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CONSTRUCTION HISTORY: (Construction data, alterations, and date of alterations) <br />Year Built: 1909 <br />Private Garage March 1, 1928 <br />Reroof August 29, 1934 <br />RELATED FEATURES: (Other important features such as barns, sheds, fences, prominent or unusual trees, or landscape) <br />1928 Garage in rear <br />: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, settings, and <br />boundaries.) <br />The Hickox House is an "L"-shaped volume, with a cross -gabled roof. A prominent gable fronts the side facing bellcast gabled roof. <br />Carved bargeboards, exposed rafter tails, triangular knee braces, decorative knobs, and criss-cross lath vent work accent the roof line. <br />Wood shingles cover the exterior upper three -fourths of the body, while wide clapboard siding is used on the lower one-fourth, <br />separated by a beltcourse. Ribbons of casement windows, accented with three lights in the top third, are used throughout the second <br />story, while similar windows with two rows of muntins are featured on the first floor. A single column with sloping sides and clad in <br />wood shingles supports the recessed front porch. A massive beam, with a slight segmental arch bottom, spans the entire front of the <br />porch; a second smaller beam of the same configuration spans from the post to the front of the house. A cutout rail, anchored next to <br />the steps by a tapered pier borders the north and west sides of the porch. The only alteration appears to be the metal screen door. The <br />defining features that makes this building a Bungalow/Craftsman include the use of shingles as an exterior finish; a broad entry front <br />porch supported by tapered posts; the window and surround detailing; and low pitched roof with wide eaves and exposed rafter ends <br />that are richly detailed. <br />HISTORIC HIGHLIGHTS: <br />Lou and Ruby Hickox built this house in 1909. Lou was a well-known photographer in Santa Ana with a studio at 112 'h W. Fourth <br />St. (After Lou died in 1915, Mary Smart took over the business). His wife Ruby and their daughter, Ruth, continued to live in the <br />house until 1920, when Julius and Annie Smith bought the house. The Smith's owned the Unique Cloak and Suit House at 203 W. <br />Fourth Street. Records indicate that by 1925, Oliver and Edna Carr had moved here to stay for a few years. Oliver owned a detective <br />agency at 407 '/2 N. Main St. <br />RESOURCE ATTRIBUTES: (List attributes and codes from Appendix 4 of Instructions for Recording Historical Resources, Office <br />of Historic Preservation.) <br />HP2 single family property <br />Page 2 of 4 <br />LL\HRC\category hickox <br />10-05-00 <br />