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<br />Page 3 of 3 Resource Name: W.W. Woods-Ellerbroek House
<br />*Recorded by Andrea Dumovich Heywood *Date May 5, 2022 0 Continuation ❑ Update
<br />*133a. Description (continued):
<br />The east and south elevations each have two windows which are placed on the far ends of both facades. These windows
<br />consist of single -hung wood framed windows with divided lites, flanked by wood shutters and raised above decorative wood
<br />paneling. Remaining fenestration includes four long, narrow fixed lites at the second story living space above the garage of
<br />the primary (south) fagade, and a combination of nearly floor -to -ceiling, fully -glazed, fixed, sliding, and double doors along the
<br />west elevation facing the back yard. The property is landscaped with a lawn and low vegetation with decorative rock planters
<br />at the east and south facades. A brick walkway leading towards the front entry contains a single tree set in a rock planter
<br />flush with the brick paving. Three palm trees line the east yard and one large and one small tree are south of the building. A
<br />low post and rail fence wraps around the property to the east, south, and part of the north, which increases in height near the
<br />garage at the southwest.
<br />*B10. Significance (continued):
<br />The W.W. Woods-Ellerbroek House is located in Floral Park, a neighborhood northwest of downtown Santa Ana bounded by
<br />West Seventeenth Street, North Flower Street, Riverside Drive, and Broadway. Groves of oranges, avocados, and walnuts
<br />and widely scattered ranch houses characterized this area before 1920. Developer and builder Allison Honer (1897-1981),
<br />credited as the subdivider and builder of a major portion of northwest Santa Ana, arrived in Santa Ana from Beaver Falls,
<br />New York in 1922 (Talbert, pages 353-356). "Before nightfall on the day of his arrival, Mr. Honer purchased a parcel of land.
<br />And that month, he began building custom homes -in Santa Ana" (Orange County Register, September 15, 1981). The parcel
<br />chosen became the Floral Park subdivision between Seventeenth Street and Santiago Creek. "When built in the 1920s, the
<br />Floral Park homes were the most lavish and expensive in the area. They sold for about $45,000 each" (Orange County
<br />Register, September 15, 1981). Revival architecture in a wide variety of romantic styles was celebrated in the 1920s and
<br />1930s and Floral Park showcased examples of the English Tudor, French Norman, Spanish Colonial, and Colonial Revival.
<br />The Allison Honer Construction Company went on to complete such notable projects as the 1935 Art Deco styled Old Santa
<br />Ana City Hall, the El Toro Marine Base during World War II, and the 1960 Honer Shopping Plaza. Honer lived in the
<br />neighborhood he had helped to create, at 615 West Santa Clara Avenue.
<br />In the late 1920s and 1930s, another builder, Roy Roscoe Russell (1881-1965), continued developing the groves of Floral
<br />Park. An early Russell project was his 1928 subdivision of Victoria Drive between West Nineteenth Street and West Santa
<br />Clara Avenue. The homes were quite grand and displayed various revival styles, including Russell's own large, Colonial
<br />Revival mansion at 2009 Victoria Drive. In the early. post World War 11 years, Floral Park continued its development as
<br />numerous, smaller, single-family houses were built. Continuing in the Floral Park tradition, they were mostly revival in style. In
<br />the 1950s, low, horizontal Ranch Style houses completed the growth of Floral Park. Today (2022) Floral Park maintains its
<br />identity as the premier neighborhood of Santa Ana, historically home to many affluent and prominent citizens.
<br />The W.W. Woods-Ellerbroek House qualities for listing in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties under Criterion 1 for
<br />embodiment of the distinguishing characteristics of the Ranch House style. It was designed by architect Philmer J. Ellerbroek,
<br />who "reigned as one of the South Coast's premiere [sic] architectural practitioners fsic]" in the 1950s and 1960s, thereby
<br />fulfilling the requirements of Criterion 2 (Vaught, 2011). Built at a cost of $43,000 in 1955, a very substantial investment for
<br />the time, the property retains substantial integrity of exterior design, materials, and workmanship, although the interior has
<br />been recently renovated. The recommended categorization is "Landmark" for its unique architectural significance as a good
<br />example of the Ranch Style and as the work of a prominent and respected South Coast architect, Philmer J. Ellerbroek
<br />(Santa Ana Municipal Code, Section 30-2.2). Character -defining features of the W.W. Woods-Ellerbroek House include, but
<br />may not be limited to: its one-story, horizontal massing; low-pitched, overhanging, hipped roof with exposed rafters; blend of
<br />rustic materials including wood and brick; and extensive use of windows to blur the separation between indoors and out.
<br />*B12. References (continued):
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<br />Harris, Cyril M. American Architecture: An Illustrated Encyclopedia. New York, WW Norton, 1998.
<br />Marsh, Diann. Santa Ana, An Illustrated History. 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 />Newspapers.com (Santa Ana Register)
<br />Branch, National Park Service, US Dept. of the Interior, 1991.
<br />Office of Historic Preservation. "Instructions for Recording Historical Resources." Sacramento: March 1995.
<br />Vaught,. Steve. "South Coast Savvy — The Very Talented Philmer J. Ellerbroek." Paradise Leased (wordpress.com): 2011.
<br />Available: https://paradiseleased.wordpress.com/2011/07/20/south-coast-sawv-the-very-talented-phi/mer-i-ellerbroek/.
<br />Whitten, Marcus. American Architecture Since 1780. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1969.
<br />Santa Ana and Orange County Directories, 1920-1979.
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