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State of California—The Resources Agency Primary# DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI# CONTINUATION SHEET Trinomial Page 3 of 3 Resource Name or# (Assigned by recorder) Miller-Taylor House *Recorded by Leslie J.Neumann and Deborah Howell-Ardila *Date December 1, 2006 ID Continuation ❑ Update *B10.Significance(continued): Santa Ana was founded by William Spurgeon in 1869 as a speculative town site on part of the Spanish land grant known as Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana. The civic and commercial core of the community was centered around the intersection of Main and Fourth Streets. Stimulated by the arrival of the Santa Fe Railroad and incorporation as a city in 1886,and selection as the seat of the newly created County of Orange in 1889,the city grew outwards, with residential neighborhoods developing around the city center. Agricultural uses predominated in the outlying areas, with cultivated fields and orchards dotted with widely scattered farmhouses. The Miller-Taylor House is located in north Santa Ana,in the Morrison/Eldridge Park neighborhood. An irregularly shaped area straddling North Flower Street,Morrison/Eldridge Park is bounded by the Garden Grove(22)and the Santa Ana(5) freeways on the north and east,Sharon Road and Memory Lane on the south, and North Bristol Street on the west. With the primary exception of the 2600 block of North Flower Street,this area remained unsubdivided and presumably agricultural through World War N. According to the city directories and early maps, North Flower ended at Seventeenth Street until around 1915, when six homes were noted north of Seventeenth,including three north of Santiago Creek. By 1920,there were nine homes,including one(2610,later numbered 2620),in what would become the Morrison/Eldridge Park neighborhood. Construction of three additional homes on the 2600 block occurred between 1925 and 1930. Beginning with a handful of homes constructed on newly laid out streets in the first few years of the 1950s,the area exploded in the mid 1950s with the building of tracts of homes in the California Ranch style. Home building in the neighborhood tapered off in the 1960s and ended around 1972. The Miller-Taylor House qualifies for listing in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties under Criterion 1 for its exemplification of the distinguishing characteristics of the Craftsman style. Typical Craftsman features illustrated by the house include its cross-gabled roof configuration;decorative use of exposed structural and functional elements such as beams,rafters,and vents;and incorporation of a deep front porch and a dormer into the design. Additionally,the house has been categorized as'Key"because it"has a distinctive architectural style and quality"as an example of the Craftsman bungalow. Character-defining exterior features of the Miller-Taylor House that should be preserved include,but may not be limited to,materials and finishes(clapboard,shingles);roof configuration and detailing;massing;original windows and doors and their surrounds where extant;porch configuration and detailing,entry;and architectural details such as beams,rafters and bargeboards with shaped tails,porch posts,and vents. *812. References(continued): 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 Branch,National Park Service, US Dept of the Interior, 1991. Office of Historic Preservation. "Instructions for Recording Historical Resources."Sacramento:March 1995. Whiffen, Marcus. American Architecture Since 1780. Cambridge:MIT Press, 1969. Orange County Plat Maps, 1912. Thomas Brothers Maps of Orange County, 1957, 1964,and 1969. Santa Ana and Orange County Directories, 1905-1962. DPR 523L