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State of California The Resources Agency Primary #__________________________________________ DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI#______________________________________________ BUILDING, STRUCTURE, AND OBJECT RECORD Page 2 of 6 *NRHP Status Code_5S3_________________________ *Resource Name or #: R. Miller House B1. Historic Name: R. Miller House B2. Common Name: Same B3. Original Use: Single-Family Residence B4. Present Use: Single-Family Residence *B5. Architectural Style: Tudor Revival *B6. Construction History: (Construction date, alterations, and date of alterations): 1932. Construct residence and garage. $4,000. 1939. Build new chimney. $145. 1942. Build recreation room. $275. 1978. Addition to garage. $2500. 2017. Replace in-kind composition shingle roofing. No valuation indicated. 2025. Replace concrete driveway and walkway. No valuation indicated. *B7. Moved?No Yes Unknown Date:__________ Original location:_______ _______ *B8. Related Features: Detached garage B9a. Architect:Unknown b. Builder: A.H. McClary/Jasper Farney *B10. Significance: Theme Residential Architecture Area Santa Ana Period of Significance: 1932 Property Type: Single-Family Residential Applicable Criteria: C/3 (Discuss importance in terms of historical or architectural context as defined by theme, period, and geographic scope. Also address integrity) The R. Miller House is architecturally significant as an intact example of a Tudor Revival-style house in Santa Ana. The original building permit is dated March 9, 1932, and indicates the residence and garage were constructed by A.H. McClary for $4,000. The original permit did not include the original owner; however, a 1932 The Register article listed A.H. McClary as the owner of the property and Jasper Farney as the contractor (The Register 1932). Available evidence did not confirm McClary lived on the property. Farney was a contractor and real estate investor from the 1920s to the 1950s. He started as part of Honer, Herzig and Farney during the 1920s to 1930s but formed his own company in the 1940s to 1950s (The Register 1928a, Ancestry.com 2017). Farney designed and constructed single-family residences in the Tudor Revival style such as 1210 South Van Ness Avenue and 1137 South Garnsey Street (The Register 1928b). The first confirmed owner occupants of the property were Robert A. and Eda Miller and their son Ronald. The miller family lived at the property from circa 1935 to circa 1956 (Press-Telegram 1935, Ancestry. com 2011). The first confirmed owner occupant was Robert In 1939, a second permit indicates owner, Robert Miller, hired contactor, William Rohrbacher, to construct a new chimney for $145. Born in 1904 in Illinois, Miller was a real estate agent in Orange County from the 1940s into the 1960s (Ancestry.com 2022, The Register 1945, 1965). Eda Miller was born in 1906 in Sweden (Ancestry.com 2022). (See Continuation Sheet 3) B11. Additional Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) None *B12. References: (See Continuation Sheet 3 of 6.) B13. Remarks: None *B14. Evaluator: Ashley Losco, City of Santa Ana. *Date of Evaluation: September 23, 2025 DPR 523B (1/95) *Required information Sketch Map (This space reserved for official comments.) R. Miller House 1412 North Louise Street City Council 13 – 15 11/4/2025