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Item # 22
City of Santa Ana
20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701
Staff Report
January 16, 2024
TOPIC: Approval of a Historic Property Preservation Agreement
AGENDA TITLE
Historic Property Preservation Agreements
RECOMMENDED ACTION
1. Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute the attached Mills Act
agreements with the below-referenced property owners for the identified structure(s).
Property Owner(s)
Historic Property
Preservation
Agreement No.
Address/House Vote by HRC
Charles William Lake
and Julie S. Lake, as
Trustees of the
Charles William Lake
and Julie S. Lake
2002 Family Trust
Dated September 20,
2002
2023-10 2028 N. Greenleaf
Street
5:0:0:3
(Commissioners
Hardy, Cornelious,
and Escamilla
absent)
Daniel and Robbyn
Taylor 2023-11 1607 N. Freeman
Street
5:0:0:3
(Commissioners
Hardy, Cornelious,
and Escamilla
absent)
2. Determine that, in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act, the
proposed projects are exempt for further review as Categorical Exemptions ER No.
2023-105 and 2023-107 will be filed for the projects.
GOVERNMENT CODE §84308 APPLIES: Yes
DISCUSSION
On November 2, 2023, the Historic Resources Commission (HRC) recommended that
the City Council authorize the City Manager to execute the following Mills Act
agreements with the identified property owners for historic structure(s) in the City,
Approval of Historic Property Preservation Agreement
January 16, 2024
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subject to non-substantive changes approved by the City Manager and City Attorney:
Historic Preservation Agreement Number 2023-10 and 2023-11. This action allows for
the approval of a Historic Property Preservation Agreement (Mills Act Contract) which
provides a property tax reduction whereby property owners agree to reinvest the tax
savings towards the maintenance of the historic property. Additionally, the agreement
prevents inappropriate alterations to the protected historic structure(s).
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
In accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act, the proposed projects are
exempt from further review. The following Categorical Exemptions will be filed for this
project:
•ER No. 2023-105 (2028 North Greenleaf Street)
•ER No. 2023-107(1607 North Freeman Street)
FISCAL IMPACT
The Historic Property Preservation Agreement will reduce the Property Tax revenue
account 01102002-50011 to the City by an estimated $1,746.94 annually noted below,
for a period of not less than ten years.
HPPA No.Address Estimate Exhibit No.
2023-105 2028 North Greenleaf Street $776.74 1-2
2023-107 1607 North Freeman Street $970.20 3-4
Total for All Properties:$1,746.94
EXHIBIT(S)
1. Mills Act Agreement – 2028 North Greenleaf Street
2. HRC Staff Report – 2028 North Greenleaf Street
3. Mills Act Agreement – 1607 North Freeman Street
4. HRC Staff Report – 1607 North Freeman Street
Submitted By: Minh Thai, Executive Director of Planning and Building Agency
Approved By: Tom Hatch, Interim City Manager
RECORDING REQUESTED BY
AND WHEN RECORDED MAIL TO:
City of Santa Ana
20 Civic Center Plaza (M-30)
Santa Ana, CA 92702
Attn: Clerk of the Council
FREE RECORDING PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE § 27383
_________________________________________________________________________
HISTORIC PROPERTY PRESERVATION AGREEMENT
This Historic Property Preservation Agreement (“Agreement”) is made and entered into
by and between the City of Santa Ana, a charter city and municipal corporation duly organized
and existing under the Constitution and laws of the of the State of California (hereinafter referred
to as “City”), and Charles William Lake and Julie S. Lake, as Trustees of the Charles
William Lake and Julie S. Lake 2002 Family Trust Dated September 20, 2002 , (hereinafter
collectively referred to as “Owner”), owner of real property located at 2028 North Greenleaf
Street, Santa Ana, California, in the County of Orange and listed on the Santa Ana Register of
Historical Properties.
RECITALS
A.The City Council of the City of Santa Ana is authorized by California
Government Code Section 50280 et seq. (known as the “Mills Act”) to enter into
contracts with owners of qualified historical properties to provide for appropriate
use, maintenance, rehabilitation and restoration such that these historic properties
retain their historic character and integrity.
B.The Owner possesses fee title in and to that certain qualified real property
together with associated structures and improvements thereon, located at 2028
North Greenleaf Street, Santa Ana, CA, 92706 and more particularly described
in Exhibit “A,” attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference, and
hereinafter referred to as the “Historic Property”.
C.The Historic Property is officially designated on the Santa Ana Register of
Historical Properties pursuant to the requirements of Chapter 30 of the Santa Ana
Municipal Code.
D.City and Owner, for their mutual benefit, now desire to enter into this Agreement
which defines and limits the use and alteration of this Historic Property in order to
enhance and maintain its value as a cultural and historical resource for Owner and
for the community; to prevent inappropriate alterations to the Historic Property
and to ensure that repairs, additions, new building, and other changes are
appropriate; and to ensure that rehabilitation and maintenance are carried out in an
exemplary manner.
Exhibit 1
MILLS ACT AGREEMENT
2028 North Greenleaf Street
Santa Ana, CA 92706
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E. Owner and City intend to carry out the purposes of California Government Code,
Chapter 1, Part 5 of Division 1 of Title 5, Article 12, Section 50280 et s eq., which
will enable the Historic Property to qualify for an assessment of valuation as a
restricted historical property pursuant to Article 1.9, Sec. 439 et seq., Chapter 3
Part 2 of Division 1 of the California Tax and Revenue Code.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City of Santa Ana and the Owner of the Historic Property
agree as follows:
1. Effective Date and Terms of Agreement.
This Agreement shall be effective and commence on January 17, 2024, and shall remain
in effect for a term of ten (10) years thereafter. Each year, upon the anniversary of the effective
date of this Agreement, such initial term will automatically be extended as provided in California
Government Code Sections 50280 through 50290 and in Section 2, below.
2. Renewal.
a. Each year on the anniversary of the effective date of this Agreement, a year shall
automatically be added to the initial ten (10) year term of this Agreement unless written notice of
nonrenewal is served as provided herein.
b. If the Owner or the City desire(s) in any year not to renew the Agreement, the
Owner or City shall serve written notice of nonrenewal of the Agreement on the other party.
Unless such notice is served by the Owner to the City at least ninety (90) days prior to the annual
renewal date, or served by the City to the Owner at least sixty (60) days prior to the annual
renewal date, one (1) year shall automatically be added to the term of the Agreement as provided
herein.
c. Within 30 days from receipt of City’s notice of nonrenewal, the Owner may file a
written protest of City’s decision of nonrenewal. The City may, at any time prior to the annual
renewal date of the Agreement, withdraw its notice to the Owner of nonrenewal.
d. If either the Owner or the City serves notice to the other of nonrenewal in any
year, the Agreement shall remain in effect for the balance of the term then remaining, either from
its original execution or from the last renewal of the Agreement, whichever may apply.
3. Standards and Conditions for Historic Property.
During the term of this Agreement, the Historic Property shall be subject to the following
conditions, requirements and restrictions:
a. Owner shall maintain the Historic Property in a good state of repair and shall
preserve, maintain, and, where necessary, restore or rehabilitate the property and its character-
defining features described in the “Executive Summary” attached hereto, marked as Exhibit B1,
and “Historical Property Description” attached hereto, marked as Exhibit B2, notably the general
architectural form, style, materials, design, scale, proportions, organization of windows, doors,
MILLS ACT AGREEMENT
2028 North Greenleaf Street
Santa Ana, CA 92706
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and other openings, textures, details, mass, roof line, porch and other aspects of the appearance
of the exterior to the satisfaction of the City.
b. All changes to the Historic Property shall comply with applicable City plans and
regulations, and conform to the rules and regulations of the Office of Historic Preservation of the
State Department of Parks and Recreation, namely the U.S. Secretary of the Interior’s Standards
and Guidelines for Historic Preservation Projects. These guidelines are attached hereto, marked
as Exhibit C, and incorporated herein by this reference. Owner shall continually maintain the
Historic Property in the same or better condition.
c. A view corridor enabling the general public to see the Historic Property from the
public right-of-way shall be maintained, and Owner shall not be permitted to block the view
corridor to the property with any new structure, such as walls, fences or shrubbery, so as to
prevent the viewing of the historic landmark by the public.
d. The following are prohibited: demolition of the Historic Property or destruction of
character-defining features of the building or site; removal of trees and other major vegetation
unless removal is approved by a rehabilitation plan approved by the Historic Resources
Commission; paving of yard surface; exterior alterations or additions unless approved by the
Historic Resources Commission and such alterations are in keeping with the Secretary of
Interior’s Standards; deteriorating, dilapidated or unrepaired structures such as fences, roofs,
doors, walls, and windows; storage of junk, trash, debris, discarded or unused objects such as
cars, appliances, or furniture; and other unsightly by decoration, structure or vegetation which is
unsightly by reason of its height, condition, or inappropriate location.
e. Owner shall allow reasonable periodic inspection by prior appointment, as needed
or at least every five (5) years after the initial inspection, of the interior and exterior of the
Historic Property by representatives of the City of Santa Ana, the County Assessor, the State
Department of Parks and Recreation, and the State Board of Equalization, to determine the
Owner’s compliance with the terms and provisions of this Agreement. As part of the periodic
inspection, Owner shall supply information in a format determined acceptable by the
representatives of the City of Santa Ana, the County Assessor, the State Department of Parks and
Recreation, and the State Board of Equalization information required to determine compliance
with the terms of this Agreement.
f. Owner shall implement the rehabilitation and restoration work items as discussed
in detail in Exhibit D, “Proposed Structure Improvements.” Repair of the leaded glass window,
roof repairs as needed, and general window maintenance/repair work, shall be finalized within
the first five years of the Mills Act Agreement, with all other work items completed within the
first ten years of the Mills Act Agreement. Proof of status and completion, as requested from
time to time by the City of Santa Ana, will be required in order to satisfy and maintain the Mills
Act Agreement. Staff approval is required before items shall be amended or removed/replaced
from the improvements list.
MILLS ACT AGREEMENT
2028 North Greenleaf Street
Santa Ana, CA 92706
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4. Furnishing of Information.
The Owner hereby agrees to furnish the City with any and all information requested
which may be necessary or advisable to determine compliance with the terms and provisions of
this Agreement.
5. Cancellation.
a. The City, following a duly noticed public hearing by the City Council as set forth
in Government Code Section 50280, et. seq., may cancel this Agreement if it determines that the
Owner have breached any of the conditions of this Agreement, or has allowed the property to
deteriorate to the point that it no longer meets the standards for a qualified Historic Property, or
if the City determines that the Owner have failed to restore or rehabilitate the property in the
manner specified in Section 3 of this Agreement. If a contract is cancelled for these reasons, the
Owner shall pay a cancellation fee to the County Auditor as set forth in Government Code
Section 50286. This cancellation fee shall be a percentage (currently set at twelve and one-half
(12 ½) percent by Government Code Section 50286) of the current fair market value of the
property at the time of the cancellation, as determined by the county assessor, without regard to
any restriction imposed pursuant to this Agreement.
b. If the Historic Property is destroyed by earthquake, fire, flood or other natural
disaster such that in the opinion of the City Building Official more than sixty (60) percent of the
original fabric of the structure must be replaced, this Agreement shall be canceled immediately
because, in effect, the historic value of the structure will have been destroyed. No fee shall be
imposed in the case of destruction by acts of God or natural disaster.
c. If the Historic Property is acquired by eminent domain and the City Council
determines that the acquisition frustrates the purpose of this Agreement, this Agreement shall be
cancelled and no fee imposed, as specified in Government Code Section 50288.
6. Enforcement of Agreement.
a. In lieu of and/or in addition to any provisions to cancel the Agreement as
referenced herein, City may specifically enforce, or enjoin the breach of, the terms of the
Agreement. In the event of a default, under the provisions to cancel the Agreement by Owner,
the City shall give written notice to Owner by registered or certified mail, and if such a violation
is not corrected to the reasonable satisfaction of the City Manager or designee within thirty (30)
days thereafter, or if not corrected within such a reasonable time as may be required to cure the
breach or default, or default cannot be cured within thirty (30) days (provided that acts to cure
the breach or default may be commenced within thirty (30) days and shall thereafter be diligently
pursued to completion by Owner), then City may, without further notice, declare a default under
the terms of this Agreement and may bring any action necessary t o specifically enforce the
obligations of Owner growing out of the terms of this Agreement, apply to any court, state or
federal, for injunctive relief against any violation by Owner or apply for such relief as may be
appropriate.
MILLS ACT AGREEMENT
2028 North Greenleaf Street
Santa Ana, CA 92706
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b. City does not waive any claim of default by the Owner if City does not enforce or
cancel this Agreement. All other remedies at law or in equity which are not otherwise provided
for in this Agreement or in City’s regulations governing historic properties are available to City
to pursue in the event that there is a breach of this Agreement. No waiver by City of any breach
or default under this Agreement shall be deemed to be a waiver of any other subsequent breach
thereof or default hereunder.
7. Binding effect of Agreement.
a. Owner hereby subjects the Historic Property, located at 2028 North Greenleaf
Street, Assessor Parcel Number, 002-081-22, and more particularly described in Exhibit A, in
the City of Santa Ana, to the covenants, conditions, and restrictions as set forth in t his
Agreement.
b. City and Owner hereby declare their specific intent that the covenants, conditions
and restrictions as set forth herein shall be deemed covenants running with the land and shall
pass to and be binding upon Owner’s successors and assigns in title or interest to the Historic
Property. Every contract, deed, or other instrument hereinafter executed, covering or conveying
the Historic Property or any portion thereof, shall conclusively be held to have been executed,
delivered, and accepted subject to the tenants, restrictions, and reservations expressed in this
Agreement regardless of whether such covenants, conditions and restrictions are set forth in such
contract, deed, or other instrument.
c. This property is listed in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties
(Register) and is located in the Floral Park National Register Historic District. In any real
property transaction, the owner of this property or the owner’s representative shall provide the
buyer of this property with notice that the property is listed on the City’s historic Register and is
located within the Floral Park National Register Historic District.
8. No Compensation.
Owner shall not receive any payment from City in consideration of the obligation
imposed under this Agreement, it being recognized that the consideration for the execution of
this Agreement is the substantial public benefit to be derived therefrom and the advantage that
will accrue to Owner as a result of the effect upon the assessed value of the Property on the
account of the restrictions on the use and preservation of the Property.
9. Notice.
Any notice required by the terms of this Agreement shall be sent to the address of the
respective parties as specified below or at other addresses that may be later specified by the
parties hereto.
City: City of Santa Ana
20 Civic Center Plaza (M-30)
Santa Ana, CA 92702
MILLS ACT AGREEMENT
2028 North Greenleaf Street
Santa Ana, CA 92706
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Attn: Clerk of the Council
Owners: Charles William Lake and Julie S. Lake, as Trustees of the Charles William Lake
and Julie S. Lake 2002 Family Trust Dated September 20, 2002
Attn: Charles William Lake and Julie S. Lake
2028 North Greenleaf Street
Santa Ana, CA 92706
10. General Provisions.
a. None of the terms, provisions, or conditions of this Agreement shall be deemed to
create a partnership between the parties hereto and any of their heirs, successors, or assigns, nor
shall such terms, provisions or conditions cause them to be considered joint ventures or members
of any joint enterprise.
b. The Owner agrees to and shall indemnify and hold the City and its elected and
appointed officials, officers, agents, and employees harmless from liability for damage or claims
for damage for personal injuries, including death, and claims for property damage which may
arise from the direct or indirect use or operations of the Owner or those of his or her contractor,
subcontractor, agent, employee, or other person acting on his or her behalf which relates to the
use, operation, and maintenance of the Historic Property. The Owner hereby agrees to and shall
defend the City and its elected and appointed officials, officers, agents, and employees with
respect to any and all actions for damages caused by, or alleged to have been caused by, reason
of the Owner's activities in connection with the Historic Property.
c. This hold harmless provision applies to all damages and claims for damages
suffered, or alleged to have been suffered, and costs of defense incurred, by reason of the
operations referred to in this Agreement regardless of whether or not City prepared, supplied, or
approved the plans, specifications or other documents for the Historic Property.
d. All of the agreements, rights, covenants, conditions, and restrictions contained in
this Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the parties herein, their
heirs, successors, legal representatives, assigns, and all persons acquiring any part or portion of
the Historic Property, whether by operation of law on in any manner whatsoever.
e. In the event legal proceedings are brought by any party or parties to enforce or
restrain a violation of any of the covenants, reservations, or restrictions contained herein, or to
determine the rights and duties of any party hereunder, the prevailing party in such proceeding
may recover all reasonable attorney’s fees to be fixed by the court, in addition to court costs and
other relief ordered by the court.
f. In the event that any of the provisions of this Agreement are held to be
unenforceable or invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, or by subsequent preemptive
legislation, the validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions, or portions thereof, shall
not be effected thereby.
MILLS ACT AGREEMENT
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Santa Ana, CA 92706
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g. This Agreement shall be construed and governed in accordance with the laws of
the State of California, with venue in Orange County.
11. Recordation.
No later than twenty (20) days after the parties execute and enter into this Agreement, the
City shall cause this Agreement to be recorded in the office of the County Recorder of the
County of Orange.
12. Amendments.
This Agreement may be amended, in whole or in part, only by a written recorded
instrument executed by the parties hereto.
13. Effective Date
This Agreement shall be effective on the day and year first written above in Section 1.
{Signature page follows}
MILLS ACT AGREEMENT
2028 North Greenleaf Street
Santa Ana, CA 92706
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ATTEST: CITY OF SANTA ANA
________________________ _________________________
JENNIFER L. HALL STEVEN A. MENDOZA
City Clerk Acting City Manager
OWNERS
Date: ___________________ By:__________________
CHARLES WILLIAM LAKE
Trustee, Charles William Lake and Julie S.
Lake 2002 Family Trust
Dated September 20, 2002
Date: ___________________ By:__________________
JULIE S. LAKE
Trustee, Charles William Lake and Julie S.
Lake 2002 Family Trust
Dated September 20, 2002
APPROVED AS TO FORM: RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL:
SONIA CARVALHO
City Attorney
By: _____________________ _____________________
BRANDON SALVATIERRA MINH THAI
Deputy City Attorney Executive Director
Planning and Building Agency
MILLS ACT AGREEMENT
2028 North Greenleaf Street
Santa Ana, CA 92706
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EXHIBIT A
LEGAL DESCRIPTION
THE LAND REFERRED TO HEREIN BELOW IS SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF
ORANGE, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AND IS DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
LOT 6 AND THE NORTH 3 FEET OF LOT 7 OF TRACT NO. 813, IN THE CITY OF
SANTA ANA, COUNTY OF ORANGE, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS SHOWN ON A MAP
RECORDED IN BOOK 25 PAGE 3 OF MISCELLANEOUS MAPS, RECORDS OF ORANGE
COUNTY CALIFORNIA.
Assessor’s Parcel Number: 002-081-22
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
C.P. Johnson House
2028 North Greenleaf Street
Santa Ana, CA 92706
NAME C.P. Johnson House REF. NO.
ADDRESS 2028 North Greenleaf Street
CITY Santa Ana ZIP 92706 ORANGE COUNTY
YEAR BUILT 1928 LOCAL REGISTER CATEGORY: Key
HISTORIC DISTRICT Floral Park National Register Historic
District NEIGHBORHOOD Floral Park
CALIFORNIA REGISTER CRITERIA FOR EVALUATION C/3 CALIFORNIA REGISTER STATUS CODE 5S3
Location: Not for Publication Unrestricted
Prehistoric Historic Both
ARCHITECTURAL STYLE: Tudor Revival
The Tudor Revival looked to medieval England for its inspiration. Signature features of the style include steeply pitched
gables; decorative half-timbering; arched openings, often Tudor or Gothic in form; asymmetrical arrangements of building
features; tall brick chimneys; and picturesque windows of leaded glass or diamond patterned lights. The more ambitious
examples of the Tudor Revival were executed in brick or even stone; however, stucco over wood frame is quite common
in the forgiving climate of southern California. The Tudor Revival was favored primarily for residential buildings, although
small scale commercial buildings in the style also occur. Originating in the late 19th century, the Tudor Revival was
associated with some Craftsman era building but was most popular during the 1920s and 1930s.
SUMMARY/CONCLUSION:
The C.P. Johnson House qualifies for listing in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties under Criterion 1 for
embodiment of the distinguishing characteristics of a Tudor Revival style residential building. The recommended
categorization is “Key” because it has a distinctive architectural style and quality reflective of the Tudor Revival style
(Santa Ana Municipal Code, Section 30-2.2).
EXPLANATION OF CODES:
California Register Criteria for Evaluation: (From California Office of Historic Preservation, Technical Assistance
Series # 7, “How to Nominate Resources to the California Register of Historical Resources,” September 4, 2001.)
3:It embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, region, or method of construction, or
represents the work of a master, or possesses high artistic values.
It embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, region, or method of construction, or represents the
work of a master, or possesses high artistic values.
5S3:Appears to be individually eligible for local listing or designation through survey evaluation.
Exhibit B
State of California The Resources Agency Primary #______________________________________________
DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI #__________________________________________________
PRIMARY RECORD Trinomial______________________________________________
NRHP Status Code_____________________________________
Other Listings_____________________________________________________________________
Review Code________Reviewer________________________Date_______________
Page _1_ of _5_ Resource name(s) or number (assigned by recorder) C.P. Johnson House
P1. Other Identifier:
*P2. Location: Not for Publication Unrestricted *a. County Orange County
*b. USGS 7.5’ Quad: Orange Quadrangle California-Orange County 7.5-Minute Series Date: 2022
*c. Address 2028 North Greenleaf Street City: Santa Ana Zip: 92706
*e. Other Locational Data: Assessor’s Parcel Number 002-081-22
*P3a. Description: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries)
The C.P. Johnson House is a one-story-with-attic, single-family, Tudor Revival Style residence located on a modestly sized
parcel in the Floral Park National Register Historic District (Figure 1). The asymmetrical residence exhibits an irregular-
shaped plan with a complex, multi-gable roof system clad in asphalt shingles. The primary (east) façade contains a steeply
pitched front gable crossed with and a side-gable that has a tiered roofline. Its steeply pitched roof form is reflective of the
French Eclectic style. A central, stucco-clad chimney that is capped with lattice and asphalt shingle roofing, and a single vent
contained within a decorative dormer, are both located at the primary (east) façade. The exterior of the house is clad in sand
finish stucco. An open brick patio at the primary (east) facade contains the primary entrance, which is located within a
smaller, steeply pitched front gable (Figure 2). The main entrance is composed of a round wooden door featuring vertical
panels and has an operable arched window behind a wrought iron decorative grill and metal hardware (Figure 3).
