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Fren.cki Park Histori.c District,` San i, AnA. CA <br />we hno 1PaiM <br />Orange (:aunty <br />CAW nMMM w. M919-01e <br />United States Department of ft. interior <br />National Pa* Service <br />National' Register of Historic Places <br />ontinuatiori Sheet <br />E4ction number 8 Page 13 <br />hei: husbands and servict. pev onnel that chd not want to live can the base <br />ved in the largA hous�:.s surroundifig Downtown Santa Ana. The lar-est <br />Inn rcial center inl Orange i ounty. it provided all kinds of shopping <br />conveniences, especially for one -car families. <br />Ten two-story apartment buildings, mostly built in the rectangular <br />fourplex design that was popular at the timme were constructed in French <br />Pa:k. 'They illustrate the increased ti.banization of the City. <br />The Siernsen's Apay-tlrnerits, built In 193 i, consist of two identic:,l <br />fmur-unit buildings at 1103--07 N. flush. Rectangular and symmetrical, i. ey <br />'ea.vur,- y lar�7fE-, stationary win,�lc=��s fla-aked b��metal-framed jm. niti-paned <br />� i1d..�.i Zi i!, 1'ii.�l.1 711.1y � Y` il. 11 :,,e ` t ons 1t. urplle?, 'located at S A f.tJ. /'- 1. � G� .t. �~ 1�/ _ <br />t,-a ch was also �;'¢ I'1 """ . A 1. shai (. '.'i du�:lex w. t 11011f _.t.)Q"�j N. S"t"I"Teoi� <br />'�TS.1• �. bii..ia Y 1 li <br />'bb'ias built in J1940. <br />4: '.i'1=e year A. 9z'r6 saw the construct:io of seven Mini. -mat Tra It�o;a«1 <br />f{Slarlllfi;xPC in French 1'ur%. The Warrpr Ap urments a;. 81 7 -25 T. reric <br />A <br />a`..� s a .din - i �,. a center. T : a 'tt,5 <br />f: ur.�.r an u��.0 13;�1. I�oti?����ri t,...,-.s�ory ,r !r: tht., cc.: t;�. p � l:_:.lc1.i.;�. <br />and tkz lii. i.tz next Ct'iL.a 2t L; ,. are b4>tll cad 1i7 ss,.,_.St , .iv! al 3:;)i.. s <br />wood si:ling on 112e second floor. lfht xourplexes at the comer of racy :3ad <br />Vance fe ►-ur+ hDr*zow,2i banding bet.-,4een the two floors. <br />Th;, stucco -clad Breaux Apartments at 901-907 N.Minter, built ;n <br />1948, contain the two -over -two ltorizo;ntally divided windows so often used <br />in the 1940s. A matching building is located.. next door, at 403-09 Vance St. <br />In conclusion. the above inforrnatior illustrates that the French Park <br />Historic District conveys significant and unique visual dualities which <br />represent the historical and architectural character important to the city of <br />Santa Ana. <br />Neighborhood Context: <br />Santa Ana has several historic neighborhoods. One other, Heninger <br />Park, is designated as a local historic district. Although it is larger than <br />the French Park Historic 17istrizt, it contzia , more apartment buildings, <br />especially in the north hall'; where the Craftsman and Colonial Revival <br />homes once stood. The south half. features l:.evi­ al houses from the 1920s. <br />rvianv more of the houses have, beer, a.l.tered, particularly with stucco <br />coating and aluminum -framed windows. <br />Eastside, a large historic neighborhood south of First. St., once had a <br />of fine 1880s houses along Chestnut St. However, muck! of Eastside and <br />