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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY SMEDLEY HOUSE 2102 North Ross Street Santa Ana, CA 92706 NAME Smedley House REF. NO. ADDRESS 2102 North Ross Street CITY Santa Ana ZIP 92706 ORANGE COUNTY YEAR BUILT 1927 LOCAL REGISTER CATEGORY: Contributive HISTORIC DISTRICT N/A NEIGHBORHOOD Floral Park CALIFORNIA REGISTER CRITERIA FOR EVALUATION 3 CALIFORNIA REGISTER STATUS CODE SS1 Location: ^ Not for Publication ®Unrestricted ^ Prehistoric ®Historic ^ Both ARCHITECTURAL STYLE: Mission/Spanish Colonial Revival The Mission/Spanish Colonial Revival style, as its name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 missions of the Southwest. Identifying features 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 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 of the Spanish Colonial Revival are low-pitched roofs, usually with little or no overhangs and red tle roof coverings, flat roofs surrounded by riled parapets, and stuccoed walls. The Spanish vocabulary also includes arches, asymmetry, balconies and patos, window grilles, and wood, wrought iron, tle, or stone decoratve elements. SUMMARY/CONCLUSION: The Smedley House qualifies for listing in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Property under Criterion 3 for its exemplificaton of the disringuishing characteristcs of the Mission/Spanish Colonial Revival style. Additionally, the house has been categorized as "Contributive" because it "contributes to the overall character and history" of Santa Ana, and, as an example of the Mission/Spanish Colonial style in the Floral Park neighborhood "is a good example of period architecture" (Municipal Code, Secton 30-2.2). EXPLANATION OF CODES: • California Register Criteria for Evaluaton: (From California Office of Historic Preservaton, Technical Assistance Series # 7, "How to Nominate Resources to the California Register of Historical Resources," September 4, 2001.) 3: It embodies the distinctve characteristcs of a type, period, region, or method of constructor, or represents the work of a master, or possesses high artistic values. • California Register Status Code: (From California Office of Historic Preservaton, December 8, 2003.) 551: Individual property that is listed or designated locally. ~~