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Integrity <br />This site is all that remains from a once larger poultry farm and a later <br />feed mill operation developed by the original ownerlbuilder, Mr. Edward A. <br />Walker. The main residence and the accessory structures are the only <br />remaining improvements. <br />The main residence has not been altered and has been well maintained to <br />this day. Based on local building permit records, the summerhouse may have <br />originally been constructed in 1923 as a poultry house, which was later <br />expanded with an incubator puilding. If so, the present summerhouse <br />represents an extensive modification of those earlier facilities, and it now <br />exists as a one -room building, with kitchen and bath facilities. The <br />greenhouse appears to be in its original condition, but it is deteriorated and <br />is no longer in use. <br />Significance <br />The primary residence is a well- maintained and unusually large example <br />of the Mediterranean/Mission influenced Classical Box style. While this style <br />is not unique in Santa Ana or Southern California, the Walker Residence is <br />probably the best example of iris style in Santa Ana, in terms of its size, <br />Integrity and condition. <br />From a historical standpoint, the Walker Residence is locally significant, <br />as one of the few remnants of the agricultural economy that was predominant <br />in the history of Santa Ana. Mr. Edward A. Walker, the original owner of <br />this property was a successful poultry farmer in this area for Several years <br />during the early 1900's. Sometime prior to 1929 he purchased the Banner <br />Mills, a large local feed mill facility which had been inoperat've for several <br />years and revived the feed mill operation at this site. Mr. Walker operated <br />the feed mill, supplying local poultry farmers, until at least 1945, when <br />reference to it is dropped from City directories. <br />In 7950, this property was purchased by the Catholic Church of Orange <br />County, in conjunction with the development of Mater Del High School, the <br />first Catholic High School in Orange County, <br />Bibliography <br />Fiathen•ay E McKenna, Supplemental information: Request for <br />Determination of Eligibility far the Wa Iker esidence, ay -2-6-.-1987 <br />onald istoric r— pert �urve— Bristol Street Between First <br />Street and arrner Avenue, Cit v v onto na, range ounty, a ❑rnia, <br />Geographical Data and Map <br />See Exhibit "A" <br />Photographs <br />See Exhibit "B ". <br />75C -623 <br />