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<br />CONTINUATION SHEET Trinomial
<br />Page 3 of 3 Resource Name or # Hull -Carlyle House
<br />*Recorded by Brian Matuk *Date September 11, 2017 El Continuation ❑ Update
<br />*1310. 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 around the intersection of
<br />Main and Fourth Streets. Stimulated by the arrival of the Santa Fe Railroad and incorporation as a city in 1886, and
<br />selection as the seat of the newly created County of Orange in 1889, the city grew outwards, with residential neighborhoods
<br />developing to the north, south, and east of the city center. Agricultural uses predominated in the outlying areas, with
<br />cultivated fields and orchards dotted with widely scattered farmhouses.
<br />The Hull -Carlyle House is located on the western edge of Floral Park, a neighborhood northwest of downtown Santa Ana
<br />bounded by West Seventeenth Street, North Flower Street, Riverside Drive, and Broadway. Groves of oranges, avocados,
<br />and walnuts and widely scattered ranch houses characterized this area before 1920. Developer and builder Allison Honer
<br />(1897-1981), credited as the subdivider and builder of a major portion of northwest Santa Ana, arrived in Santa Ana from
<br />Beaver Falls, New York in 1922 (Talbert, pages 353-356). 'Before nightfall on the day of his arrival, Mr. Honer purchased a
<br />parcel of land. And that month, he began building custom homes in Santa Ana" (Orange County Register, September 15,
<br />1981). The parcel chosen became the Floral Park subdivision between Seventeenth Street and Santiago Creek. 'When
<br />built in the 1920s, the Floral Park homes were the most lavish and expensive in the area. They sold for about $45,000
<br />each" (Orange County Reaister, September 15, 1981). Revival architecture in a wide variety of romantic styles was
<br />celebrated in the 1920s and 1930s and Floral Park showcased examples of the English Tudor, French Norman, Spanish
<br />Colonial, and Colonial Revival. The Allison Honer Construction Company went on to complete such notable projects as the
<br />1935 Art Deco styled Old Santa Ana City Hall, the EI Toro Marine Base during World War ll, and the 1960 Honer Shopping
<br />Plaza. Honer lived in the neighborhood he had helped to create, at 615 West Santa Clara Avenue.
<br />In the late 1920s and 1930s, another builder, Roy Roscoe Russell (1881-1965), continued developing the groves of Floral
<br />Park. An early Russell project was his 1928 subdivision of Victoria Drive between West Nineteenth Street and West Santa
<br />Clara Avenue. The homes were quite grand and displayed various revival styles, including Russell's own large, Colonial
<br />Revival mansion at 2009 Victoria Drive. In the early post World War 11 years, Floral Park continued its development as
<br />numerous, smaller, single-family houses were built. Continuing in the Floral Park tradition, they were mostly revival in style.
<br />In the 1950s, low, horizontal Ranch Style houses completed the growth of Floral Park. Today Floral Park maintains its
<br />identity as the premier neighborhood of Santa Ana, historically home to many affluent and prominent citizens.
<br />The Hull -Carlyle House qualifies for listing in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties under Criterion 1 for its
<br />exemplification of the distinguishing characteristics of the English Revival style. Typical features of this style illustrated by
<br />the house include its one-story massing, low -pitch hipped roof, and rectangular form; multi-level eaves; divided light
<br />casement windows; restrained porch; and dominant chimney. Additionally, the house has been categorized as "Key"
<br />because it is an intact example of an English Revival residence in the Floral Park neighborhood, and `has a distinctive
<br />architectural style and quality" and "is associated with a significant person or event in the city. " Character -defining exterior
<br />features of the Hull -Carlyle House that should be preserved include, but may not be limited to roof shape, configuration, and
<br />eave detailing; original windows where extant; brick chimney; stucco walls; porch size and shape.
<br />*1312. References (continued):
<br />Marsh, Diann, Santa Ana, An Illustrated His y. 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 1780. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1969.
<br />Orange County Plat Maps, 1912.
<br />Historic Maps, Santa Ana History Room, 1923, 1932, 1955.
<br />Santa Ana and Orange County Directories, 1926-1961.
<br />Santa Ana History Room Collection, Santa Ana Public Library.
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