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HEMA No. 2023-08 – The Cypress Fire Station (625 S. Cypress Avenue) <br />November 2, 2023 <br />Page 2 <br />3 <br />7 <br />9 <br />0 <br />individually listed as No. 15 on the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties <br />(“Register”). It was placed on the Register in 2002 and was categorized as “Key.” <br />The Cypress Fire Station is a one-story Spanish Colonial Revival building with an L- <br />shape footprint. The roof is mostly flat except for a small portion that is visible from the <br />primary (west) façade, which contains an intersecting hipped and gabled roof clad in <br />clay tiles. The building is clad in stucco and its primary (west) façade is divided into <br />three bays. The two northern bays feature flattened arches that once contained the <br />original fire truck double-door entrances. The third, southern bay projects forward and <br />contains a keyhole opening for the building’s main entrance with a transom window and <br />arched side lights. Above the main entrance runs a decorative tiled frieze bordered by a <br />stringcourse with a central rectangular window behind a wrought iron grille. Additional <br />fenestration is located on the north, south, and rear (east) facades. The front, gabled <br />portion of the building at both the north and south facades contains notable arched <br />openings within the stucco wall. A single arched opening at the north façade originally <br />contained an arched leaded glass window. Two arched openings at the south façade <br />originally contained a single double-hung window and a single door with upper transom, <br />both of which were topped with tiles to match the primary façade’s decorative tiled <br />frieze. <br />The building’s rear (east) façade contains a nondescript addition at the property’s <br />northeast corner, with a flat roof that is lower than the historic building. The addition has <br />a slightly arched south façade parapet. Its roofline is topped with barbed wire and thin <br />metal fascia, and the body is clad in smooth stucco. Its east façade is composed of a <br />stucco wall that lacks fenestration and its south façade contains a large infilled stucco <br />wall that may have previously contained a garage door, along with additional openings <br />that are presently blocked with security covers. The addition’s north façade is not readily <br />visible from subject property or the public right-of-way; however, it appears to lack <br />ornamentation. <br />Original architectural plans of the subject building do not include the rear addition and <br />no other plans or building permits were uncovered that confirm the rear addition’s date <br />of construction. The earliest available historic Sanborn map, dated 1945, indicates that <br />a rear, one-story patio cover was present at the building’s rear in the same location as <br />the extant addition. Permit history reveals that an alteration was made in 1958 (with no <br />additional information uncovered), and a patio cover was permitted in 1972. It is unclear <br />if the 1972 patio cover relates to the rear addition. No other data was uncovered <br />regarding the rear addition’s construction or use. <br />Confirmed alterations to the primary (west) façade include the removal of the following <br />original features: the “ENGINE COMPANY NO 4” signage, roof materials, and fire truck <br />doors. The current property condition is poor. All existing window and door openings are <br />boarded over for security purposes, therefore their current condition is unknown. <br />Several clay tile roof tiles are broken, the wrought iron grill is bent and partially <br />  <br />    <br />