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<br />Page 3 of 3 Resource Name: D.K. Thomas House
<br />*Recorded by Pedro Gomez *Date October 29, 2020 ❑x Continuation ❑ Update
<br />*B10. Significance (continued):
<br />Since the second half of the twentieth century, the neighborhood in which the D. K. Thomas House is located has been
<br />known as West Floral Park. Bounded by Santiago Creek on the north, West Seventeenth Street on the south, North Flower
<br />Street on the east and North Bristol Street on the west, this residential area largely developed after 1947. Prior to that time,
<br />the area was primarily agricultural, and other than Flower Street, which was improved with houses during the 1920s and
<br />1930s, contained only a handful of residences on Baker and Bristol Streets, the City Water Works pumping plant at 2315
<br />North Bristol Street, and the Animal Shelter and City/County Pound at 2321 North Bristol Street. Between 1947 and 1950,
<br />around two dozen homes were constructed on Baker, Olive, Towner, and Westwood Streets. Construction boomed
<br />throughout the neighborhood during the 1950s, with the California Ranch emerging as the favored residential style.
<br />The D.K. Thomas House qualifies for listing in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties under Criterion 1 for
<br />embodiment of the distinguishing characteristics of the Ranch House style as interpreted by prominent local builder, Emmet
<br />C. Rogers. Additionally, the house has been categorized as "Contributive" because it "contributes to the overall character and
<br />history" of the West Floral Park neighborhood, and, as an intact example of the Ranch House style in the West Floral Park
<br />neighborhood, 'Ss a good example of period architecture" in Santa Ana (Santa Ana Municipal Code, Section 30-2.2).
<br />Character -defining features of the D.K. Thomas House include, but may not be limited to: materials and finishes (brick,
<br />stucco, vertical plywood siding); low pitched, hipped roof,- wide, overhanging, open eaves with exposed rafters; brick chimney;
<br />metal casement windows, including corner windows; and front entry porch.
<br />*1312. References (continued):
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<br />National Register Bulletin 16A. "How to Complete the National Register Registration Form." Washington DC: National
<br />Register
<br />Newspapers.com (Santa Ana Register)
<br />Branch, National Park Service, US Dept. of the Interior, 1991.
<br />Office of Historic Preservation. "Instructions for Recording Historical Resources." Sacramento: March 1995.
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<br />Santa Ana and Orange County Directories, 1920-1979.
<br />Year: 1930; Census Place: Santa Ana, Orange, California; Page: 6B; Enumeration District., 0080; FHL microfilm: 2339917
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