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HomeMy WebLinkAbout91-097RESOI_I3TIC~ NO. 91-097 A RESOIIYi~C~ OF THE CITY ODUNCIL OF THE ~.Tf OF SANTA ANA ~IGNATING A ~ ~//LDING AS HISTORICAL PROPE~TY FOR IN~ION IN THE u~.'m'f OF SANTA ANA REGI~i~ OF HISTORIC PROm~IY WHEREAS, ~ne City Council of the City of Santa Ana has provided, in C~apter 30 of the Santa Aha Municipal code for the maintermD~e of the City of Santa Aha Municipal Code for the ~£operty, to /nclude such p~l~rty as the city Council determiD~ to have architectural or historical significance in aocordanoe with the standards sat forth in sectio~ 30-2 of the said Code; and ~AS, ~-ignati~ of p~.~ as Historical P~u~rty pz~.otsa rehabilitatio~ by allowin~ the applicati~ of tbm State Historical Building O0de, and, as to pwoperty with/n a historical rehabilitation financing; and ~%~AS, the property set forth b~-reinafter has been recitaL,ended for ~-~ignation as Historical Property by the Housing Advisa~y C~.~.~ssion; 1. ~e following build/rig is found to met tb~ starry-ds for designation as historical p;-operty sat forth in Section 30-2 of tb~ Santa Ana Municipal Code and is hereby designated as Historical Property, to be included in the City of Santa Ana Register of Historical P~ul~_rty: ~UILDING I~DCATION 1801 N. Broadway 2. For the abovesaid pr(~m_rty, the r~ort m~titl~d "Historical P~operty Descripti~," on file in the office of tb~ Clerk of the (k~ncil, is hereby approved and a~ed_ as the findings justifying ~-~ignati~ as Historical ~£operty. ~e Clerk of the Council is authorized and d~ected to include such report, togetbmr with this resolution, in the City of Santa Aha Re~ister of Historical Property. 395 Resolution 91-097 Page 2 ~eKoepseZ House by the following vote: 21st AYES: day of October , 1991, Acosta, Griset, McGuigan, Norton, Pulido, Richardson, Young None None city Attorney code: staf f~por~\mso[ut i~n. a~ II 396 CERTIFICATE OF ORIGINALITY State of California County of Orange I, JANICE C. GUY, Clerk of the Council, do hereby certify the attached Resolution ~/- ~7~ to be the original resolution adopted by the City Council of the City of Santa Ana on ~Clerk of the Chuncil, Date City of Santa Ana SANTA ANA HISTORIC REGISTER APPLICATION FORM 397 q NAME Historic KOEPSEL ROUSE and/or Common LOCATION Street & Number City, Town San~;a Ans. ~A 92701 State Califom-nl n Code 1801 North Bush Street N/A C,A . County vicinity of not for publication cong. dist. 39th Code · 3. CLASSIFICATION .. Category Statu~ Present Use district occupied, agriculture X. building(s) X .. unoccupied commercial structure ..work ir~ prog. 'educational site ~lic Acquisition entertainment ~bject N/^ in process §overnment · . Ownership . bein§ cons[tiered industrial public Ac'ce~ible military . private yes: restricted museum both × yes: unrestricted park ' no _~_ private (esidence religious sciehtific transportation other: OWNER OF PROPERTY Name Mr. and M~s. Phillip Chinn Street & Number 2900 North Flower Street City, Town Santa A~, C~ 92206 · __ vicinity of .State N/~ LOCATIOn4 OF LEGAL DF_SCRIFTION Courthouse, Registry of Deeds, etc. 0raa56~CoUnt7 Hall of Records Street & Number 630 North Broadway City, Town Santa Ana~ State .da..lifornia REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS Title Date Depository for survey records City~ Town Not listeG/out of survey area completed. has prope~ybeen determined eligible? yes no federal state county local State Exhibit A Page i of 9 -~ 7. · DESCRIPTION Condition Check One check One × excellent deteriorated unaltered X original site good ruins * ,X altered . moved date fair unexposed Describe the present a~d original (il known) physical appearance Two-and-one-half stories in heighth, the imposing ColonialRevival/Nee-Classical Revival House at 1801 North Bush is one of ',he finest o-~-~ples of that style in Orange County. The elongated bellcast hipped roof is accented with dormers and finials. The exterior is clad in narrow clapboard siding. The extensive use of leaded glad, not only in the transoms and sidelights, but also in the top half of many of the double- hung windows, is an outstanding feature. The porch roof is supported by pairs of round wooden columns decorated with Ionic capitals. The unusual use of manu- factured stone for the porch railing and scored concrete for. the foundation adds strength and visual weight to the front facade. The railing sad floor of the front porch continues on the north side [o become a circular open porch. Bay windows, a natural wood front door and sidelights, a second floor balcony, and