|
State of California The Resources Agency Primary # _____________________________________________
<br />DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # ________________________________________________
<br />CONTINUATION SHEET Trinomial _____________________________________________
<br />Page 3_ of 3_ Resource Name: Eisen-Hofheins House
<br />*Recorded by Pedro Gomez *Date May 13, 2021 Continuation Update
<br />DPR 523L
<br />*B10. Significance (continued):
<br />
<br />Since the second half of the twentieth century, the neighborhood in which the Eisen-Hofheins House is located has been
<br />known as West Floral Park. Bounded by Santiago Creek on the north, West Seventeenth Street on the south, North Flower
<br />Street on the east and North Bristol Street on the west, this residential area largely developed after 1947. Prior to that time,
<br />the area was primarily agricultural, and other than Flower Street, which was improved with houses during the 1920s and
<br />1930s, contained only a handful of residences on Baker and Bristol Streets, the City Water Works pumping plant at 2315
<br />North Bristol Street, and the Animal Shelter and City/County Pound at 2321 North Bristol Street. Between 1947 and 1950,
<br />around two dozen homes were constructed on Baker, Olive, Towner, and Westwood Streets. Construction boomed
<br />throughout the neighborhood during the 1950s, with the California Ranch emerging as the favored residential style.
<br />
<br />The Eisen-Hofheins House qualifies for listing in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties under Criterion 1 for
<br />embodiment of the distinguishing characteristics of the Ranch House style, in particular the picturesque, “dovecote” variant of
<br />the Ranch style. The recommended categorization is “Contributive” because it contributes to the overall character and history
<br />of West Floral Park and is a good example of Ranch style architecture (Santa Ana Municipal Code, Section 30-2.2).
<br />Character-defining features of the Eisen-Hofheins House include, but may not be limited to: materials and finishes (stucco,
<br />horizontal wood board lapped siding, and board-and-batten siding); moderately pitched, front- and side-gabled roof design;
<br />wide open eaves with exposed rafters; decorative pointed eave extensions and dovecote; and fenestration (diamond- and
<br />multi-pane hung, paired, and picture windows where extant); and architectural detailing.
<br />
<br />*B12. References (continued):
<br />
<br />Ancestry.com. California, Death Index, 1940-1997 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.
<br />Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002.
<br />Harris, Cyril M. American Architecture: An Illustrated Encyclopedia. New York, WW Norton, 1998.
<br />Marsh, Diann. Santa Ana, An Illustrated History. Encinitas, Heritage Publishing, 1994.
<br />McAlester, Virginia and Lee. A Field Guide to American Houses. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1984.
<br />National Register Bulletin 16A. “How to Complete the National Register Registration Form.” Washington DC: National
<br />Register
<br /> Newspapers.com (Santa Ana Register)
<br />Branch, National Park Service, US Dept. of the Interior, 1991.
<br />Office of Historic Preservation. “Instructions for Recording Historical Resources.” Sacramento: March 1995.
<br />Whiffen, Marcus. American Architecture Since 1780. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1969.
<br />Santa Ana and Orange County Directories, 1920-1979.
<br />
|