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<br />Page 3 of 5 Resource Name or # (Assigned by rec rder) D. R. Ball House
<br />'Recorded by Leslie J. Neumann *Date March 13, 2006 ~ Continuation ^ Update
<br />*P3a. Description:
<br />In good condition, the house was modified in 2005 by the addition of a 536.5 sure foot wing, compdsing the portion of the
<br />farrade west of the two front gables. The addition conforms to [he original desi of the house in style and scale, but is
<br />subtly differentiated from it by a slightly different setback, a lower ridgeline, exp sed rafters in the eaves, and the modem,
<br />integral treatment of the spark arrester atop the chimney.
<br />*B10. Significance (continued):
<br />Dexter R. Ball was the second generation of a medical family that achieved a I
<br />Orange County. PaMaroh Dr. Charles Dexter Ball came to Santa Ana 1887 frc
<br />C. D. Ball had four children: John D. and Dexter R., both of whom followed the
<br />engineering career encompassed consulting on the designs of Hoover Dam ar
<br />Arvilla, a teacher. A man of many interests, Dr Charles D. Ball was a founder
<br />Orange County Medical Association, and the Orange County Historical Society
<br />Education and in the State Assembly. He also remembered for authodng the t
<br />Pioneer Churches of the Santa Ana District. Dr C. D. Ball died in 1937.
<br />Born in Santa Ana, Dexter R. Ball was educated at Santa Ana High School anc
<br />received his medical training at the University of California at San Francisco. h
<br />his father's practice along with his brother, John. When the elder Dr Ball was ~
<br />took the lead in the practice. Both followed in their father's footsteps and serve
<br />Medical Association. Jack specialized in surgery, while D .R. practiced genera.
<br />have delivered 3,700 babies by 1968. Edna Ball, whom D. R. married in 1921
<br />member of the Santa Ana Assistance League, a life member of the Ebell Club,
<br />Medical Association Women's Auxiliary. D.R. and Edna had three sons, Dexte
<br />doctors, along with their cousin, Jack's son John D., Junior. D. R. was the olde
<br />the time of his retirement in 1970. He died, at home, in 1978 at the age of 83.
<br />The D. R. Ball House is located in Floral Park, a neighborhood northwest of dog
<br />Seventeenth Street, North Flower Street, Riverside Drive, and Broadway. Grog
<br />widely scattered ranch houses characterized this area before 1920. Developer
<br />credited as the subdivider and builder of a major portion of northwest Santa An.
<br />New York in 1922 (Talbert, pages 353-356). Eefore nightfall on the day of his
<br />And that month, he began building custom homes in Santa Ana" (Orange Coun
<br />parcel chosen became the Floral Park subdivision between Seventeenth Street
<br />1920s, the Floral Park homes were the most lavish and expensive in the area.
<br />Countv Reaister. September 15, 1981). Revival architecture in a wide variety o
<br />and 1930s and Floral Park showcased examples of the English Tudor, French 1
<br />Revival. The Allison Honer Construction Company went on to complete such n
<br />Old Santa Ana City Hall, the EI Toro Marine Base during Wodd War ll, and the
<br />the neighborhood he had helped to create, at 615 West Santa Clara Avenue.
<br />Ih level of distinction in Santa Ana and
<br />i Canada. With his second wife, Emma, Or.
<br />father into medicine; Chares, whose
<br />the Golden Gate Bridge; and daughter
<br />f the first hospital in Orange County, the
<br />in addition to serving on the Board of
<br />Woks. Orange Countv Medical History and
<br />the University of California at Berkeley, and
<br />began practicing medicine in 1922, joining
<br />sabledbya caraccident, "D. R."and `Jack"
<br />' as presidents of the Orange County
<br />medicine and obstetrics and was said to
<br />was also a civic leader, as a charter
<br />nd a charter member of the Orange County
<br />T, Robert, and Donald, all of whom became
<br />t practicing physician in Orange County at
<br />mown Santa Ana bounded by Wes[
<br />s of oranges, avocados, and walnuts and
<br />end builder Allison Honer (1897-1981),
<br />arrived in Santa Ana from Beaver Falls,
<br />'rival, Mr. Honer purohased a parcel of land.
<br />Reaister, September 15, 1981). The
<br />ind Santiago Creek. "When built in the
<br />hey sold for about $45,000 each" (Orange
<br />romantic styles was celebrated in [he 1920s
<br />Orman, Spanish Colonial, and Colonial
<br />table projects as the 1935 Art Deco styled
<br />960 Honer Shopping Plaza. Honer lived in
<br />In the late 1920s and 1930s, another builder, Roy Roscoe Russell (1881-1965), continued developing the groves of Floral
<br />Park. An early Russell project was his 1928 subdivision of Victoria Drive betwe n West Nineteenth Street and West Santa
<br />Clara Avenue. The homes were quite grand and displayed various revival style ,including Russell's own large, Colonial
<br />Revival mansion at 2009 Victoda Drive. In the eady post Wodd War 11 years, FI ral Park continued its development as
<br />numerous, smaller, single-family houses were built. Continuing in the Floral Pa k tradition, they were mostly revival in style.
<br />In the 1950s, low, horizontal Ranch Style houses completed the growth of Flora Park. Today (2005) Floral Park maintains
<br />its identity as the premier neighborhood of Santa Ana, historically home to man affluent and prominent citizens.
<br />The D. R. Ball House has been determined eligible for listing in the National Re isle' of Historic Places as a contributor to a
<br />North Broadway Park historic distdct that is bounded by Riverside Drive, Santa lara Avenue, North Broadway, and North
<br />Flower Street. Comprising the northern end of the Floral Park neighborhood, N rth Broadway Park was subdivided in 1923.
<br />The Keeper of [he National Register found that "North Broadway Park reflects he City Beautiful planning movement in
<br />Sou[hem California during the early twentieth century. The vernacular adaptati ns of period revival styles, curvilinear street
<br />patterns, street furniture, and landscape combine to create a cohesive and plea ant middle class suburban neighborhood
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