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<br />Page 3 of 4 Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder) Hammond-Haan House
<br />"Recorded by Leslie J. Heumann, SAIC `Date April 2, 2003 O Continuation ? Update
<br />*1310. Significance (continued):
<br />Santa Ana Junior College. Born in Maine in 1884 and educated at Dartmouth, Hammond came to Santa Ana as a teacher of
<br />French and Spanish in 1912 and was responsible for the establishment of the junior college in 1915. In 1917, he both
<br />married Helen Hoxie and assumed the leadership position at the two schools. Respected citizens of Santa Ana, the
<br />Hammonds lived in the Victoria Drive house until 1941, when engineer Donald W. Darnell and his wife Dorothy moved in. By
<br />1945, auto dealer Otto R. Haan, his wife Dora Mae, and their family had purchased the house. Haan, bom in Michigan in
<br />1879, spent his early career as a newsagent with various railroads, rising to a position of responsibility with the Fred Harvey
<br />Company. He came to Santa Ana in 1916 or 1917 and purchased a Cadillac dealership. Over the years, he sold numerous
<br />kinds of automobiles, expanding his business to include an auto showroom on South Main Street a used car lot, and a paint
<br />and body shop. A circa 1952 newspaper article chronicled his career, noted that he had operated the Chrysler and Plymouth
<br />dealership since 1933 and that his operation at the time employed 34 with an annual payroll of $160,000. Prominent in the
<br />civic and social affairs of Santa Ana, Haan also served on the Santa Ana City Council.
<br />The Hammond-Haan House is located in Floral Park, a neighborhood northwest of downtown Santa Ana bounded by West
<br />Seventeenth Street, North Flower Street, Riverside Drive, and Broadway. Groves of oranges, avocados, and walnuts and
<br />widely scattered ranch houses characterized this area before 1920. Developer and builder Allison Honer (1897-1981),
<br />credited as the subdivider and builder of a major portion of northwest Santa Ana, arrived in Santa Ana from Beaver Falls,
<br />New York in 1922 (Talbert, pages 353-356). "Before nightfall on the day of his arrival, Mr. Honer purchased a parcel of land.
<br />And that month, he began building custom homes in Santa Ana" (Orange County Register. September 15, 1981). The
<br />parcel chosen became the Floral Park subdivision between Seventeenth Street and Santiago Creek. "When built in the
<br />1920s, the Floral Park homes were the most lavish and expensive in the area. They sold for about $45,000 each" (Orange
<br />County Register. September 15, 1981). Revival architecture in a wide variety of romantic styles was celebrated in the 1920s
<br />and 1930s and Floral Park showcased examples of the English Tudor, French Norman, Spanish Colonial, and Colonial
<br />Revival. The Allison Honer Construction Company went on to complete such notable projects as the 1935 Art Deco styled
<br />Old Santa Ana City Hall, the El Toro Marine Base during World War 11, and the 1960 Honer Shopping Plaza. Honer lived in
<br />the neighborhood he had helped to create, at 615 West Santa Clara Avenue.
<br />In the late 1920s and 1930s, another builder, Roy Roscoe Russell (1881-1965), continued developing the groves of Floral
<br />Park. An early Russell project was his 1928 subdivision of Victoria Drive between West Nineteenth Street and West Santa
<br />Clara Avenue. The homes were quite grand and displayed various revival styles, including Russell's own large, Colonial
<br />Revival mansion at 2009 Victoria Drive. In the early post World War 11 years, Floral Park continued its development as
<br />numerous, smaller, single-family houses were built. Continuing in the Floral Park tradition, they were mostly revival in style.
<br />In the 1950s, low, horizontal Ranch Style houses completed the growth of Floral Park. Today (2003) Floral Park maintains
<br />its identity as the premier neighborhood of Santa Ana, historically home to many affluent and prominent citizens.
<br />The Hammond-Haan House appears eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places and the California Register
<br />of Historical Resources. !t qualifies for listing in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties under Criterion 1 for its
<br />exemplification of the Tudor Revival style. The use of decorative half-timbering, the combination of materials such as
<br />stucco, brick and wood, the second story overhangs, and the incorporation of varied and picturesque window types are
<br />notable in this regard. It also qualities for the Santa Ana Register under Criterion 4b for its association with two prominent
<br />families in the community. The house also contributes to the historic character of the Floral Park neighborhood through its
<br />age, style, scale, and historic association with a prominent Orange County family. Additionally, the house has been
<br />categorized as "Landmark" for its unique architectural significance as an example of the Tudor Revival style that contributes
<br />to the historic streetscape of North Victoria Drive. All original exterior features of the Hammond-Haan House are considered
<br />character defining and should be preserved. These features include, but may not be limited to: materials and finishes
<br />(stucco, brick, wood); roof configuration and treatment; massing and composition; entry, doors and windows; architectural
<br />detailing (exposed beam-ends, decorative half-timbering); and stucco and brick chimney.
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