Item 17 - Approval of Historic Property Preservation Agreements

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HRCA No. 2020-08, HRC 2020-07, HPPA No. 2020-10 – The Eisen-Hofheins House May 13, 2021 Page 2 1 7 0 3 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 64 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 Eisen-Hofheins House, is located within the West Floral Park neighborhood and has distinctive architectural features of the “dovecote” variant of the Ranch House style. The residence was built in 1957 by Jack A. Eisen. The West Floral Park neighborhood was largely developed after 1947; prior to that, the area was primarily agricultural. Other than Flower Street, which was improved with houses during the 1920s and 1930s, the neighborhood contained only a handful of residences on Baker and Bristol Streets. Between 1947 and 1950, around two dozen homes were constructed on Baker, Olive, Towner, and Westwood streets. Construction boomed throughout the neighborhood during the 1950s, with the California Ranch emerging as the favored residential style. The Eisen-Hofheins House is a one-story, single-family residence on a modestly sized parcel, sited with a typical setback and constructed in a picturesque, “dovecote” variant of the Ranch House style. A detached garage is located a few feet behind the south end of the rear elevation of the residence. Asymmetrical in design, the house exhibits a strong horizontal emphasis expressed through a long roof ridge running parallel to the front façade. It features a moderately pitched, side-gabled roof design with a pair of front gables, one behind the other, at the south end of the façade. The roof design exhibits wide-open eaves with exposed rafters along the front and side elevations, and portions of the rear elevation. Gable ends are finished with extended and subtly shaped vergeboards, and the front gable face is ornamented by a decorative dovecote. The exterior of the house is clad in a combination of smooth stucco, horizontal wood board lapped siding, and board-and-batten siding. Located off-center and sheltered under the main roof, the entry porch is characterized by board-and-batten siding and a single half- glazed, front door with a cross bottom panel. North of the entry, the living room is illuminated by a large picture window, wood-framed with a large central pane flanked by two hung windows with a criss-cross muntin design. South of the entry, a large horizontal bump-out, clad in horizontal wood board lapped siding and shaded by a shed roof, contains two pairs of wood, double-hung windows, also with a crisscross pattern. Along the north, south, and east elevations, the building incorporates a series of wood windows, including six-over-six, two-over-two, and horizontal pane sashes. Character- Historic Resources Commission 9 5/13/2021