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Page _1_ of _4_ Resource name(s) or number (assigned by recorder) Eudaly House P1. Other Identifier:
*P2. Location: oNot for Publication nUnrestricted *a. County Orange County
*b. USGS 7.5’ Quad Date:
*c. Addr ess 1324 South Cypress Avenue City Santa Ana Zip 92707
*e. Other Locational Data: Assessor’s Parcel Number 014-021-18
*P3a. Description: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries.)
Capped by a cross-gabled roof featuring a pair of low-pitched front gables, this one-story Craftsman bungalow features a
rectangular plan and narrow clapboard siding. Wide overhanging eaves and exposed beams and rafters terminate the roof
line. Horizontal wood siding also sheathes the gable ends, which are framed by extended vergeboards. Matching vents
composed of alternating narrow and wide vertical wood slats accent the gable apexes. Projecting from the north half of the
façade, a p artial -length porch features battered supports set on square pedestals faced with multicolored brick. The porch,
elevated three steps above ground level, is otherwise unenclosed. It shelters a wood entry, centered on the façade.
Flanking the entry to either side are tripartite windows with three double-hung sashes, wood surrounds, slightly flared lintels
and projecting sills. Upper sashes display a typical rectangular Craftsman-style muntin pattern. Side elevations are also
fenestrated with double-hung sash windows with wood surrounds and flared lintels in a variety of configurations. Alterations
include an addition to the rear of the residence, which is not visible from the street, a metal screen gate on the entry, a
wheelchair ramp, a secondary entrance on the north elevation, and a non-original garage in the northwest corner of the
property. The residence is otherwise 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
January 2008
*P6. Date Constructed/Age and
Sources: nhistoric
1923/City of Santa Ana Building
Permits
*P7. Owner and Address:
Corina Gonzalez
1324 S. Cypress Ave.
Santa Ana, CA 92707
*P8. Recorded by:
L. Heumann and D.Howell-Ardila
Sapphos Environmental, Inc.
133 Martin Alley
Pasadena, California 91105
*P9. Date Recorded:
March 4, 2008
*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 (list)
DPR 523A (1/95) *Required information
P5a. Photo
State of California ¾ The Resources Agency Primary #__________________________________________
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BUILDING, STRUCTURE, AND OBJECT RECORD
Page 2 of 4 *CHR Status Code _5S1__________________________
*Resource Name or #: Eudaly House B1. Historic Name: Eudaly 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 1923
June 1923. Residence and garage constructed, $3,750.
August 4, 1943. Reroof, $172.
August 28, 1945. Unspecified repairs, $75.
November 25, 1947. Addition to residence, 16x26, $2,000.
May 9, 1988. New 24’x24’ detached garage.
May 10, 1988. Demolish detached garage and clear debris.
*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 Signific ance: circa 1920 – 1958 Property Type: Single-family Residence 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 Eudaly House is architecturally significant as an intact example of a modest Craftsman bungalow from the earliest period of
residential development of Madison Park. According to the original building permit, dated June 1923, the original owner of the
house was Dixon & Lewis, developers who constructed several properties in Madison Park in the early 1920s. City directories
indicate that, by 1925, the home was occupied by Frank O. Eudaly, his wife Stella, and son Davidson. The Eudalys remained in the
residence for over twenty years, until at least 1954. During this period, Eudaly worked as the manager of the Princess Theatre,
located at 218 East Fourth Street in Santa Ana, as an insurance agent, and as a salesman. In subsequent decades, occupancy
changed severa l 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: March 4, 2008
DPR 523B (1/95) *Required information
*B10. Significance (continued):
Sketch Map
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1324 S. Cypress Ave.
014-021-18
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*Recorded by Leslie J. Heuman n and Deborah Howell -Ardila *Date March 4, 2008 x Continuation o Update
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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 selection
as 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 Eudaly House is located in the Madison Park neighborhood. Located southeast of the original borders of Santa Ana,
Madison Park is bounded by McFadden Avenue on the north, Standard Avenue on the east, St. Andrew Place on the south,
and South Main Street on the west. Described in 1880 as the “Egypt of America” (Wilson, History of Los Angeles County)
because of its fertility, the land south of Santa Ana’s original town site was purchased in the 1860s by two pioneering Santa
Ana families: the Cozads, who owned an 800 -acre parcel east of Main Street, and James McFadden, a rancher and
businessman from New York who settled in Santa Ana in 1868, at which point he purchased 4,000 acres south of the city.
McFadden, who had moved to California with his wife Agnes and three brothers, John, Robert, and Archibald, soon acquired
the Cozad tract and settled in the brick residence constructed by the Cozad family at the corner of South Main Street and
McFadden Avenue, the northwesternmost corner of present-day (2008) Madison Park.
By 1883, McFadden had established a 2,500 -acre ranch and had become “one of the most energetic, progressive and
prosperous farmers in Southern California” (Los Angeles Times, 1 December 1883). In 1886, McFadden, along with William
Spurgeon, H.H. Wakeman, Miles Crookshank, and Samuel Preble, established the Santa Ana and Newport Railway
Company, connecting Santa Ana on a 10-mile line to the harbor at Newport. The line followed the route of present-day
Highway 55, the Costa Mesa Freeway. In 1888, James and Robert McFadden constructed a wharf in Newport to facilitate
delivery of lumber and other goods to Orange County. The Newport Pier, located at the southeast corner of Ocean Front and
McFadden Place in Newport Beach, is now a California State Historical Landmark (No. 794).
