Item 25 - Approval of Historic Property Preservation Agreements

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HRCA No. 2021-13, HRC 2021-13, HPPA No. 2021-12 – The Ida C. Wiesseman House July 1, 2021 Page 2 1 8 0 6 designate as a historical property any building or part thereof, object, structure, or site 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 property is 73 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 Ida C. Wiesseman House, has distinctive architectural features of the gable-and-wing variant of the Minimal Traditional style, and exhibits details consistent with the Colonial Revival style. It was built in 1948 for $12,000 by the Allison Honer Co., a key firm in the development of Floral Park. The home was built for Mrs. Ida C. Wiesseman, who became a widow in 1948. Mr. and Mrs. Wiesseman moved with their two youngest children from New York City between 1905 and 1910 and immediately started a business known as the Wiesseman’s Variety Store at 114 W. Fourth Street in Downtown Santa Ana. Between the years 1910 and 1961, Wiesseman’s Variety Store was an original stakeholder and neighborhood staple in Downtown Santa Ana. The Ida C. Wiesseman House is a one-story single-family residence constructed in the gable-and-wing variant of the Minimal Traditional architectural style. It features a moderately pitched, front- and side-gabled roof configuration with shallow eaves. The roof is clad in contemporary asphalt shingle roofing, and the exterior walls are clad in a combination of red brick and wood lap siding. A narrow frieze board accents portions of the eave line. The focal point of the design is the central entry porch, whose canopy roof is supported by a single slender post with a diamond pattern cross bracing between the post and house. The entry contains a wide, six-panel, wood door flanked by two narrow, half-height sidelights. The front (west) elevation features wood-framed and multi-paned double-hung sash windows framed by wood shutters, located to north and south of the entry porch. Along the north, south, and east elevations, the building incorporates a series of four-over-four wood-framed, double-hung sash windows. A prominent exterior brick chimney rises above the roof ridgeline along the south elevation. A one-story, gabled, detached garage clad in wood lap siding and featuring four-over-four wood- framed, double-hung sash windows is located in the rear of the property. Character- defining features of the Ida C. Wiesseman House that should be preserved include, but may not be limited to: materials and finishes (red brick and wood lap siding); massing; roof configuration and treatment; porch; brick chimney; fenestration (wood-framed and multi-paned double-hung sash windows); and architectural detailing (wood shutters, frieze board). Historic Resources Commission 3 –2 7/1/2021