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<br />Page 3 of 3 Resource Name: Clem-Koentopp House
<br />*Recorded by Pedro Gomez
<br />*B10. Significance (continued):
<br />*Date October 29, 2020 ❑x Continuation ❑ Update
<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 1666, 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.
<br />The Clem-Koentopp House is located in Washington Square, a neighborhood northwest of downtown Santa Ana bounded
<br />by Bristol Street, West Seventeenth Street, North Flower Street, and West Civic Center Drive. Most of this area was owned
<br />by the family of Jacob Ross, who had purchased portions of the Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana in 1868 and 1869. Walnuts
<br />and other crops were grown in the area during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, with a few farmhouses,
<br />most notably the Ross -McNeal House at 1020 North Baker Street, dotting the landscape. By 1905, Baker and Towner were
<br />the only streets in the neighborhood, which extended from Hickey (now Civic Center) only as far as Washington and which
<br />contained only about a dozen homes. The status quo had not changed much by 1915, when a brick yard was located at the
<br />northern terminus of Olive Street at Hickey. In 1925, the beginning of the development that would convert this largely
<br />agricultural area into a middle class neighborhood of single-family homes over the next 25 years had begun. In the late
<br />1920s and early 1930s, the Tudor Revival and Spanish Colonial Revival homes were the standard, with American Colonial
<br />Revival saltboxes and ranch style homes favored in the years before and after World War il. During the 1930s, many of the
<br />homes were built by local contractor Emmett Rogers, who sold lots and built homes according to standard plans, which
<br />individual property owners could customize to their tastes ("Washington Square: A Neighborhood of Pride," Washington
<br />Square Neighborhood Association). With the return of servicemen following the war and the accompanying demand for
<br />homes in southern California, the development of Washington Square was all but completed.
<br />The Clem-Koentopp House qualifies for listing in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties under Criterion 1, as an
<br />early and very intact example of the Ranch House style in Santa Ana. Additionally, the house has been categorized as "Key"
<br />because it has a `distinctive architectural style and quality" as an example of the pre -World War 11 Ranch House style in
<br />Santa Ana (Santa Ana Municipal Code, Section 30-2.2). Character -defining features of the Clem-Koentopp House that
<br />should be preserved include, but may not be limited to, materials and finishes (brick, stucco, horizontal wood siding); cross -
<br />hipped roof design; asymmetrical and horizontal fagade massing, including front -facing hipped extensions ("wings'); wide
<br />open eaves with exposed rafters; primary entry and fenestration (casement, fixed, and bay windows); and exterior brick
<br />chimney.
<br />*1312. References (continued):
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