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<br />DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI #
<br />CONTINUATION SHEET Trinomial
<br />*Recorded by H. Sobolaske
<br />"13.10. Significance (continued):
<br />or # (Assigned by recorder) Bolton House
<br />"Date July 16, 2015 ® Continuation ❑ Update
<br />Santa Ana was founded by William Spurgeon In 1869 as a speculative town site on part of the Spanish land grant known as
<br />Rancho Santiago its Santa Ana. The civic and commercial core of the community was centered around the intersection of
<br />Main and Fourth Streets. Stimulated by the arrival of the Santa Fe Railroad and incorporation as a city in 1886, and selection
<br />as the seat of the newly created County of Orange in 1889, the city grew outwards, with residential neighborhoods
<br />developing to the north, south, and east of the city center. Agricultural uses predominated in the outlying areas, with
<br />cultivated fields and orchards dotted with widely scattered farmhouses.
<br />The Bolton House is located In Floral Park, a neighborhood northwest of downtown Santa Ana bounded by West
<br />Seventeenth Sheet, 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 parcel
<br />chosen became the Floral Park subdivision between Seventeenth Street and Santiago Creek. 'When built in the 1920s, the
<br />Floral Park homes were the most lavish and expensive in the area. They sold for about $45,000 each "(Orange County
<br />Register, September 15, 1981). Revival architecture In a wide variety of romantic styles was celebrated in the 1920s and
<br />1930s; Floral Park showcased examples of the English Tudor, French Norman, Spanish Colonial, and Colonial Revival
<br />styles. The Allison Honer Construction Company went on to complete such notable projects as the 1935 Art Deco-styled Old
<br />Santa Ana City Hall, the El Toro Marine Base during World War 11, and the 1960 Honer Shopping Plaza. Honer lived in the
<br />neighborhood he had helped 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 1960s, low, horizontal Ranch Style houses completed the growth of Floral Perk. Today (2007), Floral Park maintains
<br />its identity as the premier neighborhood of Santa Ana, historically home to many affluent and prominent citizens,
<br />The Bolton House qualities for listing in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties under Criterion 3 because it embodies
<br />the distinctive characteristics of the Ranch style. Typical features of the Ranch style of architecture Include the building's
<br />wide horizontal massing, large picture windows designed to bring the outdoors "Into" the living space, and nature materials
<br />used in cladding, Additionally; the house has been categorized as "Key" because it possesses "distinctive architectural style
<br />and quality." Character - defining extorter features of the Bolton House that should be preserved include, but may not be
<br />limited to, materials and finishes (stucco and wood roofing); cross gabled roof configuration and open rafter falls; oversized
<br />picture windows, and architectural details such as the brick chimney and porte- cochere.
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