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<br />'Recorded by Holly Soboleske *Date February 20, 2013 ® Continuation ? Update
<br />'810, Significance (continued):
<br />The Stanley House Is located in the Park Santiago neighborhood, near the present norlhem city limits of Santa Ana and
<br />substantially north of the original city core. The neighborhood is bounded by Santiago Creek and Park on the north, East
<br />Seventeenth Street on the south, North Lincoln Avenue on the east, North Main Street on the west, and the 1-5 freeway on
<br />the southwest. 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 the twentieth century, when the Pacific Electric interurban railroad ran up Main
<br />Street; the Atchison, Topeka, 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 well into the 1920s. As of 1905, the city directories listed around twenty
<br />households on East Santa Clara, Twentieth Street, "C Street" (now North Santiago Street), North Bush Street and North
<br />Main Avenue, the only streets in the area at the time. The vast majority of the residents were ranchers. By 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 continued to list "rancher" or "fmil 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 Bush north
<br />of Santa Clam and on Valencia and Poinsettia south of Twentieth Street, with the remaining area divided into larger,
<br />agricultural parcels held by approximately forty landowners.
<br />While the area east of Santiago Street was not subdivided until alter the mid-1920s, 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 numbers of professionals, small business owners, merchants, and people in service
<br />professions such as painters, electricians, and carpenters made their homes in the 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. B. West, Jr.,
<br />321 East Santa Clara Avenue), County Supervisor, First District (C. H. Chapman, 2315 North Santiago Street), County
<br />Surveyor (E. H. Irvin, 2407 North Santiago Street), and County Auditor (William C. Jerome, 2422 Poinsettia Street). By
<br />April 1942 when the Sanborn Company first mapped the western half of the area, most of the lots had been improved with
<br />single-family homes, many in the revival styles popular during the 1920s and 1930s. Subsequent development of the
<br />eastern hall of the neighborhood and infill construction in the western half displayed the simplified ranch style that emerged
<br />following World War ll.
<br />The Stanley House qualifies for listing in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties under Criterion 1, for its
<br />representation of the distinguishing characteristics of the Spanish Colonial Revival style. Additionally, the house has been
<br />categorized as "Contributive"because it is a" good example of period architecture". Character defining features Include
<br />exterior materials, original windows, proch configuration.
<br />'B12. References (continued):
<br />Hands, Cyril M. American Architecture• An Illustrated Encvciooedla. New York, WW Norton, 1998.
<br />Marsh, Diann. Santa Ana An Illustrated History. 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 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 />WhiHen, Marcus. American Architecture Since 1780. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1969.
<br />Armor, Samuel. History of Orange County. Los Angeles: History Record Company, 1921, page 989.
<br />Park Santiago Neighborhood Association. "The Gingerbread Lando Holiday Horne Tour, 1999." Brochure.
<br />Rischard, Maureen McClintock. "People Behind Places: Endede Center." Orange County Geneolooical Society Quarterly
<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 1955.
<br />DPR 523L 215A29
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