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<br />Page 3_ of 3_ Resource Name: Amling House
<br />*Recorded by Pedro Gomez *Date May 24, 2018 Continuation Update
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<br />*B10. Significance (continued):
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<br />Ernst C. Amling operated his greenhouses from a 10.5-acre property located on West Fifth Street, while his brother, Paul F.
<br />Amling, operated a similar group of greenhouses near Chicago.The Amling Bros. refused all retail business and only sold to
<br />wholesale dealers. The Amling roses grown in Santa Ana were shipped to all parts of California, Mexico, Texas, Arizona and
<br />Utah. Along with Tom Wright, Ernst C. Amling is recognized as one of the many pioneers and founding members of the
<br />organization that would ultimately be known as “The Original Los Angeles Flower Market”, which was founded in 1919 as the
<br />“American Florists’ Exchange”. The group officially incorporated themselves as “The Los Angeles Flower Market” in 1921. In
<br />1933, Ernst C. Amling and his brother, Albert J. Amling, were the first Californians to apply for a rose patent. They were
<br />granted a patent for their Red-Talisman Rose. Mr. Amling was passed away on August 27, 1957, four years after retiring.
<br />Mrs. Amling remained in the Amling House until her passing in 1985.
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<br />The Amling House is located in Floral Park, a neighborhood northwest of downtown Santa Ana bounded by West
<br />Seventeenth Street, North Flower Street, Riverside Drive, and Broadway. Groves of oranges, avocados, and walnuts and
<br />widely scattered ranch houses characterized this area before 1920. Developer and builder Allison Honer (1897-1981),
<br />credited as the subdivider and builder of a major portion of northwest Santa Ana, arrived in Santa Ana from Beaver Falls,
<br />New York in 1922 (Talbert, pages 353-356). “Before nightfall on the day of his arrival, Mr. Honer purchased a parcel of land.
<br />And that month, he began building custom homes in Santa Ana” (Orange County Register, September 15, 1981). The parcel
<br />chosen became the Floral Park subdivision between Seventeenth Street and Santiago Creek. “When built in the 1920s, the
<br />Floral Park homes were the most lavish and expensive in the area. They sold for about $45,000 each” (Orange County
<br />Register, September 15, 1981). Revival architecture in a wide variety of romantic styles was celebrated in the 1920s and
<br />1930s and Floral Park showcased examples of the English Tudor, French Norman, Spanish Colonial, and Colonial Revival.
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<br />In the late 1920s and 1930s, another builder, Roy Roscoe Russell (1881-1965), continued developing the groves of Floral
<br />Park. An early Russell project was his 1928 subdivision of Victoria Drive between West Nineteenth Street and West Santa
<br />Clara Avenue. The homes were quite grand and displayed various revival styles, including Russell’s own large, Colonial
<br />Revival mansion at 2009 Victoria Drive. In the early post World War II years, Floral Park continued its development as
<br />numerous, smaller, single-family houses were built. Continuing in the Floral Park tradition, they were mostly revival in style. In
<br />the 1950s, low, horizontal Ranch Style houses completed the growth of Floral Park. Today (2018) Floral Park maintains its
<br />identity as the premier neighborhood of Santa Ana, historically home to many affluent and prominent citizens.
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<br />The Amling House qualifies for listing in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties under Criterion 1, for its
<br />exemplification of the distinguishing characteristics of the Art Moderne style; and Criterion 4, for its association with developer
<br />and local builder Allison C. Honer. Additionally, the house has been categorized as “Key” for its “distinctive architectural style
<br />and quality,” embodying the massing, materials, and detailing of Art Moderne design; for its “association with a significant
<br />period in the history of the city”, namely the development of Floral Park as the premier residential district of the late
<br />nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in Santa Ana; and “association with a significant person”, Allison C. Honer.
<br />Character defining features of the Amling House that should be preserved include, but may not be limited to: materials and
<br />finishes (smooth stucco); low-pitch hipped roof; cubic form and massing with projections; horizontal scoring and stringcourse;
<br />curved walls at entry; radial entry overhang, and speedline-sash double-hung wood windows.
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<br />*B12. References (continued):
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<br />“Alison Honer Dies at 84,” The Santa Ana Journal, September 21, 1981.
<br />Harris, Cyril M. American Architecture: An Illustrated Encyclopedia. New York, WW Norton, 1998.
<br />Hess, Alan. Ranch House. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc. 2004
<br />“History of Floral Park.” http://www.floral-park.com/page2.html.
<br />Marsh, Diann. Santa Ana, An Illustrated History. Encinitas, Heritage Publishing, 1994.
<br />McAlester, Virginia and Lee. A Field Guide to American Houses. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1984.
<br />*National Register Bulletin 16A. “How to Complete the National Register Registration Form.” Washington DC: National
<br />Office of Historic Preservation. “Instructions for Recording Historical Resources.” Sacramento: March 1995.
<br />Register Branch, National Park Service, US Dept. of the Interior, 1991.
<br />Ridgway, P., & Works, J. (2008). Sending Flowers to America: Stories of The Los Angeles Flower Market and the People
<br />Santa Ana and Orange County Directories, 1947-1962.
<br />Who Built an American Floral Industry. Peggi Ridgway.
<br />Whiffen, Marcus. American Architecture Since 1780. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1969.
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