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7248 WEST BISHOP STREET. This structure, with some 110 feet of <br />Bristol Street frontage, is constructed in the Prairie style. The <br />Prairie style was introduced by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1900 in build- <br />ings in northern Illinois. The style is quite common in the midwest, <br />and is only infrequently encounLered in southern California. The <br />example at 1248 West Bishop Street has been identified by Heritage <br />Orange County, Incorporated, a local historical group, as having <br />Preservation potential. <br />On 1 July 1919 E. A. Talker was issued a building permit to erect a <br />warehouse at this location. Another building permit was issued in June <br />1922 for construction of the residence. A poultry house was added in April <br />1923 and an incubator house was constructed in September of the same year, <br />A greenhouse was added in early 1935. Some of the buildings have since <br />been converted to other uses, or have been replaced by later construction. <br />For example, there is currently no indication of a poultry or incubator <br />house, but a building currently referred to as a "summer house" now ex- <br />ists. This is a one room building with kitchen and bath facilities lo- <br />cated behind the main house. The greenhouse is still in existence, but <br />is no longer used as such. <br />About 1950 the ownership of 1248 West Bishop Street passed to the <br />Catholic Bishop of Los Angeles and subsequently to the Bishop of Orange. <br />The change of ownership occured about the time Mater Oei High School, a <br />few blocks to the south, was being constructed. The house was apparently <br />purchased as a support facility for Mater Dei High School, since it now <br />houses several Fathers of the �lohertine Order, instructors at the hiyh <br />school. <br />flue to the pnssibilicy fnr historical preservaCit +n repres ntpd by <br />the Walker House, a Building Evaluation Form has been completed and may <br />be found in the Appendix. <br />OTHER CONSTRUCTION; <br />'rhe balance of the re:maininq construction along Bristol Street in <br />the study area consists of a variety of tract homes, commercial buildings, <br />schools and churches, none at which have historic preservation potential. <br />The bulk of the construction was subsequent to 1950, <br />75C -735 <br />10 <br />