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

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French Park Historic District, Santa Ana, CA Orange County rs FW0 M400.4 aw �ww.r w. ra��oo+a 0-0 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 7 Page R 831 N. French St. Gowdy House Craftsman Bungalow 1911 Medium -width clapboards cover the exterior of the one -and -one-half story Gowdy House. A side -facing gabled roof tops the house. A gabled dormer, located on the south half of the front facade, appears to have been a small covered balcony. It has now been enclosed with windows. Triangular knee braces and carved brackets accent the gable faces. A recessed porch occupies the south half of the first floor. Decorative carved brackets accent the ends of the wood frieze above the porch. A plain rail extend between a pair of elephantine piers. A matching post supports the south end of the porch. A diamond -paned leaded glass transom tops the large plate glass window located to the south of .the original front door, which contains an oval pane of beveled glass. A plate glass window, topped with a leaded glass transom and flanked with double -hung windows occupies the space to the north of the porch. A stairway and door have been added to the north facade. A single -storied slanted bay window is located to the east of the. stairway. The enclosure of the small dormered porch and the stairway and door on the north side are alterations. Ella Gowdy, the widow of the Reverend George W. Gowdy, built this house in 1911. Their daughters, Joella F. Gowdy, a teacher and vice-principal at Santa Ana High School, and Sarah, an artist , lived here with her. After Mrs. Gowdy died, Joelly continued to live here until *the 1940's. 833 N. French St. Bullard House Craftsman Bungalow 1910 N. C. Originally a two-story Craftsman Bungalow with side -facing gables, this 1910 Craftsman Bungalow shows little evidence of its historic appearance. A large extension has been added to the second floor, front facade, and the south half of the front porch has been enclosed. The manu- factured stone porch posts and foundation are still visible, however. William and Nina Bullard built this Craftsman Bungalow in 1910. He was the manager of the shoe department of the Reinhaus Bros. Department Store, located at 202 E. Fourth St. After William died, Nina continued to live here through the 1940's. 839 N. French St. Embree House Craftsman Bungalow 1911 Strong Oriental influences add a special character to the one-and-