(See Continuation Sheet 3 of 5.)
*P3b. Resource Attributes: (list attributes and codes) HP2. Single-Family Residence and HP4. Ancillary building
*P4. Resources Present: Building Structure Object Site District Element of District Other
P5b. Photo: (view and date)
(Figure 1) Primary (East) elevation,
view west, August 2023
*P6. Date Constructed/Age and
Sources: historic
1928/ City of Santa Ana Building
Permits
*P7. Owner and Address:
Charles and Julie Lake
2028 North Greenleaf Street
Santa Ana, CA 92706
*P8. Recorded by:
Andrea Dumovich Heywood
City of Santa Ana
20 Civic Center Plaza M-20
Santa Ana, CA 92702
*P9. Date Recorded:
November 2, 2023
*P10. Survey Type:
Intensive Survey Update
*P11. Report Citation: (Cite survey
report and other sources, or enter “none”)
None
*Attachments: None Location Map Sketch Map Continuation Sheet Building, Structure, and Object Record
Archaeological Record District Record Linear Feature Record Milling Station Record Rock Art Record
Artifact Record Photograph Record Other (list)
DPR 523A (1/95)*Required information
P5a. Photo
State of California The Resources Agency Primary #__________________________________________
DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI#______________________________________________
BUILDING, STRUCTURE, AND OBJECT RECORD
Page 2 of 5 *NRHP Status Code_5S3_________________________
*Resource Name or #: C.P. Johnson House
B1. Historic Name: C.P. Johnson House
B2. Common Name: Same
B3. Original Use: Single-family Residence B4. Present Use: Single-family Residence
*B5. Architectural Style: Tudor Revival Style
*B6. Construction History: (Construction date, alterations, and date of alterations):
August 3, 1928. Permit to construct a residence and garage. $6,500.
September 18, 1933. Rebuild chimney. $10.
February 15, 1961. Swimming pool. $2,500.
August 17, 1967. Add to residence (3 rooms and bath). $5,000.
July 16, 1998. Reroof.
Unknown. Alterations to the detached garage’s siding.
*B7. Moved?No Yes Unknown Date:__________Original location:_______ _______
*B8. Related Features: Swimming pool, detached garage, open patio at front façade, front yard circular brick planters, and two
cypress trees with manicured hedges and bushes in front yard.
B9a. Architect: Unknown b. Builder: Unknown
*B10. Significance: Theme Residential Architecture Area Santa Ana
Period of Significance: 1928 Property Type: Single-family Residence Applicable Criteria: C/3
(Discuss importance in terms of historical or architectural context as defined by theme, period, and geographic scope. Also address integrity)
The C.P. Johnson House is architecturally significant as an intact example of a Tudor Revival style house in Santa Ana.
According to City building records, it was built in 1928 for approximately $6,500, for C.P. Johnson; however, the original
architect and builder are unknown. From 1929-1930, the subject property was occupied by W. W. Ross. Between 1931 to
1934, L.A. Turner owned and occupied the property. City Directories list Mrs. Matz Turner as the property owner in 1935.
R.W. Ashley occupied the property between 1936 and 1937. From 1938 to 1941, W. F. Graves owned the property. No
records were available between 1942 and 1944. In 1945, the owner is listed as E.S. Ulves. The 1946 City Directory was not
available. The owner is S.A.Young is listed between the years 1947 and 1954. (See Continuation Sheet 3 of 5).
B11. Additional Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes)
*B12. References:
City of Santa Ana Building Permits
Santa Ana History Room Collection, Santa Ana Public Library
Sanborn Maps
(See Continuation Sheet 3 of 5.)
B13. Remarks: None
*B14. Evaluator: Andrea Dumovich Heywood, City of Santa Ana.
*Date of Evaluation: November 2, 2023
*Required information
DPR 523B (1/95)*Required information
Sketch Map
(This space reserved for official comments.)
C.P. Johnson House
2028 North Greenleaf Street
N
State of California The Resources Agency Primary # _____________________________________________
DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # ________________________________________________
CONTINUATION SHEET Trinomial _____________________________________________
Page 3_ of 5_Resource Name: C.P. Johnson House
*Recorded by Andrea Dumovich Heywood *Date November 2, 2023 Continuation Update
DPR 523L
*P3a. Description (continued):
Fenestration on the primary (east) façade moving south to north includes a pair of multi-light casement wood windows below
the primary front gable; a single, wood-framed leaded-glass square window adjacent to the primary façade; a single, fixed
narrow window with decorative exterior wooden bars; and a larger fixed wood window flanked by multi-light casement wood
windows (Figure 4). The north, south, and rear (west) façade fenestration pattern is composed of a mix of single, double, and
triple casement, multi-light wood windows; multi-light single and double wood doors; along with casement, single, and double-
hung wood windows (Figure 5). Three dormers are located at the south side façade, one dormer is at the north side façade,
and two dormers are along the rear (west) façade. Second story dormers along the secondary and rear facades contain
paired multi-light casement wood windows, with the exception of a single fixed wood window on the smaller south side
dormer (Figure 6). All original windows throughout include a prominent wood window sill.
Additional architectural features include a low, stucco-clad wall with asphalt shingle coping that partially encloses the open
patio at the primary (east) façade; a rear porch covered by a canvas canopy at the rear (west) façade featuring metal railing
and a raised platform; a secondary, stucco-clad chimney along the north façade; hood moldings; pronounced and projecting
angles within the roof and often above windows; window canopies; a horizontal slat vent at the primary façade’s main gable;
and round vents at each dormer’s gable end (except for the small, middle dormer at the south façade). The rear yard contains
a single-story detached garage and a rear pool. The garage’s primary (east) façade is designed with wide horizontal siding
and a wood garage door, and the north (side) façade features narrow horizontal siding with a single wood window and door
(Figure 7). The property is landscaped with a front lawn, two round brick planters, manicured hedges and shrubs, and
medium-sized trees including two Italian Cypress trees. Brick lines the driveway and open patio at the primary (east) façade.
*B10. Significance (continued):
By 1955, H.W. McKague owned the property. No owner/occupant records were available between 1956 and 1959. From
1960 to 1962, E.H. Wilhelmi is listed as the owner. City directories are unavailable between 1963 - 1979. In 1980 and 1985,
the owner is not listed in directories. Grey and Melissa Figge owned the property in Circa 1988. The present-day owners,
Charles and Julie Lake, have owned the property since 1989. In 2011, the property's ownership was transferred to a family
trust, however Mr. and Mrs. Lake continue to reside in the property. No additional information was uncovered regarding the
past owners and tenants.
The C.P. Johnson House is located in Floral Park, a neighborhood northwest of downtown Santa Ana bounded by West
Seventeenth Street, North Flower Street, Riverside Drive, and Broadway. Groves of orange, avocado, and walnut trees and
widely scattered ranch houses characterized this area before 1920. Developer and builder Allison Honer (1897-1981),
credited as the subdivider and builder of a major portion of northwest Santa Ana, arrived in Santa Ana from Beaver Falls,
New York in 1922 (Talbert, pages 353-356). “Before nightfall on the day of his arrival, Mr. Honer purchased a parcel of land.
And that month, he began building custom homes in Santa Ana” (Orange County Register, September 15, 1981). The parcel
chosen became the Floral Park subdivision between Seventeenth Street and Santiago Creek. “When built in the 1920s, the
Floral Park homes were the most lavish and expensive in the area. They sold for about $45,000 each” (Orange County
Register, September 15, 1981). Revival architecture in a wide variety of romantic styles was celebrated in the 1920s and
1930s and Floral Park showcased examples of the English Tudor, French Norman, Spanish Colonial, and Colonial Revival.
The Allison Honer Construction Company went on to complete such notable projects as the 1935 Art Deco styled Old Santa
Ana City Hall, the El Toro Marine Base during World War II, and the 1960 Honer Shopping Plaza. Honer lived in the
neighborhood he had helped to create, at 615 West Santa Clara Avenue.
In the late 1920s and 1930s, another builder, Roy Roscoe Russell (1881-1965), continued developing the groves of Floral
Park. An early Russell project was his 1928 subdivision of Victoria Drive between West Nineteenth Street and West Santa
Clara Avenue. The homes were quite grand and displayed various revival styles, including Russell’s own large, Colonial
Revival mansion at 2009 Victoria Drive. In 1937, Roy Rodney Russell, joined his father’s firm and by 1945 it was renamed as
Roy Russell and Son. In the early post World War II years, Floral Park continued its development as numerous, smaller,
single-family houses were built. Continuing in the Floral Park tradition, they were mostly revival in style. In the 1950s, low,
horizontal Ranch Style houses completed the growth of Floral Park. Today (2023) Floral Park maintains its identity as the
premier neighborhood of Santa Ana, historically home to many affluent and prominent citizens.
The C.P. Johnson House qualifies for listing in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties under Criterion 1 as an intact
example of a Tudor Revival style home in Santa Ana. Located in Floral Park, the house cost $6,500 to build in 1928. The
recommended categorization is “Key” because it has a distinctive architectural style and quality reflective of the Tudor Revival
style (Santa Ana Municipal Code, Section 30-2.2). Character-defining features of the C.P. Johnson House include, but may
not be limited to: Irregular-shaped building footprint and massing; asymmetrical primary façade; complex roof form with multi-
gable roof system featuring steeply pitched gables and dormers; large, side-gabled roof visible at the primary façade that is
reflective of the French Eclectic style; central chimney; sand finish stucco siding; open brick patio at primary façade; primary
entrance within a steeply pitched front-facing gable, that features an arched wood door with an arched, operable light behind
State of California The Resources Agency Primary # _____________________________________________
DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # ________________________________________________
CONTINUATION SHEET Trinomial _____________________________________________
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decorative wrought-iron grille and metal hardware; all original wood windows throughout which are primarily multi-pane
casement and double-hung style, as well as a single, leaded glass window; hood moldings; projecting angles within the roof
and often above windows; detached garage; and front yard lawn with landscaping including mature trees and shrubs.
*B12. References (continued):
Almendral, Dylan M. “The Home of Dynasties: Historic Home Profile.” My Blog. 12 January 2020. Available:
https://www.dylanmalmendral.com/blog/the-home-of-dynasties. Accessed: 1 February 2023.
Ancestry.com. California, Death Index, 1940-1997 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.
Harris, Cyril M. American Architecture: An Illustrated Encyclopedia. New York, WW Norton, 1998.
Marsh, Diann. Santa Ana, An Illustrated History. Encinitas, Heritage Publishing, 1994.
McAlester, Virginia and Lee. A Field Guide to American Houses. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1984.
National Register Bulletin 16A. “How to Complete the National Register Registration Form.” Washington DC: National
Register
Newspapers.com (Orange County Register and Santa Ana Register)
Branch, National Park Service, US Dept. of the Interior, 1991.
Office of Historic Preservation. “Instructions for Recording Historical Resources.” Sacramento: March 1995.
Whiffen, Marcus. American Architecture Since 1780. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1969.
Santa Ana and Orange County Directories, 1928-2008.
Talbert, Thomas B. The Historical Volume and Reference Works: Covering Garden Grove, Santa Ana, Tustin. Volume 1:
Orange County. Whittier: Historical Publishers, 1963.
State of California The Resources Agency Primary # _____________________________________________
DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # ________________________________________________
CONTINUATION SHEET Trinomial _____________________________________________
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Additional Figures:
Figure 2. The primary entrance is located within a
smaller, steeply pitched front gable adjacent to a leaded
glass window, facing west.
Figure 3. The main entrance has an operable arched
window behind a wrought iron decorative grill, facing
east.
Figure 4. A large fixed wood window flanked by multi-
light casement wood windows at the primary (east)
façade, facing northwest.
Figure 5. Multi-light wood casement and fixed windows,
facing north.
Figure 6. Second story dormers at the south (side)
facade contain paired multi-light casement wood
windows, with the exception of a single fixed wood
window on the smaller dormer, facing northwest.
Figure 7. A single-story detached garage, facing
southwest.
MILLS ACT AGREEMENT
2028 North Greenleaf Street
Santa Ana, CA 92706
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Exhibit C
Exterior work shall be reviewed by the Historic Resources Commission and subject to the U.S.
Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation of Historic Buildings, as follows:
1. Every reasonable effort shall be made to provide a compatible use for a property
which requires minimal alteration of the building, structure, or site and its
environment, or to use a property for its originally intended purpose.
2. The distinguishing original qualities or character of a building, structure or site
and its environment shall not be destroyed. The removal or alteration of any
historic material or distinctive architectural features should be avoided when
possible.
3. All buildings, structures, and sites shall be recognized as products of their own
time. Alterations that have no historical basis and which seek to create an earlier
appearance shall be discouraged.
4. Changes which may have taken place in the course of time are evidence of the
history and development of a building, structure, or site and its environment.
These changes may have acquired significance in their own right, and this
significance shall be recognized and respected.
5. Distinctive stylistic features or examples of skilled craftsmanship which
characterize a building, structure, or site shall be treated with sensitivity.
6. Deteriorated architectural features shall be repaired rather than replaced,
whenever possible. In the event replacement is necessary, the new material
should match the material being replaced in composition, design, color, texture,
and other visual qualities. Repair or replacement of missing architectural features
should be based on accurate duplications of features, substantiated by historic,
physical, or pictorial evidence rather than on conjectural designs or the
availability of different architectural elements from the other buildings or
structures.
7. The surface cleaning of structures shall be undertaken with the gentlest means
possible. Sandblasting and other cleaning methods that will damage the historic
building materials shall not be undertaken.
8. Every reasonable effort shall be made to protect and reserve archaeological
resources affected by, or adjacent to any project.
9. Contemporary design for alterations and additions to existing properties shall not
be discouraged when such alterations and additions do not destroy significant
historical, architectural or cultural material, an such design is compatible with
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size, scale, color, material and character of the property, neighborhood, or
environment.
10. Wherever possible, new additions or alterations to structures shall be done in such
a manner that if such additions or alterations need to be removed in the future, the
essential form and integrity of the structure would be unimpaired.
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Proposed Structure Improvements (“Work Plan”)
2028 North Greenleaf Street
Item Year Improvement
1 2025 Maintenance/repairs to windows
Repair leaded glass window
2 2026 Roof repairs as needed
3 2028 Exterior painting
4 2030 Electrical upgrades
Exhibit D
Planning and Building Agency
Item # 2
City of Santa Ana
20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701
Historic Resources Commission Staff Report
November 2, 2023
Topic: HRCA No. 2023-19, HRC No. 2023-4, HPPA No. 2023-10 – C.P. Johnson House
(2028 N. Greenleaf Street)
RECOMMENDED ACTION
1. Adopt a resolution approving Historic Resources Commission Application No. 2023-19
and Historic Register Categorization No. 2023-4 (Exhibit 1).
2. Recommend that the City Council authorize the City Manager and Clerk of the Council
to execute the attached Mills Act agreement with Charles William Lake and Julie S. Lake,
as Trustees of the Charles William Lake and Julie S. Lake 2002 Family Trust Dated
September 20, 2002, subject to non-substantive changes approved by the City Manager
and City Attorney (Exhibit 2).
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Charles and Julie Lake are requesting approval to designate an existing Tudor Revival
style residence located at 2028 North Greenleaf Street to the Santa Ana Register of
Historical Properties, as well as approval to execute a Mills Act agreement with the City
of Santa Ana. The property is worthy of “Key” status due to the building’s Tudor Revival
style and quality craftsmanship which features a steeply-pitched multi-gable roof; multi-
light wood windows; and an arched front door, among other original features.
DISCUSSION
Project Location and Site Description
The subject property is located on the west side of North Greenleaf Street in the Floral
Park National Register Historic District in Santa Ana. The site contains a 2,679-square-
foot, Tudor Revival style residence and detached garage, on a 8,120-square-foot
residential lot (Exhibit 3).
Exhibit 2
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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 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 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 structure is 95 years old and is a sound example of period
architecture. No known code violations exist on record for this property.
The C.P. Johnson House is architecturally significant as an intact example of a Tudor
Revival style house in Santa Ana. According to City building records, it was built in 1928
for approximately $6,500, for C.P. Johnson; however, the original architect and builder
are unknown. From 1929 to 1930, the subject property was occupied by W. W. Ross.
Between 1931 to 1934, L.A. Turner owned and occupied the property. City Directories list
Mrs. Matz Turner as the property owner in 1935. R.W. Ashley occupied the property
between 1936 and 1937. From 1938 to 1941, W. F. Graves owned the property. No
records were available between 1942 and 1944. In 1945, the owner is listed as E.S. Ulves.
The 1946 City Directory was not available. The owner is S.A. Young is listed between the
years 1947 and 1954. By 1955, H.W. McKague owned the property. No owner/occupant
records were available between 1956 and 1959. From 1960 to 1962, E.H. Wilhelmi is
listed as the owner. City directories are unavailable between 1963 and 1979. In 1980 and
1985, the owner is not listed in directories. Grey and Melissa Figge owned the property
circa 1988. The present-day owners, Charles and Julie Lake, have owned the property
since 1989. In 2011, the property's ownership was transferred to a family trust; however
Mr. and Mrs. Lake continue to reside in the property. No additional information was
uncovered regarding the past owners and tenants.
The C.P. Johnson House is a one-story-with-attic, single-family, Tudor Revival Style
residence located on a modestly sized parcel in the Floral Park National Register Historic
District. The asymmetrical residence exhibits an irregular-shaped plan with a complex,
multi-gable roof system clad in asphalt shingles. The primary (east) façade contains a
steeply pitched front gable crossed with and a side-gable that has a tiered roofline. Its
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steeply pitched roof form is reflective of the French Eclectic style. A central, stucco-clad
chimney that is capped with lattice and asphalt shingle roofing, and a single vent
contained within a decorative dormer, are both located at the primary (east) façade. The
exterior of the house is clad in sand finish stucco. An open brick patio at the primary (east)
facade contains the primary entrance, which is located within a smaller, steeply pitched
front gable. The main entrance is composed of a round wooden door featuring vertical
panels and has an operable arched window behind a wrought iron decorative grill and
metal hardware.
Fenestration on the primary (east) façade moving south to north includes a pair of multi-
light casement wood windows below the primary front gable; a single, wood-framed
leaded-glass square window adjacent to the primary façade; a single, fixed narrow
window with decorative exterior wooden bars; and a larger fixed wood window flanked by
multi-light casement wood windows. The north, south, and rear (west) façade fenestration
pattern is composed of a mix of single, double, and triple casement, multi-light wood
windows; multi-light single and double wood doors; along with casement, single, and
double-hung wood windows. Three dormers are located at the south side façade, one
dormer is at the north side façade, and two dormers are along the rear (west) façade.
Second story dormers along the secondary and rear facades contain paired multi-light
casement wood windows, with the exception of a single fixed wood window on the smaller
south side dormer. All original windows throughout include a prominent wood window sill.
Additional architectural features include a low, stucco-clad wall with asphalt shingle
coping that partially encloses the open patio at the primary (east) façade; a rear porch
covered by a canvas canopy at the rear (west) façade featuring metal railing and a raised
platform; a secondary, stucco-clad chimney along the north façade; decorative moldings
above exterior first floor windows; pronounced and projecting angles within the roof and
often above windows; window canopies; a horizontal slat vent at the primary façade’s
main gable; and round vents at each dormer’s gable end (except for the small, middle
dormer at the south façade). The rear yard contains a single-story detached garage and
a rear pool. The garage’s primary (east) façade is designed with wide horizontal siding
and a wood garage door, and the north (side) façade features narrow horizontal siding
with a single wood window and door. The property is landscaped with a front lawn, two
round brick planters, manicured hedges and shrubs, and medium-sized trees including
two Italian Cypress trees. Brick lines the driveway and open patio at the primary (east)
façade.
Character-defining features of the C.P. Johnson House include, but may not be limited
to: Irregular-shaped building footprint and massing; asymmetrical primary façade;
complex roof form with multi-gable roof system featuring steeply pitched gables and
dormers; large, side-gabled roof visible at the primary façade that is reflective of the
French Eclectic style; central chimney; sand finish stucco siding; open brick patio at
primary façade; primary entrance within a steeply pitched front-facing gable, that features
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an arched wood door with an arched, operable light behind decorative wrought-iron grille
and metal hardware; all original wood windows throughout which are primarily multi-pane
casement and double-hung style, as well as a single, leaded glass window; hood
moldings; projecting angles within the roof and often above windows; detached garage;
and front yard lawn with landscaping including mature trees and shrubs.
The C.P. Johnson House qualifies for listing in the Santa Ana Register of Historical
Properties under Criterion 1 as an intact example of a Tudor Revival style home in Santa
Ana. The recommended categorization is “Key” because it has a distinctive architectural
style and quality reflective of the Tudor Revival style. This category is reserved for
structures exemplifying greater architectural significance than the “Contributive” category,
in addition to contributing to the overall neighborhood or district within the City of Santa
Ana. The property is worthy of “Key” status due to the building’s Tudor Revival style and
quality craftsmanship which features a steeply-pitched multi-gable roof; multi-light wood
windows; and an arched front door, among other original features.
Mills Act Agreement
Ordinance No. NS-2382 authorized the Historic Resources Commission to execute
Historic Property Preservation Agreements (HPPA), commonly known as Mills Act
agreements for eligible properties (Exhibit 2). To be eligible for the Mills Act, the property
must be listed on the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties. The Historic Resources
Commission Application and Historic Register Categorization actions proposed for this
site authorize the listing of the property on the local register. The agreement provides
monetary incentives to the property owner in the form of a property tax reduction in
exchange for the owner’s voluntary commitment to maintain the property in a good state
of repair as necessary to maintain its character and appearance. Once recorded, the
agreement generates a different valuation method in determining the property’s assessed
value, resulting in tax savings for the owner. Aside from the tax savings, the benefits
include:
•Long term preservation of the property and visual improvement to the neighborhood
•A mechanism to provide for property rehabilitation
•Incentives for potential buyers to purchase historic structures
•Discouraging inappropriate alterations to the property
The property has no identified unauthorized modifications. Upon consideration of the
application, it is recommended that the City enter into a Historic Property Preservation
Agreement.
