Item 18 - Appeal Application Nos. 2023-02 and 2023-03 for Cabrillo Town Center project

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HISTORIC RESOURCES ASSESSMENT TOWN CENTER PLAZA � C A A DULY 2022 SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA J right angles to the railroad tracks. Once the SP claimed the land it needed for a depot (1878), the company subdivided the remaining acreage into business lots (Parker 1963). On June 1, 1886, with a population of approximately 2,000, Santa Ana was incorporated (City of Santa Ana n.d.). William Henry Spurgeon, founder of the city, was elected mayor. Two years later the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway arrived. The Santa Ana and Tustin Street Railroad was running along First; the Santa Ana and Westminster Railroad on Second; and the Santa Ana, Orange & Tustin Street Railway connected the SP depot with downtown Santa Ana. By the close of the 1880s, the commercial core of Santa Ana remained five city blocks centered at 4th and Main Streets. One- and two-story brick buildings predominated. Merchants resisted the SP and were reluctant to relocate or open new business establishments in Santa Ana East, close to the depot, as was hoped for by its developers (Parker 1963). Between 1890 and 1920, many homes were built in Santa Ana East, approximately 20 square blocks of them comprise the French Park National Register District (Marsh 1994; City of Santa Ana n.d.). Commercial development was spurred along 4th Street by the arrival in 1906 of the Pacific Electric Railway's "Red Cars" (Friis 1965). Downtown Santa Ana was the site of important civic growth. In 1901, the Orange County Courthouse was completed (extant; Preserve Orange County 2018). In 1903, W.H. Spurgeon donated land to build a library funded by Andrew Carnegie (demolished; Carnegie Libraries 2009). A new City Hall was erected at the intersection of Third and Main Street in 1904 (Pacific Coast Architecture Database 2005-2022). Regrettably, Santa Ana's Chinatown, at the intersection of Bush and 3rd Streets, was destroyed by fire in 1906 (Orange County Register 2022). A city inspection had reportedly uncovered a case of leprosy there (Swanner 1953). At the turn of the 20th century the project area was outside the Santa Ana city limits and the town of Tustin was unincorporated. An early map of the Tustin Road District shows the Mabury Tract, an irregular shape bordered by 17th Street on the north. As shown on the map, many of the lots were owned by the "Mabury Trust Company" (McBride 1913). Hiram Mabury Except where noted, the following section is adapted from the Pacific Bank Handbook of California, by Pacific Bank 1888. Hiram Mabury (1825-1903) was born in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania, and remained there attending school and educating himself in business until age 18, when he moved to southern Indiana and entered the mercantile career. He displayed such energy, foresight, and general ability that he was chosen to manage three Ohio River steamers and remained in command until 1864. No record was found indicating that he served either the Union or the Confederacy during the Civil War. He was one of the organizers and builders of the first railroad from Louisville to Indianapolis. He founded the First National Bank of Jeffersonville, Indiana, and was Play °touncif �07/21/22) 18 - 777 10/3/2023 6