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HRCA No. 2022-14, HRC 2022-14, HPPA No. 2022-17 — P.A. Hooven House <br />September 8, 2022 <br />Page 2 <br />applying the selection criteria established in Chapter 30 of the Santa Ana Municipal <br />Code (Places of Historical and Architectural Significance) to determine if this structure is <br />eligible for historic designation to the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties. The <br />first criterion for selection requires that the structures be 50 or more years old. <br />The structure identified meets the minimum selection criteria for inclusion on the Santa <br />Ana Register of Historical Properties pursuant to criteria contained in Section 30-2 of <br />the Santa Ana Municipal Code, as the structure is 97 years old and is a good example <br />of period architecture. No known code violations exist on record for this property. <br />The P.A. Hooven House is architecturally significant as a characteristic example of the <br />Tudor Revival style. The original building permit was not located. The earliest record <br />shows a series of occupants between 1933 -1944, including Vincent Tortaglea (1933), <br />R.B. Stedman (1934-1935), G.H. Walker (1936-1938), and R.G. Robbins (1939-1944). <br />Mrs. R.B. Stedman was a member of the Garden Study Club and a gardening <br />enthusiast, who would regularly host gardening events at the property. The home was <br />sold to P.A. Hooven and his wife in 1941. Mrs. P.A. Hooven was an avid golfer who <br />frequented Willowick Golf Club. Mr. and Mrs. P.A. Hooven resided on the property until <br />1956 when it was sold it K.W. Eppert. The property was soon after sold to Gale Grant <br />who resided on the property until the late 1960s. <br />The P.A. Hooven House is a one -and -a -half story residence that exhibits features <br />characteristic of the Tudor Revival architectural style in southern California. <br />Asymmetrical in design, the house exhibits a steeply pitched, cross -gabled roof covered <br />with composition shingle and no overhanging eaves. The exterior of the house is clad in <br />a combination of shake and stucco. Detailing typical of the style includes the bellcast <br />front slope of the side gable, extended forwards into a hood over a fagade window, and <br />the tall, narrow, and round -headed attic vents. The U-shaped fagade embraces an open <br />patio that leads to the primary, west -facing entry, a prairie style entry door with two <br />sidelights. A second entry, consisting of a prairie style french door, faces south onto the <br />patio from the projecting north wing.. The primary (west) elevation features multi -paned, <br />wood -framed windows, most prominently a round -headed window centered on the north <br />wing that illuminates the living room and its barrel-vaulted ceiling. The fenestration <br />along the north, south, and east elevations consists of double -hung, wood -framed <br />windows. The property appears to be substantially intact, although the upper story was <br />converted into living space at one point; other than a front -gabled dormer, this <br />modification is not visible from the front. A "hollywood" style driveway along the south <br />elevation leads to a detached, one-story, three -car garage, which is side -gabled and <br />also clad in stucco. The original garage was enlarged in 1958 to accommodate a third <br />car. The property is landscaped with low vegetation, neatly trimmed hedges, trees, and <br />features a stone walkway leading to the front entry. Character -defining features <br />exhibited by this property include its steeply pitched, cross -gabled roof; asymmetrical <br />massing with a U-shaped fagade; bellcast front slope of the side gable; stucco -covered <br />Bittd@icdi�edources Commission 1 M-3B6 109Y8/2022 <br />