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HRCA No. 2021-23, HRC 2021-22, HPPA No. 2021-22 – Burkett House <br />November 4, 2021 <br />Page 2 <br />1 <br />8 <br />0 <br />8 <br />applying the selection criteria established in Chapter 30 of the Santa Ana Municipal <br />Code (Places of Historical and Architectural Significance) to determine if this structure is <br />eligible for historic designation to the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties. The <br />first criterion for selection requires that the structures be 50 or more years old. <br />The structure identified meets the minimum selection criteria for inclusion on the Santa <br />Ana Register of Historical Properties pursuant to criteria contained in Section 30-2 of <br />the Santa Ana Municipal Code, as the structure is 95 years old and is a good example <br />of period architecture. No known code violations exist on record for this property. <br />The Burkett House is architecturally significant as a characteristic example of the Tudor <br />Revival style. This house was originally constructed in 1926, and was valued at <br />approximately $7,000 according to the original building permit. Constructed by Santora <br />Land Company, the house remained under its original ownership for nearly three <br />decades. The first recorded owners and occupants were Frederick A. Burkett, who went <br />by “F.A. Burkett,” and Mabel Lillian Burkett. Mr. Burkett was involved in oil and was <br />superintendent of various oil companies near Huntington Beach. Mrs. Burkett was very <br />active in Santa Ana women’s organizations such as Ebell and hosted “section events” in <br />the home. <br />The Burkett House is a one and a half-story single-family residential building <br />constructed in the Tudor Revival style. The house is of interest as it is influenced by an <br />unusual example of Tudor Revival featuring clapboard siding. Asymmetrical in design, <br />the house exhibits a front-facing gable with wing roof design of high pitch, with roof <br />eaves of little to no overhang, clad in composition shingle roofing. The prominent front- <br />facing gable is located along the north side and features a massive brick chimney with <br />two chimney pots, extending past the roofline. The entryway is characterized by a non- <br />original full-light wood front door, accessed via a brick front porch walkway. Fenestration <br />consists of multi-paned casement windows used on the primary elevation framed with <br />shutters, while four-over-four double-hung windows are used along the north, south, <br />and east elevations. Along the primary elevation, the second floor features a wide shed <br />dormer with four multi-paned casement windows, also framed by shutters. The property <br />is simply landscaped with a lawn, low vegetation and curved brick walkway through the <br />front setback. The driveway is located along the south elevation and leads to the <br />detached, one-story, two-car garage, also clad in clapboard siding. Character-defining <br />features of the house include the one and a half-story massing, high pitched and side <br />gabled roof; massive chimney; dormers; clapboard siding; roof eaves with little to no <br />overhang; and multi-paned, casement windows framed with shutters. <br />The Burkett House qualifies for listing in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties <br />under Criterion 1 as an intact and representative example of a Tudor Revival style home. <br />The house displays characteristics of the Tudor Revival through its high-pitched multi <br />gabled roof, shallow eaves, asymmetrical massing, multi-paned windows and prominent <br />brick chimney. The house is also of interest as it is an unusual example of Tudor Revival <br />Historic Resources Commission 4 –2 11/4/2021