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MILLMA N HOUS E
2402 North Flower Street
Sant a Ana , C A 9270 6
NAME
ADDRESS
CITY
YEAR BUILT
Millman House REF. NO.
2402 North Flower Street
Santa Ana
Circa 1905
HISTORIC DISTRICT N/A
CALIFORNI A REGISTE R CRITERI A FO R EVALUATIO N 1 , 3
ZIP 92706 ORANGE COUNTY
LOCAL REGISTER CATEGORY: Key
NEIGHBORHOOD A
CALIFORNI A REGISTE R
Vest Floral Park
STATU S COD E 5S 1
Location:Not for Publication Unrestricted
Prehistoric Historic Both
ARCHITECTURAL STYLE: Other: Folk House (Pyramidal Roof Variant)
Folk houses reflect available building materials and skills and traditional, vernacular building forms rather than changing architectural
fashions. The Pyramidal Roof subtype became popular during the second half of the nineteenth century throughout the United States,
and was particularly prevalent in Southern California from circa 1895 through circa 1908. Characterized by square massing and a
hipped (pyramidal) roof, these wood-framed and wood-sided homes could be one or two stories in height and were varied in the size
and placement of porches. During the later period of their popularity, especially when built in an urban setting, they displayed
Colonial Revival, Prairie, or Craftsman detailing, becoming the "Classical Box" and "American Foursquare" genres known today.
(McAlester, pages 100-101.)
^JMMARY/CONCLUSION:
The Millman House qualifies for listing in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Property under Criterion 7, as a building connected
with a business or use which was once common, but is now rare (agriculture) and under Criterion 1 , as building with the
distinguishing characteristics of the agricultural period in Santa Ana. Additionally, the house has been categorized as "Key" because
it "is characteristic of a significant period in the history of the city," the agricultural period (Municipal Code, Section 30-2.2).
EXPLANATION OF CODES:
• California Register Criteria for Evaluation: (From California Office of Historic Preservation, Technical Assistance Series # 7,
"How to Nominate Resources to the California Register of Historical Resources," September 4, 2001.)
1: It is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of local, California, or
national history.
3: It embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, region, or method of construction, or represents the
work of a master, or possesses high artistic values.
• California Register Status Code: (From California Office of Historic Preservation, December 8, 2003.)
5S1: Individual property that is listed or designated locally.
EXHIBIT 5
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State of California — The Resources Agency
DEPARTMEN T O F PARK S AN D RECREATIO N
Primary #_
HRI#
PRIMARY RECORD Trinomial
NRHP Status Code.
Other Listings.
Review Code Reviewe r Date
Pag e _j_ o f 3 _ Resourc e name(s ) or numbe r (assigne d by recorder ) Millman House
P1. Other Identifier:
*P2. Location: DNot for Publication •Unrestricted
*b. USGS 7.5'Quad TCA0054
*c . Addres s 2402 North Flower Street
*e. Othe r Locationa l Data : Assessor's Parce l Number : 001
*a. Count y Orange County
Date :
Cit y Santa Ana
Block: 223 Lot: 08
Zip 92706
*P3a. Description : (Describ e resourc e an d its majo r elements . Includ e design , materials , condition , alterations , size , setting , an d boundaries.)
The compact massing of this two-story farmhouse stands in stark contrast the spreading, horizontal plans of the mid-
twentieth century, California Ranch Style homes that surround it. Capped by a hipped roof that is bisected by a front gablet,
the house is sheathed with shiplap siding and trimmed with endboards. A brick chimney is attached to the north elevation.
Echoing the central emphasis of the gablet, an attached porch appears to be an addition dating to the 1920s. The front-
gabled structure features exposed rafters in the eaves, unlike the modestly overhanging soffits of the main roof. Two posts
with minimal capitals support the porch gable, whose face is clad with shingles. Within the porch space, the entry also
appears to date to the 1920s, and contains a paneled door flanked by multi-paned sidelights. Two double casement
windows, probably a replacement of earlier double-hung sash, are widely spaced on the upper story facade. An attic window
is centered within the gablet. Two side-gabled additions are attached to the rear section of the north elevation. The house
appears substantially intact to the late 1920s period. Due to the size, massing, and placement of the house towards the
south end of the lot, the property retains much open space as well as a pair of mature trees, enhancing its farmhouse
appearance.
