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HomeMy WebLinkAbout020918_Template-KendallHouse_311SCypress.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) Kendall House P1. Other Identifier: *P2. Location: Not for Publication Unrestricted *a. County Orange County *b. USGS 7.5’ Quad TCA 2555 Date: *c. Address 311 South Cypress Avenue City Santa Ana Zip 92701 *e. Other Locational Data: Assessor’s Parcel Number 404-095-03; BLEES 2ND ADD LOT 3 BLK F S 40 FT, AND N 15 FT LOTS 4, 5 & 6 BLK F *P3a. Description: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries.) Built in 1909, this one- and one-half story Craftsman bungalow is capped with a side-gabled roof with a wide shed dormer. Exposed beams and rafter tails project beneath deep roof overhangs. Carved triangular knee braces, wood shingles, and corbeled latticework vents characterize the gable faces on the north and south elevations. A corbeled belt course separates the upper and lower floors. Clapboard sheathes first floor exteriors. Windows are mostly one-over-one, double-hung sash with plain Craftsman surrounds, except for the dormer windows, which are narrow, fixed, and rectangular. The house rests on a raised art stone foundation. Three bays wide, the façade is spanned by a two-bay porch that extends to the north as an open pergola. The porch roof is an extension of the primary roof and is supported by a beam with notched ends carried by art stone piers topped with pairs of square wood posts. A stick and “X”-patterned railing encloses the porch space. Anchoring the north end of the pergola, the north support contains a vertical and an angled post connected by an “X” that mimics the porch balustrade. Occupying the center bay of the façade, the front entrance is flanked by sidelights, framed by (See Continuation 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) West elevation August 2002 *P6. Date Constructed/Age and Sources: historic 1909/ Source: Les, 1979. *P7. Owner and Address: Maria H. Mandujano 311 Cypress 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 18, 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_5S1__________________________ *Resource Name or #: Kendall House B1. Historic Name: Kendall 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): Constructed in 1909. December 6, 1941. Addition to convert residence into duplex. January 3, 1946. Reroof. November 10, 1947. Demolish and rebuild garage 10x21 by Reformed Presbyterian Church. September 20, 1956. Reroof. December 2, 1986. Replace sub-flooring. Return to single-family 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: 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 Kendall House is architecturally significant as a representative example of a Craftsman bungalow from the early years of the twentieth century in Santa Ana. According to previous research, the original owners of the 1909 house were Charles and Libbie Kendall. Mr. Kendall was president of the Santa Ana Hardware Company, with Mrs. Kendall serving as secretary for the firm. Mr. Kendall was president of the hardware company until his retirement in 1932. The Kendalls lived to celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary in 1952 (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 4 of 4.) B13. Remarks: *B14. Evaluator: Leslie J. Heumann *Date of Evaluation: September 18, 2002 DPR 523B (1/95) *Required information Sketch Map (This space reserved for official comments.) Kendall House 311 S. Cypress 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) Kendall House *Recorded by Leslie J. Heumann, Peter C. Moruzzi, SAIC *Date September 18, 2002 ⌧ Continuation Update DPR 523L *P3a. Description (continued): a battered surround, and contains an original wood door with six square lights placed above three vertical panels. A tripartite window is located in the north bay while a pair of double-hung sash windows overlook the porch from the south bay. Squared bays with hipped roofs and narrow side windows project from the first floor north and south elevations. Also on the south elevation, a smaller shed-roofed bay is located immediately to the west, closer to the porch. An interior brick chimney projects through the ridgeline. Landscaping consists of a front lawn bordered by a non-original metal and wood fence. Records indicate that in 1986 the house was returned to a single-family residence following conversion to a duplex in 1941. The house exterior appears 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 Kendall House 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 Craftsman residence from the first decades of the twentieth century. Additionally, the house has been categorized as “Key” for its distinctive architectural style and quality. Characteristic Craftsman elements include the horizontal massing keynoted by the roof treatment; exposed structural work seen in the roof, porch, and pergola; and the incorporation of stonework into the design. Character-defining exterior features of the Crose House that should be preserved include, but may not be limited to: sheathing (clapboard and shingles); roof configuration; massing; windows and doors; porch, pergola, and bays; and architectural details such as carved knee braces, exposed beams and rafter tails, and porch supports. 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) Kendall House *Recorded by Leslie J. Heumann, Peter C. Moruzzi, SAIC *Date September 18, 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. 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