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

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i re RU ll rain n1J U U L LI. ULJ a=l La nll6) V6 Fam 1640Fa or AWWANO A*. M@64018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuatiori Sheet Section number .=. Page 11 with a heavy dentil-trimmed cornice, forms a frame for the recessed front door. Plate glass windows, with plain transoms, are located on each side of the front door. Wide steps, flanked by narrow piers, lead onto . the porch. A single -storied wing is located on the north side. The original carriage house is located in the back, to the west of the house. The Smith and Gleason - Carden houses share a common driveway. Lester Gleason, a partner in the Gleason Furniture Store, was the builder of this fine house. Coming to Santa Ana in 1901 from Fullerton, Nebraska, he owned several buinesses in Orange and Los Angeles Counties. He also owned an orange and lemon grove where El Modena High's athletic field is now located. A talented musician, he played in the Santa Ana Band and sang in the Mt-thodist Church choir. Lester Lincoln Carden was the second owner. Moving to Santa Ana in 1910, he went into partnership with Jabe Hill in the Hill and Carden's clothing store. He also had interests in clothing stores in Pasadena and Whittier. He was a member of the Santa Ana Lodge No. 794, BPOE, a charter member of the Santa Ana Country Club, the Santa Ana Lions, and a member of the Chrisian Science Church. In 1.92 Dr. Albert Zaiser and his wife, Grace, owned the house. He was a prominent early physician and surgeon. During the 1930's John and Dora Engel, a local ranching family, lived here. 932 N. French St. Rutan House Victorian/Colonial Revival ca. 1895/1920 The nicely -detailed prominent front gable and narrow clapboard siding indicates that this house was probably built in the 1890's. Vertical ventwork of varying widths and diagonal molding -edged trim provide a pleasing pattern in the gables that face the front and sides. Pairs of ten - light casement windows are used throughout the second story. A large arched plate glass window, located in the center of the front facade, was probably installed in the late 1920's, at the same time as the casement windows. Enclosed porches, featuring ribbons of ten -light windows, flank the large window in the center of the front facade. The Sanborn map of 1924 shows the original open entry porch on the north side, and an open porch on the south side. Both originally stopped at the edge of the front facade of the house. Brick wainscotting was installed when the porches