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<br />Page -.L of -.L Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder) Nail House
<br />'Recorded by Leslie J. Heumann 'Date July 5, 2005 [8] Continuation 0 Update
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<br />University of Southern California College of Dentistry. His practice in Santa Ana spanned 35 years, and was shared in later
<br />years with his son, Hubert H. Nail, also a dentist. Nail, Senior, passed away in 1962, by which time the family had long since
<br />left the house on Olive Street.
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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 selection
<br />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 Matzen 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 II. 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 following
<br />the war and the accompanying demand for homes in southern California, the development of Washington Square was all but
<br />completed.
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<br />The Nail House qualifies for listing in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Property under Criterion 3 for its exemplification of
<br />the distinguishing characteristics of one of the popular revival styles of the 1920s and 1930s, the English Revival. Typical
<br />features of this style illustrated by the house include its gabled roof configuration, U-shaped fa9ade, and incorporation of
<br />arched openings. The house also contributes to the historic character of the Washington Square neighborhood through its
<br />age, style, and scale. Additionally, the house has been categorized as "Contributive" because it "contributes to the overall
<br />character and history" of Washington Square, and, as an intact and representative example of the English Revival, "is a good
<br />example of period architecture." Character-defining exterior features of the Nail House that should be preserved, include, but
<br />may not be limited to: materials and finishes (stucco); roof configuration and detailing; massing; original windows and doors;
<br />patio; chimney; architectural details such as the attic vents, entry lantern, and patio wall; and garage.
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<br />*812. References (continued):
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<br />Harris, Cyril M. American Architecture: An Illustrated EncvcloDedia. 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 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 />'Washington Square: A Neighborhood with Pride." Washington Square Neighborhood Association, no date.
<br />Santa Ana and Orange County Directories, 1924-1935.
<br />"Dr. Nail, Pioneer Santa Ana Dentist, Dies." The Reaister. October 24, 1962.
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