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HomeMy WebLinkAbout020924_Template-SylvesterHouse_215SCypress.pdfState of California  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) Sylvester House P1. Other Identifier: *P2. Location: Not for Publication Unrestricted *a. County Orange County *b. USGS 7.5’ Quad TCA 2555 Date: *c. Address 215 South Cypress Avenue City Santa Ana Zip 92701 *e. Other Locational Data: Assessor’s Parcel Number: 404-092-05 ; Blees 2nd Add Block: D Lot: 4 TR 134 *P3a. Description: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries.) This one and a half-story, hipped roof house exhibits the characteristics of a turn of the twentieth century Colonial Revival cottage. Gabled dormers with flared eaves are centered on each elevation and carved brackets punctuate the eaves. The dormers are clad in shingles with slat vents in the closed gable faces and three square windows below. The remaining exteriors are sheathed in narrow clapboard trimmed with corner boards. A continuous sill wraps the house, becoming the cap of the closed railing of the porch recessed into the southwest corner of the house. Tuscan columns support the porch roof. The entry faces north, with single windows characterized by transom-like upper sashes centered on the porch wall and on the façade north of the porch. On the north elevation, a squared bay with a tripartite window and a hipped roof is topped by a gabled dormer. Six-over-six vinyl-clad windows have replaced some originals on secondary elevations. The red tile porch entrance steps, closed stair rails, and the brick and wrought iron perimeter fence are also not original. Other than the noted alterations, the building is original and in good condition. *P3b. Resource Attributes: (list attributes and codes) HP2. Single-family Property *P4. Resources Present: Building Structure Object Site District Element of District Other P5b. Photo: (view and date) North and west elevations August 2002 *P6. Date Constructed/Age and Sources: historic 1914: Santa Ana City Directory *P7. Owner and Address: Jose Carrasco 215 Cypress Avenue Santa Ana, CA 92701 *P8. Recorded by: Leslie J. Heumann, Peter C. Moruzzi SAIC 35 S. Raymond Ave. # 204 Pasadena, CA 91105 *P9. Date Recorded: September 24, 2002 *P10. Survey Type: Intensive Survey Update *P11. Report Citation: (Cite survey report and other sources, or enter “none”) Les, Kathleen. “Historic Resources Inventory, Southeast Quad,” September 1979. *Attachments: None Location Map Sketch Map Continuation Sheet Building, Structure, and Object Record Archaeological Record District Record Linear Feature Record Milling Station Record Rock Art Record Artifact Record Photograph Record Other (list) DPR 523A (1/95) *Required information P5a. Photo State of California  The Resources Agency Primary #__________________________________________ DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI#______________________________________________ BUILDING, STRUCTURE, AND OBJECT RECORD Page 2 of 4 *NRHP Status Code_5S1_________________________ *Resource Name or #: Sylvester House B1. Historic Name: Sylvester House B2. Common Name: Same B3. Original Use: Single-family Residence B4. Present Use: Single-family Residence *B5. Architectural Style: Colonial Revival *B6. Construction History: (Construction date, alterations, and date of alterations): Constructed circa 1905. Note: These are the only two entries in the building permit files. July 13, 1933. Rebuild chimney. June 16, 1949. Termite work. *B7. Moved? No Yes 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:1873-1931 Property Type: Single-family Residence Applicable Criteria: C (Discuss importance in terms of historical or architectural context as defined by theme, period, and geographic scope. Also address integrity) The Sylvester House is architecturally significant as a representative example of a small Colonial Revival house typical of the hipped roof cottages built around the turn of the twentieth century. It is also noteworthy as one of the older homes surviving in the Eastside neighborhood. The earliest documentation found for the house is the 1913-1914 Santa Ana Directory, which lists J. W. Sylvester and his wife Lu as residents. An advertisement in the same directory states that Dr. John Wesley Sylvester, Osteopathic Physician, had offices at the Rowley Block, Suites 5 and 6. Although the house does not appear on the 1906 Sanborn map, it is dated based on its styling to circa 1905 and perhaps was moved to this location. (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: September 24, 2002 DPR 523B (1/95) *Required information Sketch Map (This space reserved for official comments.) Sylvester House 215 S. C ress Avenue State of California  The Resources Agency Primary # _____________________________________________ DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # ________________________________________________ CONTINUATION SHEET Trinomial _____________________________________________ Page 3_ of 4_ Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder) Sylvester House *Recorded by Leslie J. Heumann, Peter C. Moruzzi, SAIC *Date September 24, 2002 ⌧ Continuation Update DPR 523L *B10. Significance (continued): Located in the southeast section of the City of Santa Ana, the Eastside neighborhood is bounded by First Street on the north, McFadden Avenue on the south, Standard Avenue on the east and Main Street on the west. Situated south of the tract purchased