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HomeMy WebLinkAbout021025_Template-CooperHouse_801NMinter.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 _3_ Resource name(s) or number (assigned by recorder) Cooper House P1. Other Identifier: *P2. Location: Not for Publication Unrestricted *a. County Orange County *b. USGS 7.5’ Quad TCA 1725 Date: *c. Address 801 North Minter Street Unit A and Unit B City Santa Ana Zip 92701 *e. Other Locational Data: Assessor’s Parcel Number 398-041-10 Block: A Lot: POR 5 *P3a. Description: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries.) Located on the northeast corner of Minter and Civic Center Drive, this turn of the twentieth century, one and a half story house combines features of the Queen Anne (late Victorian) and Colonial Revival styles. A steeply pitched side gabled roof is anchored by an overscaled dormer consisting of a front gable atop a cant bay. Diamond patterned shingles face the gable ends, which contain narrow, arched vents. Elaborately carved brackets with pendants and shallow balustrades decorate the dormer bay corners. Half hexagon shingles clad the upper story side elevations above flared bands of fish-scale shingles. Narrow clapboard sides the lower story and dormer. Brackets punctuate an upper story overhang. Corner boards accent the first floor and dormer bay edges. Most windows are double-hung sash, many distinguished by muntins laid in diamond patterns, others by carved aprons. A cutaway porch on the northwest corner has clapboard sided railings and a Tuscan column supporting the porch roof. The entry consists of a three panel and light front door topped by a transom. A first floor cant bay on the south elevation features a doorway and a porch, both additions, as most likely were the brick main entrance steps and brick porch floor. The house has been converted into a duplex. Other than these alterations, the house appears original. *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) South and west elevations March 2002 *P6. Date Constructed/Age and Sources: historic 1900/Source: National Register nomination *P7. Owner and Address: *P8. Recorded by: Leslie J. Heumann, Peter C. Moruzzi SAIC 35 S. Raymond Ave. # 204 Pasadena, CA 91105 *P9. Date Recorded: March 25, 2002 *P10. Survey Type: Intensive Survey Update *P11. Report Citation: (Cite survey report and other sources, or enter “none”) Les, Kathleen. “Historic Resources Inventory French Park District,” September 1979. Marsh, Diann. “French Park Historic District.” National Register Nomination Form, February 1998. *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 3 *NRHP Status Code_1D__________________________ *Resource Name or #: Cooper House B1. Historic Name: Cooper House B2. Common Name: Same B3. Original Use: Single-family Residence B4. Present Use: Multiple-family Residence *B5. Architectural Style: Colonial Revival, Queen Anne (Late Victorian) *B6. Construction History: (Construction date, alterations, and date of alterations): Constructed in 1900. May 6, 1976. Add basement. January 5, 1988. Repair siding, stairs, walls, ceilings, floors. February 27, 1996. Retaining walls and walkway (rear wall in basement). May 30, 1996. Repairs to drywall (approx. 20 sheets) in Unit A kitchen, Unit A living room and both bathrooms, subfloor at two bathrooms and portion of lower level living room; rebuild side door landing and railing; replace shower pan. November 20, 1996. Add 32 inch high deck at south side of house; letter of authorization from French Park; Field verify. December 26, 1996. Reroof. May 3, 1999. Change out window at second floor bathroom. *B7. Moved? No Yes Unknown Date:__________ Original Location:_____________________________ *B8. Related Features: Mature palm tree on front lawn. B9a. Architect: Unknown b. Builder: Unknown *B10. Significance: Theme Residential Architecture Area Santa Ana Period of Significance: circa 1880-1946 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 Cooper House is architecturally distinguished as a remarkably intact and characteristic example of the architectural eclectism popular at the turn of the twentieth century. It is also important as a contributor to the French Park Historic District. According to previous research, the house was constructed in 1900 for Reverend J.H. Cooper, Pastor of the First Congregational Church. In 1905, retirees William and Emma Block were the occupants. Marlin and Florence Shields, new residents from Mono County, California, bought the house and twenty acres of land on Irvine Boulevard in 1911. Marlin Shields, a Mason, Elk, and Presbyterian, eventually owned additional citrus property in Eastern Orange County (Marsh, 1998). (See Continuation Sheet 3 of 3.) 