Overall, future improvements proposed by the homeowner during the initial ten years of
the Mills Act Agreement include maintenance/repair of existing wood windows, repair of
leaded glass window near entry, roof repairs as needed (which includes covering the
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exposed flashing with a compatible roof material), exterior painting, and electrical
upgrades, along with general on-going maintenance. Staff will ensure that the proposed
work will be done sensitively and will maintain the property’s character defining features
as part of the Mills Act Agreement for this property.
As part of the Mills Act approval process, staff will work with the applicant to ensure that
a bronze plaque is installed honoring and recognizing the structure. The plaque will
include the historic name, address, year built, and local historic register designation.
Lastly, the site will be subject to general maintenance and upkeep requirements including,
but not limited to, replacement or restoration of damaged character-defining features,
landscaping upkeep, painting, etc. Upon consideration of the application, it is
recommended that the City enter into a Historic Property Preservation Agreement to
enable the Mills Act.
Public Notification
The subject site is located within the Floral Park Neighborhood Association. The president
of this Neighborhood Association was notified by mail 10 days prior to this public hearing.
In addition, the project site was posted with a notice advertising this public hearing, a
notice was published in the Orange County Reporter and mailed notices were sent to all
property owners within 500 feet of the project site. At the time of this printing, no
correspondence, either written or electronic, has been received from any members of the
public.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
Pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and the CEQA Guidelines,
the project is exempt from further review pursuant to Section 15331 of the CEQA
Guidelines (Class 31 – Historical Resource Restoration/Rehabilitation) as these actions
are designed to preserve historic resources. Based on this analysis, a Notice of
Exemption, Environmental Review No. 2023-105 will be filed for this project.
FISCAL IMPACT
The Historic Property Preservation Agreement will reduce the Property Tax revenue
account 01102002-50011 to the City by an estimated $776.74 annually, for a period of
not less than ten years.
EXHIBIT(S)
1. Resolution
2. Mills Act Agreement
3. 500-Foot Radius Map
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Submitted By:
Andrea Heywood, Associate Planner
Approved By:
Minh Thai, Executive Director of Planning and Building Agency, Planning and Building
Agency
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RESOLUTION NO. 2023-XX
A RESOLUTION OF THE HISTORIC RESOURCES
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA APPROVING
HISTORIC RESOURCES COMMISSION APPLICATION NO.
2023-19 TO PLACE THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2028
NORTH GREENLEAF STREET, SANTA ANA, ON THE
HISTORICAL REGISTER AND APPROVING HISTORIC
REGISTER CATEGORIZATION NO. 2023-04 PLACING
SAID PROPERTY WITHIN THE KEY CATEGORY
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HISTORIC RESOURCES COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF SANTA ANA AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The Historic Resources Commission of the City of Santa Ana hereby
finds, determines, and declares as follows:
A. On November 2, 2023, the Historic Resources Commission held a duly
noticed public hearing for the placement on the Santa Ana Register of
Historical Properties (Historic Resources Commission Application No.
2023-19) and categorization (Historic Resources Commission
Categorization No. 2023-4) of the C.P. Johnson House located at 2028
North Greenleaf Street, Santa Ana.
B. The C.P. Johnson House has distinctive architectural features of the Tudor
Revival style and was built in 1928.
C. The C.P. Johnson House qualifies for listing in the Santa Ana Register of
Historical Properties under Criterion 1 as an intact example of a Tudor
Revival style home in Santa Ana. The house displays characteristics of the
Tudor Revival style through its use of steeply pitched multi-gable roof;
asymmetrical primary facade dominated by one prominent front-facing
steeply pitched gable; tall, narrow windows in multiple groups with multi-
pane glazing; arched entrance door; prominent chimney; among other
original features. The recommended categorization is “Key” because it has
a distinctive architectural style and quality reflective of the Tudor Revival
style (Santa Ana Municipal Code, Section 30-2.2). This category is reserved
for structures exemplifying greater architectural significance than the
“Contributive” category, in addition to contributing to the overall
neighborhood or district within the City of Santa Ana. The property is worthy
of “Key” status due to the building’s Tudor Revival style and quality
craftsmanship which features a steeply-pitched multi-gable roof; multi-light
wood windows; and an arched front door, among other original features.
Character-defining features of the C.P. Johnson House include, but may not
be limited to: Irregular-shaped building footprint and massing; asymmetrical
primary façade; complex roof form with multi-gable roof system featuring
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steeply pitched gables and dormers; large, side-gabled roof visible at the
primary façade that is reflective of the French Eclectic style; central
chimney; sand finish stucco siding; open brick patio at primary façade;
primary entrance within a steeply pitched front-facing gable, that features
an arched wood door with an arched, operable light behind decorative
wrought-iron grille and metal hardware; all original wood windows
throughout which are primarily multi-pane casement and double-hung style,
as well as a single, leaded glass window; hood moldings; projecting angles
within the roof and often above windows; detached garage; and front yard
lawn with landscaping including mature trees and shrubs.
D.The legal owners of the property are Charles William Lake and Julie S.
Lake, as Trustees of the Charles William Lake and Julie S. Lake 2002
Family Trust Dated September 20, 2002.
E.The legal description for the subject property is attached hereto as Exhibit
A and incorporated by this reference as though fully set forth herein.
F.The subject property meets the standards for placement on the City of Santa
Ana Register of Historic Properties pursuant to Section 30-2 of the Santa
Ana Municipal Code.
G.The subject property meets the minimum standards for placement in the Key
category pursuant to Section 30-2.2(2) of the Santa Ana Municipal Code.
H.In addition to meeting the standards for placement in the Key category
pursuant to Section 30-2.2(2) of the Santa Ana Municipal Code, the
applicant has agreed, as part of the requested Mills Act agreement work
plan, to restoration of select elements described therein within the first five
years of the Agreement’s term.
Section 2. In accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act, the
recommended actions are exempt from further review under CEQA Guidelines Section
15331, Class 31, as these actions are designed to preserve historical resources.
Categorical Exemption No. ER-2023-105 will be filed for this project.
Section 3. The Historic Resources Commission of the City of Santa Ana, after
conducting the public hearing, hereby approves:
A.Historic Resources Commission Application No. 2023-19 to place the C.P.
Johnson House located at 2028 North Greenleaf Street, Santa Ana, 92706
on the historical register, and
B.Historic Register Categorization No. 2023-4 placing the C.P. Johnson
House located at 2028 North Greenleaf Street, Santa Ana, 92706 within the
Key category, as conditioned in Exhibit B, attached hereto and incorporated
herein.
These decisions are based upon the evidence submitted at the above said hearing,
which includes, but is not limited to: the Staff report and exhibits attached thereto , the
report entitled “Historical Property Description,” and the public testimony, all of which are
incorporated herein by this reference.
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Section 4. For the subject property, a report entitled “Historical Property
Description” is on file with the Planning Division, and is hereby approved and adopted, and
together with the staff report and this Resolution, justify the findings for placement on the
City of Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties into a category. The Historic Resources
Commission Secretary is authorized and directed to include this Resolution in the City of
Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties.
Section 5. The Historic Resources Commission Secretary is hereby directed to
file a certified copy of this Resolution with the County Recorder’s Office after the adoption
of this Resolution pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 5029.
ADOPTED this 2nd day of November, 2023.
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Tim Rush
Chairperson
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Sonia R. Carvalho, City Attorney
By:________________________
Brandon Salvatierra
Deputy City Attorney
AYES: Commission members____________________________________
NOES: Commission members___________________________________
ABSTAIN: Commission members___________________________________
NOT PRESENT: Commission members___________________________________
CERTIFICATE OF ATTESTATION AND ORIGINALITY
I, NUVIA OCAMPO, Historic Resources Commission Secretary, do hereby attest to and
certify the attached Resolution No. 2023-XX to be the original resolution adopted by
Historic Resources Commission of the City of Santa Ana on November 2, 2023.
Date: ________________ ____________________________________
Nuvia Ocampo
Commission Secretary
City of Santa Ana
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FREE RECORDING PURSUANT TO
GOVERNMENT CODE § 27383
Resolution No. 2023-XX
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EXHIBIT A
LEGAL DESCRIPTION
APN Address Legal Description Owner Names
002-081-22 2028 North Greenleaf
Street
THE LAND REFERRED TO
HEREIN BELOW IS SITUATED
IN THE COUNTY OF ORANGE,
STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AND
IS DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
LOT 6 AND THE NORTH 3
FEET OF LOT 7 OF TRACT
NO. 813, IN THE CITY OF
SANTA ANA, COUNTY OF
ORANGE, STATE OF
CALIFORNIA, AS SHOWN ON
A MAP RECORDED IN BOOK
25 PAGE 3 OF
MISCELLANEOUS MAPS,
RECORDS OF ORANGE
COUNTY CALIFORNIA.
Charles William
Lake and Julie S.
Lake, as
Trustees of the
Charles William
Lake and Julie S.
Lake 2002
Family Trust
Dated
September 20,
2002
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FREE RECORDING PURSUANT TO
GOVERNMENT CODE § 27383
Resolution No. 2023-XX
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EXHIBIT B
Conditions of Approval for Historic Resources Commission Application No.
2023-19 and Historic Resources Commission Categorization No. 2023-4
The Applicant must comply with each condition listed below prior to exercising
the rights conferred by the Historic Resource Commission’s approval and the
City of Santa Ana Register of Historic Properties pursuant to Section 30-6 of the
Santa Ana Municipal Code. The Applicant must remain in compliance with all
condition(s) listed below:
1.Within 180-days of execution of this resolution, the applicant shall install a
bronze plaque as per a template on file with the Planning Division honoring
and recognizing the structure at 2028 North Greenleaf Street, historically
known as the C.P. Johnson House. The plaque shall include the historic
name, address, year built, and local historic register designation. The final
dimensions, location, text and description on the plaque shall be reviewed
and approved by Planning Division staff.
2.The applicant shall regularly maintain all landscaping in the front yard area
(pruning and thinning trees and shrubs) so that the historic building and its
character defining features (including but not limited to the front and side
gable roofs, wood windows, and smooth stucco siding) are visible from the
public right-of-way.
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RECORDING REQUESTED BY
AND WHEN RECORDED MAIL TO:
City of Santa Ana
20 Civic Center Plaza (M-30)
Santa Ana, CA 92702
Attn: Clerk of the Council
FREE RECORDING PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE § 27383
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HISTORIC PROPERTY PRESERVATION AGREEMENT
This Historic Property Preservation Agreement (“Agreement”) is made and entered into
by and between the City of Santa Ana, a charter city and municipal corporation duly organized
and existing under the Constitution and laws of the of the State of California (hereinafter referred
to as “City”), and Charles William Lake and Julie S. Lake, as Trustees of the Charles
William Lake and Julie S. Lake 2002 Family Trust Dated September 20, 2002 , (hereinafter
collectively referred to as “Owner”), owner of real property located at 2028 North Greenleaf
Street, Santa Ana, California, in the County of Orange and listed on the Santa Ana Register of
Historical Properties.
RECITALS
A.The City Council of the City of Santa Ana is authorized by California
Government Code Section 50280 et seq. (known as the “Mills Act”) to enter into
contracts with owners of qualified historical properties to provide for appropriate
use, maintenance, rehabilitation and restoration such that these historic properties
retain their historic character and integrity.
B.The Owner possesses fee title in and to that certain qualified real property
together with associated structures and improvements thereon, located at 2028
North Greenleaf Street, Santa Ana, CA, 92706 and more particularly described
in Exhibit “A,” attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference, and
hereinafter referred to as the “Historic Property”.
C.The Historic Property is officially designated on the Santa Ana Register of
Historical Properties pursuant to the requirements of Chapter 30 of the Santa Ana
Municipal Code.
D.City and Owner, for their mutual benefit, now desire to enter into this Agreement
which defines and limits the use and alteration of this Historic Property in order to
enhance and maintain its value as a cultural and historical resource for Owner and
for the community; to prevent inappropriate alterations to the Historic Property
and to ensure that repairs, additions, new building, and other changes are
appropriate; and to ensure that rehabilitation and maintenance are carried out in an
exemplary manner.
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E.Owner and City intend to carry out the purposes of California Government Code,
Chapter 1, Part 5 of Division 1 of Title 5, Article 12, Section 50280 et s eq., which
will enable the Historic Property to qualify for an assessment of valuation as a
restricted historical property pursuant to Article 1.9, Sec. 439 et seq., Chapter 3
Part 2 of Division 1 of the California Tax and Revenue Code.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City of Santa Ana and the Owner of the Historic Property
agree as follows:
1.Effective Date and Terms of Agreement.
This Agreement shall be effective and commence on January 17, 2024, and shall remain
in effect for a term of ten (10) years thereafter. Each year, upon the anniversary of the effective
date of this Agreement, such initial term will automatically be extended as provided in California
Government Code Sections 50280 through 50290 and in Section 2, below.
2.Renewal.
a.Each year on the anniversary of the effective date of this Agreement, a year shall
automatically be added to the initial ten (10) year term of this Agreement unless written notice of
nonrenewal is served as provided herein.
b.If the Owner or the City desire(s) in any year not to renew the Agreement, the
Owner or City shall serve written notice of nonrenewal of the Agreement on the other party.
Unless such notice is served by the Owner to the City at least ninety (90) days prior to the annual
renewal date, or served by the City to the Owner at least sixty (60) days prior to the annual
renewal date, one (1) year shall automatically be added to the term of the Agreement as provided
herein.
c.Within 30 days from receipt of City’s notice of nonrenewal, the Owner may file a
written protest of City’s decision of nonrenewal. The City may, at any time prior to the annual
renewal date of the Agreement, withdraw its notice to the Owner of nonrenewal.
d.If either the Owner or the City serves notice to the other of nonrenewal in any
year, the Agreement shall remain in effect for the balance of the term then remaining, either from
its original execution or from the last renewal of the Agreement, whichever may apply.
3.Standards and Conditions for Historic Property.
During the term of this Agreement, the Historic Property shall be subject to the following
conditions, requirements and restrictions:
a.Owner shall maintain the Historic Property in a good state of repair and shall
preserve, maintain, and, where necessary, restore or rehabilitate the property and its character-
defining features described in the “Executive Summary” attached hereto, marked as Exhibit B1,
and “Historical Property Description” attached hereto, marked as Exhibit B2, notably the general
architectural form, style, materials, design, scale, proportions, organization of windows, doors,
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and other openings, textures, details, mass, roof line, porch and other aspects of the appearance
of the exterior to the satisfaction of the City.
b.All changes to the Historic Property shall comply with applicable City plans and
regulations, and conform to the rules and regulations of the Office of Historic Preservation of the
State Department of Parks and Recreation, namely the U.S. Secretary of the Interior’s Standards
and Guidelines for Historic Preservation Projects. These guidelines are attached hereto, marked
as Exhibit C, and incorporated herein by this reference. Owner shall continually maintain the
Historic Property in the same or better condition.
c.A view corridor enabling the general public to see the Historic Property from the
public right-of-way shall be maintained, and Owner shall not be permitted to block the view
corridor to the property with any new structure, such as walls, fences or shrubbery, so as to
prevent the viewing of the historic landmark by the public.
d.The following are prohibited: demolition of the Historic Property or destruction of
character-defining features of the building or site; removal of trees and other major vegetation
unless removal is approved by a rehabilitation plan approved by the Historic Resources
Commission; paving of yard surface; exterior alterations or additions unless approved by the
Historic Resources Commission and such alterations are in keeping with the Secretary of
Interior’s Standards; deteriorating, dilapidated or unrepaired structures such as fences, roofs,
doors, walls, and windows; storage of junk, trash, debris, discarded or unused objects such as
cars, appliances, or furniture; and other unsightly by decoration, structure or vegetation which is
unsightly by reason of its height, condition, or inappropriate location.
e.Owner shall allow reasonable periodic inspection by prior appointment, as needed
or at least every five (5) years after the initial inspection, of the interior and exterior of the
Historic Property by representatives of the City of Santa Ana, the County Assessor, the State
Department of Parks and Recreation, and the State Board of Equalization, to determine the
Owner’s compliance with the terms and provisions of this Agreement. As part of the periodic
inspection, Owner shall supply information in a format determined acceptable by the
representatives of the City of Santa Ana, the County Assessor, the State Department of Parks and
Recreation, and the State Board of Equalization information required to determine compliance
with the terms of this Agreement.
f.Owner shall implement the rehabilitation and restoration work items as discussed
in detail in Exhibit D, “Proposed Structure Improvements.” Repair of the leaded glass window,
roof repairs as needed, and general window maintenance/repair work, shall be finalized within
the first five years of the Mills Act Agreement, with all other work items completed within the
first ten years of the Mills Act Agreement. Proof of status and completion, as requested from
time to time by the City of Santa Ana, will be required in order to satisfy and maintain the Mills
Act Agreement. Staff approval is required before items shall be amended or removed/replaced
from the improvements list.
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4.Furnishing of Information.
The Owner hereby agrees to furnish the City with any and all information requested
which may be necessary or advisable to determine compliance with the terms and provisions of
this Agreement.
5.Cancellation.
a.The City, following a duly noticed public hearing by the City Council as set forth
in Government Code Section 50280, et. seq., may cancel this Agreement if it determines that the
Owner have breached any of the conditions of this Agreement, or has allowed the property to
deteriorate to the point that it no longer meets the standards for a qualified Historic Property, or
if the City determines that the Owner have failed to restore or rehabilitate the property in the
manner specified in Section 3 of this Agreement. If a contract is cancelled for these reasons, the
Owner shall pay a cancellation fee to the County Auditor as set forth in Government Code
Section 50286. This cancellation fee shall be a percentage (currently set at twelve and one-half
(12 ½) percent by Government Code Section 50286) of the current fair market value of the
property at the time of the cancellation, as determined by the county assessor, without regard to
any restriction imposed pursuant to this Agreement.
b.If the Historic Property is destroyed by earthquake, fire, flood or other natural
disaster such that in the opinion of the City Building Official more than sixty (60) percent of the
original fabric of the structure must be replaced, this Agreement shall be canceled immediately
because, in effect, the historic value of the structure will have been destroyed. No fee shall be
imposed in the case of destruction by acts of God or natural disaster.
c.If the Historic Property is acquired by eminent domain and the City Council
determines that the acquisition frustrates the purpose of this Agreement, this Agreement shall be
cancelled and no fee imposed, as specified in Government Code Section 50288.
6.Enforcement of Agreement.
a.In lieu of and/or in addition to any provisions to cancel the Agreement as
referenced herein, City may specifically enforce, or enjoin the breach of, the terms of the
Agreement. In the event of a default, under the provisions to cancel the Agreement by Owner,
the City shall give written notice to Owner by registered or certified mail, and if such a violation
is not corrected to the reasonable satisfaction of the City Manager or designee within thirty (30)
days thereafter, or if not corrected within such a reasonable time as may be required to cure the
breach or default, or default cannot be cured within thirty (30) days (provided that acts to cure
the breach or default may be commenced within thirty (30) days and shall thereafter be diligently
pursued to completion by Owner), then City may, without further notice, declare a default under
the terms of this Agreement and may bring any action necessary t o specifically enforce the
obligations of Owner growing out of the terms of this Agreement, apply to any court, state or
federal, for injunctive relief against any violation by Owner or apply for such relief as may be
appropriate.
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b.City does not waive any claim of default by the Owner if City does not enforce or
cancel this Agreement. All other remedies at law or in equity which are not otherwise provided
for in this Agreement or in City’s regulations governing historic properties are available to City
to pursue in the event that there is a breach of this Agreement. No waiver by City of any breach
or default under this Agreement shall be deemed to be a waiver of any other subsequent breach
thereof or default hereunder.
7. Binding effect of Agreement.
a.Owner hereby subjects the Historic Property, located at 2028 North Greenleaf
Street, Assessor Parcel Number, 002-081-22, and more particularly described in Exhibit A, in
the City of Santa Ana, to the covenants, conditions, and restrictions as set forth in t his
Agreement.
b.City and Owner hereby declare their specific intent that the covenants, conditions
and restrictions as set forth herein shall be deemed covenants running with the land and shall
pass to and be binding upon Owner’s successors and assigns in title or interest to the Historic
Property. Every contract, deed, or other instrument hereinafter executed, covering or conveying
the Historic Property or any portion thereof, shall conclusively be held to have been executed,
delivered, and accepted subject to the tenants, restrictions, and reservations expressed in this
Agreement regardless of whether such covenants, conditions and restrictions are set forth in such
contract, deed, or other instrument.
c.This property is listed in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties
(Register) and is located in the Floral Park National Register Historic District. In any real
property transaction, the owner of this property or the owner’s representative shall provide the
buyer of this property with notice that the property is listed on the City’s historic Register and is
located within the Floral Park National Register Historic District.
8.No Compensation.
Owner shall not receive any payment from City in consideration of the obligation
imposed under this Agreement, it being recognized that the consideration for the execution of
this Agreement is the substantial public benefit to be derived therefrom and the advantage that
will accrue to Owner as a result of the effect upon the assessed value of the Property on the
account of the restrictions on the use and preservation of the Property.
9.Notice.
Any notice required by the terms of this Agreement shall be sent to the address of the
respective parties as specified below or at other addresses that may be later specified by the
parties hereto.