by William Spurgeon in 1869 and recorded as original town of Santa Ana in 1870, the neighborhood’s beginnings date to the same period. In 1868, Nelson O. Stafford and Columbus Tustin, both from Petaluma, California, purchased 1359 acres of the Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana south of what would become First Street. The following year, the two men split the property, with Mr. Tustin obtaining 703 acres of the eastern portion upon which he founded the town of Tustin in 1870. Stafford’s western acreage, thereafter called the Stafford Tract, lay south of First Street, east of Main Street, and north of McFadden Street, the area now known as Eastside. After selling a portion of this property, Nelson Stafford settled on his land in 1873, building a large house for his young wife and their children. Stafford died in 1878, and his widow, Amanda, opened the house to boarders, one of whom was Robert James Blee, formerly of Pennsylvania. In 1880, Blee bought 36 acres of land at the corner of First and Main Streets from Mrs. Stafford, including the Stafford residence. Blee married Amanda Stafford in 1882. Monroe David Halladay was another pioneer who made a significant contribution to the development of the Eastside neighborhood. Halladay came from Michigan to Santa Ana in 1876 for health reasons and purchased 20 acres from Nelson Stafford. Halladay built his first home in 1877 on East First Street, surveying and selling a few lots of his property but never platting it. In 1887, Chestnut, Pine, and Walnut Streets were laid out on his land; then, in 1888, Halladay sold ten acres of the property. On his remaining ten acres he grew raisins, walnuts, and apples. Also in 1888, Halladay built and occupied the magnificent Stick/Eastlake (Late Victorian) house that still stands on the southwest corner of East Chestnut and Halladay Streets. An 1887 map of Santa Ana, drawn a year after Santa Ana’s incorporation as a city, documents the early growth of the neighborhood, with house-sized lots lining both sides of Cypress Street and the west side of Orange Avenue between First and Chestnut Streets as well Walnut, Pine, and Chestnut Streets between Maple and Hickory Streets. The remainder of the Eastside area was divided into large parcels owned by Blee, Halladay, his elder brother, banker Daniel Halladay, and others. Maps drawn in 1898 and 1913 reveal that the neighborhood had expanded to south, with additional subdivisions along Cypress and Orange platted during this period. As a result of this pattern of development, the northwestern section of the neighborhood was improved with homes in the Victorian era Queen Anne and Eastlake styles. Colonial Revival turn-of- the-century residences and later Craftsman bungalows followed along in the south west portion of the neighborhood. The southeastern section of the neighborhood was the last portion to be subdivided and was initially developed in the years between the World Wars, with the Craftsman, Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, and Spanish Colonial Revival styles predominating. Post World War II construction consumed the remaining unimproved land. Despite unsympathetic infill, dating primarily to the last quarter of the twentieth century, and inappropriate alterations, the Eastside neighborhood retains numerous intact examples of residences from the significant period of its development which occurred between 1873, when Stafford built his house (no longer extant), and 1931, when construction tapered off as a result of the Great Depression. The Sylvester House appears to qualify for listing in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Property under Criterion 1 as an intact and representative example of a small Colonial Revival style residence from the first decades of the twentieth century. Additionally, the house has been categorized as “Contributive” for its contribution to the overall character and history of the Eastside neighborhood through its style and type. Characteristic Colonial Revival features include the massing and proportions, roof form and symmetry, boxed cornices, window treatments, porch configuration, and wooden Tuscan columns. Character-defining exterior features of the Sylvester House that should be preserved include, but may not be limited to: sheathing (clapboard and shingles); roof configuration; massing; original windows and doors where extant; and architectural details such as carved brackets and Tuscan columns. State of California  The Resources Agency Primary # _____________________________________________ DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # ________________________________________________ CONTINUATION SHEET Trinomial _____________________________________________ Page 4_ of 4_ Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder) Sylvester House *Recorded by Leslie J. Heumann, Peter C. Moruzzi, SAIC *Date September 24, 2002 ⌧ Continuation Update DPR 523L *B12. References (continued): 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. Whiffen, Marcus. American Architecture Since 1780. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1969. Armor, Samuel, editor. History of Orange County, California. Los Angeles: Historic Record Company, 1911. W.P.A. Research Project #3105, Orange County California Biographies. Santa Ana: Board of Education, 1937. Pleasants, Mrs. J.E. History of Orange County California, Biographies, Vol. III, 1931. Santa Ana City Directory, 1912-1913, 1913-1914.