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<br />Page 3_ of 5_ Resource Name: Turk House
<br />*Recorded by Andrea Dumovich Heywood *Date March 2, 2023 Continuation Update
<br />DPR 523L
<br />DPR 523B (1/95) *Required information
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<br />*P3a. Description (continued):
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<br />Window fenestration on the primary (west) façade includes two obscured-glass trapezoidal transoms below the front gable
<br />roof, and two sets of narrow, wood-frame, tripartite windows with a central fixed window flanked by casements, both set
<br />within the interior courtyard on either side of the main entrance (Figure 5). Remaining window fenestration throughout the
<br />building includes aluminum-frame fixed, casement, and jalousie windows along the south and north side façades. A single
<br />wood-frame, multi-lite pedestrian door is located on the south (side) façade and a wood-frame window with jalousie glass
<br />louvers over a paired obscured glass window is located on the north (side) façade, along with two aluminum-clad sliding
<br />windows. Rear fenestration includes an aluminum-frame sliding kitchen window that projects outwards from the façade, along
<br />with two expansive sets of aluminum-frame sliding doors and a fixed window (Figure 6). Additional architectural features
<br />include a central brick chimney, a whitewashed brick planter at the primary façade below the front-facing gable, concrete
<br />block and concrete brise soleil pool equipment screen in the rear yard, a narrow whitewashed brick wall that encloses the
<br />north side yard, and long beams extending past the gable’s end on both north and south (side) facades (Figure 7). The
<br />property is landscaped with palm trees, birds of paradise, and other Mid-Century Modern themed vegetation.
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<br />*B10. Significance (continued):
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<br />The Turk House is located in Floral Park, a neighborhood northwest of downtown Santa Ana bounded by West Seventeenth
<br />Street, North Flower Street, Riverside Drive, and Broadway. Groves of orange, avocado, and walnut trees and widely
<br />scattered ranch houses characterized this area before 1920. Developer and builder Allison Honer (1897-1981), credited as
<br />the subdivider and builder of a major portion of northwest Santa Ana, arrived in Santa Ana from Beaver Falls, New York in
<br />1922 (Talbert, pages 353-356). “Before nightfall on the day of his arrival, Mr. Honer purchased a parcel of land. And that
<br />month, he began building custom homes in Santa Ana” (Orange County Register, September 15, 1981). The parcel chosen
<br />became the Floral Park subdivision between Seventeenth Street and Santiago Creek. “When built in the 1920s, the Floral
<br />Park homes were the most lavish and expensive in the area. They sold for about $45,000 each” (Orange County Register,
<br />September 15, 1981). Revival architecture in a wide variety of romantic styles was celebrated in the 1920s and 1930s and
<br />Floral Park showcased examples of the English Tudor, French Norman, Spanish Colonial, and Colonial Revival. The Allison
<br />Honer Construction Company went on to complete such notable projects as the 1935 Art Deco styled Old Santa Ana City
<br />Hall, the El Toro Marine Base during World War II, and the 1960 Honer Shopping Plaza. Honer lived in the neighborhood he
<br />had helped to create, at 615 West Santa Clara Avenue.
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<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 1937, Roy Rodney Russell, joined his father’s firm and by 1945 it was renamed as
<br />Roy Russell and Son. In the early post World War II years, Floral Park continued its development as numerous, smaller,
<br />single-family houses were built. Continuing in the Floral Park tradition, they were mostly revival in style. In the 1950s, low,
<br />horizontal Ranch Style houses completed the growth of Floral Park. Today (2023) Floral Park maintains its identity as the
<br />premier neighborhood of Santa Ana, historically home to many affluent and prominent citizens.
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<br />The Turk House qualifies for listing in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties under Criterion 1 as a highly intact
<br />example of a Mid-Century Modern style home in Santa Ana. Located in Floral Park, the house cost $21,000 to build in 1960.
<br />The recommended categorization is “Key” because it has a distinctive architectural style and quality reflective of the Mid-
<br />Century Modern style (Santa Ana Municipal Code, Section 30-2.2). Character-defining features of the Mid-Century Modern
<br />style exhibited by the house include its low-pitched cross-gable roof with broad overhanging eaves; extended beams below
<br />the gables; exposed rafters; continuous fascia that warps around the building’s roofline; stucco, whitewashed brick, and
<br />concrete
<br />block exteriors; privacy wall incorporating a brise soleil and wrought iron gate at the primary façade; main entrance made of
<br />wrought iron and obscured glass designed in a geometric pattern that echoes the entrance gate; two obscured-glass
<br />trapizoidal transoms below the front gable roof; narrow, wood-frame triparte windows with a central fixed window flanked by
<br />casements; aluminum-frame fixed, casement, sliding, and jalousie glass louver windows; obscured glass windows; alumium-
<br />frame sliding door with a fixed window; attached garage; central brick chimney; whitewashed brick planter; swimming pool;
<br />concrete block and brise soleil pool equipment screen in rear yard; and tropical landscaping.
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<br />*B12. References (continued):
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<br />Almendral, Dylan M. “The Home of Dynasties: Historic Home Profile.” My Blog. 12 January 2020. Available:
<br />https://www.dylanmalmendral.com/blog/the-home-of-dynasties. Accessed: 1 February 2023.
<br />Ancestry.com. California, Death Index, 1940-1997 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.
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