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State of California —The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI 9 CONTINUATION SHEET Trinomial Page 3 of 3 Resource Name: W M. Cory Houso 'Recorded by Pedro Gomez `Date May 13, 2021 LxJ Continuation ❑ Update *610. Significance (continued): The W.M. Cory House is located in Floral Part(, a neighborhood nnrthwest of downtown Santa Ana bounded by West Seventeenth Street. Norm Flower Street. Riverside Drive, and Broadway. Groves of orange, avocado, and walnut trees and widely scattered ranch hot/SeS characterized this area before 1920. Developerand builder -Allison Honer (1897-1961). credited as the subdivider and builder of a major portion of northwest Santa Ana, arrived in Santa Ana front Beaver Falls. New York in 1922 (Talbert, pages 353-356). `Before nightfall on the day of his arrival. Mr. Honer purchased a parcel of land. And that rrrunth, he began building custom homes in Santa Ana" (Orange County Register September 15, 1981). The parcel chosen became the Floral Park subdivision between Seventeenth Street and Sant/ago Creek. "When built In the 1920s, the Floral Park homes were the most lavish and expensive m the area they sold for about $4b.000 each (Orange County Hegrsler, September 1 b, 1981). Revival arrhitcOurr in a wide variety of mmantir stylos was colebrated in the 1920s and 1930s and Floral Park showcased examples of the Fnglish Tudor, Freorh Norman, Spanish Colonial, and Colonial Revival. The Allison Honer Construction Company went on to complete such notable projects as the 1925 Art Deco styled Old Santa Ana City Hall, time El Tnro Marino Base during World War II, and the /960 Honor Shopping Plaza. Honer lived in the neighborhood he had helped In create, at 615 West Santa Clara Avenue. In the late 1920s and 1930s. another builder. Roy Roscoe Russell (1881-1965). continued developing the groves of Floral Park. An eddy Russell project was his 1926 subdivision of Victoria Drive between West Nineteenth Street and West Santa Clara Avenue. Tire homes were quite grtnnd and displayed various revival sty/es, including Russeli's awn large. Colonial Revival mansion at 2009 Victoria Drive In the early post World War /I years, Flora/ Park continued its development as numerous, smaller, single-family houses were built. Continuing in the Floral Park tradition, they were mostly revival in style. In the 195us, low, horizontal Ranch Style houses completed the growth of Floral Park. Today (2021) Floral Park maintains its identify as the prCmirr neighborhood of Santa Ana, historically home to many affluent and prominent citizens. The W.M. Cory House qualifies for listing in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties under Criterion 1 as an intact example of a .simple Tudor Revrval hungalnw in Santa Ana Cnnstructed by Flnral Park hi ilders and devpinpers the Honer Bros.. the house remained under its original ownership for nearly three decades. Additionally, the house has been categorized as "Contributive" because it "contributes to file overall character and history" of the Floral Park neighborhood and "is a good example u(periud aruhiledure." represenling the Tudor Revival style in Santa Ana (Santa Ana Municipal Code. Section 30- 2.2). Character-defirriny features of the Tudor Revival style exhibited by the house ins/ode d cornplex hipped and gabled roof of moderately steep pitch, decorative half-tlnmberiny in the overhanging yable ends; multi -paned casement windows used On the primary elevation, and sandy -textured stucco exterior walls_ Other features of note include a pictmesquc roof vent that suggests a chimney. original wood front door with an arched peephole, and iron and glass sconce attached to the wall next to the entry. '-1312. References (continued): Harris, Cyril M. American Architertw-e: An Illustrated Encyclopedia. New York, WW Norton. 1998. Marsh. Diann. Santa Ana, An Illustrated Historv. Encinitas, Heritage Publishing, 1994. McAlester, Virginia and Loc. A Field Guide to American Houses. New York Alfred A. Knopf, 1984. National Rogistcr Bulletin 16A. 'I low to Compote the National RCgistor' Registration roan. Washington DC' National Register Bench, National Park Service. US Dept. of the Interior. 1991. Office ofHtstonc Preservation. "Instrltctions for -Recording Historical Resources.' Sacramento. March 1995. Whfffen. Marcus. American Architecture Since 1780. Cambridge. MIT Press. 1969. Santa Ana and Orange County Directories. 1905-2017. Ancestry.co n Newspapers.uonr (Santa Ana Register) Historic Maps, Santa Ana History Room, 1912, 1923, 1932, and 1955_ Armor. Sarrrtlel. History of Orange Coura Los Angeles' History Record Company. 1921, page 989. City Council DPR 523L 17 — 51 71612021