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HomeMy WebLinkAbout020405_Template-LangleyHouse_802NLacy.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) Langley House P1. Other Identifier: *P2. Location: Not for Publication Unrestricted *a. County Orange County *b. USGS 7.5’ Quad TCA 1725 Date: *c. Address 802 North Lacy Street City Santa Ana Zip 92701 *e. Other Locational Data: Assessor’s Parcel Number: 398-041-12 Friots Add to Santa Ana East Lot: 1 Block: A SLY 8ft -EX St- Thereof(Lot: 6 Blk: A All-EX ST- Thereof *P3a. Description: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries.) This Queen Anne cottage sits on the southeast corner of Lacy and Civic Center Drive. The one-story building’s design takes full advantage of its corner location by presenting front gable facades to the street on the south and east elevations. A wraparound porch spans the southeast corner of the housing, linking these two wings. The main roof is hipped and slightly bellcast. Gable faces flare outwards at the base and are shingle-clad while the exterior walls are covered with narrow clapboard trimmed with corner boards. A fixed window with an eight-light transom is centered below the south gable. wing, while a single opening containing a new aluminum window occupies a similar position on the east. Most other windows are wood-frame, double-hung sash. The porch, angled at the corner, features turned posts and balusters, an ornamental sawn frieze, and a molded cornice. The elaborately carved, varnished wood door with oval light appears to have been a restoration or a replacement in character with the building. A wrought iron fence and concrete block wall with plaster lions, not original, flanks new entrance gates. The wall and fence, along with thick vegetation, conceal much of the house, which appears mostly intact. *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 and east elevations March 2002 *P6. Date Constructed/Age and Sources: historic 1894/ Source: National Register nomination *P7. Owner and Address: Jose Perez 802 North Lacy Street Santa Ana, CA 92701 *P8. Recorded by: Leslie J. Heumann, Peter C. Moruzzi SAIC 35 S. Raymond Ave. # 204 Pasadena, CA 91105 *P9. Date Recorded: April 5, 2002 *P10. Survey Type: Intensive Survey Update *P11. Report Citation: (Cite survey report and other sources, or enter “none”) Les, Kathleen. “Historic Resources Inventory French Park District,” September 1979. Marsh, Diann. “French Park Historic District.” National Register Nomination Form, February 1998. *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_1D__________________________ *Resource Name or #: Langley House B1. Historic Name: Langley 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 1894. July, 1930. Private garage. February 26, 1936. Repair fire damage. February 6, 1958. Remodel kitchen. March 3, 1958. Convert bedroom to bath and hall. August 16, 1991. 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 Langley House is a substantially intact example of a modestly scaled, late Queen Anne (Late Victorian) style home. It is also important as a contributor to the French Park Historic District. According to previous research, the house was constructed in 1894. Original owners Charles and Carrie Langley lived in the house through the 1940s. Mr. Langley’s career with the Post Office started with service as a carrier and progressed to foreman (Marsh, 1998). (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: April 5, 2002 DPR 523B (1/95) *Required information Sketch Map (This space reserved for official comments.) Langley House 802 North Lacy 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) Langley House *Recorded by Leslie J. Heumann, Peter C. Moruzzi, SAIC *Date April 5, 2002 ⌧ 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. In 1877, Spurgeon, along with James McFadden and James Fruit, formed the Western Development Company with the intention of bringing the Southern Pacific Railroad from its then terminus in Anaheim into Santa Ana. Thinking to capitalize on commercial growth around the railroad, the partners purchased 160 acres adjacent to the eastern city boundary at French Street. Although they were successful in luring the Southern Pacific to a new depot on Fruit Street in Santa Ana in 1878, the expected commercial development of “Santa Ana East” never materialized. Early growth and development of the town continued to be centered further west around Fourth and Main Streets, with the result that the legacy of Santa Ana East is an angled street plan whose intersection with the original city is marked by a small, triangular parcel, developed in the 1890s as Flatiron Park, now known as French Park. Santa Ana continued to grow, stimulated by the arrival of the Santa Fe Railroad in 1886. 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. Beginning in the 1880s and continuing well into the twentieth century, the area around the park began to be developed with many of the finest homes in Santa Ana. Examples of Victorian era, turn of the century, and Craftsman homes were built along the tree-lined streets. By the 1920s, most streets in the neighborhood were fully developed, although a few revival styled single family homes and duplexes were built during the 1920s, and a handful of apartments constructed in the 1930s. From the nineteenth century onwards, residents were a “Who’s Who” of early Santa Ana, and included bankers, attorneys, doctors, businessmen, ranchers, teachers and others active in the civic and social life of the city. Once known as the “Nob Hill” of Santa Ana, French Park declined in the 1940s and 1950s as some homes were converted into rooming houses and others were allowed to deteriorate. In the 1960s and 1970s some houses were demolished and the properties redeveloped with multi-family housing. However, a grass roots preservation effort begun in the late 1970s led to the establishment of a local historic district in 1984 and the listing of the neighborhood in the National Register of Historic Places in 1999. The Langley House was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1999 as a contributor to the French Park Historic District. It is therefore listed in the California Register of Historical Resources and is located within the boundaries of the locally designated historic district. It also qualifies for listing in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Property under Criterion 1 as a representative example of the Queen Anne (Late Victorian) style as interpreted in cottages of the late nineteenth century. Additionally, the house has been categorized as “Key” for its distinctive architectural quality. Characteristic Queen Anne (Late Victorian) features include gabled and hipped roof configuration and decoration, fish-scale shingling, wraparound porch and porch decoration. Its corner location is also significant and character-defining. All original and restored exterior features of the Langley House are character-defining and should be preserved, including: materials (wood) and finishes (shingling and siding); roof configuration and detailing; windows (including surrounds); front door; and architectural details such as turned porch posts and carved frieze. *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.