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HomeMy WebLinkAbout030807_Template-F.S.BishopHouse_403ESantaClara.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) F. S. Bishop House P1. Other Identifier: *P2. Location: Not for Publication Unrestricted *a. County Orange County *b. USGS 7.5’ Quad Date: *c. Address 403 East Santa Clara Avenue City Santa Ana Zip 92706 *e. Other Locational Data: Assessor’s Parcel Number: 003-071-23 Sec 6 T 5 R 9 Lot 76.37 X 150 Ft in Sec Homeowner Claimant is Hughes, Carl W TR *P3a. Description: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries.) Located on the northeast corner of East Santa Clara Avenue and North French Street, this is a one and a half story Craftsman bungalow. A cross-gabled roof, with rafters and braces exposed in the eaves, caps the building. Narrow clapboard sides the body of the house, with shingles used in the gable ends below vertical slat vents. The house sits on an art stone foundation. Shaded by a front gable that spans the façade, the front porch is anchored by pairs of tapered posts on battered rock pedestals at either end and enclosed by a stick railing set atop the art stone foundation. The pedestals appear to have been replaced. The beam that bridges the porch supports has been cut away to form a large, segmental arch. Within the porch space, a central entry is flanked by sidelights, creating a tripartite theme that is echoed by the windows on either side of the entrance. Window surrounds feature slightly extended headers and small aprons below the sills. A secondary entry on the west elevation is shaded by a pergola, which appears to be new. Although the house has been rehabilitated using non-historic materials, the overall integrity of the original design has been retained. *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 elevation May 2003 *P6. Date Constructed/Age and Sources: historic Circa 1915 *P7. Owner and Address: Gregory S & Elizabeth L Youngblood 403 East Santa Clara, Santa Ana, CA 92706 *P8. Recorded by: Leslie J. Heumann SAIC 35 S. Raymond Ave. # 204 Pasadena, CA 91105 *P9. Date Recorded: May 28, 2003 *P10. Survey Type: Intensive Survey Update *P11. Report Citation: (Cite survey report and other sources, or enter “none”) None. *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 #: F. S. Bishop House B1. Historic Name: F. S. Bishop House B2. Common Name: Same B3. Original Use: Single-family Residence B4. Present Use: Single-family Residence *B5. Architectural Style: Bungalow/Craftsman *B6. Construction History: (Construction date, alterations, and date of alterations): Constructed circa 1915. December 11, 1919. Incubator house. August 6, 1920. Alter and repair dwelling. No date. Alter residence (owner: F. S. Bishop). September 8, 1947. Convert residence into duplex and addition to garage. March 22, 1951. Add bathroom, 4 x 7, to duplex. March 29, 2002. Convert duplex back to single family use. Remove partitions and convert second kitchen to mud room/laundry room. Reroof sfd and garage—tear off comp and apply comp. *B7. Moved? No Yes Unknown Date:__________ Original Location:_____________________________ *B8. Related Features: Detached garage. B9a. Architect: Unknown b. Builder: Attributed to Fern S. Bishop (owner) *B10. Significance: Theme Residential Architecture Area Santa Ana Period of Significance: circa 1915 Property Type: Single-family Residence Applicable Criteria: B, C (Discuss importance in terms of historical or architectural context as defined by theme, period, and geographic scope. Also address integrity) The F. S. Bishop House is architecturally significant as a representative example of a Craftsman house from the first decades of the twentieth century in Santa Ana and historically significant for its association with Santa Ana contractor Fern S. Bishop. The address first appears in the Santa Ana city directories in 1916, with Fern S. and Nellie G. Bishop listed as the owners. Born in Iowa in 1876 but raised in Santa Ana from the age of five, Fern Bishop achieved prominence in the community as a contractor and as an expert on the processing of walnuts, a major crop of the Santa Ana region. He learned carpentry as an apprentice to C. McNeil of Santa Ana, the builder of the Orange County Courthouse. While employed by McNeil, Bishop was (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 3 of 4.) B13. Remarks: *B14. Evaluator: Leslie J. Heumann *Date of Evaluation: May 28 2003 DPR 523B (1/95) *Required information Sketch Map (This space reserved for official comments.) F. S. BISHOP HOUSE 403 EAST SANTA CLARA AVENUE 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) F. S. Bishop House *Recorded by Leslie J. Heumann, SAIC *Date May 28, 2003 ⌧ Continuation Update DPR 523L *B10. Significance (continued): the foreman for the construction of the packing plant of the Santa Ana Walnut Growers Association. In 1914, Bishop opened his own contracting business. He went on to achieve distinction as the builder of more walnut packing houses than any other man in the state and as the inventor of numerous machines used in the processing of walnuts. Bishop also built homes; it is assumed that this house, built circa 1915, was one of his early independent commissions. The house was converted into a duplex in 1947, and has recently (2002) been rehabilitated and restored to a single family home by owners Greg and Elizabeth Youngblood. The rehabilitation has been recognized by the City of Santa Ana Historic Resources Commission with a 2003 Outstanding Historic Preservation Project Award. The F. S. Bishop House is located in the Park Santiago neighborhood, near the present northern city limits of Santa Ana and substantially north of the original city core. At the time of its construction, the F. S. Bishop House would have been in an outlying area that was just beginning its transition from agricultural uses to residential development, with a handful of Craftsman bungalows widely scattered on the landscape. By 1949, when the Sanborn Company first mapped the area, most of the lots had been improved with single-family homes, many in the revival styles popular during the 1920s and 1930s and others in the simplified ranch style that emerged following World War II. The F. S. Bishop House qualifies for listing in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties under Criterion 1, for its representation of the distinguishing characteristics of the Craftsman style of the early decades of the twentieth century, and under Criterion 4b, for its association with Fern S. Bishop, a prominent builder and expert in the walnut packing industry. Additionally, the house has been categorized as “Key” for its distinctive architectural style and quality and for its association with a significant person in the community, Fern S. Bishop. Characteristic Craftsman features include the intersecting gabled roof, exposed structural elements such as beams and rafter tails, the overall horizontality of the massing, the integration of capacious front porch into the design, and the use of art stone as a secondary material. Character-defining exterior features of the F. S. Bishop House that should be preserved include, but may not be limited to: sheathing (clapboard and shingles); roof configuration and detailing; massing; windows and doors; porch; and architectural details such as exposed beams and rafter tails and porch supports. *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. Los Angeles: History Record Company, 1921. Santa Ana and Orange County Directories, 1915-1920.