25E - HISTORIC PROPERTY 1108 N FRENCH

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CONSTRUCTION HISTORY: (Construction data, alterations, and date of alterations) Year Built: 1906 Alter garage: December 1922 Repair Chimney May 8, 1933 Restore garage to its original use: May 18, 1988 30 feet by 12 feet patio cover: May 18, 1988 RELATED FEATURES: (Other important features such as barns, sheds, fences, prominent or unusual trees, or landscape) Original 1922 garage, located in rear. DESCRIPTION: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, settings, and boundaries.) Clad in narrow clapboard siding, this single storied house is crowned with a bellcast hipped roof, centered with a prominent matching dormer. Wide enclosed eaves, trimmed molding, and closely-spaced carved brackets form the roof line. Trios of fluted wood columns, topped with Ionic capitals and resting in clapboard-clad piers, support the front corners of the partially recessed porch. The porch frieze curves downward at each end. Turned balusters form the balustrade between piers. The original front door, centered with a large beveled plate glass window, is flanked by leaded glass sidelights. A richly detailed window to the south of the door contains a plate glass window, leaded transom and matching sidelights, dentil trim, and carved wood trim. A large plate glass window to the north of the porch is topped with a leaded glass transom and flanked by double-hung windows. A horizontal leaded glass window is located high in the north fapade. The original garage is located in the rear. HISTORIC HIGHLIGHTS: Clyde and Ida Bishop originally owned this house. Clyde Bishop came to California in 1881. Raised in Santa Ana, he joined a traveling company of actors while in his twenties. After returning to Santa Ana, he took up the study of law in the offices of C. S. Montgomery and Victor Montgomery, passing the California Bar in 1902. The Hon. Clyde Bishop became a prominent attorney who served as an Assemblyman in the State Legislature for two terms, starting in 1906. He was City Attorney of the City of Orange conducting that city's first bond issue. As the City Attorney for Newport Beach, he conducted proceedings creating the new city. He authored the Newport Protection District Bill, and served as chairman of the County Boundaries Committee. He was on the Judiciary Committee, the Committee on Constitutional amendments, and the Municipal Corporations Committee. He was a member of several civic organizations and influenced the development of the County of Orange. Mr. Bishop was chosen to speak at the courthouse dedication in 1901. RESOURCE ATTRIBUTES: (List attributes and codes from Appendix 4 of Instructions for Recording Historical Resources, Office of Historic Preservation) (HP 2) Single family property Page 2 of 4 LLV-IRC\category Bishop 5-12-00 25E-7