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 3 The Historic Resources Commission may, by resolution and at a noticed public hearing, 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 65 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 Hamilton-Schoppert House, is located within the Floral Park neighborhood boundaries and has distinctive architectural features of the Minimal Traditional style. The residence was built in 1956 by V.J. Anderson. A majority of Floral Park was developed by prominent local builder Allison Honer who was credited as the subdivider and builder of a major portion of northwest Santa Ana. In the late 1920s and 1930s, another builder, Roy Roscoe Russell, continued developing the groves of Floral Park. In the early post World War II years, Floral Park continued its development as numerous, smaller, single-family houses were built. Asymmetrical in design, the house exhibits a gable -and -wing roof design, with a low- pitched front -facing gable design on the first floor, and exhibits wide, overhanging, open eaves at the first floor along the side (north and south) elevations and at the second floor, along the front (east) and rear (west) elevations. The house exhibits little to no eaves at the first floor along the front (east) elevations and at the second floor along the side (north and south) elevations. The roof is clad in contemporary asphalt shingle roofing and the exterior walls are clad in smooth stucco, brick wall cladding along the primary elevation, and horizontal wood clapboard siding on the first floor gable ends. Located in the middle of the front elevation, a small entry portico is characterized by a recessed front entry with overhanging front-fagade roof and simple wood porch supports with triangular braces to each side. The entry features a wide six -panel wood door with two half -height sidelights flanking the doorway and a divided -light metal casement picture window adjacent to the entry door. The northern and southern portion of the front elevation also feature large divided -light steel casement windows. Along the north, south, and west elevation, the building incorporates a series of divided -light steel windows, including casement, four -over -four sashes, and corner windows with corner supports. An exterior brick chimney located along the side (south) elevation rises above the roof ridgeline. Character -defining features of the Hamilton-Schoppert House that should be preserved include, but may not be limited to, materials and finishes (brick, stucco, horizontal wood board siding; gable -and -wing roof design with wide,