Item 25 - Approval of Historic Property Preservation Agreements

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HRCA No. 2021-04, HRC 2021-04, HPPA No. 2021-04 – The Clarence Bond House July 1, 2021 Page 2 1 8 0 8 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 71 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, is in intact and characteristic example of a post-World War II Ranch style house in Santa Ana. It was built in 1950 for $30,000 by John N. Galbraith for George Clarence Bond and his wife Hazel M. Bond, the first, longest and most notable owners and occupants of this home. Mr. Bond was in business with his father G.W. Bond in the business of selling investment bonds. The business began in Santa Ana in 1925 and was a success before and during the depression due to the marketing of bonds for public infrastructure improvement throughout Orange County. Clarence and Hazel Bond would own and occupy the home for over 25 years until their individual deaths in the early 1980s. The Clarence Bond House is a one-story, single-family residence on a modestly sized parcel, sited with a typical setback and constructed in a Ranch House style. An attached two-car garage is located behind (south of) the south end of the rear elevation and is connected by a breezeway. The house and garage delineate a reversed "L" -shaped plan, which embraces a generously sized rear patio enclosure. Asymmetrical in design, the house exhibits a strong horizontal emphasis expressed through a long roof ridge running parallel to the front façade (north elevation). It features a moderately pitched, side-gabled roof design with an extension over a partial width porch along the front elevation and a projecting front-gabled wing at the west end of the facade. The roof design exhibits wide-open eaves with exposed rafters along the all elevations. The exterior of the house is clad in a combination of smooth stucco, broad vertical and horizontal siding, board-and-batten siding, and brick. Centered on the façade, the partial-width porch is divided into three bays by slender posts that support the roof extension. At the west end of the porch, , the entry contains a single, half-glazed, front door with a cross bottom panel and a single side light. East of the entry, the living room is illuminated by a large metal-framed, multi-light picture window, with a large central pane flanked by two casement windows. Two metal-framed, multi-light, double casement windows framed by wood shutters occupy the end bays of the facade. Along the east, south, and west elevations, the building incorporates a series metal-framed, multi-light casement windows. An interior brick chimney rises above the roof ridgeline. Alterations to the house include the removal of original wood shake roof, enclosure of Historic Resources Commission 4 –2 7/1/2021