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

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French Park Historic District, Santa Ana, CA Orange County MM a.. �►ao. or.w�r +a�enra 040 United States Department of the Interior National Paris Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number R Page 9 .� It was in 1898-99, when Miles Crookshank built -his ornate Neo- classical Revival home on the quarter block at the corner of French and Eighth (802 N. French), that the trend toward large and elaborate houses began in the neighborhood. E. E. Keech followed, in 1899, with a splendid Neo-classical Revival home on three lots on the corner of E. Washington (201) and N. Bush. The two houses are very fine examples of the Neo- classical Revival style. Soon after the turn of the century French Park experienced its first building boom. Advertised as the "Nob Hill of Orange County," the area attracted wealthy professional people and business owners who had mostly lived in Santa Ana for a long time, building up their businesses and professions. Almost 30 houses built between 1900 and 1906 still exist in the district. Most were in the Colonial Revival or Neo-classical Revival sty](-.. Note -worthy examples on N. French include the single. -storied Corhems House at 720, the Miles Crookshank House at 802, the two-story Clarence Crookshank House at 810, the large Adams -style Colonial Revival Smith House at 916, the two-story Colonial Revival Gleason -Carden House at 918, and the Neo-classical Bishop House at 1108. The Queen Anne/Colonial Revival Cooper House, located at 801 N. Minter, was built in 1900. The two-story Colonial Revival Duggan House, located at 825 N. Lacy, was built in 1906. There are five single -storied Colonial Revival houses, built between 1902 and 1906 in the 800 block of N. Garfield. Located on a prominent corner of Civic Center Drive East and N. Spurgeon St., the two-story Colonial Revival Fox House at 713 N. Spurgeon St. is similar in design to the Brown -Baker House at 719, are two -storied and crowned with a dormered hipped roof. Both were built in 1905. The The Dr. Wehrly House at 819 N. Spurgeon is unusual in character. When it was built in 1905, it was a single -storied Colonial Revival bungalow. In 1919, Dr. Wehrly added a second story, giving the house an Italian flavor. At 1019 is the Sutton House, a single -storied Colonial Revival house with a rounded porch built in 1900.