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HomeMy WebLinkAbout030904_Template-ChamberlinHouse_1524NBaker.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) Chamberlin House P1. Other Identifier: *P2. Location: Not for Publication Unrestricted *a. County Orange County *b. USGS 7.5’ Quad TCA 0054 Date: *c. Address 1524 North Baker Street City Santa Ana Zip 92706 *e. Other Locational Data: Assessor’s Parcel Number 405-251-07; SEC 12 T 5 R 10 LOT 74.15 X 154.66 FT *P3a. Description: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries.) Although altered by the addition of a large, side-gabled garage attached to the north elevation, this two-story residence is still recognizable as an early farmhouse. It is side-gabled and covered in shiplap siding. A shed-roofed porch is attached to the northern two-thirds of the first floor façade. Square posts with carved, curved brackets support the porch roof, and a stick railing encloses the porch space. It appears that the northernmost bay of the porch may have been truncated when the garage was added, leaving the space now two and a half bays wide. Located in the approximate center of the façade, within the south bay of the porch, the front entry has also been modified by the replacement of the original door. Original windows are rather tall and narrow one-over-one double-hung sash in type, and widely spaced. They define three bays on the front elevation and a single bay on the side elevations. The front north window appears to have been replaced with a larger opening. A front-gabled, one-story wing is barely visible in the rear of the house. In good condition, the property has a late twentieth century landscape of grass, shrubs, flowers and small trees. *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) East and south elevations May 2003 *P6. Date Constructed/Age and Sources: historic Circa 1900 *P7. Owner and Address: Aaron Morales 1524 North Baker Street Santa Ana, CA 92706 *P8. Recorded by: Leslie J. Heumann SAIC 35 S. Raymond Ave. # 204 Pasadena, CA 91105 *P9. Date Recorded: July 28, 2003 *P10. Survey Type: Intensive Survey *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 3 *NRHP Status Code_5S1_________________________ *Resource Name or #: Chamberlin House B1. Historic Name: Chamberlin House B2. Common Name: Same B3. Original Use: Single-family Residence B4. Present Use: Single-family Residence *B5. Architectural Style: Folk House (I-House variant) *B6. Construction History: (Construction date, alterations, and date of alterations): Constructed circa 1900. March 5, 1921. Unspecified building permit or work totaling $50. May 9, 1928. Alterations, $125. June 19, 1928. Alterations, $50. December 6, 1957. Carport. (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 Residential Architecture Area Santa Ana Period of Significance: circa 1888-1953 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 Chamberlin House is architecturally significant as a relatively intact example of an early farmhouse designed in the I- House variant of the Folk House tradition in Santa Ana. Based on its architectural characteristics, the house is estimated to date from circa 1900. The address first appears in the Santa Ana and Orange County city directories in 1916, when Clifford D. and Ella R. Chamberlin were the owner residents. Mr. Chamberlin was a teacher at the high school. By 1925, Albert G. Hesse, a builder, and his wife Laura were living in the house. They were followed, in rapid succession, by William R. Buzzell, a carpenter, and his wife Effie, and William H. Goddard, also a carpenter, and his wife Emily. It appears that the 1928 alterations were completed by the Buzzells. (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: July 28, 2003 DPR 523B (1/95) *Required information Sketch Map (This space reserved for official comments.) Chamberlin House 1524 North Bake 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) Chamberlin House *Recorded by Leslie J. Heumann, SAIC *Date July 28, 2003 ⌧ Continuation Update DPR 523L *B6. Construction History (continued): May 14, 1958. Addition of family room, 16’ by 20’. October 3, 1960. Addition of bath room to residence. May 31, 1963. Addition, 8’ by 15,’ one story. December 8, 1964. Patio roof. December 18, 1964. Storage building addition to garage. January 7, 1965. Exterior alteration (front porch—slab and roof). May 11, 1995. Reroof with tear off. Remove existing composition from single family dwelling and apply new composition shingles. *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 to the north, south, and east of the city center. Agricultural uses predominated in the outlying areas, with cultivated fields and orchards dotted with widely scattered farmhouses. The Chamberlin House is located in Washington Square, a neighborhood located northwest of the city center bounded by West Seventeenth Street on the north, West Civic Center Drive on the south, North Flower Street on the east, and North Bristol Street on the west. Most of this area was owned by the family of Jacob Ross, who had purchased portions of the Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana in 1868 and 1869. Walnuts and other crops were grown in the area during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, with a few farmhouses, most notably the Ross-McNeal House at 1020 North Baker Street, dotting the landscape. By 1905, Baker and Towner were the only streets in the neighborhood, which extended from Hickey (now Civic Center) only as far as Washington and which contained only about a dozen homes. The status quo had not changed much by 1915, when a brick yard was located at the northern terminus of Olive Street at Hickey. In 1925, the beginning of the development that would convert this largely agricultural area into a middle class neighborhood of single- family homes over the next 25 years had begun. In the late 1920s and early 1930s, the Tudor Revival and Spanish Colonial Revival homes were the standard, with American Colonial Revival saltboxes and ranch style homes favored in the years before and after World War II. During the 1930s, many of the homes were built by local contractor Emmett Rogers, who sold lots and built homes according to standard plans, which individual property owners could customize to their tastes (“Washington Square: A Neighborhood of Pride,” Washington Square Neighborhood Association). With the return of servicemen following the war and the accompanying demand for homes in southern California, the development of Washington Square was all but completed. The Chamberlin House qualifies for listing in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties under Criterion 1, as an unusual example in Santa Ana of a building with the “distinguishing characteristics” of the Folk House (I-House variant) tradition from the turn of the twentieth century. Characteristic Folk House features include the side gable massing, overall simplicity, shed-roofed porch, and the Victorian era character of the fenestration. Additionally, the house has been categorized as “Key” because it “has a distinctive architectural style and quality” as a relatively intact example of the Folk House (I-House variant) tradition. As an early farmhouse, the house is also “characteristic of a significant period in the history of Santa Ana,” the agricultural era. If the more historic information about the house is found, and if the garage were removed in order to restore the earlier appearance of the house, the property could be categorized as “Landmark.” Character defining exterior features of the Chamberlin House that should be preserved include, but may not be limited to: materials and finishes ( wood, shiplap); roof configuration and treatment; massing and composition; doors and windows; porch; architectural detailing (brackets); and chimney. *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. Santa Ana and Orange County Directories, 1905-1930. “Washington Square: A Neighborhood with Pride.” Washington Square Neighborhood Association, no date.