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<br />CONTINUATION SHEET Trinomial
<br />Page 3 of—3 Resource Name or # Yeagle House
<br />"Recorded by Ivan Orozco *Date October 6, 2016 © Continuation ❑ Update
<br />*B10. Significance (continued):
<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 around the intersection of
<br />Main and Fourth Streets. Stimulated by the arrive[ 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 to the north, south, and east of the city center. Agricultural uses predominated in the outlying areas, with
<br />cultivated fields and orchards dotted with widely scattered farmhouses.
<br />The Yeagle 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 builderAilison Honer (1897-1981),
<br />credited as the subdivider and builder of a major portion 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, Mc Honer purchased a parcel of land.
<br />And that month, he began building custom homes in Santa Ana"(Orango Countv Register, September 15, 1981). The parcel
<br />chosen became the Floral Park subdivision between Seventeenth Street and Santiago Creek. "When built in the 19208, the
<br />Floral Park homes were the most lavish and expensive in the area. They sold for about $45,000 each" (Orange Countv
<br />Re ice. September 15, 1981). Revival architecture in a wide variety of romantic styles was celebrated in the 19208 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 projects as the 1935 Art Deco -styled Old
<br />Santa Ana City Hall, the El Toro Marine Base during World Wer IG 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 1l 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, low, horizontal Ranch Style houses completed the growth of Floral Park. Today (2016), Floral Park maintains
<br />its identity as the premier neighborhood of Santa Ana, historically home to many effluent and prominent citizens.
<br />The Yeagle House qualifies for listing in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties. Typical features of this style
<br />illustrated by the house Include its massing and asymmetrical composition; high-pitched roof with shallow save overhangs;
<br />smooth stucco finish; wood -framed casement and double -hung sash windows; and attached chimney. Additionally, the
<br />house has been categorized as "Contributive"because It contributes to the overall character and history' of Santa Ana, and,
<br />as an intact example of the English Revival style in the Floral Park neighborhood and, "is a good example of p0dod
<br />architecture." Character -defining exterior features of the Yeagle House that should be preserved include, but may not be
<br />limited to, materials and finishes (stucco finish); roof configuration and detailing; original windows and doors where extant;
<br />attached chimney.
<br />*B12. References (continued):
<br />Harris, Cyril M. American Architecture: An Illustrated Encyclopedia. Now 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: Alfrod 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."Sacraments: March 1995.
<br />Whitten, Marcus, American Architecture Since 1780. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1969.
<br />Orange County Plat Maps, 1912,
<br />Historic Maps, Santa Ana History Room, 1923, 1932, 1955.
<br />Santa Ana and Orange County Directories, 1926-1961.
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