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j.r State of California— The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # CONTINUATION SHEET Trinomial Page 3 of 3 Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder) Sorenson -Spielman House _- "Recorded by Hally Soboleske 'Date August 24, 2009 © Continuation ❑ Update *810. Significance (continued): Santa Ana was founded by William Spurgeon in 1869 as a speculative town site on part of the Spanish land grant known as Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana. The civic and commercial core of the community was centered around the intersection of Main and Fourth Streets. Stimulated by the arrival of the Santa Fe Railroad and incorporation as a city in 1886, and selection as the seat of the newly created County of Orange in 1889, the city grew outwards, with residential neighborhoods developing to the north, south, and east of the city center. Agricultural uses predominated in the outlying areas, with cultivated fields and orchards dotted with widely scattered farmhouses. The Sorenson -Spielman House is located in the Park Santiago neighborhood, near the present northern city limits of Santa Ana and substantially north of the original city core. The neighborhood is bounded by Santiago Creek and Park on the north, East Seventeenth Street on the south, North Lincoln Avenue on the east, North Main Street on the west, and the 1-5 freeway on the southwest. in large part, these boundaries reflect the transportation lines that were constructed towards the end of the nineteenth century and at the beginning of the twentieth century, when the Pacific Electric interurban railroad ran up Main Street,' the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe tracks followed Lincoln; and the Southern Pacific Railroad right-of-way mirrored the freeway route. This area remained primarily agricultural well into the 1920s. As of 1905, the city directories listed around twenty households on East Santa Clara, Twentieth Street, "C Street° (now North Santiago Street), North Bush Street and North Main Avenue, the only streets in the area at the time. The vast majority of the residents were ranchers. By 1911, the number of households had increased to about thirty, and Edgewood Road and Valencia Street had been partially laid out, but most residents continued to list 'rancher' or Ymit grower" as their occupation in the city directories. This pattern of land use was evident on the 1912 plat map of the City, which illustrated two small, Craftsman -era subdivisions along Bush north of Santa Clara and on Valencia and Poinsettia south of Twentieth Street, with the remaining area divided into larger agricultural parcels held by approximately forty landowners. While the area east of Santiago Street was not subdivided until after the mid-1920s, most of the present day streets west of Santiago had been laid out when the City was mapped in 1923. Ranching continued to be the most prevalent occupation in the neighborhood, but increasing numbers of professionals, small business owners, merchants, and people in service professions such as painters, electricians, and carpenters made their homes in the western half of the neighborhood during the 1920s and 1930s. The area also attracted several city and county officials, including the City Attorney (Z.B. West, Jr., 321 East Santa Clara Avenue), County Supervisor, First District (C.H. Chapman, 2315 North Santiago Street), County Surveyor (E.H. Irwin, 2407 North Santiago Street), and County Auditor (William C. Jerome, 2422 Poinsettia Street). By April 194Z when the Sanbom Company first mapped the western half of the area, most of the lots had been improved with single- family homes, many in the revival styles popular during the 1920s and 1930s. Subsequent development of the eastern half of the neighborhood and infill construction in the western half displayed the simplified ranch style that emerged following World War It. The Sorenson -Spielman House qualifies for listing in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties under Criterion 1 forits exemplification of the distinguishing characteristics of the English Revival style. Typical features of this style illustrated by the house include its massing and asymmetrical composition; steeply -pitched roof with uneven rakes and shallow eave overhangs; stucco finish; wood-Iramed tripartite windows and double -hung sash windows; and attached chimney. The home also features hipped gable roof details. Additionally, the house has been categorized as "Contributive" because it "contributes to the overall character and history" of Santa Ana, and, as an intact example of the English Revival style in the Park Santiago neighborhood, "is a good example of period architecture." Character -defining exterior features of the Sorenson -Spielman House that should be preserved include, but may not be limited to, materials and finishes (stucco finish should be restored to a smooth finish); roof configuration and detailing; original windows and doors where extant; attached chimney; architectural details such as the jerkinhead gables. *B12. References (continued): Harris, Cyril M. American Architecture: An Illustrated Encyclopedia. Now 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. Now 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 1996. Whtffen, Marcus. American Architecture Since 1780, Cambridge: MIT Press, 1969_ Orange County Plat Maps, 1912. nisioric hiups, Sonia Ana History Room, 1923, 1`J32, '1955. Santa Ana and Orange County Directories, 1926-1961. Page 4 of 4 DPR 523L 2 5A-14