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State of California -The Resources Agency Primary # <br />DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI# <br />BUILDING, STRUCTURE, AND OBJECT RECORD <br />Page 2 of 4 *CHR Status Code 5S1 <br />*Resource Name or #: Summers-Smith House <br />B1. Historic Name: Summers-Smith House <br />B2. Common Name: Same <br />B3. Original Use: Single-family Residence B4. Present Use: Single-family Residence <br />*B5. Architectural Style: Colonial Revival <br />*66. Construction History: (Construction date, alterations, and date of alterations): Constructed 1937 <br />August 24, 1937. Residence and garage constructed for $10,000. <br />December 9, 1939. Lathhouse constructed, $200. <br />October 3, 1988. Reroof residence. <br />*67. Moved? ^No f]Yes Unknown <br />*B8. Related Features: <br />Garage. <br />B9a. Architect: Unknown <br />b. Builder: Floyd 8. Rogers <br />*610. Significance: Theme Residential Architecture Area Santa Ana <br />Period of Significance: circa 1895-1965 Property Type: Single-family Residence Applicable Criteria: NR: C; CR: 3 <br />(Discuss importance in terms of historical or architectural context as defined by theme, period, and geographic scope. Also address integrity) <br />The Summers-Smith House is architecturally significant as an intact example of the Colonial Revival style. The land on which <br />the house was constructed was purchased by Mona Summers Smith on December 7, 1936 from Allison C. and Helen L. <br />Honer. According to the original building permit, the house was commissioned in 1937 from Santa Ana contractor Floyd B. <br />Rogers by Mona Summers Smith, who resided in the home from 1937 to 1943 with her mother, Ella E. Summers. <br />Mona Summers Smith was one of two daughters of Edgar G. Summers, the founder of the Santa Ana Lumber Company, and <br />his wife Ella. Natives of Franklin County, Illinois, the Summers moved to Santa Ana in 1921. That same year, Edgar, a <br />veteran lumber dealer, and his partner L. T Clem established the Santa Ana Lumber Company on the site of a former barley <br />field at the end of West Fourth Street. Upon his death in 1937, Edgar left leadership of the company to his son-in-law, Richard <br />Allen Emison, who was married to the Summers' daughter, Essia. Described as `an important factor in the growth of Santa <br />Ana and the construction industry of Orange County" (Orange County Business. Second Quarter, 1971), the Santa Ana <br />Lumber Company was presided over by Emison until 1980. During their occupant' of the home, Ella Summers served as vice <br />president of the Santa Ana Lumber Company; and Mona Summers-Smith was employed by the Santa Ana Public Library as <br />(See Continuation Sheet 3 of 4.) <br />B11. Additional Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) <br />*B12. References: <br />City of Santa Ana Building Permits <br />Orange County Grantee and Grantor Records <br />Santa Ana History Room Collection, Santa Ana Public Library <br />Sanborn Maps <br />(See Continuation Sheet 3 of 4.) <br />613. Remarks: <br />*B14. Evaluator: Leslie J. Heumann <br />(This space reserved for official comments.) <br />*Date of Evaluation: December 20, 2007 <br />Date: Original Location: <br />S ketch Ma p <br /> V V - _ <br /> , ~ ~ ~ 2301 N. Flower Street <br /> 002-072-19 <br /> ,, <br /> O O <br /> CU 4 C~ <br /> C7 0 <br />O , <br />~ <br /> <br />O - <br />_ <br />_ <br />~ <br /> O ~~. <br /> N O . $ -._.O._ <br /> O <br /> <br /> <br />_n ~ ~.. <br />,~ O <br /> ~ _ ~ <br /> I <br />~• SAN7A -` -~ CL AF <br />DPR 523B (1/95) *Required information <br />25~=~f5 <br />