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HomeMy WebLinkAbout100407_Template-KellyHouse_2429NHeliotrope.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) Kelly House P1. Other Identifier: *P2. Location: oNot for Publication nUnrestricted *a. County Orange County *b. USGS 7.5’ Quad TCA0054 *c. Address 2429 North Heliotrope Drive City Santa Ana Zip 92706 *e. Other Locational Data: Assessor’s Parcel Number 002-064-26 *P3a. Description: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries.) Clad in hand -textured stucco, this one-story residence features the asymmetrical composition typical of the English Revival style. A medium -pitched, cross-gabled roof caps the residence, which has shallow overhanging eaves with rolled ed ges, meant to suggest thatching. The principal design element on the façade is a projecting bay and entryway with overlapping gables of medium pitch, accented with half-timbering. The gables vary in height, adding to the effect of asymmetry, and have slightly extended eaves with uneven rakes. Sheltered beneath the extended eave on the west side of the façade is a n arched wingwall. A front-gabled dormer with a plain vergeboard, clad in hand-textured stucco, interrupts the roof’s side gable . Diamond -shap ed vents with horizontal louvers pierce the gable apexes. The façade features a set of tripartite windows, featuring large fixed pane s flanked by one-over-one double -hung sashes. Sheltered beneath canvas awnings, the windows are framed by plain wood surrounds with slightly projecting sills. The principal entryway, which consists of a wood door elevated on three steps, is accessed via a n enclosed porch with a prominent arched opening . The arch design is repeated on the façade in two small, recessed arche s, one to the east of the entry, accented with stained glass in an abstract floral pattern, framed by recessed molding and a thin projecting sill. The façade’s east side displays an arched niche, centered beneath the projecting eaves of the east elevation side gable. An attached chimney, flared at the base, marks the east elevation, which features slightly recessed wood-framed double hung sashes in a variety of configurations. A sheltered porch and secondary entrance are located on the east elevation. Alterations include a nonoriginal garage door. The residence is in good repair and highly intact. *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) East elevation August 2007 *P6. Date C onstructed/Age and Sources: nhistoric 1930/City of Santa Ana Building Permits *P7. Owner and Address: Gregg A. Rogers 2429 N. Heliotrope Drive Santa Ana, CA 92706 *P8. Recorded by: L. Heumann and D .Howell-Ardila Sapphos Environmental, Inc. 133 Martin Alley Pasadena, California 91105 *P9. Date Recorded: August 27, 2007 *P10. Survey Type: Intensive Survey Update *P11. Report Citation: (Cite survey report and other sources, or enter “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 (lis t) 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 _2D2__________________________ *Resource Name or #: Kelly House B1. Historic Name: Kelly House B2. Common Name: Same B3. Original Use: Single -family Residence B4. Present Use: Single-family Residence *B5. Architectural Style: English Revival *B6. Construction History: (Construction date, alterations, and date of alterations): Constructed 1930 September 16, 1930. Residence and garage constructed for $6,500 . December 4, 1964. Electric service meter installed. August 28, 1992 . Reroof residence, $6,000 . August 28, 1992. Reroof garage, $2,000. *B7. Moved? n No o Yes o Unknown Date:______ Original Location:_ ____________________ *B8. Related Features: None. B9a. Architect: Unknown b. Builder: Unknown *B10. Significance: Theme Residential Architecture Area Santa Ana Period of Significance: circa 1895-1965 Property Type: Single-family Residence Applicable Criteria: NR: C; CR: 3 (Discuss importanc e in terms of historical or architectural context as defined by theme, period, and geographic scope. Also address integrity) The Kelly House is architecturally significant as an intact example of the English Revival style. According to the original buil ding permit, dated September 16, 1930 , the residence and garage were constructed for Sinah Kelly at a cost of $6,500. Sinah Kelly and her husband John, whose occupation was given as a Christian Science Practitioner in city directories, remained in the house until 1934, when they sold it to Merritt and Mildred Walrod. The home changed hands a few months later, when the Walrods sold it to Jesse E. Swanger, the printer of the Register newspaper, and his wife Rachel. The Swangers owned and occupied the home for seventeen years. By 1951, Thomas Larsen, the secretary and treasurer of Sanitary Laundry, and his wife Celena had bought 242 9 N. Heliotrope and lived there for three years. In 1954, ownership shifted again when the Larsens sold the home to Dorothea Houseworth, who stayed in the house for nearly twenty years. Since Houseworth sold the residence in 1972, ownership has changed several times. (See Continuation Sheet 3 of 4.) 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 4 of 4 .) B13. Remarks: *B14. Evaluator: Leslie J. Heumann *Date of Evaluation: August 27, 2007 DPR 523B (1/95) *Required information Sketch Map (This space reserved for official comments.) 