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Page _1_ of _4_ Resource name(s) or number (assigned by recorder) Affleck House P1. Other Identifier:
*P2. Location: oNot for Publication nUnrestricted *a. County Orange County
*b. USGS 7.5’ Quad TCA 2555 Date:
*c. Address 316 East Pomona Street City Santa Ana Zip 92707
*e. Other Locational Data: Assessor’s Parcel Number 403 -183-04
*P3a. Description: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries.)
Clad in narrow horizontal wood siding and rectangular in plan, this one-story residence features the massing and materials
typical of a modest Craftsman bungalow. The property is capped by a low-pitched , front-gable roof with overhanging eaves
and exposed rafters. Projecting from the west half of the façade, a partial-length porch is defined by a low-pitched front gable
faced with narrow horizontal wood siding and trimmed with thin vergeboards. Horizontal louvers framed by square wood
surrounds accent the gable apexes. The porch gable rests on two full-length battered posts with simple capitals and bases.
Sheltered beneath the porch roof, the entry consists of a wood door with a nine-light window on the upper half and diagonal
b racing accenting the lower half. Plain wood frames enclose the entry. Two pairs of one-over-one double-hung sash
windows are located on the façade, one overlooking the porch to the west of the entry, the other to the east of the porch
projection. Similar windows, both single and paired, dot the side elevations. Window surrounds consist of plain wood frames
with slightly projecting sills. Alterations include non-original aluminum -frame window screens and a wood fence fronting the
property. In fair condition, the residence, while modest, is otherwise substantially unaltered.
*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)
North elevation
January 2008
*P6. Date Constructed/Age and
Sour ces: nhistoric
1937/City of Santa Ana Building
Permits
*P7. Owner and Address:
Linda Roslund
18141 Dorchester
Cir. Villa Park, CA 92861
*P8. Recorded by:
L. Heumann and D .Howell-Ardila
Sapphos Environmental, Inc.
133 Martin Alley
Pasadena, California 91105
*P9. Date Recorded:
April 8, 2008
*P10. Survey Type:
Intensive Survey Update
*P11. Report Citation: (Cite survey report and other sources, or enter “none”)
*Attachments: oNone oLocati on 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 #: Affleck House B1. Historic Name: Affleck 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 1937
April 26, 1937. Residence and garage constructed, $2,000.
June 10, 1944. Reroof, $121.
May 18, 1946. Sleeping room added, 17’ by 19’, $800.
September 30, 1986. Notice and order repairs, $6,000.
*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 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 Affleck House is architecturally significant as an intact example of a modest Craftsman b ungalow from the early period of
residential development of Madison Park . According to the original building permit, dated April 1937 , the original owner of the
property was Ray Affleck . In 1938, when the residence first appears in city directories, it was occupied by Eldon J. Hinrichs, a
salesman with Sears Roeb uck & Company, and his wife Rosetta. By 1939, Raymond Perkins, a salesman with Excelsior Creamery
Company, and his wife Julia, resided in the home. Through the 1940s, residency shifted several times, with occupants including
Sheldon F. Holmes, an auto assembler, and his wife Juanita from circa 1940 to 1941; Russell C. Campbell, an assistant scout
executive with the Boy Scouts of America, and his wife Vivian in the mid-1940s; and Ray P. Kent, an electrician, and his wife Mary
in the late 1940s. By 1952, Mrs. Mina J. Karr occupied the property, where she remained until at least 1956. Occupancy changed
several times over the course of the intervening decades.
(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: April 8, 2008
DPR 523B (1/95) *Required information
Sketch Map
(This space reserved for official comments.)
403-183-04
316 E. Pomona St.
State of California ¾ The Resources Agency Primary # _____________________________________________
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*Recorded by Leslie J. Heumann and Deborah Howell -Ardila *Date April 8, 2008 x Continuation o Update
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*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 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 Affleck 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 and purchased 4,000 acres south of the city. McFadden, who
had moved to Califo rnia 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 o f 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 began at Second and Bush Streets,
progressing eastward along Second Street, then southwestward following 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-blo ck 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),
characterized by 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 and Colonial Revival bungalows , 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 improvem ents, 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
constructi on of Madison Elementary School and Madison Park near Hobart Street and Standard Avenue. In 1984, the last
agricultu ral holdout in Madison Park, consisting of a 3 -acre walnut grove and farmhouse on Hobart Street, was annexed and
developed with residences.
(See Continuation Sheet 4 of 4.)
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*Recorded by Leslie J. Heumann and Deborah Howell -Ardila *Date April 8, 2008 x Continuation o Update
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*B10. Significance (continued):
The Affleck House qualifies for listing in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties under Criterion 1 for its
exemplification of the distinguishing characteristics of a late Craftsman bungalow. Typical features of this style illustrated by
the house include its one-story massing and asymmetrical composition; horizontal wood siding; exposed structural supports,
such as exposed rafters; wood-framed double-hung sash windows; and partial-length porch supported on battered posts.
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 Affleck House that should be preserved include,
but may not 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 (north ) entry; and architectural details such
as battered porch supports with simple capitals and bases.
*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, L os 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 Field Guide to American Houses. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1984.
National Registe r 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.