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French Park Historic District, Santa Ana, CA Orange County <br />I Amrrnrnim. imt aai$ <br />United States Department of the Interior <br />National Par1( Service <br />National Register of Historic Places <br />Continuation Sheet <br />Section number Page <br />Dr. LeRoy Whitson, a well-known dentist who served Santa Anans for <br />over fifty years, and his wife, Mattie, built this house in 1911. They lived in <br />it, at its former location around the corner on N. Spurgeon Street, for almost <br />forty years. The house was moved from its former location ten years ago, <br />to save it from demolition. <br />321 E. Eighth St.Chilton House Italianate 1883 <br />Two-stories high and square in plan, the Chilton House is topped with <br />a truncated hipped roof, and features a pedimented gable at the top of a <br />two-story square bay. Carved brackets, placed along a carsiding frieze, <br />accent the roofline, Wide shiplap siding, edged with corner boards, covers <br />the exterior. Tall narrow double-hung windows in pairs and singles, are <br />used throughout the house. The single-story hip-roofed porch is supported . <br />by turned posts. Arched friezes nm between the posts and the railing is <br />composed of carved balusters, alternated with square blocks and centered <br />with cut out circles. The original front door is paneled with a reversed <br />cross pattern. <br />Robert Francis Chilton, who arrived in Santa Ana in 1876, was in the <br />banking business in the city for more than twenty-five years. He served as <br />City Treasurer for several years and was appointed Postmaster in Nov. <br />of 1885. He was Head Cashier for the Orange County. Trust and Savings <br />Bank, and developed a section of property in northwest Santa Ana. He was <br />a member of the Masons and served as secretary to that group. Ten years <br />ago, the house was moved from Sixth St. to 8th St. because it was scheduled <br />to be demolished for an apartment house project. <br />300 BLOCK EAST NINTH ST. <br />312 E. Ninth St. Moore-Engler House Craftsman Bungalow 1923 <br />Clad in narrow clapboard siding, the Engler house, built in 1923, is <br />topped with a side-facing gabled roof with a prominent front-facing gabled <br />porch. Single exposed beams and vertical lath venting accent the roof line. <br />Trios of square posts, resting on brick pilasters clad in grey and brown <br />glazed bricks, support the corners of the porch. Eight-light casement  <br />    <br />