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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 3 *CHR Status Code 5S1 <br />*Resource Name or #: Brown-McDonald House <br />B1. Historic Name: Brown-McDonald House <br />B2. Common Name: Same <br />63. Original Use: Single-family Residence B4. Present Use: Single-family Residence <br />*B5. Architectural Style: English Revival <br />*B6. Construction History: (Construction date, alterations, and date of alterations): Constructed in 1934 <br />November 9, 1934. Residence and garage constructed for $4,000. <br />January 18, 1944. Termite Work by Aitken. $135 <br />July 17, 1971. Air Handling by E.L. Payne <br />July 19, 1971. Electrical, wired unit & meter by Byington Electric. <br />June 26, 1992. Reroof, comp over comp (house) <br />June 26, 1992. Reroof, comp over comp (garage) $575 <br />January 19, 1994. New bedroom addition and second floor (270sf), vent system, and 270sf wiring/smoke det. <br />*67. Moved? ^No f]Yes f7Unknown Date: Original Location: <br />*B8. Related Features: <br />None. <br />B9a. Architect: Unknown <br />b. Builder: Unknown <br />*B10: 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 Brown-McDonald House is architecturally significant as an intact and representative example of the English Revival style. The <br />original building permit, issued on November 9, 1934, indicates that the house was built for $4,000 by Horace Head. Horace Head <br />was one of Orange County's most prominent attorneys (Santa Ana's Historic Treasures). The first resident of this home <br />was Paul M. Brown, and his wife Mary Alice. Paul was a textile worker at Santa Ana Woolen Mills. The Browns were only there for <br />a short period before moving to a house on Spurgeon, and sold this Riverside Drive home to Chester 1. McDonald and his wife Willa. <br />Chester was a district manager for the Southeem California Telephone Company. Chester Jr. also lived in the home for a brief time <br />with the 1937 Santa Ana directories listing him as a student. By 1939, Chester Jr. had moved out and married Jean. The <br />McDonald's lived here for a least a decade as a 1947 directory lists Chester as a district manager of Pacific Telephone and <br />Telepraph Company. Ownership and occupancy of the home shifted on several occasions in the intervening decades. <br />(See Continuation Sheet 3 of 3.) <br />B11. Additional Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) <br />*B12. References: <br />City of Santa Ana Building Permits <br />Santa Ana History Room Collection, Santa Ana Public Library <br />Sanborn Maps <br />(See Continuation Sheet 3 of 3.) <br />B13. Remarks: <br />*B14. Evaluator: Deborah Howell-Ardila <br />(This space reserved for official comments.) <br />Sketch Map <br /> 002-050-02 <br /> 2481 N. Riverside Drive <br />- sra~r <br />~O <br />~ ~' <br />t s " <br />,, <br />n <br /> M <br />CU <br /> ~ ~. <br /> p- <br /> O <br />' <br /> ,~ <br />' <br /> $ <br />O. <br /> <br /> ,~ <br />~"O~- <br /> ~ <br />*Date of Evaluation: October 20, 2008 <br />G1'? ~ ~ '3 <br />