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State of California —The Resources Agency
<br />DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION
<br />CONTINUATION SHEET
<br />'Recorded by H. Soboleske
<br />'BID. Significance (continued);
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<br />or # (Assigned by recorder) Moore House
<br />"Date November 5, 2015 ® Continuation D Update
<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. The civic and commercial core of the community was centered on the intersection of Main
<br />and Fourth Streets. Stimulated by the arrival of the Santa Fe Railroad and incorporation as a city in 1886, and selection as
<br />the seat of the newly created County of Orange in 1889, the city grew outwards, with residential neighborhoods developing to
<br />the north, south, and east of the city center. Agricultural uses predominated in the outlying areas, with cultivated fields and
<br />orchards dotted with widely scattered farmhouses.
<br />The Moore House is located in Floral Park, a neighborhood northwest of downtown Santa Ana bounded by West
<br />Seventeenth Street, North Flower Street, Riverside Drive, and Broadway. Groves of oranges, avocados and walnuts, and
<br />widely scattered ranch houses characterized this area before 1920. Developer and builder Allison Honer (1897 - 1981),
<br />credited as the subdivider and builder of a majorportion of northwest Santa Ana, arrived in Santa Ana from Beaver Falls,
<br />New York in 1922 (Talbert, pages 353 -356). "Before nightfall on the day of his arrival, Mr. Honer purchased a parcel of land.
<br />And that month, he began building custom homes in Santa Ana "(0ranoe Coin Re ig ster, September 15, 1981). The parcel
<br />chosen became the Floral Park subdivision between Seventeenth Street and Santiago Creek. "When built in the 1920s, the
<br />Floral Park homes were the most lavish and expensive in the area. They sold for about $45,000 each" (orange County
<br />Re ister September 15, 1981). Revival architecture in a wide variety of romantic styles was celebrated in the 1920s and
<br />1930s, . Floral Park showcased examples of the English Tudor, French Norman, Spanish Colonial, and Colonial Revival
<br />styles, The Allison Honer Construction Company went on to complete such notable pt oJects as the 1935 Art Deco - styled Old
<br />Santa Ana City Hall, the El Toro Marine Base during World War 11, and the 1960 Honer Shopping Plaza. Honer lived in the
<br />neighborhood he had helped create, at 615 West Santa Clara Avenue.
<br />In the late 1920s and 1930s, another builder, Roy Roscoe Russell (1881 - 1965), continued developing the groves of Floral
<br />Park. An early Russell project was his 1928 subdivision of Victoria Drive between West Nineteenth Street and West Santa
<br />Clara Avenue. The Homes were quite grand and displayed various revival styles, including Russell's own large, Colonial
<br />Revival mansion at 2009 Victoria Drive. in the early post -World War II years, Floral Park continued its development as
<br />numerous smaller, single -family houses were built. Continuing In the Floral Park tradition, they were mostly revival in style.
<br />In the 1950s, tow, horizontal Ranch Style houses completed the growth of Floral Park. Today (2007), Floral Park maintains
<br />its identity as the premier neighborhood of Santa Ana, historically home to many affluent and prominent citizens.
<br />The Moore House qualifies for listing in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties under Criterion 3 because it is a "good
<br />example of period architecture "in the Colonial Revival style and is therefore categorized as "Contributive': Character -
<br />defining exterior features of the Moore House that should be preserved Include, but may not be lirnitod to, materials and
<br />finishes (stucco, and asphalt shingles), horizontal roof configuration and detailing; six -over -six windows and the fenestration
<br />pattern, recessed entry, sidelights.
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