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State of California -The Resources Agency Primary 0 DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # CONTINUATION SHEET Trinomial Page 3 of 4 Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder) Davis-Hoy House 'Recorded by Leslie J. Heumann, Peter C. Moruzzi, SAIC 'Date August 28, 2002 ®Continuation OUpdate 'P3a. Description (continued): to wood porch steps and the front door, which is glazed on the top half with three rectangular panels below. On the north elevation, a cant bay has fixed and double-hung sash windows covered by a pent roof. Sanborn maps also indicate that an addition to the rear northeast corner of the house is not original. •B10. Significance (continued): in California in 1913. He was employed by the Orange County highway commission and the county surveyor's office. After serving as City Engineer of Santa Ana from 1919 to 1922, Mr. Hoy went into private practice. He specialized in water resources and irrigation, working for a number of local water companies (Marsh, 1998). Santa Ana was founded by William Spurgeon in 1869 as a speculative town site on part of the Spanish land grant known as Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana. in 1877, Spurgeon, along with James McFadden and James Fruit, formed the Western Development Company with the intention of bringing the Southern Pacific Railroad from its then terminus in Anaheim into Santa Ana. Thinking to capitalize on commercial growth around the railroad, the partners purchased 160 acres adjacent to the eastern city boundary at French Street. Although they were successful In luring the Southern Pacific to a new depot on Fruit Street in Santa Ana In 1878, the expected commercial development of "Santa Ana East" never materialized. Early growth and development of the town continued to be centered further west around Fourth and Main Streets, with the result that the legacy of Santa Ana East is an angled street plan whose intersection with the original city is marked by a small, triangular parcel, developed in the 1890s as Flatiron Park, now known as French Park. Santa Ana continued to grow, stimulated by the arrival of the Santa Fe Railroad in 1886. Following its incorporation as a city in 1886, Santa Ana was recognized as one of the leading communities in the area in 1889 when it became the seat of the newly created County of Orange. Beginning in the 1880s and continuing well into the twentieth century, the area around the park began to be developed with many of the finest homes in Santa Ana. Examples of Victorian era, turn of the century, and Craftsman homes were built along the tree-Ilned streets. By the 1920s, most streets in the neighborhood were fully developed, although a few revival styled single family homes and duplexes were built during the 1920s, and a handful of apartments constructed in the 1930s. From the nineteenth century onwards, residents were a "Who's Who' of early Santa Ana, and included bankers, attorneys, doctors, businessmen, ranchers, teachers and others active in the civic and social life of the city. Once known as the "Nob Hill" of Santa Ana, French Park declined in the 1940s and 1960s as some homes were converted into rooming houses and others were allowed to deteriorate. In the 1960s and 1970s some houses were demolished and the properties redeveloped with multi-family housing. However, a grass roots preservation effort begun in the late 1970s led to the establishment of a local historic district in 1984 and the listing of the neighborhood in the National Register of Historic Places in 1999. The Davis-Hoy House was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1999 as a contributor to the French Park Historic District. It is therefore listed in the California Register of Historical Resources and is located within the boundaries of the locally designated historic district. It also qualifies for listing in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Property under Criterion 1 as a representative example of the American Foursquare variant of the Prairie Style common in the first decade of the twentieth century and under Criterion 4b, for its association with two prominent early citizens, Samuel Davis and William Hoy. The massing, roof and dormer configuration, and delineation the upper and lower stories are elements associated with the American Foursquare variant of the Prairie Style, while the porch supports and window surrounds suggest the Colonial Revival and the exposed rafters and overhanging eaves reflect the Craftsman style. Additionally, the house has been categorized as "Contributive" because it "contributes to the overall character and history" of French Park through its historic associations and its style and type, is a "good example" of the American Foursquare variant of the Prairie Style, and "has not been substantially altered." Character-defining exterior features of the Davis-Hoy House that should be preserved include, but may not be limited to: materials (wood) and finishes (clapboard); roof configuration and detailing; massing; porch; and architectural details such as carved rakers and the original door. If restored to an earlier appearance, with the original porch configuration and exterior finishes, the Davis-Hoy House could be categorized as "Key." DPR 523L Page 4 of 5 25B-9