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Page 2 of 4 <br />cm\historic\templates\Spurgeon N 621 (Thomas) <br />9/24/01 <br />CONSTRUCTION HISTORY: (Construction data, alterations, and date of alterations) <br /> <br />August 18, 1933. Alterations to residence. <br />March 2, 1953. Alteration to private garage and storeroom. <br />September 17, 1982. Repair fire damage to garage. <br />October 13, 1982. Repair fire damaged garage. <br />July 13, 1989. Restore historical residence, replace deteriorated siding, repair damaged sub-flooring, re-plaster ceiling and wall. <br /> <br />RELATED FEATURES: (Other important features such as barns, sheds, fences, prominent or unusual trees, or landscape) <br /> <br />None. <br /> <br />DESCRIPTION: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, settings, and <br />boundaries.) <br /> <br />Located on the east side of Spurgeon Street just south of East Civic Center Drive, this is a one and a half story residence in the Queen <br />Anne (Late Victorian ) style. A hipped roof with lower cross gables caps the dwelling. Narrow horizontal siding covers the body of <br />the house while the gable faces feature fishscale shingles. Two dormers, one hipped, the other gabled, emerge from the hipped roof <br />over the façade. A large front gable over the south half of the façade provides a focal point and is detailed with a rounded bargeboard <br />and open trusswork in the gable end. Two tall and narrow double-hung sash windows are centered within the gable face. Separating <br />the roof from the house below, a plain frieze and a bracketed soffit circle the house. A cant bay is located beneath the front gable <br />while a porch is recessed beneath the roof to the north. Suggesting a Colonial Revival influence, Tuscan posts and columns are set on <br />a low porch wall to enclose the porch. Within the porch space, the entry consists of a paneled and glazed door framed by panels that <br />may have been sidelights and a transom. Complemented by trees, lawn, and shrubbery, this highly intact house sits on a property <br />bordered at the sidewalk by a low cement curb. A garage also located on the property was not inspected. <br /> <br />HISTORIC HIGHLIGHTS: <br /> <br />According to previous research, this house was constructed in 1898, a date consistent with its transitional design. It was originally <br />owned by J. C. Thomas, a rancher and a director of the Santa Ana Valley Irrigation District. Now the only house remaining on this <br />block of Spurgeon, the house occupies a portion of the original 2¾-acre parcel owned by Thomas (Treasures). <br /> <br />RESOURCE ATTRIBUTES: (List attributes and codes from Appendix 4 of Instructions for Recording Historical Resources, Office <br />of Historic Preservation.) <br /> <br />HP2. Single-family Property <br /> <br />