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French Park Historic District, Santa Ana, CA <br />rs Fw 10+0-• <br />044 <br />Orange County <br />am AMrwr W rowmu <br />United States Department of the Interior <br />National Park Service <br />National Register of Historic Places <br />Continuation Sheet <br />Section number = Page 80 <br />400 BLOCK VANCE STREET <br />402 Vance St. Mitchell House Craftsman Bungalow 1914 <br />Exposed rafter tails accent the hipped roof of the single -storied <br />rectangular Mitchell House, constructed in 1914. The wood shingle cladding <br />is neatly placed in alternating rows of long and short shingles. Ribbons of <br />eight -light casement windows let lots of light into the house. The recessed <br />corner porch is supported by two brick -clad square pilasters. The porch is <br />entered on the west side, and a brick -clad railing with concrete cap runs <br />along the north side. The paneled front door is in the east wall of the <br />porch, while a pair of french doors are located in the south wall. <br />Ida Mitchell, an artist, built this house in 1914 and lived here for <br />almost thirty years. In 1941 the Simcox family, Archie, Rose, Jane, and Rose <br />Marie bought the louse. Jane was a local telephone operator. <br />403-409 Vance St. Breaux Apts. Minimal Traditional <br />1948 <br />Rectangular in shape and topped with a low-pitched hipped roof, <br />the stucco -clad apartment house at 401-409 Vance Street is part of a two - <br />building complex built in 1948 by James <br />building faces Minter St. Two -over -two <br />horizontally, flank the centered front ent: <br />entrance portico is supported by square p( <br />diamond -paned casement window. A ro <br />plain wood doors is located to the east of <br />James and Laurence Breaux, who t <br />the one to the west on N. Minter, lived <br />909. James was a salesman for the W. R. <br />and. Laurence Breaux. The other <br />double -hung windows, divided <br />ance. The' single -storied hipped <br />Ists. Above the portico is a small <br />v of four matching garages with <br />the building. <br />uilt this apartment building and <br />in the other building, in apartment <br />Stotts Company. <br />410 Vance St. Wright Transfer Co. Brick Commercial 1919 <br />Constructed of red brick, the Wright Transfer Co. building was built <br />in 1919, the same year as he and Emma built the Craftsman apartment <br />house immediately to the west. The front facade, which features a loading <br />