Eichler Homes Tour - DCP#34

Wikipedia Article: “Joseph Leopold Eichler (June 25, 1900 – July 1, 1974) was a 20th-century post-war American real estate developer known for developing distinctive residential subdivisions of Mid-century modern style tract housing in California. He was one of the influential advocates of bringing modern architecture from custom residences and large corporate buildings to general public availability.”

There are 3 neighborhoods of 350 Eichler Homes in OC; all in the City of Orange.
DCP#34 was created to visit all 3….
The route passes THROUGH these tracts. If interested, you may want to slow down and wander the cul-de-sacs and residential side streets to see more of them.

The Short Route only reaches the “Fairhaven” track of 140 Eichler homes.
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It is crossed by all 3: the Short, Medium and Long routes at mile 7.9.
Built in the early 1960s, this was the first of the three Eichler neighborhoods to be built in the City of Orange. The Eichler homes in Fairhaven are located along S. Woodland Street between E. La Veta Avenue and Fairhaven Avenue. Eichlers can also be found on streets that intersect with S. Woodland on Larkstone Drive, E. Casselle Avenue, E. Fernwood Avenue, E. Kirkwood Avenue as well as on S. Oakwood Street and S. Cedarwood Street.
The Eichler homes in Fairhaven vary in style and were built using six different floor plans designed by two of Eichler’s primary architectural firms, Jones & Emmons and Anshen + Allen. Most of the homes are 2000+ sq. feet, 4-bedroom/2-bath models with atriums.

The Medium route visits 2 of the 3 Eichler Home Neighborhoods in Orange
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The Long route visits all 3 of the 3 Eichler Home Neighborhoods in Orange
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The Medium & Long reach this track at mile 11.2. Both routes both cross the “Fairhills” track of 80 homes in East Orange. It is the last of the three Eichler tracts to be developed in the City of Orange. The homes, which were built in 1963, are located on N. Linda Vista Street, N. Granada Drive, E. Elsinore Avenue, E. Valencia Drive, N. Corrida Place, and N. San Remo Place.

The Eichler homes in Fairhills were built using six different floor plans designed by Claude Oakland and Jones & Emmons.

The homes are all 4-bedroom/2-bath models ranging in size from 1953 sq. feet to spacious 2455 sq. feet homes that also provide a 2-car garage and carport. A variety of facades include flattops, slightly slanted rooflines, and central A-frames.

If you wish to slow down and prowl the local streets

Only the Long route reaches the “Fairmeadow” track of 123 Eichler homes at mile 16. The tract is on the west side of N. Cambridge Street, above E. Taft Avenue. Eichlers are on N. Shaffer Street, E. Glendale Avenue, N. Woodside Street, N. Winlock Street, N. Ridgewood Street, E. Ferndale Avenue, E. Briardale Avenue, and E. Palmdale Avenue.

Built in 1962. Most of the Eichlers in Fairmeadow are 4-bedroom/2-bath homes and many have atriums. The exteriors of the home feature central A-frames centered over flat rooflines, slightly pitched roofs, and flattops. north of Taft and between Shaffer & Cambridge.

All 3 route regroup at the Starbucks in Larwin Square in Tustin on the way back to Irvine.