City: City of Santa Ana
20 Civic Center Plaza (M-30)
Santa Ana, CA 92702
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Attn: Clerk of the Council
Owners: Charles William Lake and Julie S. Lake, as Trustees of the Charles William Lake
and Julie S. Lake 2002 Family Trust Dated September 20, 2002
Attn: Charles William Lake and Julie S. Lake
2028 North Greenleaf Street
Santa Ana, CA 92706
10.General Provisions.
a.None of the terms, provisions, or conditions of this Agreement shall be deemed to
create a partnership between the parties hereto and any of their heirs, successors, or assigns, nor
shall such terms, provisions or conditions cause them to be considered joint ventures or members
of any joint enterprise.
b.The Owner agrees to and shall indemnify and hold the City and its elected and
appointed officials, officers, agents, and employees harmless from liability for damage or claims
for damage for personal injuries, including death, and claims for property damage which may
arise from the direct or indirect use or operations of the Owner or those of his or her contractor,
subcontractor, agent, employee, or other person acting on his or her behalf which relates to the
use, operation, and maintenance of the Historic Property. The Owner hereby agrees to and shall
defend the City and its elected and appointed officials, officers, agents, and employees with
respect to any and all actions for damages caused by, or alleged to have been caused by, reason
of the Owner's activities in connection with the Historic Property.
c.This hold harmless provision applies to all damages and claims for damages
suffered, or alleged to have been suffered, and costs of defense incurred, by reason of the
operations referred to in this Agreement regardless of whether or not City prepared, supplied, or
approved the plans, specifications or other documents for the Historic Property.
d.All of the agreements, rights, covenants, conditions, and restrictions contained in
this Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the parties herein, their
heirs, successors, legal representatives, assigns, and all persons acquiring any part or portion of
the Historic Property, whether by operation of law on in any manner whatsoever.
e.In the event legal proceedings are brought by any party or parties to enforce or
restrain a violation of any of the covenants, reservations, or restrictions contained herein, or to
determine the rights and duties of any party hereunder, the prevailing party in such proceeding
may recover all reasonable attorney’s fees to be fixed by the court, in addition to court costs and
other relief ordered by the court.
f.In the event that any of the provisions of this Agreement are held to be
unenforceable or invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, or by subsequent preemptive
legislation, the validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions, or portions thereof, shall
not be effected thereby.
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g.This Agreement shall be construed and governed in accordance with the laws of
the State of California, with venue in Orange County.
11.Recordation.
No later than twenty (20) days after the parties execute and enter into this Agreement, the
City shall cause this Agreement to be recorded in the office of the County Recorder of the
County of Orange.
12.Amendments.
This Agreement may be amended, in whole or in part, only by a written recorded
instrument executed by the parties hereto.
13.Effective Date
This Agreement shall be effective on the day and year first written above in Section 1.
{Signature page follows}
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ATTEST: CITY OF SANTA ANA
________________________ _________________________
JENNIFER L. HALL STEVEN A. MENDOZA
City Clerk Acting City Manager
OWNERS
Date: ___________________ By:__________________
CHARLES WILLIAM LAKE
Trustee, Charles William Lake and Julie S.
Lake 2002 Family Trust
Dated September 20, 2002
Date: ___________________ By:__________________
JULIE S. LAKE
Trustee, Charles William Lake and Julie S.
Lake 2002 Family Trust
Dated September 20, 2002
APPROVED AS TO FORM: RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL:
SONIA CARVALHO
City Attorney
By: _____________________ _____________________
BRANDON SALVATIERRA MINH THAI
Deputy City Attorney Executive Director
Planning and Building Agency
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EXHIBIT A
LEGAL DESCRIPTION
THE LAND REFERRED TO HEREIN BELOW IS SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF
ORANGE, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AND IS DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
LOT 6 AND THE NORTH 3 FEET OF LOT 7 OF TRACT NO. 813, IN THE CITY OF
SANTA ANA, COUNTY OF ORANGE, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS SHOWN ON A MAP
RECORDED IN BOOK 25 PAGE 3 OF MISCELLANEOUS MAPS, RECORDS OF ORANGE
COUNTY CALIFORNIA.
Assessor’s Parcel Number: 002-081-22
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
C.P. Johnson House
2028 North Greenleaf Street
Santa Ana, CA 92706
NAME C.P. Johnson House REF. NO.
ADDRESS 2028 North Greenleaf Street
CITY Santa Ana ZIP 92706 ORANGE COUNTY
YEAR BUILT 1928 LOCAL REGISTER CATEGORY: Key
HISTORIC DISTRICT Floral Park National Register Historic
District NEIGHBORHOOD Floral Park
CALIFORNIA REGISTER CRITERIA FOR EVALUATION C/3 CALIFORNIA REGISTER STATUS CODE 5S3
Location: Not for Publication Unrestricted
Prehistoric Historic Both
ARCHITECTURAL STYLE: Tudor Revival
The Tudor Revival looked to medieval England for its inspiration. Signature features of the style include steeply pitched
gables; decorative half-timbering; arched openings, often Tudor or Gothic in form; asymmetrical arrangements of building
features; tall brick chimneys; and picturesque windows of leaded glass or diamond patterned lights. The more ambitious
examples of the Tudor Revival were executed in brick or even stone; however, stucco over wood frame is quite common
in the forgiving climate of southern California. The Tudor Revival was favored primarily for residential buildings, although
small scale commercial buildings in the style also occur. Originating in the late 19th century, the Tudor Revival was
associated with some Craftsman era building but was most popular during the 1920s and 1930s.
SUMMARY/CONCLUSION:
The C.P. Johnson House qualifies for listing in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties under Criterion 1 for
embodiment of the distinguishing characteristics of a Tudor Revival style residential building. The recommended
categorization is “Key” because it has a distinctive architectural style and quality reflective of the Tudor Revival style
(Santa Ana Municipal Code, Section 30-2.2).
EXPLANATION OF CODES:
California Register Criteria for Evaluation: (From California Office of Historic Preservation, Technical Assistance
Series # 7, “How to Nominate Resources to the California Register of Historical Resources,” September 4, 2001.)
3:It embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, region, or method of construction, or
represents the work of a master, or possesses high artistic values.
It embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, region, or method of construction, or represents the
work of a master, or possesses high artistic values.
5S3:Appears to be individually eligible for local listing or designation through survey evaluation.
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State of California The Resources Agency Primary #______________________________________________
DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI #__________________________________________________
PRIMARY RECORD Trinomial______________________________________________
NRHP Status Code_____________________________________
Other Listings_____________________________________________________________________
Review Code________Reviewer________________________Date_______________
Page _1_ of _5_ Resource name(s) or number (assigned by recorder) C.P. Johnson House
P1. Other Identifier:
*P2. Location: Not for Publication Unrestricted *a. County Orange County
*b. USGS 7.5’ Quad: Orange Quadrangle California-Orange County 7.5-Minute Series Date: 2022
*c. Address 2028 North Greenleaf Street City: Santa Ana Zip: 92706
*e. Other Locational Data: Assessor’s Parcel Number 002-081-22
*P3a. Description: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries)
The C.P. Johnson House is a one-story-with-attic, single-family, Tudor Revival Style residence located on a modestly sized
parcel in the Floral Park National Register Historic District (Figure 1). The asymmetrical residence exhibits an irregular-
shaped plan with a complex, multi-gable roof system clad in asphalt shingles. The primary (east) façade contains a steeply
pitched front gable crossed with and a side-gable that has a tiered roofline. Its steeply pitched roof form is reflective of the
French Eclectic style. A central, stucco-clad chimney that is capped with lattice and asphalt shingle roofing, and a single vent
contained within a decorative dormer, are both located at the primary (east) façade. The exterior of the house is clad in sand
finish stucco. An open brick patio at the primary (east) facade contains the primary entrance, which is located within a
smaller, steeply pitched front gable (Figure 2). The main entrance is composed of a round wooden door featuring vertical
panels and has an operable arched window behind a wrought iron decorative grill and metal hardware (Figure 3).
(See Continuation Sheet 3 of 5.)
*P3b. Resource Attributes: (list attributes and codes) HP2. Single-Family Residence and HP4. Ancillary building
*P4. Resources Present: Building Structure Object Site District Element of District Other
P5b. Photo: (view and date)
(Figure 1) Primary (East) elevation,
view west, August 2023
*P6. Date Constructed/Age and
Sources: historic
1928/ City of Santa Ana Building
Permits
*P7. Owner and Address:
Charles and Julie Lake
2028 North Greenleaf Street
Santa Ana, CA 92706
*P8. Recorded by:
Andrea Dumovich Heywood
City of Santa Ana
20 Civic Center Plaza M-20
Santa Ana, CA 92702
*P9. Date Recorded:
November 2, 2023
*P10. Survey Type:
Intensive Survey Update
*P11. Report Citation: (Cite survey
report and other sources, or enter “none”)
None
*Attachments: None Location Map Sketch Map Continuation Sheet Building, Structure, and Object Record
Archaeological Record District Record Linear Feature Record Milling Station Record Rock Art Record
Artifact Record Photograph Record Other (list)
DPR 523A (1/95)*Required information
P5a. Photo
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State of California The Resources Agency Primary #__________________________________________
DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI#______________________________________________
BUILDING, STRUCTURE, AND OBJECT RECORD
Page 2 of 5 *NRHP Status Code_5S3_________________________
*Resource Name or #: C.P. Johnson House
B1. Historic Name: C.P. Johnson House
B2. Common Name: Same
B3. Original Use: Single-family Residence B4. Present Use: Single-family Residence
*B5. Architectural Style: Tudor Revival Style
*B6. Construction History: (Construction date, alterations, and date of alterations):
August 3, 1928. Permit to construct a residence and garage. $6,500.
September 18, 1933. Rebuild chimney. $10.
February 15, 1961. Swimming pool. $2,500.
August 17, 1967. Add to residence (3 rooms and bath). $5,000.
July 16, 1998. Reroof.
Unknown. Alterations to the detached garage’s siding.
*B7. Moved?No Yes Unknown Date:__________Original location:_______ _______
*B8. Related Features: Swimming pool, detached garage, open patio at front façade, front yard circular brick planters, and two
cypress trees with manicured hedges and bushes in front yard.
B9a. Architect: Unknown b. Builder: Unknown
*B10. Significance: Theme Residential Architecture Area Santa Ana
Period of Significance: 1928 Property Type: Single-family Residence Applicable Criteria: C/3
(Discuss importance in terms of historical or architectural context as defined by theme, period, and geographic scope. Also address integrity)
The C.P. Johnson House is architecturally significant as an intact example of a Tudor Revival style house in Santa Ana.
According to City building records, it was built in 1928 for approximately $6,500, for C.P. Johnson; however, the original
architect and builder are unknown. From 1929-1930, the subject property was occupied by W. W. Ross. Between 1931 to
1934, L.A. Turner owned and occupied the property. City Directories list Mrs. Matz Turner as the property owner in 1935.
R.W. Ashley occupied the property between 1936 and 1937. From 1938 to 1941, W. F. Graves owned the property. No
records were available between 1942 and 1944. In 1945, the owner is listed as E.S. Ulves. The 1946 City Directory was not
available. The owner is S.A.Young is listed between the years 1947 and 1954. (See Continuation Sheet 3 of 5).
B11. Additional Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes)
*B12. References:
City of Santa Ana Building Permits
Santa Ana History Room Collection, Santa Ana Public Library
Sanborn Maps
(See Continuation Sheet 3 of 5.)
B13. Remarks: None
*B14. Evaluator: Andrea Dumovich Heywood, City of Santa Ana.
*Date of Evaluation: November 2, 2023
*Required information
DPR 523B (1/95)*Required information
Sketch Map
(This space reserved for official comments.)
C.P. Johnson House
2028 North Greenleaf Street
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State of California The Resources Agency Primary # _____________________________________________
DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # ________________________________________________
CONTINUATION SHEET Trinomial _____________________________________________
Page 3_ of 5_Resource Name: C.P. Johnson House
*Recorded by Andrea Dumovich Heywood *Date November 2, 2023 Continuation Update
DPR 523L
*P3a. Description (continued):
Fenestration on the primary (east) façade moving south to north includes a pair of multi-light casement wood windows below
the primary front gable; a single, wood-framed leaded-glass square window adjacent to the primary façade; a single, fixed
narrow window with decorative exterior wooden bars; and a larger fixed wood window flanked by multi-light casement wood
windows (Figure 4). The north, south, and rear (west) façade fenestration pattern is composed of a mix of single, double, and
triple casement, multi-light wood windows; multi-light single and double wood doors; along with casement, single, and double-
hung wood windows (Figure 5). Three dormers are located at the south side façade, one dormer is at the north side façade,
and two dormers are along the rear (west) façade. Second story dormers along the secondary and rear facades contain
paired multi-light casement wood windows, with the exception of a single fixed wood window on the smaller south side
dormer (Figure 6). All original windows throughout include a prominent wood window sill.
Additional architectural features include a low, stucco-clad wall with asphalt shingle coping that partially encloses the open
patio at the primary (east) façade; a rear porch covered by a canvas canopy at the rear (west) façade featuring metal railing
and a raised platform; a secondary, stucco-clad chimney along the north façade; hood moldings; pronounced and projecting
angles within the roof and often above windows; window canopies; a horizontal slat vent at the primary façade’s main gable;
and round vents at each dormer’s gable end (except for the small, middle dormer at the south façade). The rear yard contains
a single-story detached garage and a rear pool. The garage’s primary (east) façade is designed with wide horizontal siding
and a wood garage door, and the north (side) façade features narrow horizontal siding with a single wood window and door
(Figure 7). The property is landscaped with a front lawn, two round brick planters, manicured hedges and shrubs, and
medium-sized trees including two Italian Cypress trees. Brick lines the driveway and open patio at the primary (east) façade.
*B10. Significance (continued):
By 1955, H.W. McKague owned the property. No owner/occupant records were available between 1956 and 1959. From
1960 to 1962, E.H. Wilhelmi is listed as the owner. City directories are unavailable between 1963 - 1979. In 1980 and 1985,
the owner is not listed in directories. Grey and Melissa Figge owned the property in Circa 1988. The present-day owners,
Charles and Julie Lake, have owned the property since 1989. In 2011, the property's ownership was transferred to a family
trust, however Mr. and Mrs. Lake continue to reside in the property. No additional information was uncovered regarding the
past owners and tenants.
The C.P. Johnson House is located in Floral Park, a neighborhood northwest of downtown Santa Ana bounded by West
Seventeenth Street, North Flower Street, Riverside Drive, and Broadway. Groves of orange, avocado, and walnut trees and
widely scattered ranch houses characterized this area before 1920. Developer and builder Allison Honer (1897-1981),
credited as the subdivider and builder of a major portion of northwest Santa Ana, arrived in Santa Ana from Beaver Falls,
New York in 1922 (Talbert, pages 353-356). “Before nightfall on the day of his arrival, Mr. Honer purchased a parcel of land.
And that month, he began building custom homes in Santa Ana” (Orange County Register, September 15, 1981). The parcel
chosen became the Floral Park subdivision between Seventeenth Street and Santiago Creek. “When built in the 1920s, the
Floral Park homes were the most lavish and expensive in the area. They sold for about $45,000 each” (Orange County
Register, September 15, 1981). Revival architecture in a wide variety of romantic styles was celebrated in the 1920s and
1930s and Floral Park showcased examples of the English Tudor, French Norman, Spanish Colonial, and Colonial Revival.
The Allison Honer Construction Company went on to complete such notable projects as the 1935 Art Deco styled Old Santa
Ana City Hall, the El Toro Marine Base during World War II, and the 1960 Honer Shopping Plaza. Honer lived in the
neighborhood he had helped to create, at 615 West Santa Clara Avenue.
In the late 1920s and 1930s, another builder, Roy Roscoe Russell (1881-1965), continued developing the groves of Floral
Park. An early Russell project was his 1928 subdivision of Victoria Drive between West Nineteenth Street and West Santa
Clara Avenue. The homes were quite grand and displayed various revival styles, including Russell’s own large, Colonial
Revival mansion at 2009 Victoria Drive. In 1937, Roy Rodney Russell, joined his father’s firm and by 1945 it was renamed as
Roy Russell and Son. In the early post World War II years, Floral Park continued its development as numerous, smaller,
single-family houses were built. Continuing in the Floral Park tradition, they were mostly revival in style. In the 1950s, low,
horizontal Ranch Style houses completed the growth of Floral Park. Today (2023) Floral Park maintains its identity as the
premier neighborhood of Santa Ana, historically home to many affluent and prominent citizens.
The C.P. Johnson House qualifies for listing in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties under Criterion 1 as an intact
example of a Tudor Revival style home in Santa Ana. Located in Floral Park, the house cost $6,500 to build in 1928. The
recommended categorization is “Key” because it has a distinctive architectural style and quality reflective of the Tudor Revival
style (Santa Ana Municipal Code, Section 30-2.2). Character-defining features of the C.P. Johnson House include, but may
not be limited to: Irregular-shaped building footprint and massing; asymmetrical primary façade; complex roof form with multi-
gable roof system featuring steeply pitched gables and dormers; large, side-gabled roof visible at the primary façade that is
reflective of the French Eclectic style; central chimney; sand finish stucco siding; open brick patio at primary façade; primary
entrance within a steeply pitched front-facing gable, that features an arched wood door with an arched, operable light behind
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State of California The Resources Agency Primary # _____________________________________________
DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # ________________________________________________
CONTINUATION SHEET Trinomial _____________________________________________
Page 4_ of 5_Resource Name: C.P. Johnson House
*Recorded by Andrea Dumovich Heywood *Date November 2, 2023 Continuation Update
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decorative wrought-iron grille and metal hardware; all original wood windows throughout which are primarily multi-pane
casement and double-hung style, as well as a single, leaded glass window; hood moldings; projecting angles within the roof
and often above windows; detached garage; and front yard lawn with landscaping including mature trees and shrubs.
*B12. References (continued):
Almendral, Dylan M. “The Home of Dynasties: Historic Home Profile.” My Blog. 12 January 2020. Available:
https://www.dylanmalmendral.com/blog/the-home-of-dynasties. Accessed: 1 February 2023.
Ancestry.com. California, Death Index, 1940-1997 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.
Harris, Cyril M. American Architecture: An Illustrated Encyclopedia. New York, WW Norton, 1998.
Marsh, Diann. Santa Ana, An Illustrated History. Encinitas, Heritage Publishing, 1994.
McAlester, Virginia and Lee. A Field Guide to American Houses. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1984.
National Register Bulletin 16A. “How to Complete the National Register Registration Form.” Washington DC: National
Register
Newspapers.com (Orange County Register and Santa Ana Register)
Branch, National Park Service, US Dept. of the Interior, 1991.
Office of Historic Preservation. “Instructions for Recording Historical Resources.” Sacramento: March 1995.
Whiffen, Marcus. American Architecture Since 1780. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1969.
Santa Ana and Orange County Directories, 1928-2008.
Talbert, Thomas B. The Historical Volume and Reference Works: Covering Garden Grove, Santa Ana, Tustin. Volume 1:
Orange County. Whittier: Historical Publishers, 1963.
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State of California The Resources Agency Primary # _____________________________________________
DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # ________________________________________________
CONTINUATION SHEET Trinomial _____________________________________________
Page 5_ of 5_Resource Name: C.P. Johnson House
*Recorded by Andrea Dumovich Heywood *Date November 2, 2023 Continuation Update
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Additional Figures:
Figure 2. The primary entrance is located within a
smaller, steeply pitched front gable adjacent to a leaded
glass window, facing west.
Figure 3. The main entrance has an operable arched
window behind a wrought iron decorative grill, facing
east.
Figure 4. A large fixed wood window flanked by multi-
light casement wood windows at the primary (east)
façade, facing northwest.
Figure 5. Multi-light wood casement and fixed windows,
facing north.
Figure 6. Second story dormers at the south (side)
facade contain paired multi-light casement wood
windows, with the exception of a single fixed wood
window on the smaller dormer, facing northwest.
Figure 7. A single-story detached garage, facing
southwest.
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MILLS ACT AGREEMENT
2028 North Greenleaf Street
Santa Ana, CA 92706
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Exhibit C
Exterior work shall be reviewed by the Historic Resources Commission and subject to the U.S.
Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation of Historic Buildings, as follows:
1. Every reasonable effort shall be made to provide a compatible use for a property
which requires minimal alteration of the building, structure, or site and its
environment, or to use a property for its originally intended purpose.
2. The distinguishing original qualities or character of a building, structure or site
and its environment shall not be destroyed. The removal or alteration of any
historic material or distinctive architectural features should be avoided when
possible.
3. All buildings, structures, and sites shall be recognized as products of their own
time. Alterations that have no historical basis and which seek to create an earlier
appearance shall be discouraged.
4. Changes which may have taken place in the course of time are evidence of the
history and development of a building, structure, or site and its environment.
These changes may have acquired significance in their own right, and this
significance shall be recognized and respected.
5. Distinctive stylistic features or examples of skilled craftsmanship which
characterize a building, structure, or site shall be treated with sensitivity.
6. Deteriorated architectural features shall be repaired rather than replaced,
whenever possible. In the event replacement is necessary, the new material
should match the material being replaced in composition, design, color, texture,
and other visual qualities. Repair or replacement of missing architectural features
should be based on accurate duplications of features, substantiated by historic,
physical, or pictorial evidence rather than on conjectural designs or the
availability of different architectural elements from the other buildings or
structures.
7. The surface cleaning of structures shall be undertaken with the gentlest means
possible. Sandblasting and other cleaning methods that will damage the historic
building materials shall not be undertaken.
8. Every reasonable effort shall be made to protect and reserve archaeological
resources affected by, or adjacent to any project.
9. Contemporary design for alterations and additions to existing properties shall not
be discouraged when such alterations and additions do not destroy significant
historical, architectural or cultural material, an such design is compatible with
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MILLS ACT AGREEMENT
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Santa Ana, CA 92706
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size, scale, color, material and character of the property, neighborhood, or
environment.
10. Wherever possible, new additions or alterations to structures shall be done in such
a manner that if such additions or alterations need to be removed in the future, the
essential form and integrity of the structure would be unimpaired.
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Proposed Structure Improvements (“Work Plan”)
2028 North Greenleaf Street
Item Year Improvement
1 2025 Maintenance/repairs to windows
Repair leaded glass window
2 2026 Roof repairs as needed
3 2028 Exterior painting
4 2030 Electrical upgrades
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
BEFORE THE SANTA ANA HISTORIC
RESOURCES COMMISSION
The City of Santa Ana encourages the
public to participate in the decision-
making process. We encourage you to
contact us prior to the Public Hearing if
you have any questions.
