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State of California —The Resources Agency Primary # <br />DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI# <br />BUILDING, STRUCTURE, AND OBJECT RECORD <br />Page 2 of 3 *NRHP Status Code 5S3 <br />-t<esourcemameorrf: Young-neerernuusu <br />B1. Historic Name: Young -Keeler House <br />B2. Common Name: Same <br />B3. Original Use: Single-family Residence B4. Present Use: Single-family Residence <br />*B5. Architectural Style: Ranch House <br />*136. Construction History: (Construction date, alterations, and date of alterations): April 2, 1954. Constructed. $14,000. <br />May 29, 1964, Private swimming pool for Robert Elgie by Anthony Pools. $2,400. <br />June 6, 1968. Water heater. <br />August 17, 1970. Extend existing fence by R.E. Elgie. $428. <br />*B7. Moved? ■No ®Yes ❑Unknown Date: Original location: <br />*138. Related Features: None. <br />B9a. Architect: Unknown b. Builder: Roy Russell <br />*1310. Significance: Theme Residential Architecture Area Santa Ana <br />Period of Significance: 1954 Property Type: Single-family Residence Applicable Criteria: C13 <br />(Discuss importance in terms of historical or architectural context as defined by theme, period, and geographic scope. Also address integrity) <br />The Young -Keeler House is architecturally significant as a characteristic example of the Neoclassical style. This house was <br />originally constructed in 1954, by prominent builder Roy Roscoe Russell. In the late 1920s and 1930s, Roy Russell continued <br />developing the groves of Floral Park, including an early 1928 subdivision of Victoria Drive between West Nineteenth Street and <br />West Santa Clara Avenue. The first residents of the property were Claude E. and Hazel Young who purchased the property <br />soon after construction was complete. Mr. and Mrs. Young resided in the property until 1962 when it was sold to Marshall and <br />Josephine Keeler, Mr. Keeler was a 'public-spirited and progressive citizen" of Santa Ana, worked as a salesman for Smart <br />and Final wholesale grocery company, was the Vice President of the City Board of Education, Director of Crippled Children's <br />Relief Association of Orange County, director of Community Chest of Santa Ana and Tustin, and a member of the Santa Ana <br />Rotary club, and held office of secretary of the Santa Ana Masonic Temple Association (Santa Ana Register, October 18, <br />1926).The property was sold to Robert E. and Maxine E. Elgie in 1964. Mr. Elgie was a SSGT in the US Army Air Forces and <br />both Mr. and Mrs. Elgie are currently buried in the Riverside National Cemetery. Mr, and Mrs. Elgie resided on the property <br />until 1973. No occupancy information is provided in City directories between 1973-1997. In 1998, Clifton R. Cole acquired the <br />property. <br />(See Continuation Sheet 3 of 3.) <br />B11. Additional Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) <br />*1312. References: <br />City of Santa Ana Building Permits <br />Santa Ana History Room Collection, Santa Ana Public Library <br />Sanborn Maps <br />(See Continuation Sheet 3 of 3.) <br />B13. Remarks: <br />*B14. Evaluator: Leslie Heumann/Chattel inc. <br />*Date of Evaluation: October 29, 2020 <br />(This space reserved for official comments.) <br />Sketch Map <br />Young -Keeler House <br />1805 North Louise Street <br />6F <br />r 1 <br />p. <br />° O081 <br />6& <br />U» <br />rRacr^5 <br />feAGT A <br />m 8 w� m t ie v n* <br />a <br />x Qa <br />y <br />s <br />aSTREfr <br />+R <br />DPR 523B (1195) <br />25C-335 <br />*Required Information <br />