WILL, GEORGE M. & WILL, KELLI L.

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Cecil O. Cartwright House 2457 North Park Boulevard Santa Ana, CA 92706 NAME Cecil O. Cartwright House REF. NO. ADDRESS 2457 North Park Boulevard CITY Santa Ana ZIP 1 92706 ORANGE COUNTY YEAR BUILT 1930 LOCAL REGISTER CATEGORY: Key TORIC DISTRICT N/A NEIGHBORHOOD Floral Park IFORNIA REGISTER CRITERIA FOR EVALUATION F 1, 3 CALIFORNIA REGISTER STATUS CODE 5S1 Location: ❑ Not for Publication ® Unrestricted ❑ Prehistoric ® Historic ❑ Both ARCHITECTURAL STYLE: Spanish Colonial Revival The Spanish Colonial Revival style, as its name implies, encompasses two major subcategories. The Spanish Colonial Revival flourished between 1915 and 1940, reaching its apex during the 1920s and 1930s. Preceded by the Mission Revival style, movement received widespread attention after the Panama -California Exposition in San Diego in 1915, where lavish interpretations of Spanish prototypes were showcased. The most common features of Spanish Colonial Revival architecture are low-pitched or flat roofs, usually with little or no overhangs clad in red tiles, asymmetrical facades, and stucco exterior walls. Character -defining features of the style also include arches, towers, elaborated chimney tops, balconies and patios, window grilles, wood, wrought iron, tile, or stone decorative elements. SUMMARY/CONCLUSION: The Cecil O. Cartwright House qualifies for listing in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties under Criterion 1, for its exemplification of the distinguishing characteristics of the Spanish Colonial Revival style; and Criterion 4, for its contribution to the Floral Park neighborhood. Additionally, the house has been categorized as "Key' for its "distinctive architectural style and quality," embodying the massing, materials, and detailing of Spanish Colonial Revival design; and for its "association with a significant period in the history of the city", namely the development of Floral Park as the premier residential district of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in Santa Ana (Municipal Code, Section 30- 2.2). EXPLANATION OF CODES: • California Register Criteria for Evaluation: (From California Office of Historic Preservation, Technical Assistance" Series `# 7, "How to Nominate Resources to the California Register of Historical Resources," September 4, 2001;) r 1: Associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of local or regional history or the cultural heritage of California or the United States. 3: It embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, region; or method of construction, or represents the work of a master, or possesses high artistic values, • It embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, region, or method of construction, or represents the work of a master, or possesses high artistic values. 5S1: Individual property that is listed or designated locally.