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HRCA No. 2020-02, HRC No. 2020-01, HPPA No. 2020-02 October 29, 2020 Page 2 established in Chapter 30 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code (Places of Historical and Architectural Significance) to determine if this structure is eligible for historic designation to the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties. The first criterion for selection requires that the structures be 50 or more years old. The structure identified meets the minimum selection criteria for inclusion on the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties pursuant to criteria contained in Section 30-2 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code, as the property is 72 years old and is a good example of period architecture. No known code violations exist on record for this property. The property, recognized as the Harold T. Segerstrom House, is located within the Jack Fisher Park neighborhood boundaries and has distinctive architectural features of the French Eclectic Style. The residence was built in 1948 by prominent local builder Allison Honer, credited as the subdivider and builder of a major portion of northwest Santa Ana, now the Floral Park subdivision between Seventeenth Street and Santiago Creek. The Allison Honer Construction Company went on to complete such notable projects as the 1935 Art Deco Style Old Santa Ana City Hall, the El Toro Marine Base during World War II, and the 1960 Honer Shopping Plaza. The Harold T. Segerstrom house was built for Harold "Hal' Segerstrom Sr. and wife Veronica P. Segerstrom. Segerstrom Sr., one of the six sons of Charles John (C.J.) and Britta Segerstrom, was a member of one of the leading families of Orange County. C.J. and Britta Segerstrom came to Orange County from Sweden, with an intermediate stop in the Midwest, in 1898. They purchased land in what is now Costa Mesa and established a family agricultural business, which specialized in producing lima beans and maintaining a large dairy herd. Following World War II, the family branched into commercial and industrial ventures, and, with the construction of South Coast Plaza Town Center, became one of the most successful land developers in the county. The Segerstrom interests also built the first high rise in Santa Ana, the United California Building at the corner of Tenth and Main Streets. Asymmetrical in composition, the residence is defined by a two-story central block topped with a tall, steeply pitched, hipped roof, featuring two wings in the east and west direction, and front - facing gabled extension along the first floor. The exterior of the house is clad in a combination of brick, smooth stucco, and horizontal wood board siding on the front -facing gable ends. The roof treatment defines four sections of the front (north) fagade. In the middle, the central block features an entry porch formed by a second story extension and characterized by brick cladding around the door, a simple wood post, and an adjacent metal fixed window with diamond shaped patterns. The second story features a pair of metal casement windows framed by a pediment design along the roof edge, carried across to the rear design. The front -facing gabled extension features a prominent bay window with a protruding decorative brick wall below. Metal -framed casement windows appear in the two west sections of the fagade as well as the east section, each framed by decorative wood shutters. The two west sections feature a side -gabled design 25C-54