Appendix A Historic Property Survey Report

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ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY REPORT FAIRVIEW STREET IMPROVEMENTS FROM 9TH STREET TO 16TH STREET AND JUNE 2019 BRIDGE REPLACEMENT PROJECT SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA The record search indicates that there are no previously recorded resource sites within the current APE; however, a total of 44 resources have been recorded within 1 mile of the APE. Two of these resources, the 1905 Pacific Electric Railroad Santa Ana River Bridge (P-30-161847) and the 1926 Hales -Hill Feed Warehouse (P-30-177031), are within 0.25-mile of the APE. Five resources, all buildings, are within 0.5 mile of the APE. The remaining 37 resources are more than 0.5 mile from the current APE. The 44 historic resource sites identified by the record search outside the APE are prehistoric (1) and historic (43). The prehistoric resource is a now -destroyed habitation site, whereas the historic resources are the railroad bridge and 42 buildings. The buildings are differentiated by type. Listed in decreasing order of abundance, the buildings include single-family residences (28), commercial (10), single-family residence/commercial (1), hotel/motel (2), and a school (1). Additional historic resources are listed in the OHP Historic Property Data File (HRI) for the cities of Santa Ana and Garden Grove. There are 18 listed properties in Santa Ana within 1 mile of the APE. All of these 18 properties are buildings constructed 1898-1955, but mainly from the 1920s through the 1950s. Seventeen of these buildings were determined ineligible for National Register listing, while 1 needs re-evaluation. In Garden Grove, the OHP Historic Property Data File identifies 11 properties within 1 mile of the APE. These properties include buildings (9), an 1880 eucalyptus vat, and a 1976 storm drain. The storm drain was determined ineligible for National Register listing, while the eucalyptus vat needs re-evaluation. The nine buildings were constructed 1949-2000, but primarily in the 1950s. All were determined to be ineligible for listing in the National Register. Provided with the record search are two Anaheim, California 15-minute topographic quadrangle maps (USGS 1896, 1942). In addition to these maps, online topographic maps and aerial photographs were reviewed (www.historicaerials.com). Maps indicate that no buildings existed in the APE in 1896, although at that time, the map depicts both Santa Ana and Garden Grove. It is not until 1935 that an online map shows buildings at the north and south ends of what is now the APE, although neither Fairview Street nor the Fairview Street bridge existed. A 1950 map of the area shows that, although buildings existed along major streets, most of the area in the vicinity of the project was in agricultural production. Earlier maps from the 1930s and 1940s that should identify agricultural use of the land and the initial growth of residential areas all appear to be editions of earlier maps. That is, maps from the 1930s and 1940s show characteristics of the area that existed ca. 1900, rather than what existed in the 1930s and 1940s. The single exception to this is the 1942 15-minute USGS map (Anaheim, California), provided with the record search. This map shows that the Santa Ana River was not channelized, although it appeared to have some type of reinforcement along the northern and southern banks. Five buildings exist in the vicinity of the APE, although 3 or 4 are probably outside the current APE. At this time (1942), Garden Grove Boulevard is also labelled State Route 22 (SR-22), and a paved road running alongside the Southern Pacific Railroad northwest from downtown Santa Ana is labelled U.S. Route 101 (US 101). Although the railroad continues southeast of Santa Ana, the adjacent road does not. Q:\WKE1702\Cultural\ASR\ASR 2019 OS-21.docx (06/03/19) 7