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<br />Page ...L of...L Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder) Sanborn House
<br />*Recorded by Leslie J. Heumann, SAIC *Date August 29, 2003 1RI Continuation 0 Update
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<br />*810. Significance (continued):
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<br />Santa Ana was founded by William Spurgeon in 1869 as a speculative town site on part of the Spanish land grant known as
<br />Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana. The civic and commercial core of the community was centered around the intersection of
<br />Main and Fourth Streets. Stimulated by the arrival of the Santa Fe Railroad and incorporation as a city in 1886, and
<br />selection as the seat of the newly created County of Orange in 1889, the city grew outwards, with residential neighborhoods
<br />developing to the north, south, and east of the city center. Agricultural uses predominated in the outlying areas, with
<br />cultivated fields and orchards dotted with widely scattered farmhouses.
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<br />The Sanborn House is located in Washington Square, a neighborhood located northwest of the city center bounded by West
<br />Seventeenth Street on the north, West Civic Center Drive on the south, North Flower Street on the east, and North Bristol
<br />Street on the west. Most of this area was owned by the family of Jacob Ross, who had purchased portions of the Rancho
<br />Santiago de Santa Ana in 1868 and 1869. Walnuts and other crops were grown in the area during the late nineteenth and
<br />early twentieth centuries, with a few farmhouses, most notably the Ross-McNeal House at 1020 North Baker Street, dotting
<br />the landscape. By 1905, Baker and Towner were the only streets in the neighborhood, which extended from Hickey (now
<br />Civic Center) only as far as Washington and which contained only about a dozen homes. The status quo had not changed
<br />much by 1915, when a brick yard was located at the northern terminus of Olive Street at Hickey. In 1925, the beginning of
<br />the development that would convert this largely agricultural area into a middle class neighborhood of single-family homes
<br />over the next 25 years had begun. In the late 1920s and early 1930s, the Tudor Revival and Spanish Colonial Revival
<br />homes were the standard, with American Colonial Revival saltboxes and ranch style homes favored in the years before and
<br />after World War /I. During the 1930s, many of the homes were built by local contractor Emmett Rogers, who sold lots and
<br />built homes according to standard plans, which individual property owners could customize to their tastes ("Washington
<br />Square: A Neighborhood of Pride, " Washington Square Neighborhood Association). With the return of servicemen
<br />following the war and the accompanying demand for homes in southern California, the development of Washington Square
<br />was all but completed.
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<br />The Sanbom House qualifies for listing in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties under Criterion 1, as a building
<br />with the "distinguishing characteristics of an architectural style or period." The distinguishing features of Colonial Revival
<br />houses of the period just prior to World War /I include symmetrical or highly regular facades, side-gabled roofs, often with
<br />dormers, shuttered double-hung sash windows, classically enframed entries, and a materials palette of clapboard, wood and
<br />brick, often rendered in the colors of white, dark green and brick red. Additionally, the house has been categorized as
<br />"Contributive" because it "contributes to the overall character and history" of the Washington Square neighborhood and is a
<br />"good example of period architecture" as a highly intact example of a Colonial Revival home from the pre World War /I
<br />period. Character defining exterior features of the Sanborn House that should be preserved include, but may not be limited
<br />to: materials and finishes (wood, clapboard, brick); roof configuration and treatment; massing and composition; doors and
<br />windows; front stoop; garage; architectural detailing (window surrounds, shutters); and chimney.
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<br />*812. References (continued):
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<br />Harris, Cyril M. American Architecture: An /IIustrated EncvcloDedia. New York, WW Norton, 1998.
<br />Marsh, Diann. Santa Ana. An /IIustrated Historv. 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 Branch, National Park Service, US Dept. of the Interior, 1991.
<br />Office of Historic Preservation. "Instructions for Recording Historical Resources." Sacramento: March 1995.
<br />Santa Ana and Orange County Directories, 1905-1945.
<br />"Washington Square: A Neighborhood with Pride." Washington Square Neighborhood Association, no date.
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