Item 28 - Approval of Historic Property Preservation Agreements

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HRCA No. 2022-1, HRC 2022-2, HPPA No. 2022-6 – Campbell-Jeffrey House May 5, 2022 Page 2 2 6 1 6 applying the selection criteria 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 structure is 94 years old and is a good example of period architecture. No known code violations exist on record for this property. The Campbell-Jeffrey House is architecturally significant as a characteristic example of the Tudor Revival style. It was built in 1928 for $6,500 by an unknown builder for D.W. Campbell. D.W. Campbell was a former Assistant City Treasurer, the general manager of the Southern Pacific in Los Angeles, and headed the panel of the Rationing Board. D.W. Campbell resided on the property for two years before selling the property to Mrs. Mary Jeffrey. Mrs. Jeffrey was considered an Orange County pioneer, along with her late husband William Jeffrey, who passed away in 1921. They were both prominent in the growth and progress of the community, since they arrived in Orange County in 1897. The property was subsequently sold in 1945 to L.H. Sheay who resided in the property until the late 1960s. The Campbell-Jeffrey House is a one-story, single-family, residential building constructed in the Tudor Revival style. Asymmetrical in design, the house exhibits a complex hipped and gabled roof with a fairly steep pitch, incorporating a side-gabled body with a projecting front gable, covered in composition shingle roofing. The exterior of the building is clad with stucco and enlivened by decorative half-timbering that suggests a gothic arch. The primary (east) elevation is L-shaped, defined by the primary, projecting, front-gabled wing and a side-gabled wing setback approximately fifteen feet. A front-facing gablet projects from the side gable. Multi-light casement windows framed by white wooden shutters are centered below each front gable. Wing walls extend from either side of the front-gabled wing (north and south) towards two low porch walls with wooden pedestrian gates, one leading towards the front entry (south) and the second enclosing an uncovered front patio area (north). The front patio is further defined by an exterior, tapered, brick chimney extending above the roofline, half clad in stucco and capped by a course of bricks. The main entrance is located on the side (south) elevation and is arched and recessed within a gabled projection. The entryway is characterized by an original wood front door with an arched design, accessed via an entrance stoop and front porch walkway paved with non-original flat stone. A rear wing, topped by a hipped roof, terminates west end of the south elevation. Fenestration on the side and rear elevations consists of multi-light casement windows and nine-over-one double-hung wood windows, each shaded with black fabric awnings with wrought iron spear supports. Character-defining features of the house include its massing and composition; fairly steeply pitched roof incorporating a side-gabled body Historic Resources Commission 1 –2 5/5/2022