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French Park Historic District, Santa Ana, CA Orange County United States Department of the Interior National Parle Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number __ 7_ Page_4_3_ 1200 BLOCK NORTH LACY STREET: 1212 N. Lacy St. Brooks House 1919 Completely altered 1975 N. C. The low-pitched front-facing roof of the two-story Brooks House , is accented with exposed rafter tails and horizontal venting, the only evidence of its 1919 construction. Completely altered, the house was clad in stucco , the front porch has been enclosed , a full balcony installed above the porch , and the original windows replaced with aluminum-framed windows, m 1975 . It does n ot contribute to the historic district. Dr. Clifford Brooks, who had his medical offices at 208-210 N . Spurgeon , was the first owner of the house at 1212 N. Lacy. A year later Charles Ocain, a solicitor for the Santa Ana Register moved in to stay for a year. In 1922 Mrs . Ella Naylon, the widow of F .. M . N a ylon, became the owner and occup a nt for the next several years. 1214-14 1/2 N. Lacy St. Wells House Craftsman Bungalow 191 0 A front-facing gabled roof, accented with a side-facing gabled d ormer on the south side, tops the Wells House . Carved triangular knee braces and carved rafter tails accent the roof line. A trio of windows and a windows box are centered in the front-facing gable . Narrow clapboard siding covers the exterior. In the .1950's the full porch was enclosed with board-and - batten siding, 6-over-6 and 4-over-4 double-hung windows, and scalloped trim. · The original door, centered with a large beveled glass window , was reinstalled in the front facade. A shed-style portico, supported with small wood posts, was then added to the front. A slanted bay on the south facade has a door added to the east side. A matching two-story garage with an apartment above, is located behind the house, and features a side-facing gabled roof, narrow clapboard siding , and 10-light french windows. Originally owned by Mrs . Miranda Wells, the widow of Thomas Wells , this house was constructed in 1912. By the 1930's, Robert and Lola Moore had moved in to stay for several years. He was a barber at the Valencia Barber Shop at 516 N. Main St.