MARTIN, CHARLES A. AND MOLLY H. (MARTIN FAMILY TRUST)

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State of California=The Resources Agency Primary# DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI# CONTINUATION SHEET Trinomial Page 3 of_4_ Resource Name: “Name of Structure', "Recorded by James Williams "Date July 18,20240 Continuation ❑ Update *P3a.Description(continued): The detached garage, located northeast of the residence, has an appearance and materials generally consistent with those of the residence. Specifically, the rectangular-plan building culminates in a pyramidal roof with shake shingles and is clad entirely in stucco (Figure 7). The glazed, paneled garage door at its primary(south) façade fronts a long, paved driveway leading to West Riviera Street. There are additionally three standard-size wood doors, two on the east facade, and one on the north.A single steel casement window is present on the east facade. *B10.Significance(continued): Santa Ana was founded by William Spurgeon in 1869 as a speculative town site on part of the Spanish land grant known as Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana. The civic and commercial core of the community was centered around the intersection of Main and Fourth Streets. Stimulated by the arrival of the Santa Fe Railroad and incorporation as a city in 1886, and selection as the seat of the newly created County of Orange in 1889, the city grew outwards, with residential neighborhoods developing to the north, south, and east of the city center. Agricultural uses predominated in the outlying areas, with cultivated fields and orchards dotted with widely scattered farmhouses. Since the second half of the twentieth century, the neighborhood in which the Buchheim House is located has been known as West Floral Park. Bounded by Santiago Creek on the north, West Seventeenth Street on the south, North Flower Street on the east and North Bristol Street on the west, this residential area largely developed after 1947. Prior to that time, the area was primarily agricultural, and other than Flower Street which was improved with houses during the 1920s and 1930s, contained only a handful of residences on Baker and Bristol Streets, the City Water Works pumping plant at 2315 North Bristol Street, and the Animal Shelter and City/County Pound at 2321 North Bristol Street. Between 1947 and 1950, around two dozen homes were constructed on Baker, Olive, Towner, and Westwood Streets. Construction boomed throughout the neighborhood during the 1950s, with the California Ranch emerging as the favored residential style. The Buchheim House qualifies for listing in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties under Criterion 1 as an intact example of Ranch-style home in Santa Ana. Located in West Floral Park, the house cost$35,000 to build in 1956. The recommended categorization is "Contributive" because it is a good example of the Ranch style and contributes to the architectural character of the neighborhood (Santa Ana Municipal Code, Section 30-2.3). Character-defining features of the Buchheim House include, but may not be limited to: generally rectangular plan;asymmetrical primary facade at the south; moderate-pitch hipped roof with wood shake shingles;broad roof overhang;board-and-batten, stucco, and fieldstone veneer exterior cladding; fieldstone-veneer-clad chimney, integrated planter, and blade wall; wood casement windows; recessed front (south) entrance with fieldstone veneer and board-and-batten cladding; detached garage; covered walkway linking residence and garage and featuring a gable roof shelter with exposed trusswork; front yard lawn with landscaping including mature trees and shrubs, and backyard with landscaping,breeze-block partition,and swimming pool. *B12. References(continued): McAlester, Virginia savage.A Field Guide to American Houses. New York:Alfred A. Knopf,2013. Newspapers.com(Santa Ana Register,The Reoister) Office of Historic Preservation. "Instructions for Recording Historical Resources."Sacramento:March 1995. DPR 523L