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SANCHEZ HOUSE
5325 West Silver Drive
Santa Ana, CA 92703
NAME Sanchez House REF. NO.
ADDRESS 5325 West Silver Drive
CITY Santa Ana ZIP 92703 ORANGE COUNTY
YEAR BUILT 1901 LOCAL REGISTER CATEGORY: Contributive
HISTORIC DISTRICT N/A NEIGHBORHOOD Riverview West
CALIFORNIA REGISTER CRITERIA FOR EVALUATION 3 CALIFORNIA REGISTER STATUS CODE 5S1
Location: Not for Publication Unrestricted
Prehistoric Historic Both
ARCHITECTURAL STYLE: Folk House (Hall-and-Parlor variant)
Folk houses, often simply labeled “vernacular houses,” reflect nation-wide traditions of basic housing built without regard for
architectural styles and fashions. While early folk houses utilized indigenous materials, forms, and labor, the spread of the railroads
and the advent of balloon framing enabled subsequent construction to take advantage of inexpensive building materials such as mass-
produced lumber. Although the materials and the methods evolved, the forms generally did not. Simple side-gable, “Hall-and-Parlor”
houses (defined as houses that are two rooms wide and one room deep) were derived from British precedents and were adapted to the
United States by the additions of a front porch and a rear add-on. Such homes became the dominant pre- and post-railroad housing
over much of the southeastern United States and elsewhere, lasting into the 20th century. Hall-and-Parlor houses are typically one to
one and a half stories in height, side-gabled, and wood-framed, with a porch, usually shed-roofed, across all or part of the façade.
Windows are generally double-hung sash, often in the tall and narrow proportions of the Victorian era. Variations in the type involve
differing chimney placements, porch sizes, porch roof types, and shapes of the rearward extensions that enlarged the interior space.
Hall-and Parlor houses evolved into “Massed-Plan, Side-Gabled” houses, which are more than one room deep and no longer have rear
add-ons (McAlester, 94-95 and 98).
SUMMARY/CONCLUSION:
The Sanchez House qualifies for listing in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Property under Criterion 3 for its exemplification of
the distinguishing characteristics of turn-of-the-century vernacular architecture, in particular, in the Folk House style (Hall-and-Parlor
variant). Additionally, the house has been categorized as “Contributive” because it “contributes to the overall character and history”
of Santa Ana, and, as a good example of turn-of-the-century vernacular architecture in the Riverview West neighborhood, “is a good
example of period architecture” (Municipal Code, Section 30-2.2).
EXPLANATION OF CODES:
• California Register Criteria for Evaluation: (From California Office of Historic Preservation, Technical Assistance Series # 7,
“How to Nominate Resources to the California Register of Historical Resources,” September 4, 2001.)
3: It embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, region, or method of construction, or represents the
work of a master, or possesses high artistic values.
• California Register Status Code: (From California Office of Historic Preservation, December 8, 2003.)
5S1: Individual property that is listed or designated locally.
Filename: Silver Dr 5325 W ES final
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