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State of California — The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION PRIMARY RECORD Other L Review of or Primary #_ HRI # Trinomial_ NRHP Status Reviewer (assigned by recorder) Harmon -McNeil House P1. Other Identifier: *P2. Location: ❑Not for Publication ■Unrestricted *a. County Orange County *b. USGS 7.5' Quad TCA 1725 Date: *c. Address 817 North Lacy Street City Santa Ana Zip 92701 *e. Other Locational Data: 398-042-17 *P3a. Description: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries.) Moved to French Park in 1987, the Harmon -McNeil House is an outstanding example of the combination of Stick/Eastlake with Queen Anne design. The house originally faced north and was re -oriented to face west when it was moved. It is two stories in height and capped by a steeply hipped roof with lower cross gables on the now west (front) and north elevations. A frieze, articulated by vertical strips and paneling, wraps the building below boxed eaves. Dentils ornament the horizontal and raking cornices. The house is clad with shiplap siding, varied by areas of fish -scale shingling located in the gable ends, between stories in projecting bays, and on the pent roof over the front porch. Although basically rectangular in shape, the floor plan extends outwards below the gables to form projecting wings. The one-story porch is L-shaped and wraps the northwest corner of the building to terminate against the projecting wings. Within and above the porch, a squared bay is placed at an angle to the corner and topped by another gable. Another squared bay projects from the wing below the west gable. Decoratively carved brackets, featuring sunbursts and pendants, ornament the west gable overhangs. Windows are (See Continuation Sheet 3 of 4.) *P3b. Resource Attributes: (list attributes and codes) HP2. Single-family property *P4. Resources Present: ■Building ❑Structure ❑Object ❑Site ❑District ❑Element of District ❑Other P5b. Photo: (view and date) North and west elevations December 2001 *P6. Date Constructed/Age and Sources: ■historic 1888/Source: National Register nomination (August 1983) *P7. Owner and Address: *P8. Recorded by: Leslie J. Heumann SAIC 35 S. Raymond Ave. # 204 Pasadena, CA 91105 *P9. Date Recorded: December 31. 2001 *P10. Survey Type: Intensive Survey Update *1311. Report Citation: (Cite survey report and other sources, or enter "none") Les, Kathleen. Historic Resources Inventory, 322 East Chestnut Avenue, January 1980. Marsh, Diann. "French Park Historic District." National Register Nomination Form, February 1998. Thomas, HaL `Harmon Mc -Neil House." National Register Nomination Form, August 1983. *Attachments: ONone ❑Location Map ❑Sketch Map ■Continuation Sheet ■Building, Structure, and Object Record OArchaeological Record ❑District Record ❑Linear Feature Record ❑Milling Station Record ❑Rock Art Record ❑Artifact Record ❑Photograph Record O Other (list) DPR 523A (1/95) *Required information