2429 N. Heliotrope Drive 002-064-26 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) Kelly House *Recorded by Leslie J. Heumann and Deborah Howell -Ardila *Date August 27, 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 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 selecti on as th e 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 Kelly House is located in Floral Park, a neighborhood northwest of downtown Santa Ana bounded by West Seventeenth Street, North Flower Street, Riverside Drive, and Broadway. Groves of oranges, avocados and walnuts, and widely scattered ranch houses characterized this area before 1920. Developer and builder Allison Honer (1897-1981), credited as the subdivider and builder of a major portion of northwest Santa Ana, arrived in Santa Ana from Beaver Falls, New York in 1922 (Talbert, pages 353-356). “Before nightfall on the day of his arrival, Mr. Honer purchased a parcel of land. And that month, he began building custom homes in Santa Ana” (Orange County Register, September 15, 1981). The parcel chosen became the Floral Park subdivision between Seventeenth Street and Santiago Creek. “When built in the 1920s, the Floral Park homes were the most lavish and expensive in the area. They sold for about $45,000 each” (Orange County Register, September 15, 1981). Revival architecture in a wide variety of romantic styles was celebrated in the 1920s and 1930s; Floral Park showcased examples of the English Tudor, French Norman, Spanish Colonial, and Colonial Revival styles. The Allison Honer Construction Company went on to complete such notable projects as the 1935 Art Deco-styled Old Santa Ana City Hall, the El Toro Marine Base during World War II, and the 1960 Honer Shopping Plaza. Honer lived in the neighborhood he had helped create, at 615 West Santa Clara Avenue. In the late 1920s and 1930s, another builder, Roy Roscoe Russell (1881-1965), continued developing the groves of Floral Park. An early Russell project was his 1928 subdivision of Victoria Drive between West Nineteenth Street and West Santa Clara Avenue. The homes were quite grand and displayed various revival styles, including Russell’s own large, Colonial Revival mansion at 2009 Victoria Drive. In the early post-World War II years, Floral Park continued its development as numerous smaller, single-family houses were built. Continuing in the Floral Park tradition, they were mostly revival in style. In the 1950s, low, horizontal Ranch Style houses completed the growth of Floral Park. Today (2007), Floral Park maintains its identity as the premier neighborhood of Santa Ana, historically home to many affluent and prominent citizens. The Kelly House lies in the northern section of Floral Park historically known as North Broadway Park. Bounded by Riverside Drive, Santa Clara Avenue, North Broadway, and North Flower Street, North Broadway Park, subdivided in 1923, has been determined eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. The Keeper of the National Register found that “North Broadway Park reflects the City Beautiful planning movement in Southern California during the early twentieth century. The vernacular adaptations of period revival styles, curvilinear street patterns, street furniture, and landscape combine to create a cohesive and pleasant middle class suburban neighb orhood environment which is unique in the early historical development of the city of Santa Ana.”1 Under the regulations implementing the California Register of Historical Resources, the Kelly House, which is a contributor to the National Register district, has been listed in the California Register. The Kelly House also qualifies for listing in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties under Criterion 1 for its exemplification of the distinguishing characteristics of the English Revival style. Typical features of this period illustrated by the house include its asymmetrical composition; medium -pitched roof with patterned wood shingles; hand-textured stucco finish and decorative half-timbering ; wood-framed tripartite windows and double-hung sash wi ndows ; attached chimney with flared base . 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 English Revival style in the Floral Park neighborhood, “is a good example of period architecture.” Character-defining exterior features of the Kelly House that should be preserved include, but may not be limited to , materials and finishes (hand-textured stucco finish and half-timbering); roof configuration and detailing; original windows and doors where extant; attached chimney; architectural details such as the rolled wood shingles on the eaves and arched windows and porch opening. 1 Determination of Eligibility, February 25, 1980. 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) Kelly House *Recorded by Leslie J. Heumann and Deborah Howell -Ardila *Date August 27, 2007 x Continuation o Update DPR 523L B12. References (continued): Armor, Samuel. History of Orange County. Los Angeles: History Record Company, 1921. Chain of Title, 2429 N. Heliotrope Drive. Available at the Planning Division, Santa Ana City Hall, Santa Ana, CA. Franklin, Don. “NW Santa Ana History: Roy Russell & Son, Builders.” Unsourced article from the Santa Ana History Room, Historic House File, circa 1995. 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. Santa Ana and Orange County Directories, 1932 -1954. Ward, Cynthia, Anaheim. “Kelly House Primary Record and Bullding , Structure and Object Record,” May 2007. Whiffen, Marcus. American Architecture Since 1780 . Cambridge: MIT Press, 1969. “Alison Honer Dies at 84,” The Santa Ana Journal, September 21, 1981. “Builder of Honer Plaza Dies,” Orange County Register, September 15, 1981. “History of Floral Park.” http://www.floral-park.com/page2.html.