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

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French Park Historic District, Santa Ana, CA Orange County ar A.M.i ft. nod-aou Mited States Department of the Interior 4ationa! Park Service rational Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet ;action number 7 Page 50 800 BLOCK NORTH GARFIELD STREET 803 N. Garfield St. Childs House Colonial Revival 1902 Placed on the diagonal on the lot at the corner of Garfield and Civic Center Drive East, the single -storied Childs House is clad in narrow clapboard siding and topped with a steeply -pitched hipped roof with enclosed eaves. A recessed porch, supported with turned posts, occupies the north half of the front facade. A plain balustrade, probably not original, runs between the posts. The original front door is located in the south face of the porch. New metal -framed double -hung windows replace the original wood -sashed windows. Shutters have been added to all of the windows. A carpenter, Oscar M. Childs, was the builder of this small house, which faces the corner of Civic Center Drive East (originally Stafford St.) and Garfield. Fred and Carrie Hawkins were the next owners, and lived here during the 1920s, 30s, and 40s. He was a laborer. 809 N. Garfield St. Vacant lot N. C. The Emmanuel House, an AIDS Hospice, will be built on this lot in 1997-98. The design, which is compatible with the historic character of the neighborhood, was recently approved by the Historic French Park Association. 813 N. Garfield St. Stearns House Transitional Bungalow 1906 Topped with a front -facing gabled roof, the Stearns House is clad in medium -width clapboard siding. Triangular knee braces, carved rafter tails, rows of decorative knobs and a trio of vertical vents accent the roof line and gables. The recessed porch, supported by a clapboard -clad column, is located in the northwest half of the front facade. Two aluminum -framed windows and a metal awnings are the alterations in the front facade. Double -hung windows are used throughout the rest of the house. The front door, located in the south face of the porch, contains two rows of three small square windows at the top and vertical panels below. A local harnessmaker, Dan Stearns, and his wife, Lillie, built this Transitional Bungalow in 1906. He worked for the William F. Lutz Company.