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Page _1_ of _3_ Resource name(s) or number (assigned by recorder) Hagan House
P1. Other Identifier:
*P2. Location: Not for Publication Unrestricted *a. County Orange County
*b. USGS 7.5’ Quad TCA 0054 Date:
*c. Address 1006 North Freeman Street City Santa Ana Zip 92706
*e. Other Locational Data: Assessor’s Parcel Number 405-281-12; N TR 1000 BLK B LOT 10
*P3a. Description: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries.)
This one-story residence is distinguished by its use of the Streamlined Moderne style. Covered in smooth stucco, the
building is capped by a flat roof. A single band of coping emphasizes the roofline. The most noteworthy feature of the house
is the northeast corner, which is rounded and glazed with a row of six undivided casement windows. A flat canopy whose
fascia echoes the line of the roof coping projects over the south two thirds of the façade. It shades an entry in the center and
a horizontal picture window flanked by a single casement window that abuts the southeast corner. Set back from the façade,
a garage whose flat roof is slightly higher that that of the house is attached to the north elevation. Simply landscaped with a
lawn and shrubs, the house appears to be substantially original from the street.
*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 elevation
May 2003
*P6. Date Constructed/Age and
Sources: historic
1937/ Source: City of Santa Ana
Building Permits
*P7. Owner and Address:
Sandra L. Perez
1006 North Freeman Street
Santa Ana, CA 92703
*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
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BUILDING, STRUCTURE, AND OBJECT RECORD
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*Resource Name or #: Hagan House
B1. Historic Name: Hagan House
B2. Common Name: Same
B3. Original Use: Single-family Residence B4. Present Use: Single-family Residence
*B5. Architectural Style: Streamlined Moderne
*B6. Construction History: (Construction date, alterations, and date of alterations): Constructed in 1937.
April 9, 1937. Residence and garage.
July 7, 1952. Reroof residence.
March 11, 1953. Workshop.
July 7, 1991. c/o 7 windows.
October 27, 1994. Notice of violation. Remove partition walls and bathroom facilities from permitted attached workshop and
return to intended use.
November 7, 1996. Reroof with tear off rock. Apply rock. Flat roof.
*B7. Moved? No Yes Unknown Date:__________ Original Location:_____________________________
*B8. Related Features:
Garage.
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 Hagan House is architecturally significant as an unusual example of the residential use of the Streamlined Moderne style
in Santa Ana. It was constructed in 1937 at a cost of $4,000 for C. W. Hill, a General Electric dealer who apparently never
lived in the house. By 1939, Merritt E. and Hattie Hagan had occupied the property. Mr. Hagan was the proprietor of the
Empire Grocery located at 208 North Broadway. He was still in residence at least as late as 1953, when he added a
workshop to the property.
(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
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Sketch Map
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Hagan House
1006 North Freeman Street
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*Recorded by Leslie J. Heumann, SAIC *Date July 28, 2003 ⌧ Continuation Update
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*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 Hagan 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 Hagan House qualifies for listing in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties under Criterion 1, as a building with
the “distinguishing characteristics of an architectural style or period,” the Streamlined Moderne. Signature features of the
style displayed on the house include the incorporation of a rounded corner, the use of a flat roof and canopy, and the
juxtasposition of horizontal and vertical elements and volumes. Additionally, the house has been categorized as “Key”
because it “has a distinctive architectural style and quality” as an unusual and intact example in Santa Ana of a Streamlined
Moderne home from the 1930s. Character defining exterior features of the Hagan House that should be preserved include,
but may not be limited to: materials and finishes (stucco); roof configuration and treatment; massing and composition
(asymmetry, rounded corner); doors and windows (type and placement); garage; and architectural detailing (canopy,
banding).
*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, 1905-1940.
“Washington Square: A Neighborhood with Pride.” Washington Square Neighborhood Association, no date.