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Page 3 of 3 Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder) Hillis House
<br />;Recorded by Leslie J. Heumann I "Date January2, 2003 © Continuation ❑ Update
<br />*B10. Significance (continued):
<br />The Hillis House is located ir) Floral Park, a neighborhood northwest of downtown Santa Ana bounded by East Seventeenth
<br />Street, North Flower Street Riverside Drive, and Broadway. Groves of oranges, avocados, and walnuts and widely scattered
<br />ranch houses characterized this area before 192a Developer and builder Allison Honer (1897-1981), credited as the
<br />subdivider and builder of a Major portion of northwest Santa Ana, arrived in Santa Ana from Beaver Falls, New York in 1922
<br />(Talbert, pages 353-356). 1efore nightfall on the day of his arrival, Mr. Honer purchased a parcel of land. And that month,
<br />he began building custom hcimes in Santa Ana" (Orange County Register, September 15, 1981). The parcel chosen became
<br />the Floral Park subdivision b tween Seventeenth Street and Santiago Creek. "When built in the 1920s, the Floral Park
<br />homes were the most lavish and expensive in the area. They sold for about $45,000 each" (Orange County Register,
<br />September 15, 1981). Revh al architecture in a wide variety of romantic styles was celebrated in the 1920s and 1930s and
<br />Floral Park showcased exarr�pies of the English Tudor, French Norman, Spanish Colonial, and Colonial Revival. The Allison
<br />Honer Construction Compan went on to complete such notable projects as the 1935 Art Deco styled Old Santa Ana City
<br />Hall, the Ei Toro Marine Bas during World War 11, and the 1960 Honer Shopping Plaza. Honer lived in the neighborhood he
<br />had helped to 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 />Park. An early Russell project was his 1926 subdivision of Victoria Drive between West Nineteenth Street and West Santa
<br />Clara Avenue. The homes ere quite grand and displayed various revival styles, including Russell's own large, Colonial
<br />Revival mansion at 2009 Vic oria Drive. In the early post World War 11 years, Floral Park continued its development as
<br />numerous, smaller, single -fa fly 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 Park. Today (2003) Floral Park maintains its
<br />identity as the premier neigh, orhood of Santa Ana, historically home to many affluent and prominent citizens.
<br />The Hillis House qualifies fo
<br />the distinguishing characters
<br />use of stucco and tile, and h
<br />contributes to the historic ch
<br />member of the local busines
<br />architectural significance as
<br />features of the Hillis House
<br />materials and finishes; roof i
<br />architectural details such as
<br />original landscape features
<br />*1312. References (continued):_,
<br />Harris, Cyril M. American A�
<br />Marsh, Diann. Santa Ana,
<br />McAlester, Virginia and Lee.
<br />National Register Bulletin 16
<br />Register Branch, National F
<br />Office of Historic Preservatk
<br />Whitten, Marcus. American
<br />'Alison Honer Dies at 64,' T
<br />"Builder of Honer Plaza Dies
<br />"History of Flora! Park." http
<br />Talbert, Thomas (editor-in-ci
<br />Volume I. Whittier, Historice
<br />Santa Ana City Directory, 16
<br />listing in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Property under Criterion 1 for its exemplification of
<br />tics of the Spanish Colonial Revival. Notable in this regard are the asymmetrical massing, the
<br />9 incorporation of arches, a balcony, and a corbelled overhang into the design. The house also
<br />iracter of Floral Park through its age, style, scale, and historic association with an important
<br />community. Additionally, the house has been categorized as "Landmark"forits unique
<br />in intact and substantial interpretation of the Spanish Colonial Revival style. All original exterior
<br />re considered character -defining and should be preserved, including, but not limited to:
<br />mliguration, materials, and detailing; massing; windows and doors; balcony; chimney,
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<br />;orbels, arches, wing wall, tile panel, pierced stucco grille, wrought ironwork, garage; and
<br />uch as the deodar cedar tree.
<br />;hitecture: An Illustrated Encyclopedia. New York, WW Norton, 1998.
<br />T illustrated History Encinitas, Heritage Publishing, 1994.
<br />4 Field Guide to American Houses. New York. Alfred A. Knopf, 1984.
<br />4. "How to Complete the National Register Registration Form." Washington DC. National
<br />rk Service, US Dept of the interior, 1991.
<br />i. "Instructions for Recording Historical Resources." Sacramento: March 1995.
<br />architecture Since 1780. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1969.
<br />e Santa Ana Joumal, September21, 1981.
<br />" Orange County Register. September 15, 1981.
<br />ief). Historical Volume and Reference Works lncludina Biological Sketches of Leading Citizens.
<br />Publishers, 1963.
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