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State of California —The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI 9 CONTINUATION SHEET Trinomial Page j of 3 Resource Name' Menton-Sarkor-Housc 'Recorded by Pedro Gomez `Date May 13, 2021 LxJ Continuation ❑ Update "810. Significance (continued): Santa Arta was founded by William Spurgeon in 1869 as a speculativr town site on part of the Spanish land grant known as Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana. The civic and commercial core of the community was centered around the intersection of Main and Fourth Streets. Stimulated by the arrival of the .Santa Fe Railroad and incorporation as a city in 1886. and selection as the seat of the newly created County of Orange in 1889. the city grew outwards. with residential neighborhoods developing to the north, south. and east of the city center Agricultural uses predominated in the outlying areas. with cultivated fields and orchards dotted with widely scattered farmhouses. The Menton -Barker House Is located In Floral Park a neighborhood northwest of downtown Santa Ana bounded by West Seventeenth Street, North Hower Street. HrverSttle Unve, and Broadway. Groves of oranges. avocados, and walnuts and widely scattered ranch houses charaetorizod this area boforc 1920. Developer and builder Allison Hnner (1897-1981), credited as the subdivider and builder of a major portion of northwest Santa Ana, arrived in Santa Ana from Aeaver 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 month, he hegan buitding rustom homes in Sonia Ana(Orange County Rcgistcr, Scptcrnhcr 1.5, 1081). The parrO chosen became the Floral Park subdivision between Seventeenth Street and Santiago Creek. "When buill in the 1920s, the Floral Park homes were the most lavish and expensive in the area. They sold for about $45.000 each" (Orange County Register. September 15. 1981). Revival architecture in a wide variety of romantic styles was celebrated in the 19208 and 1930s and Floral Park showcased examples of the English Tudor. French Norman. Spanish Colonial. and Colonial Revival. The Allison Honer Construction Company went on to complete such notable projects as the 1935 Art Deco styled Old Santa Ana City Hall, the EI Toro Marine Base during World War 11, and the 1960 Honer Shopping Plaza. Honer lived in the neighborhood he had helped to create. at 615 West Santa Clara Avenue. In the latC 1920s and 1930s, anothor burldrr, Roy Roscoe Russell (1881-1965), Continued o'CvClop1nq the groves of Floral Park. An early Russell project was his 1928 subdivision of Victoria Drive between West Nineteenth Strest and West Santa Clara Avenue. The horns were quite grand and displayed various revival styles, including Russell's own large, Colonial Revival manslnn at 2009 Virtnrla Drive in the early post World War It year. Floral Park cnntinueil its develnpmenr a.. numerous, smaller, single-family houses were built. Continuing in the Floral Park hadih0n, they were mostly revival in style. Io the 1950s, low. horizontal Ranch Style houses completed the growth of Floral Park. Today (2021) Floral Park maintains its identity ds the premier neighburhood of Santa Ana. historic: ally horne to many affluent and prominent citizens. The Menton -Barker House qualifies for listing in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties tinder Criterion 1, as a representative example of a mid -sized Spanish Colonial Revival residence- Additionally, the house has been ratcgorized as "Contributive" because it contributes to the character and history of Floral Park and is a good example of Spanish Colonial Revival style architecture (Santa Ana Municipal Code, Section 30 2. 2). Character defining features of the Menton Barker I louse that should be prCSCNCd rncludC. but may not be limited tot partially gabled and tiled toor,' stucco extenot, main entry archway and French door, fenestration. including an arched living room window incorporating a transom and multi -paned casement windows: and U-shaped fagade embracing a front entry off of a patio. "812. References (continued): Ilarris, Cyril M. Amcocan Architecture, An Illustratco Cncycloocdia. Now York, WW Norton, 1998. Marsh. Diann. Santa Ana, An Illustrated Historv. Encinitas. Heritage Publishing, 1994. McAlester, Virginia and Lee. A Field Guide to Amencan Houses. New York. Alfred A. Knopf. 1984. National Register Bulletin 16A. "How to Complete the National Register Registration Form. " Washington DC: National Register Branch. National Park Service. US Dept of the Interior. 1991. Office of Historic Preservation. "Instructions for Recording Historical Resources.' Sacramento: March 1995. Whiffet, Marcus. Arrrerican Architecture Since 1780. Cambridge: MIT Press. 1969. Santa Ana and Orange County Directories, 1905-201T Ancestry corer Ne wspapers. coin (Santa Ana Register) City Council DPR 523L 17 — 125 7/612021