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State of California—The Resources Agency Primary #
<br />DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI #
<br />CONTINUATION SHEET Trinomial
<br />"Recorded by Brian Matuk -Date -September- 1, 2017 El Continuation ❑ Updste
<br />"870., Significance (continued):
<br />Santa Ana was founded byWilliiam Spurgeon M 1669 as a speculative torn site on part of the Spanish land grant. known as
<br />Rancho: Santiago de Santa Ana. The civic and commercial core of the communitywas centered around the intersecliori,oi
<br />Main. and Fourth Streets. Stimulated by the arrival of tho Santa Fe Railroad and incorperalion as'a city in 1886, and
<br />selection as the seat of the ndwlycreated County of Orange in 1889, the citygrew outwards; with residential neighborhoods
<br />•developing to the north, south, and east of the city center. Agricrilferaiuses predominated in the oudykig areas, with.
<br />cultivated fields and orchards dofted with widely scattered farmhouses.
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<br />The,Teter Nouse is locatod in Fisher Park, °a neighborhood north of West Floral Park and bounded by Sharon Road,(wost;of
<br />North Flower Street) and Memoq Lane (east of North Flower Street) on the,north, Interstate 5, on the east, Santiago Creek
<br />(west of North Flower Stroct) and.nark Lane (east of North Flower Street)on the south, and Bristol Street on the west. Tho
<br />noighborhood takes its name from Jacob `(Jack),Fisher. Born in Yakima,, Washington} Fisher moved to Santa Ana with his
<br />parents and sister in the early twentieth century. la April. 1917, upon the United.States' entry into, World War 1, Fisher
<br />oniistod in the US Army when he was 18 years ofd. Asslgned to Company L, Sovonth California Regiment, Flsherlalered
<br />.advanced to the love! of 6&pprat in Ore 5g' tnfantry of Company D. During his service in World War f, Fisher rocoivod
<br />several high-level honors for his sorvr'ce in France, including a Purple Heart, French_Cmix de Guerre Wit? Palm, and the,
<br />Medaillo Milifaire, France's highest military recognition. After surviving the battles of Argonne Forest and Verdun, Fisher's
<br />fent battle was fought in Argonne, from which.he emerged with grave injuries. In 1919, Fisherreturned to the United States
<br />for a period of convalescence: During his recupora8on at the military hospital in San Francisco, Fisher studied art. and
<br />cartoon t8ustration, which, he developed into a career as a cartoonist for the San Francisco Examiner and, tater; Santa Ana
<br />Rogister upon his return to Santa Ana in 1927.. A decorated veteran with awards from Italy, Belgium, Britain, France, and
<br />the United States, Fisher vias instrumental in the,formation of the Santa Ana. Chapter of the Disabled American Veterans.
<br />After Fisher's death at.the age of 30, In March 1929, the Chapter. of Disabled American Veterans he helped form look his
<br />name as the Jack Fisher Past, Chapter of Disabled American Veterans. On Augusf,23, 1933, _construction was,complated
<br />on a park horth bf Santiago Creek an North Flower Street and dedicated as the. Jack ,Fisher Memorlat Park,
<br />Prior to its residential development, Fisher Park formed Lots 5B, 8 and 9 of the Potts, Borden and Sidwell Tract, subdivided
<br />in 1881.- Current -day Interstalo 5 conforms to the prominent diagonal swath cut by the Southern Pacific Railroad line, which
<br />was established in Santa Arta in the late 1870s and still forms trio easter border of the Fisher Park neighborhood Wth the
<br />exception of the Southern Pacifro Raitroadline, the area remained agricuitural throughmuch of the first half of.the ivientieth
<br />century, with walnut groves'and orchards dotting the landscape. In November 1947, rosMonlial development arrived when a
<br />narrow strip was cleared, graded, and subdivided into 25lots offered as Tract No. 1160, 'River Lane Tract." Mirroring the
<br />curve of Santiago Creek td the south, the streets displayed a curvilinear layout with lots ranging In size from 70,10 130 feet
<br />long, 140 to 190 deep. Three years later, in August 1958, another curvilinear subdivision appeared oast of Flower Street,
<br />with smaller lots, averaging 60 feet'by,90 feet, arranged around a curvffinoar patlern with cut de'sacs. 'An outgrowth of
<br />earlior City Beautiful and Garden City models: Phis curvilinear layout reflected neighborhood planning preferences.codiited in.
<br />the 1930sby the Fodorai,Housing Administration (FRA), which rugutated and7inanced the increase in home ownership
<br />through its mortgage lending and insurance. programs. During the post -WWII housing expansion In the United States, the
<br />FNA -endorsed model for city planning, as reflected in the neighborhood of Fisher Park; "set the standards for the design of
<br />post -World Warlf subdivisions," (National Ra ' ter Bulletin. Historic Residential Suburbs. p- 49).
<br />Construction quickly transformed the neighborhood from agricultural to residential. A 1947 aerial photograph taken a few
<br />months before broaden of the River Lane Tract,shovis the area dominated by groves of trees. @y 1955, noarty all the Jots or
<br />troth tracts had been'Pmprovod with single-family residences with uniform setbacks, rnoslly in the Ranch House style. popular
<br />th.tho 1950s and 1960s, in a configuration and unity of design still reflected there t6day_(2008).
<br />The Toter House qualffies for listing in the. Santa Ana, Register of Historical Properties under Criterion 1 for its
<br />exemplification of the distinguishing cftaraeteristics of the Ranch stylo. Typical features of this style illustrated by the house
<br />include its asymmetrical composition with cross -gabled reor,• broad entry. porch with rocossed entry; wood muftilight windows
<br />Will; casement and douhfe-hung operations; open'eaves with exposed rafters; and, horizontal clapboard wood siding with
<br />vertical wood boards in the gable ends. Additlonally,,the house has beencategorizedas "Contributive" because ft
<br />contributes to the overall character and history" of the Fisher Park neighborhood and "is a good example of period
<br />architacture,"representing the Ranch style in Santa Ana (Municipal Code,. Section 30-2.2). Character -defining exterior
<br />features of the Teter House that shouldbe preserved include, but may not be limited to; materials and finishes (horizontal
<br />wood clapboard siding throughout, vertical wood boards in gable ends, and triangular dovecrites;,original windows and
<br />doors where extant; trroad entry porch design and orientation; and rounded brick -clad pier supporting lantern to the wast of,
<br />rho driveway.
<br />DPR 523L
<br />25A-46
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