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<br />'Recorded by Leslie J. Neumann and Shannon Carmack *Date March 9, 2007 ~ Continuation ^ Update
<br />*610. Significance (continued):
<br />Santa Ana was founded by William Spurgeon in 1869 as a speculative town site on part of the Spanish land grant known as
<br />Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana. The civic and commercial core of the community was centered around the intersection of
<br />Main and Fourth Streets. Stimulated by the arrival of the Santa Fe Railroad and incorporation as a city in 1886, and selection
<br />as the seat of the newly created County of Orange in 1889, the city grew outwards, with residential neighborhoods
<br />developing to the north, south, and east of the city center. Agricultural uses predominated in the outlying areas, with
<br />cultivated fields and orchards dotted with widely scattered farmhouses.
<br />The Barak House is located in Floral Park, a neighborhood northwest of downtown Santa Ana bounded by West Seventeenth
<br />Street, North Flower Street, Riverside Drive, and Broadway. Groves of oranges, avocados and walnuts, and widely scattered
<br />ranch houses characterized this area before 1920. Developer and builderAllison Honer (1897-1981), credited as the
<br />subdivider and builder of a major poRion of northwest Santa Ana, arrived in Santa Ana from Beaver Falls, New York in 1922
<br />(Talbert, pages 353-356). 'Before nightfall on the day of his arrival, Mr. Honer purchased a parcel of land. And that month,
<br />he began building custom homes in Santa Ana" (Orange Countv Register. September 15, 1981). The parcel chosen became
<br />the Floral Park subdivision between Seventeenth Street and Santiago Creek. "When built in the 1920s, the Floral Park
<br />homes were the most lavish and expensive in the area. They sold for about $45,000 each" (Orange Countv Register.
<br />September 15, 1981). Revival architecture in a wide variety of romantic styles was celebrated in the 1920s and 1930s; Floral
<br />Park showcased examples of the English Tudor, French Norman, Spanish Colonial, and Colonial Revival styles. The Allison
<br />Honer Construction Company went on to complete such notable projects as the 1935 AR Deco-styled Old Santa Ana City
<br />Hall, the EI Toro Marine Base during Wodd War ll, and [he 1960 Honer Shopping Plaza. Honer lived in [he neighborhood he
<br />had helped create, at 615 West Santa Clara Avenue.
<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 between West Nineteenth Street and West Santa
<br />Clara Avenue. The homes were quite grand and displayed various revival styles, including Russell's own large, Colonial
<br />Revival mansion at 2009 Victoria Drive. In the early post-World War 11 years, Floral Park continued its development as
<br />numerous smaller, single-family houses were built. Continuing in the Floral Park tradition, they were mostly revival in style.
<br />In the 1950s, low, horizontal Ranch Style houses completed the growth of Floral Park. Today (2006), Floral Park maintains
<br />its identity as the premier neighborhood of Santa Ana, historically home to many affluent and prominent citizens.
<br />The Barak House qualifies for listing in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties under Criterion 1 for its exemplification
<br />of the distinguishing characteristics of the Bungalow/Craftsman style. Typical stylistic features illustrated by the house include
<br />the front-gabled roof of moderately steep pitch, the clustering of multi-light sash windows into horizontal bands and the wood
<br />shingle wall cladding. Additionally, the house has been categorized as "Contributive" because i[ "contributes to the overall
<br />character and history" of the Floral Park neighborhood and, as an intact and characteristic example of a Bungalow/Craftsman
<br />style home, `Is a good example of period architecture."Character-defining exterior features of the Barak House that should
<br />be preserved include, but may not be limited to, materials and finishes (shingles); roof configuration and detailing; massing;
<br />original windows and doors and their surrounds where extant; and chimney.
<br />*B12. References (continued):
<br />Harris, Cyril M. American Architecture: An Illustrated Encvclooedia. New York, WW Norton, 1998.
<br />Marsh, Diann. Santa Ana An Illustrated History. Encinitas, Heritage Publishing, 1994.
<br />McAlester, Virginia and Lee. A Field Guide to Amedcan Houses. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1984.
<br />National Register Bulletin 16A. "How [o 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 />Whiffen, Marcus. American Architecture Since 1780. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1969.
<br />`Alison Honer Dies at 84,"The Santa Ana Journal September 21, 1981.
<br />'Builder of Honer Plaza Dies,"Orange Countv Resister. September 15, 1981.
<br />'History of Floral Park." http://www.floral-park.com/page2.html.
<br />Santa Ana and Orange County Directories, 1932-1954.
<br />Cynthia Ward, Anaheim. "Barak-Spicer House Primary Record and Building, Structure and Object Record,"January 2007.
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