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State of California —The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # CONTINUATION SHEET Trinomial Page 3 of 7 Resource Name: Halsell-Bricken House *Recorded by James Williams "Date January 29, 2026 El Continuation ❑ Update *P3a. Description (continued): There are two buildings at the rear of the property, the original detached garage and a shop building constructed circa 1991. The detached garage was constructed in a style similar to the residence (Figure 8). It has a rectangular plan, hipped roof with asphalt shingles and slight eaves, and stucco siding. A non -original metal roll -up garage door is located on the main (east) fagade, opening toward a concrete -paved Hollywood driveway leading to Oakmont Avenue (Figure 9). There are three additional entrances, which feature two glazed wood -panel doors and one glazed solid wood door. A double -hung wood -sash window is located on the west fagade. The shop building has a rectangular plan, flat roof, and stucco siding (Figure 10). It is accessed via a metal roll -up garage door (south fagade) and a glazed wood standard door (east elevation). Two horizontally sliding aluminum -sash windows are located on the east elevation. A flat -roof shelter extends from the shop's east elevation, covering nearly all the concrete - paved area between the shop building and detached garage. The front yard is landscaped with a broad lawn and various shrubs and mature trees, while the back yard features lawns, ornamental plants, and a citrus tree. *1310. Significance (continued): City directories and newspaper articles show that by 1960, F.H. Schroeder lived at this address, followed by David Schroeder (The Tustin News January 23, 1969). Gordon and Maureen Bricken acquired and moved onto the property by 1973, living there into the twenty-first century. Gordon had a two -decade career in local politics, serving on the City's Planning Commission from 1964 to 1974, the City Council in the 1970s and 1980s, and as mayor from 1981 to 1983 (Los Angeles Times June 28, 2023). During his tenure as mayor, his leadership was linked to such projects as the Orange County World Trade Center, Santa Ana Train Station, and more generally, the "revitalization"of the Civic Center area (Los Angeles Times June 28, 2013). City planning records show, the property's current owners and residents Tilly Gurman and Lance Uradomo took ownership of the property in 2023. The Halsell-Bricken House is located in the Park Santiago neighborhood. The neighborhood is bounded by Santiago Creek and Park on the north, East Seventeenth Street on the south, North Lincoln Avenue on the east, North Main Street on the west, and the 1-5 freeway on the southwest. In large part these boundaries reflect the transportation lines that were constructed towards the end of the nineteenth century and at the beginning of the twentieth century, when the Pacific Electric interurban railroad ran up Main Street; the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe tracks followed Lincoln; and the Southern Pacific Railroad right-of-way mirrored the freeway route. This area remained primarily agricultural well into the 1920s. As of 1905, the city directories listed around twenty households on East Santa Clara, Twentieth Street, "C Street" (now North Santiago Street), North Bush Street and North Main Avenue, the only streets in the area at the time. The vast majority of the residents were ranchers. By 1911, the number of households had increased to about thirty, and Edgewood Road and Valencia Street had been partially laid out, but most residents continued to list "rancher" or "fruit grower" as their occupation in the city directories. This pattern of land use was evident on the 1912 plat map of the City, which illustrated two small, Craftsman era subdivisions along Bush north of Santa Clara and on Valencia and Poinsettia south of Twentieth Street, with the remaining area divided into larger, agricultural parcels held by approximately forty landowners. While the area east of Santiago Street was not subdivided until after the mid-1920s, most of the present day streets west of Santiago had been laid out when the City was mapped in 1923. Ranching continued to be the most prevalent occupation in the neighborhood, but increasing numbers of professionals, small business owners, merchants, and people in service professions such as painters, electricians, and ca rpenters made their homes in the western half of the neighborhood during the 1920s and 1930s. The area also attracted several city and county officials, including the City Attorney (Z. B. West, Jr., 321 East Santa Clara Avenue), County Supervisor, First District (C. H. Chapman, 2315 North Santiago Street), County Surveyor (E. H. Irwin, 2407 North Santiago Street), and County Auditor (William C. Jerome, 2422 Poinsettia Street). By April 1942, when the Sanborn Company first mapped the western half of the area, most of the lots had been improved with single-family homes, many in the revival styles popular during the 1920s and 1930s. Subsequent development of the eastern half of the neighborhood and infill construction in the western half displayed the simplified ranch style that emerged following World War 11. The Halsell-Bricken House qualifies for listing in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties under Criteria 1 and 4. Under Criterion 1, the property is eligible as a good and intact example of a Colonial Revival -style house in Santa Ana. Located in Park Santiago, the house cost $7, 000 to build in 1937. The recommended categorization is "landmark" because it has a distinctive architectural style and quality as a Colonial Revival -style residence (Santa Ana Municipal Code, Section 30-2.2.1). DPR 523L