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French Park Historic District, Santa Ana, CA Orange County <br />United States Department of the Interior <br />National Paric Service <br />National Register of Historic Places <br />Continuation Sheet <br />tm. ro»*^re <br />Section number Page <br />Elizabeth Hawley (1101 N. French St.) owned an important sporting goods <br />store. Many more business owners and managers lived in French Park, and <br />their accomplishments are listed on the continuation sheets. <br />Several teachers, including George Collins (410 Wellington), a teacher <br />at Commercial High, Joella Gowdy (831 N. French St.), Vice-principal at <br />Santa Ana High School in the 1920s and 30s, and Elizabeth Read (204 E. <br />Washington), were among the teachers who lived in French Park. Ella <br />Campau, a fine soprano who sang professionally, owned the house at 801 N. <br />French. Ida Mitchell, an artist, built the house at 402 Vance. <br />A majority of residents in French Park were active in civic organiza­ <br />tions that benefited the community, did charitable work, or provided <br />entertainment in the pre-television era. Women's organizations, such as the <br />Ebell Club, the Y. W. C. A., the Red Cross, and the Business and Professional <br />Women’s Club, did much to help the city became a better place to live. <br />Through the years several residents served on the City Council, the School <br />Board, the Library Board, the Fire Commission, and other civic committees. <br />French Park residents obviously were a significant and major force that <br />contributed to the success of the community of Santa Ana. <br />Criteron C: Architectural Significance: <br />The French Park Historic District is a 20-square-block neighborhood <br />with a variety of historic architectural styles dating from the 1880s <br />through the early 1940s. While there are several superior examples of <br />these styles, it is the neighborhood as a whole that conveys a sense of <br />historic and architectural cohesiveness through design, location, setting, <br />materials, workmanship, feeling and associations. It visually illustrates a <br />special time and place in Santa Ana history. <br />Architectural Styles: The main examples of each are described below: <br />Victorian: <br />There are half a dozen examples of 1880s Victorian architecture <br />sprinkled throughout the neighborhood. Constructed during the "Boom of <br />the Eighties," they were built in the same decade Santa Ana was  <br />    <br />