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HomeMy WebLinkAbout040304_Template-SchmidtHouse_521ESantaClara.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) Schmidt House P1. Other Identifier: *P2. Location: Not for Publication Unrestricted *a. County Orange County *b. USGS 7.5’ Quad Oange TCA 1725 Date: *c. Address 521 East Santa Clara Avenue City Santa Ana Zip 92706 *e. Other Locational Data: Assessor’s Parcel Number: 003-082-15; SEC 6 T 5 R 9 LOT: 99.83 X 117 FT *P3a. Description: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries.) Located on the northwest corner of East Santa Clara Avenue and North Poinsettia Street, this is a one-story Craftsman bungalow. The low-pitched, cross-gabled roof features exposed braces and rafter tails in the eaves. Now covered with non- original shingles, the building was presumably originally sided with clapboard. An attached porch is offset to the west on the south elevation and is topped by a front gable roof whose proportions and details repeat those of the main roof. Clusters of tapered posts that sit on a solid porch railing support the porch roof. Above the slightly peaked beam that spans the porch supports, the gable face contains a pair of attic windows. The entry, flanked by narrow sidelights, and a broad, fixed sash window overlook the porch space. A tripartite window is located on the façade east of the porch. A brick chimney is attached to the west elevation. Occupying a large lot dotted with mature trees and surrounded by a picket fence, the house appears to be substantially unaltered, with the exception of the siding. *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) South elevation February 2004 *P6. Date Constructed/Age and Sources: historic 1922/City of Santa Ana Building Permits *P7. Owner and Address: John F Jr Stevens 521 East Santa Clara 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 #: Schmidt House B1. Historic Name: Schmidt 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 in 1922. April, 1922. Wreck barn & build residence. August 12, 1946. Private garage with recreation room and toilet. July 1, 1947. Relocate residence to 2078 Cedar Street. April 9, 1949. Reroof. February 18, 1960. Reside residence. *B7. Moved? No Yes Unknown Date:__________ Original Location:_____________________________ *B8. Related Features: Mature trees. 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 Schmidt House is architecturally significant as an intact example of a Craftsman bungalow, and was one of the earlier residences built on East Santa Clara Avenue. The history of the property is somewhat confusing. Apparently, a farmhouse existed on the property as early as 1901, when Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Frick ranchers, and a Mrs. Roedel lived at 243 East Santa Clara Avenue. This appears to have been the earlier address for the property. Subsequently, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Yount, farmers, and Hubert and Fannie Reeves, ranchers, were listed in the city directories at 243 East Santa Clara. Beginning in 1913-14, rancher Frank L. Schmidt and his wife, Amelia, became the residents at 243. In 1916, the 521 East (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) Sketch Map (This space reserved for official comments.) Schmidt House 521 East Santa Clara 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) Schmidt House *Recorded by Leslie J. Heumann, SAIC *Date February 2, 2004 ⌧ Continuation Update DPR 523L *B10. Significance (continued): Santa Clara address for Frank L. Schmidt was listed, and the 243 address disappears from the directories. A second home was built on the property in 1922, when Schmidt applied for a permit to take down a barn and build a residence. It is assumed that the present house is the one built in 1922, although the style suggests a slightly earlier date and the valuation of the permit, $750, is substantially less than the house would have cost to construct. From 1923 on, the directories list a front and a rear residence at 521 East Santa Clara. According to the building permit records, one of the houses was removed from the property in 1947. The Schmidt 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 Schmidt House qualifies for listing in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties under Criterion 1, for its representation of the distinguishing characteristics of the Craftsman 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 a Craftsman bungalow, “is a good example of period architecture.” The Schmidt House displays the low-pitched multiple gables, horizontal massing, and exposed structural features that were associated with the Craftsman style. Character- defining exterior features of the Schmidt 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; architectural details (such as the porch posts); chimney; and mature trees. *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.