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HRCA No. 2022-14, HRC 2022-14, HPPA No. 2022-17 – P.A. Hooven House September 8, 2022 Page 2 2 9 1 1 applying the selection criteria established in Chapter 30 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code (Places of Historical and Architectural Significance) to determine if this structure is eligible for historic designation to the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties. The first criterion for selection requires that the structures be 50 or more years old. The structure identified meets the minimum selection criteria for inclusion on the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties pursuant to criteria contained in Section 30-2 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code, as the structure is 97 years old and is a good example of period architecture. No known code violations exist on record for this property. The P.A. Hooven House is architecturally significant as a characteristic example of the Tudor Revival style. The original building permit was not located. The earliest record shows a series of occupants between 1933 -1944, including Vincent Tortaglea (1933), R.B. Stedman (1934-1935), G.H. Walker (1936-1938), and R.G. Robbins (1939-1944). Mrs. R.B. Stedman was a member of the Garden Study Club and a gardening enthusiast, who would regularly host gardening events at the property. The home was sold to P.A. Hooven and his wife in 1941. Mrs. P.A. Hooven was an avid golfer who frequented Willowick Golf Club. Mr. and Mrs. P.A. Hooven resided on the property until 1956 when it was sold it K.W. Eppert. The property was soon after sold to Gale Grant who resided on the property until the late 1960s. The P.A. Hooven House is a one-and-a-half story residence that exhibits features characteristic of the Tudor Revival architectural style in southern California. Asymmetrical in design, the house exhibits a steeply pitched, cross-gabled roof covered with composition shingle and no overhanging eaves. The exterior of the house is clad in a combination of shake and stucco. Detailing typical of the style includes the bellcast front slope of the side gable, extended forwards into a hood over a façade window, and the tall, narrow, and round-headed attic vents. The U-shaped façade embraces an open patio that leads to the primary, west-facing entry, a prairie style entry door with two sidelights. A second entry, consisting of a prairie style french door, faces south onto the patio from the projecting north wing.. The primary (west) elevation features multi-paned, wood-framed windows, most prominently a round-headed window centered on the north wing that illuminates the living room and its barrel-vaulted ceiling. The fenestration along the north, south, and east elevations consists of double-hung, wood-framed windows. The property appears to be substantially intact, although the upper story was converted into living space at one point; other than a front-gabled dormer, this modification is not visible from the front. A “hollywood” style driveway along the south elevation leads to a detached, one-story, three-car garage, which is side-gabled and also clad in stucco. The original garage was enlarged in 1958 to accommodate a third car. The property is landscaped with low vegetation, neatly trimmed hedges, trees, and features a stone walkway leading to the front entry. Character-defining features exhibited by this property include its steeply pitched, cross-gabled roof; asymmetrical massing with a U-shaped façade; bellcast front slope of the side gable; stucco-covered Historic Resources Commission 3 – 2 9/8/2022