Historic Resources Commission
Action: The Historic Resources
Commission will hold a Public Hearing to
receive public testimony, and will take
action on the item described below. Their
decision is final unless appealed to the
City Council within 10 days of the decision
by any interested party or group.
Project Location:2028 North Greenleaf
Street located within the Single Family
Residential (R1) Zoning District.
Project Applicant:Charles William Lake
and Julie S. Lake (Property Owner &
Applicant)
Project Description:The applicants are
requesting approval of Historic Resources
Commission Application No. 2023-19,
Historic Register Categorization No. 2023-
04, and Historic Property Preservation
Agreement No. 2023-10, to allow the
placement and categorization in the Santa
Ana Register of Historical Properties as
“Key” for the above mentioned property
and to designate an existing Tudor
Revival style residence to the Santa Ana
Register of Historical Properties, as well
as approval to execute a Mills Act
agreement with the City of Santa Ana.
Environmental Impact:Pursuant to the
California Environmental Quality Act
(CEQA) and the CEQA Guidelines, the
project is exempt from further review
under Section 15331, Class 31, as this
action is designed to preserve a historic
resource. Categorical Exemption No. ER-
2023-105 will be filed for this project.
Meeting Details:This matter will be
heard on Thursday, November 2, 2023,
at 4:30 p.m.in the City Council
Chambers, 22 Civic Center Plaza, Santa
Ana, CA 92701.Members of the public
may attend this meeting in-person or
join via Zoom.For the most up to date
information on how to participate virtually
in this meeting, please visit www.santa-
ana.org/pb/meeting-participation.
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participate in the meeting, you may send
written comments by e-mail to
PBAeComments@santa-ana.org
(reference the topic in the subject line) or
mail to Nuvia Ocampo, Recording
Secretary, City of Santa Ana, 20 Civic
Center Plaza – M20, Santa Ana, CA
92701.Deadline to submit written
comments is 3:30 p.m. on the day of
the meeting.Comments received after
the deadline may not be distributed to the
Commission but will be made part of the
record.
Where To Get More Information:
Additional details regarding the proposed
action(s), including the full text of the
discretionary item, may be found on the
City website 72 hours prior to the public
hearing at: https://santa-
ana.primegov.com/public/portal.
Who To Contact For Questions: Should
you have any questions, please contact
Andrea Dumovich Heywood with the
Planning and Building Agency at
Aheywood@santa-ana.org or 714-647-
5899. You can also contact Pedro Gomez
with the Planning and Building Agency at
Pgomez@santa-ana.org or 714-667-
2790.
Note:If you challenge the decision on the
above matter, you may be limited to
raising only those issues you or someone
else raised at the public hearing
described in this notice, or in written
correspondence delivered to the Historic
Resources Commission or City Council of
the City of Santa Ana at, or prior to, the
public hearing.
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CITY OF SANTA ANA
Planning and Building Agency
20 Civic Center Plaza ● P.O. Box 1988
Santa Ana, California 92702
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
BEFORE THE SANTA ANA HISTORIC RESOURCES COMMISSION
Historic Resources Commission Action: The Historic Resources Commission will hold a Public
Hearing to receive public testimony, and will take action on the item described below. Their decision is
final unless appealed to the City Council within 10 days of the decision by any interested party or group.
Project Location: 2028 North Greenleaf Street located within the Single Family Residential
(R1) Zoning District.
Project Applicant: Charles William Lake and Julie S. Lake (Property Owner & Applicant)
Project Description: The applicants are requesting approval of Historic Resources Commission
Application No. 2023-19, Historic Register Categorization No. 2023-04, and Historic Property
Preservation Agreement No. 2023-10, to allow the placement and categorization in the Santa Ana
Register of Historical Properties as “Key” for the above mentioned property and to designate an existing
Tudor Revival style residence to the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties, as well as approval to
execute a Mills Act agreement with the City of Santa Ana.
Environmental Impact: Pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and the CEQA
Guidelines, the project is exempt from further review under Section 15331, Class 31, as this action is
designed to preserve a historic resource. Categorical Exemption No. ER-2023-105 will be filed for this
project.
Meeting Details: This matter will be heard on Thursday, November 2, 2023, at 4:30 p.m. in the City
Council Chambers, 22 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701. Members of the public may attend
this meeting in-person or join via Zoom. For the most up to date information on how to participate
virtually in this meeting, please visit www.santa-ana.org/pb/meeting-participation.
Written Comments: If you are unable to participate in the meeting, you may send written comments
by e-mail to PBAeComments@santa-ana.org (reference the topic in the subject line) or mail to Nuvia
Ocampo, Recording Secretary, City of Santa Ana, 20 Civic Center Plaza – M20, Santa Ana, CA 92701.
Deadline to submit written comments is 3:30 p.m. on the day of the meeting. Comments received
after the deadline may not be distributed to the Commission but will be made part of the record.
Where To Get More Information: Additional details regarding the proposed action(s), including the
full text of the discretionary item, may be found on the City website 72 hours prior to the public hearing
at: https://santa-ana.primegov.com/public/portal.
Who To Contact For Questions: Should you have any questions, please contact Andrea Dumovich
Heywood with the Planning and Building Agency at Aheywood@santa-ana.org or 714-647-5899. You
can also contact Pedro Gomez with the Planning and Building Agency at Pgomez@santa-ana.org or
714-667-2790.
Note: If you challenge the decision on the above matter, you may be limited to raising only those issues
you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence
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delivered to the Historic Resources Commission or City Council of the City of Santa Ana at, or prior to,
the public hearing.
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HISTORIC PROPERTY PRESERVATION AGREEMENT
This Historic Property Preservation Agreement (“Agreement”) is made and entered into
by and between the City of Santa Ana, a charter city and municipal corporation duly organized
and existing under the Constitution and laws of the of the State of California (hereinafter referred
to as “City”), and Daniel Taylor and Robbyn Taylor, Husband and Wife as Joint Tenants ,
(hereinafter collectively referred to as “Owner”), owner of real property located at 1607 North
Freeman Street, Santa Ana, California, in the County of Orange and listed on the Santa Ana
Register of Historical Properties.
RECITALS
A.The City Council of the City of Santa Ana is authorized by California
Government Code Section 50280 et seq. (known as the “Mills Act”) to enter into
contracts with owners of qualified historical properties to provide for appropriate
use, maintenance, rehabilitation and restoration such that these historic properties
retain their historic character and integrity.
B.The Owner possesses fee title in and to that certain qualified real property
together with associated structures and improvements thereon, located at 1607
North Freeman Street, Santa Ana, CA, 92706 and more particularly described
in Exhibit “A,” attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference, and
hereinafter referred to as the “Historic Property”.
C.The Historic Property is officially designated on the Santa Ana Register of
Historical Properties pursuant to the requirements of Chapter 30 of the S anta Ana
Municipal Code.
D.City and Owner, for their mutual benefit, now desire to enter into this Agreement
which defines and limits the use and alteration of this Historic Property in order to
enhance and maintain its value as a cultural and historical resource for Owner and
for the community; to prevent inappropriate alterations to the Historic Property
and to ensure that repairs, additions, new building, and other changes are
appropriate; and to ensure that rehabilitation and maintenance are carried out in an
exemplary manner.
Exhibit 3
MILLS ACT AGREEMENT
1607 North Freeman Street
Santa Ana, CA 92706
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E.Owner and City intend to carry out the purposes of California Government Code,
Chapter 1, Part 5 of Division 1 of Title 5, Article 12, Section 50280 et seq., which
will enable the Historic Property to qualify for an assessment of valuation as a
restricted historical property pursuant to Article 1.9, Sec. 439 et seq., Chapter 3
Part 2 of Division 1 of the California Tax and Revenue Code.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City of Santa Ana and the Owner of the Historic Property
agree as follows:
1.Effective Date and Terms of Agreement.
This Agreement shall be effective and commence on January 17, 2024, and shall remain
in effect for a term of ten (10) years thereafter. Each year, upon the anniversary of the effective
date of this Agreement, such initial term will automatically be extended as provided in California
Government Code Sections 50280 through 50290 and in Section 2, below.
2.Renewal.
a.Each year on the anniversary of the effective date of this Agreement, a year shall
automatically be added to the initial ten (10) year term of this Agreement unless written notice of
nonrenewal is served as provided herein.
b.If the Owner or the City desire(s) in any year not to renew the Agreement, the
Owner or City shall serve written notice of nonrenewal of the Agreement on the other party.
Unless such notice is served by the Owner to the City at least ninety (90) days prior to the annual
renewal date, or served by the City to the Owner at least sixty (60) days prior to the annual
renewal date, one (1) year shall automatically be added to the term of the Agreement as provided
herein.
c.Within 30 days from receipt of City’s notice of nonrenewal, the Owner may file a
written protest of City’s decision of nonrenewal. The City may, at any time prior to th e annual
renewal date of the Agreement, withdraw its notice to the Owner of nonrenewal.
d.If either the Owner or the City serves notice to the other of nonrenewal in any
year, the Agreement shall remain in effect for the balance of the term then remaining, either from
its original execution or from the last renewal of the Agreement, whichever may apply.
3.Standards and Conditions for Historic Property.
During the term of this Agreement, the Historic Property shall be subject to the following
conditions, requirements and restrictions:
a.Owner shall maintain the Historic Property in a good state of repair and shall
preserve, maintain, and, where necessary, restore or rehabilitate the property and its character-
defining features described in the “Executive Summary” attached hereto, marked as Exhibit B1,
and “Historical Property Description” attached hereto, marked as Exhibit B2, notably the general
architectural form, style, materials, design, scale, proportions, organization of windows, doors,
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and other openings, textures, details, mass, roof line, porch and other aspects of the appearance
of the exterior to the satisfaction of the City.
b.All changes to the Historic Property shall comply with applicable City plans and
regulations, and conform to the rules and regulations of the Office of Historic Preservation of the
State Department of Parks and Recreation, namely the U.S. Secretary of the Interior’s Standards
and Guidelines for Historic Preservation Projects. These guidelines are attached hereto, marked
as Exhibit C, and incorporated herein by this reference. Owner shall continually maintain the
Historic Property in the same or better condition.
c.A view corridor enabling the general public to see the Historic Property from the
public right-of-way shall be maintained, and Owner shall not be permitted to block the view
corridor to the property with any new structure, such as walls, fences or shrubbery, so as to
prevent the viewing of the historic landmark by the public.
d.The following are prohibited: demolition of the Historic Property or destruction of
character-defining features of the building or site; removal of trees and other major vegetation
unless removal is approved by a rehabilitation plan approved by the Historic Resources
Commission; paving of yard surface; exterior alterations or additions unless approved by the
Historic Resources Commission and such alterations are in keeping with the Secretary of
Interior’s Standards; deteriorating, dilapidated or unrepaired structures such as fences, roofs,
doors, walls, and windows; storage of junk, trash, debris, discarded or unused objects such as
cars, appliances, or furniture; and other unsightly by decoration, structure or vegetation which is
unsightly by reason of its height, condition, or inappropriate location.
e.Owner shall allow reasonable periodic inspection by prior appointment, as needed
or at least every five (5) years after the initial inspection, of the interior and exterior of the
Historic Property by representatives of the City of Santa Ana, the County Assessor, the State
Department of Parks and Recreation, and the State Board of Equalization, to determine the
Owner’s compliance with the terms and provisions of this Agreement. As part of the periodic
inspection, Owner shall supply information in a format determined acceptable by the
representatives of the City of Santa Ana, the County Assessor, the State Department of Parks and
Recreation, and the State Board of Equalization information required to determine compliance
with the terms of this Agreement.
f.Owner shall implement the rehabilitation and restoration work items as discussed
in detail in Exhibit D, “Proposed Structure Improvements.” The front door replacement shall be
finalized within the first five years of the Mills Act Agreement, with all other work items
completed within the first ten years of the Mills Act Agreement. Proof of status and completion,
as requested from time to time by the City of Santa Ana, will be required in order to satisfy and
maintain the Mills Act Agreement. Staff approval is required before items shall be amended or
removed/replaced from the improvements list.
MILLS ACT AGREEMENT
1607 North Freeman Street
Santa Ana, CA 92706
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4. Furnishing of Information.
The Owner hereby agrees to furnish the City with any and all information requested
which may be necessary or advisable to determine compliance with the terms and provisions of
this Agreement.
5. Cancellation.
a. The City, following a duly noticed public hearing by the City Council as set forth
in Government Code Section 50280, et. seq., may cancel this Agreement if it determines that the
Owner have breached any of the conditions of this Agreement, or has allowed the property to
deteriorate to the point that it no longer meets the standards for a qualified Historic Property, or
if the City determines that the Owner have failed to restore or rehabilitate the property in the
manner specified in Section 3 of this Agreement. If a contract is cancelled for these reasons, the
Owner shall pay a cancellation fee to the County Auditor as set forth in Government Code
Section 50286. This cancellation fee shall be a percentage (currently set at twelve and one-half
(12 ½) percent by Government Code Section 50286) of the current fair market value of the
property at the time of the cancellation, as determined by the county assessor, without regard to
any restriction imposed pursuant to this Agreement.
b. If the Historic Property is destroyed by earthquake, fire, flood or other natural
disaster such that in the opinion of the City Building Official more than sixty (60) percent of the
original fabric of the structure must be replaced, this Agreement shall be canceled immediately
because, in effect, the historic value of the structure will have been destroyed. No fee shall be
imposed in the case of destruction by acts of God or natural disaster.
c. If the Historic Property is acquired by eminent domain and the City Council
determines that the acquisition frustrates the purpose of this Agreement, this Agreement shall be
cancelled and no fee imposed, as specified in Government Code Section 50288.
6. Enforcement of Agreement.
a. In lieu of and/or in addition to any provisions to cancel the Agreement as
referenced herein, City may specifically enforce, or enjoin the breach of, the terms of the
Agreement. In the event of a default, under the provisions to cancel the Agreement by Owner,
the City shall give written notice to Owner by registered or certified mail, and if such a violation
is not corrected to the reasonable satisfaction of the City Manager or designee within thirty (30)
days thereafter, or if not corrected within such a reasonable time as may be required to cure the
breach or default, or default cannot be cured within thirty (30) days (provided that acts to cure
the breach or default may be commenced within thirty (30) days and shall thereafter be diligently
pursued to completion by Owner), then City may, without further notice, declare a default under
the terms of this Agreement and may bring any action necessary to specifically enforce the
obligations of Owner growing out of the terms of this Agreement, apply to any court, state or
federal, for injunctive relief against any violation by Owner or apply for such relief as may be
appropriate.
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b.City does not waive any claim of default by the Owner if City does not enforce or
cancel this Agreement. All other remedies at law or in equity which are not otherwise provided
for in this Agreement or in City’s regulations governing historic properties are available to City
to pursue in the event that there is a breach of this Agreement. No waiver by City of any breach
or default under this Agreement shall be deemed to be a waiver of any other subsequent breach
thereof or default hereunder.
7. Binding effect of Agreement.
a.Owner hereby subjects the Historic Property, located at 1607 North Freeman
Street, Assessor Parcel Number, 405-313-05, and more particularly described in Exhibit A, in
the City of Santa Ana, to the covenants, conditions, and restrictions as set forth in this
Agreement.
b.City and Owner hereby declare their specific intent that the covenants, conditions
and restrictions as set forth herein shall be deemed covenants running with the land and shall
pass to and be binding upon Owner’s successors and assigns in title or interest to the Historic
Property. Every contract, deed, or other instrument hereinafter executed, covering or conveying
the Historic Property or any portion thereof, shall conclusively be held to have been executed,
delivered, and accepted subject to the tenants, restrictions, and reservations expressed in this
Agreement regardless of whether such covenants, conditions and restrictions are set forth in such
contract, deed, or other instrument.
c.This property is listed in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties
(Register). In any real property transaction, the owner of this property or the owner’s
representative shall provide the buyer of this property with notice that the property is listed on
the City’s historic Register.
8.No Compensation.
Owner shall not receive any payment from City in consideration of the obligation
imposed under this Agreement, it being recognized that the consideration for the execution of
this Agreement is the substantial public benefit to be derived therefrom and the advantage that
will accrue to Owner as a result of the effect upon the assessed value of the Property on the
account of the restrictions on the use and preservation of the Property.
9.Notice.
Any notice required by the terms of this Agreement shall be sent to the address of the
respective parties as specified below or at other addresses that may be later specified by the
parties hereto.
City: City of Santa Ana
20 Civic Center Plaza (M-30)
Santa Ana, CA 92702
Attn: Clerk of the Council
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Owners: Daniel and Robbyn Taylor
1607 North Freeman Street
Santa Ana, CA 92706
10. General Provisions.
a. None of the terms, provisions, or conditions of this Agreement shall be deemed to
create a partnership between the parties hereto and any of their heirs, successors, or assigns, nor
shall such terms, provisions or conditions cause them to be considered joint ventures or members
of any joint enterprise.
b. The Owner agrees to and shall indemnify and hold the City and its elected and
appointed officials, officers, agents, and employees harmless from liability for damage or claims
for damage for personal injuries, including death, and claims for property damage which may
arise from the direct or indirect use or operations of the Owner or those of his or her contractor,
subcontractor, agent, employee, or other person acting on his or her behalf which relates to the
use, operation, and maintenance of the Historic Property. The Owner hereby agrees to and shall
defend the City and its elected and appointed officials, officers, agents, and employees with
respect to any and all actions for damages caused by, or alleged to have been caused by, reason
of the Owner's activities in connection with the Historic Property.
c. This hold harmless provision applies to all damages and claims for damages
suffered, or alleged to have been suffered, and costs of defense incurred, by reason of the
operations referred to in this Agreement regardless of whether or not City prepared, supplied, or
approved the plans, specifications or other documents for the Historic Property.
d. All of the agreements, rights, covenants, conditions, and restrictions contained in
this Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the parties herein, their
heirs, successors, legal representatives, assigns, and all persons acquiring any part or portion of
the Historic Property, whether by operation of law on in any manner whatsoever.
e. In the event legal proceedings are brought by any party or parties to enforce or
restrain a violation of any of the covenants, reservations, or restrictions contained herein, or to
determine the rights and duties of any party hereunder, the prevailing party i n such proceeding
may recover all reasonable attorney’s fees to be fixed by the court, in addition to court costs and
other relief ordered by the court.
f. In the event that any of the provisions of this Agreement are held to be
unenforceable or invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, or by subsequent preemptive
legislation, the validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions, or portions thereof, shall
not be effected thereby.
g. This Agreement shall be construed and governed in accordance with the laws of
the State of California, with venue in Orange County.
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11. Recordation.
No later than twenty (20) days after the parties execute and enter into this Agreement, the
City shall cause this Agreement to be recorded in the office of the Coun ty Recorder of the
County of Orange.
12. Amendments.
This Agreement may be amended, in whole or in part, only by a written recorded
instrument executed by the parties hereto.
13. Effective Date
This Agreement shall be effective on the day and year first written above in Section 1.
{Signature page follows}
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ATTEST: CITY OF SANTA ANA
________________________ _________________________
JENNIFER L. HALL STEVEN A. MENDOZA
City Clerk Acting City Manager
OWNERS
Date: ___________________ By:__________________
DANIEL TAYLOR
Date: ___________________ By:__________________
ROBBYN TAYLOR
APPROVED AS TO FORM: RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL:
SONIA CARVALHO
City Attorney
By: _____________________ _____________________
BRANDON SALVATIERRA MINH THAI
Deputy City Attorney Executive Director
Planning and Building Agency
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EXHIBIT A
LEGAL DESCRIPTION
THE LAND REFERRED TO HEREIN BELOW IS SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF
ORANGE, STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND IS DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
LOT 16 OF TRACT NO. 1228, IN THE CITY OF SANTA ANA, COUNTY OF ORANGE,
STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS PER MAP RECORDED IN BOOK 38, PAGE(S) 42 OF
MISCELLANEOUS OF MAPS, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID
ORANGE COUNTY.
Assessor’s Parcel Number: 405-313-05
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Rogers-Mansfield House
1607 North Freeman Street
Santa Ana, CA 92706
NAME Rogers-Mansfield House REF. NO.
ADDRESS 1607 North Freeman Street
CITY Santa Ana ZIP 92706 ORANGE COUNTY
YEAR BUILT 1948 LOCAL REGISTER CATEGORY: Key
HISTORIC DISTRICT N/A NEIGHBORHOOD Washington Square
CALIFORNIA REGISTER CRITERIA FOR EVALUATION C/3 CALIFORNIA REGISTER STATUS CODE 5S3
Location: Not for Publication Unrestricted
Prehistoric Historic Both
ARCHITECTURAL STYLE: Minimal Traditional
During the Great Depression through the immediate postwar years, the Minimal Traditional home rose in popularity as the
preferred style for middle-class housing in the United States. This basic house type fulfilled both aesthetic and social
needs: in terms of aesthetics, the form represented a stripped-down version of the historic-eclectic styles popular in the
1920s, in particular the Tudor and English Revival styles. In social terms, the Minimal Traditional home satisfied
requirements in square footage and plan by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA), which launched a campaign in
this period to expand home ownership. The Minimal Traditional home served as the prototype used by the FHA in its
efforts to codify and manufacture “a standard, low-cost, minimum house that the majority of American wage earners could
afford” (Greg Hise, Magnetic Los Angeles, p. 57). Minimal Traditional homes are typically rectangular in plan and one-
story in height, often with a front-gabled wing and prominent attached chimney. In contrast with the English and Tudor
Revival styles the one-story version mimics, the Minimal Traditional home is capped with a low or intermediate pitch roof
with a hipped or side gable. Sheathing materials include stucco, brick, or wood, often accompanied by stone veneer
accents. Fenestration generally consists of multi-light casement, double-hung, and picture windows with wood frames.
The eaves and rakes of the Minimal Traditional home are typically shallow (in a departure from the later Ranch House
style, which they often resemble). Although they have little applied ornament, many Minimal Traditional homes often
display decorative wood shutters and porch-roof supports.
SUMMARY/CONCLUSION:
The Rogers-Mansfield House qualifies for listing in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties under Criterion 1 as an
intact example of a Minimal Traditional style home in Santa Ana. The recommended categorization is “Key” because it
has a distinctive architectural style and quality reflective of the Minimal Traditional style, along with rare wood shingle
siding (Santa Ana Municipal Code, Section 30-2.2).
