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HomeMy WebLinkAbout040304_Template-EsauHouse_1920NPoinsettia.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) Esau 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 Location: Not for Publication Unrestricted *a. County Orange County *b. USGS 7.5’ Quad Orange TCA 1725 Date: *c. Address 1920 North Poinsettia Street City Santa Ana Zip 92706 *e. Other Locational Data: Assessor’s Parcel Number: 003-164-01; NOB HILL TR Lot: 15 BLOCK: G E 105 FT THEREOF(LOT:16 BLK GE 105FT-INC 5FT ADJ ON N-THEREOF *P3a. Description: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries.) Located on the southwest corner of North Poinsettia and East Twentieth Streets, this is a one-story cottage that reflects the early Craftsman style. A hipped and gabled roof crowns the building, with a front-gabled, attached porch offset to the south. A decorative weather vane surmounts the hipped roof. Rafter tails and beams are exposed in the eaves, and the porch gable is finished with a notched bargeboard. A triple window is centered in the face of the gable. The original siding, presumably clapboard, has been covered with asbestos shingles. Plain posts resting on a solid railing support the porch roof. The entry and a tripartite window overlook the porch space. The window is banded by a transom whose muntins are arranged in a pattern of pointed arches. The façade to the north of the porch contains a pair of one-over-one double-hung sash windows. Substantially unaltered, with the exception of the siding and canopies added to windows on the side elevations, the house occupies a large lot surrounded by a non-original wood and chain link fence. *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 December 2003 *P6. Date Constructed/Age and Sources: historic Circa 1911 *P7. Owner and Address: Francis C & Armida Wondolowski P. O. Box 3752 Tustin, CA 92781 *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 #: Esau House B1. Historic Name: Esau 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 1911.. March 6, 1930. Reroof. April 11, 1944. Reroof residence. October 8, 1951. Asbestos siding. August 24, 1976. Open patio cover. *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 1901-1954 Property Type: Single-family Residence Applicable Criteria: NR: B,C; CR: 2,3 (Discuss importance in terms of historical or architectural context as defined by theme, period, and geographic scope. Also address integrity) The Esau House is architecturally significant as an intact example of an early Craftsman cottage, and was for many years one of only two residences built on Poinsettia Street. (The Enderle House at 1720 was the other one.) Poinsettia Street first appeared in the city directories in 1910-11, when it was described as “not built on.” The first listing for this house occurred in 1912, when the Esau family of Reinhart (retired), Mrs. Meta, Carl (rancher), Edward (rancher), and Miss Margaret (teacher) were the residents. Based on this listing, the estimated date of construction of the house is circa 1911, although the style of the building suggests that of a decade earlier. Edward, Carl (later a fitter for the gas company), and Margaret Esau (who (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 DPR 523B (1/95) *Required information Sketch Map (This space reserved for official comments.) Esau House 1920 North Poinsettia 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) Esau House *Recorded by Leslie J. Heumann, SAIC *Date February 2, 2004 ⌧ Continuation Update DPR 523L *B10. Significance (continued): became a cashier at the A. N. Zerman store and then a stenographer), continued to live in the house through the 1910s. According to the building permit records, Margaret Esau was still living at this address as late as 1930. She subsequently moved to 516 East Twentieth Street; her obituary in 1957 noted that she was a retired schoolteacher and businesswoman who served for many years as the Treasurer of the City of Santa Ana. The Esau 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 Esau House qualifies for listing in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties under Criterion 1, for its representation of the distinguishing characteristics of early Craftsman style, and under Criterion 4b, for its association with Margaret Esau, a prominent member of the community. 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 early Craftsman home, “is a good example of period architecture.” The Esau House exhibits the hipped roof massing, Colonial Revival influenced detailing, and decorative window treatments typical of cottages of this genre. Character-defining exterior features of the Esau House that should be preserved include, but may not be limited to: original sheathing if extant; roof configuration and detailing; massing; windows and doors; porch; and architectural details (such as the porch posts and window surrounds). *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. “Funeral Monday for Santa Ana Former Treasurer.” Santa Ana Register, February 8, 1957.