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Page _1_ of _4_ Resource name(s) or number (assigned by recorder) Hendrie House
P1. Other Identifier:
*P2. Location: Not for Publication Unrestricted *a. County Orange County
*b. USGS 7.5’ Quad TCA 0054 Date:
*c. Address 1110 West Washington Avenue City Santa Ana Zip 92706
*e. Other Locational Data: Assessor’s Parcel Number 405-292-19; SEC 12 T 5 R LOT 90 X 180 FT
*P3a. Description: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries.)
Set substantially back from the south side of West Washington Avenue, this is a one-story Craftsman bungalow influenced by
the Colonial Revival style. The house is capped by a clipped side gable roof and clad in narrow clapboard. Roof detailing
includes exposed beams and vertical slat vents in the peaks of gable ends. Three bays wide, the symmetrical façade is
spanned by an open porch, with a front-gabled entry projecting from the center bay. Pergolas cover the side bays of the
porch. Narrow sidelights flank the front door. Also characterized by a three-part composition, the tripartite side bay windows
consist of large, central openings banded at the top by four small rectangular lights and framed by narrow, four-over-one
double-hung sash. A red brick chimney is attached to the east elevation. On the west, a driveway leads to a former barn or
garage in the rear of the property. In good condition, the house is substantially unaltered.
*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)
North elevation
May 2003
*P6. Date Constructed/Age and
Sources: historic
1922/ Source: City of Santa Ana
Building Permits
*P7. Owner and Address:
Juan De La Torre & Ana M. Vazquez
1110 West Washington 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)
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BUILDING, STRUCTURE, AND OBJECT RECORD
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*Resource Name or #: Hendrie House
B1. Historic Name: Hendrie House
B2. Common Name: Same
B3. Original Use: Single-family Residence B4. Present Use: Single-family Residence
*B5. Architectural Style: Bungalow/Craftsman, Colonial Revival
*B6. Construction History: (Construction date, alterations, and date of alterations): Constructed in 1922.
November 28, 1919. Hen house.
September 1921. Granary.
June 1922. Residence.
November 15, 1939. Reroof.
November 8, 1940. Alterations and repairs to residence.
July 7, 1952. Reroof residence.
February 10, 1998. Reroof with tear off, add new composition.
*B7. Moved? No Yes Unknown Date:__________ Original Location:_____________________________
*B8. Related Features:
Garage (or barn).
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: A, C
(Discuss importance in terms of historical or architectural context as defined by theme, period, and geographic scope. Also address integrity)
The Hendrie House is historically significant as one of the original agricultural properties in the Washington Square
neighborhood. It is also architecturally interesting as an example of a typical, 1920s bungalow. The first year the address
appeared in the city directories was 1905, when Delbert Dale, a fruit grower, and Mrs. A. J. Dale were listed at 1110 West
Washington Avenue. In 1910, two ministers and their wives, the Reverend Jesse L. and Mrs. Evelyn Field and the Reverend
Theodore A. and Mrs. Edith Waltrip, were residents at this address. In 1914, Isaac Hendrie came to Santa Ana and
purchased seven acres on West Washington, including this property. Born in Iowa, the son of a farmer and Senator, Isaac
(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 4 of 4.)
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.)
Hendrie House
1110 West Washington Street
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*B10. Significance (continued):
Hendrie had followed his father to Colorado and then to Long Beach before settling in Santa Ana. He planted four acres of
his new property in apricots and the rest in walnuts, but became known most for his extensive poultry business, with 3,000
White Leghorn chickens and an incubator house among his assets. Building permits taken out by the “Hendrie Brothers” in
1919 and 1920 document the additions of a hen house and a granary to the property. Nothing is known about the other
brother; no listings in city directories or mentions in Isaac Hendrie’s biography were found. Isaac and his wife Maude had
five children, some of whom lived with their parents at this address as adults: Harry, who was a bookkeeper at the Edison
Company, James, who was a partner in the Jerome and Hendrie Service Station located at 320 West Fifth Street, and
Walter, who worked for his brother at the service station. Apparently, the original house on the property was removed and
replaced, because in 1922, permit for a residence costing $3,500 was issued to the “Hendrie Brothers.” That date is
appropriate for the architectural style of the present house. The Hendrie family stayed at this address through 1940.
According to neighbors today (2003), a barn still remains on the property, which was the site of a walnut grove. The
presence of a barn could not be confirmed from the public right-of-way.
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 Hendrie 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 Hendrie House qualifies for listing in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties under Criterion 7 as a former
farmhouse, a building that was “connected with a business or use which was once common, but is now rare” in Santa Ana
and under Criterion 1, as a building with the “distinguishing characteristics of an architectural style or period.” Stylistic
signatures such as the symmetrical one-story massing, clapboard siding, clipped or jerkinhead gable roof, and tripartite
windows are notable in this regard. Additionally, the house has been categorized as “Contributive” because it “contributes to
the overall character and history” of the Washington Square neighborhood as a surviving home from the agricultural era,
and is a “good example of period architecture” as an unaltered 1920s Craftsman bungalow influenced by the Colonial
Revival. Character defining exterior features of the Hendrie House that should be preserved include, but may not be limited
to: materials and finishes (clapboard, wood, brick); roof configuration and treatment; massing and composition; entry, doors
and windows; porch and pergolas; garage/barn; architectural detailing (exposed beams); chimney; and garage.
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*Recorded by Leslie J. Heumann, SAIC *Date July 28, 2003 ⌧ Continuation Update
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*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.
Armor, Samuel. History of Orange County. Los Angeles: Historic Record Company, 1921.
Santa Ana and Orange County Directories, 1905-1941.
“Washington Square: A Neighborhood with Pride.” Washington Square Neighborhood Association, no date.