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Page 3 of 3 Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder) Greenwald House
<br />*Recorded by LeslieJ. Heumann *Date January2, 2003 ❑x Continuation ❑ Update
<br />*B10. Significance (continued):
<br />The Greenwald House is lo4ated in Floral Park, a neighborhood northwest of downtown Santa Ana bounded by East
<br />Seventeenth Street, North Flower Street Riverside Drive, and Broadway. Groves of oranges, avocados, and walnuts and
<br />widely scattered ranch houses characterized this area before 1920. Developer and builder Allison Honer (1897-1981),
<br />credited as the subdivider and builder of a major portion of northwest Santa Ana, arrived in Santa Ana from Beaver Falls,
<br />New York in 1922 (Talbert,b�ild
<br />ages 353-356). Before nightfall on the day of his arrival, Mr. Honer purchased a parcel of land
<br />And that month, he began ingcustom homes in Santa Ana" (Orange County Register. September 15, 1981). The parts!
<br />chosen became the Floralrk subdivision between Seventeenth Street and Santiago Creek. "When built in the 1920s, the
<br />Floral Park homes were the most lavish and expensive in the area. They sold for about $45,000 each" (Orange County
<br />Register, September 15, 19 1). Revival architecture in a wide variety of romantic styles was celebrated in the 1920s and
<br />1930s and Floral Park showcased examples of the English Tudor, French Norman, Spanish Colonial, and Colonial Revival.
<br />The Allison Honer Construc ion Company went on to complete such notable projects as the 1935 Art Deco styled Old Santa
<br />Ana City Hall, the El Toro arine Base during World War ll, and the 1960 Honer Shopping Plaza. Honer lived in the
<br />neighborhood he had helpe� to create, at 615 West Santa Clara Avenue.
<br />In the late 1920s and 1930sl another builder, Roy Roscoe Russel! (1881-1965), continued developing the groves of Floral
<br />Park An early Russell projeict was his 1928 subdivision of Victoria Drive between West Nineteenth Street and West Santa
<br />Clara Avenue. The homes were quite grand and displayed various revival styles, including Russell's own large, Colonial
<br />Revival mansion at2009 Vi toria Drive. In the early post World War 11 years, Floral Park continued its development as
<br />numerous, smaller, single-family houses were built. Continuing in the Floral Park tradition, they were mostly revival in style.
<br />1n the 1950s, low, horizonta Ranch Style houses completed the growth of Floral Park Today (2003) Floral Park maintains its
<br />identity as the premier neighborhood of Santa Ana, historically home to many affluent and prominent citizens.
<br />The Greenwald House qua,
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<br />was once common, but is n
<br />its historicaYcultural signific
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<br />configuration and detailing;
<br />original landscape features
<br />*B12. References (continued):
<br />Harris, Cyril M. American A
<br />Marsh, Diann. Santa Ana,
<br />McAlester, Virginia and Lee
<br />National Register Bulletin h
<br />Register Branch, National F
<br />Office of Historic Preservati
<br />Whiffen, Marcus. American
<br />Alison Honer Dies at 84," 1
<br />Builder of Honer Plaza Die.
<br />"Century -Old SA House Fill,
<br />History of Floral Park." httl
<br />Talbert, Thomas (editor-in-c
<br />Volume I. Whittier, Historic,
<br />Santa Ana City Directories,
<br />s for listing in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Property under Criterion 1 for its
<br />shing characteristics of the Stick(Eastlake style of the nineteenth century. Notable in this
<br />;is of the building, the bracketed eaves, squared, two-story bay, and the stick work ornament in
<br />for the Register under Criterion 7, as a building that was connected with business or use that
<br />rare, specifically, agriculture. Additionally, the house has been categorized as "Landmark" for
<br />;e to the City of Santa Ana. All original exterior features of the Greenwald House are
<br />and should be preserved, including, but not limited to: materials and finishes; roof
<br />issing; windows and doors; bays, architectural details such as brackets and stick work; and
<br />ch as fruit trees.
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<br />A Field Guide to American Houses. New York. Alfred A. Knopf, 1984.
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