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State of California -The Resources Agency Primary #
<br /> DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI #
<br /> CONTINUATION SHEET Trinomial
<br /> Page 3 of 4 Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder) Liggett House
<br /> `Recorded by Hally Soboleske 'Date August 18, 2009 ®Continuation ? Update
<br /> DPR 523B (1/95) `Required information
<br /> *610. Significance (continued):
<br /> Santa Ana was founded by Wrlliam 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 f 886, and selection
<br /> as the seat of the newty created County of Orange in 1889, the sty grew oulwan~ls, with residential neighborhoods
<br /> developing to the north, south, and east of the city center. Agricultural uses predominated in the outiyrng areas, with
<br /> cultivated fields and orchards dotted with widely scattered farmhouses.
<br /> The Liggett House is located in Floral Paris, a neighborhood northwest of downtown Santa Ana bounded by West
<br /> Seventeenth Street, North Flower Street, Riverside Drive, and Broadway. Groves of oranges, avocados and walnuts, and
<br /> widely scattered ranch houses characterized this area before 1920. Developer and buikierAllison Honer (1897-1981),
<br /> credited as the subdivider and builder of a major portion of northwest Santa Ana, arrived in Santa Ana from Beaver Falls,
<br /> New York in 1922 (Talbert pages 353-356). "Before nightfall on the day of his arrival, Mr. Honer purchased a parcel of land.
<br /> And that month, he began building custom homes in Santa Ana° (Orange County Resister. September 15, 1981). The parcel
<br /> chosen became the Floral Panic subdivision between Seventeenth Street and Santiago Creek. °'When built in the 1920s, the
<br /> Floral Park homes were the most lavish and expensive in the area. They sold for about $45,000 each" (Orange County
<br /> Register. September 15, 1981). Revival architecture in a wide variety of romantic styles was celebrated in the f 920s and
<br /> 1930s; Floral Park showcased examples of the English Tudor, French Norman, Spanish Colonial, and Colonial Revival
<br /> styles. The Allison Honer Construction Company went on to complete such notable projects as the 1935 Art Deco-sty/ed Old
<br /> Santa Ana City Hall, the EI Toro Marine Base during World War ll, and the 1960 Honer Shopping Plaza. Honer lived in the
<br /> neighborhood he had helped create, at 615 West Santa Clara Avenue.
<br /> In the late 1920s and 1930s, another builder, Roy Roscoe Russell (1881-1965), continued developing the groves of Floral
<br /> Panic. An early Russell project was his 1928 subdivision of Victoria Drive between West Nineteenth Street and West Santa
<br /> C/ara Avenue. The homes were quite grand and displayed various revival styles, including Russell's own large, Colonial
<br /> Revival mansion at 2009 Victoria Drive. In the earlypost-World War ll years, Floral Park continued its development as
<br /> numerous smaller, single-family houses were built. Continuing in the Floral Park tradition, they were mostly revival in style.
<br /> In the 1950s, low, horizontal Ranch Style houses completed the growth of Floral Panic. Today (2007), Floral Park maintains
<br /> its identity as the premierneighborhood of Santa Ana, historically home to many affluent and prominent citizens.
<br /> The Liggett House lies in the northern section of Floral Pa?1c historically known as North Broadway Panic. Bounded by
<br /> Riverside Drive, Santa Clara Avenue, North Broadway, and North Flower Street, North Broadway Park, subdivided in f 923,
<br /> has been detem?ined eligible for listing in the National Register of Histo»c Places. The Keeper of the National Register found
<br /> that "North Broadway PaAc reflects the City Beautiful planning movement in Southern California during the early twentieth
<br /> century. The vernacular adaptations of period revival styles, curvilinear street patterns, street furniture, and landscape
<br /> combine to create a cohesive and pleasant middle class suburban neighborhood environment which is unique in the early
<br /> historical development of the sty of Santa Ana. Under the regulations implementing the California Register of Historical
<br /> Resources, the Liggett House, has been listed in the California Register.
<br /> The Liggett House also qualifies for listing in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties under Criterion 1 for its
<br /> exemplification of the distinguishing characteristics of the Spanish Colonial Revival style. Typical features illustrated by the
<br /> house include its asymmetrical composition; stucco cladding with flat roof and terracotta barrel file roofing material.
<br /> Additionally, the house has been categorized as "Contributive" because it contributes to the overall character and history" of
<br /> Santa Ana, and, as art intact example of the transitional period in the mid to late 1930s in the Floral Park neighborhood, "is a
<br /> good example of period architecture. " Character-defining exterior features of the Liggett House that should be prieserved
<br /> include, but may not be limited to, materials and
<br /> (This space reserved for official comments.) finishes {stucco and wood); roof configuration and
<br /> detailing; original windows and doors where extant,'
<br /> exterior staircase; architectural details such as
<br /> balconets.
<br /> 1 Determination of Eligibility, February 25, 1980.
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