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French Park Historic District, Santa Ana, CA Orange County m. m* aof< United States Department of the Interior National Park Senrice National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number Page 1000 BLOCK NORTH FRENCH STREET 1001 N. French St. Riviera Condominiums 1959 N. C. Vertical board siding covers most of the exterior of the Riviera Condominiums, constructed in 1959. A low-pitched side-facing gabled roof tops the rectangular building with a courtyard in the center. The centered main entrance is flanked by terrazzo panels and topped by an open balcony. The entrance is protected by a wrought iron gate, installed a few years ago. Pairs of sliding glass windows flank the main entrance on each floor. They are fronted with recessed balconies with low teirazzo-clad walls. There is a large courtyard in the center of the square building. 1002 N. French St. Thomas-Hamilton House Colonial Revival 1898 Narrow clapboard siding covers the upper two-thirds of the single story Colonial Revival house on the comer of French and 10th Streets, while wide shiplap siding covers the lower third. A hipped roof, which extends downward to cover the wrap-around porch, features hipped dormers facing south and east. Enclosed eaves and a molding-trimmed frieze accent the roof line. The original wrap-around porch includes turned posts, carved brackets, and a delicate balustrade. 2 x 4's were added to act as an anchor for screen material. The ball-and-spindle fretwork was removed from the porch several years ago. The southern portion of the porch has been enclosed. The curved base of the porch features rows of decorative squares with a hole in the center and in the corners of each square. A door has been installed in the place of the original window in the center of the north half of the front facade. On the 10th Street side there are two trios of windows. One of the center windows has been converted to a doorway and a stairway with wrought iron rail added. Concrete stairs, wrought iron* railings, and metal awnings have been added to the front. A two-story five-unit apartment addition, clad in stucco, was added to the back in 1946. Wooden stairs at each end lead to the second floor units. There are several alterations to this house, including the additional stairs, wrought iron rails, metal awnings, doorway changes, and the addition of the units in the back. However, the house still retains much of its original character when viewed from the front.