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<br />tCONTiNUATION SHEET" Trinomial
<br />by Ivan Orozco 'Date January 26, 2017 21 Continuation ❑ Update
<br />'810. Significance (continued);
<br />Santa Ana was founded by Wilitam Spurgeon in 1889 as a speculative town site on part of the Spanish land grant known as
<br />Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana. The civic and commercial cora 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 1 B89, the city grow 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 P. Brown 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 />Now 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 16, 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 $45,900 each' (Orange Count'
<br />Register, September 15, 1981). Revival architecture in a wide variety of romantic styles was celebrated in the 1920s and
<br />1930% 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 EI Toro Marine Base dudng World War II,, and the 1960 Honer $hopping Plaza. Honer lived in the
<br />neighborhood he had helped create, at 515 West Santa Clara Avenue.
<br />In the late 1920E and 1930s, another builder, Roy Roscoe Russell (1881-1965), continued developing the groves of Floral
<br />Park. An early Russell projectwas 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 it 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 i950s, 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 P. Brown House qualities for listing In the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties, for its representation of the
<br />characteristics of the Tudor Revival style. Additionally, the house has been categorized as "Contributive" because "it Is a
<br />good example of period architecture". Character defining features' Include roof material and chimney configuration, original
<br />casement windows, and all exterior materials.
<br />B12. References (continued):
<br />McAlester, Virginia and tee. 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 or Historic Preservation. ''Instructions for Recording Historical Resources." Sacramento: March 1995.
<br />Santa Ana and Orange County Directories, 1932-1954.
<br />Whiffen, Marcus. American Architecture Since 1780, Cambridge: MIT Press, 1969.
<br />"Alison Honer Dies at 84, The Santa Ana Journal, September 21, 1981.
<br />"Builder of Honer Plaza Dies," Orange County Reqister, September 15, 1951.
<br />"History of Floral Park." http.*/Iwww,floral-oark,comlpacie2.htm].
<br />Ancestry.com
<br />Newspapers.com (Santa Ana Register)
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