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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY WALKER HOUSE 2453 Nor#h Riverside Drive San#a Ana, CA 927Q6 NAME Walker House REF'. NO. ADDRESS 2453 North Riverside Drive CITY Santa Ana ZIP 92706 ORANGE COUNTY YEAR BUILT 7937 LOCAL REGISTER CATEGORY: Key HISTORIC DISTRICT NIA NEIGHBORHOOD Floral Park CALIFORNIA REGISTER CRITERIA FOR EVALUATION 3 CALIFORNIA REGISTER STATUS CODE 5S1 Location: ^ Not for Publication ®Unrestricted ^ Prehistoric ®Historic ^ Both ARCHITECTURAL STYLE: Spanish Colonial Revival The Spanish Colonial Revival style, as its name implies, encompasses two major subcategories. The Spanish Colonial Revival flourished between 1915 and 1940, reaching its apex during the 1920s and 1930s. The movement received widespread at#ention 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 the roof coverings, flat roofs surrounded by tiled parapets, and stuccoed walls. The Spanish vocabulary also includes arches, asymmetry, balconies and patios, window grilles, and wood, wrought iron, tile, or stone decorative elements. SUMMARYICONCLUSION: The Walker House qualifies for listing in the San#a Ana Register of Historical Properties under Criterion 1 for its exemplification of the dis#inguishing characteristics of the Spanish Colonial Revival style. Additionally, the house has been categorized as "Key" because it "contributes to the overall character and history" of Santa Ana, and, as an example of the Mission/Spanish Colonial Revival style in the Floral Park neighborhood and has a "distinctive architectural style and quality" (Municipal Code, Section 30-2.2), EXPLANATION OF CODES: • California Register Criteria far Evaluation: {From California Office of Historic Preservation, Technical Assistance Series # 7, "How to Nominate Resources #o the California Register of Historical Resources," September 4, 2001.} 3: It embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, region, or method of construction, or represents the work of a master, or possesses high artistic values. • California Register Status Code: (From California Office of Historic Preservation, December 8, 2003,) 5S1: Contributor to a district determined eligible far the National Register by consensus through Section 106 process. Listed in the California Register. EXHIBIT 2 Page 1 of 5