*P3b . Resourc e Attributes : (lis t attribute s an d codes ) HP2. Single-family Property
*P4. Resources Present: BBuilding DStructure DObject DSite DDistrict DEIement of District DOther
P5a. Photo P5b . Photo : (vie w an d date )
East elevation
March 2005
*P6 . Dat e Constructed/Age an d
Sources: •historic
Circa 1905
*P7 . Owne r an d Address :
Jack White
2402 North Flower Street
Santa Ana, CA 92706
*P8 . Recorde d by :
Leslie J. Heumann
SAIC
35 S. RaymondAve. # 204
Pasadena, CA91105
*P9 . Dat e Recorded :
May 30, 2005
*P10 . Surve y Type :
Intensive Survey Update
*P11. Repor t Citation: (Cit e surve y repor t an d othe r sources , or ente r "none")
None.
'Attachments: DNone OLocation Map DSketch Map "Continuation Sheet BBuilding, Structure, and Object Record
DArchaeological Record DDistrict Record DLinear Feature Record DMilling Station Record DRock Art Record
DArtifact Recor d D Photograp h Recor d D Othe r (list )
DPR 523A (1/95)Pag e 2 of4 "Required information
State of California—The Resources Agency
DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION
BUILDING, STRUCTURE, AND OBJECT RECORD
Primar y #_
HRI #
Page 2 of 3 *CH R Statu s Cod e 5S1
'Resource Nam e o r #: Millman House
B1 . Histori c Name : Millman House
B2. Common Name: Same
B3 . Origina l Use : Single-family Residence B4 . Presen t Use : Single-family Residence
*B5 . Architectura l Style : Other: Folk House (Pyramidal Roof Variant)
*B6 . Constructio n History : (Constructio n date , alterations , an d dat e of alterations): Constructed circa 1905.
January 25, 1929. Private garage and shed.
February 19, 1929. Relocate residence.
February 23, 1943. Reroof.
November 2, 1988. Reroof with tear-off.
*B7. Moved ? DNo "Yes DUnknow n Date : 1929 Original Location : Unknown; possibly 2330 North Flower Street
*B8. Related Features:
None.
B9a . Architect : Unknown b. Builder : Unknown
*B10 . Significance : Them e Residential Architecture Are a Santa Ana
Perio d o f Significance : circa 1895-1965 Propert y Type : Single-family Residence Applicabl e Criteria : NR: A , C ; CR: 1 , 3
(Discuss importance in terms of historical or architectural context as defined by theme, period, and geographic scope. Also address integrity)
The Millman House is historically significant as the only remaining farmhouse on North Flower Street, and as one of the few
surviving farmhouses in the City. The origins of the house are uncertain. Raymond E. Millman, who lived at 2330 North
Flower Street, moved the house to this address in 1929, building a garage and shed on the property a month before
relocating the house. A rancher, Millman was living at this address by 1930. In 1986, the obituary of his wife, Elsie C.
Millman, noted that she had lived with her parents from the time of their arrival in Santa Ana in 1903 on a twenty-acre citrus
farm located on the 2400 block of North Flower Street. Since 2330 North Flower Street was the only address on Flower in
the area during the 1920s, it seems likely that she continued to occupy the property with her husband and that the house was
moved a few hundred feet north in 1929.
(See Continuation Sheet 3 of 3.)
B11. Additional Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes)
*B12. References :
City of Santa Ana Building Permits
Santa Ana History Room Collection, Santa Ana Public Library
Sanborn Maps
(See Continuation Sheet 3 of 3.)
B13. Remarks :
*B14. Evaluator: Leslie J. Heumann
*Date of Evaluation: March 30, 2005
(This space reserved for official comments.)
