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State of California — The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # CONTINUATION SHEET Trinomial A 4 Kesource Name or # (Assigned by recorder) M. W. Peterson House by Leslie J. Neumann and Deborah Howell-Ardila *Date December 1, 2006 El Continuation ❑ Update *B10. Significance (continued): Santa Ana was founded by William Spurgeon in 1869 as a speculative town site on part of the Spanish land grant known as Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana. The civic and commercial core of the community was centered around the intersection of Main and Fourth Streets. Stimulated by the arrival of the Santa Fe Railroad and incorporation as a city in 1886, and selection as the seat of the newly created County of Orange in 1889, the city grew outwards, with residential neighborhoods developing around the city center. Agricultural uses predominated in the outlying areas, with cultivated fields and orchards dotted with widely scattered farmhouses. The M. W. Peterson House is located in north Santa Ana, in the Morrison/Eldridge Park neighborhood. An irregularly shaped area straddling North Flower Street, Morrison/Eldridge Park is bounded by the Garden Grove (22) and the Santa Ana (5) freeways on the north and east, Sharon Road and Memory Lane on the south, and North Bristol Street on the west. With the primary exception of the 2600 block of North Flower Street, this area remained unsubdivided and presumably agricultural through World War 11. According to the city directories and early maps, North Flower ended at Seventeenth Street until around 1915, when six homes were noted north of Seventeenth, including three north of Santiago Creek. By 1920, there were nine homes, including one (2610, later numbered 2620), in what would become the Morrison0dridge Park neighborhood. Construction of three additional homes on the 2600 block occurred between 1925 and 1930. Beginning with a handful of homes constructed on newly laid out streets in the first few years of the 1950s, the area exploded in the mid 1950s with the building of tracts of homes in the California Ranch style. Home building in the neighborhood tapered off in the 1960s and ended around 1972. The M. W. Peterson House qualifies for listing in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties under Criterion 1 for its exemplification of the distinguishing characteristics of the 1920s Colonial Revival style. Typical stylistic features illustrated by the house include its symmetrical, side -gabled configuration and prominently hooded entry. Additionally, the house has been categorized as "Contributive " because it "contributes to the overall character and history" of the Morrison/Eldridge Park neighborhood and, as an intact and characteristic example of a 1920s Colonial Revival style home, "is a good example of period architecture." Character -defining exterior features of the M. W. Peterson House that should be preserved include, but may not be limited to, materials and finishes (clapboard); roof configuration and detailing; massing; original windows and doors and their surrounds where extant; entry; and architectural details such as the entry hood and attic vents. *1312. References (continued): Harris, Cyril M. American Architecture: An Illustrated Encyclopedia. New York, WIN Norton, 1998. Marsh, Diann. Santa Ana, An Illustrated History. Encinitas, Heritage Publishing, 1994. McAlester, Virginia and Lee. A Field Guide to American Houses. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1984. National Register Bulletin 16A. "How to Complete the National Register Registration Form." Washington DC: National Register Branch, National Park Service, US Dept. of the interior, 1991. Office of Historic Preservation. 'Instructions for Recording Historical Resources. " Sacramento: March 1995, Whiffen, Marcus. American Architecture Since 1780. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1969. Orange County Plat Maps, 1912. Thomas Brothers Maps of Orange County, 1957, 1964, and 1969. Santa Ana and Orange County Directories, 1905-1962. DPR 523L