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United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number Page single-storied Williams House. Pairs of carved brackets accent the cornice of the porch. The original stucco cladding covers the house. Square stucco- clad columns support the porch roof. Large ornately-carved balusters form the porch railing. A plate glass window, transom, and double-hung sidelights are used on each side of the wide front door, also flanked by sidelights. A stucco-clad chimney graces the south facade. The porte cochere, formed by a continuation of the porch to the south, over the driveway, once had a square column that matched the other three. It has been replaced with a plain 4X4. A wooden awning shelters the window to the north of the porch. Richard and Daisy Elizabeth Williams built this Spanish Colonial house in 1922. By the time they had arrived in Santa Ana in 1911 they were retired. They lived at 1311 N. Spurgeon for several years before building this house. Mr. William passed away a year after they moved in and Daisy continued to live here alone through the 1920s, 30s, and 40s. 1106 N. Spurgeon St. Claycomb House Colonial Revival ca. 1905/1931 A bellcast hipped roof, centered with gabled dormers facing each direction, the Claycomb House is clad in narrow clapboard siding. Carved brackets accent the wide enclosed eaves. A plain frieze, accented with decorative knobs, forms a beltcourse between the two floors. Double-hung windows, accented with wood shutters, are used throughout the second floor. A small decorative balcony fronts the second story window on the south, while a curved ledge and bracket underscore the window on the north. On the first floor a large slanted bay window, centered with a plate glass window and diamond-paned transom, and flanked by double-hung sidelights, is located to the north of the front door. The front porch, originally recessed in the south half of the front facade, has been enclosed, with narrow clapboard siding. A stationary diamond-patterned window, typical of the 1950's, and a paneled door were installed at that time. A • rectangular single-storied bay, located on the north side, appears to have been added in 1931, when the house was moved. The shutters and enclosure of the porch are alterations between 40 and 50 years old. The Claycomb House was moved to this location in 1929 by William White, who owned the house next door at 1102 (now demolished) and this