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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY DAVIS-HOY HOUSE 1225 North French Street Santa Ana, CA 92701 NAME Davis-Hoy House REF. NO. ADDRESS 1225 North French Street CITY Santa Ana ZIP 92701 ORANGE COUNTY YEAR BUILT 1905 LOCAL REGISTER CATEGORY: Contributive HISTORIC DISTRICT French Park NEIGHBORHOOD French Park NATIONAL REGISTER CRITERIA FOR EVALUATION C NATIONAL REGISTER STATUS CODE ID Location: ? Not for Publication ® Unrestricted ? Prehistoric ® Historic ? Both ARCHITECTURAL STYLE: Prairie Style (American Foursquare variant) The Prairie School refers to a group of architects centered in Chicago at the beginning of the twentieth century. Primary amongst them was Frank Lloyd Wright, under whom Prairie School designs reached their apex. Echoing the unbnterntpted horizontal lines of the American Prairie, Prairie style homes-it was largely a domestic movement-are usually characterized by broadly pitched hipped roofs with deep overhangs; two stories in height, often with one story wings; front porches with massive porch roof supports; and detailing which emphasizes the horizontal. A common, vernacular interpretation of the type, sometimes referred to as the Prairie Box or the American Foursquare, is box-like in massing and plan, with hipped or gabled dormers, porches across all or a portion of the fagade, and detailing culled from the vocabularies of a variety of styles, including Mission Revival, Colonial Revival, and Craftsman. SUMMARY/CONCLUSION: The Davis-Hoy House was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1999 as a contributor to the French Park Historic District. Under the regulations implementing the California Register of Historical Resources, the building is also listed in the California Register. It also qualifies for listing in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Property under Criterion I as a representative example of the American Foursquare variant of the Prairie Style common in the first decade of the twentieth century, and under Criterion 4b, for its association with two prominent early citizens, Samuel Davis and William Hoy. Additionally, the house has been categorized as "Contributive" because it "contributes to the overall character and history" of French Park through its historic associations and its style and type, is a "good example" of the American Foursquare variant of the Prairie Style, and "has not been substantially altered (Municipal Code Section 30-2.2)." EXPLANATION OF CODES: • National Reeister Criteria for Evaluation: (From Appendix 7 of Instructions for Recording Historical Resources, Office of Historic Preservation) C: that embody the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction, or that represent the work of a master, or that possess high artistic values, or that represent a significant and distinguishable entity whose components may lack individual distinction. National Register Status Code: (From Appendix 2 of Instructions for Recording Historical Resources, Office of Historic Preservation) 1D: Contributor to a listed district. EXHIBIT 2 25 Bp9 1 of 5