Frederick Eley (1884 in

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– 1979) was an American architect. He was the first registered architect of

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and is regarded as the area's most prolific and finest early architect. He designed more than 30 schools and many other buildings. and A number of his works are listed on the

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. Works include (with spelling variations): *

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of Santa Ana Valley, 625 N. French St., Santa Ana, CA (Eley, Frederick), NRHP-listed * Irvine Park, 21401 Chapman Ave.,

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(Eley, Frederick), NRHP-listed * Santa Ana Fire Station Headquarters No. 1, 1322 N. Sycamore St., Santa Ana, CA (Eley, Frederick), NRHP-listed * St. John's Lutheran Church, 185 S. Center St.,

(Fley, Frederick), NRHP-listed *

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, 301-307 N. Spurgeon St., Santa Ana, CA (Eley, Fred), NRHP-listed *

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Santa Ana-Tustin, 205 W. Civic Center Dr., Santa Ana, CA (Eley, Frederick Harry), NRHP-listed *Masonic Lodge Building (Anaheim, California) (1913) *Knights of Pythias Building (Anaheim, California) (1913)

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20th-century American architects Architects from California People from Colchester 1884 births 1979 deaths English emigrants to the United States {{US-architect-19C-stub