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HEMA No. 2010-03 June 28, 2012 Page 2 The McGowan House has also been found eligible to be listed on the California Register of Historical Resources as determined in 2004 by a qualified architectural historian and is noted in the Department of Parks and Recreation form record (DPR}. It meets Criterion 1 for association with events that contributed to a broad pattern of local history and Criterion 3 for its distinctive characteristics of a type and period or method of construction. When the property was designated as a historic resource, Mr. and Mrs. Sherman were, and still are, the property owners. Background The Commission approved a HEMA for this residence in January 2010 for alterations to the 1988 rear addition after fire damaged the roof, attic and second floor of the residence, The alterations expanded the kitchen, laundry and powder room on the first floor; master bath and fifth bedroomJbath on the second floor. The conversion of an existing first floor closet into an elevator was also part of the application. Dormers for the southern elevation were approved by the Commission as they do not alter a primary elevation. New windows, matching existing in material, style, and method of operation were also approved. Permits for these improvements were issued on February 12, 2010 and April 7, 2090. The front-facing and western dormers and wrap-around porch were denied as they were found to alter the character defining features on primary elevations (those visible from the right-of-way). Following the Commission's approval of HEMA No. 2009-03, the applicants revised the originally approved plan and added new structural elements for an entirely new request, HEMA No. 2010-03 which again include the dormers, wrap-around porch, replacing a first floor window with French doors and adding a new balcony on the west elevation which also necessitated replacing Victorian windows with French doors. This revised project has been continued until today. In January of 2010, the applicants requested the McGowan House be removed from the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties. Although the original farmhouse was built in the Folk Victorian style, the 1938 Colonial Revival facade modifications to the Victorian asymmetrical porch created distinctive features that have acquired historic significance on their own merit. The Commission denied this request and cited the property's historic character, as well as its cultural significance as one of the oldest remaining resources connected to the agricultural era in the Park Santiago area. The applicant is currently also requesting for a second time that the property be delisted in a separate action, HR-2012-01-RMt_. Proiect Description The applicants' current proposed exterior modifications to the structure include awrap-around front porch, five new attic dormers with single hung wood windows on the north and west elevations, and replacing first and second floor windows with French doors and construction of a balcony on the west side (Exhibit 3}.