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French Park Historic District, Santa Ana, CA Orange County ^ Otm Mo. tCX flOf United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number Page 500 BLOCK EAST WASfflNGTON STREET 501 E. Washington St. Liggett-Wallace House Craftsman Bungalow 1921 Topped with a front-facing gabled roof that extends forward to provide a recessed porch across the front, the single-storied house at 501 is clad in narrow clapboard siding. Single exposed beam ends and criss-cross lath venting accent the roof line. Pairs of 6-over-1 double-hung windows flank the french-style front door. Square posts, support the roof of the recessed porch. A new railing of plain balusters was installed when the house was rehabbed in 1987. Aluminum sliders, also installed in 1987, replace the original windows on the east side. Delbert and Ruby Liggett were the first to occupy this house in 1921. He was an employee of the Bemis Lumber Co. In 1923 Albert and Marion Wallace moved in to stay for more than twenty years. He was an engineer for the S. F. R. R. 505 E. Washington St. Thompson House Folk Victorian 1886 A side-facing gabled roof, with a centered front-facing gabled wing, tops the two-storied Thompson House. Wide shiplap . siding, trimmed in cornerboards, covers the exterior. Small single-storied shed-style porches, supported by square wood posts, occupy the corner of each apex. Double- hung windows are used .throughout the house. The plain paneled doors, topped by transoms, replace the originals. Resembling a typical Midwestern farm house, the Thompson House was built in the 1886. The first known owners, in 1901, were Mrs. Margaret Thompson and her son, Robert Scott Thompson. He was a cement worker. Margaret died about 1914 and Robert continued to live in the house alone for several years. In 1923 Andrew and La Vona Simpson moved in. He was listed as a decorator, which, in the 1920’s probably meant a painter and wallpaper hanger. In the 1930's James and Lucy Herron lived here. He was an oil worker.