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SF~TI~~I V A I~~SULT~~ This section of the Historical Assessment presents the results of the historical resources investigations of ~3 properties located within the Station District area. The discussion comprises a historical context that provides background information an the wider Lacy neighborhood area and an overall framework for the evaluation of the 23 properties; a resource characterization that describes previously conducted historical surveys and studies in which historical resources have been identified in the Station District area; a general discussion of historic integrity; an assessment of each of the 2~ Agency-owned properties that evaluates each property under Nfational Register of Historic Places ~NRHP}, California Register of Historical Resources ~CRHR}, and the City of Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties ~SARHP} designation criteria; and a historic district assessment of the Station District area. 5.1 HISTORIC OVERVIEW; DEVELOPMENT OF THE LACY I~EI~H~ORHOOa,1095-1930 Santa Ana was founded by 11Villiam Spurgeon in 1889 as a speculative town site on part of the Spanish land grant known as Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana. The civic and commercial core of the community was centered on the intersection of Fourth and Main Streets. Stimulated by the arrival of the Santa Fe Railroad, incorporation as a city in 188, and selection as the seat of the newly created County of Grange in 1889, the city grew outwards, with residential neighborhoods developing around the city center. Agricultural uses predominated in the outlying areas, with cultivated fields and orchards dotted with widely scattered farmhouses. One of the oldest neighborhoods in Santa Ana, the Lacy neighborhood is home to a variety of properly types, including residential, commercial, institutional, and industrial, that represent over 1~o years of Santa Ana's history. The Lacy neighborhood is defined by the City of Santa Ana as bordered an the north by Civic Center Drive, on the east by Poinsettia Street, an the south by First Street, and an the west by Main Street. From Civic Center Drive on the north to roughly Fourth Street on the south, the Lacy neighborhood intersects with the Station District area,' In the final quarter of the nineteenth century, Lacy's residential subdivision and settlement was fueled by the .downtown business district, located bath in and adjacent to the neighborhood. By the end of the 188os, this business district encompassed five city blocks, consisting primarily of one- to two-story brick commercial buildings. In the same period, Lacy's eastern portion had also become the nexus of the Southern Pacific Railway line, brought to Santa Ana in 1878; and the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway line, established in 1888. The Lacy neighborhood was in proximity to local street car and railway connections, with the Santa Ana and Tustin Street Railway running along First Street; the Santa Ana and ~tlestrr~inster Railroad an Second Street, with a terminus point just east of Main Street; the Pacific Electric Railway line on Fourth Street; and the Santa Ana, Orange, and Tustin Street Railway line connecting the 1878 Southern Pacific Depot with downtown Santa Ana, via Santa Ana Boulevard formerly Fruit Street. Triggered by this proximity to commerce and transportation, residential development arrived early in Lacy, with numerous residential tracts offering small lots in the 1880s. In .1888, a subdivision dubbed "Santa Ana Fast" was advertised "on the line of the Los Angeles and San Diego railroad." ' City of Santa Ana, California. Accessed Z February ~Q1 "lacy Neighborhood Map" Available at: http:llwww,ci,santa- ana,ca.uslcdaldocumentslLacyMap~.pdf Station District Project Historical Assessment May 6, 11 Sapphos environmental, lnc. VU:IPR~JCTS114711 i4T 1-007~Doc~~~rn~:~-~~~ !~~istarica~ Assessmentlfinall5 ~esults.Doc gage 5-1