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<br />Page 3 of 4 Resource Name or # (Assigned 6y recorder} Davis-Hoy House
<br />*Recorded by l_estie J. Heumann, Peter C. Moruzzi, SAtC "Date August 28, 2002 OConfinuation O Update
<br />*P3a. Description (corltlnued}:
<br />to wood porch steps and the front door, which is glazed on the top half with Three rectangular panels below. On the north
<br />elevation, a cant bay has fixed and double-hung sash windows covered by a pent roof. Sanborn maps also indicate that an
<br />addition to the rear northeast corner of the house is not original.
<br />*B1tl. Slgnlflcarrce (contlnued}:
<br />in California in 9913. He was employed by the Orange County highway commission and the county surveyor's office. After
<br />serving as City Engineer of Santa Ana from 1919 to 1922, Mr. Hoy went into private practice. He specialized in water
<br />resources and irrigation, working for a number of local water companies (Marsh, 1998).
<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, to 1877, Spurgeon, along with James McFadden and James Fruit, farmed the Wesfem
<br />Development Company with the intention of bringing the Southern Pacific Railroad Tram its then terminus in Anaheim into
<br />Santa Ana. Thinking to capitalize on commercial growth around the railroad, the partners purchased 96D acres adjacent to
<br />the eastern city boundary at French Street. Although they ware successful in luring the Southern Pacific to a new depot on
<br />f=ruit Street in Santa Ana in 1878, the expected commercial development of "Santa Ana East' never materialized. Early
<br />growth and development of the town continued to be centered further west around Fourth and Main Streets, with the result
<br />that the legacy of Santa Ana East is an angled street plan whose intersection with the original city is marked by a small,
<br />triangular parcel, developed in the 1$90s as Flatiron Park, now known as French Park. Santa Ana continued to grow,
<br />stimulated by the arrival of the Santa Fe Railroad in 1886. Following its incorporation as a city in 9886, Santa Ana was
<br />recognized as one of the leading communities in the area in 1889 when it became the seat of the newly created County of
<br />Orange.
<br />Beginning in the 1880s and continuing well into the twentieth century, the area around the park began to be developed with
<br />many of the finest homes in Santa Ana. Examples of Victorian era, turn of the century, and Craftsman homes were built along
<br />the tree-fined streets. By the 192Ds, most streets in the neighborhood were fully developed, although a few revival s#yled
<br />single family homes and duplexes were built during the 1920s, and a handful of apartments constructed in the 1930x. Frvm
<br />the nineteenth century onwards, residents were a "Who's Who° of early Santa Ana, and included bankers, attorneys, doctors,
<br />businessmen, ranchers, teachers and others active in the civic and social fife of the city.
<br />Once Known as the °Nob Hifi° of Santa Ana, t=rench Park declined in the 194Ds and 195Ds as some homes were conversed
<br />into rooming houses and others were allowed to deteriorate. In the 1960s and 197Ds same houses were demolished and the
<br />properties redeveloped with multi-family housing. However, a grass roots preservation effort begun in the late 197Ds led to
<br />the establishment of a total historic district in 1984 and the fisting of the neighborhood in the National Register of Historic
<br />Places in 1999.
<br />The Davis-Hoy House was fisted in the National Register of Historic Places in 1999 as a contributor Eo the French Park
<br />Historic District, It is therefore listed in the California Register of Historical Resources and is located within the boundaries of
<br />the locally designated historic district. It also qualifies for listing in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Property under
<br />Criterion 1 as a representative example of the American Foursquare variant of the Prairie Style common in the first decade of
<br />the twentieth century and under Criterion 4b, far its association with two prominent early citizens, Samuel Davis and William
<br />Hoy. The massing, roof and dormer confguration, and delineation the upper and Power stories are elements associated with
<br />the American Foursquare variant of the Prairie Style, while the porch supports and window surrounds suggest the Colonial
<br />Revival and the exposed rafters and overhanging eaves reRec! the Craftsman style. Addilianally, the house has been
<br />categorized as °Contributive° because it "contributes to the overall character and history" of French Park through its historic
<br />associations and its style and type, is a 'goad example" of the American Foursquare variant of the Prairie Style, and °has not
<br />been substantially altered.° Character-defining exterior features of the Davis-Hoy House that should be preserved include,
<br />but may not be limited to: materials (wood] and finishes (clapboard); roof configuration and detailing; massing; porch; and
<br />architectural details such as carved rafters and the original door. If restored to an earlier appearance, wish the original porch
<br />conf:guration and exterior finishes, The Davis-Hoy House could be categorized as °tCey."
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