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<br />Page 3 of 3 Resource Name: H.A. Smith House
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<br />*010. Significance (continued):
<br />The H.A. Smith House Is located In Floral Part, 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. Developerand builderAlllson 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 homes
<br />were the most lavish and expensive in the area. They sold for about $45,000 each" (Orange County Register, September 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 Deco slyied Old Santa Ana City Hall, the El
<br />Toro Marine Base during World War 11, 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 late 1920s and 1930s, another builder, 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 Russell's own large, Colonial Revival
<br />mansion at 2009 Victoria Drive. In the early post Wodd War If years, Floral Park continued its development as numerous,
<br />smaller, single-family houses were built. Continuing in the Floral Park tradition, homes in the neighborhood were mostly
<br />developed in the revival style. In the 1950s, low, horizontal Ranch Style houses completed the growth of Floral Pads Today
<br />(2021) Floral Park maintains Its Identity as the premier neighborhood of Santa Ana, historically home to many affluent and
<br />prominent citizens.
<br />The H.A. Smith House qualifies for listing In the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties under Criterion 1 as an Intact
<br />example of a Tudor Revival home. The steeply pitched, complex roof, asymmetrical massing, prominent chimney, and mulfi-
<br />paned windows are characteristics of this style. Additionally, the house has been categorized as "Contributive" because it
<br />contributes to the overall character and history"ofthe Floral Park neighborhood and is a good example of period architecture,"
<br />representing the Tudor Revival style In Santa Ana (Santa Ana Municipal Code, Section 30-2.2). Character -defining features of
<br />the house Include its steeply pitched complex gable roof with no overhangs,, multi -paned casement windows used on all
<br />elevations with fabric awnings; recessed entry," stucco exterior walls with brick trim, and prominent chimney.
<br />*B12. References (continued):
<br />Harris, Cyril M. American Architecture: An Illustrated Encyclopedia. New York, WW Norton, 1998.
<br />Marsh, Diann. Santa Ana, An Illustrated History. Encinitas, Heritage Publishing, 1994.
<br />McAlester, Virginia and Lee. A Field Guide to American Houses. New York., Alfred A. Knopf, 1984.
<br />National Register Bulletin 16A. "How to Complete the National Register Registration Form." Washington DC: National
<br />Register Branch, National Park Service, US Dept of the Interior, 1991.
<br />Office of Historic Preservation. `Instructions for Recording Historical Resources."Secramento: March 1995.
<br />Santa Ana and Orange County Directories, 1905-2017.
<br />Ancestry.com
<br />Newspapers. com (Santa Ana Register)
<br />Historic Maps, Santa Ana History Room, 191 Z 1923, 1932, and 1955.
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