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J <br />1986 <br />Neighborhood leaders stand <br />outside the historic Heninger <br />House on Birch St. in Santa Ana. <br />They are, clockwise from left, <br />Tom Ferrier, Gene Myers, Dorothy Gossett, Carol Gossett, <br />Nicki Sands, Maria Casiano, Kee jefferies, Charlotte Thomas <br />and John Jefferies <br />Heninger Park leaders want to preserve the uniqueness of the <br />area, a historic district filled with one of a kind houses from the <br />early 19001s. <br />- The Orange County Register <br />A brief history <br />of Heninciar aE,..xv <br />Neighborhood <br />R <br />Tomato Seed Moguls: <br />Haven brothers Archie, <br />Lawrence and Robert <br />in a photo taken in the 1920's <br />The Haven Seed Co. made Santa Ana <br />the tomato seed capital of the world <br />from the 19104s to the 1930's. <br />Robert Haven lived in Heninger Park. <br />- The Orange County Register <br />A brief history of Heninger Park, a neighborhood of about 950 homes and buildings, including <br />and the Santa Ana Fire Station #75 and Fire Museum. Many of the houses are between 90 and over churches, markets <br />There are no parks or vacant lots in Heninger Park. over 100 years old. <br />Beginning in 1907, fvlartin Heninger and his brother built." H <br />sidewalks and curbs, planted trees, and built beautiful custom moms Park <br />Hem Barley field. They paved streets, put in <br />who built the house in 1912 This was the Heninger family's dream home. Martin and Ma <br />se is named for Martin Heninger <br />daughters, Nora, Mabel and Mildred. Mrs Heninger had a ele t ry Heninger lived here with their three <br />curb cut and concrete ribbon driveway can still bc nc car that she parked just outside the kitchen window. The <br />y e seen today. Historical Heninger Park as we know it today was established in <br />1986 by neighbors who saw a need to loin together to stop the trend to bulldoze <br />apartment single family <br />P ent buildings. Heninger Park residents also recognized the need for protecti a meaures to encourage <br />multi -family <br />and exterior preservation of the neighborhood's architectural assets. Working together, 9e rehabilitation <br />1 successful in paving the way for future preservation, <br />g and with the city, neighbors have been <br />t <br />