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A property important for illustrating a particular architectural style or construction technique must retain most of the physical features that constitute that style ar technique. A property that has lost same historic materials or details can be eligible if it retains the majority of the features that illustrate its style in terms of the massing, spatial relationships, proportion, pattern of windows and doors, texture of rnalerials, and ornamentation. The property is no# eligible, however, if it retains some basic features conveying massing but has Iost the majority of the features that ante characterized its style. (NPS, Section VIII) The second criterion that was used to categorize khe McCawan home as "t_andmark" was Criterion 7, °Buildings or structures khat were connected with a business or use which was once common, but is now rare." According to the significance report for placement on register, the home "'has a historicaVcultural significance to the City of Santa Ana' as a farmhouse surviving from the agricultural era in Santa Ana." During the time the home was a farmhouse, it existed as a Folk Victorian. The area remained primarily agricultural well into the 1920s. It was an y after the property's agricultural use was abandoned, that the home was substantially altered into its current state of Colonial Revival. According to guidelines published in the National Register Bulletin, the integrity of the house, along with it's relevance fo the agricultural era of Santa Ana, has been compromised by the substantial alterations done in 1938. This finding is based an These numerous excerpts from the National Register Bulletin, "How to Apply the National Register Criteria for Evaluation", Section VIII. How to Evaluate the Integrity of a Property: Integrity is based on significance: why, where, and when a property is ir~ar#ant... Ultimately, the question of integrity is answered by whether or not the property retains the identity for which it is significant. Properties eligible under Criteria A {event)... and C (design} must naE only retain their essential physical features, but the features nest be visible enough to convey their significance. This moans that even ifa property is physically intact ifs lntegrlfy is questionable ifits significant features are concealed under m odern construction. t7EFINING THE ESSENTIAL PHYSICAL FEATURES All properties change over time, It is not necessary for a property to retain ail its historic physical features or characteristics. The property must retain, however, the essential physical features that enable it to convey its historic identity. The essential physical features are those features that define both why a property is significant (Applicable Criteria and Areas of Significance} and when it was significant (Periods of Significance}. They are the features without which a property can no longer be identified as, for instance, a sate 19th century dairy barn or an early 20th century commercial district Criteria for Event Association (Criterion A}: A property that is significant for its historic associ on is eligible if it retains the essential physical features that made up its character or appearance during the period of its association with the important event, historical pattern, or persons}. A properly must retain the key exterior materials dating from the period of its historic significance. If the historic exterior building material is covered by non-historic material (such as modern sidingj, the property can still be eligible if the significant form, features, and detailing are no# obscured. If a property's exterior is covered by anon-historic false-front or curtain wall, the Page 3 of A