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State of California ⎯⎯ The Resources Agency Primary # _____________________________________________ DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # ________________________________________________ CONTINUATION SHEET Trinomial _____________________________________________ Page 4_ of 5_Resource Name: Moss House *Recorded by Andrea Dumovich Heywood *Date March 7, 2024⌧ Continuation Update DPR 523L continued to develop his medical career in Orange County for decades following, and for its association with Betty Moss, who contributed to Santa Ana and the greater Orange County community through her involvement with numerous community organizations. The recommended categorization is “Key” because it has a distinctive architectural style and quality reflective of the Ranch style (Santa Ana Municipal Code, Section 30-2.2). Character-defining features of the Moss House include, but may not be limited to: two primary facades to the north and west; long horizontal massing; low-pitch hipped and multi-gabled roof clad in asphalt shingles with overhanging eaves and exposed rafter tails; wood panel siding, vertical wood panel siding, and stucco siding; one roof that covers the detached garage, porte-cochere, and main house; primary entrance set back into the building within a covered porch; large windows on the primary façade composed of a central fixed window flanked by two sliding windows (original/compatible material is wood with wood trim); window shutters; four large aluminum-frame sliding glass doors at the rear (south) façade; louvered window at the east façade; brise-soleil wall at west façade; detached guest house; two wood support beams at the front porch; a central brick chimney; front entrance concrete pathway lined with brick on its sides; minimal brick infill at the driveway delineating a “T” shape; and a front lawn with small shrubs and low brick planters. *B12. References (continued): Ancestry.com. California, Death Index, 1940-1997 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. "Betty Rupert Moss." The Orange County Register, https://obits.ocregister.com/us/obituaries/orangecounty/name/betty-moss- obituary?id=8962138. Accessed 23 January 2024. Harris, Cyril M. American Architecture: An Illustrated Encyclopedia. New York, WW Norton, 1998. Marsh, Diann. Santa Ana, An Illustrated History. Encinitas, Heritage Publishing, 1994. McAlester, Virginia and Lee. A Field Guide to American Houses. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1984. National Register Bulletin 16A. “How to Complete the National Register Registration Form.” Washington DC: National Register Newspapers.com (Santa Ana Register, The Register) Branch, National Park Service, US Dept. of the Interior, 1991. Office of Historic Preservation. “Instructions for Recording Historical Resources.” Sacramento: March 1995. Whiffen, Marcus. American Architecture Since 1780. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1969. "William M. Moss." The Orange County Register, https://obits.ocregister.com/us/obituaries/orangecounty/name/william-moss- obituary?id=8891530. Accessed 23 January 2024. Santa Ana and Orange County Directories, 1958-2008.