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HomeMy WebLinkAbout061201_Template-MillerTaylor_2620NFlower.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 _3_ Resource name(s) or number (assigned by recorder) Miller-Taylor House P1. Other Identifier: *P2. Location: oNot for Publication nUnrestricted *a. County Orange County *b. USGS 7.5’ Quad TCA0067 Date: *c. Address 2620 North Flower Street City Santa Ana Zip 92706 *e. Other Locational Data: Assessor’s Parcel Number 001-244-19 *P3a. Description: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries.) Set slightly above street level on a property rimmed by a low concrete retaining wall, this one-story Craftsman bungalow is screened from view by dense shrubbery. A cross-gabled roof of medium pitch caps the building. Rafte rs with shaped tails are exposed in the eaves. Carved braces and extended bargeboards trim the gable ends. An extremely shallow, shed-roofed dormer projects from the north half of the roof. Shingles face the gable ends, while narrow clapboard covers the b ody of the house above a sill line. Tucked into the peaks of the gables, triangular vents are pierced by narrow slits accented by jigsawn arrows. Nearly obscured by vegetation, the porch is sheltered beneath the front gable, which is supported by paired, battered posts set on a brick porch railing. The front door features narrow vertical channels of beveled glass. Windows on the side elevations appear to be a combination of one-over-one double -hung sash and casements; openings on the façade are hidden b y foliage. A shed-roofed projection on the north elevation may mark the location of a secondary entry. The building permit record indicates that the house is substantially intact; the property is in fair condition. *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) East and north elevation s November 2006 *P6. Date Constructed/Age and Sources: nhistoric 1917/City of Santa Ana Database *P7. Owner and Address: Barbara M. Taylor 2620 No rth Flower Street Santa Ana, CA 92706 *P8. Recorded by: L. Heumann and D. Howell -Ardila Sapphos Environmental, Inc. 133 Martin Alley Pasadena, California 91105 *P9. Date Recorded: December 1, 2006 *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 Other (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 #: Miller-Taylor House B1. Historic Name: Miller-Taylor House B2. Common Name: Same B3. Original Use: Single -family Residence B4. Present Use: Single-family Residence *B5. Architectural Style: Craftsman Bungalow *B6. Construction History: (Construction date, alterations, and date of alterations): Constructed in 1917 April 29, 1933. Rebuild brick flue. June 23, 1944. Reroof. *B7. Moved? o No o Yes n 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 1917-1956 Property Type: Single-family Residence Applicable Criteria: NR: C; CR: 3 (Discuss importance in terms of his torical or architectural context as defined by theme, period, and geographic scope. Also address integrity) The Miller-Taylor House is architecturally significant as an intact and representative example of a Craftsman residence and is historically notable as one of a handful of pre World War II homes in the area. It was built in 1917, according to City of Santa Ana records, making it the oldest known house in the immediate vicinity. City directories appear to confirm this date of construction. Initiall y listed in 1918 as located on the west side of North Flower Street, three [houses] north of Santa Clara, this was the home of Fred J. Miller, a baggageman with the Santa Fe railroad, and his wife Annie. In 1925, Fred Miller’s occupation was listed as “rancher” and his address was 2610 North Flower. This number apparently changed in 1930 to 2620, probably to accommodate the numbering of the houses built immediately to the south in the 1920s. After 1928, Mrs. Anna D. Miller was the sole occupant listed in the directories. (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: December 1, 2006 DPR 523B (1/95) *Required information Sketch Map (This space reserved for official comments.) 2620 N. Flower Street 001-244-19 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) Miller-Taylor House *Recorded by Leslie J. Heumann and Deborah Howell -Ardila *Date December 1, 2006 x Continuation o Update DPR 523L *B10. Signif icance (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 Miller-Taylor House is located in north Santa Ana, in the Morrison/Eldridge Park neighborhood. An irregularly shaped area straddling North Flower Street, Morrison/Eldridge Park is bounded by the Garden Grove (22) and the Santa Ana (5) freeways on the north and east, Sharon Road and Memory Lane on the south, and North Bristol Street on the west. With the primary exception of the 2600 block of North Flower Street, this area remained unsubdivided and presumably agricultural through World War II. According to the city directories and early maps, North Flower ended at Seventeenth Street until around 1915, when six homes were noted north of Seventeenth, including three north of Santiago Creek. By 1920, there were nine homes, including one (2610, later numbered 2620), in what would become the Morrison/Eldridge Park neighborhood. Construction of three additional homes on the 2600 block occurred between 1925 and 1930. Beginning with a handful of homes constructed on newly laid out streets in the first few years of the 1950s, the area exploded in the mid 1950s with the building of tracts of homes in the California Ranch style. Home building in the neighborhood tapered off in the 1960s and ended around 1972. The Miller-Taylor House qualifies for listing in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties under Criterion 1 for its exemplification of the d istinguishing characteristics of the Craftsman style. Typical Craftsman features illustrated by the house include its cross-gabled roof configuration; decorative use of exposed structural and functional elements such as beams, rafters, and vents; and incorporation of a deep front porch and a dormer into the design. Additionally, the house has been categorized as “Key” because it “has a distinctive architectural style and quality” as an example of the Craftsman bungalow. Character-defining exterior features of the Miller-Taylor House that should be preserved include, but may not be limited to, materials and finishes (clapboard, shingles); roof configuration and detailing; massing; original windows and doors and their surrounds where extant; porch configuration and detailing, entry; and architectural details such as beams, rafters and bargeboards with shaped tails, porch posts, and 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. Orange County Plat Maps, 1912. Thomas Brothers Maps of Orange County, 1957 , 1964, and 1969 . Santa Ana and Orange County Directories, 1905 -1962.