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Fi-onch Park. Historic District, Santa Ana, CA Orange County United States Department of the interior Nationai Pari< Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet ifm. ttm4 aote Section number Page incorporated (1886). A large Eastlake Victorian, the Harrnon-McNeil House (1888) is located at 817 N. Lacy St. Italianates include the two-story 1883 Chilton House at 321 E. Eighth St., and the Alexander House (ca. 1887) at 1112 N. French St. The Titchenel House, at 419 Wellington, was built in 1887; however. Craftsman features were added when the house was remodeled in 1925. The Thompson House, at 505 E. Washington St., is a Folk Victorian reminiscent of a Midwest farm house. The twin houses at 710 and 714 N. Spurgeon were built about 1880, in an unkown location, and moved to French Park about 1894. The front porches were added about 1910. During the 1910s, some of the houses built during the 1880s were replaced with Craftsman Bungalows and Spanish Colonial Revival apartments. French Park continued to grow slowly during the 1890s. About a dozen Victorian houses, in various styles, were built in the neighborhood. A single-storied Folk Victorian house was built at 815 N. French by the Youngs in 1893. The Rutan House at 932 N. French was built in the Stick style in about 1895, and remodeled with a Colonial influence in 1920. The houses at 1002 N. French (Thomas-Hamilton House, 1898), and 802 N. Lacy (Langley House, 1898) are a combination of Queen Anne and Colonial Revival, having wrap-around porches in common. The Kinley House (1895) at 801 N. Minter is a Folk Victorian with a Colonial-style front porch added about 1910. The Cooper House (1900) across the street at 801 has many decorative features. The Axelson House (1120 N. Spurgeon) has been recently restored back to its 1890 Folk Victorian appearance. A gable decorated with fishscale shingles, cutwork, returns, and rosettes is featured on the front facade of the Anderson House (1895) at 305 E. Tenth St. The Colonial-influenced Cleaver House at 204 E. Washington (1898) and the Queen Anne-style Cameron House (1895) at 220 E. Washington occupy the ends of the 200 block. The Dr. Ball House (1119 N. Bush St.) was built in 1896 in the Eastlake style and remodeled in the Queen Anne style in 1904. French Park, at 10th and French Streets, was established about 1895, and originally was called Flat Iron Park. Neo-classical and Colonial Revival: The majority of the historic houses in French Park were built in the Neo-classical Revival, Colonial Revival, Craftsman, and Transitional styles.