Item 16 - Historic Property Preservation Agreements

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HRCA No. 2024-02, HRC No. 2024-02, HPPA No. 2024-04 — Dixon-Heemstra House (516 West 19t" Street) May 8, 2024 Page 2 In March 1999, the City Council approved Ordinance No. NS-2363 establishing the Historic Resources Commission and the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties. 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 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 structure is 101 years old and is a sound example of period architecture. No known code violations exist on record for this property. The Dixon-Heemstra House is architecturally significant as an intact example of a Craftsman style house in Santa Ana. The original building permit is dated June 1923, which indicates it was built as a single family residence and garage for owner and homebuilder W.H. Dixon for $4,000. Dixon, affiliated with W.H. Dixon and Son, was a local contractor and builder in Santa Ana and greater Orange County (Santa Ana Register, March 30, 1930). The original architect is unknown. In 1923, newspapers advertised the sale of the subject property as "Dixon's Durable Dwelling" built in the "exclusive highly restricted Strong tract" (Santa Ana Register, October 25, 1923). City directories note that the property was vacant in 1924; however, from 1925 to 1929 Benjamin Heemstra is listed as the building's occupant. From 1930 to 1931, P.H. Budd is the known occupant, who contributed to Orange County's first engineer report by Engineer Thomas Means in 1931. Budd later became an engineer for the Orange County flood -control district in 1934 and was ultimately appointed as the Orange County flood - control engineer in 1952 (Santa Ana Register, December 28, 1952). C.R. McCaslin occupied the property for one year in 1932. During the years 1933 and 1934, F.H. Albrecht is listed as the occupant, and then L.G. Holman is the known occupant from 1935 to 1937. From 1938 to 1939, C.H. Dale is the occupant. The property is listed as vacant in 1940. In 1941, both R.L. Fleming and H.R. McGuire are noted as building occupants. From 1944 to 1950 Mrs. Jessie Wild occupied the property. City directories were not available from 1957 to 1959, in 1962, and between 1966 and 1978. From 1979 to 1995, R.S. Fink occupied the property, and from 1999 to 2008, Stephen Loft owned the property. No additional information was uncovered regarding the previously noted owners and occupants. The current owners Jill Brumett and Mona Konstan purchased the property in 2019. The Dixon-Heemstra House is a one story, single-family, Craftsman Style residence and detached garage located on a small parcel in the Floral Park neighborhood. The main Historic Resources Commission 1-2 5/8/2024