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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY URBINE HOUSE 1123 North Olive Street Santa Ana, CA 92703 NAME Urbine House REF. NO, ADDRESS 1123 North Olive Street CITY Santa Ana ZIP 92706 ORANGE COUNTY YEAR BUILT 1923 LOCAL REGISTER CATEGORY: Contributive HISTORIC DISTRICT I N/A NEIGHBORHOOD Washington Square CALIFORNIA REGISTER CRITERIA FOR EVALUATION 5 CALIFORNIA REGISTER STATUS CODE I 5S1 Location: ❑ Not for Publication ® Unrestricted ❑ Prehistoric ® Historic ❑ Both ARCHITECTURAL STYLE: Craftsman Bungalow Closely related to the English Arts and Crafts Movement, American Bungalow/Craftsman architecture was popularized by The Craftsman magazine and architects such as Charles and Henry Greene of Pasadena. It drew from the wood building traditions of Japan and Switzerland as well as the medieval themes favored by the Arts and Crafts philosophers. Craftsman architecture stressed honesty of form, materials, and workmanship, eschewing applied decoration in favor of the straightforward expression of structure. A new appreciation of nature was evident in horizontal lines that reached out to embrace the landscape and the incorporation of capacious porches Into building plans. Primarily a residential style, Craftsman architecture can be identified by low pitched gable and hipped roofs with exposed rafters and beams In deep overhangs; wood lap or shingle siding and an occasional use of stucco; extensive use of stone or brick as a secondary material; horizontal emphasis apparent in roof lines, headers, and battered porch supports; and broadly proportioned wood framed windows, often clustered In bands. Craftsman homes were built from circa 1902 until the early 1920s (McAlester, 453-463). SUMMARY/CONCLUSION: The Urbine House is substantially intact and Is designed in the Craftsman Bungalow style of architecture, and has been categorized as "contributive" because it "is a good example of period architecture" in the Washington Square neighborhood. EXPLANATION OF CODES: California Register Criteria for Evaluation: (From California Office of Historic Preservation, Technical Assistance Series # 7, "How to Nominate Resources to the California Registerof Historical Resources," September 4, 2001.) 5: It embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, region, or method of construction, or represents the work of a master, or possesses high artistic values. California Register Status Code: (From California Office of Historic Preservation, December 6, 2003) 5S1: Individual property that is listed or designated locally. EXHIBIT 2 25B-131