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HomeMy WebLinkAbout040304_Template-HaysHouse_2420NSantiago.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) Hays-Crumbaker 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 Location: Not for Publication Unrestricted *a. County Orange County *b. USGS 7.5’ Quad Orange TCA 1725 Date: *c. Address 2420 North Santiago Street City Santa Ana Zip 92706 *e. Other Locational Data: Assessor’s Parcel Number: 003-081-03; N TR 359 BLOCK: A LOT: 3 *P3a. Description: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries.) This one-story home looks to English and French precedents for its styling. The wood-shingled, cross-gabled roof is fairly steeply pitched, with little or no overhangs. A rounded bay at the intersection of the front and side-gabled wings is crowned by a conical roof, suggesting a tower. This bay contains the arched entry, which is outlined by brick quoins. Brick quoins also decorate the large, multi-paned living room window that is centered on the façade of the front-gabled wing. Other façade fenestration includes a large, double casement window in the center and a smaller window in the slightly projecting north bay. A second front-gable tops this projection. Slender, tall louver vents are located in the peaks of the gable faces. Simply landscaped, with a single, mature tree shading the front lawn, the house appears to be unaltered, except for the stucco finish which is more roughly textured than the original. A “Hollywood driveway” with a central strip of grass is located on the north side of the property and leads to a front-gabled garage, built in 1950. *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 1929/City of Santa Ana Building Permits *P7. Owner and Address: Elizabeth C Crumbaker 2420 North Santiago Street 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 #: Hays-Crumbaker House B1. Historic Name: Hays-Crumbaker House B2. Common Name: Same B3. Original Use: Single-family Residence B4. Present Use: Single-family Residence *B5. Architectural Style: Tudor Revival *B6. Construction History: (Construction date, alterations, and date of alterations): Constructed in 1929. October 22, 1929. Residence and garage. June 1, 1950. Demolish and rebuild private garage. November 29, 1944. Reroof. September 22, 1987. Reroof. *B7. Moved? No Yes Unknown Date:__________ Original Location:_____________________________ *B8. Related Features: “Hollywood driveway.” 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 Hays-Crumbaker House is architecturally significant as an intact example of the taste for eclecticism that characterized home building in the 1920s, mixing English Tudor and French Norman characteristics into its design. According to the building permit records, the house was built in 1929 at a cost of $4,500 for Rolla R. Hays. Manager of the Hays Agency, which specialized in insurance, Rolla R. Hays, Jr. occupied the house with his wife, Allene, at least until 1935. (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.) Hays House 2420 North Santia o 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) Hays-Crumbaker House *Recorded by Leslie J. Heumann, SAIC *Date February 2, 2004 ⌧ Continuation Update DPR 523L *B10. Significance (continued): The Hays-Crumbaker 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 Hays-Crumbaker House qualifies for listing in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties under Criterion 1, for its representation of the distinguishing characteristics of the Tudor 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 eclectic version of the Tudor Revival style, “is a good example of period architecture.” Of particular note in the design are the tower-like central bay, steeply pitched roof, brick quoin accents, arched entry, and cross-gabled massing. Character- defining exterior features of the Hays-Crumbaker House that should be preserved include, but may not be limited to: roof configuration and detailing; massing; windows and doors; rounded entry bay; and architectural details (such as the brick quoins and the attic vents). *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.