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HRCA No. 2024-09, HRC No. 2024-06, HPPA No. 2024-11 – M. Jackson House (2312 North Spurgeon Street) September 5, 2024 Page 3 4 5 0 3 pitch, composition shingle cladding, and slight eaves. Its exterior is sheathed in rough stucco throughout. On the front (east) façade, a short set of round concrete podium steps approaches the front entrance, which includes a solid wood front door set into a gable end and sheltered by a pan-type metal awning. Windows to the left of the entrance serve as a focal point and feature a tripartite wood-sash assembly, in addition to a pair of narrow, deep-set, diagonally glazed windows. Elsewhere, windows vary in size and operability, but generally include wood, multi-pane sashes. Most original windows also feature simple molded frame details. Many windows on the east and south façades are full-height. The rear 1960 addition contrasts with the historic front end of the house, exhibiting Mid-Century Modern-style elements, such as a canted exterior corner and exposed heavy rafter beams. Although the addition detracts somewhat from the historical design and feeling of the residence, it relatively small and is minimally visible from the street. Aside from the addition, the house does not include any alterations of note and continues to convey the property’s historical Tudor Revival-style elements. The detached garage is located at the southwest of the residence. It has a long rectangular plan, gabled roof with asphalt shingle cladding, and stucco siding throughout. On the east façade, the board-and-batten swing-up garage door faces a concrete driveway, which leads to north Spurgeon Street. While its front (east) end does not reflect the influence of any discernible architectural style, the rear echoes the Mid-Century Modern styling of the rear addition to the residence. This is most evident in the large window assembly on the south façade, which is characterized by its grid form and heavy wood mullions, in addition to two separate ribbons of steel casement windows, which provide a horizontal emphasis characteristic of architectural Modernism. Additional features of the garage include a glazed French and glazed standard-size door, both on the south façade. The front yard is landscaped with a lawn and mature trees and shrubs. Tracing the front property line is a wood post-and-rail fence, which visual observation suggests is not original to the property. Character-defining features of the M. Jackson House include, but may not be limited to: L-shaped plan; asymmetrical primary (east) façade; complex roof with hipped and high- pitched gabled elements; minimal roof overhang with boxed eaves; moderately rough stucco siding; brick external chimney; full-height, multi-pane, wood-sash windows; tripartite focal window with central fixed pane and flanking multi-pane wood sashes; recessed, diamond-glazed located adjacent to the front entrance and to the focal window; gables with wood-plank siding; main entrance set within in a small gable and accessible by two curved concrete steps; detached garage; and front yard lawn with landscaping including mature trees and shrubs. The M. Jackson House qualifies for listing in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties under Criterion 1 as an intact example of a Tudor Revival-style house in Santa Ana. The recommended categorization is “Contributive”