|
ary
<br />of 3 ' ' ' 'Resource Name orIF (Assignee py recoraep umuen nouse
<br />6y Leslie J. Neumann and Deborah Howell Ardila. 'Date September 1, 2006 © Continuation O Update
<br />`B10. Significance (continued):
<br />Santa Ana was founded-by,Wllliam Spuigeon in`1869 as a speculative town site on part.8ftthe 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 arrival of the Santa Fe Railroad and Incorporation as a city.fn•1656, and selection
<br />as the, seat of thanewly created County of Orange in 1889, the city grew outwards, with residential neighborhoods
<br />developing around the city.centec Agricultural uses predominated in outlying areas, -with cultivated fields and orchards
<br />dotted with widely scattered farmhouses.
<br />The Guillen House is located In the Flower Park neighborhood. Located west of the historic core.of Santa Ana, Flower Park
<br />Is bounded by Civic Center Drive on the north, First Street on the south, Rower Street on the east, and Bristol Street on the
<br />west. One of Santa Ana's older residential neighborhoods, Flower Park began to be developed with single-family homes'in
<br />the late nineteenth century. Flower Park's growth In the first quarter of the twentieth century owed much to ifs proximity to the
<br />original civic and commercial center, as well as its location along the Pacific Electric Railway line, which by 1906 transected
<br />the neighborhood along the Fourth Street corridor. In addition, Flower Park was located one block northeastof the Hotly
<br />Sugar'Corpaetion, established in the early twentieth century and a local landmark until it was demolished in 1983. Another,
<br />neighborhood focal point was the United Brethren Church at 1103 West Third Street founded by Reverend N:J. Crawford.
<br />Constructed In 1914, the Craftsman -style church was altered in 1924 with an enlargement and the addition a: square,
<br />crenellated.tower that is extant. City directories indicate that, by 1905, just over 100 improvements had been made in Flower
<br />Park from First to Fifth Streets between Bristol and. Flower. By 1910, this number had grown by over 25 percent. -As of 2006,
<br />a majority of the extant residential buildings In Flower. Park were constructed prior to. World War Il, the majority during the
<br />Craftsman period.
<br />Occupying the northeast corner of Flower Park from 1877 and 1922 was a brickyard built over what had been; a, Native
<br />American camp. site. The Flower Park brickyard contributed bricks to so many. structures in Orange County that historian'Jim
<br />Sleeper referred to the site as "the womb of Orange County development." In 1929, plans were made to build a 5,000 -seat
<br />stadium on the site of the brickyard. The stadium, designed byarchilectural engineer Milo L. Berenson,.opened in 1932 as
<br />.the Santa Ana Bowl. In 1963, the facility was replaced by the 10,000 -seat Santa Ana Municipal Stadium, designed by
<br />.architect Robert Michael.Hernandez..Renamed Eddie West Field/Santa Ana Stadium in 1977 in honor. of Santa Ana Register
<br />sports writer Eddie West, the facility underwent renovations in the early 1980s and_ remains a prominent feature of the
<br />northern half of Flower Park.
<br />The Guillen House qualities for listing in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties under Criterion 3 for its
<br />.The
<br />of the distinguishing characteristics of the Craftsman Bungalow style. Typical features of this style illustrated
<br />by the house include its horizontality, conveyed through its proportions, massing, roof pitch, porch treatment and lenestraiion
<br />and its utilization of exposed structural features for decorative effect Additionally, the house has been categorized as
<br />"Contributive"because it "contributes to the overall character and history" of Santa Ana, and, as a highly intact and
<br />characteristically detailed example of the Craftsman Bungalow style in the Flower Park neighborhood, is a good example, of
<br />. period architecture." Character -defining exterior features of the Guillen House that should be preserved include, but may not
<br />be limited to, materials and finishes (siding); roof configuration and detailing; massing; original windows and doors and their
<br />surrounds where extant; porch configuration and treatment, and architectural details such as the porch supports and layered
<br />beams.
<br />"B12.,References (continued)'.
<br />Harris, Cyril M. American Architecture: An Illustrated Encvclooedia. 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 />Whiffen, Marcus. American Architecture Since 1760. Cambridge: MIT. Press, 1969.
<br />Ball, Charles D. The Pioneer Churches of Santa -Ana District. Santa Ana, CA, '1929.
<br />'Sleeper, Jim. Turn the Rascals Out The Life and Times of Oranoe County's Fiohtino Editor Dan M' Baker Trabuco Canyon,
<br />CA: California Classics, 1973.
<br />Wojciechowski, Mike. 'Bringing the Bowl Back to Life: Once -Proud Santa Ana, Bowl Is_Attainting a Comeback at the Age of
<br />50."Sanla Ana Reeister .December 4, 1981,
<br />"Freeze Frame: Santa Ana Stadium." Santa Ana Register. December.24, 1985.
<br />Orange County Plat Maps, 1912.
<br />Thomas Brothers Maps of Orange County, 1957 and 1964. .
<br />Santa Ana and Orange County Directories, 1905-1962.
<br />DPR 523L
<br />25A-23
<br />
|