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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY <br />NEIMAN HOUSE <br />2442 NORTH HELIOTROPE DRIVE <br />Santa Ana, CA 92706 <br />NAME <br />Neiman House <br />REF. NO, <br />ADDRESS <br />2442 North Heliotrope Drive <br />CITY <br />Santa Ana <br />ZIP <br />92706 <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />YEAR BUILT <br />1931 <br />LOCAL REGISTER CATEGORY: Landmark <br />HISTORIC DISTRICT <br />N/A <br />NEIGHBORHOOD <br />Floral Park <br />CALIFORNIA REGISTER CRITERIA FOR EVALUATION <br />3 <br />CALIFORNIA REGISTER STATUS CODE <br />2D2 <br />Location: ❑ Not for Publication ® Unrestricted <br />❑ Prehistoric ® Historic ❑ Both <br />ARCHITECTURAL STYLE: English Revival (Storybook Variant) <br />A simplification of the Tudor Revival, which reached its height of popularity during the 1920s and '1930s, the English Revival drew <br />upon the English country house for its inspiration. English Revival homes usually feature stucco walls and gable roofs of steep but <br />not exaggerated pitch. A characteristic sloped roof treatment incorporates uneven rakes, with one side of a gable extending a greater <br />distance than the other, sometimes changing the angle of slope in the process. Arches may be used for windows and doors, and, <br />unlike their Tudor cousins, are rounded rather than pointed. Windows are usually clustered in groups on the fagade and are often <br />multi -paned casement in type. Almost exclusively a residential style, English Revival buildings are nearly always asymmetrical in <br />composition. A `storybook' variant of the English Revival, characterized by a deliberately eclectic and picturesque quality often <br />focused on the roof treatment, found a particularly receptive audience in southem California. <br />SUMMARY /CONCLUSION: <br />The Neiman House qualifies for listing in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties under Criterion 1, as a structure with the <br />distinguishing characteristics of an architectural style or period, the Storybook Variant of the English Revival. Additionally, the house <br />has been categorized as "Landmark" because it has been determined eligible for the National Register, has been listed in the <br />California Register, has "unique architectural significance" as a highly intact example of the Storybook Variant of the English Revival <br />style, and contributes to a district that has `historical /cultural significance to the City" as an example of the City Beautiful planning <br />movement (Municipal Code, Section 30 -22). <br />EXPLANATION OF CODES: <br />• California Register Criteria for Evaluation: (From California Office of Historic Preservation, Teehnioal Assistance Series # 7, <br />"How to Nominate Resources to the California Register of Historical Resources," September 4, 2001.) <br />3: It embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, region, or method of construction, or represents <br />the work of a master, or possesses high artistic values. <br />Califomia Register Status Code: (From California Office of Historic Preservation, December 8, 2001) <br />2D2: Contributor to a district determined eligible for the National Register by consensus through Section 106 <br />process. Listed in the California Register. <br />rl <br />