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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY <br />Finch House <br />515 West 19t" Street <br />Santa Ana, CA 92706 <br />NAME <br />Finch House <br />REF. NO. <br />ADDRESS <br />515 West 19"' Street <br />CITY <br />Santa Ana <br />ZIP <br />I 92706 <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />YEAR. BUILT 11923 <br />LOCAL REGISTER CATEGORY: Contributive <br />HISTORIC DISTRICT <br />Nona <br />NEIGHBORHOOD' <br />Floral Park <br />CALIF. REGISTER CRITERIA FOR EVALUATION <br />C13 <br />CALIFORNIA REGISTER STATUS CODE. <br />15S3 <br />Location: ❑ Not for Publication ® Unrestricted <br />❑ Prehistoric. ® Historic ❑ Both <br />ARCHITECTURALSTYLE: Craftsman <br />Closely related to the English Arts and Crafts Movement, American Bungalow/Craftsman architecture was popularized by <br />The Craftsnian magazine'and architects such as Charles'and Henry Greene of Pasadena. It drew from the'tivood building, <br />traditions of Japan and Switzerland as well 'as the medieval themes favored by the Arts and Crafts philosophers: <br />Craftsman a rchitectuie.stressed honesty of form, materials, and workm2nship;.'escheWing applied decoration In favor of <br />the straightforward expression of structure. A new appreciation of nature was evident in horizontal lines that reached out <br />to embrace the.landscape and the Incorporation of capacious'porches:into building plans, Primarily a residential. style, <br />Craftsman archite'cture:can be Identified by low pitched gable and hipped roofs with exposed rafters and beams in deep <br />overhangs; wood lap or shingle'slding and an occasional use of stucco; extensive use of stone orbrick,as a secondary <br />material; horizontal emphasis apparent in roof lines; headers, -and battered porch supports; and broadly proportioned <br />wood framed'windows, often: clustered in bands. Craftsman homes we're built from circa 1902 until the early 1920s.. <br />SUMMARYICONCLUSION: <br />The Finch House qualifies for listing in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties under Criterion 1, for its <br />exemplification of the distinguishing characteristics of the Craftsman style., Additionally, the house has been categorized <br />as "Contributiye' because Il "contributes to the overall character and history' of the Floral.Park neighborhood and "is a <br />good example of period architecture," representing the. Craftsman style in Santa Ana (Municipal Cone, Section 30-2.2). <br />EXPLANATION OF CODES: <br />California RegisterCriieria for Evaluation (Froin' California Office of Histpric'Preservation,_-Techhlcal!As'sistance" <br />Bulletin #:7, September 4, 2001.). <br />3' It embodies the distinctive charactenshcs,of atype period region, or method of construction :or <br />represenis, the vrorkiof a master;:or possesses high artistic values. <br />California Historical ResourcbStatUs Code. (From'California Office'of,Historic Preservation Technical Assistance: <br />Bulletin #8; November 2004): <br />5S3- Appears to be individually eligible forlocal,desi nati6n ihrou h survey evaluation. <br />EXHIBIT 2 <br />25A-23 <br />