Item 19 - Mills Act Agreement - 1218 N French St.

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French Park Historic District, Santa Ana, CA Orange County We FWM 164m.4 0-0 aro A"Fw w f. roµmf/ United States Department of the interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 7 Page 14 829 N. Minter St. Modern Apartment ca. 1978 N. C. Topped with a mansard .roof, the two-story ell -shaped apartment building at 821 N. Minter is clad in rough stucco, accented with half timbers. Built about 1978, the building has garages on the first floor of the rear ell and a wrought iron balcony along the front of the second floor rear ell. 831-35 N. Minter St. Wright Apartments Craftsman 1919 The two-story Wright Apartment building, located on the southeast corner of Minter and Vance Streets, features an imposing two-story full - width porch. Wood shingles cover the top half of the exterior, while wide clapboards cover the lower half of the facade. The medium -pitched side - facing gabled roof is accented by trios of carved beam ends and exposed rafter tails. An arched opening, flanked by rectangular shaped openings. is centered in the full front porch on the second floor. Below, the first floor porch is supported by square brick -clad pillars topped with concrete caps. A dramatic gabled portico accented with triangular knee braces, exposed beam ends, and a cross beam, crowns the main entrance. A slanted bay window, topped with a gabled roof, is located in the center of the north side, facing Vance Street. The Wright Apartments, already listed on the National Register, were constructed in 1919 by George and Emma Wright. The Wrights played a prominent role' in the formation of the French Park neighborhood. Moving to Santa Ana in December of 1885, they built a house on the site of what is now French Park. That house was later moved to this lot after the park was purchased by the neighbors and dedicated to the city. In 1919 the Wrights demolished the earlier house and built this two-story, three -apartment building. They lived in the spacious first floor apartment and rented the two upstairs apartments to various tenants. Mr. Wright, who went into the transfer business in 1899, built the warehouse immediately to the east of the apartment building, also in 1919. He was a member of the Oddfellows, the Woodmen of the World, the Chamber of Commerce, and the influential Sunset Club.