{"nrhp_refnum":"80000815","name":"Jordan, Orin, House","other_names":["Old Jordan House","Whitaker Home"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"8310 S. Comstock Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Whittier","county":"Los Angeles County","state":"CA","lat":33.96103045800004,"lon":-118.03386705999998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-07-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Agriculture","Exploration/Settlement"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, wood frame, ell-shaped farmhouse at 8310 South Comstock Avenue in Whittier, Los Angeles County, California, built in 1890 by Orin Jordan and a hired carpenter and moved about 300 feet in 1926.","why_significant":"The house is tied to the early development of Whittier and its citrus growing and packing industry. It is a representative late-1880s farm and small-town house and the only one of its age in the immediate area. It retains its original materials and character apart from a few removable porch additions.","narrative":"Built in 1890 on a Whittier citrus and walnut farm, this nine-room, two-story wood frame house is an ell-shaped dwelling with modest Victorian touches: alternating round and pointed shingles in the gables, scrollwork beneath the roof peaks, and evenly spaced brackets under boxed eaves. Orin Jordan, a Kansas wheat farmer who arrived in Whittier in 1888, built it with one hired carpenter. Jordan planted oranges and walnuts and partnered with Ed Bacon to plant many of the area's first citrus groves, and he was also connected with the packing house industry. A sunroom and bathrooms were added in 1918, and in 1926 the house was moved about 300 feet southwest on the farm as the original site was developed for businesses. Porches were later restored. It is described as the only house of its age in the immediate vicinity and remains a rare example of a late-1880s farm house in a commercial area.","period_of_significance":"1888-1890","architect_builder":"Orin Jordan and hired carpenter","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as unoccupied with work in progress; restoration of porches and French doors was done, and the house was to be occupied by a group serving the developmentally disabled under a lease beginning June 1, 1980.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:31.850536-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/80000815.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80000815/308dbc9974-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80000815/308dbc9974-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Los Angeles","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Orin_Jordan_House,_Whittier.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Los Angeles</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Orin_Jordan_House,_Whittier.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123859236","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orin_Jordan_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7102688"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/los-angeles-county/jordan-orin-house-80000815/"}