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<br />Page 3 of 3 Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder) Travis Mouse
<br />ttecorued try ivan urozco *Date April 6, 2097 p Continuation ❑ Update
<br />*810. Significance (continued):
<br />Santa Ana was founded by William Spurgeon in 1869 as a speculative town site on part of the Spanish land grant known as
<br />Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana. The civic and commercial core 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 1889, the city grew 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 Travis House is located in Washington Square, a neighborhood located northwest of the city center bounded by West
<br />Seventeenth Street on the north, West Civic Center Drive on the south, North Flower Street on the east, and North Bristol
<br />Street on the west. Most of this area was owned by the family of Jacob Ross, who had purchased portions of the Rancho
<br />Santiago de Santa Ana in 1868 and '1869. Walnuts and other crops were grown in the area during the late nineteenth and
<br />early twentieth centuries, with a few farmhouses, most notably the Ross -McNeal House at 1020 North Baker Street, dotting
<br />the landscape. By 1905, Baker and Towner were the only streets in the neighborhood, which extended from Hickey (now
<br />Civic Center) only as far as Washington and which contained only about a dozen homes. The status quo had not changed
<br />much by 1915, when a brick yard was located at the northern terminus of Olive Street at Hickey. In 1925, the beginning of
<br />the development that would convert this largely agricultural area into a middle class neighborhood of single-family homes
<br />over the next 25 years had begun. In the late 1920s and early 1930s, the Tudor Revival and Spanish Colonial Revival
<br />homes were the standard, with American Colonial Revival saltboxes and ranch style homes favored in the years before and
<br />after World War 11, During the 1930s, many of the homes were built by local contractor Emmett Rogers, who sold lots and
<br />built homes according to standard plans, which individual property owners could customize to their tastes ("Washington
<br />Square: A Neighborhood of Pride," Washington Square Neighborhood Association). With the return of servicemen
<br />following the war and the accompanying demand for homes in southern California, the development of Washington Square
<br />was all but completed.
<br />The Travis House qualifies for listing on the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties due to its characteristics of the
<br />Spanish "Eclectic" Revival style of architecture. Additionally, the house has been categorized as "Contributive" because it
<br />"contributes to the overall character and history" of Santa Ana, and "is a good example of period architecture." Character -
<br />defining exterior features of the Travis House that should be preserved include, but may not be limited to, window design,
<br />materials and finishes; roof configuration and detailing.
<br />B12. References (continued);
<br />McAlester, Virginia and Lee. A Field Guide to American Houses. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1984,
<br />National Register Bulletin 16A. "H"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 />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 Register, September 15, 1981.
<br />"History of Floral Park" http.,/Avww.floral-park,com/Daae2.htmi.
<br />Ancestry.com
<br />Newspapers.com (Santa Ana Register)
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