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Page 2 of 4 <br />cm\historic\templates\Bush N 1721 (Drips House) <br />10/17/01 <br />CONSTRUCTION HISTORY: (Construction data, alterations, and date of alterations) <br /> <br />June 17, 1929. Private garage. <br />April 11, 1933. Rebuild chimney. <br />June 11, 1991. Fire damage, reframe and recover roof (composition). <br />November 12, 1991. Repair floor and porch. <br /> <br />RELATED FEATURES: (Other important features such as barns, sheds, fences, prominent or unusual trees, or landscape) <br /> <br />None. <br /> <br />DESCRIPTION: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, settings, and <br />boundaries.) <br /> <br />This one and a half-story residence is an example of the side gable variant of the Craftsman bungalow. Of moderate pitch, the gable is <br />accented by a shed-roofed dormer centered on the façade. Roof treatment includes exposed rafters with notched tails in the eaves and <br />exposed knee braces in the gable ends. Medium width lap siding sheathes the house. Spanning most of the façade, a recessed porch is <br />enclosed by a brick porch wall. Short, elephantine posts on brick pedestals define three unevenly sized bays. Brick was also used for <br />the porch stair walls and for a chimney attached to the south elevation. The entry features a battered surround with an extended lintel. <br />Similarly framed, windows banded by transoms divided into small rectangular lights are located to either side of the entry. The <br />property also contains a garage, constructed many years after the house. <br /> <br />HISTORIC HIGHLIGHTS: <br /> <br />This house was built by Harry P. Drips and May West Drips in 1912. Harry Drips’s father, William Drips, was a contractor, <br />responsible for the building of Layman’s Castle and the first brick building in Santa Ana, the Gilmacher Block. A carpenter at Griffin <br />Lumber and Mill, Harry joined his father in the construction business and together they built many churches and schools in the <br />Newport and Tustin area. The Drips family, whose original name was Seldon, had come to America from Scotland. It is said that <br />while fleeing religious persecution they had hidden in a cave and survived by drinking water that dripped from the rocks, and they <br />decided to change their name as a consequence (Santa Ana Historical Preservation Society Newsletter). May West Drips was the <br />daughter of pioneer Santa Ana resident C. Z. West, who operated the Waffle and West Livery Stable. West Street (now Broadway) <br />was named after her grandfather, Captain John West. The couple married in 1894 and raised three daughters. Their son-in-law, <br />James B. Utt, served in the United States Congress for over 20 years. Harry Drips died in 1940. May Drips continued to live in the <br />house for several more years. <br /> <br />Damaged by fire in 1991, the house was restored by Gary Green and presented with the Santa Ana Historical Preservation Society <br />Award in 1992. <br /> <br />RESOURCE ATTRIBUTES: (List attributes and codes from Appendix 4 of Instructions for Recording Historical Resources, Office <br />of Historic Preservation.) <br /> <br />HP2. Single-family Property <br /> <br /> <br />E-14