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HomeMy WebLinkAbout020911_Template-CWWestHouse_212EChestnut.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 _4_ Resource name(s) or number (assigned by recorder) C. W. West House P1. Other Identifier: *P2. Location: Not for Publication Unrestricted *a. County Orange County *b. USGS 7.5’ Quad TCA 2555 Date: *c. Address 212 East Chestnut Avenue City Santa Ana Zip 92701 *e. Other Locational Data: Assessor’s Parcel Number: 404-042-03; Rouse & Lewis Sub Lot: 4 Block: 1(and N 10 Ft E 50 Ft Lot: 7 Block: 1 *P3a. Description: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries.) This two-story Queen Anne (Late Victorian) house is “L”-shaped and crowned by a medium-pitched, cross-gabled roof with shallow, boxed eaves. A denticulated frieze adorns the entablature. Wide shiplap sheathes the exterior. The primary, north- facing gable features fish-scale shingles and a lunette window in the gable face. Corner boards are capped by trios of carved brackets on all elevations. Windows are narrow, wood-framed, double-hung sash arranged singly or in pairs. Second floor windows feature raised molded lintels with dentil trim. Wood shutters flanking north elevation windows are most likely not original. A wide horizontal three-section panel of narrow diagonal and vertical strips is sandwiched between the first and second floors of the projecting north wing. Tucked between the two wings of the “L,” a recessed entrance porch is defined by turned posts that support a flat roof ringed in fish-scale shingles. Non-original latticework has been attached to the porch posts. A squared balcony with delicate, turned balusters and posts, a decorative carved frieze, and sloping shed roof cantilevers from the second floor west elevation while the east elevation lower level features a cant bay. Mature trees and shrubs enliven a front lawn traversed by a concrete path leading to the entrance. The house appears to be remarkably intact and original. *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) North and east elevations August 2002 *P6. Date Constructed/Age and Sources: historic Circa 1890/Source: Les, 1979 *P7. Owner and Address: Salvador S. Muratalla 212 E. Chestnut Avenue 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: September 11, 2002 *P10. Survey Type: Intensive Survey Update *P11. Report Citation: (Cite survey report and other sources, or enter “none”) Les, Kathleen. “Historic Resources Inventory, Southeast Quad”, September 1979. *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 4 *NRHP Status Code_3S_________________________ *Resource Name or #: C. W. West House B1. Historic Name: C. W. West House B2. Common Name: Gaebe House B3. Original Use: Single-family Residence B4. Present Use: Single-family Residence *B5. Architectural Style: Queen Anne (Late Victorian) *B6. Construction History: (Construction date, alterations, and date of alterations): Constructed circa 1890. June 1, 1933. Alterations. July 25, 1939. Repairs and alterations to residence. December 18, 1951. Reroof residence for E. F. Gaebe. July 7, 1988. Demolish unpermitted shed. *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: 1873-1931 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 C. W. West House is architecturally significant as an outstanding example of the Queen Anne (Late Victorian) style. Constructed circa 1890, it is also notable as one of the surviving nineteenth century houses in the Eastside neighborhood. Research indicates that by 1901 the house was owned by the West family, including Captain John West, Charles W. West and his wife,and Miss Nellie West . Charles W. West was a joint proprietor with Edwin Waffle of a livery business called Waffle and West. Mr. Waffle was the husband of Dr. Willella Howe-Waffle, Orange County’s first woman doctor (Les, 1979). Following changes of residents in 1905 and 1910, the house was occupied in 1915 by Edward F. Gaebe, a pipe fitter, mechanic, and foreman at Holly Sugar, and his family. The Gaebes remained at this address until 1963. (See Continuation Sheet 3 of 4.) 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 4 of 4.) B13. Remarks: *B14. Evaluator: Leslie J. Heumann *Date of Evaluation: September 11, 2002 DPR 523B (1/95) *Required information Sketch Map (This space reserved for official comments.) C. W. West House 212 E. Chestnut Avenue 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) C. W. West House *Recorded by Leslie J. Heumann, Peter C. Moruzzi, SAIC *Date September 11, 2002 ⌧ Continuation Update DPR 523L *B10. Significance (continued): Located in the southeast section of the City of Santa Ana, the Eastside neighborhood is bounded by First Street on the north, McFadden Avenue on the south, Standard Avenue on the east and Main Street on the west. Situated south of the tract purchased by William Spurgeon in 1869 and recorded as original town of Santa Ana in 1870, the neighborhood’s beginnings date to the same period. In 1868, Nelson O. Stafford and Columbus Tustin, both from Petaluma, California, purchased 1359 acres of the Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana south of what would become First Street. The