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HomeMy WebLinkAbout040304_Template-AndersonHouse_2335NOakmont.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) Anderson House P1. Other Identifier: *P2. Location: Not for Publication Unrestricted *a. County Orange County *b. USGS 7.5’ Quad Orange TCA 1725 Date: *c. Address 2335 North Oakmont Avenue City Santa Ana Zip 92706 *e. Other Locational Data: Assessor’s Parcel Number: 003-091-26; N TR 378 BLOCK: B LOT: 10 *P3a. Description: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries.) This one-story residence displays the English Revival style. Covered with stucco, the building is topped by a fairly steeply pitched cross-gable roof. Tall, arched louver vents are located in the gable ends. The U-shaped façade consists of three sections: a large, front-gabled, projecting wing on the north, a small, hipped roof bay that also projects on the south, and a recessed, side-gable connecting wing that contains a small, open patio and the entry. A large, tripartite window with a segmented arch transom is centered on the façade of the north wing. Tucked beneath the overhang of the hipped roof, a double casement window is located in the south wing. Partially enclosed by a low wall, the central patio is also somewhat shaded by the roof overhang, and features a glazed front door flanked by sidelights that faces the street (west) and a pair of French doors oriented to the south. An arched opening pierces a wing wall at the north end of the façade, while a lower wing wall on the south end curves downward towards the driveway. Bisected by a strip of grass, the “Hollywood driveway” leads to a stuccoed and front-gabled garage that echoes the colors and materials of the house. Appearing substantially unaltered from the street, the property is handsomely landscaped with flowering shrubs, a lawn, and a new entry path. *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) West elevation February 2004 *P6. Date Constructed/Age and Sources: historic 1923/City of Santa Ana Building Permits *P7. Owner and Address: Ronald C & Sylvia D Richardson 2335 North Oakmont Avenue Santa Ana, CA 92706 *P8. Recorded by: Leslie J. Heumann SAIC 35 S. Raymond Ave. # 204 Pasadena, CA 91105 *P9. Date Recorded: February 2, 2004 *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 3 *CHR Status Code_5S3_________________________ *Resource Name or #: Anderson House B1. Historic Name: Anderson House B2. Common Name: Same B3. Original Use: Single-family Residence B4. Present Use: Single-family Residence *B5. Architectural Style: English Revival *B6. Construction History: (Construction date, alterations, and date of alterations): Constructed in 1923. April, 1923. Residence and garage. October 18, 1935. Alterations. May 20, 1942. Reroof. August 8, 2002. Add master bedroom & bathroom (relocated one existing bathroom to new addition). Change-out windows in kitchen & living room with same size. *B7. Moved? No Yes Unknown Date:__________ Original Location:_____________________________ *B8. Related Features: “Hollywood driveway” and garage. B9a. Architect: Unknown b. Builder: Unknown *B10. Significance: Theme Residential Architecture Area Santa Ana Period of Significance: circa 1901-1954 Property Type: Single-family Residence Applicable Criteria: NR: C; CR: 3 (Discuss importance in terms of historical or architectural context as defined by theme, period, and geographic scope. Also address integrity) The Anderson House is architecturally significant as an intact example of the English Revival style and as one of the first homes to be constructed on Oakmont Avenue after it was opened in 1923. According to the building permit records, the house was built in 1923 at a cost of $5,000 for R. Frazer. The first residents of the house were Lyle and Emma Anderson, who lived at this address until at least 1935. Mr. Anderson was a salesman for the National Cash Register Company. (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: February 2, 2004 *Required information DPR 523B (1/95 Sketch Map (This space reserved for official comments.) Anderson House 2335 North Oakmont 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) Anderson House *Recorded by Leslie J. Heumann, SAIC *Date February 2, 2004 ⌧ Continuation Update DPR 523L *B10. Significance (continued): The Anderson 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. The neighborhood is bounded by Santiago Creek and Park on the north, East Seventeenth Street on the south, North Lincoln Avenue on the east, North Main Street on the west, and the I-5 freeway on the southwest. In large part these boundaries reflect the transportation lines that were constructed towards the end of the nineteenth century and at the beginning of the twentieth century, when the Pacific Electric interurban railroad ran up Main Street, the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe tracks followed Lincoln, and the Southern Pacific Railroad right-of-way mirrored the freeway route. This area remained primarily agricultural well into the 1920s. As of 1905, the city directories listed around twenty households on East Santa Clara, Twentieth Street, “C Street” (now North Santiago Street), North Bush Street and North Main Avenue, the only streets in the area at the time. The vast majority of the residents were ranchers. By 1911, the number of households had increased to about thirty, and Edgewood Road and Valencia Street had been partially laid out, but most residents continued to list “rancher” or “fruit grower” as their occupation in the city directories. This pattern of land use was evident on the 1912 plat map of the City, which illustrated two small, Craftsman era subdivisions along Bush north of Santa Clara and on Valencia and Poinsettia south of Twentieth Street, with the remaining area divided into larger, agricultural parcels held by approximately forty landowners. While the area east of Santiago Street was not subdivided until after the mid-1920s, most of the present day streets west of Santiago had been laid out when the City was mapped in 1923. Ranching continued to be the most prevalent occupation in the neighborhood, but increasing numbers of professionals, small business owners, merchants, and people in service professions such as painters, electricians, and carpenters made their homes in the western half of the neighborhood during the 1920s and 1930s. The area also attracted several city and county officials, including the City Attorney (Z. B. West, Jr., 321 East Santa Clara Avenue), County Supervisor, First District (C. H. Chapman, 2315 North Santiago Street), County Surveyor (E. H. Irwin, 2407 North Santiago Street), and County Auditor (William C. Jerome, 2422 Poinsettia Street). By April 1942, when the Sanborn Company first mapped the western half of the area, most of the lots had been improved with single-family homes, many in the revival styles popular during the 1920s and 1930s. Subsequent development of the eastern half of the neighborhood and infill construction in the western half displayed the simplified ranch style that emerged following World War II. The Anderson House qualifies for listing in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties under Criterion 1, for its representation of the distinguishing characteristics of the English Revival style. Additionally, the house has been categorized as “Contributive” because it “contributes to the overall character and history” of the Park Santiago neighborhood, and, as an English Revival home, “is a good example of period architecture.” The Anderson House displays typical features of this popular revival style of the 1920s and 1930s, including a cross-gabled roof of moderately steep pitch, a “U” shaped façade that embraces a patio, arched openings, and a decorative pattern of muntins in the windows. Character-defining exterior features of the Anderson House that should be preserved include, but may not be limited to: materials (stucco); roof configuration and detailing; massing; original or restored windows and doors; patio; architectural details (such as the attic vents and wing walls); “Hollywood driveway; and garage. *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. Santa Ana and Orange County Directories, 1905-1935. Historic Maps, Santa Ana History Room, 1912, 1923, 1932, and 1955.