CHINN, PHILIP AND IRENE (2) - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY SMILEY HOUSE 2900 North Flower Street Santa Ana, CA 92703 NAME Smiley House REF. NO, 203 ADDRESS 2900 North Flower Street CITY Santa Ana ZIP 92706 ORANGE COUNTY YEAR BUILT 1911 LOCAL REGISTER CATEGORY: Landmark HISTORIC DISTRICT N/A NEIGHBORHOOD Morrison Park NATIONAL REGISTER CRITERIA FOR EVALUATION 7C NATIONAL REGISTER STATUS CODE 2S2 Location: ❑ Not for Publication ® Unrestricted ❑ Prehistoric ® Historic ❑ Both ARCHITECTURAL STYLE: Bungalow/Craftsman Closely related to the English Arts and Crafts Movement, American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. SUMMARY/CONCLUSION: The Smiley House was formally determined eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places in 1988 as an individual resource. Under the regulations implementing the California Register of Historical Resources, the building is therefore listed in the California Register. Included in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Property, the Smiley House has been categorized as "Landmark" because it "is on the national register," "is on the state register," "has a bistorical/cultural significance to the City of Santa Ana," for its representation of the agricultural era in Santa Ana's history, and "has a unique architectural significance" as a finely detailed and highly intact example of the influential Craftsman style (Municipal Code, Section 30-2.2). EXPLANATION OF CODES: • National Re2ister.Criteria for Evaluation: (From Appendix 7 of Instructions for Recording Historical Resources, Office of Historic Preservation)' C: that embody the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction, or that represent the work of a master, or that possess high artistic values, or that represent a significant and distinguishable entity whose components may lack individual distinction. National Register Status Code: (From Appendix 2 of Instructions for Recording Historical Resources, Office of Historic Preservation) 2S2: Determined eligible for separate listing through a consensus determination by a federal agency and the State Exhibit C