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UWARTMENTOFPARK&AND RECREATION
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<br />CONTINUATION -SHEET" Trinorm6l
<br />Page _3 of -3 ResourFo Name, or # (Assignedby recorder) Molhotto House
<br />*Recorded by Brian Matuk 'Date September ,5,'WO LEI Continuation' _01.1
<br />*:BID. Significance (continued):I pdutw
<br />Is Ana was d con in 1
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<br />a " ad 5 ifiarn Spurg
<br />'San n fou y W
<br />Rancho
<br />h I lia 60 an a Am,
<br />- The civic 0 d con,
<br />a c 0 Santiago
<br />�n go S I n"
<br />Main 0 11 the 0�vaj of
<br />aill a06 Odb eo 6 Stimulated by
<br />selection
<br />a a as 0 sea no ' /Y Created County o(Orange !n• i 889, aha city grew oulwarrls,tvilli residential notghoorhoods;
<br />I ction _ th Sir I of I�e w
<br />a0voto ping to the north,
<br />south;
<br />and east of the citycenter. Agricultural uses predominated fn the outlying areas with
<br />1, t ,
<br />11. at r
<br />cu v ed 'Olds and orchards oiled with viidely scattered
<br />1909 Norlh,ficinsoffid Diive'is lo'chlod in.1he Park Sant/ago 16af the present northern 4�iY lini4ls of Santa Ana
<br />neighborhood, r
<br />and substantially north of the original ci . lycoro. The neighborhood is'b6ubdedbysini6gbr,'6ek6ndP.irl(on-ii?ehm'h,
<br />Last Seventeenth Street on the south,'Mortli'lincoln Avenue on the east, North Main Street eii the west and the 1-5 66eway,
<br />on tho" southwest. In 16rge'part, these boundaries reflect the transportation fides that wore constructed towards the end of
<br />the, riineteer;M 6oiitury ohd at the begiriningof the twentioth century, - wher? the Paciff& Electric interurban railio's"d ran up"
<br />Main Slibet.1the Atchison, -Topoka;'and Santa Fktr6dks Iblidwed Lincoln', and the S6ulh6m Pacific Railroad fight -0f -way
<br />mirrored the freeway route. This area remained prlmarlly'a6ricdituraf vv6;,'into 'the I wos. As ' 606os, ihe city d1ro6tibirles
<br />listed aroundtwentyhobsb - holds an East Santa Clara, Twentieth Sliest, `C Street' (now North sbritiago Street, North Bush
<br />Street'afid North Main Avenue, the only streets In the area at the time.' The vast rnaijodly'af the ibit'donts we're'ranchots, By
<br />f 911 M
<br />, the number of hou�old4had increased ao about fift.and Edgowood Road and Valencia Street had boonp6aially,
<br />faid put, put most residents continued to list "rancher"or 'fruit grower" as their occiiiiatio - n 1n:the clyd6ctorfes. This pattern
<br />of land use was ovidont, on, the 1912 plat map 61 fho'City, which 816stratod two small, craNmari4io subdivisions along Bush
<br />north of Santa Clara and 6nValeircis and P014sotilzi s0u1h'6fTVVhtf6th Street, Y4th.!h6 fornq/nIng. area divided into larger
<br />agricultural parcels hold by. aporoximaroly forty landowners*.
<br />Whild,the.area east df Santiago Street vias not subdivided until after the and 1920s, Most of the present - day streets west of
<br />Santiago ago had boon laid 6ui when the Chy'wai m6ppodin 1923'. Ranching bMthribed 16 be the mcWrevalenl occupation in
<br />thanoighborhood, but incriiaslngndmbers Dfpro'fesslonals, imallbusihess'6whers, mordhan?§ land P'00plon service
<br />firbiessibris such as painteirs, electricians, and carpablars made fhelr'hannos in. the western half of the neighborhood during
<br />the 1920s and 1930s The area also a6aiijied ioveral city and county officials,'IncluYingthe Morrie' (Z.B..
<br />1. ; Y B. West; Jr:,
<br />321 East Santa.Cfara-Av6hue), C6,U.ntyS6p6Ms6r, First Distrid`QC.H.Zhapman, 2316 North Santiago Street),.Counly-
<br />urveyor-(E.H. Irwin, 2407 North Santiago Street, and Counfy'Mdildr (WIflorn C. Jerome, N22'PoinsettiWSIrbot). by April
<br />1942, when the Sanborn Companyfirsimapped tfie wesloin h0of the area; 'most ofthe loffhad been futproved,wifti
<br />single -Mir ly homes, many in the revival styles'PopularduriAg the 1k0s and 19306. Subse4uorldevelopment of the
<br />eastern half of the nelohb.o I Mood and I inUll construction In the wastom halt displayed the sim'pliti6d"ranch
<br />' "style that emerged
<br />f6flowing World War A
<br />The Moffietto House qualities for listing in lho Santa.Ana RegistorotHislorical Properties under Criterion 1 ferits
<br />examplific66on ofilis disfinguishing characteristics of the V(njmhI Traditional sty?e:'Typical features of this style Illustrated
<br />bjlthe house include ilsbnL:storymassing; Iow -pitch. hipped rout, and rectangular . Icirm;'ikirilied 6rnamontalprogram;.wbod-
<br />framed d6ulife-hung sashes with wood frames and shut/ors; an enlr�elaborated 'wlth �"Melzil awning and pilasters.
<br />'Additionally, the housefins bbon categorized as . "Ciintilbutive"b6cauie.it Is an intact o , xample I of a Mrihmal Traditional
<br />residence in the Park Santiago I neighborhood, and "is a good example of period aiichlieciure., Chamblor-defin* eztorior
<br />features of the Molfetto House that should be prosbrvod Include, but may not be limited (6 i0of wrifiguration and detailing,"
<br />,original Wirido".4's where minimal use of applied ornamcht.- architectural details such is the shutters,
<br />4 . . - rs, andelaborat6d
<br />.eot!y.syrroundinciuying,awni!i4 andpilasters.
<br />*13112. References (continued):
<br />Marsh, DMM. Sian Arra, Art Illustrated Mit .17. Encinitas, Heritage Publishing, 1994.
<br />McAloster, - Virginia and Loa A F161d'Gulde to Amoricah Houses. New 16k: AlfredA. Knop,f. 1984.
<br />N41tlgr?afRegister Butletifi16A. !How to Complete the National Rbg1st6rRog1sIraUon Form." Washington DC., National
<br />RegisldrBranch, Naliqn,-ilParkServi'co,.US Ppp
<br />of the Interior, .1991,
<br />Office of Historic Preservation. !Instructions for Recording Historical Resources." Sacramento; March 1995.
<br />Whiffan, Marcus. American Architecture since j MO. 'Cambridge: MIT Press, -.1969.'
<br />Orange County Phil Maps; 1912,
<br />Hislork Wps, SantdAna History Room, 1923, 1032,- 1955.
<br />,Santa Ana and Orange County . Directories, 1926-1961..
<br />Santa Ana Hisiory'Room C611ciiiIi6n.'Santa Ana Public Library.
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