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

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French Park Historic District, Santa Ana, CA Orange County OW W I ft. KOO-WIN rs F.. 1040a+ w United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 7 Page 60 located to the north of the windows. Double -hung windows are used throughout the rest of the house. A side entrance and a slanted bay window face north, while a rounded bay (breakfast room) is located near the rear of the south side. The building, now a church, does not appear to contribute to the historic district because of its alterations. Oscar Lindsay, the first owner of this house, operated the grocery section of the Main Department Store in downtown Santa Ana. Two years later, William and Elizabeth Gregg, local ranchers, moved in. By 1923 Samuel and Bess Hill owned the house. He owned the Sam Hill Public Market at 301-313 W. Fourth St. Mr. Hill, who called his store "The Kansas Tin Shop", was known for his special ads in the newpaper that comr,enttd, in letter form, on local civic affairs and how to improve them. Active irf local civic organiz,,;.tions, he was a Past Master of the Masons. 800 BLOCK NORTH SPURGEON STREET 802-04 N. Spurgeon St. Spanish Colonial Revival Apartments 19 37 Symmetrical in shape, the four -unit two-story Spanish Colonial Revival apartments on the corner of Spurgeon and 8th Streets are clad in the original stucco. A side -facing gabled roof tops the building. Plate glass windows, flanked by casement windows and pairs of casement windows accent the second story. Open staircases flank the north and south ends of the building. Pairs of casement windows, shaded by hoods, provide the first floor fenestration. Recessed first floor entrances near the north and south ends are reached through fanciful ornamental arched entries. A matching two-story garage -apartment unit is located behind the main building, across the wide driveway. Built in 1937, these Spanish Colonial apartments had as first tenants: (802) Hubert and Clemm Nutt; (802 1/2) Samuel and Anna Shane. They owned a men's furnishings business at 208 E. Fourth St; (804) Edward and Maurine Grothier, a janitor; (804 1/2) Frederick and Pauline Petri. He was a technician for the G. W. Spratt Optical Co.