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<br />State of California - The Resources Agency
<br />DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION
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<br />CONTINUATION SHEET
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<br />"Recorded by Leslie J. Heumann, SAle
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<br />Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder) Van Home House
<br />*Date March 30, 2005 lRl Continuation
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<br />.P3a. Description (continued):
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<br />Overlooking the terrace, a large, fixed sash south of the entry has a segmental arched head that breaks the cornice line. A
<br />smaller arched window is set higher on the facade further to the south. A single window centered on north bay is adorned
<br />with a bracketed, hipped hood and a window box. On the south elevation, a master bedroom addition does not compromise
<br />the integrity of this unusual design.
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<br />*810. Significance:
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<br />Since the second half of the twentieth century, the neighborhood in which the Van Home House is located has been known
<br />as West Floral Park. Located northwest of the historic core of Santa Ana, this residential neighborhood is bounded by
<br />Santiago Creek on the north, West Seventeenth Street on the south, North Flower Street on the east and North Bristol
<br />Street on the west. Prior to World War II, the area was agricultural, divided into a few large landholdings devoted primarily to
<br />the cultivation of oranges, walnuts, and apricots. Traces of this early era remain in the form of two original farmhouses
<br />(1911 Westwood Street and 2402 North Flower Street) and in a few large parcels along Flower Street. During the 1920s
<br />and 1930s a handful of houses were erected on Baker, Bristol, and Flower Streets, and two municipal facilities, the City
<br />Water Works pumping plant and the City/County Animal Shelter, were built at 2315 and 2321 North Bristol Street.
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<br />West Floral Park acquired its current identity as a neighborhood of expansive, California Ranch Style houses in the years
<br />following 1947. Development started slowly, with around two dozen homes being built on Baker, Olive, Towner, and
<br />Westwood Streets between 1947and 1950. Construction boomed during the 1950sand 1960s_ One builderin particular
<br />has come to be associated with West Floral Park: Roy Rodney Russell. The son of Roy Roscoe Russell, who developed
<br />much of Victoria Avenue in Floral Park, Roy Rodney Russell formed a partnership with his father, called Roy Russell and
<br />Son, Builders, in 1945. They began building homes on speculation, usually around fifteen or twenty each year. Following
<br />the death of his father in 1965, Roy Rodney Russell continued to build, mostly custom homes and many of them in West
<br />Floral Park. He retired in 1993.
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<br />Flower Street itself ended at Seventeenth Street during the agricultural period. North of Santa Clara, Hannah Street (also
<br />spelled "Hanna') was renamed Flower between 1912 and 1915. Sometime later, the north and south sections of Flower
<br />werejoined, but the area between Seventeenth and Santa Clara remained agricultural. By 1929, according to the city
<br />directories, there were nine houses on the west side of Flower north of Santa Clara in the Fisher Park neighborhood (the
<br />2600 and 2700 blocks), and only one (2330) in West Floral Park. By 1931, five houses, including the Van Home House,
<br />had been constructed on Flower south of Santa Clara on this street of orange and walnut orchards.
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<br />The Van Home House qualifies for listing in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties under Criterion 1, as a structure
<br />with the distinguishing characteristics of an architectural style, the French Eclectic style. It displays the hipped roof,
<br />asymmetrical massing, dormers, stuccoed exterior, and arched openings that exemplify the style. Additionally, the house
<br />has been categorized as "Key" because it "has a distinctive architectural style and quality" as one of the few Santa Ana
<br />examples of the French Eclectic style of the 1920s and 19305. Character-defining exterior features of the Van Home house
<br />that should be preserved include, but may not be limited to: materials and finishes (stucco, brick, wood); roof configuration
<br />and detailing; massing; dormers; windows and doors; chimneys; terrace; wing wall; and architectural details (such as
<br />brackets, window box, bays.).
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