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HRCA No. 2022-21, HRC 2022-15, HPPA No. 2022-22 – Honer House November 3, 2022 Page 2 3 0 3 2 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 65 years old and is a good example of period architecture. No known code violations exist on record for this property. The Honer House is architecturally significant as a representative example of a Contemporary Ranch style home, in Santa Ana. According to City building records, it was built in 1957 by Donald A. Honer for approximately $27,000. Mr. Honer owned and occupied the house from 1957 to at least 1979 (when public records end). Research did not uncover additional information about Mr. Honer. The Honer House is also found architecturally significant for its associations with the Direct Gain passive solar design. Its use of floor to ceiling casement windows and double French doors are grouped to allow air and light to flow through the home and enable passive solar cooling. This property may have been one of the first homes in Santa Ana to utilize Direct Gain, however more research is required to confirm. The Honer House is a single-story, single-family residence designed in the Contemporary Ranch Style. The building sits on a modestly sized parcel. The asymmetrical plan has four primary wings spanning each cardinal direction with an attached garage at the north wing. The prominent west wing that extends towards North Freeman Street has primary elevations facing west, north, and south. The building has a mid-pitch, cross-gable hipped roof with replacement composition shingles and an interior brick chimney at the center of the front-facing west wing. The roof exhibits wide overhanging eaves with exposed rafters throughout all four primary wings. The exterior of the house is clad primarily in vertical wood siding. The main entrance, which is located on the north façade of the west wing, consists of a single, slightly recessed door flanked by two obscured glass side lites, which is raised above a shallow brick-clad concrete step. Two sets of paired, narrow, wood- frame casement windows, each composed of single-lite over wood panel, are immediately west of the entry. The south elevation contains a series of windows which extend to nearly the height of the wall, consisting of casements and double French doors. Remaining fenestration throughout the building includes fixed and casement wood-frame windows of various size, jalousie windows, and tall casement windows made of single- lite over wood panel. Other architectural elements include custom minimalist lighting on the wall of the west wing near the main entrance, a wood courtyard fence with red paneling, and intermittent brick paving throughout the driveway and within the interior courtyard. The property is landscaped with shrubs and plants surrounding a decorative rock pathway that leads to the south side courtyard. A tree is centered within the side yard courtyard. A later addition to the north wing is reflected by its lack of exposed rafters under eaves and board and batten vertical wood siding. Character-defining features of Historic Resources Commission 1 – 2 11/3/2022