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French Park Historic District, Santa Aria, CA Orange County <br />ar AMW...rfr. XW-WIS <br />rsPwo teaoaM <br />40 <br />)nited States Department of the interior <br />4ational Park Service <br />yationai Register of Historic Places <br />Continuatiori Sheet <br />section number 7 Page 8 1 <br />dock recessed approximately 20 feet from the entrance, is topped by a <br />stucco -clad steped parapet supported by brick pilasters. A wood cubicle <br />has been added to the westernmost quarter of the front facade. Two sets of <br />sliding aluminum windows and a paneled door are located in the front <br />portion of the cubicle. Chain link fencing has been added across the front of <br />the loading bay. The east, west, and south facades are made of red brick. <br />Two loading docks, featuring the original sliding metal doors, are located <br />on the east (alley) side. <br />George L. Wright, who came to Santa Ana in 1885, began his transfer <br />business with one horse on July 3, 1887. By the 1920's he owned three <br />trucks and owned the major moving and storage business in Santa Ana. 1-le <br />and his wife, Emma, once owned the land that was to become French Park. <br />The neighbors bought the land and moved the Wright's house to the corner <br />of Vance and Minter, in order to establish the park. In 1919 the Wrights <br />replaced their Victorian house with the Craftsman apartment house and <br />this transfer warehouse. Mr. Wright was active in several civic <br />organizations, including the Odd Fellows, the Woodmen of the World. and <br />the Fraternal Brotherhood. <br />415-417 Vance St. Galbreath Duplex Craftsman Bungalow 1922 <br />A side -facing gabled roof, accented with single . exposed beam ends <br />and vertical lath venting, tops the single -storied Galbreath duplex. <br />Prominent front porches, featuring front -facing gabled roofs, flank each <br />end. -Trios of square wpod posts, resting on square brick -clad piers with <br />concrete caps, support the porch roofs. A pair of plate glass windows, <br />topped with multi -paned transoms and flanked with casement sidelights, <br />occupy the space between the porches. Specialty clapboard siding covers <br />the exterior. <br />Mrs. Gertrude Galbreath, the first owner of this duplex, lived in the <br />north half (417) in 1922. The other side was occupied by G. Russell and <br />Genevieve Fisher. He was a partner in the Bell and Fisher Truck Co. <br />