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<br />Page 4 of 4 Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder) Clothier House
<br />*Recorded by Leslie J. Heumann, Peter C. Moruzzi, SAIC *Date September 9, 2002 ^O Continuation ^ Update
<br />*610. Significance (continued):
<br />Located southeast of downtown Santa Ana, the Eastside neighborhood is bounded by First Street on the north, McFadden
<br />Avenue on the south, Standard Avenue on the east and Main Street on the west. Situated south of the tract purchased by
<br />William Spurgeon in 1869 and recorded as original town of Santa Ana in 1870, the neighborhood's beginnings date fo the
<br />same period. In 1868, Nelson O. Stafford and Columbus Tustin, both from Petaluma, California, purchased 1359 acres of the
<br />Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana south of what would become First Street. The following year, the two men split the property,
<br />with Mr. Tustin obtaining 703 acres of the eastern portion upon which he founded the town of Tustin in 1870. Stafford's
<br />western acreage, thereafter called the Stafford Tract, lay south of First Street, east of Main Street, and north of McFadden
<br />Street, the area now known as Eastside. After selling a portion of this property, Nelson Stafford settled on his land in 1873,
<br />building a large house for his young wife and their children. Stafford died in 1878, and his widow, Amanda, opened the
<br />house fo boarders, one of whom was Robert James Blee, formerly of Pennsylvania. In 1880, Blee bought 36 acres of land of
<br />the corner of First and Main Streets from Mrs. Stafford, including the Stafford residence. Blee married Amanda Stafford in
<br />1882.
<br />Monroe David Halladay was another pioneer who made a significant contribution to the development of the Eastside
<br />neighborhood. Halladay came from Michigan to Santa Ana in 1876 for health reasons and purchased 20 acres from Nelson
<br />Stafford. Halladay built his first home in 1877 on East First Street, surveying and selling a few lots of his property but never
<br />platting it. In 1887, Chestnut, Pine, and Walnut Streets were laid out on his land, then, in 1888, Halladay sold ten acres of
<br />the property. On his remaining ten acres he grew raisins, walnuts, and apples. Also in 1888, Halladay built and occupied the
<br />magnificent Stick/Eastlake (Late Victorian) house that still stands on the southwest corner of East Chestnut and Halladay
<br />Streets.
<br />An 1887 map of Santa Ana, drawn a year after Santa Ana's incorporation as a city, documents the early growth of the
<br />neighborhood, with house-sized lots lining both sides of Cypress Street and the west side of Orange Avenue between First
<br />and Chestnut Streets as well Walnut, Pine, and Chestnut Streets between Maple and Hickory Streets. The remainder of the
<br />Eastside area was divided into large parcels owned by Blee, Halladay, his elder brother, banker Daniel Halladay, and others.
<br />Maps drawn in 1898 and 1913 reveal that. the neighborhood had expanded to south, with additional subdivisions along
<br />Cypress and Orange platted during this period. As a result of this pattern of development, the northwestern section of the
<br />neighborhood was improved with homes in the Victorian era Queen Anne and Eastlake styles. Colonial Revival turn-of-the-
<br />cenfury residences and later Craftsman bungalows followed in the southwest portion of the neighborhood. The southeastern
<br />section of the neighborhood was the last portion to be subdivided and was initially developed in the 1920s, with the
<br />Craftsman, Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, and Spanish Colonial Revival styles predominating. Post World War ll
<br />construction consumed the remaining unimproved land. Despite unsympathetic inh/l, dating primarily to the last quarter of the
<br />twentieth century, and inappropriate alterations, the Eastside neighborhood retains numerous intact examples of residences
<br />from the signifrcant period of its development which occurred between 1873, when Stafford built his house (no longer extant),
<br />and 1931, when construction tapered off as a result of the Great Depression.
<br />The Clothier House qualifies for listing in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Property under Criterion 1 as an intact and
<br />representative example of the distinguishing characteristics of the Classic Box variant of the Colonial Revival style typical of
<br />Santa Ana in the years just after the turn of the twentieth century. Additionally, the house has been categorized as `Key" for
<br />its distinctive architectural style qualify. Characteristic features of the Classic Box variant include the hipped and gabled roof
<br />with boxed eaves, front corner porch, Ionic columns, double-hung sash windows, and clapboard sheathing. Character-
<br />defining exterior features of the Clothier House that should be preserved include, but may not be limited to: cladding
<br />(clapboard); roof confrguration; massing; windows and doors, porch; and architectural detailing such as window surrounds
<br />and porch supports.
<br />*B12. References (continued):
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<br />Marsh, Diann. Santa Ana. An Illustrated Hisforv. Encinitas, Heritage Publishing, 1994.
<br />McAlester, Virginia and Lee. A Field Guide to American Houses. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1984.
<br />National Register Bulletin 16A. How to Complete the National Register Registration Form." Washington DC: National
<br />Register Branch, National Park Service, US Dept. of the Interior, 1991.
<br />Office of Historic Preservation. "Instructions for Recording Historical Resources."Sacramento: March 1995.
<br />Whitten, Marcus. American Architecture Since 1780. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1969.
<br />Armor, Samuel, editor. Historv of Orange County. California. Los Angeles: Historic Record Company, 1911.
<br />W.P.A. Research Project #3105, Orange Countv California Bioaranhies. Santa Ana: Board of Education, 1937.
<br />Pioneer Memories of the Santa Ana Vallev Vol. V: Amanda Jane Harmon Pioneer 1849-1940.
<br />Santa Ana City Directories: 1901, 1905, 1906, 1915, 1916, 1918.
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