an elaborate dormer which crowns the front faced6 are some of the outstanding architectural features of this time house. The house retains its integrk7 of location, setting, design, materials, workmanship, feeling sad a~ociation ~nd there are only a few minor alterations. Roof scape: An elongated bellca_~ hipped roof. accented with dormers on the front and sides caps the roof of the two-sad-one-half story house. The thi.rd story is carved out of the roof space. E~closed eaves, decorated with carved brackets along [he bottom, fo~m the perimeter oft he roof. A prominent bellcast gabled dormer occupies the .center of the front facade. The deeply-set trio of windows is centered with sa arched casementwindow and flanked by sm~ller double-hung windows, accented with lead- ed glass. Piers visually support the gable roof sad create the depth. Incised cutvork decoraies the dormer face. The original peaked metal finials, which appear to be a feature often used on Santa Ann's finest houses of the 189~-190g period, are still in piece. Closely-set ca.rved brackets accent the underside of the enclosed eaves. The same style of carved brackets decorates the underside of the enclosed eaves of the main roof. Hipped dormers face both south end north, above the side facades oft he house. A pair of windows is located in each dormer. /nd ttie design of the other enclosed eaves ~nd brackets is repeated in the dormers. Front Facade: Having the basic shape of the Foursquare version of Colonial Revival/NeoW, Jassical Revival architecture, this house has a full porch across [he front. The second floor features a rescessed covered porch with segmented arches on the front a. nd north side. This is balanced with a slanted bay window accented with a horizontal window in the center and double-hung windows on the sides. Leaded glass [dis the top half of each side window. Page 2 of 9 399 Architectural Description Page 2 The single-storied porch is topped with a hipped roof centered with a dramalic .c!_s_~ically-styie~i pe,I;mented gable. I metal t~mial caPS the pea/. The porch root' ts supported by pa/red wooden columns topped with Ionic capi**l~. The unusual porch railing is constructed of manufactured stone blocks, placed in an alterating design. The railing continues to the north to create a circular open perch on that side. Scored concrete forms the high foundation and the original concrete steps sad manufactured stone piers are still in uso. The wide varnished natural vo~xl door is flanked by sidelights with tended glas~ windows and features the original ornate bra.ss hardware. The doer and sidelight trim also retsi~_ their original varnished appearance, Tho lintel is topped with mold- ing and molding and dentil work accent the bottom of the window La the door a~d the sidelights. The slanted bay window in the south hall' of the first floor is centered with a plaiz gin.ss window with leaded glass in the transom and casement windows on the sides, South Facade: A two-story cantilevered square bay is featured in tho south (driveway) side of the house. Lead ed glass fills the top half of all but one of the double-hung windows o a the second floor. Two sLagie, one set of paired and a ribbon of four sma!lot double- hung windows provide the fenestration. A pair of leaded g!?~_ windows Ls sec high in the wall of the first floor. A single double-hung window is located in the side of the square bay and a ribbon of tour smaller double-hung windows is center- ed in the face of the bay. Leaded gla.s~ tr~tls the top haft of each of the smaller windows. North Facade: A stationary leaded glass window accents Lhe two-story cantilevered slanted bay which denotes the location of the four sectioned interior stairway, A recessed door below the cantilever leads to a landing on the way to the basement. Leaded gla~s is used in the top section of the double-hung window in the center of the first floor. A pair of small-style diamond-paned windows, a leaded glass window and three sLagle-paned frosted vLadows ate located to the east of the bay. in the second floor. The frosted windows are on the rear porch of the second floor and ate one of the fey alterations to the house, ~ (rear) Facade: .. The ~ar facade os the house forms one plane with two single double-hung dews, a ribbon of four double-hung windows, a single-light casement wLadov, and a row of frosted gla~ windows forming tho fenestration. A single-door, topped a plain transom, The three-fight door features three panels below the window. The frosted glass windows are not original, and enclose what vas originally