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<br />"Recorded by Holly Soboleske "Date February 20, 2013 ~ Continuation ©Upclate
<br />'`B10. Significance (continued):
<br />The Stanley House is located in the Park Santiago neighborhood, near the present northern city limits of Santa Ana and
<br />substantially north of the original city core. The neighborhood is boundod by Santiago Creek and Paris on the north, East
<br />Seventeenth Street on the south, North Lincoln Avenue on the east, North Main Street on the west, and the !-5 freeway on
<br />the southwost. In large part these boundaries reflect the transportation lines that were constructed towards the end of the
<br />nineteenth century and at the beginning of fhe twentieth century, when the Pacific Electric interurban railroad ran up Main
<br />Street; the Atchison, Topoka, and Santa Fe tracks followed Lincoln; and the Southern Pacific Railroad right-of--way mirrored
<br />the freeway route.
<br />This area remained primarily agricultural we!! info the 1920s. As of 1905, the city directorios listed around Iwenty
<br />households on East Santa Clara, Twentieth Street, uC Street" (now North Santiago Street}, North Bush Street and North
<br />Main Avenue, site only streets in the area at the time. The vast majority of the residents were rancfters. sy 1911, the
<br />number of households had increased to about thirty, and Edgewood Road and Valencia Street had been partially laid out
<br />but most residents continuod to list "rancher" or "fruit grower" as their occupation in the city directories. This pattern of land
<br />use was evident on the 1912 plat map of the City, which illustrated two small, Craftsman era subdivisions along Sush north
<br />of Santa Clara and on Valencia and Poinsettia south of Twentieth Street, with the remaining area divided into larger,
<br />agric~rltural parcels held by approximately forfy landowners.
<br />While the area east of Santiaga Street was not subdivided until after the mid-i 920s, most of the present day streets west of
<br />Santiago had been laid out when the City was mapped in 1923. Ranching continued to be the most prevalent occupation in
<br />the neighborhood, but increasing numbors of professionals, small business owners, merchants, and people in service
<br />professions such as painters, electricians, and carpenters made their homes in tho western half of the neighborhood during
<br />the 1920s and 1930s. The area also attracted several city and county officials, including the City Attorney (Z. 8. West Jr.,
<br />321 East Santa Clara Avenue), County Supervisor, First District (C. H. Chapman, 2315 North Santiago Street), County
<br />Surveyor (E. H. Irwin, 2407 North Santiago StreetJ, and Count y Auditor (w!liam C. Jerome, 2422 Poinsettia StreetJ. By
<br />April 1942, when tho Sanborn Company first mapped the wesfem half of the area, most of the lots had boon improved with
<br />single-family homes, many in the revival styles popular during the 1920s and 1930s. Subsequent development of the
<br />eastern half of the netghbarhaad and infil! constnrcfion in the wesfem half displayed the simplified ranch style that emerged
<br />following World War It.
<br />The Stanley House qualities for listing in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties under Critorion 1, for its
<br />representation of the distinguishing characteristics of the Spanish Colonial Revival style. Additionally, the house has been
<br />categorized as "Contributive" becauso it is a"good example of period architecture". Character defining features includo
<br />exterior materials, original windows, proch configuration.
<br />*B12, References (continued):
<br />Harris, Cyril M. American Architecture: An„Illustratod Encyclonedia. New York, WW Norton, 1998.
<br />Marsh, Diann. Santa Ana, An Illustrated Historv. Encinitas, Heritage Publishing, 1994.
<br />McAlester, Virginia and Lee. A Field Guide to American Houses. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1984.
<br />National Register Bulletin 16A. "How to Complete the National RegisterRegistrafion Form."Washington DC: National
<br />Register Branch, National Park Service, US Dept. of the interior, 1991.
<br />Once of Historic Preservation. ulnstructions for Recording Historical Resources. "Sacramento: March 1995.
<br />Whitten, Marcus. American Architecture Since 1780. Cambridge: M!T Press, 1969.
<br />Armor, Samuel. History of Orange Countx. Los Angeles: History Record Company, 1921, page 989.
<br />Park Santiaga Neighborhood Association. °The Gingerbread Londe Holiday Home Tour, 1999. " Brochure.
<br />Rischard, Maureen McClintock. "People Behind Places: Enderie Center." Oran e Coun Geneolo ical Socief uarteri
<br />December 1993, pages 4-7.
<br />Santa Ana and Orange County Directories, 1905-1930.
<br />Historic Maps, Santa Ana History Room, 1912, 1923, 1932, and ? 955.
<br />DPR 5231. Page 4 of 4
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