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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY SPICER HOUSE 2348 North North Park Boulevard Santa Ana, CA 92701 NAME Spicer House I REF. NO. ADDRESS 2348 North Park Boulevard CITY Santa Ana ZIP I 92701 [ORANGECOUNTY YEAR BUILT 1928 LOCAL REGISTER CATEGORY: Landmark HISTORIC DISTRICT IN/A NEIGHBORHOOD I West Floral Park CALIFORNIA REGISTER CRITERIA FOR EV ALVA TJON I 3 CALIFORNIA REGISTER STATUS CODE 1202 Location: 0 Not for Publication rgJ Unrestricted o Prehistoric rgJ Historic o Both ARCHITECTURAL STYLE: Mission/Spanish Colonial Revival The Mission/Spanish Colonial Revival style, as its name implies, encompasses two major subcategories. The Mission Revival vocabulary, popular between 1890 and 1920, drew its inspiration from the rnissions ofthe Southwest. Identifying feanues include curved parapets (or espadana); red tiled roofs and coping; low-pitched 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 movemenl 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 of the 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, wroughl iron, tile, or stone. SUMMARY/CONCLUSION: The Spicer House qualifies for listing in the Santa Ana Register of Hislorica1 Properties under Crilerion 1, as a strucnue with the distinguishing characleristics of an architecnual style or period, the Spanish Colonial Revival. Additionally, Additionally, the house has been categorized as "Landmark" because it has been determined eligible for the National Register, has been listed in the California Register. has "unique architecnual significance" as an example oflhe Spanish Colonial Revival style, and contributes 10 a district that has "historical/culnua1 significance to the City" as an example of the City Beautiful planning movement (Municipal Code, Section 30-2.2). EXPLANATION OF CODES: . California Re2ister 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, 200 1.) 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 Hisloric Preservation, December 8, 2003.) 202: Contributor to a district determined eligible for the National Register by consensus ihrough Section 106 process. Listed in the California Re2ister. EXHIBIT 1 1 of 5