Item 13 - Historic Property Preservation Agreements

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State of California —The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # CONTINUATION SHEET Trinomial Page 3 of 6 Resource Name: «Name_of Structure)) *Recorded by James Williams "Date September 23, 2025 0 Continuation ❑ Update *P3a. Description (continued): The detached garage is located southwest of the residence. It has a rectangular plan, gabled roof with asphalt shingle cladding, and stucco siding throughout. On the east fagade, the glazed metal swing -up garage door faces a concrete driveway, which leads to east North Louise Street (Figure 8). On the north elevation there is a non -original suspended garage door and horizontally sliding aluminum framed window (Figure 9). The front yard is landscaped with a lawn and mature trees and shrubs. Low hedge rows trace the eastern property line and areas bordering the driveway and front porch. A knee -height brick wall delineates the property's western boundary. *1310. Significance (continued): Though a name is not listed on the building permit, Mr. Miller likely constructed a recreation room in 1942 for $275. A newspaper article from 1946 listed Mrs. Everett Hunter as living at 1412 North Louise Street, though the Miller family lived at the property during this period (The Register 1946). Mrs. Everett was either a family friend or relative, or the newspaper made a mistake. In 1959, The Register listed a sale advertisement for the property, and 1412 North Louise Street was not listed in the 1960 Santa Ana City Directory (The Register 1959, Ancestry. com 2011). From 1962 to 1966, Robert T. Bailey and his wife Phyllida C. Bailey, lived at the property; however, no additional information was identified on the couple (The Register 1962, Ancestry. corn 2017). Dated March 23, 1978, owner John Mullins filed for a permit to construct a 360 square foot addition to the garage for $2500. Mullins lived on the property until circa 2002 (Ancestry.com 2005). The R. Miller House is located in Washington Square, a neighborhood located northwest of the city center bounded by West Seventeenth Street on the north, West Civic Center Drive on the south, North Flower Street on the east, and North Bristol Street on the west. Most of this area was owned by the family of Jacob Ross, who had purchased portions of the Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana in 1868 and 1869. Walnuts and other crops were grown in the area during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, with a few farmhouses, most notably the Ross -McNeal House at 1020 North Baker Street, dotting the landscape. By 1905, Baker and Towner were the only streets in the neighborhood, which extended from Hickey (now Civic Center) only as far as Washington and which contained only about a dozen homes. The status quo had not changed much by 1915, when a brick yard was located at the northern terminus of Olive Street at Hickey. In 1925, the beginning of the development that would convert this largely agricultural area into a middle class neighborhood of single-family homes over the next 25 years had begun. In the late 1920s and early 1930s, the Tudor Revival and Spanish Colonial Revival homes were the standard, with American Colonial Revival saltboxes and ranch style homes favored in the years before and after World War ll. During the 1930s, many of the homes were built by local contractor Emmett Rogers, who sold lots and built homes according to standard plans, which individual property owners could customize to their tastes ("Washington Square: A Neighborhood of Pride, " Washington Square Neighborhood Association). With the return of servicemen following the war and the accompanying demand for homes in southern California, the development of Washington Square was all but completed. The R. Miller House qualifies for listing in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties under Criterion 1 as an intact example of an Tudor Revival -style residence in Santa Ana. Located in Washington Square, the house cost $4,000 to build in 1932. The recommended categorization is "Contributive" because it is a good example of the Tudor Revival style and contributes to the historical and architectural character of the neighborhood (Santa Ana Municipal Code, Section 30-2.3). Character -defining features of the R. Miller House include: L-shaped plan; asymmetrical primary fagade; cross -gabled and flat roof with moderate to high -pitch; minimal roof overhang; gable vents, moderately rough stucco siding and false timbering; external brick chimney; multi -pane, wood -sash windows; single -pane focal window situated in a pentagonal opening and framed with a molded surround evocative of stonework, tripartite focal window with central fixed pane and flanking multi -pane wood sashes; recessed, diamond -glazed window located adjacent to the front entrance and to the focal window; main entrance set within in a small gable and accessible by two curved concrete steps; and detached garage. DPR 523L