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HomeMy WebLinkAbout020917_Template-GeorgeR.SmithHouse_702SOrange.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) George R. Smith House P1. Other Identifier: *P2. Location: Not for Publication Unrestricted *a. County Orange County *b. USGS 7.5’ Quad Date: *c. Address 702 South Orange Avenue City Santa Ana Zip 92701 *e. Other Locational Data: Assessor’s Parcel Number 011-042-13; Mortensons Add Lot: 2 (Aand N 5 Ft Lot: 4 *P3a. Description: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries.) Located on the southwest corner of South Orange Avenue and East Bishop Street, this two-story Queen Anne (Late Victorian) house with Colonial Revival features is crowned with a hipped and cross-gabled roof. Lunette vents accented by keystones, saw tooth-patterned shingles, and a denticulated frieze embellish the closed gable faces. Pairs of carved brackets decorate boxed cornices at the corners. A wide unadorned frieze circles the roofline. Narrow clapboard sheathes the exterior, with a belt course separating the first and second stories and a stringcourse marking the transition to wide shiplap siding along the raised foundation. Corner boards trim the edges. Windows are double-hung sash, arranged singly or in pairs. A red brick chimney emerges from the center of the hipped roof. On the northeast corner, recessed first and second floor porches dramatically define the house from the street. Wood steps with non-original handrails lead diagonally from a concrete path to the entrance porch. Square, paneled pedestals topped by Tuscan columns, both engaged and freestanding, support the entrance porch roof with its plain entablature and paired, carved brackets. Turned balusters with (See Continution Sheet 3 of 4.) *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) East and north elevations August 2002 *P6. Date Constructed/Age and Sources: historic Circa 1899 *P7. Owner and Address: Maria Hernandez 702 South Orange 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: September 17, 2002 *P10. Survey Type: Intensive Survey Update *P11. Report Citation: (Cite survey report and other sources, or enter “none”) None. *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_5S1_________________________ *Resource Name or #: George R. Smith House B1. Historic Name: George R. Smith House B2. Common Name: Same 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 1899. July, 1921. Clarence Jiles, owner, dwelling and garage, $2,500. November 25, 1940. Addition of bathroom to residence. April 25, 1942. Reroof. December 7, 1951. Reroof. August 6, 1987. Block wall. October 30, 1995. Reroof. *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 George R. Smith House is architecturally significant as a representative example of a late nineteenth century Queen Anne home with Colonial Revival detailing. The 1901 Santa Ana Directory lists George R. Smith, a farmer, and his wife as the residents. Around 1908 Mr. J. A. and Mrs. A. M. Ketcher were the owners. J. A. Ketcher was a fruit grower. Also living at the address in 1908 were George M. Ben, a rancher, and daughters Lizzie and Sophia. (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 3 of 4.) B13. Remarks: *B14. Evaluator: Leslie J. Heumann *Date of Evaluation: September 17, 2002 DPR 523B (1/95) *Required information Sketch Map (This space reserved for official comments.) George R. Smith House 702 South Oran e 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) George R. Smith House *Recorded by Leslie J. Heumann, Peter C. Moruzzi, SAIC *Date September 17, 2002 ⌧ Continuation Update DPR 523L *P3a. Description (continued): reverse flattened arch handrails enclose the porch and balcony spaces. By the incongruous siding, it appears that a there was an addition to the rear, west side of the building. Several vinyl sliders replace original windows on the north elevation and metal security bars cover some first floor windows on the east façade and south elevation. Building permits indicate that a detached combination garage/dwelling was completed in 1921 on the west side of the property. A non-original metal fence surrounds the property, which is landscaped with a front lawn, hedges, and several varieties of palm trees. A tall dragon lamppost, possibly salvaged from the ones discarded by the City of Puerto Vallerta in the late 1990s, stands near the entrance. Despite these alterations, the house remains mostly original and in good condition. *B10. Significance (continued): Located southeast of downtown 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 in the southwest portion of the neighborhood. The southeastern section of the neighborhood was the last portion to be subdivided and was initially developed in the 1920s, 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 George R. Smith House appears to qualify for listing in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Property under Criterion 1 as an intact and representative example of a Queen Anne (Late Victorian) home with Colonial Revival features dating from the end of the nineteenth century. Additionally, the house has been categorized as “Landmark” for its unique architectural significance. The house illustrates the “hipped roof with lower side gables” subtype of the Queen Anne style, and has been detailed in the “free classic” manner (McAlester, pages 264-265). Notable in this regard are the Tuscan porch supports, turned balusters, and Palladian influenced gable windows. All original exterior features of the George R. Smith House are considered character defining and should be preserved, including, but not limited to: sheathing (clapboard); shingling (saw tooth-patterned); roof configuration; massing; porches; windows; and architectural details such as carved brackets, Tuscan columns, turned balusters, lunettes, and belt course. 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) George R. Smith House *Recorded by Leslie J. Heumann, Peter C. Moruzzi, SAIC *Date September 17, 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. Pleasants, Mrs. J.E. History of Orange County California, Biographies, Vol. III, 1931. Santa Ana City Directory, 1901, 1908-1909.