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<br />Page 3_ of 5_Resource Name: C.P. Johnson House
<br />*Recorded by Andrea Dumovich Heywood *Date November 2, 2023 Continuation Update
<br />DPR 523L
<br />*P3a. Description (continued):
<br />Fenestration on the primary (east) façade moving south to north includes a pair of multi-light casement wood windows below
<br />the primary front gable; a single, wood-framed leaded-glass square window adjacent to the primary façade; a single, fixed
<br />narrow window with decorative exterior wooden bars; and a larger fixed wood window flanked by multi-light casement wood
<br />windows (Figure 4). The north, south, and rear (west) façade fenestration pattern is composed of a mix of single, double, and
<br />triple casement, multi-light wood windows; multi-light single and double wood doors; along with casement, single, and double-
<br />hung wood windows (Figure 5). Three dormers are located at the south side façade, one dormer is at the north side façade,
<br />and two dormers are along the rear (west) façade. Second story dormers along the secondary and rear facades contain
<br />paired multi-light casement wood windows, with the exception of a single fixed wood window on the smaller south side
<br />dormer (Figure 6). All original windows throughout include a prominent wood window sill.
<br />Additional architectural features include a low, stucco-clad wall with asphalt shingle coping that partially encloses the open
<br />patio at the primary (east) façade; a rear porch covered by a canvas canopy at the rear (west) façade featuring metal railing
<br />and a raised platform; a secondary, stucco-clad chimney along the north façade; hood moldings; pronounced and projecting
<br />angles within the roof and often above windows; window canopies; a horizontal slat vent at the primary façade’s main gable;
<br />and round vents at each dormer’s gable end (except for the small, middle dormer at the south façade). The rear yard contains
<br />a single-story detached garage and a rear pool. The garage’s primary (east) façade is designed with wide horizontal siding
<br />and a wood garage door, and the north (side) façade features narrow horizontal siding with a single wood window and door
<br />(Figure 7). The property is landscaped with a front lawn, two round brick planters, manicured hedges and shrubs, and
<br />medium-sized trees including two Italian Cypress trees. Brick lines the driveway and open patio at the primary (east) façade.
<br />*B10. Significance (continued):
<br />By 1955, H.W. McKague owned the property. No owner/occupant records were available between 1956 and 1959. From
<br />1960 to 1962, E.H. Wilhelmi is listed as the owner. City directories are unavailable between 1963 - 1979. In 1980 and 1985,
<br />the owner is not listed in directories. Grey and Melissa Figge owned the property in Circa 1988. The present-day owners,
<br />Charles and Julie Lake, have owned the property since 1989. In 2011, the property's ownership was transferred to a family
<br />trust, however Mr. and Mrs. Lake continue to reside in the property. No additional information was uncovered regarding the
<br />past owners and tenants.
<br />The C.P. Johnson 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 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 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.
<br />The C.P. Johnson House qualifies for listing in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties under Criterion 1 as an intact
<br />example of a Tudor Revival style home in Santa Ana. Located in Floral Park, the house cost $6,500 to build in 1928. The
<br />recommended categorization is “Key” because it has a distinctive architectural style and quality reflective of the Tudor Revival
<br />style (Santa Ana Municipal Code, Section 30-2.2). Character-defining features of the C.P. Johnson House include, but may
<br />not be limited to: Irregular-shaped building footprint and massing; asymmetrical primary façade; complex roof form with multi-
<br />gable roof system featuring steeply pitched gables and dormers; large, side-gabled roof visible at the primary façade that is
<br />reflective of the French Eclectic style; central chimney; sand finish stucco siding; open brick patio at primary façade; primary
<br />entrance within a steeply pitched front-facing gable, that features an arched wood door with an arched, operable light behind
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