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HRCA No. 2021-28, HRC 2022-13, HPPA No. 2022-16 – R.C. Marshall House September 8, 2022 Page 2 2 9 0 7 set forth in Section 30-2 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code (SAMC). This project entails applying the selection criteria established in Chapter 30 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code (Places of Historical and Architectural Significance) to determine if this structure is eligible for historic designation to the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties. The first criterion for selection requires that the structures be 50 or more years old. The structure identified meets the minimum selection criteria for inclusion on the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties pursuant to criteria contained in Section 30-2 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code, as the structure is 67 years old and is a good example of period architecture. No known code violations exist on record for this property. The R.C. Marshall House is architecturally significant as a representative example of a Colonial Revival styled Ranch style home, in Santa Ana. According to City building records, it was built in 1955 by builder Arthur Herrick for approximately $16,000. The house was first owned by Richard Charles Marshall and wife Fern B. Marshall. They resided on the property with their two children, Dennis R. and Diane E. Marshall, who both attended Santa Ana High School and Santa Ana College. Richard was born in Illinois and Fern was born in Minnesota, but they moved to Santa Ana in the late 1940s. Richard managed a furniture store along Main Street. Occupancy records show that the Marshall's resided on the property until the late 1960s. The R.C. Marshall House is a one-story single-family residence on a large parcel, sited with a deep setback from West Riviera Drive and displaying the Colonial Revival variant of the Ranch style. An attached two-car garage is located behind (south of) the south end of the east elevation facing North Westwood Avenue and is connected by a breezeway. The house and garage delineate a reversed "L" -shaped plan, which embraces a generously sized rear yard. Asymmetrical in design, the house exhibits a strong horizontal emphasis expressed through a rambling plan and a moderately- pitched, gabled and hipped roof. The exterior of the house is clad in a combination of exterior materials including shakes, brick, stucco, and wood. Offset from the center of the primary (north) elevation to the west, the front entry features a recently replaced front door and sidelight, designed to be compatible with the Colonial Revival Ranch style and the date of construction. Widely spaced across the primary elevation, a series of steel, multi-light casement windows are flanked by decorative window shutters. The westernmost window is crowned with a front gablet that breaks through the modestly overhanging eaves. At the east end of the north elevation, a smaller, side-gabled wing is set back from the north and contains two steel casement windows on its east elevation, distinguished by diamond window pane patterning and shaded by a fabric awning. A centralized, interior brick chimney rises above the roofline. Alterations to the house include the removal of the original wood shake roof, replacement of the front entry door and sidelight, and replacement of the garage door. Character-defining features of the R.C. Marshall House include, but may not be limited to: horizontal massing and composition; combination of exterior materials including shakes, brick, stucco, and wood; steel fenestration (multi-light and diamond-paned casement Historic Resources Commission 2 – 2 9/8/2022