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<br />DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI 9
<br />CONTINUATION SHEET Trinomial
<br />Page 4 of 4 Resource Name' Elwood scar House
<br />'Recorded by Pedro Gomez `Date March 25, 2021 Lx3 Continuation ❑ Update
<br />'153a. Description (continued):
<br />Fenestration along the side (east and west) elevations consists of six-over-sm wood. double -hung windows, and multi -light
<br />wend rasoment windows, some shaded by fahrir awnings_ A secondary entry on the cast elevation faces the driveway and is
<br />characterized by a simple wood multi -panel door, also shaded by a fabric awning. A small patio cover is attached to the rear
<br />of the residence, but due to their location and design, they do not impact the integrity of the building. There is a one story
<br />detarhed garage (built in 1954) at the rear of the property that not rnnslderP.d a character -defining feature. The property is
<br />generally landscaped with low vegetation, shritbs, and lawn. The property retains a high degree of integrity.
<br />*810. Significance (continued),
<br />In 1945, the home was sold to Hans and Lenora Haug. In 1949, the home was sold to Ivan F. and Hazel 1. Macy. Mr. Macy
<br />worked locally as a laborer arid later as a building inspector. Mr. Macy passed in 1963 and Mrs. Hazel resided in the borne
<br />until 1981the home was subsequently sold to Jaynes H. I revorrow who resided at the properly until 2000 until It was sold to
<br />Gary and Susan Weber.
<br />Santa Ana was founded by William Spurgeon in 1869 as a speculative town site on pan of the Spanish land grant known as
<br />Rancho Santrago do Santa Ana. Tho civte 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 selection
<br />as the suet 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 Elwood Bear House is located in Floral Park, a neighborhood northwest of downtown Santa Ana bounded by West
<br />Seventeenth Street. North Flower Street, Riverside Drive. and Broadway. Groves of oranges, avocados, and walnuts and
<br />widely scattered ranch houses characterized this area before 1920. Developer and builder Allison Honer (1897-1981),
<br />riPdited as the subdivider and builder of a major portion of northwest Santa Ana, arrived in Santa Ana from BeaverFalls,
<br />New York in 1922 (Talbert, pages 353-356). Before nightfall on the day of his arrival, Mr. Honer purchased a parcel Of land.
<br />And that month, he began building custom homes in Santa Ana" (Orange County Register, September 15. 1961). The parcel
<br />chosen became the Floral Park subdivision between Seventeenth Street and Santiago Creek "When built in the 1920S. the
<br />Floral Park homes were the most lavish and expensive in the area. They sold for about $45,000 each" (Orange County
<br />Register, September 15. 1981). Revival architeutuir in a wide variety of romantic styles was celebrated in the 1920S arid
<br />1930s and Floral Park showcased examples of the English Tudor, French Norman, Spanish Colonial, dnd Colonial Revival.
<br />The Allison Honer C011Struetion Company wen[ oil to complete such notable projects as the 193b Art Deco styled Old Santa
<br />Ana City Hall, the El Toro Marine Base during World War If, and the 1960 Honer Shopping Plaza_ Honer lived in the
<br />neighborhood tie fled helped to create, at 615 West Santa Clara Avenue_
<br />In the rate 1920s and 1930S, another builder, Roy Roscoe Russell (1881-1965), continued developing the groves of Floral
<br />Park. An early Russell pmjert was his 1928 suhdlvrslon of Virtona Drive hetween West Nineteenth Street and West Santa
<br />Clira Avenue. The homes were quite grand and displayed various revival styles, including Russells own large, Colonial
<br />Revival mansion at 2009 Victoria Drive. In the early post World War /I 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. In
<br />the 1950s. low. horizontal Ranch Style houses completed the growth of Floral Park. Today (2021) Floral Park maintains its
<br />identify as the premier neighborhood of Santa Ana. historically home to many affluent and prominent citizens.
<br />The Elwood Bear House qualifies for listing in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties under Criterion 11 as a very
<br />intact and well-docurrrerrled example of a Spanish Colonial Revival bungalow in Santa Ana. It appears very much as it was
<br />piclured rn a Santa Ana Register auvenisealenl published On June 16, 1923_ Additionally. the house has been categorized as
<br />-Key" because it has a distinctivc airflitcctural style and quality" as an example of the Spanish Colonial Revival style in
<br />Snnta Ana, exhibiting distinctive features such as the Palladian-infuenced treatments of the fagade windows, umtsual
<br />shingled tile roof, and front patio enclosure. Character -defining features of the Elwood Bear House that should be preserved
<br />inrlurle, but rimy not hr limited to. maten.)Is and flnrshes (sturrn), unusual .shingled tilr roof configuration, nintonals, and
<br />lreatmenl (clay bagel the coping and rolled edges). massing and composdron. Palladian -influenced lreabnenis of the fagade
<br />windows: fenestration; front patio enclosure (waist high wall and terracotta tile pavers); and original exterior lighting aria
<br />lighting bracket.
<br />"1312. References (continued)!
<br />Harris. Cyril M. American Architecture, An Illustrated Encyclopedia. New York, WW Norton. 1998.
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<br />M�Id� (yiffNC4Sh and Lee. A Field Guide to Arnencan HouA-N87Yonkk Alfred A. Knopf. 198 f,/18/2021
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