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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY MOSHER HOUSE 2008 North Greenleaf Street Santa Ana, CA 92706 NAME Mosher House I REF. NO. ADDRESS 2008 North Greenleaf Street CITY Santa Ana ZIP I 92706 I ORANGE COUNTY YEAR BUILT 1929 LOCAL REGISTER CATEGORY: Contributive HISTORlC DISTRlCT I N/A NEIGHBORHOOD I Floral Park CALIFORNIA REGISTER CRITERIA FOR EY ALUA TION 13 CALIFORNIA REGISTER STATUS CODE I 551 Location: D Not for Publication i:8J Unrestricted D Prehistoric i:8J Historic D Both ARCHITECTURAL STYLE: Mission/Spanish Colonial Revival The Mission/Spanish Colonial Revival style, as its name implies, encompasses two major subcalegories. The Mission Revival vocabulary, popular between 1890 and 1920, drew its inspiration from the rnissions of the Southwest. Identifying features include curved parapets (or espadaiia); red tiled roofs and coping; 10w-pilched roofs, often with overhanging eaves; porch roofs supported by large, square piers: arches; and wall surfaces commonly covered in smooth stucco. The Spanish Colonial Revival flourished between 1915 and 1940, reaching its apex during the 1920s and 1930s. The movement received widespread attention after the Panama- California Exposition in San Diego in 1915, where lavish interpretations of Spanish and Mexican prototypes were showcased. Easily recognizable hallmarks ofthe Spanish Colonial Revival are low-pitched roofs, usually with little or no overhangs and red tile roof coverings, flat roofs surrounded by tiled parapets: and stuccoed walls. The Spanish vocabulary also includes arches; asymmetry; balconies and patios; window grilles; and decorative elements of wood, wrought iron, tile, or stone. SUMMARY/CONCLUSION: The Mosher Honse qualifies for listing in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties under Criterion I for its exemplification of the distinguishing characteristics of the Spanish Colonial Revival style. Additionally, the house has been categorized as "Contributive" because it "contributes to the overall character and hislory" of Floral Park, and, as an intact and representative example of a Spanish Colonial Revival home, "is a good example of period architecture" (Municipal Code, Section 30-2.2). EXPLANATION OF CODES: . California Re.nster Criteria for Evaluation: (From California Office of Historic Preservation, Technical Assistance Series # 7, "How to Norninate Resources to the California Register of Hislorical 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 property thaI is listed or designated locally. EXHIBIT 1 1014