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<br />CONTINUATION SHEET Trinomial
<br />Page 3 of 4 Resource Name: Elwood Bear House
<br />'Recorded by Pedro Gomez *Date March 25. 2021 O Continuation ❑ Update
<br />*P3a. Description (continued)*
<br />t-enrstiation along tIC .Strip (Cast and west) elevations consists or six -over -six, wood. doubic-hung windows, and multi -right
<br />wood casement windows, some shaded by tabric awnings. A secondary entry on the east elevation faces the driveway and is
<br />characterized by a simple wood multi -panel doter. also shaded by a fabric awning. A small patio rover 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 />detached garage (built in 1954) at the rear of the property that not considered a character -defining feature. The property is
<br />generally landscaped with low vegetation, shrubs, and lawn. The properly retains a high degree of inlegrity.
<br />'610. Significance (continued):
<br />In 1945. the horse was sold to Hans antl Lenora Haug. In 1.04.0, the home was sold to Ivan F. and Hazel 1. Macy. Mr Macy
<br />worked Inrally as a I,aborpr ,and later as a hirllding inspector Mr Mary passed in 1968 and Mrs. Hazel r&sided in the, hone.
<br />Until 1961. The home was subsoquontly sold to James R. Trovorrow 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 part of the Spanish land grant knourn aS
<br />Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana. The civic and commercial core of the cornrnuildy was centered around the intersection of
<br />Mein and Fourth Streets. Stimulated by the arrival of the .Santa Fe Railroad and inuorpuratlun as a city in 1886, and selection
<br />as the seat of the newly created Counly of Oranye in 1889, the city grew outwardswith residential neighborhoods
<br />developing to the north. south, and east of the city center. Ayricultural uses predutninated in the outlying areas. with
<br />cultivated fleids arrd orchards dotted with widely scattered farmhouses.
<br />Tile 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 Bmadway. Groves of oranges, avocados, and walnuts and
<br />widely scattered ranch houses char'artciized this area before 1020. Developer- and builderAllison Honor' (1897-1981),
<br />credited as III& subdivider and builder of a major portion of northwest Santa Ana. arrived in Santa Ana from Beaver Falls,
<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 horses in Santa Ana' (Orange County Register, September 15. 1981). The paacl
<br />chosen became the Floral Park subdivision between Seventeenth Street and Santiago Creek. "When built in the 1920s, the
<br />Floral Park horses were the most lavish and expensive in the area. They sold for about $45,000 each' (Orange County
<br />Register. September 15, 1981). Revival architecture in a wide variety of romantic styles was celebrated in the 1920s and
<br />1920s and Floral Park showcased examples of the English Tudor, French Norman, Spanish Colonial. and Colonial Revival.
<br />The Allison Honer Construction Company went on to complete such notable projects as the 1935 Art Deco styled Old Santa
<br />Ana City Hall, the El l oro Marine Base during World War 11. and the 1960 Honer Shopping Plaza. Honer lived in the
<br />neighborhood he had helped to create, at 615 West Santa Clara Avenue.
<br />In the late 1920s and 1930s, another hulldpr, Roy Rosrnp Russpll (1661-1965), rontinued developing the yrnvp; 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 Dnve. In the early post World War 11 years. Flurdl Park continued its development as
<br />numerous, smaller, single-farnily houses were built. Continuinq fit the Floral Park tradition, they were mostly revival in style_ In
<br />the 1950s. low, horizontal Rrench Style houses completed the growth of Floral Park. Today (2021) Floral Park maintains its
<br />identify as the prernier neighborhood of Santa Ana, historically home to many affluent and prominent citizens.
<br />The Elwood Bear House qualifies for listtng in the Santa Ana Register of Historical IImpedies under Criterion 1, as a very
<br />intact and well-docti vented example of a Spanish Colonial Revival blrngafnw in Santa Ana. It appears very much as it was
<br />picttu'od in a Santa Ana Register advonisomrnt published on Juno 16. 1923. Additionally. the house has been ralCgonzod as
<br />Key" because it has a "distinctive architectural style and quality" as an example of the Spanish Colonial Revival style in
<br />Santa Ana, exhibiting distinctive features such as the Palladian -influenced treatments of the fas,ade windows, unusual
<br />Shingled the roof and front patio enclosure Character -defining features of the Flwood Hear House that Should be preserved
<br />include, but may not be limited to: materials and finishes (stucco): unusual shingled the roof configuration, materials, and
<br />treatment (clay barrel tile coping and rolfed edges); massing and composition; Palladian -influenced treatments of the fai;ade
<br />windows; fenestration; lionl patio enclosure (waist high wall and lerracolla life pavers), and original exterior lighting arid
<br />liyhtng bracket
<br />*812. References (continued)!
<br />Harris, Cyril M. American Architecture: An Illustrated Encyclopedia. New York, WW Norton, 199&
<br />MCO"C tfgl'O* arid Lee. A Field Guide le American HOL13 -le" Bork: Alfred A. Knopf. 19BV 1 8/2021
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