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<br />Page 3 of - 3 Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder) Lasby House
<br />"Recorded by Hally Soboleske 'Date June 06, 2012 121 Continuation ? Update
<br />"810. Significance (continued):
<br />Santa Ana was founded by William Spurgeon in 1869 as a speculative town site on part of the Spanish land grant known as
<br />Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana. The civic and commercial core of the community was centered around the intersection of
<br />Main and Fourth Streets. Stimulated by the arrival of the Santa Fe Rafiroad and incorporation as a city In 1886, and selection
<br />as the seat of the newly created County of Orange In 1889, the city grew outwards, with residential neighborhoods
<br />developing to the north, south, and east of the city center. Agricultural uses predominated In the outlying areas, with
<br />cultivated fields and orchards dotted with widely scattered farmhouses.
<br />The Lasby House is located in Floral Park, a neighborhood northwest of downtown Santa Ana bounded by West Seventeenth
<br />Street, North Flower Street, Riverside Drive, and Broadway. Groves of oranges, avocados and walnuts, and widely scattered
<br />ranch houses characterized this area before 1920. Developer and builder Alison Honer (1897-1981), credited as the
<br />subdivider and builder of a major portion of northwest Santa Ana, arrived In Santa Ana from Beaver Falls, New York In 1922
<br />(Talbert, pages 353-356). "Before nightfall on the day of his arrival, Mr. Honer purchased a parcel of land. And that month,
<br />he began building custom homes in Santa Ana" (Orange County Resister. September 15, 1981). The parcel chosen became
<br />the Floral Park subdivision between Seventeenth Street and Santiago Creek. "When built In the 1920s, the Floral Park
<br />homes were the most lavish and expensive in the area. They sold for about $45,000 each"(Oranae County Resister.
<br />September 15, 1981). Revival architecture in a wide variety of romantic styles was celebrated in the 1920s and 1930s; Floral
<br />Park showcased examples of the English Tudor, French Norman, Spanish Colonial, and Colonial Revival styles. The Allison
<br />Honer Construction Company went on to complete such notable projects as the 1935 Art Deco-styled Old Santa Ana City
<br />Hall, the El Toro Marine Base during World War 11, and the 1960 Honer Shopping Plaza. Honer lived In the neighborhood he
<br />had helped create, at 615 West Santa Clara Avenue.
<br />In the late 1920s and 1930s, another builder, Roy Roscoe Russel (1881-1965), continued developing the groves of Floral
<br />Park. An early Russel project was his 1928 subdivision of Victoria Drive between West Nineteenth Street and West Santa
<br />Clara Avenue. The homes were quite grand and displayed various revival styles, Including Russell's own large, Colonial
<br />Revival mansion at 2009 Victoria Drive. In the early post-World War It years, Floral Park continued its development as
<br />numerous smaller, single-family houses were bull. Continuing In the Floral Park tradition, they were mostly revival in style.
<br />In the 1950s, low, horizontal Ranch Style houses completed the growth of Floral Park. Today (2007), Floral Park maintains
<br />its identity as the premier neighborhood of Santa Ana, historically hone to many affluent and prominent citizens.
<br />The Lasby House qualifies for fisling In the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties under Criterion 1 for its exemplification
<br />of the distinguishing characteristics of the Colonial Revival style. Additionally, the house has been categorized as
<br />"Contributive" because it Is a "good example of period architecture' Character-defining exterior features of the Lasby
<br />House that should be preserved Include, but may not be limited to, exterior materials, massing and dormers, original windows
<br />where extent, chimney, and front porch conrrguration.
<br />1312. References (continued):
<br />Harris, Cyril M. American Architecture: An Illustrated Encyclopedia. New York, WW Norton, 1998.
<br />Marsh, Diann. Santa Ana. An Illustrated History Encinitas, Heritage Publishing, 1994.
<br />McAlester, Virginia and Lee. A FW Guile to American Houses. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1984.
<br />National Register Bulletin 16A. "How to Complete the National Register Registration Form." Washington DC. National
<br />Register Branch, National Park Service, US Dept of the Interior, 1991.
<br />Office of Historic Preservation. 'Instructions for Recording Historical Resources." Sacramento: March 1995.
<br />Pleasents, Mrs. J. E. History of Orange County, California. volume 2. Los Angeles: J. R. Finnell b Sons, 1931, pp. 364-365.
<br />Whiifen, Marcus. American Architecture Since 1780. Cambridge. MIT Press, 1969.
<br />Alison Honer ties at 84," The Santa Ana Journal September 21, 1981.
<br />Builder of Honer Plaza Dies," Orange County Register. September 15, 1981.
<br />"History of Floral Park." htio.Ilwww.floral-park.corn/page2.htm1.
<br />Santa Ana and Orange County Directories, 1937-1978.
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