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RESOURCE ATTRIBUTES: (List attributes and codes from Appendix 4 of Instructions for Recording Historical Resources, Office <br />of Historic Preservation.) <br />IIP2 Single family property <br />® Building ❑ <br />Structure <br />❑ Object <br />❑ Site <br />MOVED? ® No <br />❑ Yes <br />❑ <br />Unknown <br />Date: <br />❑ District ❑ Element of District ❑ Other <br />Original Location: <br />STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE: (Discuss importance in terms of historical or architectural context as defined by theme, <br />period, geographic scope, and integrity.) <br />The Keech -Klatt house is an example of residential architecture built during the City of Santa Ana's formation years to house the <br />wealthier members of society. This large, two -story single - family residence is located in French Park Historic District, a district <br />advertised as the "Nob Hilt" of Orange County, French Park was (tome to many prominent businessmen, doctors, bankers, attorneys <br />and civil servants from 1880 to the early 1940 "s. The Keech -Klatt House is listed as a contributing structure to the historic <br />architectural integrity of French Park Historic District. <br />This house is in excellent, unaltered condition, and on its original site. There are few surviving houses in French Park that are of this <br />scale and level of architectural integrity. There have been no additional buildings built on the site and the large lot of this house and <br />its generous setback remains as a reminder of 1900's development standards of the City. <br />SUMMARY /CONCLUSION: <br />This building is eligible to be placed on the National Register because of the building's prominence and significance to the <br />development of French Park. Additionally, this building has a unique architectural significance because of its unique combination of <br />Colonial Revival and Classical Revival style features. Features such as: the rectangular plan and symmetrical front fapade; the hipped <br />roof with hipped and gabled dormers; the wide, enclosed eaves with brackets; the frill -width front porch and beticast roof; the centered <br />front door with sidelights, the rectangular, double hung sash windows; and the use of bay windows are Colonial Revival features. The <br />second floor trio window composition with cast plaster ornament on the front fapade, the paired columns at the porch, and the hip roof <br />front dormer with a balcony are this building's Classical Revival features. The large building site has been preserved in its original <br />size and no additional buildings have been constructed. The scale and level of architectural integrity and its prominent location at the <br />northwest entrance to French Park give this building additional unique architectural significance. <br />OWNER AND ADDRESS: Ms. Debra Me Ewen <br />201 E. Washineton Avenue <br />Santa Ana- CA 92701 -3756 <br />Page 3 of 4 <br />LIA1M alectorimhoneAkeech -Alan <br />I2 -07 -00 <br />25A -198 <br />