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<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
<br />selection 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 Reid 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
<br />scatterer( ranch houses characterized this area before 1920. Developer and builder Allison Honer (1897. 1981), credited as
<br />the subdivider and builder of a major portion of northwest Santa Ana, arrived In Santa Ana from Beaver Falls, New York in
<br />1922 (Talbert, pages 353 -356). 'Before nightfall on the day of his arrival, Mr. Honer purchased a parcel of land. And that
<br />month, he began building custom homes in Santa Ana" (Orange County Register September 15, 1981). The parcel chosen
<br />became the Floral Park subdivision between Seventeenth Street and Santiago Creek. "When built in the 1920s, the Floral
<br />Park homes were the most lavish and expensive in the area. They sold for about .$45,000 each" (Qranga County Reo(star,
<br />September 15, 1981). Revival architecture in a wide variety of romantic styles was celebrated in the 1920s and 1930s;
<br />Floral Park showcased examples of the English Tudor, French Norman, Spanish Colonial, and Colonial Revival styles. The
<br />Allison Honer Construction Company went on to complete such notable projects as the 1935 Art Deco- styled Old Santa Ana
<br />City Hat /, the El Toro Marine Base during World War Il, and the 1960 Honer Shopping Plaza. Boner 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 (1681- 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 it years, Floret 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 Floret Park. 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 Reid House qualities for listing in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Property under Criterion 1 as it is a good
<br />example of perlod architecture ". All original exterior features of the Reid House are considered to be character defining and
<br />should be preserved. These features include, but may not be limited to: materials and finishes (stucco and texture); roof
<br />configuration, materials, and treatment; massing and composition; entry, doors and windows and fenestration patterns.
<br />*1312. References (continued):
<br />Harris, Cyril M. Anerican Architecture: An Illustrated Encvclapedia. New York, WW Norton, 1998.
<br />Marsh, Diann. Santa Ana An illustrated History. Encinitas, Heritage Publishing, 1994.
<br />McAlester, Virginia and Reid. A Field Guide to American Houses. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1984.
<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 />Whiffen, Marcus. American Archltectitra Since 1780. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1969.
<br />"Alison Honer Dies at 84," The Santa Ana Journal, September 21, 1981.
<br />"Builder of Honer Plaza Dies," Orange County Register, September 15, 1981,
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<br />History of Foral Park htfp:Owww.floraI-
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<br />Talbert, Thomas (editor-ln- chief). ist ricaf
<br />Volume and Reference Works including
<br />Biographical Sketches of Leading Cithens, Volume
<br />I. Whittier, Historical Publishers, 1963.
<br />Armor, Samuel. History of Orange County. 1921.
<br />*B12. References (continued):
<br />Pleasants, Mrs. J. E. History of Orange County. Los Angeles: J. R. Finnell & Sons Publishing Co., 1931, Vot_ 2, page 80
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