EXPLANATION OF CODES:
California Register Criteria for Evaluation: (From California Office of Historic Preservation, Technical Assistance
Series # 7, “How to Nominate Resources to the California Register of Historical Resources,” September 4, 2001.)
3:It embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, region, or method of construction, or
represents the work of a master, or possesses high artistic values.
It embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, region, or method of construction, or represents the
work of a master, or possesses high artistic values.
5S3:Appears to be individually eligible for local listing or designation through survey evaluation.
Exhibit B
State of California The Resources Agency Primary #______________________________________________
DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI #__________________________________________________
PRIMARY RECORD Trinomial______________________________________________
NRHP Status Code_____________________________________
Other Listings_____________________________________________________________________
Review Code________Reviewer________________________Date_______________
Page _1_ of _5_ Resource name(s) or number (assigned by recorder) Rogers-Mansfield House
P1. Other Identifier:
*P2. Location: Not for Publication Unrestricted *a. County Orange County
*b. USGS 7.5’ Quad: Orange Quadrangle California-Orange County 7.5-Minute Series Date: 2022
*c. Address 1607 North Freeman Street City: Santa Ana Zip: 92706
*e. Other Locational Data: Assessor’s Parcel Number 405-313-05
*P3a. Description: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries)
The Rogers-Mansfield House is a one-story, single-family, Minimal Traditional Style residence located on a modestly sized
parcel in Santa Ana’s Washington Square neighborhood (Figure 1). The residence exhibits an L-shaped plan with a medium-
pitch roof clad in replacement asphalt shingles and shallow eaves. While primarily side-gabled, a front-gable projects at the
primary (west) façade along with a flat front porch roof projection. The exterior of the house is clad in wood shingles. Wood
windows with a prominent wood window sill and trim are located on all building facades (Figure 2).
(See Continuation Sheet 3 of 5.)
*P3b. Resource Attributes: (list attributes and codes) HP2. Single-Family Residence and HP4. Ancillary building
*P4. Resources Present: Building Structure Object Site District Element of District Other
P5b. Photo: (view and date)
(Figure 1) Primary (west) elevation,
view east, August 2023
*P6. Date Constructed/Age and
Sources: historic
1948/ City of Santa Ana Building
Permits
*P7. Owner and Address:
Daniel and Robbyn Taylor
1607 North Freeman Street
Santa Ana, CA 92706
*P8. Recorded by:
Andrea Dumovich Heywood
City of Santa Ana
20 Civic Center Plaza M-20
Santa Ana, CA 92702
*P9. Date Recorded:
November 2, 2023
*P10. Survey Type:
Intensive Survey Update
*P11. Report Citation: (Cite survey
report and other sources, or enter “none”)
None
*Attachments: None Location Map Sketch Map Continuation Sheet Building, Structure, and Object Record
Archaeological Record District Record Linear Feature Record Milling Station Record Rock Art Record
Artifact Record Photograph Record Other (list)
DPR 523A (1/95)*Required information
P5a. Photo
State of California The Resources Agency Primary #__________________________________________
DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI#______________________________________________
BUILDING, STRUCTURE, AND OBJECT RECORD
Page 2 of 5 *NRHP Status Code_5S3_________________________
*Resource Name or #: Rogers-Mansfield House
B1. Historic Name: Rogers-Mansfield House
B2. Common Name: Same
B3. Original Use: Single-family Residence B4. Present Use: Single-family Residence
*B5. Architectural Style: Minimal Traditional Style
*B6. Construction History: (Construction date, alterations, and date of alterations):
April 6, 1948. Permit to construct a five room residence and garage. $10,000.
Unknown date. Front door replacement.
*B7. Moved?No Yes Unknown Date:__________Original location:_______ _______
*B8. Related Features: Detached garage, front and rear porches, and front yard landscaping with two mature trees
B9a. Architect: Unknown b. Builder: Unknown
*B10. Significance: Theme Residential Architecture Area Santa Ana
Period of Significance: 1948 Property Type: Single-family Residence Applicable Criteria: C/3
(Discuss importance in terms of historical or architectural context as defined by theme, period, and geographic scope. Also address integrity)
The Rogers-Mansfield House is architecturally significant as an intact example of a Minimal Traditional style house in Santa
Ana. According to City building records, it was built in 1948 for approximately $10,000, for Emmet C. Rogers; however, the
original architect and builder are unknown. Emmet C. Rogers was a local contractor who sold lots and built homes in Santa
Ana. Mr. Rogers only resided at the property for one year or less as John N Mansfield is listed as the owner by 1949. City
Directories show Mr. Mansfield owned the property from 1949 until at least 1960. City Directories are unavailable between
1961-1979. Criss-Cross Directories between 1980 - 1998 show the subject address but do not include a property tenant or
owner name. By 1999, the subject property was owned by Paul Williamson, who owned the property until at least 2008, the
date of the last available directory. The current owners Daniel and Robbyn Taylor have owned and resided in the subject
property since 2022. No additional information was uncovered regarding the past owners and tenants.
(See Continuation Sheet 3 of 5.)
B11. Additional Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes)
*B12. References:
City of Santa Ana Building Permits
Santa Ana History Room Collection, Santa Ana Public Library
Sanborn Maps
(See Continuation Sheet 3 of 5.)
B13. Remarks: None
*B14. Evaluator: Andrea Dumovich Heywood, City of Santa Ana.
*Date of Evaluation: November 2, 2023
DPR 523B (1/95)*Required information
Sketch Map
(This space reserved for official comments.)
Rogers-Mansfield House
1607 North Freeman Street
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State of California The Resources Agency Primary # _____________________________________________
DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # ________________________________________________
CONTINUATION SHEET Trinomial _____________________________________________
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*P3a. Description (continued):
The front porch is supported by a single, slender wood post on a raised concrete platform accessible by two concrete steps.
The main entrance, located under the front porch, faces south and is composed of a four panel replacement door with four
upper lights (Figure 3).
Fenestration on the primary (west) façade includes three window bays. The front gable displays a large, fixed wood window
flanked by two double-hung wood windows with a four-over-four muntin pattern (Figure 4). Along the side-gable of the
primary (west) façade is the same double-hung style window and muntin pattern in both paired and singular form. The north,
south, and rear (east) façade window pattern is composed of a mix of one-over-one double-hung wood windows and four-
over-four double-hung wood windows (Figure 5). The building’s southeast (rear) corner contains a covered porch supported
by a slender wood post and a raised concrete platform. A single pedestrian wood door and upper light, located behind a
metal security door, is tucked within the rear porch (Figure 6). Additional architectural features include a concrete driveway
with a concrete path leading to the front porch, brick chimney at the north (side) façade, as well as vents at the gable ends.
The rear yard contains a single-story, detached garage clad in wood shingle siding to match the main residence. The garage
features an asphalt shingle roof, metal roll-up garage door, and a single pedestrian wood door with an operable upper light
(Figure 7). The property is landscaped with a front lawn, two mature trees, and rose bushes near the front porch.
*B10. Significance (continued):
Santa Ana was founded by William Spurgeon in 1869 as a speculative town site on part of the Spanish land grant known as
Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana. The civic and commercial core of the community was centered on the intersection of Main
and Fourth Streets. Stimulated by the arrival of the Santa Fe Railroad and incorporation as a city in 1886, and selection as
the seat of the newly created County of Orange in 1889, the city grew outwards, with residential neighborhoods developing to
the north, south, and east of the city center. Agricultural uses predominated in the outlying areas, with cultivated fields and
orchards dotted with widely scattered farmhouses.
The Rogers-Mansfield 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 II. 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 Rogers-Mansfield House qualifies for listing in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties under Criterion 1 as an
intact example of a Minimal Traditional style home in Santa Ana. Located in Washington Square, the house cost $10,000 to
build in 1948. The recommended categorization is “Key” because it has a distinctive architectural style and quality reflective
of the Minimal Traditional style, along with rare wood shingle siding (Santa Ana Municipal Code, Section 30-2.2). Character-
defining features of the Rogers-Mansfield House include, but may not be limited to: L-shaped plan; single-story massing;
side-gable body with prominent front-gable; medium-pitch roof with shallow eaves; wood shingle siding; original wood
windows with a prominent wood window sill and trim are located on all building facades; front and rear porch, each supported
by a single wood post located on a raised concrete platform; main entrance located within front porch; brick chimney; overall
lack of ornamentation; front yard lawn with landscaping including two mature trees; and a detached garage featuring wood
shingle siding and a single pedestrian door with operable light.
*B12. References (continued):
Almendral, Dylan M. “The Home of Dynasties: Historic Home Profile.” My Blog. 12 January 2020. Available:
https://www.dylanmalmendral.com/blog/the-home-of-dynasties. Accessed: 1 February 2023.
State of California The Resources Agency Primary # _____________________________________________
DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # ________________________________________________
CONTINUATION SHEET Trinomial _____________________________________________
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Ancestry.com. California, Death Index, 1940-1997 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.
Harris, Cyril M. American Architecture: An Illustrated Encyclopedia. New York, WW Norton, 1998.
Marsh, Diann. Santa Ana, An Illustrated History. Encinitas, Heritage Publishing, 1994.
McAlester, Virginia and Lee. A Field Guide to American Houses. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1984.
National Register Bulletin 16A. “How to Complete the National Register Registration Form.” Washington DC: National
Register
Newspapers.com (Orange County Register and Santa Ana Register)
Branch, National Park Service, US Dept. of the Interior, 1991.
Office of Historic Preservation. “Instructions for Recording Historical Resources.” Sacramento: March 1995.
Whiffen, Marcus. American Architecture Since 1780. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1969.
Santa Ana and Orange County Directories, 1948-2008.
Talbert, Thomas B. The Historical Volume and Reference Works: Covering Garden Grove, Santa Ana, Tustin. Volume 1:
Orange County. Whittier: Historical Publishers, 1963.
State of California The Resources Agency Primary # _____________________________________________
DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # ________________________________________________
CONTINUATION SHEET Trinomial _____________________________________________
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Additional Figures:
Figure 2. The exterior of the house is clad in wood shingles.
Wood windows with a prominent wood window sill and trim
are located on all building facades, facing east.
Figure 3. The front porch, featuring the main entrance, is
supported by a single wood post on a raised concrete
platform accessible by two concrete steps, facing north.
Figure 4. The primary (west) façade features a large, fixed
wood window flanked by two double-hung wood windows with
a four-over-four muntin pattern , facing southeast.
Figure 5. The south (side) façade features windows
composed of four-over-four double-hung wood windows
and one-over-one double-hung wood windows, facing
north.
Figure 6. The bbuilding’s southeast (rear) corner contains a
covered porch supported by a slender wood post and a raised
concrete platform, facing northwest.
Figure 7. The detached garage is clad in wood shingle
siding to match the main residence and features an
asphalt shingle roof, metal roll-up garage door, and a
single pedestrian wood door with an operable upper
light, facing southeast.
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Exhibit C
Exterior work shall be reviewed by the Historic Resources Commission and subject to the U.S.
Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation of Historic Buildings, as follows:
1. Every reasonable effort shall be made to provide a compatible use for a property
which requires minimal alteration of the building, structure, or site and its
environment, or to use a property for its originally intended purpose.
2. The distinguishing original qualities or character of a building, structure or site
and its environment shall not be destroyed. The removal or alteration of any
historic material or distinctive architectural features should be avoided when
possible.
3. All buildings, structures, and sites shall be recognized as products of their own
time. Alterations that have no historical basis and which seek to create an earlier
appearance shall be discouraged.
4. Changes which may have taken place in the course of time are evidence of the
history and development of a building, structure, or site and its environment.
These changes may have acquired significance in their own right, and this
significance shall be recognized and respected.
5. Distinctive stylistic features or examples of skilled craftsmanship which
characterize a building, structure, or site shall be treated with sensitivity.
6. Deteriorated architectural features shall be repaired rather than replaced,
whenever possible. In the event replacement is necessary, the new material
should match the material being replaced in composition, design, color, texture,
and other visual qualities. Repair or replacement of missing architectural features
should be based on accurate duplications of features, substantiated by historic,
physical, or pictorial evidence rather than on conjectural designs or the
availability of different architectural elements from the other buildings or
structures.
7. The surface cleaning of structures shall be undertaken with the gentlest means
possible. Sandblasting and other cleaning methods that will damage the historic
building materials shall not be undertaken.
8. Every reasonable effort shall be made to protect and reserve archaeological
resources affected by, or adjacent to any project.
9. Contemporary design for alterations and additions to existing properties shall not
be discouraged when such alterations and additions do not destroy significant
historical, architectural or cultural material, an such design is compatible with
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size, scale, color, material and character of the property, neighborhood, or
environment.
10. Wherever possible, new additions or alterations to structures shall be done in such
a manner that if such additions or alterations need to be removed in the future, the
essential form and integrity of the structure would be unimpaired.
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Proposed Structure Improvements (“Work Plan”)
1607 North Freeman Street
Item Year Improvement
1 2024 Replace non-original front door and front entrance light with
period appropriate door and light.
2 2024 Replace rear, security screen door with period appropriate
screen door.
3 2024 Update bathroom with new plumbing, add light fixtures,
replace shower with glass shower door, and new tile.
4 2028 Potentially add new bathroom addition to rear
5 2030 Possible reroof, asses by 2025 if needed
6 Ongoing
throughout
duration of
contract
1. Exterior wood shingle siding maintenance/repair
2. Maintain original wood windows as needed
Exhibit D
Planning and Building Agency
Item # 1
City of Santa Ana
20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701
Historic Resources Commission Staff Report
November 2, 2023
Topic: HRCA No. 2023-18, HRC No. 2023-5, HPPA No. 2023-11 – Rogers-Mansfield
House (1607 North Freeman Street)
RECOMMENDED ACTION
1. Adopt a resolution approving Historic Resources Commission Application No. 2023-18
and Historic Register Categorization No. 2023-5 (Exhibit 1).
2. Recommend that the City Council authorize the City Manager and Clerk of the Council
to execute the attached Mills Act agreement with Daniel and Robbyn Taylor, subject to
non-substantive changes approved by the City Manager and City Attorney (Exhibit 2).
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Daniel and Robbyn Taylor are requesting approval to designate an existing Minimal
Traditional style residence located at 1607 North Freeman Street to the Santa Ana
Register of Historical Properties, as well as approval to execute a Mills Act agreement
with the City of Santa Ana. The property is worthy of local designation as “Key” status
because it has a distinctive architectural style and quality reflective of the Minimal
Traditional style in Santa Ana, along with rare wood shingle siding.
DISCUSSION
Project Location and Site Description
The subject property is located on the east side of North Freeman Street in Santa Ana’s
Washington Square neighborhood. The site contains a 1,335-square-foot, Minimal
Traditional style residence and detached garage, on a 6,276-square-foot residential lot
(Exhibit 3).
Exhibit 4
Historic Resources Commission 1 – 1 11/2/2023
HRCA No. 2023-18, HRC 2023-5, HPPA No. 2023-11 – Rogers-Mansfield House (1607
North Freeman Street)
November 2, 2023
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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 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 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 structure is 75 years old and is a sound example of period
architecture. No known code violations exist on record for this property.
The Rogers-Mansfield House is architecturally significant as an intact example of a
Minimal Traditional style house in Santa Ana. According to City building records, it was
built in 1948 for approximately $10,000, for Emmet C. Rogers; however, the original
architect and builder are unknown. Emmet C. Rogers was a local contractor who sold lots
and built homes in Santa Ana. Mr. Rogers only resided at the property for one year or
less as John N. Mansfield is listed as the owner by 1949. City Directories show Mr.
Mansfield owned the property from 1949 until at least 1960. City Directories are
unavailable between 1961and1979. Criss-Cross Directories between 1980 and 1998
show the subject address but do not include a property tenant or owner name. By 1999,
the subject property was owned by Paul Williamson, who owned the property until at least
2008, the date of the last available directory. The current owners Daniel and Robbyn
Taylor have owned and resided in the subject property since 2022. No additional
information was uncovered regarding the past owners and tenants.
The Rogers-Mansfield House is a one-story, single-family, Minimal Traditional Style
residence located on a modestly sized parcel in Santa Ana’s Washington Square
neighborhood. The residence exhibits an L-shaped plan with a medium-pitch roof clad in
replacement asphalt shingles and shallow eaves. While primarily side-gabled, a front-
gable projects at the primary (west) façade along with a flat front porch roof projection.
The exterior of the house is clad in wood shingles. Wood windows with a prominent wood
window sill and trim are located on all building facades. The front porch is supported by
a single, slender wood post on a raised concrete platform accessible by two concrete
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steps. The main entrance, located under the front porch, faces south and is composed of
a four panel replacement door with four upper lights.
Fenestration on the primary (west) façade includes three window bays. The front gable
displays a large, fixed wood window flanked by two double-hung wood windows with a
four-over-four muntin pattern. Along the side-gable of the primary (west) façade is the
same double-hung style window and muntin pattern in both paired and singular form. The
north, south, and rear (east) façade window pattern is composed of a mix of one-over-
one double-hung wood windows and four-over-four double-hung wood windows. The
building’s southeast (rear) corner contains a covered porch supported by a slender wood
post and a raised concrete platform. A single pedestrian wood door and upper light,
located behind a metal security door, is tucked within the rear porch. Additional
architectural features include a concrete driveway with a concrete path leading to the front
porch, brick chimney at the north (side) façade, as well as vents at the gable ends. The
rear yard contains a single-story, detached garage clad in wood shingle siding to match
the main residence. The garage features an asphalt shingle roof, metal roll-up garage
door, and a single pedestrian wood door with an operable upper light. The property is
landscaped with a front lawn, two mature trees, and rose bushes near the front porch.
Character-defining features of the Rogers-Mansfield House include, but may not be
limited to: L-shaped plan; single-story massing; side-gable body with prominent front-
gable; medium-pitch roof with shallow eaves; wood shingle siding; original wood windows
with a prominent wood window sill and trim are located on all building facades; front and
rear porch, each supported by a single wood post located on a raised concrete platform;
main entrance located within front porch; brick chimney; overall lack of ornamentation;
front yard lawn with landscaping including two mature trees; and a detached garage
featuring wood shingle siding and a single pedestrian door with operable light.
The Rogers-Mansfield House qualifies for listing in the Santa Ana Register of Historical
Properties under Criterion 1 as an intact example of a Minimal Traditional style home in
Santa Ana. The recommended categorization is “Key” because it has a distinctive
architectural style and quality reflective of the Minimal Traditional style, along with rare
wood shingle siding. This category is reserved for structures exemplifying greater
architectural significance than the “Contributive” category, in addition to contributing to
the overall neighborhood or district within the City of Santa Ana. The property is worthy
of “Key” status due to the building’s Minimal Traditional style and quality craftsmanship
which features simple massing and lack of ornamentation; original double-hung wood
windows throughout; and rare wood shingle siding, among other original features.
Mills Act Agreement
Ordinance No. NS-2382 authorized the Historic Resources Commission to execute
Historic Property Preservation Agreements (HPPA), commonly known as Mills Act
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agreements for eligible properties (Exhibit 2). To be eligible for the Mills Act, the property
must be listed on the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties. The Historic Resources
Commission Application and Historic Register Categorization actions proposed for this
site authorize the listing of the property on the local register. The agreement provides
monetary incentives to the property owner in the form of a property tax reduction in
exchange for the owner’s voluntary commitment to maintain the property in a good state
of repair as necessary to maintain its character and appearance. Once recorded, the
agreement generates a different valuation method in determining the property’s assessed
value, resulting in tax savings for the owner. Aside from the tax savings, the benefits
include:
•Long term preservation of the property and visual improvement to the neighborhood
•A mechanism to provide for property rehabilitation
•Incentives for potential buyers to purchase historic structures
•Discouraging of inappropriate alterations to the property
The property has no identified unauthorized modifications. Upon consideration of the
application, it is recommended that the City enter into a Historic Property Preservation
Agreement.
Overall, future improvements proposed by the homeowners during the initial five years of
the Mills Act Agreement include replacing the non-original front door with a compatible
door. Remaining items to be completed over the course of the first ten years of the Mills
Act Agreement include replacing the front entrance light, and rear, security screen door
with period-appropriate materials. Additionally, the existing bathroom will be updated with
new plumbing, lighting fixtures, tile, and shower glass. The homeowners may add a new
bathroom to the building’s rear, and the roof will be assessed in the coming years to
determine if a reroof is needed. Lastly, maintenance/repair of existing, original wood
windows and wood shingle siding will be a general on-going maintenance task as part of
this Mills Act Agreement. Staff will ensure that all proposed work will be done sensitively
and will maintain the property’s character defining features as part of the Mills Act
Agreement for this property. If the homeowners decide to pursue a bathroom addition,
staff will work closely with the owners to ensure that the new design shall meet the
Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation, and that the new work will receive
proper entitlement through a Historic Exterior Modification Application (HEMA) and
building permits as necessary.
As part of the Mills Act approval process, staff will work with the applicant to ensure that
a bronze plaque is installed honoring and recognizing the structure. The plaque will
include the historic name, address, year built, and local historic register designation.
Lastly, the site will be subject to general maintenance and upkeep requirements including,
but not limited to, replacement or restoration of damaged character-defining features,
landscaping upkeep, painting, etc. Upon consideration of the application, it is
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recommended that the City enter into a Historic Property Preservation Agreement to
enable the Mills Act.
Public Notification
The subject site is located within the Washington Square Neighborhood Association. The
president of this Neighborhood Association was notified by mail 10 days prior to this public
hearing. In addition, the project site was posted with a notice advertising this public
hearing, a notice was published in the Orange County Reporter and mailed notices were
sent to all property owners within 500 feet of the project site. At the time of this printing,
no correspondence, either written or electronic, has been received from any members of
the public.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
Pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and the CEQA Guidelines,
the project is exempt from further review pursuant to Section 15331 of the CEQA
Guidelines (Class 31 – Historical Resource Restoration/Rehabilitation) as these actions
are designed to preserve historic resources. Based on this analysis, a Notice of
Exemption, Environmental Review No. 2023-107 will be filed for this project.