The McFadden presence in south Santa Ana’s development continued in the 1920s. In January 1922, Jeanette McFadden,
Archibald’s daughter, offered for sale parcels in the subdivision of the McFadden Home Place No. 1, located in the
neighborhood’s northwestern corner. Jeanette McFadden was head librarian of the Santa Ana Public Library from 1901 to
1935; during her tenure, she greatly expanded the library’s collection, with a focus on regional history. The original plan of
the McFadden Home Place reflects existing lot sizes and configurations, with lots approximately 60 feet wide by 160 deep, in
a six-block subdivision spanning 168 parcels. Two similar subdivisions in adjacent land soon followed, with the McFadden
Home Place No. 2 (March 1922, co-owned by A.B. and F.A. Rousselle) and McFadden Home Tract No. 3 (February 1922),
with similarly modest-sized parcels of approximately 50 feet wide by 125 feet deep. Proximity to one of the many routes of
the Pacific Electric Railway line, which traversed Madison Park along Maple Street, encouraged settlement in the new
neighborhood. Improvements constructed in the early 1920s in McFadden Home Place tracts, as well as subdivisions in the
neighborhood’s southwestern strip along St. Andrew Place, reflected modest versions of the residential styles popular at the
time, including Craftsman Bungalows and Colonial Revival cottages, many of which are extant.
Construction in the neighborhood was brisk in the early 1920s. By 1925, nearly 200 improvements lined the streets,
according to a count in city directories. Included in the residential parcels of the McFadden Home Place was the east side of
South Main Street, from the 1200 to 1900 blocks. In the early 1930s, the residential character of South Main Street started to
shift increasingly to commercial uses. By 1947, most of the residential parcels showed improvements, with the eastern half
of the neighborhood (as yet not annexed to the City of Santa Ana) dominated by agriculture, with walnut and orange groves,
several farm houses, and pea fields. The mid- to late 1950s and 1960s brought the piecemeal annexation and gradual
dissolution of the large orange and walnut groves on the neighborhood’s eastern portion, with housing developments
consisting mostly of ranch-style homes, arranged on a street grid dotted with cul-de-sacs. The late 1950s also brought
construction of Madison Elementary School and Madison Park near Hobart Street and Standard Avenue. In 1984, the last
agricultural holdout in Madison Park, consisting of a 3 -acre walnut grove and farmhouse on Hobart Street, was annexed and
develo ped with residences.
(See Continuation Sheet 4 of 4.)
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*B10. Significance (continued):
The Eudaly House qualifies for listing in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties under Criterion 1 for its
exemplification of the distinguishing characte ristics of the Craftsman Bungalow. Typical features of this style illustrated by the
house include its emphasis on exposed structural features such as the gable support structure and exposed rafters and
purlins; the horizontal emphasis of the low-pitched roof with wide, overhanging eaves; and incorporation of characteristic
elements such as a front porch and tripartite fenestration. 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 a modest Craftsman
Bungalow style in the Madison Park neighborhood, “is a good example of period architecture.” Character-defining exterior
features of the Eudaly House that should be preserved include, but may n ot be limited to, materials and finishes (siding); roof
configuration and detailing; massing; original windows and doors and their surrounds where extant; porch configuration,
detailing, and main (east) entry; and architectural details such as battered porch supports and distinctive muntin patterns.
*B12. References (continued):
Aerial Mapping Company, Boise, ID. Santa Ana aerial photograph 25 March 1959 (#3-15-102, 261). Orange County
Archives.
Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Adjustment Administration, Santa Ana. Aerial photographs, 22 June 1938 (AXK-56-
36) and 28 June 1942 (AXK-1B-24). Orange County Archives.
Donaldson, Steven E., and William A. Myers. Rails through the Orange Groves: A Centennial Look at the Railroads of
Orange County, California (Vol. 1). Glendale, CA: Trans-Anglo Books, 1989.
Fairchild Air Photo, Los Angeles. Santa Ana aerial photographs, 1947, 1970. Orange County Archives.
Harris, Cyril M. American Architecture: An Illustrated Encyclopedia. New York: WW Norton, 1998.
Los Angeles Times. “A Santa Ana Farm: James McFadden’s Prolific Rancho Described by Editor Campbell.” 1 December
1883. Available at ProQuest Historical Newspapers Los Angeles times (1881-1986), p. 2.
Los Angeles Times. “The Railroads: Rumor of More Southern Pacific Land Purchases.” 27 August 1891. Available at
ProQuest Historical Newspapers Los Angeles times (1881-1986), p. 8.
Marsh, Diann. Santa Ana, An Illustrated History. Encinitas, CA: Heritage Publishing, 1994.
McAlester, Virginia and Lee. A Fi eld 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.
Orange County Plat Maps, 1912.
Pacific Air Industries, Long Beach, CA. Aerial photograph of Santa Ana, 5 -33, 21960-4. 15 July 1955. Orange County
Archives.
Santa Ana and Orange County Directories, 1905 -1962.
Santa Ana Register. “Pioneer Resident Called By Death” (Jeanette E. McFadden obituary). 2 July 1943, p. 1.
Sleeper, Jim. Turn the Rascals Out: The Life and Times of Orange County’s Fighting Editor Dan M. Baker. Trabuco Canyon,
CA: California Classics, 1973.
Thomas Brothers Maps of Orange County, 1957 and 1964.
Whiffen, Marcus. American Architecture Since 1780 . Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1969.
Wilson, John Albert. History of Los Angeles County. Oakland, CA: Thompson & West, 1880.