25A - HISTORIC PROPERTY PRESV AGMT NO. 2006-001

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State of California - The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION CONTINUATION SHEET Primary # HRI# Page ~ Of2 "Recorded by Leslie J, Heumann Trinomial Resource Name or # (Assigned by rec "Date March 13, 200 rder) D, R, Ball House IRI Continuation 0 Update In good condition, the house was modified in 2005 by the addition of a 536,5 sq faqade west of the two front gables. The addition conforms to the original desi subtly differentiated from it by a slightly different setback, a lower ridgeline, exp integral treatment of the spark arrester atop the chimney. are foot wing, comprising the portion of the of the house in style and scale, but is sed rafters in the eaves. and the modem. "P3a. Description: "B10. Significance (continued): Dexter R, Ball was the second generation of a medical family that achieved a hI h level of distinction in Santa Ana and Orange County, Patriarch Dr, Charles Dexter Ball came to Santa Ana 1887 fro Canada. With his second wife, Emma, Dr, C. D, Ball had four children: John D, and Dexter R, both of whom followed thel father into medicine; Charles, whose engineering career encompassed consulting on the designs of Hoover Dam an the Golden Gate Bridge; and daughter Arvilla, a teacher, A man of many interests, Dr, Charles D, Ball was a founder f the first hospital in Orange County, the Orange County Medical Association, and the Orange County Historical Society, in addItion to serving on the Board of Education and in the State Assembly, He also remembered for authoring the b oks. Oranae Countv Medical Historv and Pioneer Churches of the Santa Ana District, Dr, C, D, Ball died in 1937, Born in Santa Ana. Dexter R Ball was educated at Santa Ana High School and the University of California at Berkeley, and received his medical training at the University of California at San Francisco, H began practicing medicine in 1922, joining his father's practice along with his brother, John, When the elder Dr. Ball was isabled by a car accident, "DR." and "Jack" took the lead in the practice, Both followed in their father's footsteps and serve as presidents of the Orange County Medical Association Jack specialized in surgery, while D R. practiced general medicine and obstetrics and was said to have delivered 3,700 babies by 1968, Edna Ball, whom D, R married in 1921, was also a civic leader, as a charter member of the Santa Ana Assistance League, a life member of the Ebell Club, nd a charter member of the Orange County Medical Association Women's Auxiliary, DR. and Edna had three sons, Dexte T" Robert, and Donald, all of whom became doctors, along with their cousin, Jack's son John D" Junior, D, R was the olde t practicing physician in Orange County at the time of his retirement in 1970, He died, at home, in 1978 at the age of 83, The D, R Ball House is located in Floral Park, a neighborhood northwest of do ntown Santa Ana bounded by West Seventeenth Street, North Flower Street, Riverside Drive, and Broadway, Grov s of oranges, avocados, and walnuts and widely scattered ranch houses characterized this area before 1920, Developer nd builder Allison Honer (1897-1981), credited as the subdivider and builder of a major portion of northwest Santa An ,arrived in Santa Ana from Beaver Falls, New York in 1922 (Talbert, pages 353-356), "Before nightfall on the day of his rrival, Mr, Honer purchased a parcel of land, And that month, he began building custom homes in Santa Ana" (Oranae Coun v Reaiste~ 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, hey sold for about $45,000 each" (Oranae Countv Reaister, September 15, 1981), Revival architecture in a wide variety 0 romantic styles was celebrated in the 1920s and 1930s and Floral Park showcased examples of the English Tudor, French orman, Spanish Colonial, and Colonial Revival, The Allison Honer Construction Company went on to complete such n table projects as the 1935 Art Deco styled Old Santa Ana City Hall, the EI Taro Marine Base during World War II, and the 960 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 betwe n West Nineteenth Street and West Santa Clara Avenue. The homes were quite grand and displayed various revival style, Including Russell's own large, Colonial Revival mansion at 2009 Victoria Drive, In the early post World War II years, FI ral Park continued its development as numerous, smaller, single-family houses were built. Continuing in the Floral Pa k tradition, they were mostly revival in style, In the 1950s, low, horizontal Ranch Style houses completed the growth of Flora Park, Today (2005) Floral Park maintains its identity as the premier neighborhood of Santa Ana, historically home to man affluent and prominent citizens. The D, R Ball House has been determIned eligible for listIng in the National Re ister of Historic Places as a contributor to a North Broadway Park historic district that is bounded by Riverside Drive, Santa lara Avenue, North Broadway, and North Flower Street. Comprising the northern end of the Floral Park neighborhood, N rth Broadway Park was subdivided in 1923, The Keeper of the National Register found that: "North Broadway Park reflects he City Beautiful planning movement in Southern California during the early twentieth century, The vernacular adaptati ns of period revival styles, curvilinear street patterns, street furniture, and landscape combine to create a cohesive and plea ant middle class suburban neighborhood DPR 523L 25A"69