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

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Frencn rarx ti.Lstor.Lc v.Lstrjct, )anta Ana, uA urange uounty ►ems Fwm 4404 ar Aw ww w.. rQ.mrs 040 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number Page ? n He was City Attorney for the City of Orange for two -and -a -half years, conducting that city's first bond issue. As the City Attorney for Newport Beach he conducted proceedings creating the new city. He was a member of several civic organizations. Mr. Bishop was chosen to speak at the courthouse dedication in 1901. 1109 N. French St. Van Wyk House Craftsman Bungalow 1911 Topped with a side -facing gabled roof, centered with a gabled dormer, the Van Wyk House is clad in narrow clapboard siding. Criss-cross lath venting, carved beam ends, decorative knobs, and exposed rafter tails accent the roof line. Clapboard -clad square columns support the ends of the full porch. Matching clapboard piers flank the centered porch entrance. The original front door, centered with a large plate glass window, is located between a pair of wide double -hung windows. A slanted bay is located on the south side. New used brick steps, flanked by matching piers, are recent additions. The landing and door on the second floor, south side, are not original. John and Mary Van Wyk, local ranchers, built this house in 1911. The contractor was Thomas Ash. In the 1920's G. Elmer and Anna Barrow and Fred and Alma Hampton each owned the house for a few years. The latter owned the Hampton Bros. Furniture store at 520 N. Main Street. 1112 N. French St. James Alexander House Italianate Victorian ca. 1887 A single -storied Italianate Victorian home, the Alexander House is fronted by a Colonial Revival porch, which was installed before 1920. A pair of offset connecting hipped roofs tops the house. Wide shiplap siding covers the exterior. Carved brackets decorate the enclosed eaves and plain frieze. Hoods, supported by carved brackets accent the tops of the tall, narrow double -hung windows. The shed -style porch roof, supported by round columns resting on clapboard -clad railings, is topped with a small gable, located above the entrance. The south side of the wrap -around porch has been enclosed with large wood -framed multi -paned windows. A new wooden picket fence borders the front yard. Thomas Jefferson Alexander and his wife, Mary, came to Santa Ana in 1887, building this small house that same year. Thomas was in the