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008 <br /> <br />SIGNIFICANCE <br />Period <br /> prehistoric <br /> 1#00-1499 <br /> I§00-1599 <br /> 1600-1699 <br /> 1700-1799 <br /> × 1800-1899 <br /> ~ 1900~ <br /> <br />Areas of Significance <br /> archeology-prehistoric <br /> archeology-historic <br /> agriculture <br /> x architecture <br /> art <br /> commerce <br /> communications <br /> community planning <br /> conservation <br /> economics <br /> education <br /> × exploration/settLement <br /> industry <br /> invention <br /> <br />- Check and justify below <br /> landscape architecture <br /> law <br /> literature <br /> military <br /> music <br /> philosophy <br /> politics/government <br /> religion <br /> science <br /> sculpture' <br /> social/humanitarian <br /> theater <br /> transportation <br /> other (specify) <br /> <br />Specific dates: Mid-1880' s Construe- BuUder/Architect': <br /> Cion <br />Statement of 'Significance (in one paragraph): <br /> <br />Unkno~-n <br /> <br />Significance: <br /> The primary significance of the Spencer House is its role as one of the few remain- <br />ing examples of the Victorian cottages that were built in Santa Anaduring the <br />and 90's. It is a good example of the 0ueen Anne/Eastlatre style of architecture and <br />retains its integrity of design,workmaaship~ feeling and association. So few of these <br />cottages have survived in our county: therefore each one is a valuable example of <br />our early architecture <br /> Although we do not have the name of an owner before I899, the Spencer House <br />shows distinct evidence of being built in the mid-lg~0's. The wide shipiap siding, <br />narrow double-hung windows)bargeboard decoration, turned porch posts and carv- <br />ed brackets, square bay window, and cut corners and tea. rdrops above the slanted <br />bay window on the side, are all typical of lS80's cottage design <br /> [sa.ac Van Cleave a local barber, his wife~ and their daughter, Lena. are listed as <br />living in the house tn i$99. From 1905 until 1915 the Morro,, family owned the house <br />J. G. and Josie Morrow lived there in [905. J. G. was the secretary, at the Main Depart- <br />ment Store Two years later Jim Morrow and his wife, Sarah, and Jim Jr. had moved <br />in Jim Sr wa.q a merchant and a tailor and Jim Jr ,:,-as an emoioyee of the Commer- <br />cial National Bank. In igl0 Jacob went'to work for Yanderm~t's Clothing Store, one <br />of Santa Ann's most prominent local establishments <br /> George and Elizabeth Zinn, a retired couple,occupied the house for a short time in <br />1918. Jack ,md Marie Wendel moved in in 1920. He was a manufacturer of cement <br />bric~. Willaim and Elizabeth Dicks0n lived there during 1921 and i922. He was a pat- <br />ternmaker by trade <br /> In 1922 the family of the couple that presently own the house purchased it. Vinton <br />and Jewel Hinkle lived there for over thirty years. Vinton was a foreman for the <br />Southern Counties Gas Company. Their son, Leroy Hinl~le~ also lived in the house for <br />many years. He worked for various ibcal restaurants and for Western Union. The <br />current owners of the house are the Spencers. Her uncle was the last occupant of <br />the cottage. The land is being sold and a new location must be found for the house. <br /> The Spencer House is a good example of Queen Anne/Eastlake architecture.is one <br />of the last surviving examples of this popular cottage style in Santa Aaa~ and will <br />provide a valuable contribution to the historic streetscape of Lacy Street. <br /> <br />EXHIBIT A Page 4 of 7 <br /> <br /> <br />