Item 17 - Approval of Historic Property Preservation Agreements

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HRCA No. 2025-15, HRC No. 2026-2, HPPA No. 2026-2 — The E.A. Noe House (2117 N. Greenleaf Street) March 5, 2026 Page 2 Analysis of the Issues Historical Listing In March 1999, the City Council approved Ordinance No. NS-2363 establishing the Historic Resources Commission and the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties. The Historic Resources Commission may, by resolution and at a noticed public hearing, designate as a historical property any building or part thereof, object, structure, or site having importance to the history or architecture of the city in accordance with the criteria set forth in Section 30-2 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code (SAMC). This project entails applying the selection criteria established in Chapter 30 of the SAMC (Places of Historical and Architectural Significance) to determine if this structure is eligible for historic designation to the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties. The first criterion for selection requires that the structures be 50 or more years old. The structure identified meets the selection criteria for inclusion on the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties pursuant to criteria contained in Section 30-2 of the SAMC, as the structure is 101 years old and is a sound example of period architecture. No known code violations exist on record for this property. The E.A. Noe House is architecturally significant as an intact example of a Tudor Revival- style house in Santa Ana. The original building permit indicates the property was constructed in 1925 with a residence and a detached garage at a cost of $5,000. The original building permit does not identify an architect or contractor, though a 1925 newspaper article identified Noe as the general contractor of the property (The Register 1925). The article described the property as a "residence and garage, brick veneer, shingle and comp. roof' (The Register 1925). Newspapers identify Noe working as a contractor in Santa Ana since circa 1914 constructing mostly single- and multi-family residences in various styles popular at the time including Craftsman, Spanish Revival, and Tudor Revival (The Register 1914). He constructed the adjacent properties to the subject property on Greenleaf Street including 2109 and 2121 N. Greenleaf Street and was listed in a 1919 The Register newspaper article as a "Builder of Fine Bungalows, Residences, and Garages, 2109 Greenleaf St." (The Register 1919 and 1925). Noe lived on the property until 1926 when Joseph B. and Virginia H. Head purchased the property that same year (The Register 1926a and 1926b). Shortly after purchasing the property, Virginia passed away, but Joseph and their two children, David and Frances, and his second wife, Lula, and their daughter Mary Jean, lived at the property until circa 1962. Born in Kansas, Joseph moved to Orange County in 1905 and eventually owned Arrowhead Laundry at 6th and Porter Streets for 15 years (The Register 1962). David fought in World War II in the 11th Airborne Division as a paratrooper, and Joseph's second wife Lula taught at Logan School for 20 years before retiring in 1946 (The Register 1945 and 1946). During Joseph's ownership of the property, he altered the property twice: in