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CONSTRUCTION HISTORY: (Construction data, alterations, and date of alterations) <br />December 5, 1985. Relocation inspection. <br />November 26, 1986. Relocate historical residence over new basement and solarium. <br />November 26, 1986. Two-car garage with den over. <br />RELATED FEATURES: (Other important features such as barns, sheds, fences, prominent or unusual trees, or landscape) <br />None. <br />DESCRIPTION: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, settings, and <br />boundaries.) <br />A fine example of Victorian era design, this is a two-story residence in the Italianate style. A truncated hip roof crowns the building, <br />accented by a projecting front gable on the east end of the fagade (south elevation). Curved brackets, placed at either side of the <br />second story windows, punctuate the enclosed soffits. A decorative bargeboard ornaments the gable end. Beneath the soffit <br />overhang, a vertically detailed frieze circles the building. Wide shiplap siding, trimmed with endboards, sheathes the house. <br />Spanning the first floor fagade, a pent hipped roof tops a three-bay, attached, front porch. Turned columns whose carved brackets <br />form an arched porch frieze support the porch roof. The porch railing features carved balusters alternating with blocks pierced by <br />circular cutouts. Located in the central bay, the entry contains a paneled door topped by a transom and approached by six stairs. Orbs <br />surmount the newel posts of the stairway. Below the front gable, the east bay of the house consists of a two-story squared bay. <br />Patterned shingles accent the upper story of the bay. Windows are one-over-one double-hung sash, arranged singly or in pairs, and <br />simply framed. Moved to this location in 1986, the house is substantially unaltered. Contemporary additions to the property include <br />an iron fence at the front and a two-story, wood-frame garage building in the rear, both of which are compatible in style and materials <br />with the historic character of the house. <br />HISTORIC HIGHLIGHTS: <br />Robert Francis Chilton, who arrived in Santa Ana in 1876, was in the banking business in the City for more than twenty-five years. <br />The head cashier of the Orange County Trust and Savings Bank, Chilton served as City Treasurer and was appointed postmaster in <br />1885. His other activities included development of property in northwest Santa Ana and service as the secretary of the Masons <br />(excerpted from Marsh, 1998). <br />Threatened with demolition at its original location on Sixth Street, the house was moved to this location and restored by Robert and <br />Diann Marsh, prominent local historians, in 1986. <br />RESOURCE ATTRIBUTES: (List attributes and codes from Appendix 4 of Instructions for Recording Historical Resources, Office <br />of Historic Preservation.) <br />HP2. Single-family Property <br />RESOURCES PRESENT: <br />® Building ? Structure ? Object ? Site <br />MOVED? ? No ® Yes ? Unknown Date: 1986 <br />® District ? Element of District ? Other <br />Page 2 of 4 <br />cmptistori6templatesTighth E 321 (Chilton House) <br />12/20/01 <br />25F-10 <br />Original Location: 6's Street