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HomeMy WebLinkAbout051019_Template-GonsalesHouse_615Daisy.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) Gonsales House P1. Other Identifier: *P2. Location: Not for Publication Unrestricted *a. County Orange County *b. USGS 7.5’ Quad TCA0054 Date: *c. Address 615 North Daisy Street City Santa Ana Zip 92703 *e. Other Locational Data: Assessor’s Parcel Number 007-052-21 *P3a. Description: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries.) This one-story residence is a textbook example of a late Queen Anne cottage. The gabled roof incorporates front and side gables that top cant bays on the façade (west) and side elevations. Half-octagon shaped shingles face the gable ends, beneath jigsawn sunbursts in the peaks. Transitions between the gables and the bays are marked by denticulated frieze boards and bracketed, boxed cornices that step inwards over the central window of each bay. Shiplap siding trimmed with endboards sheathes the building. The windows feature raised board surrounds, accented by corbels at the upper corners. With the exceptions of the central windows in the bays, which have decorative transoms, the windows are tall and narrow double-hung sash. The entry porch extends north from the bay at the south end of the façade and is covered by an extension of the side-gabled roof. Slender, chamfered posts support the overhang. A transom tops the entry. The house retains substantial design integrity, with the most noticeable alteration being a concrete block and wrought iron fence at the sidewalk. *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 and west elevations October 2005 *P6. Date Constructed/Age and Sources: historic 1901/City of Santa Ana Neighborhood Database *P7. Owner and Address: John Chavez 615 N. Daisy Street Santa Ana, CA 92703 *P8. Recorded by: Leslie J. Heumann SAIC 35 S. Raymond Ave. # 204 Pasadena, CA 91105 *P9. Date Recorded: October 19, 2005 *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_5S1__________________________ *Resource Name or #: Gonsales House B1. Historic Name: Gonsales House B2. Common Name: Same B3. Original Use: Single-family Residence B4. Present Use: Single-family residence *B5. Architectural Style: Queen Anne (Late Victorian) *B6. Construction History: (Construction date, alterations, and date of alterations): Constructed in 1901. May 19, 1926. Alterations. (No other permits were located in the City files.) *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 1888-1955 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 Gonsales House is architecturally significant as a highly characteristic example of a late Queen Anne style cottage. According to City records, it was constructed in 1901, at the very end of the Victorian period, when the surrounding area was almost entirely undeveloped. In 1912, the Orange County plat map indicates that the house was located on the property of Emmett C. Brockett, a rancher, who lived on Fairlawn Street, immediately to the east. The first record of a house at 615 North Daisy Street is a permit obtained by Frank Mussellman in 1926 for repairs. The Frank Mussellman Lumber Company was located nearby, at 1900 West Fifth Street. In 1927, the first listing of the house in the city directories notes that Enrique Gonsales, a laborer, and his wife Effie, lived at this address. (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: October 19, 2005 DPR 523B (1/95) *Required information Sketch Map (This space reserved for official comments.) 615 North Daisy 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) Gonsales House *Recorded by Leslie J. Heumann *Date October 19, 2005 ⌧ Continuation Update DPR 523L *B10. Significance (continued): 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 Gonsales House is located in Artesia Pilar, a neighborhood located west of the town center and bounded by Seventeenth and First Streets on the north and south and by Bristol and Fairview Streets on the east and west. In 1912, this area was at the western limits of the incorporated city and was mostly divided into small to large agricultural plots. Subdivided areas were centered north and south of Fifth Street, between Bristol Street and Artesia (now Raitt) Street. Traversing the neighborhood, the Pacific Electric Railroad tracks were laid along Fourth Street, the same route that Santa Ana Boulevard follows today. The 1925 Sanborn maps were limited to the same subdivided areas around Fifth Street, suggesting that development of homes continued to be confined to a handful of tracts. This assumption is borne out by the styles of the homes that survive in the area today, a mix of Colonial Revival cottages and small Craftsman bungalows. Although some construction took place during the 1920s and 1930s and resulted in houses displaying the revival styles typical of that era, the majority of the northern and western portions of the neighborhood were improved in the post World War II years with small California Ranch style homes. Artesia Pilar is also historically notable as a “colonia,” one of the approximately forty-five neighborhoods in Orange County in which Mexican-Americans lived, were able to purchase property, attended school, and worshipped. Initially settled by Anglo- Americans, the southern half of the neighborhood had a sprinkling of residents with Spanish surnames by 1920. Artesia School, located at 705 North Artesia Street (and later known as Fremont School), was specifically identified in the city directory as “Mexican.” West of Artesia, between First and Eighth, the neighborhood was almost entirely Mexican-American by 1930. This trend continued, spreading somewhat eastwards, over the next decades. In 1949, Our Lady of Pilar Catholic Church opened in a reclaimed Army barracks on West Sixth Street. A new building was constructed in 1961 and dedicated in 1964; it became the official parish church of Mexican-Americans in Santa Ana in 1969. The Gonsales House qualifies for listing in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Property under Criterion 3 for its exemplification of the distinguishing characteristics of the late Queen Anne style. Notable features in this regard include the one-story massing, the juxtaposition of the gabled roof and bay windows, the generous use of carved and sawn wood work, and the proportions and details of the windows and front door. Additionally, the house has been categorized as “Key” because it “has a distinctive architectural style and quality” as a highly intact example of a Queen Anne (Late Victorian) cottage. Character-defining exterior features of the Gonsales House that should be preserved, include, but may not be limited to: materials and finishes (siding, shingles, woodwork); roof configuration and detailing; massing; original windows and doors; porch; bays; and architectural details such as the sunbursts, cornice, frieze, and porch supports. *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. Orange County Plat Maps, 1912. Santa Ana and Orange County Directories, 1905-1950. Personal Communication, Yolanda Morelos Alvarez, Chairman of the Orange County Mexican American Historical Society, November 2, 2005.