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French Park Historic District, Santa Ana, CA <br />we F" tom• <br />040 <br />Orange County <br />OW A0Pr&b* N& ra66-018 <br />United States Department of the Interior <br />National Park Service <br />National Register of Historic Places <br />Continuation Sheet <br />Section number 7_ Page 74 <br />The following streets are all East-West cross streets: <br />400 BLOCK CIVIC CENTER DRIVE EAST <br />419 Civic Center Drive E. Cooper -Johnson House Craftsman Bungalow 1923 <br />Narrow clapboard siding covers the exterior of the Cooper -Johnson <br />House. An ell -shaped gabled roof, accented with vertical lath venting and <br />single exposed beam ends, tops the single -storied bungalow. The porch is <br />formed by a pergola, supported by square wood posts and flanked by a <br />trellis on the west side. Double -hung windows, with borders of glass in <br />each section, are used throughout the house. The plain lintels extend <br />beyond the trim on each set of windows. The original door, accented with a <br />diamond -shaped window, is flanked by double -hung sidelights. A flat - <br />roofed board -and -batten garage is located in the rear yard. <br />The first owners of this small bungalow were Roy and Evelyn Cooper. <br />Mr. Cooper was a co-owner in the real estate and insura�jce firm of Cooper <br />and Hart, located at 118 W. 3rd. St. John and Matilda Johnson lived there. <br />from 1927 until 1947. Mr. Johnson was a truck driver. <br />500 BLOCK CIVIC CENTER DRIVE EAST <br />509-509 1/2 Civic Center Drive E. Cook House Colonial Revival 1911 <br />A steeply -pitched side -facing gabled roof, accented with enclosed <br />eaves and returns, crowds the one -and -one-half story Cook House. A <br />matching gabled dormer, occupied by a pair of double -hung windows, <br />is centered in the front facade. Narrow clapboard siding, edged in corner <br />boards, covers the first floor, while wood shingles cover the gable ends and <br />dormer. A pair of plate glass windows, topped with ten -light transoms, <br />occupy the front facade. The entry portico, located on the west side, is <br />capped by a gabled roof supported by square posts. Plain stickwork accents <br />the frieze of the porch and plain balusters form the railing. A new paneled <br />door with Paladian window leads to the interior. The Sanborn maps show a <br />small recessed porch in the front, southwest corner. The porch was <br />enclosed and the portico added at an undetermined date. <br />