BRUMETT, JILL AND MONA R. KONSTAN

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State of Gabfomia�-The Resources Agency Primary# = _ _ DEPARTMENT OF_P1CRKS_'EUV 2-RECREATiO = NRI`# Page 3 of 5 Resource Name: (Name_of Structure» *Recorded by Andrea Dumovich Heywood *Date May 8, 20240 Continuation 0 Update *P3a. Description(continued): Fenestration on the side (west) facade consists of several double-hung wood windows of various size, along with a small casement window(Figure 5). The side(east) facade consists of double-hung windows with a multi-light pattern on the upper light as well as those without any divided lights, and one multi-light glazed door. The rear(south) facade includes double- hung wood windows in a group of three and one single window are located at the mar facade, along with a single casement window. Window framing throughout the building is made of wide framing with an emphasized sill and header. The main entrance door also consists of the same framing to match. The rear(south) facade is made of the primary gable roof and a smaller gable roof at the southeast corner of the building. The smaller gable roof houses the 2019 laundry room addition to kitchen (Figure 6). The addition's siding material is slightly differentiated from the original siding to indicate it is a later addition. The detached garage is situated to the southeast of the main residence. The front-gabled garage has an off-centered vehicular double-door that slides open (Figure 7). Siding is designed to match the main residence along with extended eaves and exposed rafter tails. No windows are present except for a rear opening that has since been in filled. Additional architectural features include front entrance concrete pathway and concrete porch deck and a Hollywood driveway which has been modified from grass to gravel at its center. Metal window awnings have been added to a few west-facade windows as a later addition. The property is landscaped with a front lawn, small shrubs, and a few medium-sized trees. *B10.Significance(continued): C.R. McCaslin occupied the property for one year in 1932. During the years 1933 and 1934, F.H. Albrecht is listed as the occupant, and then L.G. Holman is the known occupant from 1935 to 1937. From 1938 to 1939, C.H. Dale is the occupant. The property is listed as vacant in 1940. In 1941, both R.L. Fleming and H.R. McGuire are noted as building occupants. From 1944 to 1950 Mrs. Jessie Wild occupied the property. City directories were not available from 1957 to 1959, in 1962, and between 1966 and 1978. From 1979 to 1995, R.S. Fink occupied the property, and from 1999 to 2008, Stephen Loft owned the property. No additional information was uncovered regarding the previously noted owners and occupants. The current owners Jill Brumett and Mona Konstan purchased the property in 2019. The Dixon-Heemstra 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 Il, 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 Dixon-Heemstra House qualifies for listing in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties under Criterion 1 as an intact example of a Craftsman style home in Santa Ana. Located in Floral Park, the house cost$4,000 to build in 1923. The recommended categorization is "Key"because it has a distinctive architectural style and quality reflective of the Craftsman style (Santa Ana Municipal Code, Section 30-2.2). Character-defining features of the Dixon-Heemstra House include, but may not be limited to: L-shaped plan; asymmetrical primary façade; low-pitch roof with overhanging eaves and exposed rafter tails;long side-gabled porch roof that intersects two front gables at the primary facade; narrow horizontal wood panel siding; the porch's exposed beams at the gable's end and three porch support columns; primary entrance composed of a DPR 523L