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State of California —The Resources Agency Primary ft DEPARTMENT of PARKS AND RECREATION HRI 9 CONTINUATION SHEET Trinomial Page -J— of 3 Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder) Ayers House 'Recorded by Leslie J. Heumann. Peter C. Monizzt. SAIC 'Date ,rune 3. 2002 LxJ Continuation ❑ Update *810. Significance (continued)' Santa Ana was founded by William Spurgeon in 1869 as a speculative town site oo par[ of the Spanish land grant known as Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana. In 1877. Spurgeon, along with James McFadden and James Fruit, farmed the Western Development Company with the intention of bringing the Southern Pacific Railroad from its then terminus in Anaheim into Santa Ana. Thinking to capitalize on commercial growth around the railroad. the partners purchased 160 acres adjacent to the eastern rrty bourtdary at French Street. Although they were successful rn luring the Sot rthem Pacific to a new depot on Fruit Strrrt in Santa Ana in 1878, the expected commercial development of Santa Ana East" novel- alatcrialized. Early growth and development of the town continued to be centered 6rrther west amend Fourth and Main Streets, with the result that the Ipgar:y of Santa Ana East is an anglpd sheet plan whn.cp Intprcprtlnn with the original rity is markad by a ,mall, hiangular parcel, developed in the 1890E as Flatiron Perk, now known as Fr'CnCh Park, Santa Ana Continued 10 grow, slitnulaled by the arrival of the Santa Fe Railroad in 1886. Following its Incorporallon as a city in 1886. Santa Ana was recognized as one of the leading rummunities in the area in 1889 when it beoarne the seat of the newly credted County of Orange. Beginning in the 1880s and con6rruinq well info the twentieth century, the area around the park began to be developed with many of the finest homes in Santa Ana. Examples of Victorian era, turn of the century, and Craftsman homes were built along the tree lined streets. By the 1920s, most streets in the neighborhood were fully developed. although a few revival styled single family homes and duplexes were built during the 1920s. and a handful of apartments construrted in the 1930s. From the nineteenth century onwards, r'CSidOnts were a "Who's Who of early Santa Ana, and included bankers, attornoyS, doctors, businessmen, ranchers, teachers and others active in the civic and social life of the city. Once known as the "Nob Hill" of Santa Ana. French Park declined in the 19403 and 1950s as some homes were converted into rooming houses and others were allowed to deteriorate. In the 1960s and 1970s sortie houses were demolished and the properties redeveloped with rnulli-family housing. However, a grass roofs preservation effort begun in the late 19708 led to the establishment ura tucat historic dishicl in 1984 and the listing of the nelghbodnoud in the National Register of Hisluric Places in 1999. The Ayers House was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1999 as a contributor to the French Park Historic Distrirt. It is thricinro listed in thr. Califnmia Register of Historiral Resources and is lorated within thr boundaries of the locally designated historic district. It also qualifies for listing in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Property under Criterion 1 as repress ntative, of the, dlstingnishing rharartenstirs of the. Dungalnw/Craftsman Style, from the. first deridp of the. twe..n M.th century. Additionally, the house has been rategonzed as 'Contributive" because it -contributes to the overall character and history" of the French Paric neighborhood through its style and type, is a "good example" of the Bungalow/Craftsman style and "has not been substantially altered." Characteristic Craftsman features include gabled roof with rafter tails and broad eaves. attached porch with battered posts, and massing. Character -defining exterior features of the Ayers House that should be preserved include, but Fray not be limited to: materials (wood) and finishes (siding): roof configuration: massing: porch. windows end witrdow surrounds, end architectural details such as rafter tails. '812. References (continued)' Harris. Cyril M. American Architecture • An Illustrated Encyclopedia. New York. WW Norlon. 1998. Marsh, Diarin Santa Arta, An Illustrated History. Encinitas, Heritage Publishing, 1994. McAlester, Virginia and Lee. A Field Guide to American Houses. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1984. National Register Bulletin 1 CA. 'How to Complete the National Register Registration Form." Washington DC National Register Branch, National Park Service, US Deptof the Interior, 1991. Ottiec of Historic, Prrservatinn. Instructions ter Hernrdtng Historiral HOsoutcos. Sacramento: March Whiffen, Marcus. American Architecture Since 1780. Cambridge. MIT Press, 1969. City Council DPR 523L 12-54 5/1 S/2021