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Ad Hoc Committee Nominations for the 2024 City of Santa Ana Historic Preservation <br />Awards <br />November 7, 2024 <br />Page 3 <br />4 <br />6 <br />5 <br />9 <br />new secure panels embellished with designs representing the existing historic doors and <br />window frames at each location. Moreover, Caribou Industries received City permits to <br />demolish an ancillary hand ball court that was permitted in 1958 and a reinforced concrete <br />building constructed in 1938. Neither of these ancillary buildings were physically attached <br />to the historic YMCA building. <br />While the rehabilitation of the building remains unrealized, the changes made to date <br />have secured the vacant building from trespassing and vandalism and signal the potential <br />to restore this highly visible landmark to a condition reflective of its historical and <br />architectural importance to Santa Ana. Members of the Ad Hoc Committee concurred the <br />work completed so far represented an important first step in rehabilitating this prominent <br />building and that the efforts were worthy of recognition. <br />The work was completed by mid-2022, and plans for the building’s eventual rehabilitation <br />are currently being prepared in consultation with Preserve Orange County and the City. <br />Rehabilitation Award: The Thomas House <br />Award Winner: Diana Vogel <br />Location: 621 North Spurgeon Street (southwest corner of North Spurgeon Street and <br />East Civic Center Drive) <br />Background <br />The Thomas House is architecturally significant as an example of the Queen Anne style. <br />Representative of its architectural style, the house features such characteristic features <br />as a complex hipped and gabled roof, double-hung and canted bay windows, fish-scale <br />shingle wall cladding, and various wood ornamental details. In 2001, the property was <br />individually listed as No. 26 on the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties and <br />categorized as “Key.” <br />Description <br />The Thomas House was selected for the series of exterior improvements that contributed <br />to the property’s rehabilitation. Although the property already had a relatively high degree <br />of historical integrity prior to the improvements, it had suffered a loss of windows, <br />deterioration of architectural detailing, weathering of exterior painting, and the addition of <br />some non-conforming features, such as the non-original brick stairs and knee wall at the <br />residence’s front entrance. Improvements were completed between circa 2016 and 2017 <br />and consisted of a full rehabilitation of the residence and carriage house to restore <br />existing architectural features and make additional stylistically appropriate exterior <br />  <br />    <br />