Santa Ana in Orange County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)
Dragon Confectionary
Photographed by Tatiana Zavala, January 11, 2025
1. Dragon Confectionary Marker
Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties
Dragon Confectionary
104 E. Fourth St.
c. 1885; c. 1933
Contributive
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Industry & Commerce. A significant historical year for this entry is 1885.
Location. 33° 44.87′ N, 117° 52.044′ W. Marker is in Santa Ana, California, in Orange County. It is at the intersection of East 4th Street and Main Street, on the right when traveling east on East 4th Street. El Rincon Mexicano is the current business at this location. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 104 East 4th Street, Santa Ana CA 92701, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Greater Los Angeles and in the Peninsular Ranges. It is also on the American Pacific Coast. Globally, it is in North America, on the Ring of Fire, in the Pacific Rim, in the Western Hemisphere, in the Western World, and in the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain and also Mexicos Alta California.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Chinatown Memorial 2024 (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Santa Ana's Birthplace (about 600 feet away); Orange County Courthouse (approx. 0.2 miles away); Delta III Rocket (approx. 1.7 miles away); First Advent Christian Church (approx. 2.2 miles away); Hewes Mansion (approx. 2.4 miles away); Stagecoach Stop (approx. 2½ miles away); Tustin Hardware (approx. 2½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Santa Ana.
Another marker is no longer nearby. The Episcopal Church of the Messiah (was approx. 0.2 miles away but has been confirmed missing).
More about this marker. The marker is a tiny marker, no larger than 6 or 7 inches, to the right of the doorway of
this page online
Also see . . . East Fourth Street is Growing From Both Ends. From Newspapers.com. Article from The Santa Ana Register July 12,1916 about businesses along the growing Fourth Street in Santa Ana. Includes a picture of the interior of Dragon Confectionery and 4th street in 1916
The Dragon Confectionery Company, F. W. Fuller and C. V. Davis, is one of the very fine places of Santa Ana, and one of the busiest. The Dragon is so well known that anything we may say of it here is not so much to acquaint the public with what the Dragon has to sell, but rather with the men who run it and have made it what it is. Fuller and Davis started the Dragon in the building where Vandermast now has his establishment. On January 1, 1907, they moved to the present location. Since then the business has grown with remarkable rapidity. The policy of the company has always been to produce high quality goods. Their Luxury bread, their(Submitted on March 21, 2025, by Tatiana Zavala of Orange County, California.)
confectionery, their noonday lunches and their ice creams all bear out the one principle.
The Dragon employs twenty-two people at present, a very large number for a store occupying about twenty-five feet frontage. It hardly matters what time of the day you enter the Dragon, you will find people in it.
Photographed by Tatiana Zavala, January 11, 2025
2. Size of the marker
Marker is quite small and can be easy to miss
Photographed by Tatiana Zavala, January 11, 2025
3. El Rincon Mexicano Building
Marker is to the right of the doorway, and left of the stairwell
Photographed by Lou Hickox (courtesy of California State University, Fullerton), 1913
4. Stop at the Dragon Confectionery Co. Confectionery, ice cream..Bakery
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Advertising billboard for the "Leading Merchants of Santa Ana." Featured are advertisements for the Hickox photo studio, the Farmers and Merchants Bank, Rutherford's Millinery, Wm. F. Lutz auto dealer, Horton-Hemstock pump company, The Suitorium ("Pioneer Dry Cleaners of Orange County"), Kissell Kars, the West End Garage, F.H. McElree glass, paints, and wallpaper, the Dragon Confectionery Co., Buxton Realty Exchange, and Morrill Bros. groceries and dry goods. In the center, a large add promotes Orange County and Santa Ana, featuring a map of the new paved county highways under construction.
Credits. This page was last revised on March 28, 2025. It was originally submitted on March 20, 2025, by Tatiana Zavala of Orange County, California. This page has been viewed 137 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on March 20, 2025, by Tatiana Zavala of Orange County, California. 4. submitted on March 27, 2025, by Tatiana Zavala of Orange County, California. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
