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<br /> DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI#
<br /> CONTINUATION SHEET Trinomial
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<br /> *Recorded by James Williams *Date July 15, 2024M 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)facade, 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 facade.
<br /> *B10.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 Sanbom
<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 11.
<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) façade;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 /> *B12.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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