FISCAL IMPACT
The Historic Property Preservation Agreement will reduce the Property Tax revenue
account 01102002-50011 to the City by an estimated $970.20 annually, for a period of
not less than ten years.
EXHIBIT(S)
1. Resolution
2. Mills Act Agreement
3. 500-Foot Radius Map
Submitted By:
Andrea Heywood, Associate Planner
Approved By:
Minh Thai, Executive Director of Planning and Building Agency, Planning and Building
Agency
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RESOLUTION NO. 2023-XX
A RESOLUTION OF THE HISTORIC RESOURCES
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA APPROVING
HISTORIC RESOURCES COMMISSION APPLICATION NO.
2023-18 TO PLACE THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1607
NORTH FREEMAN STREET, SANTA ANA, ON THE
HISTORICAL REGISTER AND APPROVING HISTORIC
REGISTER CATEGORIZATION NO. 2023-05 PLACING
SAID PROPERTY WITHIN THE KEY CATEGORY
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HISTORIC RESOURCES COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF SANTA ANA AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The Historic Resources Commission of the City of Santa Ana hereby
finds, determines, and declares as follows:
A.On November 2, 2023, the Historic Resources Commission held a duly
noticed public hearing for the placement on the Santa Ana Register of
Historical Properties (Historic Resources Commission Application No.
2023-18) and categorization (Historic Resources Commission
Categorization No. 2023-5) of the Rogers-Mansfield House located at 1607
North Freeman Street, Santa Ana.
B.The Rogers-Mansfield House has distinctive architectural features of the
Minimal Traditional style and was built in 1948.
C.The Rogers-Mansfield House qualifies for listing in the Santa Ana Register
of Historical Properties under Criterion 1 as an intact example of a Minimal
Traditional style home in Santa Ana. The house displays characteristics of
the Minimal Traditional style through its use of medium-pitch roof; side-
gable and front-gable roof system; shallow eave overhang; one-story
height; double-hung multi-pane windows; and overall lack of architectural
detailing. The recommended categorization is “Key” because it has a
distinctive architectural style and quality reflective of the Minimal Traditional
style, along with rare wood shingle siding (Santa Ana Municipal Code,
Section 30-2.2). This category is reserved for structures exemplifying
greater architectural significance than the “Contributive” category, in
addition to contributing to the overall neighborhood or district within the City
of Santa Ana. The property is worthy of “Key” status due to the building’s
Minimal Traditional style and quality craftsmanship which features simple
massing and lack of ornamentation; original double-hung wood windows
throughout; and rare wood shingle siding, among other original features.
Character-defining features of the Rogers-Mansfield House include, but
may not be limited to: L-shaped plan; single-story massing; side-gable body
with prominent front-gable; medium-pitch roof with shallow eaves; wood
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shingle siding; original wood windows with a prominent wood window sill
and trim are located on all building facades; front and rear porch, each
supported by a single wood post located on a raised concrete platform; main
entrance located within front porch; brick chimney; overall lack of
ornamentation; front yard lawn with landscaping including two mature trees;
and a detached garage featuring wood shingle siding and a single
pedestrian door with operable light.
D.The legal owners of the property are Daniel Taylor and Robbyn Taylor,
Husband and Wife as Joint Tenants.
E.The legal description for the subject property is attached hereto as Exhibit
A and incorporated by this reference as though fully set forth herein.
F.The subject property meets the standards for placement on the City of Santa
Ana Register of Historic Properties pursuant to Section 30-2 of the Santa
Ana Municipal Code.
G.The subject property meets the minimal standards for placement in the Key
category pursuant to Section 30-2.2(2) of the Santa Ana Municipal Code.
H.In addition to meeting the standards for placement in the Key category
pursuant to Section 30-2.2(2) of the Santa Ana Municipal Code, the
applicant has agreed, as part of the requested Mills Act agreement work
plan, to restoration of select elements described therein within the first five
years of the Agreement’s term.
Section 2. In accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act, the
recommended actions are exempt from further review under CEQA Guidelines Section
15331, Class 31, as these actions are designed to preserve historical resources.
Categorical Exemption No. ER-2023-107 will be filed for this project.
Section 3. The Historic Resources Commission of the City of Santa Ana, after
conducting the public hearing, hereby approves:
A.Historic Resources Commission Application No. 2023-18 to place the
Rogers-Mansfield House located at 1607 North Freeman Street, Santa Ana,
92706 on the historical register, and
B.Historic Register Categorization No. 2023-5 placing the Rogers-Mansfield
House located at 1607 North Freeman Street, Santa Ana, 92706 within the
Key category, as conditioned in Exhibit B, attached hereto and incorporated
herein.
These decisions are based upon the evidence submitted at the above said hearing,
which includes, but is not limited to: the Staff report and exhibits attached thereto , the
report entitled “Historical Property Description,” and the public testimony, all of which are
incorporated herein by this reference.
Section 4. For the subject property, a report entitled “Historical Property
Description” is on file with the Planning Division, and is hereby approved and adopted, and
together with the staff report and this Resolution, justify the findings for placement on the
City of Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties into a category. The Historic Resources
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Commission Secretary is authorized and directed to include this Resolution in the City of
Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties.
Section 5. The Historic Resources Commission Secretary is hereby directed to
file a certified copy of this Resolution with the County Recorder’s Office after the adoption
of this Resolution pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 5029.
ADOPTED this 2nd day of November, 2023.
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Tim Rush
Chairperson
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Sonia R. Carvalho, City Attorney
By:________________________
Brandon Salvatierra
Deputy City Attorney
AYES: Commission members____________________________________
NOES: Commission members___________________________________
ABSTAIN: Commission members___________________________________
NOT PRESENT: Commission members___________________________________
CERTIFICATE OF ATTESTATION AND ORIGINALITY
I, NUVIA OCAMPO, Historic Resources Commission Secretary, do hereby attest to and
certify the attached Resolution No. 2023-XX to be the original resolution adopted by
Historic Resources Commission of the City of Santa Ana on November 2, 2023.
Date: ________________ ____________________________________
Nuvia Ocampo
Commission Secretary
City of Santa Ana
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EXHIBIT A
LEGAL DESCRIPTION
APN Address Legal Description Owner Names
405-313-05 1607 North Freeman
Street
THE LAND REFERRED TO
HEREIN BELOW IS SITUATED
IN THE COUNTY OF ORANGE,
STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND
IS DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
LOT 16 OF TRACT NO. 1228,
IN THE CITY OF SANTA ANA,
COUNTY OF ORANGE, STATE
OF CALIFORNIA, AS PER MAP
RECORDED IN BOOK 38,
PAGE(S) 42 OF
MISCELLANEOUS OF MAPS,
IN THE OFFICE OF THE
COUNTY RECORDER OF
SAID ORANGE COUNTY.
APN: 405-313-05
Daniel and
Robbyn Taylor
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EXHIBIT B
Conditions of Approval for Historic Resources Commission Application No.
2023-18 and Historic Resources Commission Categorization No. 2023-5
The Applicant must comply with each condition listed below prior to exercising
the rights conferred by the Historic Resource Commission’s approval and the
City of Santa Ana Register of Historic Properties pursuant to Section 30-6 of the
Santa Ana Municipal Code. The Applicant must remain in compliance with all
condition(s) listed below:
1.Within 180-days of execution of this resolution, the applicant shall install a
bronze plaque as per a template on file with the Planning Division honoring
and recognizing the structure at 1607 North Freeman Street, historically
known as the Rogers-Mansfield House. The plaque shall include the
historic name, address, year built, and local historic register designation.
The final dimensions, location, text and description on the plaque shall be
reviewed and approved by Planning Division staff.
2.The applicant shall regularly maintain all landscaping in the front yard area
(pruning and thinning trees and shrubs) so that the historic building and its
character defining features (including but not limited to the front gable and
side gable roofs, wood windows, and wood shingle siding) are visible from
the public right-of-way.
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RECORDING REQUESTED BY
AND WHEN RECORDED MAIL TO:
City of Santa Ana
20 Civic Center Plaza (M-30)
Santa Ana, CA 92702
Attn: Clerk of the Council
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HISTORIC PROPERTY PRESERVATION AGREEMENT
This Historic Property Preservation Agreement (“Agreement”) is made and entered into
by and between the City of Santa Ana, a charter city and municipal corporation duly organized
and existing under the Constitution and laws of the of the State of California (hereinafter referred
to as “City”), and Daniel Taylor and Robbyn Taylor, Husband and Wife as Joint Tenants ,
(hereinafter collectively referred to as “Owner”), owner of real property located at 1607 North
Freeman Street, Santa Ana, California, in the County of Orange and listed on the Santa Ana
Register of Historical Properties.
RECITALS
A.The City Council of the City of Santa Ana is authorized by California
Government Code Section 50280 et seq. (known as the “Mills Act”) to enter into
contracts with owners of qualified historical properties to provide for appropriate
use, maintenance, rehabilitation and restoration such that these historic properties
retain their historic character and integrity.
B.The Owner possesses fee title in and to that certain qualified real property
together with associated structures and improvements thereon, located at 1607
North Freeman Street, Santa Ana, CA, 92706 and more particularly described
in Exhibit “A,” attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference, and
hereinafter referred to as the “Historic Property”.
C.The Historic Property is officially designated on the Santa Ana Register of
Historical Properties pursuant to the requirements of Chapter 30 of the S anta Ana
Municipal Code.
D.City and Owner, for their mutual benefit, now desire to enter into this Agreement
which defines and limits the use and alteration of this Historic Property in order to
enhance and maintain its value as a cultural and historical resource for Owner and
for the community; to prevent inappropriate alterations to the Historic Property
and to ensure that repairs, additions, new building, and other changes are
appropriate; and to ensure that rehabilitation and maintenance are carried out in an
exemplary manner.
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E.Owner and City intend to carry out the purposes of California Government Code,
Chapter 1, Part 5 of Division 1 of Title 5, Article 12, Section 50280 et seq., which
will enable the Historic Property to qualify for an assessment of valuation as a
restricted historical property pursuant to Article 1.9, Sec. 439 et seq., Chapter 3
Part 2 of Division 1 of the California Tax and Revenue Code.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City of Santa Ana and the Owner of the Historic Property
agree as follows:
1.Effective Date and Terms of Agreement.
This Agreement shall be effective and commence on January 17, 2024, and shall remain
in effect for a term of ten (10) years thereafter. Each year, upon the anniversary of the effective
date of this Agreement, such initial term will automatically be extended as provided in California
Government Code Sections 50280 through 50290 and in Section 2, below.
2.Renewal.
a.Each year on the anniversary of the effective date of this Agreement, a year shall
automatically be added to the initial ten (10) year term of this Agreement unless written notice of
nonrenewal is served as provided herein.
b.If the Owner or the City desire(s) in any year not to renew the Agreement, the
Owner or City shall serve written notice of nonrenewal of the Agreement on the other party.
Unless such notice is served by the Owner to the City at least ninety (90) days prior to the annual
renewal date, or served by the City to the Owner at least sixty (60) days prior to the annual
renewal date, one (1) year shall automatically be added to the term of the Agreement as provided
herein.
c.Within 30 days from receipt of City’s notice of nonrenewal, the Owner may file a
written protest of City’s decision of nonrenewal. The City may, at any time prior to th e annual
renewal date of the Agreement, withdraw its notice to the Owner of nonrenewal.
d.If either the Owner or the City serves notice to the other of nonrenewal in any
year, the Agreement shall remain in effect for the balance of the term then remaining, either from
its original execution or from the last renewal of the Agreement, whichever may apply.
3.Standards and Conditions for Historic Property.
During the term of this Agreement, the Historic Property shall be subject to the following
conditions, requirements and restrictions:
a.Owner shall maintain the Historic Property in a good state of repair and shall
preserve, maintain, and, where necessary, restore or rehabilitate the property and its character-
defining features described in the “Executive Summary” attached hereto, marked as Exhibit B1,
and “Historical Property Description” attached hereto, marked as Exhibit B2, notably the general
architectural form, style, materials, design, scale, proportions, organization of windows, doors,
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and other openings, textures, details, mass, roof line, porch and other aspects of the appearance
of the exterior to the satisfaction of the City.
b.All changes to the Historic Property shall comply with applicable City plans and
regulations, and conform to the rules and regulations of the Office of Historic Preservation of the
State Department of Parks and Recreation, namely the U.S. Secretary of the Interior’s Standards
and Guidelines for Historic Preservation Projects. These guidelines are attached hereto, marked
as Exhibit C, and incorporated herein by this reference. Owner shall continually maintain the
Historic Property in the same or better condition.
c.A view corridor enabling the general public to see the Historic Property from the
public right-of-way shall be maintained, and Owner shall not be permitted to block the view
corridor to the property with any new structure, such as walls, fences or shrubbery, so as to
prevent the viewing of the historic landmark by the public.
d.The following are prohibited: demolition of the Historic Property or destruction of
character-defining features of the building or site; removal of trees and other major vegetation
unless removal is approved by a rehabilitation plan approved by the Historic Resources
Commission; paving of yard surface; exterior alterations or additions unless approved by the
Historic Resources Commission and such alterations are in keeping with the Secretary of
Interior’s Standards; deteriorating, dilapidated or unrepaired structures such as fences, roofs,
doors, walls, and windows; storage of junk, trash, debris, discarded or unused objects such as
cars, appliances, or furniture; and other unsightly by decoration, structure or vegetation which is
unsightly by reason of its height, condition, or inappropriate location.
e.Owner shall allow reasonable periodic inspection by prior appointment, as needed
or at least every five (5) years after the initial inspection, of the interior and exterior of the
Historic Property by representatives of the City of Santa Ana, the County Assessor, the State
Department of Parks and Recreation, and the State Board of Equalization, to determine the
Owner’s compliance with the terms and provisions of this Agreement. As part of the periodic
inspection, Owner shall supply information in a format determined acceptable by the
representatives of the City of Santa Ana, the County Assessor, the State Department of Parks and
Recreation, and the State Board of Equalization information required to determine compliance
with the terms of this Agreement.
f.Owner shall implement the rehabilitation and restoration work items as discussed
in detail in Exhibit D, “Proposed Structure Improvements.” The front door replacement shall be
finalized within the first five years of the Mills Act Agreement, with all other work items
completed within the first ten years of the Mills Act Agreement. Proof of status and completion,
as requested from time to time by the City of Santa Ana, will be required in order to satisfy and
maintain the Mills Act Agreement. Staff approval is required before items shall be amended or
removed/replaced from the improvements list.
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4.Furnishing of Information.
The Owner hereby agrees to furnish the City with any and all information requested
which may be necessary or advisable to determine compliance with the terms and provisions of
this Agreement.
5.Cancellation.
a.The City, following a duly noticed public hearing by the City Council as set forth
in Government Code Section 50280, et. seq., may cancel this Agreement if it determines that the
Owner have breached any of the conditions of this Agreement, or has allowed the property to
deteriorate to the point that it no longer meets the standards for a qualified Historic Property, or
if the City determines that the Owner have failed to restore or rehabilitate the property in the
manner specified in Section 3 of this Agreement. If a contract is cancelled for these reasons, the
Owner shall pay a cancellation fee to the County Auditor as set forth in Government Code
Section 50286. This cancellation fee shall be a percentage (currently set at twelve and one-half
(12 ½) percent by Government Code Section 50286) of the current fair market value of the
property at the time of the cancellation, as determined by the county assessor, without regard to
any restriction imposed pursuant to this Agreement.
b.If the Historic Property is destroyed by earthquake, fire, flood or other natural
disaster such that in the opinion of the City Building Official more than sixty (60) percent of the
original fabric of the structure must be replaced, this Agreement shall be canceled immediately
because, in effect, the historic value of the structure will have been destroyed. No fee shall be
imposed in the case of destruction by acts of God or natural disaster.
c.If the Historic Property is acquired by eminent domain and the City Council
determines that the acquisition frustrates the purpose of this Agreement, this Agreement shall be
cancelled and no fee imposed, as specified in Government Code Section 50288.
6.Enforcement of Agreement.
a.In lieu of and/or in addition to any provisions to cancel the Agreement as
referenced herein, City may specifically enforce, or enjoin the breach of, the terms of the
Agreement. In the event of a default, under the provisions to cancel the Agreement by Owner,
the City shall give written notice to Owner by registered or certified mail, and if such a violation
is not corrected to the reasonable satisfaction of the City Manager or designee within thirty (30)
days thereafter, or if not corrected within such a reasonable time as may be required to cure the
breach or default, or default cannot be cured within thirty (30) days (provided that acts to cure
the breach or default may be commenced within thirty (30) days and shall thereafter be diligently
pursued to completion by Owner), then City may, without further notice, declare a default under
the terms of this Agreement and may bring any action necessary to specifically enforce the
obligations of Owner growing out of the terms of this Agreement, apply to any court, state or
federal, for injunctive relief against any violation by Owner or apply for such relief as may be
appropriate.
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b.City does not waive any claim of default by the Owner if City does not enforce or
cancel this Agreement. All other remedies at law or in equity which are not otherwise provided
for in this Agreement or in City’s regulations governing historic properties are available to City
to pursue in the event that there is a breach of this Agreement. No waiver by City of any breach
or default under this Agreement shall be deemed to be a waiver of any other subsequent breach
thereof or default hereunder.
7. Binding effect of Agreement.
a.Owner hereby subjects the Historic Property, located at 1607 North Freeman
Street, Assessor Parcel Number, 405-313-05, and more particularly described in Exhibit A, in
the City of Santa Ana, to the covenants, conditions, and restrictions as set forth in this
Agreement.
b.City and Owner hereby declare their specific intent that the covenants, conditions
and restrictions as set forth herein shall be deemed covenants running with the land and shall
pass to and be binding upon Owner’s successors and assigns in title or interest to the Historic
Property. Every contract, deed, or other instrument hereinafter executed, covering or conveying
the Historic Property or any portion thereof, shall conclusively be held to have been executed,
delivered, and accepted subject to the tenants, restrictions, and reservations expressed in this
Agreement regardless of whether such covenants, conditions and restrictions are set forth in such
contract, deed, or other instrument.
c.This property is listed in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties
(Register). In any real property transaction, the owner of this property or the owner’s
representative shall provide the buyer of this property with notice that the property is listed on
the City’s historic Register.
8.No Compensation.
Owner shall not receive any payment from City in consideration of the obligation
imposed under this Agreement, it being recognized that the consideration for the execution of
this Agreement is the substantial public benefit to be derived therefrom and the advantage that
will accrue to Owner as a result of the effect upon the assessed value of the Property on the
account of the restrictions on the use and preservation of the Property.
9.Notice.
Any notice required by the terms of this Agreement shall be sent to the address of the
respective parties as specified below or at other addresses that may be later specified by the
parties hereto.
City: City of Santa Ana
20 Civic Center Plaza (M-30)
Santa Ana, CA 92702
Attn: Clerk of the Council
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10.General Provisions.
a.None of the terms, provisions, or conditions of this Agreement shall be deemed to
create a partnership between the parties hereto and any of their heirs, successors, or assigns, nor
shall such terms, provisions or conditions cause them to be considered joint ventures or members
of any joint enterprise.
b.The Owner agrees to and shall indemnify and hold the City and its elected and
appointed officials, officers, agents, and employees harmless from liability for damage or claims
for damage for personal injuries, including death, and claims for property damage which may
arise from the direct or indirect use or operations of the Owner or those of his or her contractor,
subcontractor, agent, employee, or other person acting on his or her behalf which relates to the
use, operation, and maintenance of the Historic Property. The Owner hereby agrees to and shall
defend the City and its elected and appointed officials, officers, agents, and employees with
respect to any and all actions for damages caused by, or alleged to have been caused by, reason
of the Owner's activities in connection with the Historic Property.
c.This hold harmless provision applies to all damages and claims for damages
suffered, or alleged to have been suffered, and costs of defense incurred, by reason of the
operations referred to in this Agreement regardless of whether or not City prepared, supplied, or
approved the plans, specifications or other documents for the Historic Property.
d.All of the agreements, rights, covenants, conditions, and restrictions contained in
this Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the parties herein, their
heirs, successors, legal representatives, assigns, and all persons acquiring any part or portion of
the Historic Property, whether by operation of law on in any manner whatsoever.
e.In the event legal proceedings are brought by any party or parties to enforce or
restrain a violation of any of the covenants, reservations, or restrictions contained herein, or to
determine the rights and duties of any party hereunder, the prevailing party i n such proceeding
may recover all reasonable attorney’s fees to be fixed by the court, in addition to court costs and
other relief ordered by the court.
f.In the event that any of the provisions of this Agreement are held to be
unenforceable or invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, or by subsequent preemptive
legislation, the validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions, or portions thereof, shall
not be effected thereby.
g.This Agreement shall be construed and governed in accordance with the laws of
the State of California, with venue in Orange County.
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MILLS ACT AGREEMENT
1607 North Freeman Street
Santa Ana, CA 92706
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11.Recordation.
No later than twenty (20) days after the parties execute and enter into this Agreement, the
City shall cause this Agreement to be recorded in the office of the Coun ty Recorder of the
County of Orange.
12.Amendments.
This Agreement may be amended, in whole or in part, only by a written recorded
instrument executed by the parties hereto.
13.Effective Date
This Agreement shall be effective on the day and year first written above in Section 1.
{Signature page follows}
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MILLS ACT AGREEMENT
1607 North Freeman Street
Santa Ana, CA 92706
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ATTEST: CITY OF SANTA ANA
________________________ _________________________
JENNIFER L. HALL STEVEN A. MENDOZA
City Clerk Acting City Manager
OWNERS
Date: ___________________ By:__________________
DANIEL TAYLOR
Date: ___________________ By:__________________
ROBBYN TAYLOR
APPROVED AS TO FORM: RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL:
SONIA CARVALHO
City Attorney
By: _____________________ _____________________
BRANDON SALVATIERRA MINH THAI
Deputy City Attorney Executive Director
Planning and Building Agency
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MILLS ACT AGREEMENT
1607 North Freeman Street
Santa Ana, CA 92706
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EXHIBIT A
LEGAL DESCRIPTION
THE LAND REFERRED TO HEREIN BELOW IS SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF
ORANGE, STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND IS DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
LOT 16 OF TRACT NO. 1228, IN THE CITY OF SANTA ANA, COUNTY OF ORANGE,
STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS PER MAP RECORDED IN BOOK 38, PAGE(S) 42 OF
MISCELLANEOUS OF MAPS, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID
ORANGE COUNTY.
