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Page _1_ of _3_ Resource name(s) or number (assigned by recorder) Flores House
P1. Other Identifier:
*P2. Location: Not for Publication Unrestricted *a. County Orange County
*b. USGS 7.5’ Quad TCA1667 Date:
*c. Address 5214 West Fifth Street City Santa Ana Zip 92703
*e. Other Locational Data: Assessor’s Parcel Number Block: Lot: 099-221-21
*P3a. Description: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries.)
This one-story Eastlake-influenced cottage was constructed in approximately 1900. The building, which has a rectangular
plan, is sheathed in wood siding and has a side-gabled, shingled roof with two projecting cross-gables. Under the eaves,
triangular knee braces support exposed rafters. The primary reference to the Eastlake style is seen on the east elevation on
the façade, where two squared bays project from gabled wings. In addition, façade window openings have long, narrow
Victorian-era proportions, with pilaster strips separating glazing and emphasizing the vertical line. Window surrounds have
decorative molding above. On the east elevation, the original porch appears to have been filled in, as well as new windows
and an entryway added. The house quotes the Eastlake style in its use of squared, projecting bays and emphasis of the
vertical line through the use of pilaster strips.
*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)
North and west elevations
May 2006
*P6. Date Constructed/Age and
Sources: historic
Circa 1900
*P7. Owner and Address:
Loretta Menchaca
5214 West Fifth Street
Santa Ana, CA 92703
*P8. Recorded by:
Leslie J. Heumann and
Deborah Howell-Ardila
Sapphos Environmental, Inc.
133 Martin Alley
Pasadena, California 91105
*P9. Date Recorded:
May 28, 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)
DPR 523A (1/95) *Required information
P5a. Photo
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BUILDING, STRUCTURE, AND OBJECT RECORD
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*Resource Name or #: Flores House
B1. Historic Name: Flores House
B2. Common Name: Same
B3. Original Use: Single-family Residence B4. Present Use: Single-family Residence
*B5. Architectural Style: Eastlake-influenced Cottage
*B6. Construction History: (Construction date, alterations, and date of alterations): Constructed circa 1900
No building permits are on file with the City of Santa Ana for the Flores House, with the exception of two plumbing permits and
a heating permit. A 1965 plumbing permit issued to the owner at the time, J. Robles, indicates the date the residence was
connected to the city sewer line; this date also reflects the subdivision of the parcel on which this property was located.
*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 1895-1956 Property Type: Single-family Residence 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 Flores House is architecturally significant as an example of turn-of-the-century vernacular architecture, in particular, an
Eastlake-influenced cottage. Its exact date of construction is unknown and is estimated, based on appearance and the
architectural chronology of Santa Ana, to be around 1900. The house shows signs of alteration, including what appears to be
a filled-in porch with new entryway and glazing. The house quotes the Eastlake style in its use of squared, projecting bays and
emphasis of the vertical line through the use of pilaster strips. Thus, the house retains a marginal level of integrity but stands
out in a neighborhood otherwise dominated by 1950s and 1960s construction as a good example of turn-of-the-century
vernacular architecture.
(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: May 28, 2006
DPR 523B (1/95) *Required information
Sketch Map
(This space reserved for official comments.)
5214 West Fifth Street
099-221-21
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*Recorded by Leslie J. Heumann and Deborah Howell-Ardila *Date May 28, 2006 ⌧ Continuation Update
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*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 to the north, south, and east of the city center. Agricultural uses predominated in the outlying areas, with
cultivated fields and orchards dotted with widely scattered farmhouses.
The Flores House is located in Riverview West, a neighborhood west of the Santa Ana River that was carved from a
neighboring land grant, the Rancho Las Bolsas, which encompassed the present day cities of Garden Grove, Westminster,
and Huntington Beach. Originally granted to the Nieto family in 1784, and confirmed in 1834, the Rancho became part of the
extensive holdings of southern California land baron Abel Stearns in the second half of the nineteenth century. Bounded by
Westminster Avenue on the north, Edinger Avenue and the Santa Ana city limits on the south, Harbor Boulevard on the east,
and Euclid Street and the city limits on the west, the neighborhood was located in the Bolsa Road District in the early days of
the twentieth century; the Bolsa Road District was a settlement centered on the intersection of Bolsa and Brookhurst Avenues
in present day Westminster. According to the 1912 plat maps of Orange County, the neighborhood was divided into plots of
land that averaged twenty to forty acres and were presumably primarily agricultural in use.
Construction of houses in the Riverview West neighborhood began during the post-World War II building boom around 1949,
when the area was an unincorporated portion of Orange County, and accelerated greatly in the 1950s and early 1960s.
Santa Ana’s population in 1950 was 45,000, and its land area was 10.42 square miles. By 1960, both the population, at
100,350, and land area, at 22.8 square miles, had more than doubled. Annexed to the City in 1957 and 1958, Riverview
West was part of this pattern of growth. Today, the neighborhood reflects this definitive period of development in its tracts of
modestly sized, California Ranch style homes. With a large Hispanic population by the time of its incorporation, the
neighborhood in the final quarter of the twentieth century has also become home to a large Vietnamese community, whose
temples have become local landmarks.
The Flores House qualifies for listing in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Property under Criterion 3 for its exemplification
of the distinguishing characteristics of the Eastlake style. Typical features of this style illustrated by the house include its
projecting gables, massed plan, squared bay windows, exposed rafters, decorative window surrounds and tall, narrow
window openings. Additionally, the house has been categorized as “Contributive” because it “contributes to the overall
character and history” of Santa Ana, and, as an example of turn-of-the-century Eastlake-influenced architecture in the
Riverview West neighborhood, “is a good example of period architecture.” Character-defining exterior features of the Flores
House that should be preserved include, but may not be limited to, materials and finishes; roof configuration and detailing;
massing; original windows and doors where extant; and architectural details such as the exposed rafters and triangular knee
braces (which, while potentially representing a 1910s or 1920s alteration, are historically significant in and of themselves), as
well as pilaster strips and decorative molding on the bay window surrounds.
*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.
Orange County Plat Maps, 1912.
Thomas Brothers Maps of Orange County, 1957 and 1964.
Santa Ana and Orange County Directories, 1954-1962.
Robinson, W. W. Old Spanish and Mexican Ranchos of Orange County. Los Angeles: Title Insurance and Trust Company,
1954.
Talbert, Thomas B., Editor-in-Chief. Historical Volume and Reference Works Volume 1: Orange County. Whittier: Historical
Publishers, 1963.
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