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State of California—The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION CONTINUATION SHEET by Leslie J. Neumann, Peter C. Moruzzi, SAIC *P3a. Description (continued): Primary A HRI #, Trinomial or # (Assigned by recorder) Haley House *Date July 15, 2002 O Continuation ❑ Update A rebuilt exterior brick chimney near the southeast corner rises from within a shallow cant bay through hipped and gabled roofs. A concrete retaining wail borders the corner lawn and sidewalk. Several groups of hedges grow at window level around the house. The house has been converted into multiple residences, with an exterior staircase added to the west elevation and another entrance added to the enclosed porch. Nonetheless, the building is substantially original except for some windows which have been replaced. *S10. Significance (continued): Santa Ana was founded by William Spurgeon in 1869 as a speculative town site on part of the Spanish land grant known as Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana, In 1877, Spurgeon, along with James McFadden and James Fruit, formed the Western Development Company with the Intention of bringing the Southern Pacific Railroad from Its then terminus in Anaheim into Santa Ana. Thinking to capitalize on commercial growth around the railroad, the partners purchased 160 acres adjacent to the eastern city boundary at French Street. Although they were successful in luring the Southem Pacific to a new depot or, Fruit Street in Santa Ana to 1878, the expected commercial development of "Santa Ana East" never materialized. Early growth and development of the town continued to be centered further west around Fourth and Main Streets, with the result that the legacy of Santa Ana East is an angled streat plan whose intersection with the original city is marked by a small, triangular parcel, developed in the 1890s as Flatiron Park, now known as French Park. Santa Aria continued to grow, stimulated by the arrival of the Santa Fe Railroad In 1886. Following Its Incorporation as a city in 1886, Santa Ana was recognized as one of the leading communities in the area in 1889 when it became the seat ofthe newly created County of Orange. 89glnning in the 1880s and continuing well Into the twentieth century, the area around the park began to be developed with many of the finest homes in Santa Ana. Examples of Victorian era, turn of the century, and Or aftsman Homes were built along the tree -lined streets. By the 1920s, most streets in the neighborhood were folly developer/, although a few revival styled single family homes and duplexes were built during ilia 1920s, and a handful of apartments constructed in the 1930s. From the nineteenth century onwards, residents were a "Who's Who" of early Santa Ana, and included bankers, attorneys, doctors, businessmen, ranchers, teachers and others active in the civic and social life of the city. Once known as ilia "Nob Hill" of Santa Ana, French Park declined in the 1940s and 1950s as some homes were converted into rooming houses and others were allowed to deteriorate. In the 1960s and 1970s some houses were demolished and the properties redeveloped with multi -family housing.. However, a grass roots preservation effort begun in the late 1970s led to the establishment of a local historic district in 1984 and the listing of the neighborhood in the National Register of Historic Places in 1999. The Haley House was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1999 as a contributor to ilia French Pan< Historic District. It is therefore listed in the California Register of Historical Resources and is located within the boundaries of the locally designated historic district. It also qualifies for listing in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Property under Criterion 1 as an intact and representative example of a Craftsman residence from the first decades of the twentieth century. Additionally, the house has been categorized as "Kay" for its distinctive architectural style and quality. Characteristic Craftsman features include the multi -gabled roof, extensive carving of knee braces, exposed beams; rafter tails, bargeboards, and pergola, the original porch configuration and supports, fenestration, and overall messing. Ciiarecter-defining exterior features of the Haley House that should be preserved include, but may not be limited to: sheathing (clapboard); roof configuration; massing,, windows; porch and pergola; and architectural details such as knee braces, exposed beams, rafter tails, carved bargeboards, and finials. *B12, References (continued): Harris, Cyril M. American Architecture:. An Illustrated Encyclopedia. New York, WW Norton, 1998. Marsh, Diann. Santa Ana. An illustrated History. Encinitas, Heritage Publishing, 1994. McAlester, Virginia. and Lee. A Field Guide to American Houses. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1984, National Register Bulletin 16A. "How to Complete the National Register Registration Form," Washington DC: National Register Branch, National Park Service, US Dept of the Interior, 1991. Office of Historic Preservation. "Instructions for Recording Historical Resources," Sacramento; March 1995. Whitten, Marcus, American Architecture Since 1780. Cambridge: MIT Pross, 1969. 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