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French Park Historic District, Santa Ana, CA Orange County <br />%ft Pam 10400.4 <br />0-0 <br />arm /w"w Pr. lapespis <br />United States Department of the Interior <br />National Park Service <br />National Register of Historic Places <br />Continuation Sheet <br />Section number _ Page —5 <br />the major support for the local economy. Many ranchers lived in town, <br />commuting to their property close by. A sampling of the ranching families <br />who built or bought houses in French Park: <br />Albert Perkins (1102 N. French) was a botonist and rose <br />grower with substantial property in E1 Modena; <br />Wyllys Perkins (808-10 N. Spurgeon), his brother, also owned <br />160 acres in El Modena; <br />William Gregg, rancher, bought 720 N. Spurgeon in 1907; <br />The Klatt family (201 E. Washington) owned a large citrus <br />grove at 17th and Tustin Avenues. <br />Louisa Schildmeyer (209 E. Washington) owned a ranch on <br />Grand Avenue; <br />Gustav and Nellie Bruns built the house at 1209 N. Spurgeon; <br />Harle and Josephine Kittle built the finely -detailed house at <br />1102 N. French in 1909; <br />John and Mary Van Wyk built the house at 1109 N. French <br />in 1911; <br />John and Wilhelmina Thee, who owned a ranch at 128 W. <br />19th St., built the large Craftsman Bungalow in 1914. <br />Edward Moore, who owned a celery, barley, corn, and peat farm <br />south of Santa Ana, built the houses at 312 E. 9th St. and <br />820 N. French St. <br />Joseph Holtz built the bungalow at 911 N. Lacy in 1928. He <br />was a farmer and beekeeper in Silverado Canyon. <br />Business Owners and Managers: <br />Owners of many businesses built or purchased houses in French Park <br />in the late 19th century and first quarter of the 20th century. The <br />Titchenels, one of Santa Ana's most prominent early pioneer families, built <br />the house at 419 Wellington in 1887. They contructed and managed the <br />Titchenel Block in downtown Santa Ana. <br />George Preble, a contractor who constructed several fine buildings in <br />Orange County, built (in 1919) and lived in the house at 1113 N. Spurgeon. <br />He was the contractor for the Masonic Temple, Elks Hall, and Christian <br />Science, Unitarian, and Congregational churches in Santa Ana, as well as the <br />Santa Ana High School. He also built the Balboa Pavilion in 1905. <br />