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HomeMy WebLinkAbout080207_Template-ReyesHouse_211SFranklin.pdfState of California ¾ The Resources Agency Primary #______________________________________________ DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI #__________________________________________________ PRIMARY RECORD Trinomial______________________________________________ NRHP Status Code _____________________________________ Other Listings _____________________________________________________________________ Review Code ________ Reviewer________________________ Date_______________ Page _1_ of _4_ Resource name(s) or number (assigned by recorder) Reyes House P1. Other Identifier: *P2. Location: oNot for Publication nUnrestricted *a. County Orange County *b. USGS 7.5’ Quad TCA 1667 Date: *c. Address 211 S. Franklin Street City Santa Ana Zip 92703 *e. Other Locational Data: Assessor’s Parcel Number 007-262-10 *P3a. Description: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries.) This one-story Craftsman Bungalow is rectangular in plan and features a low-pitched, hipped roof with projecting front-gabled porch, centered on the façade. The walls are clad in horizontal wood siding and the building rests on a raised concrete foundation. Primary entry is on the west façade, beneath an unenclosed elevated porch four steps above ground level. Corbelled brackets support the porch gable, which features wide overhanging eaves, extended bargeboards, and a latticed vent in the gable apex. A set of slender posts with square capitals support the porch, whose plain wood architrave, bands of wood-siding, and belt course emphasize the horizontal axis. The porch shelters the front door, which faces west towards the street and features three narrow strips of glazing. Fenestration on the façade consists of one-over-one double-hung sash windows with wood surrounds, flared lintel s, and projecting window sills. Side elevations are also fenestrated with double- hung sash windows , in a variety of sizes, with wood surrounds and flared lintels. Alterations to the property include the 1957 addition of a garage in the southeast corner of the property and a service entrance on the south elevation, nonoriginal light fixtures flanking the porch steps, metal screen door, and a nonoriginal fence fronting the property. The residence otherwise retains sufficient integrity. *P3b. Resource Attributes: (list attributes and codes) HP2. Single-family Property *P4. Resources Present: nBuilding oStructure oObject oSite oDistrict oElement of District oOther P5b. Photo: (view and date) West elevation June 2007 *P6. Date Constructed/Age and Sources: nhistoric 1909/City of Santa Ana Database *P7. Owner and Address: John and Catherine Mercado 12444 Lambert Circle Santa Ana, CA 92841 *P8. Recorded by: S. Carmack and D. Howell-Ardila Sapphos Environmental, Inc. 133 Martin Alley Pasadena, California 91105 *P9. Date Recorded: June 25, 2007 *P10. Survey Type: Intensive Survey Update *P11. Report Citation: (Cite survey report and other sources, or enter “none”) None. *Attachments: oNone oLocation Map oSketch Map nContinuation Sheet nBuilding, Structure, and Object Record oArchaeological Record oDistrict Record oLinear Feature Record oMilling Station Record oRock Art Record oArtifact Record oPhotograph Record o Other (list) DPR 523A (1/95) *Required information P5a. Photo State of California ¾ The Resources Agency Primary #__________________________________________ DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI#______________________________________________ BUILDING, STRUCTURE, AND OBJECT RECORD Page 2 of 4 *CHR Status Code _5S1__________________________ *Resource Name or #: Reyes House B1. Historic Name: Reyes House B2. Common Name: Same B3. Original Use: Single -family Residence B4. Present Use: Single-family Residence *B5. Architectural Style: Craftsman Bungalow *B6. Construction History: (Construction date, alterations, and date of alterations): Constructed in 1909 February 24, 1930. Relocated house, $300. January 6, 1954. Private garage added, $700. February 1, 1954. Plastering by owner. November 29, 1944. Reroof, $150. May 15, 1957. Service porch added to residence, $800. March 1, 1971. Unspecified electric work. *B7. Moved? o No n Yes o Unknown Date:_February 1930 Original Location:_Unknown ___________________ *B8. Related Features: None. B9a. Architect: Unknown b. Builder: Unknown *B10. Significance: Theme Residential Architecture