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French farK Historic uistrict, santa ana, ca uraage i^uuaty ir«Nniiie4e»«OM* Am’mrnifm. MM-oett United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number Page by multi-paned beveled glass sidelights, is located near the north end of the front facade. A two-story rounded bay featuring a band of Neo-classical cast plasterwork is located in the center of the south side. Large plate glass windows face toward the garden on the north side. An ornate stained glass window, located on the east (front) end of the north side, is accented with a cast plaster panel below. A typical old-fashioned screened porch occupies the first floor of the rear (west) facade. The house has not been altered since it was built. The two-car garage, located in the northwest corner of the property, was built in 1904, but has a new door. A carved stone hitching post still exists in the front parking strip. Miles Crookshank, an early Santa Ana banking pioneer, founded the First National Bank of Santa Ana in 1886, the same year the family arrived in Santa Ana. The institution was the city's first succes.sful bank. He was active in Santa Ana Lodge No. 241 of the Masons, the Christian Endeavor Union, and several other organizations. He died in 1916 and his wife, Margaret Amelia, lived in the house until she died in 1937. Their daughter, Lida, continued to own the house and died there at the age of 95, on May 17. 1965. 810 N. French St. Clarence Crookshank House Colonial Revival 1904 Prominent bellcast hip-roofed dormers, accented with three multi- paned arched windows, are centered in the front (west), north, and south sides of the hipped roof, of the Clarence Crookshank House. Carved brackets accent the main roof, dormers and porch roof. Narrow clapboard siding covers the exterior. A single-storied porch, topped with a mansard roof, is supported by paired wood columns resting on solid clapboard railings. Most of the windows are double-hung, with a leaded glass window placed next to the front door. The high quality Craftsman-style front door features a trio of long narrow vertical beveled glass panels topped with three squares of beveled glass. A single-storied wing on the south side features a large plate glass window with a leaded glass transom and a slanted bay on the south end. With the exception of the concrete front steps, it does not appear that the house has been altered.