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<br />Page 3_ of 3_ Resource Name: Boyle House
<br />*Recorded by Manuel J. Escamilla *Date May 24, 2018 Continuation Update
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<br />*B10. Significance (continued):
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<br />Santa Ana was founded by William Spurgeon in 1869 as a speculative town site on part of the Spanish land grant known as
<br />Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana. The civic and commercial core of the community was centered around the intersection of
<br />Main and Fourth Streets. Stimulated by the arrival of the Santa Fe Railroad and incorporation as a city in 1886, and
<br />selection as the seat of the newly created County of Orange in 1889, the city grew outwards, with residential neighborhoods
<br />developing to the north, south, and east of the city center. Agricultural uses predominated in the outlying areas, with
<br />cultivated fields and orchards dotted with widely scattered farmhouses.
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<br />The Boyle House is located in Washington Square, a neighborhood northwest of downtown Santa Ana bounded by West
<br />Seventeenth Street, North Flower Street, Civic Center Drive, and Bristol Street. Most of this area was owned by the family of
<br />Jacob Ross, who had purchased portions of the Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana in 1868 and 1869. Walnuts and other crops
<br />were grown in the area during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, with a few farmhouses, most notably the
<br />Ross-McNeal House at 1020 North Baker Street, dotting the landscape. By 1905, Baker and Towner were the only streets in
<br />the neighborhood, which extended from Hickey (now Civic Center) only as far as Washington and which contained only
<br />about a dozen homes. The status quo had not changed much by 1915, when a brick yard was located at the northern
<br />terminus of Olive Street at Hickey. In 1925, the beginning of the development that would convert this largely agricultural area
<br />into a middle class neighborhood of single-family homes over the next 25 years had begun. In the late 1920s and early
<br />1930s, the Tudor Revival and Spanish Colonial Revival homes were the standard, with American Colonial Revival saltboxes
<br />and ranch style homes favored in the years before and after World War II. During the 1930s, many of the homes were built
<br />by local contractor Emmett Rogers, who sold lots and built homes according to standard plans, which individual property
<br />owners could customize to their tastes (“Washington Square: A Neighborhood of Pride,” Washington Square Neighborhood
<br />Association). With the return of servicemen following the war and the accompanying demand for homes in southern
<br />California, the development of Washington Square was all but completed.
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<br />The Boyle House qualifies for listing in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties as a representative example of the
<br />characteristics of the Ranch style including the cross-gable roof with a moderate pitch, vertical flush wood cladding in the
<br />gable ends (some with dog ears), shallow eaves with exposed rafter tails, single-story form, multi-light fixed and double-
<br />hung windows, as well as accent brickwork at the canted bay and piers supporting the porch and porte cochere. Character-
<br />defining exterior features of the Boyle House include, but may not be limited to: wood cladding; roof configuration; massing;
<br />windows; porch; and architectural details such as exposed rafter tails and triangular faux dovecotes, and accent brickwork.
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<br />*B12. References (continued):
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<br />Harris, Cyril M. American Architecture: An Illustrated Encyclopedia. New York, WW Norton, 1998.
<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 />Register Branch, National Park Service, US Dept. of the Interior, 1991.
<br />Office of Historic Preservation. “Instructions for Recording Historical Resources.” Sacramento: March 1995.
<br />Whiffen, Marcus. American Architecture Since 1780. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1969.
<br />Santa Ana and Orange County Directories, 1905-2017.
<br />Ancestry.com
<br />Newspapers.com (Santa Ana Register)
<br />Historic Maps, Santa Ana History Room, 1912, 1923, 1932, and 1955.
<br />Armor, Samuel. History of Orange County. Los Angeles: History Record Company, 1921, page 989.
<br />Rischard, Maureen McClintock. “People Behind Places: Enderle Center.” Orange County Genealogical Society Quarterly,
<br />December 1993, pages 4-7.
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