Area Santa Ana Period of Significance: Circa 1 900-1959 Property Type: Commercial 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 Reyes House is architecturally signifi cant as a n intact and representative example of the Craftsman Bungalow in the Casa Bonita neighborhood constructed during its first p eriod of residential subdivision and settlement. Constructed in 1909, the house was relocated to its present location in February 1930 by William H. Kuhn, an investor in Casa Bonita’s first residential development, Franklin Place. Throughout the 1930s, a number of tenants occupied the residence, including Peter Moreno, a laborer, and wife Nancy, Harvey and Linda Rios, labore r Pedro Valles, and Mrs. Leandra Valles. In 1940, Jesus Reyes, a laborer with the Holly Sugar Corporation, and wife Teofila, purchased the house, in which they lived until at least 1965. (See Continuation Sheet 3 of 4.) B11. Additional Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) *B12. References: Agricultural Adjustment Administration, Western Division Laboratory. Aerial map. Santa Ana, California, 1938, #22-38. Bitetti, Marge, Guy Ball, and the Santa Ana Historic Preservation Society. Early Santa Ana. Charleston, San Francisco, Chicago, Portsmouth, Arcadia Press, 2006. City of Santa Ana Building Permits (See Continuation Sheet 3 of 4.) B13. Remarks: *B14. Evaluator: S. Carmack and D. Howell-Ardila *Date of Evaluation: June 27, 2007 DPR 523B (1/95) *Required information Sketch Map (This space reserved for official comments.) 211 S. Franklin Street 007-262-10 State of California ¾ The Resources Agency Primary # _____________________________________________ DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # ________________________________________________ CONTINUATION SHEET Trinomial _____________________________________________ Page 3_ of 4_ Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder) Reyes House *Recorded by Shannon Carmack and Deborah Howell -Ardila *Date June 25, 2007 x Continuation o Update DPR 523L *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 at 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 a s the seat of the newly created County of Orange in 1889, the city grew outwards, with residential neighborhoods developing around the city center. Agricultural uses predominated in the outlying areas, with cultivated fields and orchards dotted with widely scattered farmhouses. The Reyes House is located in the Casa Bonita neighborhood, southwest of the historic commercial and civic center and bounded roughly by First Street on the north, Raitt Street on the east, Willits Street on the south, and Center Street on the west. In the early twentieth century, this neighborhood represented the southwestern portion of Santa Ana. By 1912, agricultural development had arrived to the neighborhood and Artesia, Willits, and First were the only streets in place. At that time, Casa Bonita could be broken down into three areas. The northwestern corner was occupied in 1912 by the Morton Dairy Company, which included a portion of the 1874 Sepulveda Tract. This area spanned an unsubdivided 30 -acre site that remained intact and agricultural (with orchards) until 1955, when it was subdivided for residential and commercial development. The northeastern corner, spanning present-day Daisy to Raitt streets and First to Myrtle streets, consisted of two unsubdivided parcels own ed by Grubb and Huse; when subdivided and presented as Franklin Place in 1922, this area represented the neighborhood’s earliest residential subdivision. The southern portion of Casa Bonita consisted of two 10- acre blocks of a tract known as Plaza Rancho, which was subdivided in the 1920s but remained agricultural until residential subdivision in 1955. With the 1922 subdivision of Franklin Place, residential development came slowly to Casa Bonita. The original owner of Franklin Place was real estate investor Alcedas B. Rousselle, who, by 1923, had already begun selling land to other investors, many of whom held multiple parcels. By 1925, approximately 40 percent of the lots showed improvements, with this number increasing slightly throughout the 1920s and 1930s. Only with widespread residential expansion in the post- World War II period did the number of improvements show a sizeable jump in Franklin Place. As of 2007, two -thirds of the extant residences were constructed after 1945. Franklin Place was the only residential development in Casa Bonita until the