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HomeMy WebLinkAbout030402_Template-Vandermasts_118W4th.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) Vandermast’s P1. Other Identifier: *P2. Location: Not for Publication Unrestricted *a. County Orange County *b. USGS 7.5’ Quad Tustin TSA 2555 Date: *c. Address 118-122 West Fourth Street City Santa Ana Zip 92701 *e. Other Locational Data: Assessor’s Parcel Number 398-264-01; SANTA ANA CITY LOT 7 BLK 11 W 42 FT, AND W 42 FT LOT 10 BLK 11 *P3a. Description: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries.) Located on the southeast corner of Fourth and Sycamore Streets, this is a two-story commercial building housing retail on the street level and offices on the upper story. Stucco masks the original brick construction, and the two storefronts fronting on Fourth Street bear no resemblance to their original configuration or design. Upper story fenestration is original, however, and consists of three pairs of one-over-one double-hung sash windows. Each pair is divided by a mullion, slightly recessed, and is framed by a flat surround. The wall surface within the window band is reeded. Above a broad, flat, horizontal band, the parapet is also reeded and suggests triglyphs of a classical frieze. The west elevation contains, in addition to a north bay that repeats the façade design, four bays of paired double-hung sash windows on the upper story and three filled in entrances on the lower story. Although substantially altered, the scale of the building and the upper story windows, covered until recently by intrusive grilles, are evocative of the historic character of Fourth Street. *P3b. Resource Attributes: (list attributes and codes) HP6. 1-3 story Commercial Building *P4. Resources Present: Building Structure Object Site District Element of District Other P5b. Photo: (view and date) North and west elevations March 2003 *P6. Date Constructed/Age and Sources: historic 1920/Source: City of Santa Ana Building Permit *P7. Owner and Address: Roberto D & Deborah L Trette 1020 Calle Recodo San Clemente, CA 92673 *P8. Recorded by: Leslie J. Heumann SAIC 35 S. Raymond Ave. # 204 Pasadena, CA 91105 *P9. Date Recorded: April 2, 2003 *P10. Survey Type: Intensive Survey Update *P11. Report Citation: (Cite survey report and other sources, or enter “none”) Les, Kathleen. “Fourth Street Commercial Core District,” Historic Resources Inventory, May 1980. Thomas, Harold M. “Downtown Santa Ana Historic District” National Register nomination form, 1984. *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_5S1 _________________________ *Resource Name or #: Vandermast’s B1. Historic Name: Vandermast’s B2. Common Name: Same B3. Original Use: Commercial B4. Present Use: Commercial *B5. Architectural Style: N/A *B6. Construction History: (Construction date, alterations, and date of alterations): Constructed in 1920. June 7, 1920. Wreck old and build new store building. September 4, 1936. Alterations to Vandermast’s. November 18, 1938. Skylight. March 4, 1940. Alterations. (See Continuation Sheet 3 of 3.) *B7. Moved? No Yes Unknown Date:__________ Original Location:_____________________________ *B8. Related Features: None. B9a. Architect: Unknown b. Builder: Unknown *B10. Significance: Theme Commercial Development Area Santa Ana Period of Significance: circa 1880-1946 Property Type: Commercial Building Applicable Criteria: C (Discuss importance in terms of historical or architectural context as defined by theme, period, and geographic scope. Also address integrity) Vandermast’s is primarily of interest for its historic association with a long-lived Santa Ana retail business and for its role in maintaining the historic scale, materials, and storefront configuration of the Fourth Street streetscape. This building was constructed on the site in 1920, replacing an earlier structure built in 1888. Owner Fred Rohrs paid $25,000 to demolish the old building and erect a new building. Initially used by Spicers Dry Goods, the store housed Vandermast’s Dry Goods until the mid 1960s. (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: April 3, 2002 DPR 523B (1/95) *Required information Sketch Map (This space reserved for official comments.) Vandermast’s 118-122 West Fourth 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) Vandermast’s *Recorded by Leslie J. Heumann, SAIC *Date April 2, 2003 ⌧ Continuation Update DPR 523L *B6. Construction History (continued): July 19, 1950. Alterations to Vandermast’s store building. August 1, 1952. Alterations to Vandermast’s. December 15, 1952. Repair fire damage. July 28, 1964. Interior Partitions for Vandermast’s. June 18, 1965. Alter elevator shaft for Vandermast’s. February 24, 1975. Interior partitions. August 25, 1982. Seismic and architectural rehab. *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. Early growth and development was stimulated by the arrival of the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1878 and the Santa Fe Railroad in 1886. By the end of the 1880s, Santa Ana’s downtown business district was defined by five city blocks of brick commercial buildings on Fourth Street, with the heart of the city at the intersection of Fourth and Main Streets (Thomas, 8:1). The early 1900s witnessed the construction of many new business blocks or remodels along 4th and the adjacent streets, and by the 1920s Santa Ana’s downtown had expanded in all directions to include both commercial and civic development. Vandermast’s, a fixture on Fourth Street for several decades, dates from the 1920s period of expansion. Vandermast’s has been listed in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties although it was omitted from the National Register of Historic Places Historic District in downtown Santa Ana. Additionally, the building has been categorized as “Contributive” because it “contributes to the overall character and history” of downtown Santa Ana as the location of a long- time Santa Ana business and through its physical role as part of the historic streetscape of Fourth Street, and is “a good example of period architecture” as a representative example of a Fourth Street storefront. *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.