3- HEMA2019-03_2117 N VICTORIA AVENUE

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2117 N. Victoria Drive, Santa Ana, California Page 4 1. A resource listed in, or determined to be eligible by the State Historical Resources Commission for listing in the California Register of Historical Resources (Pub Res Code SS5024.1, Title 14 CCR, Section 4850 et seq). 2. A resource included in a local register of historical resources, as defined in Section 5020.1(k) of the Public Resources Code or identified as significant in an historical resource survey meeting the requirements Section 5024.1(g) of the Public Resources Code, shall be presumed to be historically or culturally significant. Public agencies must treat any such resource as significant unless the preponderance of evidence demonstrates that it is not historically or culturally significant. 3. Any object, building, structure, site, area, place, record, or manuscript which a lead agency determines to be historically significant or significant in the architectural, engineering, scientific, economic, agricultural, educational, social, political, military, or cultural annals of California may be considered to an historical resource, provided the lead agency’s determination is supported by substantial evidence in light of the whole record. Generally, a resource shall be considered by the lead agency to be “historically significant” if the resource meets the criteria for listing on the California Register (Pub Res Code SS5024.1, Title 14 CCR, Section 4852). Relationship to this report: The subject property is locally listed as a Landmark in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties and has previously been found eligible for listing in the California and National Registers. Therefore, the subject property qualifies as an historical resource under CEQA. V. PROPERTY DESCRIPTION AND HISTORY Physical Description Site (Attachment A, Current Maps and Aerials; Attachment C, Current Photographs) The subject property consists of one parcel located at 2117 N. Victoria Drive in the Floral Park neighborhood in the north part of Santa Ana and contains one Spanish Colonial Revival single-family home with a rear garage to the northeast and rear pool house to the east. Bounded by W. Santa Clara Avenue to the north, N. Broadway to the east, W 19th Street to the south, and N. Victoria Drive to the west, the subject property is oriented west. Adjacent development on the same block of Victoria Drive includes single-family homes with varying architectural styles and dates of construction. Automobile access is provided through a concrete driveway running north of the house to the garage. There is a large front yard landscaped with grass, shrubs, and trees. Decorative hardscape features include a central tile walkway providing a direct path from the sidewalk to the front door and including a central, circular tile fountain. Exterior Designed in the Spanish Colonial Revival style, the single-family home at the subject property encompasses one and two-story portions with a roughly T-shaped floor plan wrapping a rear courtyard. The house features multiple rooflines, including hipped, gable and shed roofs capped in red clay tile, with a chimney clad in stucco extending above the south wing. Exterior walls are clad in hand troweled stucco. The primary west facade is asymmetrical in composition with four bays. The north bay encompasses the porte cochere, which includes a large arched opening. The center bays step up to two stories and includes the main entrance, roughly centered, which is recessed within a flat-headed opening, with decorative venting cutouts on either side and a round window at the second floor above. The second floor includes a Monterey-style wood balcony offset from the center of the elevation. The south bay steps down to one 3-50