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<br />CONTINUATION SHEET Trinomial
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<br />*Recorded by James Williams *Date July 15, 20240 Continuation ❑ Update
<br />*P3a. Description (continued):
<br />The detached garage, located southeast of the residence, was constructed in a style similar to the residence (Figure 7). It has
<br />a rectangular plan, hipped roof with asphalt shingles and closed eaves, and stucco siding. A non -original metal roll -up garage
<br />door is located on the main (west) fagade, opening toward a concrete -paved driveway leading to French Street. A wood -panel
<br />door and double -hung wood -sash window are located on the secondary west fagade.
<br />*1310. Significance (continued):
<br />The Smith House is located in the Park Santiago neighborhood. The neighborhood is bounded by Santiago Creek and Park on
<br />the north, East Seventeenth Street on the south, North Lincoln Avenue on the east, North Main Street on the west, and the 1-5
<br />freeway on the southwest. In large part these boundaries reflect the transportation lines that were constructed towards the end
<br />of the nineteenth century and at the beginning of the twentieth century, when the Pacific Electric interurban railroad ran up Main
<br />Street; the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe tracks followed Lincoln; and the Southern Pacific Railroad right-of-way mirrored
<br />the freeway route.
<br />This area remained primarily agricultural well into the 1920s. As of 1905, the city directories listed around twenty households
<br />on East Santa Clara, Twentieth Street, "C Street" (now North Santiago Street), North Bush Street and North Main Avenue, the
<br />only streets in the area at the time. The vast majority of the residents were ranchers. By 1911, the number of households had
<br />increased to about thirty, and Edgewood Road and Valencia Street had been partially laid out, but most residents continued to
<br />list "rancher" or "fruit grower" as their occupation in the city directories. This pattern of land use was evident on the 1912 plat
<br />map of the City, which illustrated two small, Craftsman era subdivisions along Bush north of Santa Clara and on Valencia and
<br />Poinsettia south of Twentieth Street, with the remaining area divided into larger, agricultural parcels held by approximately forty
<br />landowners.
<br />While the area east of Santiago Street was not subdivided until after the mid-1920s, most of the present day streets west of
<br />Santiago had been laid out when the City was mapped in 1923. Ranching continued to be the most prevalent occupation in the
<br />neighborhood, but increasing numbers of professionals, small business owners, merchants, and people in service professions
<br />such as painters, electricians, and ca rpenters made their homes in the western half of the neighborhood during the 1920s
<br />and 1930s. The area also attracted several city and county officials, including the City Attorney (Z. B. West, Jr., 321 East Santa
<br />Clara Avenue), County Supervisor, First District (C. H. Chapman, 2315 North Santiago Street), County Surveyor (E. H. Irwin,
<br />2407 North Santiago Street), and County Auditor (William C. Jerome, 2422 Poinsettia Street). By April 1942, when the Sanborn
<br />Company first mapped the western half of the area, most of the lots had been improved with single-family homes, many in the
<br />revival styles popular during the 1920s and 1930s. Subsequent development of the eastern half of the neighborhood and infill
<br />construction in the western half displayed the simplified ranch style that emerged following World War II.
<br />The Smith House qualifies for listing in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties under Criterion 1 as an intact example
<br />of a Minimal Traditional -style house in Santa Ana. Located in Park Santiago, the house cost $12,000 to build in 1952. The
<br />recommended categorization is "contributive" because it is a good example of the Minimal Traditional style and contributes to
<br />the history and character of the neighborhood (Santa Ana Municipal Code, Section 30-2.2.3). Character -defining features of
<br />the Smith House include, but may not be limited to: compact, irregular plan; asymmetrical primary (west) fagade; moderately -
<br />pitched cross -hipped roof, moderately wide roof overhang with boxed eaves; stucco siding with moderate texture throughout;
<br />brick external chimney; wood -frame multi -pane double -hung wood -sash windows; tripartite wood -sash focal window with
<br />horizontal emphasis, porch rail with offset grid design, and front door with accompanying sidelight with ribbed pane.
<br />*1312. References (continued):
<br />Ancestry.com. U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
<br />City of Santa Ana Building Permits
<br />Marsh, Diann. Santa Ana, An Illustrated History. Encinitas, Heritage Publishing, 1994.
<br />McAlester, Virginia Savage. A Field Guide to American Houses. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2013.
<br />Newspapers.com (Anaheim Bulletin, The Register)
<br />Office of Historic Preservation. "Instructions for Recording Historical Resources. " Sacramento: March 1995.
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