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French Park Historic District, Santa Ana, CA Orange County I mt aoi$ United States Department of the Interior National Parle Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number Page 19 the solid porch railing. The full front porch is centered with wooden steps, flanked by clapboard-clad piers. Multi-paned transoms, plate glass windows, and double-hung sidelights flank the original paneled front door. The Reverend Otto Russell, and his wife, Alice, built this Craftsman Bungalow in 1911. Dr. John Murfin, and his wife, Dora, bought the house in 1915, and lived here for over thirty years. He was an osteopathic physician with offices at 204 1/2 E. Fourth Street. 1108 N. French St. Clyde Bishop House Neo-classical Revival 1906 The Clyde Bishop house, a good example of Neo-classical architecture, features fine detailing in the use of leaded glass, columns and capitals, and window surrounds. Clad in narrow clapboard siding, it is crowned with a bellcast hipped roof, centered with a prominent matching dormer. Wide enclosed eaves, trimmed in molding and closely-spaced carved brackets, form the roof line. Trios of fluted wood columns, topped with Ionic capitals and resting on clapboard-clad piers, support the front corners of the partially-recessed porch. The porch frieze curves downward at each end. Turned balusters form the balustrade between the piers. The original front door, centered with a large beveled plate glass window, is flanked by leaded glass sidelights. A richly-detailed window to the south of the door contains a plate glass window, leaded glass transom and matching sidelights, dentil trim, and carved wood trim. A large plate glass window to the north of the porch is topped with a leaded glass transom and flanked by double-hung windows. A horizontal leaded glass window is located high in the north facade. The original garage is located in the rear. A new wooden fence surrounds the yard. The Hon. Clyde Bishop, who first came to California in the 1881, was a prominent attorney who served in the State Legislature for two terms. Raised in Santa Ana, he joined a traveling company of actors while in his twenties. After returning to Santa Ana he took up the study of law in the offices of C. S. Montgomery and Victor Montgomery, passing the California Bar in 1902. In 1906 Mr. Bishop was elected on the Republican ticket to serve as an Assemblyman in the California Legislature. He authored the Newport Protection District Bill, and served as chairman of the County Boundaries Committee. He was on the Judiciary Committee, the Committee on Constitutional Amendments, and the Municipal Corporations Committee.