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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY <br />AYERS HOUSE <br />824 North Garfield Street <br />Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br />NAME <br />Ayers House <br />REF. NO. <br />ADDRESS <br />824 North Garfield Street <br />CITY <br />Santa Ana <br />ZIP <br />1 92701 <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />YEAR BUILT <br />1909 <br />LOCAL REGISTER CATEGORY: Contributive <br />HISTORIC DISTRICT <br />French Park <br />NEIGHBORHOOD <br />French Park <br />NATIONAL REGISTER CRITERIA FOR EVALUATION <br />I C <br />NATIONAL REGISTER STATUS CODE <br />lD <br />Location: ❑ Not for Publication ® Unrestricted <br />❑ Prehistoric ®Historic ❑ Both <br />ARCHITECTURAL STYLE: Bungalow/Craftsman <br />Closely related to the English Arts and Crafts Movement, American Bungalow/Craftsman architecture was popularized by The <br />Craftsman magazine and architects such as Charles and Henry Greene of Pasadena. It drew from the wood building traditions of <br />Japan and Switzerland as well as the medieval themes favored by the Arts and Crafts philosophers. Craftsman architecture stressed <br />honesty of form, materials, and workmanship, eschewing applied decoration in favor of the straightforward expression of structure. A <br />new appreciation of nature was evident in horizontal lines that reached out to embrace the landscape and the incorporation of <br />capacious porches into building plans. Primarily a residential style, Craftsman architecture can be identified by low pitched gable and <br />hipped roofs with exposed rafters and beams in deep overhangs; wood lap or shingle siding and an occasional use of stucco; extensive <br />use of stone or brick as a secondary material; horizontal emphasis apparent in roof lines, headers, and battered porch supports; and <br />broadly proportioned wood framed windows, often clustered in bands. Craftsman homes were built from circa 1902 until the early <br />1920s. <br />SUMMARY/CONCLUSION: <br />The Ayers House was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1999 as a contributor to the French Park Historic District. <br />Under the regulations implementing the California Register of Historical Resources, the building is also listed in the California <br />Register. IC also qualifies for listing in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Property under Criterion 1 as representative of the <br />distinguishing characteristics of the Bungalow/Craftsman style from the first decade of the twentieth century. Additionally, the house <br />has been categorized as "Contributive" because it "contributes to the overall character and history" of the French Park neighborhood <br />through its style and type, is a "good example" of the Bungalow/Craftsman style and "has not been substantially altered" (Municipal <br />Code, Section 30-2.2). <br />EXPLANATION OF CODES: <br />• National Register Criteria for. Evaluation: (From Appendix 7 of Instructions for Recording Historical Resources, Office of <br />Historic Preservation) <br />C: that embody the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction, or that represent the <br />work of a master, or that possess high artistic values, or that represent a significant and distinguishable entity <br />whose components may lack individual distinction. <br />• National Register Status `Code: (From Appendix 2 of Instructions for Recording Historical Resources, Office of Historic <br />Preservation). <br />1D: Contributor to a listed district. - <br />omUus(odc\templates\Garfield N 824 ES (Ayere House) <br />8/NW <br />