Sketc h Ma p Millman House
240 2 Nort h Flowe r Stree t
DPR 523B (1/95)
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•Required information
State of California — The Resources Agency Primary #
DEPARTMEN T OF PARK S AN D RECREATIO N HR I #
CONTINUATION SHEET Trinomia l
Pag e 3 o f 3 Resourc e Nam e or # (Assigne d by recorder ) Millman House
'Recorded b y Leslie J. Neumann, SAIC *Dat e March 30,2005 H Continuatio n D Updat e
*B10. Significance (continued):
Since the second half of the twentieth century, the neighborhood in which the Millman House is located has been known as
West Floral Park. Located northwest of the historic core of Santa Ana, this residential neighborhood is bounded by Santiago
Creek on the north, West Seventeenth Street on the south, North Flower Street on the east and North Bristol Street on the
west. Prior to World War II, the area was agricultural, divided into a few large landholdings devoted primarily to the
cultivation of oranges, walnuts, and apricots. Traces of this early era remain in the form of two original farmhouses (1911
Westwood Street and 2402 North Flower Street) and in a few large parcels along Flower Street. During the 1920s and
1930s a handful of houses were erected on Baker, Bristol, and Flower Streets, and two municipal facilities, the City Water
Works pumping plant and the City/County Animal Shelter, were built at 2315 and 2321 North Bristol Street.
West Floral Park acquired its current identity as a neighborhood of expansive, California Ranch Style houses in the years
following 1947. Development started slowly, with around two dozen homes being built on Baker, Olive, Towner, and
Westwood Streets between 1947 and 1950. Construction boomed during the 1950s and 1960s. One builder in particular
has come to be associated with West Floral Park: Roy Rodney Russell. The son of Roy Roscoe Russell, who developed
much of Victoria Avenue in Floral Park, Roy Rodney Russell formed a partnership with his father, called Roy Russell and
Son, Builders, in 1945. They began building homes on speculation, usually around fifteen or twenty each year. Following
the death of his father in 1965, Roy Rodney Russell continued to build, mostly custom homes and many of them in West
Floral Park. He retired in 1993.
Flower Street itself ended at Seventeenth Street during the agricultural period. North of Santa Clara, Hannah Street (also
spelled "Hanna'J was renamed Flower between 1912 and 1915. Sometime later, the north and south sections of Flower
were joined, but the area between Seventeenth and Santa Clara remained agricultural. By 1929, according to the city
directories, there were nine houses on the west side of Flower north of Santa Clara in the Fisher Park neighborhood (the
2600 and 2700 blocks), and only one (2330) in West Floral Park. By 1931, a total of six houses, including the Millman
House, had been constructed on Flower south of Santa Clara on this street of orange and walnut orchards.
The Millman House qualifies for listing in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties under Criterion 7, as a building
connected with a business or use which was once common, but is now rare (agriculture) and under Criterion 1, as building
with the distinguishing characteristics of the agricultural period in Santa Ana. It displays a vernacular form of housing that
was widely used on farms and in towns throughout the United States during the late nineteenth and earlier twentieth
centuries. Notable features in this regard include the hipped roof massing, shiplap siding, and widely spaced placement of
the windows. Additionally, the house has been categorized as "Key" because it "is characteristic of a significant period in
the history of the city," the agricultural period. Character-defining exterior features of the Millman House that should be
preserved include, but may not be limited to: materials and finishes (wood); roof configuration and detailing; massing;
original or 1920s windows and doors; porch; chimney; and architectural details (such as endboards.).
*B12. References (continued):
Harris, Cyril M. American Architecture: An Illustrated Encyclopedia. New York, WW Norton, 1998.
Marsh, Diann. Santa Ana, An Illustrated History. Encinitas, Heritage Publishing, 1994.
McAlester, Virginia and Lee. A Field Guide to American Houses. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1984.
National Register Bulletin 16A. "How to Complete the National Register Registration Form." Washington DC: National
Register Branch, National Park Service, US Dept. of the Interior, 1991.
Office of Historic Preservation. "Instructions for Recording Historical Resources." Sacramento: March 1995.
Whiffen, Marcus. American Architecture Since 1780. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1969.
Franklin, Don. "NW Santa Ana History: Roy Russell & Son, Builders." Unsourced article from the Santa Ana History Room
Historic House File, circa 1995.
Santa Ana and Orange County Directories, 1910-1935.
Armor, Samuel. History of Orange County. Los Angeles: History Record Company, 1921.
"Elsie C. Millman." Obituary, The Register. October 15, 1986.
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