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r ESA land Management J Ray Weiss January 2009 Page 16 south end of the building,as well as a bow window.All the walls are covered with textured stucco in a rectangular block pattern.The steel sashes of the windows throughout the house are painted turquoise,and the wood trim and stucco are painted white. The 1996 evaluation of this structure determined it to be eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places under Criteria C,that the residence embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type,period,region,or method of construction, or represents the work of an important creative individual, or possesses high artistic values. The previous survey cited the distinct architectural features of the residence, including reinforced masonry construction covered with patterned stucco,white walls,and its conspicuous chimney on the southern end of the building,as a unique combination of the Spanish Vernacular architecture of the original owner's birthplace and the contemporary residential architecture of the 1930s(see Attachment D). However,the reevaluation of the residence identified other similarly styled buildings constructed in Escalon dating to the same period. The use of masonry construction, patterned stucco, white walls and prominent chimneys in residential architecture can be identified in numerous residences dating from the 1930s through the 1940s in Escalon.The Spanish Vernacular architectural style and associated characteristics was a common choice of period styles available in residential architecture from the 1920s through the 1940s.The fact that the original owner may have chosen this particular style of architecture to reflect his Spanish heritage is not relevant to the assignment of historical significance under Criteria 3/C. Criteria 3/C requires that the architecture embody a rare, exemplary example of an architectural style, which the residence at 1750 McHenry Avenue does not. Because the property at 1750 McHenry Avenue does not appear to embody a rare or particularly exemplary architectural style, it fails to meet the requirements of Criteria 3/C, and therefore and would not be considered an historic resource in terms of CEQA.