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State of California —The Resources Agency Primary # <br />DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI 9 <br />CONTINUATION SHEET Trinomial <br />Page 3 of 3 Resource Name' Eisen-Hofhcins House <br />'Recorded by Pedro Gomez `Date May 13, 2021 LxJ Continuation ❑ Update <br />*1310. Significance (continued): <br />Sipco the second half of the twentieth century, the neighborhood in which the Eisen-Hofhcins House is located has been <br />known as West Floral Park. Bounded by Santiago Creek on the north, West Seventeenth Street on the south, North Flower <br />Street on the east and North Bristol Street on the west, this residential area largely developed after 1947. Prior to that time. <br />the area was primarily agricultural. and other than Flower Street. which was improved with houses during the 1920s and <br />19308, contained only a handful of residences on Baker and Bristol Streets, the City Water Works pumping plant at 2315 <br />North Bristol Street, and the Animal Shelter and City/County Pound at 2321 North Bristol Street_ Between 1947 and 1950, <br />around two dozen homes were constructed on Baker. Olive, Towner, and Westwood Streets. Construction boomed <br />throughout the nelghborhood during the 1950s, with the California Ranch emerging as the favored residential style. <br />The Eisen-Hofhcins House qualifies for listing in the Santa Ana Register of Historir,al Properlirs under Critcr"ion 1 for <br />emhndirnent of the distinguishing characteristics of the Ranch House style, in particular the pichrresque, dnvecote" variant of <br />the Ranch style. The recommended categorization is "Contributive" because it contributes to the overall character and history <br />of West Floret Park and is a good exarnotc of Ranch style architecture (Santa Ana Municipal Code, Section 30-2.2). <br />Characlet-defining features of the Eisen-Hothelns House include. but may not be limited lo. materials and finishes (slucco, <br />horizontal wood board lapped siding, and board -and -batten siding), moderately pitched, front- and side -gabled roof design. <br />wide open eaves with exposed rafters: decorative pointed eave extensions and dovecote, and fenestration (diamond- and <br />multi -pane hung, paired, and pichee windows where extanQ: and architectural clelading. <br />*812. References (continued): <br />Ancestry.t.urn. California, Death Index, 1940-1997 [database on-line]. Provo. UT, USA. Ancestry curn Operations Inc:. 2000. <br />Ancestry.coni. 1930 United States Federal Census fdatabase on-line[ Provo, UT. USA, Ancestry. corn Operations Inc. 2002. <br />Harris, Cyril M American Architecture: Ao Illustrated Encvclooecha_ New York, WW Norton, 1998. <br />Marsh, Diann. Santa Ana. Art Illustrated Historv. Encinitas, Heritage Publishing, 1994. <br />McAlester, Virginia and Lee. A Field Guide to American Houses. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1984. <br />National Register Bulletin 16A. "How to Complete the National Register Registration Form." Washington DC: National <br />Register <br />Ncwspapers.com (Santa Ana Register) <br />Branch, National Park Service, US Dept. of the Interior, 1991. <br />Office of Historic Preservation. "Instructtons for Recording Historical Resources." Sacramento. March 1995. <br />Whitten, Marcus. American Architecture Since 1780. Cambridge, MIT Press. 1969. <br />Santa Ana and Orange County Directories. 1920-1979. <br />City Council <br />DPR 523L <br />17 — 14 71612021 <br />