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HomeMy WebLinkAbout070126_Template-Evans_1015WCamile.pdfState of California ¾ 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 _4_ Resource name(s) or number (assigned by recorder) Evans House P1. Other Identifier: *P2. Location: oNot for Publication nUnrestricted *a. County Orange County *b. USGS 7.5’ Quad TCA1667 Date: *c. Address 1015 West Camile Street City Santa Ana Zip 92703 *e. Other Locational Data: Assessor’s Parcel Number 008-242-37 *P3a. Description: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries.) Nearly perfect symmetry distinguishes the facade of this one-story Spanish Colonial Revival style bungalow. Sheathed with stucco, the building is topped by a flat roof. At each end of the three-bay wide façade, piers flush with the exterior walls anchor the façade roof treatment, which features tiled pent roofs over the side bays and a front gabled parapet marking the center bay. A second, smaller parapet, also flanked by piers, tops the porch that projects in front of the central e ntry. Tiled coping accents the roofline of each parapet. The porch space extends to the east and is defined by a low, stucco-covered wall. Façade fenestration consists of identical groupings of three casement windows, each of whose upper third is divided into three lights. In the center, the entry is framed by a flattened arch opening below the parapet. Decorative accents are provided by a circular vent in the upper parapet face, a diamond vent in the lower parapet face, and two diamond-shaped lozenges centered above the window groupings. A stucco-clad chimney is attached to the east elevation. The property also contains a one-story, stuccoed, flat-roofed garage, also adorned with a tiled pent roof. Other than the addition of a metal canopy and supports in the east bay of the porch, the house appears unaltered. (See Continuation Sheet 3 of 3.) *P3b. Resource Attributes: (list attributes and codes) HP2. Single-family Property *P4. Resources Present: nBuilding oStructure oObject oSite oDistrict oElement of District oOther P5b. Photo: (view and date) South elevation January 2007 *P6. Date Constructed/Age and Sources: nhistoric 1923/City of Santa Ana Building Permits *P7. Owner and Address: Alicia Rodriguez 1015 W. Camile Street Santa Ana, CA 92703 *P8. Recorded by: L. Heumann and D. Howell -Ardila Sapphos Environmental, Inc. 133 Martin Alley Pasadena, California 91105 *P9. Date Recorded: January 26, 2007 *P10. Survey Type: Intensive Survey Update *P11. Report Citation: (Cite survey report and other sources, or enter “none”) None. *Attachments: oNone oLocation Map oSketch Map nContinuation Sheet nBuilding, Structure, and Object Record oArchaeological Record oDistrict Record oLinear Feature Record oMilling Station Record oRock Art Record oArtifact Record oPhotograph Record o Oth er (list) DPR 523A (1/95) *Required information P5a. Photo State of California ¾ 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 #: Evans House B1. Historic Name: Evans House B2. Common Name: Same B3. Original Use: Single -family Residence B4. Present Use: Single-family Residence *B5. Architectural Style: Mission/Spanish Colonial Revival *B6. Construction History: (Construction date, alterations, and date of alterations): Constructed in 1922 October 1923. Residence and garage. March 10, 1947. Addition to garage, 12 x 14. May 14, 1981. Patio cover. February 2, 1998. Reroof with tear off. Remove rock roof and apply hot mop. September 8, 2005. Reroof single family dwelling and detached garage. Garage roof to match roof of sfd. *B7. Moved? n No o Yes o 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 1900-1954 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 Evans House is architecturally significant as a n intact and representative example of a popular variation on the Spanish Colonial Revival theme: the symmetrical, flat-roofed bungalow. According to City of Santa Ana building permits, the house and garage, valued at $3,200, were built in 1923 by William Ulm, a building contractor. The address first appears in the city directories in 1925, when Dale H. Evans, the principal of Greenville School, and his wife Elta were the residents. The Evans’ only occupied the h ouse for a couple of years; from 1927 through 1929 Carl M. Stein, a salesman at Vandergast and Son, the men’s haberdashery on Fourth Street, and his wife Helen resided at this address. The property continued to change residents every few years through the 1940s. Occupations of the heads of household included the manager of the Schramm -Johnson drug store, a music studio proprietor, a salesman with the National Cash Register Company, an engineer, an account, the assistant supervisor of the American National Insurance Company, and a driver for the Atomic Express. (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 4 of 4.) B13. Remarks: *B14. Evaluator: Leslie J. Heumann *Date of Evaluation: January 26, 2007 DPR 523B (1/95) *Required information Sketch Map (This space reserved for official comments.) 1015 W. Camile Street 008-242-37 State of California ¾ The Resources Agency Primary # _____________________________________________ DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # ________________________________________________ CONTINUATION SHEET Trinomial _____________________________________________ Page 3_ of 3_ Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder) Evans House *Recorded by Leslie J. Heumann and Deborah Howell -Ardila *Date January 26, 2007 x Continuation o Update DPR 523L *P3a. Description (continued): proportioned tripartite windows banded by diamond -paned transoms are located in the side bays. The central entry features three, small, rectangular lights arranged in an ascending pattern. Windows on the side elevations are primarily double-hung sash in type. All of the openings are topped by extended lintels. A picket fence encloses the property, which also contains a front-gabled garage in the rear. The house is substantially unaltered. *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 around the city center. Agricultural uses predominated in the outlying areas, with cultivated fields and orchards dotted with widely scattered farmhouses. The Evans House is located in the Pico-Lowell neighborhood, which lies southwest of downtown Santa Ana and the Civic Center. Taking its name from two local elementary schools, the neighborhood is bound by West First Street on the north, West McFadden Avenue on the south, South Flower Street on the east and South Bristol Street on the west. In common with other areas not immediately adjacent to the historic core, Pico-Lowell saw a persistence of agricultural uses into the twentieth century. By 1912, when plat maps were drawn of Orange County, a little more than half of the neighborhood, primarily the eastern section, had been subdivided into residential-sized lots, with the remainder consolidated into ten large parcels. The city directories indicate that over one hundred homes had been constructed by this time. Home building continued to thrive during the 1910s and 1920s, tapering off by the end of the decade. As a result, the oldest homes in the neighborhood are small to medium sized bungalows, most representative of the Craftsman style of architecture. Those sections of the neighborhood that remained unimproved were developed in the post-war housing boom of the late 1940s and 1950s, when hundreds of modest California Ranch style homes were constructed. Today (2007), the neighborhood is densely populated, and its ethnicity has shifted from Anglo-European to Hispanic. The Evans House qualifies for listing in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties under Criterion 1 for its exemplification of the distinguishing characteristics of the Spanish Colonial Revival style. As an example o f a symmetrical, flat-roofed bungalow, the house displays the flat front with attached porch, parapeted roofline, stucco and tile materials palette, and casement windows usually associated with this variation of the style. Additionally, the house has been categorized as “Contributive” because it “contributes to the overall character and history” of Santa Ana, and, as an intact example of a symmetrical, flat-roofed Spanish Colonial Revival bungalow in the Pico-Lowell neighborhood, “is a good example of period architecture.” Character-defining exterior features of the Evans House that should be preserved include, but may not be limited to, materials and finishes (stucco, tile); roof configuration and detailing; massing; original windows and doors and their surrounds where extant; porch; chimney; and architectural details such as the parapet, diamond-shaped embellishments, and porch archway. *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. Thomas Brothers Maps of Orange County, 1957 and 1964. Santa Ana and Orange County Directories, 1912-1947.