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<br />Page 3_ of 5_Resource Name: Brophy House
<br />*Recorded by Andrea Dumovich Heywood *Date March 6, 2025 Continuation Update
<br />DPR 523L
<br />DPR 523B (1/95)*Required information
<br />*P3a. Description (continued):
<br />Window fenestration throughout the property includes a mix of materials, primarily comprised of aluminum and wood-frame
<br />windows. On the primary (west) façade, fenestration includes a pair of narrow casement windows to the north and floor-to-
<br />ceiling fixed wood windows at the south corner near the main entrance. Below the southwest gable roof are two wood-frame
<br />trapezoidal transoms (Figure 6). Window fenestration on the primary (south) façade includes a single wood-framed stained-
<br />glass window, one tripartite aluminum-frame casement window, one double glass block window, and a jalousie window.
<br />Remaining rear-facing window fenestration throughout the interior courtyard includes several sets of floor-to-ceiling aluminum
<br />slider and fixed windows, large floor-to-ceiling fixed wood windows that span the façade and building corner, and a single
<br />vinyl replacement slider window (Figure 7). The north (side) façade contains two sets of aluminum-frame casement windows
<br />and one group of aluminum-frame transom casement and fixed windows. Additional architectural features include the use of
<br />stonewall material that is applied on the central stonewall chimney, shallow front porch steps, and front yard planters; wood
<br />shutters which flank the aluminum casement windows at the primary (west) façade; prominent window sill located on the
<br />wood-frame windows and single jalousie window; three long beams extending past the gable’s end at the southwest gable;
<br />and rear swimming pool (Figure 8). The property is landscaped with a front lawn, low shrubs, palm trees and tropical-themed
<br />plants, and other Mid-Century Modern themed vegetation.
<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 />Since the second half of the twentieth century, the neighborhood in which the Brophy House is located has been known as
<br />West Floral Park. Bounded by Santiago Creek on the north, West Seventeenth Street on the south, North Flower Street on
<br />the east and North Bristol Street on the west, this residential area largely developed after 1947. Prior to that time, the area
<br />was primarily agricultural, and other than Flower Street, which was improved with houses during the 1920s and 1930s,
<br />contained only a handful of residences on Baker and Bristol Streets, the City Water Works pumping plant at 2315 North
<br />Bristol Street, and the Animal Shelter and City/County Pound at 2321 North Bristol Street. Between 1947 and 1950, around
<br />two dozen homes were constructed on Baker, Olive, Towner, and Westwood Streets. Construction boomed throughout the
<br />neighborhood during the 1950s, with the California Ranch emerging as the favored residential style.
<br />The Brophy House qualifies for listing in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties under Criterion 1 as an intact
<br />example of a Mid-Century Modern style home in Santa Ana. Located in West Floral Park, the house cost $23,000 to build in
<br />1957. The recommended categorization is “Key” because it has a distinctive architectural style and quality reflective of the
<br />Mid-Century Modern style (Santa Ana Municipal Code, Section 30-2.2). Character-defining features of the Mid-Century
<br />Modern style exhibited by the house include its U-shaped plan; two primary (west and south) facades; asymmetrical design;
<br />horizontal emphasis expressed through low-pitched, complex hipped roof with deep overhanging eaves; continuous fascia
<br />that wraps around the building’s roofline; southwest gable roof with trapezoidal transoms; original windows and doors
<br />consisting of aluminum and wood frames; one jalousie window; prominent window sill on wood-frame windows and one
<br />jalousie window; stucco and stonewall cladding throughout; main entrance within front porch composed of double doors with
<br />bronze doorknob ornamentation; stonewall chimney; stone-clad front porch steps and planter boxes; louvered privacy wall
<br />with a rear yard entrance; attached garage; and front lawn with tropical landscaping.
<br />*B12. References (continued):
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<br />Office of Historic Preservation. “Instructions for Recording Historical Resources.” Sacramento: March 1995.
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