State of California C the Resources Agency__Primary
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
Χ State of California The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # PRIMARY RECORD Trinomial NRHP Status Code Other Listings Review Code Reviewer Date Page 1 of 25 *Resource Name or #: (Assigned by recorder) 118 Ortalon Circle, Santa Cruz P1. Other Identifier: ____ *P2. Location: Not for Publication ξ Unrestricted *a. County Santa Cruz and (P2c, P2e, and P2b or P2d. Attach a Location Map as necessary.) *b. USGS 7.5' Quad Date T ; R ; of of Sec ; B.M. c. Address 118 Ortalon Circle City Santa Cruz Zip 95060 d. UTM: (Give more than one for large and/or linear resources) Zone 10 , mE/ mN e. Other Locational Data: (e.g., parcel #, directions to resource, elevation, decimal degrees, etc., as appropriate) APN 001-161-22-000 *P3a. Description: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries) The property is located in the low hills of the Santa Cruz Mountains above the City of Santa Cruz. The parcel of 4.2 acres is accessed by a driveway of approximately 100 feet to the house, otherwise the site has little street frontage but extends up the side of the hill in natural terrain. The area around the house has limited landscaping, although it appears to have had a more extensive plan in the past. The carport is the first structure from the road. This is connected to the main house by a covered walkway that has a back wall made of narrow, vertical wood strips. The entire house is constructed of wood, primarily vertical heavy shakes that appear as short boards. Continued on page 3 *P3b. Resource Attributes: (List P5a. Photograph or Drawing (Photograph required for buildings, structures, and objects.) attributes and codes) HP2 SFD *P4. Resources Present: Ξ Building Structure Object Site District Element of District Other (Isolates, etc.) P5b. Description of photo (view) Front P6.DateConstructed/Ageand Ξ Source: Historic Prehistoric Both Assessor’s Records *P7. Owner and Address: Jeremy Salz Lezin Trustee 230 Vanessa LA Santa Cruz CA 95042 *P8. Recorded by: (Name, affiliation, and address) Bonnie Bamburg Urban Programmers 10710 Ridgeview Ave, SanJose CA *P9. Date Recorded: 9/19/2018 *P10. Survey Type: (Describe) Project Specific *P11. Report Citation: (Cite survey report and other sources, or enter "none.") _ none *Attachments: NONE Location MapξContinuation Sheet ξBuilding, Structure, and Object Record Archaeological Record District Record Linear Feature Record Milling Station Record Rock Art Record Artifact Record Photograph Record ξ Other (List): Architectural plans DPR 523A (9/2013) *Required information Χ State of California The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI# BUILDING, STRUCTURE, AND OBJECT RECORD *Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder) 118 Ortalon Circle Santa Cruz *NRHP Status Code 6Z Page 2 of 25 B1. Historic Name: Lezin House B2. Common Name: Lezin House B3. Original Use: residence B4. Present Use: residence *B5. Architectural Style: Bay Region Tradition/ Rach Style *B6. Construction History: (Construction date, alterations, and date of alterations) Constructed 1953-54 *B7. Moved? ΞNo Yes Unknown Date: Original Location: *B8. Related Features: Remnants of landscaping plan and natural setting B9a. Architect: Joseph Esherick b. Builder: *B10. Significance: Theme Residential Architectue Area Santa Cruz Period of Significance 1954-2000 Property Type House Applicable Criteria (Discuss importance in terms of historical or architectural context as defined by theme, period, and geographic scope. Also address integrity.) The property and house are part of the upper hills subdivision on Ortalon Circle. The house is a very pleasant design constructed in wood that fits well onto the natural setting of the 4 acre site. Designed by architect Joseph Esherick the house is a compact and efficient building that is typical of his early residential designs. The house does not appear to meet the criteria of the California Register of Historic Resources or that of the Santa Cruz Historic Preservation Ordinance. The evaluation of values continues on the following pages. B11. Additional Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) *B12. References: Attached (Sketch Map with north arrow required.) B13. Remarks: *B14. Evaluator: Bonnie Bamburg. Marvin Bamburg AIA, William Zavlaris MUP *Date of Evaluation: 9/21/2018 (This space reserved for official comments.) DPR 523B (9/2013) *Required information State of California - The Resources Agency Primary# DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # Trinomial CONTINUATION SHEET Page 3 of 25 *Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder) 118 Ortalon Circle Santa Cruz *Recorded by: Urban Programmers *Date 9/19/2018 X Continuation Update P.3. Description Continued: The single-story house, designed by the San Francisco firm of Joseph Esherick, is a very simple rectangle, a linear form Ranch Style, with a gable intersecting the pitched roof