Assessor’s Parcel Number: 405-313-05
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Rogers-Mansfield House
1607 North Freeman Street
Santa Ana, CA 92706
NAME Rogers-Mansfield House REF. NO.
ADDRESS 1607 North Freeman Street
CITY Santa Ana ZIP 92706 ORANGE COUNTY
YEAR BUILT 1948 LOCAL REGISTER CATEGORY: Key
HISTORIC DISTRICT N/A NEIGHBORHOOD Washington Square
CALIFORNIA REGISTER CRITERIA FOR EVALUATION C/3 CALIFORNIA REGISTER STATUS CODE 5S3
Location: Not for Publication Unrestricted
Prehistoric Historic Both
ARCHITECTURAL STYLE: Minimal Traditional
During the Great Depression through the immediate postwar years, the Minimal Traditional home rose in popularity as the
preferred style for middle-class housing in the United States. This basic house type fulfilled both aesthetic and social
needs: in terms of aesthetics, the form represented a stripped-down version of the historic-eclectic styles popular in the
1920s, in particular the Tudor and English Revival styles. In social terms, the Minimal Traditional home satisfied
requirements in square footage and plan by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA), which launched a campaign in
this period to expand home ownership. The Minimal Traditional home served as the prototype used by the FHA in its
efforts to codify and manufacture “a standard, low-cost, minimum house that the majority of American wage earners could
afford” (Greg Hise, Magnetic Los Angeles, p. 57). Minimal Traditional homes are typically rectangular in plan and one-
story in height, often with a front-gabled wing and prominent attached chimney. In contrast with the English and Tudor
Revival styles the one-story version mimics, the Minimal Traditional home is capped with a low or intermediate pitch roof
with a hipped or side gable. Sheathing materials include stucco, brick, or wood, often accompanied by stone veneer
accents. Fenestration generally consists of multi-light casement, double-hung, and picture windows with wood frames.
The eaves and rakes of the Minimal Traditional home are typically shallow (in a departure from the later Ranch House
style, which they often resemble). Although they have little applied ornament, many Minimal Traditional homes often
display decorative wood shutters and porch-roof supports.
SUMMARY/CONCLUSION:
The Rogers-Mansfield House qualifies for listing in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties under Criterion 1 as an
intact example of a Minimal Traditional style home in Santa Ana. The recommended categorization is “Key” because it
has a distinctive architectural style and quality reflective of the Minimal Traditional style, along with rare wood shingle
siding (Santa Ana Municipal Code, Section 30-2.2).
EXPLANATION OF CODES:
California Register Criteria for Evaluation: (From California Office of Historic Preservation, Technical Assistance
Series # 7, “How to Nominate Resources to the California Register of Historical Resources,” September 4, 2001.)
3:It embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, region, or method of construction, or
represents the work of a master, or possesses high artistic values.
It embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, region, or method of construction, or represents the
work of a master, or possesses high artistic values.
5S3:Appears to be individually eligible for local listing or designation through survey evaluation.
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State of California The Resources Agency Primary #______________________________________________
DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI #__________________________________________________
PRIMARY RECORD Trinomial______________________________________________
NRHP Status Code_____________________________________
Other Listings_____________________________________________________________________
Review Code________Reviewer________________________Date_______________
Page _1_ of _5_ Resource name(s) or number (assigned by recorder) Rogers-Mansfield House
P1. Other Identifier:
*P2. Location: Not for Publication Unrestricted *a. County Orange County
*b. USGS 7.5’ Quad: Orange Quadrangle California-Orange County 7.5-Minute Series Date: 2022
*c. Address 1607 North Freeman Street City: Santa Ana Zip: 92706
*e. Other Locational Data: Assessor’s Parcel Number 405-313-05
*P3a. Description: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries)
The Rogers-Mansfield House is a one-story, single-family, Minimal Traditional Style residence located on a modestly sized
parcel in Santa Ana’s Washington Square neighborhood (Figure 1). The residence exhibits an L-shaped plan with a medium-
pitch roof clad in replacement asphalt shingles and shallow eaves. While primarily side-gabled, a front-gable projects at the
primary (west) façade along with a flat front porch roof projection. The exterior of the house is clad in wood shingles. Wood
windows with a prominent wood window sill and trim are located on all building facades (Figure 2).
(See Continuation Sheet 3 of 5.)
*P3b. Resource Attributes: (list attributes and codes) HP2. Single-Family Residence and HP4. Ancillary building
*P4. Resources Present: Building Structure Object Site District Element of District Other
P5b. Photo: (view and date)
(Figure 1) Primary (west) elevation,
view east, August 2023
*P6. Date Constructed/Age and
Sources: historic
1948/ City of Santa Ana Building
Permits
*P7. Owner and Address:
Daniel and Robbyn Taylor
1607 North Freeman Street
Santa Ana, CA 92706
*P8. Recorded by:
Andrea Dumovich Heywood
City of Santa Ana
20 Civic Center Plaza M-20
Santa Ana, CA 92702
*P9. Date Recorded:
November 2, 2023
*P10. Survey Type:
Intensive Survey Update
*P11. Report Citation: (Cite survey
report and other sources, or enter “none”)
None
*Attachments: None Location Map Sketch Map Continuation Sheet Building, Structure, and Object Record
Archaeological Record District Record Linear Feature Record Milling Station Record Rock Art Record
Artifact Record Photograph Record Other (list)
DPR 523A (1/95)*Required information
P5a. Photo
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State of California The Resources Agency Primary #__________________________________________
DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI#______________________________________________
BUILDING, STRUCTURE, AND OBJECT RECORD
Page 2 of 5 *NRHP Status Code_5S3_________________________
*Resource Name or #: Rogers-Mansfield House
B1. Historic Name: Rogers-Mansfield House
B2. Common Name: Same
B3. Original Use: Single-family Residence B4. Present Use: Single-family Residence
*B5. Architectural Style: Minimal Traditional Style
*B6. Construction History: (Construction date, alterations, and date of alterations):
April 6, 1948. Permit to construct a five room residence and garage. $10,000.
Unknown date. Front door replacement.
*B7. Moved?No Yes Unknown Date:__________Original location:_______ _______
*B8. Related Features: Detached garage, front and rear porches, and front yard landscaping with two mature trees
B9a. Architect: Unknown b. Builder: Unknown
*B10. Significance: Theme Residential Architecture Area Santa Ana
Period of Significance: 1948 Property Type: Single-family Residence Applicable Criteria: C/3
(Discuss importance in terms of historical or architectural context as defined by theme, period, and geographic scope. Also address integrity)
The Rogers-Mansfield House is architecturally significant as an intact example of a Minimal Traditional style house in Santa
Ana. According to City building records, it was built in 1948 for approximately $10,000, for Emmet C. Rogers; however, the
original architect and builder are unknown. Emmet C. Rogers was a local contractor who sold lots and built homes in Santa
Ana. Mr. Rogers only resided at the property for one year or less as John N Mansfield is listed as the owner by 1949. City
Directories show Mr. Mansfield owned the property from 1949 until at least 1960. City Directories are unavailable between
1961-1979. Criss-Cross Directories between 1980 - 1998 show the subject address but do not include a property tenant or
owner name. By 1999, the subject property was owned by Paul Williamson, who owned the property until at least 2008, the
date of the last available directory. The current owners Daniel and Robbyn Taylor have owned and resided in the subject
property since 2022. No additional information was uncovered regarding the past owners and tenants.
(See Continuation Sheet 3 of 5.)
B11. Additional Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes)
*B12. References:
City of Santa Ana Building Permits
Santa Ana History Room Collection, Santa Ana Public Library
Sanborn Maps
(See Continuation Sheet 3 of 5.)
B13. Remarks: None
*B14. Evaluator: Andrea Dumovich Heywood, City of Santa Ana.
*Date of Evaluation: November 2, 2023
DPR 523B (1/95)*Required information
Sketch Map
(This space reserved for official comments.)
Rogers-Mansfield House
1607 North Freeman Street
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State of California The Resources Agency Primary # _____________________________________________
DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # ________________________________________________
CONTINUATION SHEET Trinomial _____________________________________________
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*Recorded by Andrea Dumovich Heywood *Date November 2, 2023 Continuation Update
DPR 523L
*P3a. Description (continued):
The front porch is supported by a single, slender wood post on a raised concrete platform accessible by two concrete steps.
The main entrance, located under the front porch, faces south and is composed of a four panel replacement door with four
upper lights (Figure 3).
Fenestration on the primary (west) façade includes three window bays. The front gable displays a large, fixed wood window
flanked by two double-hung wood windows with a four-over-four muntin pattern (Figure 4). Along the side-gable of the
primary (west) façade is the same double-hung style window and muntin pattern in both paired and singular form. The north,
south, and rear (east) façade window pattern is composed of a mix of one-over-one double-hung wood windows and four-
over-four double-hung wood windows (Figure 5). The building’s southeast (rear) corner contains a covered porch supported
by a slender wood post and a raised concrete platform. A single pedestrian wood door and upper light, located behind a
metal security door, is tucked within the rear porch (Figure 6). Additional architectural features include a concrete driveway
with a concrete path leading to the front porch, brick chimney at the north (side) façade, as well as vents at the gable ends.
The rear yard contains a single-story, detached garage clad in wood shingle siding to match the main residence. The garage
features an asphalt shingle roof, metal roll-up garage door, and a single pedestrian wood door with an operable upper light
(Figure 7). The property is landscaped with a front lawn, two mature trees, and rose bushes near the front porch.
*B10. Significance (continued):
Santa Ana was founded by William Spurgeon in 1869 as a speculative town site on part of the Spanish land grant known as
Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana. The civic and commercial core of the community was centered on the intersection of Main
and Fourth Streets. Stimulated by the arrival of the Santa Fe Railroad and incorporation as a city in 1886, and selection as
the seat of the newly created County of Orange in 1889, the city grew outwards, with residential neighborhoods developing to
the north, south, and east of the city center. Agricultural uses predominated in the outlying areas, with cultivated fields and
orchards dotted with widely scattered farmhouses.
The Rogers-Mansfield 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 II. 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 Rogers-Mansfield House qualifies for listing in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties under Criterion 1 as an
intact example of a Minimal Traditional style home in Santa Ana. Located in Washington Square, the house cost $10,000 to
build in 1948. The recommended categorization is “Key” because it has a distinctive architectural style and quality reflective
of the Minimal Traditional style, along with rare wood shingle siding (Santa Ana Municipal Code, Section 30-2.2). Character-
defining features of the Rogers-Mansfield House include, but may not be limited to: L-shaped plan; single-story massing;
side-gable body with prominent front-gable; medium-pitch roof with shallow eaves; wood shingle siding; original wood
windows with a prominent wood window sill and trim are located on all building facades; front and rear porch, each supported
by a single wood post located on a raised concrete platform; main entrance located within front porch; brick chimney; overall
lack of ornamentation; front yard lawn with landscaping including two mature trees; and a detached garage featuring wood
shingle siding and a single pedestrian door with operable light.
*B12. References (continued):
Almendral, Dylan M. “The Home of Dynasties: Historic Home Profile.” My Blog. 12 January 2020. Available:
https://www.dylanmalmendral.com/blog/the-home-of-dynasties. Accessed: 1 February 2023.
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State of California The Resources Agency Primary # _____________________________________________
DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # ________________________________________________
CONTINUATION SHEET Trinomial _____________________________________________
Page 4_ of 5_Resource Name: Rogers-Mansfield House
*Recorded by Andrea Dumovich Heywood *Date November 2, 2023 Continuation Update
DPR 523L
Ancestry.com. California, Death Index, 1940-1997 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.
Harris, Cyril M. American Architecture: An Illustrated Encyclopedia. New York, WW Norton, 1998.
Marsh, Diann. Santa Ana, An Illustrated History. Encinitas, Heritage Publishing, 1994.
McAlester, Virginia and Lee. A Field Guide to American Houses. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1984.
National Register Bulletin 16A. “How to Complete the National Register Registration Form.” Washington DC: National
Register
Newspapers.com (Orange County Register and Santa Ana Register)
Branch, National Park Service, US Dept. of the Interior, 1991.
Office of Historic Preservation. “Instructions for Recording Historical Resources.” Sacramento: March 1995.
Whiffen, Marcus. American Architecture Since 1780. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1969.
Santa Ana and Orange County Directories, 1948-2008.
Talbert, Thomas B. The Historical Volume and Reference Works: Covering Garden Grove, Santa Ana, Tustin. Volume 1:
Orange County. Whittier: Historical Publishers, 1963.
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State of California The Resources Agency Primary # _____________________________________________
DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # ________________________________________________
CONTINUATION SHEET Trinomial _____________________________________________
Page 5_ of 5_Resource Name: Rogers-Mansfield House
*Recorded by Andrea Dumovich Heywood *Date November 2, 2023 Continuation Update
DPR 523L
Additional Figures:
Figure 2. The exterior of the house is clad in wood shingles.
Wood windows with a prominent wood window sill and trim
are located on all building facades, facing east.
Figure 3. The front porch, featuring the main entrance, is
supported by a single wood post on a raised concrete
platform accessible by two concrete steps, facing north.
Figure 4. The primary (west) façade features a large, fixed
wood window flanked by two double-hung wood windows with
a four-over-four muntin pattern , facing southeast.
Figure 5. The south (side) façade features windows
composed of four-over-four double-hung wood windows
and one-over-one double-hung wood windows, facing
north.
Figure 6. The bbuilding’s southeast (rear) corner contains a
covered porch supported by a slender wood post and a raised
concrete platform, facing northwest.
Figure 7. The detached garage is clad in wood shingle
siding to match the main residence and features an
asphalt shingle roof, metal roll-up garage door, and a
single pedestrian wood door with an operable upper
light, facing southeast.
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MILLS ACT AGREEMENT
1607 North Freeman Street
Santa Ana, CA 92706
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Exhibit C
Exterior work shall be reviewed by the Historic Resources Commission and subject to the U.S.
Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation of Historic Buildings, as follows:
1. Every reasonable effort shall be made to provide a compatible use for a property
which requires minimal alteration of the building, structure, or site and its
environment, or to use a property for its originally intended purpose.
2. The distinguishing original qualities or character of a building, structure or site
and its environment shall not be destroyed. The removal or alteration of any
historic material or distinctive architectural features should be avoided when
possible.
3. All buildings, structures, and sites shall be recognized as products of their own
time. Alterations that have no historical basis and which seek to create an earlier
appearance shall be discouraged.
4. Changes which may have taken place in the course of time are evidence of the
history and development of a building, structure, or site and its environment.
These changes may have acquired significance in their own right, and this
significance shall be recognized and respected.
5. Distinctive stylistic features or examples of skilled craftsmanship which
characterize a building, structure, or site shall be treated with sensitivity.
6. Deteriorated architectural features shall be repaired rather than replaced,
whenever possible. In the event replacement is necessary, the new material
should match the material being replaced in composition, design, color, texture,
and other visual qualities. Repair or replacement of missing architectural features
should be based on accurate duplications of features, substantiated by historic,
physical, or pictorial evidence rather than on conjectural designs or the
availability of different architectural elements from the other buildings or
structures.
7. The surface cleaning of structures shall be undertaken with the gentlest means
possible. Sandblasting and other cleaning methods that will damage the historic
building materials shall not be undertaken.
8. Every reasonable effort shall be made to protect and reserve archaeological
resources affected by, or adjacent to any project.
9. Contemporary design for alterations and additions to existing properties shall not
be discouraged when such alterations and additions do not destroy significant
historical, architectural or cultural material, an such design is compatible with
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MILLS ACT AGREEMENT
1607 North Freeman Street
Santa Ana, CA 92706
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size, scale, color, material and character of the property, neighborhood, or
environment.
10. Wherever possible, new additions or alterations to structures shall be done in such
a manner that if such additions or alterations need to be removed in the future, the
essential form and integrity of the structure would be unimpaired.
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Proposed Structure Improvements (“Work Plan”)
1607 North Freeman Street
Item Year Improvement
1 2024 Replace non-original front door and front entrance light with
period appropriate door and light.
2 2024 Replace rear, security screen door with period appropriate
screen door.
3 2024 Update bathroom with new plumbing, add light fixtures,
replace shower with glass shower door, and new tile.
4 2028 Potentially add new bathroom addition to rear
5 2030 Possible reroof, asses by 2025 if needed
6 Ongoing
throughout
duration of
contract
1. Exterior wood shingle siding maintenance/repair
2. Maintain original wood windows as needed
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
BEFORE THE SANTA ANA HISTORIC
RESOURCES COMMISSION
The City of Santa Ana encourages the
public to participate in the decision-
making process. We encourage you to
contact us prior to the Public Hearing if
you have any questions.
Historic Resources Commission
Action: The Historic Resources
Commission will hold a Public Hearing to
receive public testimony, and will take
action on the item described below. Their
decision is final unless appealed to the
City Council within 10 days of the decision
by any interested party or group.
Project Location:1607 Freeman Lane
located within the Single Family
Residence (R1) Zoning District.
Project Applicant:Robbyn & Daniel
Taylor
Project Description:The applicants are
requesting approval of Historic Resources
Commission Application No. 2023-18,
Historic Register Categorization No. 2023-
05, and Historic Property Preservation
Agreement No. 2023-11, to allow the
placement and categorization in the Santa
Ana Register of Historical Properties as
“Key” for the above mentioned property
and to execute a Mills Act agreement with
the City of Santa Ana.
Environmental Impact:Pursuant to the
California Environmental Quality Act
(CEQA) and the CEQA Guidelines, the
project is exempt from further review
under Section 15331, Class 31, as this
action is designed to preserve a historic
resource. Categorical Exemption No. ER-
2023-107 will be filed for this project.
Meeting Details:This matter will be
heard on Thursday, November 2, 2023,
at 4:30 p.m.in the City Council
Chambers, 22 Civic Center Plaza, Santa
Ana, CA 92701.Members of the public
may attend this meeting in-person or
join via Zoom.For the most up to date
information on how to participate virtually
in this meeting, please visit www.santa-
ana.org/pb/meeting-participation.
Written Comments:If you are unable to
participate in the meeting, you may send
written comments by e-mail to
PBAeComments@santa-ana.org
(reference the topic in the subject line) or
mail to Nuvia Ocampo, Recording
Secretary, City of Santa Ana, 20 Civic
Center Plaza – M20, Santa Ana, CA
92701.Deadline to submit written
comments is 3:30 p.m. on the day of
the meeting.Comments received after
the deadline may not be distributed to the
Commission but will be made part of the
record.
Where To Get More Information:
Additional details regarding the proposed
action(s), including the full text of the
discretionary item, may be found on the
City website 72 hours prior to the public
hearing at: https://santa-
ana.primegov.com/public/portal.
Who To Contact For Questions: Should
you have any questions, please contact
Andrea Dumovich Heywood with the
Planning and Building Agency at
Aheywood@santa-ana.org or 714-647-
5899. You can also contact Pedro Gomez
with the Planning and Building Agency at
Pgomez@santa-ana.org or 714-667-
2790.
Note:If you challenge the decision on the
above matter, you may be limited to
raising only those issues you or someone
else raised at the public hearing
described in this notice, or in written
correspondence delivered to the Historic
Resources Commission or City Council of
the City of Santa Ana at, or prior to, the
public hearing.
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
BEFORE THE SANTA ANA HISTORIC RESOURCES COMMISSION
Historic Resources Commission Action: The Historic Resources Commission will hold a Public
Hearing to receive public testimony, and will take action on the item described below. Their decision is
final unless appealed to the City Council within 10 days of the decision by any interested party or group.
Project Location: 1607 Freeman Lane located within the Single Family Residence (R1)
Zoning District.
Project Applicant: Robbyn & Daniel Taylor
Project Description: The applicants are requesting approval of Historic Resources Commission
Application No. 2023-18, Historic Register Categorization No. 2023-05, and Historic Property
Preservation Agreement No. 2023-11, to allow the placement and categorization in the Santa Ana
Register of Historical Properties as “Key” for the above mentioned property and to execute a Mills Act
agreement with the City of Santa Ana.
Environmental Impact: Pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and the CEQA
Guidelines, the project is exempt from further review under Section 15331, Class 31, as this action is
designed to preserve a historic resource. Categorical Exemption No. ER-2023-107 will be filed for this
project.
Meeting Details: This matter will be heard on Thursday, November 2, 2023, at 4:30 p.m. in the City
Council Chambers, 22 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701. Members of the public may attend
this meeting in-person or join via Zoom. For the most up to date information on how to participate
virtually in this meeting, please visit www.santa-ana.org/pb/meeting-participation.
Written Comments: If you are unable to participate in the meeting, you may send written comments
by e-mail to PBAeComments@santa-ana.org (reference the topic in the subject line) or mail to Nuvia
Ocampo, Recording Secretary, City of Santa Ana, 20 Civic Center Plaza – M20, Santa Ana, CA 92701.
Deadline to submit written comments is 3:30 p.m. on the day of the meeting. Comments received
after the deadline may not be distributed to the Commission but will be made part of the record.
Where To Get More Information: Additional details regarding the proposed action(s), including the
full text of the discretionary item, may be found on the City website 72 hours prior to the public hearing
at: https://santa-ana.primegov.com/public/portal.
Who To Contact For Questions: Should you have any questions, please contact Andrea Dumovich
Heywood with the Planning and Building Agency at Aheywood@santa-ana.org or 714-647-5899. You
can also contact Pedro Gomez with the Planning and Building Agency at Pgomez@santa-ana.org or
714-667-2790.
Note: If you challenge the decision on the above matter, you may be limited to raising only those issues
you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence
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delivered to the Historic Resources Commission or City Council of the City of Santa Ana at, or prior to,
the public hearing.
Si tiene preguntas en español, favor de llamar a Nuvia Ocampo al (714) 667-2732.
Nếu cần liên lạc bằng tiếng Việt, xin điện thoại cho Tony Lai số (714) 565-2627.
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