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HRCA No. 2025-02, HRC No. 2025-02, HPPA No. 2025-03— Freund House (1001 North <br />Olive Street) <br />June 4, 2025 <br />Page 2 <br />throughout this report) and two detached garages on a 5,053-square-foot residential lot <br />(Exhibit 3). <br />Analysis of the Issues <br />Historical Listing <br />In March 1999, the City Council approved Ordinance No. NS-2363 establishing the <br />Historic Resources Commission and the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties. The <br />Historic Resources Commission may, by resolution and at a noticed public hearing, <br />designate as a historical property any building or part thereof, object, structure, or site <br />having importance to the history or architecture of the city in accordance with the criteria <br />set forth in Section 30-2 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code (SAMC). This project entails <br />applying the selection criteria established in Chapter 30 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code <br />(Places of Historical and Architectural Significance) to determine if this structure is eligible <br />for historic designation to the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties. The first <br />criterion for selection requires that the structures be 50 or more years old. <br />The structure identified meets the selection criteria for inclusion on the Santa Ana <br />Register of Historical Properties pursuant to criteria contained in Section 30-2 of the Santa <br />Ana Municipal Code, as the structure is 101 years old and is a sound example of period <br />architecture. No known code violations exist on record for this property. <br />The Freund House is architecturally significant as an intact example of a Mission Revival <br />style house in Santa Ana. The original building permit, for the address range 1001-1003 <br />North Olive Street, is dated September 8, 1924, and indicates it was built as double <br />apartments and garages, at a cost of $6,000. The original architect and builder are <br />unknown. At an unknown date, the residential unit fronting Tenth Street changed <br />addresses from 1003 North Olive Street to 915 West Tenth Street. Because of the unclear <br />address history, city directory research was only completed for the 1001 North Olive <br />Street address. The earliest known occupant is Charles Freund, who is listed on the <br />original building permit for 1001 North Olive Street. City directories note Mr. Freund as <br />the building's owner through 1926. An obituary article notes Freund was an interior <br />decorator that had lived in Santa Ana between 1918 and 1945, the year he died (The <br />Register, August 23, 1945). In 1927, T. T. Lackey and in 1930, J. R. Ott resided at the <br />subject property. Mrs. K. A. O'Brien is listed from circa 1933-1935. Tenant Bales <br />Redmond is noted in 1936. By 1937, R. U. Smith occupied the unit. City directories note <br />G. W. Wilkins from circa 1940-1945, and a newspaper article notes Wilkins remained <br />through 1949 (The Register, March 10, 1949). There was no directory available for 1948. <br />In 1949 Mrs. E. Hollingsworth is identified as a building tenant, who remained until she <br />died in 1956 (The Register, October 22, 1956). P. V. Plummer also occupied the unit in <br />1956 (See Continuation Sheet 3). <br />