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HRCA No. 2021-17, HRC 2021-17, HPPA No. 2021-16 – The Cecil E. Tozier House September 2, 2021 Page 2 1 8 0 8 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 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 94 years old and is a good example of period architecture. No known code violations exist on record for this property. The property, recognized as the Cecil E. Tozier House, is a representative example of the Spanish Colonial Revival style. This house was originally constructed in 1927 and was valued at approximately $8,000. At the time of its construction, the listed property owner was the Olbert A. Haley who lived in the property for seven years with his wife Ellen Haley. Mr. Haley, a partner in Haley and O’Conner, sold Hudson automobiles. In 1923, Haley was listed as a partner in the Dodge Brothers Motor Court located at 415 North Bush Street (Marsh, 1998). After 1934, the property was sold multiple times, including to Colonel William G. Archer (1934), O.E. Scharer (1937), and Mary E. Schofield (1938). In 1940, the property was sold to Cecil E. and Mary E. Tozier who resided on the property until the 1950s. Cecil E. Tozier was a “master musician,” who played with the bands of John Phillip Sousa (five seasons), Arthur Pryor (two seasons), Herbert L. Clarke, among others. The property was sold to R. G. Harris in 1962 who resided in the property for an unknown amount of time. The Cecil E. Tozier House is a one-story house constructed in the Spanish Colonial Revival architectural style. The house is asymmetric in design, with a roof clad in clay barrel tiles and exteriors covered in a hand-troweled stucco finish. The front (north) section of the house is capped by a cross-gabled roof with a covered entry patio integrated into its façade design, while a side-gabled roof extends towards the rear (south) of the property, embracing a generously sized rear courtyard patio. The front (north) elevation features a prominent recessed, wood multi-light casement picture window centered below the front-facing gable, and a pair of multi-light casement windows at either side of an exterior chimney rising above the roof clad in a hand- troweled stucco finish. The front-facing gable roof extends towards the west to create a covered entry with a series of arched openings facing an uncovered patio area that is enclosed by a hand-troweled stucco covered half-height wall. Fenestration along the sides and rear (east, west, and south) elevations consists of wood, double-hung windows with crisscross pattern design, four-over-over and six-over-six double-hung windows, and multi-light casement windows. Two secondary entries on the south elevation face the rear courtyard patio, characterized by multiple multi-paned French doors, and one sheltered by a secondary covered porch with arches. A one-story Historic Resources Commission 4 –2 9/2/2021