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

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