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French Park Historic District, Santa Ana, CA Orange County <br />»m. wn oDf <br />Jnited States Department of the Interior <br />National Park Service <br />fJational Register of Historic Places <br />Sontinuatiort Sheet <br />Section number Page <br />committees. A prominent Republican, he was a delegate to the 1920 <br />National Convention in Chicago. He was a founding member of the Orange <br />County Historical Society (1919), a member of Odd Fellows, A1 Malaikah <br />Temple, Sons of the Revolution, Medical Veterans of the World War, and <br />the Santa Ana Commandery No. 73 of the National Guard. In addition, he <br />acted as president of the First National Bank of Santa Ana, and served on <br />the boards of the Santa Ana Manufacturing Company, the Raitt Dairy Co., <br />the Abstract and Title Co., and the California Crate Co. He was elected to <br />the Library Board for 27 years, the Board of Education for two terms,^ and <br />served as County Physician for seven years. He was one of Santa Ana's <br />and Orange County's most prominent citizens, serving both for fifty years. <br />1200 BLOCK NORTH BUSH STREET <br />1201 N. Bush St. Isaacson House Craftsman Bungalow 1914 <br />Clad in medium-width clapboard siding, the single-storied Isaacson <br />House is topped with a low-pitched front-facing gabled roof, accented with <br />single exposed beams and vertical lath ventwork. A cutout bargeboard and <br />a decorative 1 x 12, made to look like two peaks, add interest to the front <br />facade. A recessed porch, located in the southwest comer of the front <br />facade, is supported by a large square column, clad in clapboard. Trios of <br />casement windows, bordered with narrow bands of glass and square <br />corners, are used throughout the house. The original front doors, accented <br />with six square windows above and vertical panels below, are located in <br />the north and west facades of the porch. <br />The house at 1201 was built in 1914 by Thomas and Laurence Neeley. <br />They had purchased the house facing Washington St. (204) m and but <br />this attractive Craftsman Bungalow on the back of the lot <br />The Neeleys were the owners of the Santa Ana Electrical Comfuny. Milled <br />Mg becaL the owner in the 1920s. Claude and Elizabeth Read all <br />three houses (204 and 206 E. Washington and 1201 N. Bush) from the 1940s <br />to the 1980s. Claude was an assistant mortician at Winbiglers Mortuary <br />and Elizabeth taught fourth grade in the Santa Ana School system. <br />  <br />    <br />