25D - AGMT - HISTORIC PROPERTY - 102 W 4TH ST

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NAME First National Bank Building REF. NO. 234 ADDRESS 102 -106 West Fourth Street CITY Santa Ana ZIP 1 92701 ORANGE COUNTY YEAR BUILT 1923 LOCAL REGISTER CATEGORY: Landmark HISTORIC DISTRICT I Downtown Santa Ana NEIGHBORHOOD NATIONAL REGISTER CRITERIA FOR EVALUATION I C NATIONAL REGISTER STATUS CODE I ID Location: ❑ Not for Publication ® Unrestricted USGS 7.5" Quad Date: —T —R— of of Sec B.M ❑ Prehistoric ® Historic ❑ Both ARCHITECTURAL STYLE: Late 19" and 20" Century Revivals /Italian Renaissance DESCRIPTIONBACKGROUND RELATED TO PERIOD ARCHITECTURE: The late 19" and 20" century revival of the Italian Renaissance style, also known as the Italian Renaissance Revival, was popular from the late 19" century until 1930. It was inspired by the designs of the palazzi of northern Italy and popularized by American architects McKim, Mead, and White. Utilized on public buildings and ornate homes, the vocabulary of the style also influenced the appearance of commercial buildings. Characteristic features generally include masonry construction, often with different treatments on lower and upper stories; stringcourses or beltcoruses between stories; flat roots screened by parapets or hipped roofs; cornices, dentils, pilasters, quoins, and other classical details; and a balanced, often synunetrical appearance. Taller, more elaborate buildings often feature terracotta facade cladding or ornamentation while more modest one to three story examples utilize bricks of contrasting colors as trim- Ground floors of multi -story buildings often housed banking rooms; more modest buildings may contain storefronts with recessed entries and large plate glass display windows with transoms and bulkheads. Upper story windows are most commonly one -over -one wood framed double -hung sash. Page I of 4 cm 8ismridlnnplmnsrnnrth 1(12 W I Nm'I R.A) srnni EXHIBIT 2 25D -6