80A - JT PUBLIC HRG-320 WEST FOURTH

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Historic Resource Impacts Courthouse Lofts Project 320 West Fourth Street Santa Ana, California encompasses a portion of the south side of the 200 East block, the south side of the 100 East block, and the north and south sides of the 100 and 200 West blocks, the south side of the 300 West block and a portion of the 400 West block. Four taller structures are located along this span. One, the 4-story Otis Building (1889) is located on the north side of the 100 West Block of Fourth Street at Main Street (# 187 on Downtown Historic District Map). The other three buildings are located on the south side of the 100 and 200 blocks of West Fourth Street. The First National Bank Building (1923), 6-stories and 83 feet tall, is located on the southwest corner with Main (# 234 on Downtown Historic District Map). Two structures are located on the south side of the 200 West Block: the 4-story Spurgeon Building (1913) at the corner of Sycamore (# 20 on Downtown Historic District Map) and the 4-story Moore Building (1923) at the corner of Broadway (# 182 on Downtown Historic District Map). Numerous one-story buildings are also iocated along West Fourth Street. The National Register Nomination also noted that the historic district's .....buildings date from the late 1870's to the post earthquake reconstruction of 1934 and include commercial buildings, churches, fraternal halls and civic buildings which remain as a collection of historically and architecturally significant buildings that typify a complete small city urban environment as it would have exited in the first third of the century. The district is represented by several stylistic eras, but the dominant image is set by the preponderance of 1920s Spanish Colonial Revival influenced commercial architecture." The National Register Santa Ana Downtown Historic District was added to the National Register of Historic Places based on four reasons: 1. The district has retained its historic integrity from the period of significance as the professional and commercial center of Orange County. 2. The district strongly conveys a sense of time and place as the commercial heart of Santa Ana. 3. The district shows the major architectural phases of historic urban development in the county from the 1880s until the time of the 1933 earthquake, 4. The district constitutes a significant architectural assemblage containing numerous individually distinguished buildings and the works of notable regional and local architects. The City of Santa Ana established the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties in 1998. This local register identifies historic and architecturally significant resources that have been determined to be significant local cultural resources. Resources within the boundaries of the National Register Kaplan Chen Kaplan 4 April 20, 2006 80A-83