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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CRANE HOUSE 506 South Birch Street Santa Ana, CA 92701 NAME ADDRESS CITY Crane House REF. NO. 506 South Birch Street Santa Ana ZIP 92701 ORANGE COUNTY YEAR BUILT 1912 HISTORIC DISTRICT N/ A LOCAL REGISTER CATEGORY: Key NEIGHBORHOOD Heninger Park CALIFORNIA REGISTER CRITERIA FOR EV ALUA TION 3 CALIFORNIA REGISTER STATUS CODE 5Sl Location: D Not for Publication [8] Unrestricted D Prehistoric [8] Historic D Both ARCHITECTURAL STYLE: Prairie Style The Prairie School refers to a group of architects centered in Chicago at the beginning of the twentieth century. Primary amongst them was Frank Lloyd Wright, under whom Prairie School designs reached their apex. Echoing the uninterrupted horizontal lines of the American prairie, Prairie style homes-it was largely a domestic movement-are usually characterized by broadly pitched hipped roofs with deep overhangs; two stories in height, often with one story wings; front porches with massive porch roof supports; and detailing which emphasizes the horizontal. A common, vernacular interpretation of the type, sometimes referred to as the Prairie Box or the American Foursquare, is box-like in massing and plan, with hipped or gabled dormers, porches across all or a portion of the fa<yade, and detailing culled from the vocabularies of a variety of styles, including Mission Revival, Colonial Revival, and Craftsman. SUMMARY/CONCLUSION: The Crane House qualifies for listing in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties under Criterion 1, as a structure with the distinguishing characteristics of the American Foursquare subtype of the Prairie Style. Additionally, the house has been categorized as "Key" because it "has a distinctive architectural style and quality" as a largely intact and characteristic example of the American Foursquare subtype of the Prairie Style (Municipal Code, Section 30-2.2). EXPLANATION OF CODES: · California Register Criteria for Evaluation: (From California Office of Historic Preservation, Technical Assistance Series # 7, "How to Nominate Resources to the California Register of Historical Resources," September 4,2001.) 3: It embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, region, or method of construction, or represents the work of a master, or possesses high artistic values. California Register Status Code: (From California Office of Historic Preservation, December 8, 2003.) 5S1: Individual ro e that is listed or desi ted locall . 2~~51