Item 23 - Historic Property Preservation Agreements

Home Browse Search

HRCA No. 2023-29, HRC No. 2024-03, HPPA No. 2024-05 — R.S. McGuire House (2369 North Flower Street) July 15, 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 86 years old and is a sound example of period architecture. No known code violations exist on record for this property. The R.S. McGuire House is architecturally significant as an intact example of an Art Moderne style house in Santa Ana. The original building permit is dated August 22, 1938, and indicates it was built as a single-family residence and garage for owner -contractor Allison Honer for $5,500, who appears to have been affiliated with the property only during the time of the initial building permit. The original architect is unknown. City directories note that R.S. McGuire owned the property for at least 23 years, from 1939-1962. R.S. (Mac) McGuire worked for heating equipment company O'Keefe and Merritt and later was employed at Coffmans furniture -appliance store at 714 West 17th Street in Santa Ana (Santa Ana Register, March 7, 1946; Santa Ana Register, March 30, 1950). From circa 1965-1979, Douglas Geraldine occupied the building. In 1980, J Darlingfriz and Doug Friz are noted as building occupants. The 1985 Criss -Cross directories do not list the property owner. From circa 1986 to 2021, David Aeppli owned the subject property. City directories were not available from 1963-1964, 1966-1978, and 1984; directories from 1981-1983 and 1985 do not list the property owner or occupant. The present owners, Paul Gulino and Julie Bidmead, purchased the property in 2021. The R.S. McGuire House is a one story, single-family, Art Moderne style residence and detached garage located on a small parcel in the Floral Park neighborhood. The asymmetrical residence exhibits a T-shaped plan with two primary facades facing west and south respectively. Its low -pitch hipped and gabled roof is clad in asphalt shingles with minimal overhanging eaves and exposed rafter tails. A rear addition that was added to the east fagade in 1991 has curved walls and is capped with a curved roofline in asphalt shingles to match existing. The exterior of the house is clad in smooth stucco with minimal texture throughout. The primary (west) fagade features a stucco -clad chimney with the upper portion clad in exposed brick. The chimney is flanked by two steel -frame, multi - pane, combination fixed -and -casement corner windows that wrap around both the north and south building corners. The primary fagades feature two building projections that are