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<br />`810. Significance (continued):
<br />Located in the southeast section of the City of Santa Aria, the Eastside neighborhood is bounded by First Street on the
<br />north, McFadden Avenue, on the south, Standard Avcnur on the east, and Main Street onthe west. Situalod south of the
<br />tract purchased by William Spurgeon it? 1869 and recorded as onginal town of Santa Ana in 1870rthe neighborhood's
<br />begirmings date to the sante period. In 1868, Nelson 0. Stafford and Columbus Tustin, both from Petaluma, California,
<br />purchased 1,359 acros of the Rancho Santiago do Santa Ana south of what would bccomc First Street. The following year,
<br />lite two men split the properly, with Mr. Tustin obtaining 703 acres orthe eastern portion upon ivhlch he founded the town of
<br />Tustin in 1870. Stafford's wo9tern acreage, theme. ter called the Stafford Tract,' lay south of First Street, oast of Main Sfieet,
<br />and north of McFadden Sheet, the area naw known as Eastside. After selling a, portion of this property, Nelson Stafford
<br />settled on his lane! in 1873, building a largo house for his young wife and their children. Stafford,died in 1878, and his widow,
<br />Amanda, opened, the house to boarders, one of wham was Robert James Blee, formerly of Pennsylvania. In 1880, Slee
<br />bought 36 acres of land of the corner of First and Main Streets from Mrs. Stafford, including the Stafford rosklonco. Bloo
<br />married Amanda Stefford.in 1062.
<br />Monroe David Halfaday was another -pioneer who made a signiricant contribution to the deveiopment of the Eastside
<br />neighborhood: Halladay came from Michigan to Santa Ana in 1876 for health reasons and purchased 20 acres from Nelson
<br />Stafford. Halladay built his that home in 1677 on East First Street, surveying and selling a tow lots of his property.but never
<br />platting if. In 1887, ChLstnul, Pine,.and Walnut Streets were laid out on his land; then, in 1888, Halladay sold ter? acres of
<br />the property. On his remaining ton acres he grow raisins, vnlnuts, and apples. Also in 1888, Halladay bulk and occupied the
<br />magnificent Sfick/Eastlake (Late Victorian) house that slip stands on the southwasicorner of East Chestnut and Halladay
<br />Streets.
<br />An 1887 map of Santa Ana, drawn a year after Santa Ma's incorporation asp city, docurnents the early growth of the
<br />neighborhood, with house -sized lots lining both sides of Cypress Street and the west side of Orange Avenue between First.
<br />and Chestnut Streets as well Walnut, Pine, arid Chestnut Streets between Maple and Hickory Streets. The remainder of Ilia
<br />Enstsido aroo was divided into largo parcels owned by Bloc. Halladay, his older brother, hanker Daniel Halladay, and
<br />others, Maps drawn in 1898 and 1913 reveal that the neighborhood had expanded to -south, with additional subdivisions
<br />along Cypress and Orange platted during this prriotf. Asa result oflhis pahern of development, the narthwestem soction of
<br />the neighborhood was Improved with homes 117 the Victorian era Queen Anne and Eastlake styles. Colonial Revival turn-
<br />ofthe-century residences and later Clansman bungalows followed along in south west portion of the neighborhood. The
<br />soulhoastorn section of the neighborhood was the last portion to be subdivided and was initiaky developed in the years
<br />between the World Wars, with the Craftsman, Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, and Spanish Colonial Revival styles
<br />predominating. It •.arts during this time that tho house currently at 1121 South Hickory Street had been relocated to the
<br />Eastside neighborhood, likely from a neighborhood within Santa Ana. Post World War it construction consumed the
<br />remaining unimproved land. Despite unsympathetic infill, dating primarily to the last quarter of the tuwenlieth century, and
<br />Inappropriate alterations, the Eastside neighborhood retains numerous intact examples of residences from the significant
<br />period of its development which occurred between 1873, when Stafford built his house (nolonger extant), and 1931,-wrhen
<br />construction taporod:off as a result of the Great Ooprossion.
<br />Tho Easfrn House qualltios for listing in the Santa Ana Register of Histnrirdl Properties under Crflerion 1 for its
<br />exemplification of the distinguishing characteristics of the Queen Anne style. Typical features of this style illustrated by the
<br />house include its asymmolr1rul composition; muill"gable roof form with pediments; lapped wood siding; and, rrshscalr.
<br />shingles. Additionally, the house has been categorized as "Contributive" because it "is a good example of period
<br />-archiferture" in its prosrntalion of the. Queen Anne style. All original exterior features of Ilia Easfia House are considered to
<br />be character defining and should be preserved. These features include, but may not be limited for materials and finishes
<br />(siding, lishscale shingles); root configuration, materials, and treatment,, massing and composition; fenestration (original
<br />windows); and porch configuration, materials, and composition.
<br />'812. References (continued):
<br />Marsh, Diann. Sarna Aug," M Illustrated History. Encinitas, Heritage Publishing, 1994.
<br />McAlester, Virginia and Lee. A Field Guido to American Houses. Now York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1984.
<br />National Register Bulletin 16A_ "How to Compie'to the National Register Registration Form." Washington DC: National
<br />Register Branch, National Park Service, US Dept; of the Interior, 190,
<br />Of/ice of Historic Preservation. "Instructions for Recording Historical Resources."Sacramento: March 1995.
<br />Santa Ana and Orange County Directories, 1935-1980.
<br />Santa Ana History Room Collection, Santa Ana Public Library.
<br />Whlflen..Marcus. /unerican Architecture Since 1780. Cambridge: MiT Press, 1969.
<br />W.P.A. Research Project #3105, Orange County California Biographies. Santa Ana: Board of Education, 1937.
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