bush in 1940 was Richard Fuller, a painter, who lived in the unit with his wife Klea. In subsequent decades, ownership of the house changed hands several times. (See Continuation Sheet 3 of 3.) B11. Additional Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) *B12. References: City of Santa Ana Building Permits Santa Ana History Room Collection, Santa Ana Public Library Sanborn Maps (See Continuation Sheet 3 of 3.) B13. Remarks: *B14. Evaluator: Leslie J. Heumann *Date of Evaluation: September 25, 2006 DPR 523B (1/95) *Required information Sketch Map (This space reserved for official comments.) 2010 N. Bush St. 003-113-09 State of California ⎯ The Resources Agency Primary # _____________________________________________ DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # ________________________________________________ CONTINUATION SHEET Trinomial _____________________________________________ Page 3_ of 3_ Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder) Wilkes House *Recorded by Leslie J. Heumann and Deborah Howell-Ardila *Date September 25, 2006 ⌧ Continuation Update DPR 523L *B10. Significance (continued): Santa Ana was founded by William Spurgeon in 1869 as a speculative town site on part of the Spanish land grant known as Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana. The civic and commercial core of the community was centered around the intersection of Main and Fourth Streets. Stimulated by the arrival of the Santa Fe Railroad and incorporation as a city in 1886, and selection as the seat of the newly created County of Orange in 1889, the city grew outwards, with residential neighborhoods developing around the city center. Agricultural uses predominated in the outlying areas, with cultivated fields and orchards dotted with widely scattered farmhouses. The Wilkes House is located in the Santa Ana Triangle neighborhood. Located north of the neighborhoods of French Park and French Court, Santa Ana Triangle is bounded roughly by Santa Clara Avenue on the north, Seventeenth Street on the south, Interstate 5 on the east, and Main Street on the west. Interstate 5 conforms to the prominent diagonal swath originally cut by the Southern Pacific Railroad line, which was established in Santa Ana in the late 1870s and still forms the eastern border of the Santa Ana Triangle neighborhood. By the early part of the twentieth century, single-family homes had begun to be constructed in the neighborhood, with the majority of improvements clustered on Bush Street between Seventeenth and Eighteenth Streets. In the first quarter of the twentieth century, the most rapid growth in the area took place between 1910 and 1915, when improvements on Bush Street increased by 50 percent (from 24 to 36), and improvements on Spurgeon more than doubled. Santa Ana Triangle’s growth in the early twentieth century owed much to its location along the Pacific Electric Railway line, which ran along Main Street on the neighborhood’s western border. Historian Diann Marsh characterized the arrival of the Pacific Electric Railway’s Red Car as “one of the most significant…events of 1906.” While the Southern Pacific Railway already offered travel to Los Angeles, the comfortably appointed Red Car was considered a vast improvement to the Southern Pacific line. The Red Car greatly increased accessibility to Santa Ana, which had already become a center of economic, commercial, and social activity in Orange County, and increased the fortunes of all communities through which it passed. By 1912, the Santa Ana Triangle neighborhood had already been annexed by the City of Santa Ana, with most improvements consisting of wood-framed, single-family residences on parcels with an average size of 50-60 feet wide and 140-150 feet deep. The character of the area changed in the postwar period, with new construction accelerating in the 1950s and 1960s. As of 2006, approximately 44 percent of the extant buildings in the Santa Ana Triangle were constructed from 1950 through the 1980s. However, Santa Ana Triangle retains much of its original construction, primarily in the form of Craftsman bungalows, from the neighborhood’s early development during the first quarter of the twentieth century. Of the extant buildings in the neighborhood, approximately 42 percent were constructed from 1901 through 1925. The Wilkes House qualifies for listing in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties under Criterion 1 for its exemplification of the distinguishing characteristics of the Craftsman Bungalow style. Typical features of this style illustrated by the house include its wide open eaves, providing opportunities for the decorative exposure of structural features such as the notched rafters and triangular knee-braces; use of wood siding; cross-gabled roof; and tripartite windows. Additionally, the house has been categorized as “Contributive” because it “contributes to the overall character and history” of Santa Ana, and, as an intact example of a Craftsman bungalow in the Santa Ana Triangle neighborhood, “is a good example of period architecture.” Character-defining exterior features of the Wilkes House that should be preserved include, but may not be limited to, materials and finishes (clapboard); roof configuration and detailing; massing; original windows and doors and their surrounds where extant; the partial-length porch; architectural details such as pendant and pinnacle ornament at the gable apexes. *B12. References (continued): Harris, Cyril M. American Architecture: An Illustrated Encyclopedia. New York, WW Norton, 1998. Marsh, Diann. Santa Ana, An Illustrated History. Encinitas, Heritage Publishing, 1994. McAlester, Virginia and Lee. A Field Guide to American Houses. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1984. National Register Bulletin 16A. “How to Complete the National Register Registration Form.” Washington DC: National Register Branch, National Park Service, US Dept. of the Interior, 1991. Office of Historic Preservation. “Instructions for Recording Historical Resources.” Sacramento: March 1995. Whiffen, Marcus. American Architecture Since 1780. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1969. Ball, Charles D. The Pioneer Churches of Santa Ana District. Santa Ana, CA, 1929. Sleeper, Jim. Turn the Rascals Out: The Life and Times of Orange County’s Fighting Editor Dan M. Baker. Trabuco Canyon, CA: California Classics, 1973. Orange County Plat Maps, 1912. Thomas Brothers Maps of Orange County, 1957 and 1964. Santa Ana and Orange County Directories, 1905-1962. Filename: Bush St N 2010 Final DPR Directory: M:\Historic Info\110206HRC\FINAL_DPRs Template: C:\My Documents\General\Forms\Myprimry.dot Title: P1. 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