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HomeMy WebLinkAbout020419_Template-ElSolanoApartments_901NLacy.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) El Solano Apartments P1. Other Identifier: *P2. Location: Not for Publication Unrestricted *a. County Orange County *b. USGS 7.5’ Quad TCA 1725 Date: *c. Address 901-903 North Lacy Street City Santa Ana Zip 92701 *e. Other Locational Data: Assessor’s Parcel Number: 398-032-08 TR 124 Lot Block: A SELY 50 ft W 150ft of BLK *P3a. Description: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries.) The four-unit El Solano Apartment building is a rectangular, two-story box in the Spanish Colonial Revival style. The front (west) portion of the building is topped by a hipped roof clad in red clay tile. A flat roof caps the rear section. Carved brackets punctuate the front roofline. Original textured stucco finishes the building. Tiled hoods on brackets shelter the north entry on the first floor façade and the upper story entries on the side elevations. Instead of a hood, the first floor south entrance is set within a slightly arched opening. Above it, the second floor is cantilevered, with arches marking the overhang. Decorative chimneys are located on the southwest and northwest corners of the building. Staircases with terra cotta tile paved treads and stepped, stuccoed railings rise from the north and south elevations to reach the upper apartments. Dramatic quarter arches are cut out below each staircase. Windows are primarily paired, three-light casements or double- hung sash. Original doors are single-paneled with small, upper wrought-iron grills. Other characteristic features include pierced stucco and wrought iron grilles, strategically placed moldings, and lintels and sills that swell outwards from the wall surface over some windows. The apartment building is in good condition. A similarly styled garage apartment with two units sits behind the main building. *P3b. Resource Attributes: (list attributes and codes) HP3. Multiple-family Property *P4. Resources Present: Building Structure Object Site District Element of District Other P5b. Photo: (view and date) South and west elevations March 2002 *P6. Date Constructed/Age and Sources: historic 1931/ Source: City of Santa Ana building permit. *P7. Owner and Address: Bruce T. Kao 9 Paso Robles Irvine, CA 92602 *P8. Recorded by: Leslie J. Heumann, Peter C. Moruzzi SAIC 35 S. Raymond Ave. # 204 Pasadena, CA 91105 *P9. Date Recorded: April 19, 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 #: El Solano Apartments B1. Historic Name: El Solano Apartments B2. Common Name: Same B3. Original Use: Multiple-family Residence B4. Present Use: Multiple-family Residence *B5. Architectural Style: Mission/Spanish Colonial Revival *B6. Construction History: (Construction date, alterations, and date of alterations): April 1, 1931. Four family flats. January 10, 1941. Reroof 901and 901B Lacy. June 9, 1949. Convert garage into apartment (901B). May 12, 1986. Reroof. August 10, 1988. Reroof. March 2, 1995. Remove existing stairs and balconies and rebuild same, replace wood siding and replace/repair wood trim. Repair walls and ceiling in kitchen (901). Note: Permit apparently refers to 901B at rear of property which has wood stairs and balcony that appear to be non-original. *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: Multiple-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 El Solano Apartments are a representative example of Spanish Colonial Revival styled multi-family building from the 1920s and 1930s. They are also notable as contributors to a cluster of Spanish styled apartments located on the eastern edge of the French Park Historic District. Constructed in 1931, the building was originally owned by Mrs. Susana Harold and cost $17,000 to build. According to previous research, initial tenants were Kenneth Ranney, a chemist with Excelsior Creamery, and his wife Olive; stenographer Lottie Cox; Gardner King, salesman, and his wife Marion; General Pertroleum Corporation salesman Frank and Tessie Casey; and Elmer Rains, an employee with the Bob Flippen Garage (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 19, 2002 DPR 523B (1/95) *Required information Sketch Map (This space reserved for official comments.) El Solano Apartments 901-903 North Lacy Street State of California  The Resources Agency Primary # _____________________________________________ DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # ________________________________________________ CONTINUATION SHEET Trinomial _____________________________________________ Page 3_ of 4_ Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder) El Solano Apartments *Recorded by Leslie J. Heumann, Peter C. Moruzzi, SAIC *Date April 19, 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 El Solano Apartments were listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1999 as contributors to the French Park Historic District. They are therefore listed in the California Register of Historical Resources and are located within the boundaries of the locally designated historic district. They also qualify for listing in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Property under Criterion 1 as a representative example of the Spanish Colonial Revival style as applied to a multiple-family residence in the 1930s. Additionally, the apartments have been categorized as “Key” for their distinctive architectural quality, and because they contribute to the overall character and history of this section of French Park as important elements of a cluster of similar Spanish Colonial Revival apartment buildings. Characteristic Spanish Colonial Revival features include the use of stucco and tile, the asymmetrical arrangement of architectural details, and the incorporation of elements such as arches, tiled steps, decorative chimneys, wrought iron and pierced stucco grilles. Character-defining exterior features of the El Solano Apartments that should be preserved include, but may not be limited to: materials (wood, tile, wrought iron) and finishes (stucco); roof configuration and detailing; windows; and architectural details such as roof tiles, original doors, and carved brackets. *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. State of California  The Resources Agency Primary # _____________________________________________ DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # ________________________________________________ CONTINUATION SHEET Trinomial _____________________________________________ Page 4_ of 4_ Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder) El Solano Apartments *Recorded by Leslie J. Heumann, Peter C. Moruzzi, SAIC *Date April 19, 2002 ⌧ Continuation Update DPR 523L (901B North Lacy. Garage conversion at rear of property)