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property wili not qualify under Criteria A, B, or C, because it does not retain the visual <br />quality necessary to convey historic or architecturai significance. Such a property also <br />cannot be considered a contributing element in a historic district, because it does not add to the <br />district's sense of time and place. <br />A basic integrity test for a property associated with an Important event ... is whether a <br />historical contemporary would recognize the property as it exists today. <br />ft is clear from these excerpts, that the historica! integrity of the McGowan farmhouse was lost <br />when the home was altered from i#s original Folk Victorian style in 1938. The historical <br />significance of the home as an early Santa Ana farmhouse is no longer applicable as the <br />renovation -which occurred after its agricuifural use had been abandoned -did "not retain the <br />visual quality necessary to convey historic or architectural significance." <br />From the newly presented photographic evidence, it is clear that even a historical contemporary <br />would not recognize the property as it exists today. Based on the criteria provided by the US <br />Department of the Interior, National Park Services, the McGowan house does not qualify for <br />listing in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties. <br />References: <br />McAlester, Virginia and Lee. A Field Guide to American Houses. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, <br />1884. <br />National Register Bulletin. "How to Apply the National Register Criteria for Evaluation." <br />Washington DC: National Register Branch, National Park Service, US Dept. of the Interior, <br />1990. <br />Page 4 of 4 <br />