a screened porch. It is not uncommon for the origlnal screened porch to be enclosed with gla.,~ through the years and this is a very' minor altersiion. The three-car garage is located to the rear oLthe house, La the southeast corner of the back yard. The side-facing gabled roof is accented with exposed ra/ter t~i!s. Narrow clapboards, which match the house, line the eaves La the t`ron~ and back. A double and a single garage door lead to the interior and are not original. Interior: The house rote.ins almost all of ite elaborale original woodwork and important architectural features. The woodwork and floors have been recently refinished and the house looks much like it did when itv~ built. Page 3 of 9 400 ~rchitectural Description P~e 3 A largo entry ha~i, featuring Mi elabora~ wooden st~rc~se is located on tho north side of the f'wet floor. Tho parlour, to the south, is reached through c!*_~ictt wooden columns. The ornate wooden fireplace front is located in the south watt end the slanted bay vindov and leaded glass windows on ease side of the fireplace let a lot of light into the room. The dining room. to the east of the ptrlour, fee~ure~ ~ built-in china closet vith lesded ~ vindovs. Tvo kitchens, s beth end ~ smell office room ere loceted on the ~'trst fioor. The house else bee · lng'ge beeement. The second floor conta~s four bedrooms end e.u olin e~iz-v~y to the attic. The ettic has been finished end features lots of interesting nooks end cre. nnies. The current owners hove recently restored the house to its former glory in ~ taste- ful n~d ~ppropt-i~e n~z~ner. They have s~ved, rope. ired. end refinished the signifi- cent feeturee of thi~ beautifully-dot.led house. ?age 4 of 9 3C SIGNII~ICANCE Period prehistoric lq00-lq99 __ 1500-1599 16OG-1699 1700-1799 1800-1899 ~ 1900- Area~ of Significance - Check and justLfy below archeology-prehistoric archeology-historic agriculture architecture art communications community planning conservation economics education exploration/settlement industry invention landscape architecture law literature military music .. philosophy politics/government ..... religion science sculpture ... social/humanitarian theater transportation other (specify) Specific dates: Constructed lo06-07 Builder/Architect: Statement of Significance (in one paralgaph): The Koepsel Hour. built ha 1906-07, is significant for its fine C~lonial Revival/Neo- ClasMcal architecture and for its as~cialions with the Koep~l family amd others who owned the house through the yelll'Sl It is one of the finest e~arap[es of this style ha not only Santa A. na, but all of Orange County. The Koepsel$ bought the house from the fLrst owner *** around 1910. The home was shared by Rev. Herman <oepsel, areliced Methodist minister, his wife, Augus- tine. amd their s~n, Arthur, · prominent local attorney. The KoepseLs moved to A~a from Kansas in 1907. Plermaa continued to be active in church activities until his death ha [913. He was very proud of having been a member of Company C of 17th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment durLag ~e Cl¥11 Wac. Augustine lives until 1919 and the house was M her e,-t~_~R. Arthur, who was born ha Kansas in worked on the railroad for severM yeac~ while studying lay, lie graduated from USC and was admitted te the bar on July 22, l~8. He moved in ~,ith his parents at the home al 1801 North Bush in January of 19ii. He selwed as part of the staff of the 0raagecounty District Attorney's office until 1919. At that time he and another attorney formed the firm of Eden amd Koepsel. The firm grey in prominence over the years. Arthur vas an active member of the Republican Party. Chairman of the local' Republican Club, aad Ghail'man of the 0rallge Coulity C~lltcal Republican Committee. He served in the State Militia Company E, Third Missouri-infantry iment and the California National Guaxd, which he joined in 1917. He and Miss Alfreda Holzgral'e were married on September 1, 1914 and had a sea, Vernon. She vas born in Santa Ann to pioneer~ Ferdinand a~d Itelea ltolzgrafe. Theyvere faithful members of the Evangelical Church and he belonged to the Knights Templar, the Al Mals!kah Shrine Temple in Lea Angeles, the Santa Ann ElXs, the Orange County Bar Association, and was a Captain ia the local National Guard. William V. Summers and his wife, Mabel, purchased the house in 1921. ranchers vith property in vhat is now called the North Tustin ar~a. Mr, Summers died in 1926 and Mrs. Summers canthlued to live in the house until 1930. At that time Dr. $. Thermon Johnston and his wile. Ethel, purchased