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State of California—The Resources Agency Primary#
<br /> DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI#
<br /> CONTINUATION SHEET Trinomial
<br /> Page 5 of 11 *Resource Name or#North Fairview Street
<br /> *Recorded by: Andrew Bursan *Date: November 10, 2024 ❑x Continuation ❑ Update
<br /> part to the construction of interurban rail networks and the popularity of automobiles in the 1920s.Through the 1930s,
<br /> Santa Ana's downtown business core witnessed success and expansion as many of its brick structures along Fourth
<br /> Street were renovated with classical and contemporary elements(Marsh 1994).
<br /> Most growth in the early 1940s and throughout World War II featured four area military bases, including the Santa
<br /> Ana Army Air Base and the West Coast Air Corps Training Center, both of which were constructed to help the war
<br /> effort. The Santa Ana Army Air Base operated as a basic training camp with no airplanes, hangars, or runways,while
<br /> the training facility on 8th Street in downtown served airmen throughout the war(City of Santa Ana 2020).
<br /> Following World War II, Santa Ana experienced the increased suburbanization typical of Orange County at the time,
<br /> as servicemen returned from the war and demand for homes in southern California increased, launching an
<br /> unprecedented period of growth and industrial expansion that would significantly alter the once-expansive
<br /> agricultural, open ranch landscape. Santa Ana's population of 31,921 people in 1940 increased to 45,533 by 1950.
<br /> This inflow of new inhabitants and immigrants would last for the next 40 years(Marsh 1994).
<br /> The postwar housing boom accelerated change in the character of neighborhoods during the 1950s and 1960s, as
<br /> demolition and new construction increased in neighborhoods such as the Santa Ana Triangle neighborhood to the
<br /> northeast of the City Center and the Riverview West neighborhood to the northwest of the City Center. The 1950s
<br /> were particularly notable for the expansion of the car industry following the end of wartime gasoline rationing. The
<br /> Fashion Square Mall was built in 1959 close to the Bullock's Department Store to the north of downtown, and
<br /> changing social and economic trends contributed to the suburbanization of retail districts. Santa Ana's population was
<br /> 156,359 in 1950 and had increased to 203,714 by 1980.This flood of new people was caused in part by altering
<br /> postwar immigration regulations, especially those that engendered the influx of Vietnamese refugees after the
<br /> Vietnam War ended in 1975 (City of Santa Ana 2020).
<br /> Downtown commercial deterioration was prevalent from the early 1960s until the late 1970s. This sparked a historic
<br /> preservation movement whose proponents aimed to preserve the historic integrity of structures or promote change
<br /> through reversible improvements. During the 1960s and 1980s, some historic properties in the French Park and
<br /> Heninger Park neighborhoods were demolished and replaced with high-density multi-family properties, coinciding
<br /> with the 1970s effort to establish the French Park neighborhood as the Santa Ana's first local historic district in 1984
<br /> and the Heninger Park neighborhood as the second in 1986 through the creation of Specific Development zoning
<br /> districts.The Downtown Santa Ana Historic District was added to the National Register in 1984, and the French Park
<br /> Historic District was added in 1999. In 1998, the Santa Ana City Council passed the Historic Preservation Ordinance,
<br /> Chapter 30 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code, which established the City's local inventory of historical resources, the
<br /> Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties, and the Historic Resources Commission to oversee the City of Satna
<br /> Ana's Historic Preservation Program (City of Santa Ana 2020).
<br /> Historic Roads Context
<br /> North Fairview Street is associated with the historic roads context. During the second half of the 19th century, a
<br /> period of rapid railroad development in the United States, public roads in California and other western states became
<br /> neglected and degraded. By 1900, "the nation with the greatest railway system in the world had the worst roads"
<br /> (Johnson 1990). Interest in road building revived around the turn of the century when farmers and ranchers, many
<br /> disillusioned with high railroad rates, began asking county officials for better surface roads.They were joined by
<br /> millions of bicyclists who called for smoother roads in town and in the countryside. Joining forces,farmers, ranchers,
<br /> and bicyclists organized local, state, and national"good roads"campaigns. In response,the federal government
<br /> established the Office of Road Inquiry in the Department of Agriculture to study new road building techniques
<br /> (Jackson 1998).
<br /> Dusty during summer months and muddy during the winter and spring, unpaved roads played havoc with wagons,
<br /> carriages, and bicycles. Plank roads made from lumber first appeared in California during the 1850s. Gravel roads
<br /> and macadam, a form of compacted gravel coated with oil, came into use during the late 19th century. Finally, after
<br /> 1900, concrete roads topped by a mixture of bitumen, aggregate, and sand called asphalt became the standard
<br /> modern road surface. Durable, smooth, and impervious to water, asphalt withstood winter weather, reduced vehicular
<br /> wear and tear, and better facilitated drainage(Kostof 1992).
<br /> DPR 523L(1/95) *Required information
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