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French Par!: Historic Uistric,t, Santa Ana, CA Orange County <br />'4 FWM 1G4Wa Oaac �a. usa.aars <br />United States Department of the Interior <br />?4ationai Park Service <br />National Register of Historic Places <br />N.®nfinuatioii Sheet <br />'ecbon number_ Page <br />first Boor. Wide shiplap siding covers the exterior of the top two floors, <br />while stacco covers the first floor. The ,rain entrance is throw.", a gazebo, <br />centered in t1he front of the patio in the center of the TJ. Designed to <br />complement the Wehrly House on its north side, the building exhibits a. <br />faintly ltalianate influence. Tv o story square bay wi idows are c ntered <br />in the front facades of each front unit. P-alco ies rup. along the south a.nd <br />north sides. This building ducts not ccrcgribn'.e to to,-- district because of its <br />a(Ye. <br />819 N. Spurgeon St. Dr, 'Wehrly House Coionial Revival 19051:191 <br />Wlie,n t-he Dr. We ,rlv House was built in 1905, ." wa5 a t;'�1C �E SiaE `IC - <br />storied CA)I-Jnial F'%- i i 1 u �¢ 1 „ 19' a the 7x'ehrlys added � -�n,y <br />ti e b r,�a or�ti . � � � ,.. ,:i s�.c.. <br />tort' and cnangf d the front facade, giving the house an Ita.lin.nate <br />Influence. Clad is narrow ciapboard siding. it is crowned with a flat roof , w <br />edged with a cornice. A large open porch, :reached by t.�vo f'reiicli <br />doors, is loca,.;fd on the north half of the secoad i.loor, f_o.-,jt facade. i'zdis <br />of Yilliki-La:1 d cas-nient wil.j1dows a-e! `sff. throughout the ',L,o?t fac i, <br />with the e<xc pti.on of the large in-ulti-oanud stationary, window in th(� <br />center of the slanted bay window in the north half ct' the first story. It <br />bordered by a ca. 195,0 wrought iror. raping. The front portico, featuring a <br />segmented arch, is supported by pairs of round wooden columns. A <br />slanted bay window, orieinwl to th-e 1905 construction, is centered in the <br />north facade. A large staii.ed glass window, depicting a European scene. <br />was installed in the south facade in 1919. <br />Dr. John Wehrly, a physician who was one of Santa Ana and Orange <br />County's finest doctors, and his wife, Augusta, built the house at 819 is <br />1905. He specialized in diseases of the sto.rnach and electro-theraputics. <br />Coming to California and Santa Ana in 1901, he opened his first office in <br />the Finley Block in Downtown Santa Ana. In 1912 he moved into his own <br />building at 607 N. Main. St. Serving as County Physician from 1911 to <br />1915, he was one of the founders of the Orange County Hospital and Poor <br />Farm. He was a member of the American Medical Association, the State <br />