following year, the two men split the property, with Mr. Tustin obtaining 703 acres of the eastern portion upon which he founded the town of Tustin in 1870. Stafford’s western acreage, thereafter called the Stafford Tract, lay south of First Street, east of Main Street, and north of McFadden Street, the area now known as Eastside. After selling a portion of this property, Nelson Stafford settled on his land in 1873, building a large house for his young wife and their children. Stafford died in 1878, and his widow, Amanda, opened the house to boarders, one of whom was Robert James Blee, formerly of Pennsylvania. In 1880, Blee bought 36 acres of land at the corner of First and Main Streets from Mrs. Stafford, including the Stafford residence. Blee married Amanda Stafford in 1882. Monroe David Halladay was another pioneer who made a significant contribution to the development of the Eastside neighborhood. Halladay came from Michigan to Santa Ana in 1876 for health reasons and purchased 20 acres from Nelson Stafford. Halladay built his first home in 1877 on East First Street, surveying and selling a few lots of his property but never platting it. In 1887, Chestnut, Pine, and Walnut Streets were laid out on his land; then, in 1888, Halladay sold ten acres of the property. On his remaining ten acres he grew raisins, walnuts, and apples. Also in 1888, Halladay built and occupied the magnificent Stick/Eastlake (Late Victorian) house that still stands on the southwest corner of East Chestnut and Halladay Streets. An 1887 map of Santa Ana, drawn a year after Santa Ana’s incorporation as a city, documents the early growth of the neighborhood, with house-sized lots lining both sides of Cypress Street and the west side of Orange Avenue between First and Chestnut Streets as well Walnut, Pine, and Chestnut Streets between Maple and Hickory Streets. The remainder of the Eastside area was divided into large parcels owned by Blee, Halladay, his elder brother, banker Daniel Halladay, and others. Maps drawn in 1898 and 1913 reveal that the neighborhood had expanded to south, with additional subdivisions along Cypress and Orange platted during this period. As a result of this pattern of development, the northwestern section of the neighborhood was improved with homes in the Victorian era Queen Anne and Eastlake styles. Colonial Revival turn-of- the-century residences and later Craftsman bungalows followed along in south west portion of the neighborhood. The southeastern section of the neighborhood was the last portion to be subdivided and was initially developed in the years between the World Wars, with the Craftsman, Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, and Spanish Colonial Revival styles predominating. Post World War II construction consumed the remaining unimproved land. Despite unsympathetic infill, dating primarily to the last quarter of the twentieth century, and inappropriate alterations, the Eastside neighborhood retains numerous intact examples of residences from the significant period of its development which occurred between 1873, when Stafford built his house (no longer extant), and 1931, when construction tapered off as a result of the Great Depression. The C. W. West House was constructed during the post 1880s boom period, when Queen Anne architecture was all the rage, and is an excellent Santa Ana example of the genre. The C. W. West House appears eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places and in the California Register of Historical Resources. It also qualifies for listing in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Property under Criterion 1 as an intact and representative example of the distinguishing characteristics of a Queen Anne (Late Victorian) residence of the late nineteenth century. Additionally, the house has been categorized as “Landmark” for its unique architectural significance as a Queen Anne (Late Victorian) residence. Typical of the style are the tall and narrow proportions of the house and its windows and doors; the steeply pitched complex roofline; the multiplicity of finishes and applied decorative elements; and the incorporation of bays, porches, and balconies into the overall massing. All original exterior features of the C. W. West House are considered character defining and should be preserved. These features include, but may not be limited to: sheathing (shiplap and fish-scale); roof configuration; massing; porches, balconies, and bays; windows and doors (where extant); and architectural details such as carved brackets, dentils, and turned posts and balusters. 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) C. W. West House *Recorded by Leslie J. Heumann, Peter C. Moruzzi, SAIC *Date September 11, 2002 ⌧ Continuation Update DPR 523L *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. Armor, Samuel, editor. History of Orange County, California. Los Angeles: Historic Record Company, 1911. W.P.A. Research Project #3105, Orange County California Biographies. Santa Ana: Board of Education, 1937. Pioneer Memories of the Santa Ana Valley, Vol. V: Amanda Jane Harmon, Pioneer 1849-1940. Santa Ana City Directory, 1901. Orange County Directory, 1905.