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Page _1_ of _4_ Resource name(s) or number (assigned by recorder) M. W. Peterson House P1. Other Identifier:
*P2. Location: oNot for Publication nUnrestricted *a. County Orange County
*b. USGS 7.5’ Quad TCA 0054 Date:
*c. Address 2606 North Flower Street City Santa Ana Zip 92706
*e. Other Locational Data: Assessor’s Parcel Number 001-244-25
*P3a. Description: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries.)
Simplicity and near symmetry identify the Colonial Revival inspiration for this one -story cottage. Side-gabled, the roof has
shallow eaves. Narrow clapboard sheathes the residence. Louver vents pierce the gable ends. The focal point of the design
is the central entry, announced by a front-gabled hood supported on decoratively carved brackets. A twelve-light fixed sash
window south of the entry may have been a replacement; its bracketed ledge at the sill level and a scalloped surround are
more typical of later decades. North of the entry, a pair of double-hung sash windows display a Craftsman influence in the
arrangement of muntins in the upper sashes. Slightly extended lintels also suggest the Craftsman style. A one-story, front-
gabled and clapboard garage is located in the rear of the property. Attractively landscaped and bordered by a non-original
but compatible white picket fence, the property is substantially unaltered.
*P3b. Resource Attributes: (list attributes and codes) HP2. Single-family Property
*P4. Resources Present: nBuilding oStructure oObject oSite oDistrict oElement of District oOther
P5b. Photo: (view and date)
East elevation
November 2006
*P6. Date Constructed/Age and
Sources: nhistoric
1927/City of Santa Ana Building
Permits
*P7. Owner and Address:
Rory G. Tompoles
2606 N. Flower Street
Santa Ana, CA 92706
*P8. Recorded by:
L. Heumann and D. Howell -Ardila
Sapphos Environmental, Inc.
133 Martin Alley
Pasadena, California 91105
*P9. Date Recorded:
December 1, 2006
*P10. Survey Type:
Intensive Survey Update
*P11. Report Citation: (Cite survey report and other sources, or enter “none”)
None.
*Attachments: oNone oLocation Map oSketch Map nContinuation Sheet nBuilding, Structure, and Object Record
oArchaeological Record oDistrict Record oLinear Feature Record oMilling Station Record oRock Art Record
oArtifact Record oPhotograph Record o Other (list)
DPR 523A (1/95) *Required information
P5a. Photo
State of California ¾ The Resources Agency Primary #__________________________________________
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BUILDING, STRUCTURE, AND OBJECT RECORD
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*Resource Name or #: M. W. Peterson House B1. Historic Name: M. W. Peterson House
B2. Common Name: Same
B3. Original Use: Single -family Residence B4. Present Use: Single-family Residence
*B5. Architectural Style: Colonial Revival
*B6. Construction History: (Construction date, alterations, and date of alterations): Constructed in 1927
February 23, 1927. Residence and garage, $3000.
April 4, 1949. Termite work.
December 17, 2001. Reroof single family dwelling and garage. Tear off wood shingles and apply composition.
*B7. Moved? o No o Yes n Unknown Date:_ Original Location: ______
*B8. Related Features:
Garage.
B9a. Architect: Unknown b. Builder: Unknown
*B10. Significance: Theme Residential Architecture Area Santa Ana
Period of Significance: Circa 1917-1956 Property Type: Single-family Residence Applicable Criteria: NR: C; CR: 3
(Discuss importance in terms of historical or architectural context as defined by theme, period, and geographic scope. Also address integrity)
The M. W. Peterson House is architecturally significant as an intact and representative example of a 1920s Colonial Revival
style residence and is historically notable as one of a handful of pre World War II homes in the immediate vicinity. The house
and garage were built in 1927 for Milton W. Peterson and his wife, Mildred. Peterson was a barber whose shop, Warren and
Peterson, was located at 406 East Fourth Street. The Petersons remained in the house until the early 1930s. In 1936, James
T. and Margaret K. Workman lived at this address; Mr. Workman was a deputy sheriff. Beginning in 1940 and continuing until
at least 1952, this was the home of Marian K. Libby, a teacher at Willard School.
(See Continuation Sheet 3 of 4.)
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 4.)
B13. Remarks:
*B14. Evaluator: Leslie J. Heumann
*Date of Evaluation: December 1, 2006
DPR 523B (1/95) *Required information
Sketch Map
(This space reserved for official comments.)
2606 N. Flower Street
001-244-25
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*Recorded by Leslie J. Heumann and Deborah Howell -Ardila *Date December 1, 2006 x Continuation o Update
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*B10. Significance (continued):
Santa Ana was founded by William Spurgeon in 1869 as a speculative town site on part of the Spanish land grant known as
Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana. The civic and commercial core of the community was centered around the intersection of
Main and Fourth Streets. Stimulated by the arrival of the Santa Fe Railroad and incorporation as a city in 1886, and selection
as the seat of the newly created County of Orange in 1889, the city grew outwards, with residential neighborhoods
developing around the city center. Agricultural uses predominated in the outlying areas, with cultivated fields and orchards
dotted with widely scattered farmhouses.
The M. W. Peterson House is located in north Santa Ana, in the Morrison/Eldridge Park neighborhood. An irregularly shaped
area straddling North Flower Street, Morrison/Eldridge Park is bounded by the Garden Grove (22) and the Santa Ana (5)
freeways on the north and east, Sharon Road and Memory Lane on the south, and North Bristol Street on the west. With the
primary exception of the 2600 block of North Flower Street, this area remained unsubdivided and presumably agricultural
through World War II. According to the city directories and early maps, North Flower ended at Seventeenth Street until
around 1915, when six homes were noted north of Seventeenth, including three north of Santiago Creek. By 1920, there
were nine homes, including one (2610, later numbered 2620), in what would become the Morrison/Eldridge Park
neighborhood. Construction of three additional homes on the 2600 block occurred between 1925 and 1930. Beginning with
a handful of homes constructed on newly laid out streets in the first few years of the 1950s, the area exploded in the mid
1950s with the building of tracts of homes in the California Ranch style. Home building in the neighborhood tapered off in the
1960s and ended around 1972.
The M. W. Peterson House qualifies for listing in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties under Criterion 1 for its
exemplification of the distinguishing characteristics of the 1920s Colonial Revival style. Typical stylistic features illustrated by
the house include its symmetrical, side-gabled configuration and prominently hooded entry. Additionally, the house has been
categorized as “Contributive ” because it “contributes to the overall character and history” of the Morrison/Eldridge Park
neighborhood and, as an intact and characteristic example of a 1920s Colonial Revival style home, “is a good example of
period architecture.” Character-defining exterior features of the M. W. Peterson House that should be preserved include, but
may not be limited to, materials and finishes (clapboard); roof configuration and detailing; massing; original windows and
doors and their surrounds where extant; entry; and architectural details such as the entry hood and attic vents.
*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.
Orange County Plat Maps, 1912.
Thomas Brothers Maps of Orange County, 1957 , 1964, and 1969 .
Santa Ana and Orange County Directories, 1905 -1962.
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*Recorded by Leslie J. Heumann and Deborah Howell -Ardila *Date December 1, 2006 x Continuation o Update
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P5b. Photo: Garage and south elevation, November 2006