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HomeMy WebLinkAbout020917_Template-GrayHouse_402EPine.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) Gray House P1. Other Identifier: *P2. Location: Not for Publication Unrestricted *a. County Orange County *b. USGS 7.5’ Quad Date: *c. Address 402 East Pine Street City Santa Ana Zip 92701 *e. Other Locational Data: Assessor’s Parcel Number 404-085-05; Porter Spurgeon & Blees Add Block: F Lot: 6 *P3a. Description: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries.) A hipped and cross-gabled roof with shallow boxed eaves crowns this one-story Queen Anne (Late Victorian) cottage. This nearly square house features a prominent wraparound porch oriented to the southeast corner of Pine and Maple Streets. Narrow clapboard edged with corner boards sheathes the exterior, except for the gable faces, which have saw tooth- patterned cladding. The north-facing cant bay with gabled roof located east of the entrance is ornately trimmed with jig-sawn bargeboards, carved corner brackets, a pendant, and a fixed center window with leaded glass transom. Most other windows are narrow, double-hung sash. Square, paneled pedestals topped by columns with block capitals support the projecting porch roof that curves around the cottage’s northwest corner. Porch embellishments include turned balusters, carved brackets, and a spindle and peg frieze. The porch roof covers a west-facing squared bay with elongated windows. Wooden steps lead to the entry on the north elevation; to the west, the wooden foundation skirting is pierced by panels decorated in a circular jig-sawn pattern. A non-original but appropriately styled wrought iron fence surrounds the property. Mature trees provide shade. Other than a rear entrance which appears to have been added or modified, the house appears original and in excellent condition. *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 west elevations August 2002 *P6. Date Constructed/Age and Sources: historic 1897 / Source: Les, 1979 *P7. Owner and Address: Leonard P & Emily Maldonado 402 East Pine 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”) 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 #: Gray House B1. Historic Name: Unknown B2. Common Name: Gray 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 in 1897. Note: The only building permits found are as follows: November 1923. Garage. August 15, 2000. 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: 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 Gray House is architecturally significant as an outstanding example of the decorative Queen Anne (Late Victorian) style as applied to a one-story cottage. According to previous research, Miss E. A. Gray bought the unimproved lot in 1887, and had the house constructed in 1897 (Les, 1979). The 1901 Santa Ana Directory lists W. D. Buser, a retired merchant, and his wife as residents of the house in 1901. By 1905, James and Blanche Liebig had become the owners. Mr. Liebig had a home furnishings business with interests in real estate and insurance. He invested in ranch property and became an appraiser with Orange County Trust and Savings (Les, 1979). (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 3.) 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.) Carnahan House 501 East Walnut Street 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) Gray House *Recorded by Leslie J. Heumann, Peter C. Moruzzi, SAIC *Date September 17, 2002 ⌧ Continuation Update DPR 523L *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 Gray House qualifies 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) cottage dating from the late nineteenth century. Additionally, the house has been categorized as “Landmark” for its unique architectural significance. The house demonstrates the fondness for complexity of massing and texture and the proclivity towards decorative embellishments that characterized the Queen Anne style, regardless of the size of the house. All original exterior features of the Gray House are considered character defining and should be preserved, including but not limited to: sheathing (clapboard and saw tooth); roof configuration; massing; porches and bays; windows and doors; and architectural details such as jig-sawn bargeboards and foundation skirting, corner brackets, pendant, turned posts, and frieze 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. 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. 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) Gray House *Recorded by Leslie J. Heumann, Peter C. Moruzzi, SAIC *Date September 17, 2002 ⌧ Continuation Update DPR 523L *B12. References (continued): Historic Santa Ana Home and Building Tour booklet. October 11-12, 1980. Santa Ana City Directory, 1901, 1905.