Item 23 - Historic Property Preservation Agreements

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HRCA No. 2024-07, HRC No. 2024-05, HPPA No. 2024-10 — Buckheim House (1113 W. Riviera Drive) September 5, 2024 Page 2 Analysis of the Issues 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. 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 68 years old and is a sound example of period architecture. No known code violations exist on record for this property. The Buckheim House is architecturally significant as an intact example of a Ranch -style house in Santa Ana. The original building permit is dated May 26, 1956, and indicates it was built as a single-family residence and garage for owner Robert F. Buckheim for $25,000. The contractor was Hugh M. Neighbors, Jr. Although available sources do not confirm the property's designer, it is possible Neighbors, a builder since 1946, designed the property as he was known to have included the design of custom houses as part of his building practice between the late 1940s and early 1960s (Santa Ana Register August 21, 1946, December 11, 1948, The Register July 4, 1954, August 30, 1959, December 16, 1962). A review of City of Santa Ana property ownership data shows that Buckheim family, including Robert and Marion K. Buckheim, owned the property until 2009, when it was acquired by Charles and Molly Martin, the property's current owners. The Buckheim House is a highly intact example of a one-story, Ranch -style, single-family residence with a detached garage. Constructed on a generally rectangular plan, the residence is capped with a cross -hipped roof with wood shake shingles and moderate to broad eaves. Cladding on the front -facing south facade is principally board -and -batten but also includes fieldstone -veneer wainscoting and within the full height of the recessed porch. Use of such fieldstone cladding is repeated in the exposed internal chimney, an integrated planter on the south facade, and a short blade wall extending toward the driveway. Secondary -facade cladding alternates between stucco and board -and -batten. The front recessed front entrance includes a door with molded paneling and a fanlight, flanked by similar partially glazed panels, all of which appear non -original per visual observation. Windows are wood casements throughout, and have been replaced in -kind at the rear of the house. Also at the rear of the residence, a wood -framed sliding glass