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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY <br />STEELE HOUSE <br />2304 NORTH PARK BOULEVARD <br />Santa Ana, CA 92706 <br />NAME <br />Steele House <br />REF. NO, <br />ADDRESS <br />2300 North Park Boulevard <br />CITY <br />Santa Ana <br />ZIP <br />92706 <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />YEAR BUILT <br />1924 <br />LOCAL REGISTER CATEGORY: Key <br />HISTORIC DISTRICT <br />N/A <br />NEIGHBORHOOD <br />Floral Park <br />CALIFORNIA REGISTER CRITERIA FOR EVALUATION <br />3 <br />CALIFORNIA REGISTER STATUS CODE <br />2D2 <br />Location: ❑ Not for Publication ® Unrestricted <br />❑ Prehistoric E Historic ❑ Both. <br />ARCHITECTURAL STYLE: French Eclectic <br />The French Eclectic style, as its name implies, draws upon a variety of sources, from farmhouses to chateaus, for its inspiration. In <br />general, steeply pitched hipped roofs are a key feature, both with and without gables, towers, and turrets. Exterior walls may be brick, <br />stucco, or stone; half - timbered decoration is particularly associated with a "French Normandy" subtype. Depending on the prototype, <br />compositions may be either symmetrical or asymmetrical. Typical details include dormers, flared eaves,, multi -paned casement <br />windows and doors ( "French doors "), and both flat - headed and arched openings. Both comers and window and door surrounds may <br />be quoined. Popular in the 1920s and 1930s, the French Eclectic style in southern California was overshadowed by the Spanish <br />Colonial, Tudor, and American Colonial revivals. <br />SUMMARY /CONCLUSION: <br />The Steele House qualifies for listing in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties tinder Criterion 1, as a structure with the <br />distinguishing characteristics of an architectural style or period, the French Eclectic style. Additionally, the house has been <br />categorized as "Key" because it "has a distinctive architectural style and quality" in its presentation of the French Eclectic style <br />(Municipal Code, Section 30 -2.2). <br />EXPLANATION OF CODES: <br />California Register Criteria for Evaluation: (From California Office of Historic Preservation, Technical Assistance Series # 7, <br />"How to Nominate Resources to the California Register of Historical Resources," September 4, 2001.) <br />3: It embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, region, or method of construction, or represents <br />the work of a master, or possesses high artistic values. <br />California Register Status Code: (From California Office of Historic Preservation, December 8, 2003.) <br />2D2: Contributor to a district deternimed eligible for the National Register by consensus through Section 106 <br />process. Listed in the California Register. <br />"AIT315 <br />