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<br />EXECUTIVE SUMMARY <br /> <br />MASIN HOUSE <br />1310 South Birch Street <br />Santa Ana, CA 92707 <br /> <br />NAME <br />ADDRESS <br />CITY <br />YEAR BUll..T <br /> <br />Masin House <br /> <br />REF. NO. <br /> <br />1310 South Birch Street <br /> <br />Santa Ana <br /> <br />ZIP 92707 <br /> <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br /> <br />1925 <br /> <br />mSTORIC DISTRICT <br /> <br />N/A <br /> <br />LOCALREGISTERCATEGORY: Contributive <br />NEIGHBORHOOD Wilshire Square <br /> <br />NATIONAL REGISTER CRITERIA FOR BV ALUA TlON C <br /> <br />NATIONAL REGISTER STATUS CODE <br /> <br />5S1 <br /> <br />Location: 0 Not for Publication <br /> <br />t81 Unrestricted <br /> <br />o Prehistoric <br /> <br />~ Historic <br /> <br />o Both <br /> <br />ARCHlTECTURAL STYLE: Bungalow/Craftsman <br /> <br />Closely related to the English Arts and Crafts Movement. American Craftsman architecture was popularized by The Craftsman <br />magazine and architects such as Charles and Hcnry Greene of Pasadena. It drew from the wood building traditions of I apan and <br />Switzerland as well as the medieval themes favored by the Arts and Crafts philosophers. Craftsman architecture sl1"eSSed honesty of <br />form, materials. and workmanship. eschewing applied decoration in favor of the straightforward expression of structure. A new <br />appreciation of nature was evident in horizontal lines that reached out to embrace the land~ and the incorporation of capacious <br />porches into building plans. Primarily a residential style, Craftsman architecture can be identified by low pitched gable aDd hipped <br />oo(s with exposed rafters and beams in deep overhangs; wood lap or shingle siding and an occasional use of stucco; extensive use of <br />.tone or brick as a secondary material; horizontal emphasis apparent in roof lines, headers, and battered porch supports; and broadly <br />proportioned wood framed windows, often clustered in bands. Craftsman homes were built from circa 1902 until the early 19208. <br /> <br />SUMMARY/CONCLUSION: <br /> <br />The Masin House qualifies for listing in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties under Criterion 1, as a building with the <br />"distinguishing characteristics of an architectural style or period." Additionally. the house has been categorized as "Contributive" <br />because it "conb'ibutes to the overall character and history" of Wilshire Square and "is a good example of period architecture" as an <br />illustration of the 19205 Craftsman style (Municipal Code Section 30-2.2)." <br /> <br />;..~~ (From~7ofI_f<vRoooromg~21~:.. <br /> <br /> <br />- . 'C:' chat e~f. the-diSanaive. characteNtks ofa type, peri04.oTlnethod of const.ructio~. ordiij.., .;ft:; ." ..' <br />.. . . . . wOrt oh.iDlq~o~dJa.t pOssess Jijgh ~tie value.. OJ' dfai represent. asignifieant anCJd' - . . . ~ .:' <br />_, .' ..' . wtilise ~m~f~j iack i~iVicilial di~~n.' ." . - :'.:; ':'}t:~"';:;~:i::; <" <br /> <br />. ..' . Co :. "..: <br />.' ~ ~atio~ Re~ Status Cooe:(From Appendix 2. of Instructions for Recording Historical Reaources, ~ ~f~..,:' . <br />~tioa:l) . '. . ..:~; .::'~>-": ; . . <br />m Isscparate1y listcci or.designated under an existiog local ordinance. or is eligible for such l~i (;lr~~tion. <br /> <br />2gA~62 <br />