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SIGNIFICANCE <br />Period <br />..... prehistoric archeology-prehistoric <br />1 ~00- l ~99 archeology-historic <br />1500-1599 X agriculture <br />1600-1699 x architecture <br />1700-1799 art <br />× lg00-1999 commerce <br />x, 1900- communications <br /> community planning <br /> conservation <br /> economics <br /> education <br /> exploration/settlement <br /> industry <br /> invention <br /> <br />Areas of $18nlficence - Check and justify below <br /> <br /> landscape architecture <br /> law <br /> literature <br /> military <br /> music <br /> philosophy <br /> politics/government <br />,, religion <br /> science <br /> scu!pture' <br /> social/humanitarian <br /> theater <br /> transportation <br /> other (specify) <br /> <br />specific dates= 1899-Construoted Bullder/Archltect'z , Unknown <br /> <br />Statement of Significance (in one paragraph), <br /> <br /> The Maag Ranch House~ Pumphous~ and Carriage Barn are representative <br />of the successful citrus industry which dominated the economy of <br />southern California for over sixty years. They represent one of the few <br />surviving examples of a complete set of ranch buildings typical of those <br />seen on turn- of- the- century Orange County ranches. The house and <br />outbuildings qualify for three catagories of the four catagories of the <br />criteria for historical significance: <br /> A. Broad patterns of history: the ranch is representative of the home of <br /> a prosperous turn-of-the-century citrus ranch family <br /> B. Significant persons: John Maag was active in the several citrus asso- <br /> ciations which changed the economic picture of the citrus industry. <br /> He was active in the local community and was a good example of a <br /> successful orange grove farmer. <br /> C. The house is one of the Hnest Neo-classical Revival homes in Orange <br /> County <br /> The three buildings together will help those who visit the Discovery <br />Museum to go back in time and learn about life on a orange ranch at the <br />turn of the century. <br /> <br /> John Maag, who purchased 31 acres of land on Fairhaven Street in 1891, <br />was typical of the many Midwesterners who came to southern California <br />in the last twenty years of the 19th century to start life anew. He had <br />previously farmed in Michigan and Nebraska) after coming to the United <br /> <br /> <br />