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State of California —The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # CONTINUATION SHEET Trinomial Page 3 of 5 Resource Name: (Name_ of Structure))*Recorded by Andrea Dumovich Heywood *Date July 15, 20240 Continuation ❑ Update *P3a. Description (continued): Additional fenestration on the south (primary) fagade includes a single two -over -two double -hung wood window. The side (north) fagade contains one -over -one double -hung wood windows. The rear (east) fagade has single and double partially glazed pedestrian doors with horizontal muntins dividing the doors into five lights. Additional fenestration at the rear fagade includes a single double -hung wood window, as well as a glass block window with two steel -frame, multi -light fixed -and - casement windows located on the curved building projection (east addition) (Figures 5 and 6). The detached garage, located southeast of the primary residence, contains a side -gabled roof clad in asphalt shingles to match the residence (Figure 7). The paneled garage door at its primary (west) fagade faces a long, paved driveway leading to North Flower Street. A single, solid pedestrian door is situated at the rear (east) fagade. Additional architectural features include a vent at the gable end of the primary (south) fagade, pronounced window sill trim throughout, smooth or curved building corners, and an Art Modern style metal door knocker on the main entrance door. The property is landscaped with a front lawn, small shrubs, and medium-sized trees. *1310. Significance (continued): The R.S. McGuire House is located in Floral Park, a neighborhood northwest of downtown Santa Ana bounded by West Seventeenth Street, North Flower Street, Riverside Drive, and Broadway. Groves of orange, avocado, and walnut trees and widely scattered ranch houses characterized this area before 1920. Developer and builder Allison Honer (1897-1981), credited as the subdivider and builder of a major portion of northwest Santa Ana, arrived in Santa Ana from Beaver Falls, New York in 1922 (Talbert, pages 353-356). "Before nightfall on the day of his arrival, Mr. Honer purchased a parcel of land. And that month, he began building custom homes in Santa Ana" (Orange County Register, September 15, 1981). The parcel chosen became the Floral Park subdivision between Seventeenth Street and Santiago Creek. "When built in the 1920s, the Floral Park homes were the most lavish and expensive in the area. They sold for about $45,000 each" (Orange County Register, September 15, 1981). Revival architecture in a wide variety of romantic styles was celebrated in the 1920s and 1930s and Floral Park showcased examples of the English Tudor, French Norman, Spanish Colonial, and Colonial Revival. The Allison Honer Construction Company went on to complete such notable projects as the 1935 Art Deco styled Old Santa Ana City Hall, the El Toro Marine Base during World War ll, and the 1960 Honer Shopping Plaza. Honer lived in the neighborhood he had helped to create, at 615 West Santa Clara Avenue. In the late 1920s and 1930s, another builder, Roy Roscoe Russell (1881-1965), continued developing the groves of Floral Park. An early Russell project was his 1928 subdivision of Victoria Drive between West Nineteenth Street and West Santa Clara Avenue. The homes were quite grand and displayed various revival styles, including Russell's own large, Colonial Revival mansion at 2009 Victoria Drive. In 1937, Roy Rodney Russell, joined his father's firm and by 1945 it was renamed as Roy Russell and Son. In the early post World War II years, Floral Park continued its development as numerous, smaller, single-family houses were built. Continuing in the Floral Park tradition, they were mostly revival in style. In the 1950s, low, horizontal Ranch Style houses completed the growth of Floral Park. Today (2023) Floral Park maintains its identity as the premier neighborhood of Santa Ana, historically home to many affluent and prominent citizens. The R.S. McGuire House qualifies for listing in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties under Criterion 1 as an intact example of an Art Moderne style home in Santa Ana. Located in Floral Park, the house cost $5,500 to build in 1938. The recommended categorization is "Key" because it has a distinctive architectural style and quality reflective of the Art Moderne style (Santa Ana Municipal Code, Section 30-2.2). Character -defining features of the R.S. McGuire House include, but may not be limited to: T-shaped plan; asymmetrical primary fagades at the west and south; low -pitch hipped and gabled roof, - minimal roof overhang and exposed rafter tails; smooth stucco siding with minimal texture throughout; stucco -clad chimney with exposed brick near the top; steel -frame multi -pane combination fixed -and -casement corner windows that wrap around building corners; building projections that are stepped back from the front (west) portion of the building; main entrance accessible by two curved concrete steps with a single, solid door and Art Moderne style metal door knocker that is situated below a curved roof awning; double -hung wood windows; pronounced window sill trim throughout; vent at the gable end; smooth or curved building corners; detached garage; and front yard lawn with landscaping including mature trees and shrubs. *B12. References (continued): Ancestry.com. California, Death Index, 1938-1997 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. Harris, Cyril M. American Architecture: An Illustrated Encyclopedia. New York, WW Norton, 1998. Marsh, Diann. Santa Ana, An Illustrated History. 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 DPR 523L