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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY HARMON-McNEIL HOUSE 817 North Lacy Street Santa Ana, CA 92701 NAME Harmon -McNeil House REF. NO. 158 ADDRESS 817 North Lacy Street CITY Santa Ana ZIP 1 92701 ORANGE COUNTY YEAR BUILT 1888 LOCAL REGISTER CATEGORY: Landmark HISTORIC DISTRICT French Park NEIGHBORHOOD French Park NATIONAL REGISTER CRITERIA FOR EVALUATION B, C NATIONAL REGISTER STATUS CODE 113 Location: ❑ Not for Publication ® Unrestricted ❑ Prehistoric ® Historic ❑ Both ARCHITECTURAL STYLE: Stick/Eastlake (Late Victorian), Queen Anne (Late Victorian) A style first described by architectural historian Vincent Scully in the mid twentieth century, the Stick Style refers to an evolution of the wooden architecture of nineteenth century architect Andrew Jackson Downing. Characterized by tall proportions, steeply pitched roofs, bracketed eaves, and most characteristically, exposed framing in the form of vertical or diagonal "stickwork," the style was most popular during the third quarter of the nineteenth century. The stickwork typically overlaid the siding, adorned the gable ends, or was incorporated into the structure of porches and balconies. The rectilinear quality of the Stick Style was often combined, in the last quarter of the nineteenth century, with "Eastlake ornamentation." Derived from the furniture designs of Charles Locke Eastlake, an English designer and arbiter of taste who disavowed all connection with the architecture bearing his name, such ornamentation included turned wood columns and spindles, knobs, sawn brackets, and curvilinear perforations. In southern California, Stick/Eastlake characteristics were usually associated with the predominant Queen Anne style of the late nineteenth century (Whiffen, 109-126). The Queen Anne (Late Victorian) (also known as the Queen Anne Revival) style dominated residential architectural design during the last twenty years of the nineteenth century in the West, and was nearly as influential on early commercial buildings. Identifying features include the front -facing gable roof, ornate decoration of wood or metal along the eave and in the gable end, avoidance of flat wall surfaces through the use of applied ornamentation of wood or metal, and classical columns or pilasters. Multi -storied residential and commercial examples often incorporated bay windows, sometimes topped with towers. The style borrowed heavily from late Medieval models, with the addition of other regional interpretations. Some of the most well-developed examples can be found in California and in the southern states (McAlester, 263-268) SUMMARY/CONCLUSION: The FIarmon-McNeil House was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1985 as an individual resource and again in 1999 as a contributor to the French Park Historic District. Under the regulations implementing the California Register of Historical Resources, the building is also listed in the California Register. Included in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Property, the Harmon -McNeil House has been categorized as "Landmark" because it "is on the national register," "is on the state register," "has a historical/cultural significance to the City of Santa Ana," for its contribution to the French Park district, and "has a unique architectural significance" as a rare and intact example of the combination of Stick/Eastlake and Queen Anne residential design (Municipal Code, Section 30-2.2). Exhibit C