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HomeMy WebLinkAbout010228_Template-MacIntoshApt_1115NBroadway.pdfPage 1 of 5 cm\historic\templates\Broadway 1115 N (MacIntosh Apt) 7/25/01 p NAME MacIntosh Apartments REF. NO. 102 ADDRESS 1115-1117 North Broadway CITY Santa Ana ZIP 92701 ORANGE COUNTY YEAR BUILT 1931 LOCAL REGISTER CATEGORY: Contributive HISTORIC DISTRICT NEIGHBORHOOD Midtown NATIONAL REGISTER CRITERIA FOR EVALUATION A, C NATIONAL REGISTER STATUS CODE 5D1 Location: Not for Publication Unrestricted USGS 7.5” Quad Date: T R _ of _ of Sec : B.M. Prehistoric Historic Both ARCHITECTURAL STYLE: Mission/Spanish Colonial Revival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: Page 2 of 5 cm\historic\templates\Broadway 1115 N (MacIntosh Apt) 7/25/01 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. CONSTRUCTION HISTORY: (Construction data, alterations, and date of alterations) September 17, 1931: Duplex and garage July 16, 1982: Demolish garage 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 Spanish Colonial Revival MacIntosh Apartments are located on the east side of North Broadway, between 10th and Washington Streets. Constructed as a duplex, the stucco-clad building consists of a one-story front (west) wing and a two-story rear (east) wing. Shallowly-pitched hip roofs clad in red clay tile top each wing. A projecting central entrance, marked by a pair of open arches, is flanked by arched picture windows, forming a symmetrical façade. The upper floor mimics the lower, with the central paired arches of an upstairs porch flanked by pairs of elongated multi-paned casement windows. The house has a distinct horizontal emphasis, accentuated by the expanses of low-pitched roofline and broad eaves. Detailing includes quoin-like lower story window surrounds, decorative medallions on either side of the west wing, impost moldings at the entry arcade, and exposed brackets in the eaves. The building is substantially intact, although the exterior walls appear to have been recently restuccoed. HISTORIC HIGHLIGHTS: Page 3 of 5 cm\historic\templates\Broadway 1115 N (MacIntosh Apt) 7/25/01 Peter and Flora MacIntosh built this duplex in 1931 for a cost of $14,000 and occupied one of the units. Their early tenants included John and Marian Minihan, Ralph and Edna Jones (he was the assistant trust officer for the Bank of America), and Ray and Sophie Price (he was an operator for the Union Oil Company). By 1961, nonresidential uses had been introduced on the property. Over the next twenty years a series of business licenses were issued to a chiropractic clinic, detective agency, ad agency, and photography studio among others. In 1982, this property was associated with the Basler Home, the pioneering proprietary convalescent home which had been established in 1944 in the former Twist House at 1015 North Broadway. RESOURCE ATTRIBUTES: (List attributes and codes from Appendix 4 of Instructions for Recording Historical Resources, Office of Historic Preservation.) HP3. Multiple-family Property 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. Although it was built as a multi-family building, the MacIntosh Apartments have high quality design features that allow it to blend in gracefully with the adjacent single-family homes. The building is representative of the second period of development on North Broadway and has architectural interest as an example of Spanish Colonial Revival styling, with a high degree of integrity. Character-defining exterior features of the MacIntosh Apartments which should be preserved include, but are not limited to: tiled hip roofs with wooden bracketing; original fenestration; arcaded elements; and architectural trim (window surrounds, moldings). SUMMARY/CONCLUSION: Page 4 of 5 cm\historic\templates\Broadway 1115 N (MacIntosh Apt) 7/25/01 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 MacIntosh Apartments have been categorized as “Contributive” because the building “contributes to the overall character and history” of North Broadway, “is good example of period architecture,” and “has not been substantially altered” (Municipal Code, Section 30-2.2). OWNER AND ADDRESS: One Broadway Plaza LLC 1200 North Main Street, Suite 900 Santa Ana, CA 92701 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 1115-17 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, Page 5 of 5 cm\historic\templates\Broadway 1115 N (MacIntosh Apt) 7/25/01 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) A: that are associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of our history. 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) 5D1: 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.