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HomeMy WebLinkAbout010427_Template-LaHaciendaApt_1420NBroadway.pdfPage 1 of 4 cm\historic\templates\Broadway 1420 N 6/12/01 NAME La Hacienda Apartments REF. NO. 64 ADDRESS 1420 North Broadway CITY Santa Ana ZIP 92706 ORANGE COUNTY YEAR BUILT 1929 LOCAL REGISTER CATEGORY: Key HISTORIC DISTRICT NEIGHBORHOOD Willard NATIONAL REGISTER CRITERIA FOR EVALUATION C NATIONAL REGISTER STATUS CODE 5B1 Location: Not for Publication Unrestricted USGS 7.5” Quad Date: T R ¼ of ¼ of Sec : B.M. Prehistoric Historic Both ARCHITECTURAL STYLE: Mission/Spanish Colonial Revival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 1420 N 6/12/01 CONSTRUCTION HISTORY: (Construction data, alterations, and date of alterations) November 1921: Alterations to residence. January 1922: Wreck barn and build garage. March 28, 1929: Wreck old building. May 1, 1929: Apartment house. August 25, 1953: Remodel garage door opening. August 15, 1986: Replace wood window with aluminum. 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.) “La Hacienda” is a two-story, J-shaped apartment building designed in the Spanish Colonial Revival style. Oriented around a small inner courtyard, the building is stucco clad and capped by a side gable roof covered in red clay tile. The east (Broadway) façade is three bays wide, with a raised central bay topped by a tiled turret. Brackets are exposed in the overhanging eaves. An archway embellished with a scrolled archivolt provides access to the courtyard from the central bay on the ground level. Above the opening, the bay is decorated with a distinctive diamond pattern picked out in colored tile. Almost hidden by a pair of Italian cypress trees, a small casement window is recessed above the tile spandrel. Clusters of casement windows of different sizes are located in the side bays on the lower level. Wrought iron balconies adorn the upper story openings. Characteristic arched heads and an engaged turned wood colonnette between the openings distinguish the upper north bay. The property is in good condition and appears to be substantially unaltered, although building permits record the replacement of at least one wood framed window with an aluminum one. HISTORIC HIGHLIGHTS: Harry M. Smith constructed La Hacienda Apartments in 1929 for a cost of $29,500 on the site of an older residence, which he had owned as early as 1921 (Building Permit 7748, November 1921). Harry and Annette Smith were in the real estate business. After Mr. Smith died, Mrs. Smith continued to own the apartments and live in one of the units until the mid-1940s (Santa Ana’s Historic Treasures). 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 1420 N 6/12/01 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 a distinctive sense of time and place, when a Broadway address was a distinguished and desirable one. Representing the later phase of development, La Hacienda Apartments are an integral part of the historic North Broadway streetscape and history. The building is 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 finish; clay tile roofs; courtyard configuration; Spanish style architectural elements such as balconies, brackets, arches; tile work, and wood and wrought iron 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 La Hacienda 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: Palmer Enterprises 757 South Loretta Drive Orange, CA 92869 Page 4 of 4 cm\historic\templates\Broadway 1420 N 6/12/01 RECORDED BY: (Name, affiliation, and address) Leslie Heumann Science Applications International Corporation 35 S. Raymond Avenue, Suite 204, Pasadena, CA 91105 DATE RECORDED: April 27, 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 1420 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: April 27, 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.