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<br />Page 3 of 3 Resource Narne: W.M. Cory House
<br />'Recorded by Pedro Gomez *Date May 13. 2021 O Continuation ❑ Update
<br />*1310. Significance (continued):
<br />The W M. Cory House is /ucated 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 orange. avocado. and walnut trees and
<br />widely scattered ranch houses characterized this area before 1920. Developer and builder Allison Honer (1897-1981). credited
<br />as the subdivider and builder of a major portion of northwest Santa Ana, arrived in Santa Ana from Beaver Falls, New York in
<br />1922 (Talbert, pages 353-356). `Before nightfall on the day of his arrival, Mr. Honer purchased a parcel of land. And that month.
<br />he began building custom homes in Santa Ana" (Orange County Register, September 15, 1981). The parcel chosen became
<br />the Floral Park subdivision between Seventeenth Street and Santiago Creek. "When built in the 1920s, the Floral Park harries
<br />wort tho most lavish and oxponsivo in thr area. They sold for about $45,000 rich(Orange County Rcgistcr; Srp(orribor 15,
<br />1981). Revival architecture in a wide variety of romantic styles was celebrated in the 1920s and 1930s and Floral Park
<br />.showcased examples of the English Tudor, French Norman, Spanish Colonial, and Colonial Revival. The Allison Honer
<br />Construction Company went on to complete such notable projects as the 1935 Art neco styled Old Santa Ana City Hall the Fl
<br />Toro Marine Base during World War It. and the 1960 Honer Shopping Plaza. Honer lived in the neighborhood he had helped
<br />to create, at 615 West Santa Clara Avenue.
<br />In the fate 1920s and 1930s. anotherbuilder. Roy Roscoe Russell (1881-1966). continued developing the groves of Floral Park.
<br />An early Russell project was his 1928 subdivision of Victoria Drive between West Nineteenth Street and West Santa Clara
<br />Avenue. The homes were quite grand and displayed various revival styles, including Russoll's own large, Colnnial Revival
<br />mansion at 2009 Victoria Drive. In the early post World War It years, Floral Park continued its development as numerou&
<br />smaller, single family houses were built. Continuing in the Floral Park tradition, they were mostly revival in style. In the 1950s,
<br />low, horizontal Ranch Style houses completed the growth of Floral Park. Today (2021) Floral Park rn iint3inS its identity is the
<br />premier neighborhood of Santa Ana. histortrally home to many affluent and prominent citizens.
<br />The W.M. Cory House qualifies for listing in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties under Criterion 1 as an intact
<br />example of a simple Tudor Revival bungalow in Santa Ana. Constructed by Floral Park builders and developers the Honer
<br />Bros., the house remained under its original ownership for heady three decades. Addltlooally, the house has been categorized
<br />as Contributive" because if "contributes to the overall character and history" of the Floral Park neighborhood and "is a good
<br />example of period architecture. " representing the Tudor Revival style in Santa Ana (Santa Ana Municipal Code, Section 30-
<br />2.2). Character -defining features of the Tudor Revival style exhibited by the house include a complex hipped and gabled roof
<br />of moderately steep pitch; decorative half-timbering in the overhanging gahle ends; multi -paned casement windows used on
<br />the primary rlevation; and sandy -textured stucco exterior walls. Other- fcaturcS of noto include a picturosquo roof vent that
<br />.vrgge.sts a chimney, original wood front door with an arrhed peephole, and iron and glass .crnnre attached to the wall next to
<br />the entry.
<br />*B12. References (continued):
<br />Harris, Cyril M. American Architechue. An lllustmted Encyclopedia. Now York, WW Norton, 1998.
<br />Marsh, nrann. Santa Ana, An Illustrated Histr,rv. Fnrmttas, Heritage Publishing, 19W
<br />McAlester, Virginia and Lee. A Field Guide to Amerman Houses. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1984.
<br />National Register Bulletin 16A. "How to Complete the National Register Registration Foon."Washington DC: National
<br />Register Branch, National Park Service. US Dept. or/he Inferior, 1991.
<br />Office of Historic Preservattun. "Instructions for Recording Historical Resources."Sacramento: March 1995.
<br />Whitten. Marcus. American Architecture Since 1780. Cambridge, MIT Press. 1969.
<br />Santa Ana and Orange County Directories, 1905-2017.
<br />Ancestry.com
<br />Newspapers. tom (Santa Ana Register)
<br />Historic Maps, Santa Ana History Room. 1912, 1923, 1932. and 1955_
<br />Armor, Samuel. History of Orange County. Los Angeles: History Record Comfinny, 1921. page 989.
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