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State of California-The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # CONTINUATION SHEET Trinomiai Page 3 of!1 Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder) Walker House 'Recorded by Ha!!y 5oboleske *61t}. Significance (continued): *Date October 4, 2012 Ci Continuation ^ Update The Walker House is located in Flora! Park, a neighborhood northwest of downtown Santa Ana bounded by East Seventeenth Street, North Flower Street, Riverside Drive, and Broadway. Groves of oranges, avocados, and walnuts and widely scattered ranch houses characterized Phis area before 1920. Developer and builder Allison Honer (1887-1981), credited as the subdivider and builder of a major portion of northwest Santa Ana, arrived in Santa Ana from Beaver Falls, New York in 1922 (Talbert, pages 353-356). "Before nightfall on the day of his arrival, Mr. Honer purchased a parcel of land. And thaf month, he began building custom homes in Santa Ana" (Orange County Register, September i5, 1981). The parcel chosen became the Floral Park subdivision between Seventeenth Street and Santiago Creek. "When built in the 1920s, the Floral Park homes were the most lavish and expensive in the area. They sold for about $45,000 each" (Orange County Register, September 15, 1981). Revival architecture in a wide variety of romantic styles was celebrated in the 1920s and 1930s and Floral Park showcased examples of the English Tudor, French Norman, Spanish Colonial, and Colonial Revival. The Apison Honer Construction Company went on to complete such notable protects as the 1935 Art Deco styled Old Santa Ana City Hall, the F'l Toro Marine Base during World War !l, and the 1350 Honer Shopping Plaza. Honer lived in the neighborhood he had helped to create, at 615 West Santa Clara Avenue. In the late 1920s and 1930s, another builder, Roy Roscoe Russel! (1881-1965}, continued developing the groves of Floral Park. An early Russell project was his 1928 subdivision of Victoria Drive between West Nineteenth Street and Wesf Santa Clara Avenue. The homes were quite grand and displayed various revival styles, including Russell's own large, Colonial Revival mansion at 2009 Victoria Drive. !n the early post World War 11 years, Floral Park continued its development as numerous, smaller, single-family houses were built. Continuing in the Floral Park tradition, they were mostly revival in style. 1n the 1950s, low, horizontal Ranch Style houses completed the growth of Floral Park. Today (2007} Floral Park maintains its identity as the premier neighborhood of Santa Ana, historically home to many affluent and prominent citizens. The Walker House also qualifies for Listing in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties under Criterion 1 for its exemplification of the distinguishing characteristics of the Spanish Colonaa! Revival style. Typical featuros of this style illustrated by the house include the signature combination of stucco walls with a red the roof, faux recessed entry and casement windows; horizontal massing suggestive of a hacienda; asymmetrical composition; and wood-trimmed eaves. Additionally, the house has been categorized as `Key"because it `has a distinctive and unique style of architecture" Character-defining exterior features of the Walker House that should be preserved include, but may not be limited to, materials and finishes (stucco, wood, wrought iron, and red tiles}; asymmetrical treatment of elements on the fagade; roof confrgurafion and detailing; original windows and doors where extant; stepped chimney; architectural details such as the door surrounds and shutters. Other distinctive and character defining features include a porlhofe window above the front door with wrought iron ornamentation. DPR 523E Page 4 of 5