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State of California—The Resources Agency
<br />DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION
<br />CONTINUATION SHEET
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<br />"B1o. Significance (continued):
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<br />or # (Assigned by recorder) Kinwald House
<br />"Date October 6, 2016 El Continuation ❑ Update
<br />Santa Ana was founded by William Spurgeon in 1669 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 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 clotted with widely scattered farmhouses.
<br />The Kinwald House is located in Floral Park, a neighborhood northwest of downtown Santa Ana bounded by West
<br />Seventeenth Street, 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 (1897-1961),
<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 />Arid that month, he began building custom homes in Santa Ana" (Orange Countv 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 Countv
<br />Register, September 15, 1961). 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. Tho Allison Honer Construction Company went on to complete such notable projects as (lie 1935 Art Deco -styled Old
<br />Santa Ana City Hall, the EI 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 1926 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, 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 (2007), Floral Park maintains
<br />its identity as the premier neighborhood of Santa Ana, historically home to many affluent and prominent citizens.
<br />The Kinwald House qualities for listing to the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties under Criterion 3 because it
<br />embodies the distinctive characteristics of the Colonial Revival style. Typical features of the Colonial Revival elements,
<br />including the building massing, a consistent fenestration pattern, a bay window, and covered front porch. Additionally, the
<br />house has been categorized as Key" because it possesses "distinctive architectural style and quality." Character -defining
<br />exterior features of the Kinwaid House that should be preserved include, but may not be limited to, materials and finishes
<br />(stucco, brick, and wood siding); crass gabled roof configuration and detailing; single hung windows, and architectural details
<br />such as the paneled front door and sidelights, door surround, and fenestration pattern.
<br />B12. References (continued):
<br />Harris, Cyril M. American Architecture: An Illustrated Encyclopedia. New York, WW Norton, 1998.
<br />Marsh Diann. Santa Ana An Illustrated History. Encinitas, Heritage Publishing, 1994,
<br />McAlester, Virginia and Lee. A Field Guide to American Houses. Now 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 Histortc Preservation. "Instructions for Recording Historical Resources," Sacramento: March 1995.
<br />Pheasants, Mrs. J. E. History of Orange County, California volume 2. Los Angeles: J. R. Finnell & Sons, 1931, pp. 364-365.
<br />Whitten, Marcus, American Architecture Since 1786, 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, 1961.
<br />"History of Floral Park." http://Www.floral-park.com/Page2html.
<br />Santa Ana and Orange County Directories, 1937-1978.
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