Item 28 - Approval of Historic Property Preservation Agreements

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HRCA-2022-4, HRC-2022-4, HPPA-2022-8–The Bessie Coulter House May 5, 2022 Page 2 2 6 2 0 having importance to the history or architecture of the city in accordance with the criteria set forth in Section 30-2 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code (SAMC). This project entails 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 93 years old and is a good example of period architecture. No known code violations exist on record for this property. The Bessie Coulter House is architecturally significant as a characteristic example of the Tudor Revival style. This house was originally constructed in 1929, according to County of Orange records. The original building permit was not located. The earliest record shows that local realtor F. Carl Mock lived in the home with his family from 1930- 1933 before the home sold to F.E. and Bessie Coulter. It is interesting to note that Carl Mock (1888-1970) came to Santa Ana in 1915 and received real estate license number three and was a major player in real estate and development in Santa Ana and greater Orange County prior to his death in 1970. The home was the used as a rental by the Coulters during the late 1930s and early 1940s when Myron LeSourd rented the home before building his own house at 2447 N. Heliotrope Drive. This is evidenced by newspaper clippings of the era. The home was the scene of many parties, social and club meetings pertaining to Ebell and Junior Ebell. Bessie Coulter (1890-1974) was during the era, the longest continuous owner of the property. The Bessie Coulter House is a one-story single-family residential building constructed in the Tudor Revival architectural style Asymmetrical in design, the house exhibits a steeply pitched front gable roof, characterized by uneven rakes, that projects from the side-gabled and hipped roof at the primary (east) façade. The front-gabled wing is centered between a window bay to the south and an attached porte cochere to the north and contains the main entrance within an arched porch and an adjacent arched, fixed window. Both entry and window are deeply recessed into the building. The main entrance consists of an arched door with a single, narrow light. Segmental arch openings characterize the porte cochere. Building fenestration includes double, wood- framed, casement windows with divided lights on the primary and north elevations. Fenestration on the side and rear (west) elevations includes wood-framed French doors with divided lights, double-hung windows, and has three contemporary, wood-framed French doors lacking muntins on the rear elevation. A stucco-clad covered patio with double segmental arch openings is located to the rear of the building. The property is simply landscaped with two mature trees, a lawn, low vegetation and simple walkway at the front setback. A driveway parallels the north elevation and leads to the detached, one-story, two-car garage, which is also clad in stucco. Character-defining features of the house include its include its massing and composition, consisting of a side-gabled Historic Resources Commission 3 –2 5/5/2022