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State of California—The Resources Agency Primary # <br />DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # <br />CONTINUATION SHEET Trinomial <br />by Hally Soboleslce <br />*B10. Significance (continued): <br />'Date Novmber 3, 2016 © Continuation ❑ 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 do 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 1689, the city grew outwards, with residential neighborhoods developing <br />to the north, south, and east of the city center. Agricultural uses predominated in the outlying areas, with cultivated fields <br />and orchards dotted with widely scattered farmhouses. <br />The Stanley Bailey 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 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, Mr. Honer purchased a parcel of land. <br />And that month, he began building custom homes in Santa Ana" (Orange County Register, September 15, 1981). The <br />parcel chosen became the Floral Park subdivision between Seventeenth Street and Santiago Creek. "When built in the <br />1920s, the Floral Parc homes were the most lavish and expensive In the area. They sold for about $45,000 each" (Orange <br />County Register, September 15, 1981). Revival architecture in a wide variety of romantic styles was celebrated in the 19208 <br />and 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 <br />Old Santa Ana City Hall, the EI Toro Marine Base during Word War II, and the 1960 Honer Shopping Plaza. Honer lived in <br />the 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 largo, 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, low, 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 Stanley Bailey House qualifies for listing in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties under Criterion 1 and 2 for Its <br />distinguishing characteristics of the Spanish Colonial Revival architectural style, and as a work of a notable <br />architect: J. C. Lansdowne. Additionally, the house has been categorized as "Landmark" because "the building appears <br />to be eligible for the National Register" (Municipal Code, Section 30-2.2). Characterdefining features of the Stanley Bailey <br />House that should be preserved include, but may not be limited to, exterior materials including stucco, turret, clay roof tiles, <br />arches leading to the front entry, original windows, decorative venting, original front entry door, massing, and articulation. <br />*B12. References (continued): <br />Harris, Cyril M, American Architecture: An Illustrated Encyclopedia. New 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: Alfred 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." Sacramento: March 1995, <br />Whlffen, Marcus. American Architecture Since 1780. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1969, <br />Armor, Samuel, History of Orange County. Los Angeles: History Record Company, 1921, page 989. <br />Park Santiago Neighborhood Association. "The Gingerbread Land Holiday Home Tour, 1999:' Brochure. <br />Richard, Maureen McClintock. "People Behind Places: Enderle Center." Orange County, Genealogical Society Quarterly, <br />December 1993, pages 4-7. <br />Santa Ana and Orange County Directories, 1905.1930. <br />Historic Maps, Santa Ana History Room, 1912, 1923, 1932, and 1955. <br />Ancestry.com <br />Newspapers.com <br />DPR 523L n <br />(This space reserved for official comments.) <br />