mid-1950s, when tract housing replaced farmland south of Myrtle, between Raitt and Center streets. By 1959, the orchards occupying Casa Bonita’s 30-acre northwestern corner had been removed and the land graded in preparation for commercial development. Apartment buildings were constructed along Myrtle Street, and Walnut and Willits streets were added between 1955 and 1959. The existing street configuration reflects changes made in this period to Artesia and Raitt streets. Since the early twentieth century, Artesia Street terminated south of Myrtle, and Raitt Street, in place since at least 1906, stretched from Edinger Avenue up to today’s Willits Street. Named for Santa Ana pioneer dairyman James T. Raitt, the north end of Raitt Street was connected to the southern terminus of Artesia Street with a short diagonal line in the late 1950s. In the early 1960s, Artesia Street was changed to Raitt Street in honor of Santa Ana pioneer James T. Raitt. I n the early 1960s, Artesia Street was changed to Raitt Street in honor of Santa Ana pioneer dairyman James T. Raitt. Raitt moved to Santa Ana in 1886 at the age of 18 and, in 1890, began his dairy business with a total holding of seven cows. By 1905, Rai tt owned approximately 180 acres, 20 of which were located adjacent to Casa Bonita (by 1906, the western border of this property had become Raitt Street). Raitt’s dairy business thrived, and by 1925, the company had constructed two offices at 1100 S. Bristol Street and 1008 East Fourth Street (the latter now occupied by Tom’s Trucks). Other Raitt family members are also culturally significant to the region, state, and nation. John’s son Archie Raitt was the first secretary of the North County YMCA. John Raitt, the grandson of James, became a famous Broadway singer and comedian. Following in John’s footsteps was daughter Bonnie Raitt, who is a nine-time Grammy-winning singer, songwriter, and guitarist known for her blues and R&B-influenced music. (See C ontinuation Sheet 3 of 4.) State of California ¾ The Resources Agency Primary # _____________________________________________ DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # ________________________________________________ CONTINUATION SHEET Trinomial _____________________________________________ Page 4_ of 4_ Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder) Reyes House *Recorded by Shannon Carmack and Deborah Howell -Ardila *Date June 25, 2007 x Continuation o Update DPR 523L *B10. Significance (continued): The Reyes House qualifies for listing in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties under Criterion 1 for its exemplification of the distinguishing characteristics of the Craftsman Bungalow style. Typical features of this style illustrated by the house include low-pitched hipped roof and projecting, front-gabled porch; latticed vent in gable apex; wide overhanging eaves with bargeboards; double-hung sash windows with flared lintels and wood surrounds. Additionally, the house has been categorized as “Contributive” because it “contributes to the overall character and history” of Santa Ana, and, as an intact example of the Craftsman Bungalow style in the Casa Bonita neighborhood, “is a good e xample of period architecture.” Character-defining exterior features of the Reyes House that should be preserved include, but may not be limited to, materials and finishes (horizontal wood siding); roof configuration and detailing; open eaves and bargeboards; massing; original windows and doors and their surrounds where extant; and partial-length porch. *B12. References (continued): Fairchild Aerial Surveys, Inc. Orange County, California, City of Santa Ana, Index #12-58. Los Angeles, 30 August 1947. Finley, S.H. Map of Orange County, California. Santa Ana, 1908. 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. McFadden, Iva M. How They Worked It: Dairymen Combine to Solve Problem . Los Angeles Times. 19 October 1930. National Register Bulletin 16A. “How to Complete the Na tional 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 Archives. Aerial Maps, Santa Ana. 1955 and 1959. Orange County Plat Maps, 1912. Orange County Tax Assessor Records, 1905, 1921 -1924, 1925 -1928, 1929 -1932. Orange County Tract Maps. Franklin Place, portion of north quarter of Section 14. January 1922. Sanborn Maps Santa Ana and Orange County Directories, 1905 -1965. Santa Ana History Room Collection, Santa Ana Public Library Thomas Brothers Maps of Orange County, 1957 and 1964.