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

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French Park Historic District, Santa Ana, CA Orange County 040 arm jkwmw No. raµaou United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number = Page 36 aluminum windows. Brick has been added below the window on the front facade. A concrete block and wrought iron fence, topped with plaster lions surrounds the house and helps to conceal the facade. The first owners of the house at 802 N. Lacy were Charles and Carrie Langley, who occupied the house through the 1920's, 30's, and 40's. Charles started as a carrier for the Post Office and was later promoted to foreman status. 806 N. Lacy St. Harvey House Colonial Revival 1902 Similar in shape to the Langley House to the south, the Harvey House is topped with a bellcast hipped roof with a front (east) facing gable. Fanci-cut shingles cover the face of the pedimented gable. Narrow clapboard siding, trimmed with corner boards, covers the exterior. A plate glass window, with a plain transom above, is centered in the north half of the front facade, while a wrap -around porch occupies the south half. ending in the center of the south facade. Square wooden columns, trimmed in molding, and linked by a railing of plain balusters, support the porch roof. The columns and railing appear to have been added to the porch at a later time, possibly the 1930's. Leonard Harvey, who worked for the Santa Ana Post Office. for over thirty years, built this house in 1902. He went on to become Superinten- dent of Mails. He was the first student to graduate from Diamond Elementery School in ' south Santa Ana. His hobby was photography, and his most -famous photograph. was the shot of the falling baloonist on July 4, 1900. He was a Past Master of the Masons in 1915. 812 N. Lacy St. Warne House Craftsman Bungalow 1914 Narrow clapboard siding covers the exterior of the single -storied Warne House. A side -facing gabled roof, featuring a front -facing gabled roof, caps the house. Exposed beam ends, rafter tails, and latticework venting accent the roof line. Tapered elephantine columns support the corner porch, which has a solid clapboard -clad railing. Plate glass windows, topped with transoms, face the street. A grey brick chimney graces the south side. the original front door, accented with six small beveled glass windows, is still in place. The house does not appear to have any alterations, but has a chain link fence bordering the front yard.