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<br />DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI #
<br />CONTINUATION SHEET Trinomial
<br />Page 3 of 5 Resource Name: Geddes -Charlton House
<br />*Recorded by Andrea Dumovich Heywood *Date September 7, 20230 Continuation ❑ Update
<br />DPR 523B (1/95)
<br />*133a. Description (continued):
<br />*Required information
<br />Fenestration on the primary (east) fagade includes a fixed wood window, below the eastern -most front gable, with a 20-light
<br />muntin pattern. Wood casements with an 8-light muntin pattern are on either side of the fixed window and are flanked by
<br />decorative wood shutters (Figure 4). Additional multi -light wood casement windows (some with and without shutters) are
<br />situated along the primary (east) fagade. The north and south side fagade window pattern is composed of a mix of single and
<br />double casement, multi -light wood windows, and double -hung wood windows (Figure 5). The rear (west) fagade features
<br />three double casement multi -light wood windows and one double -hung wood window, along with a single pedestrian door and
<br />a replacement, multi -light, wood sliding door. The attic at the rear fagade features a dormer with two non -original or
<br />replacement vinyl hung windows (Figure 6). All original windows throughout include a prominent wood window sill. Additional
<br />architectural features include two stucco -clad chimneys along the north fagade, a single metal vent under the projecting front
<br />gable and two round vents under the primary front gable, and a metal mail slot adjacent to the primary entrance. The rear
<br />yard contains a two-story accessory building consisting of a detached garage with an office above; a smaller accessory shed
<br />building clad in wood siding with a shake roof, exposed rafters, a door, and two windows; and a rear pool. The two-story
<br />building's primary (east) fagade is designed with half timbering under the east -facing gable and shutters to match the main
<br />residence. It also includes vinyl casement windows under the primary east gable, and multi -light wood doors (Figure 7). The
<br />property is landscaped with a front lawn, stone pathway, small shrubs, medium and large -sized trees.
<br />*1310. Significance (continued):
<br />In 1940, L. C. Cameron occupied the residence. In 1941, A. W. Robinson is listed as the only tenant. From at least 1945 to
<br />1956, the Lautzenhiser family (initials O.V. and E.C.) lived at 1908 North Greenleaf Street. Later, J.L. Davis owned the
<br />property for at least ten years, from 1960-1970. City Directories from the 1970s were unavailable. In the 1980s, Steve Pivo
<br />resided at the property between 1980-1982, with Jeff Pivo listed in 1982. By 1985, Bill McKay is identified as a tenant and in
<br />1986 records show no one living at the property. From 1987-1996, Dixie and Thomas Denman are the known property
<br />owners. By 1996, the Denmans sold 1908 North Greenleaf Street to the present-day owners, Don and Patrice Peterson. No
<br />additional information was uncovered regarding the past owners and tenants.
<br />The Geddes -Charlton House is located in Floral Park, a neighborhood northwest of downtown Santa Ana bounded by West
<br />Seventeenth Street, North Flower Street, Riverside Drive, and Broadway. Groves of orange, avocado, and walnut trees and
<br />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 11, 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 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 11 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.
<br />The Geddes -Charlton House qualifies for listing in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties under Criterion 1 as an
<br />intact example of a Tudor Revival style home in Santa Ana. Located in Floral Park, the house cost $5,000 to build in 1934.
<br />The recommended categorization is "Key" because it has a distinctive architectural style and quality reflective of the Tudor
<br />Revival style (Santa Ana Municipal Code, Section 30-2.2). Character -defining features of the Tudor Revival style exhibited by
<br />the house include its wood shake roof,- steeply pitched cross -gable roof form with a secondary gable that projects to the East
<br />towards North Greenleaf Street; minimal roof overhang with exposed rafters; half timbering at both front gable ends at the
<br />primary(east) aga e; stucco si ing; onestucco-c a c imney at tne norm sicle ragacle a second c imney was added in 1988
<br />and is therefore not considered a character -defining feature); main entrance door composed of a wooden door with a
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