creating projections for the living room and the master bedroom beneath the gable ends. The pitched roof covering the rest of the house has a raised monitor skylight along the ridge that allows light into the central corridor. The exterior is covered in vertical wood boards (heavy shakes) that are offset in courses. The west façade is the front and, as in most Ranch homes, contains the bedrooms and the recessed entrance. The front façade is treated for privacy with narrow paired windows at the top half of the wall along the façade. This also protects the interior from the west setting sun. The entry is recessed under a covered extension of the walkway from the carport. Both the walkway and porch are raised above the concrete foundation creating a slight floating effect. The entry door has a full-height sidelight on left side. The north (end) façade has a brick chimney, and as this is a more protected façade, the windows are larger with the corner window of the living room continuing to the east façade, and a door onto a small deck. The east (rear) façade has a full-length deck that extends from the east end to the west with almost full height windows and doors that open onto the deck. The living room is a gable element that projects from the base building line, One-half of the gable end has windows that extend to the ceiling with minimal framing. The other half is the wood siding. The roof that extends over the house The house is typical of the Ranch style that evolved from the Second Bay Tradition of buildings that encompassed some traits of the romanticized early California rancho – secure front façade, entry court, low profile and compartmental spaces and opening up the private and protected facades. The building is well suited to the site and fits within the natural setting of the hillside yet is refined in the design and construction. Joseph Esherick - Ranch Style c. mid-century1 Joseph Esherick was educated at the University of Pensylvania graduating with a degree in architecture in 1937. HE worked in the office of Gardner Dailey from 1938 until he joined the U.S. Navy returning to open his own firm in San Francisco in 1946. His early residential designs were drawn from his time with Gardner Daily and 1 In his scholarly publication, Appropriate The houses of Joseph Esherick, architectural historian Marc Trieb covers the early influences on Esherick and how these were carried forward as his career developed. An understanding of the body of work comes from this publication and the University of California Berkeley- Environmental Design Archives. DPR 523L (9/2013 State of California - The Resources Agency Primary# DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # Trinomial CONTINUATION SHEET Page 4 of 25 *Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder) 118 Ortalon Circle Santa Cruz *Recorded by: Urban Programmers *Date 9/19/2018 X Continuation Update influenced by William Wurster extending the Bay Area Tradition. The firm remained primarily residential until 1960 when the firm designed some larger commercial and institutional projects. In 1965, Esherick established the firm of EHDD, a partnership with George Homsey, Peter Dodge, and Charles Davis in 1972, Esherick was also an educator and consultant. He taught at University of California, Berkeley from 1952- 1985 and served as the Dean of the School of Architecture for the university from 1977-1981. In 1980 he opened a consulting practice to advise on larger projects. Esherick is known for his residential designs and with EHDD for large projects such as Stevenson College at UCSC, The Cannery in San Francisco (1987) and Sea Ranch (1966) where he designed several houses and the store, and the Monterey Bay Aquarium (1984). EHDD designed several educational buildings; Wurster Hall for the College of Environmental Design at the University of California at Berkeley, Stevenson College UCSC, several buildings at Stanford University and at Mills College. Esherick was awarded the AIA Gold Medal in 1989 and was a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects. Esherick passed away in 1998. “The ideal kind of building is one you don't see,” Mr. Esherick liked to say.2 From the outside his residential designs fit their surroundings, from the inside they opened to the outside in private courtyards or vast natural settings. The Lezin house at 118 Ortalon Circle followed the design principals of the Bay Region Tradition in the form of the romanticized California Ranch style, the combination made popular by Cliff May and William Wurster. The separation of the carport is also typical of Esherick’s designs- if there was room. There was often a Japanese feeling expressed in the connection walkway as an entry from the mechanical world to the tranquility of home, a subtle element also favored by many of his contemporaries. Within the body of architectural design ascribed to Joseph Esherick, the Lezin House fits in the early residential phase, designed just 5 years after Esherick opened his office.