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State of California  The Resources Agency Primary #______________________________________________ <br />DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI #__________________________________________________ <br />PRIMARY RECORD Trinomial______________________________________________ <br />NRHP Status Code_____________________________________ <br />Other Listings_____________________________________________________________________ <br />Review Code________ Reviewer________________________ Date_______________ <br />Page _1_ of _3_ Resource name(s) or number (assigned by recorder) Borchard House <br />P1. Other Identifier: <br />*P2. Location: †Not for Publication „Unrestricted *a. County Orange County <br />*b. USGS 7.5’ Quad TCA 2555 Date: <br />*c. Address 1617 East Fourth Street City Santa Ana Zip 92701 <br />*e. Other Locational Data: Assessor’s Parcel Number 398-401-24; FINLEY HOME TR LOT 2 POR OF LOT AND LOT 3 <br />AND POR OF LOTS 4, 11,12, & 13. <br />*P3a. Description: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries.) <br />Deeply set back from the north side of East Fourth Street, this is a two-story residence in the Spanish Colonial Revival style. <br />Rectangular in plan, the stucco-covered building is capped by a tiled hip roof. A pair of belt courses circles the building, <br />giving the lower story added prominence by its greater height. The façade consists of five bays, the central three of which <br />form a nearly symmetrical composition around a central entry. Four steps, flanked by pedestals carrying lampposts, lead up <br />to an arched opening defined by archivolts and a keystone. The walls of the barrel-vaulted vestibule are finished to resemble <br />dressed masonry. A wrought iron grille containing the letter “B” embellishes the round-headed oak door. Shading the entry, <br />a second story ironwork balcony sits on the keystone and two corbels. Three arched French doors, separated by spiraled <br />columns, open onto the balcony. The arched theme continues on the lower story east bay, where three pairs of French doors <br />are adorned with balconets. Most other openings are one-over-one double-hung sash in type, arranged in widely spaced <br />pairs. The westernmost bay contains a porte cochere, through whose segmental arched opening a one-story garage and <br />guest house, stucco-sided and tile-roofed, can be glimpsed. A curved driveway leads to the porte cochere. On the east, a <br />(See Continuation Sheet 3 of 3.) <br />*P3b. Resource Attributes: (list attributes and codes) HP2. Single-family Property <br />*P4. Resources Present: „Building †Structure †Object †Site †District „Element of District †Other <br />P5b. Photo: (view and date) <br />South elevation <br />November 2002 <br />*P6. Date Constructed/Age and <br />Sources: „historic <br />1924/ Source: Building Permit <br />*P7. Owners and Address: <br />Vincent F. Sarmiento, Eva Casas- <br />Sarmiento and Irma Sarmiento <br />224 East Third Street <br />Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br />*P8. Recorded by: <br />Leslie J. Heumann <br />SAIC <br />35 S. Raymond Ave. # 204 <br />Pasadena, CA 91105 <br />*P9. Date Recorded: <br />January 2, 2003 <br />*P10. Survey Type: <br />Intensive Survey Update <br />*P11. Report Citation: (Cite survey <br />report and other sources, or enter “none”) <br />Les, Kathleen. “Historic Resources Inventory 1617 E. Fourth Street,” December 1979. <br />*Attachments: †None †Location Map †Sketch Map „Continuation Sheet „Building, Structure, and Object Record <br />†Archaeological Record †District Record †Linear Feature Record †Milling Station Record †Rock Art Record <br />†Artifact Record †Photograph Record † Other (list) <br />DPR 523A (1/95) *Required information <br />P5a. Photo <br />    <br />Historic Resources Commission 52 7/9/2025 <br />