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HomeMy WebLinkAbout020419_Template-SanbornApartments1_902NLacy.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) Sanborn Apartments 1 P1. Other Identifier: *P2. Location: Not for Publication Unrestricted *a. County Orange County *b. USGS 7.5’ Quad TCA 1725 Date: *c. Address 902-904 North Lacy Street City Santa Ana Zip 92701 *e. Other Locational Data: Assessor’s Parcel Number: 398-031-07 Santa Ana East Lot:17 Block: 84 ELY 75 ft and ELY 90ft Lots: 19/20 All in BLK: 84 *P3a. Description: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries.) This is one of three similar two-story apartment buildings in the Spanish Colonial Revival style located on adjacent lots and separated by a common driveway. (The other two buildings are located at 906-908 North Lacy Street and 419-419½ Vance Street). Flat roofed, this building is accented by red clay tile pent roofs on the east and south elevations. Original textured stucco finishes the building. Square piers with rounded clay pipe vents mark the corners, the one on the northeast battered in the manner of a buttress. A tiled hood on carved brackets shelters the first floor entrance centered in the three-bay facade. The side bays on both levels contain fixed windows flanked by three-light casements. A decorative grid of six squares is centered between the two upper openings. Most windows on the remaining elevations are paired, three-light casements. Wrapping the southeast corner of the building, an L-shaped staircase set atop an arched opening features a solid railing and leads to an upper story entrance on the south elevation. A tiled shed roof shades this entry as well as a first floor entrance further west on the south elevation. With the minor addition of a metal security door on the first floor, the building is unaltered and is in good condition. An original four-car garage, shared by all three buildings, sits directly west of 906-908 North Lacy Street. *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 east elevations March 2002 *P6. Date Constructed/Age and Sources: historic 1931/ Source: City of Santa Ana building permit. *P7. Owner and Address: Vinh and Kim Nguyen 16161 Mount Baden Powell Street Fountain Valley, CA 92708 *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 #: Sanborn Apartments 1 B1. Historic Name: Sanborn 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): June 27, 1931. Duplex. March 6, 1953. Reroof. January 7, 1993. Repair garage frames and doors. January 7, 1993. Remove three exterior stairs and balconies. September 12 1994. Replace exterior door to room under stairway, weatherproof exterior walls at rear, repair roof sheathing and post at entry porch in rear. *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 Sanborn 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 as a duplex, the building was originally owned by Laura Sanborn and cost (according to the building permit) $4,000 to build. According to previous research, initial tenants were Raoul and Ethel Collette. Mr. Collette was manager of the H. H. Hawkins Company Department Store located at 301-303 East Fourth Street. The other unit was rented by Virgil Reed, a salesman at the Santa Ana Book Store, and his wife, Evelyn (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.) Sanborn Apartments No. 1 902-904 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) Sanborn Apartments 1 *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 Sanborn 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 representative examples of the Spanish Colonial Revival style as applied to multiple-family residences 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 elements include the use of stucco and tile and the incorporation of elements such as arches, tiled steps, carved wood, and pierced stucco grilles Character-defining exterior features of the Sanborn Apartments that should be preserved include, but may not be limited to: materials (wood posts) and finishes (stucco); roof configuration and detailing; windows; and architectural details such as buttresses, stucco grilles, 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.