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

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Frencn rarK n15Lor1C: UISLL-1(:L; aallLd All d, l.N VLa11s we FW=104MW4 0414 OW Mr.wi rr. 9"-0+8 United States Department of the interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places continuation Sheet Section number 7 Page 17 1229 N. French St. Grace House California Bungalow 1921 N C. A low-pitched front -facing gable, fronted with a matching offfset porch roof, tops the Grace House. Exposed rafter tails and single beam ends accent the roof line. Square brick pillars, clad in newer brick, support the porch roof. A slanted bay, located to the north end of the porch, is topped with a flat roof. Aluminum -framed windows have been installed through- out the house. Because of the alterations, which include the stucco - cladding, aluminum -framed windows, brick -clad pillars, and wrought iron and slumpstone fence, this house does not appear to contribute to the district. Roscoe Wilson, who also built the house next door in 1921, built this house for Charles Grace, a local real estate agent with offices in the Rowley Building at 107 1/2 E. Fourth St. They lived in the house until 1933, when it became a rental. By 1941 Robert and Louise Garrett owned the house. They were jewelers ,with a shop in the Grand Central Market Building on Second St. in downtown Santa Ana. 1230 N. French St. William Smith House Craftsman Bungalow 1909 The finely -detailed one -and -one-half story Craftsman Bungalow on the corner of French. and Washington is crowned with a steeply -pitched side -facing gabled roof. Carved knee braces and rafter tails accent the roof line. ' Fishscale shingles • decorate the gable faces. A pair of double -hung windows, accented with multi -light patterns in the top one fourth, are centered in the dormer. Narrow clapboard siding covers the exterior and the supports at each end of the full front porch. Fluted columns are placed beside each pillar, and rest on the solid clapboard -clad railing. A plate glass window, topped with a multi -paned transom and double -hung sidelights, graces the section to the south of the door, while a wide double - hung window is located on the north side. The original door, centered with a large beveled glass window, is accented with a sill and dentil trim below the window. A cantilevered slanted bay window is centered in the north facade, facing Washington Street. The foundation, piers, and a low wall around the front yard are all made of manufactured stone. The wrought iron rail in the front and an entrance added to the south side appear to be the only alterations.