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 3 of 3.) B13. Remarks: *B14. Evaluator: Leslie J. Heumann *Date of Evaluation: March 25, 2002 DPR 523B (1/95) *Required information Sketch Map (This space reserved for official comments.) Cooper House 801 North Minter Street State of California  The Resources Agency Primary # _____________________________________________ DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # ________________________________________________ CONTINUATION SHEET Trinomial _____________________________________________ Page 3_ of 3_ Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder) Cooper House *Recorded by Leslie J. Heumann, Peter C. Moruzzi, SAIC *Date March 25, 2002 ⌧ Continuation 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. In 1877, Spurgeon, along with James McFadden and James Fruit, formed the Western Development Company with the intention of bringing the Southern Pacific Railroad from its then terminus in Anaheim into Santa Ana. Thinking to capitalize on commercial growth around the railroad, the partners purchased 160 acres adjacent to the eastern city boundary at French Street. Although they were successful in luring the Southern Pacific to a new depot on Fruit Street in Santa Ana in 1878, the expected commercial development of “Santa Ana East” never materialized. Early growth and development of the town continued to be centered further west around Fourth and Main Streets, with the result that the legacy of Santa Ana East is an angled street plan whose intersection with the original city is marked by a small, triangular parcel, developed in the 1890s as Flatiron Park, now known as French Park. Santa Ana continued to grow, stimulated by the arrival of the Santa Fe Railroad in 1886. Following its incorporation as a city in 1886, Santa Ana was recognized as one of the leading communities in the area in 1889 when it became the seat of the newly created County of Orange. Beginning in the 1880s and continuing well into the twentieth century, the area around the park began to be developed with many of the finest homes in Santa Ana. Examples of Victorian era, turn of the century, and Craftsman homes were built along the tree-lined streets. By the 1920s, most streets in the neighborhood were fully developed, although a few revival styled single family homes and duplexes were built during the 1920s, and a handful of apartments constructed in the 1930s. From the nineteenth century onwards, residents were a “Who’s Who” of early Santa Ana, and included bankers, attorneys, doctors, businessmen, ranchers, teachers and others active in the civic and social life of the city. Once known as the “Nob Hill” of Santa Ana, French Park declined in the 1940s and 1950s as some homes were converted into rooming houses and others were allowed to deteriorate. In the 1960s and 1970s some houses were demolished and the properties redeveloped with multi-family housing. However, a grass roots preservation effort begun in the late 1970s led to the establishment of a local historic district in 1984 and the listing of the neighborhood in the National Register of Historic Places in 1999. The Cooper House was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1999 as a contributor to the French Park Historic District. It is therefore listed in the California Register of Historical Resources and is located within the boundaries of the locally designated historic district. It also qualifies for listing in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Property under Criterion 1, as a representative example of the distinguishing characteristics of an architectural period, the eclecticism of the early twentieth century. Further, the house qualifies for listing in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Property under Criterion 4b, for its association with Cooper, a prominent citizen of Santa Ana. Additionally, the house has been categorized as “Landmark” for its unique architectural significance. Possessed of substantial integrity from 1900, the house displays characteristic elements of the Colonial Revival style such as the near symmetry of the façade and Tuscan porch supports with the surface complexity and wooden ornamentation of the Queen Anne. All original and restored exterior features of the Cooper House are character-defining and should be preserved. These features include, but may not be limited to: materials and finishes; roof configuration and detailing; massing and composition; dormer; bays and projections; porches; doors and windows (including surrounds); architectural detailing (woodwork); and low concrete curb and step at the sidewalk. *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. History of Orange County. 1921. Guinn, James Miller. Historical and Biographical Record of Southern California. 1902. Historical Landmarks Inventory Form, November 18, 1976 (Santa Ana History Room). “Preserving the Past in French Park.” The Register, February 12, 1983.