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State of California -The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI# BUILDING, STRUCTURE, AND OBJECT RECORD Page 2 of 4 *CHR Status Code 2D2 rcesource rvame or ~: r-ewitr --rouse 61. Historic Name: Hewitt House B2. Common Name: Same B3. Original Use: Single-family Residence B4. Present Use: Single-family Residence *B5. Architectural Style: Monterey Revival influence *B6. Construction History: (Construction date, alterations, and date of alterations): Constructed 1935 August 30, 1935. Residence and garage constructed for $5,000. January 18, 1937. Addition to residence and garage, $1,000. July 3, 1945. Unspecified repairs, $75. September 11, 1987. Addition of wood fence. *B7. Moved? ^No Yes DUnknown Date: Original Location: *B8. Related Features: Valencia orange trees and acement-lined irrigation ditch, presumed to be remnants of a former orange grove, were reported on the property in 2006 (Madigan, 2006); if extant, these features are significant and character-defining. . 69a. Architect: Unknown b. Builder: Unknown *B10. Significance: Theme Residential Architecture Area Santa Ana Period of Significance: circa 1895-1965 Property Type: Single-family Residence Applicable Criteria: NR: C; CR: 3 (Discuss importance in terms of historical or architectural context as defined by theme, period, and geographic scope. Also address integrity) The R. G. Hewitt House is architecturally significant as an intact example of a transitional period in residential design, combining Monterey Revival stylistic influences with the massing and composition more associated with a farmhouse. According to the original building permit dated August 30, 1935, the residence and garage were constructed for Clayton J. Fleming at a cost of $5,000. In 1936, Fleming sold the residence to Roscoe G. Hewiff and his wife Clara Duggan Hewitt, who owned and occupied the house for over 40 years. A member of the first graduating class of Santa Ana High School, the class of 1914, Hewitt worked as an agent with the New York Life Insurance Company and was active in the Masonic community in Santa Ana and the in Orange County Republican Central Committee. Hewitt is a descendant of Santa Ana pioneer Noah Palmer, who settled in Santa Ana with his family in the late 1860s. Palmer owned extensive acreage near First and Main Streets and was a founder, director, and/or president of the Commercial Bank, Bank of Orange, Bank of Tustin, and Orange County Savings Bank of Santa Ana. After Roscoe Hewitt's death in 1976 and Clara Hewitt's death in 1981, the residence was sold to Robert and Heidi Selway, who remained in the house until 1998, when it was sold to David Michael Madigan and Matthew T. Johnson. In 2001, Johnson sold the home fo the current owners, Stephen and Patricia Eisenhauer. (See Continuation Sheet 3 of 4.) B11. Additional Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) Map ~ Y u *612. References: ; r_____ ,.• ~ ____~ City of Santa Ana Building Permits ~-; 002-123-03 4' 2414 N. Bonnie Brae Santa Ana History Room Collection, Santa Ana Public Library ~ _ Sanborn Maps ---i ~ w ; s (See Continuation Sheet 3 of 4.) ry w -~ u- 8 B13. Remarks: ', 2 A - 6 ____N_ (This space reserved for official comments.) *B14. Evaluator: Leslie J. Heumann *Date of Evaluation: July 27, 2007 a ~ ~~-~ A V O ) O ~7 ~+r4 O _ p • n a _ __ ~ ~ 25~-~'f 5