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State of California  The Resources Agency Primary #__________________________________________ <br />DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI#______________________________________________ <br />BUILDING, STRUCTURE, AND OBJECT RECORD <br />Page 2 of 3 *NRHP Status Code_5S3_________________________ <br />*Resource Name or #: Martha Ann Brooks House B1. Historic Name: Martha Ann Brooks House <br />B2. Common Name: Same <br />B3. Original Use: Single-family Residence B4. Present Use: Single-family Residence <br />*B5. Architectural Style: Ranch House <br />*B6. Construction History: (Construction date, alterations, and date of alterations): July 23, 1951. Constructed. $20,000. <br /> <br />April 7, 1992. 548-square-foot addition for one bedroom, bathroom, one sitting room. $42,100. <br />April 13, 1992. Add decorative fireplace. <br /> <br />*B7. Moved? No Yes Unknown Date:__________ Original location:_______ _______ <br />*B8. Related Features: Detached Garage. <br /> <br />B9a. Architect: Unknown b. Builder: J. H. Russell and Son <br /> <br />*B10. Significance: Theme Residential Architecture Area Santa Ana <br />Period of Significance: 1951 Property Type: Single-family Residence Applicable Criteria: C/3 <br />(Discuss importance in terms of historical or architectural context as defined by theme, period, and geographic scope. Also address integrity) <br /> <br />The Martha Ann Brooks House is architecturally significant as as an unusual example of the hacienda variant of the Ranch <br />style. This house was originally constructed in 1951, by J. H. Russell and Son for Wesley Farney. Soonafter it was <br />constructed it was sold to Martha Ann Brooks and her first husband William Cheney. Martha Ann Brooks and William Cheney <br />divorced in the mid-1960s, and Martha Ann later married Walter L. Brooks in 1969. Walter L. Brooks served on the Santa Ana <br />City Council in the 1960s. Martha Ann was a civic leader in Santa Ana, raising money for the public library, arts and culture, <br />and hospitals. She was a prominent member of the Republican party, being invited to the White House on several occasions, <br />and was a constant learner and creative person, mastering painting, pottery, fashion design and millinery. She lived to be 101 <br />and 7 months old and was interviewed by the City of Santa Ana History Room in 2018 for her 100th Birthday. <br /> <br /> <br />(See Continuation Sheet 3 of 3.) <br /> <br />B11. Additional Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) <br /> <br />*B12. References: <br /> <br /> City of Santa Ana Building Permits <br /> Santa Ana History Room Collection, Santa Ana Public Library <br /> Sanborn Maps <br /> (See Continuation Sheet 3 of 3.) <br />B13. Remarks: <br /> <br />*B14. Evaluator: Leslie Heumann/Chattel Inc. <br /> <br />*Date of Evaluation: July 1, 2021 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />DPR 523B (1/95) *Required information <br />Sketch Map <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />(This space reserved for official comments.) <br />Martha Ann Brooks House <br />2307 North Benton Way