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United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB Control No. 1024-0018 Floral Park Historic District Orange California Name of Property County and State Section 7 page 5 located in the Floral Park neighborhood of north-central Santa Ana, approximately one mile from Downtown Santa Ana, the county seat. The topography of the area is generally flat. The streets in the southern portion of the neighborhood, below West Santa Clara Avenue follow a rectilinear street grid, while the streets north of Santa Clara Avenue follow more of a curvilinear grid. The properties reflect standard planning features such as modest, uniform setbacks, shallow front lawns, concrete sidewalks, mature street trees, automobile accommodations such as driveways and curb cuts, and rear detached garages. The residences of Floral Park consist primarily of single-story, single-family dwellings designed in Period Revival styles, such as Classical Revival, Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, Mission / Spanish Revival, Mediterranean Revival, French Revival, Storybook, and Chateauesque. Streamlined Moderne, Art Deco, Minimal Traditional, Prairie School, Queen Anne and National Folk styles can also be found within the neighborhood and are architecturally compatible with the overall character and integrity of the Period Revival buildings. The Floral Park Historic District retains high level of integrity. Of 636 total resources, 554 are district contributors, and 82 are non-contributors, primarily due to loss of integrity or construction after the period of significance. Over 199 of the residences are already on the Santa Ana Register of Historic Properties. ______________________________________________________________________________ Narrative Description Location and Setting The Floral Park Historic District is located within the Floral Park neighborhood of north-central Santa Ana, approximately one mile north of downtown. The primarily rectangular neighborhood is bounded by Santiago Creek to the north and the 5 Freeway to the northeast. The residential properties south of 18th and 19th Streets (and north of the commercial border along 17th St) delineate the south border; the east is bound primarily by the rear lot lines of Victoria; and the west is bound by the rear-lot lines of Flower. The area is generally flat and level, and approximately half the streets to the south of West Santa Clara Boulevard adhere to a rectilinear street grid oriented towards the cardinal directions. North of Santa Clara Boulevard, the streets take on more curvilinear characteristics and treed traffic islands. While lots in the southern portion face east and west, most of the lots in the northern portion face north and south, save for certain streets on the curvilinear grid. Areas at the periphery of the historic plat along North Broadway to the east and West 17th Street to the south have witnessed considerable redevelopment with commercial and multi-unit residential buildings outside the period of significance and, with the exception of three residential buildings on North Broadway, these areas have been excluded from the nomination boundaries. The streets of N. Flower and West Santa Clara are highly trafficked vehicular corridors in the middle of the residential area. Many feeder streets connected to 17th Street to the south have Historic Resources Commission 254 9/23/2025