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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY <br />SPRUANCE HOUSE <br />2215 North ROSS Street <br />Santa Ana, CA 92706 <br />NAME <br />Spruance House <br />REF. NO. <br />ADDRESS <br />2215 North Ross Street <br />CITY <br />Santa Ana <br />ZIP <br />92706 <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />YEAR BUILT <br />1930 <br />LOCAL REGISTER CATEGORY: Contributive <br />HISTORIC DISTRICT <br />N/A <br />NEIGHBORHOOD <br />I Floral Park <br />CALIFORNIA REGISTER CRITERIA FOR EVALUATION <br />3 <br />CALIFORNIA REGISTER STATUS CODE <br />5S1 <br />Location: ❑ Not for Publication ® Unrestricted <br />❑ Prehistoric [ Historic ❑ Both <br />ARCHITECTURAL STYLE: Spanish Colonial Revival <br />The Spanish Colonial Revival style, as its name implies, encompasses two major subcategories. The Spanish Colonial <br />Revival flourished between 1915 and 1940, reaching its apex during the 1920s and 1930s. The movement received <br />widespread attention after the Panama - California Exposition in San Diego in 1915, where lavish interpretations of <br />Spanish and Mexican prototypes were showcased. Easily recognizable hallmarks of the Spanish Colonial Revival are <br />low- pitched roofs, usually with little or no overhangs and red tile roof coverings, flat roofs surrounded by tiled parapets, <br />and stuccoed walls. The Spanish vocabulary also includes arches, asymmetry, balconies and patios, window grilles; and <br />wood, wrought iron, tile, or stone decorative elements. <br />SUMMARY /CONCLUSION: <br />The Spruance House qualifies for listing in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties under Criterion 1 for <br />its exemplification of the characteristics of the Spanish Colonial Revival style. Additionally, the house has <br />been categorized as "Contributive" because it "is a good example of period architecture ". (Municipal Code, <br />Section 30 -2.2), <br />EXPLANATION OF CODES: <br />• California Register Criteria for Evaluation: (From California Office of Historic Preservation, Technical Assistance <br />Series # 7, "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 <br />represents 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 />5S1: Contributor to a district determined eligible for the National Register by consensus through Section <br />106 process. Listed in the California Register, <br />EXHIBIT 2 <br />Page 1 of 4 <br />25A -183 <br />