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RESOLUTION NO. 87- 3
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SANTA ANA DESIGNATING A
CERTAIN BUILDING AS HISTORICAL PROPERTY
FOR INCLUSION IN THE CITY OF SANTA ANA
REGISTER OF HISTORICAL PROPERTY
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Santa Ana has
provided, in Chapter 30 of the Santa Aha Municipal Code for the
maintenance of the City of Santa Aha Register of Historical
Property, to include such property as the City Council
determines to have architectural or historical significance in
accordance with the standards set forth in Section 30-2 of the
said Code; and
WHEREAS, designation of property as Historical Property
promotes rehabilitation by allowing the application of the State
Historical Building Code and, as to property within a historical
rehabilitation are, by giving eligibility for historical
rehabilitation financing; and
WHEREAS, the property set forth hereinafter has been
recommended for designation as Historical Property by the
Housing Advisory Commission;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the city Council of
the City of Santa Aha, as follows:
1. The following building is found to meet the standards
for designation as historical property set forth in Section 30-2
of the Santa Ana Municipal Code and is hereby designated as
Historical Property, to be included in the City of Santa Aha
Register of Historical Property:
BUILDING
LOCATION
A.J. Wood House
714 N. Spurgeon Street
2. For the abovesaid properties, the report entitled
"Historical Property Description", on file in the office of the
Clerk of the Council, is hereby approved and adopted as the
findings Justifying designation as Historical Property. The
Clerk of the Council is authorized and directed to include such
report, together with this resolution, in the City of Santa Aha
Register of Historical Property.
~ESOLUT~O~ ~0. 87-3
ADOPTED, this 5th
of January 1987, by the following vote:
day
AYES: MEMBERS: Acosta, Hart, May, Pulido, Young
NOES: MEMBERS: None
ATTEST:
ABSENT: MEMBERS:
Grise~%
~rel ~. ~oun~
Janice C. Guy '~
Clerk of the Council
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
SANTA ANA HISTORIC REGISTER
APPLICATION FORM
NAME
Historic Wood House
and/or Common
LOCATION
714 Spurgeon street
Street & Number
Santa Ana
City, Town
State California Code 06 County
CLASSIFICATION
vicinity of
Orange
not for publication
40 th
cong. dist.
Code 059
Category Status Present Use
* district _..,.. occupied agriculture
* building(s) * unoccupied commercial
structure work in prog. educational
site [5~3~1ic Acquisition entertainment
object in process . government
O~nership being considered industrial
---- public Acc~,=asible military
, private * yes: restricted museum
both yes: unrestricted park
no
* private residence
__ religious
scientific
~ transportation
other:
OWNER OF PROPERTY
Name Christ' ' ChaPel (Metropolitian Community ChurCh)
Street & Number 720 Spurgeon Street
City, Town Santa Ana __ vicinity of State
CA.
LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIP~ON
Courthouse, Registry of Deeds, etc. Oraage County Engineering Building
Street & Number 18 Civic Center Plaza
City, Town Santa Ana State California
REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS
Title S.A.Historic Surveyhas property been determined eligible? * yes no
Date 1979 federal state ~ county * local
Depository for survey records state Office of Historic Preservation
City, Town Sacramento State California
EXHIBIT "~"
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DESCRIPTION
Condition Check One Check One
.. excellent deteriorated unaltered ~ original site
* good ruins * altered moved date
fair unexposed
Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance
This house is an 'identical match to it's next door neighbor.
The two-story house is articulated by two symetrically placed
narrow dormers above a gabled portico with a return and inner arch.
The narrow vertical windows and shiplap siding indicates that the
house was built prior to 1900. The gabled portico is supported
by two classical columns. The front door is a multi-paneled wood
door that is unpainted.
SIGNIFICANCE
Period
prehistoric
I t~O0-.l t~99
1500-1 ~99
1600-1699
~ 1700.-1799
* lgOO-lg99
1900.-
Areas of Significance - Check and justify below
, archeology-prehistoric
~ archeology-historic
~ agriculture
* architecture
art
commerce
communications
community planning
conservation
economics
education
~ exploration/settlement
~ industry
invention
landscape archite.cture
law
literature
military
music
philosophy
politics/government
religion
science
sculpture . .
social/humanitarian
theater
transportation
other (specify)
Specific dates~ pre 1900
Builder/Architect:
StatementofSignificance fin onepara~raph):
This house is an identical match to it's next door neighbor.
There were no houses of Spurgeon Street between 7th Street (Civic
Center Drive) and 8th Street, on the west side according to the f;
Sanborn Maps in 1895. Aa of 1901 the owner was Allen Jeffersom
Wood and his wife. His great grandfather was Ethan Allen. A.J.
Wood was born ~ Franklin County Ark., in 1840. Arrived in Orange
County in 1875. He bought Twenty acres, cleared.and placed
under irrigation a~d set out in oranges and lemons. In 1881 he
came to Santa Ana and began in the harness business. In 1895 he
opened a livery stable called the "Fashion Livery".
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MA3OR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES
Santa Ana Historic Survey
Continuing research by the Historic French Park Association
10.
GEOGRAPHICAL DATA
Acreage o! nominated property
Quadrangle name
Quadrangle scale
Verbal boundary description and justification:
.151 ac
Orange
1:24000
11.
12.
List all states and counties tor properties overlapping state or county boundaries
State Code~ County Code
State Code County Code
FORM PREPARED BY
Name/Title D.L. Fraunfelder, president
Organization Historic French Park Assoc. Date 9-30-86
Street & Number 819 Spur~eon Street Telephone 835-6731
City or Town Santa Ana State California
CITY COUNCIL ACCEPTANCE
The City Council o! Santa Ana accepts this property onto the Santa Ana Historic
Register on this day of 19
Signature
FOR
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