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HEMA No. 2024-01 – The Lacy-Murray House (501 W. 19th Street) May 8, 2024 Page 2 4 1 6 8 Ana Register of Historical Properties (“Register”). It was placed on the Register in 2014 and was categorized as “Key.” The Lacy-Murray House is a one-story single-family residence on a moderately-sized corner parcel, constructed in a Mission/Spanish Colonial Revival style. The residence has two primary facades facing West 19th Street to the south and North Ross Street to the east, with the main entrance facing West 19th Street. The main house has an asymmetrical-shaped plan composed three primary volumes: the main house, a bedroom addition to the west, and an expansion to the northwest. The residence is clad in smooth stucco and contains a flat roof with clay tile coping along the parapet. The main entrance is composed of a wood front door under a shed roof clad in clay tiles. Two (2) large fixed wood windows flank the main entrance. Original windows throughout the remainder of the property include double-hung wood windows with ogee lugs. Non-original windows on the additions are double-hung wood windows without ogee lugs. Windows throughout have wood framing with a prominent window sill. The garage is detached from the original portion of the main residence and abuts the northwest addition, located north of the main residence. An alcove space exists between the residence to the south and the garage to the north, maintaining the look of a detached garage. A low garden wall encloses the front yard at the property’s southern boundary. A taller wall flush with the south façade at the west also wraps around the east, which creates a side courtyard and also encloses the north portion of the property. The 1946 aerial and 1949 Sanborn map reveal that the property was originally built in 1923 as a smaller, rectangular shaped residence with a detached one-car garage. In 1953, a new room (den) and bathroom were added to the northwest of the original residence, abutting the southwest corner of the existing garage and creating an alcove space between the main house and the detached garage. The same 1953 building permit also granted the garage expansion of 18-feet-by-20-feet to the north. Separately, a plastering permit was issued in 1953. By 1956, a bedroom was added to the primary (south) façade at the building’s southwest corner. In 2000, a permit was issued (and finaled in 2005) for a 370-square-foot addition to the north of the existing den at the northwest façade, directly abutting the garage’s west façade. A new front yard block wall with stucco fence height of 18 inches, with 12-inch-by-32-inch pilasters, was permitted in 2001. The historic description (Exhibit 5) recorded on November 20, 2014 excludes the addition in the year 2000, north of the den from the property’s construction history and does not discuss why the property remains eligible for listing despite numerous alterations. The main house appears intact and is in good condition. However, since its original construction, it has been expanded with several additions. The property is landscaped with a front lawn to the south, including mature palm trees, small and medium size trees, and shrubs. Character-defining features of the Lacy-Murray House that should be preserved include, but may not be limited to: exterior materials including stucco, stucco Historic Resources Commission 72 5/8/2024