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Page _1_ of _3_ Resource name(s) or number (assigned by recorder) Sanchez House
P1. Other Identifier:
*P2. Location: Not for Publication Unrestricted *a. County Orange County
*b. USGS 7.5’ Quad TCA1667 Date:
*c. Address 5325 West Silver Drive City Santa Ana Zip 92703
*e. Other Locational Data: Assessor’s Parcel Number Block: Lot: 099-212-57
*P3a. Description: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries.)
This one and one-half story Folk House (Hall-and-Parlor variant) was constructed in 1901. It has a side-gabled saltbox roof
descending through the back elevation, adding a half-bay extension to the rear of the house. The rectangular plan is two
bays wide and one and one-half bays deep. Wide planks of wood siding, which appears to be the original shiplap siding,
sheath the house. The façade has a partial-length, shed-roofed porch recessed into the southwest corner. The front entry is
oriented toward the street and has a wood surround with decoratively flared, extended lintels. Projecting from the house’s
southeast elevation is a cross-gable with a set of one-over-one, double-hung sash windows with a strip of decorative molding
over the window frame. The west elevation displays another set of one-over-one double-hung sash windows with similar
decorative molding. The windows have the tall, narrow dimensions typical of Victorian-era construction. A nonoriginal iron
fence fronts the property.
*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 west elevations
May 2006
*P6. Date Constructed/Age and
Sources: historic
1901/City of Santa Ana Database
*P7. Owner and Address:
Maria S. Sanchez
5325 West Silver Drive
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
State of California ⎯ The Resources Agency Primary #__________________________________________
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BUILDING, STRUCTURE, AND OBJECT RECORD
Page 2 of 3 *CHR Status Code_5S1__________________________
*Resource Name or #: Sanchez House
B1. Historic Name: Sanchez House
B2. Common Name: Same
B3. Original Use: Single-family Residence B4. Present Use: Single-family Residence
*B5. Architectural Style: Folk House (Hall-and-Parlor variant)
*B6. Construction History: (Construction date, alterations, and date of alterations): Constructed in 1901
The earliest permit on file with the City of Santa Ana for the Sanchez House is a 1965 plumbing permit, which reflects the date
the residence was connected to the city sewer line; this date marks the subdivision of the parcel on which this house is
located. The permit was issued to the owner, Jose Sanchez, who city directories indicate owned the property as early as
1960. which marked the date of the subdivision of the parcel on which this house is located. With the exception of several
electrical and plumbing permits, the only building permits on file are for the demolition of a shed on the property and
construction of a new garage. These building permits were issued to the owner Jose Sanchez in 1975.
*B7. Moved? No Yes Unknown Date:______ Original Location:_ ____________________
*B8. Related Features:
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 Sanchez House is architecturally significant as a representative example of a turn-of-the-century Folk House (Hall-and-
Parlor variant). Constructed in 1901, the house is in fair repair but largely intact. The house retains historic integrity as a good
example of a 1901 Folk House (Hall-and-Parlor variant) in a neighborhood otherwise dominated by large-scale 1950s and
1960s construction.
(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.)
5325 W. Silver Drive
099-212-57
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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 Sanchez 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 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 the Folk House
(Hall-and-Parlor variant). Typical features of this style illustrated by the house include its side gable and two-bay wide, one
and one-half bay deep plan, lack of ornamentation, shed-roofed porch, and wood siding. 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.” Character-defining exterior features of the Sanchez House that should be preserved include, but may not be
limited to, saltbox roof configuration; materials and finishes (siding); massing; original windows/window openings (in
particular, the Victorian-era proportions of windows on the front porch and southwest elevation) and doors/door openings
where extant; and shed-roofed porch.
*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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