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State of California The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # CONTINUATION SHEET Trinomial Page 3 of 3 Resource Narne: Menton -Barker House 'Recorded by Pedro Gomez 'Date May 13. 2021 O Continuation ❑ Update *810. Significance (continued), Santa Ana was founded by William Spurgeon in 1869 as a speculative town site on part or the Spanish land grant known as Ram hu Satlttagu de Santa Ana. The civic and commercial cure 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 ptedornlnated in the outlying areas, with cultivated fields and orchards dotted with widely scattered farmhouses. Tha Menton-B.arkar House is Iocatert in Floral Park, a nP.lghbnr%Innd northwest of downtown Santa Ana hounded by West Seventeenth Strout, North Flowor Strout, Rivrisidr Drive. and Broadway. Groves of oranges, avocados, and watnuts and widely scattered ranch houses characterized this area before 1920. Developer and builder Allison Honer (1697-1981), credited as the subdivider and builder of a major portion of northwest Santa Ana. arrived in Santa Ana from Beaver Falls. New York in 1922 (Talbert. pages 353-356) -Pefote nightfall on the day of his arrival Mr Honer purchased a parcel of land And that month, he began building custom hornes in Santa Ana" (Orange County Register, September 15. 1981). The parcel chosen became the Floral Park subdivision between Seventeenth Street and Santiago Creek. When built in the 19206, the Floral Park homes were the most lavish and expensive in the area. They sold for about $45,000 each" (Orange County Register. September 16, 1981). Revival architecture in a wide variety of romantic styles was celebrated in the 1920s and 1930s and Floral Park Showcased examples of the English Tudor, French Norman, Spanish Colonial, and Colonial Revival. The Allison Honer Construction Company wont on to complete such notable projects as the 1935 Art Dero styled Old Santa Ana City Hall. the El Toro Marine Base during World War Il. and the 1960 Honer Shopping Plaza. Honer lived in the neighborhood he had helped to 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 early Russell project was his 1928 subdivision of Victoria Drive between West Nineteenth Street and West Santa Clara Avenue. The homes were quite grand and displayed various revival styles, including Russell's own large. Colonial Revival mansion at 2009 Victoria Drive. In the early post World War 11 years. Floral Park Continued its development as numerous, smaller, single-family houses were built. Continuing in the Floral Park Iradiiioo, they were mostly revival in style. In the 1950s. low, horizontal Ranch Style houses completed the growth of Floral Park. Today (2021) Floral Park maintains its identity as the premier neighborhood of Santa Ana.. historically home to many affluent and prominent citizens. The Menton -Barker House qualifies for listing in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties under Criterion 1, as a rrpirsentativr example of a mid -sized Spanish Colonial Revival residcncc. Additionally, the house has been catcgorizrd as 'Contributive" berause it contributes to the rhamrter and history of Flnml Park and is a good exampla of Spanish Colonial Revival styles arrhitartura (Santa Ana Municipal Coda, Sartrnn 30-2.2). Charartar-dahning features of the Manton -Barker House that should be preserved include, but may not be limped to: partially ga bred and tiled roof: stucco exterior main entry archway and French door, fenestration, including an arched living room window incorporating a Vansorn and multi -paned casement windows: and U-shaped facade embracing a front entry uff of pahu. %12. References (continued)! Harris, Cyril M. American Architecture: An Illustrated Encyclopedia. New York. WW Norton. 1998. Marsh, Diann. Santa Ana, An Illustrated History. Encinitas, Heritage Publishing, 1994. McAlester. Virginia and Lee. A Field Guide to American 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 Deptof the Interior, 1991. Office of Historic Preservation. 'Instructions for Recording Historical Resources. " Sacramento : March 1995. Whiffen. Marcus. American Architecture Since 1780. Cambridge: MIT Press. 1969. Santa Ana and Orange County Directories, 1905-20IT Ancestry.com Newspapers.com (Santa Ana Hrgistrrl Bittdtiellde$ources Commission 737 — 147 DPR 523L 5XV612021