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French Park Historic District, Santa Ana, CA Orange County jnlted States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet . icis opf Section number Page sliding aluminum windows and a paneled door are located m t e ron portion of the cubicle. Chain link fencing has been added across the front of the loading bay. The east, west, and south facades are inade of red brick. Two loading docks, featuring the original sliding metal doors, are located on the east (alley) side. George L. Wright, who came to Santa Ana in 1885, began his transfer business with one horse on July 3, 1887. By the 1920's he owned three trucks and owned the major moving and storage business in Santa Ana. He and his wife, Emma, once owned the land that was to become French Park. The neighbors bought the land and moved the Wrights house to the corner of Vance and Minter, in order to establish the park. In 1919 the Wrights replaced their Victorian house with the Craftsman apartment house and this transfer warehouse. Mr. Wright was active in several civic organizations, including the Odd Fellows, the Woodmen of the World, and the Fraternal Brotherhood. 415-417 Vance St. Galbreath Duplex Craftsman Bungalow 1922 A side-facing gabled roof, accented with single. exposed beam ends and vertical lath venting, tops the single-storied Galbreath duplex. Prominent front porches, featuring front-facing gabled roofs, flank each end. Trios of square wpod posts, resting on square brick-clad piers with concrete caps, support the porch roofs. A pair of plate glass windows, topped with multi-paned transoms and flanked with casement sidelights, occupy the space between the porches. Specialty clapboard siding covers the exterior.Mrs. Gertrude Galbreath, the first owner of this duplex, lived m the north half (417) in 1922. The other side was occupied by G. Russell and Genevieve Fisher. He was a partner in the Bell and Fisher Truck Co.