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HomeMy WebLinkAbout020227_Template-TrythallHouse_119WBuffalo.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) Trythall House P1. Other Identifier: *P2. Location: Not for Publication Unrestricted *a. County Orange County *b. USGS 7.5’ Quad TCA 1725 Date: *c. Address 119 West Buffalo Avenue City Santa Ana Zip 92701 *e. Other Locational Data: Assessor’s Parcel Number 399-101-08 Block: A Lot: POR 22, 23, 24 *P3a. Description: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries.) This one and a half story Tudor Revival house is characterized by its distinctive roof treatment, including a pair of steeply pitched front gables and a large, shed-roofed dormer facing south on Buffalo Avenue. Decorative half-timbering adorns the gable ends. The building is covered in stucco. A band of four windows fills the dormer. Below it, occupying the east seciton of the principal (south) elevation, a row of seven windows overlooks a low-walled patio. Another window band lies to the east. Abutting the patio to the west, the entry porch is defined by an arched opening below the center gable. Metal awnings have been added to the lower story openings. *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 July 2001 *P6. Date Constructed/Age and Sources: historic 1923/Source: Treasures *P7. Owner and Address: *P8. Recorded by: Leslie J. Heumann, Peter C. Moruzzi SAIC 35 S. Raymond Ave. # 204 Pasadena, CA 91105 *P9. Date Recorded: February 27, 2002 *P10. Survey Type: Intensive Survey Update *P11. Report Citation: (Cite survey report and other sources, or enter “none”) City of Santa Ana. Santa Ana’s Historic Treasures. *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 *NRHP Status Code_5S1_________________________ *Resource Name or #: Trythall House B1. Historic Name: Trythall 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 1923. March 5, 1937. Reroof. *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 1880-1946 Property Type: Single-family Residence Applicable Criteria: C (Discuss importance in terms of historical or architectural context as defined by theme, period, and geographic scope. Also address integrity) The Trythall House contributes to the history of Santa Ana as a typical and relatively intact example of a Tudor Revival house. According to previous research, the house was constructed in 1923 for Thomas and Mary Trythall, retired ranchers (Treasures). This is the second Trythall House; city directories for the early years of the twentieth century locate the Trythall family (Thomas and Mary P. with students variously listed as Nana, Thomas C., Ula, and Lavinia) at 2202 North Main Street, on the corner of Buffalo Avenue (the Main Street house had a distinctive footprint, and the Sanborn maps for 1906 and 1949 indicate that it was moved to the west sometime during that 43 year time span to accommodate new commercial (See Continuation Sheet 3 of 3.) B11. Additional Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) *B12. References: City of Santa Ana Building Permits City and County Directories, 1907-1920 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 27, 2002 DPR 523B (1/95) *Required information Sketch Map (This space reserved for official comments.) Trythall House 119 West Buffalo 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) Trythall House *Recorded by Leslie J. Heumann, Peter C. Moruzzi, SAIC *Date February 27, 2002 ⌧ Continuation Update DPR 523L *B10. Significance (continued): construction). A likely assumption is that the move of the original building coincided with the construction of the new house a few hundred feet to the west. Eventually the new home passed to Miss Anna Trythall, a teacher of Spanish, German, and Physical Education at Santa Ana High School. 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. Early growth and development were stimulated by the arrival of the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1878 and the Santa Fe Railroad in 1886. . The development of southern California in general and Santa Ana in particular experienced a large boost in the second half of the 1880s, when competition between the two railroads triggered a real estate boom. Following its incorporation as a city in 1886, Santa Ana was recognized as one of the leading communities in the area in 1889 when it became the seat of the newly created County of Orange. Santa Ana continued to grow steadily, surviving an economic downturn in the 1890s and gaining momentum in the first decade of the twentieth century. The older neighborhoods closest to the downtown commercial district and to the churches, clubs, and institutions began to be filled up and homebuilders looked elsewhere for land. This trend outward from the City’s historic core was symbolized by the construction of Santa Ana High School on Main Street at Tenth Street in 1900 (demolished in the 1940s to make way for the new Buffum’s Department Store). Numerous Craftsman style homes were built in the northern section of town, in the vicinity of Buffalo Avenue, during the two decades following the turn of the century. In the 1920s, revival styled homes became popular, and many of the remaining lots and tracts in the City were improved during the boom in residential construction that took place during the decade. The Trythall House is notable as an example of the revivalism in design that gained ascendancy in the 1920s. The Trythall House is included in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Property and has been categorized as “Contributive” because it “contributes to the overall character and history” of Santa Ana through its age and style, “is a good example” of the Tudor Revival style, and “has not been substantially altered.” The house exhibits a characteristic Tudor Revival picturesque quality in its use of unevenly sized and steeply pitched gables, decorative half-timbering, asymmetrical massing, and entry archway. Character-defining exterior features of the Trythall House that should be preserved include, but may not be limited to: materials and finishes; roof configuration and detailing; asymmetrical massing; windows; porches; doors; and architectural detailing such as half-timbering. *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.