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HRCA No. 2017-45, HRC No. 2017-44 HPPA No. 2017-49 April 26, 2018 Page 2 Santa Ana Municipal Code (SAMC). This project entails applying the selection criteria established in Chapter 30 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code (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 minimum selection criteria for inclusion on the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties, pursuant to criteria contained in Section 30-2 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code, as the property is 71 years old and is a good example of period architecture. No known code violations exist on record for this property. The property, recognized as the Evans -Harr House, is located within the Floral Park neighborhood boundaries and has distinctive architectural features of the Minimal Traditional style. The residence was built in 1947 by E.C. Rogers, a prolific Santa Ana builder and developer. From the late 1930s through the following decade, Rogers was extremely active as a building contractor. However, developer and builder Allison Honer (1897-1981), was credited as the subdivider and builder of a major portion of northwest Santa Ana. In the late 1920s and 1930s, another builder, Roy Roscoe Russell (1881-1965), continued developing the groves of Floral Park. In the early post World War II years, Floral Park continued its development as numerous smaller, single-family houses were built. The first known residents of the Evans -Harr House were Charles J. Evans and Violet A. Evans, a retired couple who lived in the house for 15 years until 1962 when it was listed as vacant. While the residents during 1962-1976 are unknown, it is known that Robert Kenneth Harr and wife Diane Foster Harr purchased the home in 1977. Mr. Harr, along with business partner Allen B. Christian, was affiliated with several patented designs. However, Mr. Harr is more prominently known as the dog handler of Rex, otherwise known as "Oki", a highly decorated German Shepherd that served during World War II. The Evans -Harr House features prominent landscaping with several mature trees, low vegetation and a non -original decorative walkway within the front setback. Character defining features of the Evans -Harr House that should be preserved include, but may not be limited to: materials and finishes; low -pitch cross hipped roof; wide overhanging eaves; brick chimney; metal detailing (porch supports); metal casement windows; single -hung wood windows; decorative cast-iron porch light and front entry portico. It is recommended that the house be designated to the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties and categorized as "Contributive" because it "contributes to the overall character and history' of the Floral Park neighborhood, and, as an intact example of the Minimal Traditional style in the Floral Park neighborhood, "is a good example of period architecture." Additionally, the house has been categorized as "Contributive" for its exemplification of the distinguishing characteristics of the Minimal Traditional style; for its "association with a significant period in the history of the city," namely the development of Floral Park as the premier residential district of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in Santa Ana; and for its "association with a significant person", E.C. Rogers. 25C-28