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2State of California —The Resources Agency
<br />DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION
<br />CONTINUATION SHEET
<br />by Hally Soboleske
<br />*B10. Signifleance (continued):
<br />Primary #
<br />HRI #
<br />Trinomial
<br />or # (Assigned by recorder) Ault House
<br />*Date July 23, 20150 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 de 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 grow 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 Ault House is located in Floral Park, a neighborhood northwest of downtown Santa Ana bounded by West Seventeenth
<br />Street, North Flower Street, Riverside Drive, and Broadway. Groves of oranges, avocados and walnuts, and widely scattered
<br />ranch houses characterized this area before 1920. Developer and builder Allison Honer (1897- 1981), credited as the
<br />subdivider and builder of a major portion of northwest Santa Ana, arrived In Santa Ana from Beaver Falls, New York in 1922
<br />(Talbert, pages 353 -356). "Before nightfall on the day of his arrival, Mr. Honer purchased a parcel of land, Arid that month,
<br />he began building custom homes in Santa Ana "(grange County Register, September 15, 1981). The parcel chosen became
<br />the Floral Park subdivision between Seventeenth Street and Santiago Creek. "When built in the 1920s, the Floral Park
<br />homes were the most lavish and expensive In the area. They sold for about $45,000 each' (Orange County Register,
<br />September 15, 1081). Revival architecture in a wide variety of romantic styles was celebrated In the 1920s and 1930s; Floral
<br />Park showcased examples of the English Tudor, French Norman, Spanish Colonial, and Colonial Revival styles. The Allison
<br />Honer Construction Company went on to complete such notable projects as the 1,935 Art Deco - styled Old Santa Ana City
<br />Hall, the El Toro Marine Base during World War 11, and the 1960 Honer Shopping Plaza. Honer lived in the neighborhood he
<br />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 1950s, low, horizontal Ranch Style houses completed the growth of Floral Park Today (2008), Floral Park maintains
<br />its identity as the premier neighborhood of Santa Ana, historically home to many affluent and prominent citizens.
<br />The Ault House qualifies for listing in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties under Criterion 1 for its exemplification
<br />of the distinguishing characteristics of the Tudor Revival style. Typical features of this style illustrated by the house include
<br />its asymmetrical composition; wood shingle sheathed roof, original windows, and brick clad chimney on the front facade.
<br />Additionally, the house has been categorized as "Key" because of Its association with J. Carroll and Dorothy Ault, active in
<br />the Santa Ana Community for over 70 years. Character- defining exterior features of the Ault House that should be preserved
<br />include, but may not be limited to, materials and finishes (stucco hand troweled cladding and wood roofing material); roof
<br />configuration and detailing; original windows and doors where extant; attached chimney; architectural details such as the
<br />original wood front entry door.
<br />812. References (continued):
<br />Armor, Samuel. History of Orange Count'. Los Angeles: History Record Company, 1921, p. 1306
<br />Franklin, Don. "NW Santa Ana History: Roy Russell & Son, Builders." Unsourced article from the Santa Ana History Room,
<br />Historic House File, circa 1995.
<br />Harris, Cyril M. American Architecture: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, New York, WW Norton, 1998.
<br />Marsh, Diann. SanteAna An illustrated History. Encinitas, Heritage Publishing, 1994.
<br />McAlester; Virginia and Lee. A Field Guide to American Houses. New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1984.
<br />McGutnnes, Liz. 'A Fruitful Career; Mosquito Bite Changed a Life." Los Angeles Times, September 24, 1980, part V, pp, I
<br />and 8.
<br />National Register Bulletin 16A. "How to Complete the National Register Registration Form.' Washington DC: National
<br />Register Branch, National Park Service, US Dept. of the Interior, 1991.
<br />Office of Historic Preservation. "Instructions for Recording Historical Resources. "Sacramento: March 1995.
<br />Santa Ana and Orange County Directories, 1932 -1954,
<br />(See Continuation Sheet 3 of 4.)
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