HomeMy WebLinkAbout020909_ExecutiveSummary-DuarteHouse_1116SCypress.pdfEXECUTIVE SUMMARY
DUARTE HOUSE
1116 South Cypress Avenue
Santa Ana, CA 92701
NAME Duarte House REF. NO.
ADDRESS 1116 South Cypress Avenue
CITY Santa Ana ZIP 92701 ORANGE COUNTY
YEAR BUILT Circa 1895 LOCAL REGISTER CATEGORY: Key
HISTORIC DISTRICT N/A NEIGHBORHOOD Eastside
NATIONAL REGISTER CRITERIA FOR EVALUATION C NATIONAL REGISTER STATUS CODE 5S1
Location: Not for Publication Unrestricted
Prehistoric Historic Both
ARCHITECTURAL STYLE: Other: Folk House (Hall-and-Parlor Variant)
Folk houses, often simply labeled “vernacular houses,” reflect nation-wide traditions of basic housing built without regard for
architectural styles and fashions. While early folk houses utilized indigenous materials, forms, and labor, the spread of the railroads
and the advent of balloon framing enabled subsequent construction to take advantage of inexpensive building materials such as mass-
produced lumber. Although the materials and the methods evolved, the forms generally did not. Simple side-gable, “Hall-and-Parlor”
houses (defined as houses that are two rooms wide and one room deep) were derived from British precedents and were adapted to the
United States by the additions of a front porch and a rear add-on. Such homes became the dominant pre- and post-railroad housing
over much of the southeastern United States and elsewhere, lasting into the 20th century. Hall-and-Parlor houses are typically one to
one and a half stories in height, side-gabled, and wood-framed, with a porch, usually shed-roofed, across all or part of the façade.
Windows are generally double-hung sash, often in the tall and narrow proportions of the Victorian era. Variations in the type involve
differing chimney placements, porch sizes, porch roof types, and shapes of the rearward extensions that enlarged the interior space.
Hall-and Parlor houses evolved into “Massed-Plan, Side-Gabled” houses, which are more than one room deep and no longer have rear
add-ons (McAlester, 94-95 and 98).
SUMMARY/CONCLUSION:
The Duarte House qualifies for listing in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Property under Criterion 1 as a rare and intact example
of a Folk House (Hall-and-Parlor variant) farmhouse from the late nineteenth century. Additionally, the house has been categorized as
“Key” for its “distinctive architectural style and quality” as a representative example of the Folk House (Hall-and-Parlor variant) style
of the late nineteenth century (Municipal Code, Section 30-2.2).
EXPLANATION OF CODES:
• National Register Criteria for Evaluation: (From Appendix 7 of Instructions for Recording Historical Resources, Office of
Historic Preservation)
C: that embody the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction, or that represent the
work of a master, or that possess high artistic values, or that represent a significant and distinguishable entity
whose components may lack individual distinction.
• National Register Status Code: (From Appendix 2 of Instructions for Recording Historical Resources, Office of Historic
Preservation)
5S1: Not eligible for the National Register but of local interest because the resource is eligible for listing under an
existing local ordinance.