Item 17 - Approval of Historic Property Preservation Agreements

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HRCA No. 2021-07, HRC 2021-07, HPPA No. 2021-07 – The Menton-Barker House May 13, 2021 Page 2 1 7 0 8 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 property is 96 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 Menton-Barker House, is located within the Floral Park neighborhood and has distinctive architectural features of the Spanish Colonial Revival architectural style. The residence was built in 1925 by F.L. Veatch, Inc. A majority of Floral Park was developed by a prominent local builder, Allison Honer, who was credited as the subdivider and builder of a major portion of northwest Santa Ana. In the late 1920s and 1930s, another builder, Roy Roscoe Russell, continued developing the groves of Floral Park. In the early post World War II years, Floral Park continued its development as numerous, smaller, single-family houses were built. The Menton-Barker House is a one-story house constructed in the Spanish Colonial Revival architectural style. The house is asymmetric in design and clad in a light smooth stucco finish. The front (east) section of the house is capped by a front- and side-gabled roof covered with clay barrel tiles. A parapet, with clay barrel tile coping, shields the rear section of the flat roof along the north, south, and west elevations. The east elevation consists of three bays creating a U-shaped façade embracing a front entry off a patio. The right bay features a prominent front-facing gable set above an arched living room window incorporating a transom and multi-paned casement windows. The recessed center bay consists of an uncovered patio area, enclosed by a (non-original) terra cotta- topped and stucco-covered half-height wall, and overlooked by two recessed multi- paned casement windows. Set within an arched opening, the entry faces south onto the patio and is sheltered by a canvas awning supported by non-original, decorative wrought iron brackets. The patio pavement has been replaced. The left bay is topped by a shed roof extension of the main, side-gabled roof, which terminates at a lower height than the rest of the roof. Centered beneath the shed roof is a pair of recessed multi- paned casement windows. Fenestration along the side and rear (north, south, and west) elevations consists of single and four-over-four, hung windows, some shaded by (non- original) awnings with decorative wrought iron brackets. Two secondary entries on the south elevation face the driveway and are characterized by a simple wood multi-panel door and a multi-paned French door shaded by a fabric awning. There is a non-original one-story detached garage at the rear of the property. Character-defining features of the Menton-Barker House that should be preserved include, but may not be limited to: partially gabled and tiled roof; stucco exterior; main entry archway and French door; Historic Resources Commission 55 5/13/2021