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<br />*Recorded by Deborah Howell-Ardila and Laura Carias *Date October 20, 2008 O Continuation ^ Update
<br />*B10. 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 Granger House is located in the Park Santiago neighborhood, near the present northern city limits of Santa Ana and
<br />substantially north of the original city core. The neighborhood is bounded by Santiago Creek and Park on the north, East
<br />Seventeenth Street on the south, North Lincoln Avenue on the east, North Main Street on the west, and the I-5 freeway on
<br />the southwest. In large part, these boundaries reflect the transportation lines that were constructed towards the end of the
<br />nineteenth century and at the beginning of the twentieth century, when the Pacific Electric interurban railroad ran up Main
<br />Street the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe tracks followed Lincoln; and the Southern Pacific Railroad right-of--way mirrored
<br />the freeway route. This area remained primarily agricultural well into the 1920s. As of 1905, the city directories listed around
<br />twenty households on East Santa Clara, Twentieth Street "C Street' (now North Santiago Street), North Bush Street and
<br />North Main Avenue, the only streets in the area at the time. The vast majority of the residents were ranchers. 8y 1911, the
<br />number of households had increased to about thirty, and Edgewood Road and Valencia Street had been partially laid out, but
<br />most residents continued to list "rancher" or `fruit grower" as their occupation in the city directories. This pattern of land use
<br />was evident on the 1912 plat map of the City, which illustrated two small, Craftsman-era subdivisions along Bush north of
<br />Santa Clara and on Valencia and Poinsettia south of Twentieth Street with the remaining area divided into larger agricultural
<br />parcels held by approximately forty landowners.
<br />While the area east of Santiago Street was not subdivided until after the mid-1920s, most of the present day streets west of
<br />Santiago had been laid out when the City was mapped in 1923. Ranching continued to be the most prevalent occupation in
<br />the neighborhood, but increasing numbers of professionals, small business owners, merchants, and people in service
<br />professions such as painters, electricians, and carpenters made their homes in the western half of the neighborhood during
<br />the 1920s and 1930s. The area also attracted several city and county officials, including the City Attorney (Z. B. West, Jr.,
<br />321 East Santa Clara Avenue), County Supervisor, First District (C.H. Chapman, 2315 North Santiago Street), County
<br />Surveyor (E.H. Irwin, 2407 North Santiago Street), and County Auditor (William C. Jerome, 2422 Poinsettia Street). By April
<br />1942, when the Sanborn Company first mapped the western half of the area, most of the lots had been improved with single-
<br />familyhomes, many in the revival styles popular during the 1920s and 1930s. Subsequent development of the eastern half of
<br />the neighborhood and infill construction in the western half displayed the simplified ranch style that emerged following World
<br />War 11.
<br />The Granger House qualifies for listing in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties under Criterion 1 for its
<br />exemplification of the distinguishing characteristics of the English Revival style. Typical features of this style illustrated by the
<br />house include its massing and asymmetrical composition; medium-pitched roof with shallow eave overhangs; smooth stucco
<br />finish; wood-framed casement and double-hung sash windows; and attached chimney. Additionally, the house has been
<br />categorized as `Contributive" because it `contributes to the overall character and history" of Santa Ana, and, as an intact
<br />example of the English Revival style in the Park Santiago neighborhood, `is a good example of period architecture."
<br />Character-defining exterior features of the Granger House that should be preserved include, but may not be limited to,
<br />materials and finishes (stucco finish); roof configuration and detailing; original windows and doors where extant; attached
<br />chimney.
<br />*612. References (continued):
<br />Harris, Cyril M. American Architecture: An Illustrated Encyclopedia. New York, WW Norton, 1998.
<br />Marsh, Diann. Santa Ana. An Illustrated Historv. Encinitas, Heritage Publishing, 1994.
<br />McAlester, Virginia and Lee. A Field Guide to American Houses. New York: Allred A. Knopf, 1984.
<br />National Register Bulletin 16A. `How to Complete the National Register Registration Form. "Washington DC: National
<br />Register Branch, National Paris Service, US Dept. of the Interior, 1991.
<br />Office of Historic Preservation. "Instructions for Recording Historical Resources." Sacramento: March 1995.
<br />Whitten, Marcus. American Architecture Since 1780. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1969.
<br />Orange County Plaf Maps, 1912.
<br />Historic Maps, Santa Ana History Room, 1923, 1932, 1955.
<br />Santa Ana and Orange County Directories, 1926-1961.
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