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HRCA No. 2022-23, HRC 2022-16, HPPA No. 2022-23 – Mabee House January 19, 2023 Page 2 3 1 5 5 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 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 87 years old and is a good example of period architecture. No known code violations exist on record for this property. The Mabee House is architecturally significant as a representative example of a Hollywood Regency style home, in Santa Ana. According to City building records, it was built in 1936 for approximately $14,000. Dr. Melbourne Mabee, who worked at the Santa Ana Clinic, was the property's first owner and lived in the home from 1936 to 1937. Dr. Mabee, a well-established physician and surgeon who began his practice shortly after World War I, moved from Chicago to Santa Ana in 1932. Additionally, Dr. Mabee acted as president of the Santa Ana Kiwanis club for one year. Tragically, on March 23, 1937, Dr. Mabee suffered a heart attack at age 60 in his newly built home (Santa Ana Register, March 24, 1937). City directories reveal that the property was then sold at some point between 1937 and 1938 to Bob Fernandez, who owned the property until circa 1956. The following owner, Walter T. Flaherty, resided in the home from circa 1960 to 1970. In 1979, Linda White is listed as an occupant of the subject property. City directories from 1985 to 1990, show that Doris E. White occupied the property. In 2000, Jack White is stated as the owned. From circa 2006 to 2008, Michael Urtel occupied the subject property. City directories end in 2008. The Mabee House is a two-story single-family residence on a large parcel, constructed in the Hollywood Regency style. The main residence has an L-shaped footprint with a cross- gable roof. Asymmetrical in design, the house exhibits a pavilion-like two-story massing with emphasis on the taller lower story. The exterior of the house is clad in a combination of smooth stucco throughout the lower story and horizontal wood siding along the shorter upper story. The primary (west) façade features three wall dormers with characteristic segmentally arched heads above three windows at the second story: a single stained glass window centered between two multi-lite wood-frame casement windows with wood shutters. The ground floor of the primary façade contains an entry porch centered between a single multi-lite wood-frame casement window to the north and a multi-lite wood-frame bow window to the south. The entry porch is characterized by wrought iron supports rising to a second story balconette with a wrought iron railing, and minimal decorative trim featuring two gold stars. The main entrance door located beneath the porch roof is a simple paneled door lacking lites. An original Art-Deco style address stating “1915” and mailslot resides adjacent to the main entrance. Multi-lite wood-frame casement windows of various sizes appear on the sides (north and south) and rear (east) Historic Resources Commission 46 1/19/2023