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

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French Park Historic District, Santa Ana, CA WS F.. 104ao4 0-0 Orange County am Ap. - ft. rowm+a United States Department of the Interior National Paris Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 7 Page 48 1200 BLOCK NORTH LACY STREET: 1212 N. Lacy St. Brooks House 1919 Completely altered 1975 N. C. The low-pitched front -facing roof of the two-story Brooks House, is accented with exposed rafter tails and horizontal venting, the only evidence of its 1919 construction. Completely altered, the house was clad in stucco, the front porch has been enclosed, a full balcony installed above the porch, and the original windows replaced with aluminum -framed windows, in. 1975. It does not contribute to the historic district. Dr. Clifford Brooks, who had his medical offices at 208-210 N. Spurgeon, was the first owner of the house at 1212 N. Lacy. A year later Charles Ocain, a solicitor for the Santa Ana Register moved in to stay for a year. In 1922 Mrs. Ella Naylon, the widow of F. M. Naylon, became the owner and occupant for the next several years. 1214-14 1/2 N. Lacy St. Wells House Craftsman Bungalow 1910 A front -facing gabled roof, accented with a side -facing gabled dormer on the south side, tops the Wells House. Carved triangular knee braces and carved rafter tails accent the roof line. A trio of windows and a windows box are centered in the front -facing gable. Narrow clapboard siding covers the exterior. In the .1950's the full porch was enclosed with board -and - batten siding, 6-over-6 and 4-over-4 double -hung windows, and scalloped trim. The original door, centered with a large beveled glass window, was reinstalled in the front facade. A shed -style portico, supported with small wood posts, was then added to the front. A slanted bay on the south facade has a door added to the east side. A matching two-story garage with an apartment above, is located behind the house, and features a side -facing gabled roof, narrow clapboard siding, and 10-light french windows. Originally owned by Mrs. Miranda Wells, the widow of Thomas Wells, this house was constructed in 1912. By the 1930's, Robert and Lola Moore had moved in to stay for several years. He was a barber at the Valencia Barber Shop at 516 N. Main St.