Item 12 - Approval of Historic Property Preservation Agreements

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HRCA No. 2020-09, HRC 2020-08, HPPA No. 2020-11 - The Hamilton-Schoppert House March 25, 2021 Page 2 DISCUSSION Project Location and Site Description The subject property is located on the west side of North Victoria Drive in the Floral Park neighborhood. The site consists of a 3,277-square-foot, Minimal Traditional residence and attached garage on a 14,374-square-foot residential lot (Exhibit 3). Analysis of the Issues Architectural Assessment Leslie Heumann, Principal Architectural Historian with Chattel, Inc., provided an additional architectural assessment. The analysis summarizes that the house has a balcony, similar massing, and some of the American Colonial Revival influences that would typically characterize the Monterey Revival architectural style. While it could be called a very late example of the Monterey Revival, the Monterey Revival was largely a pre -World War II style. More importantly, it was a "fusion" of Spanish Colonial and American Colonial Revival styles, growing out of mid-19th century Monterey, CA, when new settlers from the east combined wood vernacular and American Colonial idioms with the adobe architecture that had prevailed in Monterey up to that point. This house was built in 1956, post -World War II, and has no trace of Spanish Colonial Revival style. Moreover, several details of this house are also not typical of the Monterey Revival style, including the shed -roofed entry porch that is perpendicular to the main, two-story volume; the facade projections (bay window beneath the balcony on the first floor and stepped facade of the one-story wing); cross -gabled roof treatment of the one-story wing; lack of classical detailing (or Spanish detailing) of the window and door surrounds; and the window types, dimensions, and divisions of lights. Chattel's analysis concludes that existing resources (McAlester 1984) further note that within the Minimal Traditional style, "...occasional two-story examples are also seen. More commonly, two-story houses of the period have extra detailing and represent late of examples of one of the traditional Eclectic styles, usually Colonial Revival or Monterey." However, because of this particular property's deviations from the Monterey, the McAlester's description of the Minimal Traditional as a "...compromise style which reflects the form of traditional Eclectic houses but lacks their decorative detailing," was more applicable. Therefore, it's recommended that the recommendation regarding the structure's architectural style remain as Minimal Traditional. Historical Listing In March 1999, the City Council approved Ordinance No. NS-2363 establishing the Historic Resources Commission and the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties.