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<br />Page 3_ of 3_ Resource Name: Flagg House
<br />*Recorded by Ricardo Soto *Date October 4, 2018, 2017 Continuation Update
<br />DPR 523L
<br />*B10. Significance (continued):
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<br />According to city directories, the next recorded occupant of the residence is Miriam A. Flagg, daughter of Nora and A.G.
<br />Flagg. J. Riley Huber, owner of Pure Citrus Juice Co., is the next recorded occupant, according to city directories. Mr. Huber
<br />occupied the residence until at least 1952. The next recorded occupant was Robert B. Wright, according to the 1954
<br />directory. Mr. Wright served as manager and vice president of the Bank of America, and was also president of the Kiwanis
<br />Club. The occupant of the residence remained unchanged until at least 1962.
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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 selection
<br />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 Flagg House is located in Floral Park, a neighborhood northwest of downtown Santa Ana bounded by West Seventeenth
<br />Street, North Flower Street, Riverside Drive, and Broadway. This neighborhood is northwest of downtown Santa Ana
<br />bounded by West Seventeenth Street, North Flower Street, Riverside Drive, and Broadway. Groves of oranges, avocados,
<br />and walnuts and widely scattered ranch houses characterized this area before 1920. Developer and builder Allison Honer
<br />(1897-1981), credited as the subdivider and builder of a major portion of northwest Santa Ana, arrived in Santa Ana from
<br />Beaver Falls, New York in 1922 (Talbert, pages 353-356). “Before nightfall on the day of his arrival, Mr. Honer purchased a
<br />parcel of land. And that month, he began building custom homes in Santa Ana” (Orange County Register, September 15,
<br />1981). The parcel chosen became the Floral Park subdivision between Seventeenth Street and Santiago Creek. “When built
<br />in the 1920s, the Floral Park homes were the most lavish and expensive in the area. They sold for about $45,000 each”
<br />(Orange County Register, September 15, 1981). Revival architecture in a wide variety of romantic styles was celebrated in
<br />the 1920s and 1930s and Floral Park showcased examples of the English Tudor, French Norman, Spanish Colonial, and
<br />Colonial Revival.
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<br />The Allison Honer Construction Company went on to complete such notable projects as the 1935 Art Deco styled Old Santa
<br />Ana City Hall, the El Toro Marine Base during World War II, and the 1960 Honer Shopping Plaza. Honer lived in the
<br />neighborhood he had helped to create, at 615 West Santa Clara Avenue. In the late 1920s and 1930s, another builder, Roy
<br />Roscoe Russell (1881-1965), continued developing the groves of Floral Park. An early Russell project was his 1928
<br />subdivision of Victoria Drive between West Nineteenth Street and West Santa Clara Avenue. The homes were quite grand
<br />and displayed various revival styles, including Russell’s own large, Colonial Revival mansion at 2009 Victoria Drive. In the
<br />early post World War II years, Floral Park continued its development as numerous, smaller, single-family houses were built.
<br />Continuing in the Floral Park tradition, they were mostly revival in style. In the 1950s, low, horizontal Ranch Style houses
<br />completed the growth of Floral Park. Today (2003) Floral Park maintains its identity as the premier neighborhood of Santa
<br />Ana, historically home to many affluent and prominent citizens.
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<br />The Flagg House qualifies for listing in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties under Criterion 1 for its representation
<br />of the distinguishing characteristics of the American Colonial Revival style. Additionally, the house has been categorized as
<br />“Key” because it "has a distinctive architectural style and quality" representing the American Colonial Revival style in Santa
<br />Ana (Santa Ana Municipal Code, Section 30-2.2). Character-defining features of the Flagg House that should be preserved,
<br />include, but may not be limited to: symmetrical composition; materials and finishes (stucco, wood siding, and pilasters); roof
<br />configuration, including eave returns, materials, and treatment; massing and composition (two-story massing, one-story
<br />portico with a broken-base pediment and recessed entry); fenestration (multi-pane hung windows where extant); and
<br />architectural detailing.
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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, 1920-1979.
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