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State of California —The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # CONTINUATION SHEET Trinomial Page 3 of 3 Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder) Fipps -Fink House "Recorded by Hally Soboleske 'Date August 20, 2009 0 Continuation ❑ Update "1310. Significance (continued): 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. The civic and commercial core of the community was centered around the intersection of Main and Fourth Streets. Stimulated by the arrival of the Santa Fe Railroad and incorporation as a city in 1886, and selection as the seat of the newly created County of Orange in 1889, the city grew outwards, with residential neighborhoods developing around the city center. Agricultural uses predominated in the outlying areas, with cultivated fields and orchards dotted with widely scattered farmhouses. Heninger Park was developed primarily between 1900 and 1930 and is one of the oldest neighborhoods in Santa Ana. Now recognized as a historic area, the neighborhood is significant primarily for its concentration of homes built in the Colonial Revival, Craftsman, and later revival styles. Brothers H. B. and Martin Heninger were responsible for developing and platting the tract upon purchasing thirty -four acres of what was known as the Palmer Tract in 1907. The Heningers planted trees, put in sidewalks and curbs, and paved the streets on what had been a barley field. Later they bought additional tracts of ten and eighteen acres which they also platted and improved. These properties were known as Heninger Additions Numbers 1, 2, 3, and 4. In 1921, Orange County historian Samuel Armor described the Heninger tracts as "the finest residence section of the city, built up with fine homes," adding that " Mr. [Martin] Heninger and his brother have erected 150 houses on the property" (Armor, p. 1777). The Fipps -Fink House qualifies for listing in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties under Criterion 1 for its exemplification of the distinguishing characteristics of the Craftsman Bungalow style. Typical features of this style illustrated by the house include its horizontal lines emphasized by the low pitched, broadly eaved roof- use of wood siding, use of structural elements as the primary source of architectural decoration; one -story height; and the prominence of the porch and its front gable in the design. Additionally, the house has been categorized as "Contributive" because it "contributes to the overall character and history" Santa Ana, and, as an intact example of a Craftsman bungalow in the historic Heninger Park neighborhood, "is a good example of period architecture." Character - defining exterior features of the Fipps -Fink House that should be preserved include, but may not be limited to, materials and finishes (clapboard, shingles); roof configuration and detailing; massing; original windows and doors and their surrounds where extant, porch configuration and detailing, and architectural details such as notched bargeboards and corbels. '1312. References (continued): Hams, Cyril M. American Architecture: An Illustrated Encyclopedia. New York, WW Norton, 1998. Marsh, Diann. Santa Ana, An Illustrated History. Encinitas, Heritage Publishing, 1994. McAlester, Virginia and Lee. A Field Guide to American Houses. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1984. National Register Bulletin 16A. "How to Complete the National Register Registration Form." Washington DC: National Register Branch, National Park Service, US Dept. of the Interior, 1991. Office of Historic Preservation. `Instructions for Recording Historical Resources. " Sacramento: March 1995. Whiffen, Marcus. American Architecture Since 1780. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1969. Orange County Plat Maps, 1912. Santa Ana and Orange County Directories, 1910 -1956. Page 4 of 4 DPR 523L