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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 6 *Resource Name or #: R, Miller House *NRHP Status Code 5S3 E1. Historic Name: R. Miller House D2. Common Name: Same 133. Original Use: Single -Family Residence 134. Present Use: Single -Family Residence *135. Architectural Style: Tudor Revival *R6. Construction History: (Construction date, alterations, and date of alterations): 1932. Construct residence and garage. $4, 000. 1939. Build new chimney. $145. 1942. Build recreation room. $275. 1978. Addition to garage. $2500. 2017. Replace in -kind composition shingle roofing. No valuation indicated. 2025, Replace concrete driveway and walkway. No valuation indicated. *137. Moved? ■No ❑Yes ❑Unknown Date: Original location: *138. belated Features: Detached garage 139a. Architect: Unknown b. Builder: A.H. McClary/Jasper Farney *B10.Significance: Theme Residential Architecture Area Santa Ana Period of Significance: 1932 Property Type: Single -Family Residential Applicable Criteria: C13 (Discuss importance in terms of historical or architectural context as defined by theme, period, and geographic scope. Also address integrity) The R. Miller House is architecturally significant as an intact example of a Tudor Revival -style house in Santa Ana. The original building permit is dated March 9, 1932, and indicates the residence and garage were constructed by A.H. McClary for $4,000. The original permit did not include the original owner; however, a 1932 The Register article listed A.H. McClary as the owner of the property and Jasper Farney as the contractor (The Register 1932). Available evidence did not confirm McClary lived on the property. Farney was a contractor and real estate investor from the 1920s to the 1950s. He started as part of Honer, Herzig and Farney during the 1920s to 1930s but formed his own company in the 1940s to 1950s (The Register 1928a, Ancestry.com 2017). Famey designed and constructed single-family residences in the Tudor Revival style such as 1210 South Van Ness Avenue and 1137 South Gamsey Street (The Register 1928b). The first confirmed owner occupants of the property were Robert A. and Eda Miller and their son Ronald. The miller family lived at the property from circa 1935 to circa 1956 (Press -Telegram 1935, Ancestry. com 2011). The first confirmed owner occupant was Robert In 1939, a second permit indicates owner, Robert Miller, hired contactor, William Rohrbacher, to construct a new chimney for $145. Bom in 1904 in Illinois, Miller was a real estate agent in Orange County from the 1940s into the 1960s (Ancestry.com 2022, The Register 1945, 1965). Eda Miller was born in 1906 in Sweden (Ancestry.com 2022). (See Continuation Sheet 3) 1311. Additional Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) None *1312. References: (See Continuation Sheet 3 of 6.) 813. Remarks: None *814. Evaluator: Ashley Losco, City of Santa Ana. *Date of Evaluation: September 23, 2025 (This space reserved for official comments.) Sketch Map R. Miller House 1412 North Louise Street r w�sa• (3 x�x� y 4 Cb _ f Cn V rM m DPR 523B (1195) *Required information