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State of California  The Resources Agency Primary # _____________________________________________ DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # ________________________________________________ CONTINUATION SHEET Trinomial _____________________________________________ Page 3_ of 5_Resource Name: Worswick House *Recorded by Andrea Dumovich Heywood *Date June 4, 2025  Continuation  Update DPR 523L *P3a. Description (continued): Fenestration throughout the property primarily includes wood-frame, multi-light windows and doors, with the exception of a non-original partially glazed wood door with metal window frames at the rear (west) façade. Window operation consists of casement, hung, and awning types. Hung style windows throughout the residence primarily have a four-over-one style muntin pattern (Figure 4). The property contains a one-car, detached garage at the site’s southeast corner (Figure 5). A parapet roof clad in clay tile coping wraps around the entire building, concealing the flat, built-up roof. The roof has no extended eaves. The exterior is clad in a smooth, 30/30 sand stucco finish to match the main residence. At the west (primary) façade, the garage has a pair of wooden French doors with divided lights and colorful tile trim. A single, vinyl slider window is located at the garage’s north (side) façade. Additional architectural features include an arched decorative alter below the primary front-facing gable at the primary (west) façade, stucco-clad chimney and open patio with a partial wood trellis at the south (side) façade, two asphalt-clad shed roofs and concrete porch steps at the rear (east) façade, clay tile walkway between the sidewalk and the porch steps of the main building entrance, and clay tiles at the south patio (Figure 6 and Figure 7). The property is landscaped with a synthetic front lawn, low shrubs, palm trees and a fruit tree. *B10. Significance (continued): In 1924, A L Olinger moved into the subject property and is listed in city directories as the occupant through 1926. In 1927, city directories list H W Sweasy as the primary occupant and OCA note Mrs. Mason Yould also lived there that same year and through 1929. In 1928, the Worswicks sold to Ruth Marr Gay. In 1930, C E Terry is listed as another occupant in City Directories. In 1933, the tenant is noted as C I Reagan in city directories and as Donald Wolfe Massie in the OCA. From circa 1935 - 1937, E B Kruger resided at the property. In 1939, Gay sold the property to Jennie U. and Bert C. Lowen. By circa 1940, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph W DeForest, grain dealer, occupied the residence. In 1943, the Lowens sold to Thomas W. and Lucile S. Patterson, and the Patternsons sold to Joseph M. and Harry S. Burman that same year. The Burmans continued to make several land transactions amongst various Burman family members in 1943. According to OCA, in 1944 Harry Burman sold his company “A-1 Cleaners and Laundry” to his wife Ann Burman and her two brothers. At the time, A-1 Cleaners had four downtown Santa Ana locations and a production plant at Stafford and Santiago. Following the sale, Harry Burman purchased from Robert Ramsey the Dixie Castle nightclub, which was located then on Highway 101 (today known as the I-5 Freeway). In 1945, Mrs. Ann Burman is noted as the property owner in city directories. In 1945, Ann Burman and Michael Gole (partial interest owner) sold to Fred N. and Hazel R. Warren. Fred Warren, wallpaper hanger, resided at the subject property through 1947. The Warrens sold the property in 1947 to Oscar and Clara Stevens. Oscar Steven is noted as the property owner through 1968. Building occupants included Archie M. Monson, in 1959, and John J. Strizel in 1967. Stevens died in 1968 and the lot was purchased by Jean Nossum in 1972. In 1975, Nossum sold to Curtis J. and Barbara S. Reynolds, who then sold to Steven A. and Christine M. Emmons in 1978. City directories were unavailable for the years 1963-1978. By 1983, the Emmons sold to Douglas K. and Betty J. Pinnecker who then sold to Monica M. Marchman in 1988. One year later, Marchman sold to Paul A. Pereira and Deborah L. Poole. The house went into default and by 1995, the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. sold to Alan Lee, who then sold the property to an investment company in 1998. In 1998, Ramiro and Olga Vernonica Tavares owned the property and from 1999-2003 it was owned by Raul Ramirez (later jointly owned with Michael Davis). In 2003, Deborah Ann Capalety purchased the property (later known as the Robert and Deborah Ann Capalety Trust), who remained the owner until 2022, when it was purchased by current owners Robert James and Alma Cristina Manson. No other information was uncovered. The Worswick House is located in Washington Square, a neighborhood located northwest of the city center bounded by West Seventeenth Street on the north, West Civic Center Drive on the south, North Flower Street on the east, and North Bristol Street on the west. Most of this area was owned by the family of Jacob Ross, who had purchased portions of the Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana in 1868 and 1869. Walnuts and other crops were grown in the area during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, with a few farmhouses, most notably the Ross-McNeal House at 1020 North Baker Street, dotting the landscape. By 1905, Baker and Towner were the only streets in the neighborhood, which extended from Hickey (now Civic Center) only as far as Washington and which contained only about a dozen homes. The status quo had not changed much by 1915, when a brick yard was located at the northern terminus of Olive Street at Hickey. In 1925, the beginning of the development that would convert this largely agricultural area into a middle class neighborhood of single-family homes over the next 25 years had begun. In the late 1920s and early 1930s, the Tudor Revival and Spanish Colonial Revival homes were the standard, with American Colonial Revival saltboxes and ranch style homes favored in the years before and after World War II. During the 1930s, many of the homes were built by local contractor Emmett Rogers, who sold lots and built homes according to standard plans, which individual property owners could customize to their tastes ("Washington Square: A Neighborhood of Pride," Washington Square Neighborhood Association). With the return of servicemen following the war and the accompanying demand for homes in southern California, the development of Washington Square was all but completed. Historic Resources Commission 73 6/4/2025