Item 22 - Approval of Historic Property Preservation Agreement

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HRCA No. 2023-18, HRC 2023-5, HPPA No. 2023-11 – Rogers-Mansfield House (1607 North Freeman Street) November 2, 2023 Page 2 3 7 6 8 Analysis of the Issues Historical Listing In March 1999, the City Council approved Ordinance No. NS-2363 establishing the Historic Resources Commission and the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties. The Historic Resources Commission may, by resolution and at a noticed public hearing, 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 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 75 years old and is a sound example of period architecture. No known code violations exist on record for this property. The Rogers-Mansfield House is architecturally significant as an intact example of a Minimal Traditional style house in Santa Ana. According to City building records, it was built in 1948 for approximately $10,000, for Emmet C. Rogers; however, the original architect and builder are unknown. Emmet C. Rogers was a local contractor who sold lots and built homes in Santa Ana. Mr. Rogers only resided at the property for one year or less as John N. Mansfield is listed as the owner by 1949. City Directories show Mr. Mansfield owned the property from 1949 until at least 1960. City Directories are unavailable between 1961and1979. Criss-Cross Directories between 1980 and 1998 show the subject address but do not include a property tenant or owner name. By 1999, the subject property was owned by Paul Williamson, who owned the property until at least 2008, the date of the last available directory. The current owners Daniel and Robbyn Taylor have owned and resided in the subject property since 2022. No additional information was uncovered regarding the past owners and tenants. The Rogers-Mansfield House is a one-story, single-family, Minimal Traditional Style residence located on a modestly sized parcel in Santa Ana’s Washington Square neighborhood. The residence exhibits an L-shaped plan with a medium-pitch roof clad in replacement asphalt shingles and shallow eaves. While primarily side-gabled, a front- gable projects at the primary (west) façade along with a flat front porch roof projection. The exterior of the house is clad in wood shingles. Wood windows with a prominent wood window sill and trim are located on all building facades. The front porch is supported by a single, slender wood post on a raised concrete platform accessible by two concrete Historic Resources Commission 1 – 2 11/2/2023