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«« hwm ie-KO-< M« Preach Park Historic District, Santa Ana, CA Orange County OM« fOM-ast* United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number Page William Henry and Dama Smith built this Craftsman Bungalow in 1909. They were local ranchers. He died in 1926, and Mrs. Smith continued to live here well into the 1940's. 1235 N. French St. Harry Smith House Colonial Revival 1919 Wide clapboard siding covers the exterior of the single-storied Smith House. An ell-shaped gabled roof, accented with caps at the peaks, tops the house. Enclosed eaves with returns accent the roof line. Paired vertical vents are located in the center of each gable face. The front porch, supported by square pillars, connected by a criss-cross grid screen, is recessed in the northwest third of the front wing. A plate glass window, topped with a small hood, is located to the south of the porch, while a plate glass window with casement sidelights occupies the space on the north side. The original front door features two rows of small square lights in the top third. A red brick chimney graces the north side of the house. A 6-foot- high wrought iron and stucco fence surrounds the front yard. Harry and Annette Smith were the first owners of the house on the southeast corner of French and Washington. George Pickering was the contractor. Harry was a salesman for J. S. Trew, a real estate broker, with offices at 601 N. Main St. In 1923 Orlando and Mary Johnson moved in. He was a retired farmer. Next, Ora and Hilda Tilson lived here. He was a manager for the Union Oil Company. 900 BLOCK NORTH MINTER STREET 801 N. Minter St. Cooper House Queen Anne/Colonial Revival 1900 Narrow clapboard siding covers the exterior of the finely-detailed . one-and-one-half-story Cooper House. A steeply-pitched side-facing gabled roof, centered with a prominent gabled dormer, tops the house. Sawtooth shingles and a tall narrow louvered arched vent cover the front and side-facing gable faces. Additionally, the side gables have returns and and one large and three small double-hung windows. Below the gable, in the center of the second story, is a slanted bay, accented with cut corners, carved brackets, tear drops, and a narrow balustrade. A small porch, supported by a round wood column resting on a solid clapboard-clad