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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Elwood Bear House 520 West Nineteenth Street Santa Ana, CA 92706 NAME Elwood Bear House REF. NO. ADDRESS 520 West Nineteenth Street CITY Santa Ana ZIP 1 92706 ORANGE COUNTY YEAR BUILT 1923 LOCAL REGISTER CATEGORY: Key HISTORIC DISTRICT None NEIGHBORHOOD I Floral Park CALIFORNIA REGISTER CRITERIA FOR EVALUATION C/3 CALIFORNIA REGISTER STATUS CODE 5S3 Location: ❑ Not for Publication ® Unrestricted ❑ Prehistoric ® Historic ❑ Both ARCHITECTURAL STYLE: Spanish Colonial Revival The Mission/Spanish Colonial Revival style, as its name implies, encompasses two major subcategories. The Mission Revival vocabulary, popular between 1890 and 1920, drew its inspiration from the missions of the Southwest. Identifying features include curved parapets (or espadana); red tiled roofs and coping; low-pitched roofs, often with overhanging eaves; porch roofs supported by large, square piers; arches; and wall surfaces commonly covered in smooth stucco. The Spanish Colonial Revival flourished between 1915 and 1940, reaching its apex during the 1920s and 1930s. The movement received widespread attention after the Panama -California Exposition in San Diego in 1915, where lavish interpretations of Spanish and Mexican prototypes were showcased. Easily recognizable hallmarks of the Spanish Colonial Revival are low-pitched roofs, usually with little or no overhangs and red tile roof coverings, flat roofs surrounded by tiled parapets, and stuccoed walls. The Spanish vocabulary also includes arches, asymmetry, balconies and patios, window grilles, and wood, wrought iron, tile, or stone decorative elements. SUMMARY/CONCLUSION: The Elwood Bear House qualifies for listing in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties under Criterion 1, as a very intact and well -documented example of a Spanish Colonial Revival bungalow in Santa Ana. Additionally, the house has been categorized as "Key" because it has a "distinctive architectural style and quality' as an example of the Spanish Colonial Revival style in Santa Ana, exhibiting distinctive features such as the Palladian -influenced treatments of the fagade windows, unusual shingled tile roof, and front patio enclosure (Santa Ana Municipal Code, Section 30-2.2). �, � w: - 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 Register of Historical Resources," September 4, 2001.) C/3: 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, 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. 5S3: Appears to be individually eligible for local listing or designation through survey evaluation