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French Park Historic District, Santa Ana, CA Orange County •>M) m. K»4 aei» United States Department of the interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuatioil Sheet Section number Page shed style front porch. Wide clapboard siding covers the ends of the second floor, while stucco covers the remainder of the structure. Square posts support the porch, which has been partially enclosed with screen. Double-hung windows are used throughout the house. Shutters flank the first floor windows. The stucco, shutters, and porch enclosure are alterations. A white picket fence borders the front yard. George and Jennie Collins were the original owners of this 1909 house. He was a teacher at Commercial High School. In 1916 Henry and Augusta Meyer purchased the house and lived here until the mid- 1920s. . He was a tailor by trade. 419 Wellington St. Titchenel-Catland House Craftsman 1887/1925 The unusual architectural character of this 1887 Victorian house can be explained by the 1925 remodel that added Craftsman elements. At that time, the roof was raised, adding more rooms on the second floor, and the porch was redesigned. The ell-shaped gabled roof, accented with single exposed beam ends, rafter tails, and louvered vents, features a prominent front bay on the east side. Casement windows with muntins in the top third, are used throughout the second story. A railing of plain balusters, placed between square piers, borders the flat roof of the single-storied porch. Square wood posts, resting on paneled piers, support the 1925 front porch. From the Victorian era are the cut corners, tear drops, paired double-hung windows, and wide shiplap siding trimmed with corner boards. One of Santa Ana's most prominent pioneer families, the Titchenels came to the new village on November 9, 1969, one month after William Spurgeon bought the property that was to become Santa Ana. The Titchenels bought two lots. Tradition says that he built the town's first house in town, on Fourth St. This was his second house, built in 1887, oh a piece of property that covered the whole block from Wellington to Washington and French to Lacy Streets. From 1881 to 1886 he also built and operated the Titchenel Block in downtown Santa Ana. Serving as an early peace officer, he also was a farmer, a builder, and a teamster. Osgood and Aurelia Catland, along with their daughter, Irene, a teacher in nearby Tustin, moved into the house in 1906, purchasing it four years later. In 1910 Osgood is listed as an engineer. The Catland family lived in the house until the 1960's.