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French Park Historic District, Santa Ana, CA Orange County <br />United States Department of the Interior <br />National Parle Service <br />National Register of Historic Places <br />Continuation Sheet <br />tm. fmt w <br />Section number Page <br />It was in 1898-99, when Miles Crookshank built his ornate Neo­ <br />classical Revival home on the quarter block at the corner of French and <br />Eighth (802 N. French), that the trend toward large and elaborate houses <br />began in the neighborhood. E. E. Keech followed, in 1899, with a splendid <br />Neo-classical Revival home on three lots on the corner of E. Washington <br />(201) and N. Bush. The two houses are very fine examples of the Neo­ <br />classical Revival style. <br />Soon after the turn of the century French Park experienced its first <br />building boom. Advertised as the "Nob Hill of Orange County," the area <br />attracted wealthy professional people and business owners who had mostly <br />lived in Santa Ana for a long time, building up their businesses and <br />professions. <br />Almost 30 houses built between 1900 and 1906 still exist in the <br />district. Most were in the Colonial Revival or Neo-classical Revival style. <br />Note-worthy examples on N. French include the single-storied Cochems <br />House at 720, the Miles Crookshank House at 802, the two-story Clarence <br />Crookshank House at 810, the large Adams-style Colonial Revival Smith <br />House at 916, the two-story Colonial Revival Gleason-Carden House at 918, <br />and the Neo-classical Bishop House at 1108. <br />The Queen Anne/Colonial Revival Cooper House, located at 801 N. <br />Minter, was built in 1900. The two-story Colonial Revival Duggan House, <br />located at 825 N. Lacy, was built in 1906. There are five single-storied <br />Colonial Revival houses, built between 1902 and 1906 in the 800 block of <br />N. Garfield. <br />Located on a prominent corner of Civic Center Drive East and N. <br />Spurgeon St., the two-story Colonial Revival Fox House at 713 N. Spurgeon <br />St. is similar in design to the Brown-Baker House at 719, are two-storied <br />and crowned with a dormered hipped roof. Both were built in 1905. The <br />The Dr. Wehrly House at 819 N. Spurgeon is unusual in character. <br />When it was built in 1905, it was a single-storied Colonial Revival <br />bungalow. In 1919, Dr. Wehrly added a second story, giving the house an <br />Italian flavor. At 1019 is the Sutton House, a single-storied Colonial Revival <br />house with a rounded porch built in 1900. <br />  <br />    <br />