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French Park Historic District, bantaSna, CA Urangecounty urn etm wi obu United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number Page the late 1920's. Nell, who had a piano studio in Suite 424 in the Spurgeon Building, specialized in teaching children. She was the organist at the First Church of Christ Scientist, located at Main and 10th Streets. In 1929 George Haddon bought the house. He owned Haddon's Super Service, a filling station located at 1646 E. First St. In 1941 Rev. J. H. Sewell and his wife, Eunice, moved in. He was pastor of the Church of Christ at 123 S. Broadway. Henry Skiles, the builder, came to Santa Ana in 1878, constructing many fine residences here for over 25 years. 1016 N. French St. Beals House English Tudor Revival 1921 The Beals House is topped by a steeply-pitched multi-gabled Tudor- inspired roof. The front gable extends down to form the roof of the centered recessed entry. Narrow arched louvered vents accent the peaks of the gables. Trios of windows, used throughout the second story, are centered with stationary 8-light windows. Jalousied windows now occupy the openings on each side of the central multi-light windows. An interesting plate glass window, which overlooks the open porch on the south half of the front facade, is topped by a blank segmented arched frame and accented with a 6-light transom. The open porch features a red-brick- clad concrete floor and low stucco-clad wall topped with a row of red brick. Aluminum windows replace the original casement windows in the section to the north of the segmented arched entrance. A large stucco-clad chimney graces the south facade. Six aluminum-framed sliding windows and jalousied windows provide the main alterations to the house. Nathan and Alice Beals, who built an earlier house a few blocks over at 821 N. Garfield Street in 1906, moved to this brand new home in 1921. Nathan was his father's partner for several years in the firm of Beals and Son, Grocers, in Downtown Santa Ana. He was assistant cashier for the First National Bank for ten years, and, in the 1940’s, served as Secretary of the Irvine Walnut Growers Assn. For several years he was the manager of the Fallen Leaf Lodge at Lake Tahoe. He died in 1968, at the age of 92.