Item 10 -Historic Property Preservation Agreements for Various Properties

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HRCA No. 2025-02, HRC No. 2025-02, HPPA No. 2025-03— Freund House (1001 North Olive Street) June 4, 2025 Page 3 According to city directories, 1001 North Olive Street was occupied by L. M. Brozenick in 1960. Two newspaper articles describe Lou Brozenick's extensive wood working hobby. In the late 1950s through 1970s, Brozenick worked on creating a wall -sized world map made out of wood, using wood specific to each country. The project took 17 years to complete due to difficulties with obtaining directly sourced wood from each country. A 1966 article notes that Brozenick worked on this project at his apartment at 10071 Lampson Avenue, Garden Grove, after living in Santa Ana. Therefore, his artistic affiliations are not related to the subject property at 1001 North Olive Street (The Register, September 11, 1966 and December 4, 1975). The years 1963-1987 do not include the subject address in the directory or the directory itself was not available for research. A newspaper article mentions Mrs. Emily Jane Hayhurst as a resident of 915 West Tenth Street in 1965, who passed away that year (The Register, June 16, 1965). Historic building permits identify Joel Tardiff as building owner from at least 1975-1978. Permit history and directories reveal John Harwood owned the property from circa 1981-2003. By 2020, Steven Wayne Lively sold the property to current owners Palm Springs Deepwell Modern, LLC, represented by Kevin Shuler and Brian Stoddart. No pertinent information was uncovered regarding the former owners and tenants during the time of ownership/occupancy of 1001 North Olive Street. Located on a corner parcel in Washington Square, the Freund House is a one-story, Mission Revival style multifamily residence. The main residential building has two primary facades. The primary (west) fagade contains the entrance to the unit addressed as 1001 North Olive Street and the primary (south) fagade contains the entrance to the unit addressed as 915 West Tenth Street. Asymmetrical in design, the building features a rectangular -shaped plan with a parapet roof that wraps around the entire building, concealing the flat, built-up roof. The roof has no extended eaves. The exterior of the multifamily building is clad in smooth stucco. The main entrance to each unit is located within a front porch and is composed of a single glazed wood door with a Prairie style muntin pattern. Adjacent to each entrance door is a large fixed wood window with Prairie style upper divided lights. Both porches are raised above two shallow concrete -clad steps and contain wide arches. Both primary (west and south) facades contain one tripartite window adjacent to the front porch. The window is composed of a wood frame encasing two double -hung wood windows with ogee lugs and Prairie style divided upper lights that flank a large fixed wood window. The tripartite's fixed central window on the primary (west) facade contains Prairie style divided upper lights while the primary (south) fixed window had no muntins. A shed roof clad in clay tiles projects above the tripartite window on the primary (west) fagade. Window fenestration along the primary (south), east, and north facades include double - hung wood windows with ogee lugs and Prairie style divided upper lights. Additional windows include a single wood hopper window on the primary (south) fagade, a fixed wood window and five double -hung wood windows without Prairie style divided lights at