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State of California—The Resources Agency Primary# <br />DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION NRI# <br />BUILDING, STRUCTURE, AND OBJECT RECORD <br />Page _2 of 3 *NRNP Status Code 5S3 <br />*Resource Name or #: Jennie Lasby Tessman House <br />131. Historic Name: Jennie Lasby Tessman House <br />132. Common Name: Same <br />133. Original Use: Single -Family Residence <br />*65. Architectural Style: Tudor Revival <br />134. Present Use: Single -Family Residence <br />*136. Construction History: (Construction date, alterations, and date of alterations): Constructed 1931 <br />May 2, 1933. Rebuild fireplace. $25. <br />May 16, 1997. Reroof residence only. <br />February 2, 2000. Reroof <br />January 4, 2001. Kitchen and bathroom remodel with two kitchen window changeouts to one large window. <br />August 7, 2009. Reroof residence and garage. Tear off wood shingles/comp & install comp. <br />*137. Moved? ■Na ❑Yes ❑Unknown Date: Original location:. <br />*138. Related Features: None. <br />B9a. Architect: Unknown b. Builder: E.C. Rogers <br />*B10. Significance: Theme Residential Architecture Area Santa Ana <br />Period of Significance: 1931 Property Type: Single -Family Residence Applicable Criteria: A/1,C/3 <br />(Discuss importance in terms of historical or architectural context as defined by theme, period, and geographic scope. Also address integrity) <br />The Jennie Lasby Tessman House is architecturally significant for its highly characteristic use of the Tudor Revival style and <br />historically notable for its association with a prominent local builder, Emmet C. Rogers. it was built in 1931 by E. C. Rogers <br />for a total cost of $4,500 including the residence and garage, and remained, according to the building permit record, virtually <br />unaltered until the 2001. Emmet C. Rogers was a prolific Santa Ana builder and developer. He was born in 1896 in Missouri <br />(1930 Federal Census). By 1920, he had married his wife Juna and moved to Greeley, Colorado, where he was a high school <br />teacher (1920 Federal Census). A few years later, in 1923, he had relocated his family to Santa Ana, and had a dual <br />appointment at both Villard and Lathrop Junior High Schools, where he taught science (Santa Ana Daily Register, April 4, <br />1923). From the late 1930s through the following decade, Rogers was extremely active as a building contractor, often moving <br />his family, perhaps to houses as he finished them, on Greenleaf (2144), Freeman (602 and 1315), and Towner (1010) (1930 <br />Federal Census, Santa Ana Register July 29, 1940, 1947 and 1949 city directories). <br />According to city directories, Emmet C. Rogers resided at the Jennie Lasby Tessman House for only two years. Between <br />1933 and 1945, various renters were identified has having lived at the Jennie Lasby Tessman House, including Harold C. and <br />Izetta M. Woodward (1933-1937), Edson S. and Rose Pettis (1938), and Lloyd F. and Lillian Brogan (1939-1945). In 1945, <br />John Heinrich Tessman and Jennie Lasby Tessman purchased the residence. <br />(See Continuation Sheet 3 of 4.) <br />B11. Additional Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) <br />*1312. References: <br />City of Santa Ana Building Permits <br />Santa Ana History Room Collection, Santa Ana Public Library <br />Sanborn Maps <br />(See Continuation Sheet 3 of 3.) <br />B13. Remarks: <br />*1314. Evaluator: Leslie Heumann/Chattel, Inc <br />*Date of Evaluation: March 22, 2018 <br />(This space reserved for official comments.) <br />DPR 5236 (1185) 2-19 *Required information <br />