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State of California —The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # CONTINUATION SHEET Trinomial *Recorded by Pedro Gomez *1310. Significance (continued): *Date September 8, 20220 Continuation ❑ Update 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 to the north, south, and east of the city center. Agricultural uses predominated in the outlying areas, with cultivated fields and orchards dotted with widely scattered farmhouses. Since the second half of the twentieth century, the neighborhood in which the J.F.Berger House is now located has been known as West Floral Park. Bounded by Santiago Creek on the north, West Seventeenth Street on the south, North Flower Street on the east and North Bristol Street on the west, this residential area largely developed after 1947. Prior to that time, the area was primarily agricultural, and other than Flower Street, which was improved with houses during the 1920s and 1930s, contained only a handful of residences on Baker and Bristol Streets, the City Water Works pumping plant at 2315 North Bristol Street, and the Animal Shelter and City/County Pound at 2321 North Bristol Street. Between 1947 and 1950, around two dozen homes were constructed on Baker, Olive, Towner, and Westwood Streets. Construction boomed throughout the neighborhood during the 1950s, with the California Ranch emerging as the favored residential style. The J.F. Berger House qualifies for listing in the Santa Ana Register under Criterion I for its exemplification of the Gable -and - Wing variant of the Minimal Traditional style. The house displays the characteristic cross -gabled massing and L-shaped fagade of the variant as well as the minimalist approach to architectural embellishment associated with the style. The recommended categorization is "Contributive" because it contributes to the overall character and history of West Floral Park and is representative example of Minimal Traditional architecture (Santa Ana Municipal Code, Section 30-2.2). Character - defining features of the J.F. Berger House include, but may not be limited to: cross -gabled massing and L-shaped fagade; wood -framed, multi -light windows arranged singly and in pairs; decorative window shutters; combination stucco and wood exterior; and recessed entry accessed from an open, partial -width porch. *B12. References (continued): Ancestry.com. California, Death index, 1940-1997 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry. corn Operations Inc, 2000. Harris, Cyril M. American Architecture: An Illustrated Encyclopedia. New York, WW Norton, 1996. Marsh, Diann. Santa Ana. An illustrated Histo y. 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 Newspapers.com (Santa Ana 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. Santa Ana and Orange County Directories, 1940-1979, DPR 523L