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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY <br />MASYN HQUSE <br />1310 South Birch Street <br />Santa Ana, CA 92707 <br />NAME Masin House REfi. NO. <br />ADDRESS 1310 South Birch Street <br />CITY Santa Ana ZIP 92707 ORANGE COUNTY <br />YEAR BUILT 1925 LOCAL REGISTER CATEGORY: Contributive <br />HISTORIC DISTRICT NIA NEIGHBORHOOD Wilshire Square <br />NATIONAL REGISTER CRITERIA FOR EVALUATION C NATIONAL REfISTER STATUS CODE SS 1 <br />Location: ^ Not for Publication ®Unrestricted <br />^ Prehistoric ®Historic ^ Both <br />ARCHITECTURAL STYLE: $ungalow/Craftsman <br />Closely related rA the English Arts and Crafts Movement, American Craftsman architecture was popularized by 71se Craftsman <br />magazine and architects such as Charles and Henry Greene of Pasadena. It drew from the wood building traditions of Japan and <br />Switzerlattd as well as the medieval themes favored by the Arts and Crafts philosophers. Craftsman architecture stressed honesty of <br />form, materials, and workmanship, eschewing applied decoration in favor of the straightforward expression of structure. Anew <br />appreciation of nature was evident in horizontal lines that reached out to embrace the landscape and the incorporation of capacious <br />porches into building plans. Primarily a residential styk, Craftsman architecture can be identified by low pitched gable and hipped <br />•oofs with expasod 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 1920s. <br />SUMM~IiRY/CONCLUSION: <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 "contributes to the overall character anei history" of Wilshire Square and "is a good example of period architecture" as an <br />illustration of the 1920s Craftsman style (Municipal Code Section 30-2.2)." <br />:::Ayt[ti:...• ~~ <br />'~ ~str.. 'u~~~;e~triltM ~g~ EValuatson: (From Appendix 7• of Instructions for Recording Historical Reso~u~ses, 0~: •.: <br />C: that dmbod~+ the.distinctiy~ characteristics of atype, period. ~ gtethod of construction.. or tlia~..; , ..,3~. <br />woflt of a.intt;Iti~, ciri.tl~poasess,liigfi ar;nstic valij~, or t}fat represent.a sigttifieatu anij d' .. '. t . <br />. whose components~may lack individual distin~t:on. - ';=1»~•:-~4::: ~..~ <br />rational Registerr Stags Code:.(From Appendix 2. of Instructions for Rooording H~storicsl Resources, Offiix of _...: ` : ` <br />Fr"esr~vatxon) <br />351 Is.separately listed or.designated under an existir~ local ordinance, or is eligible for. such listing oi.~si~tion. <br />5 <br />