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French Park Historic District, Santa Ana, CA Orange County <br />rs Fw 10400-4 <br />040 <br />arm k" I MW M&.MS <br />United States Department of the Interior <br />National Park Service <br />National Register of Historic Places <br />Continuation Sheet <br />Section number — Page 55 <br />Spurgeon Building. <br />and 40's. <br />912 N. Garfield St. <br />James and Phrona Alexander lived there in the 1930's <br />Goodwin House Colonial Revival 1923 <br />A side -facing gabled roof, with large caps at the peaks, tops the <br />single -storied Goodwin house. A matching front -facing gabled porch, <br />supported by round wooden columns, is placed off -center in the front <br />facade. The exterior is clad in metal siding, not original, which is made to <br />look like wide wooden clapboards. A pair of newer multi -paned doors and <br />a narrow sidelight are centered beneath the porch roof. Metal -framed <br />double -hung windows are located on each side of the porch. <br />Louis Goodwin, a local barber was the original first owner of this <br />Colonial Revival style house. By 1931 Shannon Eller, owner of the Orange <br />County Tile and Mantel Company, and his wife, Mabel, lived in the house. <br />In 1933 the house was bought by Santa Ana's oldest church, Spurgeon <br />Methodist, for use as a parsonage. Rev. Cecil Aker (1933) and Rev. Karl <br />Heilman (1941) and their families were among the occupants who lived <br />here while serving their tenure at Spurgeon Methodist. <br />916 N. Garfield Adkinson House Craftsman Bungalow 1923 <br />The Adkinson House is one four single -storied houses in a row built <br />in 1923. Narrow clapboard siding covers the exterior. The front -facing <br />gabled roof features a matching offset front porch, supported by paneled <br />elephantine posts resting on brick piers. A double -hung window, flanked <br />by narrow double -hung matching windows, is located on the south side of <br />the front door, while a pair of double -hung windows graces the north side. <br />Narrow panes of glass, with square panes in the corners, border each <br />section of each window. <br />Russell and Pauline Adkinson were the original <br />Craftsman Bungalow. They owned the Collins Nursery <br />By 1933 Harry and Laura Siemonsma lived here. He <br />manager for J. MacMullen, Chevrolet dealer, at 120 W. <br />owners of this <br />on N. Main St. <br />was the service <br />First St. <br />City Council 19 — 121 1/20/2026 <br />