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HRCA No. 2020-06, HRC No. 2020-05, HPPA No. 2020-08 October 29, 2020 Page 2 established in Chapter 30 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code (Places of Historical and Architectural Significance) to determine if this structure is eligible for historic designation to the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties. The first criterion for selection requires that the structures be 50 or more years old. The structure identified meets the minimum selection criteria for inclusion on the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties pursuant to criteria contained in Section 30-2 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code, as the property is 72 years old and is a good example of period architecture. No known code violations exist on record for this property. The property, recognized as the E.M. Crawford House, is located within the Jack Fisher Park neighborhood boundaries and has distinctive architectural features of the Ranch House style. The residence was built in 1948 by Edgar B. Lembke, and was valued at approximately $20,000, according to the original building permit. During the post- World War II housing expansion in the United States, the FHA -endorsed model for city planning, as reflected in the neighborhood of Fisher Park, "set the standards for the design of post -World War II subdivisions.' Construction quickly transformed the neighborhood from agricultural to residential. By 1955, nearly all the lots of both tracts had been improved with single-family residences with uniform setbacks, mostly in the Ranch House style popular in the 1950s and 1960s, in a configuration and unity of design still reflected there today. An outstanding and intact example of a Ranch House style and a rare example of adobe construction in Santa Ana, the house and garage delineate an "L" -shaped plan, which embraces a shallow rear patio and creates a generously sized rear courtyard area. Asymmetrical in design, the house exhibits a strong horizontal emphasis expressed through a low pitched, cross -hipped roof with wide, overhanging, open eaves with exposed rafters. The roof is clad in contemporary asphalt shingle roofing and the exterior of the house is clad in solid "Verdugo Adobe" brick, reportedly made on site, each approximately twelve -inches wide, eighteen -inches long, and five - inches thick, with no two bricks alike. Along the front (south) elevation, the house features a full - width broad porch and a two wide double doors that open into the rear courtyard, gated by art deco inspired wrought iron gates. Entry into the residence is accessed off of the rear courtyard and features a deeply recessed wood door, and adjacent sliding patio doors providing access to the "Lanai." The front (south) elevation features two deeply recessed multi -light, metal -framed casement windows. The north, west, and east elevations, as well as along the interior courtyard, also feature deeply recessed multi -light, metal -framed casement windows. A secondary entry porch into the exterior courtyard features a simple wood door, and is clad in board -and -batten wood siding. Character -defining features of the E.M. Crawford House include, but may not be limited to: massing ("L" -shaped plan); low pitched, cross -hipped roof; wide, overhanging, open eaves and exposed rafters; "Verdugo Adobe" brick; fenestration (multi -light, metal -framed casement windows); and adobe brick chimneys. 25C-239