the home. He vas & physician ~ith offic~ at S09 North Main Street ha Santa Aaa. lie specialized in the ~ye, ear, nose and threat field of medicine. By [94 Mrs. $. R. lienry occupied the house. She vas a stleslady at Ranlrin's l)~partment Stere in DownWvn Santa Ina. Rankin's 0tinge Caunty's finest department st~re. ***Some of the information regarding this hous~ aixd its families was not available at the time of this vriting because the Santa Ama RL~!ory Room, the city's prime hist- orical repository, v~ closed for aa extended period of time. Page 5 oi~ 9 401 lO. MA3OR BIBLIOGR~PHICALREFERENCES Orange County Diredtoz'ies 1923-1~41 Santa Ana.Director~es for'lg05 and 1910-11 Armor, Samuel, Nistol~/ of Ora~e County California 1911 GEOGRAPHICAL DATA Acreage o! nominated Ixoperty Quadrangle name Quadrangle ~cale Loc size is 62' x 150' Orange 7.5.Series Verbal boundary descriptionand justEicatiom. The boundaries of the property are the boundaries nf th~ city lot 03-141-26 RectangUlar in shkpe,, the front and rear are 62' and the' sides are ]50'. List all state~ and counties for properties overlappin~state or county boundaries State N/A Code~ County Code__ State Code County .Code__ Il. 12. FORM PREPARISD BY Name/Title n~ ~,~', Organization "None Street & Number City or Town Sanca Aha, Telephone State CITY COUNCIL ACCEPTANCE The City Council of Santa Ana accepts this property onto the Santa Ana Historic Register on this ~,~-day of ~ 19 ~/ /Janice C. Guy - (rr7' Clerk of the Council~--~. Page 6 of 9 ~ C I il PHOTOGRAPHS: The enclosed photographs were taken by l)isnn Marsh in August of 1991. They are numbered on the back. The numbers correspondwith this list. L Front f~de: T~on from the no~.hwe~ 2. Front facade; Taken from the wast. 13. Front facade: Taken from the southwest. 4. Front facade; Taken from the northwest. 5. Front facade; Taken from the northwest, Detail of dormer, sla~ted bay window. ~nd pedim_ented gable design. Also note carved brackets under the porch eaves. 6. Front facade; Pn/red wooden columns, resUng on m~nufacturod stone milln gs. sup- port the front porch roof. 7. Front facade; Taken from west, Shows ,~;tt_-rn of the manufactured stone ~ilin g. $. Front facade; Taken from the northwe~ Close-up of manufactured stone calUng, wooden porch posts, Ionic capitals, podhnented gable, concrete front stol_,,% and m~mufacturod stone piers. 9. Front facade: The front door and leaded gla~ sidelights are surrounded by st,~ined and varnished trim, ~nd retain their original appearance. The bra~ hardware has been recently polished. 10. Front facade: The tops of the wooden porch columns ~ accented with Ionic cap- itals. 11. Front facade; A close-up view of the ornate pedimented gable and the structure of the front dormer. South facade; Taken from the southwest. South facade; Taken from the southeast. Windows are all original and most con- ~ leaded glass in the top h~lf, -* M. South f_cia_e; Taken from the south. These four windows, with leaded glass in the t~p section, are loca~:l in the square bey and denote the dining room on the inside 403 North facto; Taken from the northea~ Tho c/rcular open porch on the north side fe~uro~ the same manufactured stone rsJUng e, nd scored concrete foundat/on as the front porch. Concrete steps lead to the north side of the house. North facade; Taken from north. Detail of the cant/levered slanted bay window and the door to the basement. The window in the center is located in the hall landing. , Page 7 of 9 Photographs: l~e 2 17. North facade: Taken from the northeast. This photo shovs the rear corner and north side of the house. Note the cantilevered slanted bay vindov that contains the stairwell in the center and the hipped dormer above. The windows in the northeast corner are not original and probably replace screens. The screened porch was the typical back porch used for laundry etc. A second story porch dirocfly above this oflo has al~o been enclosed with double-hung windows on the east facade and single-paned windows on the north facade. IS.' North facade; Taken from northwest. The open porch guards the northwest corner of the front facade. Note front balcony above. 19. East (rear)facade: Taken from the east. The £our double-huns windows on the second floor replace the original screens. The frosted gla~ panels flanking the back door a/so replace screens. Thiswas the porch used for laundry etc. 20. Garage; Taken from the west. The sa.eaSe is located in the southeast corner of the lot and has newer garage door~. Page 8 of 9 405 Subject! )erty / $ ~ ~ ~ 17TH ST. Page 9 of 9 II