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Grand Avenue Widening Project Environmental Impact Report Section 3.0 activity. The City soon had a Carnegie Library at Fifth and Sycamore Streets and a high school by 1915 that also offered junior college classes. Later, Santa Ana College had its own campus on North Main Street and by 1946 built an expanded campus on Seventeenth Street between Bristol and College Avenues. Between 1906 and 1940, Santa Ana was affected by a number of major events. The Panama Canal and transcontinental railroads awakened west coast trade and commerce; the oil industry was developing in southern California; and automobiles and utility networks were beginning to change the rural character of Santa Ana. The Santa Fe Railroad lines laid in 1888 linked Santa Ana to Los Angeles and the coast. Pacific Electric lines operated on Fourth Street by 1906 and brought commerce and new residents to the City. Following World War I, another building boom began in Orange County and growth intensified. Men returning from the War settled in new places that offered opportunities for them to provide for their families. New tracts were planned and developed, where houses could be built close to town. From about 1915 through the 1920s, the favored architectural style was the California or Craftsman bungalow. A typical bungalow is wood -sided with an extended front porch supported by columns. This open and functional plan lends itself to variations in size and detail to suit individual tastes. A number of examples of this style typify the residential development in Santa Ana during this period. A few structures in the Grand Avenue project area date to this period. Agriculturally, oranges, beans, poultry, eggs and truck farming continued to flourish in the area and become more important as World War H approached and the demand for supplies increased. After World War 11, another building surge occurred in southern California, especially in Orange County. The boom of tract house development and bedroom communities became a fact of life. In the City of Santa Ana, several tracts were laid out beyond the City's original boundaries and several lots on Grand Avenue were subdivided and houses built following World War 11. By the 1950s, stores and other businesses were also established on Grand Avenue. The City of Santa Ana, a center of commerce and government for Orange County, continues these trends to the present. Cultural Resources in the Grand Avenue Project Area Archeological Resources The records review indicated no archaeological or historical survey has been conducted for this segment of Grand Avenue, except for the segment that crosses under I-5. In 1982, an archaeological and historical survey of 1-5 from Interstate 405 in Orange County to Interstate 605 in Los Angeles County was conducted. The 1982 survey found no archaeological or historical resources at the interchange of Grand Avenue and 1-5. Several archaeological surveys conducted within two kilometers of the project segment of Grand Avenue recorded several potential historic buildings or structures and historic sites, but no prehistoric sites. The records review also indicated that no known prehistoric sites are documented for the Grand Avenue project area or within a two kilometer radius of this area. F:IPROJ-ENPIGrand eirWew Text- GrandlSection 3 Sp1it&ction 3.7.doc Page 3.7-3