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HRCA No. 2025-18, HRC No. 2026-1, HPPA No. 2026-1 — The M.I. Thomson House <br /> (2214 N. Westwood Avenue) <br /> March 5, 2026 <br /> Page 2 <br /> Analysis of the Issues <br /> Historical Listing <br /> In March 1999, the City Council approved Ordinance No. NS-2363 establishing the <br /> Historic Resources Commission and the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties. The <br /> Historic Resources Commission may, by resolution and at a noticed public hearing, <br /> designate as a historical property any building or part thereof, object, structure, or site <br /> having importance to the history or architecture of the city in accordance with the criteria <br /> set forth in Section 30-2 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code (SAMC). This project entails <br /> applying the selection criteria established in Chapter 30 of the SAMC (Places of Historical <br /> and Architectural Significance) to determine if this structure is eligible for historic <br /> designation to the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties. The first criterion for <br /> selection requires that the structures be 50 or more years old. <br /> The structure identified meets the selection criteria for inclusion on the Santa Ana <br /> Register of Historical Properties pursuant to criteria contained in Section 30-2 of the <br /> SAMC, as the structure is 63 years old and is a sound example of period architecture. No <br /> known code violations exist on record for this property. <br /> The M.I. Thomson House is architecturally significant as an intact example of a Ranch- <br /> style house in Santa Ana. The original building permit indicates the property was <br /> constructed in 1963 as a residence and attached garage at a cost of $40,000. Mary I. <br /> Thomson purchased the subject parcel from developer Emmet C. Rogers circa 1963, and <br /> contractor Frank M. Rogers completed the residence in September 1963. Deed <br /> documents show that following Thomson's ownership of the property, it was acquired by <br /> a series of owners including David Reich (date of acquisition undetermined), Dina <br /> Jackson Roseler (1987), John Devine (1987), and Steven N. and Patricia D. Atkinson. In <br /> 2025, the property came under the legal control of Michael Atkinson and Steve Doughty <br /> as trustees for Patricia Atkinson. Research, including a review of documents on <br /> Ancestry.com and Newspapers.com did not identify information of consequence of the <br /> property's current or former owners. <br /> Located on a mid-block parcel in the West Floral Park neighborhood, the M.I. Thomson <br /> House consists of a one-story, single-family residence and attached garage constructed <br /> in the Ranch style. The parcel is bounded on the east by Westwood Avenue and on the <br /> north, south, and west by private property. The one story residence has an irregular plan <br /> and a concrete foundation. Its complex roof is principally gable-on-hip, crossed with <br /> gabled and gable-on-hip roof sections. The roof is clad in wood shakes and generally has <br /> broad, closed eaves. Exterior walls sheathed in lap wood, stucco, and, to a limited degree, <br /> brick veneer. Facing Westwood Avenue to the east, the asymmetrical main fagade is <br /> characterized by a wing-and-gable form and a broad recessed porch sheltered by an <br /> extension of the roof brick-lined straight steps lead to the wood-panel front door, which is <br />