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HRCA No. 2024-09, HRC No. 2024-06, HPPA No. 2024-11 – M. Jackson House (2312 <br />North Spurgeon Street) <br />September 5, 2024 <br />Page 2 <br />4 <br />5 <br />0 <br />3 <br />Analysis of the Issues <br />Historical Listing <br />In March 1999, the City Council approved Ordinance No. NS-2363 establishing the <br />Historic Resources Commission and the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties. The <br />Historic Resources Commission may, by resolution and at a noticed public hearing, <br />designate as a historical property any building or part thereof, object, structure, or site <br />having importance to the history or architecture of the city in accordance with the criteria <br />set forth in Section 30-2 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code (SAMC). This project entails <br />applying the selection criteria established in Chapter 30 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code <br />(Places of Historical and Architectural Significance) to determine if this structure is eligible <br />for historic designation to the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties. The first <br />criterion for selection requires that the structures be 50 or more years old. <br />The structure identified meets the selection criteria for inclusion on the Santa Ana <br />Register of Historical Properties pursuant to criteria contained in Section 30-2 of the Santa <br />Ana Municipal Code, as the structure is 96 years old and is a sound example of period <br />architecture. No known code violations exist on record for this property. <br />The M. Jackson House is architecturally significant as an intact example of a Tudor <br />Revival-style house in Santa Ana. The original building permit is dated September 11, <br />1928 and indicates it was built as a single-family residence and garage by noted Santa <br />Ana developer Emmet C. Rogers, at a cost of $3,000. Rogers likely built the property on <br />a speculative basis, as no evidence indicates he ever resided at the property. The original <br />architect is unknown. The earliest known occupants are the family of Maggie and William <br />Logan Jackson, who appear at this address in the 1930 United States Census <br />(Ancestry.com 2002). City building permits, directories, and newspaper articles indicate <br />Maggie resided at the property until her death in 1949 (Santa Ana Register January 7, <br />1949). The property may have been transferred to the Jackson's granddaughter Vitula, <br />who married Edward W. Singer. In in the 1950s, directories show Edward worked as a <br />postal carrier. Singer and Vitula resided at the address together from about 1952 to as <br />late as 1960 (The Register August 13, 1952, City directory 1960). During his time living <br />at this address, Edward secured building permits for the construction of the rear additions <br />to the residence and garage. State marriage records show that in 1980, Vitula married <br />Ernest D. Schellenberg, whose last name appears on a building permit for this property <br />issued in 1982 (Ancestry.com 2007). City property records show Vitula continued to own <br />the residence until 2003. She was succeeded by Miles Erlich and the current owner, <br />Chelsea Sapp. <br />The M. Jackson House is a single-family residence originally built in the Tudor Revival <br />style and augmented with a Mid-Century Modern-style rear addition. The residence is <br />characterized by an L plan and a complex hip-and-gable roof with a moderate-to-high <br />  <br />    <br />