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NPS Form 10-900-a OMB Control No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior Put Here National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section 7 page 6 Section 7 page 6 Floral Park Historic District Name of Property Orange, CA County and State Name of multiple listing (if applicable) been rerouted. Flower Street has been augmented to not act as a through-street to control traffic within the neighborhood. The street surfaces in Floral Park are consistent in character and material. Most are paved in concrete, appropriate for the era when the construction of the subdivision was completed, about 1939. Street features include concrete curbs, concrete sidewalks, traffic islands and parkways planted with lawns and a variety of mature trees, including Live California Oaks, Holly Oaks, Crepe Myrtles, Camphor trees, Sycamores, Queen Palms, Canary Island Pines. Public utilities are underground, except for power and phone lines above ground, and residences have consistent setbacks depending on the street. Landscaping varies from building to building, but as this is a point of pride within the neighborhood, landscaping is of high caliber. The majority of properties feature shallow lawns, mature shrubs and flower gardens. Perimeter fences, low walls, and hedges are usually present, and some are original to the property. Most properties feature concrete or paved walkways running from the sidewalk to primary building entrances. Single Family Residential Resources: There are 632 single-family dwellings within Floral Park Historic District, constituting 99% of all resources. Single-family residences are the most common type of building within the neighborhood, consisting of modest English Revival cottages to Spanish Colonial and Colonial Revival mansions. The majority of the buildings are consistently one-story in height and feature various footprints from L-shaped to U-Shaped or irregular. A small number of streets have a concentration of larger two-story homes on double lots, these properties enjoy generous setbacks. The vast majority of properties feature rear detached garages connected to the street by long concrete driveways along the edge of the individual parcel. These were not counted as contributing due to their low level of visibility and ancillary nature. Some properties have rear detached residential buildings of either original or later additions. Those with such additions that are visible from the street and detract from historic integrity have been added to the list as non- contributing. These are few, except for those examples on corner lots where the addition is visible from the cross street. Due to the nature and character of the neighborhood and its collective efforts to maintain high historical integrity, many rear detached garages and buildings feature matching design and color elements to maintain the property's historic integrity. Due to Floral Park’s incremental growth in the post-World War I years, several architectural Period Revival styles are represented throughout the district. Several prominent architects and builders worked within the district, including Frank Lansdown, designer and architect of Bowers Museum. Many builders and contractors worked in multiple styles, such as W.H. Dixon, Roy Russell Sr, Jasper and Wesley Farney, and Allison Honer. Historic Resources Commission 255 9/23/2025