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HomeMy WebLinkAbout020614_Template-AdkinsonHouse_916NGarfield.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) Adkinson House P1. Other Identifier: *P2. Location: Not for Publication Unrestricted *a. County Orange County *b. USGS 7.5’ Quad TCA 1725 Date: *c. Address 916 North Garfield Street City Santa Ana Zip 92701 e. Other Locational Data: Assessor’s Parcel Number 398-032-12 TR 124 Lot Block: A NLY 50 ft SLY 200 ft E 100 ft of Block *P3a. Description: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries.) An intersecting front and side-gabled roof, incorporating an offset front gable projecting over an attached porch and double side-gables, caps this Craftsman bungalow. The house is one of four adjacent, one-story houses built in 1922, all at the same cost and by the same owner, yet in three distinct styles: Colonial Revival (904 and 912 North Garfield Street), Spanish Colonial Revival (908 North Garfield Street), and Craftsman. Exposed beam-ends and rafter tails characterize the broad eaves. Narrow clapboard covers the exterior. Windows, doors, and gable vents have slightly extended headers in the Craftsman manner. A tripartite window south of the entrance consists of a center fixed window with narrow, double-hung sidelights. Most other windows are also double-hung sash. The upper sash of all of these windows are outlined by narrow panes of glass, with square panes in the corners. The front door is flanked with sidelights with five lights each. Red brick pedestals with concrete caps and tapered and paneled wood piers support the porch roof beam, which peaks at the center. There is no porch railing. The porch floor, entrance (See Continuation Sheet 3 of 3.) *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: *P8. Recorded by: Leslie J. Heumann, Peter C. Moruzzi SAIC 35 S. Raymond Ave. # 204 Pasadena, CA 91105 *P9. Date Recorded: June 14, 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 #: Adkinson House B1. Historic Name: Adkinson House B2. Common Name: Same B3. Original Use: Single-family Residence B4. Present Use: Single-family Residence *B5. Architectural Style: Bungalow/Craftsman *B6. Construction History: (Construction date, alterations, and date of alterations): November, 1922. Residence and garage. March 13, 1953. Reroof residence. *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 Adkinson House is architecturally significant as a representative example of a small Craftsman bungalow from the first decades of the twentieth century. It is also important as a contributor to the French Park Historic District. Per city records, Jiles and Son were the original owners, who most likely sold the completed house to Russell and Pauline Adkinson. Previous research indicates that the Adkinson’s owned the Collins Nursery on North Main Street. Harry and Laura Siemonsa resided in the house by 1933. Mr. Siemonsa was the service manager for the J. MacMullen Chevrolet dealership at 120 West First Street (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: June 14, 2002 DPR 523B (1/95) *Required information (This space reserved for official comments.) Sketch Map Adkinson House 916 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) Adkinson House *Recorded by Leslie J. Heumann, Peter C. Moruzzi, SAIC *Date June 14, 2002 ⌧ Continuation Update DPR 523L *P3a. Description (continued): steps, and center path are all concrete. Another side-gable at the rear (west) of the house shelters a south entrance fronted by concrete steps. A small front yard borders the center path, sidewalk, and south driveway. Obvious alterations include the metal security door and some window screens. Also, the battered pier at the south end of the porch is visibly tilting. Other than the noted changes, the house appears original and in good condition. *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 Adkinson 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 representative of the distinguishing characteristics of the late Craftsman style from the 1920s. Additionally, the house has been categorized as “Contributive” because it “contributes to the overall character and history” of the French Park neighborhood through its style and type, is a “good example” of the late Craftsman style and “has not been substantially altered.” Characteristic Craftsman features include the intersecting front and side-gabled roof with exposed beams, rafter tails and broad eaves, attached porch with battered piers, window and door treatments, and massing. Character-defining exterior features of the Adkinson House that should be preserved include, but may not be limited to: materials (wood) and finishes (siding); roof configuration; massing; porch; windows and window surrounds; and architectural details such as beam ends and rafter tails. *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.