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French Park Historic District, Santa Ana, CA Orange County «MFOTPifr«a»4 United States Department of the interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number i_ Page —L 817-23 N. French St. Warner Apartment No. 1 Minimal Traditional 1946 Four apartments, two on each floor, occupy the two-story hip roofed rectangular building at 817, 819, 821, and 823. N. French St. Horizontal shiplap siding covers the north and south ends of the second floor, while the first floor is clad in stucco. A large two-story rounded bay forms the focal point of the front facade. Eight double-hung windows grace each floor of the bay, with four in each apartment, allowing each to have half a rounded bay. On the first floor, arched recessed entries flank the rounded bay. Pairs of two-over-two horizontally-divided double-hung windows are located near the north and south ends of each floor. Tile clad stairs lead to the second floor along the north and south facades. The building does not appear to have been altered. The first occupants of the south half of this fourplex, constructed in 1946, were Mrs. Minnie Holmes (widow of Edwin) and Frank and Vivian Harwood. Frank was Postmaster of Santa Ana in the 1940's. The first occupants of the north half were Mrs. Beryl Battle, a seamsti'ess for Chandler and Son, and William and Barbara Lowe. He was a salesman in his father's firm of Hugh J. Lowe, one of Orange County's finest men's clothiers. Mrs. Anna K. Warner, who built this building and the one next door at 825-27, lived in the apartnient at 825 for several years. 820 N. French St. Moore-Cowles House Spanish Colonial Revival 1926 A trio of multi-paned arched windows, fronted with a narrow decorative balcony, is one of the character defining features of this unusual Spanish Colonial Revival house. Clad in its original stucco, the structure is crowned with a red-clay-tile-clad roof. Split level in design, the living room on the front (east), dining room and kitchen are on the middle floor, while the bedrooms and baths are one-half level up, above the double garage and laundry room. The house is covered with the original stucco and topped with a two-level gabled roof, clad in red clay tiles. Red-brick- clad steps lead to the covered entryway on the front (east) facade, which is topped by an intricately-shaped arched opening. A second long narrow arched opening faces north. A second stairway, located on the north side, is flanked by stucco-clad piers. A trio of multi-paned windows to the west of the