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HomeMy WebLinkAbout010228_Template-ElPatioRealApt_1228NBroadway.pdfPage 1 of 4 cm\historic\templates\Broadway 1228 N (El Patio Real Apt) 7/25/01 NAME El Patio Real Apartments REF. NO. 59 ADDRESS 1228 North Broadway CITY Santa Ana ZIP 92701 ORANGE COUNTY YEAR BUILT 1929 LOCAL REGISTER CATEGORY: Key HISTORIC DISTRICT NEIGHBORHOOD Midtown NATIONAL REGISTER CRITERIA FOR EVALUATION C NATIONAL REGISTER STATUS CODE 5B1 Location: Not for Publication Unrestricted USGS 7.5” Quad Date: T R _ of _ of Sec : B.M. Prehistoric Historic Both ARCHITECTURAL STYLE: Mission/Spanish Colonial Revival DESCRIPTION/BACKGROUND RELATED TO PERIOD ARCHITECTURE: The Mission/Spanish Colonial Revival style, as its name implies, encompasses two major subcategories. The Mission Revival vocabulary, popular between 1890 and 1920, drew its inspiration from the missions of the Southwest. Identifying features include curved parapets (or espadana); red tiled roofs and coping; low-pitched roofs, often with overhanging eaves; porch roofs supported by large, square piers; arches; and wall surfaces commonly covered in smooth stucco. The Spanish Colonial Revival flourished between 1915 and 1940, reaching its apex during the 1920s and 1930s. The movement received widespread attention after the Panama- California Exposition in San Diego in 1915, where lavish interpretations of Spanish and Mexican prototypes were showcased. Easily recognizable hallmarks of the Spanish Colonial Revival are low-pitched roofs, usually with little or no overhangs and red tile roof coverings, flat roofs surrounded by tiled parapets; and stuccoed walls. The Spanish vocabulary also includes arches, asymmetry, balconies and patios, window grilles, and wood, wrought iron, tile, or stone decorative elements. Page 2 of 4 cm\historic\templates\Broadway 1228 N (El Patio Real Apt) 7/25/01 CONSTRUCTION HISTORY: (Construction data, alterations, and date of alterations) March 20, 1929: Apartment house April 13, 1937: Garage August 29, 1940: Garages April 12, 1982: Replace doors and windows RELATED FEATURES: (Other important features such as barns, sheds, fences, prominent or unusual trees, or landscape) None noted. DESCRIPTION: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, settings, and boundaries.) The 1929 El Patio Apartments are located on the southwest corner of North Broadway and Washington Street. The U-shaped complex consists of two two-story end buildings connected by a central one-story section, combined in a U-formation with a central courtyard. The Spanish Colonial Revival buildings are clad in stucco, and have gable roofs with red clay tiles. Decorative features include covered entrance porches with open wood railings, square, chamfered wood support post posts, exposed rafter tails and decorative brackets. The original wood sash windows have been removed and replaced with double hung aluminum windows. The building otherwise appears to retain a high degree of integrity, conveying its style and period of construction clearly. HISTORIC HIGHLIGHTS: The El Patio Apartments were built in 1929 by prominent local contractor William Rohrbacker. Built at a cost of $52,000, each unit was fully furnished including rugs, and modern appliances. RESOURCE ATTRIBUTES: (List attributes and codes from Appendix 4 of Instructions for Recording Historical Resources, Office of Historic Preservation.) HP3. Multiple-family Property Page 3 of 4 cm\historic\templates\Broadway 1228 N (El Patio Real Apt) 7/25/01 RESOURCES PRESENT: Building Structure Object Site District Element of District Other MOVED? No Yes Unknown Date: Original Location: STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE: (Discuss importance in terms of historical or architectural context as defined by theme, period, geographic scope, and integrity.) Santa Ana was founded by William Spurgeon in 1869 as a speculative townsite on part of the Spanish land grant known as Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana. Early growth and development was stimulated by the arrival of the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1878 and the Santa Fe Railroad in 1886. Following its incorporation as a city in 1886, Santa Ana was recognized as one of the leading communities in the area in 1889 when it became the seat of the newly created County of Orange. Beginning in the 1880s and continuing through the first three decades of the 20th century, Broadway emerged as a prominent residential corridor and was eventually lined by comfortably scaled homes shaded by rows of street trees. In the 1920s and 1930s, Broadway experienced new growth as elegant multiple family residences, several of which were oriented around interior courtyards, were introduced to the street. Several examples of both periods of development have survived, evoking, as a district, a distinctive sense of time and place, when a Broadway address was a distinguished and desirable one. Representing the later phase of development, the El Patio Real Apartments are an integral part of the historic North Broadway District. The subject of an entire section of the local newspaper when it was built, the El Patio Real Apartments are architecturally significant as an example of Spanish Colonial Revival courtyard housing, a building type particularly associated with Southern California. Character-defining exterior features of the property which should be preserved include, but are not limited to: smooth stucco cladding; clay tile roofs; courtyard configuration; wooden architectural elements such as balconies, brackets, braces, and beams; stylistic detailing; and original fenestration where extant. SUMMARY/CONCLUSION: The property is currently listed in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Property. It is significant under Criterion 1 in that it embodies the distinguishing characteristics of an architectural building period associated with a specific period of development. The El Patio Real Apartments have been categorized as “Key” because the building “has a distinctive architectural style and quality,” and, as an example of courtyard housing on North Broadway “is characteristic of a significant period in the history of the City of Santa Ana” (Municipal Code, Section 30-2.2). OWNER AND ADDRESS: John Clabaugh 25172 Cineria Way Lake Forest, CA 92630 Page 4 of 4 cm\historic\templates\Broadway 1228 N (El Patio Real Apt) 7/25/01 RECORDED BY: (Name, affiliation, and address) Leslie Heumann & Liz Carter Science Applications International Corporation 35 S. Raymond Avenue, Suite 204, Pasadena, CA 91105 DATE RECORDED: February 28, 2001 SURVEY TYPE: (Intensive, reconnaissance, or other) Intensive Survey Update REPORT CITATION: (Cite survey report and other sources) City of Santa Ana. Santa Ana’s Historic Treasures. Les, Kathleen. Historic Resources Inventory 1228 N. Broadway, May 1980. REFERENCES: (List documents, date of publication, and page numbers. May also include oral interviews.) Harris, Cyril M. American Architecture: An Illustrated Encyclopedia. New York, WW Norton, 1998. 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 Department of the Interior, 1991. Whiffen, Marcus. American Architecture Since 1780. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1969. EVALUATOR: Leslie J. Heumann DATE OF EVALUATION: February 28, 2001 EXPLANATION OF CODES: • National Register Criteria for Evaluation: (From Appendix 7 of Instructions for Recording Historical Resources, Office of Historic Preservation) C: that embody the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction, or that represent the work of a master, or that possess high artistic values, or that represent a significant and distinguishable entity whose components may lack individual distinction. • National Register Status Code: (From Appendix 2 of Instructions for Recording Historical Resources, Office of Historic Preservation) 5B1: Is separately listed or designated under an existing local ordinance, or is eligible for such listing or designation, and, is a contributor to a fully documented district that is designated or eligible for designation as a local historic district, overlay zone, or preservation area under an existing ordinance or procedure.