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

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French Park Historic District, Santa Ana, CA Orange County W9 FOM r-e United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 8 Page i 4 almost all of Chestnut Street has been given over to apartments. There are still some important historic houses, but they no longer convey a cohesive view of the historic and architectural character of the neighborhood. The eastern half of Eastside is primarily 1920s in development. Development began in Wilshire Square and Washington Square in the1920s. The center section of Washington Square, a pleasant tree -lined neighborhood, was developed in the late 1930s, while the northern third was built up in the 1940s and 50s. Wilshire Square, south of Heninger Park, consists of many charming single -storied Tudor Revival, Spanish Colonial Revival, and Minimal Traditional homes, all built in the 1920s. The Willard neighborhood, still has half a dozen fine historical houses, in spits:, of almost complete replacement of the original homes by .large apartment complexes in the 1970s, 80s, and 90s. The Logan neighborhood, east of French Park, was a Victoria,-, neighborhood that gave way to industrialization in the 1940s. Through the years, more and more of the original homes have disappeared or been heavily altered. There are approximately a dozen unaltered historic houses remaining. Flower Park, another 1880s-1920s neighborhood, is located west of the Civic Center. The neighborhood has seen many changes with the addition of several apartment houses and major alterations to all but eight or so of its historic homes. Fourth Street, the main artery of the Saddleback View neighborhood, still has a few of the large houses for which Santa Ana was once known. Most have been replaced by large very modern professional office buildings. 'The rest of the neighborhood, north of Fourth St., consists of a mixture of single -storied 1920s, 30s, and 40s houses. Floral Park, a large historic neighborhood north of Seventeenth St., is known for its large homes built in the 1920s, 30s, 40s, and 50s. It represents a different historical period and architectural character than the French Park Historic District. Preservation Efforts: In the 1940s and 50s, after many of the original owners of the large homes in French Park had died, the houses were purchased by landlords who made them into rooming houses. While some were fairly well main- tained, others became deteriorated. Two houses on N. Spurgeon, three on N.