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HomeMy WebLinkAbout020517_Template-TurnerHouse_908NGarfield.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) Turner House P1. Other Identifier: *P2. Location: Not for Publication Unrestricted *a. County Orange County *b. USGS 7.5’ Quad TCA 1725 Date: *c. Address 908 North Garfield Street City Santa Ana Zip 92701 *e. Other Locational Data: Assessor’s Parcel Number 398-032-10 TR 124 Lot Block A NLY 48 Ft SLY 98 Ft ELY 100 Ft of Block *P3a. Description: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries.) This relatively unadorned, symmetrical, one-story Spanish Colonial Revival house from 1922 is distinguished only by its window treatments and entrance. Finished in smooth stucco, the flat-roofed building is three bays wide, with a raised central bay containing a recessed, arched entrance. Pairs of vertically placed diamonds are incised into the stucco on either side of the doorway above small, wrought iron porch lamps. Flanking the entrance north and south are tripartite windows composed of fixed center glazing with double-hung sash sidelights. The top half of each window has narrow square and rectangular lights surrounding a larger center pane. A concrete path leads to red brick porch steps bordered by low, stepped stairwalls. A smoothly stuccoed end-wall chimney is attached to the south elevation. The house appears original except for a metal canopy added to a south elevation entry and the probable removing of red clay tile coping at the roofline. *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 May 2002 *P6. Date Constructed/Age and Sources: historic 1922/ Source: City of Santa Ana building permits. *P7. Owner and Address: Ramiero T. Gonzales 908 Garfield 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: May 17, 2002 *P10. Survey Type: Intensive Survey Update *P11. Report Citation: (Cite survey report and other sources, or enter “none”) 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 #: Turner House B1. Historic Name: Turner House B2. Common Name: Same B3. Original Use: Single-family Residence B4. Present Use: Single-family Residence *B5. Architectural Style: Mission/Spanish Colonial Revival *B6. Construction History: (Construction date, alterations, and date of alterations): November, 1922. Residence and garage. October 16, 1939. Reroof. June 5, 1973. Add storage, bath to garage and extend garage. *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 Turner House is a representative example of a small Spanish Colonial Revival house from the 1920s. It is also important as a contributor to the French Park Historic District. The building permit indicates that “Jiles & Son” were the original owners, with the improvement valued at $3500. The same owners built the Colonial Revival house adjacent to the north (912 North Garfield Street) at the same time for the same cost. According to the previous research, this house was built for Ashby and Josephine Turner. Mr. Turner was a broker in real estate and investments with an office in the Spurgeon Building in downtown Santa Ana. James and Phrona Alexander were residents in the 1930s (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: May 17, 2002 DPR 523B (1/95) *Required information Sketch Map (This space reserved for official comments.) Turner House 908 North Garfield 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) Turner House *Recorded by Leslie J. Heumann, Peter C. Moruzzi, SAIC *Date May 17, 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 Turner 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 an intact and representative example of a characteristic type of Spanish Colonial Revival residence from the 1920s. Additionally, the house has been categorized as “Contributive” because it “contributes to the overall character and history” of French Park through its style and type, is a “good example” of a small Spanish Colonial Revival house, and “has not been substantially altered.” Characteristic Spanish Colonial Revival features include smooth stucco finish, recessed arched entrance, and wrought iron porch lamps. Character-defining exterior features of the Turner House that should be preserved include, but may not be limited to: materials (wood) and finishes (stucco); roof configuration; massing; windows; and entrance details. *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.