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State of California -The Resources Agency Primary #
<br />DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI#
<br />BUILDING, STRUCTURE, AND OBJECT RECORD
<br />rage ~ or J 'GHR Status Code 5S1
<br />*Resource Name or #: Johnson-Morris House
<br />61. Historic Name: Johnson-Morris House
<br />B2. Common Name: Same
<br />B3. Original Use: Single-family Residence B4. Present Use: Single-family Residence
<br />*B5. Architectural Style: Spanish Colonial Revival
<br />*B6. Construction History: (Construction date, alterations, and date of alterations): Constructed 1930
<br />March 27, 1930. Residence and garage constructed for $3,500.
<br />April 1, 1930. Addition to original permit, $1,500.
<br />August 30, 1963. Repair front and roof of existing garage.
<br />February 18, 1992. Reroof, $1,655.
<br />September 21, 1993. Air conditioner and furnace installed.
<br />October 4, 1993. Electric service meter installed.
<br />*B7. Moved? ^No DYes Unknown Date: Original Location:
<br />*B8. Related Features:
<br />None.
<br />69a. Architect: Unknown
<br />b. Builder: Unknown
<br />*610. Significance: Theme Residential Architecture Area Santa Ana
<br />Period of Significance: circa 1895-1965 Property Type: Single-family Residence Applicable Criteria: NR: C; CR: 3
<br />(Discuss importance in terms of historical or architectural context as defined by theme, period, and geographic scope. Also address integrity)
<br />The Johnson-Morris House is architecturally significant as an intact example of the Spanish Colonial Revival style. According fo the
<br />original building permit, dated March 27, 1930, the house was constructed for Mark Johnson, who owned but did not occupy the
<br />home. In 1931, the first year the improvement appears in city directories, the owners and occupants are listed as Merle F. Morris,
<br />owner of the flower shop Morris the Florist, and his wife Gwendolyn. By 1935, the Morrises had sold the property to J. Garvin
<br />Hunter, a professional golf player, and his wife Doris, who retained the house for several years. Ownership had shifted again by
<br />1937, when William F. Menton and his wife Helena had purchased the property. A native of Iowa, Menton moved to California in
<br />1907 and settled in Santa Ana. After working at the Santa Ana Resister for several years, Menton began studying law and was
<br />subsequently admitted to the State Bar of California in 1915. By 1917, he had been appointed deputy district attorney; by 1938, he
<br />held the position of district attorney. The Mentons remained in the house until 1940, when the home was purchased by John J.
<br />Whittle, an agent with Railway Express Agency, Inc., and his wife Dorothy. The Whittles remained in the home through the 1940s.
<br />In subsequent decades, the property changed hands multiple times, with three different owners listed during the 1950s: Eric
<br />Paftison, a physician at Birmingham Hospital in Long Beach, and his wife Bernice in the early 1950s; George W. Thompson, of the
<br />US Navy, and his wife Clara in the mid-1950s; and Frederick Schumacher, an office worker at Disneyland, and his wife Virginia in
<br />the late 1950s.
<br />(See Continuation Sheet 3 of 3.)
<br />B11. Additional Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes)
<br />*B12. References:
<br />City of Santa Ana Building Permits
<br />Santa Ana History Room Collection, Santa Ana Public Library
<br />Sanborn Maps
<br />(See Continuation Sheet 3 of 3.)
<br />B13. Remarks:
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<br />*B14. Evaluator: Leslie J. Heumann
<br />*Date of Evaluation: October 17, 2007
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