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

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French Park Historic District, Santa Ana, CA Orange County am AnrwwN& "aaou United States Department of the Interior National Paris Service National Register of Historic Places Continuatiori Sheet Section number 7 Page 89 219 E. Washington St. Wells -Robinson House Craftsman Bungalow 1907 The main body of the two-story Robinson House is topped with a side - facing gabled roof with a front -facing gable at the east end. A shed -style dormer, accented with a pair of multi -paned windows, graces the west end of the roof. Triangular knee braces, wood shingles, decorative knobs, and exposed rafter tails accent the roof line. A flat -roofed single -storied porch occupies the westernmost two-thirds of the house and continues west to become a port cochere. French doors lead out onto the flat porch roof, which is bordered with a railing with plain wood balusters between square posts. The porch roof is supported by large square pillars, topped with caps. A railing with plain balusters runs between the pillars. Plate glass windows, topped with transoms and flanked by double -hung sidelights, dominate the front facade, while double -hung windows are used throughout the rest of the house. A handicap ramp, bordered by a plain wrought iron balustrade, extends from the east side of the front porch. The ramp, railing, paneled front door and two smaller wood posts on the front porch are not original. Built by contractor W. D. Moore, this house was first owned by Mrs. Miranda Wells, the widow of T. N. who was a school teacher. Phranda and Ida Robinson became the owners in 1908. He came out of retirement in 1917, at the beginning of World War I, becoming vice president at the Mission Woolen Mills, located up the street at E. Washington and Santiago Blvd. The mill supplied thousands of woolen military uniforms. The Robinsons continued to live in the house until the late 1930s. 220 E. Washington St. Cameron House Queen Anne 1895 Fishscale shingles, intricate cutwork panels, finials, and molding accent the gable -roofed single -storied Cameron House. An intricate cutwork vent is centered in the middle of the front -facing pedimented gable. Enclosed eaves, with returns, border the roof line. Narrow shiplap siding, edged in corner boards, covers the exterior. The original porch, located in the northeast corner of the front facade has been enclosed with matching siding. A small recessed portico, supported by three square posts, takes the place of the larger porch. A plate glass window, topped with a transom, is located to the west of the porch. An small addition to the west side appears to have been made more than fifty years ago. The original tall narrow windows on the east side were replaced by smaller double -hung windows in 1946, when the house was mare into a dimlex.