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<br />CONTINUATION SHEET Trinomial
<br />KeSOUPCe Name or S (Assigned by recorder) Hoenm House
<br />J. Heurnann and Deborah Howell- Ardila *Date December 1, 2006 © Continuation C1 Update
<br />*610. Significance (continued):
<br />Santa Ana was founded by William Spurgeon in 1869 as a speculative town site on part of the Spanish land grant (mown as
<br />Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana. The civic and commercial core of the community was centered around the intersection of
<br />Main and Fourth Streets. Stimulated by the arrival of the Santa Fe Railroad and incorporation as a city In 1886, and selection
<br />as the seat of the newly created County of Orange in 1889, the city grew outwards, with residential neighborhoods
<br />developing around the city center. Agricultural uses predominated in the outlying areas, with cultivated fields and orchards
<br />dotted with widely scattered farmhouses.
<br />The Roahm House is located in north Santa Ana, In the MorrisonlEldridge, Parkneighborhood. An irregularly shaped area
<br />straddling North Flower Street, MorrisonlEldridge Park 1s bounded by the Garden Grove (22) and the Santa Ana (5) freeways
<br />on the north and east, Sharon Road and Memory Lane on the south, and North Bristol Street on the west. With the primary
<br />exception of the 2600 block of North Flower Street, this area remained unsubdivided and presumably agricultural through
<br />World War It. According to the city directories and early maps, North Flower ended at Seventeenth Street until around 1915,
<br />when six homes were noted north of Seventeenth, including three north of Santiago Creek. By 1020, there were nine homes,
<br />Including one (2610, later numbered 2620), In what would become the MorrisonlEldridge Park neighborhood. Construction of
<br />three additional homes on the 2600 block occurred between 1925 and 1930. Beginning with a handful of homes constructed
<br />on newly told out streets in the first few years of the 1950s, the area exploded In the mid 1950s with the building of tracts of
<br />homes In the California Ranch style. Home building in the neighborhood tapered off in the 1960s and ended around 1972.
<br />The Roehm House qualifies for lists ig in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties under Criterion 1 for its
<br />exemplification of the distinguishing characteristics of the English Revival style. Typical stylistic features illustrated by the
<br />house Include its mull- gabled roof of moderately steep pitch, use of an arch motif at the entry, and incorporation of multi -light
<br />casement windows, Additionally, the house has been categorized as "Contributive" because it "contributes to the overall
<br />character and history "of the MorrisonlEldridge Park neighborhood and, as an intact and characteristic example of an English
<br />Revival style home, "is a good example of period architecture." Character - defining exterior features of the Roohm House that
<br />should be preserved include, but may not be limited to, materials and finishes (stucco, plaster, brick); roof configuration and
<br />detailing; massing; original windows and doors and their surrounds where extant; entry; chimney; and architectural details
<br />such as the entry surround and attic vents.
<br />*612. References (continued):
<br />Harris, Cyril M. American Architecture: An lllustratad Enevctouedia. New York, WW Norton, 1998.
<br />Marsh, Diann. Santa Ana, An Illustrated Historv. 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 DCr 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 />Whkfon, Marcus. Ar ercan Architecture Since 1760. Cambridge; MITWess, 1969.
<br />Orange County Plat Maps, 1912,
<br />Thomas Brothers Maps of Orange County, 1957, 1964, and 1969.
<br />Santa Ana and Orange County Directories, 1905 -1962.
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