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French Park Historic District, Santa Ana, CA Orange County United States Department of the Interior National Pari( Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number Page 88 placed diagonally in the apex of the ell. A conical tower at the southwest corner features recessed casement windows. A multi-paned plate glass window, flanked by multi-paned sidelights, is located to the west of the door. The front-facing gable is centered with a large arched plate glass window, flanked by multi-paned sidelights. Multi-paned casement windows are used throughout the rest of the house. A wing wall extends downward on the east side of the front facade. Awnings have been added above the windows, and the paneled front door is new. Louisa Schildmeyer, the widow of Anton, built this house after he died on December 20, 1919. They had been ranchers with property on Grand Avenue. Coming to the Santa Ana area in 1893, they purchased two ranches totaling 88 acres, and raised Navel and Valencia oranges, English walnuts, and apricots. They were known for their "well-planned orchards, sym metrical yards, drying-houses, and poultry houses." Mrs Schildmeyer lived in this house for eleven years. 216 E Washington St. Flook House Prairie School 1909 Topped by a flat roof with enclosed eaves, the Flook House is clad in its 1909 coat of stucco. The single-storied flat-roofed front porch and port cochere are supported by large square stucco-clad pillars with concrete caps. A plain wood railing connects the pillars, A large window set to the west of the front porch features three double-hung windows, with the largest one in the center. Double-hung windows are used throughout the rest of the house. The original front door features a large beveled glass window. A stucco-clad chimney graces the west' facade. Awnings have been added to the front windows. Robert and Jennie Flook lived in this house in 1901 with their grown daughters, Jessie and Eva. Eva was a teacher in Fullerton and Jessie was a stenographer. Mr. Flook was a plumber by trade. In 1910 Stephen Clark, who was in the carriage and implement business at 219 N. Sycamore, bought the house. Two years later he became a partner in the real estate firm of Clark and Crowther, located at 115 W. Fourth St. By 1923 Herbert Sammis, an assistant cashier at the California National Bank and his wife, Theo, a music teacher, were living here. A Flook family member says that the original house, built before the turn of the century, was completely remodeled in the Prairie School style in 1909 by her grandfather, Robert Flook.